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Bonji is Sanskrit characters started in ancient India and used essentially by Shingon Buddhists in Japan to write out mantra and sutras in Sanskrit. It was introduced to Japan by Ku-Kai in 806 AD after he had studied Sanskrit and Mantrayana Buddhism in China. It is believed that each word represents Buddha and that it has a power to protect people and guide them to right direction just by wearing it. Nowadays, it is often used for tattoo, T-shirts design etc with sense of reverence.
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Kuubokumon is an original accessory line from Kyoto, Japan with Kanji design elements utilizing Bonji as motif. This is a one-of-a-kind Japanese accessory with handcrafted carved sumi word on ceramic. Kuubokumon artist, MUGEN custom creates each piece by hand and care. We are proud to bring this original artisan jewelry made from a true heartfelt artist.
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BELLEVILLE, Ill. -- Officials in a southern Illinois school district say a .22-caliber bullet has been found on a school bus.
The same type of bullet was also found in February in the hallway of the school in Belleville.
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He says a search of the bus and student lockers did not turn up any weapons after the discovery Thursday. The students who rode the bus were also questioned.
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ZADR -Answer-I squint my eyes against the cold breeze, hoping vehemently that the rain won't start until I'm in the restaurant. I'm meeting somebody somebody I haven't seen in a while. He was my first boyfriend. Now he's my best friend. The excitement at seeing him is a tingling warmth in my stomach that combats the chill of the weather.
The high pitch of one of the voices ahead of me catches my attention and I look upward.
They've been walking side by side for a few blocks now, bickering animatedly. The taller one is pale and slender with jet-black hair and a long trench coat and a blue scarf. The other is shorter with dark hair. He's wearing a red jacket and black, snug jeans. The way he's walking is hilarious.
"Truly you are a fool," she short one says, and he means it, which makes me grin.
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C Series Envelopes – C envelope size chart C0, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8
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Popular Envelope Sizes and Printing Formats with C Series Envelopes
The C series is used only for envelopes and is defined in ISO 269. The area of C series sheets is the geometric mean of the areas of the A and B series sheets of the same number; for instance, the area of a C4 sheet is the geometric mean of the areas of an A4 sheet and a B4 sheet. This means that C4 is slightly larger than A4, and B4 slightly larger than C4. The practical usage of this is that a letter written on A4 paper fits inside a C4 envelope, and a C4 envelope fits inside a B4 envelope.
The C series formats are geometric means between the B series and A series formats with the same number, (e.g., C2 is the geometric mean between B2 and A2). The C series formats are used mainly for envelopes. An A4 page will fit into a C4 envelope. C series envelopes follow the same ratio principle as the A series pages. For example, if an A4 page is folded in half so that it is A5 in size, it will fit into a C5 envelope (which will be the same size as a C4 envelope folded in half).
A, B, and C paper fit together as part of a geometric progression, with ratio of successive side lengths of 21/8, though there is no size half-way between Bn and An-1: A4, C4, B4, "D4″, A3, …; there is such a D-series in the Swedish extensions to the system.
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Information literacy, the ability to find, analyze, manage, present and share information as well as the ability to adapt rapidly to the changes brought about by the availability of information, is a critical skill for 21st century citizens. Students need to become skilled in the use of the range of technology resources they will encounter. These skills will not come from special computer classes or from drill and practice computer use, but through the full integration of technology in their education.
As 21st-century jobs become increasingly information based, workers need to:
The district's philosophy of integrating technology into the instructional program reflects these issues.
Half Hollow Hills shares the perspective of the New York State Education Department as presented in the Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Frameworks. Student abilities that reflect the district's aims with regard to the use of technology as a tool within the various curriculum areas are:
In order to implement these standards, and to support the belief regarding the importance of computer technology the following hardware and infrastructure has been incorporated into the instructional program:
The overall purpose of the District Technology Plan is to assist in maximizing student achievement by providing students technology tools to support authentic learning experiences by enabling them to find analyze, manage, present, share information and construct new knowledge. Across all grade levels, access to technology allows for:
The inservice program also reflects the philosophy of active participatory learning. Teachers are trained in the mechanics of using the hardware and software through the exploration of tools that enhance and expand the curriculum by including learner-centered, interdisciplinary, constructionist activities. All staff development sessions have been designed to serve as models for participatory learning. As learners, the teachers engage in activities that involve collaborative learning, discussion and independent research.
To assist teachers and administrators in expanding their skills and to further incorporate technology into the curriculum, intensive professional development workshops are held during the summer. A significant array of inservice courses in technology are offered throughout the year. In addition, teachers attend topic-specific workshop training sessions before and after the school day. All of these learning experiences incorporate current research based educational strategies regarding best practices of teaching and learning and applying technology tools and resources as appropriate to implement these practices to support curriculum.
In February 2005, Superintendent, Dr. Sheldon Karnilow, received the 2005 American Association of School Administrators President's Technology Award. Recipients of this award are selected for their demonstrated vision and leadership in using technology to advance teaching, learning, and achievement based on the following criteria:
In February 2004, Dr. Sheldon Karnilow, was named one of ten school superintendents from across the United States to receive the esteemed Tech-Savvy Superintendent Award by eSchool News, the nation's only education technology newspaper. To win the award, each superintendent had to meet "The Ten Hallmarks of Excellence" criteria established by eSchool News editors and the newspaper's editorial Advisory committee. (See our website at http://www.halfhollowhills.k12.ny.us/page.cfm?p=601 for more information.)
The school district has twice been recognized by the Computerworld Honors Program, which "searches for and recognizes individuals [and organizations] who have demonstrated vision and leadership as they strive to use information technology in innovative ways." In April 2000, the Half Hollow Hills School District was designated a Smithsonian Laureate for its contribution to the history of information technology for its partnership with Long Island University in the development of the Electronic Educational Village. The Half Hollow Hills School District and Long Island University's The Electronic Educational Village became part of the Permanent Research Collection on Information Technology at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, DC. In April 2001, the district was again recognized, this time for its program, A Technology Professional Development Plan that Empowers Teachers to Empower Students. This work became part of the Honors Archive on Information Technology that is now part of a collection of innovative applications of technology that is housed in the archival institutions of the Academic Council across the world.
Since 1996, the New York State Education Department Model School Program has recognized the district's vision and philosophy by awarding 18 teachers competitive grants to aid in the integration of technology into the curriculum. Members of the professional staff have accepted invitations to present aspects of technology integration at many state and national conferences.


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For the first time in the franchise's history, XCOM commanders will be able to go head-to-head in deathmatch. The two-player mode allows players to select a squad of six soldiers or aliens – or a combination of the two – to vie for battlefield superiority.
"With the multiplayer mode in XCOM: Enemy Unknown, gamers can finally find out what it's like to command alien units and unleash extraterrestrial destruction on Planet Earth or defend it with a squad of XCOM soldiers and alien allies," XCOM: Enemy Unknown lead designer Jake Solomon said.
Pre-orders of XCOM: Enemy Unknown give players access to the 'Elite Solider Pack,' which includes a set of "top-of-the-line soldier customization features," such as the Soldier Deco packs and complete color customization," along with the (already known) classic XCOM soldier flat-top harido. PC players will also have a shot at a platform-exclusive special edition, featuring "a number of unique XCOM items, including an art book; fold-out poster of the XCOM headquarters; XCOM insignia patch; and a collection of digital bonus assets such as desktop wallpaper, soundtrack and more."
Intense head-to-head, turn-based deathmatch multiplayer lets players command squad of soldiers, aliens, or both
New York, NY – August 10, 2012 – 2K Games announced today that XCOM®: Enemy Unknown, the highly anticipated action-strategy game from Firaxis Games, will include a unique multiplayer game mode featuring a one-on-one deathmatch against another player for the first time in an XCOM game. Players will be able to pick a squad of soldiers, aliens or even combine a squad of both unit types to create the ultimate mixed squad to command in battle.
"Throughout the history of the XCOM series, players have acted as the world's last hope against the alien invasion," said Jake Solomon, lead designer of XCOM: Enemy Unknown. "With the multiplayer mode in XCOM: Enemy Unknown, gamers can finally find out what it's like to command alien units and unleash extraterrestrial destruction on Planet Earth or defend it with a squad of XCOM soldiers and alien allies."
Multiplayer in XCOM: Enemy Unknown draws on the gameplay, tactics and strategy of the single-player experience without making any direct ties to the narrative, offering a standalone opportunity for gamers to enjoy the XCOM universe. Players can mix and match both alien and soldier units to comprise their squad, outfitting soldiers with dozens of armor types, weapons, items and class-based abilities for thousands of possible loadout combinations. These dream squads of up to six units are built using a point cap that can be scaled for players to fight in small skirmishes all the way up to epic battles. Matches can be modified by point limit or time limit per turn. Just like the single-player experience, the fog of war will conceal your enemy's units until you encounter them on the battlefield, creating the tense anticipation that is the hallmark of the XCOM series.
Gamers can get in on the action early by pre-ordering XCOM: Enemy Unknown from participating retailers to guarantee access to the Elite Soldier Pack, a launch bonus offering top-of-the-line soldier customization features. This limited-time bonus gives players the ultimate tool for soldier customization, including Soldier Deco packs, complete color customization and a classic XCOM soldier, flat top included. There will also be a special edition of XCOM: Enemy Unknown available exclusively for PC at retail locations that contains a copy of the game for PC and a number of unique XCOM items, including an art book; fold-out poster of the XCOM headquarters; XCOM insignia patch; and a collection of digital bonus assets such as desktop wallpaper, soundtrack and more. To pre-order now, visit http://www.xcom.com/enemyunknown/preorder.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown will be available for Windows PC, Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system in North America on October 9, 2012 and internationally on October 12, 2012. XCOM: Enemy Unknown is rated M for Mature by the ESRB. For more information, please visit www.xcom.com. For the latest news and information on XCOM: Enemy Unknown, become a fan on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/XCOM.
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A walk through in-memory, general compute, and mass storage options for Cassandra, MongoDB, Riak, and HBase workloads
I recently had the pleasure of attending Cassandra Tech Day in San Jose, a developer-focused event where people were learning about various options for deploying Cassandra clusters. As it turns out, there was a lot of buzz surrounding the new in-memory option for Cassandra and the use cases for it. This interest got me thinking about how to map the options customers have for running Big Data across clouds.
For a specific workload, NoSQL customers may want to have the following:
1. Access to mass storage servers for files and objects (not to be confused with block storage). Instead, we're talking on-demand access to terabytes of raw spinning disk volumes for running a large storage array (think storage hub for Hadoop/HBase, Cassandra, or MongoDB).
2. Access to High RAM options for running in-memory with the fastest possible response times—the same times you'd need when running the in-memory version of Cassandra or even running Riak or Redis in-memory.
3. Access to high-performance SSDs to run balanced workloads. Think about what happens after you run a batch operation. If you're relating information back to a product schema, you may want to push that data into something like PostgrSQL, SQL, or even MySQL and have access to block storage.
4. Access to general-purpose instances for dev and test or for workloads that don't have specific performance SLAs. This ability is particularly important when you're trialing and evaluating a variety of applications. GoGrid's customer's, for example, leverage our 1-Button Deploy™ technology to quickly spin up dev clusters of common NoSQL solutions from MongoDB to Cassandra, Riak, and HBase.
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Arie Luyendyk Jr Would Do the Bachelor If…
Arie Luyendyk, Jr. has a lot going for him: he's handsome, successful, exciting, and — in case you've never watched The Bachelorette Season 8 or read his tweets — he's supposedly a really good kisser. Though why a grown man talks about his kissing techniques as much as Arie does is beyond us. But will this smooching singleton get a chance at love on The Bachelor Season 18?
Good question. Before Sean Lowe was cast as the Bachelor last season, there were rumors circulating that race car driver Arie was in the running to be BRDOC (Big Rose Doler on Campus, obvi). So, is Emily Maynard's runner-up interested in the job? Hold onto your boyshorts ladies, the answer is a whopping... maybe.
"I think I would if it didn't conflict with racing and if I wasn't dating anyone," Arie told CupidsPulse.com on April 19. Oh shoot, y'all. Considering the fact that Arie's type seems to be, um, girls, it wouldn't be a hard season to cast. After he was booted off Emily's season in the finale, Arie briefly dated Season 16 winner Courtney Robertson, and then Season 17 hottie Selma Alameri.
So, scratch that. His type isn't "girls." It's "girls who appear on The Bachelor." Easily done.
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In his new book, ABC News anchor John Quinones describes racism in action as he reflects on his own childhood.
Read an excerpt from "Heroes Among Us" below.
Chapter One
Heroes Everywhere
On a Saturday morning, at a bakery near Waco, Texas, I found a display of bigotry as fresh as the coffee and pastries people stopped in to buy.
A young Muslim woman dressed in a traditional headscarf ordered a pastry from the man behind the counter.
"You'll have to leave," he told her.
"What do you mean?" the woman asked politely.
"We don't serve camel jockeys in here," he said.
Several customers milled about the store, looking uncomfortable, trying not to pay attention. I was watching all this on TV monitors in a room in the back of the bakery. Both the Muslim woman and the man behind the counter were actors and hidden cameras were rolling. It was all part of the TV show I host for ABC News called What Would You Do?
"You won't serve me?" asked the woman, seemingly dumbfounded.
"How do I know you don't have a bomb in that bag?" the man behind the counter retorted.
"This is outrageous," said the woman playing the part of a Muslim.
I watched in astonishment what happened next. An older man approached and gave our man behind the counter an emphatic thumbs-up. "Good job," he said. "I like the way you dealt with her." Then he took his bag of donuts and left.
It was a scene I was ashamed to have witnessed.
Moments later, in the parking lot with a camera crew in tow, I caught up with this man as he climbed into his pickup truck.
"Excuse me, sir," I said. "My name is John Quiñones."
But before I could ask him a single question, he jumped out of his truck, jabbed his finger in my face and snapped: "You're not an American."
That hit me hard.
I'm a native, sixth-generation American. But it's true I grew up in segregation, in the barrio. I'd known where "my place" was, and that was on the west side of San Antonio. The north side of the city, which was mostly white, was pretty much forbidden to someone who looked like me. These were the unspoken rules of my childhood, and now I was hearing them loud and clear.
After a short break, we reset the scene.
On cue, our Muslim actress approached the counter and asked to buy a sweet roll. A gain, the actor playing the bigoted man behind the counter refused to serve her.
"How do I know you're not a terrorist?" he taunted her. "You're dressed like one."
"Excuse me?" said the actress playing our Muslim.
"Look, take your jihad back out to the parking lot. I've got to protect my customers," the clerk said.
This time we noticed two young women customers -- one of whom later turned out to be Muslim, although her typical Texas clothing gave no indication of this -- who stopped in their tracks. They were staring, their mouths wide open, incredulous. Finally, one of them mustered the courage to speak up.
"You're really offensive," she practically shouted at the clerk.
Her friend joined in: "You're disgusting."
They stood their ground and demanded to speak to the clerk's manager. Even though they'd never met the woman who was being abused, her cause was theirs.


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The Vernon Area Public Library, 300 Olde Half Day Road in Lincolnshire, will close for a $1.3 million remodeling project starting Tuesday. Patrons will have continued access to books, DVDs, games and other materials at the former library building, also called the annex building, on Indian Creek Road. The library board approved the work in January. A new self-service café, a quiet reading room with a fireplace and dedicated areas for teens, early readers, and group study are planned. The public restrooms will be remodeled, too. The library should reopen by end of May.
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We are establishing a membership based shared creative workspace and small business accelerator designed to assist entrepreneurs, inventors, hobbyists and product designers. The facility will provide our members access to cutting edge technology and equipment, such as the 3D color printer in the video above.
We will use the funding we raise for the first year's lease payments on an industrial property in Phoenix, AZ and to buy equipment for the facility.
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The Inventors Warehouse offers access to specialized tools which will support the entrepreneur, inventor, small technology company and "DIY" hobbyists. We will support the small business owner who wants to build a prototype of an idea; an artist who wants to design and build with metal or wood; or an aspiring inventor who wants to build a custom R&D project but does not have access to the proper tools.
Members will pay a monthly access fee analogous to the proven gym membership business model where members pay to use specialized pieces of expensive work out equipment. The monthly fee of $150 will allow personal, non-commercial use of the tools and machinery on a first come, first served basis.
Examples of equipment we will offer will include wood working saws, sanders, drill presses and related equipment one might see in a high school wood shop. In addition, we intend to offer metal working tools such as welders, computer numeric controlled (CNC) plasma cutters, and related equipment. We will also house the latest generation of desk top CNC machine tools, 3D printers, and other tool sets which will enable cost effective research and development of prototypes in a wide variety of materials.
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Real world examples of a few of the current projects that the Inventors Warehouse is supporting include the ongoing hybrid electric custom car development project shown in the photo above; helping an inventor develop and build his patented energy recovery device; and helping a software/hardware developer to roll out his innovative new products aimed at the retail space. With your support, we can move into our new facility will enable us to help many more aspiring inventors, entrepreneurs and inner city youth among others.
Our project will have tremendous impact via new job creation in an inner-city area in need of revitalization; community redevelopment through the recycling and reuse of a derelict industrial brownfield property; and vocational training in multiple high tech fields for underserved members of the community such as US veterans, unemployed or underemployed, and inner city youth.
Historical properties in Arizona are disappearing at an alarming rate. In just the past few months, a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece designed for his son David Wright faced demolition. It still might if someone does not step forward to purchase the property and preserve it. In downtown Phoenix, an investment group recently demolished several historical structures to make way for new shops and parking. Sad, but all too true.
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iPhone cases that do more than protect your iPhone
These helpful holsters offer some surprising features, everything from headphones to SIM cards to reading glasses.
If you're going to diminish the beauty of your iPhone by covering it with a case, it seems like that case should do more than merely protect the phone from the perils of gravity. Surely case makers can outfit their wrappers with useful amenities like can openers, welding torches, and java dispensers. (iKeurig, anyone?)
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The group that fought for (& won) Connecticut's BPA bans. Now running the CT Campaign for Toxic-Free Kids.
A growing body of scientific evidence shows that levels of PBDEs are increasing in the environment and in our bodies. Studies of human breast milk have shown a relationship between usage of these chemicals and levels in breast milk. Research by the Environmental Working Group demonstrated that North American women have higher levels of PBDEs in their breast milk than women in Europe, where use of PBDEs is lower.
PBDEs build up in the food chain, including wildlife and human food sources, including fish.
At very low levels, PBDEs can impair memory, learning, and behavior in laboratory animals. They also affect thyroid hormones and other bodily functions. Most at risk are developing fetuses, infants, and young children.
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By Gerry J. GilmoreAmerican Forces Press Service
SEOUL, South Korea, June 1, 2003 U.S. soldiers and Marines deployed along the demilitarized zone separating North and South Korea "are on the front lines of freedom," U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz said June 1 during a visit to Camp Greaves located a mile from the DMZ.
"The country is grateful for your service," Wolfowitz told the 500 Army soldiers and Marines gathered inside the camp's gymnasium. He noted that both President Bush and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld "have asked me to send a message to you: that we appreciate what you're doing -- it is fantastic."
Wolfowitz and his traveling party flew about 35 miles north of Seoul on Army Black Hawk helicopters to visit with Camp Greaves' service members. After meeting with 2nd Infantry Division commander Army Maj. Gen. John Wood, who has jurisdiction over the camp, Wolfowitz got together with the troops.
The deputy defense secretary said he was in South Korea "to update my own knowledge about the situation in this country and particularly about the defense issues we have with (South) Korea."
Wolfowitz added he was slated to discuss mutual defense issues with South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun and other senior officials the next day in the capital city of Seoul.
Recalling the recent victory over Saddam Hussein's forces in Iraq, Wolfowitz told the troops: "We have the best men and women anywhere in the world serving in our armed forces."
American troops, he continued, "are brave, they're professional, they fight joint, and they're probably the most humane warriors any country has ever fielded."
When U.S. and coalition troops were defeating Hussein's forces in Iraq, Wolfowitz noted, other American troops stationed along the DMZ "were preventing a war here in Korea."
It requires skill, dedication and professionalism to serve along the DMZ, he asserted.
Army Pfc. Corey Brown, 21, an artillery fire support specialist from Tucson, Ariz., said he volunteered to serve near the DMZ. He explained that his cousin, an Army staff sergeant, told him the DMZ "was the best place to come to learn your job."
Brown, assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, noted that his cousin was right.
Army 2nd Lt. Mike Murphy, 22, a fire support officer in Brown's outfit, declared that duty along the DMZ has a special meaning.
"That's the reason most of us joined the military to help protect the freedoms that we have," Murphy, a Springfield, Mo., native, observed, "and to keep on with the tradition of helping South Koreans stay free." Duty along the DMZ is a joint endeavor, with U.S. Marines serving alongside U.S. soldiers. And Marine Corps Cpl. Lucious Robinson, 22, said he and his 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, 4th Marine Regiment, buddies are training with Republic of Korea marines.
Robinson, who hails from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., said he's learning about Korean culture during his DMZ tour of duty. He complimented his ROK marine counterparts: "They are pretty tough guys."
Many soldiers were pulling 12-month, unaccompanied tours at Camp Greaves. Wolfowitz acknowledged that performing such duty "means long, long months away from your families and that is a huge sacrifice."
Yet, U.S. and South Korean troops serving on the DMZ, Wolfowitz asserted, have made and still make "a huge difference."
"With the protection that you and your comrades have provided over the years (and) with the dedication and commitment of your South Korean colleagues, we've enabled our allies to build one of the strongest democracies in the world," the deputy defense secretary pointed out.
However, North Korea's behavior over the past year, in both its public declarations and actions on its illicit nuclear weapons programs, "threatens regional and global stability," Wolfowitz said May 31 at a Singapore defense conference.
Wolfowitz pointed out to Singapore conference attendees that in October 2002 North Korea had declared it had violated and would continue to violate its promise not to press on with its uranium-enrichment programs.
And earlier this year, he continued, the North Koreans announced that they were reactivating their plutonium production program.
Also, just two weeks ago, the North Koreans characterized the 1992 North-South Korean denuclearization agreement they had signed as "a worthless piece of white paper," the deputy defense secretary noted.
It's evident that North Korea is "a state that has little regard for the commitments it undertakes," Wolfowitz said at the conference, "or for the delicate nature of the northeast Asia security environment."
Regarding North Korea's desire to deal exclusively with America in discussing its nuclear program, Wolfowitz declared in Singapore: "This is not and cannot be a bilateral issue, as Pyongyang would like it limited to a two-way dialogue between North Korea and the United States."
North Korea's nuclear program "affects the whole region," the deputy defense secretary observed at the conference, noting the issue therefore "requires a multilateral approach."
North Korea is "heading down a blind alley" in its pursuit of nuclear and other weapons, Wolfowitz asserted at Camp Greaves, a point he had made also in Singapore. The United States, Japan, South Korea, China and Russia, he has often reminded audiences, all strongly oppose nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula.
Meanwhile, Wolfowitz told Camp Greaves' troops that the United States and South Korea rely on them to keep the peace by deterring possible North Korean aggression.
"I thank you for your service. I thank you for your dedication," Wolfowitz told the troops.
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Return to Death Valley. Series 2, episode 2.
Further stories of life on the frontline in Afghanistan, seen through films shot by the soldiers themselves. The men of C Company, 2nd Battalion the Mercian Regiment are getting used to life back in barracks and beginning to tell their stories of a tour far tougher than any of them expected. A timetable has been set for an end to British combat operations in Afghanistan, but two young officers led their platoons into an area of Helmand dubbed Death Valley to find a war that is far from over. While some areas are being handed over to Afghan forces as part of the process of transition, C Company's footage captures the reality of the fight against the Taliban in the Upper Gereshk Valley. During the tour they were blown up by IEDs, ambushed and shunned by a local population too scared to talk to them - until a civilian vehicle carrying three generations of one family was hit by an IED along a notorious stretch of Route 611 - a road C Company were there to protect.
The first documentary from this series is in my channel and the three from the first series last year are there also
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there should be thousands more of these documentaries, from all kinds of countries!
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what a stupid suicidal tactic, drop off a group of men into unfamiliar territory with an unfriendly populace to walk around in open areas that the enemy has free access to, the means and ability to plant as many ieds as they want.
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@Fukmup Dam right, this is stupid from the top down and these poor lads have to follow it through. Bad tactics from their commanders. Either go out and smash things up or stay the hell inside.
Their immediate officers should not have taken their guys out into this.
They showed what poor leaders they were when that guy on point told his boss to watch that hay bale, his boss didn't take it in and now some poor american kid lost his legs.
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@abmcell99 "I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion." - Alexander the Great
Very sad indeed.
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@BloodyStars Brilliant quote deserves an Oscar
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@abmcell99 I guess you play a lot of Call of Duty to come to the conclusion you have better tactics than some of the best officers the world has to offer.
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@The Grim Nope, I served under proper officers in the Royal Marines. That's real life and not COD, cheers for asking though. Have a look at the way the RM's train our officers compared to the Army, you will see that there is a big big difference.
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That is ruthless. Good job boys.
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Well done lads and good luck.
That goes for all the forces who fight in the war on terrorism.
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Those Marines they replaced lost 8 guys the first 3 weeks they were in helmand, they were tired indeed.
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To bad those americans pissing on corpses and dont have respect for anything that lives. But great britain thumbs up. Good job guys. You let the americans see how you act in a conflict. Not shooting children with drones and pissing on corpses but make peace for the civilians in Afganistan.
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@nixonmills I can see you sure Are anti American but please don't stereotype just because there is bad people in the us forces.
There is probably bad in the uk forces or bad afghans placing ied's.
There is bad everywhere but America is just an easy target.
Nobody wants to kill children.
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BTW, you need to actually read the Forbes.com piece - the income was from his other business!
WHERE YOU DON'T EVEN GET A PENNY???? You are getting all of my #%&8@# TAX DOLLARS!!! You people in government and the school system don't even seem to realize where school funding comes from! CMSD sucks and has sucked for at least 40 years. I'll give anyone who can improve the lives of even the select kids a shot. Then at least SOMEONE is getting an education within the city limits of Cleveland.
Ralphie - SO WHAT?? He took a risk on starting a business and puts his butt on the line with his own money and is now taking a nice salary, etc. Let's look at what CMSD top people receive from OUR TAX DOLLARS! (this is copied from the first articel I googled, but is prob not much different for the current admin):
Sanders started at a base salary of $260,000, more than $100,000 above what he made as Toledo superintendent. By comparison, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan made $212,502 last year as superintendent in Chicago, which has more than 400,000 students.
Sanders' base is now $275,000. On top of his salary, which is nearly twice the governor's, Sanders receives a $500-a-month car allowance, payment of his employee pension contributions (equal to 10 percent of his salary), $28,000 a year for an annuity and six weeks' vacation.
Sanders brought at least 11 former Toledo administrators with him to Cleveland. At least seven remain on the Cleveland payroll, receiving up to 77 percent more in base salary than they did just three years ago in Toledo.
Chief Financial Officer James Fortlage, who is a Toledo transplant, Chief of Staff Pamela Smith, Chief Academic Officer Eric Gordon and interim Chief Communications Officer John Hairston are paid base salaries of $184,597 -- only about $1,300 less than Columbus Superintendent Harris gets.
For all of you negative "Eyeores" who are posting - it is amazing how you know that this was just a dog and pony show, when you WEREN'T EVEN THERE!!! Well, I WAS there last night, and I can be as cynical as the next guy. I've seen lots of promises in my 50 years here. This was actually a constructive dialogue, with a lot of good ideas AND critically thought-out questions from the audience. The moral of the story is that all of you negative losers will whine about everything and anything that is proposed or celebrated. You are more of a cancer on our city than the homeless people, crooked politicians or anyone else.
I hope that some organization or zoo gathers some wild bats and quarantines them. That way, they could breed and release them into the wild in a few years to rebuild the population once this has (hopefully) passed.
Oh, you are so totally wrong and bringing up Progressive insurance just proves the opposite of what you are saying. When the City dissed Peter Lewis and his plans to build a headquarters skyscraper downtown, it hurt Cleveland immensely. Peter told me that when he saw George Forbes and Dick Jacobs putting the Ameritrust model for public square on the board together, that he called it quits on Cleveland. Picture what downtown hotels, The Arcade, restaurants, etc. would look like today if all those thousands of Progressive employees were down there. Yes, it is big business. And big business is what employs people and saves cities. As long as they are not dumping toxic waste into the river, then LET THEM run the town - we'll ALL be better for it!
Mr. Summers - I totally agree, and, in fact, have been saying this for years. I have a great idea that I am trying to get off the ground, and you just might be the perfect person to help make it happen. I am trying to find contact info for you, but if you read this please email me at royanega at g mail dot com thanks!
These TOTAL FLIPPING IDIOTS! What a bunch of feel-good-do-nothing legislation! Don't they read the headlines?? In Chesterland thieves stole 58 handguns and ditched the getaway car in the inner city. What the heck is a background check going to help there?? AND - the article says that 30% of the crimes can be traced back to gun shows - what about the OTHER 70%?? Btw, I do not own a handgun and have never been to a show.
kingbryant - of course communist China is thriving! When you force people to work where you want them to work doing what you want them to do regardless of their preferences and then pay them wages that barely allow them to live (I don't mean live like us where having only 1 TV is considered poverty, I mean like have enough to eat) anyway - when you do all that OF COURSE you'll thrive! Duh
I agree that the school has the right to edit/censor/whatever an internal publication which it owns. However, they picked a really stupid reason to do it in this case. They should agree to run the memorial article and move on. No one commits suicide because they see someone else's picture in the paper. Besides, if anyone in the school didn't know about the suicide, they sure do NOW! Typical, clueless idiot school officials.
ddl118 - this is a PUBLIC forum, and we affect and are affected by women's issues. You sound like one of those hysterical feminists!
By the way, Regina, if the relatively small population of Alaska disqualifies Palin, then the liberals favorite president, "wild Bill the women groper" should have been disqualified because Arkansas at the time had about the population of the Cleveland metro SMA, and ranked 33rd in the country.
Hey - just had another thought (that makes 2!!) and did some ACTUAL RESEARCH. First, it's true that Palin was governor of the largest state geographically but 48th in population. However, the liberals fav pres, wild Bill, was governor of the 33rd largest state - not exactly the big time, eh?
Secondly, Nancy Pelosi HAS KIDS TOO! She should obviously resign immediately.
HOORAY for you, Regina! You had the guts to express this accurately and fairly. Even if you do not like the GOP, or plan to vote Mcain/Palin, this has to be acknowledged as good for women. All of the so-called feminists have either been in hiding or blasting her because she isn't pro abortion.
Hooray - you at least did something to attempt to move away from the outdated site you had. HOWEVER, 2 important things to realize: first, everyone else who puts out a news page allows you to move the sections around and customize the look for your personal tastes. Joe sixpack who still reads your paper daily may go for sports first, but I suspect most people who go online are looking for local news. We can get sports elsewhere, or else it is a second priority. So, get it off the top or else let us do it individually. Secondly, define the various sections better. This looks too clean! I cannot distinguish between anything because it all runs together. And I agree with all the others who are frustrated by the stupid "fake story link". ONE CLICK ONLY PLEASE!!
susanleighny - you are perhaps the least knowledgeable person I have ever seen blog on here. So, if a homeless wino finds a Yankees cap in the trash and wears it, he is now "committed to New York"? By the way, learn to spell LeBron
Hooray to Strickland for bucking the party and labor unions (read socialists) about the sick day bill. Now, he needs to be a bold leader about REAL change and CONTRACT the prevailing wage requirements, thereby sending a message around the country that Ohio has entered the competitive 21st century.
Benny564 - I DO know him personally, from almost 20 years ago when he was our councilman. He bit people, hit a guy in the face with a beer mug, and fled through our backyard while CPD helicopters looked for him. All of his behavior in the years since (more fights, wife abuse, porn, etc) show he has not changed. Lock this scumbag up (hear that, college roomate Bill Mason??) for as long as legally possible!
Really - what a stupid column! Is Shaw just pandering for racial purposes or something? In case you were asleep Bud, this is Phelps' SECOND Olympics already and he won gold in Athens as well (as a first time kid at the Big Dance too). Then, world championships in the interim. He is no flash in the pan, as you seem to imply. Owens was fantastic - I have loved his story ever since I was a kid. But this has definitely eclipsed it.
"No smoking gun"? The guy has insider info on what properties are worth, who is getting foreclosed, etc. People are supposed to be able to trust him to be the watchdog over all that. This is like letting the fox into the henhouse! There should be a rule that you can't do real estate while in this position. Besides, do you think he just waited until he clocked out for the day and then went and changed into his little real estate agent outfit and went to his second job? PUHLEEZE! He is moon/daylighting and we taxpayers are footing the bill.


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The Fun of MoralityBy
Many modern people–maybe many people at any time–think that morality is an impediment to their fun. Almost any human being can sympathize with this view. But maybe the truth of the matter is the other way around: that life without morality would be no fun at all. I don't here mean that life with no morality would turn out to be no fun because other people more powerful than ourselves would also be liberated from the restraints of morality, and the unchecked exercise of their power would make our lives not fun but wretched. That is true enough, but not the point at which I am driving.
Rather, I mean to suggest that, apart from any such consequences arising from the behavior of other people, life for the person without morality would be devoid of fun, or of interest. Moralists tend to disdain the less serious as treating life, wrongly, as a game. But let us grant for sake of argument that life is a kind of game. Even so, a game with no rules is no fun. There is no way to tell if you are doing it well and thus no way to get any real satisfaction out of it. The poet Robert Frost famously dismissed free verse with the observation, "I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down." Without the discipline of rules, he implied, there is no challenge, and with no challenge no satisfaction.
These thoughts came to me as I was reading the excellent Monsignor Ronald A. Knox's book, In Soft Garments, a collection of conferences he gave for undergraduates at Oxford when he was the Catholic chaplain there. Here is the passage in question:
The art of living depends upon living by a rule of conduct, and it is that, really, which lends zest and interest to the performance. Of course, it's true that we've got to make a living, and that struggle lends a certain zest and interest to life; but so far we are no better off than the beasts–they too must struggle for their daily food. But man, as an intellectual creature, is meant to have a fuller life than this; he has a character to form of which, under God, he is the architect. And any form of art demands rules that you are to work by, laws of harmony, laws of proportion, and so on. To be the artist of his own character, man must have laws, outside of himself and higher than himself, to which he is to conform his operations. . . . A man who is entirely unmoral, if such a creature could exist, would be one who has never tasted life at all."
We often think that the moralist is boring. On this view, it is the amoral person who is boring.
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You make some great points. Cheating never brings joy. Breaking the rules also never brings joy unless the rules are inaccurate. It's possible to have rules that over time, are recognized as not being moral simply because new information becomes available and we, as humans, recognize that these rules need to be updated.


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Is it me or is Frank Bruni about as overexposed right now as a fast-food burger under a heat lamp just before closing time? Dude's everywhere. Still, I'd be remiss if I didn't direct you to this AHT Grilled interview... More


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Some friends and I went on a local beer tour in Raleigh NC. If you are running out of things to do where you live I recommend checking out to see if you have any local breweries where you live. For one, there is nothing better than craft beer made on your back door step and two, supporting local business is awesome. That and craft beer will get you really messed up. So the place we toured was called Big Boss Brewing Company. If you are tired off trendy beer and you are passing through NC, grab a six pack. The tour moves on.
Doritos Crash the Super Bowl Contest is on again! The recession may soon be a distant worry for a group of guys from Cary North Carolina! These average Joes entered the Doritos "Crash the Super Bowl" contest with not one commercial but a second to the final round! They need your votes in order to win $3.6 million if they sweep the national video contest for best commercial for Frito-Lay. I urge anyone who loves Doritos, dogs and respects the chance for your fellow man to win big to vote for Doritos ads "Underdog" / "Kids these Days" and make the recession end for some poor 20 somethings. its guy code!
Reality star and trying to be singer Brooke Hogan, is reportedly dating a 24 year-old rapper Yannique Barker, aka Skinny Douche, na just kidding aka Stacks (with a $ in place of the S because that is so cool.) I actually remember when this douche weasel was on her reality tv show. Hulk Hogan made a funny disappointing face when he asked is this eugenics disaster was coming to her party. Anyway, here is Brooke Hogan, a good looking and sturdy built woman dating a guy who suffers from fetal alcohol syndrome.
Howard Stern is alive and well and broadcasting on Sirius Radio. Sirius is a star system 8 light years away from earth and this is where Stern performs his satellite radio show from. The broadcast is done from Sirius because the FCC and other Sissy Mary political correctness sensitive feeling limp wristed douche bags can't complain. Let's face it, 8 lights years is too far for litigious law suits to reach and people who Love freedom of expression can subscribe to freedom and hear whatever they want to on Sirius radio. Stern is the obvious bastard poster child for a great concept of free radio the only catch is it's not free but then again neither is freedom, but paying is worth it.
Are you unhappy in your marriage? Don't worry, you now can set up a discreet secret affair via a website application in a town near you! Thanks Ashley Madison!
DJFM better known to his friends as Jon G, has had a life long fascination with the harp strings of music. Before he became DJFM, he was in an alternative rock band called S.G.O that toured around the mid 1990's until their break up in 1997. However Jon's ambition for musical exploration would not end in 97, but rather to form what is now DJFM. More specifically, tech house music was really coming of age and Jon along with producer Tom Mohbat together put out what would later be DJFM's debut album "break up".
Dick Masterson is the only man who could steal aviator sun glasses from the block buster hit Top Gun and pull it off all for himself. Dick is the General George Patton of the calm the fuck down, its just because your fat and ugly movement against feminism. We are honoring his on going campaign against the fat and unattractive bitterness of feminism and its attempts to redefine masculinity in a conquered tail covering the genitals form. Dick has written a book called, "Men are better then Women" and it champions the old ways of when things had an answer and not just a indescribable feeling of gray matter. In other words, when women were given too much freedom they make a mess of things and try to change what doesn't need to be fixed. Dick Masterson goes into a strict XY constructionist view of this in his book. If you do not read it you may have to see if your balls have dropped off.


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"Hi again Mariam! I just told my husband the news & he cannot stop laughing.I told him Maka forbids us from getting too excited but, we cannot stop smiling ..
M & J from USA
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How-To Geek
Are Elvish, Klingon, Dothraki, and Na'vi Real Languages?
There is little doubt that the languages featured in our favorite fantasy series or movies are awesome and have a high level of appeal, but are they, or could they be classified as 'real' languages? John McWhorter looks at Elvish, Klingon, Dothraki, and Na'vi, the work that their creators and fans have put into them, and more in this terrific TED-Ed video.
Are Elvish, Klingon, Dothraki and Na'vi real languages? – John McWhorter [YouTube]
[via CNET News]
- Published 10/1/13


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The "IFF Spring School"
Just how lively an exchange with students and young scientists can be is demonstrated by the annual "IFF Spring School" - an important event for communicating current issues in the physics of condensed matter for more than 40 years now. Of the 200 to 300 students who attend each year many come back in following years and some even end up at Forschungszentrum Jülich: like Professor Dieter Richter, a former attendee at the Spring School, who has now been a director at Jülich for many years, first at the IFF institute, since 2011 at the institutes JCNS and ICS. A further success: the book of manuscripts for the Spring School has the character of a textbook and it is often the first work of reference in a new research field.
Spring School 2015:
Functional Soft Matter
23 February-06 March, 2015
Spring School 2014:
Computing Solids: Models, Ab-initio Methods and Supercomputing
March 10-21, 2014


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iGov Technologies, Reston, Va., received an increase in the contract maximum from $530 million to $566 million for U.S. Special Operations Command's (USSOCOM) tactical local area network (TACLAN). The contracting office is USSOCOM MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.
iGov Technologies, Reston, Virginia, is the current contractor for the U.S. Special Operations Command Tactical Local Area Network (TACLAN) contract providing TACLAN family of system acquisition, design, integration, production, and delivery in support of special operations forces mission requirements. The TACLAN contract maximum is increased from $470 million to $490 million. U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, is the contracting activity.
Arma Global Corporation, Tampa, Florida, has been awarded a $500 million single-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide Tactical Local Area Network (TACLAN) family of system acquisition, design, integration, production, and delivery in support of U.S. Special Operations Command. U.S. Special Operations Command is the contracting activity.


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Salt: Not only does it make things taste good, it's good for you
For years now I've tried to tell people that salt gets a bad rap. Not only is it not bad for the average person, as you all know, you can't cook well without a fair amount of it. From Scientific American we get this article that shows some of the piss poor "science" behind the whole salt is bad for you schtick.
Maybe we can slowly start to open people's eyes (I'm looking right at my mother who won't put salt in rice or pasta water because it's "bad for you") and help them make tastier meals. Can I get an Amen from the Salt corner? (boos are accepted too though not appreciated).
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Is it possible those of us who felt nothing are simply more balanced?
For those of you who feel left out of this natural disaster, remember Hurricane Irene is making its way up the coast. Could hit NJ this weekend. I'm sure we will be interested in your reactions to that event as well. Stay tuned!
@vivere: I used to live out in CA so I've felt them before, but I have to admit I was a little disappointed I felt nothing.
The problem is the LHC has no viable way to raise revenues. They had enough money to pay for July, which they did, but not enough to pay for August, which they didn't. Some of the money they used for the couple weeks fo harvesting this year was left over from last year's grants.
Does that help?
@blindguide ...I imagine it must be tough because at those speeds you probably don't get a great view of her either. You have to trust her to keep up as much as she has to trust you. Truly, a fascinating dynamic!


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Anthony Cobbs
Pastor Anthony is the founding pastor of Breakthrough Church, a new nontraditional church plant in northeast San Antonio that seeks to help people live abundantly in the freedom that is found in Christ.
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A Super School Year
The summer draws near an end, and a new school year is upon us. I can't help but reflect on a summer filled with what seemed like endless superhero movies. Back in my earlier years, a summer like this would have been as sweet as Peter Parker getting a love letter from Mary Jane. But averaging […] [Read More]
To Be a Great Leader, Learn How to F.O.L.L.O.W.
Recently I took part in a session on mentoring presented by the San Antonio chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. The fraternity focuses on achievement and hosts a number of opportunities for young males to experience role models, especially African Americans, who are making significant contributions in various fields. The male participants ranged in age […] [Read More]
When Friends Hold You Back
Years ago, a parent asked me to check on her son Andre and his failing grades in two classes. In preparing to meet with the young man, I reviewed the two "F's" on his progress report. I knew that Andre, up until that point, made straight A's and had his mind set on attending a top tier college. Something […] [Read More]
Back to School Supplies
It's that time of year again! Time to take the kids shopping for school supplies. I am blessed to have a wife that actually enjoys taking our kids to get what they need. She makes sure they have paper, pencils, folders, and everything on the provided lists. All of these things are important, I mean, what […] [Read More]
The Wayback Machine
Anyone remember the old cartoon featuring the talking dog Mr. Peabody and his sidekick Sherman? Mr. Peabody invented the Wayback Machine, a time transporter that sent the two characters on adventures that always ended with an object lesson. Imagine being able to hop into a machine, set a time and date and find yourself able […] [Read More]
Youth Making Headlines
It seems we can't turn on the television or pull up the internet without hearing about a celebrity young person making negative choices. We hear about Lindsey Lohan in and out of rehab, Miley Cyrus evolving from innocent to provocative, and someone named Snookie doing everything else. Then, in recent days, there has been a school […] [Read More]
I Know What You Did Last Summer
The first day of school, 1977. The teacher asked the class to share what they did over the summer. Sarah raised her hand and said "we went to the Grand Canyon" Archie said "we went to Disney World". Finally, two students were left, me and my friend Mark. Mark mumbled under his breath, "I went […] [Read More]


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"Pray Away The Gay" EventFiled under News, Sexuality & Gender on February 25th, 2009 by M. French
On February 19, 2009, CRANE hosted Wayne Besen, author of Anything But Straight and leader of Truth Wins Out, for a presentation entitled "Pray Away the Gay." Besen's lecture attempted to expose what they call the "Ex-Gay Myth," in response to Focus on the Family's Love Won Out conference in Charlotte which occurred two days later. About fifty people gathered to hear Besen's presentation, which was laden with humor at the expense of the Ex-Gay Ministries (including Focus on the Family, Exodus International, NARTH, and PFOX), which he attempted to expose as hypocritical, backward, political, and unloving.
The presentation opened with a newspaper editorial by Focus on the Family leader Melissa Fryrear regarding the Love Won Out conference. In the article, she made clear that they are bringing a message of "hope, not hatred" to those who are seeking help to address their unwanted same sex attractions. Besen then presented other quotes from Focus on the Family to show the supposed contradiction between their "real" attitude and the "nice" statement they gave to the media. The clip highlighted the ideas put forth from Focus on the Family that homosexuality reflects "bondage and sexual brokenness," and that homosexuality causes pain to both the homosexual and his or her family. "That's not the kind of love I grew up with," said Besen in response (a phrase which he repeated several times throughout the night).
His next point amounted to nothing more than the ridicule of the former president of PFOX, Richard Cohen, as Besen showed a segment of the Daily Show featuring both himself and Cohen in which Cohen and his therapies were made to look ridiculous and ineffective, even counterproductive. It should be noted that recently, a number of leading Ex-Gay Ministries have disassociated themselves from Cohen.
Besen then proceeded to address the so-called "Ex-Gay Myth," and attempted to prove that the therapies that the Ex-Gay Ministries use have been "discredited," including self-talk and prayer, and that none of these ministries have any effect whatsoever on a person's homosexual orientation, implying that rather than helping people, these therapies supposedly cause the depression and condemnation that often accompany unwanted same-sex attractions.
Interestingly, Besen condemned the Ex-Gay Ministries for "targeting children" by making information available at schools for children struggling with gender and sexual identity issues, as well as NARTH's alleged offer of providing therapy to 3 year olds at conferences, implying that these ministries were abusive and/or harmful to developing children as they attempted to help them identify mentally and emotionally with their physical characteristics. One wonders, however, who is really "targeting children" in a harmful manner, homosexual activists and their allies or these Ex-Gay ministries? Here is some food for thought from Dr. Brown's recent lecture at Love Won Out:
At the Park Day School in Oakland, teachers are taught a gender-neutral vocabulary and are urged to line up students by sneaker color rather than by gender. "We are careful not to create a situation where students are being boxed in," said Tom Little, the school's director. "We allow them to move back and forth until something feels right." — NY Times 12-1-06
California State Senator Sheila Kuehl has introduced legislation [Bill SB 777] that will ban textbooks and teachers from any instruction that reflects adversely upon homosexuality, transgenders, bisexuals or those with perceived gender issues.
". . . we must dishonour the prevailing belief that heterosexuality is the only acceptable orientation even though that would mean dishonouring the religious beliefs of Christians, Jews, Muslims, etc." — from a teachers manual in British Columbia
Children's Book: One Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dads, Blue Dads. From the book's dedication: "To Jacob, who has only one mom and one dad. But don't feel sorry for him. They're both great parents."
Children's book: Girls Will Be Boys Will Be Girls: The antithesis of the "Dick and Jane" coloring book, this is a funny, playful and provocative deconstruction of traditional gender roles. The activist authors use drawings as well as images taken from old children's books to show how completely silly and unnecessary most common gender assumptions are
Another accusation that Besen brought against the Ex-Gay Ministries was that they were almost exclusively concerned with politics, rather than sincerely helping and caring for those struggling with unwanted same-sex attractions, as they claim, and that the ministries' "concern" for these people is essentially a front for their political goals, referring to these ministries as "desperate" because the GLBT community is now "winning" on most political and ideological fronts. During the Q&A time at the end of the night, I was able to ask Besen the question "What criteria do you use to judge the privately held motivations of … these [ex-gay ministry] leaders?" Besen responded by saying:
I believe that Ex-Gay Ministries are very sincere people… And I think they'd have a lot more credibility if they were not in Washington… Many of these organizations have little puny organizations that are starving to death, and all this money's going on these political roadshows and big ads… If James Dobson really thought there was a cure for this, you'd see millions poured out, but we see a roadshow… But I will say that many of the people are sincere… I don't know if they're sincere about trying to change gay people, but nobody should ever question that they're sincere in their beliefs. That's what makes them very tough opponents.
While one wonders how Besen was able to draw such a matter-of-fact personal judgment from such scant evidence, it is encouraging to see his acknowledgment of the fact that these ministry leaders are "sincere," a judgment he also stated later in the Q&A period in response to a comment from the audience that the ex-gay ministries were simply "moneymakers," a statement which Besen disagreed with when it comes to the main ministry leaders, saying "if there's one thing I've learned about Dobson is that he's very sincere" and "Allan Chambers from Exodus International, I think he's sincere."
Following his analysis of the political motivations of the ministries, he went on to give a light-hearted presentation of the fall of a number of former Ex-Gay Ministry leaders who fell back into homosexuality, including whom Besen claimed were the co-founders of Exodus International who left their wives for one another, one of Focus on the Family's first Ex-Gay leaders, John Paulk, who Besen photographed at a gay bar, and Jerry Falwell's former Ex-Gay ministry leader. The implication of this was that there are no true Ex-Gays, and despite everything they proclaim, the ex-gay leaders of these groups remain homosexuals. Besen called for the Ex-Gay ministries to acknowledge the failures of their leaders, not to get involved in politics, and not to use phrases that seem to promise to turn gays straight with no more struggles, because even many of the Ex-Gay leaders will acknowledge that change isn't always complete, and some of the desires may still exist. (Besen's point that we should not gloss over these failures and the self evident hypocrisy that arises in some of the ex-gay leaders is a fair one, though it is not a subject to be laughed at or taken lightly).
Besen next argued that the statistics and studies the Ex-Gay ministries use to build a foundation for their case are either old and outdated, conducted by phony scientists, or grossly distort the conclusions of real scientists, who are very unhappy with their work being taken out of context. He used the example of Allan Chamber's changing the numbers of ex-gays in existence drastically each year (which can quite easily be explained by the fact that he is not specifying an exact number when he says "thousands"), and James Dobson's quoting of two researchers offended that their studies were used in a way that they didn't intend them to be used (a charge which again can easily be explained by the fact that facts are facts, and can be used in various ways the original researcher didn't originally intend).
A video was played of one researcher's response to Dobson's statements, stating that his conclusions from her study were "caricatures" and an oversimplification of her work, that shouldn't have been used "against" homosexuality, and then Besen made this statement: "In fact, we're going to really ramp up this campaign next year, we're going to make it really hard to lie, in fact, we're going to make it very painful to lie over the next couple of years … they're actually going to have to rely on quacks again, and not distort real researchers." (Emphasis added).
Besen's apparent threat of ex-gay ministries and conservative organizations rings hollow. Clearly studies shouldn't be used in a false or misleading way, but Besen seemed to be going one step further when in his attempt to prove that research had been distorted, he asked researchers questions like "Is this what you meant? Did you really back James Dobson?" Should not the question be asked in a way that removes politics, religious beliefs, and personal likes and dislikes from the equation? Should it not have been phrased in a more neutral fashion such as "Your research was said to have proved X, did your research really prove X?"
In addition, while Besen emphasized how wrong it is to take quotes out of context so they indicate something other than what was meant, he clearly participated in the same behavior in his own presentation. Take for instance a quote he had on the screen by Melissa Fryrear that referenced homosexuals "I never met one woman who had not been sexually violated or sexually threatened in her life. I never met one woman. And I never met one man either, that had not been sexually violated or sexually seduced in his life." Besen responded to the quote he displayed by saying, "Not one? How honest is that? I mean, okay, you know what? [raises hand] One! So I hope we never hear that again, because I'm, as they say, living proof that's not true." Was Fryrear really stating that every gay and lesbian has been abused? Clearly not! At the Love Won Out conference the following Saturday, she said essentially the same thing, but made it abundantly clear that it was in the context of her own personal experience as she was working with a ministry where these people had come for help and counseling, and that she certainly didn't mean that all people struggling with homosexuality had been abused, threatened, or seduced. Other examples of Besen's misquoting or misusing people to prove his point happened throughout the night.
The next set of points Besen made painted a picture of Ex-Gay ministries as sinister, "playing on the fears of people," again blaming all unpleasant feelings that accompany unwanted same-sex attractions many people have on the "backward" and "oppressive" idea held by some parents, conservatives, and ministries like these, that they can and/or should want to change from gay to straight. He said that every accredited association, such as the American Psychiatric Association, states that trying to change one's sexual orientation is inherently unhealthy (and possibly immoral), and that the rejection homosexuals experience from people not fully accepting and condoning their lifestyle can make them suicidal.
He then gave a call to be involved in legal action that he is in the process of building against these ministries:
I have to deal all the time with the victims of these ministries who have had their lives shattered, they've been destroyed, they're hurt … we worked with Lambda Legal on an exciting new booklet called 'Ex-Gay and the Law…' We're going to go around the country and ask people this, [and] if anybody here has been through these ministries, and you've been harmed, you've been hurt, you've had your life upended because of this, because you received fake information, because you received bad science, or you were abused sexually … in a lot of cases we see this b/c they have these repressed therapists who are still gay acting out, if this has happened to you, you need to read this … you may have legal options, you may have legal recourse, and we want you to take a look at this, this will refer you to some of the best attorneys in the United States of America … this will be a great addition to our efforts to counter the Ex-Gay industry.
Besen then moved on to talking about "bizarre techniques" used by Ex-Gay Ministries, introducing the subject by using a video clip of a woman talking about casting demons out of various parts of the body (the woman was not associated with the main Ex-Gay organizations), which then colored all the quotes that he showed from leaders of Exodus International, Focus on the Family, etc. regarding the spiritual roots of issues and the concept that Satan is involved in the bondage of people struggling with homosexuality (which were simply phrased with standard Orthodox Christian language). He called the idea of self-denial therapy "cultlike," and listed several methods used by some ministries or therapies that appeared very odd, without context, and talked about Ex-Gay conferences being full of pressure and coercion. Besen also said all these ministries are increasing the divorce problem, as people divorce their husbands or wives after "trying to be ex-gay."
He concluded the presentation by saying that the Ex-Gay ministries actually SEPARATE people from God, because they get a negative view of God through the emotional trauma they experience by having their homosexual lifestyle called sin, and being called/expected to change their behavior and hopefully, their attractions. His summary remarks are as follows:
The ex gay ministries are like actors playing a role. Some of the people are very sincere … they read the lines they've been given, and if you read it hard enough and you're under enough pressure, you can even believe the line, and get so into the role, you can believe you have changed. The human mind is capable of amazing things for periods of time, but like all plays, all theatrical productions, the final curtain has to come crashing down … even these people who are in it for many years, the final curtain of reality comes crashing down.
With this quote in mind, I asked the last question of the night during the Q&A session: "The final part there you said that basically the final curtain will fall upon these leaders and were implying also people that were affected by the leaders… my question is, are you stating that everyone who at one point in their life is gay or lesbian will eventually return to that lifestyle, and if so, how do you know that?"
In reply, Besen stated that while it is theoretically possible for people to change their sexual orientation from homosexual to heterosexual (citing Dr. Lisa Diamond's research), that "There is no organization out there that can sexually engineer you to go from one sexuality to another, either gay to straight or straight to gay," and again emphasized the unhealthy nature of repressing homosexual desires, stating "Alan Chambers said … and I'm paraphrasing … 'every day i get up and do what's not natural for me,' and if people want to do that, get up and do what they don't feel is natural, they may have the willpower to do that for an entire lifetime, but that's very few people. I think … [it would] cause a lot of psychological problems [for most people]."
While Besen and other ex-gay protesters are busy demonizing these ministries, the reality is that there is a real outcry from people that are not happy with their same-sex attraction and want to change, and these ministries are simply answering that call as best as they know how. And with God's anointing and guidance gracing these ministries, they are seeing success, whether people like Besen and CRANE (who held up signs protesting the Love Won Out conference on Saturday) want to admit it or not.
Tags: alan chambers, charlotte, crane, homosexuality, love won out, truth wins out, wayne besen
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FSIS Enhances Food Safety Protections for Ground Beef
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced new procedures that will allow the agency to trace contaminated ground beef back to its source more quickly, remove it from commerce, and identify the root cause to prevent it from happening again. These changes build on other initiatives the agency has instituted this summer to improve the safety of ground beef, including a proposed requirement that retailers keep records of their ground beef source suppliers, and new laboratory methods the agency is using to test these products for multiple pathogens at one time.
Typically, a company that produces ground beef uses source material purchased from a slaughterhouse or other supplier. As the ground beef is being produced, FSIS takes a sample and tests it for the presence of illness-causing E. coli O157:H7. Read more »