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For weeks, Lakeview line cook Kristin Barone impressed "Hell's Kitchen" host Gordon Ramsay with her ability to work various stations in dinner service.
But when she led a hand-picked team to execute her dinner menu in Friday's episode, she struggled to have her voice heard.
"I worked way too hard to get to this point, and I'm not going down without a fight," said Barone, 29.
Barone found her stride and finished dinner service strong, but her effort was not enough to beat New Jersey chef Ariel Malone to win the Season 15 "Hell's Kitchen" title.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Buster Posey is the rock of the clubhouse, the leader of the Giants and probably the MVP of the National League.
Simply put, the 2012 Giants are defined by Posey, his performance, his work ethic and his quiet urgency.
This is no homer call: MVP, as simple as can be.
"It's one of those things I definitely didn't come into the season thinking about -- at all," Posey said Tuesday afternoon of the MVPosey talk.
"So it's neat. It's definitely an honor just to have your name mentioned."
The MVP moment? When Posey stood at his locker on the day of Melky Cabrera's suspension last month and made it icily clear that the Giants were moving forward without Cabrera.
Just by him saying and meaning it, the Giants moved forward, and left Cabrera behind. Because it was Posey.
The domination of the N.L. West came next.
"I think it could've gone one way or the other," Posey said of the team's mood back then. "And I think fortunately it went the right way. I think a lot of guys kind of put their head down and just started going even harder."
Posey has led the way, of course. He has been on a tear since the All-Star break, powering to the top of the major hitting categories a year after his devastating ankle injury.
His stats are comparable to Milwaukee's Ryan Braun and Pittsburgh's Andrew McCutchen, but Posey mostly plays catcher, a much more demanding position than those two outfielders.
I say "mostly," because Posey rarely catches Tim Lincecum and Barry Zito, almost surely by preference of both starters. Which is the one blip on Posey's MVP candidacy -- he is a catcher who doesn't catch 40 percent of the time.
Hector Sanchez caught Lincecum on Tuesday, marking the 14th time in Lincecum's past 16 starts that someone other than Posey was his catcher.
Is there an issue between Lincecum and Posey, heroes of the 2010 World Series run? Giants sources swear it is nothing more than pitching-catching chemistry.
And Posey has handled the situation so smoothly that I think it only boosts his big-picture value to this team, and his MVP credibility.
Posey is a potential Gold Glove catcher (perennially stuck behind St. Louis' stellar Yadier Molina in this category) who accepts moving aside if manager Bruce Bochy decides it is best.
"When you say I don't catch them, I mean, I caught Zito just the other day (in a victory) against L.A.," Posey said. "I haven't caught Timmy in a while. But it's not like I haven't caught them all year."
Does he expect to catch them in the playoffs or a big late-season series?
"I would assume ... this is just me speculating ... I would think I would not catch Timmy," Posey said. "Zito, I could see it going either way.
"I think Timmy and Sanchy have kind of found a groove and want to keep that going."
Bochy says he is comfortable with Posey catching either pitcher but that the circumstances give him a way to rest Posey regularly, either out of the lineup or at first base.
Posey, who caught everybody, including Lincecum, during the 2010 run, says he is fine with any successful formula.
"You do whatever you need to do to win," Posey said. "Like I just mentioned, Timmy and Sanchy have found a groove."
That's the way a leader talks, and Posey agrees that he has been growing into that role with the Giants.
"I try to do things the right way," Posey said. "And I think the main thing is, we have a group of guys that likes to win.
"And we're starting to get that feeling of going out and playing the game with confidence I think you need to be successful."
If Posey wins the MVP award, he would join Johnny Bench and Thurman Munson as the only catchers to have won a Rookie of the Year Award, MVP and World Series title in their careers.
And Posey is 25, by the way.
"I don't think he's caught up in the MVP stuff as much as he is in his job to help win the ballgame," Bochy said. "That's who he is.
"But, yeah, I think he's definitely a leader on this club; there's no question about it."
Posey is the Giants' constant, their voice and their conscience. If Posey wasn't having an MVP year, the Giants wouldn't be very good.
But he is, and they are.
Read Tim Kawakami's Talking Points blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami. Contact him at email@example.com.


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Battlement Mesa-A nine–year–old boy was shot and killed by a companion on Battlement Mesa, Wednesday, leaving the small community in disbelief. The incident happened around 2:30 p.m. Police arrived on the scene in a residential neighborhood in Parachute to find a boy shot in the chest.
Police say the victim was shot with a .22 caliber pistol at his friend's house. Police found the victim lying on the front porch when they arrived to the scene. The victim was transported to a hospital in Rifle where he died from his injuries.
According to authorities, three boys, including the victim, were in the home unsupervised when a 14–year–old boy shot the victim. There are six charges against the suspect including manslaughter.
The victim's father did not want to comment, but told 11 News his son was a good boy.
According to officials the case is still under investigation and it's unknown whether the incident was an accident. Officials acknowledge knowing who owns the gun and where it came from, but did not want to divulge the information since the investigation is ongoing.
Officials are not releasing the name of the victim until they have notified the family.
The suspect will also be charged with resisting arrest, felony menacing, and possession of a handgun by a juvenile.
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Ethiopian Foreign Policy: An Out-Dated, Misguided, Narrow, And Counterproductive Policy
Whenever the question of Somaliland's recognition arises or is put forward to the government of the brotherly and neighbourly Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, their leaders particularly His Excellency Ato Seyoum Mesfin, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, is known to become a bit uncomfortable, defensive, and beats about the bush in order to circumvent, deflect, and diminish the question in hand in the bid to wash off blame from his government and himself for dragging their feet or reluctance by throwing in, on every occasion, the usual inadequate; well rehearsed, repetitive, and a terse one sentence statement answer such as: Ethiopia will not be the first or the last to recognize Somaliland—meaning, if another country first recognizes Somaliland then, Ethiopia will probably be the second country to follow suit, which in essence does not clarify anything except to further obscure the issue and to hide the real position of their government. Obviously, if another country first recognizes Somaliland, Ethiopia's recognition will not have much weight or impact since many other countries such as United Kingdom, US, South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt, Sudan, Djibouti, Eritrea, including even Somalia, etc. will certainly follow suit and recognize Somaliland.
In fact, what H.E. Ato Seyoum Mesfin and his landlocked country/government have not given much thought or fails to understand is the simple fact that the first country who recognizes Somaliland will greatly win the hearts and minds of the people of Somaliland. And that this courageous and pragmatic country to be will certainly become the closest friend and ally of the intrepid people and state of Somaliland, and the real winner in terms of securing some of the lucrative economic and reconstruction contracts. This also means that, if another country first recognizes Somaliland then, Ethiopia will not continue to enjoy the existing imbalance of trade, the lopsided deals, and the current rock-bottom tariffs in place particularly on the use of the Berbera Port.
So why then, is Ethiopia failing to understand the benefits of becoming the first country to recognize the peaceful and democratic Somaliland? And why is Ethiopia failing to capitalize on the enormous political, economic, and social rewards that comes with the recognition of Somaliland—an over due, simple, noble, and just deed?
Likewise, whenever Ethiopia is confronted with the question as to why it covertly and overtly supports, arms, and hosts the various factions of the anarchic Somalia particularly the Puntland regional administration, a provocative tribal entity that is known to perpetuate hate; war, and instability in both Somalia and Somaliland and known to be a close ally of the ONLF Terrorists who are trained in Eritrea who currently operate in Ethiopia, which illegally occupies some parts of Sanaag and Sool regions of Somaliland simply on the basis that the inhabitants of these regions happen to be of Harti/Darood clan and that since they are tribally affiliated, they are better off to be with Puntland rather than with Somaliland, again, the usual line of the Ethiopian answer on the issue is: We maintain a neutral foreign policy with both Somaliland and Somalia including Puntland!! Apparently, this also includes the Transitional Federal Government (TFG), a Warlord infested paper government, which controls no land or represents no one, which was concocted by IGAD in Mbagathi, Kenya in 2004, which Ethiopia staunchly supports claims sovereignty over Somaliland as it is evident in its so-called Charter as well as statements by their Warlords/leaders!!
Is this not clear evidence of a disingenuous , double standard, and self-defeating foreign policy? And if this means that 'what is good for the goose is good for the gender' and that Ethiopia is free to forge a close relations with the rival Somaliland and Somalia, what will stop Somaliland to forge a close relations with the rival Ethiopia and Eritrea? I think it is about time for Somaliland to reciprocate Ethiopia 's unfavourable and dangerous policies and begin to forge a close relations with Eritrea .
For Ethiopia to, on one hand, use the Somaliland-Somalia predicament as an opportunity to create further instability and bloodshed in the region and to create a never ending political and military quagmire for its perceived "age-old enemies" and to take advantage of the prevailing anarchy in Somalia and the lack of recognition of Somaliland, and to use these brotherly peoples and countries as a pawn to advance its hidden agenda and to recklessly plunge its country as well as the entire region into unnecessary hostilities, unjustifiable war footing, and to wage a never ending phantom "War On Terrorism", while it covertly and overtly supports and arms extremists and moderates on both sides of the isle at the expense of the innocent civilians of Somalia for the purposes of a narrow political objectives and meager financial gains is unacceptable and deplorable. Whether Ethiopia is playing these dirty politics in the Horn of Africa region out of sheer ignorance or whether it is intentional so as to mislead and distract its citizenry from the ever mounting domestic problems, disenfranchisements, and loss of public confidence with the Addis Ababa administration remains to be seen.
And for Ethiopia to, on the other hand, be in cahoots with the same backward forces of irredentism , instability, insecurity, and extremism in the Horn of Africa region such as the TFG, the remnants of the fascist and tyrannical military regime of the deposed Dictator Siad Bare, criminal Warlords, elements of the Court of Islamic Council (CIC) formerly known as the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), elements of Al-Itihad Al-Islamia Terrorist group, ONLF terrorists operating in Ethiopia that is also backed by the rival Eritrea, etc., signifies that the Ethiopian foreign policy is an out-dated, misguided, narrow, and counterproductive policy. And the following are some examples of its dark and unhelpful policies in the region:
Today, the defunct Al-Itihad Al-Islamia Terrorist group, the Warlords under the umbrella of the defunct SRRC faction—an Ethiopia supported coalition of Warlords, the Restoration of Alliance for the Peace and Counterterrorism (ARPCT)—a coalition of US-backed Warlords, which Ethiopia also supports and the many other tribal factions and militias have mutated into the following three main factions:
As a result of these, it is not known who is benefiting from the dubious Ethiopian foreign policy and actions in the Horn of Africa region, and why this country that should have known better continues to, time and again, cry foul of "Terrorism" existing or happening here and there, while it provides political; military, and financial support to most of the criminal Warlords, tribal factions, religious extremists, and their tribal militias in Somalia or what is in it for maintaining such a naked double standard stance towards the intrepid people and democratic Republic of Somaliland by supporting the forces of irredentism who are closely aligned with the ONLF who even claim parts of Ethiopia let alone Somaliland, and who continue to perpetuate the long dead illogical dream of "Greater Somalia!!
On the same token, it is not known whether its undesirable conduct as well as its current political, military, economic, and social actions in the horn of Africa region serves its genuine national interests or whether its policies had been purposefully tailored to serve only the narrow, tribal, individual, and regional interests of the former Tigre Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) or whether it is actually acting as conduit to serve and protect the interests of some foreign powers.
But what is known for sure is that Ethiopia endeavours to become the sole regional power in the Horn of Africa region even though it wants to attain these objectives on the cheap, at the expense of both Somaliland and Somalia, and by way of a rudderless foreign policy, that is, out-dated; misguided, narrow, and a counterproductive policy. In fact, most of the arms and ammunitions supplied to the various tribal entities such as Puntland, various other factions, the numerous Warlords and their tribal militias, ARPCT, and the TFG are believed to be in the hands of the Court of Islamic Council (CIC)!!
Whatever the case, it is about time that Ethiopia reconsiders its counterproductive policies and understands that it can not have both ways unscathed and that the recognition of Somaliland is indeed in its best public and national interest. Let those who understand take heed!
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Name: Pedro Ruben Decima
Born: 1964-03-10
Birthplace: Benjamín Aráoz, Tucuman, Argentina
Hometown: Del Viso, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Stance: Orthodox
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His win over Paul Banke was seen as a huge upset. As an amateur Decima represented Argentina as a bantamweight at the 1984 Olympic Games. His results were:
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Tshoza Mukuta (Zaire) 5-0
- Defeated Cemal Oner (Turkey) 4-1
- Lost to Dale Walters (Canada) 0-5
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| WBC Super Bantamweight Champion
1990 Nov 5 – 1991 Feb 3
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Hi i had my kitten done at 5 months as he was getting really really naughty!!! The same day he had it done he was at the top of the xmas tree! But he has gone quite fat since having it done as hes not as active.
Goodluck and i hope your lil man makes an apperence really soon and hope everything thing goes well
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We got our cat neutured when he was a few months old, would you believe it... he started spraying in certain parts over the house just the day before he got done (Typical!! grr lol).
After his wee op (prob major to him waking up without his ermm thingys ) he went back to the places he`d already left his scent and kept peein there. Ever since, and many re-decorations later, he`s still upto his old tricks every now and again and he`s now just gone 3 years old.
I think i`ll have to wait until i move house for him to stop altogether. he`s a wee nightmare (but i do love him loads, 1,2,3 awww lol)
Hope your cat doesnt do that lil, mines might just be protesting. Who knows, theyre a lot smarter than they make out. Your doing the right thing getting him done straight away, lets hope youve caught him in time cos no amount of elbow grease can shift theyre scent completely from their little cheeky noses. Grrr!!! lol
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Hi Miss scotland. and mylilamb
Abou the cat pee thing. We had same with our cat vet told us to get "pet off" it smells like lemons and cats hate it it stops them from peein on carper and also if they scratching furnature etc works for that. Just spray some on the spot and watch his face when he sniffs there.
Might work. (also works for dogs)
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Thanks frog
I think i`ll have to give it a go as this little terrors starting to literally take the p*ss and even finding new spots that aint even got his scent. Well they have now, and im fed up scrubbing with the 2001. Doesnt seem to help as he keeps going back
Im wondering if he`s protesting, maybe he aint getting all the attention he used to since me and oh started ttc
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What makes for good sex?
Kinky sex, loving sex, drunken sex, boring sex, short sex, long sex … there are so many kinds of sex, but what is the best kind? A reader wrote in, asking what constitutes "good" sex — something that we probably all have questioned at one time or another.
My initial reaction was to simply tell her that the best sex is when both people orgasm. But there is so much more to it, so I asked around for some more opinions.
I was not surprised when the majority of women I talked to think that sex is best when emotions are involved.
"Emotion and chemistry constitute good sex. My best sexual escapades are when I am caught off guard but overwhelmed completely with passion and desire," Jessica Ripes, 21, and in a three-year relationship said. "Chemistry [is important] because great sex comes with understanding each others wants and needs."
Some of the guys I talked to also agreed that real emotions are key.
"Emotion has always made sex better — true feelings," said Devin Smith, 19, who is currently in a relationship.
Comfort is another key component to great sex because you are more apt to experiment with wild and kinky things with someone you are sexually comfortable with rather than with a one-night stand. With comfort comes communication; the couple must communicate their needs, desires, and preferences to have successful sex, and that communication comes much easier with a partner you feel like you can talk to.
"[Comfort with your partner is important] because you can both be open to what you like," said Rebecca B., who is 25 and in a relationship.
Steve Council, 25, agreed. He said that "changing it up and being adventurous" makes sex more exciting — and that can more easily be done with someone you're comfortable with. Some people have more hard limits than others; like anal or threesomes. Anal intercourse and threesomes may not be something to include in your regular sex lineup, but they are great to spice up your sex life on occasion. Adventurous sexual experiences can actually bring a couple closer together.
Emotions are great, but obviously we can't forget the physical aspect of sex. Physical attraction contributes to good sex as well.
Sami Whittemore, 19, believes physical attraction constitutes good sex.
"If you're not attracted to your sex partner then you are just having sex to have sex, maybe to relieve stress or fill a void because you are lonely. You need to be attracted and comfortable with them so you can make the sex as pleasurable as possible, being able to go further than missionary."
Sex can still be phenomenal with someone you have no feelings for. Sometimes it is hot to be with someone you don't really know because the act is only based on physical attraction and experience each individual has acquired on their own.
"Sometimes just an understanding of roles is enough. Who's in charge? If it's a one-night stand but the guy knows he needs to be dominant and he needs to throw you around, bite you, pull your hair and show you he controls you and your body for the night … Emotions aren't truly needed," Smith said.
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Passenger rail hasn't reached Roanoke yet, but more communities in western Virginia are working to make sure the Star City isn't the end of the line.
With new transportation funding, Roanoke should see the return of passenger rail in the next few years. The ultimate goal is to extend service to Bristol.
Delegate Joseph Yost and The Blacksburg Partnership want to make sure the train stops in the New River Valley.
"You know we have Radford University and Virginia Tech, two major state Universities that bring in over 35-thousand students every year, with increased traffic from their family members, their friends, their parents coming in and out," Yost said in an interview Tuesday afternoon. "Passenger rail would offer a very safe and economical way for them to travel throughout the area."
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Maryland co. to pay $150M in health fraud probe
This is one (of several) major reasons why ObamaCare is the wrong approach to solving our broken health care system. (yeah, it was already broken before Obamacare)
We do not need more government, or more "stuff" sitting between the consumers of health care (me), and those that provide it (my doctor). We need less. The monstrosity that is Obamacare will open the floodgates for more graft like what was just exposed.
I mean, I should be able to easily read my health bills, just like I might my cable TV bill. No need to make the system so damn cryptic. Also, I should be able to shop for discount services for standard stuff like eye checkups, or cancer screenings. Really, wouldn't it be nice to be able to say, "Hey, they are having a special on cholesterol screening over at Joe's Medical Shop?" We do this now with things like lasik eye surgery.
In my opinion, anything that hides, or abstracts one's real medical bill, or real medical costs from me, is another opportunity for graft like this.
And now its gonna get worse. Much worse.
Typical government agency tactic, make shit so complicated and incomprehensible that nobody will bother to even mess with it.
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ORAN -- The Sikeston Lady Bulldogs came away with their second consecutive win on Tuesday night with the help of freshman Monica Carter, who possibly set a new school record with the most assists in a single match as they defeated the Oran Lady Eagles in four sets; 28-26, 25-19, 22-25 and 25-22.
While there is no official record, Carter's 37 assists is believed to be the most in a single match during Sikeston's head coach Steve Beydler's tenure. Even though it was during a match with four sets, Beydler was still impressed with the performance by the freshman.
"For a freshman to step up and do that, it's pretty amazing," he said.
Sikeston avenged a loss last season to the Lady Eagles with a total of 44 kills on the night, by far the most in a match this season. Vonterria Applewhite led the way with 13 kills while Quesha Howard and Madeline Davis added 11 and nine respectively.
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Brazilian Central Bank Governor Alexandre Tombini has a message for the world — Federal Reserve tapering is good and governments that do their homework shouldn't fear it.
Of course, he thinks Brasília's homework is already done, while critics say the country is bound for a credit downgrade.
In scheduled testimony before a Brazilian Senate committee Tuesday, Mr. Tombini re-iterated his view that "Brazil is ready to make the global transition without any trouble."
The central banker was referring to the expected reversal of the Fed's easy money policies used to jump start growth in the U.S. and Europe.
Among other things, "easy money" fueled capital flows to emerging countries such as Brazil, in Brazil's case leading to an unwanted strengthened of the currency, the Brazilian real, which damaged exports. Earlier this year, however, when Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke hinted that the easy-money policy was about to end, the real went into a tailspin that stopped only when Brazil's central bank launched a program of daily market interventions.
In Mr. Tombini's view, the fact that the Brazilian real floats freely against the dollar–despite central bank interventions–"is the first line of defense" against potential ripple effects in currency markets from Fed tapering, which could come as early as this month.
As for Brazil's "homework," the central banker cited the country's $376 billion in foreign reserves, high levels of foreign investment and strong fundamentals in the local banking system.
His views contrast with those of many critics, who think slow growth and deteriorating fiscal accounts make Brazil more vulnerable. "Tapering hasn't even started and the real is already falling," said Alberto Ramos, a Goldman Sachs economist who has pointed to low growth, high inflation and declining fiscal results as problems Brasília has been slow to confront.
Mr. Ramos and other analysts believe Brazil is heading for a sovereign credit downgrade in 2014, a possibility Brazilian officials often hotly refute.
Mr. Tombini, whose job is at the ministerial level in the Brazilian government, has also shown optimism. Even as the Brazilian economy contracted in the third quarter, Mr. Tombini said that "gradual growth is still occurring." He said that future growth depends on consumer and business confidence, but that both are already improving.
Pursuing growth is complicated by the fact that, at almost 6%, 12-month inflation is well above the government's 4.5% target. Mr. Tombini said the target is "reachable."
The central bank has been raising interest rates systematically since mid-year but the tightening cycle is expected to come to an end at some point in 2014.
"I don't believe we should accept a little higher inflation in order to have stronger growth," he said, trying to dispel feelings that the government has abandoned its commitment to inflation control. "There is no such trade-off."
He said that "any central bank in the world would rather have a strong fiscal result," answering a senator's question about Brazil's deteriorating public accounts. But he stopped short of criticizing the government's handling of its finances.
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A task force in Rhode Island is charged with finding ways to keep guns away from those with serious mental illnesses ("R.I gun panel hasn't met yet," Sept. 18). Perhaps this panel needs to turn its attention to the facts: that it is more likely for the mentally ill to be recipients of violence than to inflict it upon others.
Think about our national zeitgeist that leads us to retaliate in force whenever we feel a threat to our so-called "American interests." This society's first response to any perceived enemy is to react with armed aggression or to threaten deadly discipline. This attitude is pervasive in our culture.
When disturbed individuals feel wronged, they act the way the government does by using armed aggression against those it considers to be a threat to, or responsible for, their condition. The chance that a mentally ill individual committing an assault on others is infinitely small, perhaps less than 2 percent.
The panel would do better than publicly pursuing a nearly insignificant group of people who pose little threat to others just to appease the apprehension of the uniformed. Focus instead on our nation's retaliatory compulsion to resort to violence to resolve our international conflicts instead of using reason and intelligent discourse to settle those issues.
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Although many tracheal tumors are benign or of low-grade malignancy, without local invasion or metastases, cure has been rare because dependable methods of wide circumferential excision and reconstruction have not been available.
In the thorax, it was believed that only four tracheal rings (2 cm) could be removed and an end-to-end anastomosis done. Prosthetic replacements often fail, because of (1) leakage, with fatal mediastinitis; (2) stenosis, due to scarring and fatigue of prostheses; (3) recurrent tumor, due to inadequate resection; and (4) hemorrhage, due to erosion by prostheses.
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Virginia (Gina) D. Eddy of Fleming and Zachary W. Bennett were united in marriage in a double ring ceremony on April 21 at Waverly Church of Christ in Waverly, W.Va. The ceremony was officiated by Wilbert Antill.
The bride is the daughter of Kathryn A. Eddy and the late Kenny D. Eddy of Fleming and the granddaughter of the late Floyd and Mabel Eddy of Waverly, and the late Denver and Alma Cunningham of Parkersburg.
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South African Wines, Reborn
Although Chenin Blanc has been the big grape of South Africa for a very long time, it has been less and less popular among South African winemakers over the years.
Indeed, nobody seems to care much about Chenin these days.
It's a pretty obscure grape and can be hard to grow and so, I imagine, it's also pretty hard to sell. Unlike, say, the globally ubiquitous Sauvignon Blanc, which seems to be the leading Chenin replacement candidate.
In fact, I see more and more South African Sauvignon for sale – and less and less South African Chenin Blanc (where it is also, rather unfortunately, also known as "Steen" – which sounds less like a grape and more like a car part.)
As a big Chenin-Steen fan (and a not-so-big fan of South African Sauvignon) I count this as a considerable loss.
It's hard to find good Chenins anywhere in the world outside of the Loire.
But when I met up with importer Bart Broadbent of Broadbent Selections at a tasting the other day and he gave me a taste of a really good Chenin Blanc he has just started to import, I felt a twinge of hope restored.
Made from Chenin vines planted in the 1960s and harvested by hand, the 2009 Secateurs Chenin Blanc that Bart poured me was bright, medium bodied with notes of stone fruits and a clean, crisp finish.
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What fu__ing B_lls__t! Peace Prize my a__! I haven't forgotten the Reverend Wright. I haven't forgotten our president past connection with Acorn. He is the worst commander in chief we have ever had. The man can't tell the truth about anything. The left has had control for the past two years with no result. Let have a little refresher 101:
Lied to the American people when he said people could keep private insurance, knowing full well that his legislation would inevitably drive private insurers out of business. Vindictively fired Inspector General Gerald Walpin, who investigated Kevin Johnson, a buddy of the president, for misuse of funds from an AmeriCorps grant.
Supervised the effective takeover by government of banks, the largest insurance company (AIG), and General Motors (GM) and Chrysler… the bulk of the U.S. auto industry, thus depriving bondholders, shareholders, and others of their property. Pursued cap-and-trade legislation. It would in a manner of speaking tax the very air people exhale and give the government unprecedented control over the economy and American businesses.
Added a trillion dollars to the national debt in just a handful of weeks. Appointed "Czars" to oversee everything from the closing of Guantanamo to the nation's food.
Obama said America is not a Christian nation. In 2009 Obama said, "You might say that America is a Muslim nation." He treated the Queen of England with casual familiarity, but bowed to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, where Muslims won't permit Christian worship under penalty of death.
In his book, Obama wrote of Muslims, "I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction."
This is just the tip of change, we haven't seen nothing yet. I must stop here before I say how I really feel.


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This column by David Brooks spoke to me this morning. I felt as I read it that he had gotten into my head, surveyed the way I think about commentary journalism and put words around the concepts in a way that made them "share-able" with others.
Brooks writes about the difference between the "engaged writer" and the "detached writer" in today's world. Judging just by the labels, one might be tempted to gravitate to the more energetic and personal sounding "engaged writer."
Not I. From my days as a political columnist, then as an editorial writer and subsequently as an editorial page editor, it's the detached writer model that I find most valuable, most persuasive, most rewarding and – ironically – most engaging.
Here's just one of my favorite passages from the column:
The detached writer believes that writing is more like teaching than activism. Her essays are generally not about winning short-term influence…. She would rather have an impact upstream, shaping people's perceptions of underlying reality and hoping that she can provide a context in which other people can think. She sometimes gets passionate about her views, but she distrusts her passions. She takes notes with emotion, but aims to write with a regulated sobriety.
In today's day and age, where readers have so many sources beyond political parties for their news and information, it seems to me that the detached writer is all the more important. It's an especially important basis for newspaper Editorial pages. To my mind, commentary today should be less about preaching to the choir or "energizing the base," as they say, and more about getting people to think critically and logically about complex issues.
I try to live this philosophy. The stated mission of our Sunday commentary section, called Points, is to "Think Smart!" We often talk about how our goal on the Editorial pages is simply to "get people to think about something in a new way."
Yes, it's nice when readers say "I agree" with this editorial or that, but it's real music to my ears when somebody says: "You know, I hadn't thought about it that way before" or "Wow, that essay really made me think more carefully about that issue." That's when you think: Gee, maybe what we wrote really had lasting impact, really meant something in the larger scheme of things, might influence some future course of action.
In some ways, Brooks' column seems aimed at young people just launching their writing careers. But the messages contained in it are relevant across all levels of experience. It should also be relevant to readers. That's why I'm sharing it here this morning.


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Issue No.02 - April-June (1997 vol.14)
pp: 26-33
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/54.587738

Field failures of embedded SRAMs led the author to identify open defects that escape detection by conventional march tests. Appropriate decoder-testing and DFT strategies can uncover these hard-to-detect defects.

Manoj Sachdev, "Open Defects in CMOS RAM Address Decoders", IEEE Design & Test of Computers, vol.14, no. 2, pp. 26-33, April-June 1997, doi:10.1109/54.587738


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BOSTON - The Knicks say they weren't getting overly excited with a 2-0 series lead entering Game Three and appreciate that winning a playoff game in Boston will take a much more complete effort.
"We've done what we were supposed to do at home and won our two games but we still have a long ways to go in this series," said Knicks' coach Mike Woodson. "Every game is important. Being around this team this year, it's not a team that looks ahead. I'm not going to entertain that as a coach. It's about what's staring you in the face and we have to come in here and see what we're made of now."
Carmelo Anthony heard game-long cat calls from the fans in Game Three but he said he was ready to "block that out," and try to get his team another win.
"We've been able to stay composed on the road. We understand that on the road there are certain things you can't do, such as turning the ball over. We have to continue doing that," Anthony said.
For the Celtics' part, they know what a 0-3 hole would mean to their chances of winning the series.
"I think (his players) are desperate. I think the Knicks are desperate, too," said Doc Rivers. "We need to have the same way about us."
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CALCULUS I (4 semester hours)
PREREQUISITE: Math 155 or Satisfactory performance on the Placement Exam
Calculus (eighth edition)
by James Stewart (publ. by Cengage Learning)
To those of you who will be going on to Math 230 next semester: Do not sell your Math 229 textbook! You will need it in Math 230. Also, you will do well to refresh your differentiation and integration skills in the weeks before you begin Math 230. That course begins where Math 229 leaves off, and good differentiation and basic integration skills are essential to success in it.
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for the suggested lecture pace and a more detailed syllabus with dates.
The course will cover Chapters 1-4 and Section 14.3 of the text.
Click here for the list of suggested homework exercises.
WITHDRAWAL: The last day for undergraduates to withdraw from a full-session course is Friday, October 14, 2016.
GRADING: Grades will be assigned on the basis of 650 points, as follows:
Websites for certain sections:
Typical Math 229 exams involve non-routine calculations. You may
wish to look at some first exams from previous semesters to see the
level of analysis we expect students to be able to carry out.
NOTE: If you are looking for the sample exam, it is in PDF format, so you will need Adobe's Acrobat Reader which is a free and useful download. Click on the above link to get the latest version of the Acrobat Reader.
Exam 1 (Fall 1999)
Exam 1 Answers (Fall 1999)
Exam 1 (Spring 2011)
Exam 2 (Fall 1999)
Exam 2 Answers (Fall 1999)
Exam 2 (Spring 2011)
Exam 3 (Fall 1999)
Exam 3 (Spring 2011)
Final Exam (Spring 2011)
Final Exam (Fall 2011)
Final Exam (Fall 2015)
Please note that different instructors assign different exams, so that a certain raw score on one test might be comparable to a very different score on another.
Caution: These exams are from a different semester. The subject matter was comparable, but the text, the audience, the instructor, and the testing environment may have been different from what you will face. The testing points in the syllabus also vary from semester to semester. Please remember in addition that tests cannot be comprehensive; therefore, there are topics not on this test for which the students were - and you will be - responsible for studying in prepartion for the your own test.
CALCULUS TUTORING CENTER: The Calculus Tutoring Center is in DU 326. There is tutoring for 211, 229 and 230 (and 155 when needed). The primary focus is on 229 and 230. There are also tutoring videos and a schedule at this link.
FINAL EXAM: The Final Exam is scheduled for 1:00 - 2:50 p.m., Thursday, December 8, 2016. The final exam will be a comprehensive, departmental examination. All sections of this course will take the same final exam at the same time. Please note that the exam will likely NOT be in your regular classroom. Room assignments from the university are usually made one to two weeks before the final exam week. We will post them as soon as they are available.
Here is an Outline of the final exam for Spring Semester 2011
Here is the actual final exam given in the Spring Semester 2011
CALCULATORS: Students are asked to have a graphing calculator with roughly the capabilities of the TI-83. You will find this useful for investigating the concepts of the class, so you can experiment with additional examples. You may also want to verify parts of your homework calculations. However, these calculators will NOT be allowed on the final exam. Nor will cell phone calculators be allowed on the final exam. A scientific calculator with no graphing capabilities and no communication abilities WILL be allowed, though. Your instructor may further regulate the use of calculators on the hour exams. Most, if not all, of the exam problems can be solved without their use.
Some additional references:
Thomas and Finney, Calculus and Analytic Geometry.
Edwards and Penney, Calculus and Analytic Geometry.
Swokowski, Calculus with Analytic Geometry.
Leithold, The Calculus with Analytic Geometry.
STUDENT HANDOUTS: Please note that any information provided by your instructor supersedes this information.
ACADEMIC CONDUCT: Academic honesty and mutual respect (student with student and instructor with student) are expected in this course. Mutual respect means being on time for class and not leaving early, being prepared to give full attention to class work, not reading newspapers or other material in class, not using cell phones or pagers during class time, and not looking at another student's work during exams. Academic misconduct, as defined by the Student Judicial Code, will not be treated lightly.
DRC STATEMENT: If you have specific physical, psychiatric, or learning disabilities and require accomodations, please let your instructor know early in the semester so that your learning needs may be appropriately met. You will need to provide documentation of your disability to the DRC (Disability Resource Center) Office located in the Health Services Building, 4th floor.
Study for Success. Perhaps the single most important factor in your success in this course is your study habits . This is a fast paced course, with little room for catching up if you fall behind. Successful students have good time management skills. Set aside at least three nights a week to study the topics and work the homework problems. Do not wait until exam time to try to learn new material.
Calculus is based on deep concepts that will be entirely new to you if this is your first calculus course. Even for those of you seeing it for a second time, calculus taught at the university level is presented at a level beyond the mechanical course often taught in high school. A deeper understanding of these new concepts will allow you to solve many difficult problems you have never seen before.
The homework problems are intended to be an aid in reaching this level of understanding, not an exhaustive list of the sorts of tricks you will be required to perform on exams.
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Pumpkin Season? Bring It On!
It's that time of year again, when the weather turns cool in the Northeast, the you-pick farms are flush with pumpkins and apples, and I get itching to bake up some fall treats. As I've mentioned before, I adore baking but with so much to juggle these days, my hobby often falls by the wayside.
One way I've managed to work more baking into my week is to resign myself that it's OK, sometimes, to make a semi-homemade recipe using cake mixes or other quick-prep ingredients, despite my classic baking training.
Growing up, my single working mom didn't have a lot of free time in her juggle, but I very fondly remember baking breakfast muffins with her and my sister on Saturday mornings, often from a Jiffy mix. I still get nostalgic whenever I see the blue-and-white boxes on the supermarket shelf. My mother would help my sister and me measure and pour ingredients and clean up the huge mess of cake mix and eggshells that usually followed. Now, I can't wait until my girls are old enough to help out in the kitchen and discover (hopefully!) their own love for baking.
Below are three of my favorite, and fast, pumpkin-dessert recipes: a cobbler, dip and bread pudding. With all of these recipes, don't expect leftovers and feel free to keep their semi-homemade status a secret, though lots of people will be asking for the recipe!
Please let me know how you enjoy these and be sure to post some of your own baking shortcuts and quick-prep recipes. Happy Friday!
Pumpkin Cobbler
Prep time: 10 minutes
Bake time: 1 hour
Serves: 20
1 large can (29 oz.) pumpkin
1 c. brown sugar, packed
1 large can (12 oz.) evaporated milk
3 eggs
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ginger
1/2 tsp. salt
1 box yellow cake mix (I usually use Naturally Nora brand to avoid additives.)
1 1/2 sticks butter
1 c. nuts (optional)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix together pumpkin, brown sugar, evaporated milk, eggs, cinnamon, ginger and salt in bowl of stand mixer. You can also substitute 1 tsp. of pumpkin-pie spice for ginger and cinnamon if you have on hand.
Carefully pour into greased 9×13 inch pan (I use Pam for baking for all of my greasing and flouring—a big time and mess saver).
Sprinkle dry cake mix over pumpkin.
Melt butter and evenly drizzle over cake mix.
Bake for 1 hour in center of oven and rotate half-way through.
You can sprinkle chopped nuts over cobbler in the last 10 minutes of baking if you choose.
Serve with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream. And a word to the wise: If you want to insert birthday candles, wait for it to cool a bit. Let's just say I learned that the hard way.
Pumpkin Dessert Dip
Prep time: 10 minutes
Chill time: about 2 hours
1 8-oz. package cream cheese, softened
1 7-oz. jar marshmallow creme
1/2 c. canned pumpkin
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
Mix all ingredients in bowl of stand mixer until well blended and cover. You can substitute ½ tsp. of pumpkin-pie spice for cinnamon and nutmeg.
Refrigerate a couple of hours until chilled through.
Serve with assorted fruits and cookies. I like serving it with sliced apples tossed with lemon juice and graham crackers. My sister's father-in-law loves this dip so much that one Thanksgiving when she ran out of cookies he started dipping pepperoni slices. Not recommended.
Pumpkin Bread Pudding
Prep time: 15 min.
Bake time: 30 min.
Serves: 6
1 c. heavy cream
3/4 c. canned pumpkin
1/2 c. whole milk
1/2 c. sugar
2 large eggs plus 1 yolk
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground ginger
1/8 tsp. ground allspice
Pinch of ground cloves
5 c. cubed (1-inch) day-old baguette or crusty bread
3/4 stick unsalted butter, melted
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Whisk together cream, pumpkin, milk, sugar, eggs, salt and spices in bowl of electric mixer. You can substitute 1 tsp. of pumpkin-pie spice for spices.
Toss bread cubes with butter in another bowl, then add pumpkin mixture and toss to coat.
Transfer to ungreased 8-inch square baking dish and bake in center of oven until custard is set, 25 to 30 minutes, rotating pan half-way through.
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Designed to celebrate women who guide area businesses and organizations and those rising to the top in their organizations, the Chamber of Commerce of the Mid-Ohio Valley has organized the Women in Leadership Luncheon to be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 26 at The Blennerhassett Hotel.
Female executives juggle many roles so our theme for the luncheon is "Balancing Your Cup." The luncheon will feature WTAP weekend anchor Shannon Houser as emcee and two keynote speakers who are shining examples of balancing the priorities of a demanding job and a fun life outside of work.
Sandy Austin Feltner is the top female executive for PepsiCo in West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky. She started with Pepsi in 1984 for one of the locally owned franchises in Kentucky. After stints as territory sales manager, marketing development representative and vice president/general manager, she was named market manager for this region in April 2008. She has led her team to a Top 3 finish in Pepsi North America for two consecutive years.
Lynne Schwabe is the director of development for the National Youth Science Foundation. Her career experience includes being a war reporter in Vietnam and a speech writer for Sen. Jay Rockefeller. Her name may familiar to many as she was also the owner of Schwabe-May clothing store in Charleston. More recently she writes a regular column in The State Journal about her humorous life experiences.
Our greatest example of Balancing Your Cup goes to Karen Henline, office manager at Murray Sheet Metal, for chairing this event.
Thank you to the following Chamber members who are supporting this event as sponsors:
Pink Sponsors, Murray Sheet Metal and Prudential Financial
Yellow Sponsor, Astorg & Koreski, Pickering Associates and WV Birth to Three
Orange Sponsors, Alice Harris, CPA, Ameriprise Financial, Coldwell Banker/Landmark Realtors, Junior League of Parkersburg, Mattress Warehouse and WesBanco
Blue Sponsors, J.F. Deem Oil & Gas, National College and WV Credit Union League
In-Kind Sponsors, Pepsi Cola and Mother Earth Foods
Register for the event today. Chamber members receive a certain number of complimentary tickets based on their specific membership tier; additional attendees are $50 a person. To register go to the Women in Leadership luncheon link at www.movchamber.org
Upcoming Events with on-line registration available at www.movchamber.org or at 304-422-3588:
September Lunch Mob: Sept. 12, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., DaVinci's, 215 Highland Ave., Williamstown;
September Business After Hours, Sept. 18, 5-7 p.m., Mattress Warehouse, 2824 Pike St., Parkersburg;
September Lunch & Learns, Sept. 21, 11:30 aa.m.-1 p.m., Just Beneath the Surface, WV Central Credit Union, 809 Division St., Parkersburg;
Women in Leadership Luncheon, Sept. 26, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., The Blennerhassett Hotel
Great Bowls of Fire Chili Cookoff, Oct. 6, noon-3 p.m., Point Park in Parkersburg. Last Call to enter your chili in the Great Bowls of Fire Chili Cookoff for the chance to win great prizes. Competition fee per team: $25 if you supply your own tent, $35 if you need a tent. Deadline to register is Sept. 10.
Visit this space every other Sunday for more Chamber news. We also invite you to call us at 304-422-3588, email us at firstname.lastname@example.com, or stop by the Chamber office at 409 1/2 Market St., Parkersburg.
Jill Parsons is president/CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of the Mid-Ohio Valley.


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Saturday, March 1, 8:00 AM, to Wednesday, April 30, 7:00 AM
From March 1st to April 30th, Alan Shawn Feinstein will divide $1 million among non-profit hunger-fighting agencies nationwide to help raise funds. Oregon Food Bank is honored to be a beneficiary.
Please give - whatever you can - to Oregon Food Bank between March 1st and April 30th, and the Feinstein Foundation will add to it!
Your donation toward this campaign makes you a partner in one of the most successful ongoing grassroots efforts ever to fight hunger!
Make a donation today. Thank you!
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by Amie Valpone
(New Jersey)
Try this unique and earthy salad for a healthy lunch recipe.
1 package firm tofu, drained and rinsed
2 tablespoons curry powder
1/4 cup dried cranberries
4 cups fresh baby spinach
1 6-ounce container Greek plain yogurt
1/4 cup shredded purple cabbage
1/4 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
1/4 cup cooked brown rice
1/2 cup red grapes, halved
2 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons organic salsa
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
a dash of sea salt and freshly ground white pepper, to taste
1. Press firmly on tofu to remove all excess water. Place a heavy object such as a book or a brick atop a clean paper towel and the block of tofu. Allow to sit for 30 minutes. Remove tofu and slice into 1 inch cubes.
2. In a large bowl, combine all ingredients. Gently toss to combine.
3. Serve chilled.
4. Enjoy!
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Issue No.11 - November (1975 vol.24)
pp: 1132-1133
K.H. O'Keefe , TRW Systems Group
An algorithm is given for the base-extension (BE) computation in residue number systems that requires the standard four steps (for systems with three moduli) but which saves hardware. Furthermore, for the particular moduli m-1, m, and m+1 it is shown that fast-BE in only two steps is possible, for all combinations of the moduli.
Base extension, modular arithmetic, residue number systems.
K.H. O'Keefe, "A Note on Fast Base Extension for Residue Number Systems with Three Moduli", IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol.24, no. 11, pp. 1132-1133, November 1975, doi:10.1109/T-C.1975.224147


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A tweet this morning by Daphne Eviatar alerted me to a very important article by Spencer Ackerman at his new home with the Guardian. Ackerman interviewed Dr. Larry Lewis, who is a research scientist at the Center for Naval Analyses but is also described by National Defense University as a Current Field Representative to the Joint Staff J7, Joint and Coalition Operational Analysis Division. In speaking with Ackerman, Lewis referred to a study he conducted with access to classified data, where his work had a remarkable finding:
Larry Lewis, a principal research scientist at the Center for Naval Analyses, a research group with close ties to the US military, studied air strikes in Afghanistan from mid-2010 to mid-2011, using classified military data on the strikes and the civilian casualties they caused. Lewis told the Guardian he found that the missile strikes conducted by remotely piloted aircraft, commonly known as drones, were 10 times more deadly to Afghan civilians than those performed by fighter jets.
Ackerman points out in the article that Lewis mentions some of this work in a recently published article in Prism, which is published by NDU (note: To make things clearer to folks reading Marcy's work on Snowden, I will call the journal Prism and not PRISM, even though the Guardian is once again breaking the news and the journal uses all caps in its name). Although NDU doesn't make it easy to find the most recent issue of Prism, I finally found a pdf of the entire latest issue here, where the article by Lewis and coauthor Sarah Holewinski (who is at the Center for Civilians in Conflict) can be found on pages 57 to 65.
Lewis and Holewinski open by framing the issue of protection of civilians as a lesson that the US military has to learn repeatedly:
Civilian casualties can risk the success of a combat mission. While not new, this is a lesson us defense forces have had to repeatedly relearn. Historically, civilian protection and efforts to address harm became priorities only when external pressures demanded attention. As the Pentagon reshapes its defenses and fighting force for the next decade, continuing this ad hoc pattern in the future is neither strategically smart nor ethically acceptable.
As Ackerman notes in the Guardian article, the Prism article makes mention of the finding regarding civilian drone casualties in Afghanistan outpacing those from conventional aerial attacks:
The assumption that UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) strikes are surgical in nature is also belied by research on recent combat operations in Afghanistan. There, UAS operations were statistically more likely to cause civilian casualties than were operations conducted by manned air platforms.
Lewis and Holewinski describe the impact of both failing to protect civilians and lying about operations in which civilians have died. After describing relatively well-known examples of drone strikes in Pakistan that included such horrors as a double-tap targeting rescuers, the strike on a jirga addressing mining issues that killed up to 40 civilians or deaths at a restaurant, Lewis and Holewinski move back to Afghanistan:
Independent investigations are not always correct in their assessment of civilian deaths; however, the inability of the U.S. to adequately investigate the outcome of its clandestine UAS strikes calls into question official denials of civilian harm. The U.S. has stated that these strikes kill only combatants; however, operations in Afghanistan are replete with examples where all the engaged individuals were believed to be combatants, but a later investigation found many or all were civilians misidentified as combatants.
The continued claims of lack of civilian deaths despite hard evidence to the contrary takes a huge toll both on US credibility and on what takes place in the war theater:
A growing body of research, including that conducted by this article's authors, shows that civilian casualties (CIVCAS) and the mishandling of the aftermath can compel more people to work against U.S. interests. Indeed, America's image has suffered for years under the weight of anger and dismay that a nation, which stands by the value of civilian protection in wartime, seemed indifferent to civilian suffering.
Sadly, this is a lesson that has not been learned by such luminaries as Barack Obama, Diane Feinstein and John Brennan. As Ackerman points out:
While the drone strikes remain classified, several senior Obama administration officials and their congressional allies have described them as notable for their precision. John Brennan, now the CIA director responsible for the agency's drones, said in 2012 they provide "targeted strikes against specific al-Qaida terrorists". While defending the strikes as legal and "targeted", Obama conceded in May that "US strikes have resulted in civilian casualties, a risk that exists in all wars". Dianne Feinstein, the California Democrat who chairs the Senate intelligence committee, said in February that drones kill only "single digits" worth of civilians annually.
It does not appear that we have even gotten to a "least untruthful" official US accounting of the civilian casualty rates due to drones. In the meantime, our credibility will continue to suffer and our enemies will continue to accumulate.
Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, yesterday completed four days of meetings with US officials in Washington. According to the blog site for the ICRC, Maurer met with President Barack Obama, senior members of Congress and a number of high-ranking government figures, including "Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John Brennan, Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, and Deputy Attorney General James Cole."
It is perhaps not surprising that since there is a widespread hunger strike at Guantanamo (and since the ICRC visited Guantanamo earlier this month), detention issues were high on the list of topics for the meetings:
A focus of Mr Maurer's visit was detention-related matters. "The United States, including its Congress, must urgently find a way to resolve all pending humanitarian, legal and policy issues relating to the detention of persons held at Guantanamo Bay, including those deemed to no longer represent a threat that justifies their continued detention there," said Mr Maurer.
But Guantanamo was not the only topic. It comes as a welcome development to me that Maurer would widen the scope of discussion with key figures such as Obama, Brennan and Hagel to remind them of their duties under international humanitarian law:
"We enjoy a robust and multi-faceted dialogue with the United States, and my visit was an opportunity to discuss issues and contexts of mutual concern such as Syria and Afghanistan," said Mr Maurer. "The United States values the mandate, positions and input of the ICRC and I am confident that this interaction will continue to bring concrete results, notably in terms of implementation of and respect for international humanitarian law in current and future battlefields."
Especially when it comes to Obama and Brennan, it is striking that this statement can be construed as saying that the US needs to implement international humanitarian laws and to respect them. Although not stated outright, it is impossible to come to any other conclusion than to believe that the ICRC now believes that the US does not abide by international humanitarian law. I would think that the US practice of targeted killings, which is viewed by the UN as an issue for international law (and where the UN has called "double tap" drone strikes war crimes) would likely have been a topic for Maurer when talking with Brennan, who has played a key role in ordering drone strikes.
Sadly, I don't share the ICRC's optimism regarding our government's respect for the "mandate, positions and input of the ICRC". We need look no further than the sad news out of Guantanamo yesterday where it now appears that hundreds of thousands of confidential files and communications belonging to Guantanamo defense lawyers have been provided to the prosecution. In addition, a number of key files seem to have disappeared. From Carol Rosenberg: Continue reading
In a sane world, John Brennan would be on his best behavior while his nomination to lead the CIA is pending approval in the Senate. Sadly, the world we inhabit has become so insane that Brennan's "best behavior" appears to be a return to drone strikes that come with alarming frequency and include so many missiles fired at each target that it seems likely Brennan has returned to the war crime of attacking first responders who are attempting to rescue survivors at the attack site.
I had noted last May that at least some US drone strikes appeared to have underpinnings that were as political as they were strategic, and my belief in that premise was strengthened as Brennan and the CIA escalated attacks to near daily at the time when US-Pakistan relations had reached a low point during negotiations to re-open NATO supply routes through Pakistan. Although some of the attacks I have described as political seem to have been very poorly targeted, especially the attack that killed 42 people gathered for a jirga just after the release of Raymond Davis, I was encouraged as the attacks slowed and appeared to be targeted on stronger underlying intelligence last fall and this winter.
However, it appears that the pace of attacks is picking up once again, both in frequency and in the number of people killed in each attack. Bill Roggio noted in Long War Journal that the attack on Sunday was already the fourth attack of January in only its sixth day. That attack left 17 dead, although it appears that three separate compounds were targeted in the attack. Today, we have yet another strike, bringing the total to five in eight days. Today's attack, at least according to the Express Tribune, came in two separate waves, and raises the question of whether the US is once again targeting first responders who are trying to rescue survivors:
US operated armed drones fired missiles in Mir Ali and Essukhel area of North Waziristan in two sorties early on Tuesday morning killing at least eight people, Express News reported.
According to Express News, the CIA-operated drones first fired at least eight missiles at a compound in Haiderkhel area of Miranshah killing five people. Four people were also injured in the attack.
Locals are sifting through the rubble to recover the bodies of the dead and rescue the injured.
In a second attack in as many hours, drone attacks killed at least three people.
Although the Express Tribune article could be read in a way to believe that the two sorties might not have hit the same compound, an article by Reuters and two different AP articles in the New York Times and Washington Post all make it clear that today's attack concentrated on a single compound. Going back to the information in the Express Tribune article, then, we see eight missiles fired in the first volley. We have no information on how much time passed between missiles or if first responders had time to get to the scene and begin rescue operations. However, the second sortie, described as within two hours, seems quite likely to have been carried out despite the presence of "Locals" described by the Express Tribune as "sifting through the rubble to recover the bodies of the dead and rescue the injured".
Such is the moral rectitude of the man who has been nominated to be the Director of the CIA. He has once again knowingly targeted first responders who were attempting to rescue survivors from a previous attack.
Update: Long War Journal now reports that today's strikes were on two different compounds. The primary conclusion about targeting first responders still stands, since it still is being reported that eight missiles were fired at the first compound.