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An international team of scientists working with Disney have figured out how twin rainbows form while trying to enhance rainbow images in computer graphics.
Twin rainbows are rarer than double-rainbows—separate concentric arcs—instead appearing as two arcs splitting from a single origin.
"Initially the goal was to better depict rainbows for animated movies and video games and we thought rainbows were pretty well understood," said study co-author Wojciech Jarosz at Disney Research, Zürich, in a press release.
"Along the way we discovered that science and current simulation methods simply could not explain some types of rainbows," he added. "This mystery really fueled our investigations."
The researchers simulated rainbows, while looking at the effect of drop shape, and interactions with light both as a particle and a wave. They found that this rare optical phenomenon arises due to different-sized raindrops, and were also able to create others like supernumerary bows.
"Previous simulations have assumed that raindrops are spherical," Jarosz explained. "While this can easily explain the rainbow and even the double rainbow, it cannot explain the twinned rainbow."
As rain falls, air resistance causes the droplets to flatten, especially if they are large, producing hamburger-shaped drops known as "burgeroids."
"Sometimes two rain showers combine," Jarosz said. "When the two are composed of different-sized raindrops, each set of raindrops produces slightly deformed rainbows, which combine to form the elusive twinned rainbow."
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Non-surgical orthopedic treatment for migraine headaches.
George R. Walseth, DDS
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Patients of Dr. George R. Walseth, D.D.S.
".. For years I had horrendous headaches, severe neck pain and a jaw that locked constantly. I looked for help from Dr. Walseth and learned I had a serious case of TMD. After less than one month in a splint, I saw a tremendous difference. My headaches had subsided, my jaw was FINALLY relaxed, and my neck no longer had debilitating pain..."
"...So my husband and I made an appointment to see Dr. Walseth and from that point on, my life was about to change. After the panoramic x-ray was taken, Dr. Walseth confirmed that TMJ was my problem..."
"...Dr. Walseth's credentials and his work on this type of TMD issue. After a thorough exam including specialized x-rays, Dr. Walseth came up with a treatment plan....It is now 5 months later and the positioning of my upper and lower jaw has begun to change, as has my facial profile and most importantly, the migraines and earaches have faded away..."
About Migraine Headaches
Temporomandibular joint disorder, TMD
✓A migraine headache can cause intense throbbing or pulsing in one area of the head and is commonly accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and extreme sensitivity to light and sound. Migraine attacks can cause significant pain for hours to days and be so severe that all you can think about is finding a dark, quiet place to lie down.
Some migraines are preceded or accompanied by sensory warning symptoms (aura), such as flashes of light, blind spots or tingling in your arm or leg.
Migraine afflicts 28 million Americans, with females suffering more frequently (17%) than males (6%). Missed work and lost productivity from migraine create a significant public burden. Nevertheless, migraine still remains largely underdiagnosed and undertreated. Less than half of individuals with migraine are diagnosed by their doctors.
Recent nationwide work in the field of functional jaw orthopedics has shown a dramatic correlation between migraine headaches and TMD dysfunction through actual treatment results.
Dr. Walseth's orthopedic treatment of the jaw joint demonstrates the following:
✓ Migraine headaches are a primary cause of TMD (Temporomandibular dysfunction).
✓ Non-surgical orthopedic treatment is a cost effective way to permanently cure migraine headaches.
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23ABC Movie Minute: A preview of all the movies hitting theatres this September
The slowest month of the year has a solid schedule
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - September is statistically the slowest month for movie releases. Coming just past the heavy summer movie season, and right before the award bait movies start to emerge, September is an oft-forgotten month at the cinema. But from time to time, some gems can emerge and for being a small roster, there are some solid films making their way into theatres this month.
Here's the schedule of movies coming out this month:
- Genre: Sci-Fi Fantasy
- Synopsis: The third entry in the Riddick series finds the titular character abandoned to die and must fight to survive against enemies old and new.
- Starring: Vin Diesel, Karl Urban
- Rated R for strong violence, language and some sexual content/nudity
- Watch the trailer
The Family
- Genre: Action Comedy
- Synopsis: A mafia family is relocated to France under the witness protection program, but for this famiy, old habits die hard and they revert to their own ways to solve their problems and keep themselves safe.
- Starring: Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfieffer, Dianna Agron
- Rated R for violence, language and brief sexuality
- Watch the trailer
Insidious Chapter 2
- Genre: Horror
- Synopsis: Aptly arriving on Friday the 13th, this sequel to the successful 2010 horror film, the Lambert family seeks to discover the secret from their childhood that has left them undesirably connected to the spirit world.
- Starring: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne
- Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of terror and violence, and thematic elements
- Watch the trailer
Battle of the Year
- Genre: Drama
- Synopsis: An American dance team attempts to win the Battle of the Year competition for the first time in 15 years.
- Starring: Josh Holloway, Chris Brown, Josh Peck
- Rated PG-13 for language and rude behavior
- Watch the trailer
- Genre: Action Thriller
- Synopsis: The first of the heavy hitting dramas attracting awards buzz, Prisoners follows the grief of a father who is willing to do anything to save his missing daughter, even by taking the law into his own hands. His actions impact everyone around him including the family who is also missing their daughter and the detective assigned to the case.
- Starring: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis
- Rated R for disturbing violent content including torture, and language throughout
- Watch the trailer
Baggage Claim
- Genre: Romantic Comedy
- Synopsis: A young woman is determined to get engaged before her youngest sister gets married, so in a 30-day, 30,000 mile adventure, she seeks to find her own Mr. Right.
- Starring: Paula Patton, Taye Diggs
- Rated PG-13 for sexual content and some language
- Watch the trailer
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2
- Genre: Animated/Famiy
- Synopsis: Inventor Flint Lockwood discovered how to make food fall from the sky in the previous installment, but when his experiment went awry, the whole town had to leave. Now he comes back to their island to discover that now the food has come to life!
- Starring: voice talents of Bill Hader, Anna Faris, Andy Samberg
- Not Rated at the time of publication but will most likely be PG
- Watch the trailer
Don Jon
- Genre: Comedy
- Synopsis: Joseph Gordon-Levitt's writing and directing debut is the story of a young man in New Jersey struggles to balance his love of porn with his love of his family, his friends and unrealistic expectations of women.
- Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johannson, Julianne Moore
- Rated R for strong graphic sexual material and dialogue throughout, nudity, language and some drug use
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Uncle Lud Fought in '65
He Was in Sight of Lee at The Surrender
By Lucy W. Williams
We often hear of the rapidly diminishing number of men who wore the blue and gray, and with the passing of each one, we face the fact anew that only a few more years and the line will have passed out entirely. All of the white men of Brookneal who fought in the War Between the States have gone on. The only Confederate veteran who lives there is a well-respected Negro, and each day it would seem that his steps become a little slower and his gray beard and hair little more grayer. But, with all the infirmities of his 90 or more years, "Uncle Lud Brown" is daily seen meeting the Norfolk and Western train; getting his share of the mail, then going to the post office for more mail, and on to the Virginian Railway station to deliver the mail in time for the train. He has never "taken to" an automobile, but drives a horse and buggy which, like their owner, have seen better days. The old man and his horse, however, continue to plod along in an effort to do the job in a creditable manner. The mail is gotten from the Virginian train and taken to the post office, a distance of about three-fourths of a mile. This work has continued for a period of about 20 years.
Uncle Lud was born at Red Hill, the last home of Patrick Henry and where he was buried. Sallie Henry was his mother and Anthony Leigh his father. Sallie Henry was a slave owned by John Henry, son of Patrick Henry, and was housemaid for Mrs. Elvira Henry, wife of John Henry. Uncle Lud was later given to Robert Taylor, son of Mrs. Elvira Taylor, daughter of John Henry.
It was the Taylor home on the Red Hill estate that Uncle Lud left to enter the War Between the States. He was first in the Aspenwall Company, and when, for reasons not now remembered by Uncle Lud, the Aspenwall Company was broken up, he went in "A Company with Captain Wilcox of Georgia, in charge." His time was mainly devoted to driving a wagon, which carried a forge and other blacksmith's implements. Such duties led him into various places and often in great danger, around Richmond, Petersburg, in Henrico, King William, King and Queen Counties and into North Carolina near Henderson. He was often the only Negro in his company, and remained in Captain Wilcox's company until the close of the war. He was in sight of General Lee when he surrendered at Appomattox.
Uncle Lud Feels No Bitterness Over Slavery
After the surrender, Uncle Lud was allowed to come to Red Hill on a visit to his people. One day following his arrival home, he was called into the presence of his mistress, Mrs. Henry, who told him, "Now that you are free, you may take the name of Henry for your mother; you may take the name of Leigh for your father, but I should like to ask you to take the name of Ludwell Brown, the name of my sister, Margaret's husband, who lives in Bedford County. If you promise me you will do this, I know you will be true to your word." Mrs. Henry requested that he register under the name of Ludwell Brown, which he gladly did.
Because he served during the war under the name of Lud Henry, some difficulty arose when some years ago Uncle Lud applied for his pension, but after about one year the change of his name was straightened out and he received his pension.
Having been a slave holds no disagreeable memories for Uncle Lud. He says he was always treated with the kindest consideration, and had his master lived, he would like to have remained in his service the rest of his life. From his good English and polite manners, it would appear that more than the usual training was given Uncle Lud. He is always courteous and rather reserved.
Uncle Lud Parades Waving Confederate Flag
After leaving the Red Hill home, Uncle Lud was employed for about two years as a wagon driver for Mr. Joel Asher, who then lived near Brookneal. He was next employed by Dr. J. M. Wickliffe of Brookneal, and continued in his service for 10 years. Following the death of Dr. Wickliffe, he went to work for Mrs. Nannie E. Cook, and has lived on the estate of the late Mrs. Cook for 45 years, and she provided in her will "that Uncle Lud should have his home his lifetime."
The latter part of January of this year, fire of unknown origin destroyed Uncle Lud's home, and some very valuable papers, including his service record and discharge papers, were burned.
Uncle Lud says one of his happiest experiences occurred recently, when he was asked to attend the sesquicentennial in Lynchburg. He was taken by some of his white friends to Lynchburg, and there joined two other Confederate soldiers, Silas Green of Lynchburg and Gabe Hunt of Rustburg. The three were asked to ride in the parade and were placed in a Victoria belonging to the Guggenheimer family and drawn by two handsome bay horses. The three were given Confederate flags and they proudly waved these flags as the line of march proceeded.
After receiving much attention during the day from both white and colored people, the day was declared to have been one of the happiest, and Uncle Lud returned to Brookneal and to his work where he is seen daily, rain or shine, with his horse and buggy still in the service of Uncle Sam.
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Southern Living listed the 12 ultimate southern trips to take your kids this summer: 1) Disney World: Orlando (of course) 2) Soak in Sun Studio: Memphis (show your kids the where Elvis got his groove) 3) An authentic crab shack: Maryland (food and wooden mallets–what could go wrong?) 4) New Orleans Trip: (keep hands and […] [Read More]
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(The Washington Post) Pull some money out of that fanny pack and spend it here. You all know San Antonio's a mecca for fanny pack-clad tourists jumping at the chance to see the Alamo and smell the River Walk. But as you read today, hotel revenues are down. Need more proof that people nationwide aren't […] [Read More]
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Courtyard by Marriott opens June 2009
Dear Tourists, We present you with another downtown hotel for you to patronize. Thanks for spending your money in San Antonio. Sincerely, R. Walk The Courtyard San Antonio Riverwalk has announced it is opening in June. The latest hotel on the River Walk is on North St. Mary's Street wedged in between the Drury Inn & […] [Read More]


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Thanks, but unfortunately no improvement.
Kernel options in use: "quiet splash nomodeset vga=normal fb=false"
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Hi folks,
We have been able to reproduce a difference in functionality between the 295 and 302 drivers as described in this thread (display is black after suspend/resume in 302 and is fine in 295); however, we are only able to reproduce this symptom when running with a framebuffer console. The NVIDIA driver requires that the primary display device drive a VGA text console; non-VGA consoles are not supported.
While reviewing the nvidia-bug-report.log files attached to this thread so far, we noticed that most people appeared to be using framebuffer consoles. Those who were not using framebuffer consoles seemed to be reporting slightly different symptoms than the main issue described in this thread. Please try disabling any active framebuffer consoles: you can usually do this by adding "vga=0" or "vga=normal" to your kernel's command line in your bootloader configuration. Please report on whether this resolves your issue; if it does not, please provide an updated nvidia-bug-report.log file.
If you are experiencing any issue other than "when using a non-VGA console, suspend works fine, and resume hangs with a black screen using 302 drivers but worked correctly in 295 and earlier drivers", please start a separate thread for your issue.
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No. 2 Arizona Captures Doubleheader Sweep
April 7, 2010
TUCSON, Ariz. - The UTEP softball team dropped both ends of a doubleheader, 8-0 and 10-0, to the second-ranked Arizona Wildcats, in front of 2,633 fans, on Wednesday at Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium in Tucson.
The Miners drop to 26-14 while Arizona lifts to 31-4.
Arizona's Kenzie Fowler (21-2) captured Game 1 the win from the circle, holding the Miners hitless through five innings of play. She fanned nine batters and allowed two walks.
Stacie Townsend was the losing pitcher in both games, and falls to 22-9.
The Miners cycled through their pitching staff looking for an answer to Arizona's bats. In total, UA combined for 18 hits on the day, including four home runs, good for eight RBIs.
The Miners were held without a run in both games and all four of UTEP's hits came in the second game and the Orange and Blue were hitless in the opening contest.
Arizona scored for runs in the first, one in the second and three in the fourth in the first game to secure the five-inning mercy rule ending as Brigette Del Ponte and Kristen Arriola each laced home runs in the game.
Chelsea Troupe recorded the Miners' first hit of the day, a single into left field in the first inning. Ashley Ellis and Kayleigh Walts added another pair in the second and Camilla Carrera registered UTEP's fourth hit in the top of the fourth.
The Miners will take the weekend off to regroup, before heading to Greenville, N.C. next weekend to take on Conference USA leader, East Carolina in a three-game league series.


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Seems to be a better game than Dota 2 in graphics alone ... Dota2 hurts my eyes ..everything needs Night goggles to actually see..... hope I get a alpha or beta key some day...
This game is staying true to the Moba art style..unlike Dota2..
Only thing to check out is the game mechanics work better or at least similar to LOL.. i hate dota 2 mechanics too so not going to compare dota2 with this game ..
Good work guys.. hope you release it soon without bugs.
The game looks a lot like DotA... LoL does not look like this.
Out of the all the close of dota and lol.. this one looks promising.
Watching this game causes my eyes to burn.
it looks pretty good. i like the visuals including the effects.
Why is it that the MOBA community is the absolute worst community in all of gaming? So many wannabe elitist douchebags trying to convince everyone that what they prefer is what everyone should prefer. I enjoy these games, but I hate their communities.
looks cool, like the character designs. will be keeping an eye out for this one. may add this to my moba play list.
Wonder why they are not willing to give up Brand/Name based on masterpiece.
I wish those MOBAS were more like Guardians of Middle Earth... much simple and fun to play... then Dota2 with I think is tucked with the same old strategy mechanics, why shouls I have to select the skill then click right click to use... Im a PC player not a MOBA player but I like Guandians a lot more then LOL - DOTA2 or BOL... it plays faster and fluiid...
Meh. Looks incredibly lame. Zero innovation and they do wrong even things that Dota 2 does right.
Lol. Booooo! :P When dota 2 finally launches, it will retake its rightful place on the throne as king of Mobas. Dota = Aragorn.
What i hope they do with the series is, give us 2-4 games whatever they need to tell a great story. When we all see mass effect all it should tell us is its a great space epic, it will have rpg like elements it will be a 3rd person shooter, and finnaly are choices will massivly effect the story. I dont see why it has to have anything to do with the last set of games.
Heck talk with Joss Whedon and put it in the firefly universe? As long as they keep putting the time and effort in to the story and characters im in. I hate shooters and I love mass effect, that says something right there.
Chaos is the only true answer.
Bad copycats of Dota2. LoL is a bad copycat
There are so many bad MOBA games!! Bad copycats of Dota2 and LoL!!
very long LOAD?. Have u played LOL? come on...
My thoughts/highlights:
What are the big changes from LoL/Dota2? Where to start....ummmm....you can buy anywhere...
I haven't played all the characters yet, just the elephant and the panda. (I laughed)
Asian players have a hive mindset! (laughed again)
Microtransactions (YES!!)
"In a way it sounds like pay to win" (no it sounds EXACTLY like pay to win)
You can chop down trees?!?! Game changer! XD
it's me or character Are Too much Dota Copy, Desing, map etc it's Just Fliped and there is 2 tower with few additions
@Knoar I agree. I like MOBAs but I dont even play them because the community is so obnoxious. Everyone is a isht talking wannabe pro, nerdraging the entire game if you dont do what they tell you to do in a PUG game.
@Knoar Sadly this is so true, League of legends was my first MOBA game and I have played it since the Beta, it was all good back then people were just enjoying the game and helping people out. But right now it has the worst community I have ever faced in game.
@Knoar Amen to that, sir. There are many good folks in there, but I once played an LoL match with a d-bag who spent the whole "countdown" showing off how many champions he has, how douchy can you get?? LOL. And when we beat his ass later in the game, he was all whiny about how much money he spent on all those awesome characters, and was cryin, "how the hell did you still beat me with your crappy free champs?!" Oh God, I just hope somebody would castrate these freaks.
@Leonagard Someone hasn't played LoL with smart-casting turned on.
@Epicurus-Reborn I hope so, i got tired of lol but if dota 2 keeps the old and boring mechanics like losing gold i don't think it will get anywhere
Looks cool though. Really its just hard to play more than one MOBA I feel like.
@krayzeey that's exactly where you're wrong, it's not a copy cat. It innovated on the MOBA genre more than any other has. Even Dota 2 was a crappy copycat of Dota, and that's why it failed... it tried to just copy it.
@krayzeey A bad success?
@wexorian Both games are based on WC3 thus characters and skills are inevitably similar in some aspects; not to mention the map Chaos itself was started by modifying old Dota map
@marcl18123 LAWL
@canelacandy@krayzeey @RAD_RADIOAnd also, I'm not exactly the biggest fan out there 'coz it has its faults, but technically, Riot's LoL couldn't be a copycat of Valve's DOTA 2, since it came out before it (but not before the original DOTA mod ,of course).


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"One or more" aircraft are to be modified under the agreement, says ST Aerospace. North American Airlines operates five Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4-powered 757-200 passenger jets, according to its website. The charter carrier is a subsidiary of Global Aviation Holdings, which provides air transportation services to the US military.
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1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9x5-inch loaf pan with nonstick spray.
2. Sift first four ingredients (dry) into a small bowl. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat butter until creamy. Then beat in sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, beating in one at a time. Stir in dry ingredients and then banana.
4. Carefully stir in blueberries.
5. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and bake 50 minutes. A toothpick inserted into the center should come out clean.
6. Let sit for 15 minutes, then remove from the pan to a wire rack to cool.
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With the new year fast approaching, business analytics experts are rushing to lay down some predictions for the not-so-distant future. IBM Vice President Inhi Suh is expecting to see a significant shift toward Big Data, according to InformationWeek. Suh anticipates that the shift will be so large that companies will need to make Chief Data Officers a new addition in their boardrooms.
These CDOs will be expected to glean information from the influx of Big Data and interpret it in such a way that it is beneficial to the company. Although most businesses will likely appoint people with some digital information know-how to the new role, they're likely to rely on a third-party application to do an initial analysis and convert the data into something usable.
The increased use of Big Data is believed to minimize risk in a noteworthy way by shifting the basis of important business decisions from gut feeling to hard data, according to the source. Additionally, businesses that embrace the trend and implement the data early on will probably get a head start in the next calendar year. However, Suh noted that effective Big Data analytics won't necessarily come cheap. She expects businesses to readily invest in the up-and-coming world of Big Data.
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Another trend Suh expects to see in 2014 is an uptick in the use of Big Data apps to help businesses sift through the large volumes of information. Not only will these services have the opportunity to improve and grow through increased use, they'll also become "smarter" and be able to analyze more advanced trends.
With the advent of these apps, businesses don't need to invest in teams of specialists to reap the rewards of Big Data -- they can access the information in a comprehensible way once it has been converted. Customer service in particular is expected to improve with advances in Big Data because businesses will be able to locate and react to negative feedback circulating the web in a more timely fashion, according to Suh.
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The National Defense Strategy is the guidance that the secretary provides to the department on how to -- on what the department has to do to implement the president's National Security Strategy. The National Defense Strategy also serves as the foundation for the Quadrennial Defense Review process. Basically, what the Quadrennial Defense Review does is, it asks what kinds of capabilities does this department have to have in order to fulfill the National Defense Strategy.
Now in giving the department its direction, the National Defense Strategy outlines the broader National Security Strategy of the United States, so that you will see that there are things discussed in the National Defense Strategy that are not DOD responsibilities or missions, but they're included because it's necessary for people in the department to see the broader strategy to be able to understand it and understand what we need to do to fulfill it.
With respect to the National Defense Strategy, three of the main ideas are the need to deal with strategic uncertainty; the value of early measures, early action to prevent problems from becoming crises, or crises from becoming wars; and third, the importance of building partnership capacity so that we can work with other countries and get things accomplished in the world that we can't do by ourselves or we can't do as well or as efficiently by ourselves as we can through working with other countries.
Now, the National Defense Strategy defines four strategic objectives. The first is securing the United States from direct attack. The second is securing strategic access and retaining freedom of action for key regions and lines of communication and the global commons. The third is strengthening alliances and partnerships, and that's where this building partnership capacity idea is so important. And the fourth is establishing security conditions conducive to a favorable international order. And that's where we deal with the issues of key countries that are at, as we put it, strategic crossroads, or at points where they're making decisions of an important strategic nature.
And the defense strategy reaffirms the four concepts that were the framework for the Quadrennial Defense Review of 2001: assure allies and friends; dissuade potential adversaries; deter aggression and counter coercion; and defeat adversaries.
The focus of our planning and capabilities is on what we call the active, forward and layered defense of the nation, our interests and partners. And there's a focus on early measures, or what we call preventive measures, that are a critical component of active, layered defense. And I want to stress that the term "preventive" is not the same thing as preemption.
Preventive measures are things like the security cooperation that we do, the forward presence that we maintain, stability operations, nonproliferation initiatives like the Proliferation Security Initiative. These are all actions that are taken to prevent problems from becoming crises, as I said, and crises from becoming wars.
The National Defense Strategy talks about what the United States is focused on doing in the war on terrorism. In essence it is to help create and lead an international effort to deny terrorist extremist networks what they require to operate and survive. And the idea is that if we succeed in denying the terrorist organizations what they need to survive, we will have defeated them. That is probably going to be a long-term project. In the meantime, we need to deny them what they need to operate.
To that end, the United States is focused on protecting the homeland, disrupting and attacking terrorist networks, and countering ideological support for terrorism.
The United States and its allies and partners are focused on exploiting eight categories of terrorist requirements that we have the ability to interfere with. So they are requirements and they are also vulnerabilities for the terrorists -- ideological support, leadership, foot soldiers, safe havens, weapons -- in particular weapons of mass destruction -- funds, communications and movement and access to targets.
And now for a review of the key points of the National Military Strategy I'll ask Admiral Sullivan.
ADM. SULLIVAN: Thanks very much, Mr. Feith.
The National Military Strategy takes the broad strategic guidance that is contained in the National Security Strategy and the National Defense Strategy and operationalizes that guidance for the services and for the combatant commanders. And I'd point out that these two documents that we're talking about today were developed in parallel. As the Office of the Secretary of Defense worked through developing the National Defense Strategy, the OSD staff and the Joint Staff worked closely together to make sure that the two documents were aligned and synchronized and that there were no conflicting guidance contained in the documents. So we've worked hand in glove with the secretary of Defense's staff in developing both of these documents.
As I said, the military strategy operationalizes that strategic guidance and provides the combatant commanders and the services with information that helps them conceptualize what the capabilities are that they need to build within the forces in order to operationalize that strategy.
It talks about protecting the homeland, about preventing conflicts and surprise attacks, and about prevailing, in the event that we actually need to get into conflict.
In terms of protecting the United States, it talks in terms of defeating threats closer to their sources, protecting the strategic approaches to the United States; strengthening support to civil authorities, that includes, when directed by the president, assisting civil authorities in homeland defense and homeland security type missions, as well as in consequence management-type situations. And it also talks about helping our partners around the world develop the kind of capabilities that they need to contribute to the overall security.
In terms of preventing conflict and surprise attack, it takes into consideration our operating patterns, how we're deployed around the world, our cooperation with friends and allies; operations that promote stability and security in key regions.
And then, finally, in terms of prevailing against adversaries, it talks in terms of having the necessary survivability, lethality, and so forth, to prevail in any type of conflict.
It reinforces the chairman's goals of winning the war on terrorism, on improving and enhancing jointness within the military services, enhancing our ability to work with other agencies of the U.S. government in a more interactive way and, finally, of winning the war on terrorism.
The principles that are espoused are stress agility, the ability to react quickly; the ability to amass force, where necessary, from disperse locations. It really stresses speed. And it really stresses jointness and integration, and as I mentioned, not just integration among the services, but integration with our friends and allies, and integration with other agencies of the government that are essential for national security.
So we really -- we provide the guidance to the combatant commanders and the services in a capabilities-based approach to guide their development and their thinking about capabilities that we need to support the strategies in the future.
MR. FEITH: Our goal in these documents was to review the concepts from our earlier strategy documents. In some cases we reaffirmed those concepts; in some cases we're updating them; incorporate lessons learned over the last four years, and to lay the foundation for the work that we're about to launch into for the Quadrennial Defense Review.
And I would encourage you to read the documents. I think that there's a lot of thinking that went into them, and we welcome the review and the public debate about them.
And now we'll be happy to take some questions.
Q Doug, you've emphasized several times a what you call "building partnership strategy." The New York Times is reporting today that the United States is inviting close friends and allies, including Britain, to come and discuss issues leading up to the QDR, to take part in them, including classified U.S. military strategy. Is this true? And is it in fact a way to try to put in concrete or make more firm cooperation in the future on -- in peace and war? And is this in part a lesson learned from Iraq where we, while we did have a coalition, the United States has pretty much borne this burden alone in terms of finances? Anyway, if you'll go into that. Are we doing that with the allies, and inviting them to take part in these classified discussions?
MR. FEITH: We do a lot of work with allies in the operational area where we are sharing classified information, and that's an element of coalition warfare. And we want to be able to work with our allies not simply in operations but also in the development of strategy.
One of the things that came out of our analyses that we did in connection with the strategy documents was a recognition that much of what the United States wants to see done in the world for our own national security purposes, and specifically with regard to the war on terrorism, are things that can be done as a practical matter only by other countries. If you think about one of the key strategic or conceptual challenges in the war on terrorism it's that we are fighting terrorist enemies who are present in many countries around the world with whom we are not at war, and many of these countries are friends of ours. And the only way that action can be taken effectively against those terrorist enemies is if it's taken by the governments of the countries where they are located.
So international cooperation is crucial to our fighting the war on terrorism. And we've given that a lot of thought. And in order to be able to work with other countries as we want to, and see them take the kinds of actions that benefit them and us, we need to work with these countries on two main projects as we look at it. One is encourage and the other is enable.
And on the encourage side, we want to work with our partners in developing, for example, a common assessment of the security situation, a common assessment of threats, a common assessment of the kinds of capabilities that are needed to deal with those threats.
And thinking things through strategically with one's allies and partners is a major contribution to encouraging them to work with us and do things that serve our common interests.
On the other side, there's the enable side. In order for these countries to do things that we want to see done, in many cases we need to help them with their training, with their equipment; we need to work with them in what's called security cooperation to give them the ability -- and sometimes the ability that's needed is military, and DOD will have the lead, but in other cases the abilities that we need other countries to have are in other areas, law enforcement or intelligence or even, in some cases, civil administration, and the Department of Defense is not necessarily in the lead but the U.S. government has an interest in helping enable these other countries to be able to do work with us.
Q Excuse me. Just briefly to follow up; i.e., are we beginning to cooperate more closely with these countries or ask them to cooperate more closely with us, as in inviting Britain and others to take part in classified QDR discussions? Are we doing that now?
MR. FEITH: We are interested in getting participation in the QDR from other countries and from other government agencies. In the past, the QDR tended to be a Defense Department project and it was pretty tightly controlled just within the Defense Department. We think that given the nature of the national security challenges we face, it will promote what we call interagency jointness and a kind of jointness on an international scale if we bring other agencies of the U.S. government and other countries in to work with us on the kinds of things that we're dealing with in the QDR.
Q Thank you.
Q Doug, I'm a little confused. You're talking about the National Defense Strategy and the National Military Strategy, but what about the National Security Strategy? Are we going to get that too? Are you going to discuss that or is that something totally separate?
MR. FEITH: Well, the National Security Strategy came out in, I think it was, September of 2002, and so we are operating within that strategy as we have seen key concepts evolve over the period since then.
Q But that has not evolved; that's still the basic strategy that came out?
MR. FEITH: Well, in writing, the basic strategy is the one that was issued in September of 2002, but as you know, the president has said many things since then that are elaborations on additional guidance on the National Security Strategy.
Q On page 5 of the National Defense Strategy under "Our Vulnerabilities," "Our strength as a nation-state will continue to be challenged by those who employ a strategy of the weak, using international fora, judicial processes and terrorism."
I was wondering if you could explain that, because one reads -- sort of it sounds like it equates things like going to legal authorities with terrorism. If you could kind clarify that for us --
MR. FEITH: Yeah. The only point that we're making is that we're in a fascinating new, complex international security situation because of ease of travel, technology. There are a lot of things in the world that affect the security environment. And there are various actors around the world that are looking to either attack or constrain the United States, and they are going to find creative ways of doing that that are not the obvious conventional military attacks. And we're just pointing out that we need to think broadly about diplomatic lines of attack, legal lines of attack, technological lines of attack, all kinds of asymmetric warfare that various actors can use to try to constrain, shape our behavior. And that's what that point is flagging.
Q And so like a -- I mean, is a legal line of attack like a Guantanamo detainee challenging his detention in U.S. courts?
MR. FEITH: No, the arguments that some people make to try to, in effect, criminalize foreign policy and bring prosecutions in -- where there has -- there's no proper basis for international -- for jurisdiction under international law, as a way of trying to pressure American officials. Those are the kinds of --
Q As in the World Court. You refer to the World Court.
MR. FEITH: The -- I mean, the -- yes, our position on the International Criminal Court is known. We -- I mean, our view is that that court should apply to the countries that have signed the International Court Treaty, and it should not be imposed on countries that have not signed that treaty. And we have not become a party --
ADM. SULLIVAN: Yeah, I think what that vulnerability really gets to is that if there are countries that don't share our goals, they may try to use established international fora to inhibit those -- us doing what we need to do in our own national interest. And that's what that paragraph addresses.
Q Don't we do the same thing through nonproliferation treaties, that kind of thing?
MR. FEITH: Excuse me?
Q Doesn't the United States do the same thing through -- you know, through, say, a nonproliferation treaty -- force other countries to --
MR. FEITH: Countries all over the world are trying to influence other countries' behavior, and we're simply pointing out that there are countries that will try to do that with us.
Q Mr. Feith, would you please clarify what is the real difference between preemptive action and preemption measures? And tell me if I am right. The war in Iraq was a preventive action, and the war in Afghanistan was preemption measures.
And my question is: Is there any possibility for a preventive action, let's say, against Iran?
MR. FEITH: I don't think I agree with your terminology. What I was saying is one of the key strategic messages that the secretary is giving the department through the National Defense Strategy is that people should be thinking not simply how to react to events when those events have already become big problems or wars, but what kinds of actions do we want to take now to help shape an international environment so that problems are less likely to become crises. And through early action we can sometimes prevent a crisis from becoming a war -- I mean, the kind of intervention that was done in Haiti. The kind of early intervention that was done on the humanitarian operation for the tsunami was an example of doing something quickly so that a large problem doesn't get exacerbated because of the failure to act.
There are also things that we can do to shape the environment, like the Proliferation Security Initiative developing the capacity of other countries to do interdictions of shipments of weapons of mass destruction materials or technology is the kind of thing -- a sensible preventive action that can help prevent countries from proliferating weapons of mass destruction. I mean, it serves our interests to prevent problems from occurring or getting worse.
Q Yeah, but what about the war in Iraq or in Afghanistan? It was -- I mean, the war in Iraq was a preventive action and the war in Afghanistan was a preemption measures after the attack of 9/11.
MR. FEITH: I mean, I don't want to get into academic debates about that, you know, how we label --
Q -- about the war in Iraq, it was a preventive action I mean?
MR. FEITH: The war in Iraq was a way to take care of a threat that the United States tried for at least a dozen years to take care of through numerous other means, with resolutions of the Security Council and inspection measures and sanctions, and various other methods that unfortunately did not remedy the problem.
Q And don't you -- my last question. Don't you think that preventive action, it's not a new terminology in the international law?
MR. FEITH: The concept that I'm describing of trying to prevent problems from becoming crises is certainly not new in the world.
Q But it does go to the question of -- this document does seem to sort of codify the administration's notion that it has the right to wage a preemptive or preventive war. And I do think the terminology is not necessarily purely academic, because that's what I'm reading out of this. And I'm sort of curious your reaction to that. I mean, is that essentially what this document is designed to do?
And secondly, you're talking about here the importance of alliances. But, you know, page 8, phrasing that I suspect some -- could put some hackles up, you know, in doing so, "if deterrence falls short and we must go to military action, we will act with others when we can" -- which was the phrasing that I think irritated some people because it sort of had the notion of like "if we can we can, but if we can't, too bad."
I really just want to get you to tell us if you think that is what this is sort of codifying, the idea of the U.S. ability to wage -- you can pick the term -- a preventive war, a preemptive war, both -- and how much this tells us we have to rely on our allies to do that.
MR. FEITH: The president has the obligation to protect the country, and I don't think there's anything in our Constitution that says that the president should not protect the country unless he gets some non-Americans' participation or approval of that. I mean, he is the president of the United States and he has his obligations to the American people in the Constitution. I don't see the issue.
Now, on the issue of our need to act, there are circumstances -- and it's very well recognized, actually, for a very long time in international diplomacy and law -- there are circumstances where countries have to take action in self-defense. And I think that a lot of the talk about this subject over the years to suggest that what has been done in this administration is somehow some major departure from past practice is just wrong and ahistorical.
Q You believe that Iran is a terrorist nation and that it's building a nuclear weapon. So how does this strategy play into deterring that threat?
MR. FEITH: This strategy, as you'll see when you read through it, does not get into the particulars of specific problems relating to specific countries. It lays out rather broad strategic ideas. There are concepts in here, though, about deterrence, defense and, as I mentioned before, shaping the international environment in such a way that countries are going to be given, let's say, the incentive to pursue policies that will make them non-threatening members of the international community.
There are some countries that have taken those lessons, like Libya, and have decided that policies they pursued for a long time in trying to develop weapons of mass destruction were actually not serving their interests. And we are hoping that a diplomatic approach such as that that the European Union is conducting, with our support, regarding Iran will help persuade the Iranians that they are better off changing their policies on their nuclear weapons program.
Q What happened to the goal of being able to fight two regional wars at the same time? Has that been dropped now as a priority as a result of this, or where are we?
MR. FEITH: The past Quadrennial Defense Reviews tended to focus on those kinds of ideas as a basis for deciding what size force the United States wants. And what we're doing with this Quadrennial Defense Review is trying to focus first on capabilities and not primarily on what's called the force-sizing construct. We're looking at what are the capabilities that the department needs to fulfill this strategy and allow us to do as a department what we need to do to fulfill the National Security Strategy. And then after that gets reviewed and thought through and the various capabilities are balanced and the risks are balanced, then I think we will have a better handle on this issue of the force-sizing construct than if we take the approach that was done in the past.
Q So we don't know what's the --
MR. FEITH: No, I'm saying that we're doing this in an orderly process, and what we've decided is first we're laying out the defense strategy, then we're going to do the assessment of the capabilities required, and from that we will get insight into the force-sizing construct.
Q How does BRAC fit into this? Because aren't you putting taking -- dealing with some of your force structure issues with BRAC ahead of when you're going to be dealing with this through the QDR and that process?
MR. FEITH: That's a very interesting problem. We have a number of things in this department that are long-term projects that unfold over months or in some cases over years, and one can't stop everything in the department in order to do a a study that feeds into one of these several long-term projects. We've got our global posture realignment. We've got our war on terrorism. We've got BRAC. We've got various capabilities-related studies to do. And they're all being done on a rolling basis. And there are major efforts being made, and I think reasonably successfully, to make sure that what we learn in each process gets injected into other processes that are going along on tracks alongside.
And so the answer is we're trying to make sure that everything that is crucial to know to allow one of those processes to go forward is known in a timely fashion, but there's no way that we can say that we're going to shut down the BRAC process until we finish the QDR, or the QDR until we finish the BRAC process. They both have to proceed, and along with, as I said, a number of other of these long-term projects.
Q I wonder if you could frame this along the lines of how this is different, how what you're unveiling today is different than the policy of containment. I say this because George Kennan died a couple of days ago, the architect of containment. And it's in the public domain now in terms of what he did and what containment was, (but as a bookend, containment postulated X ?), and how is it different 50 years later?
MR. FEITH: Well, the containment policy was, I think one could say, a -- it contributed to a brilliant success, which was the success of the West in the Cold War. My personal view is that President Reagan took the containment policy a step or two beyond what was laid out in the famous writings of Mr. Kennan, and that was a valuable contribution to the victory in the Cold War.
The world has changed very substantially since the end of the Cold War, and what these strategy documents are trying to do is to take fully into account the fact that we're not in the Cold War anymore, and the kinds of structures that existed during the Cold War don't now exist. That's part of the reason that we're emphasizing strategic uncertainty.
I mean, in the Cold War one of the main strategic phenomena was that we knew who our major challenger was, and we devoted a lot of intelligence assets, we devoted a lot of military assets to focusing on the Soviet threat. And we had an idea of where we would fight and what the enemy's order of battle was, and we knew a lot relatively about the enemy and what we had to plan to do.
What we find now is we have a world that doesn't have the kind of structure that it had during the Cold War, and we don't believe that we know where we're going to have to operate militarily. We need therefore to plan entirely differently from the way we planned during the Cold War. And what that means is we need to -- the way I like to put it is we need to plan to be surprised. We need to plan to be able to deal with things that we didn't anticipate. And we stress that in this document.
And what that means is we need, as Admiral Sullivan was saying, we need agility. We need to be able to react to events -- first of all, as I was saying, we need to be able to shape events to the maximum extent reasonable. And then we need to be able to react to events so that we can deliver capabilities promptly and effectively anywhere in the world, because we don't now flatter ourselves into thinking that we actually know where we might have to operate militarily either in a combat operation or a humanitarian operation. So we're trying to develop a defense strategy that creates the proper kind of flexibility. That's why there's an emphasis on reshaping our global defense posture, there's an emphasis on the kind of equipment that is easily deployable and properly configured for the kind of pre- positioning that will allow us to move quickly.
That's why there's the kinds of changes that General Schoomaker is making in the Army on modularization. And there are an enormous number of practical consequences that flow from this concept of strategic uncertainty, and it's basically the main thing that distinguishes our world today from the world of the Cold War that you were referring to.
(Cross talk.)
Q Well, isn't this much more proactive strategy, as in -- isn't this a much more proactive strategy, as in "strike first, if you need to," as opposed to kind of a "live and let live" stand-off that you had during the Cold War; that the enemy now -- terrorists, i.e., whatever -- won't let you live and let live. So therefore, you have to use a more proactive strategy, possible military attack.
MR. FEITH: Well, if you look at the war on terrorism, for example, it is clear to us that there is enormous importance to the capture-and-kill operations we do in the war on terrorism, but they will not allow us to win the war. The only way we are going to win the war on terrorism is, as a country, by dealing with the ideological support that the terrorists get.
Now this is not a Defense Department mission, but the U.S. government recognizes that to have a winning strategy in the war on terrorism, we're going to have to address what it is that allows the terrorists to recruit and indoctrinate new terrorists. And the kind of work that we need to do in the world as a government -- and the Defense Department only has a -- you know, a slice of this large responsibility -- but the work that we need to do as a government to win the war on terrorism does require activity, as opposed to just reaction.
And the president's strategy of freedom and democracy promotion is an example of changing the situation in the world in a way that contributes to strategic victory for us in the war on terrorism. It also serves other U.S. national security purposes.
STAFF: Let's make this the last one. We're running out of time, Doug. We'll take one.
Q Mr. Feith, Mr. Feith, having said that you don't know where you're going to have to operate, have you identified any areas for priority attention, such as the Middle East, Taiwan Straits, Korea, maybe East Africa?
MR. FEITH: I don't think that the world gives us the luxury of picking areas. We have interests all over the world. I dare say that if anybody before September 11th, 2001, was listing places that we would want to focus on as a matter of priority, Afghanistan would have been rather low on the list.
I think we need to be very modest about our ability to predict the future, and I think a proper intellectual modesty is built into this concept of strategic uncertainty, and we tried to infuse that idea through these documents.
And what that means is we have interests all over the world; we have to be ready to work with countries all over the world, move and act in various types of operations, as I said, you know, spanning the whole range from humanitarian activities, diplomatic activities, combat activities anywhere in the world that they're required.
STAFF: Thanks a lot, folks.
Q Is this modesty a lesson from Iraq to fill in some of the intelligence lessons?
MR. FEITH: Thank you.


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Calendar of Events
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Girl Power Invitational: Gym America Gymnastics.< less
Mar. 15-17. Young gymnasts from throughout Michigan and Ohio are featured in nonsanctioned pre-competitive and sanctioned early-competitive level competitions.
Afternoon time TBA (Mar. 15) & all day (Mar. 16 & 17), Saline High School, 1300 Campus Pkwy., Saline. $10 (seniors & kids, $5; kids age 4 & under, free). 971-1667. [map]
St. Patty's Day Extravanganza: Bari Simon.< less
Top O' The Morning Party from 7am-11am includes an all you can eat continental breakfast of Corned Beer Hash, Biscuits and Gravy, Scrambled Eggs, Fruit, Lucky Charms, OJ and Coffee. $6 with our Facebook coupon.
St. Patricks Day Food Specials starting at 11am, including Irish Nachos and Shepherds Pie!
• Happy hour pricing
• Special small batch stouts including Michael Faricy Stout, Sarsaparilla Stout and Girl Scout Cookie Stout
• Live music by Kevin and the Glen Levens from 3-8pm
• Beer Garden will be open weather permitting
Corner Brewery, 720 Norris St, Ypsilanti. Free. 734-480-2739. email@example.com www.cornerbrewery.com [map]
Drop-in Luminary Workshops: Workantile/FestiFools.< less
Every Sun. Local artists show how to make a lantern to carry in the FoolMoon procession on Apr. 5. Snacks.
10 a.m.-5 p.m., Workantile, 118 S. Main. $10 suggested donation. 763-7550. [map]
Tuesday Winter Democratic Rides: Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society.< less
Every Tues., Dec.-Mar. The assembled riders choose their own pace, distance, and destination. Also, riders can start at 11 a.m. from the gazebo in downtown Dexter (994-5908). Note: Riders should be prepared to take care of themselves on all AABTS rides. Carry a water bottle, a spare tire or tube, a pump, a cell phone, and snacks.
10 a.m., meet at Wheels in Motion, 3400 Washtenaw. Free. 545-0541. [map]
Easter Bunny: Briarwood Mall.< less
Daily, Mar. 8-30. A chance to visit the Easter Bunny. Pet photos with the bunny Mar. 10 (6-8 p.m.). Pets must be on a leash or in a carrier and weigh less than 60 pounds.
11 a.m.-1 p.m. & 1:30-4:30 & 5:15-8 p.m. (except Sun., 11 a.m.-2 p.m. & 3-6 p.m.) Briarwood Sears seating area. Free. 769-9610. [map]
"23rd Annual Home, Garden, & Lifestyle Show": Builders & Remodelers Association of Greater Ann Arbor.more >
"23rd Annual Home, Garden, & Lifestyle Show": Builders & Remodelers Association of Greater Ann Arbor.< less
Mar. 15-17. More than 100 area exhibitors show and demonstrate products and offer information on home improvement services. Concessions.
3-9 p.m. (Fri.), 10 a.m.-7 p.m. (Sat.), & 11 a.m.-5 p.m. (Sun.), Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds, 5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Rd. Admission $5 (kids age 12 & under, free). 996-0100. [map]
H.A.C. Ultimate.< less
Every Sun. All invited to a very relaxed pickup game of this spirited team sport played with a flying disc. Note: Overly competitive players are politely asked to leave.
11:15 a.m., Mitchell Field, Fuller Rd. Free. firstname.lastname@example.com, 846-9418.
One FREE Ladies Only Yoga Class (new clients): Peachy Fitness.< less
Peachy Fitness offers One FREE ladies only Yoga class To new clients. This class is for beginners to intermediate levels.No gym membership is required. We offer class packages and students discounts.
Gretchen's House, 2625 Traver Blvd. 734-681-0477. email@example.com www.peachyfitness.com [map]
St. Patrick's Feast: Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County.< less
Traditional Irish meal followed by an entertainment program TBA for kids and adults. Proceeds benefit the Father Patrick Jackson House, a residential program for teen mothers and their babies.
12:30 p.m., St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, 530 Elizabeth. $75 in advance only. 971-9781, ext. 323. [map]
"Family Passover to Go": Jewish Community Center.< less
An interactive family-oriented program in which participants can dress up and make bricks from clay and straw, learn the Passover story, sing songs, and make items for the Passover table to take home. Also, new JCC director Jeff Baden performs a magic show and DJ Ben Freed leads dancing.
1-3 p.m., JCC, 2935 Birch Hollow Dr. (off Stone School Rd. south of Packard). $15 (household, $30). 971-0990. [map]
"Family Science: Can You Feel the Beat?": U-M Natural History Museum/Ann Arbor District Library.more >
"Family Science: Can You Feel the Beat?": U-M Natural History Museum/Ann Arbor District Library.< less
Mar. 17 & 30. U-M Natural History Museum staff explain to kids in grades K-5 (accompanied by an adult) what makes music the universal language, what makes some instruments more common than others, and why some noises sound strange or get us excited.
1-2 p.m. (Mar. 17), Natural History Museum, 1109 Geddes, & 10-11 a.m. (Mar. 30), AADL Pittsfield Branch, 2359 Oak Valley Dr. between Scio Church Rd. and Ann Arbor-Saline Rd., Free. 764-0480, 327-8301. [map]
"Great 'Scapes Around the World": UMMA.< less
Docent-led tour of various works in the museum's collection that depict landscapes, rivers, towns, and skies.
1 p.m., UMMA, 525 S. State. Free. 764-0395. [map]
Developing Your Musical Intuitions: The Language of Classical Music: U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Youth & Adult Community Programs.more >
Developing Your Musical Intuitions: The Language of Classical Music: U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Youth & Adult Community Programs.< less
If you love classical music, you probably have a great deal of tacit knowledge about music, even if you have never played an instrument or learned to read musical notation. This course will enable you to access that knowledge by examining some of the fundamental aspects of aural experience, including memory and expectation, musical ambiguity, and feelings of tension and release. Although instructional materials will be provided for those who wish to progress further on their own, even those with no formal musical training and no knowledge of musical notation will enjoy this course. In a series of eight ninety-minute lectures, the course will use powerful and memorable musical events to generalize about musical grammar and logic, featuring works that are familiar to many classical music enthusiasts, such as Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto and Chopin's "Revolutionary" Etude, all of them played live at the piano by the instructor, Professor Kevin Korsyn of the University of Michigan SMTD.
Stearns Building, 2005 Baits Drive. $160. 734-936-2660. firstname.lastname@example.com www.music.umich.edu
U-M Natural History Museum Planetarium Shows.< less
Every Sat. & Sun. Two different audiovisual planetarium shows.
The Sky Tonight (11:30 a.m. Sat. & 1:30 p.m. both days) is an exploration of the current night sky.
Flight Adventures (Sat. 12:30 p.m & Sun. 2:30 p.m.) is an audiovisual show examining the science of flight through the eyes of a young girl and her grandfather as they explore how birds, kites, planes, and models fly and learn about the history and future of human flight.
Various times, Natural History Museum, 1109 Geddes at North University. $5. 764-0478. [map]
Boundaries of the Self, Learn Ways to Strengthen & Regulate Your Boundaries: Carole Kirby, lmsw.more >
Boundaries of the Self, Learn Ways to Strengthen & Regulate Your Boundaries: Carole Kirby, lmsw.< less
Our boundary is the invisible protective screen that develops around the self to hold our developing self intact as children & is a very important aspect of our adult selves as well. Throughout our lives our boundaries determine our sense of self-esteem, our self-confidence, our sense of control over our lives & our personal freedom.
With clearly defined boundaries, we know our own thoughts & feelings, and in turn, are able to interpret & regulate our interactions with others. Boundaries can become blurred through boundary invasion or boundary neglect.
Crazy Wisdom Bookstore, 114. S. Main Street. Free. 734-424-2797. email@example.com www.therapy4couples.com [map]
Drop-in Tour: U-M Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.< less
Mar. 3 & 17. Docent-led tour of the museum's current exhibits.
2-3 p.m., Kelsey Museum, 434 S. State. Free. 764-9304. [map]
Family Dance: Pittsfield Union Grange.< less
All kids, accompanied by an adult, invited for contra and square dancing with live music by David West and Donna Baird. Followed by Grange-baked cookies.
2-4 p.m., Pittsfield Grange, 3337 Ann Arbor-Saline Rd. (just south of Oak Valley Dr.). $12 per family. 769-1052. [map]
Family Dance: Pittsfield Union Grange.< less
All kids, accompanied by an adult, invited for contra and square dancing with live music. Grange-baked cookies.
2-4 p.m., Pittsfield Grange, 3337 Ann Arbor-Saline Rd. (just south of Oak Valley Dr.), Saline. $12 per family. 769-1052. [map]
Nature Programs: Waterloo Natural History Association.< less
Sept. 8 (2-3:30 p.m.): "Dragonflies: Acrobats of the Sky." Jackson naturalist Don Henise presents a short indoor program about dragonflies, followed by a hike to Mill Lake to view them in their natural habitat. Bring your binoculars or borrow a pair from the Eddy Discovery Center.
Sept. 15 (1:30-3 p.m.): "Incredible Edibles Walk." WNHA wild foods expert Tom Jameson leads a 90-minute hike to learn about edible wild plants available locally and then prepares some wild food dishes (with recipes) to sample.
Sept. 22 (2-3 p.m.): "Sensing Animals." Science Alive representatives bring a variety of live animals for a hands-on presentation on some amazing ways they use their senses to learn about and survive in their environments.
Sept. 29 (2-3:30 p.m.): "Fall Mushroom Search." Mushroom expert Phil Tedeschi leads a search for mushrooms and helps participants identify what they have collected. Bring waxed paper and a basket or paper bag.
Oct. 6 (1-2:30 p.m.): "Survival Skills You Can Use." Artemis Eyster shows adults and kids age 10 & up how to make a shelter and a bed, build a fire, find water, make your own string, and avoid getting lost.
Oct. 20 (2-3 p.m.): "Animal Interactions." Interactive Animal Education owner Chris Oesterling displays a variety of live animals and discusses their habits and adaptations.
Oct. 27 (2 p.m.): "Sandhill Crane Tour." Local sandhill crane expert Bill Wells leads an auto tour that goes from the fields of Portage Lake campground, where many cranes spend the day, to the marshes of the Audubon Society's Haehnle Sanctuary, where hundreds of cranes return to roost at dusk. Expect to see large flocks of these magnificent birds at close range. Bring binoculars and cameras. Maps for self-guided tours and on-request showings of The Sandhill Crane Story available at the Discovery Center beginning Oct. 5.
Nov. 10 (2-3 p.m.): "Rapteriffic." Leslie Science & Nature Center staff show off some of the center's raptors and display the amazing eyesight of hawks and remarkable hearing of owls.
Various times, meet in the Eddy Discovery Center lower parking lot (except as noted), Bush Rd. (west off Pierce Rd. from I-94 exit 157), Chelsea. $. $2 (families, $5); additional materials fee for "Sketching Nature" programs. Space limited; preregistration required. $10 annual vehicle entrance fee. 475-3170.
"Act of Grace": Washtenaw County Historical Society/Ann Arbor District Library.< less
Local writer Karen Simpson, a former WCHS board member, discusses the writing of her award-winning debut novel about an African American high school senior who saves the life of a Klansman. The story is based on an incident that happened at a Klan rally in Ann Arbor 15 years ago.
2-4 p.m., AADL Malletts Creek Branch, 3090 E. Eisenhower (between Stone School & Packard). Free. 327-4555. [map]
"All About the Trio": Kerrytown Concert House.< less
See review. U-M jazz piano professor Ellen Rowe leads her trio in a lecture-concert tribute to Dave Brubeck. With bassist Paul Keller and drummer Pete Siers.
2 p.m., KCH, 415 N. Fourth Ave. $10-$25 (students, $5). Reservations recommended. 769-2999. [map]
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof": Ann Arbor Civic Theatre.< less
Mar. 14-17. Kat Walsh directs local actors in Tennessee Williams's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1955 drama about the unraveling of a mendacious southern family, centered on a wife trapped in an unfulfilling marriage with a faded former football star pining for his dead friend. As the family gathers one night in Mississippi, each tries to flatter the family patriarch in an attempt to wrest from him some of his wealth. Cast: Anna Heinl, Chris Manna, Alex Berneis, Susie Berneis, Charles Sutherland, Glenn Bugala, Stephen White, Michael Joseph, Heather Liebal, Wendy Ascione-Juska, Mary Kowalski.
8 p.m. (Mar. 14-16) & 2 p.m. (Mar. 17), U-M Walgreen Drama Center Arthur Miller Theatre, 1226 Murfin, North Campus. Tickets $22 (seniors age 60 & over, $20; students, $11; Thurs., $17) in advance at a2ct.org & by phone, and at the door. 971-2228. [map]
"Florencia Pita/FP mod": UMMA.< less
Docent-led tour of the current exhibit, an installation by Argentina-born, LA-based architect and designer Pita, whose boldly colored works are influenced by literature and biology and employ cutting-edge architectural fabrication techniques.
2 p.m., UMMA, 525 S. State. Free. 764-0395. [map]
"Good People": Performance Network Professional Season.< less
Every Thurs.-Sun. (except Apr. 5), Feb. 21-Apr. 7. David Wolber directs the Michigan premiere David Lindsay-Abaire's Tony-nominated 2011 comic drama, a touching and funny look at America's large and growing economic divide. A dollar store employee in working-class Boston who loses her job and faces eviction from her apartment. In desperation, she reaches out to a high school boyfriend who had made it out of the neighborhood and invites herself to a chic cocktail party in his home. Stars Suzy Regan and Logan Ricket. The Mar. 17 performance is preceded at 6:30 p.m. by a "Cultural Conversation" ($10; reservations suggested) hosted by Performance Network artistic director Carla Milarch with the director, designers, and cast.
7:30 p.m. (Thurs.), 8 p.m. (Fri. & Sat.) 2 p.m. (Sun.), & 3 p.m. (Mar. 9 & 23 and Apr. 6), Performance Network, 120 E. Huron. Preview tickets: whatever you can afford to pay (Feb. 21), $22 (Feb. 22, 24, & 28), and $30 (Feb. 12). Mar. 1 opening night tickets: $39 & $41 includes reception. After Mar. 1: $27 & $29 (Thurs.), $32 & $34 (Fri. & Sun.), $25 & $27 (Sat. matinee), $39 & $41 (Sat. eve.). $3 discount for seniors age 60 & over. Tickets available in advance at performancenetwork.org & by phone, and at the door. $10 student discount in advance, half-price student tickets at the door only. For reservations, call 663-0681; to charge by phone, call 663-0696. [map]
"Introduction to Philippine Orchid Species": Ann Arbor Orchid Society.< less
Talk by Philippine orchid specialist Mac Rivenbark. Also, an orchid show-and-tell, orchid sales, raffle, and a chance to grill experts about problem plants.
2-5 p.m., U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens, 1800 N. Dixboro. Free; metered parking. email@example.com. [map]
Family Concert: Chelsea Chamber Players.< less
This local ensemble performs University of Texas-San Antonio music professor James Scott Balentine's chamber quintet setting of Three Billy Goats Gruff, with a text of the Norwegian folk tale adapted by former San Antonio Symphony concertmaster Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio, currently a University of Nevada music professor. Performers are violinist and narrator Ian Cumming, violinist Alison Campbell, violist Nathan Peters, cellist Sara Cumming, and bassist Jed Fritzemeier.
3 p.m., Chelsea Depot, 125 Jackson St., Chelsea. Free. 475-0433. [map]
Pokemon League: Get Your Game On.< less
Every Sun. All invited to play this popular card game and trade cards with other players.
3 p.m., Get Your Game On, 310 S. State. Free. 786-3746. [map]
"A Michigan Man's Adventures in Tibet": UMMA.< less
Carla Sinopoli, co-curator of the current UMMA exhibit of Buddhist thangkas (religious paintings), discusses the exhibit and its benefactor, Walter Norman Koelz, the late museum collector (and U-M grad) who led a scientific expedition to the Himalayas and ended up shipping more than 600 Tibetan cultural objects back to Ann Arbor.
3 p.m., UMMA Taubman Gallery II, 525 S. State. Free, but preregistration recommended via email to email@example.com. 764-0395. [map]
"DNA and Race": U-M Natural History Museum.< less
Every Sat. & Sun. Hands-on 20-minute interactive demo exploring the relationship between DNA and the concept of race. Geared toward adults and kids age 5 & up.
11 a.m. (Sat.) & 3 p.m. (Sat. & Sun.), Natural History Museum, 1109 Geddes at North University. Free. 764-0478. [map]
St. Patrick's Day Concert: Ypsilanti Pipe Organ Festival.< less
Acclaimed Detroit organist Joseph Balistreri performs works by Mendelssohn, Widor, Dupre, and Bach. Also, the barbershop quartet 7-Mile Transfer performs traditional Irish tunes. Followed by organ improvisations.
4 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 300 N. Washington, Ypsilanti. Free. ypsipipes.org. [map]
St. Patrick's Day Concert: St. James Episcopal Church.< less
A Dexter Symphony Orchestra string quartet performs Ravel's String Quartet in F major as well as some Irish tunes. The Dexter Wind Ensemble performs Hindemith's Wind Quintet. Followed by an Irish dinner of corned beef and cabbage, soda bread, and more.
4 p.m., St. James Episcopal Church, 3279 Broad St., Dexter. Admission is a food donation to benefit Faith in Action. 426-8247. [map]
"Around the World with Music": Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra.< less
Arie Lipsky conducts the orchestra in a family-friendly program of works that evoke locations around the world, including the 3rd movement from Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto-with 2012 Sphinx Competition winner Ade Williams-Copland's "Hoe-Down" from Rodeo, Ginastera's Estancia, Akpabot's Three Nigerian Dances, Elgar's "Nimrod" from Enigma Variations, Sibelius's Finlandia, and U-M composition professor Bright Sheng's Postcards from the Savage Lands. Preceded at 2:30-3:30 p.m. in the lobby by kids activities.
4 p.m., Michigan Theater. Tickets $12 (kids, $8) in advance at the AASO office (220 E. Huron, suite 470), at a2so.com, and at the door. 994-4801. [map]
"Music of Israel": Temple Beth Emeth.< less
The TBE choir Kol Halev performs a program of Israeli music.
4-5 p.m., TBE, 2309 Packard. Free. 665-4744. [map]
"Sweet Geriatrics: A Unique Take on Aging Through Classical Music": Ann Arbor District Library.more >
"Sweet Geriatrics: A Unique Take on Aging Through Classical Music": Ann Arbor District Library.< less
Internationally acclaimed local composer-pianist Waleed Howrani performs Sweet Geriatric, his new collection of 29 short pieces exploring the bittersweet realities of aging. From "Bifocal Boogie Woogie" to "Balding Balalaika," it covers a wide range of topics and musical styles with aplomb: "Old to Joy" reflects on the happy freedom of retirement via Beethoven backwards in a minor key, while the joyful "Great-Grandsonata" winds six elements of a sonata into 27 playful seconds. Other pieces include "March of the Hip Replacements," "Social Insecurity Stomp" and "Triple Bypassionata."
4-5 p.m., AADL multipurpose room, 343 S. Fifth Ave. Free. 327-4555. [map]
"The Rise of Craft Distilling in America": Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor.< less
Talk by Red Cedar Spirits distillery manager Ari Sussman.
4-6 p.m., Ann Arbor Senior Center, 1320 Baldwin. Free. 794-6250. [map]
"Happy People: A Year in the Taiga": Michigan Theater.< less
(Werner Herzog & Dmitry Vasyukov, 2010). Documentary about the indigenous people living in Bakhtia in the heart of the Siberian Taiga whose daily lives have barely changed over the last century.
Michigan Theater. Tickets $10 (children under 12, students with ID, seniors age 55 & older, & U.S. veterans, $8; MTF members, $7.50; films before 6 p.m., $7). michtheater.org. 668-TIME. [map]
Ann Arbor Morris.< less
Every Sun. All invited to try this boisterous, jingly English ceremonial dance based on the 15th-century Spanish moresca. Wear athletic shoes.
6-8 p.m., Gretchen's House Child Care Center, 1580 Dhu Varren (just east of Pontiac Tr.). Free. Email email@example.com to confirm. 747-8138. [map]
"Harvey": Friends of the Michigan League Dinner Theater.< less
Mar. 14-17. Nancy Heusel directs dessert (Mar. 14) and dinner (Mar. 15-17) theater productions of Mary Chase's beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning play, best known from the 1950 Jimmy Stewart film, about a gentle tippler and his imaginary friend Harvey, an invisible six-foot-tall rabbit. The cast includes Jim Nissen, Lesli Weston, Mark Heusel, Steve Jones, and Joe Medrano. Part of the proceeds goes to U-M scholarships
7 p.m. (Thurs.) & 6:30 p.m. (Fri.-Sun.), Michigan League Hussey Room. Dessert & show tickets $35 (students, $17) and dinner & show tickets $65, in advance only at the Michigan Theater Ticket Office (mutotix.com). 763-TKTS. [map]
Tyrone Wells: The Ark.< less
Soulful pop-rock singer-songwriter from southern California whose songs have been a fixture on TV and film soundtracks for several years. Opening act is Brendan James, a New Hampshire-bred L.A. pop-folk singer-songwriter and pianist, known for his sly lyrics exploring the contours of modern love.
7:30 p.m., The Ark, 316 S. Main. $15 in advance at the Michigan Union Ticket Office (mutotix.com) and at the door. To charge by phone, call 763-TKTS. [map]
"Berick & Martin Play Beethoven": Kerrytown Concert House.< less
U-M violin professor Yehonatan Berick and Canadian-born pianist Pauline Martin-both internationally recognized soloists-perform Beethoven's "Spring" and "Kreutzer" sonatas.
7:30 p.m., KCH, 415 N. Fourth Ave. $15-$30 (students, $5). Reservations recommended. 769-2999. [map]
"A Place at the Table": Michigan Theater.< less
(Kristi Jacobson & Lori Silverbush, 2012). Documentary about the millions of Americans who go hungry. With Jeff Bridges & Tom Colicchio.
Michigan Theater. Tickets: $10 (children under 12, students with ID, seniors age 55 & older, & U.S. veterans, $8; MTF members, $7.50; films before 6 p.m., $7). michtheater.org. 668-TIME. [map]
Edward the Second": New Theatre Project.< less
Every Fri.-Sun. in March. Keith Paul Medelis directs this local company in the premiere of Jason Sebacher's adaptation of Edward II, Marlowe's tragic history play about a na�ve young king whose reign is sabotaged by his obsession with his banished lover.In this version, Edward is an incorrigible party boy, not ready for the call of adulthood, who crashes in his late father's basement with his disreputable boyfriend, pushing to the breaking point the patience of his ambitious wife. Stars John Denyer, Chris Jakob, Artun Kircali, and Andrew Papa. Adult language and themes; audience members under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
8 p.m., Mix Performance Space, 130 W. Michigan Ave., Ypsilanti. $15 (students & seniors, $10) in advance at thenewtheatreproject.org and at the door. Mar. 1-3 are pay-what-you-can previews. 645-9776. [map]


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Dozens of armed men have attacked a United Nations summer camp being set up for children in the Gaza Strip, setting tents on fire and vandalising bathrooms.
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, which provides activities for around 250,000 young people in Gaza, said the attackers also assaulted a guard and tied him up.
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Posted at: 12/10/2012 2:18 PM
Updated at: 12/10/2012 11:00 PM
By: Laurie Stribling
The weekend winter storm brought business back to the Northland. After last year's lack of snow, many shops were excited to be busy, like Duke's Towing in Duluth.
"It's nice to see some snow," Owner Darin Lind said. "It's nice to see winter here. It gets business back to usual."
Lind said his team was busy all day Sunday towing cars and working on repairs.
"Yesterday, we had all our trucks out in full force, running around helping people out," Lind said.
Another business excited to see the white stuff, Denny's Ace Hardware in the Woodland neighborhood.
"Most businesses need it," Manager Dennis Moran said. "When you have a winter like last year, it's hard on everybody."
Moran said many shovels were sold Saturday into Monday morning, along with salt and sleds. Across the street at Denny's Lawn and Garden, snow blower sales were above normal.