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The comment period for the recently released supplemental draft environmental impact statement on the Gooseberry Narrows Project is nearly over and Carbon County residents who want to register their feelings about the document have only until next Tuesday to do so.
The SDEIS was released earlier this spring and has since then been the subject of controversy, particularly when open meetings to comment on the project were held in Manti and Price in April. The SDEIS is a document that has been in the works for years, ever since the original EIS was done in the early 1990s. It was published in the Federal Register April 1.
Local water officials have been discussing the over 400 page document in meetings from one end of the county to the other. Some city councils and other organizations have written letters to the BOR as well as to the Utah Congressional delegation about the proposed project.
Officials are urging private citizens to also coment on the project. While a dozen people spoke at the meeting in Price, it has been noted that written comments hold a lot of weight with the Bureau of Reclamation.
The Narrows Project SDEIS describes the effects of Reclamation issuing to the Sanpete Water Conservancy District (SWCD) a loan pursuant to the authority of the Small Reclamation Projects Act, as well as issuing to the SWCD a right of use of federal lands in accordance with Reclamation law. These Reclamation actions would facilitate the construction by SWCD of the proposed Narrows Dam and reservoir, noted as a non-federal project proposed to be located in Sanpete County. The loan application and request for a right of use of federal lands by SWCD to build the Narrows Project was intended to meet the purpose of developing an irrigation and municipal and industrial supply source for water users in northern Sanpete County.
The dam and its proposed reservoir has been a bone of contention between Carbon and Sanpete counties for over 80 years. Many times during that period the approval for building the dam has either been thwarted by national events, by environmental concerns or by lawsuits. The water that flows from Gooseberry Creek ends up in Fish Creek and eventually drains into Scofield Reservoir. Local water officials fear if the dam is built it will take a lot of water away from Scofield, particularly in drought years. Scofield is the largest supply of water for all uses in central Carbon County where most of the population of the area lives.
Comments can be submitted through Tuesday to the Bureau of Reclamation, Attention: Peter Crookston, PRO-774, 302 E. 1860 S., Provo, Utah, 84606-7317; phone: 801-379-1152; facsimile: 801-379-1159; e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com. Please be aware that all personal identifying information (including name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, etc) provided as part of a comment, may be publicly available as part of the public record. Requests to withhold this information cannot be guaranteed.
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Immune and Viral Outcomes of HIV-1 Therapy Interruption
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The purpose of this study is to determine if stopping anti-HIV drugs for a period of time is safe and effective for enhancing the immune function of patients with HIV.
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Behavioral: Treatment interruption/reinitiation schedule
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Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
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|Immune and Viral Outcomes of HIV-1 Therapy Interruption
- Viral suppression in the absence of therapy, compared to a structured treatment interruption (STI) group maintaining continual suppression
- Safety of sequential STIs
- changes in immune reconstitution in relation to sequential STIs, including CD4 T-cell changes, recall responses, and T-cell activation, as measured by cell surface antigen changes
- genotypic changes occurring in HIV-1 protease and reverse transcriptase regions after sequential STIs and their relation to clinical failure under the ART regimen at study entry
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Our preliminary studies have shown that structured treatment interruption of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) may boost patients' immune responses to HIV-1. In this study, we will test the hypothesis that repeated structured treatment interruptions will increase HIV-1 immunity and result in better control of viral replication than in controls. We will test this hypothesis by determining time to viral rebound after withdrawal of antiretroviral therapy in a randomized, non-blinded study of a well-characterized subject population from a single center. Patients in this study will be randomized to either treatment interruption or control groups. Patients will be monitored for adherence to therapy and changes in immune status following HAART interruption. CD4 percentage, CD 4 and CD8 mediated anti-HIV-1 responses, cell surface T-cell antigen expression, and thymic function will be assessed.
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- CD4 > 400 cells/mm3 with CD4 nadir of > 100 cells/mm3
- Agree to Medication Event Monitoring System monitoring of one component of antiretroviral regimen
- HIV-1 viral load >10,000 copies/ml at any time prior to initiating the current uninterrupted HAART regimen
- Willing to abstain from all immunomodulatory drugs during the study
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00051818
|United States, Pennsylvania
|The Wistar Institute
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
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|The Wistar Institute
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|January 16, 2003
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|December 6, 2005
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Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
chronic HIV infection
treatment interruption
HIV-specific immune response
immune response
virological response
treatment experienced
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Immune System Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Lentivirus Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Virus Diseases
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In what must be bad news to Attorney General Eric Holder (and his boss in the Oval Office), results of a new Rasmussen poll indicate that 49 percent of respondents believe that the regulation of gun ownership is a state or local issue.
On May 3-4, 2013, Rasmussen Reports polled the opinions of 1,000 likely voters. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points.
What is even less favorable to the administration's program to exalt the federal government above the states is the poll's finding that 44 percent of those who participated in the survey believe states retain the right to nullify any act of the federal government they deem constitutionally invalid.
Simply stated, nullification is the exercise by a state or states of the right to hold as null, void, and of no legal effect any act of the federal government that exceeds the boundaries of the powers given to it by the states in the Constitution.
The issue, while not new, has regained prominence recently as the federal government has enacted ObamaCare and various gun control restrictions. Opponents of these efforts point to the fact that the authority to do neither of these things is granted to the federal government in the Constitution. Therefore, states are flexing their sovereign muscles, nullifying these and other attempts by the federal government to constrict the scope of liberty.
Of more particular interest to those in the liberty movement (especially elected officials looking to communicate with likely supporters) is the Rasmussen report that of "mainstream voters" who participated in the survey, 52 percent say that state governments have the right to refuse to enforce any federal act with which they disagree "on legal grounds."
Read that again: A majority of Americans who vote believe that the federal government does not have the exclusive or the ultimate right to impose its rule on states that regard its acts as unconstitutional or illegal.
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An illustrated nonsense book: "The drawings and paintings in Fried Eggs in Brine show us, if we needed to be shown, that things don't come much dafter than war. They also demonstrate that the necessarily palatable nature, of much of Slater's commissioned work, is only part of the picture." Robert Mason
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The socks were made from REPREVE, which is a post-industrial recycled nylon. In fact, as part of Swiftwick's line of socks that are created from this post-industrial recycled nylon, the Zeros were made to represent Swiftwick's carbon neutral philosophy and commitment to conserving and recycling. The socks were manufactured in Tennessee in Swiftwick's own factory, where its employees oversee every step of the process. Like the Olefin used in Swiftwick's synthetic collection, REPREVE wicks exceptionally well and is also hydrophobic, meaning that it will not absorb water. So, you'll stay dry and comfortable since the socks move with your feet and minimize (or eliminate) abrasion against your skin.
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The missing piece at the Wegman hearing
It's not often that blogs come up in congressional hearings, but RealClimate was mentioned yesterday in the Energy and Commerce hearings on the 'Hockey Stick' affair. Of course, it was only to accuse us of being part of tight-knit social network of climate scientists, but still, the public recognition is nice.
There is much that could be said about the hearings (and no doubt will be) and many of the participants (Tom Karl, Tom Crowley, Hans von Storch, Gerry North) did a good job in articulating the big picture on climate change independently of the 'hockey stick' study as we've highlighted before. But it seems to us that there was a missing element in the discussions. That element was the direct implication of the critique that was the principal focus of Wegman's testimony and that was mentioned periodically throughout the day.
Wegman had been tasked solely to evaluate whether the McIntyre and McKitrick (2005) (MM05) criticism of Mann, Bradley and Hughes (1998) (MBH) had statistical merit. That is, was their narrow point on the impacts of centering on the first principal component (PC) correct? He was pointedly not asked whether it made any difference to the final MBH reconstruction and so he did not attempt to evaluate that. Since no one has ever disputed MM05's arithmetic (only their inferences), he along with the everyone else found that, yes, centering conventions make a difference to the first PC. This was acknowledged way back when and so should not come as a surprise. From this, Wegman concluded that more statisticians should be consulted in paleo-climate work. Actually, on this point most people would agree – both fields benefit from examining the different kinds of problems that arise in climate data than in standard statistical problems and coming up with novel solutions, and like most good ideas it has already been thought of. For instance, NCAR has run a program on statistical climatology for years and the head of that program (Doug Nychka) was directly consulted for the Wahl and Ammann (2006) paper for instance.
But, and this is where the missing piece comes in, no-one (with sole and impressive exception of Hans von Storch during the Q&A) went on to mention what the effect of the PC centering changes would have had on the final reconstruction – that is, after all the N. American PCs had been put in with the other data and used to make the hemispheric mean temperature estimate. Beacuse, let's face it, it was the final reconstruction that got everyone's attention.Von Storch got it absolutely right – it would make no practical difference at all.
This is what MBH would have looked like using centered PC analysis:
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If accessing social networking web pages is what you are primarily looking for in your phone then there is good news for you. Verizon wireless has decided to drop the prices of the Microsoft Kin cell phones which allow easy access to social networking portals.
Prices of the Microsoft Kins phones will change as follows
- · The Kin One will now cost $29 in comparison to its earlier $50 pricing
- · The Kin Two price will be cut down to half it original to around $50
However we honestly feel that this will not go a long way in really helping the sales of these handsets to that extent. For the customer, it is important to note that all these handsets do come with the usual two year contract and additional data charges. When you buy these phones, you will be committed to a two year data plan of $30 per month which is comparable to the
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It's that time again, where about once a year I get a weird sinus infection that eliminates clear-headedness (ha!) and a good night's sleep. I guess it's a good thing that I promised you guys a soup recipe in my last post, right? 😉 I've been tossing around this idea for a day or two, for the Curry Chili I mean, and I'm so glad that I decided to do it! Originally I just wanted to do something Curry-ish, then I found out that yesterday was National Chili Day and I couldn't resist fusing them together.
The result is a savory, spicy, comforting slow cooker stew of sorts; with potatoes, different beans, lots of onion and some garlic (to battle the sickness), bold curry flavor combined with chili powder and some citrus to round it out. I actually read in Fine Cooking magazine that one of the key components to the perfect chili was making sure that you add an acidic note, in this case I used lime juice which went perfectly with the curry flavors!
With all of this water raining down from the sky, there's nothing more that I want to do than curl up with a big bowl of this, some hot tea and a blanket.
Oh, I almost forgot to mention the bowl that I used! So, this story is kind of random, but just follow me here. One of my mom's quilting friend's mother unfortunately passed away a few months ago and she had to go out to Palm Springs to clean out her house. She had no intention of keeping anything from there, so my mom asked her if she would bring some bowls back for me to maybe check out. Well, apparently the communication didn't happen fast enough because her friend ending up tossing everything in a dumpster (WHAT?!), breaking a lot of dishes in the process.
Then, some man went through the dumpster and left some of the dishes out next to it that he didn't want. So, my mom's friend brought the remaining dishes back; a cup & saucer (pictured below) and three vintage Whole Wheat pattern pieces that I took a liking to. Basically, I'm really glad that I could give these few dishes a great home and I also wanted to say that if you are ever in her position DONATE that shizz! I am not trying to judge, but I couldn't believe that she just tossed them out; so yes, definitely donate old belongings to thrift stores, etc.
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Titan Comics and Aardman Animations have teamed up with The Sun newspaper to produce a daily Wallace & Gromit comic strip!
From May 17th, the inventive duo will feature in their very own daily comic strip in the newspaper, with each adventure running for 6 days, from Monday – Saturday. The comic strip comes after the success of Titan and Aardman's Wallace & Gromit iphone comic, which was brought out to celebrate 20 years of the famous pair.
Don't miss the start of the first adventure, out on May 17th and let us know what you think!
EDIT:didnt know that it looked like I was a cheer-leader
well then, I'll just have to buy the sun then. Unless the cartoons will be published on the sun's website...
My mother had just told me it's against her principles to buy the sun... Will the cartoons be published online?
Will there be wallace and gromit comic strips in any other newspapers
Hi Fionah - they're just in The Sun for now. You can can also get other free adventures for your iPhone/iPod Touch by visiting the iTunes app store: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/wallace-gromit-2-1-washday/id366819840?mt=8
That sounds great but I don't live in the UK, is there any way for me to see these cartoons?
absoloutley brilliant i get the sun daily and i will make sure i will never ever miss a copy,also when are wallace and gromit making a new film.
Sammy the lamb, it is also against my principles to buy The Sun.
Will we in the USA be able to read these comics somehow?
The Sun?
I'm, sorry, but this is INCREDIBLY irresponsible of you, Aardman. But, little kids are going to want to buy these and then have to come across CERTAIN content in The Sun, (ie Illegal Immigrants are causing the economic recession, All the stuff to do with benfits and only brits should be on Britain and - worst of all - Page 3 content!) Then, they'll pick up on these.
Can the comics also be published on this website?
It's only that I resent the Sun (Can you tell?) But, I'd REALLY like to read these. Can they be published on this website (maybe the Sun website too, but I'm not sure about going on there in case there is more pornography.)
The sun isn't a very good newspaper ( if you can call it that maybe a very sensationalist tabloid and nothing more), so I'm just going to see it in the end
will it be on the sun in Ireland?
The SUN reports on nothing but pathetic unimportant sport and celeb crises that only shallow air headed baffoons would buy. It's a shame they are associated with it. Why not get in The Times or Independent or Guardian.
Still they should be funny
I've just read it.
It's not that funny.
Not worth buying a newspaper you don't normally buy for...
Whats wrong with The Sun?
I mean sure page 3 but little kids would just laugh, my little sister does.
Im going to cut out all the comic's and put them in a notebook.
Look out Garfield! Wallace and Gromit are coming to town!
Concon- If you look at the sun in great detail and analyse it as i've had to for my media exam, you'll find the Sun although one of the most circulated papers is actually a newspaper that doesn't have much to it. It keeps the news simple and has a main focus on gossip, celebrities and sport and when news is reported the writers view point is generally very sensationalist to a point. Overall a newspaper for people who don't want to buy the Star.
True, but who cares much about the real news anyway? Well, except adults. :P
Cocon - Most people care about the real news. You CANNOT seriously say that you do not care about the hung-parliament or the Haitian Earthquake. Surely?
No I don't. I mean the Haiti thing is sad and that but I mean who cares about parliment. Im 1*, I don't give a dam about parliment.
I think the Sun is an unsuitable newspaper for small children and is very bad. I like the cartoon strips though they should be in a BETTER more suitable paper such as the Mail, Express or Times.
Well you shouldn't just presume that we don't care. We may care very much for all you know. It's better than being shallow goons who 'love' to read hyperbolic stories over pathetic unimportant things.
You can't blame me, Im a otaku emo. That should explain alot.
Agreed,put Wallace and Gromit in the Sun might incourage kids to fine out about the extremely dull antics of Kate Price and all those chavvy people nobody cares about and worst of all page 3. The day Harry Patch,the final british soldier alive from WWI,died,what was on the front cover of the Scum...I mean Sun? Katie Fricking Price.
For those who 'don't care' about the current UK Parliament, you will when the cuts start to bite into resources for schools, services and other things we take for granted. True, no matter which party takes the poisoned chalice of government, especially in today's climate, radical decisions have to be made.
You know, going back to the W&G cartoon, The Sun was NEVER EVER allowed into the house for many different reasons. I started reading newspapers at the age of 5 (The Irish Press, The Universe, The Irish Post etc.), my dad's blushes were spared - there are different other reasons I won't go into because of the age of readership on our beloved website. I also agree with the alternatives such as the Mail, Express and Times - at least The Sunday Times has The Funday Times for the younger newspaper reader. The front page coverage in The Sun of such an important national hero as Katie F Price (that's me being sarcastic) instead of Harry Patch was nothing short of disgraceful but, sadly, not surprising.
To be fair to Queen Katie Reid nee Price, she hasn't been in it for a while.
Anyway back on topic, how long will the comics be on for? Cause I can't see them going on for the next 40 years.
Gosh you worship 'celebs'
GLB, I, for one, don't 'woship' celebs. I've encountered many genuine 'stars' in my time and they are real human beings who have worked their proverbial butt off for their respective crafts, earning the right to be respected and recognised without getting shirty about it.
Believe me, so-called 'celebs' are not worth the steam off my potty. For example, real stars ask you politely where the toilets are;celebs demand to know where the 'bogs' are or they throw a strop...
I was talking bout concon
@GLB - Most kids do. :P
everyone be nice
I agree with SockEyeSalmon and GLB.
cool! i never get The Sun but i will now (if this wallace and gromit thing is stilll in it)
Has anyone been keeping these? I have them all except number 32 is missing...Can anyone who has been keeping them PLEASE scan me a copy.
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Class of 1971
1959-1967 Green Bay Packers, 1969 Washington Redskins
Vincent Thomas Lombardi ... Began head coaching career at age 45 ... Transformed Green Bay into instant winner ... Acclaimed NFL Man of the Decade in the 1960s ... Gave Packers 89-29-4 record, five NFL titles, first two Super Bowl crowns in nine years ... Led 1969 Redskins to first winning record in 14 years ... Noted taskmaster, never had a losing season ... Born June 11, 1913, in Brooklyn, New York ... Died September 3, 1970, at age of 57.
Vince Lombardi, at the age of 45, when most pro football luminaries have made their mark and passed from the scene of a young man's game, was embarking on the dual adventure of being head coach and general manager of the Green Bay Packers.
His previous NFL experience consisted of five years as an assistant coach with the New York Giants. Amazingly, Vince basked in the limelight for only one decade. Cancer struck him down just as he seemingly was about to create a "second miracle," the rejuvenation of the Washington Redskins. In remarkably few years, Lombardi became the symbol of excellence for an entire sport.
There have been few teams in pro football history in a more downtrodden state than the Packers were when Lombardi was first approached about the coaching job in 1959. Vince had gained a reputation with the Giants for his stylish, thorough, and imaginative craftsmanship on offense. He seemed to have all the credentials to be a successful head coach.
Lombardi insisted on a five-year contract to give his building program a fair chance but he set his plan into action at his very first team meeting. "I have never been on a losing team, gentlemen, and I do not intend to start now!" The Packers improved from 1-10-1 in 1958 to 7-5 in 1959. The next eight years, the Packers were in a class by themselves, winning six divisional and five NFL championships and achieving victories in Super Bowls I and II.
In 1968, Vince retired as the Packers coach but retained his general manager's duties. He found the hours "out of action" boring and, in 1969, moved to Washington, where the Redskins were struggling much the way the Packers had 10 years earlier. Remarkably, in his first season with the Redskins, Lombardi created an equally amazing result – a 7-5-2 record.
Championship Games
1960 NFL – Philadelphia Eagles 17, Green Bay Packers 13
1961 NFL – Green Bay Packers 37, New York Giants 0
1962 NFL – Green Bay Packers 16, New York Giants 7
1965 NFL – Green Bay Packers 23, Cleveland Browns 12
1966 NFL – Green Bay Packers 34, Dallas Cowboys 27
1967 NFL – Green Bay Packers 21, Dallas Cowboys 17
Super Bowls
Super Bowl I – Green Bay Packers 35, Kansas City Chiefs 10
Super Bowl II – Green Bay Packers 33, Oakland Raiders 14
NFL Coach of the Year - 1959 (UPI, AP); 1961 (SN)
1960 Green Bay Packers (Western Conference champions)
1961 Green Bay Packers (Western Conference, NFL champions)
1962 Green Bay Packers (Western Conference, NFL champions)
1965 Green Bay Packers (Western Conference, NFL champions)
1966 Green Bay Packers (Western Conference, NFL, Super Bowl I champions)
1967 Green Bay Packers (Western Conference, NFL, Super Bowl II champions)
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame: January 16, 1971
Enshrined into Pro Football Hall of Fame: July 31, 1971
Represented by his son Vince Lombardi, Jr.
Presenter: Wellington Mara, President - New York Giants
Other Members of Class of 1971: Jim Brown, Bill Hewitt, Frank "Bruiser" Kinard, Andy Robustelli, Y.A. Tittle, Norm Van Brocklin
Coaching Career: 10 seasons, 136 games (plus 10 post-season games)
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Archive for the 'Downtown DeSoto' tag
Four-Links – 1959 LeMans, mystery off-road bus, Samsen designs, DeSoto dealership
* I've heard it argued before that if 100,000 people attended a race and just one percent of them took cameras, that'd be 1,000 people with pictures of that race. That's why we keep seeing great new collections of race photography popping up, such as the excellent color images of 1959's LeMans recently posted to Ten-Tenths by Cub and Navyflier. (via)
* The commenters at BigLorryBlog know their stuff! Brian recently posted this awesome off-road bus, and within the day, it was identified as an Acmat ALM.
* There's plenty of history and concept art to appreciate over at J.R. Samsen's website discussing his career as a designer with both Ford and Chrysler.
* New car dealers typically don't care about old cars unless they draw in showroom traffic. Understandable – after all, new cars pay the mortgage on their dealerships, not old cars. Yet in Clinton, Missouri, the local new car dealer not only has a sizeable classic car collection, he's also housed them in an old DeSoto dealership downtown. (via)
* Finally, the DIY/mechanics magazines could always fill a couple pages back in the 1920s and 1930s with Model Ts adapted to other uses, as Modern Mechanics did in its March 1930 issue. Turning Ts into propeller-driven vehicles seemed popular at that time.


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GMT +1 (GMT +2 from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October).
Electrical current is 230 volts, 50Hz. Two-pin round European-style plugs are used.
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The international access code for the Netherlands is +31. Local mobile phone operators have the Netherlands extremely well covered with GSM 900 and 1800 networks, which have roaming agreements with most international operators. Internet cafes are widely available.
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Pyrex ground glass stopper
I have an assortment of vintage glass reagent bottles I'm preparing to sell, and I need to know how to describe them accurately. Some have "pennyhead" stoppers, some have "flathead stoppers," and some have "dropper stoppers," but I'm stuck on what to call a fourth type of stopper, which is only on the Pyrex bottles. They look like this one:
Does anyone know if this type of stopper has a name?
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Stay tuned! Let me get an expert on this!
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I've always referred to these as "Thumb twist" or "Flange" stoppers, but have not seen very many of them referred to in any way other than just "Stopper".


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14 U.S. Code § 149 - Assistance to foreign governments and maritime authorities
(a) Detail of Members to Assist Foreign Governments.— The President may upon application from the foreign governments concerned, and whenever in his discretion the public interests render such a course advisable, detail members of the Coast Guard to assist foreign governments in matters concerning which the Coast Guard may be of assistance.
(b) Technical Assistance to Foreign Maritime Authorities.— The Commandant, in coordination with the Secretary of State, may provide, in conjunction with regular Coast Guard operations, technical assistance (including law enforcement and maritime safety and security training) to foreign navies, coast guards, and other maritime authorities.
(c) Grants to International Maritime Organizations.— After consultation with the Secretary of State, the Commandant may make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements, contracts, or other agreements with, international maritime organizations for the purpose of acquiring information or data about merchant vessel inspections, security, safety, environmental protection, classification, and port state or flag state law enforcement or oversight.
(d) Authorized Activities.—
(1) The Commandant may use funds for—
(A) the activities of traveling contact teams, including any transportation expense, translation services expense, or administrative expense that is related to such activities;
(B) the activities of maritime authority liaison teams of foreign governments making reciprocal visits to Coast Guard units, including any transportation expense, translation services expense, or administrative expense that is related to such activities;
(D) distribution of publications pertinent to engagement with maritime authorities of foreign governments; and
(2) An activity may not be conducted under this subsection with a foreign country unless the Secretary of State approves the conduct of such activity in that foreign country.
Source(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 507; Pub. L. 98–557, § 15(a)(3)(D), (E), (4)(A)(i),Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2865; Pub. L. 109–241, title II, § 202(a),July 11, 2006, 120 Stat. 520; Pub. L. 111–281, title II, §§ 206, 220,Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2911, 2918; Pub. L. 112–213, title II, §§ 203, 216 (d),Dec. 20, 2012, 126 Stat. 1543, 1555.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Derived from title 34, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 441a (May 19, 1926, ch. 334, 44 Stat. 565; May 14, 1935, ch. 109, 49 Stat. 218; Oct. 1, 1942, ch. 571, 56 Stat. 763; 1946 Proc. No. 2695, July 4, 1946, 11 F.R. 7517, 60 Stat. 1352).
Experience has indicated that it will be advantageous for the Government to include the Coast Guard along with the other armed forces for the purpose of detailing personnel for service with foreign governments.
It seems probable that the increased collaboration with foreign governments after the war and the vital nature of the Coast Guard's activities in relation to such collaboration will result in requests from time to time by foreign governments for assistance which the Coast Guard is in the best position to render. This section, which confers broad authority in the President to detail Coast Guard officers and enlisted men to assist foreign governments, is patterned after the act of October 1, 1942, 56 Stat. 763 (title 34, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 441–a), which authorizes the President to detail Army, Navy, and Marine Corps officers and men to certain foreign governments and, in times of war or national emergency, to any foreign government in the interests of national defense. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.
2012—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 112–213, § 216(d), struck out at end "Members so detailed may accept, from the government to which detailed, offices and such compensation and emoluments thereunder appertaining as may be first approved by the Secretary. While so detailed such members shall receive, in addition to the compensation and emoluments allowed them by such governments, the pay and allowances to which they are entitled in the Coast Guard and shall be allowed the same credit for longevity, retirement, and for all other purposes that they would receive if they were serving with the Coast Guard."
Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 112–213, § 203, added par. (3).
2010—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 111–281, § 206, added subsec. (c).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 111–281, § 220, added subsec. (d).
2006—Pub. L. 109–241substituted "Assistance to foreign governments and maritime authorities" for "Detail of members to assist foreign governments" in section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).
1984—Pub. L. 98–557substituted reference to members for reference to officers and enlisted men in three places in text, and in catchline substituted "members" for "officers and men".
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Note: People Magazine Ranks Henrik Lundqvist One Of The Sexiest Men Alive
People Magazine, via, has named Henrik Lundqvist one of the sexiest men alive for 2012.
They write of Lundqvist, "He may be imposing on ice, but it's his suave style (check how he fills out a suit!) and his self-deprecation ("Loves to drive but knows nothing about cars. Plays guitar, but can't sing," according to his Twitter bio) that have fans swooning."
In 2009, Page Six called Hank the Sexiest Ice Man
In 2006 Lundqvist was named one of People Magazines 100 Most Beautiful people.


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Does Rafael Peralta deserve the Congressional Medal of Honor?
The simple answer is YES! But, the entire story is complicated. There are conflicting eyewitness accounts, even the medical doctors who studied the pathology cannot agree. Additionally, some politicians have made decisions based on political considerations, not the facts of the case.
Sgt Rafael Peralta's sacrifice, an historical account
Nearly ten years ago, America's sons, and a few of her daughters, fought the largest battle of Operation Iraqi Freedom in November and December of 2004. Just as is happening today, al Qaeda had taken control of the city of Fallujah and Islamic fundamentalists were spreading terror throughout Iraq from their safe haven inside the fortified city. After months of negotiations and stalemate, the Iraqi government, in concert with the American military, mounted Operation al Fajr to clear the city of the 2000 thugs and criminals who had taken control.
A combined force of Iraqi soldiers and American Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines attacked the city on 8 November, sweeping north to south. Iraqi and American Soldiers, and U.S. Marines entered every room in every building, never knowing if they would find a cowering family or an incensed insurgent waiting to shoot and kill them. Heroism and courage were the norm as Soldiers and Marines kicked in door after door after door.
Four Marine Infantry Battalions and portions of an Army Infantry Battalion swept through the city with Iraqi soldiers in support. By the 15th of November, the infantrymen of 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines had been fighting with a tenacious enemy and clearing houses for a week. Sergeant Rafael Peralta led a team of 1/3 Marines into another house that afternoon and the enemy was waiting. Gunfire erupted and Peralta was hit in the cheek by a fragment of a stray, ricocheting bullet. He fell, face down, in the center of an entryway that opened into a second large room. Corporal Davi Allen ran to Peralta's aid. He bent down to try to provide medical assistance and immediately decided that Peralta was dead. Allen had little time to check Peralta as a hand grenade bounced into the room and landed next to them both.
Allen yelled, "GRENADE," turned, and shoved another Marine into the corner of the room. Both waited for the inevitable blast as the other Marines in the room scrambled for cover. The grenade exploded, wounding only three Marines – Allen, Jones and Morrison. Allen was peppered in the backside with 24 shards of shrapnel. When the dust settled, several Marines said that Peralta had pulled the grenade to his chest, shielding his fellow Marines from the blast before he died.
Allen recalled the incident to the Washington Post in November of 2004.
"After going through about 50 houses, Allen, 21, of Cloverdale, Ore., was looking around the small living room of a residence when he heard gunshots coming from the kitchen…He looked over and saw a grenade roll into the room. The house's windows had bars on them, and the grenade was too close to the doorway for Allen to make a run for it. He said he had no choice but to ride it out. "I balled myself in the corner and waited," he said. "It blew up behind me…Two Marines were injured and one was killed in the attack. Medics brought Allen to Bravo Surgical with 24 pieces of shrapnel in his backside."[1]
Written eyewitness accounts were collected immediately. "I can say with absolute certainty that no one in that platoon was forced to write anything. SSgt Murdoch made us all write statements immediately following the incident."[2] With many eyewitness statements, Peralta was put in for a Congressional Medal of Honor and a thorough investigation of the incident was started. Marines returned to the house and documented the site by taking photographs as if it were a crime scene investigation. Official interviews were conducted. Peralta's clothes and his equipment were recovered and held for analysis. Strangely, his rifle slipped through the cracks and ended up with the Battalion Armorer. It was not recovered until it was found in a locker in Okinawa in 2013. Peralta's body underwent a detailed forensic autopsy and a thorough report of his wounds was generated. Once the results of all the analyses were obtained, a Marine Corps board recommended that Peralta receive the Medal of Honor. The Marines' recommendation was made only after detailed investigation and serious deliberation. The results of this detailed analysis were forwarded to the office of the Secretary of Defense for final approval.
The Marines concluded that Rafael Peralta deserved a Medal of Honor
"Representatives of explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) inspected Sergeant Peralta's flak jacket and retrieved several shrapnel fragments as well as a piece of the grenade's fuse…It is rare for shrapnel from a grenade of this type to penetrate metal or a flak jacket…"[3]
"EOD's review of the burn pattern on Sergeant Peralta's flak jacket; combined with the fragmentation pattern documented by the battalion surgeon and the autopsy report; as well as the photographs of the spot where Sergeant Peralta was recovered, where the grenade exploded on the floor and the fragmentation pattern left on the wall inside the Big Room between D4 and D2; leave no doubt that the grenade exploded underneath Sergeant Peralta on the left side of his flak jacket."[4]
The investigating officer concluded his report with one short recommendation, "That Sergeant Rafael Peralta, United States Marine Corps, receive the Medal of Honor."[5]
Past Media Debacles
Who doesn't remember Pat Tillman or Jessica Lynch? Pat was a National Football League star who gave up a lucrative job after 9/11 to join the United States Army. He was a handsome, physically imposing figure who became a member of the elite United States Army Rangers. Jessica Lynch was a young pretty female American soldier, captured and held for days by the enemy and then rescued by a perfectly executed operation. Both Pat's and Jessica's stories were heavily manipulated by the media and George Bush's political opponents. To this day, most Americans do not know what really happened to Lynch or Tillman. Most will only remember that the Bush administration lied to the American people.
Pat Tillman's fellow Rangers came up with a story to tell to his parents to soften their grief and give them a final memory of their son dying as a hero. The truth was that he was killed by friendly fire. A U.S. official, trying to impress a reporter, leaked a story that Jessica Lynch was a hero and that she fought to her last bullet. The military never confirmed that story, because no one knew what had happened to Jessica. Yet, every editor in the US and around the world frothed at the mouth when they read of an innocent American girl being held by the "boogieman." And, they propagated and embellished the story.
When both of these stories were exposed as inaccurate, anti-war extremists jumped on the Bush administration and claimed that 'Bush had lied to the American people.' They continued this mantra for years when it was actually the media who did not properly vet the stories before publishing. So, why bring up Jessica Lynch and Pat Tillman in a story within which we are talking about Rafael Peralta's Congressional Medal of Honor? All three stories converge at the desk of Robert Gates.
Robert Gates, as Secretary of Defense in the Bush Administration, read that Peralta was killed by friendly fire – an American bullet. He still had a bad taste in his mouth from the Tillman and Lynch incidents. It is clear to me that he did not want to ignite another media firestorm, so he searched for a reason to decline the USMC's request to award the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Rafael Peralta. Conveniently, he found a dissenter.
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An anonymous complaint was filed with the Pentagon's inspector general, citing several conflicting reports but emphasizing the dissenting pathologist who continued to insist that Peralta could not possibly have scooped a grenade under his body after sustaining the gunshot wound to his head.
In the original autopsy, the examiner concluded that Peralta could not have possibly been able to move after sustaining the bullet fragment wound to his head. He must not recall the story of Phineas Gage:
"On 13th September, 1848, 25-year-old Gage and his crew were working on the Rutland and Burlington Railroad near Cavendish in Vermont. Gage was preparing for an explosion by compacting a bore with explosive powder using a tamping iron. While he was doing this, a spark from the tamping iron ignited the powder, causing the iron to be propelled at high speed straight through Gage's skull. It entered under the left cheek bone and exited through the top of the head, and was later recovered some 30 yards from the site of the accident.
The doctor who later attended to him, John Martin Harlow, later noted that the tamping iron was found "several rods [1 rod= 5.02m] behind him, where it was afterward picked up by his men smeared with blood and brain". The tamping iron was 3ft 8 inches in length and 1.25 inches in diameter at one end…It tapered at one end, over a distance of about 1 ft., to a blunt end 0.25 inches in diameter, and weighed more than 6 kg.
Whether or not Gage lost consciousness is not known, but, remarkably, he was conscious and able to walk within minutes of the accident."[6]
Gage suffered psychological damage and a major personality shift, but he lived for another twelve years. Obviously, Peralta's wound was not as serious as Gage's. Three other doctors, neurosurgeons and neurologists, disagreed with the original pathologist's supposition that Peralta had to have been incapacitated after sustaining the gunshot wound and so stated their disagreement in writing.
Yet, Gates refused to sign the recommendation for Peralta's Medal of Honor. Leon Panetta reviewed the recommendation during his tenure and he concluded that the evidence did not prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that Peralta pulled the grenade under his body. It is obvious to me that neither Gates nor Panetta took the time to review all the evidence. I have read all the statements and reports given to me by Congressman Duncan Hunter's office and it is clear to me that the grenade exploded underneath Peralta. If that is true, the only conclusion one can make is that Peralta pulled the grenade to his body to protect the other Marines in the room.
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Just last week, Chuck Hagel decided again that there was not enough evidence to award a posthumous Medal of Honor to Rafael Peralta, yet he signed a recommendation for two dozen new Medals of Honor for veterans of Korea and Vietnam. I have not seen those packages, but I would be willing to venture that Rafael Peralta belongs in that group of two dozen new Medal of Honor winners.
To make matters worse, The Washington Post released a scandalous article shouting to the world that Marines recanted their testimony and that Peralta was not a hero. They quoted Tony Gonzales, who was not even in the house during the firefight, and Davi Allen who I interviewed several weeks ago. Davi told me that he watched the grenade until it exploded and also told me that he did not want to participate in a new investigation, yet he freely gave his new account to The Washington Post.
What do you think?
Put yourself in that room with Davi Allen and Rafael Peralta. One of your fellow Marines has been hit and you believe he is lying dead on the floor next to you. You see a grenade bounce into the room. You yell, "GRENADE" and dive for the corner, pushing another Marine into the corner with you. You cover to protect yourself from the explosion. The grenade goes off and peppers your backside with shrapnel. That is what all the witnesses will tell you. Davi Allen will tell you that too. But, what he told me in an interview, and apparently told The Washington Post too, is that he saw the grenade explode. Really? In 2004, Davi claimed he was "balled up" in the corner. He received all of his shrapnel wounds in his rear end and he is now claiming he watched the grenade until it exploded. Is this what The Washington Post based their claims on?
When a writer crafts a piece, he presents a picture to his readers. When I first read that Peralta had been shot in the head, I immediately thought of a catastrophic wound that would have killed him immediately. The Washington Post printed:
"Tony Gonzales, a corporal who was outside the house, said one of the Marines approached him, put a hand on his shoulder and wept.
"I shot Peralta with a three-round burst to the face," the Marine told him, according to Gonzales. "He ran right in front of my line of fire.""[7]
I immediately thought, 'there is no way Peralta could have survived that.' The Post article neglected to tell the reader that Peralta suffered a small wound to his cheek from a ricocheting fragment of a 5.56 round (NATO ammunition). The fragment traveled through his brain and was recovered at autopsy. They also failed to mention that several respected doctors wrote in the official reports that it was possible for Peralta to survive that wound long enough to drag a grenade to his body.
Also, Tony Gonzales was not in the room, his claim to involvement is that he helped pull Peralta's body from the house. I have not heard Brown corroborate Gonzales' story. And the issues Gonzales and Brown brought up in the Post article were thoroughly addressed by the Marine Corps investigators and discounted.
One of the Marines wounded inside the house, said Peralta saved his life that morning. "He gave me a chance to a second life." He said the notion that Marines had agreed to make up the story was impossible, noting that he and others were medically evacuated soon after the blast. A Marine colonel assigned to investigate the facts wrote in a Nov. 17, 2005, report that he explored those allegations but became convinced that the Marines who testified to Peralta's actions "gave an honest account."
The Washington Post failed to vet its sources in 2001 when an overzealous military official leaked a story that Jessica Lynch 'fought to her last bullet." It appears that they have not learned their lesson. On Friday, they published a story about Rafael Peralta without vetting sources again. The Washington Post really needs to be more careful in what it publishes. Millions of people rely on what they read in the Post.
Richard S. Lowry is an internationally recognized military historian and author: New Dawn, the battles for Fallujah (Savas Beatie LLC, 2010); Marines in the Garden of Eden (Berkley Caliber, 2006); The Gulf War Chronicles (iUniverse, 2003 and iUniverse Star, 2008), and US Marine in Iraq: Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003 (Osprey, 2006). Additionally, he contributed to Small Unit Actions(United States Marine Corps History Division, 2008). Visit www.RichardSLowry.com for more information about Richard and his work.
[1] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8612-2004Nov23.html, "Medics Testify to Fallujah's Horrors", Jackie Spinner, The Washington Post, Wednesday, November 24, 2004; Page A15.
[2] Email from the combat cameraman who recorded the aftermath of the incident, Steve Sebby, sent to Joe Kasper and Ernesto Londono on 20 February 2014.
[3] Battalion Landing Team 1/3, Investigating Officer – Major REDACTED, Review of insurgent engagement on 15 November 2004 involving Sergeant Rafael Peralta, 1 Jan 05, finding 24.
[4] Ibid. BLT 1/3, finding 27.
[5] Ibid. BLT 1/3.
[6] http://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com/2006/12/04/the-incredible-case-of-phineas-gage/ "The incredible case of Phineas Gage."


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