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DoD News Briefing with Geoff Morrell from the Pentagon
Presenter: Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell
July 23, 2008
MR. MORRELL: Good afternoon.
It's good to be with you on this, the 60th anniversary of the integration of the armed forces, which Secretary Gates and Chairman Mullen celebrated this morning up on Capitol Hill.
I have a few additional scheduling matters to advise you of, and then I'll be happy to take your questions.
First of all, as many of you heard by now, President Bush is visiting the Pentagon this afternoon. In fact, I think he's due to arrive here about an hour from now. He will be joining Secretary Gates and the Joint Chiefs in "The Tank" for a -- about a 90-minute meeting. This is another in a series of meetings the commander in chief conducts with his senior military advisers roughly every quarter or so.
Without getting into the specific agenda, I can tell you that these meetings provide the president and his military team an opportunity to discuss at length how the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are progressing, what other security threats may be emerging around the world, and how our brave troops and their families are holding up under the strain of repeated and lengthy deployments -- although I would remind you that, beginning next week in fact, no unit deploying to the Central Command region will serve longer than 12 months in theater, and then get a minimum of 12 months at home before their next deployment. That is a direct dividend from the surge and the counterinsurgency strategy it allowed for. Security has improved so much in Iraq over the past year the five additional combat brigades have now left the country, and yet violence remains at an all-time low.
After the "Tank" session, Secretary Gates will meet with Juan Manuel Santos, Colombia's minister of Defense and the architect of another successful counterinsurgency strategy. You may have noticed they co-authored an op-ed in today's New York Times about how our close security ties are helping Colombia defeat the FARC and other terrorists in its midst. But they argue that closer economic ties are needed to ensure victory there, and to that end they urge Congress to pass the Colombian free trade agreement as soon as possible.
And finally, Secretary Gates travels to San Antonio on Thursday to observe basic training at Lackland Air Force Base and visit with wounded warriors, especially burn victims, at Brooke Army Medical Center.
On Friday in Dallas, he will visit a VA hospital and then address the Military Child Education Coalition before returning home later that evening.
And with that, we'll take some questions. Lita.
Q Geoff, just to follow up on some of your introductory remarks, considering the ongoing progress that you mentioned in Iraq, is it -- would it be safe to conclude that in "The Tank" today the president is likely to hear a lot about the needs for more troops in Afghanistan? And can you tell us if there's been any progress made in identifying perhaps either some units or smaller units, even, to go to Afghanistan to meet some of those needs, as the secretary said last week, sooner rather than later?
MR. MORRELL: Well, I'm reluctant to tell you what's safe to say or not to say about what's going to happen in "The Tank" an hour from now.
I can tell you that there's been no secret made of the fact that commanders in Afghanistan have made it perfectly clear to the leadership here in the Pentagon that they need more forces sooner than later. That message has been sent loud and clear.
I can also tell you that the Chiefs, as is their job, are working to determine whether or not they can meet the needs of the commanders any time soon.
I can tell you that the secretary -- that his statement that he shared with you last week, that he wishes to provide additional forces to Afghanistan sooner rather than later, is still operative. As to what that "sooner" means, I think if it were possible to do this year, we would certainly look to doing it this year. But those are among the things that are being discussed right now: what is possible, what additional forces can be provided and how soon can they be provided.
Q Is there some suggestion that it -- coming from anyone yet that they have found that it is not going to be possible, do you think? Has any door been closed?
MR. MORRELL: I'm really, Lita, reluctant to get into the machinations of these internal discussions. I can just tell you in the broad sense that a need has been identified by the commanders, that the leadership here is sensitive to that need and working to see if it can be met sooner rather than later.
Yeah, Julian.
Q If a brigade was to be a turn -- that was heading toward Iraq in the fall and then turned toward Afghanistan, how long would it take to retrain that? Obviously, it's been -- those brigades have been training up for a very specific mission within Iraq and if they were rerouted to Afghanistan, they would have a different mission. How long would it take to train them? And then I'll follow up after.
MR. MORRELL: Well, this is another one I'm going to -- this is a hypothetical and I'm reluctant to get into -- I think there's some historical precedents which you could -- which I could direct you to or we could direct you to, of units that were destined for Iraq which were diverted to Afghanistan. And you could go back and look at how long it took them to retrain for their change of mission.
But I think we're getting ahead of ourselves here by talking about the diversion of units from Iraq to Afghanistan at this point.
Q Let me follow up, then. Is there -- there is a need for additional forces in Afghanistan. The commanders there have made it clear. From this building's perspective, from the secretary's perspective, is this something before the next fighting season next year or is this something that you want to meet that need before the sort of -- at the end of this year's fighting season?
MR. MORRELL: I think we're talking about a couple things here.
The commanders have identified a need of three additional combat brigades. I think everybody in a position of power in this building has spoken about that at length publicly. That is what the commanders wish for. The secretary, working with the president in Bucharest, helped the president craft a statement which made it clear that this country is committed to providing additional forces -- an unknown but not insignificant number -- to Afghanistan next year.
I think it is clear that there is bipartisan support for providing additional forces to Afghanistan -- you've heard it from the Democratic presumptive nominee; you've heard it from the Republican presumptive nominee -- so it looks as though this government is going to work to provide additional forces for Afghanistan next year.
How many? Whether it's the three additional brigades that the commanders want I think is a question, frankly, for the next administration. I think in the near term, there is an effort being made to figure out what can be done before that. Are there additional quantities of forces or capabilities that can be provided that would help the troops on the ground there now be more successful in their mission?
And I just want to make one additional point on this. I think we all are -- I think we're all getting a little bit -- overwriting, perhaps, some of this stuff, which is that the sky is falling Afghanistan. I don't think that the secretary believes that is the case. I think he believes that there are -- it is a mixed picture in Afghanistan; that we are seeing some areas clearly where there has been an increase of violence -- most notably in RC East, where we have seen, because of a lack of pressure on the Pakistan side of the border, an increase in the flow of foreign fighters from Pakistan into Afghanistan, and that is causing real problems for our troops there.
I'll come to you, Barb.
But I think you can point to other areas in Afghanistan where there has clearly been progress. The Marines have made real headway against the Taliban in RC South.
Additionally, we've seen consistent progression in the size and the capability of the Afghan national security forces.
So -- additionally, and I think this may be the key component, is the secretary has heard from commanders on the ground who tell him that the enemy actions that we are seeing in various parts of Afghanistan are disconnected from one another, so there is no sort of cohesive enemy offensive that is threatening the Afghan government. But there clearly are pockets of problems, real problems that need to be dealt with, and more forces are necessary to do that.
Yeah. I told Barbara I'd come to her.
Q Everything you said -- I just want to go back over a couple points, because clearly, the top commanders in Afghanistan, separate from the issue of any overriding, General McKiernan, General Schlosser, General Milley are all publicly, as you acknowledge, saying that they need more troops, sooner rather than later. You just indicated that basically it would be left, in your words, to the next administration, I believe you said, about a large, significant --
MR. MORRELL: The lead is 3BCT, according to their -- what they wish for.
Q Here is my question. What does it say? What does it say about the priorities that this administration and the secretary and the -- when you have your military commanders saying they need help now, you're saying realistically the next administration. You've said the chiefs are working to determine whether they can meet the needs of the commanders anytime soon. So, what does it say about the priority that the secretary, the president and everyone puts on Afghanistan when you say next administration, see if you can do it anytime soon, and yet your commanders in the theater are saying, we need help now?
MR. MORRELL: Barbara, we're fighting two wars at once, three wars at once. We're fighting the global war on terror, we're fighting a war in Iraq, and we're fighting a war in Afghanistan. There are multiple demands on our forces. That's the reality of life at this point. The focus of our efforts clearly has been in Iraq, the battleground which Osama bin Laden identified as the central front in their war against us, the place in which they sought to set up a foothold for their caliphate that would reach into Europe.
That has been the focus of the terrorist efforts. There that -- therefore, it has been the focus of our efforts.
And we over the past year have made remarkable strides there, such that we've been able to take out five BCTs, and we can now have a discussion based upon the fact we've drawn those forces down, we've made -- we can now have a discussion about greater dwell time at home, shorter deployments, which we've made a decision on. We can now have a discussion about does that free up forces to provide to other theaters of operation.
Q (Off mike) --
MR. MORRELL: And now we are in a period, Barbara, of assessment, a consolidation of evaluation by General Petraeus, in which he will make a recommendation to the secretary and the president about is it possible, given the remarkable security gains we've had in Iraq, to divert additional forces from Iraq into Afghanistan? That is going to be the fundamental issue before the military leaders, the civilian leaders in this building in the coming months.
Q My question, however, is, understanding all of that, nonetheless, you have troops fighting out there, and their commanders right now telling you they don't have enough to do the job. What does that say about the priority of Afghanistan -- not Iraq; I'm asking about Afghanistan. Is the secretary rethinking putting -- (inaudible) -- priority --
MR. MORRELL: Barbara, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs has said time and time again Iraq is a mission we must do; Afghanistan is a mission we do as we can. Okay? I don't believe that has changed.
But as the situation in Iraq continues to improve, we may have the flexibility, the resources to change that paradigm, so that we can do much more than we are doing currently in Afghanistan.
That does not mean that we do not -- that Afghanistan is not a mission of vital importance to us. And we've got nearly 40,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Every single significant terrorist attack that has been launched or plotted against the U.S. and Europe since 9/11 has been hatched from the Afghan-Pakistan border.
We all are acutely aware of how important that mission is. But this is about choices, given the fact we have limited resources to work with.
And right -- and over the past several years, the focus has been predominantly on Iraq. We are now moving into an area, a time frame in which we can now -- we now have the luxury, the ability to consider plussing up additional forces in Afghanistan as we draw down in Iraq.
Q What do you believe -- when you said the next administration, more precisely, what do you believe the choice -- what will the issue be on the table that will be left to the next administration, as you described it?
MR. MORRELL: I think Barbara what I said is that we are looking at what can be done now, but there is a large request that is out there from the commanders for three additional brigades. That would require us either drawing down more forces than we have drawn down to date from Iraq or mobilizing Reserve forces, the Guard, et cetera, to do those -- to do things of that size -- to do things of that size.
And so the discussion right now, as I understand it, is focused on what can be done now. Obviously, we do not have the means to send three BCTs to Afghanistan at this very moment without making some very hard choices. But these are all -- all these choices are interrelated. They all have to do with how -- what judgments are made about the security situation in Iraq now that the five surge brigades are out; how comfortable the commanders, the president is with drawing down additional forces from Iraq; and how soon, if we were to do so, could those forces be deployed, retrained, re-missioned to Afghanistan.
Q So the three --
MR. MORRELL: You can't snap your fingers and make this happen, unfortunately.
Q The three BCTs, in your assessment, is basically, given the calendar, going to be something for the next administration to decide?
MR. MORRELL: The three BCTs will take some time to make happen.
Q Geoff, can I ask a couple questions about the surge? One of the reasons given for the surge was to give the Iraqis some space to achieve political reconciliation.
Has it succeeded on that score?
MR. MORRELL: I think the success of the surge is undeniable. It's self-evident. By every metric that we measure violence in Iraq, there has been a dramatic improvement from where things were before the surge. I'll just point to one. And that is, in July of last year, we had 79 U.S. KIA in Iraq. We have four thus far this month, three-quarters of the way through.
I knock on wood, because we still have a week to go. And we are always mindful that we are in still a precarious security situation. But there has been dramatic gains on the security side, which has provided the room for all sorts of other success: political, economic. You name it; it is happening in Iraq.
So let's go through political. Do you want to talk about political gains? We've had basically all the major benchmark legislation passed. Yesterday, we saw the provincial election law passed. I understand that there's the danger of a veto there.
But that means, the only thing left to be passed legislatively by the council of representatives in Iraq, which everybody thought would be too divided and too young to be effective in leading this new, this reborn country, has passed every piece of legislation, major legislation before it, except for a hydrocarbon law. And revenues are being shared, despite the fact that there is no law mandating it.
You've seen the Sunni bloc now return to the government. You've seen 10 of 18 provinces return to Iraqi control. And Anbar is awaiting it. You've seen the Najaf International Airport open this weekend.
You see a $300-million luxury hotel opening up in the Green Zone; $50 million in refurbishment of the airport road. There's economic investment. There's political progress. There's increased security.
All those things are undeniable and they are attributable to the fact that we plussed up forces in there. That provided a security umbrella for life to begin to return to normal in Iraq.
Q So just to clarify, was Senator Obama wrong yesterday when he said that the surge had not succeeded, in terms of the goal of political reconciliation?
MR. MORRELL: I'm not going to address what Senator Obama or any --
Q (Off mike) --
MR. MORRELL: -- or any other candidate -- I'm simply not going to address what candidates say. I can just tell you, as I just did, that we clearly believe the surge has provided the security umbrella under which the Iraqis have made enormous progress, politically, economically, security-wise. It is self-evident and undeniable.
Q Okay. So one other quick question on the surge. There's also been the question about whether or not the security gains are attributable to the surge, or whether or not they're attributable to other factors, such as the Sunni awakening, the Mahdi Army cease-fire.
MR. MORRELL: I think there are multiple factors, but the key factor above all factors is the surge and the counterinsurgency strategy it allowed for. I will remind you that before the surge went into effect, the primary posture of our forces was operating behind tall fortified walls in forward operating bases, going out on missions and returning to those FOBs.
After the surge, we were able to deploy a much more aggressive counterinsurgency strategy, in which we got out into the communities, set up combat outposts, set up joint security stations with the Iraqis, and began to become a part of the communities and revitalize them.
Clearly we benefitted from a couple of things which happened simultaneous to the surge, the Anbar Awakening being one. But I will remind you, the guy who stood up in Anbar, Sheikh Sattar Abu Risha, the late sheikh, and said, "I've had enough. Several of my family members have been killed. I want to work with you" -- the United States military -- as soon as he did so, we planted -- we parked an M-1 tank in front of his house. So he had a security umbrella in the form of an M-1 tank in front of his house, from which to begin this uprising in Anbar.
Q (Off mike) --
MR. MORRELL: So security was a key component to the awakening in Anbar.
Now as for the cease-fire by Sadr, if we think that Sadr acted in a vacuum, I think we're kidding ourselves. There clearly was political and military pressure which caused him to make a decision to have his troops stand down.
But we benefitted from it, no doubt. There's no question that the awakening in Anbar, the cease-fire by Sadr, had -- simultaneous to the surge, has helped the overall security situation in Iraq.
Q Can I follow up, Geoff?
MR. MORRELL: Yeah.
Q Also on the surge, given the enormous progress that you've cited there, can you explain why there are about 15,000 more troops in Iraq now than there were before the surge began?
MR. MORRELL: Yeah. I mean, you know, not only did we surge combat forces when we had the surge, but we surged enablers as well. And although we have drawn out all the combat brigades, we have not drawn out all the enablers. The enablers are a key component for the continued growth and success of the Iraqi security forces. Iraq, although as you've seen, the ISF, from Basra, to Sadr City, to Amarah, to Mosul, have made enormous strides and have had real gains, security-wise, they still lack fundamental capabilities, which we help them with.
They do not have as much of the intelligence operations that we can provide them, the aerial support they need, the logistics support they need, the trainers that they benefit from. All those things, many of those things, we are keeping in country so that we can continue to grow the Iraqi security forces as quickly as possible. So there's still a need for them. I don't know how much longer there will be a need for them, but as of right now, the commanders on the ground believe that the enablers are fundamental for the continued growth and success of the Iraqi security forces.
Q Given the needs in Afghanistan that you talked about, I mean, the layman would look at that and say there's 15,000 more troops than pre-surge in Iraq. Commanders in Afghanistan are asking for roughly 9,000. We know they're not the same sort of forces --
MR. MORRELL: Right, not the same.
Q -- but some of those enablers would also clearly be useful in Afghanistan.
MR. MORRELL: Sure. Enablers are -- enablers are needed in Afghanistan, and we are looking to see ways in which to provide more enablers to Afghanistan. Absolutely.
Q But is nobody saying to General Petraeus, could you have a look at all of that and see if you could shift some of it?
MR. MORRELL: There is constant tension in the system. That's how it works. You've got people who have different areas of responsibility, with different needs, who are constantly pushing and pulling to try to figure out how to get their needs covered, while at the same time there are people who are concerned about the overarching area of responsibility and then our national security beyond that who try to make -- try to balance the competing needs between commanders. That is the constant and healthy tension, frankly, that exists in our system.
Q But I think, specifically on the trainers, General Crone was saying yesterday he's about 3,000 short trainers still. Has there -- any move perhaps to at least redress the balance there?
MR. MORRELL: Yeah, and I -- listen, this discussion is focused so much on what we can do, the United States can do to help meet the need of commanders in Afghanistan. I remind you that we have made this call to our European allies time and time again about the need to provide additional trainers, additional helicopter support.
I mean, you name it, there are things that are needed that we have called upon our allies to try to provide.
And while we clearly have had some -- some progress in that front, most notably from the French and from -- from the Poles and all the countries contributing to Regional Command South, and the Germans have made a move parliamentary-wise that looks at least to increase the cap on which they can provide forces, but listen, there is more that can and must be done by our allies to help with this. We cannot do this alone. But we are -- we are not waiting, either, for our allies to figure out what they can do. We are trying to figure out where we can find additional resources that can meet the demands of our commanders.
Yeah, Jim?
Q Does the Iraqis' need for enablers, does that mean that the overall level of forces in Iraq, U.S. forces in Iraq, is going to remain high?
MR. MORRELL: I think it just depends on the judgments -- we've a new commander who's taking over in September. We have a new Central Command commander who's taking over, I believe in October, maybe November. It slips my mind now. And those will be judgments made by a new command structure.
Q I mean, can we expect to see these troop numbers remain up in the mid- to high 40s?
MR. MORRELL: We believe that the quickest way to solidify our gains in Iraq is by enhancing the capabilities of the Iraqi security forces. They better they are -- and they're already pretty darn good. I mean, you talk to commanders and they say, for example, their special operations are probably among the best in the world now, that the quickest way to solidify those gains is by growing the Iraqi security forces and increasing their capabilities.
But there are capabilities which they -- you know, you talk to Abdul Qader, the minister of Defense in Iraq, and he will tell you, as he's told you before from this podium, that his plan for Iraq in terms of their growth and capabilities calls for them being able to handle their internal defense by 2012 and their external defense by 2018. Now, those numbers may have changed since the last time he spoke to us, by clearly, it's one thing to take on an insurgency within your country, it's another thing to have the means to protect your borders from external threats. And so that's going to require additional air power, it's going to require heavy armor, it's going to require logistics capabilities, intelligence. These are things that they're growing towards, but it doesn't happen overnight.
Q The other thing I'd like to ask you about is, you said that in Afghanistan that enemy actions are disconnected from one another and that there are pockets of problems. But Admiral Mullen has said that these diverse groups appear to be coalescing, that they're seeing links among groups who previously didn't operate together. So I'm just wondering which it is, if you can reconcile those.
Is there some way of reconciling --
MR. MORRELL: I'm not familiar with -- I have not heard the chairman speak to that. But, I mean, obviously, he's the commander -- the ultimate -- pardon me, he's the ultimate military advisor in this matter. And he talks to the commanders regularly.
My understanding, in talking to the secretary, is that in his conversations with commanders on the ground, one thing that they have noted to him is a disconnect between what they are seeing around the country. Clearly, though -- and this may be what he was speaking to -- in RC East, where we have seen a flow of foreign fighters coming over from Pakistan -- and these are -- these are Uzbeks, Chechens, Arab speakers -- that there is, I think, greater connectivity between those disparate groups than we have seen in the past.
Q (Off mike.)
MR. MORRELL: In one area of Afghanistan, where we have seen not as good of security as we would like on the border, as a result of that, there has been an increase in the flow of foreign fighters into the eastern province -- eastern region. And that has been a group of you know, as I said, Arab speakers, Uzbeks, Chechens, al Qaeda, Taliban and other terrorist groups who are now operating in and out of that area.
Q So when the secretary says that he sees it as a mixed picture -- does he see the situation getting worse or just --
MR. MORRELL: I mean, it's mixed. In some areas it's getting worse and in some areas it's improving.
Okay, Jim?
Q Geoff, as part of the effort to find additional troops for Afghanistan, is there any sense that General Petraeus may be asked to make his post-surge recommendations sooner than initially anticipated, in other words, sooner than the six-week consolidation period he initially --
MR. MORRELL: Not to my knowledge, Jim.
Q A little closer to home, in about an hour, the House Armed Services Committee's having a hearing on the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which I think is the first in more than a decade -- the time that's been examined. There are polls inside and outside the military that suggest that there's a greater acceptance now or a greater inclination to accept open service by gay men and women. Does the department have any thoughts about whether it's appropriate to reexamine the policy at this time? And has there been any change in the department's position that service by openly homosexual people would undermine good order and discipline?
MR. MORRELL: I would say only that "don't ask, don't tell" remains the law of the land. And to my knowledge, the department is not advocating a change in policy.
Q Given the need for troops in Afghanistan, why hasn't the CENTCOM theater reserve force been committed there?
MR. MORRELL: Well, I mean, that's another one of those situations, Jeff, in which commanders must balance needs against risk. Strategic reserve is just that. It's a contingency component force that is available to the Central Command commander should another emergency, a hot spot, some new threat, emerge that needs to be dealt with quickly.
So I -- I have no doubt that commanders are having that internal discussion. And I'm not -- I wouldn't read anything more into that, but they obviously think about is this a situation in which the situation warrants using this emergency force component to meet the commanders' need? But there's a risk associated with that, and those are the things that are weighed by the guys who get paid the big bucks.
Q I know that there's risk, but before the surge, MEUs were sent -- the CENTCOM AOR MEU that was on a float -- were sent to Iraq when needed. This seems like a similar situation.
MR. MORRELL: It's also operating in a very volatile and tense part of the world right now. And --
Q (Off mike.)
MR. MORRELL: No, I'm talking about greater regional considerations, Jeff, beyond Iraq, beyond Afghanistan, that commanders have to be mindful of as well.
Q Two questions on things you said already. Don't ask, don't tell; is it fair to say, then, that the Pentagon, the secretary is not looking at any kind of options right now, reexamination of the policy in the near future?
MR. MORRELL: To my knowledge, no.
Q And then on Afghanistan, you mentioned earlier Admiral Mullen's comments about how Iraq is sort of the primary focus right now and Afghanistan's the economy of force. And you said that that notion has not changed. So, to the best of your knowledge, this building, the Pentagon, U.S. military is not considering refocusing their effort, changing --
MR. MORRELL: You asked me two things, considering and has not changed. To my knowledge, things are still -- the situation is still as he described it, that we do Iraq because we must, we do what we do in Afghanistan as we can. Clearly, we are changing how -- what we can do in Afghanistan because of the success we're seeing in Iraq. But the question is, at what pace? At what pace does that imbalance start to shift and balance out more? At what pace can we begin to do more of what we must in Afghanistan rather than just what we can? And that is predicated, frankly, on what is decided as -- after this period of consolidation and evaluation by General Petraeus and we determine how many additional brigades are needed or can be drawn down from Iraq, which would obviously free up larger numbers of forces to put into Afghanistan.
Q Since the U.S. military -- if I remember correctly, I think General McNeill's been asking for three more brigades in Afghanistan when he first came into Afghanistan, which was like 18 months, almost two years ago. So if General McNeill's been asking for this for almost two years now, these three brigades, it's still unfulfilled and Afghanistan still remains the second priority, then presumably, as Barbara was saying earlier, this isn't something that this administration is going to ever be able to fulfill.
MR. MORRELL: A couple things.
I don't believe that General McNeill asked for those two brigades from the outset. I do believe he ultimately did ask for them. I do believe that we provided, the secretary provided, an additional brigade.
We provided, and I think the need has gone up since then, we provided obviously the MEU. We provided a battalion of trainers. The French, the Poles and others have provided for us too.
So there have been a flow of additional forces into Afghanistan. But I don't think it's any secret to anyone out there that the focus of this building, the focus of this administration has been on winning the war in Iraq, the war that Osama bin Laden said was where he was going to take us on, the war where our troops were being killed by the scores each month.
And that is the war which we have focused on. That is the war we are now winning. And now that we have seen gains there, the dividend from those gains, we are looking to see if we can apply to Afghanistan.
It's a question of how soon, not a question of commitment. There's no question -- as you heard from the secretary, the president, the two candidates -- that the U.S. is committed to winning in Afghanistan. It's a question of how soon we can get the additional forces there.
But as the chairman said last night on MacNeil Lehrer or Jim Lehrer's show, you know, you should not mistake our urgency and our desire, to get forces to Afghanistan, with any sense that we are losing there, okay?
That is not how he or the secretary views the situation there. But it is serious. And we want to get additional forces there as soon as possible, to turn the situation there as we turned it in Iraq.
Okay. I think this is the last one. Then we've got to go.
Q Since you just said that that's the war we are winning, Iraq, I think, the secretary has declined to say that in the past.
MR. MORRELL: That we're winning in Iraq.
Q Yeah. He's been asked directly so (inaudible) that's the view, that you're winning in Iraq?
MR. MORRELL: That's the view.
Q But you're not losing in Afghanistan.
MR. MORRELL: That's the view.
Q Are you winning in Afghanistan?
MR. MORRELL: Well, I think that some -- it's a mixed bag, as I just said. There are places where we are winning and there are places which we are suffering setbacks.
Q But overall?
MR. MORRELL: Overall, I have not heard a -- only thing I have heard about a judgment about whether we are winning or losing in Afghanistan is that we are not losing there. I have not heard an emphatic statement from the chairman or the secretary declaring us winning there.
I think that their view is that progress is being made and that there are areas in which we are seeing some setbacks, which are disappointing to us, but that nobody believes cannot be overcome. And it is just a matter of time before we are able to apply the additional forces there to turn around Afghanistan in the same manner we turned around Iraq.
Q Thank so much.
MR. MORRELL: Thanks so much.
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Laser scanning of Penitentiary(Credit: PAHSMA (photo by Andrew Ross), 2008)
The Penitentiary is located in the heart of the Port Arthur Historic
Site. As a ruin it evokes an aesthetic attraction to our visitors that has
lasted for many decades.
The ruin was conserved in the late 1980's with a major
installation of a central walkway and viewing platform.
The engineering project at Port Arthur's Penitentiary to ensure its survival for future generations is nearing completion, with scaffolding coming down and finishing touches being applied over coming weeks.
Since early 2014, significant excavation and installation of reinforced concrete ground beams supporting 14 huge steel columns that will provide support to the emblematic ruin has been completed. Around 5 kilometres of stainless steel reinforcing rod has been grouted into the brickwork and 91 core holes have been precision drilled vertically down through the walls to allow for high tensile stainless steel grouted structural anchors to be inserted. The exterior walls have been fitted with stainless steel bracing plates that are concealed beneath the sandstone capping stones.
This landmark project for PAHSMA is internationally significant in terms of structural works to a building within a World Heritage listed site. The project will provide structural stability and environmental protection to the remnant walls, which were at risk due to age and deterioration of the masonry fabric.
The work has been necessary to ensure the safety of visitors and guarantee the long-term conservation of the building. It also provides the opportunity to interpret the building in new and exciting ways that will enhance the visitor experience, which will be done over coming months.
The work will be substantially completed in time for the busy summer season. Visitors will have access to most of the Penitentiary building from mid-December, and unimpeded views from the most photographed northern side of the building.
Some works will be continuing in the eastern end of the Penitentiary until late January due to the discovery of substantial voids within some of the walls, requiring a modification to the structural solution and work plan.
It is testament to the skill of the design team, the contractors and the skilled tradespeople involved that this was the only major problem that had to be overcome and that a solution was devised to cope with this very complex engineering issue.
The project will be delivered on budget and given the scale and complexity of the work, this slight delay in final completion is minor. Critically the project will ensure the best long term structural and conservation outcome for the Penitentiary, and will provide an enhanced experience for visitors.
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Photo of the Penitentiary before the stairs have been removed.
The major works within the precinct to date have been
associated with site establishment (getting site sheds installed, putting in
electrical services, constructing hard stands for cranes and other vehicles etc.), heritage fabric protection
(temporary floorings in all work areas, sheeting to cover vulnerable fabric
etc.) and the excavation of the slots for the concrete beams that will support
the steel columns.
Site and building protection has been installed, including
hard stand areas for crane and truck access. Roads have been built up to allow
vehicle access without shredding the muster yard to a muddy bog.
Protection of ground features and cell walls has been
carried out by cladding large areas with ply wood. The trenches have all been
dug by hand and a chemical compound used to split large dolerite boulders for
easier removal.
Subsurface features discovered include an early spoon drain
associated with a pre-granary workshop building, massive sandstone pads, and
timbers used to reclaim the beach. We have salvaged sections of the timber for
testing to enable species identification.
Constructing and installing reinforcement for concrete
ground beams and pouring the first of the concrete beams is happening at the
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Project conservation professionals presented a one day seminar on the ins and outs and the ups and downs of this significant heritage project at the World Heritage property, on Wednesday 4 June 2014 at the Port Arthur Historic Site.
The Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority (PAHSMA) has undertaken a large scale conservation project which focuses on the iconic Penitentiary ruin. The aim of this project is to conserve and present the structure, replacing the existing walkway, now redundant with tall steel columns strategically located around its perimeter to support the high masonry walls.
We are undertaking a major program of conservation works on the site's most emblematic ruin - the Penitentiary. The works will ensure the ongoing stability of this highly significant building as engineering surveys have identified that the ruins are vulnerable, particularly to forces of high wind.
Considerable preparation was undertaken prior to commencement of this critical conservation project. A Conservation Management Plan and structural assessments left no doubt that the interior support framework is deleteriously compromised and engineering reports confirmed that the walls require stabilisation measures. Archaeological excavations have offered new insights into the conversion of the granary into a Penitentiary and towards understanding how the early foreshore in the area was developed. It has already been a long haul to reach this exciting stage of the much needed conservation works.
Work commenced in February 2014 with the demolition of the old walkway and support structure. Due to the large scale of works, the precinct will not accessible to the public for the duration of the works. Port Arthur's most photographed building will become a construction zone however to ensure its ongoing longevity, this conservation work is critical.
The Board and staff of PAHSMA are working closely together to ensure that the visitor experience is not compromised too dramatically and that the message of conservation is first and foremost during what is truly, an exciting time for the World Heritage -listed Port Arthur Historic Site. Estimated at in excess of $6 million, every effort has been expended to ensure the Penitentiary and its stories, will be preserved for generations to come.
Penitentiary Precinct Conservation Project fact sheet 2013-14
Penitentiary Conservation Project Fact sheet in Simplified Chinese
Please help us to rescue and conserve this internationally important building so that it may be visited and studied by generations to come.
The installation of this support system will require sizeable foundations to be prepared however, disturbing the soil deposits of such a significant site and building simply cannot be done without first conducting an archaeological investigation. The view beneath the surface will help us to understand the earlier uses of the Penitentiary structure and also, the land upon which it sits.
While the Penitentiary is Port Arthur's largest and most recognisable building, its earlier history as a granary has never been fully investigated.
The building was originally constructed during the early 1840's as a flour mill and granary complex which housed both a water wheel and a convict-powered tread wheel to drive the large grind stones. It wasn't until 1853 that the conversion to the Penitentiary commenced and some four years later, the building was equipped to house 484 convicts; 136 of those convicts were in the two stories of solitary cells. The building also featured a large mess room, Catholic Chapel and a library. Although it is certain that the granary/mill and associated infrastructure existed prior to the conversion, details around the design of the water wheel and the size and scale of the surrounding pit are unknown.
Unfortunately, despite the building plans being very clear on design, they do not match the descriptions of the building given by those who were here after the structure was built. It is hoped that some of these questions will be answered during the excavation and some insight into the previous operation will be provided. Should the archaeological project be successful and produce the sought after answers, this pre convict missing piece of the Port Arthur puzzle will be built into the on-site interpretation.
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Oxnard residents send letter to nation's top prosecutor
Some Oxnard residents who are unhappy with the outcome of the district attorney's investigation of the city are asking federal prosecutors to step in.
"We the citizens are forced to come to you to seek redress for our concerns," says a letter, reportedly signed by 50 people, addressed to the U.S. Attorney General's Office in Washington, D.C.
The letter, dated June 2012, says Ventura County District Attorney Greg Totten's office "refused to take any actions" against Oxnard's city manager for "gifting public funds."
The document, which was provided to The Star without the signature pages, also says the district attorney has a conflict of interest because Oxnard helps pay for a prosecutor position in Totten's office devoted to gang issues.
The letter focuses on two actions taken by City Manager Ed Sotelo, who has been on paid leave since late January for unspecified reasons. The actions were taken without formal City Council approval.
One was a personal $10,000 loan the city made to Sotelo in 1998, and the other was a $300 retirement perk for top city managers that was created by Sotelo in 2003.
Sotelo repaid the loan in 2011 after The Star published a story about it. The City Council ended the retirement perk this year.
Totten's office, in an April report summarizing the nearly two-year investigation that ended with no charges, said the loan and retirement perk weren't legal but that prosecutors lacked evidence to prove Sotelo knew he was acting illegally. Also, the statute of limitations had expired.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Chuck Hughes, who wrote the report, said the office looked into whether a legal conflict of interest exists because of Oxnard's funding of a gang prosecutor and found there was no such conflict.
Bert Perello, who signed the letter and disagrees with the district attorney's analysis on the statute of limitations analysis, said he wished organizers had gotten more signatures.
"I don't think it would be hard to get well over 200," said Perello, who plans to run for City Council in November.
Don Thibeault, a mayoral candidate who also signed the letter, said he worked with Totten while serving on the county grand jury and likes him. He took the report as something of a message.
"Greg is probably saying, 'Folks, I spent a million dollars uncovering a lot of corruption in your city,' " Thibeault said. With no prosecutions, he said, it's now up to residents to vote in new representatives or take other action.
The letter is one such attempt.
"I hope the attorney general might get involved," Thibeault said. "But I have my doubts."
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This Program will be mostly be about the Latin American countries but will consist on some Caribbean countries too that we have. It will basically be a fun fact program to see if our fellow student body can figure out facts about the country and its flag. Also hand out flags that they represent to our fellow students.
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If you could tell a Kindergartner what his or her weight might be as an adult, would you? This gets filed in the, "I'm not so sure how I feel about this" category, which is why I am bringing it to you. Scientists have found that a simple blood test, which can read DNA, could be used to predict obesity levels in children.
But is this something that you would want to know?
Part of me understands that this can be helpful for working with children who are at risk for obesity, as well as its corresponding health concerns. This test could lead to earlier identification and diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes, for example.
Yet as a parent, my first thought is that kids should be taught the same information about health, nutrition and fitness regardless of their risk factors. These are lessons that will benefit everyone throughout life, not just those who are at a higher risk for obesity. Additionally, this will not single out those who are at risk, perhaps making them feel insecure or put them at risk for bullying. While I am all for advances in medicine and wellness, this is one area where I think we should proceed with heightened caution.
This test does provide further evidence that being overweight or obese in childhood is not necessarily due to lifestyle, but may in fact be genetic in nature. There are switches in the body that control how genes work, and those switches are set during childhood. By the age of five, a test can predict one's body fat content into adulthood. While one might think that this would reduce the propensity to fat shame, who knows if it could have the opposite affect.
What do you think? Would you want to know if your children are at a genetic high risk for obesity?


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Avoid tagging photos with location data
By Rich Hall on Wed, 12/09/2009
When the iPhone's Location Services is turned on (iPhone OS 2.0 or later), Camera photos are tagged with location data. This data is used with some applications and photo-sharing Web sites to track and post where you took your pictures. If you don't want to include location data with your photos, turn off Location Services by going to Settings >General >Location Services. Once it's been turned off, you may be prompted to turn it back on when you open the Camera app. If that happens, decline!


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More than half of the businesses in the United States are based out of the owner's home, with more being added every year, according to research by the Small Business Administration. Many of those entrepreneurs think their homeowners' insurance policies cover their business needs when the unexpected happens, but the reality is that most homeowners' policies don't.
Homeowners insurance provides a limited amount of coverage for business equipment, but most standard homeowners' policies exclude coverage for businesses operating in the home. Most policies don't cover lost data, lost income or liability.
Here's when you should start exploring insurance options for your home-based business and what kinds of protection are available.
First, you should read your current homeowners insurance policy to determine what is covered and what isn't. Consider the following questions:
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Posted by Brian Lee Boyce on 01/12/2014
My newest Barnyard signature favorite is the Steak and Bacon Eggalicious! Add some cheddar and hold the jalapeños and it's a lunchtime dream come true. So hearty and a GREAT value at $8. Like all their sandwiches ( hot or cold) it's easily shared by two. Lots of other tasty selections, friendly service, and a true commitment quality make this place my East Village home for lunch!
Posted by SadButTrue on 11/19/2012
I LOVE barnyard & buy sandwiches about 3 times a week (minimum!). Unfortunately though, today was my last time buying from there. I've noted that in the past they have charged $8.50 or even $10.50 for my usual $6.50 sandwich (I always order the same thing). After being charged $10.50 again today I asked why the price difference? It's EXACTLY the same sandwich but depending on the person or the day the price ranges from $6.50-$10.50, which to me is a deal breaker. The always friendly guy in-store couldn't give me an explanation but just said that's how it works there and how they ring it up on the till & took my $10.50 regardless. I love Barnyard but it's the principle of the thing. You simply cant charge me $6.50 on Tuesday & $10.50 on Wednesday. I wonder if anyone else has experienced this price changing backwards & forwards. I will have to find another place nearby! Good luck to them though.. A loyal customer lost.
Posted by Peter on 01/18/2012
An awesome addition to the neighborhood, Barnyard offers great sandwiches and gourmet products for reasonable prices. My friend got the Cuban Panini which he loved and for me, there was a pretty outstanding vegetarian option - the Farmhouse Cheddar Sandwich. Will absolutely be buying cheese by the pound here as everything is super fresh and high quality.
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such a great place for the neighborhood. kind of a like a "gourmet" shop where you can get lots of different cheeses and stuff. the sandwiches and homemade empanadas are great and they also have these ridiculously great coconut macaroons (random?!)... definitely worth trying if you're considering it...
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this is a great addition to the neighborhood. everything I've bought there was wonderful from the great selection of cheeses and meats to cookies and sandwiches


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A video showing a man confessing to drowning two of his sons in a creek has been played in his capital murder trial in Dallas.
Testimony continues Wednesday in the trial of Naim Rasool Muhammad. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Muhammad over the 2011 deaths of the boys - 5-year-old Naim and 3-year-old Elijah.
Muhammad in the video tells police he was mad at the children's mother for breaking up with him. Muhammad describes telling his sons to pretend they are swimming before he held their faces in the water.
Investigators say Muhammad forced his ex-girlfriend and two of their sons into his car. She escaped and asked a constable for help. The constable called police. Constables are mainly process servers.
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Congratulations to Jury's Choice Award Winners
Ozlem Habibe Mutaf Buyukarman
Yelena Lezhen
Samir Sammoun
Stanislav Goc
Yeon Ji Yoo
Cameron Neilson
Ksenia Golubkova
Exhibition at the Museum of Russian Art (MoRA)
January 17, 2015 - January 31, 2015
The Opening Reception: Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 5pm
Exhibition at Highline Loft Gallery, Chelsea, New York
Opening Reception
The 2014 International Art Festival is a juried art competition that aims to identify, recognize and promote outstanding contemporary artists.
100 artworks will be selected by the Jury to take part in an international exhibition to be held October 8-11, 2014.
Up to 10 Top Artists will also be awarded an additional group exhibition at a New York area gallery to be determined.
The 2014 International Art Festival will take place at the Highline Loft Gallery, which is located in the trendy West Chelsea Arts Building. Far West Chelsea is an up and coming area best known for the institution of Thursday night art exhibitions, where there world's greatest contemporary artists present their works to the taste-making New York art public.
We strongly encourage artists to submit their works early, as some clearly outstanding works will be selected in the First Round of judging. Obtaining this Early Decision will facilitate planning for the exhibition and allows extra time for international shipping & customs clearance.
- Friday, September 5, 2014 - Exhibition winners will be notified.
- Monday, October 6, 2014 - Deadline to accept the shipments.
- October 8 - October 11, 2014 - Exhibition days!
The TOP 100 works will be exhibited at Highline Loft Gallery in Chelsea, NY City, the "Art capital of US" (508 W26 St).
The TOP Artists in each category will be invited to exhibit their art in a group show at a New York-area gallery (to be annouced later).
ARTWORK of the WEEK
Each week of the competition, one work in each category and artist information will be promoted on the special ARTWORK of the WEEK page on the website. These works will be online for the duration of the competition. The earlier you apply, the better chance you have to get noticed!
The artists selected for EXHIBITON 1 and the artists who received an Honorable mention will be featured in our 2014 AIF Catalog. The catalog will be available for purchase.
All artists will receive an online certificate of participation from IAF.
A selection of work by the five category winners will be displayed on the IAF website for one year. Journalists who cover art are invited to attend all our events, and regularly feature information about the competition and about individual artists they admire.
The entry fee is $35 for up to 3 artworks, $5 for each additional artwork.
Apply and submit the images of your works online. We accept JPEG images with sizes up to 6MB. The Judges will select the winning 100 works for the gallery show in October.
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Dr. Margaret Dikovitskaya
A graduate of the Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (St. Petersburg, Russia), obtained her Master's and PhD degrees from Columbia University (New York, USA). Her first book, "Visual Culture: The Study of the Visual after the Cultural Turn" was published by The MIT Press in 2005. She has lectured in Europe, North America and Asia, and directed three Summer Institutes in Art History and Visual Culture at the Central European University, Soros Foundation (Budapest, Hungary). Currently she is writing on the image of Central Asia in early color photography.
Nancy Engstad
Lives and works in San Francisco. Her work includes drawing and works on paper, painting, sculpture, artists' books as well as textile design and jewelry. Since 2005 digital photography has become an important medium as well. Her work has been exhibited and collected in the United States, Japan, Europe, and Africa.
Jamie Ellin Forbes
Is editor and publisher of Fine Art Magazine, one of New York's leading publications focusing on the lives and work of artists, collectors and exhibitors.
Grigory Gurevich
Is an accomplished painter, sculptor, graphic artist, photographer, illustrator, book maker, arts educator, mime and inventor. He holds a Master of Arts Degree from the Academy of Fine and Industrial Arts of Sankt Petersburg, where he studied visual arts, theater and music. Since his arrival in the United States, he has had more than 300 exhibitions and conducted more than 200 sculpture and many pantomime workshops. He has published several books on his work, which has also been featured by leading publications, including the New York Times, Metro Newark, Who is Who in America, American Artist, Geraldine R, Dodge Foundation Catalogue and many others.
Darren Jones
A leading New York-based Scottish artist, is well known for his collaborative work with Ryan Roa. His work, which runs the gamut from minimalism to performance art to photography, has been exhibited in leading European and US galleries and public collections.
Elina Kotler
Is a New York-based artist and a member of United Scenic Artists, working on major television, movie and theater productions. Presently, she is a Charge Scenic Artist on Season 6 of the popular NBC sitcom 30 Rock.
Sam Omans
Is currently completing his MA dissertation in Art History at University College London. Previously he was a U.S. Fulbright Fellow. He was graduated with a degree in architecture from The Cooper Union in 2008.


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UMPI's Education programs secure MDOE reaccreditation
The University of Maine at Presque Isle's College of Education has been fully reaccredited by the Maine Department of Education following a unanimous vote on Feb. 11 by the State Board of Education.
At a meeting in Augusta, the State Board of Education voted unanimously to reaffirm UMPI's Education programs after reviewing the interim status report officials had submitted near the beginning of the year. In reviewing the report, one MDOE official stated that she was "impressed with the amount and the quality of the work" that has been done. The affirmation extends the University's state approval cycle for its education preparation programs through the winter of 2011."This is an important accomplishment and members of the College of Education - its chair Dr. Reginald Nnazor, the college's faculty and staff, and all other support staff - are to be commended for their hard work," Dr. Michael Sonntag, Vice President of Academic Affairs, said. "I was present at the meeting in Augusta and the Board commented on the positive change in atmosphere as well as the sense of renewed energy and focus on our campus since their last visit. I feel confident we will be able to show them even better things at their next visit in the winter of 2011."
While the University as a whole is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges [NEASC], one of six nationally recognized regional accrediting associations, several academic programs within the University are accredited by specific entities. UMPI's Teacher Education programs are accredited by the Maine Department of Education.
Approved education programs are expected to be dynamic, to strive for continuous improvement, and to utilize the outcomes of new knowledge, practices and technologies, according to the MDOE's website. Programs are expected to:
- Be involved in a process in which faculty and administrators, in collaboration with practitioners, are thinking and talking about the preparation of teachers and other educators.
- Be committed to assuring that teacher candidates are prepared with the knowledge and skills necessary to assist Maine students in meeting the Learning Results.
- Collect and analyze data about their effectiveness, and make changes to improve their programs.
- Be engaged in ongoing self-assessment in which they assess the needs of schools and candidates, identify potential problems and points of vulnerability, and develop strategies for becoming more effective.
University officials are pleased about what the MDOE approval means in terms of the work being done in the College of Education and the education being offered to future teachers.
"Dr. Nnazor and the College of Education faculty and staff have distinguished themselves in vitalizing our program," President Don Zillman said. "This reaccreditation validates their work. Furthermore, it places our University in an excellent position to market our program as one of Maine's strong education programs and one that does creative work no other program is doing."


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Being voted the sexiest man alive by People magazine might mean very little to Channing Tatum other than good publicity, but according to a recent study done in a US university it might influence his sex life a great deal. Researchers found that women who have sex with men they think are more attractive and masculine have orgasms more frequently.
Puts, Welling, Burriss and Dawood, set out to determine the frequency and timing of women's orgasms related to the masculinity and attractiveness of their male partners. This is significant because historically, female orgasms has been seen as non-essential to conception but these researchers hypothesize that it might increase "…the probability of fertilization from high quality males". Orgasms of women increase the likelihood of conception because of the hormone, oxytocin, which is released. Oxytocin aids in the transport of sperm to the ovum. It also results in sperm living longer, more sperm that is able to fertilize the ovum and lengthen the total time in which sperm can fertilize an ovum. Also, orgasms and oxytocin prevent sperm loss by allowing earlier entry into the cervix away from the relatively hostile environment of the vagina. A different way that orgasms affect conception is that because of the pleasure experienced women will want to continue to have sex and especially with the males who they experience frequent orgasms with.
The researchers used questionnaires filled in by 110 heterosexual couples. The women had to rate their own attractiveness as well as the masculinity of their partners, and the men had to rate their own attractiveness and their partners femininity. They also had to reveal how many times they experienced orgasms with their partners at different times of the sexual intercourse as well as self-masturbation. Then facial photos were taken of the different male respondents and these were rated by others in a different UK university based on attractiveness and masculinity. The results showed that "…objective measures of the quality of women's mates – men's attractiveness and masculinity – significantly predicted the women's orgasms".
So women whose partners are more masculine according to them and objective others have more frequent orgasms and also more orgasms before male ejaculation. Having an orgasm before ejaculation is associated with increased sexual arousal and pleasure. A noteworthy finding was that the men did not necessarily rate themselves as very dominant or masculine compared to the rating of the women. So although their partners and others saw them as masculine and dominant, they did not see themselves in that way.
Also, physical attractiveness and relationship length predicted the frequency and timing of the women's orgasms while having sex. But it did not predict orgasm frequency during sexual activities that will not result in conception such as masturbation or oral sex.
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Seriously, what in the FUCK is wrong with you all? Has GLP let all common sense just fly out the fucking window? Who cares about the vote! Nobody cares who you voted for.
The only thing people should care about on this site is IF YOU VOTED, and than they should proceed to tell you everything that is wrong with it.
Apparently your brainwashed heads are stuck so far up your McDonalds-shitting asses, you have no clarity in your thoughts, whatsoever. Call me unamerican, call me what you will, but HERE are the facts, FOOLS!
- Your vote does not count.
- Voting is submission to Tyranny.
- Voting is an act of tolerance, not an act of support. (few will understand this)
- When you vote, you not only cast a paper ballot; you confirm that you approve of the system and those who run it - corruption and all.
- Voting is old school, outdated and defunct. It's only existent for traditional purposes, because regardless of who wins, the show never, EVER changes.
- Voting is a written, personal contribution to murder, thievery, bribery, war, and everything the government does wrong. If your vote counts for anything, it is for ignorance due to this simple fact.
- Voting has NEVER changed anything major for the better. All of the "could have(s), would have(s), and will(s) are purely hypothetical bullshit that mean nothing.
- Your vote provides consent. That consent is what fuels our slavery to the government, allows them to be in control and tells them "hey, I'm fucking stupid and I haven't figured out that this is all a big scam, yet."
- Your vote alone, all by itself, show's massive amounts of ignorance. The most intelligent thinkers of all time WERE NOT VOTERS, because they knew and understood the hypocrisy involved with voting. They refused to provide their consent to war, murder, high crime and economic rape. Only those who understand the way the system works - for real - will understand this.
- Once elected, that president RARELY EVER makes any of the changes he swore to make. It's always the opposite, filled with bullshit excuses and sugar-coated with public aid.
- The Electoral College
- The fact that you had no say in choosing the candidates themselves.
- You're likely voting on one to two major factors, which will most likely receive NO attention. So, all in all, you're voting based on a politician's opinion.
- Abortion has not been outlawed, guns have not been outlawed, medicare has not been dumped, social security has not been dumped and healthcare has not been improved, EVER, regardless of who is in office.
- Since the very first president, people have been expecting their whole life to turn around with a single vote. It never has. Fluctuations in quality of life will always remain and the majority will never be happy. However, after over 100 years and countless presidents, you feed into the propaganda that "he will change it all!".. And in the end, he never does.. Just look at Obama - all he needs is "4 more years" to create "hope".. Fuck him. It doesn't matter what he does, nor anyone else, nothing will change for the average worker. NOTHING. Things will only get harder and the illusion will grow deeper.
I'm sorry, but if you voted, you are totally 190% an ignorant fucking idiot. You deserve to remain a slave because you have failed to educate yourself on world affairs, government policy and the REAL way that the world turns. The public side of politics is nothing more than a soap opera and once you realize it you will know that you are correct, without question.
If you voted today, lick my fucking balls. Thanks a lot for refusing to be aware of what's going on. Thanks a lot for making it harder for those who try our asses off to teach you. Thanks for proving that you're nothing more than a shit-eating sheep with ZERO intellect and the intelligence of.......... a fucking slave.
Voters are the MOST UNAMERICAN OF ALL - because a REAL american would see right through this shit-show. A real american would know instantly when things are fucked up and would see clearly who is at fault.
Today, you voters are ALL at fault. You are the pathway to our demise. Enjoy eating the blood-stained shit from the bottom of the government boot as they trample over your face in the pursuit of the almighty and highly over-rated DOLLAR.
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Back in late January, we took up the cause of finding a sponsor for the Vancouver Wellwoods, PITB's official women's road hockey team. For years, the Wellwoods had been playing in baby blue t-shirts with iron-on decals, but they had decided it was time for them to graduate to snazzier duds. They needed jerseys, and since jerseys cost money, they needed a sponsor willing to pony up the scratch.
Thanks entirely to our ability to
needlessly inject ourselves into the discussion for personal gain crowdsource, the Wellwoods were able to find not one, but two sponsors: BC Diabetes, an organization "dedicated to providing excellence in diabetes care, research and education to all British Columbians," and Ken Johnson, a kind young man with no business to speak of, save the business of finding his soulmate.
In exchange for our help, the Wellwoods promised that they would dedicate the left shoulder patch to this blog. That's the awesomeness you see above.
But frankly, I'm way more amused by the contents of the right shoulder.
In exchange for subsidizing the jersey costs, both BC Diabetes and Ken Johnson were given a patch on the left shoulder. Since BC Diabetes has a logo, the Wellwoods went with that.
But Ken Johnson has no such logo. Rather, he simply requested the patch read "Ask me about Ken Johnson", and, when the ladies were asked, that he be recommended as a suitable life partner.
It's the best plan ever. If he finds love this way, he deserves a gold medal.
The phrase "Ask me about Ken Johnson" now becomes to PITB as "Who is John Galt?" is to Atlas Shrugged.
Thanks to BC Diabetes, Ken Johnson, for their help, and thanks to the Wellwoods for being the coolest official women's road hockey team we've ever had.Tags: ask me about ken johnson, PITB is famous, Road Hockey, Vancouver Wellwoods
I'm surprised the Wellwoods haven't found him anyone yet, a nice guy who likes hockey, what else do you need? Maybe you guys could write this story in soap opera style, like the continuing romantic adventures of Ken Johnson!
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We would love to see what each of you are doing special in your classrooms and at home for Fall. Feel free to add a comment with your ideas, a link to your website or even something that you've pinned that worked well. Let's create a Fall Resource for our we teach members ! I'll be sharing them on a Fall we teach Pinterest Board too!
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We had a lot of fun making these pumpkin crafts. They turned out really cute, and they were great for both fine motor practice and practicing name recognition.
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We read stories about "school" during our English as a second language class. It's an enjoyable way to learn school vocabulary in a foreign language and to learn something about school in other countries. You can pick some ideas from my selection of picture books about school in English, French and Italian at http://atelierstorytime.com/2013/10/06/back-to-school
If you can find the book in your country and you are teaching French to your children, try "La maîtresse dit Hello!": it's a bilingual book about a french boy learning English at school. It could be interesting to see what an American or British child learning French react to the story!
We had a great time making these salt-dough ornaments for Halloween -- love using glitter :) and a rolling pin activity is always great fun! You can read the tutorial (and hear what my dog did!) here: http://www.kcedventures.com/blog/halloween-kids-craft-halloween-cos...
We used some of our nature collection to make DIY nature slides! We used the light table and our windows to explore the DIY slides!
And we enjoyed playing will fall leaves & pumpkins on the light table!
We create a math corn maze in our backyard. It was a great way to work on numbers.
More details can be found at http://www.jdaniel4smom.com/2013/10/corn-maze-math-activity.html
We make a fall leaf wreath and hang it on our door. The kids have to use fine motor skills to glue and thread, plus they can count their leaves.
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