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The 53-year-old said of Polanski"s confession to sex with a girl of 13 in 1977: "It was something else but I don"t believe it was rape-rape. He went to jail and when they let him out he was like 'This guy"s gonna give me 100 years. I"m not staying," she added.
Later in the programme, she added: "We"re a different kind of society, we see things differently. Would I want my 14-year-old having sex? Not necessarily, no."
However, Amelia McDonnell-Parry, of website The Frisky, has accused Goldberg of being an "apologist for rape". In 1977, Polanski was convicted of 'unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor"; he subsequently fled the United States and is presently (since 27 September 2009) under arrest in Switzerland pending extradition proceedings.

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Dr. John Azumah, scholar of Christian mission and Islamic studies, will join Columbia Theological Seminary faculty
Decatur, GA. The Board of Trustees of Columbia Theological Seminary has approved the appointment of John Alembillah Azumah as Associate Professor of World Christianity, with tenure. Currently director for the Centre of Islamic Studies and lecturer at the London School of Theology, he will join the Columbia faculty in the summer of 2011.
Born in Bawku, Ghana, Dr. Azumah is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana. After serving as an evangelist in northern Ghana, he completed his theological studies at Trinity Theological Seminary in Accra. One of two ministers who pioneered the work of the Northern Outreach Programme of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, he established 18 churches in three years in what is known as the Asante Presbytery.
After completing the M.A. and Ph.D. in Islamics and Christian-Muslim relations at the University of Birmingham, UK, Dr. Azumah served as a senior research fellow at the Henry Martyn Institute and a lecturer at the Union Biblical Seminary, both in India, as a CMS-Australia missionary. He later served as a research fellow with the Akrofi-Christaller Institute in Ghana and as the founding director of the Interfaith Research and Resource Centre of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana.
Dr. Azumah has taught in a number of seminaries in Ghana and South Africa and served on the Interfaith Advisory Board of the World Council of Churches. He is also a member of the Archbishop of Canterbury Building-Bridges study group and Lausanne Theology Working Group.
In addition to numerous articles and book chapters, he is the author of two books: The Legacy of Arab-Islam in Islam: A Quest for inter-Religious Dialogue (Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2001) and My Neighbour's Faith: Islam Explained for Christians (Nairobi: Hippo Books/Zondervan, 2008).
Announcing the appointment, Columbia's president, Steve Hayner, said, "John Azumah is a remarkable person, a gifted and disciplined scholar, who has made it his life's work to build bridges of understanding between Christians and Muslims. He has a brilliant mind, a powerful faith, and a loving heart. His energetic, winsome personality, and warm teaching style have already won the hearts of the Columbia community. We are eager to have him, his wife, Grace, and their family join us."
Columbia Theological Seminary, located in Decatur, GA, was established in 1828 and is one of 10 theological institutions of the Presbyterian Church (USA).
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Definition of say-so in English:
noun[in singular] informal
1The power or act of deciding or allowing something: no new employees come into the organization without his say-so
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- The students had a showdown with police when the university tried to approve the deal without their say-so; 66 students were arrested and are to appear in court next month.
- Credit card companies, banks, the phone company, your landlord, your employer, and even the cable guy have likely all had a peep inside your credit file, though none of them could have done it without your say-so.
- He and his family used their control of the unions to take over the trucking companies that serviced the garment district, so that few manufacturers could get a delivery or make a shipment without their say-so.
authorization, (seal of) approval, agreement, consent, assent, permission, endorsement, sanction, ratification, approbation, acquiescence, blessing, leave
informal OK, go-ahead, green light, thumbs up, rubber stamp
1.1 (usually on someone's say-so) A person's arbitrary or unauthorized assertion or instruction: I don't stop on the say-so of anybody's assistant
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- Rent arrears are overlooked and no one can be thrown out on the say-so of a manager - the site no longer has a manager; it has a social worker.
- I don't expect them to bounce a doctor on his ear just on my say-so, as much as I sometimes wish it were that easy.
- This process is similar to constructing a proof in geometry: the author knows the conclusion before writing the proof, but in the proof, the conclusion follows from the logic and not just the say-so of the author.
assertion, declaration, opinion
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MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank today said it will come out with a discussion paper on deregulation of interest rates on savings account.
"There is a view that we should deregulate the interest rate on savings bank accounts too. We are examining the pros and cons of doing that and will shortly put out a Discussion Paper for eliciting feedback," RBI Governor D Subbarao said at the Convocation function of Sambalpur University.


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The construction must have been going on for quite a while. Why did it take so long to start any action? Did we have to wait for a new government?
Posted by Fritz Pinguin on August 23, 2011 12:16
The photos show a significant civil engineering feat. There must have been considerable noise and heavy plant involved over a sustained period of time. I'm glad the locals appealed directly to the Minister for the Interior. They should confiscate the land titles. It might make others think twice !
Posted by Mr Man on August 23, 2011 12:42
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Perhaps someone has begun work on a round-the-island light-rail and just neglected to mention it to anybody.
These reports of the rape and pillage of what was once a beautiful landscape that can never be restored beggar belief.
Posted by innocent bystander on August 23, 2011 13:49
The day someone really cares is when the trucking and construction companies have to pay for moving items without a permit. People complain when the trees are cut down but no one stops the trucks loaded down with wood as they drive by the police on the way off the island. When we start reading about the busts at check points because of no permits then we will know someone is trying to stop this practice. How about all those massive loaders that remove tons of dirt? This practice somehow goes on day after day throughout Phuket and only after someone contacts Bangkok they take a look. The police must be directed to stop construction vehicles to check for permits otherwise there is no hope just build, build, build, tear it down if its in your way. There is no one to stop you.
Posted by mike on August 23, 2011 14:32
And what about the villas being built next to that road ?
Posted by okrim on August 23, 2011 15:56
Three excavators, one roller, one grader and about 10 trucks were involved. The officials know who. While they're at it, have a look at the other hill going out of Nai Thon behind the tower, its the same, and the same people.
Posted by Anonymous on August 23, 2011 16:23
Is this yet another one of the many many item that is on the list of you lot better get it sorted that have appeared on the desks of the main players on the Island after the recent election. How could these people that are meant to be in charge not know about this or who has done this do they really believe we on the island are that gullible, the answer surely lays in the fact that the locals islanders deemed it necessary to go straight to Bangkok for help rather than dealing directly with the local authorities. I do hope an independent investigation is carried out with non island investigators to get some answers and maybe some arrests along with some hefty fines to help restore the track to it's natural beauty.
Posted by Scunner on August 23, 2011 20:30
They'll have to cool it for awhile till Bangkok gets distracted, or if enough payoffs can be sent to BKK. You can count on a bunch of new businesses operating there by the start of the tourist season after this one.
Posted by JingJing on August 24, 2011 03:24
This has absolutely nothing to do with the recent election, local government and parliamentary government are separate.
Posted by Anonymous on August 24, 2011 08:37
I wondered how long it would be before this skullduggery was made public. It seems any piece of land with a sea view will get a villa built on it regardless of the engineering miracle needed to achieve it.
Posted by logbags on August 24, 2011 16:01
Dear Anonymous are you really really that ill-informed as to the ways of the island and Thai government in general, or are you just very gullible.
Posted by Scunner on August 25, 2011 00:51
Reading through your earlier posts Scunner I know now you are clueless as to how Thailand works, you say 'how can the people in charge not no about this', do you really think Khun Daeng the truck driver builds a (quarry) a road in national park, wake up as to only who can do this type of thing!
Posted by Anonymous on August 25, 2011 09:49
That's called sarcasm, Anonymous.
Posted by Scunner on August 25, 2011 22:18
Next time you go north on Sai Kor Rd. (Jungceylon Road) approaching the light on Phrabaramee Rd., look up to the left. New road behind Andaman Hills Apartments, concrete, looks well above 80 meters and about 45 degree slope.
Posted by GiantFan on August 25, 2011 22:31
Ask the locals who they were...trucks and excavators have names on them. Where were the forestry officials? Would you like a list of buildings erected over the 80m limit in the last 5 years?
Posted by Ian on August 26, 2011 06:43
GiantFan, why would you need to use an offroad motorbike to drive up a concrete road? Firstly, it's not a "concrete" road, it's asphalt or bitumen. I drove up there with my (normal) Yamaha 135 cc motorbike and it's nowhere near a 45% slope. More like 15%. And look on Google Earth and you'll see the area of that road is nowhere above 55-60 metres. You're wrong on all counts. Check your facts out before posting wild speculations next time.
Posted by Atchariya on August 29, 2011 14:58
@Atchariya...Sorry but maybe you are thinking of the wrong road...giantfan is indeed correct in his/her account of said road.
Posted by davidj949 on August 29, 2011 15:51
Good on you David!!!
Posted by GiantFan on August 29, 2011 16:23
Looking at that road from my condo today, it appears that the rain has washed a fair bit of it away..[wonder why haha]
Posted by davidj949 on August 30, 2011 09:28
Posted by GiantFan on August 31, 2011 16:25
To the Ed, can you follow up on this story to see if charges have been laid over the Nai Thon road construction.
Posted by coxo on September 1, 2011 10:59
Ed..would you mind telling me why my last three posts on here have been ignored...i don't understand why...
Posted by davidj949 on September 1, 2011 23:05
Editor Comment:
The article is about an apparently illegal road above Nai Thon. We've yet to learn whether there are questions about other roads. Best check with your local authority.
Posted by davidj949 on September 2, 2011 10:11
Editor Comment:
You've just proved all our doubts about you are justified, 949.
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Alert for Residential Customers on Coal Avenue
Garbage collection changes during Coal Avenue construction.
Note: The information below only affects those residential refuse customers on Coal Avenue SE and receive trash collection service on Wednesdays.
Due to the construction on Coal Avenue SE, the construction contractor, Albuquerque Underground Inc., will place all residential trash carts on the side streets off Coal Ave. for trash collection service every Wednesday.
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Definition of merrymaking in English:
The process of enjoying oneself with others, especially by dancing and drinking.
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- The wider feelings of distrust or dislike for the Irish harbored by some passengers on board were concentrated in the disapproval of their dancing and general merrymaking.
- We do not smirk at the misery or the merrymaking of immoral culture.
- Which is reason enough to celebrate, although it has taken awhile for the members of Radke's bargaining team to climb on board for the merrymaking.
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- Intrepid merrymakers from across Kerry recently jetted off to enjoy the holiday of a lifetime that seemed to combine the very best elements of festive fairytales, seasonal songs and Christmas movies.
- There have been times, at social functions and over drinks, when the Professor has advanced this view, and Scott's post brings the memory of fellow merrymakers ' reactions into focus.
- Yes, he would have been appalled by Costa's coppers and their sniffing dogs waylaying merrymakers in Taylor Square, but his outrage would not have stopped there.
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Scene: Art Fair, 5th time's charming
Now in its fifth year, the Dallas Art Fair has gone from a fledgling enterprise to a healthy estuary where the waters of aesthetics and the waters of commerce commingle. Nowhere was the commingling more effortless than at the preview gala Thursday night, a benefit for the Dallas Museum of Art, the Dallas Contemporary and the Nasher Sculpture Center. More than 1,000 attended the event.
For the fair, the Fashion Industry Gallery on Ross Avenue becomes 70,000 square feet of catacombs, packed with gallerists from across the country who display their wares. Wandering through those catacombs at the preview gala were DMA president John Eagle and his wife, Jennifer; DMA director Maxwell Anderson; art collectors Lester and Brett Levy, Karen and Richard Pollock; and nonagenarian grande dame Betty Blake, who navigated the many hallways just fine in her wheelchair.
From the gallery side of the equation, local heavy hitter Talley Dunn had filled much of her space with an installation by Tokyo-born, Dallas-based artist Kana Harada. Talley also had impressive works by locally based painters Vernon Fisher and David Bates as well as some blue-chip prints from Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg.
Watching the scene with nervous satisfaction were Art Fair founders Chris Byrne and John Sughrue.
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Ben H. Putnam Jr., of Marietta announced that he will seek the Republican nomination for Congress from the 15th Ohio District. This puts two Mariettans in the GOP race for Congress, as Attorney Randall Metcalf is also running.
100 years ago
Mrs. Polen, who with her husband operates the gasoline ferry at the foot of Post Street, made complaint against the owner of a rival ferry boat, the Eureka, this morning. Mrs. Polen claimed that the other boat had moved into her territory and the owner was using profane language.
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Thursday, Aug. 22: 9am, Osteobusters, Grace Methodist Church (GMC); 2-5pm, Farmer's Market, Speculator Ball Field; 7pm, Play Bridge, VFW Post, Rt. 8.
Friday, Aug. 23: 3:30-5:30pm, Food Pantry Open, North Country Bible Fellowship; 7pm, Bingo, PCH.
Sat. & Sun.: 1-4pm, Piseco Museum Open, Old Piseco Rd.
Monday, Aug. 26: 9am, Osteobusters, GMC; 6pm, LP Candidates' Forum, LP School; 7pm, Speculator Board of Trustees meets, Village Hall.
Tuesday, Aug. 27: 6:30pm, Piseco Ambulance Corps meets, headquarters; 7pm, LP Fire Dept. Drill Night, fire hall; 7pm, Speculator Planning Board meets, Village Hall; 7:15pm, Speculator Fire Dept. Drill Night, fire hall; 7:30pm, VFW Post 7228 meets, Post Home; 7:30pm, AA meets, LP UMC.
Wednesday, Aug. 28: 9:30am, Adk Lakes Quilters meets, PCH.
Thursday, Aug. 29: 9am, Osteobusters, GMC; 2-5pm, Farmer's Market, Speculator Ball Field; 7pm, Play Bridge, VFW Post, Rt. 8.


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|Moving U.S. Forces: Options for Strategic Mobility
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|February 1997
As the Department of Defense learned
during the war with Iraq, by placing equipment for certain units at key
sites and then flying personnel and material from the United States to
meet up with it, DoD can deploy heavy forces (armored or mechanized units)
quickly and at relatively low cost. In the next few years, DoD plans to
significantly boost the amount of equipment it has prepositioned in areas
of potential conflict, particularly the Persian Gulf region and South Korea.
A Lesson from Desert Shield: Preposition Heavy Forces
Today's thinking about prepositioning has been heavily influenced by the U.S. experience in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Even the most direct routes to the Persian Gulf lie nearly 7,000 nautical miles by air or roughly 8,000 to 10,000 nautical miles by sea from the continental United States, making all deployments to the region difficult. One lesson of the Persian Gulf War was that in order to deliver heavy units over such distances very early in a major conflict, DoD needs to preposition much of the units' equipment.
Deploying Initial Ground Forces for the War
DoD had virtually no warning before it was called on to deploy troops for Operation Desert Shield. Saddam Hussein's forces invaded Kuwait on August 2, 1990, and the United States began sending troops to the region five days later. On the heels of an eight-year war with Iran, Iraq's armed forces numbered about 1 million active-duty troops and were believed to be equipped with about 5,500 tanks, including 1,000 of the more modern T-72s. Although the United States immediately deployed light Army units to the region by airlift, DoD officials saw those forces as little more than a trip wire and a sign of U.S. resolve.
Among the first forces flown to the Persian Gulf were lightly armed units from the 82nd Airborne Division, who were intended to deter Iraq's armored forces from moving from Kuwait into Saudi Arabia. But other than conducting air and missile strikes, the United States had no way to blunt further armored assaults until 123 prepositioned M-60 tanks from the 7th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB) and the 1st MEB arrived by ship from the Indian Ocean and Guam by August 25. Those forces were followed by the 24th Mechanized Infantry Division, whose final units reached Saudi Arabia from the United States about a month later (September 23) with more capable M1A1 tanks and other fighting vehicles. Yet Iraq initially chose not to attack farther south, and instead replaced the Republican Guards who had led the invasion of Kuwait with infantry units, who dug in defensive positions along the Kuwait-Saudi Arabia border.(1)
Early on, U.S. military planners realized that they could not transport the entire set of combat units and
Figure 6.
Arrival Times of Army Combat Forces Deployed in the Persian Gulf War
SOURCE: Congressional Budget Office based on data from the U.S. Transportation Command and Ronald Rost, John Addams, and John Nelson, Sealift in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm: 7 August 1990 to 17 February 1991, CRM91-109 (Alexandria, Va.: Center for Naval Analyses, May 1991).
NOTES: C-day was August 7, 1990. Phase I of U.S. deployments took place over the first 111 days. The ground war began on February 24, 1991 (C+201).
ACR = armored cavalry regiment; Mech. = mechanized infantry.
logistical support from the United States by their deadline of mid-November. Instead, they chose to give priority to Army combat and combat-support units at the expense of logistics and administrative units, relying on support from the host nation, Saudi Arabia, as much as possible.(2) It took 111 days to complete deliveries of all defensive Army forces to the region, although most were in place 80 days after deployments began (see Figure 6). Ultimately, the United States deployed seven and two-thirds Army divisions to the region. By the start of offensive operations against Iraq, the United States had six carrier battle groups in the region, nearly 1,300 combat and combat-support aircraft, and almost half of the Marine Corps's active-duty forces.
Evaluating the Gulf War Experience
Following the Gulf War, the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff began assessing U.S. mobility forces to see how well they suited the requirements of a post-Cold War era. The Joint Chiefs concluded that "the Desert Shield deployment had been a success, but that limitations in mobility forces had imposed considerable risk."(3) In other words, they were troubled by the pace at which the United States was able to deploy heavy forces and logistical support. Many military analysts argue that if Iraq had continued its assault into Saudi Arabia, the Persian Gulf War would have been longer and far more arduous for the United States.
The Joint Chiefs called for new investments in strategic lift. They based that recommendation on the 1992 Mobility Requirements Study, which looked at what forces the United States would need to fight two major regional conflicts in quick succession. Besides new airlift and sealift forces, the Joint Chiefs recommended that the Army preposition sets of heavy equipment and combat-support units on board ships placed closer to DoD's key planning scenarios. That prepositioned equipment would allow the United States to deploy forces more quickly than it did during Operation Desert Shield.(4)
The idea for more afloat prepositioning was based partly on the example provided by the Marine Corps's Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF). The MPF program was created in the early 1980s as the Marine Corps's answer to calls for a rapid deployment force for the Middle East. MPF ships delivered the first tanks for the 7th MEB to Saudi Arabia in Operation Desert Shield.
At the same time the Joint Chiefs were conducting their review, the Army began drawing up its own vision of how to improve on its Gulf War experience. The result was a blueprint known as the Army Strategic Mobility Program (see Appendix A for details). It called for prepositioning equipment for one heavy Army brigade and combat-support and combat-service support units on board ships in the Indian Ocean, from where they could be delivered to either the Persian Gulf or the Korean Peninsula within 15 days. Surge sealift ships would then transport two heavy Army divisions from the United States to reinforce operations within 30 days. Ultimately, the Army would deploy a five-division corps with its accompanying support and sustainment within 75 days.
In October 1994, the Army tested the afloat prepositioning
concept when Iraqi forces began massing near the Kuwaiti border. DoD responded
with Operation Vigilant Warrior, in which prepositioning ships steamed
to Saudi Arabia, unloaded their cargo, and met up with personnel from the
24th Mechanized Infantry Division. The first of those ships began unloading
cargo 12 days after sailing from Diego Garcia. In addition, U.S. troops
flew to Kuwait to meet up with tanks and other combat equipment already
prepositioned there. (By comparison, it took about 20 days to deliver the
first elements of the 24th Infantry Division from the United States during
Operation Desert Shield.)(5) Altogether,
DoD aircraft flew more than 21,000 personnel to the region during Vigilant
Warrior, most within 25 days. If Iraq had not withdrawn its forces, the
United States had planned for a far larger buildup.
Current Land- and Sea-Based Prepositioning
Many defense analysts consider the pace of deployment for Vigilant Warrior a strong improvement over Desert Shield. That experience reinforced DoD's efforts to preposition more equipment both on land and on ships that are closer to regions in which the United States may need to fight.
Equipment Prepositioned on Land
Prepositioning military equipment on land is a potent political signal. When DoD places equipment on an ally's territory, it sends a message that the United States is willing to use force to protect that region from aggressors. Similarly, when a host nation agrees to allow the United States to put equipment on its land, it signifies that U.S. forces would probably also be allowed to operate there. Because of the importance of those signals, military planners tend to preposition equipment in only a few key countries.(6)
Europe. Although all four services preposition equipment and supplies, the Army prepositions the most on land. At the height of the Cold War, it placed equipment for a number of heavy divisions and support units in Europe under a program known as Prepositioning of Overseas Materiel Configured to Unit Sets (POM-CUS). Recently, the Army has been drawing down the four sets of POMCUS gear in Belgium, the Nether-
Figure 7.
Current Sites of Prepositioned Equipment
SOURCE: Congressional Budget Office.
NOTE: Benelux = Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg; POMCUS = Prepositioning of Overseas Materiel Configured to Unit Sets; MEB = Marine expeditionary brigade; MPS = Maritime Prepositioning Ships; DLA = Defense Logistics Agency.
lands, and Luxemburg to equip new prepositioning sites elsewhere. Ultimately, two brigade sets will remain in the Benelux region (see Figure 7). The Army has another heavy-brigade set in Italy.
The Marine Corps has equipment for a Marine expeditionary brigade prepositioned in Norway that was originally designed to reinforce Northern European countries against a Soviet invasion.(7) Today, the Marines keep howitzers, trucks, generators, and engineering equipment in Norway for use in cold-weather training exercises. The Army also maintains an artillery battalion in Norway.
The Korean Peninsula. The Army recently preposi-tioned stocks in South Korea in addition to the equipment and personnel permanently deployed there. (In military parlance, troops stationed abroad are "forward deployed." DoD prepositions sets of equipment and supplies, not people.) Two brigades and division-level units for the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division are forward deployed in South Korea, along with other units such as aviation and military police brigades, combat-service-support units, a Patriot missile battalion, and two Air Force tactical fighter wings. In the fall of 1996, the Army completed most transfers of equipment from Europe to establish a prepositioned heavy-brigade set in Korea. That set includes 120 M1A1 tanks and 68 M2A2 Bradley and Bradley Stinger armored fighting vehicles; it would help round out a complete division quickly if conflict erupted on the peninsula.
The Persian Gulf Region. Because of the experience of the Gulf War and changes in U.S. national security strategy, the Army has expanded its land-based prepositioning in the region. Today, it keeps a heavy-brigade set in Kuwait, including 116 M1A1 tanks, 68 Bradley and Bradley Stinger fighting vehicles, 24 self-propelled howitzers, 30 armed multipurpose wheeled vehicles, and supplies to sustain the brigade for 15 days. In 1995, the Army added a multiple-launch rocket system battery to that set. Because of Kuwait's small size, the equipment is situated just a few tens of miles from the Iraqi border.(8)
In January 1996, the Army also placed 30 M1A1 Abrams tanks and 28 Bradley fighting vehicles in Qatar, which would support a heavy-battalion task force. Today, the combined equipment prepositioned on land in the Persian Gulf region would allow the Army to deploy 146 Abrams tanks and 96 Bradley fighting vehicles in less than a week.
For Operation Southern Watch, in which U.S. and other troops enforce the no-fly zone south of the 33rd parallel in Iraq, coalition forces have deployed hundreds of combat and combat-support aircraft to the region, mostly from the U.S. military. Even before the Gulf War, the Saudi government allowed the Air Force to preposition some equipment on its territory: seven Harvest Falcon sets that provided enough hard-wall shelters, tents, vehicles, power generators, and other "bare base" equipment to support at least five aircraft squadrons with a total of 10,800 people.(9) According to a 1994 press report, the Air Force expanded its equipment in Saudi Arabia so it could support at least 15 tactical and support squadrons of 24 aircraft each.(10) The Saudis have been more reluctant to allow new pre-positioning of Army equipment on their territory, although the United States does have a Patriot missile battalion forward deployed at the airfield in Riyadh.
The Air Force is expanding the amount of equipment it prepositions in the Gulf region. Under a concept called Air Expeditionary Forces, Bahrain, Jordan, and Qatar have signed agreements that would help the Air Force deploy its units more quickly if a conflict ignited. The Air Force is placing equipment at sites in those countries so troops could deploy from the United States and rapidly establish air traffic control, maintenance, intelligence, and mission-planning operations to support combat aircraft missions. Ultimately, the Air Force plans to have five bare bases in the region, possibly including sites in the United Arab Emirates and Oman as well.(11)
Equipment Prepositioned on Ships
The Joint Chiefs' plan to preposition equipment for a
heavy Army brigade on ships is now known as the Army Prepositioned Afloat
(APA) program. In 1993, the Army began placing enough equipment for a heavy
brigade, support units, and 15 days of supplies on board seven roll-on/roll-off
ships (borrowed from the Navy's Ready Reserve Force) at Diego Garcia, a
British island in the Indian Ocean. That equipment includes 123 M1A1 tanks
and 126 Bradley and Bradley Stinger fighting vehicles and can be configured
as an armored or a mechanized brigade. With additional aviation units flown
in on airlift planes, the set might also be configured as an armored cavalry
regiment. Two auxiliary ships with equipment that would set up unloading
operations accompany the seven ROROs. Three vessels loaded with munitions
and two containerships carrying 30 days' worth of essential supplies for
a contingency force are based at Diego Garcia, Guam, and Saipan and would
also deploy as part of the APA. That equipment would allow DoD to deploy
a heavy brigade within 15 days.
|In October 1994, Iraq
built up its forces along the Kuwaiti border, prompting concern that it
might try to seize Kuwaiti territory, as it did in August 1990. In
response, the United States steamed ships loaded with equipment for a heavy
Army brigade from Diego Garcia and the Pacific to Ad Damman, Saudi Arabia,
and flew units from the 24th Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Georgia,
to meet up with the cargo. By all accounts, the pace of the deployment
reflected a marked improvement over Operation Desert Shield. Although
successful, Operation Vigilant Warrior did not go off without a hitch,
and the Army took away some important lessons.
One major lesson was to not pack equipment too tightly inside prepositioning ships. By using almost all of the available space for vehicles and equipment, the Army did not allow room for routine maintenance. As a result, many of the vehicles had flat tires and dead batteries. And because the interim Army Prepositioned Afloat program uses ships that have less elaborate climate control systems and worse ventilation than the large, medium-speed roll-on/roll-off ships that will ultimately house the equipment, crews are unable to start the vehicles as frequently as they would otherwise to keep those batteries charged.
After it became clear that Iraq would not invade Kuwait or Saudi Arabia, the Army took the opportunity to rearrange each ship's configuration as it was reloaded. Equipment to unload the ships is now situated closest to the exits so it can be taken off first. Each ship now holds a battalion task-force set that can operate somewhat independently if need be. Previously, similar equipment was loaded together for example, all artillery pieces on one ship with their ammunition in containers on another. The new arrangement allows the Army to deploy just a few ships to a region to help conduct smaller operations or humanitarian missions.
Among other lessons, the Army learned that sending extra maintenance-crew members with the preposi-tioning ships from Diego Garcia (a common Marine Corps procedure) can speed up deployment. The Army did not do that during Vigilant Warrior, and in retrospect, maintenance personnel could have anticipated and begun to address many of the problems that awaited the unloading party in Saudi Arabia. For the future, both the Army and Marines plan to use that approach.
The Army considers some equipment inappropriate for prepositioning because the supply is scarce, the equipment contains sensitive electronic components, or it is difficult to maintain on board ships. Helicopters are a prime example. Although they can be shrink-wrapped before being transported on ships to lessen their exposure to salt water, neither the Marine Corps nor the Army believes doing so provides a good means of long-term storage since there is no opportunity to run the aircrafts' engines or perform routine maintenance on them. In the event of a conflict, both services would transport helicopters on airlift planes.
In order to increase the Army's flexibility in how it can use the APA, it has loaded the ships with smaller configurations of forces in mind. For example, one LMSR and its auxiliary ships contain enough equipment to open up ports and airfields and initially supply a small humanitarian mission.(13) The Army has also re-configured the cargo loads on each ship so those vessels can deploy more effectively to major conflicts than they did to Operation Vigilant Warrior (see Box 6). However, the size and draft of LMSRs may keep DoD from using that equipment in some ports around the world.
The Marine Corps maintains 13 ships for its Maritime Prepositioning Force, which are organized into three squadrons situated in the Mediterranean, at Diego Garcia, and at Guam. Each squadron houses some of the ground equipment and 30 days of supplies for a brigade-size air/ground force. With a decade and a half of experience in operating the MPF program, the Marines have learned to keep to a minimum the amount of airlift needed to match up personnel and accompanying supplies with those prepositioned forces.
The Air Force's afloat prepositioning program is modest
compared with those of the Army and Marine Corps. It consists of three
ships that house munitions: one in the Mediterranean and two at Diego Garcia.
Three fuel tankers owned by the Defense Logistics Agency are also situated
in the Indian Ocean.
DoD's Plans to Expand Prepositioning
The Defense Department's plans to increase both land- and sea-based prepositioning focus on putting more U.S. equipment in or around the Persian Gulf region. Many military analysts believe that deploying heavy forces rapidly is the key to preventing Iraq from gaining territory if it undertakes future invasions.
Prepositioning More Equipment on Land
In the Persian Gulf region, the Army is expanding the amount of equipment prepositioned in Qatar (see Figure 8). Ultimately, it will place enough gear for a second heavy brigade in the region, including most of the same equipment that is already prepositioned in Kuwait. But in addition, the government of Qatar has agreed to allow prepositioning stocks for a division base set--equipment for divisional headquarters units. Both the brigade set and the equipment for the division base units are scheduled to be in place by about 2000.(14) DoD officials have been approaching other countries in the region to see if they would house equipment for a third brigade set on land.
Prepositioning More Equipment on Ships
The Army intends to more than double the square footage of cargo it prepositions afloat by the end of the de-cade. Following the 1992 recommendation of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Navy is buying eight large, medium-speed roll-on/roll-off vessels to hold equipment for a heavy Army brigade. When those ships are in place by 2000, they will house 470,000 square feet of equipment for a heavy brigade and 1.53 million square feet of combat-support and combat-service- support equipment and supplies. The Army plans to begin moving cargo from interim ships to the first LMSR in February 1997. It is also considering placing other equipment on ships, but the service has not yet included such actions in its budget plans.
One problem with augmenting U.S. prepositioning ships is the limited number of places where DoD can put them. Much of today's current and planned fleet would be based at Diego Garcia. The number of unused anchorages there is dwindling, however, especially since ships that contain ammunition cannot be placed as closely together as other ships.
Steaming prepositioning ships between bases in the region is one way to reduce the need for anchorages. For example, the ships that house the APA might sail between Diego Garcia and Guam, which would keep them relatively close to either the Persian Gulf or the Korean Peninsula. But such a strategy might also add to the costs of operating and supporting those ships.
Another approach is to ask foreign governments for permission to place U.S. prepositioning ships in their harbors. As in the case of equipment prepositioned on land, such a decision can be politically controversial. For example, the United States recently asked the government of Thailand for permission to site preposi-tioning ships in its harbors, since that location is nearly
Figure 8.
Sites for Expanded Prepositioning Under the Administration's Plan
SOURCE: Congressional Budget Office.
NOTE: MPS = Maritime Prepositioning Ships; APA = Army Prepositioned Afloat program.
equidistant between current prepositioning sites at Diego Garcia and Guam. Thailand refused. According to press reports, DoD has also asked Vietnam and the Philippines whether it might keep prepositioning ships at Cam Ranh Bay and Subic Bay.(15)
The Marine Corps plans to enhance its preposi-tioning program by adding one additional ship to each of its three squadrons. Those ships would hold equipment for an expeditionary airfield, a fleet hospital that would be set up on land, a Navy construction battalion, equipment for command headquarters, and sustainment supplies.
Although top military leaders have supported the Marine Corps's plan to enhance its Maritime Preposi-tioning Force, the Administration did not include funding for additional enhancement ships in its budget requests of recent years. DoD officials reportedly believed that completing the purchase of LMSRs and smaller ROROs for the Ready Reserve Force was a higher priority. But the Congress disagreed: over the 1995-1997 period, it appropriated $360 million to build or convert three used, foreign-built ships at U.S. shipyards for the Marine Corps's enhancement program.
Army Versus Marine Corps Prepositioning
Disagreements between the Congress and the Administration about funding are the latest manifestation of a debate over whether the United States should support Army or Marine Corps prepositioning programs, or both. The fact that both services plan to expand afloat prepositioning in the midst of declining defense budgets has led to questions about overlap between the two.
Some overlap appears obvious. Both services prepare to conduct operations in which the United States would need to forcibly insert military troops. Those troops would then need to be reinforced quickly with additional equipment from prepositioning ships. Since at least 1992, some Marine Corps officials have challenged the need for an Army brigade afloat. They argue that with some enhancements, the Marines could provide much the same capability but at a lower cost.
Yet the two programs have some important distinctions. Although Marine prepositioning squadrons may be effective for military operations near a coast, they have fewer tanks and armored fighting vehicles than an Army heavy brigade and lack the support equipment needed to conduct missions 200 to 300 kilometers inside a theater (see Table 5). However, unlike the Army
|Table 5.
|Comparison of Army and Marine Corps Afloat Prepositioning
|Marine Squadron Set
|Army Brigade Set
|M1A1 Tanks
|30 (58 planned) a
|Artillery (155 mm howitzers)
|30 towed
|24 self-propelled
|Bradley Fighting Vehicles
|126 with TOWs
|Armored Personnel Carriers
|Armed HMMWVs
|129 (72 with TOWs)
|Multiple-Launch Rocket System
|Personnel to Marry Up with Each Set
|9,900 interim; 19,900 final
|Aircraft to Marry Up with Each Set
|73 fixed-wing, 75 rotary-wing
|Strategic Airlift Sorties Required
|249 (including sorties
|101 interim; 152 final
|carrying rotary-wing aircraft)
|30 days
|15 days for a heavy brigade;
|30 days on separate
|prepositioned containerships
|SOURCE: Congressional
Budget Office based on data from the Department of Defense and Lt. Col.
Paul Wisniewski, USMC, "Dueling Prepo,"
Armed Forces Journal International (September 1994), p. 23.
|NOTE: TOW = tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided missile; HMMWV = high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle.
|a. One Marine squadron already includes 58 M1A1 tanks, and the Marine Corps plans to increase the number in the other two squadrons by 1998.
program, Marine prepositioning provides support for both ground and air units. Because of differences in how each service trains, equips, and organizes its forces, some analysts contend that comparing the two prepositioning programs is inappropriate.
In principle, DoD has quelled the debate by supporting
both. Two separate reviews of the roles and missions of the military services
concluded that the pro-grams were complementary rather than duplicative.(16)
But since the Administration has included funding only for the Army's program
in its budget requests thus far, tension about which program should receive
priority continues.
The Benefits and Risks of Prepositioning
As with airlift and sealift, DoD's efforts to preposition equipment overseas carry distinct risks and benefits. The main benefits are the ability to deliver heavy forces to a conflict more quickly and at a lower cost than by other modes of lift. Balanced against that are risks associated with having to plan for conflicts in advance: the risk that equipment will be put in the wrong place, that two conflicts will break out at the same time, or that DoD will need more flexibility than prepositioning allows. Other risks include that prepositioned equipment might prove a tempting target for enemies and that U.S. allies might have less incentive to provide for their own defense.
Quicker Delivery Time for Heavy Forces
The key benefit of prepositioning was demonstrated during Operation Desert Shield when ships from the Maritime Prepositioning Force completed deliveries of Marine tank units about a month before the first heavy Army units finished arriving by ship from the United States. Subsequently, the Army has demonstrated on three occasions that its equipment prepositioned on land would allow the United States to deploy a brigade-size or larger force in about four to six days. In situations in which the United States would need a significant number of heavy forces to halt an invasion, DoD could greatly reduce delivery time by prepositioning sets of equipment.
For example, assume the President decided to deploy a 4,700-person heavy armored cavalry regiment with equipment and supplies weighing more than 33,000 tons from the United States to the Persian Gulf. Since the regiment includes more than 200 main battle tanks and tracked fighting vehicles along with other pieces of large or heavy cargo, 72 C-17s assigned solely to move its equipment would take about 24 days to complete their deliveries. (The number of planes excludes additional aircraft that would be held in reserve or that would be undergoing maintenance and repairs.)
Two large, medium-speed roll-on/roll-off ships could move the regiment from the East Coast of the United States in roughly the same amount of time, approximately 24 days (see Figure 9). If those vessels were prepositioned in the Indian Ocean, however, delivery time could be halved. And if equipment for the armored cavalry regiment was prepositioned on land, the delivery time might be even smaller.
The quickness with which the United States can deploy heavy forces underscores another advantage of prepositioning: its deterrent effect. Indeed, advocates would contend that over the past 30 years, the United States has never faced a war in regions where DoD has placed forward-deployed troops or prepositioned equipment.
Relatively Low Cost
Using airlift to match the delivery time of prepositioned equipment would be prohibitively expensive. In the preceding example, if the Air Force devoted its entire planned fleet of 120 C-17s to moving the armored cavalry regiment (again, excluding backup planes), they could complete the job in about 14 to 15 days--just a little longer than two LMSRs from the Indian Ocean.
Figure 9.
Length of Time That Various Airlift and Sealift Forces Would Take to Complete Deliveries of an Armored Cavalry Regiment to the Persian Gulf (In days)
SOURCE: Congressional Budget Office based on data from the Military Traffic Management Command.
NOTES: The figure assumes an armored cavalry regiment weighing 33,000 tons.
LMSRs = large, medium-speed roll-on/roll-off ships.
But doing so would require the Air Force to buy 72 C-17s (in addition to the 48 it has already begun procuring), at a total cost of $16.2 billion (in 1997 dollars).(17) By comparison, buying two LMSRs to preposition the equipment at Diego Garcia would cost about $600 million.
Prepositioning ships also cost considerably less to operate and support than airlift planes. The Navy expects its large prepositioning ships to cost about $10 million a year each to operate and support, compared with about $161 million a year (in 1997 dollars) to operate and support one active-duty squadron of C-17s. And an airlift squadron would carry far less cargo than one LMSR.
The cost of prepositioning equipment on land can be even lower than for afloat prepositioning if host nations pay to build the facilities that house the equipment and help cover the costs of maintaining it. For example, Kuwait has paid most of the costs of warehousing, maintaining, and exercising the Army's heavy-brigade set prepositioned there. The exact size of that contribution is unclear, but as an indication, the Army expects that operating and supporting a heavy-brigade and division base set in Qatar without host-nation support will cost roughly $70 million per year (in 1997 dollars) beginning in 1999.
As DoD increases the amount of materiel preposi-tioned overseas, it may need to buy extra sets of equipment to place at those sites. With the United States cutting the size of its forces in the aftermath of the Cold War, a surplus of combat equipment is available to preposition for the time being. But in the future, DoD may have to buy equipment in larger numbers to modernize prepositioned stocks. The cost could be relatively minimal if DoD prepositioned items such as engineering equipment, tents, forklifts, and the like. If it chose to preposition weapon systems such as Patriot missile batteries or multiple-launch rocket systems, however, the cost of modernizing that equipment would be substantially higher.
Risk of Planning for the Wrong Contingency
Perhaps the biggest hazard associated with preposition-ing is that, by poor intelligence or bad luck, military planners might place equipment at the wrong location. For example, if DoD prepositioned equipment on land in the Persian Gulf region and conflict broke out in Europe, the fastest sealift ships would take at least a month to steam from the continental United States to the Middle East, load the equipment, and then transport it to Europe.
That risk is smaller for equipment prepositioned on ships, since the vessels can steam to any place with a port. But since equipment prepositioned afloat needs to be useful in any number of situations, it may not be tailored for the specific contingency that erupts.
Risk That Two Conflicts Will Occur Nearly Simultaneously
One benefit of prepositioning heavy Army equipment on ships is that it can be used for either of DoD's major planning scenarios. Those forces would be an important means of stopping an enemy assault quickly. But what would DoD do if the two major conflicts broke out in quick succession? If the equipment was sent to a first contingency, it would not be available for the second.
To solve that problem, the Joint Chiefs of Staff recommended that unless DoD withholds the equipment to use only in the second major conflict, the Army should plan to regenerate its afloat prepositioning package. In other words, after unloading cargo at a conflict, the prepositioning ships would steam to the United States and take on a second set of equipment, tailored for the next most likely conflict. The Army has been investigating whether it has enough stocks to regenerate the equipment or whether it needs to purchase more. Preliminary comments by Army officials suggest that because of the drawdown of U.S. forces in Europe, reserves of combat equipment are probably adequate. Equipment for combat-service-support units is in shorter supply, but the Army has no plans to purchase additional stocks. If a second major contingency erupted shortly after the equipment had been deployed to an earlier conflict, the Army might have to use equipment from reserve forces in the United States to regenerate its theater support units.
Risk of Reduced Flexibility
One reason military leaders might prefer to keep pre-positioning to a minimum is that it can complicate a deployment by breaking up military units. As the Army has begun prepositioning more equipment in the Persian Gulf, it has also been conducting training exercises in which troops learn how to "marry up" with those stocks. DoD will need to continue that sort of training to ensure that future deployments go smoothly.
Another risk associated with prepositioning is that military leaders would need to select which units they intended to deploy long before any sign of conflict. But if circumstances changed, a different mix of military units might better address the situation. For that reason, a deployment strategy that relies on prepositioning may not provide regional commanders with as much flexibility to meet changing needs as would deploying forces by sea and air from the United States.
A Potential Target for Enemies
Prepositioned stocks can also provide a vulnerable target for potential enemies. By seizing large concentrations of U.S. equipment and supplies, a foe could weaken DoD's ability to blunt attacks against other countries in a region or could possibly even use that equipment against U.S. forces.
Recent terrorist acts against U.S. facilities in Saudi Arabia and unrest in other Persian Gulf nations underscore the political riskiness of prepositioning equipment on land. Such stocks could attract the attention not only of other nations in the region but also of extremist groups within a country. By virtue of keeping a sizable military presence in the Middle East, the United States runs the risk of inciting unrest or even an arms buildup by a potential aggressor. For example, some defense officials believe that Iraq moved forces toward the Kuwaiti border in October 1994 out of fear that allied air operations in the region signified imminent bombing.(18)
Discouraging Self-Defense
Another risk of prepositioning is that by signaling that it is willing to defend certain allies, the United States might lessen the incentives for those countries to provide for their own defense. That concern may be especially important in an era when the Congress and the Administration have devoted considerable attention to reducing the federal budget deficit and thus want U.S. allies to shoulder as much of their own defense burden as possible.
1. Michael Gordon and Gen. Bernard Trainor, The Generals' War: The Inside Story of the Conflict in the Gulf (Boston: Little, Brown, 1995), p. 65.
2. Lt. Col. F. Marion Cain III, "Building Desert Storm Force Structure," Military Review (July 1993), pp. 21-30; Department of Defense, Conduct of the Persian Gulf Conflict: An Interim Report to Congress (1991), p. 3-2.
3. Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mobility Requirements Study, vol. 1, Executive Summary (January 23, 1992), p. ES-4.
4. Ibid., p. ES-5.
5. Ronald Rost, John Addams, and John Nelson, Sealift in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm: 7 August 1990 to 17 February 1991, CRM91-109 (Alexandria, Va.: Center for Naval Analyses, May 1991), p. 19.
6. John M. Collins, Prepositioned Weapons, Equipment, and Supplies: Overviews and Evaluations, CRS Report for Congress 95-1073 S (Congressional Research Service, October 27, 1995).
7. A Marine expeditionary brigade is a notional structure that would support a 17,300-person Marine expeditionary force or smaller, tailored units.
8. David Kassing, Army and Marine Corps Prepositioning Programs: Size and Responsiveness Issues, PM-378-CRMAF (Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND, April 1995), p. 14.
9. Eliot Cohen and others, Gulf War Air Power Survey, vol. 3, Logistics and Support (Department of the Air Force, 1993), pp. 45-47.
10. David Morrison, "Gathering Storm," National Journal (August 20, 1994), p. 1963.
11. Tony Capaccio, "Five New Rapid Reaction Air Bases for Middle East Take Shape," Defense Week, June 10, 1996, pp. 1, 8.
12. Maj. Gen. Fred E. Elam and Lt. Col. Mark Henderson, "The Army's Strategic Mobility Plan," Army Logistician (May/June 1992), p. 4.
13. Department of the Army, Army Prepositioned Afloat, FM100-17-1 (June 1995), pp. B-3 and B-4.
14. William J. Perry, Secretary of Defense, Annual Report to the President and the Congress (March 1996), p. 197.
15. William Matthews, "Sealift Command Eyes Vietnam for a Port," Navy Times, September 25, 1995, p. 22.
16. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Report on the Roles, Missions, and Functions of the Armed Forces of the United States (February 1993), pp. III-35 to III-37; Department of Defense, Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces, Directions for Defense (May 1995), pp. ES-5, 2-29. Also see Kassing, Army and Marine Corps Prepositioning Programs, which was written to support the latest Commission on Roles and Missions.
17. That figure assumes an average unit procurement cost of $225 million (in 1997 dollars), the Administration's December 1995 estimate of average costs for the last 80 C-17s (out of a total purchase of 120 planes) under a multiyear-procurement strategy.
18. David Fulghum, "Iraqi Invasion Threat Reassessed by Military," Aviation Week and Space Technology, November 14, 1994, p. 18.


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By Deneen Archer, RN, BSN, Patient Safety/Infection Control, Kenner Army Health Clinic May 29, 2014
FORT LEE, Va. (May 29, 2014) -- What is Medication Reconciliation? It's is a process to prevent medication errors.
One might ask, how is this handled at Kenner Army Health Clinic?
Kenner has a process in place in which your health care provider reviews with patients the medications you have been prescribed. It also includes outside prescriptions, over the counter medications, vitamins and supplements an individual is currently taking along with your new medications.
The review is to make sure your new medications do not have unsafe interactions with your current medications. During the review, your health care provider may also decide which medication is best in maintaining your health.
The purpose behind Medication Reconciliation Month is to help beneficiaries become more informed and educated on their role in the medication reconciliation process.
It is important that both you and your healthcare provider are in complete understanding of all medications you are taking and that you leave that appointment with a completed list. Furthermore, it is important to keep that list with you to show to other health care providers so a comparison and assessment for any newly prescribed medications can be completed.
This is so important that The Joint Commission, a health care accreditation agency, added it as part of the National Patient Safety Goals in 2005.
The reviews can help prevent errors with medications. The commission expects health care providers to have a review process in which medication reconciliation is assessed to reduce medication errors. Part of managing medication includes working with others during changes in care both within and outside of the health care organization, making sure patients are educated on the safe use of medication and communication with other providers.
What is the patients' role in medication reconciliation? Keep a record of all medications (include creams, outside prescriptions, ointments, patches, medication devices), over-the-counter medications (pain, cold, allergy, upset stomach medications), herbal (ginseng, omega-3, glucosamine), and supplements (protein, fat burners, fiber, vitamin energy). Keep the medication list with you at all times to use during your doctor visits and trips to the pharmacy. Update the list as changes are made like discontinuing a precription or starting a new one. Make note of any specific directions for your medications such as take with or without food, how much or how often taking, and what time of day to take medications, etc. Read the label each time you take medication to ensure you are taking the right drug in the right way. When filling the prescription or getting a refill, check the patients name on the label to make sure it is correct and let the pharmacist know if there is a change in the color, size, taste or shape of your medication.
Kenner wants to ensure that your medication reconciliation process is completed to ensure safe care is provided to the patients the clinic serves. Medication cards are available at our pharmacy to assist you in this process. Questions about your medications can be answered by a pharmacist in our pharmacy department and for more in-depth questions and review we have a clinical pharmacist that can be seen by appointment. With your involvement in this process the health care team can improve the safe use of the medications you are taking.


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WASHINGTON–President Barack Obama on Monday said he was "heartbroken" by the shooting at a Sikh Temple in Wisconsin, and wants the country to do some soul-searching because these violent acts are happening too frequently.
"I think all of us recognize that these kinds of terrible tragic events are happening with too much regularity for us not to do some soul-searching and to examine additional ways that we can reduce violence," Mr. Obama said in brief remarks from the White House Oval Office.
Mr. Obama, asked whether he would push for any more gun-control measures in the wake of the weekend shootings, said he would talk with community and faith leaders, law-enforcement and elected officials about ways to reduce gun violence. Mr. Obama didn't say he would push for reinstating an assault-weapons ban, which he supports, but said after the investigation is complete, the White House and lawmakers will likely have more to say.
His comments are similar to remarks he made last month after a shooting rampage in a Colorado movie theater. Mr. Obama supports a ban on assault weapons, a position his chief spokesman repeated Monday. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Congress has been reluctant to act on the gun-control legislation and said the president wants to focus efforts on making sure that people who shouldn't have guns don't obtain them.
Mr. Obama said the Federal Bureau of Investigation is still investigating the shooting at the Sikh Temple, but said if it turns out it was ethnically motivated the American people would immediately "recoil."
Authorities identified the alleged shooter of the six people at the temple as Wade Michael Page, a 40-year-old white male who served in the U.S. Army in the 1990s. The FBI said investigators are looking into white-supremacist groups in connection with Mr. Page.
Mr. Obama said if it was important for Americans "to reaffirm once again that in this country, regardless of what we look like, where we come from, who we worship, we are all one people and we look after one another."


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Kansas City police are investigating after a man was gunned down in the street on the city's east side early Saturday morning.
Police said they were called to 41st Street and Garfield Avenue at 1:17 a.m. on reported gunshots.
When officers arrived, they found a man dead in the intersection.
No arrests have been made. Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.
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Prescription drug abuse is a public health epidemic in Ohio, having increased over 350 percent between 1999 and 2008 and having become the current leading cause of injury death in the state.
In April of 2010, Gov. Ted Strickland established the Ohio Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force (OPDATF). In early October, OPDATF released its final report. The task force found that the number of Ohio deaths due to unintentional drug overdose is about 26 percent higher than the national rate. The OPDATF report warns that "prescription opoids are largely responsible for this alarming increase in drug overdose death rates. The opoids most associated with overdose are methadone, oxycodone (e.g., OxyContin), hydrocodone (e.g., Vicodin) and fentanyl." The majority of Ohio's unintentional overdose deaths involving prescription opoids also involved at least one other drug, most commonly heroin and cocaine. This is not surprising, given that individuals who are addicted to prescription opoids often switch to heroin because in the drug trade it is less expensive and provides a similar high.
This epidemic has significantly impacted Ohio's youth; four out of the five top drugs abused by high school seniors are prescription or over-the-counter medications. A 2008 survey issued by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse found that teens are more easily able to obtain prescription drugs than alcohol. The 2006 Monitoring the Future Study, which identifies youth drug use trends, found that prescription drug use among all teenagers is second only to marijuana use and is second to none among 12- and 13-year olds.
The reasons for the skyrocketing abuse of prescription medications by our youth include the fact that they only have to go through the medicine cabinets of family or friends to obtain the drugs and they often think the drugs are safer than other substances since they were prescribed by a medical doctor.
Medicinenet.com provides 10 signs of abuse of opoid painkillers, the most commonly abused prescription drugs:
1. Usage increase - Over time, it is common for individuals taking prescription medications to grow tolerant to the effects of their prescribed dose. If someone you know seems to be increasing his/her dose over time, this is an indication that the amount they were taking is no longer providing them relief.
2. Change in personality - Changes in a person's normal behavior can be a sign of dependency. Shifts in energy, mood, and concentration may occur as every day responsibilities become secondary to the need for the relief the prescription provides.
3. Social withdrawal - A person experiencing a dependency problem may withdraw from family, friends and other social interaction.
4. Ongoing use - Continued usage after a medical condition has improved will result in the person needing extensions on his/her prescription. The person might talk of how they are "still feeling pain" and need just a little longer on the medication in order to get well. He or she might also complain frequently about the doctors who refused to write the prescription for one reason or another.
5. Time spent on obtaining prescriptions - A dependent person will spend large amounts of time driving great distances and visiting multiple doctors to obtain the drugs. Watch for signs that he or she seems preoccupied with a quest for medication, demonstrating that the drug has become their top priority.
6. Change in daily habits and appearance - Personal hygiene may diminish as a result of a drug addiction. Sleeping and eating habits change, and a person may have a constant cough, runny nose and red, glazed eyes.
7. Neglect of responsibilities - A dependent person may call in sick to work more often, and neglect household chores and bills.
8. Increased sensitivity - Normal sights, sounds and emotions might become overly stimulating to the person. Hallucinations, although perhaps difficult to monitor, may occur as well.
9. Blackouts and forgetfulness - Another clear indication of dependence is when the person regularly forgets events that have taken place and appears to be suffering blackouts.
10. Defensiveness - When attempting to hide a drug dependency, abusers can become very defensive if they feel their secret is being discovered. They might even react to simple requests or questions by lashing out.
Major Mark Warden of the Washington County Sheriff's Office believes that prescription drugs and marijuana are the most common drugs of abuse among Washington County youth. He advises parents to educate themselves about the risks of abusing prescription medications and to communicate those risks to their children. The Partnership at drugfree.org provides and wealth of information about prescription drug abuse and prevention of such abuse.
Major Warden says, "I firmly believe that we as a community can stop this by taking control of our medicine cabinets. Keep current prescriptions in a secure place and keep an exact running count of the pills, and get rid of the medications that you are not using." Federal guidelines for prescription drug disposal can found at www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov.
Miriam Keith is consumer support coordinator of the Washington County Mental Health and Addiction Recovery Board. Mental Health Matters appears on the Opinion page on the first Saturday of each month.


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CHAFFEE - The Sikeston Bulldogs ended their two-game losing skid last night as they broke loose to down the Chaffee Red Devils 79-64. This gives the Bulldogs a 9-6 overall record for the season.
SIKESTON - Rehearsals are under way for the upcoming annual Sikeston Little Theatre spring production. This year's play, "Inherit the Wind," is a fiction drama based on the legendary "monkey trials." The play, which focuses on the Darwin evolution theory, is under the direction of Theedemae Cleek.
CHARLESTON - The entrance to the Charleston Shopping Plaza on South Main Street continues to be a controversial issue with the bottom line being: Who will pay for needed improvements. Heavy traffic along the main thoroughfare has created a safety hazard, according to city officials. The city council believes the hazard could be eliminated with traffic signals.
SIKESTON - Four members of Sikeston High School's varsity wrestling squad qualified for this year's version of the state tournament, and for two of them (Blake Sindle and Nathan Askew), it will be a brand new experience. Sikeston's only senior qualifier Don Davis (145) has made the trip once before, and he believes his teammates will do fine as long as they remember why they're there. "It's going to be a new experience for both of them," Davis said. "As long as they keep their heads screwed on tight, they ought to do all right."


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Voice Acting? It's All Character Work!
By Stephanie Ciccarelli
December 10, 2008
Voice over is really voice acting!
Learn more about how in the end, it's all character work from voice over talent, DC Goode, our guest blogger today on VOX Daily.
Voice Acting? It's All Character Work!
By DC Goode
I've got news for ya folks... it's ALL Character work.
After attending many great workshops over the years, one on one coaching and coaching students of my own, I find that a LOT of VO folks (whether newbies or veterans) get into VO because they want to do "Characters".
Most often quoted is "Cartoons" and or "Animation" work... I'm not really sure if there is a difference between the 2 unless you're talking about Anime but I digress, the majority, still seems to be drawn to this genre of VO.
And why not?!
It's way fun, you get to be someone else in full blown character mode and you can usually count on the fact, that the work is going to be truly appreciated by the audience... and Oh Yeh, there's the money.
The magnificent Harlan Hogan says "I have 2 voices, Harlan Hogan and Harlan Hogan with a cold." Harlan, Dirty Harry would be proud. "A man's got to know his limitations" but with all due respect, I'd be inclined to disagree with you a bit.
In that, as Harlan and many other greats of the industry know too well; a bit (or a bunch) of "Character" is involved in every piece of VO work.
Even if it is an Industrial Narration for (let's say) a new medical device. The Director (be they the client, the writer, the producer, whomever) usually already has an idea of what kind of delivery they want. Be it "Authoritative", "Conversational", etc, etc.
Enter the "Character"
Let's say the direction is "A 35 to 50 year old, Conversational delivery with an air of confidence but not arrogant".
Other Serving suggestions in descriptions, may be Alec Baldwin, Morgan Freeman, Ryan Seacrest, or if you're old enough to know who he is, Walter Cronkite.
As you approach this, what Character reference comes to mind for you?
Maybe, it's that boss that you never really liked, a soft spoken drill sergeant or that
science teacher in high school that was dull but always accurate and articulate.
Then comes the Character's agenda, motivation and all that other Stella Adler stuff...IE "The Acting", if there needs to be any.
You will need to develop, preferably ahead of time, a Character of YOU that fits the request at hand. You may already have someone in your "Bag of Tricks" that fits the bill.
Pat Fraley's instructional CD's and workbooks can help you with that if you don't yet have a "Bag of Tricks".
I would presume that by now, you're seeing my point. It's ALL character work.
Whether it's the example quoted above or you've been asked to create the next Sponge Bob Square pants, there's character in all of it. Maybe a little, maybe a lot.
"Thanks" to Pat Fraley and Dave Sebastian Williams (although he doesn't teach any more, he can tell you who else does), for being some of my major influences and teachers in this department.
There are other fantastic teachers, coaches and mentors that I have had the privilege of working with... and I will name drop you folks in my next writing. ;-)
Go forth, be great and have a GOODe time.animation, cartoons, character work, DC Goode, High School, industry, Morgan Freeman, voice acting, voice overs
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Good morning, DC, Stephanie, et al,
GREAT info this morning! Even if you just skim through the Vox Daily, some of every day's information gets stored in your subconscious somewhere to pull out when you need it most. DC is "spot on" about every v.o. being character work. Don't you have your normal speaking voice, and your "professional" narrator voice? And I'm not talking about that phony "radio announcer" voice, just that you become a different persona when you turn on the mike. I'm thankful every day that I can make a living doing something so incredibly fun yet challenging, that makes me stretch the boundaries of my "comfort zone" to keep getting better. Thanks, DC, and Happy Holidays to all, wherever you happen to be.
Right on DC! As always, You ROCK!
I'm lucky, as well as the rest of the folks here in the Sacramento area, to have the pleasure to hear DC on the Radio and TV on a regular basis. Also, DC has been generous enough to lend his talents, time and direction to our Reading Buddy Nite at Nakamoto Productions both as a guest director as well as studio helper. And, DC has provided me with some very helpful tips and suggestions over the last couple of years and I would not have been able to progress in my own VO work if it were not for his help. He is a great a giving guy and it's Goode to see him post some of his wisdom here for the rest to read.
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This article is a great one!
As an actor I love finding out how my peers find the characters they portray. One of my friends said that to find his character he needed to see the costume designer's sketch of him, and another friend said she never really felt like her character until she put here character's shoes on. For me, I had to find my character's voice placement inorder to delve into who I was supposed to be. One character might speak in a higher chest voice, while another comes from a lower place in the diaphram. Once I figured out where I wanted the voice to come from, I would build the character around the voice. I was always myself, but a different version of myself. I love doing voice over work because it's all about my favorite acting tool, the voice!
Pat Fraley's materials are wonderful tools! I recommend them to all the actors I know!
As always, a great article. Thanks so much!
All the best,
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DC- Good stuff!
Many erroneously think characters are all about cartoon and animation or in commercials that are quirky, wacky, funny and larger than life. I've recently gotten heavily into developing characters (attitudes and by scene placement) within the audio book genre; characters that are diverse and finely nuanced in their dialogue and during their descriptive train of thought passages.
Excellent article here!
All The Best,
Bobbin Beam-ISDN Voice Actress
I have used Pat Fraley's CDs and instruction books, and am currently doing "It's A Wonderful Life", the radio stage play where 7 people are doing all the voices, 40 or more. I am doing the voice of Potter, the heartless banker, as well as 6 other roles. My proud moment is standing in front of the mike and doing Joseph, Clarence's head angel, as well as Potter and the state bank examiner in a quick 2 page exchange of dialogue. Certainly made me think, "Wow, I did pretty well there, didn't I?"
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Happy Holidays!!!! Bill Middleton
Thanks to all of you for your comments!
Maybe I've got a a new career here '-)
Good for you Bill! That's got to be great fun! I hope radio theater is on a BIG comeback!
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All aboard for a musical train ride the whole family will enjoy. Led by conductor Dan Allcott, the Oak Ridge Civic Music Association's journey will carry passengers of all ages down musical tracks for its annual Free Family Concert Sept. 22 at the Oak Ridge High School Performing Arts Center.
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In addition to the activities and concert, the Oak Ridge Children's Museum in partnership with the Knoxville Model Railroad group will set up a model railroad display following the concert. The Southern Appalachian Railway Museum will also be participating with train paraphernalia.
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Crime soars in Iraqi city of Basra as army leaves to fight Isis
Iraq's southern province is descending into bloody lawlessness. Sinan Salaheddin reports
Iraq's southern province is descending into bloody lawlessness. Sinan Salaheddin reports
The Iraqi prisoner Baha Mousa was killed in a revenge attack by British troops because his father had seen soldiers stealing money from a hotel safe, a public inquiry was told today.
The British experience in Basra made harrowing drama, but a documentary about Afghanistan was worse
A powerful three-part BBC drama, 'Occupation', tracing the lives of three British soldiers in Iraq, was inspired by an ancient Iraqi poem, says the writer Peter Bowker
A&R man Tom Lewis was in Basra for the riskiest recording of the year
As British troops pull out of Basra, a stabbing and car bombing show that stability is still a long way away
After six years and 179 deaths, pull-out begins
British troops in Basra have been put on an unprecedented "suicide watch" following the death of three soldiers from self-inflicted gunshot wounds in just over two months.
Basra's elections passed without major incident this weekend setting the tone for the British end game in Iraq.
With the date set for British troops to leave, Kim Sengupta ventures on to the streets to find a city at peace with itself – for now
Five years and 10 months after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Gordon Brown yesterday announced a date for Britain's final disengagement from the most bitter, controversial military involvement of recent history. He made the momentous announcement during a brief visit to the country during which the details of the withdrawal of the last remaining 4,100-strong force were settled with the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki.
Gordon Brown says British troops will leave Iraq by July. But after six years of occupation, 178 British deaths, as well as countless Iraqi casualties, there is growing pressure for an independent inquiry into the causes, conduct and cost of war
Britain will begin withdrawing its 4,100-strong force from Iraq by the beginning of March, with almost all troops leaving within a few months, a senior defence source revealed yesterday. The Prime Minister is expected to announce the pullout that, in effect, ends the UK's engagement in one of the most controversial wars in recent times, in the Commons next January.
The head of the British Army has taken the unusual step of writing an open letter to his troops in which he defends Britain's low-key role during an offensive against Shia militias in Basra.
In his last play, Motortown, Simon Stephens sent a squaddie, newly returned from Basra, on a brutal, alienated road trip through an England that had become a foreign country to him. There's a similarly picaresque and circular structure to his new play, Harper Regan, but this time it's a female protagonist who embarks on the journey.
"God is Great," screamed a man seconds before he blew himself up, killing 10 people in a restaurant in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province in western Iraq. A series of suicide bombings have shown over the past week that al-Qa'ida in Iraq, though battered by defections over the past year, is striking back remorselessly at Sunni Arab leaders who ally themselves to the US.
A British journalist held for two months by kidnappers in the southern Iraqi city of Basra was rescued today by Iraqi forces sweeping through the city in a crackdown on militants, the Iraqi military said.


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Council also approves program to develop 8-liter engine for irrigation, other purposes
WASHINGTON (February 11, 2011) — The Propane Education & Research Council (PERC), meeting last week by conference call, voted to invest in the development of a new utility vehicle platform for the golf, resort, turf, commercial, and industrial markets.
With the Council's support, Club Car of Augusta, Ga., will create a propane-fueled version of its well-established utility vehicle. Golf courses and maintenance crews nationwide use Club Car utility vehicles in various configurations, including cargo, truck bed, food and beverage, and people-mover.
"Operators of golf courses and commercial campuses of all kinds buy a significant number of utility vehicles from Club Car every year," says PERC President and CEO Roy Willis. "They are going to discover what operators of propane-fueled lift trucks and mowers already know — namely, that switching to propane will lower their carbon emissions, increase their energy efficiency, and cut their operating costs."
In other Council business last week:
• The Council approved a grant funding request from Buck's Engines for a program that would develop, test, and commercialize a propane-fueled 8-liter engine for agricultural irrigation, pump, and electrical generation applications. The engine would replace the Vortec 8.1-liter engine that General Motors has taken out of production. As part of the development program, Buck's Engines would seek emissions certification of the engine from the Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board for both off-road stationary and off-road mobile applications.• The Council authorized funding for the annual API survey and report of total odorized propane sales by state from all propane retailers. The report, called Sales of Natural Gas Liquids and Liquefied Refinery Gases, is the only regularly published source of data on state-by-state sales of odorized propane. It is used by propane marketers, investors, and others with an interest in our industry. Primarily, the results from the annual survey are used to distribute the federally mandated state rebate dollars (20 percent of the overall PERC budget) to the state foundations and councils.• The Council approved a plan to hire a staff engineer to support the growing number of engine-based projects in the Council's research and development portfolio.The Council approved the following funding requests:
Research and DevelopmentDocket 17086 — Development and EPA/CARB Certification of 8-Liter Engine, $120,000Docket 17111 — Club Car Product Development, $650,000
Industry ProgramsDocket 17117 — 2010 API Survey and Report, $189,337
State RebatesDocket 17110 — 2011 CETP Rebate Program, $200,000
The Council will next meet on April 15, 2011, in Atlanta.