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Mathews Hēlim Bow ReportFebruary 10, 2012 - Mathews Inc
By Bowhunt America's Jace Bauserman, Editor
Twenty years of pure excellence is quite a track record. And while some companies would boast about such an accomplishment, Mathews remains humble and hungry. Strictly adhering to its core values of integrity, innovation and impact, Mathews continues to raise the bar in customer service and bow design.
2011 was a banner year at Mathews despite trying economic times. Mathews retailers had a difficult time keeping the company's flagship bow, the Z7 Xtreme, on their shelves. And it wasn't hard to see why. The 28-inch axle-to-axle Z7 Xtreme was the perfect bow for treestand, ground blind and spot-and-stalk hunters. The Z7 Xtreme boasted a number of thoughtful Mathews features. The Reverse Assist Roller Guard reduced tension on the cables during the draw cycle, and the soft, wide bumpered Dead End String Stop hushed residual string vibration. Then there was the classy checkerboard Grid Lock Riser. An engineering marvel, this riser enhanced strength while reducing weight. Basically, the Mathews Z7 Xtreme was impressive in every way.
With lesser bow companies, retailers and archers speculate about their ability to trump a previous year's bow model. With Mathews they don't speculate—they know something better is coming. If that doesn't speak to a company's dedication to true innovation, I don't know what does.
The 2012 Mathews bow line is nothing short of spectacular. The dual-cam Monster MR8 showcases revolutionary AVS Technology to better ensure perfect cam timing. And the MR8's ultra-forgiving 8-inch brace height provides excellent shot-to-shot consistency. Also new-for-2012 is the Jewel, which is specifically designed for female archers. Featuring the latest Mathews technologies like the Grid Lock Riser, Reverse Assist Roller Guard, Perimeter Weighted Cam and Dead End String Stop, the Jewel is sure to impress female archers. And finally, serving as the Mathews 2012 flagship is the much anticipated Mathews H?lim.
More than 20 years of Mathew's engineering has been poured into the all-new H?lim. The bow sports a host of features that bowhunters will adore. And while I will do my best to describe its features and benefits, my best advice is to simply put the H?lim in your customers' hands. It will take care of the rest.
So Hushed
I'm often asked what features I find most appealing in various bow lines. Sometimes this question is very easy to answer, but with Mathews it's just the opposite. How do you take a bow like the Helim and single out just one exceptional feature? You don't. So I'll just say one of my favorite features is its quiet nature.
The Mathews Dead End String Stop carries with it a legacy of zero noise and zero vibration. For 2012, the torch has been passed. As good as the Dead End String Stop was, I dare say the new Dead End String Stop Lite is even better. Sporting a smaller circumference and a dimpled back end, I found the cushioned bumper to be a sophisticated, extra-durable dampening device. Shot after shot, the Dead End String Stop Lite facilitated a clean arrow release, boosting downrange accuracy, and it showed no signs of wear.
Favored by archers, the Reverse Assist Roller Guard reduces friction by positioning the cables in front of rather than behind the roller guard. This design pushes the cables outward so that there is less tension on them as the bow is drawn. The system makes for a quiet, insanely smooth draw cycle.
The Harmonic Dampening System is a Mathews calling card. Floating in an elastomer wheel, this tried-and-true Mathews feature pulls shot noise and vibration from the riser. Part of this Harmonic Dampening System is the Mathews Harmonic Stabilizer Lite. Introduced in 2011, the Stabilizer Lite reduces nearly 75 percent of residual vibration and is almost 70 percent lighter than the original Harmonic Stabilizer.
Rounding out the "hushing" devices are the Monkey Tails, String Grub and idler-wheel-mounted String Suppressor. Standard on the new 2012 H?lim, the three strategically positioned Monkey Tails defuse string and cable sound. The String Grub, located just above the cam, boosts speed and aids in vibration reduction. And the String Suppressor prevents bowstring whiplash between the cam and the idler wheel. I just love Mathews' attention to providing the archer with a quiet, vibration-free shot.
The Perfect Riser
Mathews has taken the next step in Grid Lock Riser design. The new Geo Grid Lock Riser on the H?lim is technologically enhanced in every way. The advanced geometric design not only provides added strength and eliminates riser twist, but it's also extremely light. In fact, the entire bow weighs a miniscule 3.5 pounds, and much of that weight reduction is compliments of the Geo Grid Lock Riser.
With the Geo Grid Lock Riser it's difficult not to focus on all the technology. But what I appreciate most is that the technology has purpose. It's masterfully blended to give the H?lim a balanced, accurate and smooth-shooting appeal.
Smack in the middle of the riser is the fashionable Walnut SlimFit Inline Grip. Designed to provide a custom, form-fitting grip, the SlimFit Inline Grip is perfectly angled and thin through the throat, and it just feels great in the hand.
20 Years of Single-Cam Technology
Since its inception in 1992, the concept of single-cam technology forever changed the face of cam design. Matt McPherson's Solocam eliminated frustrating timing and synchronization issues that once kept archers confined to their bow presses.
Twenty years and many Solocam designs later, Mathews introduces its most prolific cam to date—the all-new H?lim Cam & QCA. Constructed with quiet and accurate shooting in mind, the H?lim Cam sports an airy, lightweight design that will please any archery nut. Propelling arrows up to 332 feet per second, this cam provides plenty of speed. And its rubber-coated draw-stop peg rotates around, contacting the H?lim's inner limb to create a firm back wall. But what I like best about the cam is its ultra-forgiving nature. Shooting the Helim Cam made me feel like a better archer than I really am.
A Limb Revolution
In 1996, Mathews shook the archery industry right down to its toes with the introduction of parallel-limb technology. And that was just the beginning. With each passing year, Mathews limbs seemed to gain efficiency while losing surface area. The culmination of this limb revolution can be seen on the Mathews H?lim. The SE5 Composite Limb System is simply phenomenal. Ultra-thin and ultra-tough, these stylish limbs utilize a composite material that boosts limb life. In addition, the limbs handle stress and energy with ease thanks to the stylish Limb Turrets, which spread the load throughout the limbs. And the parallel design cancels vibration and creates a smoother, quieter bow.
While most bows incorporate some sort of limb pocket, Mathews uses the SphereLock Pivoting Limb Cup System. Trim and lightweight, these cups are barely noticeable, but they serve an important purpose. The Limb Cup System ensures constant downward limb pressure, creating a rock-solid limb-to-riser bond.
A Lot to Smile About
When I first wrapped my hand around the H?lim's Walnut SlimFit Inline Grip I just smiled. How could I not? It's thin through the throat and narrow in the palm-swell area—two qualities my hand demands from a grip. In addition, the grip is perfectly rounded and angled from top to bottom. From the moment I picked up this racy masterpiece it filled me with confidence.
What also feels great on the Mathews H?lim is the bow's lightweight nature. During testing I found myself tossing the bow into the air and catching it with one hand, much like a basketball player will do with a ball. This bow is so light it's scary. And its compact 30-inch axle-to-axle size makes it perfect for any hunting expedition. Personally, I can't wait to tote this lightweight rig into the back country after big bulls.
Few things trump the importance of bow balance. Historically, a longer riser meant better balance, but Mathews is always changing history. The 2011 Z7 Xtreme was only 28 inches from axle to axle, and I found the bow provided exceptional balance. That exceptional balance is once again the story with the all-new H?lim. At 30 inches axle to axle the H?lim felt steady at full draw and tipped slightly forward at the release to promote a better follow-through.
Everyone likes a performer, and the Mathews H?lim fits that bill. Its draw cycle is wonderfully smooth, and transition into the bow's 80-percent letoff comes with a baby-like ease. Also noticeably pleasing was the H?lim's solid back wall.
At the release of an arrow—heavy or light—the Helim doesn't make a peep. In addition to its silence, it's also absolutely dead in the hand. There is no noise. There is no jump. There is no tickling hand vibration. The many dampening devices on the H?lim work in concert to make every shot ultra-quiet.
Of course we can't forget speed. The H?lim is plenty fast. In fact, the H?lim's feet-per-second rating fits right in with the 2010 Z7 and 2011 Z7 Xtreme. Both were extremely popular Mathews models used by countless bowhunters to take down a slew of game.
Twenty years of Mathew's innovation and excellence have been poured into the all-new H?lim. Nothing has been overlooked. Nothing has been missed. It's the perfect bow for any hunt. When you take all of the H?lim's amazing features and benefits into account and toss in the fact that it's Mathews' anniversary bow, this bow is sure to be a hot commodity in 2012.
Arrow Speed
2012 Mathews H?lim set at 29 inches (by factory) and adjusted to 70 pounds
Shaft Arrow Kinetic Arrow
28-Inch Test Arrows Gr/In Weight Energy Speed
Easton XX78 Alloy 2512 10.3 448 gr. 80.8 285 fps
Easton Full Metal Jacket 400 10.2 426 gr. 79.6 290 fps
Carbon Express Aramid KV 350 9.8 415 gr. 78.6 292 fps
Carbon Tech Whitetail 65/80 9.5 411 gr. 78.4 293 fps
Carbon Express Maxima Hunter 350 8.9 398 gr. 78.0 297 fps
Easton ST Axis N-Fused 400 9.0 392 gr. 78.4 300 fps
Beman ICS Hunter Elite 400 8.4 390 gr. 78.5 301 fps
Gold Tip XT Hunter 55/75 8.2 385 gr. 78.0 302 fps
PSE Radial X Weave Hunter 300 8.1 376 gr. 77.2 304 fps
Gold Tip Ultralight Pro 400 7.4 361 gr. 76.6 309 fps
Carbon Tech Cheetah 400 6.4 346 gr. 76.3 315 fps
Easton FlatLine 400 7.4 344 gr. 76.3 316 fps
High Country Speed Pro Max 5.5 303 gr. 75.5 335 fps
Bow weighed with an Easton Bow Force Digital Scale. All tests conducted with a Spot-Hogg Hooter Shooter Portable Shooting Machine and a Competition Electronics Pro Chronograph.
Mathews Helim
Axle-to-Axle Length 30 inches
Brace Height 7 inches
Mass Weight 3.5 pounds
Letoff 80 percent
Draw Lengths 26 to 30 inches
Half Sizes 26.5 to 29.5 inches
Draw Weights 40#, 50#, 60#, 65#, 70#
Riser Color Lost Camo and Black
Limb Color Lost Camo, Black and Tactical
For more information, visit mathewsinc.com or call (608) 269-2728.


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Left to right: Jill, Donn & Valiant Thor
All three were reportedly from Venus
Photographed in 1959 at Highbridge, New Jersey
On March 16, 1957 in Alexandria, Virginia, Valiant Thor landed his craft and was met by two police officers, weapons drawn. Through thought transference, he convinced the officers he meant no harm as he was ushered into the back of their patrol car. After crossing over into Washington, D.C., they were met by the Secretary of Defense along with six of his staff members.
Valiant Thor - The Human Extraterrestrial From Venus
Washington D.C. V.I.P. During Late 1950s
The Valiant Thor Landing 002741-57 Room 4D-717 Project Blue Book
by - Harley Andrew Byrd
Nephew to the late Rear Admiral Richard R.E. Byrd United States Navy
During the winter of 1956-57, the Washington, D.C. area was extremely cold, but it was a good feeling to be working in a high security position in the Pentagon. I lived only a short distance away in Georgetown, the old section of the Nation's Capital. Senator J.F. Kennedy lived on "O" Street just a block away from our house on Prospect.
During a successful tour with the U.S. Naval Ceremonial Honor Guard, we had met with astronauts Glen, Cooper, Waly Sherrar, who were the first wave of successful space travelers. Also we had visited the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier numerous times. It seemed like every time a visiting dignitary came to Washington, they lay a wreath at the tomb.
We had met the Queen of England several times at the airport, as these were some of the duties I performed as a young officer in the Navy. After carrying the 2-Star flag at the funeral of my late uncle, Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, I was recommended for a security clearance and was granted a Top Secret Clearance after a lengthy six-month background study (B1 complete 1957). After being transferred to the Chief of Naval Information (CHINFO), I worked in the Security Clearance section before being indoctrinated into the branch office of the Air Force called PROJECT BLUE BOOK. It was a joint service office; that is, two Marines, two Army, two Navy and three Air Force officers.
The work was routine like the clockwork within mens watches, opening incoming mail, sorting out what was called actual sightings as opposed to many fake UFO photos. We also acted as a Information Office (PIO), much like a public relations office. Every publisher's dream was to get the real low down on the UFO situation, which was suppressed by the group that dictated national policy on the UFO matter
In mid March, 1957, we received an urgent message from the Alexandria Police Department. The message indicated that two of their on-duty police officers had picked up an alien who had landed some 14 miles south of Pentagon Boulevard, and the occupant was transported to the Pentagon to meet with the Under Secretary of Defense and then shuttled underground to meet with President Eisenhower and Vice President Richard Nixon. The meeting lasted for nearly an hour and then, the alien visitor was put on VIP status and was shuttled back to the Pentagon where he spent the night in the Army reception office on the first floor near the concourse. This alien's name was Valiant Thor.
Commander James was on duty at the Security Clearance and Review for the branch officer of the Project Blue Book. He oversaw the meeting through official channels and reported the landing and meeting of the "space emissary", as he was labeled by the Department of Defense, to a governing group of high military officials including Secretary of Defense F.F. Forestall and other scientific men of which there were twelve. They in turn made recommendations to the President and Cabinet members, the CIA, FBI, NSA, and so on.
The landing of Valiant Thor was perhaps the first documented landing of a human-type alien by military officials. He contacted an individual in the Pentagon who was an advocate of the UFO alien situation. "Nancy Warren" in turn contacted a minister, who was also a private investigator and theologian, a Dr. Frank E. Stranges, who then met with this individual. Dr. Stranges had been a guest speaker at the National Evangelistic Center for two weeks.
Val Thor landed in Alexandria and met with the President to discuss the world's problems and offer advice and counsel on how to deal with and eliminate them. He indicated to Mr. Eisenhower that the world was in a precarious situation and that if the world continued to proceed on a war footing - it would cause an economic imbalance throughout the world. Val Thor stayed on Earth until March 16, 1960, and then disembarked to his home planet Venus.
He indicated that his race of people lived and dwelled underground and that many of the planets throughout the universe sustain life in this same manner. He stated that a group from a distant planetary system would be coming to give aid and data to help the Earth's progress. Val Thor spoke of Christ's Presence in the universe and that it was heartwarming to see Christ's advanced teaching continuing. This visitation at the Pentagon marks perhaps a new era in knowledge, wisdom and understanding on our planet.
For more details, read the book Stranger at the Pentagon
Stranger at the Pentagon by Frank E. Stranges
The late Frank Stranges offers an engaging account of his meeting with a completely human looking extraterrestrial male at the Pentagon in 1959, and his subsequent interactions with this ET which he stated still continued up to the time of this recorded presentation in 2007. He describes the minute differences between this extraterrestrial and us, including the lack of fingerprints. Discussing the spiritual side of contact, Dr. Stranges elaborates upon the mission of human extraterrestrials who wish to assist Earth people toward a more peaceful future.


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Tags: exercise, fitness, group exercise, health, winston salem aerobics, winston salem wellness
You can feel like a goddess while sculpting your body, getting good cardiovascular activity and feeling not only fit, but elegant. Discover this exotic new form of dance and exercise and you may just find the absolutely best way for you to stay fit. This is a sultry and alluring way to dance off the pounds as well as create and / or maintain muscle strength and flexibility. This is a perfect exercise that will lengthen and strengthen your muscles, put a swing in your hips, and best of all – it is exercise you can really look forward to. Be certain to look beautiful and feel beautiful, it is enabling and oh so fun.
We are women and, just like men do, we want to stay in good looking, healthy and in good shape. But, unlike men, there are certain muscles we want to lengthen and not bulk up (virtually all of them, really) therefore, we need our own styles of exercise. And exotic dancing is one of the very best kinds of exercise, usually offered in many different styles with the same objectives and all with a sultry approach. Now, some classes are a lot more risqu? than others, but often you can choose the level of raciness depending on the classes, exercise DVDs, and ability levels (such as beginner, intermediate, and advanced) etc. that are available to you.
Some of the most racy exotic exercise classes involve pole dancing, using your hips significantly as a part of virtually any exotic dance, will really increase your abdominal strength and take inches off of your waist. Pole dancing will also involve swinging around and climbing the poles gracefully and seductively – almost like gymnastics – and working your way, seductively back down again. Often when you are taking a pole dancing class You will wear high heels over bare skin, or (in some cases) just bare feet. You can not wear long dancewear or tights around the majority of your legs because You will need the traction of skin against the pole in order that you do not slip. If you wear the wrong exercise attire for a pole dancing class, You will not be able to do many of the moves easily if at all. Pole dancing is a very sexy style, but often viewed by some people as much less classy than some of the other styles of exotic dance. Outside of the classroom, pole dancing is notorious for dirty floor shows, to refined gentlemen's clubs, but nonetheless, it is a significant part of the sex industry. This can turn some people away from the idea of taking a pole dancing class – but there are many other kinds of exotic dance and or aerobics classes available. Don't give up if pole dancing (and you know it right away) simply is not the style for you.
There are exotic dancing classes that limit themselves to some of the kinds of dancing you might see on a sensual music video, not something you would see in a pornographic film. You can see the difference. Erotic is not necessarily exotic, and exotic is not necessarily something to be viewed as trashy. As a matter of fact, there are many more classy forms of exotic dancing and / or exercise. There are plenty of classes available at choose workout fitness centers, dance studios and more, for people of all ages, dance technique and skill levels, and exercise backgrounds. In addition, of course, there are more cultural / exotic forms of dance such as belly dancing and some forms of tribal dancing.
There are even advanced exotic dancing classes that will focus on body lines, form, and technique. You will inevitably learn body lines, form, structure and technique no matter what kind of exotic dance and / or group exercise classes you take, for that matter. However, some classes, DVDs, or videos will be more difficult than others. All depending on what best suits your personal taste.
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Ed Kravitz
Ed is the George Packer Berry Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School. He is a graduate of the City College of New York (BS in Biology and Chemistry) and The University of Michigan (Ph.D. in Biological Chemistry). His post-doctoral studies were at NIH with Drs. Earl Stadtman and P. Roy Vagelos. Thereafter he went to Harvard Medical School in 1961, rising rapidly to the rank of professor in 1969. Ed's research interests, have centered on neurotransmitters and neuromodulators, and now focus on the role of such substances in aggression. In 2002 the laboratory shifted to the study of fighting behavior using the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, as a model organism from the previous lobster model.
In earlier studies, Kravitz and his colleagues (Kuffler, Potter, Otsuka, Iversen and Hall) were the first to demonstrate that GABA was a neurotransmitter, and with Tony Stretton was the first to demonstrate that an intracellular fluorescent dye could be successfully used to determine neuronal geometry.
In addition to being a member of many professional societies including the Society for Neuroscience and the International Society for Neuroethology (where he became President in August 2004), Dr Kravitz is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine where he served on the Governing Council, is a Fellow of the AAAS, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Among his awards and honors, Dr. Kravitz is most proud of his "Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring" award from Harvard Medical School in December of 1998, and the "Education" Award from the Association of Neuroscience Departments and Programs that was awarded in November 2001 and shared with his long-time colleagues Drs. Edwin Furshpan and David Potter.
Ed has long-standing interests in education. He teaches a graduate course on The Neurobiology of Disease and participates in ethics discussion groups for graduate students at Harvard Medical School. He has served as the director of the Neurobiology Course at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA, was the co-founder and first chairman of the Neurobiology of Disease Teaching Workshops at the Society for Neuroscience, and the founder and first director of the highly successful graduate Program in Neuroscience at Harvard University. He is committed to the education of minorities in the sciences and medicine, and has worked with Native American, Black and Hispanic students and student groups at Harvard, at the Marine Biological Laboratory, and at his alma mater, City College of New York. Dr Kravitz has lectured to high school students at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, and works with Project Success (for minority high school students) at Harvard Medical School. Until recently he served as a Chair of: an NIH-funded Center of Biological Research Excellence (COBRE) External Advisory Committee (EAC) at the University of Puerto Rico; the EAC for a Specialized Neuroscience Research Program (SNRP) grant from NIH at The University of Texas at San Antonio; and the EAC for the Keck Foundation Center in Behavioral Biology Program at North Carolina State University.
Yick Bun Chan
I am a post-doctoral research fellow at the Kravitz laboratory. I am a graduate of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (BSc in Biology). I completed my MPhil degree in 1999 at the same university under the supervision of Dr Min-Chiu Fung studying differential gene expression during myeloid leukemia cell differentiation. With the financial support of the Croucher Foundation of Hong Kong, I pursued my graduate studies at the University of Oxford working towards a DPhil degree under the supervision of Professor Kay Davies and Dr Marcel van den Heuvel. There I studied the Drosophila model of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a recessive neurodegenerative disease in humans. My studies at both institutions helped me acquire a solid foundation in a wide variety of molecular biological techniques. The studies also offered me the opportunity to familiarize myself with other techniques including transgenic studies, mutant screens, and yeast two-hybrid assays, all of which were of great assistance in my studies of cell biology and genetic diseases.
In 2003, I moved to Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts to pursue post-doctoral training under the supervision of Dr Edward Kravitz. My research focus here has been on the neuronal circuitry that underlies gender selective behaviors in Drosophila melanogaster. Using genetic methods in studies of aggression with fruit flies, I am exploring the possibility of interchanging behavioral patterns between males and females and ultimately identifying the underlying neuronal circuitry that controls this gender specific behavior. I also have developed behavioral screens using P-element insertion lines to search for genetic mutants showing altered courtship or aggressive behavior phenotypes.
Olga Alekseyenko
I am interested in understanding the roles of serotonin (5HT) and dopamine (DA) neurotransmission in modulating complex social behaviors. Throughout my academic training, I have contributed to the research field of neuronal basis of social behaviors across species, using different model systems such as mice, ferrets and fruit flies. During my time at HMS in Kravitz lab I combined my background in behavioral genetics with the cellular neurobiology techniques to investigate the role of individual DA and 5HT neurons in modulating aggressive behavior in Drosophila. I have created a transgenic line that allowed selective manipulation of 5HT neurons to study their role in social behavior. Most recently, using intersectional genetics and imaging techniques in collaboration with HMS Research Associate in Neurobiology Yick-Bun Chan, we have identified single pairs of DA neurons that modulate aggression but not other behaviors in Drosophila. At the present time I am working on the project that aims to identify individual serotonergic neurons and their post-synaptic targets that are involved in control of aggression. The goal of my research is to establish fundamental principles for how neurotransmitter neurons work and communicate with each other in the fruit fly system.
Budha Chowdhury
I am a Post-doctoral research fellow at the Kravitz lab. I got my doctoral degree from Bowling Green State University, OH, under the tutelage of Robert Huber and Moira van Staaden where I studied animal behavior. In the spring of 2012 I joined the Kravitz Lab at Harvard Medical School. My interests lie in quantitative characterization of complex behavioral phenotypes and studying biochemical, molecular and neuronal mechanisms underlying such phenotypes. Taking advantage of the selected hyper – aggressive strain of Drosophila in the Kravitz lab, the "Bully" flies, I am trying to understand how genes and environment work together to hardwire behavioral circuits for the adult fruit fly to navigate its environment. I am also interested in the temporal dynamics of two player interactions in the context of aggression.
Severine Trannoy
I am a post-doctoral research fellow in Kravitz lab. I Graduated from the French University of Paris (Paris VI University) and did my PhD under the supervision of Dr Thomas Preat where I focused my research on the molecular mechanisms and neuronal circuits involved in olfactory memory in Drosophila. In 2013, I moved to Harvard Medical School for a post-doctoral training under the supervision of Dr Edward Kravitz. My main research focuses on the formation and modulation of the loser and winner effects in Drosophila, (previous losers or winners showing higher probability to lose or win a second contest, respectively). These effects, that involve learning and memory processes, have been widely studied in many species, but few studies reported such effects in Drosophila. My interest is to precisely describe the temporal dynamic of these effects, the neuronal circuits and the molecular mechanisms involved in their formation. I am also interested in how serotonin neurotransmitter modulates aggression. I am trying to isolate specific serotonin neuronal circuits and focusing on their behavioral function.
Raniero Peru
In 2012, I received my PhD in Biomedical Sciences from UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. My doctoral work in the laboratory of Adrian Rothenfluh, focused on elucidating the molecular and genetic machinery regulating the inebriating and addictive effects of alcohol using Drosophila melanogaster as a model system. As a post-doctoral fellow, I use intersectional genetic approaches to isolate single dopamine neurons and establish their role in social behaviors, including aggression and courtship.
Ysabel Giraldo
I joined the Kravitz lab in July 2014 and am beginning an examination of the neural basis of aggression in Drosophila, focusing on larval behavior and neuronal development. Using the incomparable genetic tools available for this model system, I will characterize the structure and manipulate the function, throughout development, of serotonergic neurons known to modulate aggression in adults. I will also examine whether these neurons are responsible for larval aggression. My dissertation research examined the neural correlates of senescence in workers of the ant Pheidole dentata. Using a suite of behavioral assays I examined whether workers exhibited declines in sensorimotor function and task performance with increasing age. Surprisingly, workers did not decline in trail-following, brood care, predatory response, locomotion, or phototaxis. This continued functionality was correlated with maintenance of neural substrates as assessed neuroanatomically and neurochemically. Additionally, I found that workers can be behaviorally differentiated into social roles of nurses and foragers independent of age. I also compared the branching of a serotonergic neuron in the mushroom bodies, the insect brain region responsible for learning, memory and sensory integration, across age and subcaste in P. dentata. In line with my interest in the evolution of social behavior and life history, I reviewed the literature on aging in ants and potential benefits of long-lived workers to the ant colony as a whole.


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Arthur's Tavern - Morris Plains
We'll be having lunch at Arthur's Tavern in Morris Plains tomorrow. Just wondering if any of you have any particular dishes to recommend (or avoid). Thanks.
You are going to get a lot of negative comments about Arthur's e.g., the steak is to fatty....well hello, it's a Rib Eye and the nature of the cut is it has lots of fat pockets and a fat cap.
Stick with the steak or burger.....possibly the Corned Beef Sandwich.. They have a Health/Cabbage Salad, Hot Cherry Peppers, Pickles and Green Tomatoes available. If you don't see them on your table, ask your server to bring some...and don't be bashful about refilling the bowls.
Things to avoid: you will only be disappointed.
Onion Soup
Garlic Bread
Their Famous Potatoes...you already get them with a steak...they may be famous, but they aren't very good...usually undercooked.
re: fourunder
Thanks fourunder - that's exactly the type of advice I was hoping to get.
BTW: We're going with friends who live in Morris Plains and the restaurant is their choice so, although there are probably better places to eat, we will just 'go with the flow.' Your suggestions are just what we need.
re: prio girl
My country club is in Morris County, so it's on my way home...and I used to live in Morris Plains. I still go to Arthur's a half dozen times a year and for what it is, it's fine. It's not the greatest steak and it can be hit or miss...but for < $25, it has it's place. i have an account out there as well....he like's to go to Arthur's for lunch on a regular occasion and he doe not drink. If not mistaken, if you don't like RibEye, they now have New York Strip available as well.
There was a time I preferred the to have the larger eye, and less fat....if that is your preference, state so at the beginning and request the center, smaller loin end steaks...so you do not get Chuck end that has more intramuscular fat.
While you are at Arthur's, ask your friends about Collin's Pub next door. I used to go there on Monday Nights for their Lobster Special with my GF when I lived in MP.....we would order two lobsters and a Strip Steak and have our own created Surf & Turf.
re: fourunder
I suggest just eating at Collins, a better steak, great onion soup, great English burger, served on an English Muffin. Arthur's is good, Collins is better.
re: jracpa
I like Collins, so you don't have to convince me....but the OP is going at the suggestion of their friends. Don't you think it would be rude to suggest Collin's instead in such a scenario?
re: fourunder
Yes, fourunder, you're correct and thanks for understanding. Arthur's was chosen by our friends who live in Morris Plains. We came from NYC to spend the day with them and were happy to go along with their suggestion. All the thoughts and advice from fellow 'hounds was very helpful and appreciated - thanks!
re: fourunder
Avoid the garlic bread?? It's been 10+ years since I've been, but I remember a garlic and butter soaked loaf of bread topped with Parmesan cheese? I always enjoyed it although not the ordinary version of garlic bread.
I forgot the price but if you got the larger cut you certainly got your money's worth!
They use to have a Hoboken location, do they still?
re: jrvedivici
The bread they use is an Italian version of Wonder Bread...not a good quality bread.
the 48 ounce is behemoth....but they don't know how to cook it...
Hoboken, Emerson and Lake Mohawk are gone.
re: fourunder
Arthurs was best before it expanded its menu so much. In the 80's there was no scrod, no ribs, etc. Just the $9.95 24oz steak, health salad, pickles, potatoes, plus a few hamburgers, a great chicken salad sandwich, onion soup and maybe a couple of additional items. Sure the steak could be fatty, but they gladly replaced it if you asked. The end cut was a little less prone to fattiness.
Next door Collins had the NY strip steak, fresh sauteed mushrooms, steak fries, even better.
And liters of beer were $3 at Collins, $2.50 at Arthurs. Collins charged $5 for liters of Heineken.
Prices have climbed a lot since then at both places, and Arthur's menu expanded a lot. Collins is still a lot like it was then, although I think they may have changed owners.
There is an Arthur's in North Brunswick, which we still visit occasionally. I used to live down the street from Arthur's/Collins in Morris Plains and visited them hundreds of times over 10 or so years, but it has been a coupld years since my last visit.
Surprised to hear that the Hoboken location is closed.
re: jracpa
There may be some clarification needed on the Hoboken and New Brunswick locations. I clearly remember reading the Hoboken location was sold and there were plans to renovate
I tried to look up the sale date and new name, but it still comes up as Arthur's.. if you go on the website, there's a disclaimer *(The former Hoboken and New Brunswick locations are no longer affiliated with Arthur's Tavern)*
So I may be wrong about whether it is *gone*, or just new owners.
re: fourunder
Once I discovered Collins I've never returned to Morris Plains Arthurs but I still go to North Brunswick about once a year. I believe all the remaining Arthurs are owned separately now. Still a massive amount of steak for the money. Still awesome liter beers.
re: prio girl
I love their steak, but I now love their baked scrod, a huge portion of flaky perfectly cood fish..........
Arthurs is great! 24 oz steak for 24 bucks is hard to beat. I personally prefer to go to Collins next door. Same (slightly smaller) steak and burger, cheaper price.
But yeah, there's only two things to get at Arthurs. 24 oz steak or a burger. And a liter of beer. I guess that's three things. It's always made me happy.
re: joonjoon
re: fourunder
Thanks fourunder and joonjoon - very helpful both of you.
I do agree with fourunder regarding the liter ;)
re: fourunder
My apologies...there's no way you can do just one liter of beer! And gotta make at least one a black n tan. YEAH!!
re: tommygphotos
So steak snob....where do you recommend.
re: fourunder
Personally, I like Roots in Summit or Ruth's Chris in Weehawken. Used to enjoy Dino & Harry's in Hoboken and even Sebastiens in Morristown. Havent been to the 2 latter names in over 2 yrs though.
Strip House in Livingston gets a nod of satisfaction from me as well.
I would like to try The Palm, and Hamilton and Ward in Patterson but cant say I have heard anything about them good or bad besides YELP reviews
re: tommygphotos
tommygphotos, when I read "intro to steak at 21yrs old" I thought of Tad's. I guess I'm showing my age...that sure was a long time ago.
re: prio girl
I grew up in a restaurant family....always had the best beef available......I only decided to explore cheaper, more inexpensive cuts in my post restaurant years as I becme aware of them.
Outside of my family's restaurants....my introduction was at Rustler...
re: fourunder
Wow there's a blast from the past, Rustler Steakhouse, lol. They and Ponderosa where pretty much the same concept/set up right?
re: jrvedivici
I've actually never been to any Ponderosa or Bonanza Steakhouse...so I can't say for sure....but I would imagine the concepts were similar. You ordered at the counter and they brought the meal to your table. The Rustler in my town turned into s Sizzler. I do not recall if Rustler had a Salad Bar....but I do recall I couldn't chew the steaks.
re: tommygphotos
You take that back! Arthurs rocks. :)
Reporting back after a late lunch at Arthur's.
First of all: there was a nice bowl of pickles and hot cherry peppers that we enjoyed but I forgot fourunder's note about health/cabbage salad and green tomatoes - darn! I wonder if that would have been available if I asked.
Second: I forgot the mention of liters of beer - instead I had a bloody mary - very tasty.
Third: I had the 24oz. steak and it was very good. Nicely seasoned, very tender and a big enough portion that I brought plenty home. It came with those famous potatoes that looked better than they tasted.
Also on the menu was osso buco and that's what my husband had. It was good but served with tasteless mashed potatoes.
Our friends mentioned that they like to go to Collins next door for the Monday night lobster special.
All in all, it was a good meal and I really appreciated all the heads-ups and comments from my fellow hounds - Thanks!
re: prio girl
That sounds like you had a very nice afternoon with your friends and thanks for the details and sharing. Far too often people only have one experience and trash a place forever. The same can be said for the Alexus Steakhouse, but they too have become better in the past couple of years and old reviews and experiences may no longer be true. The only negative I can say about the Alexus is they false advertise the weight of their 24 ounce steak. It's closer to 16 ounces.
Should you ever have to visit Morris County, on the Route 10 corridor, you can consider Molly Malone's, which offers the same steak, albeit a little more expensive, it's very good. Heading west, there's a Minado for Sushi. On Mondays, they do not offer their full menu, but have *Maki Monday*, for $17, The mere fact they offer real soft serve Vanilla and Green Tea Ice Cream is enough for me to make a visit. A little further up the road in Randolph is the Morris Tap & Grill. I have not yet eaten there, but I stopped by one night looking for directions and it's a very nice place. I met the owner and I like the way he approaches his business.
re: fourunder
Re the Rt 10 corridor, I would add Il Villaggio, casual but outstanding Italian style food.
re: fourunder
+1 for Morris Tap and Grill


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DoD Press Briefing with General Pace at the Pentagon
Presenters: General Peter Pace, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
November 29, 2006 1:45 PM EDT
GEN. PACE: Good afternoon, and thank you for your time. I'm looking forward to answering your questions, but I thought first I might try to clear up some of the confusion and speculation about what it is that the chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the Joints Chiefs are doing individually and collectively with regard to recommendations on the way forward in Iraq.
Quite simply put, we're doing our job, which is to meet multiple times a week and to talk through individual pieces of the global military environment and also to look at it in whole cloth. I've been a member of the Joint Chiefs now for just a little bit over five years. We meet one, two, three times a week, and this is what we do.
What is different right now is that about two months ago, in September, the chiefs agreed that we would benefit from having some of our best and brightest commanders, who are recently back from Iraq, join us in our deliberations. So the Navy, Army, Air Force and Marines each selected two or three of their best captains and colonels who had recently come back from Iraq and Afghanistan, who have been meeting with us and have been helping us think through the thorny parts of the issues and providing us recommendations. And we've asked them to keep a very wide aperture, to take nothing off the table, to think about the worst and the best, and to give us as many ideas as they possibly could, which have helped us then in our discussions with the input we've gotten from the rest of the joint staff and the input that we've gotten from the service staffs to craft our best recommendations and military advice to give to the president and the secretary and the National Security Council on the way up, and to give ideas and thoughts to John Abizaid -- General Abizaid and General Casey on the way down.
That's what we should be doing. And we will continue to do that. We've been doing it and we will continue to do it. And I really like the additional brainpower and experience that has been brought to us by these colonels and captains. So I intend, as do the other chiefs, to have them continue to meet with us -- not necessarily these individuals, but to refresh the pot with new folks with recent experience, so we can continue to do our job. There's not an end state to this, there's not an end product. It is a way for us to continue to give, on a recurring basis, our best military advice. So I hope that helps clear that up.
I'd be happy to take your questions.
Yes, ma'am?
Q: General, the reports and the confusion that you're talking about have variously had you thinking about decreasing troops in Anbar province, increasing them in Baghdad, surging throughout the whole country the number. All this input that you're talking about, is your thinking, after hearing from these people, that you do need to shift troops around inside the country?
GEN. PACE: Well, first of all, bits and pieces somehow are leaking out. So when somebody hears one end of the spectrum or the other about all that they have presented to us, that gets reported as, "They're looking at this," or, "They're looking at that." Truth of the matter is, yeah, we are. That's part of the whole spectrum that we're looking at, whether it's been reported that we're looking at beefing up, or it's reported that we're looking at skinnying down, as you would expect your military planners to do, we are looking at the whole spectrum of possible military actions. And then we are analyzing that action against the desired outcome, applying our experience, getting the input from our staffs, and from these additional folks who just came out of the theater, and then applying our best military judgment about which of those applies.
I'm not going to say to you where I am personally, nor where the chiefs are, because our responsibility is to give our best military advice. And as advisers, if we are to be heard and to have the trust of those to whom we're giving our advice, we need to be circumspect about what we say in public, how we say it, so that our ideas can be put into the other ideas.
There's the Secretary Baker and Congressman Hamilton's group meeting, and they have a very strong body of individuals who are thinking through this problem. Those ideas will be fed to the president, and others will, too. So we need to be part of the dialogue and give our best military advice.
Q: So you're saying these are all ideas at this point and no decision has been made to, for instance, increase troops in Baghdad?
GEN. PACE: I'm saying they are all ideas right now. Over the course of the last couple of months, we have had recommendations that we have forwarded, advice that we have forwarded to the secretary and to the National Security Council and to the president. We will do so again this week and next week and the week after that. It's part of what we do every week.
I meet with the secretary every day. I am privileged to meet with the president several times a week; normally, at least once a week and provide to those gentlemen my best advice. So as the chiefs determine that a particular way ahead would be beneficial to the country, we provide that advice to the leadership, if it is properly in the civilian leaders' realm to make a decision or if we think there's a way to do something tactically that perhaps the commanders haven't thought about, we feed those ideas to General Abizaid and General Casey and let them judge how that fits on their battlefield.
Q: General Pace, separate on the part from your study group, what can you tell us about the plans currently under way on the ground in Iraq to increase the number of forces in Baghdad? Where are those troops going to come from? How many? And how long will they stay?
GEN. PACE: That is a province of General Casey. He is doing the same thing that we are doing. General Casey is doing it with his staff, General Abizaid is doing it with his staff, we are doing it here. We are sharing our ideas back and forth. I think it has been reported today that there are a couple of battalions that General Casey has decided to move into the Baghdad area.
I know he, General Casey, is working very closely with Prime Minister Maliki to ensure that the actions of the coalition forces and the actions of the Iraqi security forces are coordinated and that they support the political process that Prime Minister Maliki is striving to attain.
So I won't predict from here how big and how long, but I can tell you that that is very much part of the dialogue in Baghdad and here in Washington.
Q: Any idea where those additional forces from within Iraq are going to come from?
GEN. PACE: I don't have that, no.
Q: General Casey, just to be -- I'm sorry -- General Pace, just to be clear, you know, some of the reports have suggested that the Pentagon and you in particular are considering essentially throwing in the towel in Al Anbar province, shifting those Marines to Baghdad and just simply turning Al Anbar province over to the Iraqis. Is that something that you're giving serious consideration to?
GEN. PACE: No.
Q: Can you elaborate on that at all?
GEN. PACE: You gave me a very straight question. I gave you a very straight answer. No. Why would we want to forfeit any part of Iraq to the enemy? We don't. We want to provide security for the Iraqi people. You want to be able to assist the Iraqi government in providing good governance and providing economic opportunity, and those three things fit together -- security, governance, and economy. You're not going to have success or progress in one without success and progress in all three.
So when you look to Baghdad, for example, you can equate the kind of environment you'd like to have in Baghdad with the kind of environment you'd like to have in any big city anywhere in the world. Is there crime in Washington, D.C.? Yes, there is. Is there a police force in Washington, D.C. that keeps it below the level at which the government can function and the people can go about their daily lives and do what they want to do? Yes. That's the same thing with terrorism.
It's not practical to expect that we can snuff out terrorism completely, but it is reasonable to strive to have an environment inside of which terrorist acts are below the level, at which the Iraqi government can function, where the economy can prosper and where the Iraqi people can live their lives the way they want to.
And that's what we should be focused on. And giving up any part of Iraq is counter to that goal that we collectively have set for ourselves.
Q: General Pace, are you equating turning a province in Iraq over to Iraqi security forces as turning it over to the enemy?
GEN. PACE: Absolutely not. Absolutely not. The question was, were we going to abandon Al Anbar. And the answer is, no. That is much different than we still providing security in a province where the "we" is mostly Iraqi security forces as opposed to coalition forces. Very distinct difference.
Q: Okay. Let's be sure we have the significance. So you are not ruling out the idea of turning over security in Anbar to the Iraqis, having them take the lead, and moving some of those forces, U.S. forces that are now in Anbar, into Baghdad.
GEN. PACE: Two different parts of your question. Number one, eventually over time, it is our goal to turn over every province in Iraq to the Iraq security forces under the command and control of the Iraq government. That is our goal. There is no immediate thoughts to moving all coalition forces out of Al Anbar Province and turning over right now today all security in Al Anbar to Iraqi security forces. It's not on the table.
Q: General Pace, Colin Powell said today that he believed the conflict in Iraq was a civil war, that it met that standard. Do you agree or disagree with him, and why?
GEN. PACE: Well, I haven't had the benefit of reading or hearing exactly what General Powell might have said. I will tell you this. Number one, the Iraq government does not call it a civil war. Two, the Iraq government is functioning. Three, the Iraq security forces are responsive to the Iraqi government. Four, the level of violence that's being inflicted by al Qaeda and the like is specifically designed to create a civil war. It is specifically designed to create an ungovernable condition so the terrorists can then set up shop and rule those people the way they want to.
So it's much more important that we focus on how to defeat the enemy that is trying to create the civil war than it is we spend a lot of time dancing on the head of a pin as far as what particular words we should use to describe the environment which is currently unacceptable.
Q: General, last week when -- or two weeks ago when General Abizaid was on the Hill, he said that he saw Iraq as having about six months before a tipping point would be reached either way. What indications are you going to be looking for in the next six months that it has tipped the United States' way? Because at the end of those six months, it would seem to mean that you'd need to make some big changes over there if it tips the other way.
GEN. PACE: First of all, I would not -- and I doubt that General Abizaid meant to pick a particular point on the calendar when you either say yes or no -- what you're looking for is several things.
On the personnel side of the house, the size, strength, quality and effectiveness of the Iraqi security forces.
On the Intel side of the house, how well are the Iraqi Intel services able to provide actionable intelligence, and how much intelligence are we getting from the population.
On the operations side of the house, how much of the Iraqi armed forces are under the command and control of the Iraqi leadership, how much of the country has been turned over to provincial leadership.
And these are all things that we can judge and measure. They're all things that, properly so, Prime Minister Maliki says he wants to accelerate and take on as the Iraqi leader that he is. So those are the kinds of things which we'll be looking to judge where we are six, eight, 10, four months from now than where we are today.
Q: General, do you take issue with politicians and even news organizations using the term "civil war" in relation to --
GEN. PACE: I don't take issue with anybody calling anything they want whatever they want to call it. I simply say that, from my standpoint, when I'm asked if it's a civil war, that I looked at the factors that I talked about, and primarily I look to the Iraqi people and their government. And the Iraqi people are still looking to their government. Their government is still functioning. Their security forces are still responsive to their government. So from the macro viewpoint, the parts of a civil war as I understand it are not definable in today's environment. But that's really energy not well spent.
Our energy ought to be spent on where are we, where should we be, and how do we get from where we are to where we want to be. And the amount of violence in Baghdad, for example, right now is not where we want to be. So how do we help the Iraqi government? What are the things that are working? How do we reinforce those? What are the things that are not working? What should be changed, and what should be stopped? What are the impediments to making progress? How do the three legs of the stool move forward together with regard to security and governance and economics?
Spend our energy on getting to where we should be, not on arguing about what we should call the environment we're in. Understand the environment, but let's deal with it. Let's not try to give it a name.
Q: General, what are your concerns about the latest report saying that Hezbollah is training militants from the Mahdi Army? What information you have on that?
GEN. PACE: I have nothing other than what I have read in open sources about that. If that were true, that would be distinctly unhelpful. It is certainly true that with regard to Syria and Iran, that neither of those governments is being helpful to the Iraqi government or to stability in the region, and there's an opportunity there for Iraq's neighbors to be more helpful. But specifically with regard to what you said, I don't have anything more than you've said.
Q: General, regarding forces in Baghdad, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Duncan Hunter has suggested moving Iraqi security forces that are trained, equipped and supposedly ready from the provinces where there's practically no violence into Baghdad and Anbar -- places where the violence is strong. Is that something that's been considered and is likely to be done?
GEN. PACE: I think that idea has a good amount of appeal for multiple reasons. One, because Baghdad is extremely important to the Iraqi government, and their armed forces and their security forces are the proper long-term solution to that problem. Second, if there are forces that are available to Prime Minister Maliki that are not currently engaged elsewhere in the country, if he's able to move them comfortably without creating a vacuum some place in to help in Baghdad, that's worth looking at as well.
So the idea itself on the surface is a very good one, and then, you just have to take the idea from Washington, apply it on the ground in Iraq and make sure that what the consequences of that action are, are what you expect them to be and not create other problems.
But it's certainly worthy of chasing, because you would then have an Iraqi security force that would have more and more experience as time went on and would be better capable of handling the missions on their own.
Q: General, a quick follow-up on that. We just saw this classified memo that was leaked from Stephen Hadley referring to a four-brigade gap in Baghdad. General Abizaid last week said 3,000 troops short in Baghdad. You're telling us today General Casey is moving some more American troops in, presumably to -- A, is it to fill that gap? And B, why is it that with over 300,000 Iraqi security forces trained and equipped, that the Iraqis can't step up and provide that additional force that's needed in Baghdad?
GEN. PACE: There has been an increase in the number of Iraqi security forces in Baghdad. There has been an increase in the number of coalition forces in Baghdad. The impact of those increases has not been what we wanted it to be, and therefore, properly so, I'm sure the prime minister and, I know for sure, General Casey are reassessing. The prime minister and his leadership will determine how much of their armed forces they believe they can move into Baghdad without creating vacancies, and General Casey will do the same thing with his size force.
So I have not been privy to the conversations between General Casey and Ambassador Khalilzad and the prime minister. I do know they're ongoing. And I do know that collectively they are looking at where there are additional Iraqi security forces that could be moved to Baghdad to help stabilize the situation.
Q: They haven't been able to find them yet, with 300,000 troops in the country?
GEN. PACE: I would not say they have not been able to find them. The question is, when they move them from where they are, what condition does that create from where they moved them.
And let's not also forget that a lot of these units that are Iraqi security forces were recruited initially from their home bases. They are very well-versed in their hometown environment and they are from the same community as that hometown. There are some units around Iraq that, if moved into Baghdad, would not be helpful. If a Sunni unit somewhere else in Iraq moved into a Shi'a neighborhood, or a Shi'a unit someplace else in Iraq moved into a Sunni neighborhood, is not going to help the problem.
So you need to have a balance of where is the capacity, what background and cultural flavor does that unit have, and if you do move it, what vacuums, if any, do you create when you move it. So it's not a simple problem. They are working it. But it would be a little too black and white to say there's 300,000 troops, and therefore, you ought to be able to move X-number into Baghdad.
Q: Just to clarify, sir, when you say the number has been increased of Iraqis and Americans -- just to clarify this -- in Baghdad, do you mean the increase of last summer or something more recent?
GEN. PACE: When I was talking about the increases that were made, I was talking about the August time frame.
Q: General Pace, are you concerned that with the Baker- Hamilton report coming out and with the Democrats, who have been very critical of the war, coming to power in Congress in January, that the advice of the generals is being marginalized in any way? General Abizaid -- rather General Casey made -- I'm sorry -- it was General Abizaid -- made a very strong statement in Congress a week or so ago on troop levels, and yet other ideas seem to be gaining momentum in the public debate.
GEN. PACE: I have no concern about that at all. This is a very complex problem, and the more 10-pound rings we can bring to bear on the problem for our nation the better. And the fact that somebody's wearing a uniform and not wearing a uniform doesn't impact whether or not they have a good idea. The process ought to allow all of those who are willing to expend the energy for our country, like Mr. Baker and Mr. Hamilton and everyone else on their group, for those individuals to be willing to expend that kind of energy for this country is very much appreciated. And they will have ideas, and some of them are going to be the kind of ideas that we ought to take action on. Those ideas, the ideas from the uniformed military, the ideas from the National Security Council, and wherever else the president of the United States deems to get it will all be fed into the president, and he'll make the decisions that he deems appropriate based on his analysis of all of that. But I think the more individuals who are thinking this problem through, the more who are joining in a dialogue, whether they're putting it in the press or they're putting it in memos or they're putting it into conversations, the more we can have of that, the better for our country.
Q: General Pace, we keep hearing about the need for Iraqi security forces trained and equipped. The special inspector general for Iraqi Reconstruction has reported that Iraqi forces are heavily dependent across the board on the U.S. for logistics. Is logistical development of Iraqi capabilities lagging, and is that a constraint on the U.S.'s ability to move its capabilities in the country around, or is the priority really on just getting Iraqi faces out there? And can the U.S. sustain this in the long term, being the provider of logistics for those forces?
GEN. PACE: The development of the logistics support for the Iraqi armed forces was specifically and consciously put in after the growth of the battalions and brigades that need to take the fight to the enemy. You can only do so much at one time. And General Abizaid, General Casey, and the joint chiefs all agreed that first you would build up the fighting capacity, and then build up the sustainment capacity, which is ongoing now. The fighting capacity is almost built, and the logistics capacity is being built. Of the original number of about 325,000, about 320-plus thousand of those so far have been trained and equipped.
Correctly so, Prime Minister Maliki has looked at his own armed forces and has determined that he would like to have a larger armed force. I think his number now is about 30,000 to 40,000 more than that 325,000. That would include individuals who would be able to man more fully a battalion. Let's say you have a battalion of 500 Iraqi soldiers. By adding to that, maybe another 50 or a hundred soldiers, you would ensure that that battalion always had full-strength units to go against the enemy. He's also looking at adding three divisions, and -- I've forgotten the exact number of battalions that he's going to add, with that 30,000 or 40,000 more.
So the Iraqi leadership is looking at their own capacities and determining, as they should, the size of their own armed forces. And we are continuing on the path that we agreed with them, to train up first their combat units, and then their logistics support units, and that's all ongoing.
Q: General Pace, could you talk about the Army and Marine Corps's ability to surge forces into Iraq from outside of the country? General Abizaid recently indicated that he could perhaps surge several tens of thousands, but that that would not be sustainable.
GEN. PACE: Let me first put it in context because it's very important that not only those listening to me who are friendly, but those listening to us who might have other ideas, understand the ground truth.
The United States military can today and tomorrow handle any additional challenge that comes our way. If you had to go fight another war someplace that somebody sprung upon us, you would keep the people who are currently employed doing what they're doing, and you would use the vast part of the U.S. armed forces that is at home station, to include the enormous strength of our Air Force and our Navy, against the new threat.
So strategically, we can handle anything that comes our way, and our potential enemies should not lose sight of that.
Having said that, then, when you're trying to sustain over the long term potentially the size force that we have now -- this is not predicting that you will be at the same size force next year -- but as military folks, we must plan for that possibility, we must also plan for large numbers and for smaller numbers. But we need to at least do the planning. When you do that planning and you're working with an all-volunteer force, you want to make sure that as you send those troops back into second or third rotations, that you understand what the impact is on the individual soldier and their family and on our retention rates and on our recruiting rates.
So, do we have the capacity to take on additional threats? Absolutely. Are we today, based on the current size force in Iraq and Afghanistan, and projecting that same size force -- not predicting, not predicting, but planning for that same size force into the future, there's a rotation base that that force is part of, and if you determine to surge more today, you are taking it out of your rotation base and, therefore, using it today and not having it available for tomorrow for your rotation base. It's pure math when you get to that.
And what General Abizaid was saying, I believe, is that he understands the math. But he also understands that in his best military judgment, if he and General Casey came in and said they need more troops, as they have done in the past, that they will be provided those troop as they have been in the past.
So it's just the leadership trying to explain as best we can that you can do whatever you need to do. But there are consequences to increasing and decreasing the size of the force that just need to be understood when you're making the decisions so you understand where you're going to be two or three years down the road if you make a decision today to do something different than you're doing.
Q: Sir, in terms of the strains that you've just described and the troop-intensive nature of counterinsurgency -- in terms of your professional military advice, would it be advisable for the United States to have a larger Army and Marine Corps? Should it now take the steps to increase the size of its ground forces to alleviate these strains in the future?
GEN. PACE: First of all, we've got the finest armed forces we've ever had. The all-volunteer force, all-recruited force has been enormously effective, and the quality of the force is off the page.
We need to respect how we use that force by asking our service members to do missions that are worthy of this country and worthy of their efforts, and we have done that. And the proof of that is our re-enlistment and retention rates are higher than they've been in a long time.
With regard to the size of the Army and the Marine Corps, before I would go to the country and say we need to make the Army bigger, the first thing I owe the country is to ensure that we have done, with the Army size that we have, all that we should do to increase combat power, and General Schoomaker and Secretary Harvey and the Army are working that very hard. They have taken, without changing the size of the Army -- they are taking the active Army from 33 brigades of about 3,500 individuals up to 42 brigades of about 4,500 individuals. So you've got nine more units that are about a thousand man each bigger than the units used to have. By taking the institutional Army, the things that are being done that are not combat and reducing the numbers of soldiers who are applied to those missions and changing some of those to civilian jobs. That's the first step you need to take.
Then you need to look to the future and ask yourself how much force will the nation need two or three years from now, because if you say to me tomorrow, "Pete, I want you to build another division," the answer is, "Okay, sir; it will be about two years from the time you say `go' until we can build that division," because you need to recruit and you need to have the officers and the NCOs and all the people that make a division whole, to recruit it and train it and get it in the field. And then you need to look down the road and say by the time you get it built, will you need it?
Comes the time when I personally believe that we need to increase the size of the Army and Marine Corps, I will make those recommendations to the secretary of Defense and to the president. Those recommendations are military advice, and I should keep my military advice inside the military advice chain. But I can tell you that that is what the chiefs and I are routinely scrubbing, which is the size of the force, the capacity of the force, the resilience of the force and the potential size needed in the future, and, based on that analysis, making recommendations to the secretary about the changes that are already ongoing and are they going to be sufficient, or might more changes be needed.
Thank you all for your time.
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It's that time of year again when we reflect on everything we've accomplished, as well as the things we probably could have done better (like eating a few less slices of pumpkin pie) and make heartfelt resolutions for the new year. After all of the indulgences of the holiday season, we normally include the plan to live a healthier lifestyle at the very top of our list. If you need motivation to get fit in 2012, look no further than our collection of the 100 hottest bikini photos of 2011. It's sure to inspire you to finally use that gym membership!
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Let's first put this event into context. It wasn't a party held in Sherwood Forest, clearly. The 11th Annual Robin Hood Foundation gala took place yesterday at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York. The foundation benefits people dealing with poverty and lately, National Reservists and veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. This year $400,000 will also assist veterans to fly to L.A and record a song Will.I.Am. And to stir things up, Lady Gaga performed at the benefit as well!
As for the celebrity guests, lets focus on two incredibly famous ones — Sarah Jesscia Parker and Gisele Bundchen. We don't mean to rag on them because they were helping with a great cause, but what were you thinking ladies! We don't have much issue with what SJP was wearing because everything that was blah about the outfit was eclipsed by that hair! Who did that to you, Parker? It looks like a cobra rearing its head! You should have used your Carrie cred and told (threatened, even) your hairstylist to put that teaser comb down. As for Gisele, we get she's a supermodel and God blessed her with genetics far beyond our comprehension, but what is that outfit? We get you're sex on a stick, Gisele. We don't need to see your sternum, inside-boob and inner thighs to know that. Dominatrix-meets-sexy librarian may be a little too much for a benefit.
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Jude Law, Pamela Anderson, Gisele Bundchen And Tom Brady Lose Their Inhibitions At The Rio Carnival
It's Carnival time down in Rio de Janeiro! That basically means inhibitions go right out of the window. A couple of celebrities have made their way down to Brazil and, by the looks of it, are having a pretty good time. Jude Law was spotted making out with a blonde, and although we can't see her face in this picture, she definitely doesn't look like she's in her 20's! Pamela Anderson has also been seen getting super comfortable with a mystery man, whose his hand on her butt most of the time (check out the gallery below).
Gisele Bundchen brought her husband Tom Brady to her native country as well, and they've not been shy of the PDA either. Gisele looked gorgeous as the Goddess of Love on one of the floats at the Sambadrome. She was also running around in a tiny bikini at her hotel a little earlier, and that woman's bod is insane! Look through our gallery for all the action down in Brazil.
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Dr. Gisele Bundchen Declares Sunblock To Be "Poison"
We were going to swing by CVS to buy a product that helps prevent skin cancer, but decided not to after we heard Dr. Gisele Bundchen call sunscreen "poison." You would think after Gisele apologized for her breastfeeding comments she would have learned her lesson, but girl cannot stop acting like she has a medical degree from Johns Hopkins. "I cannot put this poison on my skin. I do not use anything synthetic," Gisele sniffed while promoting her new organic skin line Sejaa. Instead, Gisele reportedly tans before 8:00 a.m. when the sun's rays are less damaging, presumably because it is still night time.
Now actual experts are rushing to deny Bundchen's off-hand remarks. "Sunscreen prevents damage to the skin and is of fundamental importance for the prevention of cancer. This is not any poison, when a public person makes a statement like this, it creates confusion," Dolival Lao of Brazil's Nation Cancer Institute warns. Sure, humans weren't born with a bottle of sunblock in their hands, but then again humans spent most of history living in caves and dying at age 35. So maybe some synthetic things might be beneficial? Ugh, now Gisele is going to start rubbing dirt and berries on her face just to prove her point. And then we're going to do it too, because seriously, that woman looks fantastic.
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Gisele Bundchen Admits She Made A Boob Of Herself
They're nothing like seeing a 6 foot gazelle, aka, Gisele Bundchen, backpedal ungainly. The supermodel shot her mouth off in an interview with Harpers Bazaar, specifically on the topic of breastfeeding. Because she gave birth to her baby in a bath tub, Gisele is now the spokesmommy for all topics related to baby goodness.
Ms Bundchen stated her opinion to the mag: "Some people here (in the US) think they don't have to breastfeed, and I think 'Are you going to give chemical food to your child when they are so little?' I think there should be a worldwide law, in my opinion, that mothers should breastfeed their babies for six months."
Uh. We don't need to say anything here. Because the response has been, how should we say this politely? Scathing. And it's messing with her zen 'cause, y'know, Gisele likes to meditate.
Hence, Backtrack Bundchen took to her blog to give out this message of peace, love and dont-hate-me! Her blog has a nice big picture of her meditating, too. (Try not to zzzz):
My intention in making a comment about the importance of breastfeeding has nothing to do with the law. It comes from my passion and beliefs about children. Becoming a new mom has brought a lot of questions, I feel like I am in a constant search for answers on what might be the best for my child. It's unfortunate that in an interview sometimes things can seem so black and white. I am sure if I would just be sitting talking about my experiences with other mothers, we would just be sharing opinions. I understand that everyone has their own experience and opinions and I am not here to judge. I believe that bringing a life into this world is the single most important thing a person can undertake and it can also be the most challenging. I think as mothers we are all just trying our best.
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Gisele Bundchen Is The World's Top Paid Model
SERIOUSLY? Gisele Bundchen. You marry a hottie like Tom Brady. You happen to be a hottie yourself. You're Brazilian which gives you a sexy accent. You freakin' bounce back after having a baby to look like this. Your butt defies gravity. Your legs defy reason. You're permanently tanned thanks to generations of beach bunny-ing decoded in your DNA. And to top it off, you're worth like a gazillion dollars. What is WRONG with you? Do you realize your existence makes the the rest of us feel worthless because we're not freakishly genetically gifted. It's not fair. Please don't be laughing your way to the bank while reading this. With Tom. And your adorable baby.
Forbes.com has named the Gisele Bundchen the top-earning model in the world for the second year in a row. The Brazilian bombshell banked $25 million in the last year. And FYI: Heidi Klum made $16 million while Kate Moss clocked in at $ 9 million. That's $9 million more than we made. Right…here come's another hissy fit.
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Gisele Models Lingerie Months After Giving Birth
Looking at these new lingerie photos of Gisele Bundchen, you'd never guess she gave birth to Tom Brady's son Benjamin last December. Actually, you'd never guess she'd given birth ever. Doctors have questioned Gisele crediting "muscle memory" for her snap back into shape; since she claims not to work out, it probably has to more to do with genetics of a 6′ supermodel. But odds are these photos will inspire plenty of "muscle memory" for her fans—even bounce-back expert Heidi Klum has to be saying "damn!" Get a closer look in the gallery below.
[Photo: Splash News Online]
Gisele Bundchen And Tom Brady's Hot Baby Spawn Arrives
When we saw the above photo we were confused – how is it that Gisele Bundchen could look so impeccable and so very tiny at eight months pregnant? Yes, she is eight months pregnant in that photo taken less than four weeks ago. Now we're happy to report that she and her equally-hot hubby Tom Brady have welcomed their first child together. The baby was a boy, a detail that Brady found out in advance and had to keep from Gisele. No name has been revealed just yet, but we're sure Gisele will be giving the kid flying lessons in no time. [Photo: GettyImages]


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