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Valley Fitness Center. Part 2
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Personal Trainers. Part 3
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Personal Trainers. Part 2
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Genna G Clark
""Seeking counseling is a sign of strength. Let me help you build on your strength." One of my main strengths is helping you gain insight and from there helping you move forward to a better place.. Another major strength of mine is being completely nonjudgmental. We have all made mistakes. Together we can work through your issues, whether they are in relationships, work, family, negative behaviors, grief, self-esteem, mood and/or stress. This will allow you to gain insight, understanding and change. I have many years of counseling experience in schools, counseling agencies, and private practice.
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"Do you feel you are at a point in your life that you need guidance; maybe help in solving issues in your relationships; perhaps feelings of hopelessness and what can I do to find emotional happiness? . I begin where the client is in the Life process and work toward resolution to reach the peace and stability needed for him or her. I am a Professional Counselor with many years of counseling experience. My background is in education, counseling and psychiatric inpatient facility employment. I have many years of counseling experience working with children dealing with anger, anxiety, stress, trauma victimization.
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"At Archway, we offer individual coaching and counseling for all ages, as well as couples counseling. We also provide various biofeedback services, including neurotherapy and heart rate variability training. I invite you to explore yourself with me and discover ways to make choices that allow meaning and purpose in your life.
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"We all need a safe place to heal. We all need someone who genuinely cares and believes in our ability rise above the worst thing that has ever happened. I like to believe that I have a strong ability to see the best in people and help others envision a better life for themselves. I have had the opportunity to work extensively with women and children suffering from profound trauma and abuse. I never cease to be amazed by the resiliency demonstrated by my clients. I would love the opportunity to help you or your child restore hope and peace.
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Graley's passion paves way for children's hospital
HUNTINGTON — After a successful three-decade banking career, David Graley found his life's mission.
The charge card-department employee turned bank president turned leader of the Cabell Huntington Hospital Foundation led a successful campaign to raise more than $12 million in just over five years for the Hoops Family Children's Hospital.
For his behind-the-scenes work, which is becoming more and more visible along the hospital's Hal Greer Boulevard border as work on the children's hospital progresses, Graley has been awarded The Herald-Dispatch's Community Impact Award as part of the newspaper's 2012 Citizen Awards program.
In a recent interview, the chief operating officer of the Cabell Huntington Hospital Foundation was focused on the children's hospital, even though he was unaware at the time that he would be honored for his work to make the hospital a reality.
"We can talk about anything you want," Graley said, "as long as it's about the children's hospital."
Those who've crossed paths with Graley describe him as a tireless champion for the Tri-State's children, someone with zeal, determination and tenacity, a man who has made a "significant impact on the daily lives of people in our region."
"You will be moved by his passion," one nominator said. But, it was only recently Graley himself would say his life moved from success to significance.
Graley's career in finance began in the 1970s in Tacoma, Wash., after two years of military service. Moving up the ranks, he began focusing on lending to businesses and moved from Washington to Key Centurion Bankshares, the largest bank holding company in West Virginia. He later became regional president of JP Morgan Chase, from where he eventually retired.
He has served on a variety of community boards including the Chamber of Commerce and the Huntington Area Development Council, was a moving force behind the development of KineticPark, and received the Economic Development Volunteer of the Year Award in West Virginia in 2004 as well as being named a Distinguished West Virginian by then Gov. Bob Wise.
"The most important thing to me in my banking career were the customers. I felt like if I did the right thing by them, the profits would work out," Graley said. "Big banking forgot that, and I became somewhat disenchanted with the state of the industry and the quality of the service."
He described the day he got the call from Cabell Huntington Hospital expressing interest in him joining the hospital's team as "scary."
"I had been looking for something that could be of some significance, and I really felt led by God to come here, but it was scary. It was also a breath of fresh air," Graley said. "I really believe I was being reared for 30 years to build relationships with these pockets of wealth, to gain their trust, for this calling. People don't give to causes; they give to people they trust for good causes. If you treat people right and develop good relationships, good things will follow."
Good things have followed, but not without challenges. Graley took on the massive fundraising in March 2008, as the Great Recession was hitting at full force.
"David has navigated through exceptionally difficult economic times to meet his fundraising goal, never losing faith in his mission," said C.R. Neighborgall IV, president of Neighborgall Construction.
"Dave's ability to raise funds of this magnitude in an adverse economic climate and in the poorest one-half of the second poorest state in the nation is amazing," said Campbell Woods attorney Howard "Buck" Crews.
"I pledged to myself I would never make an excuse about the economy. If we hadn't met our goal, I wasn't going to say it was because of the bad economy," Graley said. "I didn't do this myself. I couldn't have. This was people in this area taking care of their own.
"I knew with the help of the good Lord we could help people who can't help themselves," he continued. "It was never in question. Our children deserve this."
"Given his strong commitment to the community and his long-standing relationships with many of the individuals, corporations, foundations and political leaders that would be needed to support the fundraising project, David was clearly the right man for the job," said Mary Witten Wiseman, president of the Foundation for the Tri-State Community Inc.
And, what about that children's hospital Graley is so passionate about? The dedicated entrance is taking shape, doctors in pediatric subspecialties are being hired and a full one-quarter of the hospital's beds are designated for sick children.
"You can't build a children's hospital. You have to be one," Graley said. "We were facilities-challenged and now we're taking care of it. We've been a children's hospital for some time. We just hadn't declared it."
Graley is already envisioning future projects: a wing for pediatric speech and physical therapy and an advocacy center for child victims of abuse.
"I received a letter from a mother who had never told the story about having lost her son, and her letter was thanking me for leaving the banking industry to help care for sick children," he said. "This is the most gratifying thing I've ever done."
Follow H-D reporter Beth Hendricks on Facebook or Twitter @BethHendricksHD.
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South Derbyshire District Council Chairman to attend three appointments
Posted: August 03, 2014|
PAT Murray will attend three events next week in his role as chairman of South Derbyshire District Council.
On Monday, Mr Murray will pay his respects to the soldiers from South Derbyshire who fell during the First World War by attending a festival of remembrance being held at Emanuel Church in Swadlincote.
On Wednesday, August 6, he will visit Maurice Lea Memorial Park in Church Gresley to see a national play day, which is being supported by the district council.
He will finish his list of engagements for the week on Thursday when he visits the Dreamscheme event in Overseal.


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Heya Super Friends,
So Thomas got his Insect Tablet!
. . . not by farming mind you, although the extra 30-40k worth of loot from trying was nice. No, Destiny Mistshard played benefactor for me and had me snipe one from her reserves. THANK YOU MOTHER MISTSHARD!
Now my Prickly Bear Cactus should zoom with three likes (and hopefully four likes if one of those will get a pixie--all the others went elder).
So we've been getting a number of questions about the status of Amber and Kyle's characters in Celestia. Sigh, see, as a gaming parent you want to give your kids ample opportunity to level their characters on their own if they want to, and we have, but they just seem far too caught up in other stuff right now to want to level their characters.
Amber was kind of like, yeah . . . just go ahead and level mine for me *skips away*
It seems like Kyle kind of doesn't even consider Kyle his main character anymore. If he plays Wizard101 he'd rather just level Sean Ogrehead, his ice character. It's still his character though.
On the other hand, we've got a healer and a storm character right there just waiting to be leveled. ;)
So Bailey and I are going to be leveling Kyle and Amber for a bit and then once again, turning the keys to the car back over to the REAL Kyle and Amber when they're leveled. (And then borrowing them whenever we need DPS or heals hehe!)
Long story short . . . Amber and Kyle (and Myrna too) are currently hanging out in The Grotto. Expect to hear more about those characters leveling up to Legendary in the near future.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 5-259 of the general statutes is amended by adding subsections (g), (h), (i) and (j) as follows:
(NEW) (g) The Comptroller may provide for coverage of municipal employees under the plan or plans procured under subsection (a) of this section, provided: (1) Participation by each municipal employer shall be on a voluntary basis; (2) where an employee organization represents employees in a municipality, participation in a plan or plans to be procured under subsection (a) of this section shall be by mutual agreement of the municipal employer and the employee organization only and neither party may submit the issue of participation to binding arbitration except by mutual agreement; (3) no group of employees shall be refused entry into the plan by reason of past or future health care costs or claim experience; (4) rates paid by the state for its employees under subsection (a) of this section are not adversely affected by this subsection; (5) administrative costs to the plan or plans provided under this subsection shall be paid by the participating municipality at no additional cost to the state; and (6) participation in the plan or plans in an amount determined by the state shall be for the duration of the period of the plan or plans, or for such other period as mutually agreed by the municipality and the Comptroller. For the purposes of this subsection, "municipality" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 7-425.
(NEW) (h) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the existing rights and obligations of state employee organizations and the state employer under current law and contract shall not be impaired by the provisions of this section. (2) Other conditions of entry for any group into the plan or plans procured under subsection (a) of this section shall be determined by the Comptroller upon the recommendation of a coalition committee established pursuant to subsection (f) of section 5-278, except for such conditions referenced in subsection (g) of this section. (3) Additional determinations by the Comptroller on (i) issues generated by any group's actual or contemplated participation in the plan or plans, (ii) modifications to the terms and conditions of any group's continued participation, (iii) related matters shall be made upon the recommendation of such committee. (4) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a municipal employer and an employee organization may upon mutual agreement reopen a collective bargaining agreement for the exclusive purpose of negotiating on the participation by such municipal employer or employee organization in the plan or plans offered under the provisions of this section.
(NEW) (i) The Comptroller shall submit annually to the General Assembly a review of the coverage of municipal employees under the state health plan beginning February 1, 1998.
(NEW) (j) Effective July 1, 1996, any deputies or special deputies appointed pursuant to section 6-37 or section 6-43, shall be allowed to participate in the plan or plans procured by the Comptroller pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. Such participation shall be voluntary and the participant shall pay the full cost of the coverage under such plan.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1996.
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When was the last time you talked with someone about your health and received the personal attention you deserve?
It's rare for anyone to get an hour to work on their nutrition and goals with a trained professional.
Hi, I'm Traci Philips and as a Holistic Health Coach, I create a supportive environment that will enable you to achieve your health goals. I have studied all the major dietary theories and use practical lifestyle coaching methods to guide you in discovering which approach works best for you.
Most nutritional protocol dwells on calories, carbs, fats and proteins. Instead of creating lists of restrictions and good and bad foods, I coach my clients to create a happy, healthy life in a way that is flexible, fun and supports your bioindividual needs. I believe my clients are the leaders in our relationship. You know yourself better than anyone, and tapping into that knowledge of self will allow you to discover a whole new level of empowerment in your life!
One of my favorite books is Yes, You Can Change The World by Aman Motwane. In his book, Motwane discusses offering support that, I find, best describes how I approach coaching my clients.
"If you come to me with a problem, I will help. But I won't give you the answer. Because my answer would be strictly that - my answer. An answer that works for me may or may not work for you. So, I will sit beside you and we will both look at your problem together. If I can, I will try to help you look at the problem from a slightly broader perspective. Our goal will be that with this broad perspective, you will not only be able to come up with the answer that works best for you, but more importantly, you will be able to find the answers to any future such problems on your own."
No one diet works for everyone. I will guide you to find the food and lifestyle choices that best support you. I will offer tools and will help you to make gradual, lifelong changes that enable you to reach your current and future health goals.
Could one conversation change your life? Schedule a free initial consultation with me today!
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Finance professionals bullish on opportunities in Asia
Senior-level financial and treasury professionals in Asia maintain an overall high level of optimism, according to the findings of "Treasury Verdict," a live poll session of attendees at the EuroFinance 2012 conference in Singapore.
Over two-thirds (67 percent) of respondents indicated that they are optimistic about their companies' performance over the next 12 months, as opposed to just 25 percent who are uncertain and eight percent who are pessimistic.
This is a stronger showing than many of their counterparts who voted at other EuroFinance events, including China (52 percent optimistic), Turkey (66 percent) and Europe (50 percent), but more negative than Brazil (85 percent), Mexico (82 percent) and the Middle East (73 percent).
This optimism on the region is further reflected by the professionals' response to which areas are most important to their global growth. 70 percent chose Asia, while 60 percent selected China. The rest of the globe follows at considerable distance, led by the Middle East/Africa (19 percent), Latin America (18 percent), North America (10 percent) and Europe (9 percent).
Myanmar emerged as the most popular single frontier economy in Asia with 25 percent of the vote, outstripping Cambodia and Laos which had 10 and 3 percent respectively. An overwhelming 62 percent chose 'other,' without an indication as to which country in particular.
Worries on a China slowdown seem to be relatively low. 45 percent anticipate that they are "not very" worried about a relative slowdown in China affecting Asia, while 40 percent do not even anticipate a slowdown.
Only 15 percent are "very worried" about the potential effects. The euro crisis' effects, however, still reverberate through the region, with 48 percent indicating some impact on their business, 17 percent saying "not yet, but I expect it to," and 13 percent being considerably impacted. 22 percent said there was no sign of any effects.
The renminbi remains a key story for many finance and treasury professionals. Almost half (49 percent) expect to see a fully convertible renminbi within five to 10 years, though 23 percent believe it will take over a decade. 18 percent expect it in less than five years. 10 percent of the audience, however, believes it will never be fully convertible.
The audience was similarly divided between those who currently or are expecting to receive invoices in the renminbi. 31 percent are already receiving renminbi invoices from Chinese suppliers and 20 percent are expecting to, but 49 percent of the audience indicates that they do not.
Companies in Asia also remain mostly bullish on refinancing risk, with 74 percent saying they are not facing such risk. 14 percent expect it to crop up in the future, while 12 percent are already dealing with it.
Banks are also the key solution to protecting the company supply chain – over half of respondents (53 percent) said that working with banks to provide finance was their best option to protect the supply chain, followed by offering better payment terms (37 percent) and squeezing the supply chain (30 percent).
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The Buffalo Zoo 2015 Calendar Now Available!100% of your purchase benefits the Buffalo Zoo!
The Womens Board of the Buffalo Zoo is pleased to present the 2015 Buffalo Zoo Calendar. This years calendar includes $50 in valuable Zoo coupons!
Showcasing some of the Zoos animal residents, this beautiful calendar features photos obtained from our annual photo contest. The calendar will keep you informed about Zoo happenings and contains fun facts about the animal pictured each month. Its available for the low price of $10.00 and may be purchased in our Zootique gift shop, or call (716) 995-6131 to place an order. Well be happy to mail you a calendar. (Please add $2.50 shipping fee for mail orders.) Enjoy the Zoo all year, along with great savings. Get your calendar today!
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Below is the poem entitled My culture which was written by poet
Harman. Please feel free to comment on this poem. However, please remember, PoetrySoup is a place of encouragement and growth.
Read Poems by
Michael Harman
Ignore my friend, ignore
work, work, work, hard,
40 hours to the corp,
20 hours to the family
and 40 to the drugs
you house is so nice
your car is better
40 to the corp
ignore the abuse,
slave labor in another country....
the blood, sweat, and tears....
You didnt do it, its the CEO
who makes those decisions.
Lobbyists supporting the war
wow, the profits, bonus for all..
Evil, abuse, pollution, war.
Make that check and run home.
20 to the family
Oh my beautiful children,
that hate me, but at least their fed well.
They dont value me, such stupid children
I work so hard for them,
My wife who doesnt like sex,
does that mean she doesnt love me?
I like it when we pretend,
we actually get along then,
please pretend some more,
that we love each other, please.
40 to the drugs
Television, Sports, video games, high fructose corn syrup,
chlorinated, flouridated water tastes so nice.
Caffiene, sugar, alcohol, nicotine
I still can't cope, anybody got some dope?
Damnit where is that rope?
The pharmacy can cure your pain,
and if not we can shock your brain.
This is my culture. I am sad for it, but am addicted to it.


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Fostoria #5099 6" High Sherbet Goblet, Topaz Yellow
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This Fostoria waterfall (#5099) High Sherbet (aka saucer champagne) is 6" high and hold 6 oz. with a topaz (yellow) optic bowl and crystal stem and foot. In excellent condition (no chips, cracks, or other flaws). Also included if you'd like (for additional cost of shipping if any) are 2 of the Low Sherbets (4 1/4" high, holds 6 oz) free, as these have 1 VERY minor flea bite on each near rim. See picture 2. (Note that Replacements calls these "amber topaz" but Fostoria's topaz is yellow; in my picture, the yellow is highlighted because of the green background, see Picture 3 of the short version of the sherbet for truer color). Fostoria made this stemware pattern from 1928-1943.


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If you like the flavors of a Dark and Stormy, Moscow Mule, or Mojito, you'll love the Mojalisco. More
If you like the flavors of a Dark and Stormy, Moscow Mule, or Mojito, you'll love the Mojalisco. More
Pairing smoky mezcal with briny sherry and vegetal Cynar makes for one tasty drink with a great tobacco-laced scent. A pinch of salt and a grapefruit twist help bring out the flavors. More
This rum and Cynar cocktail comes in exotic and sweet, and leaves you dark and bitter. More
This pungent twist on the classic Old Hickory Cocktail substitutes uses bittersweet, vegetal Cynar instead of sweet vermouth and dry Manzanilla sherry instead of dry vermouth More
This bourbon and Cynar cocktail is rich and strong, with a touch of citrusy sweetness balanced by a nice bitter finish. More
If you like bitter liqueurs at all, this combination of Cynar, Punt e Mes, lemon, and salt is a drink you must try. More
This variation on a Honey Bee cocktail cuts the sweetness of rum and honey with Cynar. More
There's serious potential for the mimosa outside of girly-drink territory. With a base of grapefruit juice and sparkling wine, this drink becomes much more complex and savory with a dose of Cynar. More
Cynar is a perfect stand-in for Fernet Branca, another darling of the amari, in a Toronto cocktail. Like Fernet, the bitter, vegetal taste of Cynar is a perfect foil for the sweet rye. More
A super drinkable and surprisingly refreshing iced tea with a bitter kick that's easily scaled up to fill a pitcher. More
This cocktail from Gramercy Tavern in NYC is a take on a Boulevardier (which is like a Negroni, but with bourbon instead of gin). Here, however, spicy rye is the star, complemented by the bittersweet Sicilian amaro, Cynar. More
The fruity flavor of fresh nectarine is enhanced with Combier Peche liqueur in this cocktail from Back 40 West in New York. More
So named because it makes use of a liqueur from Italy, a Catholic nation; it's an intensely bitter drink of Black Grouse shaken with the artichoke liqueur, lemon, and a sparing splash of simple syrup More
This boozy yet balanced drink from Rickhouse Bar in San Francisco has hints of tobacco, smoke, and apple. More
This drink was developed by Cocktail 101 columnist Michael Dietsch and shared on his blog A Dash of Bitters. It's a complex, brooding spin on the Margarita that incorporates Cynar, rhubarb bitters, and orange flower water. More
The Negroni is a classic cocktail composed of equal parts gin, sweet vermouth and Campari. The Trident takes the same formula, but swaps out each of the ingredients. In place of the herbaceous character of gin, the Trident uses the cumin-and-caraway flavors of aquavit ; sweet vermouth is replaced with the nuttiness of dry sherry; and for the bitter edge, Cynar takes the place of Campari. More
If you sat around naming all the bitter ingredients in your liquor cabinet, you might come close to the formula for this Anti-Valentine's Day tipple. Eeyore's Requiem, invented by Toby Maloney of Chicago's Violet Hour, starts with Campari, then adds a dose of barrel-aged Fernet Branca, which is made with gentian, chamomile, bitter orange, myhrr, and saffron, among other things. Not bitter enough for your cynical heart? Maloney takes your Fernet and your Campari and raises you a quarter ounce of artichoke-and-herb based Cynar. Take that, Valentine's day. More


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Commissioners will hear economic growth plan report
After months of interviews and research, the Lee County Board of Commissioners will receive findings and recommendations stemming from a newly-created county economic growth plan during the board's upcoming meeting.
Southern Grown Policies Board Executive Director Ted Abernathy and N.C. State University Business and Technology Extension Service State Program Director Dan Parks are scheduled to present their findings at 6 p.m. Monday at the Lee County Government Center, located at 106 Hillcrest Drive.
The pair were charged with identifying the best practices for county economic development, including focus, organizational structure, collaboration and funding models, laying the groundwork for future work and turning feedback from community leaders into goals for the long-term growth of the county.
According to the report, some of the key recommendations include telling the "Lee County story" better, directly engaging the private sector in the economic development process, focusing more effort on workforce development, creating an "entrepreneur ecosystem" and exploring new options for wealth generations.
The new group of commissioners should meet in January for an economic development retreat to facilitate discussion and possibility hold a community-wide economic development summit to "establish a shared understanding of the county's current economic situation," according to other items in the report.
Other items on Monday's agenda include:
What: Appointment of new county commissioner, Andre Knecht
Why it matters: Former Lee County Commissioner Chairman Linda Shook announced her resignation of her District 3 seat in early December, citing a business-related move to Nevada. The executive committee of the Lee County Republican Party nominated Knecht, owner of Knecht Chiropractic Center and long-time party member, to fill Shook's unexpired term.
Local GOP Chairman Charles Staley said Knecht is "a man of high moral standards, sound principles and good judgment.
"As a small business owner, he understands the economic principles that need to be applied in achieving job growth and overall property," Staley said previously.
Knecht is set to be sworn in at the very start of the 6 p.m. meeting.
What: Reorganization of the Environmental Affairs Board
Why it matters: During the previous Board of Commissioners' meeting, Commissioner Jim Womack suggested reorganizing the the Environmental Affairs Board because "Lee County is on the verge of major new industrial developments in the highly technical and complex energy fields of horizontal drilling for natural gas and biofuels" and in need of a board with technical training and professional experience.
Under the proposal, the EAB would become the Environmental Review & Advisory Committee with current members of the EAB with qualifying expertise able to transfer to the new board.
EAB Chairman Brooks Gage is scheduled to appear before the board Monday with a PowerPoint presentation to "show what work the EAB has done in the past, an overview of existing by-laws and skill sets of membership," according to county documents.
Commissioners should consider creating a better review board without disbanding the existing Environmental Affairs Board, Gage said.
What: A request from Lee County Schools for security equipment
Why it matters: Lee County Superintendent Jeff Moss is expected to request funds to ramp up security on all 16 campuses in the district that include securing the front entrances of all the schools and to install electronic locks at all secondary entrances. Moss said previously he was in the process of soliciting bids, but the proposed measures would cost around $300,000. School officials considered the additional security for some time, he said, but the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre of 26 people acted as a catalyst.
What: Consider appointments to the Board of Equalization and Review
Why it matters: The Lee County Board of Equalization and Review hears appeals from taxpayers who own or control taxable property regarding their new property tax values, set to be released at the end of this month. There are four openings on the board and three openings on the alternative board. The county has received applications from Allen Sloan, John Ramsperger, Robert Garrett, Mike McDonald, Al Rushatz, Herb Hincks, Cindy Ammons, Frank Del Palazzo and Harry Stryffeler.
What: Request for a joint meeting between the Lee County Commissioners and Town of Broadway Commissioners
Why it matters: The Broadway Board of Commissioners requested a meeting with the Lee County Board of Commissioners to discuss the county's recent decision to examine a change in the sales tax distribution. According to an email sent by Broadway Mayor Donald Andrews, "We are extremely concerned about this issue, and our board would like to sit down and express our concerns and reservations. We think this meeting would be beneficial to you and your board in that you can cover your ideas and give us your thoughts as to why this would help Broadway."
If the Lee County Commissioners vote to change the sales tax redistribution from the population-based per capita model to the ad valorem method, county coffers would see an increase of $1.4 million and a decline of $1.4 million for Sanford and $80,000 for Broadway.


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The Vancouver Whitecaps have signed Gambian striker Mustapha Jarju as club's second Designated Player – pending his international transfer certificate. Per club policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed.
"Mustapha is a proven goalscorer at the club level in Europe," Whitecaps FC president Bob Lenarduzzi said in a release. "He has pace and the ability to find the back of the net with regularity, as he did during his successful spell in Belgium. Mustapha will be a great addition toour strike force."
Jarju joins Whitecaps FC after three seasons with Belgian club Royal Albert-Elisabeth Club (RAEC) de Mons. Last season, the native of Banjul, Gambia, helped RAEC Mons win promotion to Belgium's top-flight Jupiler Pro League after two seasons in the Belgian Second Division. During the 2010-11 season, the 24-year-old scored 25 goals and added 13 assists in all competitions, including 18 goals in 33 league matches, four goals in six playoff games, and three goals in two Belgian Cup matches. The six-foot, 160-pound striker scored 43 goals in 118 appearances.
"I am very happy to begin the next stage of my career with Vancouver Whitecaps FC and play in a one of the rising leagues in the world in MLS," added Jarju in a release. "I had many options throughout Europe and the Middle East but Whitecaps FC made me feel very welcome and the city is beautiful. Recently, I have watched several matches and believe the club is ready to push for the playoffs."
Internationally, Jarju, is alternate captain of the Gambian national team and has scored four goals in 25 senior appearances, primarily as midfielder, for the West African nation
Whitecaps FC host Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer on Saturday,at 1 p.m. and English Premier League giants Manchester City FC on Monday at 7 p.m.Tags: gambia, Major League Soccer, MLS, Mustapha Jarju, striker, Vancouver Whitecaps


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Mitt Romney has been running for the Republican presidential nomination for more than five years. But after all the millions of dollars he has spent on attaining this goal and the endless trips and speeches he has made and all the debates in which he has participated, it may just come down to what happens today in Michigan. A loss in the Michigan primary isn't necessarily fatal to his hopes. He is expected to win easily in Arizona today and given the fact that many in the party would regard Rick Santorum's nomination as an unmitigated disaster, it should be expected that even after a defeat in his home state, Romney could eventually prevail in a long race. But a loss in Michigan would puncture, perhaps fatally, the notion of Romney's inevitability. And it could also set in a motion a series of events, heretofore considered highly unlikely, that could lead to a deadlocked convention and the emergence of an alternative Republican candidate. All of which is to say if Romney intends to take the presidential oath in Washington next January, he had better pull out a win today.
Yet with the polls tightening in the last days before the Michigan primary, a Romney victory is very much in doubt. As Alana noted, Romney is complaining about Santorum's effort to get Democrats to vote for him, something he considers a dirty trick. But while he might consider the robocalls underhanded, the attempt to get registered Democrats to cross over and vote for Santorum is a reflection of Romney's weakness, not a dirty trick. Though the former Pennsylvania senator may be unelectable in November, he is well placed to appeal to one element of the old Ronald Reagan coalition: the working class Democrats who voted their values and backed the GOP in 1980 and were immortalized in Stanley Greenberg's study that centered on Macomb County, Michigan.
Santorum's appeal to working class sentiments and the lost era of labor intensive American manufacturing has been overshadowed by his recent absurd comments about John F. Kennedy and the separation of church and state as well as his gaffe about President Obama's snobbery in wanting everyone to go to college. But Santorum's pitch to this group to back him on the basis of his conservative positions on social issues and economics poses a genuine threat to the assumption that Romney can win Michigan. It also plays into Romney's greatest weakness: the perception that he is an inauthentic elitist whose pretensions to conservatism are phony.
It is, of course, somewhat ironic that Santorum should have blasted JFK while seeking to appeal to Reagan Democrats because, as Greenberg noted, the interesting statistic about Macomb County was that it went 63 percent for John Kennedy in 1960 but also gave 66 percent of its votes to Ronald Reagan because it perceived the Democratic Party as having abandoned the interests and values of white working class voters.
The question for Romney is whether he can mobilize enough mainstream Republicans to overwhelm Santorum's advantage with Christian conservatives and those crossover Democrats to squeeze out a victory today. If he doesn't, the Republican contest is about to get a lot more interesting.


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If someone wont reply to this poor guy I will.
Make sure you download the correct file, some of the guides for this work for some but not all (Didn't work for me on Vista). Download the correct codex here.
Once you unzip the file there will be the following:
Run the exe and hit okay and it should come up with a message box saying that the codec was installed.
This is the point where everyone runs to Goldwave and find that the codec doesn't appear in the list. Don't worry, we will make it appear.
Enable windows to allow you to edit the file extensions.
Go to Folder Options in control panel.
Under the View tab there will be Advanced settings, look for "Hide extensions for known file types" That must be UNCHECKED.
Apply this change and now files will have their extensions visible. We did this so we can change the codex file so Goldwave can recognize it.
Goldwave is looking for a .dll file not a .inf file. Make sure you ran the codec exe file, then place the atrac3.inf in the Goldwave directory. Rename the extension of atrac3.inf to atrac3.dll.
BAM it appears in the list now, you win.


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"Sopranos" clean house at the Golden Globes01/24/00
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. Jim Carrey, who gave an uncanny impersonation of the late comic Andy Kaufman in "Man on the Moon," won the Golden Globe as best actor in a movie comedy at last night's ceremonies.
'Second year in a row what's going on here, man?" said Carrey, who picked up the best dramatic actor Golden Globe last year for "The Truman Show." "I'm the establishment I once rejected. ... I'm the Tom Hanks of the Golden Globes."
British actress Janet McTeer won best actress in a musical or comedy film for her performance as a Southern mom in "Tumbleweeds."
Tom Cruise of "Magnolia" and Angelina Jolie of "Girl, Interrupted" won motion picture supporting actor honors.
In the television category, stars of HBO's hit "The Sopranos" walked away with top honors. Edie Falco and James Gandolfini, who play husband and wife Carmela and Tony Soprano, each won as best actor in their respective category. The program also won as best dramatic series. Falco and Gandolfini both thanked their Teamster limo driver in their acceptance speeches, as did the show's creator, David Chase.
A poignant moment in the television categories came when Michael J. Fox was named best actor for the comedy "Spin City," which he announced he is leaving because of his fight against Parkinson's disease. But he handled it lightly.
'Actor out of work news at 11," Fox said.
'Wow. God, I didn't expect this," Cruise said, then thanked wife, Nicole Kidman, who couldn't attend because of work. "Her generosity, her support, her sacrifices, her talent she inspires me."
Cruise played a TV guru who pitches a "seduce-and-destroy" program to men in the ensemble drama "Magnolia."
'It's great to see the view from up here," said Jolie, who plays a manic sociopath in "Girl, Interrupted."
HBO had several winners beside "The Sopranos." "Sex and the City" was named best TV comedy and its star Sarah Jessica Parker won best actress. "RKO 281" was best miniseries or made-for-TV movie. Halle Berry won best actress in a miniseries for "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge."
Among other TV winners, Jack Lemmon was named best miniseries or TV movie actor for Showtime's "Inherit the Wind."
'In the spirit of Ving Rhames, I'm going to give this to Jack Lemmon," Lemmon said, lightheartedly recalling the year in which winner Rhames gave his trophy to Lemmon.
'American Beauty" was the leading movie contender going into this year's Golden Globes, a ceremony that can serve as a signpost to what will come at the Oscars. The dark suburban fable gained six Golden Globe nominations, including best dramatic picture, dramatic actress for Annette Bening, and dramatic actor for Kevin Spacey.
NBC broadcast this year's awards, selected by reporters from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Barbra Streisand, winner of more Golden Globe trophies than any other entertainer, including best actress for "Funny Girl" and "A Star is Born," received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for "outstanding contribution to the entertainment field."
Some movies that received awards buzz were largely ignored. They included "The Green Mile" starring Tom Hanks, "Anna and the King" with Jodie Foster, and "Angela's Ashes" starring Emily Watson. Stanley Kubrick's final film, "Eyes Wide Shut," received just one nomination, for best score.
Golden Globe shows have come to be known for bordering on the giddy.
In recent years, Jack Nicholson delivered a salty acceptance speech, and Christine Lahti took the stage with toilet paper on her shoe, a reference to the year she was in the ladies' room when her trophy was announced.
The awards have gained in prestige, overlapping to an extent with the Academy Award bids to be announced next month.
But they once were viewed with suspicion because of allegations of corrupt voting and questionable professionalism.
The low point came in 1981, when Pia Zadora was given a statue for the bomb "Butterfly" and networks refused to show the program. After an effort to regain respectability, the ceremony was welcomed back by television in 1996.
This year, association members quickly returned pricey watches sent to them by the company that released the Sharon Stone comedy "The Muse."
'We are not stupid," said association president Helmut Voss. The awards bring the group $2 million in income and members wouldn't endanger that by casting doubt on their integrity, he said.
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Need ideas for "fun" dinner this weekend
My daughter has asked for help in gathering some ideas for a place she and a friend , both college juniors, can go for dinner this weekend. Silly, since I live in CA and am not really up to date on the NYC restaurant scene ! They are looking for something fun, where they can dress up and have a veg friendly meal. One of them is vegetarian. After exams last May, they went to Buddaken and really enjoyed it. They are underage, so the bar isn't important. Since mom and dad are funding this, price isn't too much of a concern either. Thanks!
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This is their year at Columbia. Having said that, I don't think they know the city well. And they are both from the Bay Area.
how about The Stanton Social? thats a great/fun place for them to try. lots of small dishes to share and the neighborhood is so much fun on its own.


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Dual nationals
If you are a dual British national in a third country (that is, a country of which you are not a national) and hold a valid British passport, we will offer you our full support.
If you are a dual British national in the country of your other nationality (for example, a dual US-British national in the US), we would not normally offer you support or get involved in dealings between you and the authorities of that state. We may make an exception to this rule if, having looked at the circumstances of the case, we conisder that there is a special humanitarian reason to do so.
Maybe worth checking depending on nationality.


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Mr. Bacon: Good afternoon.
I'd like to welcome four journalists from Kazakhstan. They are here under a special USIA program to educate investigative reporters, which must be why they've come to the Pentagon. Welcome.
With that, I'll take your questions.
Q: What's the SecDef's reaction to the report in Italy today on the accident?
A: He's spoken with Minister Andreatta three times now, I believe, about this tragic accident and expressed his great concern and sorrow and regret to the Italian people and to the families of those who perished. He has been briefed thoroughly on the report and thinks it's a very thorough, factual report, but he can't comment further on it now because, as you know, legal proceedings will begin starting with the Article 32 and other administrative proceedings that General Pace outlined today. Until those proceedings are complete, it would be inappropriate for him to comment further.
Q: What are the prospects of turning these fellows over to Italian jurisdiction? Who would make that final decision?
A: Right now that's being reviewed at the level of General Clark who, as you know, is the Commander in Chief of our European forces. He's been intimately involved in this from the very beginning.
Under the North Atlantic Treaty Association [Organization] Status of Forces Agreement we, the United States, have primary jurisdiction in this case because they are American pilots. It would be very unusual to waive jurisdiction in a case like this, but this is now being evaluated by General Clark and he'll reach a decision soon.
Q: ...make the decision?
A: He'll make the initial decision.
Q: Given the U.S. law of double jeopardy, is it possible perhaps they could be tried twice -- once by U.S. courts-martial and one by the Italian government?
A: I think that's extremely unlikely.
Q: Have there been any claims submitted to the U.S. Government for damages? For example, the cost to replace the cable car, lost business, cost to replace the cable, those sort of things?
A: Let me say a couple of things about claims. First, as you know, the Department of Defense announced on its own almost immediately after this accident that we would pay each family $5,000 to cover funeral and burial expenses. And we may not have gotten that to all the families, but that is what we intend to do.
We made it very clear when we announced that, that this did not compromise other claims that might be filed against the United States. I'm not aware that claims have been filed yet, but there is a very well scripted legal procedure for considering those claims. As you know, one of the recommendations made by the investigative board, the Marines, was that claims be paid as appropriate. So that will be yet to come.
Q: I may be a little bit confused, but what would be the difference between turning these folks over in Italy to local authorities and the situation that arose with the fellows who were tried for rape by Japanese authorities?
A: First of all, they're different status of forces agreements. Our relationships, legal relationships with NATO countries are governed by the NATO status of forces agreement. We have status of forces agreements with almost all the countries in which our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines serve, and although they're basically the same there are differences among them.
Q: Has there been any pressure by the Italian Government, subtle or otherwise, to get U.S. forces out of Aviano?
A: I'm not aware that that's the case. The Italians and the Americans have been working shoulder to shoulder as allies for a long period of time. They've been extremely good hosts to our forces in Aviano. We work hard together to preserve security in the Mediterranean area along the southern flank of NATO, and I'm not aware that that's an issue at this stage.
Q: The issue of terrorism or some kind of a terroristic threat against U.S. assets, specifically the Pentagon, closing visitation for two days, I believe -- today and tomorrow. What can you tell us about... Is this a foreign threat?
A: Well I can tell you first of all, that we haven't totally closed visitation because you're all here, so we are continuing our operations in a fairly normal way.
Let me just say that we get a variety of information about the security of the building from time to time. Some of this is passed on to us by the FBI, some of it we collect on our own. We respond appropriately to that information in a way designed to protect the security of the building and the security of the people who work in the building.
As you know, the entire department -- starting with the military but also spreading through the civilian ranks -- has become much more attuned to force protection since the Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia. This is true all across the Defense Department infrastructure, military and civilian.
What happened here was that we did receive some information through the FBI. Some of it was credible, some of it wasn't very credible. But when it was evaluated by the FBI and by the Defense Protective Service, which has to make the final determination here based on the information it gets, the DPS, Defense Protective Service, decided there should be a one notch increase in the security posture of the Pentagon, and that's what you've seen.
You may notice from time to time that when you come in the building it will say threat con normal. That's what it says almost every day. Today it's moved up one notch to threat con alpha. The definition of threat con alpha is a general threat of possible terrorist activity against installations, building locations, and/or personnel, the nature of which and the extent of which are unpredictable.
As I said, this is the first notch up. The most severe warning state or threat condition state is called threat con delta. You can see we've moved up from normal to alpha, and we have a long way to go. But that was a prudent step to protect the building and the people in it.
Q: What was the nature of the threat?
A: The nature of the threat was a possible terrorist action against the building. I don't want to go into specifics at this stage.
Q: Just the Pentagon or other military...
A: This was limited to the Pentagon.
Q: What's the practical effect of moving the security up one notch?
A: Well, the practical effect is there's a heightened security presence around the building. You see more people dressed in utility outfits, Ninja-type outfits. There are more vehicles stationed around the building. There are more people at the gates as you come in. There will be more Defense Protective Service agents working around the metro stop. There will be increased attention given to vehicles coming in and out of the building, in and out of the whole reservation area, the 500-odd acres here. Just basically greater vigilance and greater security presence.
Now actually, Bill asked about one response, which is that we have discontinued some of the Pentagon tours, the public tours, temporarily until the threat condition returns to normal. We anticipate that that will be for today and tomorrow.
Q: Is it normal to post what your threat con is? Would you do a delta...
A: Remarkably, it is normal. We post it every day in most of these areas, and that's really a way to alert the staff, the people who work here, that there is a change, in this case a slight change, in the security posture.
Q: Is there... Do you know yet from the FBI if this threat is foreign, from some organized terrorist group of some kind of a notification from a foreign...
A: I don't think I want to get into a great deal of detail about the threat at this stage. The FBI is still working very hard to verify the threat. As I said, some elements of this threat are credible and some elements of the threat are not credible, and that's frequently the case with most threats, that you're weighing the quality of information against what you learned from other sources, against your database, against experience, and deciding exactly what action to take. In this case the Defense Protective Service led by Chief Jester, made a one-notch rise in the threat condition.
Q: Is it in response to any incident or situation, any particular situation?
A: It's in response to information that came into the hands of the FBI.
Q: I mean the threat. Does the threat appear to be in response to...
A: No, not that we can tell. It does not seem to be in response to a particular action or incident associated with the Pentagon.
Q: Does the FBI, was the FBI able to indicate any sort of motivation or purpose on behalf of whoever was considering doing this action, whatever it is?
A: I think that, not with any great specificity.
Q: Does it affect Secretary Cohen's personal schedule at all or his travel at all?
A: It has not reflected in his personal schedule. His personal security is adjusted according to conditions, and if any adjustment is required, I'm sure it will be made.
Q: Under what sort of threat would it be necessary to evacuate the Pentagon?
A: Well, it would have to be a much more detailed, much more credible, and much more specific threat than we have today.
Q: Speaking of the FBI, anything more you can tell us about the death Saturday night of the individual?
A: That remains under investigation by the FBI. They have not reported back their conclusions yet to the Pentagon. The autopsy is complete, and I don't have the results but they'll come at the appropriate time. They have removed a bullet from the deceased fellow and they are now doing a ballistics test on that bullet. That should be done today or tomorrow. In addition, they are comparing the deceased's fingerprints against the nationwide databank of fingerprints to see if they can identify this so far unidentified person.
Q: The status of the individual, the guard?
A: The guard remains a witness in the case. The FBI is dealing with him to find out as best they can, what happened.
Q: But he's not returned to work, or...
A: I don't believe he has, no. I think we want to wait until this case is over.
Q: Change the subject. Linda Tripp. The Pentagon says that she's not been demoted, that simply her duties have been changed, that she's still officially in charge of JCOC only she isn't running it. Could you clarify that?
A: First of all, her title is Public Affairs Specialist. That was her title before this incident occurred, and it remains her title. What has changed are the responsibilities that she performs underneath that title.
She has been running this program called the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference, and we have given her new duties that we feel are more compatible with her current working arrangements. Those arrangements are that she is working at home under what's called the flexiplace agreement which will be re-examined every 30 days. Flexiplace agreements are enacted for the benefit or convenience of the employer, not the employee, to deal with primarily short-term problems. Generally health problems, but there have been other problems -- family and other problems that have generated flexiplace agreements in the past. The average amount of time a flexiplace agreement is in place is about slightly over 210 days, I guess. That's over the history of flexiplace agreements with the Pentagon.
Earlier this year Ms. Tripp's attorney wrote me and said that because of the extraordinary press coverage surrounding various legal investigations it was impossible or difficult for Ms. Tripp to leave home, and that also she had security concerns because of the press coverage assigned to her, and the general publicity and notoriety that she was receiving. In addition, it pointed out that she was cooperating with the Office of the Independent Counsel and would be spending a certain amount of time talking to that office. In light of these two or three circumstances, [she] asked that she be allowed to work at home.
We believe that the circumstances that applied in January still apply. That is that having her come to work would be disruptive to other people in the building. It could raise some security concerns for her -- the commuting, etc. Also, it could interfere with her efforts to be responsive to the Office of the Independent Counsel.
We decided that she could not continue to run this program from home because it requires a certain amount of travel -- both to line up the program, to do the advance work, and also actually to run the program and travel with the people who go on the trip in June.
So we assigned her different duties. Those duties are still on, they deal with the program. They're important duties. She is performing those duties. She is working at home on her computer. She gets stuff by e-mail and also by Federal Express and other delivery means, and has been working away. We'll re-evaluate this every 30 days and decide what is appropriate for her and for us.
Q: To make a long story short, yesterday she told USA Today that she had been demoted and she was afraid she was going to be canned. You're saying...
A: She has the same title and she has the same salary.
Q: She has not been demoted, you're saying?
A: She has the same title and she has the same salary. She has different responsibilities.
Q: Follow up on this, if you can. Is she a GS? I don't know if you still have the GM category here, but if she's a GS, what is her grade and step, and when is she due for her next step increase? If she's a GM, what about a merit pay increase? Anything in the offing?
A: She is a GS-15, step 5. That's all I can tell you about her current rank.
Q: Under the GS structure, as you know, every certain period of time depending on the grade level, you come up for a step increase. In other words, in her case it would be up to the step 6. Can you tell us or find out when she is due that increase and if she's going to be awarded it?
A: Well, she awarded step 5 on November 10, 1996, and she will not be eligible for another step increase within her grade until August of '98.
Q: Can you spell out a little bit more about what her new duties are?
A: Yes. She will be... She has been running, directing the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference for the last couple of years, and basically she's been the stable point there where the people who work with her have come and gone. Very frequently a military officer will work with her for a year as her deputy. Therefore, much of the program, which is a relatively complex program, is in her head. What we're asking her to do is basically to create a manual for running this program or standard operating procedures, we would call them in the Pentagon, which will be an extremely valuable piece of work.
In addition, because of her knowledge and insight into the program, we will be in constant touch with her as we proceed to put together the program for June of this year.
Q: Since January how would you evaluate her performance in her job?
A: She's been performing her job, I would say, as assigned.
Q: Isn't she a Schedule C appointee, a political appointee?
A: You've asked me that question before, and the answer hasn't changed.
Q: What's the answer?
A: Yes.
Q: She serves at the pleasure of the President. She has none of the protection of civil service?
A: She does not have civil service protection, that's correct.
Q: Isn't she clearly out to do the President in? She's clearly not a political supporter. That's what these jobs are for, aren't they? Political supporters?
A: I think you realize that this is a delicate and difficult situation. You're a man of the world and you understand situations like this, and this is one that we're trying to work with as sensitively as we can. But right now Ms. Tripp is working for the Department of Defense in a Schedule C job. She is performing duties as we assign them to her. We have just changed the assignment so that she will be able to perform those duties with less disruption to her than coming back and working on the program here would involve; and less disruption to us, and we think this is a mutually satisfactory arrangement.
Q: As a Schedule C you or the Secretary or the President could terminate her employment at any time.
A: That is true. That is undeniably true.
Q: Do you have someone to fill the position?
A: Yes we do. We have Commander Snyder who not only is... Who has worked with her in the past and will do a great job running the program on a day-to-day basis with assistance and advice from her.
Q: How long do you expect her to be on the flexiplace program?
A: Well, we don't know that. That's something that will be reviewed every 30 days.
Q: How much is her assistance to the Independent Counsel taking away from her work?
A: A fair amount of time, actually. She has reported working, logging 112 duty hours, and that includes time under an administrative leave arrangement to cooperate with the Office of the Independent Counsel, and about 49 hours have been devoted to cooperation with the Independent Counsel.
Q: How many hours does she work a day?
A: It varies, but she's supposed to be working eight hours a day. But under a flexiplace agreement this does not have to occur between set hours every day. The whole point of a flexiplace agreement is to give a person flexibility, hence the name. So she could do work on weekends, she could do work in the evenings, etc.
Q: So I understand the math, 112 duty hours plus 49 hours...
A: No. I will double-check this but I understand the 49 is included as part of the 112.
Q: So it's a subset of the 112.
A: Right.
Q: In a month or in a week?
A: Well, you may work 112 hours a day or a week, but no. This is over approximately a... Actually I don't know when the starting period of this is, but it's over a period of several weeks.
Q: Change the subject. Has the Secretary been briefed on the services, or received any of the briefings from the services...
A: He has not. That will happen later.
I want to make it clear that the deadline he set was 90 days for the services to submit their responses to the Kassebaum Baker report. He didn't promise that he would complete his evaluation of the responses within 90 days. So the services have submitted their responses. They're in the process of being evaluated by the Secretary's staff. The Secretary will be briefed on those relatively soon, and then he will decide what his response is to the services' responses.
Q: Would you characterize those responses as negative?
A: Well, I would not, actually. The press reporting on the Kassebaum Baker recommendations has been somewhat skewed. There were over 30 recommendations, and only three of them actually dealt with separation of genders. The rest all dealt with such issues as recruiting, trainer selection, trainer support, the rigor of the training including physical fitness standards, the way values are communicated, taught, and enforced in the military, the resources that are devoted to training in the basic or entry training phase as well as advanced training.
So I think that what we'll find is that many, many of these recommendations will be accepted by the services. Perhaps not all the recommendations.
What the Secretary will have to do is to read the recommendations, listen to briefings on the recommendations. He may want to consult with the Joint Chiefs as well as the Service Secretaries and decide what he does with the recommendations.
Q: Does that mean that it might be weeks before he makes a decision...
A: I think he's going to try to do it as quickly as possible. He realizes you're not the only people who are interested in the outcome of this report. He'll try to be responsive. But I wouldn't want to lock him into a particular hour of a particular day to make his report. He'll try to do it as quickly as possible. But since he hasn't even been briefed on the report yet, it would be irresponsible of me to suggest that he's going to be able to conclude his work in a certain period of time.
Q: Is it conceivable he would kick the can down the road and wait until the congressional commission on gender integrated training makes their report public sometime this fall?
A: I think he's very conscious of the fact that, as Secretary of Defense, it's his responsibility and obligation to make important decisions on training, and that he will make those decisions.
Q: Is it true that Secretary Cohen is opposed to Navy Secretary Dalton's recommendation that Admiral Christenson be demoted to captain for his role as skipper of the THEODORE ROOSEVELT when it backed into a cruiser ship?
A: Yeah. Let me explain that. That is a, sort of an incomplete explanation of the state of play on this.
When the accident occurred, now-Admiral Christenson was a captain. However, he had been promoted to admiral and the date of his promotion was October 1st. He was at sea on October 1st on the THEODORE ROOSEVELT. He was the captain of the THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Because admirals don't skipper carriers, he was asked by the Navy to delay pinning on his star and assuming the rank of admiral, which actually involved a decrease in compensation, until after the ROOSEVELT had completed its deployment.
In the final days of the deployment there was an accident at sea and, as you know, the ROOSEVELT backed into a cruiser, the LEYTE GULF. There was an investigation, but before the... After the cruise was over, the deployment was over, I believe that Admiral Christenson pinned on his star, Captain Christenson became Admiral Christenson in early December.
There was an investigation which resulted in a punitive letter of reprimand to then Admiral Christenson. The issue that Secretary Cohen had to decide was one, had Admiral Christenson been adequately disciplined for this accident; and two, given the circumstances of when he was promoted, and the accident, and the following disciplinary response to the accident, given all those was it sensible to ask the President to invoke a little or perhaps completely unused section of Title 10 that allows him to revoke a promotion within 18 months. Looking at all the facts, Secretary Cohen decided that one, the fellow had been disciplined to such an extent that his Navy career is essentially over. He won't be promoted. Everybody agrees that it would be unthinkable that he would be promoted to a second star after this accident. And two, that given the other legal questions, that it did not make sense to ask the President to invoke this -- I think it was Section 685 of Title 10, I may have the section number wrong -- but it would not make sense to ask the President to get involved in this case and to invoke that title, and therefore remove him or knock him down one rank. So that was the decision. He did not, therefore, accept the recommendation of Secretary Dalton when it came to him.
Q: The two commanders of the LEYTE GULF, the cruiser, with career ending reprimands, but one of them's a black American and the other one has a Hispanic surname. Should they be promoted before their careers end? Where's the fairness in this thing? These guys are finished. The other guy got promoted.
A: As you know, Pat, he was promoted -- actually confirmed by the Senate, proposed for promotion, confirmed by the Senate and actually achieved his date of rank, his date of promotion before this accident occurred. All cases are peculiar cases when you examine the facts. No two cases are the same. There are always sort of extenuating circumstances or different circumstances in every case. This case clearly had a very awkward set of circumstances in that he had reached his date of promotion on October 1st before the accident occurred. He was asked not to pin on the star until after he completed his deployment on the THEODORE ROOSEVELT. He acceded to that request. The accident occurred. Then he went on and put on the star, and was disciplined after the accident occurred.
Now I think that everybody who has studied military careers would consider this a career-ending disciplinary response to the accident, the punitive letter of reprimand. I don't think that there's any doubt in Admiral Christenson's mind about this. I don't think there's any doubt in Secretary Cohen's mind about this. And I don't think there should be any doubt in your mind about this. But the circumstances here were peculiar. That explains why the decision came out the way it did.
Q: It doesn't seem even-handed though, does it?
A: I think what you have here is a situation where three people have received career ending disciplinary actions. The question is at what rank the careers end.
Q: Is Kofi Annan and Secretary Cohen -- do they see eye to eye about the matter of permission to use military force, this issue that was raised on Sunday by Kofi Annan?
A: This was a very good meeting. It was, I believe, the third meeting that Secretary Cohen has had with the Secretary General, Mr. Annan. They met in New York last fall. They met for dinner last night at the State Department with Secretary Albright. And then they met in Secretary Cohen's office this morning.
I think that I should let Secretary General Annan answer that question you asked in his own words, and he said today at a press conference, "No promise of peace and no policy of patience can be without limits."
I think there was good agreement on the part of Secretary Cohen and Secretary General Annan. They reviewed the scope of the arrangement that he reached with Iraq. The Secretary General confirmed that Mr. Butler, the head of UNSCOM, the UN Special Commission, will remain in control of the inspections, that he has operational control of the inspections. They agreed that the inspections have opened up a whole new classification of sites to inspection -- that is the presidential sites, palaces, etc., and that this is a step forward. And they agreed that the obligation of Iraq to comply with the inspection regime is unambiguous and firm. I think they both felt it was a good meeting.
Q: Has the STENNIS arrived in the Gulf, and when is the GEORGE WASHINGTON going to depart?
A: The STENNIS has arrived in the Gulf. She has passed through the Strait of Hormuz. The GEORGE WASHINGTON, I believe, will leave on Saturday.
Q: (inaudible)
A: She'll be, the GEORGE WASHINGTON will be coming home, but I assume she'll go through the... The GEORGE WASHINGTON is from Norfolk, so she'll be coming through the Med.
Q: A different question involving Secretary Dalton. Congressman Paul McHale of Pennsylvania has been quoted several places this week saying he's been approached about his interest in becoming Secretary of the Navy. Does Secretary Cohen desire Secretary Dalton to leave? If not, why has Congressman McHale been approached about the job?
A: Well, the accounts are somewhat scrambled. Let me explain what happened.
After Secretary West left his post as Secretary of the Army to become the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Congressman McHale was approached and asked if he would like to consider being Secretary of the Army. He was flattered by the request but said no. He was a former Marine, and if he held any job in the Pentagon, it would be, he would much rather be Secretary of the Navy. He may have spoken about other jobs that would be possible as well, but the Secretary of the Navy was one that he expressed interest in. At that time, and now, of course, the job is filled with Secretary Dalton. But I believe the response was that people generally don't serve as Service Secretaries for eight years, the terms tend to be in the range of several years. One example of that is that both Secretary West and Secretary Widnall left at about the time their first term ended. And that if there were a change, that Representative McHale would certainly be a strong candidate for consideration as Secretary of the Navy, and that's where it stands.
Q: So Secretary Cohen is not at all displeased with Secretary Dalton or desires him to leave?
A: I've just explained the state of play and that's where it stands right now. We have a Secretary of the Navy and we have somebody who would make a good Secretary of the Navy if there's a vacancy.
Q: Has Secretary Dalton indicated to Secretary Cohen that he intends to leave any time soon?
A: I don't know the answer to that question. I haven't spoken to Secretary Dalton about it.
Q: A couple of unrelated questions. There's been quite a bit of discussion about a regulation that allows a Sergeant Major of the Army or other senior military leaders to retire at a pay grade equivalent to the highest rank they achieved, even if they are reduced in rank or disciplined or court-martialed or whatever. Without getting into any hypotheticals about Sergeant McKinney, is this sort of regulation a good idea? Is the Defense Department in any way reconsidering whether it should exist?
A: I've been informed by my legal advisors in the Department that I should not discuss this because it could be an element of the resolution of the McKinney case; so therefore I'm just going to have to take a complete and overt dodge on this question. With no apologies.
Q: A completely unrelated question which was forwarded to me by my colleagues at CNN in Atlanta, where I believe they have gone well past the asteroid threat on alpha level. Is there a role for the U.S. military in terms of "nudging rogue asteroids off...(inaudible)"
Q: I wondered about that.
A: No. One of the great things about being an avid newspaper reader is that you learn new things to worry about every day. Today when I read the papers I learned that in 30 years I'm going to have to worry about the possibility that an asteroid may pass within some miles -- many thousands of miles away as I understand it -- of the earth. If I read the stories correctly.
Asteroids clearly are something that we have to take seriously, but I'm not sure we have to take them seriously every single day. That seemed to be the import of this story, as I read it.
As you know, NASA is the chief of asteroid police in the galaxy of our government, and they have the responsibility for looking out for asteroids. They have recently been directed by Congress to investigate the possibility of near earth collisions. That would be a collision between an asteroid and the earth. We will cooperate with them in any way that we can help them, but it's mainly their job.
Q: Ken, you're responsible for anti-asteroids. I mean it's one thing to wonder about and another thing... Where are we on our anti-asteroid program? That's what I want to know.
A: I can admit to you that we are not very far along in our anti-asteroid program now. But I want to point out that this threat is 30 years away. It's not supposed to happen until 1998, and in fact they have a specific time and day... I'm sorry 2028. They have a specific day and time, as I understand it.
Q: I plan to be here.
A: I plan to watch you on TV... Ask your questions about asteroids.
Q: Does Joint Vision 2010 take this threat into account?
A: This is outside the realm of 2010 even.
Look, we all have read accounts of the Gulf of Mexico being created by a collision with an asteroid. We've all read accounts of what may have triggered ice ages and incredibly dramatic changes in our climate and life on earth thousands of years ago. So asteroids are something that should be taken very seriously and they are being taken very seriously, primarily by NASA.
Thirty years gives us time to look at various options. That's how we will spend much of the next 30 years, looking at various options. It is conceivable that science will be able to come up with ways to deflect asteroids. You've probably read the comments of many astronomers talking about ways in which we might be able to deflect the path of an asteroid. I'm sure that this is something that not only the United States but the international community will pay great attention to -- and should. If it is within the realm of science to do something that we've never been able to do before in order to protect the earth, certainly science should rise to the occasion and grasp that opportunity. I'm sure that's what will be happening over the next decades.
Q: A little sooner in our sphere of things of interest, as the probable author, will the Secretary be making a major policy speech at the Press Club next Tuesday?
A: I think the speech will be quite an interesting speech, and I think it will be newsworthy and I recommend you be there or listen to it.
Q: The Prime Minister of Thailand is coming to town, (inaudible), the end of this week. Industry sources are saying that a deal has been worked out on the F-18's to Thailand. Can you shed any light on it?
A: If there is any deal worked out, it's something that he and the President will discuss I'm sure, so it would be premature for me to discuss it. We made it very clear, Secretary Cohen made it very clear on his trip to Thailand in January that we are doing our best to work with Thailand to devise a solution that eases, that recognizes its economic problems, and we have been working hard with Thailand to come up with a solution. We continue to do that work.
Q: Have you found another buyer, meaning an outside buyer for...
A: I think you're trying to put me in some back door answer to your earlier question and I'm going to refuse to go in the back door.
Q: Are the U.S. Marines going to buy them?
A: Charlie, now you're trying to find a window to put me through to answer the question and I'm not going to climb through the window.
Q: In the meeting with Secretary Cohen and Annan today, did they discuss Kosovo and the possibility of increasing the size of that UNPROFOR...?
A: They did not discuss that. They focused almost exclusively on Iraq.
Press: Thank you.