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Great product great price put on my large toolbox!!!
By Meat Man
from Dansville mi
About Me Casual Do-It-Yourselfer
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Put on large toolbox so I can move it around seems to do the job fine!!
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Perfect for under my saw table
By Dave
from Nantucket, MA
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I have a table I built to hold my table saw or my sliding chop saw and with a set of 4 of these wheels I can hip-check the table with whatever saw is on it and send it out of my way when my hands are full. The brakes are easy to set and lock it nicely in place.
Sturdy and good looking
By bobwe38
from Bozeman, MT
This was a replacement for an original locking caster under a rolling tool chest. The brake got locked in a recent move and the chest was dragged by the movers causing a flat spot in the wheel.Unfortunately I could not find a match for the original mounting bolt pattern anywhere locally, so this was a good looking replacement which required new mounting holes in the tool chest. Further, it was slightly taller than the original which resulted in replacing the non-swiveling caster on the same side to correct the rocking problem. That caster in the same Harbor Freight style did fit the original bolt pattern and quickly corrected the rocking.
By Grandpa
from Layton Utah
I attached the casters to my new portable work bench. I can now move it around with one hand. My 9 year old granddaughter has no problem moving out of the garage. I am glad to have them for my use at a reasonable price.
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My whole shop is movable
By AERO
from ST.Augustine Fla
My home "shop" is 25% of a two car garage. By mounting my work benches and heavy machines on these casters it makes my small shop more efficient by rolling only the machine I need into the free space that I have.The construction of these casters is excellent and they are quiet when moving heavy items around.The color of the outer part of the wheel is maroon,not the color shown in the picture.These are great caster's !
Surprised by the quality & durability
By midnight
from Hilliard, OH
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I purchased a set of them over a year ago and installed them on my 20ton shop press to make it easier to wheel from station to station. i did not think they would hold up, but this was a cheap option to test the viability of adding casters to a shop press. They still look and function like new and when you lock all 4 of them there is very little motion while using the press (however the press gets most of it forces in the vertical direction). I am purchasing 4 more for my shop band saw. It's factory wheels are not working well and with some angle iron and a set of these, it will be easy to move around the shop!
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These are great casters for the price
By WWBeagle
from Denver, CO
I have bought many of these casters. I am writing this to counterbalance the stupid one star rating. Of course these do not lock the swivel. I have never seen caster locks that lock the swivel on casters costing less than $35 each. I have German casters on Italian bandsaws that do not lock the swivel. These are great casters for the money. Do not rust easily, easy to mount and the pad size is great. Too many casters have BIG pad sizes. The color is actually maroon so they look nicer than the photo. I added extra grease to the bearings as a precaution. Not sure if they have any bearings inside the axle, but would expect not for this price. They are perfect for shop tools and the like. I have mounted grinders, bandsaws, belt sanders. They are great for occasional moving of stuff. I would not use for heavy prep tables in busy restaurants, etc. They are not made for constant use but then again, constant use swivel casters cost 5 to 10 times as much.
They appear to be good quality but I havent really used them
By OldWarrier
from 54155
I'm using them on a portable work bench
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- The sport of tennis doesn't change. It's a game of getting the ball over the net and in between the lines. Whether it's played on foot or on wheels, the challenge remains the same.
"I mean, I think it's just like everything else in sports. A lot of people look at the wheelchair game and think it's inspirational, but it's just like any other sport. It takes a lot of hard work," wheelchair tennis player David Williams said.
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Williams has accomplished a lot on and off the court. He's not thinking what he can't do, rather thinking about his next match.
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PARKERSBURG — Local gun retailers are looking through the points President Barack Obama introduced Wednesday as part of his initiative to try to curb gun violence to see how they may impact busines....
Right now, Obama is a criminals best friend. His idea of leaving Americans defenseless, since criminals don't care about gun laws anyway, will definitely garner him and his democratic party support in prison yards and gang hangouts nationwide.
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Hindsight101, you are an idiot for saying to burn the foundation this country is built on. Im guessing you are a tree hugging hippy throwback that has never done anything other than complain and stir crap. I have 24 years in the Army and am a combat vet of Iraq. I own several rifles that take extended mags. Wanna ask me if I know how to use them? The Military has died down through the years for that piece of paper you want to burn. So the next time you want to run your cake hole go down to the VA, VFW, or Legion and explain your plans to them and see what they say. I think you will find you are in the minority in this very patriotic area. The only reason the 2nd amendment is there is to insure the people have the ability to overthrow the Government, its not there for self defense or hunting. Its our ability to revolt just as Washington and his bunch did during a little something called the American Revolution.
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Goldandblue, you need to check the statistics. England has a much lower gun violence per 100,00 than the US but violent crime there is almost double what it is here. Im so tired of everyone using GUN VIOLENCE stats when its skewed. Look for violent crime...
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"I am STILL waiting for a reason someone needs an assault weapon with a thirty round clip."
To kill people. People who would choose to violate your rights. That's one of the reasons our founders insisted there be a right to bear arms. If you have five intruders (or a tyrannical government) all with folks who don't have to follow the laws because they ignore them or are above them, you may very well need a 30 round clip.
The problem is that some folks don't know their history, don't possess the facts they need to understand the matter, and just react because they have irrational fear of the very things that will keep them safe.
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"Exactly the reason the Constitution is OUTDATED and should be burnt."
Move somewhere more to your liking. Our founders looked everywhere else, saw huge flaws, and developed a government "of the people" that for the most part works when we don't have tyrants who wish to rule by fiat (Obama looks to be going that route). We left Europe to get away from an imperial government. Go back there if that's what you like.
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hindsight101 You said once you was in the Army 2 years,better start writing your record down.
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@stupendous....thats called murder and you go to PRISON with all the other TRASH."
Killing people who are posing a real threat to you isn't "murder" by any definition. Killing? Yes. Murder, no.
Our founding fathers killed lots of people to avoid a government like you seem to prefer. You can either learn from history, or keep yourself ignorant, ignore it, and suffer the same tyranny that those in the past wouldn't tolerate.
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Hindsight: The fact is that the majority of those who founded our nation had experience with leaders who bypassed the representatives of the people, and decided that they needed to ensure that they could arm themselves in order to kill those who seek to remove the freedoms God bestowed upon us.
Not just so we could hunt. Not just so we could practice target shooting. But so we could kill those who would harm us. This is true not because I am a criminal, but because this is what the founders wanted and how they set it up in the Constitution. If you don't like the Constitution you can fight to see it amended. Good luck with that.
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does a rifle's appearance make it an "assault" weapon? I have no desire to own one of these modern rifles. I prefer blued steel and walnut. If you want to know about "assault" weapons ask the secret service, fully automatic pistols (Uzi) protecting Obama and his daughters.
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Where to start? First things first, for those of you who think more laws will stop violence, you are kidding yourselves. Guns are here and criminals do not obey the law so more laws will solve absolutely nothing. Secondly, what I own is my business and noone elses. Just because some idiot decides to shoot someone with a pistol doesn't mean mine will shoot someone to. Just because they shoot someone with an AR-15 doesn't mean mine will point itself at someone and the trigger squeeze either. If you really believe enacting more laws will satisfy an issue when the current laws we have are being ignored, you need to reevaluate your priorities. Face it, guns are on the street and nothing you will do will eliminate that fact. Impose actual punishment to those who commit these heinous crimes and then you will garner some attention. If a person pulls the trigger and is witnessed in doing so, endorse a punishment so severe, the next person will think twice before trying something cont.
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also, are you guys against background checks for all gun sales? this is where you might lose moderate Americans... just sayin, people!
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of the same nature. America has a bad habit of knee-jerk reactions to calm the masses which do not actually solve anything.
Remember, why I own my guns is noone elses business but mine. Our government allows the ability to purchase them period. If you think some idiotic argument between political parties will solve something, you are dilusional.
Remember, guns don't kill people, the idiot who pulls the trigger does. We have thousands of children starving inside our own borders, we have thousands of elderly who need medical attention and you want our so-called leaders to waste valuable time wondering if I should be able to shoot a specific type of weapon. Don't you think they would have time better spent working on real issues like actually coming up with a national budget.
Lastly, your rights only go so far as to when they start impeding on mine. How am I today, Disturbed Again.
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All of the comments are for and against, but only congress will make it a law. Little chance of that. They couldn't make up their minds when to go to lunch.
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i swear the real underlying cause for some of the logic spewed by far-right gun owners is that they honestly want some sort of dystopian, anarchy-filled world just so they can be sheriff of their own front porch answering to no authority.
there are responsible gun owners and there are crazy gun owners. guys spouting out a new revolution is coming really are not helping your defense. you sound absolutely nuts to middle America.
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So sick of hearing about guns,guns,and guns...had to purge facebook
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When the Second Amendment was written, normal citizens had free access to the very same type of weaponry that was available to be used against them. They also had an abundance of violence. The difference between then and now; to me, boils down to two issues. Then they hanged people for their crime against society and now we put them up in living conditions better than many who work hard and obey the law. The second is people would rather blame the weapon instead of the lack of responsible adult behavior with the same instilled in our youth. The 2nd Amendment is fine as written. The consequences need to be severe and taken more seriously instead of being ignored. With that said; (cont'd)
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The President, Vice-President and everyone in congress has sworn to protect and defend the U.S. Constitution, when they took their oath of office. In participating in any manner to restrict our 2nd Amendment rights according to the U.S. Constitution, they are breaking their oath and should be immediately removed from the office they hold. If the media fame and easy prison life were not part of the result of such bad behavior as performed in these incidents that are transpiring at a higher rate than ever before; and people were put to death for such behavior, this problem would stop occurring at the rate it has lately. Bring back the death penalty on a federal level for these murderous crimes and watch it rectify itself.
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Hey stupendousman, or should it be ignoramousman? Nowhere in the Constitution does it say anything about "needing" something. I will use my old example: who needs a Corvette? They go fast and can kill people if in the wrong hands. Ergo, let's ban Corvettes! See how ridiculous your argument is. When people realize it's not the guns, but the people using them, then maybe we can make some sensible progress in this debate.
High capacity magazine bans are also industrial strength stupid. I dare you to break into my house. If I empty the seven shots in my first pistol, and need more, I'll empty the ten in the next pistol. If that isn't enough I'll empty the eight in my other pistol. If by then your butt isn't too full of lead to move, and you still want to come at me, I'll unload seven shots from each of my shotguns. See how stupid your argument is. All I have to say is "don't try it," and wake up and see the intrusion of the federal government in your life.
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An "assault weapon" ban is a joke and nothing more. The only thing military about an "assault weapon" is the way it looks. It is not a machine gun. I use qutation marks around the word because it is nothing more than a made up word used as a propoganda tool to get people to think a certain way about something that they do not understand.
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"If laws do not explicitly state something, then it is open for interpretation."
Given that the founders where clear that we had the right in order to defend from tyranny, it would be reasonable to assume that we be allowed whatever weapons might be required to fend off a small-scale military assault against us.
I mean, if the founder's intent means anything.
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Matt4685 Your spew is typical of far right wingers who are just looking for reasons to hate Barack Obama. As for your insensitive comments regarding the Sandy Hook incident, I bet your reaction would be a bit different if you lost a child. Hopefully, with your attitude, you don't have children.
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I'd have no problems regarding any kind of "background check" if the law required the government to purge the request after the check cleared. There's no need for the government to have a record of who has firearms and who doesn't unless at some point they wish to confiscate the weapons.
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"Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security"
Benjamin Franklin
..and many of the laws and regulations. currently being propose will actually make the populace less secure.
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The point is that it's almost impossible for a regular joe to get a fully automatic weapon. Criminals aren't likely ever going to be able to legally possess them. First you have the cost factor (cost of the stamp, plus the extreme high cost of the weapon), then you have the paperwork that will ensure that no one with any kind of criminal background would get approved.
So, technically there are ways to get fully auto weapons, but practically they aren't an issue.
That's why "assault weapon" bans are the rallying cry for the ignorant and irrationally scared.
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Existing Gun Laws:
Who Can Buy A Gun Legally? If your not prohibited by by federal, state, or local laws, the basic rules for buying a gun including the following; 1)Fugitives from justice. 2)You have to be 21 or older to purchase a handgun. 3)You have to be 21 or older to purces a handgun. 3)You must buy your gun from a federal licensed dealer in your state. You must submit to a background check that the dealer will arrange, using an FBI database.
Who Can Not Buy A Gun According to Federal Control Act of 1986? 1)Fugitives from justice. 2)Illegal aliens. 3)Unlawful users of certain drugs. 4)Those commited to mental institution. 5)Those convicted of crimes punished by imprisonment for more than one year. 6)Those convited of crimes of domestic violence.
The agree the resent mass murders are unacceptable in any society. If the existing laws were enforced most of the single and/or multiple killings with guns be greatly reduced.
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How to Get Natural Hair Color Back?
All older-aged women have always dreamed of a beauty product that could give the hair back its youthful look. But what we yearn for is more than simply hair dyes to conceal sings of aging. In fact, we want grey hair never appear. Scientists from the University of Manchester and Luebeck University in Germany claim they can now offer a remedy for grey hair after they conducted a number of successful lab experiments.
Hormone to Give Hair Color Back
Our hair turns grey with age because of decreased activity of melanocytes – cells that produce a color pigment. Ralf Paus' team created a hormonal drug (known as K(D)PT) which restores natural color of hair. In a lab, scientists managed to restore grey and even white hair to its original color (hair samples were taken from women aged between 46-65 years who undergo facelifts). Actually, it doesn't matter if your hair is grey or white to give it original color back, according to scientists. If further tests prove to be successful, dermatologists think they could integrate this drug into shampoo formulas as a hair coloring agent.
Shampoo against Grey Hair
There are still many buts. First, it will take a lot of time to produce a finished product. Second, the scientists were able to restore the color of pre-treated strands to mimic aging. Although they are sure their magic drug will do the same job for "natural" hair, you can't be absolutely certain that the original color will be restored. Perhaps, as with hair dyeing, we'll have to apply "anti-grey hair shampoo" periodically.
Drug for Hair Color
The article on this discovery published in British Journal of Dermatology says this breakthrough drug can help not only men and women who don't want to look old but also those who lost their hair because of post-inflammatory processes.
A shampoo would be much better than dyeing my hair once a month. I've had grey hair since my late 20s and have to dye it really often. In a couple of days after the procedure the grey roots are seen again. This is terrible.
Maybe soon it will be possible to somehow add this hormone to shampoos to make your hair have the color you want instead of dyeing. This would be great.
That would be amazing if they could get it into shampoo. It would be a best seller for sure.
By using shampoo you can get any hair color of your need is such a good method. it is so simple to get hair color.
Wow very usefull post for me, i like very much your site.
Is this miracle drug ready yet to restore natural hair color?
Thank you
looking forward to the day when such a product is available, would have thought in this day and age that we would have had the knowledge and technology to have come up with something.


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WinZip's entry in the malware blocker and cleaner market is about par for the course – it provides all of the features you'd expect from an anti-malware program and a few extra features, but not enough to make it an all-in-one suite. However, as a supplementary tool, WinZip Malware Protector is quite useful.
WinZip Malware Protector Review
Like most anti-malware software nowadays, WinZip Malware Protector opens up with a dashboard. There isn't much information being shown here – just a bit about your last scan and various clicks for starting another scan – but it's easy to navigate and doesn't feel cluttered, so it has that much going for it.
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APR 29, 2013 - Philadelphia Inquirer
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Philadelphia University's Hall of Fame basketball coach, Herb Magee, visited the Catholic Chapel area at Eastern State Penitentiary. Herb's uncle, Father Edwin Gallagher, who raised him after he was orphaned, also was the Catholic Chaplain at Eastern State for much of the 1950's. Though Herb went there to play basketball several times with inmates, he was seeing the chapel and his uncle's office for the first time. Herb is chairing a fundraiser in May to raise funds to restore art work done by an inmate, Lester Smith, in his uncle's old office.
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Book your room at Red Lion Inn & Suites Fort Collins
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Located in the heart of Fort Collins, this hotel is 2.4 mi (3.8 km) from Fort Fun and 3.1 mi (4.9 km) from Edora Pool Ice Center. Colorado State University and Anheuser-Busch Brewery are also within 6 mi (10 km).
Hotel Features
Coffee/tea in a common area, dry cleaning, and a 24-hour front desk are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a computer station and a front-desk safe are onsite.
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Red Lion Inn & Suites Fort Collins3808 E Mulberry St Fort Collins CO 80524
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A complimentary breakfast is offered. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. This Fort Collins hotel also offers coffee/tea in a common area, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a safe deposit box at the front desk. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Red Lion Inn & Suites Fort Collins is a smoke-free property.
- Smoke-free property
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- Total number of rooms - 60
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PLEASANTON — A national civil-rights group is asking authorities to pursue hate crime charges against two San Ramon Valley men who allegeldy used slurs and beat a cabdriver.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations is urging that the arrested men be held accountable if there was any bias motive in the attack that left 38-year-old Jaswinder Bangar with a broken tooth, bruises and stitches to his face.
Police say Bangar was called "Taliban" and "terrorist" by the men during the Thursday morning attack.
"We get involved with this any time anti-Muslim slurs are used, regardless whether the alleged victim is a Muslim himself," said Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Washington, D.C.-based organization.
Pleasanton police arrested 33-year-old Michael Goldstein of Danville and 27-year-old Jacob Billingsley, of Alamo, on suspicion of assaulting their cabdriver. Police have also asked the district attorney's office to review the case for possible hate crime enhancements to the charges they face.
In a phone call, Billingsley said he could not comment. A call to Goldstein was not returned. Both work for a commercial real estate firm in Stockton.
Police say Goldstein and Billingsley got into a cab driven by Bangar about 1 a.m. Thursday at the Redcoats British Pub and Restaurant in downtown Pleasanton and asked to go to Blackhawk. Bangar said shortly afterwards he was punched in the back of the head and called names.
The suspects and the driver got into a heated argument about whether credit cards could be used, said Pleasanton police Lt. Darrin Davis.
Bangar said after he explained to the men that his company didn't accept credit cards, they agreed to pay cash. But, he said the passengers got angry when he didn't follow the route they suggested.
Bangar said that is when one of the men called him a terrorist and said "You are coming to kill us."
"I'm driving a taxi," he said he told them. "I'm not a Taliban and I'm not a terrorist."
Bangar, who is Sikh, said he told the men he would let them out and they could call another cab. He said they refused.
After he was punched in the back of the head, Bangar said he tried to call 911 from his cell phone, but one passenger grabbed his phone and broke it. Bangar pulled into a well-lit 7-Eleven parking lot on Santa Rita Road and Valley Avenue. When out of his van, Bangar said the men punched him and he fell to the ground. They hit him some more before fleeing, he said. A 7-Eleven employee called for help.
Officers found both men at Goldstein's home in Danville and they were arrested on suspicion of battery that caused injury and for preventing someone from using a cell phone to call 911.
Billingsley and Goldstein both bailed out of jail. A court date has not yet been set.
Hooper, the CAIR spokesman said there are cases where Sikhs, Latinos and others who look like a "stereotypical Muslim" have been subjected to anti-Muslim slurs and attacks.
"It's a recurring theme," he said. "People who are not necessarily Muslim are targeted based on the perception that they are Muslim and/or Arab."
Bangar, has been a cabdriver for a year and half, said he still has pain in his head and neck.
"They might have killed me that night," Bangar said. "God helped me that night."
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Issue No.02 - March/April (2007 vol.11)
pp: 83-85
Kunal Verma , Accenture Technology Labs
Amit Sheth , Wright State University
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MIC.2007.48
In the past few years, service-oriented architecture (SOA) has transitioned from a partially formed vision into a widely implemented paradigm, with Web services (WS) being the forerunners to implementing SOA-based solutions. But even though the current trend is to use Web services' standards-based nature to establish static connections between various components, businesses are starting to explore dynamic valueadded propositions, such as reuse, interoperability, and agility.
web services, description languages, WSDL, service-oriented architecture, SOA
Kunal Verma, Amit Sheth, "Semantically Annotating a Web Service", IEEE Internet Computing, vol.11, no. 2, pp. 83-85, March/April 2007, doi:10.1109/MIC.2007.48


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Jakarta School Sex-Abuse Trial Continues After Claim of Innocence
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Four of five janitors at the prestigious Jakarta International School go on trial today for the alleged sexual abuse of a kindergarten boy, then aged 5, in a campus restroom.
The men's lawyers have said they are innocent. Three of the janitors scheduled to appear in court today confessed and their attorneys have said they were coerced by police through torture.
Police have denied that any of the suspects in the case were tortured or beaten.
During a brief closed hearing Tuesday, janitor Agun Iskandar – the first to go on trial — told judges that he is innocent of the charge filed of sexually abusing a child and that his confession also was coerced.
"In court today, the defendant officially recanted all the confessions he allegedly made to police," Saut Rajagukguk, one of his attorneys, said after the hearing Tuesday. "The recanting was based on the fact that the confessions were extracted by police through beatings and torture."
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Superb Eagle Head Club With Antler Tip Spike
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This spectacular hand-carved 17 long ceremonial club (KJH87) was purchased by Ken Hladek in March 2003 (as he recalls, it was an estate sale and the item number was 0962..."INDIAN TRADE WAR CLUB - LUKA) at a Lolli Brothers auction in Macon, Missouri. The only information that came with this lethal-looking weapon was a note that it was from the William R. Gauld collection of Elmo, Montana, a town located well within the boundaries of the Flathead Indian reservation. Many other items offered in that auction were stated to have been purchased by Gauld on or near the Crow Agency. The wood is well weathered, but not cracked, although the very tip of the eagles beak has been glued in place along a straight and hardly noticeable break, and the various components all have a distinct aura of age. A small glue-backed but faded paper label with illegible print still adheres to its side. The horsehair tassel, pipestone and trade seed beads, and a well-worn wrapped leather handle all contribute to its visual appeal. The brass tacks, according to Hladek, were tarnished when purchased, but the greenish-blue verdigris (copper salts) developed at a later date in the more humid environment of Kansas. The club is not believed to date back before the 20th century...and my guess is first quarter...and was used in tribal ceremonies or when performing for tourists. Whatever its history, it would make a dynamite wall decoration! The club comes in a 2 deep, 12 x 16 glass-fronted collector frame with a small note as to its relationship to William Gauld and a map of Montana with the location of the town of Elmo highlighted. Note if you want to limit your browsing time, try our TWELVE different items on a single page format by simply spelling out the word TWELVE in the search box. That will quickly bring up all of our listings that have twelve different items on a page, each individually priced! And if you want to further refine the group, add one or two additional modifiers at the same time such as Indian, Precolumbian, Stone, Pot, Gold, etc. Any item that has been sold will be so noted on its photograph.


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Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 3:34 pm
Post subject: Tips for getting through a cold
Hi there,
Does anyone have any tips for easing cild symptons. My sore throat has hopefully passed now but I'm still left with a stuffy nose and headache.
If it's not safe to take anything then I'll get on with it, but it would be good to know what my options are.
Any tips or advice?
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 6:31 pm
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hi,i think it may be a case of steam inualation and lots of fluids i work at a doctors and i do know that paracetamol is safe but i would try and ride it out if you can!! make sure you have plenty of rest and get pampered by oh..nice hot bath,hope u feel better soon.
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 8:26 am
Post subject: Zelda from Terrorhawks and dealing with a cold
You've all got it pretty much sussed!
Phoned NHS Direct to be sure and they said paracetamol is the only thing I could take; had to go out and buy some as we normally go for the strong stuff - ibuprofen ha ha.
Need to get a thermometer though, couldn't give a sensible answer when asked what is my temperature other than 'a bit hot'.
Tablets ease the cold but for decongestant had to go back to basics i.e. head covered with towel and over a bowl of hot water.
Feel grotty and snotty like Zelda from Terrorhawks (anyone remember her!) - not a pretty picture at the mo.
On the up side have called in sick, have the house to myself and Sky TV.
Not up to doing much else.
Hope everyone else is o.k.
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 8:53 am
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i find drinking hot water with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice and a spoonful of hunny mixed in very soothing its completely natural and you get a lovely vitamin c boost from the lemon juice which in theory should help your immune system work better at shifting your cold . Oh and i dont want to start a debate but my doc says i can take cocodamol as i suffer with migraine. The only reason midwives dont like you taking it is because it can cause constipation which us ladies all know can be a real problem while pregnant x


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Former middleweight champ Kelly Pavlik pounded game but over-matched Scott Sigmon to a brutal and bloody seventh-round stoppage in the main event of a Friday Night Fights broadcast from the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas.
Pavlik's workman-like TKO was his third straight victory since losing his middleweight titles to Sergio Martinez in 2010. The 30-year-old veteran didn't have to go looking for his unheralded opponent, who stood and tried his best to trade with the rangy boxer-puncher for most of the fight.
Sigmon, a 25-year-old club fighter from Lynchburg, Va., didn't have the skill, athleticism, or power to compete with Pavlik (39-2, 34 knockouts), but he possessed the heart and the chin to stay in with the former champ a lot longer than most had predicted.
If Sigmon (22-4, 12 KOs) had his way he would have tried to make it to the final bell of the scheduled 10-round bout, but referee Jay Nady had seen enough after seven rounds and did the right thing by waving the fight off. Sigmon's face was a swollen, bloody mask at the time of the stoppage.
Pavlik, who is now fighitng at 168 pounds, gave Sigmon his props after the fight but admitted that he had "beat him to a pulp." Pavlik told ESPN2 commentators Joe Tessitore and Teddy Atlas that he would like his next fight to be against a world-ranked super middleweight.
In the co-featured bout of the ESPN2 braodcast, 20-year-old junior featherweight prospect Jessie Magdaleno extended his unbeated record with an impressive first-round stoppage of Carlo Valcarcel.
Magdaleno (10-0, 7 KOs), of Las Vegas, clipped Valcarcel with a left cross midway through the round and swarmed the Puerto Rican Olympian along the ropes until the fight was stopped at 2:25 by referee Tony Weeks. Valcarcel (12-5-4, 5 KOs) lost his third straight bout, but the stoppage to Magdaleno was only the second of the 30 year old's career. Veteran bantamweight contender Eric Morel is the only other fighter to have KO'd Valcarcel.
In the opening bout of the broadcast Top Rank's unbeaten light heavyweight project Mike Lee upped his record to 9-0 (5 KOs) with a six-round unanimous decision over Eliseo Durazo (4-3, 1 KO). Lee, a well-spoken 24-year-old Notre Dame grad, won by unanimous scores of 59-54.
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Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American jazz musician and composer known for his innovative and influential work on double bass and electric bass as well as for his numerous film and television scores. He is best known for his work with the fusion band Return to Forever, and his role as a bandleader in several trios and ensembles.
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Pro and con: Yes, we're better than before; The question to ask is, are we freer than before
Yes, we're better than before
Some politicians are saying that the current administration has made little or no progress in returning the unemployment rate to an acceptable level or to "where we were." But what is that level? It can't be late 2008. This is when the housing bubble burst.
It may have been many years ago when the housing bubble began raising its hidden head. I have attended several meetings conducted by well-qualified economists, where questions were asked about when the housing bubble actually began. No economist could respond even generically.
If there is no certain benchmark depicting when we were last living in a realistic economy, we then are left with this fact: The current administration has made progress in gradually turning unemployment around from when it peaked at 10 percent in October 2009 to its current level of just under 8 percent.
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Re: "Are you better off now than you were four years ago? — Analysis: Economy comes back, but recovery too slow for many," Sept. 30 news story.
Your article was missing a vital question often ignored: Are we as free as we were four years ago? The Heritage Foundation now has us listed as 10th in the list of free countries, down four notches in four years. It should be unimaginable to every American patriot that we be listed as anything but first.
We the people continue to lose ground to bigger government. There are those of our so-called leaders who are actively working to transform the notion of liberty and limited government upon which this nation was founded.
Many of us feel this as a betrayal by those in government and perhaps more than the statistics alone show, this negatively affects the mood of whether we feel we are better off.
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The quality of "Saturday Night Live" season premieres is almost always on the shaky side, and the 34th season debut was no exception. It took off, however, like a skyrocket.
Saturday's "cold open" sketch — a "Nonpartisan Message From Sarah Palin & Hillary Clinton" — rose to the occasion and then kept rising, right into the stratosphere. Former writer and cast member Tina Fey, making a brief return to the show, played the Republican vice presidential candidate, with pregnant cast member Amy Poehler doing her surefire, time-tested Clinton beside her. In the parlance of the show, they "killed."
With CNN reporting Fey's return as national news Friday, the tremendous buzz was reflected in the ratings. Early overnight figures showed the "Saturday Night Live" season premiere earned a 7.4 rating and 18 percent share of viewers watching at that hour — the highest for a season premiere since 2001, and the highest for any "SNL" telecast since Dec. 14, 2002, when Al Gore was host. The numbers were up 64 percent over last season's premiere, according to Nielsen data.
The sketch was written by "Update" co-anchor Seth Meyers with assists from Fey and Poehler, and every punch line got roars from the 400 audience members.
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THURSDAY, Aug. 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental vaccine to protect people from the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus has shown promise in its first human trial.
"This vaccine was safe and well-tolerated, and we believe that this vaccine makes a type of antibody that is effective against chikungunya," said trial leader Dr. Julie Ledgerwood, chief of the clinical trials program at the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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Kenneth H. Bacon, ATSD/PA
Mr. Bacon: Good afternoon. I want to recognize two invasions into our press room today. First, I want to welcome a group of Canadian journalism students who are here and the second invasion is from the Washington Post. They've tripled- teamed us with three people today to introduce John Mintz to the building. So, welcome.
I have one announcement, which is Lieutenant General Michael Ryan who is well known to many of you for his work over Bosnia from Vicenza is being promoted to the rank of general and will move to Europe. He's in Europe, but he'll take over the Allied Air Forces in Central Europe as commander replacing General Richard E. Holly who will move to the Air Combat Command in Langley to replace General Ralston who is, as you know, about to become vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. With that, I'll take your questions. Charlie?
Q: Does the Pentagon have any comment on the two Iraqi defectors who are going home to throw themselves on Saddam's mercy or sword or whatever?
A: My understanding is that Hussein Kamel and his wife are returning. Is that what you are referring to, the two defectors? Are they going back with family members?
Unknown Speaker: They're all going back.
Mr. Bacon: Is the brother going back to --
Unknown Speaker: Yes. They are all going back home.
Mr. Bacon: I understand they were going back today. Well, that's their choice obviously. They were very helpful in providing information to the United Nations, particularly Hussein Kamel, on the Iraqi program to build the weapons of mass destruction, particularly in biological warfare, provided very useful information to the U.N. which, in fact, helped focus worldwide attention on the Iraqi program and its intentions. And, as a matter of fact, had I believe some triggering impact on forcing Iraq to provide more information on its weapons of mass destruction program than it had provided publicly prior to that.
Q: Does this return though raise any questions about or at least put that information in some sort of new light about whether or not it might have been some misinformation involved in that?
A: I think that we've always known that Iraq had a program in weapons of mass destruction. We think that this information is basically good information. It seems a little counter-intuitive that someone would come out of Iraq and provide a lot of damaging information about Iraq and then return to Iraq and this would be considered a disinformation campaign. That's always a risk. But, the U.N. is satisfied that much of the information was useful information.
Q: Did he not also provide some information which helped to further push the U.S. to deploy 10,000 or 20,000 troops because he said that Saddam Hussein was going to drive south through the Kuwaiti border? That was part of the information that he provided, was it not?
A: The..., one of the..., among the information that he provided to international officials and, of course, much of this information was not secret particularly, Hussein Kamel gave a number of press conferences including at least one on CNN as I recall. One of the -- among the facts that he provided was clear confirmation that in October of 1994, Saddam Hussein was, in fact, thinking of another attack against Kuwait. We did build up our forces very quickly and significantly in the Gulf to deflect that attack. It worked. The returns paid off. Since then, we've continued to build our defenses in the Gulf, prepositioning equipment, etcetera. So, that was useful information.
Q: There's another way to view that, I suppose, and that is that he gave clear information that Saddam Hussein was going to do that when, in fact, Saddam Hussein had no intention of doing it. We flinched. We put a lot of forces in the theater and he maybe wasn't telling the truth in the first place. But you believe what he said.
A: We think this was..., we do believe his explanation at the time, but we aren't basing this entirely on trust. We made the move in October of `94 because we saw what was happening in Iraq. We didn't make up the facts about what was happening in Iraq and then wait for some defector to come and tell us that what we had done was right. We actually had good information about what Iraq seemed to be preparing to do. What he provided was what we couldn't discover on our own. He provided the intentions. We saw the evidence of what was going on. He provided the intentions.
Q: Do you still believe that the accuracy of his information at least in that case, and in the U.N. case?
A: Yes, we do.
Q: So, do you have an explanation for why after double-crossing a ruthless dictator that he would go back and say everything is going to be fine? How is he going to be welcomed back in the fold?
A: Explaining Iraqi politics is beyond my abilities. Iraqi politics have always been a mystery to us for some time. Many strange things happen there. I cannot explain to you why the Kamel brothers decided to return. I assume they felt that they would get..., that they would be greeted with some sort of respect and protection, and for their sake, I hope they're right.
Q: Ken, in the interview that Hussein Kamel gave in particular, just yesterday, he mentions Secretary Perry in the context of saying one of the reasons he was going back was that he was concerned that there were things going on, they're trying to accelerate Iraq's demise, demise of the regime there. What was he referring to in terms of Perry's comments?
A: The Secretary talked..., was asked about that when he spoke two weeks ago to a group. I think it was the Middle Eastern Institute here in Washington. The main issue here is that we are keeping..., the U.N. is keeping pressure on Iraq to meet the U.N. mandates. We believe that meeting those mandates will weaken over time Saddam Hussein's position in Iraq. Those mandates, many of which are unmet, are he has to completely dismantle his weapons of mass destruction program. He has to give a full accounting of Kuwaiti prisoners and POWs, MIAs, etcetera to Kuwait. He has to return substantial amounts of equipment to Kuwait which he's held on to. He's returned some equipment, but he's tended to return the dilapidated, broken down, wrecked, old equipment rather than the newest equipment he still holds onto. There are a number of provisions in the mandate which he hasn't met yet. And also, there were sanctions against Iraq which have..., are not clearly strengthening Saddam Hussein's hand. We think that's one of the reasons he's been negotiating with the U.N. recently to activate the provision which allows him to sell oil in order to generate money for food, medical, and other humanitarian needs subject to proper monitoring.
Q: When the Secretary..., the Secretary said in response to questions after that speech that the United States was working with Jordan and other countries in that area to, in his words, hasten the demise of the current regime. He didn't go into details. He said he wouldn't go into details. Was he talking about actively overthrowing Saddam or getting through to the people that Saddam is now `doing very well now'? What was he talking about?
A: We supported, as I think the U.N. sanctions are working to force Iraq to meet the terms of the U.N. mandate will..., could over time affect Saddam Hussein's political fortunes. We've also made it clear on many occasions, the Secretary has spoken about this publicly in travels to the Middle East and elsewhere, we've tried to highlight the fact that Saddam Hussein continues to put..., to pour money into renovating his palaces, to upgrading his military at the expense of the Iraqi people. I saw a wire service story today that Saddam Hussein just opened up a new palace. This is in a country where people are starving. This is in a country where people can't afford heating materials and they can't eat properly. So, I think that when the facts come out to the Iraqi people and others about how Saddam Hussein is running the country, that it could well lead to a change in his political power.
Q: Is it this building's assessment there's a viable successor to Saddam Hussein?
A: I think that..., I can't comment on what the building thinks about Iraqi politics.
Q: Bosnia. How would you rate the compliance level now following the weekend meeting in Rome and any events of yesterday and today?
A: Well overall, the compliance with the military parts of the accord has been very good. The sides of the former warring factions have honored the zones of separation. They've basically moved their weapons out of areas where they're suppose to take them from. They have handled the transfer of territory well and peacefully. All those are very good signs, and they are very encouraging. They show, I think, that the sides basically want to replace war with peace. They want to replace killing with life. There are other areas where the compliance has not been as good, and we've called on all parties to honor the details of the Dayton accord fully. One area in which compliance is not in total has been the removal of foreign troops, and we've stressed to all sides that we expect them to honor that part of the accord. Also, there is clearly not total compliance with the prisoner exchange aspects of the accord so far. So, we've called on all parties to honor that part of the accord as well. Basically, we're encouraged by the compliance with the military part of the accord. We are putting pressure on all sides to comply in the areas where they have not complied completely yet.
Q: But has NATO been able to reestablish links with the Bosnian Serb forces in the light of the failure of the Serb general yesterday to show up?
A: General Walker met with the deputy commander of the Serb forces today for over five hours. IFOR issued a statement describing that meeting. I'm sure you've seen the statement. In the Tuzla sector, the U.S. sector, tomorrow, there's suppose to be a joint military commission meeting at the brigade level. We believe that will take place as scheduled. Beyond that, there has..., although there has been over the last two weeks or so a breakdown in some of the formal communication between the Serbs and the IFOR forces, there has been informal communication going on, particularly at lower levels. So, we're encouraged by that. We're also encouraged by the meeting that took place today between General Tolimir and Lieutenant General Walker.
Q: Can you confirm this report in Defense Week today about Secretary Perry deciding to add $13 billion dollars to the five-year defense plan for weapons procurement?
A: Well, the details of the budget will come out when the budget comes out, and I don't want to get ahead of that document. But basically, that's correct.
Q: I think it refers to inflation winds up being more than the 2.2 percent OMB is estimating, you're going to lose some of that, correct? If the $13 billion arises from changes in the inflation rate. So, the inflation is higher presumably, we'll lose some --
A: If it turns out to be lower, we will have overshot. Yeah.
Q: The F-14 crash. Can you tell us whether this in any way changes the opinion on the safety of the F-14? Are there any..., does this in any way represent a trend?
A: When talking about the F-14, it's important to talk about them in several ways. One is the rate of the F-14 class A failures--as they're called--which is a crash that causes a death or a million dollars, over a millions dollars worth of damage per 100,000 hours of flying to distinguish the F-14 rate from other planes in the Navy fleet and also the various types of F-14s. And it's important not to mix apples and oranges. The F-14 that crashed on February 18th was an F-14D, and the F-14 which crashed in Nashville several weeks ago was an F-14A. They're planes with different engines and they, therefore, have different performance characteristics. So, I want to point out that the one that crashed on Sunday was an F-14D, and the crash statistics for..., I should say class A mishap rate of F-14Ds has been extremely low. The -- I'm sorry. The number of crashes has been extremely low. You also have to look at these over a period of time. And for a number of years, there were no class A mishaps in the F-14D. The last several years..., there have been some problems. The rate has been higher for the F-14Ds than it has been on an average. It's very difficult when you're looking at various..., but the number of crashes has been extremely small, and it's very difficult when..., well, it's been one each, one class A mishap a year in 1993, 1994, 1995 and now 1996 for the F-14D. It's very difficult to spot trends when you're looking at figures that low. And the Navy has not been able to deduce a trend in the class A mishap rate of F-14Ds.
Q: So, you're not overly concerned about the..., of the record of the F-14 in general that 31 crashes in five years?
A: We're concerned, as I said the last time, we're concerned about all crashes of airplanes. They are all investigated twice. There's a legal investigation and a safety investigation. We have looked very, very carefully at all crashes but particularly, the F-14 crashes over the..., whenever they occur. And the Navy says that they have not been able to deduce the trend among the F-14s.
Q: Is there any consideration in the wake of this crash of any sort of safety stand down, either this squadron or a broader safety stand down that would affect all F-14s or all Navy planes?
A: I'm not aware that there is. The Secretary will meet with Admiral Boorda later today and be briefed on how the Navy is approaching this investigation. I don't want to hold out any expectation that there will be a change, but I would not expect that there would be a stand down.
Q: You say you're concerned, Ken. I gather clearly the Navy is not alarmed. This is not out of curve of the statistics that they would expect for this aircraft. You're going to crash a certain number of these. This is not an alarmingly high number as far as the Navy is concerned.
A: I don't want to minimize the concern about crashes, and the way you phrased that question would force me to say that the Navy is not alarmed about crashes. The Navy is very concerned about crashes. Every service is very concerned about crashes. One crash is too many. Crashes occur. They are a fact of military life. The pilots train very, very rigorously, obviously to fly as safely as possible within the high performance envelopes they're trained to fly in. An F-14 pilot gets up to 300 hours of preliminary training in training aircraft such as the T-2, T-45, T-34. Then when they report to their squadrons, they get another 90 to 100 hours of training in the F-14s specifically. They don't..., actually, when they get to F-14 training, they don't actually get into squadrons until they've been able to do ten day carrier landings and six night carrier landings and even then they are not fully qualified to fly all parts of their missions. They have to continue to do work and train in their squadron. Once they're in the squadron and fully qualified as F-14 pilots, they fly another 250 to 300 hours a year. So, we're talking about a lot of training, a lot of emphasis on safety. After every crash, there's as I said, two investigations. And one of the things they do is they look when they get the reason for the crash, they go back and look through the training. They look through maintenance procedures. They look at everything that perhaps could be..., looking for things that could be changed to avoid crashes in the future.
Q: Then, why is the Secretary meeting with Admiral Boorda to discuss this investigation of this crash?
A: He met with him last time after the last crash.
Q: Does he do that on every crash?
A: We take from the top on down, we take crashes with extreme seriousness.
Q: Isn't that unusual that the Secretary would meet him?
A: The Secretary, as I said, met last time and he met this time. He frequently meets with officials of services to discuss disasters like this, tragedies like this. It's not out of the ordinary. John. Charlie. Steve.
A: For some reason, I have you in my mind sitting in that row as somebody else entirely and every time I look at you, I'm terribly embarrassed. Go ahead. [Laughter]
Q: Just for context. How many F-14s are there left? [Laughter] Seriously though, I mean, there's a significant percentage of the fleet has been..., the squadrons have been lost in the 90's. Does it reach a point where the Navy has to look at a successor plane to replenish its --
A: Well, it has a successor plane. The successor plane is basically the F-18. There are 212 F-14As. There are 79 F-14Bs and 47 F-14Ds. Now, the F-14As are being replaced. They're either being modernized or they're being flat out replaced by other planes, and they will be out of service by 2004 under the current program and the F-14Bs and Ds will be out by 2010 according to current plans. And they're being replaced primarily by F-18s. They are about 1,200 F-18s in the Navy now. Yes, Bob?
Q: Do you have anything on the sailor who fell off or disappeared from the America? What the consequence of that would be for safety questions about carriers?
A: I don't have anything for you on that. This was a tragedy where he was searched for and not found as I understand and --
Q: Can you share what happened?
A: I'm not aware that they figured out what happened. It was during a helicopter operation as I recall. Some cargo or something else was coming on board and he fell overboard.
Q: What happened to the..., back to Bosnia--What happened to the foreign fighters who were captured in the raid and the other Bosnian citizens who were taken into custody?
A: Well, the Iranians have been deported, and I do not know--I think the Bosnians were detained and then turned over to the Bosnian government, and I frankly, don't know what happened to them. We can check on that.
Q: Has the Bosnian government ever offered any alternate explanation other than their initial claim that this was not a terrorist training camp? It was rather a facility, an anti-terrorist training facility?
A: They've said two things. That it was an anti-training terrorist facility and that they were training people to arrest indicted war criminals. Those are the two explanations they've given.
Q: One last question on the Dugan investigation. You said before the report was released that the lessons from that would be applied, the lessons learned would be applied to help increase mine awareness. Now, that we've seen the results of the investigation, can you tell us what is the lesson from that and how will it be communicated to the troops?
A: The lesson of that is really to pay attention to your training. I'm not sure that we have to change anything about our training. That was a situation where the, as the report showed, the soldier had wandered into an area where there were mines and attempted to pick up a mine. And that's..., the training discourages that. We are doing a number of things in Bosnia to always keep the training and the mine awareness on the highest possible level. I said earlier that we've put together a pamphlet on lessons learned about mines. That's been distributed. We have a team over there, a mobility team, teaching people how to use new mine elimination equipment and techniques. There's constant upgrading going on. But in the case of Sergeant Dugan, the lesson is follow what you've been trained to do and what you've been trained not to do.
Q: I mean, clearly if he did what he said..., they said he did in the report, he broke a few procedures. But is the message..., I mean, is there a concern about I guess souvenir hunting, for lack of a better term, that might be going on in Bosnia?
A: Jamie, I see no evidence that there's souvenir hunting going on in Bosnia. I don't think you can extrapolate from one unfortunate incident to make a broad statement about all the soldiers in Bosnia.
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