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England ended a 75-year jinx at Lord's on July 20, 2009 when they beat Australia by 115 runs to finally win an Ashes Test at the 'Home of Cricket'.
Fittingly, it was Andrew Flintoff, who put in a match-winning performance with a five-wicket haul in Australia's second innings as England took a 1-0 lead in the series after the first Test at Cardiff was drawn. For the scorecard of the match, click here.
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LONDON (AP) - Amy Winehouse's album "Back To Black" has
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About 4 months ago, my mother forwarded me an email about an opportunity to go to the United Nations and participate in a conference that I knew nothing about called The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 59). Intrigued, I clicked on the email and scrolled through reading a little bit about what this trip would entail and instantly knew I wanted to go. After some discussion with my parents, we all easily came to agreement that I should apply, because it just sounded like such an interesting, unique opportunity. Without further ado, I wrote my application and (obviously) got accepted to go. It was thrilling to be accepted to be a part of something larger than myself at place that seemed so grand and prestigious.


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Three years after his literary debut, Joshi published The Strange Case of Billy Biswas, possibly his most famous work. While in The Foreigner Joshi analysed the impossibility of a merge between the East and the West, and thereby dealt with a topic other postcolonial novelists have also been concerned with, in this second novel he significantly amplified the focus on this polarization, bringing to the fore the concept that India itself is split between two irreconcilable extremes. The gap is in fact not so much representative of the distance between New York and Delhi, the two alternative backdrops at the beginning of the story, but rather between the so-called "civilised" and the "primitive" world.…
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'95 GMC Jimmy (S-15) 4.3 L (W) 4 sp auto push button 4x4. Will not go into 4 wheel drive sometimes. When 4HI button is pushed, either nothing happens or 4HI and 4LO buttons flash for a few seconds, but then 2 HI button re-lights and it is still in 2 HI. If I disconnect the battery cables for a few minutes, it will " usually" (not always) work right the first time it is engaged, but after it has been put into 2HI, it will not return to 4HI again. Sometimes, it works perfectly, just like it did when it was new. When the truck is in four wheel drive, everything works perfectly and it will stay in four wheel drive until the 2 HI button is pushed again. I have had no trouble getting it back into 2 HI from 4 HI. By using the override method of pushing 4LO while in neutral and then putting shift into "PARK" while control panel lights are still flashing, the truck will go into 4LO; however the transmission will not shift through all gears when in 4LO. The front axle actuator (the vacuum operated unit under battery tray) has been replaced and is working properly (cable is not sticking, etc). On occasion, the lights on the control panel do not light up. I know this is because of the vacuum switch on the transfer case is faulty. The switch that tells the ABS brake system whether the vehicle is in 2 or 4 wheel drive was replaced by a dealer per GM recall. . It is my understanding that if the encoder motor were faulty; it would not work at all at any time. I have a Chilton repair manual but no information about the electronic/vacuum systems of the 4x4 is available in it only mechanical systems. Is this as simple as a loose connection somewhere? Is there a repair manual that gives info about all components for the 4x4 system my truck has? Thanks for any information anyone can offer!
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I am copying and pasting from another board, so I can get more input-especially from asthma moms. Is this worth complaining about? Or am I just bound to have a few disappointing trips to the Dr. while dealing with allergies and asthma?
Here is what I've dealt with in the last 24 hours:
DS started coughing yesterday afternoon. It isn't his usual sick cough, it is his dry, constant cough that he gets sometimes. It is so frequent that his breathing is very labored, because he literally won't stop coughing. After 4 hours of this, with Zopenex and Mucinex not helping at all, I called the Dr. She told us to go immediately to the ER. I wanted to go to the Children's Hospital, but on my way past the normal ER (that I can't stand), DS started getting worse and gasping for air. So I took him to the closest ER.
My little guy sat there for almost 2 HOURS, coughing and gasping, before he got to see a Dr. When he did, they gave him albuterol through the neb. He immediately stopped coughing and fell asleep so hard that he was drooling. Before the neb, his lungs had "some strange noises" according to the Dr., but didn't sound like a traditional asthma attack. They x-rayed his chest to see if he had swallowed a toy or something- no dice. But his oxygen levels were low when we were first brought back, and they did come up after the nebulizer.
They released us after he'd stopped coughing for 1 1/2 hours, and his oxygen level was staying steady at 95-96. So we go out the door and I swear, the minute the cold air hit him he started coughing again. At 3am it got so bad that he threw up. He barely slept last night, DH and I barely slept...we gave him honey, Xopenex, albuterol (with an inhaler/spacer), hot drinks- NOTHING helped!
I took him in to his doctor today, and she thought it was absolutely an asthma attack. She said that sometimes when a child's chest is so tight, you don't hear wheezing because there is no room for that. She thought that is what was going on, and gave him more albuterol on a neb. Immediately he started breathing easier (I think he is just not getting enough of the albuterol through his inhaler because he doesn't tolerate it well).
She put him on Prednesolone (sp?), told us to start Singulair and his inhaled steroid again, and is seeing us again on Friday. She was frustrated that this wasn't taken more seriously last night. She told us never to feel bad about calling 911 for breathing problems, and to try and get him to the children's hospital from now on. She reminded me that if we'd called 911 and taken him by ambulance, he would have been getting treatment and I wouldn't have had to divert from my planned course to stop by the cr*ppy ER.
She said that if we hadn't come in today, she strongly feels we would have been back in the ER by the end of the day/night. I am so glad she took it so seriously! I knew there was more than a cold going on- he couldn't breathe!
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Supermodel Kate Moss can be credited with a lot of things: making shorts with Wellies a thing, being a leading figure in the Models Dating Rock Stars movement and of course, being the most chronic wardrobe malfunction-er of all time.
But apparently, Miss Moss is good for something else, too: seducing you with a sexy platter of bacon.
Moss' husband of a little over a year, Jamie Hince of the (totally awesome) band the Kills, says in a new interview with the London Evening Standard that his wife helped tempt him away from his 20 years of veganism, which both he and bandmate Alison Mosshart have since given up for good.
Hince explains in the article how Moss lured him over the edge while they were still dating... with bacon. In underwear.
'I was vegan for about 20 years,' says Jamie slowly. 'But then… the thing that really tipped me over the edge was when I first met Kate, had just started seeing her, and I walked into the kitchen and she was in her underwear making me a bacon sandwich. She didn't know I was vegan, and I was like… all my principles went out of the window.' He smiles sheepishly. 'Or my priorities went right.'
So, heads up to any rockers out there who are planning on meat-teetotaling: you'd better clear a path through the supermodels in skivvies.
Click over to the Evening Standard to read more of the interview with the Kills, including the surprising way Alison Mosshart celebrated at the Hince-Moss nuptials.
See pics from Kate & Jamie's wedding below!
Jamie and Kate channel a modern-day Mick and Bianca Jagger, re-creating the couple's 1971 backseat wedding portrait by royal photographer Lord Lichfield. Tom Ford velvet-and-fur coat. On Hince: Tom Ford red velvet jacket. (Mario Testino for Vogue)
Like Pre-Raphaelite visions in diaphanous silk and delicate eyelet petticoat dresses, angelic flower girls and bridesmaids (and a pageboy) encircle the bride. Top row (standing), from left: Ella de la Falaise, Charlotte Moss, Mercy Magic Cutler, Bliss Ferguson, Lila Grace Moss, Etta Cutler Lindegren. Bottom row (sitting), from left: Blythe Ferguson, Alfie Watters, Elfie Ferguson, Stella Jones, Ava Jones, Kate Moss, Lara Birindelli, Iris Law, and Poppy Spaceman. On Moss: Calvin Klein Collection dress by Francisco Costa. (Mario Testino for Vogue)
The newlyweds bring a bit of the Roaring '20s to the bucolic English countryside. Rodarte paillette coat and beaded lace dress. On Hince: Lanvin velvet blazer and Charvet cotton shirt. (Mario Testino for Vogue)
Lila Grace and Kate recapture the early-'90s minimalist aesthetic of the black-and-white Calvin Klein campaigns that elevated Moss to supermodel status. (Mario Testino for Vogue)
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EVANSTON, Ill. (AP)—Greg Oden wanted to create opportunities, and his surgically repaired wrist wasn't going to stop the freshman. Neither was Northwestern.
Oden had 17 points and a season-high 17 rebounds, and No. 5 Ohio State hung on to beat Northwestern 59-50 on Wednesday night.
"It was a close game," he said. "Somebody had to make plays."
Oden, still recovering from surgery on his right wrist last summer, scored 10 points over the final 10:19, after Northwestern's Tim Doyle hit back-to-back baskets to pull the Wildcats within 39-38. His 17 boards were one more than his previous high, and the Buckeyes outrebounded Northwestern 39-19.
"I thought Vince (Scott) played him as well as he could have," Doyle said. "Oden's going to be a pro, and Vince is going to be an investment banker."
Ivan Harris scored 14 of his 18 points in the first half when Ohio State struggled to a 27-24 lead, but delivered a key basket late in the game. Harris swooped in to rebound Mike Conley's miss and scored as he hit the floor to make it 55-48 with about 2 minutes left. And Ohio State (17-3, 5-1 Big Ten) hung on for its fourth straight win.
One of the nation's top recruits, Oden entered Wednesday's game averaging 15.3 points and 9.5 rebounds while shooting 65 percent, despite a wrist injury he "tries not to think about."
"He really amazes me everyday with some of the things he can do," Buckeyes coach Thad Matta said. "His length. His timing. He's got a great feel for when the ball leaves the shooter's hand. Those were big plays. Sometimes you find yourself saying that guy is pretty special to watch."
Doyle scored 15 points and Sterling Williams added 11 for Northwestern (11-9, 1-6), which had its sixth loss in seven games.
Ohio State couldn't break away after beating Northwestern by 32 in Columbus a week earlier.
The Buckeyes built a 36-26 in the opening minutes of the second half as Jamar Butler, Conley and Ron Lewis hit 3-pointers, but the Wildcats hung in.
Northwestern's Kevin Coble hit a 3-pointer with about 5:30 left to make it 49-46 and had a potential tying 3 rim out on the next possession. With the Buckeyes ahead by five, Doyle leaned in for a hook that made it 51-48 with about 3:40 left. Oden rebounded Lewis' missed 3-pointer to make it a five-point game.
"Ivan Harris made a whole bunch of big plays," Oden said. "If they missed, I just tried to get us another chance for somebody else to make more plays."
Harris carried the Buckeyes in the first half, going 5-of-6 from the field while hitting two of three 3-pointers. Oden took over later.
Back home for the first time since a six-point loss to Wisconsin on Jan. 13, Northwestern grabbed a 20-11 lead early on, with Williams and Scott hitting two 3-pointers apiece and Craig Moore converting one.
That forced Ohio State to scrap its zone and match up on defense, which Northwestern wanted. But the Wildcats cooled off, finishing 9-for-26 on 3-pointers.
Harris started a 12-point run by Ohio State with a turnaround jumper, and hit a 3-pointer that pulled the Buckeyes within 20-18. Oden tied it with dunk and hit the first of two free throws to put them ahead 21-20 with 2:15 left in the half.
Harris got the rebound and scored to make it a three-point game.
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And Northwestern suffered another conference loss at home, where they're 0-3 against the Big Ten. They lost by 12 to Michigan on Jan. 6 and traded leads with Wisconsin in the second half.
"What's the difference in the last 3 1/2 minutes?" coach Bill Carmody wondered. "Is it that we're too tired? Is it just you can't get over the hump? And once you do, is it going to be OK? I think there's something there. What is it we have to get better at? … Why aren't getting the (loose balls) we have a chance of getting?"


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How the hell did Parker make the all star team and not BD or allen?
Even daron williams has better numbers then parker!
Parker is a freaking all-star over BD????!!!!
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As tiring as it may seem, I'm sure if even Jordan were on a team that lost its games to bottom feeders, that he wouldn't get on the all star team.
As for being the best players, it is part of being a "best player" to get the team together and to win games. That being said, melo being snubbed was just horrifying.
Lastly, the key to getting baron into the all-star game and us into the playoffs is to start winning games. Do you think coaches look at each and every game of each and every player? No, right? That being said, the layman NBA fan watches highlights and vote based on those highlights. Warriors not being part of those highlights and not being on the national stage, less chance of being an all-star..
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the most disappointing thing for me is that when Martz was here, be it as OC or Head Coach, we always saw Holt and Bruce downfield making big catches for 25-30 yards minimum
Linehan seems to specialise in plays where their routes always end up heading towards the sideline, so when the ball does get there they end up going out of bounds with no chance of making a play. Now i know Holt and Bruce may have lost a little bit of speed due to ageing, but they are still fast enough to make plays downfield.
The main reason im disappointed is that New England gashed this Steelers pass defense, but yet we managed a long of 23 yards in the passing game. The only time i saw Bulger air it out was that Hail Mary at the end of the first half which was intercepted. I dont think this was on Bulger, you could see in his play that there were times where he was just aching to throw it downfield.
I know that because we dont have a speed guy like Az Hakim or Kevin Curtis that getting deep isnt easy, and that Bulger cant wait in the pocket too long because of the line. But the pass protection wasnt bad tonight, so i would have liked to have seen Linehan at least try and air it out.


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G'day all.
I'm heading off on a one month trip in Vietnam, going South to North.
I am traveling alone, and am planning on doing things cheaply.
Here is what i have tentatively planned so far, and would really like to hear any and all comments from fellow travelers.
Here's what i've got:
Nov 29th Fly into HCMC
30th HCMC
Dec 1st - HCMC
2nd HCMC - Cat Tien National Park
3rd Cat Tien
4th Cat Tien – Dalat
5th Dalat
6th Around Dalat
7th Dalat to Buon Ma Thout – (then further on the Pleiku if possible)
8th Buon Ma Thout or Pleiku to Kon Tum
9th Kon Tum
10th Kon Tum to Pleiku, fly to Danang, then car trip to Hoi An
11th Hoi An
12th Hoi an (day trip to My Son)
13th Hoi An
14th Hoi An train to Hue
15th Hue
16th Hue (Day trip to DMZ) and hopefully then continue straight on to Dong Hoi, if not back to Hue
17th Hue or Dong Hoi – train to Ninh Binh
18th Ninh Binh
19th Nihn Binh to Hanoi (meet girlfriend)
20th Hanoi
21st Hanoi
22nd Hanoi
23rd Hanoi – Ha Long Bay (stay overnight on boat)
24th Halong Bay – Cat Ba Island (night on island)
25th Cat Ba Island (day in national park)
26th Cat Ba Island – Hai Phong (morning speed boat) spend night in Hai Phong
27th Hai Phong – Hanoi (Must be in Hanoi for girlfriends flight out at 6.00PM). Catch night train to Sapa.
28th Arive in Sapa
29th Sapa
30th Sapa – Moung Lay
31st Moung Lay – Diem Bien Phu
1st Jan Cross over Tay Trang Boarder into Laos
So what do you think? Am i trying to squeeze too much in?
Am i staying in some places for too long? Other places for not long enough?
Are there some good places that i'm missing out on completely?
Any other comments?
I don't have any commitments to be anywhere at any particular times, with the exception of being in Hanoi on the 19th and the 27th to meet and then farewell my girlfriend.
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Hi Pat,
That looks like a pretty good itinerary -- good to see you're getting off the beaten trail a bit.
A few little suggestions:
9th Kon Tum
10th Kon Tum to Pleiku, fly to Danang, then car trip to Hoi An
Rather than backtracking to Pleiku, it is possible to head north from Kon Tum on Route 14 -- see our North of Kon Tum section for more information. That route takes you out very close to Da Nang from where you can head south to Hoi An.
16th Hue (Day trip to DMZ) and hopefully then continue straight on to Dong Hoi, if not back to Hue
The DMZ daytrips out of Hue are invariably poor value. While Dong Ha is a bit of a dump, you'll get a better experience from there -- and spend a lot less time crammed in a minibus.
Otherwise looks good -- enjoy the Tay Trang crossing into Laos -- by all accounts it is a stunner.
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How Can You Stand Next To The Truth And Not See It? – U2 at Giants Stadium
Talk about jealousy – our friend Nathan was among those fortunate enough to score tickets to U2's much-anticipated gig in NYC last night, and he sent us the following report. [To read Aaron Zimmerman's excellent 4-part series on the spiritual history of the band, click here, here, here and here.]
"We've got a spaceship," Bono said in reference to the massive staging above his head in the center of the stadium, "but we're not going anywhere without you."
He didn't just invite the audience on his otherworldly journey, he also invited Someone Else: at the end of the first song, "Breathe", he…
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I downloaded "Show Me What I'm Looking For" (any U2 similarities are purely coincidental?) by Carolina Liar a few months ago for free on iTunes, but didn't pay much attention to what it said until I heard it on a preview for the Time Traveler's Wife yesterday.
While the verdict is out on any intentional Christian meaning, I don't think it matters. The lyrics are pure Gospel, and even the video, depicting the singer in his best v-neck tee wandering forlorn through Atlantic City, seems to suggest this man gets his inability to fix things for himself.
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Back in May, Mockingbird began a series examining the intersection of the lives, the faith, and the music of the members of U2. You can read the earlier posts here, here, and here.
The series was born out of the observation that the personal journey of the band—in particular that of Bono, and to a lesser extent, The Edge—traces a narrative arc that is mirrored in the lives of so many Christians. That is, some crisis in our lives turns us into seekers, people looking for love or mercy (ultimately, a quest for a gracious God). Then,…
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Our four-part series on U2's spiritual journey continues with a look at how the band dealt with the failure of their early aggressive form of Christianity. As we saw last time, their spiritual seeking had led them to a deep faith in Jesus. But it was in the context of an extremely legalistic community. They could not reconcile the grace they saw in Jesus with the rules-based living this community sought to enforce.
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Hi, I have a lot of fabric stored and would like to purge a good bit of it. Does anyone know if the fabric is listed on the donation paperwork how much can be deducted for taxes?
When you donate your fabric, have the organization give you a receipt(or make one of your own and have them sign it). You can then guesstimate the value of your donation and write it on the receipt.
When I donate the items I make to the shelter, I get one of these receipts. I went on line and checked a few stores that offer similar items that I made. This gave me some idea as to how much to claim.
A couple years ago I donated furniture and something made me take ain't urge with my cell phone. My CPA loved the extra info.
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You can only claim the resale value if you do so. Not the retail value that you paid for the fabric. Same as donating anything, really. When I do my taxes with the H&R Block software, I think I claim it as either household or craft items. I don't think fabric specifically is an option.
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First off, you have to make the donation to a qualified church or charity. An organized religion, Goodwill, Salvation Army, etc. If you really want to get technical, it must be an organization under IRS Code 501(c)3. There is a list of those on IRS website, but for most practical purposes mainstream churches and charities qualify. Ask the donee or look it up if you have any qualms about their status. Fair market value would be the amount that you would be allowed to claim on your tax return. There isn't any specific guidance as how you get to FMV, but for fabric I would think it would be substantially below what the item cost you. Get a receipt from the charity (on their letterhead with the date) and have them list the number of bags, boxes, totes, etc. that you have brought in. For your own records, list the type of fabric, color, yardage, and value for each item. Keep in mind that less popular fabrics will have a lower value while those still sought after will have a greater value. How much total fair market value are you looking at (approx.)? If it is more than $250, things get more complicated. You can to the IRS website and look up Publication 526 which has the detail.
The overarching question is: Do you file Schedule A (Itemized Deductions) on your income tax return? Will you itemize in 2014? If so, then the deduction will be beneficial.
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In the 90's and early 2000's, American Apparel had come to define the alternative look of those decades' youth. They also scored points with young people for keeping their garment construction factories in Los Angeles and championing many progressive causes. The founder of the company, Dov Charney, brought his energy into his business dealings, which unfortunately started to cross a line.


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Staff Sgt. Mark MacPherson spent a year with the Washington National Guard patrolling the treacherous turf surrounding a military base near Balad, Iraq. He said his scout platoon acted as bait, deliberately drawing fire so they could counterattack insurgents.
MacPherson returned from Iraq in March but still is not back to his civilian job as an environmental consultant. Instead, the 37-year-old soldier struggles with a debilitating combination of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and concussion-caused brain injury.
MacPherson takes pills to sleep, fight anxiety and dull the ceaseless headaches. While he sometimes can't recall mundane details of life, he is haunted by memories of soldiers who died, insurgents he killed and the Iraqi family that made the fatal mistake of driving up to a security checkpoint.
"The doctors hope I will get better," said MacPherson, who was awarded two Bronze Stars for his service with the Washington Guard's 81st Brigade. "I should get better than I am. But what does that mean? I used to be a person who consulted on multimillion-dollar projects. … I don't know if I ever will get back to who I was."
MacPherson is part of the surging wave of U.S. troops returning from Iraq with mental wounds.
These troops are the target of an extensive outreach effort launched by federal and state officials. They hope that early treatment — sometimes starting in Iraq — can help avoid the long-term chronic PTSD that afflicts thousands of Vietnam veterans, whose disorder was initially not even recognized upon their return from combat.
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Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs hotline: 800-562-2308
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Officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs are scrambling to get a better grasp on the number who need help and the complexity of their wounds.
• The VA reports that of the 360,000 soldiers who have been discharged after fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, more than 9,600 have received a provisional diagnosis of PTSD.
Some believe the problem could go much deeper. An Army survey published last summer in the New England Journal of Medicine found that 15 to 17 percent of those who have served in Iraq suffered symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. At that rate, more than 70,000 returnees could eventually end up with symptoms of PTSD.
• VA hospitals will need to provide long-term care to thousands of soldiers who suffer traumatic brain injuries from roadside bombs, rocket-propelled grenades and mortar attacks. These injuries may result in memory loss, headaches and attention-deficit disorder, as well as depression, anxiety and other symptoms that resemble PTSD.
• Puget Sound VA clinics have seen more than 350 Iraq veterans with PTSD. Hundreds more have sought help at Bellingham, Seattle and Tacoma storefront vet centers, as well as a network of private therapists funded by federal and state dollars.
In an effort cited as a national model, the state, the military and the VA are working together to identify and treat returning soldiers with mental-health problems.
Recent surveys show National Guard troops, who sometimes made an abrupt leap from civilian life to Iraq, may be at particular risk for PTSD.
In March, Washington Army Guard officials gained a disturbing mental-health snapshot when they sponsored a "family day" barbecue for a unit that had been back from Iraq for 11 months. Out of 76 members of Bravo Company, 14th Engineer Battalion, just under half were referred for counseling.
"Some of them had their wives tugging at their arms, saying, 'You need to see someone,' " said Tom Schumacher, a PTSD specialist with the state Department of Veterans Affairs. "We really had to scramble to get them all services."
Early intervention in the field
During the Vietnam War, soldiers who hit an emotional wall were often removed from the front lines for a few days or weeks of rest before being sent back to combat.
During the Iraq war, such soldiers may stay engaged in combat as military medical staff increasingly try to treat their psychic wounds in the field.
It is unclear whether early intervention will help head off long-term mental illness. But some soldiers say it can help them continue to perform day-to-day duties.
MacPherson's problems boiled over in June 2004, when two members of another platoon were killed in an ambush. An anguished MacPherson watched the attack unfold from a sniper's position on a nearby hillside. He raced down the hill to arrange an evacuation. Back at the base, overwhelmed by feelings of guilt, he broke down and cried.
MacPherson realized he had to seek help.
"Part of my problem is that I held responsibility really tightly. So, when we started losing those guys, that really got to me. I felt — right or wrong — that I was responsible."
Late into the night, MacPherson talked with a chaplain who helped him settle his emotions enough to go on a scouting patrol the next day. MacPherson underwent his first PTSD counseling session that week with an Army psychiatrist, and began to take medications.
Some pills helped him deal with the anxiety he felt on patrol. Others put him to sleep for eight hours, so he would often stay up for a couple of days until he had enough down time to grab that much uninterrupted rest.
This treatment regime continued for eight more brutal months in Iraq.
In one incident, a car crashed a road checkpoint. Fearing a suicide-bomb attack, MacPherson and his men unleashed volleys that killed the family inside the vehicle.
A roadside bomb killed one soldier and wounded three others in his unit. After that, he assumed command of the two squads that made up his 32-person platoon.
"The therapy was definitely helpful," he said. "Otherwise, I would not have made it. But it was really just Band-Aids."
On at least three occasions, MacPherson suffered concussions. The most serious came when he was knocked out by two roadside bombs that went off near his Humvee.
"It's the one where everyone noticed the personality change," MacPherson said. "I could always focus on a mission, but I would bungle administrative tasks, spelling would become harder and I would forget what I was doing."
MacPherson declined an offer to leave Iraq early. He felt like he would have been abandoning his platoon.
In March, he returned to Fort Lewis and was assigned to a medical-hold unit, where doctors diagnosed him with severe PTSD.
A nurse practitioner noticed something that had eluded the Army doctors in Iraq: MacPherson's eye had a peculiar droop, a possible sign of brain trauma. Follow-up tests confirmed damage to his brain's front and left lobes. In addition, the scans uncovered a cyst in the back of his brain that might have been caused by an injury.
Many suffer brain trauma
Army medical staff are increasingly on the alert for brain trauma among the Iraq returnees.
A new generation of body armor has helped many soldiers and Marines survive roadside bombings, rocket-propelled grenade and mortar attacks. But survivors may suffer from a mix of PTSD and brain trauma.
According to an estimate cited in May's New England Journal of Medicine, about 22 percent of the wounded soldiers evacuated so far through a U.S. military hospital in Germany are expected to eventually be diagnosed with traumatic brain injury.
Other soldiers, such as MacPherson, may display no outward signs of physical injury. But due to concussions, they may also suffer brain trauma.
"I think the knowledge about traumatic brain injury is really going to grow," said Harold Kundler, co-chair of a VA committee on PTSD. "This will be the signature mental-health illness of this war."
At Fort Lewis, MacPherson undergoes dual treatment. Some therapy may help him regain mental abilities, while some helps him deal with stress.
Sometimes, the therapies seem to be working against each other. Pills that help him relax also dull the mental edge he's trying to regain.
On good days, MacPherson dreams of reclaiming his civilian job and easing the strains that the injury have put on his wife, Naomi, a veterinarian.
Other days, his headaches hit like a sledgehammer. He feels dizzy just trying to walk, and trembles as if he has Parkinson's disease. So he stays in bed, and feels like he would rather have lost a leg.
"At least they would have already stuck on a prosthetic — and I would have learned to walk again," he said.
Psychological "dog catcher"
Plenty of other deployed soldiers — even if troubled by symptoms of PTSD — still balk at seeking help.
"If you tell them you are having [mental] problems, you are going to be branded as some sort of malingerer," said Army Spc. Hugh Gemmel, a 50-year-old Vietnam veteran who served in Iraq with the Oregon National Guard and, after returning home, was diagnosed with severe PTSD. "You are someone who is copping out and, if worse comes to worse, a coward."
Military PTSD researchers, in their Iraq survey published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that only 23 to 40 percent of Army and Marine troops who met the criteria for mental disorders actually sought medical assistance. That survey found that the fear of being stigmatized was greatest among those with the most-severe symptoms.
Washington state's effort to reach these soldiers includes radio ads and a telephone hotline at the state Department of Veterans Affairs. The National Guard is holding more than 30 "family days" this year for returned units, to offer the services of a mental-health counselor along with barbecue fixings and kids' games.
The outreach also involves Dr. Mike Colson, a self-described "dog catcher for trauma," who tries to find returning soldiers with signs of PTSD.
Hired earlier this by the Seattle Vet Center, one of five storefront clinics in the state funded by the VA, Colson stars in a DVD titled "Getting Home — All the Way Home."
Colson is a retired Navy chaplain and psychiatrist who served in Iraq and was diagnosed with PTSD. He gives mental-health talks to returning troops even as he undergoes his own treatment.
"When you talk about your nightmares, I share with you mine," he said.
Colson tells bawdy tales of life on the front lines to loosen up his audience, then jumps to his message: Sleeplessness, depression, flashbacks and other post-traumatic-stress symptoms are not signs of weakness but the body's response to the extreme events of war.
In addition to his Seattle Vet Center office, he has a room set aside at Fort Lewis, where on a recent afternoon he saw more than a dozen soldiers, including several in crisis.
Wherever he goes, Colson always is on the lookout for soldiers with that "tunnel vision — or a thousand-yard stare."
Those most at risk for PTSD are frontline combat soldiers, according to the military survey published in the New England journal.
But plenty of other soldiers have similar symptoms.
Some served as truck drivers and got caught up in roadside-bomb explosions. Some offered medical care to the wounded and dying, and left with their own trauma. Others held support jobs that kept them largely behind desks inside fortified bases, but still endured repeated mortar attacks that randomly wounded or killed those around them.
An unprecedented number of women have also been thrust into combat situations in Iraq, and studies predict that they are more likely to end up with PTSD.
Possibility of deception
As the outreach program gains momentum, returning soldiers are briefed about PTSD again and again. Some worry this may push people to exaggerate — or feign — symptoms in hopes of gaining disability payments.
"It can be a guaranteed way of making money — and we have been briefed so many times, so people know exactly how to play this," said Spc. Audra Fyhrie, a Washington National Guard soldier who was injured in a roadside-bomb explosion.
Fyhrie says a VA official urged her to file for PTSD disability benefits even though she did not feel like she had serious symptoms.
Therapists say they are on alert for those more concerned about money than treatment.
"Most of the people you see, there's no question but that they're hurting," said Schumacher, the state PTSD specialist who has helped find treatment for Washington soldiers returned from Iraq.
"No one was not affected"
After his return, MacPherson was quartered at the Fort Lewis medical-hold unit, where many of the physically wounded soldiers also receive counseling for PTSD. As if to underscore their trauma, they often jump — or dive to the floor — when live rounds crackle from a nearby firing range.
MacPherson this month escaped that irritant when he was allowed to take convalescent leave at his Seattle home.
There, he spends a lot of time on the phone with members of his 16-person squad who shared the hardships of the long year in Iraq. He says many are struggling with symptoms of PTSD. Some freak out in crowds; others drink heavily or down sleeping pills to get through the night.
"The work we did — trying to get hit so we could find the enemy — it was insane," MacPherson said. "And the guys that did the work, no one was not affected. It's just whether you choose to admit it or not."
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Prior to that, he worked as a messenger at the Paul Kohner Agency in Los Angeles from 1964 to 1970.
What we can learn from this is that there is something bigger than the character or the messenger.
The rhetoric and the messenger is most of what ordinary, non-politically obsessed voters take in.
The messenger has to be right—meaning different, but credible.
An al Qaeda operative, a Pakistani who had grown up in Kuwait, served as his messenger to the outside world from this hideout.
On the following day he went with the messenger to the Catacombs.
Mayhew sent by messenger a huge placard reading, "Wanted, A Wife."
It was that of John Hancock, who had heard and recognized the messenger's voice.
The messenger had "no friend on earth," according to Fenton.
Then he despatches a messenger for Eugene and the two gentlemen still at Grandon Park.
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Anyone has experience buying in Amazon marketplace? (I think that's what they are called, ie. third party vendors selling through Amazon website.
I saw in there a lens I want. It's about $200 cheaper than Amazon's price (about $1400).
I know there are some dubious vendors out there which sells equipment at too-good-to-be-true prices and have low score in resellerratings.com, but are the Amazon's third party vendor trustworthy?
Will they, by brainstorming: send you refurbished or ex-demo good withouth telling you, non-US warranty, lure you to buy expensive accessories, or refusing a return, or even non-delivery?
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How about archival storage boxes? You can store matted prints, loose prints, or sleeved prints. I use drop front boxes like these:
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That's only 4.5 inchs deep, and won't hold a thousand prints, but there are lots of similar archival storage boxes. You might find deeper sizes.


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Updated election results released Friday evening by the Monterey County Elections Office, tipped the balance in two close races.
In the see-saw race for the Trustee Area 7 seat on the Monterey County Board of Education, Sergio Alejo reclaimed the lead from incumbent David Serena, with 1,686 votes to 1,649, a 37 vote margin. On Election Day, Alejo led by two votes, then Serena gained the upper hand during an interim count published Nov. 8 by the Elections Office.
The Greenfield Union School District board also changed its lineup with the new figures. Paul Dake, who held third place on Election Day, has slipped to fourth place in the latest count, "Semi Official Report 6." Sandra Cante gained second place with 392 votes, behind Juergen Smith with 497 votes and just ahead of Jesus Lepe with 380 votes. Dake has 375 votes. Lepe is the embattled principal of Frank Paul Elementary School in Salinas.
Results in other races did not change.
Raceway to host Thanksgiving 'Turkey Trot'
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and the Naval Postgradute School Foundation Running Club plan to host an inaugural "Turkey Trot" on Thanksgiving Day, with all proceeds to benefit the Food Bank for Monterey County.
From 7-11 a.m. Nov. 28, the 2.238-mile raceway circuit will serve as an open track, non-timed venue for runners, walkers and trotters of all ages and abilities. Volunteers from the Naval Postgraduate School Foundation Running Club and the Sports Car Racing Association of the Monterey Peninsula (SCRAMP) will be on hand to assist "Turkey Trot" participants.
Admission is $10 cash or check donation per person, and parking in the paddock is free. All registration is on site near the pit row suites, where runners enter the track. The run includes challenging elevation changes that are normally reserved for race cars and motorcycles, and once a month for bicyclists for the Twilight Rides.
Canned and non-perishable food items will also be accepted. All proceeds go to the Food Bank for Monterey County, which is the area's largest provider of emergency supplemental food. Their mission is "to lead community efforts in the awareness and elimination of hunger in Monterey County."
The food bank solicits, collects, stores, and redistributes food to individuals as well as non-profit agencies that serve the aged, ill and needy.
To learn how to help or make a direct donation to the Food Bank for Monterey County, visit www.foodbankformontereycounty.org.
For more information on the Turkey Trot, call Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca at 831-242-8201.