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I have written in this column in the past that I support illegal immigration. This position has earned me the ire of my fellow conservatives.
I believe that we should open our doors to all immigrants, give them a green card, create a strong system for moving them from the border to areas they need to go, and remove the fear from the immigrant community.
This will cause all "honest" immigrants (which are 99.99 percent of those folks) to work with us and make the "dishonest" ones try to sneak across the border.
That will make it much easier to identify the criminals, drug runners and terrorists. Good folks will not fear us.
We will be safer, more secure, give hope to many, and enjoy the fruits of inexpensive labor.
Unfortunately, an unforeseen development has arisen. Many unaccompanied children from Central American countries are attempting to cross the border in record numbers.
The Border Patrol reports about 52,000 apprehensions have been made so far. The total may be far greater by year end.
The Florida Times-Union reports that 75 percent of the children entering are from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. They are fleeing poverty and gang influence.
The AP says that many Salvadorans are fleeing a gang called "Sombra Negra" or "Black Shadow," which appears to be involved in the "killing of teens in gang-controlled neighborhoods."
Central American parents are making the incredibly difficult choice to send their kids on an arduous, 1,000-mile journey through Mexico to escape the problems in their home country.
I can only imagine the anguish that these parents feel.
It appears that drug cartels are complicit in trafficking of children. As many as one-third of the girls are raped during the journey, and many wind up in the sex trade.
That is, if they reach the border at all.
Part of the problem is a law signed by George W. Bush that precludes the repatriation of children from Central American countries. This law, as many that come out of Washington, has severe unintended consequences that were not foreseen at the time of their passage.
President Obama has tried to stem the flow with statements such as "do not send your children to the borders. If they do make it, they'll get sent back.
"More importantly, they may not make it." In retrospect, this was a very odd statement.
The Obama administration knew about the coming surge in minor children crossing borders as early as January.
Reports have circulated that the Border Patrol was ordered to prepare for this surge early this year.
Border security has broken down. The Border Patrol is so overwhelmed that uniformed officers have been removed from the field to care for the children.
The cartels and criminals know this and are penetrating our borders with impunity.
What happens if one of these unopposed crossers is a terrorist? Or a team of terrorists? These people are not stupid and will gladly take advantage of the administration's gross mismanagement of the situation.
And for our liberal friends, yes, Republicans are complicit in this mess due to the Bush repatriation legislation.
So what should we do? Short term, we must do the humanitarian thing and house/feed/protect these kids. Allow churches, synagogues, and other humanitarian groups to help.
But, ultimately, these kids must be returned to families in Central America.
Why? Simple reason. If we do not return them, we encourage more of the same behavior of parents to endanger their children by future crossings.
If parents see children returned to other families in Central America, they will realize that it is a fruitless venture and will stop doing it.
Of course, this will cause families to look hard at their own communities and ask questions of their leadership:
Why is gang violence allowed in our town?
Why is drug trafficking ignored and even encouraged? Why is our community unsafe?
This may cause positive change.
Let's also be honest. The bad guys are taking advantage of this. The opportunity to slip in a terrorist team right now is tremendous. Drugs can flow across the border nearly unimpeded.
Criminals with long histories can walk into San Diego with impunity.
President Obama must act to protect these kids, protect future kids, protect our borders, and protect our nation.
To do otherwise is simply irresponsible.
Steve Lunetta is a resident of Santa Clarita. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Is Tim Gunn's no-sex revelation a 'Revolution' or too much information?
Much has been made about Tim Gunn's recent revelation on "The Revolution" that he hasn't had sex in 29 years (he's fine with it, by the way). Still, he didn't seem fine with sharing this tidbit with millions of people, if this clip is any indication. He seems nervous and shaky, as probably befits someone transitioning from fashion guru to endlessly gabbing talking head. While I'd watch Tim Gunn read the phone book, and I have no doubt he's a good addition to "The Revolution" as the show's resident fashion expert, I'm a little unnerved that someone who seems to be so reserved by nature is being tapped for every aspect of this chatty-Cathy show -- including sex talk.
Having noticed all the blather about Gunn's confession, I felt the need to tune in to "The Revolution," which is yet another show going after "Oprah"'s audience. But while "The Chew" has a stronger focus (food), "The Revolution" is a bit of "Dr. Oz," a smattering of the now-defunct "Extreme Makeover: Home Improvement," and a touch of the Style Network. The idea is that women (and this show is clearly aimed at them) can make over every aspect of their lives just by tuning in, whether that means learning how to patch holes in their drywall or get their, um, "juices flowing" (that's a quote, not my word choice, by the way).
Celebrity trainer Harley Pasternak, therapist Dr. Tiffanie Davis Henry, women's health expert Dr. Jennifer Ashton, design expert Ty Pennington and Gunn are our experts, and as such everyone seems determined to chip in with his or her two cents, whether it's warranted or not. While the chemistry here is more relaxed and comfortable than what we initially saw on the frenetic "The Chew," there are still segments that need refining.
While tracking a "hero" each week (condensing a five month make-over process into five days) is pretty genius, Pennington's home and decorating segments often seem forced (plus Pennington seems to think he's still on "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," often yelling his way through pieces that don't benefit from it). Dr. Ashton and Dr. Henry have yet to really emerge as engaging personalities (though Henry has the most potential). Gunn, of course, comes to the show as a fully articulated character -- and one the show intends to milk thoroughly.
In addition to his no-sex confession, he's also tackled his fear of driving (turns out he lives in subway-accessible New York City for a reason) and pops up regularly to administer hugs and show women how to obscure their muffin tops. And all I can think is, "You could do so much better than what this show, Tim."
On "Project Runway," it was readily apparent that Gunn is an actual player within the fashion industry. He was CCO of Liz Claiborne and an associate dean at Parsons The New School for Design. He gave insightful advice to designers on how to best improve their work (something his replacement, Joanna Coles, seems incapable of doing). He was a force to be reckoned with. He was admired and respected.
On "The Revolution," he's doing the same "match a white blouse with a fun leopard print belt!" we expect from any dimbulb who thinks he or she knows fashion. Worse, he seems to be taking on the role of the lovable, slightly weird grandpa whom everyone adores but thinks is a little sad. Aw, poor Tim, he's alone and lonely (he's not). Poor Tim, he can't drive. Poor Tim, he wears suits EVERYWHERE. The quirks that make him unique are now the quirks that make him "relatable" (oh, how I loathe that word) to a broad viewership.
I have to hope this isn't ABC's idea of making an openly gay man palatable. God knows gay characters were a part of the two shows the network canceled to make room for "The Revolution" and "The Chew" ("All My Children" and "One Life to Live"). Of course, Gunn has made the choice to show himself, flaws and all, on "The Revolution," and that's to be admired. The show is about making yourself over, after all. But if he continues to be the go-to guy for shocking and/or weird revelations, I hope he rethinks opening up on "The Revolution," at least not until the rest of the cast fills us in about their secrets. It's only fair.
Do you think Tim Gunn revealed too much about his sexual dry spell? Do you watch "The Revolution"? Do you miss him on "Project Runway"?


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Barcelona to Philly to BostonMay 2, 20161Flying into Philly from Barcelona, American Airlines #743, arriving Philly at 4:10pm, departing Philly at 5:45pm American Airlines #715. Is there enough time to make the connection? I suppose we will have to go through customs and then security. No checked bags. Thanks.szMon, May 2
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halifax to phillyApr 29, 20161What terminal do we arrive at coming from Halifax on American Airlines? we are connecting from terminal f, will we have to go through security again? I'm concerned that we would lose our Duty free purchase as we are only taking carry on luggage, Thanks for info.halifaxFri, Apr 29You will arrive in Terminal F as well. Even if you do not. Terminal F is connected to the other terminals inside security by a shuttle bus and you will pre-clear US Immigration and Customs in Halifax so you do not have to worry about going through security in Philadelphia.ZAPFri, Apr 29
Coming into and out of PHLApr 29, 20161Hi I am flying from Manchester UK into PHL and then have a connecting flight onto Dayton OH - there is 2 hours and 15 minutes between the incoming and outgoing flights. Firstly, is that enough time to clear customs (not the fast track agreement because the UK doesn't have that yet) and will I have to collect and re-check my bag or is it checked all the way through from Manchester? Secondly, the return leg is the same but I only have 1 hour 21 minutes to get my connecting flight back to Manchester. Again, is that going to be enough time? Apologies for such a long post and thanks in advance for any responses.SponFri, Apr 29Yes, that should be enough time. Yes, your bags will be tagged to DAY, but in Philadelphia you will go through US Immigration, claim your bags, go through US Customs, re-check your bags at the re-check desk, then go through security and to your departure gate. On the return to Manchester, all you have to do in Philadelphia is walk from your arrival gate to your departure gate. There is no US Customs when leaving the US. Again, you have enough time.ZAPFri, Apr 29
connection flights terminals and timeApr 29, 20161travelling domestic to philadelphia from atlanta then onto london heathrow we have 1hr 40 mins time to get from i think its terminal c to terminal a how far is it as both husband and i dodgy knees ,.another question is we are doing lhr to charlotte do we get baggage and do imiigration and recheck bagsannie sFri, Apr 29It's too too far and there are moving walkways. you have plenty of time on your way to London. On the way back, in Charlotte you will go through US Immigration, claim your bags, go through US Customs, re-check your bags at the re-check desk, and go through security.ZAPFri, Apr 29
a long wait... helpApr 29, 20161I will be flying into phl and have to wait a very long time for my ride. I am not taking another flight. my question is when I land in phl and get my checked baggage... what is there to do? are there any shops or somewhere to eat outside of security?laurieFri, Apr 29
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1hr 33min connectionApr 28, 20163Hi, I will be flying from Greeville (SC) to Doha with connecting flight from Philadelphia. Flight from Greenville will land on Terminal F while departure flight to Doha is from Terminal A. Will appreciate if you can guide on transit process, do I have to pass through both from Immigration & security (OR) only security? Is 1hr 33min is sufficient time to catch Doha flight?MoonThu, Apr 28You will have to go through neither. There us no US Immigration or customs when leaving the US. If both tickets are on the same reservation and bags are checked through you just have to take the shuttle bus inside security from Terminal F to Terminal A. You have plenty of time.ZAPThu, Apr 28Hi ZAP, Thanks so much for the quick response - appreciate it. Both the tickets are on same reservation and hopefully I will be able to check my baggage for end destination from Greenville airport. So once baggage is checked to end destination then I don't have to pass through any further scanning or security at Philadelphia airport, just take shuttle bus from terminal F to terminal A and that's it. Am I right?MoonThu, Apr 28
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1h33 min flight connectionApr 26, 20161Hi! I'l be travelling from Cancun to Paris with a connection in Philadelphia. I've a checked luggage. What will be the procedure? Wil I have enough time to get on the plane? ThanksKiryamaTue, Apr 26You will arrive in Terminal A go through US Immigration, claim your bags, go through US Customs, re-check your bags at the re-check desk, then go through security and to your departure gate, also in Terminal A. You have just enough time if everything goes smoothly.ZAPTue, Apr 26
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Philips USB Keyring: more than data storage
Monday June 30, 2003
Among several impressive multi-purpose portable USB devices to emerge from this month's CES in Sydney is Philips new line of portable Key Ring MP3 players and digital cameras. Set for release in September 2003, the devices can also be used for data storage drives with up to 128MB capacity.
The key ring range will include a MP3 player/portable HDD combination operated by a cord remote control or a neck strap with the remote built into the fabric.
The digital camera versions include the same lightweight magnesium casing as the MP3 players (both units weigh just 35g) and capture a 1.3 mega-pixel image.
Both combinations accommodate downloading via direct "plug and play" USB connectivity and also feature direct battery recharging via USB for up to 6.5 hours of operation.
The new Key Rings are the smallest of their kind that Philips has ever produced and 128MB and 64MB versions will be available in Australia from September 2003. No price was available at the time of publication - check back to www.Gizmo.com.au for updates or visit www.philips.com for further information.


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To compare carotid endarterectomy (CEA) based solely on Duplex ultrasonography (DU) with CEA based on DU and arteriography.
Design and Setting:
Retrospective case series analysis in a regional tertiary care center.
Consecutive sample of 194 patients undergoing 218 CEAs from January 1, 1993, through June 30, 1995, with either preoperative DU plus arteriography (165 CEAs) or DU only (53 CEAs).
Main Outcome Measures:
Concordance of the 2 diagnostic imaging techniques and influence of these on the conduct of surgery, surgical outcome, and resource cost.
There was agreement (κ=0.85) between DU and arteriography in the detection of a carotid occlusion or a stenosis greater than 45%. Arteriography demonstrated 26 aortic arch branch lesions (15.8%), 22 intracranial abnormalities (13.3%), and 6 type C ulcers (3.6%), in addition to 1 nonoccluded internal carotid artery (ICA) (0.61%) and 1 contralateral severe ICA stenosis (0.61%) inaccurately estimated by Duplex. These findings prompted 3 changes (1.8%) in surgical therapy, including 2 decisions in favor of CEA and 1 subclavian-carotid bypass added to CEA. There was no difference in the stroke and death rate for CEA based solely on DU compared with CEA based on DU and arteriography (P=.43). The mean total hospital cost was $5534 for DU only CEA vs $7608 for DU plus arteriogram CEA (mean difference=$2074, P<.01).
The addition of carotid arteriography to a diagnostic Duplex ultrasound study that already suggested the need for CEA did not change the operative plan in 98% (162/165) of the cases. Carotid endarterectomy based solely on DU is appropriate and cost-effective.Arch Surg. 1997;132:268-271
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Bernie Ecclestone, the billionaire chief executive of Formula One, has offered to pay more than £35 million to stage the biggest grand prix motor race in the world in London.
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Instagram Bans Thinspiration: But Does it Matter?Heather Neal
Thinspiration. Thinspo. Pro-ana.
All seemingly made up words; all potentially leading to devastating results. Though you may not recognize them, they're used extensively in the online community of eating disorders. They represent pictures, quotes, and motivation to be thin. To not eat. To harm yourself. There are a shocking number of websites and blogs dedicated to providing "tips" for people with eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia. It comes at no surprise that these photos can be both disturbing and powerful. One study showed that girls exposed to these type of pro-ana websites for an hour and a half reported lower self esteem, more image comparison, and seeing themselves as heavier. An hour and a half. Can you imagine the influence these messages have on a young girl that sits at her computer for hours on end?
Now it even goes beyond websites and blogs. "Thinspiration" is popping up all over social media. Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Tumblr have all had to decide how they're going to handle it. Last April, the highly visual driven platform Instagram banned certain hashtags, or search terms, that represent these types of negative images. #Thinspiration, #thinspo, #proanorexia, #probulimia, and #loseweight were all banned on Instagram. You can still use these hashtags, but the image won't show up in any search results. While this doesn't get rid of the fact that the images are out there for anyone to see, it does make it harder for people to intentionally seek out such photos.
That sounds great in theory, but that's only five hashtags. There are hundreds, if not more, words that describe the same thing: pro-ana being one, along with pro-mia and pro-ED. (Common words for websites with thinspiration messages.) Not to mention creativity in spelling or using numbers that look like letters to skirt around the banned hashtag. To put in perspective how many more words could have ended up on this banned hashtag list, Data Pack put together an unofficial list that includes 65 hashtags on the variation of the F word. So that's 65 curse words, but only 5 words depicting harmful behavior. That balance doesn't quite add up to me. Instagram does state that they don't tolerate images that portray or promote harmful behavior (including anorexia, bulimia, cutting, suicide, etc) and would ban users that posted such images.
While I side in favor of these hashtags not leading to search results, I'm surprised that #loseweight is included on the list. (So is #instabody.) What about people that use this platform as motivation and inspiration to lose weight for a healthy reason, as opposed to fueling an eating disorder. Couldn't seeing a picture of a someone who's in great shape or has just finished a hard workout motivate you to get moving? It does for me. I suppose people looking for the positive kind of support could turn to the more likely #weightloss, but couldn't the pro-ana users as well? And though these terms are banned, does it really make an impact on protecting a vulnerable population? If they're dedicated enough to be searching out these hashtags on social media, I'd imagine it's likely they'd be able to find another source of inspiration.
Oddly enough, other banned hashtags include #iphone, #photography, #instagram, and #IG.
What really needs to happen is increased awareness of disordered eating behaviors and being aware of what our kids are exposed to online. It's nice that Instagram and other platforms are making an attempt to reduce the spread of these negative images, but it's not a substitute for paying attention to what our kids (and friends and family members) are doing. Is it really a tech-company that should be taking responsibility for these kind of things, or is it our job to do so on our own, to make our own decisions and censor our own (or our kids) information? I would hope it's the latter, although if I had a teenage girl (prime eating disorder territory) I'd be pretty grateful she couldn't click on a #thinspo hashtag and see hundreds of other horrible images. So I guess we all need to do our part to help prevent these devastating diseases and behaviors.
Dr. Lara Pence of The Renfrew Center, an eating disorders treatment program, offers a good suggestion for finding the line of balance between censoring our freedom of speech and our need to get these images eliminated: "'Fight fire with fire,'" she says, "by posting messages and images online that affirm healthy body image." She goes on to explain that positive images can be used to "send out alternative messages and help debunk the thin ideal." She also suggests approaching people you're concerned about with compassion, by saying something like "I'm curious about something you posted—what's that about?" More of Pence's advice can be found at The Fix.
The internet is also a wealth of valuable, helpful resources, such as the National Eating Disorders Association's list of eating disorder resources and their confidential Helpline 1-800-931-2237. Online Helpline chat is also available.


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Mary Kenny: Assisted suicide is not a solution to my husband's suffering
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Richard has made the same dark joke three times now. "Would you like a cup of coffee, dear?" "Yes, and a loaded revolver."
"Would you like a cup of tea, dear?" "Yes, and a humane killer."
"Are you ready for a glass of sherry, darling?" "Yes, and a chalice of hemlock."
At my husband's third request, I joked back. "Sorry, dear, we're right out of hemlock today."
Long before he became badly crippled by a stroke, we had discussed the subject of "assisted suicide", and "euthanasia". When he was in the whole of his health he was absolutely against it. Richard is an Anglican, of the mild, middle-of-the-road variety, but the values of a Christian formation are embedded. Many religious taboos have a practical application, and he would underline the practical problems of legalising assisted suicide: it's an open invitation to abuse.
How many families would find it so very convenient to bump off elderly relations who were a nuisance to themselves and others, and using up huge sums of money, too, in their last years? Most families are not homicidal: but the temptation would certainly be there, and sometimes the temptation would be pressing.
And how many elderly and disabled people would feel it incumbent upon themselves to request assisted suicide because they don't want to be a burden on their families or the community? How many elderly and infirm individuals would feel guilty just for living on while others take the voluntary exit?
Before Richard had his stroke, and before it crippled his body almost completely, and brought to his mind a Zen-like detachment – it's sometimes hard to get any sentence out of him, and then suddenly he'll come out with a quote from Dante, or, thankfully, something drily humourous – these were his views. Legalised euthanasia is a perilous slippery slope.
Of course there are compelling cases, such as that brought to the public arena by Marie Fleming, who is so badly disabled by multiple sclerosis, and is in constant pain. Nobody of any sense or sensibility thinks this is anything other than desperately poignant. But the argument, put by the lawyer Brian Murray, that "the State cannot criminalise private behaviour because it doesn't like it" is, to my mind, profoundly wrong-headed.
Supposing I took my husband's dark allusions to loaded revolvers and glasses of hemlock seriously, procured a phial of poison and quietly ended his life? Would that simply be "private behaviour"? No: there isn't a state under the rule of law anywhere which would regard such an act of homicide as such.
You cannot describe a deliberate killing as "private behaviour": although it is possible, and indeed quite customary, that a court of law will exonerate, pardon or make allowances for a compassionate "mercy killing". Where conditions have been intolerable, and a loving carer has put an end to a patient's torment, the courts almost always exercise mercy.
But the motive of the carer does have to be examined: if the mercy killing is accompanied by a substantial cash inheritance, that certainly requires scrutiny.
There is another area of nuance worth pondering: the situation when a doctor might administer a hefty dose of morphine knowing that it will probably end a patient's life. This was a not unusual practice in the past – and the Christian churches turned a blind eye to it, excusing it either under the rubric of the "double effect" (there was no intention of homicide), or leaving the judgment "to a compassionate God".
But the rise of the litigiously-minded lawyer with an ambulance-chasing "compo" mentality put a stop to that. Medics are now terrified of over-dosing for fear they'll be sued by compensation-seeking relatives accusing them of killing a patient. When my sister was dying in New York, I had to sign a legal waiver promising I would (a) not sue the hospice if she died from a morphine overdose and (b) not sue the hospice if she survived to become a drug addict.
There certainly are cases for mercy-killing – old soldiers know this well from the battlefield. There are cases when people in great agony beg to be delivered. There are cases where individuals feel they have just had enough – and I think that is what Richard sometimes feels: he's had enough of this existence of disability and total lack of independence.
But I know he would not want to advocate legalised assisted suicide because of the social contamination such a law risks. And also because he is enough of an old soldier himself to understand that life sometimes asks that we are brave, that we show courage, fortitude and endurance, and not reach for the "delete" click when the going gets rough.
Sometimes there is a demand for a black-and-white legal answer to a complex question: the wise response to this particular complex question is that we just have to muddle through. Instead of passing new laws, or introducing constitutional change, allow for case by case judgments. In any deserving case of assisted suicide, a sensible court will rule that the carer acted lovingly, on behalf of a gravely afflicted person.
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ultraviolet imagery. [JP 1-02] (DoD) That imagery produced as a result of sensing ultraviolet radiations reflected from a given target surface.
unaccounted for. [JP 1-02] (DoD) An inclusive term (not a casualty status) applicable to personnel whose person or remains are not recovered or otherwise accounted for following hostile action Commonly used when referring to personnel who are killed in action and whose bodies are not recovered. See also casualty; casualty category; casualty status; casualty type.
unavoidable delay. [DSMC] A production delay the operator cannot prevent.
uncertain environment. See operational environment.
uncertainty. [DSMC] A condition, event, outcome, or circumstance of which the extent, value, or consequence is not predictable. State of knowledge about outcomes in a decision which are such that it is not possible to assign probabilities in advance. Ignorance about the order of things. Some techniques for coping with this problem are fortiori analysis (making use of conclusions inferred from another reasoned conclusion or recognized fact), contingency analysis, and sensitivity analysis.
uncharged demolition target. [JP 1-02] (DoD, NATO) A demolition target for which charges have been calculated, prepared, and stored in a safe place, and for which execution procedures have been established. See also demolition; demolition target.
unclassified matter. [JP 1-02] (DoD, NATO) Official matter which does not require the application of security safeguards, but the disclosure of which may be subject to control for other reasons. See also classified matter.
uncontrolled mosaic. [JP 1-02] (DoD, NATO) A mosaic composed of uncorrected photographs, the details of which have been matched from print to print, without ground control or other orientation. Accurate measurement and direction cannot be accomplished. See also controlled mosaic.
unconventional assisted recovery. [JP 1-02] (DoD) Evader recovery conducted by directed unconventional warfare forces, dedicated extraction teams, and/or unconventional assisted recovery mechanisms operated by guerrilla groups or other clandestine organizations to seek out, contact, authenticate, support, and return evaders to friendly control. See also assisted recovery; authenticate; evader; recovery.
unconventional assisted recovery mechanism. [JP 1-02] (DoD) That entity, group of entities, or organizations within enemy-held or hostile areas which operates to receive, support, move, and exfiltrate military personnel or selected individuals to friendly control. See also assisted recovery; recovery; unconventional assisted recovery.
unconventional recovery operation. [JP 1-02] (DoD) Evader recovery operations conducted by unconventional forces. See also evader; recovery operations.
unconventional warfare (UW). [JP 1-02] (DoD) A broad spectrum of military and paramilitary operations, normally of long duration, predominantly conducted by indigenous or surrogate forces who are organized, trained, equipped, supported, and directed in varying degrees by an external source. It includes guerrilla warfare and other direct offensive, low visibility, covert, or clandestine operations, as well as the indirect activities of subversion, sabotage, intelligence activities, and evasion and escape.
unconventional warfare forces. [JP 1-02] (DoD) United States forces having an existing unconventional warfare capability consisting of Army Special Forces and such Navy, Air Force, and Marine units as are assigned for these operations.
undefinitized contractual action. [DSMC] New procurement action entered into by the government for which contractual terms, specifications, or price are not agreed upon before performance is begun (letter contract or change order). Letter contract and change order await negotiations to definitize prices.
undelivered orders. [DSMC] An undelivered order is any document, meeting the criteria of an obligation, issued for material or services that has not as yet been received by the activity that ordered it. Includes material requisitions applicable to reimbursable orders issued for material requisitions applicable to reimbursable orders issued for material to be delivered from a stock funded inventory, and purchase orders issued which cite annual appropriations.
Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology) (USD(A&T)). [DSMC] The USD(A&T) has policy and procedural authority for the defense acquisition system, is the principal acquisition official of the Department, and is the acquisition advisor to the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF). In this capacity the USD(A&T) serves as the Defense Acquisition Executive, the Defense Senior Procurement Executive, and the National Armaments Director, the last regarding matters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. For acquisition matters, the USD(A&T) takes precedence over the secretaries of the Services after the SECDEF and Deputy SECDEF. The USD(A&T) authority ranges from directing the Services and Defense Agencies on acquisition matters, to establishing the DoD Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, and chairing the Defense Acquisition Board for major defense acquisition program reviews.
Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology) (USD(A&T)); Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology) (OUSD(A&T)). [DSMC] The OUSD(A&T), is organized around services, research and development, and materiel acquisition. Several organizational elements report directly to the USD(A&T): Principal Deputy USD (DUSD)(A&T); Director, Defense Research and Engineering; DUSD (International and Commercial Programs); DUSD (Industrial Affairs & Installations); Assistant to the SECDEF, Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense; DUSD (Space); DUSD (Advanced Technology); DUSD (Environmental Security); DUSD (Logistics); DUSD (Acquisition Reform); Director, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization; and Director, Defense Logistics Agency. Reporting into staff elements within OUSD(A&T) are a number of other Defense agencies, including the Defense Mapping Agency, the Defense Special Weapons Agency, and the On Site Inspection Agency.
understowed cargo. See flatted cargo.
undergraduate flying training (UFT). Any formal, syllabus-driven training program that prepares unrated, newly rated, or rerated students for a follow-on training program, usually at a Replacement Training Unit (RTU).
undertrain. Provide inadequate training that does not prepare a student to meet regular job performance requirements.
underwater demolition. [JP 1-02] (DoD, NATO) The destruction or neutralization of underwater obstacles; this is normally accomplished by underwater demolition teams.
underwater demolition team. [JP 1-02] (DoD, NATO) A group of officers and men specially trained and equipped for making hydrographic reconnaissance of approaches to prospective landing beaches; for effecting demolition of obstacles and clearing mines in certain areas; locating, improving, and marking of useable channels; channel and harbor clearance; acquisition of pertinent data during preassault operations, including military information; visual observation of the hinterland to gain information useful to the landing force; and for performing miscellaneous underwater and surface tasks within their capabilities.
underway replenishment. See replenishment at sea.
underway replenishment force. [JP 1-02] (DoD, NATO) A task force of fleet auxiliaries (consisting of oilers, ammunition ships, stores issue ships, etc.) adequately protected by escorts furnished by the responsible operational commander. The function of this force is to provide underway logistic support for naval forces. See also force.
underway replenishment group. [JP 1-02] (DoD) A task group configured to provide logistic replenishment of ships underway by transfer-at-sea methods.
undistributed budget. [DSMC] Budget applicable to contract effort which has not yet been distributed to the cost accounts.
unexpended balance. [DSMC] The amount of budget authority previously granted to an agency but still unspent and available for future payments.
unexpended weapons or ordnance. [JP 1-02] (DoD) Airborne weapons that have not been subjected to attempts to fire or drop and are presumed to be in normal operating conditions and can be fired or jettisoned if necessary. See also ordnance.
unexploded explosive ordnance. [JP 1-02] (DoD, NATO) Explosive ordnance which has been primed, fused, armed or otherwise prepared for action, and which has been fired, dropped, launched, projected or placed in such a manner as to constitute a hazard to operations, installations, personnel or material and remains unexploded either by malfunction or design or for any other cause.
unfilled order. [DSMC] An unfilled order is any document issued for goods or services, which meet the criteria of an obligation, yet has not been received.
uni-service command. [JP 1-02] (DoD) A command comprised of forces of a single service.
unified action. [JP 1-02] (DoD) A broad generic term that describes the wide scope of actions (including the synchronization of activities with governmental and non-governmental agencies) taking place within unified commands, subordinate unified commands, or joint task forces under the overall direction of the commanders of those commands. See also joint task force; subordinate unified command; unified command.
Unified Action Armed Forces (UNAAF). [JP 1-02] (DoD) A publication setting forth the principles, doctrines, and functions governing the activities and performance of the Armed Forces of the United States when two or more services or elements thereof are acting together.
unified command. [JP 1-02] (DoD) A command with broad continuing missions under a single commander and composed of forces from two or more military departments, and which is established by the President, through the Secretary of Defense with the advice and assistance of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Also called unified combatant command.
Unified Command Plan (UCP). [JP 1-02] (DoD) The document, approved by the President, which sets forth basic guidance to all unified combatant commanders; establishes their missions, responsibilities, and force structure; delineates the general geographical area of responsibility for geographic combatant commanders; and specifies functional responsibilities for functional combatant commanders. See also combatant command; combatant commander.
unified combatant command. See unified command.
unified operation. A broad generic term that describes the wide scope of actions taking place within unified commands under the overall direction of the commanders of those commands.
Uniform Procurement System (UPS). [DSMC] An interagency group of senior procurement officials, known as the Council on the Uniform Procurement System, chaired by the Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
uniformed services. [JP 1-02] (DoD) The Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Public Health Service. See also military department; military service.
unilateral arms control measure. [JP 1-02] (DoD) An arms control course of action taken by a nation without any compensating concession being required of other nations.
unintentional radiation exploitation. [JP 1-02] (DoD) Exploitation for operational purposes of non-information-bearing elements of electromagnetic energy unintentionally emanated by targets of interest.
unintentional radiation intelligence (RINT). [JP 1-02] (DoD) Intelligence derived from the collection and analysis of non-information-bearing elements extracted from the electromagnetic energy unintentionally emanated by foreign devices, equipment, and systems, excluding those generated by the detonation of nuclear weapons. See also intelligence.
unique general intelligence training. Institutional training in a general intelligence or intelligence related discipline, system, or subject area which is unique to one DoD component for the purpose of skill, career development, and mission accomplishment.
unit. [JP 1-02] (DoD, NATO)
l Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organization.
l An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force.
l A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued, or used. In this meaning, also called unit of issue.
l With regard to reserve components of the Armed Forces, denotes a Selected Reserve unit organized, equipped and trained for mobilization to serve on active duty as a unit or to augment or be augmented by another unit. Headquarters and support functions without wartime missions are not considered units.
unit aircraft. [JP 1-02] (DoD) Those aircraft provided an aircraft unit for the performance of a flying mission. See also aircraft.
unit combat readiness. See combat readiness.
unit commitment status. [JP 1-02] (DoD, NATO) The degree of commitment of any unit designated and categorized as a force allocated to NATO.
unit cost curve. [DSMC] A plot of the cost of each unit of a given quantity. The total cost for the given quantity in the sum of the cost of each individual unit.
unit designation list. [JP 1-02] (DoD) A list of actual units by unit identification code designated to fulfill requirements of a force list.
unit identification code (UIC). [JP 1-02] (DoD) A six-character, alphanumeric code that uniquely identifies each Active, Reserve, and National Guard unit of the Armed Forces.
unit line number (ULN). [JP 1-02] (DoD) A seven-character, alphanumeric field that uniquely describes a unit entry (line) in a Joint Operation Planning and Execution System time-phased force and deployment data.
unit loading. [JP 1-02] (DoD) The loading of troop units with their equipment and supplies in the same vessels, aircraft, or land vehicles. See also loading.
unit of issue. [JP 1-02] (DoD) In its special storage meaning, refers to the quantity of an item; as each number, dozen, gallon, pair, pound, ream, set, yard. Usually termed unit of issue to distinguish it from unit price. See also unit.
unit personnel and tonnage table. [JP 1-02] (DoD) A table included in the loading plan of a combat-loaded ship as a recapitulation of totals of personnel and cargo by type, listing cubic measurements and weight.
unit price. [JP 1-02] (DoD) The cost or price of an item of supply based on the unit of issue.
unit readiness. See readiness.
unit reserves. [JP 1-02] (DoD) Prescribed quantities of supplies carried by a unit as a reserve to cover emergencies. See also reserve supplies.
unit training. [TR 350-70] Training (individual, collective, and joint or combined) which takes place outside the Army's institutional base.
unit training assembly. [JP 1-02] (DoD) An authorized and scheduled period of unit inactive duty training of a prescribed length of time.
unit training evaluation. [TR 350-70]
l Unit training evaluation is the process used to identify collective and individual task performance and product deficiencies in unit training and to obtain recommendations for improvement of training or the products that support training. (This is referred to as an external evaluation by the training/TD (task) proponent.)
l The process used to measure the demonstrated ability of individuals or units to perform a task to the task performance standard; e.g., GO or NO GO.
l The process used to measure the demonstrated ability of individuals and units to accomplish specified training objectives. (FM 25-100)
unit type code (UTC). [JP 1-02] (DoD) A five-character, alphanumeric code that uniquely identifies each type unit of the Armed Forces.
United Effort. Program to gather data on the SA-2 Guideline SAM missile by unmanned reconnaissance drones.
United States Armed Forces. [JP 1-02] (DoD) Used to denote collectively only the regular components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. See also Armed Forces of the United States.
United States Army Training and Doctrine Command Long Range Plan. See TRADOC Long-Range Plan.
United States Army Training and Doctrine Command Review of Manpower. See TRADOC Review of Manpower (TRM).
United States Civil Authorities. [JP 1-02] (DoD) Those elected and appointed public officials and employees who constitute the governments of the 50 States, District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, United States possessions and territories, and political subdivisions thereof.
United States Civilian Internee Information Center. [JP 1-02] (DoD) The national center of information in the United States for enemy and United States civilian internees.
United States Code (U.S.C.). [DSMC] A consolidation and codification of the general and permanent laws of the United States arranged according to subject matter under 50 title headings, in alphabetical order to a large degree. Sets out the current status of the laws, as amended. Title 10 governs the Armed Forces.
United States controlled shipping. [JP 1-02] (DoD) That shipping under United States flag plus those selected ships under foreign flag which are considered to be under "effective United States control," i.e., which can reasonably be expected to be made available to the United States in time of national emergency.
United States country team. The senior, in country, U.S. coordinating and supervising body, headed by the chief of the U.S. diplomatic mission, usually an ambassador, and composed of the senior member of each represented U.S. department or agency.
United States Military Service Funded Foreign Training. [JP 1-02] (DoD) Training which is provided to foreign nationals in United States Military Service schools and installations under authority other than the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
United States Naval ship (USNS). [JP 1-02] (DoD) A public vessel of the United States in the custody of the Navy and is operated by the Military Sealift Command and manned by a civil service crew, or operated by a commercial company under contract to the Military Sealift Command and manned by a merchant marine crew. See also Military Sealift Command.
United States Prisoner of War Information Center. The national center of information in the United States for enemy and United States prisoners of war.
United States Signals Intelligence System (USSS). [JP 1-02] (DoD) The unified organization of signals intelligence activities under the direction of the Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service. It consists of the National Security Agency/Central Security Service, the components of the Military Services authorized to conduct signals intelligence, and such other entities (other than the Federal Bureau of Investigation) authorized by the National Security Council or the Secretary of Defense to conduct signals intelligence activities. See also counterintelligence.
United States Strategic Army Forces. [JP 1-02] (DoD) That part of the Army, normally located in the Continental United States, which is trained, equipped, and maintained for employment at national level in accordance with current plans.
United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM). [JP 1-02] (DoD) The unified command with the mission to provide strategic air, land, and sea transportation for the Department of Defense, across the range of military operations. See also global transportation network; single port manager; transportation component command; unified command.
unitized load. [JP 1-02] (DoD) A single item, or a number of items packaged, packed or arranged in a specified manner and capable of being handled as a unit. Unitization may be accomplished by placing the item or items in a container or by banding them securely together. See also palletized unit load.
unity of command/unity of effort. For every objective, ensure unity of effort. Unity of effort means directing and coordinating the action of all forces toward a common objective. Unity of effort may be achieved by cooperation. This is the usual method at national and alliance level. At theater level and below, however, it is best achieved by vesting a single commander with the requisite authority to direct and to coordinate all forces employed in pursuit of a common goal. At the strategic level, this common goal equates to the political purpose of the U.S. and the broad strategic objectives which flow from this purpose. At the national level, this common goal determines the military forces necessary for its achievement. The coordination of these forces requires unity of effort. The President, as the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces, is assisted in this role by the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and combatant commands in or in support of a theater. The employment of forces in a theater in a manner that develops their full combat power requires unity of effort.
unity of effort. Coordinated and cooperation among all forces, not necessarily part of the same command structure, toward a commonly recognized objective.
universal polar stereographic grid. A military grid prescribed for joint use in operations in limited areas and used for operations requiring precise position reporting. It covers areas between the 80 degree parallels and the poles.
Universal Time (UT1). [JP 1-02] (DoD) A measure of time that conforms, within a close approximation, to the mean diurnal rotation of the Earth and serves as the basis of civil timekeeping. Universal Time (UT1) is determined from observations of the stars, radio sources, and also from ranging observations of the Moon and artificial Earth satellites. The scale determined directly from such observations is designated Universal Time Observed (UTO); it is slightly dependent on the place of observation. When UTO is corrected for the shift in longitude of the observing station caused by polar motion, the time scale UT1 is obtained. When an accuracy better than one second is not required, Universal Time can be used to mean Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Also called ZULU time. Formerly called Greenwich Mean Time.
Universal Time Observed (UTO); it is slightly dependent on the place of observation. When UTO is corrected for the shift in longitude of the observing station caused by polar motion, the time scale UT1 is obtained. When an accuracy better than one second is not required, Universal Time can be used to mean Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Also called ZULU time. Formerly called Greenwich Mean Time.
universal transverse Mercator (UTM) grid. A grid coordinate system based on the transverse Mercator projection, applied to maps of the Earth's surface extending to 84 degrees N and 80 degrees S latitudes.
unknown. [JP 1-02] (DoD)
l A code meaning information not available.
l An unidentified target.
unknown-unknowns (UNK(s)). [DSMC] Future situation impossible to plan, predict, or even know what to look for.
unlimited rights. [DSMC] Rights to use, modify, reproduce, display, release, or disclose technical data in whole or in part, in any manner, and for any purpose whatsoever, and to have or authorize others to do so.
unlimited war. Not to be used. See general war.
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). [JP 1-02] (DoD) A powered, aerial vehicle that does not carry a human operator, uses aerodynamic forces to provide vehicle lift, can fly autonomously or be piloted remotely, can be expendable or recoverable, and can carry a lethal or nonlethal payload. Ballistic or semiballistic vehicles, cruise missiles, and artillery projectiles are not considered unmanned aerial vehicles.
unobligated balance. [DSMC] The amount of budget authority, previously granted to an agency but not yet committed, that continues to be available for commitment in the future.
unobserved fire. [JP 1-02] (DoD, NATO) Fire for which the points of impact or burst are not observed. See also fire.
unplanned stimuli. [DSMC] Thermal, impact, or shock inputs which munitions are designed to withstand.
unpremeditated expansion of a war. Not to be used. See escalation.
unpremeditated war. Not to be used. See accidental attack.
unscheduled convoy phase. [JP 1-02] (DoD, NATO) The period in the early days of war when convoys are instituted on an ad hoc basis before the introduction of convoy schedules in the regular convoy phase.
unscheduled maintenance. [DSMC] Corrective maintenance required by item conditions.
unsolicited proposal. [DSMC] A written proposal that is submitted to an agency or the submitter's initiative for the purpose of obtaining a contract with the government, and which is not in response to a formal or informal request.
unstuffing. [JP 1-02] (DoD) Removal of cargo from container(s). See also cargo; stuffing.
unwanted cargo. [JP 1-02] (DoD, NATO) A cargo loaded in peacetime which is not required by the consignee country in wartime. See also cargo.
unwarned exposed. [JP 1-02] (DoD, NATO) The vulnerability of friendly forces to nuclear weapon effects. In this condition, personnel are assumed to be standing in the open at burst time, but have dropped to a prone position by the time the blast wave arrives. They are expected to have areas of bare skin exposed to direct thermal radiation, and some personnel may suffer dazzle. See also warned exposed; warned protected.
up. [JP 1-02] (DoD, NATO) In artillery and naval gunfire support: 1A term used in a call for fire to indicate that the target is higher in altitude than the point which has been used as a reference point for the target location. 2A correction used by an observer or a spotter in time fire to indicate that an increase in height of burst is desired.
up front. [DSMC] See front end.
uplink. [TR 350-70] The teletraining site that broadcasts the training. There is only one uplink site in a teletraining network capable of one-way video over satellite. In a network capable of two-way video, all sites are uplinks. See downlink.
upward compatible. Programs written on a low level of system configuration for a particular processor that will operate without change on higher level configurations using the same processor.
urgent mining. [JP 1-02] (DoD, NATO) In naval mine warfare, the laying of mines with correct spacing but not in the ordered or planned positions. The mines may be laid either inside or outside the allowed area in such positions that they will hamper the movements of the enemy more than those of our own forces.
urgent priority. [JP 1-02] (DoD) A category of immediate mission request which is lower than emergency priority but takes precedence over ordinary priority, e.g., enemy artillery or mortar fire which is falling on friendly troops and causing casualties or enemy troops or mechanized units moving up in such force as to threaten a breakthrough. See also immediate mission request; priority of immediate mission request.
U.S. Roland. A short range, low-altitude, all-weather, Army air defense artillery surface-to-air missile system which is based upon the Franco-German Roland III missile system.
U.S. Transportation Command coordinating instructions. [JP 1-02] (DoD) Instructions of the U.S. Transportation Command that establish suspense dates for selected members of the joint planning and execution community to complete updates to the operation plan data base. Instructions will ensure the target date movement requirements will be validated and available for scheduling.
use constraints. [TP 25-71] A Government Information Locator Service data element that describes constraints or legal prerequisites for using an information resource or its component, products, or services. This includes use constraints applied to assure the protection of privacy or intellectual property and other special restrictions or limitations on using the information resource.
user. 1[TP 71-9] TOE or TDA command, unit, element, agency, crew or person (soldier or civilian) operating, maintaining, and/ or otherwise applying DTLOMS products in accomplishment of a designated mission. 2[DSMC] An operational command or agency that receives or will receive benefit from the acquired system. Commanders-in-Chief and the Services are the users. There may be more than one user for a system. The Services are seen as users for systems required to organize, equip, and train forces for the CINCs of the unified command.
user friendly. [DSMC] Primarily a term used in automated data processing (ADP), it connotes a machine (hardware) or program (software) that are compatible with a person's ability to operate them successfully and easily.
user functional description. [TP 71-9] A vehicle used by CBTDEVs with users, MATDEVs, testers, and evaluators to refine and amplify operational requirements for automated capabilities.
user interface requirement (UIR). The UIR is the combat developers "official" statement of user information exchange requirements. The UIR is a stand-alone document and is the basis for interface specification development by the materiel developer. A UIR is developed for each objective interface.
user representative. [TP 71-9] Presents the user viewpoint during DTLOMS requirements determination, documentation, and acquisition processes.
user representatives. [DSMC] A command or agency that has been formally designated by proper authority to represent single or multiple users in the requirements and acquisition process. The Services and the Service components of the Commanders-in-Chief are normally the user representative. There should be only one user representative for a system.
user survey. A collection of information from users on the subject of the evaluation.
user testing (UT). Testing and evaluation of materiel systems accomplished with typical user operators, crews, or units is as realistic an operational environment as possible to provide data for estimating:
l The military utility, operational effectiveness, and operational suitability (including compatibility, interoperability, reliability, availability, maintainability, supportability, operational man-(soldier) machine interface, and training requirements) of new systems.
l From the user viewpoint, the systems desirability, considering systems already available, and the operational benefits and burdens associated with the new system.
l The need for modification to the system.
l The adequacy of doctrine, organization, operating techniques, tactics, and training for employment of the system; and, when appropriate, its performance in a countermeasures environment. (AR 70-10, AR 71-3)
utility. 1[DSMC] The state or quality of being useful militarily or operationally. Designed for or possessing a number of useful or practical purposes rather than a single, specialized one. 2A specialized program that allows an operator to modify or extract data from a program.
utility helicopter. [JP 1-02] (DoD, NATO) Multi-purpose helicopter capable of lifting troops but may be used in a command and control, logistics, casualty evacuation or armed helicopter role.
UUM. Submarine-launched, anti-submarine missile. Subroc is launched underwater, breaks trough the surface, travels through air, and then drops it warhead into the water. It has a nuclear warhead. UUM-4 Subroc.


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Do you ever hear a figure of speech and think, "On what planet does that make sense?"
I do. All the time.
One of them is "steal my thunder."
Originally uttered four centuries ago by the English playwright John Dennis, he was pissed off that his new method of simulating the sound of thunder in a theater was stolen.
As an unsuccessful critic and creator of his own plays, the story goes he found out a production of Macbeth was using his method and he shouted:
Damn them! They will not let my play run, but they steal my thunder!
Now-a-days, "steal my thunder" is commonly meant to suggest a number of things like:
- To upstage someone's special event by having a special event of your own.
- To take attention from someone else's accomplishments for your own advantage.
- To lessen the impact or authority of someone's announcement.
This figure of speech is symptomatic of people constantly trying to one-up each other or being terrified that their actions might one-up someone.
The drive to steal someone's thunder or avoid stealing it is the opposite of the simplicity we seek.
Because of this, I've developed a foolproof system to guard against anyone stealing my thunder. And I've come up with a simple way for you to create an unlimited supply of your own thunder, impervious to anyone's attempts to capture it.
Groovy, eh?
Why You Can't Steal My Thunder
First, I want to declare that thunder is really shorthand for words like happiness or achievement.
Most people believe these things are in short supply and the potential sources of them are limited.
That's not true!
The transfer of thunder from one person to another only exists in our heads. And the transfer only occurs if we mistakenly convince ourselves that thunder is restricted in some way. The basis for these statements comes from a friend and tremendous writer.
In Raam Dev's free email series, he explains how we all can adopt an abundance mindset and combat the thunder-stealing mentality.
The reason it's so important to develop an abundance mindset is because before we can be satisfied with less of anything, we need to understand the reason we don't need to hoard it in the first place. The way you value things is based entirely on your perspective of what you already have, be it money, relationships, objects, experiences, knowledge or anything else. This is entirely a mental process and it applies universally to everyone. If you're a billionaire, it's unlikely that a hundred dollars has the same value to you as it does to someone with an empty bank and thirty thousand dollars in debt.
Think about this for a moment: If the value of everything can be changed solely by changing your perspective, wouldn't it make the most sense to focus on developing a perspective that maximizes the value of everything? The abundance mindset does exactly that. You maximize the value of everything around you by recognizing that nothing is scarce; nothing is lacking, limited, or in short supply. Attempting to hoard or take possession of anything creates a sense of scarcity — it devalues everything around you.
Although I've used the words of someone wiser and more eloquent to prove my point, I don't think Raam would mind. He's the kind of guy who freely shares any thunder he has if it means people are helped in the process.
I've adopted this abundance mindset and it's the primary reason why you can't steal my thunder. You can't swipe what I freely give away.
How to Create Your Own Unlimited Supply
There are other ways than an abundance mindset to create an unlimited supply of your own thunder. Eliminating competition with your co-workers is one. Stopping the comparison with everyone else between what you have and want is another.
But here's a great way not to do it.
I have a friend who announced his engagement shortly after his sister announced hers. She was hurt by the timing on his announcement and thought it would detract from her planning, happiness, and enjoyment of the wedding itself.
As a result, she got mad, caused a big rift in their relationship, and took years to heal from this "injustice" she suffered at the hands of her own brother.
Pardon my rare judgment of someone else, but this is not the path to a simple life. When you're always protecting your thunder and worrying about everyone else's thunder, you create complicated emotions that shouldn't exist.
We can simplify by acknowledging only each of us can determine the amount of thunder to be harnessed. And if someone wants to use it at the same time, wonderful! Competing for thunder is like competing for happiness. Only you get to determine if there is a cap and how much of it you have.
Life's not a contest folks. Don't blame someone else for taking something only you have the ability to give away.
Have Abundance
I want you to plan your wedding regardless of who else is planning theirs at when. Launch your business product or service without worrying if your friend is launching theirs too.
Have a birthday party for your kid without fearing the timing is too close to the party of the kid down the block. Tell people you're pregnant without worrying about what special event they may have coming up as well.
If you're looking for permission to do all these things and more, you have it. You can grant it for yourself.
Harness your own unlimited supply of thunder with a simple mindset shift. It's there for the taking … and the sharing.
If you want permission to have more thunder, simplicity, and community – plus some free tools to get those things – subscribe to my newsletter and join 1,000s of people on a journey like yours.
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Hello everyone. I recently bought '81 bayliner with volvo penta 280 outdrive. It will not shift into foward gear. It does shift in neutral and reverse. I found a schematic for it:
I can shift it foward by twisting Eccentric piston #46 with plyers when the #49 screw is loose. As soon as this screw is tightened the piston will not go into foward position. What could be wrong? and is there a quick fix for this?
Also i should notice that when i am in neutral and i rev up my engine the transmission switches into rear by itself. I guess from the vibrations.


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Lamp and table for your focal point
This amazing lamp will definitely set the mood in your interior space. The lamp will set the perfect design to your space. It goes well with a modern interior design but also with a classic one because of the white and dark colors. This illusion lamp was created and designed by Hareide Design in 2010.
If you search for a lamp this is the one for you because it has a dual function. It brings light to your interior space and also it can be used as a table. Because of its design the table will stand out everywhere you will use it. The lamp was inspired by the Scandinavian natural landscape. To be more exact, the lamp was inspired from Kjæragbolten, a large rock hovering in the crevice of a mountain above Lysefjorden in Rogaland,Norway.
It can be used as a pendant lamp or as a wall lamp, due to its two designs. The shade material is made from aluminum and the body part is made from steel. Talking about the colors, the shade part has two distinctive nuances. It be a white shinny one or a black matte one and the body part comes in the same variations. If you want the pendant lamp you will get it with a power of GU10 Max. 50W x 4, LED GU10 Max. 3W x 4 The wall lamp has a power of GU10 Max. 50W x 2, LED GU10 Max. 3W x 2220V – 240V ~ 50Hz. Talking about the weight, well, the pendant lamp has a 5.1 kg plus the floor base, compared with the wall lamp with has 2.6kg.


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02/27/2013 | Press release
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IRVING, Texas, February 27, 2013 - Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST) President and Chief Executive Officer, Perry Sook and Chief Financial Officer, Thomas Carter, will be making a company presentation at the Deutsche Bank Media, Internet and Telecom Conference on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 11:30 a.m. ET. Mr. Sook and Mr. Carter will participate in a question and answer session following the presentation and will meet with institutional investors at the conference, which is being held at The Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida.
About Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.
Nexstar Broadcasting Group is a leading diversified media company that leverages localism to bring new services and value to consumers and advertisers through its traditional media, e-MEDIA, digital and mobile media platforms. Nexstar owns, operates, programs or provides sales and other services to 70 television stations and 13 related digital multicast signals reaching 40 markets. Nexstar's portfolio includes affiliates of NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, MyNetworkTV, The CW, Telemundo, and Bounce TV, the nation's first over-the-air broadcast television network programmed for African-American audiences and two independent stations. Nexstar's 39 community portal websites offer additional hyper-local content and verticals for consumers and advertisers, allowing audiences to choose where, when and how they access content while creating new revenue opportunities.
Assuming completion of all announced transactions, Nexstar will own, operate, program or provide sales and other services to 72 television stations and related digital multicast signals reaching 41 markets or approximately 12.1% of all U.S. television households.
Thomas Carter Joseph Jaffoni, Jennifer Neuman
Chief Financial Officer JCIR


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By Helen Ouyang
At age 33, I outlived my father this year. He died when he was only 32. I was 3 years old and my brother was 5.
My father was diagnosed with liver cancer on Halloween. On Thanksgiving Day, my mother was a widow.
He first complained of fatigue in September of that year. Then he noticed his urine was the color of tea. At first, no doctor at our local hospital in New Jersey could pinpoint the diagnosis. But as soon as my grandmother heard his symptoms, she knew he had liver cancer - she had already lost another son to the same disease.


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the season in which everyone is getting coupled up usually around when the weather is beginning to change and it is getting cold outside...
yoo it is getting to be cuffin season you cuffed yet?
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the season in which everyone is getting coupled up usually happens when the weather is changing and it is getting cold outside.
it is cuffin season you cuffed up yet?
by lmorr817 December 19, 2008
its when winter comes around; girls wanna be under a boy..for various reasons like money, gifts etc
its cuffin season and ima get cuddled up with a NICE one.
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The surviving members of the World War II Air Force regimen, known as the Doolittle Raiders, raised their glasses to their fallen comrades in a ceremony Saturday at Dayton, Ohio's Air Force Museum.
On April 18, 1942, shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, 80 men made a daring bombing raid on Tokyo, Japan.
Led by Lt. Gen. James Doolittle, they flew specially modified B-25 bombers off the deck of an aircraft carrier. Eight crewmen were captured by the Japanese, and three were executed.
The raid did little damage to Tokyo, but it lifted American morale at a crucial time in the war.
At the ceremony, 76 down turned glasses represented those lost in the war and in the years since.
Lt. Gen. Doolittle had passed on a bottle of Cognac with the instructions for the last survivor to drink a final toast to their fellow raiders.
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Leslie Kong
|Leslie Kong
|9 August 1971 (aged 38)
|Ska, rocksteady, reggae
|Record producer
|Years active
Leslie Kong (1933 – 9 August 1971)[1] was an influential Chinese-Jamaican reggae producer.[2]
Leslie and his two older brothers Cecil and Lloyd ran a restaurant, ice cream parlour and record shop called Beverley's in Orange Street, Kingston.[3] In 1961, he encountered a young Jimmy Cliff outside of his shop singing a song he had written called "Dearest Beverley," in the hopes that the mention of the establishment would convince Kong to record him.[4] This encounter led Kong to launch his own record label, Beverley's, and to record Cliff's song, launching Cliff's career in the process.[1]
Cliff took on an A&R role for the label, and brought Bob Marley to Kong's attention.[4]In 1962, Kong recorded Marley's first single: "One Cup of Coffee" and "Judge Not", and Jimmy Cliff's first hit, "Miss Jamaica".[4][3] Kong, known in Jamaican music circles as "the Chinaman", quickly established himself as the island's leading producer of local popular music. Throughout the 1960s Kong kept recording many leading Jamaican artists from ska to reggae through rocksteady including Joe Higgs, Desmond Dekker, Toots & the Maytals, Derrick Morgan, John Holt and Stranger Cole.[1] A wise businessman, Kong was one of the original shareholders in Island Records along with Chris Blackwell[1] and Australian engineer Graeme Goodall. Starting in 1963 Kong began licensing ska recordings to Blackwell for release in the UK on Island's Black Swan imprint.[4] After Blackwell bought out Kong and Goodall's share in Island, in 1967 Kong formed a second partnership with Graeme Goodall, who created the Pyramid label in the UK for the successful release of Kong's rocksteady and early reggae productions. When Pyramid folded in 1969, the licensing successes continued with Trojan Records.
Kong is known for being the first Jamaican producer to get international hits with long-time collaborator Desmond Dekker, in 1967 with "007 (Shanty Town)"[1] and, above all, in 1969 with "Israelites"[4] which topped the UK Singles Chart in April 1969 and went to number nine on the US charts in July 1969, selling over two million copies.[3] During the early reggae period, he worked with Bob Marley The Wailers (The Best of the Wailers) and enjoyed several successful hits with The Pioneers' "Long Shot Kick The Bucket", and The Melodians' "Rivers of Babylon" and "Sweet Sensation".[4] His works with The Maytals also led to many hits including "54-46 That's My Number" and the UK charting single "Monkey Man".[1][3]
Other vocalists who recorded for him and the Beverley's label include Ken Boothe, Bruce Ruffin, The Gaylads[1] and Delroy Wilson.[4] Ex-Skatalites saxophonist Roland Alphonso cut numerous instrumentals for Kong during the rocksteady period. When reggae arrived in late 1968, lead instrumental duties were handled by organists Ansell Collins and Winston Wright.
Kong's plans to release a compilation album of tracks from the singles he produced by the Wailers led to Bunny Wailer allegedly threatening Kong with a curse, telling him that if he issued the record he would die.[4] Kong went ahead with the release in 1970.[4]
Kong died of a heart attack, aged 38, in August 1971.[1][3]
- Various Artists – Original Reggae Hot Shots – 1969 – Beverley's/Trojan (1975)
- Various Artists – King Size Reggae – 1970 – Beverley's
- Various Artists – Golden Hits by the Greats – 1970 – Beverley's
- Various Artists – Reggae Chartbusters – 1970 – Beverley's
- Various Artists – King Size Reggae – 1970 – Trojan Records
- Various Artists – Hot Shots of Reggae – 1970 – Trojan Records
- Various Artists – Best of Beverley's Records 1969–1970 – Trojan Records (1981)
- Various Artists – The Best of Beverley's Records or Masterpieces From The Works of Leslie Kong – Island Records/Trojan (1981)
- Various Artists – The King Kong Compilation – Island Records (1981)
- Various Artists – Leslie Kong's Connection Vol 01 – 1969–1971 – Jet Set Records
- Various Artists – Leslie Kong's Connection Vol 02 – 1969–1971' – Jet Set Records
- ^ a b c d e f g h Ankeny, Jason (9 August 1971). "Leslie Kong – Music Biography, Credits and Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ discogs.com Leslie Kong – Writing & Arrangement
- ^ a b c d e "Leslie Kong's reggae pioneer – Entertainment". JamaicaObserver.com. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Alleyne, Mike (2012) The Encyclopedia of Reggae, Sterling, ISBN 978-1-4027-8583-2, p. 146


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"That girl, for me, is a drug," Mayer, 32, tells Playboy in an at-times jaw-dropping new interview. "And drugs aren't good for you if you do lots of them. Yeah, that girl is like crack cocaine to me."
Though Simpson and Mayer's on-again, off-again romance ended in 2007, the memory of those steamy romps still haunts Mayer. "Sexually it was crazy," he says. "That's all I'll say. It was like napalm, sexual napalm."
Before becoming paired with the pop star, Mayer never have considered dating Simpson, he admits. But he now says he became hopelessly hooked.
"There are people in the world who have the power to change our values," Mayer says in his candid confessional. "Have you ever been with a girl who made you want to quit the rest of your life? Did you ever say, 'I want to quit my life and just … snort you? If you charged me $10,000 to [sleep with] you, I would start selling all my [stuff].' "
Mayer is more discreet about former paramour Jennifer Aniston. "I love Jen so much that I'm now thinking about how bad I would feel if she read this and was like, 'Why are you putting me in an article where you're talking about someone else? I don't want to be in your lineage of kiss-and-tells'," he says.
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Hi All,
I have developed a very simple CMP entity bean and it did deploy without problems.
I have a connection to the database and initial connection number is sitting at
The environment is Weblogic 7.0 and it is connecting to the Oracle 8 database.
However, when I try to run a test (utilizing Cactus) that invokes findByPrimary
i get an error like the one below:
Problem in findByPrimaryKey while preparing or executing statement: 'null': java.sql.SQLException:
Cannot obtain connection after 30 seconds. , Exception = Access not allowed java.sql.SQLException:
Cannot obtain connection after 30 seconds. , Exception = Access not allowed at
weblogic.jdbc.jts.Connection.wrapAndThrowSQLException(Connection.java:694) at
weblogic.jdbc.jts.Connection.getOrCreateConnection(Connection.java:616) at weblogic.jdbc.jts.Connection.prepareStatement(Connection.java:131)
at weblogic.jdbc.rmi.internal.ConnectionImpl.prepareStatement(ConnectionImpl.java:139)
at weblogic.jdbc.rmi.SerialConnection.prepareStatement(SerialConnection.java:92)
at com.cgi.cit.expressvu.ExpressVuCPSubscriberLocalBean_649vtl__WebLogic_CMP_RDBMS.ejbFindByPrimaryKey
Does anyone have any idea why this is happening?


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As many New Jerseyans enter their fifth day without power, generator misuse continues to be a concern around the state.
Overnight emergency crews from Essex to Monmouth Counties responded to several incidents of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Carbon monoxide poisoning has killed at least five people in the state since Monday.
Firefighters confirmed incidents in Roxbury Township, Toms River, Jersey City, Spotswood and Marlboro.
Officials announced a recall for the Champion Power Equipment portable generator with model number 41332 and 41532 due to fuel leaks that resulted in fires in eight incidents. The generators were sold at Costco and Wholesale Corp stores from Dec. 2011 through July 2012.
Key safety tips from the Center for Disease Control to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning include never using a gas range or oven to heat a home following a power outage, never running a generator in an enclosed space like a basement or garage— even if the doors or windows are open— unless a professional installed and vented it.
Sandy's silent killer: Carbon monoxide deaths spring up after storm
Other victim of carbon monoxide poisoning in Newark identified


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EA Tech Support Has No Clue
If you have a problem with an EA game you should contact EA Technical Support… shouldn't you? After all, they know what they are doing, yes?
Not if you have the Mass Effect 3 bug that is the black screen of death (also known as the "Black Hole Glitch").
Users have been told to delete game saves, clear the cache, reset the Xbox clock and do everything BUT do the thing that would fix the problem… because the tech support staff have no clue what is going on. If you follow their instruction you will lose your game saves and have to reinstall everything back onto the hard drive when you actually get the problem fixed. But the game saves will be gone for good.
The reason these "fixes" don't work is because they are working on the assumption that the problem is in a corrupted file in a save or in the game cache. Unfortunately the problem isn't here but in the Xbox Live gamer profile which is stored in a completely different place. It's like if your car fails to start so you start messing with the controls on your radio to try and fix the problem. NOT GOING TO WORK, EA!
The only way to fix the Black Hole glitch is to use Resante's fix or wait for Bioware to get off their ass and patch the glitch. Unfortunately the patch due out today doesn't have the fix listed in the patch notes and Bioware have said "We are still looking into the problem" so it looks like the Resante fix is the only option if you want to play Mass Effect 3 after getting the black hole glitch.
Just stay clear of EA Tech Support. They don't know what they are doing in regards to this problem and are more likely to make matters worse.
P.s. Resante's fix can be found HERE
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Lol… here is a chat that one guy had with an EA Tech Support person regarding this problem..
So I just had a live chat with an EA tech support person. I wanted to know if we would be getting the N7 help. I've only edited out my email.
You are now ready to chat with Varun.
you: Hey Varun
Varun: Thanks for contacting EA Help! My name is Varun how may I help you?
you: I'm chatting in regards to case # 03279382
you: I assume you're looking at it?
Varun: Please let me know your concern.
you: I'm one of the thousands that have gotten the Xbox black screen of death associated with my gamertag
you: I would like to know (1) if there is any updated ETA for a patch so I can play the game
you: and (2) I would like a download code for the N7 pack released on Tuesday as a reward for playing this past weekend. Obviously I was unable to play, due to a faulty productt….
you: Beyond my (and your) control
Varun: Let's first try to clear your console cache, this can sometimes cause issues with game. To remove these files, follow the steps mentioned at the below given link:
Varun: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971755
you: However, I do believe that I am still entitled to a download code for the content.
you: I've done that
you: but I'm doing it again right now
you: It should say in the case file that I spoke with Calvin B, and we discussed the problem, and I'm encouutering the same problems as myriad other users.
you: Nope, it didn't work.
Varun: Please give me some time to check it.
you: No worries
you: Thank you, Varun. I appreciate you taking the time to help me. It means a lot, and I really appreciate it. Thank you.
Varun: Please restart your xbox.
you: ok
you: Done
Varun: Please play your game now.
you: I downloaded a 4MB game update
you: but its back to crashing
you: it did log me out of XBL as soon as i signed in – which is the first time it hasn't crashed as soon as I loaded the game
Varun: Corrupted game files can sometimes cause a issues like this. To remove these files, follow the steps below:
Varun: 1. Start your console with the game disc out so it launches into the Xbox Dashboard.
Varun: 2. Select the System blade.
Varun: 3. Select Memory and press the A button.
Varun: 4. Select Games and press the A button.
Varun: 5. Select your game and press the A button.
Varun: 6. Delete all files for the game.
Varun: 7. After following these steps re-launch the game and try again.
Varun: Note – Deleting these files would reset your offline progress in the game.
you: Nothing
you: still crashes
Varun: Please clean your game disk.
you: Still crashes
you: If you would look at the case file, it has nothing to do with the disc
you: if i use a different gamertag it works just fine
Varun: May I know your gamertag?
you: Jooface Killah
Varun: Please let me know with which account it is linked.
you: Jooface Killah
Varun: Email account.
you: ********@gmail.com
you: sorry
you: ********@msu.edu
Varun: I would suggest you to play with this account *********@msu.edu.
Varun: You will not be facing any issue.
you: Varun – I don't think I'm making myself clear
you: Anytime I load my game, with my Xbox Live gamertag, it crashes
you: I know it's tied to my gamertag
you: because if i use a different gamertag it works
you: if I use a different XBL gamertag it works
you: If i switch discs it works
Varun: I would suggest you to play with this account *******@msu.edu.
you: and it works if I do everything else on someone elses xbox
you: A. I can't play with *******@msu.edu because that's not an XBL name
you: ********@msu.edu is my email that's tied to Email
you: *xbl
you: So you telling me to play with that e-mail makes no sense
you: I'd love to speak with a manager
you: and I'll be willing to wait
you: Don't worry – I'm not reporting you, I just think there's something lost in translation
Varun: I have told you to use that id to play.
you: Varun – I would like to speak with a manger.
Varun: Please give me some time to check it.
you: OK. But I would like to speak with a manager.
Please wait while we set up your chat session with Neeti.
You are now ready to chat with Neeti.
Neeti: Hello, this is Neeti the floor Supervisor. How are you doing today?
you: I'm doing well. How are you?
Neeti: I'm doing good. Thanks for asking.
Neeti: Varun has thrown some light on the issue you're experiencing.
Neeti: Please give me sometime to review your conversation with him.
you: no worries
Neeti: Thank you.
Neeti: May I know the game crashing on Multiplayer or Single player mode?
you: Mass Effect 3
Neeti: *game is crashing
Neeti: Okay.
you: it crashes on the load screen
you: If I'm logged it, in crashes as soon as the screen loads
you: if I'm not logged in, I log in at the start screen, and it promptly crashes there.
you: The issue, however, is not the crashing – I know that it's been reported by many people, including me on this very case file, the reason why I'm writing is because I'm curious if there is any ETA as to when a fix will be released, and if I will receive the DLC that was put out for players from thsi past weekend
Neeti: I am sorry Miles.
Neeti: We do not have any ETA available now, if it would be with me, I will sure tell you.
you: Thank you, I appreciate that Neeti.
Neeti: You are welcome.
Neeti: Is there any other information you would like to know?
you: Yes. I am curious as if we will be receiving the N7 DLC from this past weekend.
Neeti: I cannot assure you on that.
Neeti: Please keep close eye on the Official game Forums for any update.
you: Thank you Neeti – I appreciate your apology.
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