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UFPJ Talking Points #57
By Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies
Even before the House version gets underway on Wednesday, it's clear that Day One of the Petraeus-Crocker show is all about political theater - starring a 4-star general with a chest full of medals and political ambition, and a soft-spoken self-deprecating ambassador, both straight out of central casting.
But this is political theater - with very clear messages.
** Iran is the Problem in Iraq
** The "Surge" Stopped the Violence
** Keep the Troops in Iraq
** Support the $110 billion Supplemental Funding Bill for Iraq War
Iran is the Problem in Iraq
The single most important purpose of the Petraeus-Crocker hearing was to ratchet up tensions with Iran. Much of Petraeus' opening statement, and a major theme of both witnesses' answers to senators' questions, had to do with the danger of Iran's "malign intentions" in Iraq. One of the last line's of Petraeus' opening salvo was "none of us earlier this year appreciated the extent of Iranian involvement in Iraq, something about which we and Iraq's leaders all now have greater concern."
The political overview was the claim that virtually all of the current problems in Iraq come back to the dangerous role of Iran - the U.S. occupation, apparently, has nothing to do with the violence and instability across Iraq. Specifically, there was a strong effort to blame Iran for training and arming the so-called "special groups" within the Mahdi Army militia of radical Shi'a cleric Moqtada al Sadr. At a moment when Sadr's influence is increasing, and his movement represents the most powerful anti-occupation force in Iraq, there is some recognition in Washington that it may be necessary to co-opt Sadr at some point, rather than isolating or attacking him directly. As a result, the claim is being made that Iraq is dangerous arming or backing only the "special groups" or "rogue elements" within Sadr's movement, not Sadr himself. This of course flies in the face of the longstanding links between Sadr and Iran (he has spent much of the last year in the Iranian city of Qom studying Islamic theology).
But more importantly, it represents a complete distortion of the actual role Iran is currently playing inside Iraq. Neither Petraeus nor Crocker, nor any senator asking questions, mentioned anything about Iran's widely known role in facilitating the ceasefire between al Sadr's militia and the U.S. and Iraqi military forces arrayed against it during the recent fighting in Basra. Crocker, and several senators, referred a willingness to accept "normal" relations between Iran and Iraq, but none acknowledged the strength and normality of the relationship that already exists today.
The Petraeus-Crocker testimony added fuel to an existing escalation of anti-Iran mobilization in Washington. The hearing takes place less than a month after the resignation of former CentCom chief Admiral William Fallon, who left the U.S. military largely because of disagreements with Bush administration policies in Iraq and especially its threats towards Iran. The dangerous possibility of a U.S. military strike against Iran cannot be ruled out, and must remain the target of mobilized opposition.
The "surge" is the sole reason for this year's reduction of violence in Iraq
Both Petraeus and Crocker claimed repeatedly that the reduction of violence in Iraq from mid-2007 was solely the result of the "surge" of 30,000 additional U.S. troops. While certainly an additional 30,000 armed soldiers in an occupying army has some impact on suppressing violence in certain areas, often forcing the violence from one location to another, it is equally clear that other conditions had far more impact.
The surge began in early 2007. From June-July 2007 through November violence dropped dramatically. Since then the levels have not gone down, but largely remained flat. Both Crocker and Petraeus essentially claimed the surge was responsible for anything good that happened in Iraq during that period. According to Petraeus, "the level of security incidents has decreased significantly since the start of the surge of offensive operations in mid-June…"
Petraeus, Crocker and all the senators ignored the three major factors that actually played a much greater role in reducing the violence. First, the unilaterally-declared ceasefire by al Sadr's Mahdi Army; that action took the largest and most powerful anti-occupation force largely out of the military business. Second, the creation of the Sunni "awakening councils," in which about 80,000 former anti-U.S. militia members (from al Qaeda in Iraq to a variety of largely Sunni tribal and other forces who had once fought the U.S. and the U.S.-backed Iraqi government) were bought off - armed, paid and supported by the U.S. in new, and for the moment pro-U.S., militias. Petraeus actually admitted in his testimony that "the most significant development in the past six months like has been the increasing emergence of tribes and local citizens rejecting al Qaeda and other extremists." But there was no acknowledgement of how removing 80,000 militia members from the anti-U.S. fight just might have some impact on reducing violence. Third, and most horrific, is the shocking reality that much violence ended because it had served its purpose. Much of the sectarian violence that wracked Iraq through 2005 and 2006 was aimed at destroying the heterogeneous mix of people in Baghdad neighborhoods and other cities, and replacing that diverse cosmopolitanism with sectarian-defined isolation. That has, to a shocking degree, been accomplished - so much of Baghdad's population now lives behind 12-foot high cement walls in all-Sunni or all-Shi'a or other forcibly homogenous communities. With that accomplished, much of the raison d'étre of the violence disappeared.
"The Premature draw-down of our forces would likely have devastating consequences."
A key goal in the hearing was for Petraeus to justify the White House's call for a rapid end to the current small-scale "draw-down" of troops, and instead to support the permanent occupation of Iraq. Petraeus called for an indefinite halt to troop reductions after July 2008, at which time troop levels will be about 140,000 - the same as "pre-surge" levels. At that point, he said, the withdrawal of troops should stop. It would be, he said, "premature to make recommendations on the pace of such reductions" beyond July, and indeed he would not even consider further reductions until March 2009.
Instead, after July there should be a 45-day period to "evaluate & consolidate," THEN an indefinite "process of reassessment," THEN conditions would be assessed "over time." The "premature draw-down" equals "devastating consequences" framework was a constant drumbeat during the hearings, aimed primarily at the Democratic presidential candidates, both of whom claim to support troop withdrawals. Although both Clinton's and Obama's plans call only for withdrawing combat troops - leaving behind 30,000 to 75,000 training, guarding, counter-terrorism and other troops - the accusation of dangerous consequences was constant.
Petraeus quoted a classified Defense Intelligence Agency report (which he said he had "summarized in unclassified fashion" - so no one could challenge him) stating that rapid troop withdrawal would lead to "dangerous results, including high risk of disintegration of the Iraq Security Forces; rapid deterioration of local security initiatives; al Qaeda-Iraq regaining lost ground and freedom of maneuver; marked increase in violence and further ethno-sectarian displacement and refugee flows; alliances of convenience by Iraqi groups with internal and external forces to gain advantages over their rivals; and exacerbation of already challenging regional dynamics, especially with respect to Iran."
Support the $110 billion supplemental funding bill.
The Democratic majority in congress has made clear they have no intention of challenging the next supplemental funding bill for the war. But both Petraeus and Crocker made sure to express fawning gratitude to the congress that had authorized unlimited funds for the Iraq War, urging that it continue. It was hardly needed.
Key Recommendations
--No troop withdrawals after July 2008, leaving 140,000 U.S. troops in Iraq.
--No change in the U.S. mission in Iraq.
-- The announcement that the current 15-month Iraq deployments would be shortened to 12 months was not mentioned; presumably it was left to Bush for his Thursday night "address to the nation."
Two interesting questions
There was little serious follow-up from any senator, with the exception of Republican Senator Voinovich, the only one who showed any anger or emotion in response to the horrors of the war: "I think Osama bin Laden is sitting back right now looking at this thing [and saying] in effect, We're kinda bankrupting this country. We are eating our seed corn. We've got some really big problems today, and we are in a recession, and God only knows how long we're gonna be in it."
Obama asked one good question, but undermined his position with his own refusal to call for complete withdrawal of troops.
Obama asked Crocker, "if we were able to have the status quo in Iraq right now without U.S. troops, would that be a sufficient definition of success? It's obviously not perfect. There's still violence, there's still some traces of Al Qaeda, Iran has influence more than we would like. But if we had the current status quo, and yet our troops had been drawn down to 30,000, would we consider that a success? Would that meet our criteria, or would that not be good enough and we'd have to devote even more resources to it?"
Crocker's answer: "Senator, I can't imagine the current status quo being sustainable with that kind of precipitous drawdown."
Obama's reply: "No, no, that wasn't the question. I'm not suggesting that we yank all our troops out all the way. I'm trying to get to an endpoint. That's what all of us have been trying to get to. And, see, the problem I have is if the definition of success is so high, no traces of Al Qaida and no possibility of reconstitution, a highly-effective Iraqi government, a Democratic multiethnic, multi- sectarian functioning democracy, no Iranian influence, at least not of the kind that we don't like, then that portends the possibility of us staying for 20 or 30 years. If, on the other hand, our criteria is a messy, sloppy status quo but there's not, you know, huge outbreaks of violence, there's still corruption, but the country is struggling along, but it's not a threat to its neighbors and it's not an Al Qaeda base, that seems to me an achievable goal within a measurable timeframe, and that, I think, is what everybody here on this committee has been trying to drive at, and we haven't been able to get as clear of an answer as we would like."
Phyllis Bennis is a Fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies and of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. Earlier Talking Points are available at www.ips-dc.org. Bennis is author of the new pamphlet
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What is cool? Do we care? I only ask because, recently, I have been required to reconsider two past icons, to move them from the file marked 'cheesy' to the matt black one that, you know, refuses all my attempts to put it in a box or stick a label on it. The icons are Tom Jones and Tony Christie. Both talented crooners d'un certain age, singers we are quite happy to have around, but cool? Hmmm.
Let us first consider Mr Jones. It doesn't matter how many times he reinvents himself, nothing can erase 'Sex Bomb' from the memory. 'Sex bomb, sex bomb', went the lyrics of his classic number, Tom bellowing like a prize bullock eager for his seed to be hand-harvested. Less hepcat living on the creative edge, more foghorn with an ever-ready hard-on. So can Tom's new LP, 24 Hours, up his credibility points? It's certainly having a go. Produced by Future Cut, 24 Hours, according to tomjones.com, 'references the impassioned cinematic classics of his early career, mixed with a current cross-genre template'. A current cross-genre template? Does that come with raspberry coulis?
Tony Christie is more interesting. A more subtle singer, with less of a cartoon profile, Tony was rediscovered during the Nineties' awful easy listening craze (clubbing for people who didn't like clubbing). Next, the Jarvis-penned 'Walk Like a Panther' got him into the Top 10 as a vocalist for the All Seeing I; before he was thoroughly hi-jacked by Peter Kay in 2005 with his '(Is This the Way to) Amarillo' video. Now Tony has an LP coming out called Made in Sheffield. Produced by Richard Hawley and Colin Elliot, with Alex Turner contributing, it has the mighty Hawley hand all over it: swooning violins, yearning romance and a Coles Corner cover at the end.
Pop's winners, the ones that hold on to their record contracts, get Q Awards for long-standing contribution, play Glastonbury on a Sunday lunchtime, are being sold to us as cool, when they're just lucky. It's irritating, and it detracts from the real mavericks, the artists consigned to the outskirts, who had their own odd vision and stuck to it. Plus, it does Tom Jones and the rest no favours, because being cool was never what they were about.
What's interesting about both Tom and Tony is that, for these undeniably strong records, they're being promoted as though they used to be Johnny Cash. But they never were. Unlike, for instance, Scott Walker, these boys never flirted with the dark side, stretched musical boundaries. And you can't hand out cool to people just for hanging around. You might as well say that Princess Beatrice is Kate Moss. They might go to the same parties, but they are not the same people. Maybe it's a trivial point, but I think it needs saying. Because I'd also like to say this: DURAN DURAN WERE NEVER COOL! Japan were cool. Honestly. Which pop politburo rewrote history and came up with the idea that Fat Simon and the rest were anything more than great, naff, hilarious pop stars?
There's plenty of room for naffness in music, just as there's room for blandness, sentimentality, bravado, cliche, terrible trousers. So why worry about being cool? Well, because pop is traditionally a teenagers' medium and young people are obsessed with coolness. Being cool is the main reason why kids form bands, in the same way as it's the main reason why they start smoking and mumble. And pop stars, permanent teenagers that they are, never stop wanting to be cool. Look at Macca.
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has announced that as part of a continuing effort to identify and implement innovative ways to deliver better services to New Yorkers for less money, the Toby Project has begun providing free spaying and neutering for New Yorkers' pets in low-income neighborhoods, ensuring that tight budgets do not affect this important service.
The city's Animal Care & Control (AC&C) will lease a mobile Spay and Neuter lab to the non-profit Toby Project for $1 a year, allowing the group to provide this service to New Yorkers near their homes.
The Mayor was joined for this announcement by Animal Care & Control Executive Director Charlene Pedrolie, Toby Project Founder/Director Dr. Andrew Kaplan and his dog Toby, and Patricia Castillo and her dog Leika. The mobile lab stopped at City Hall today, which is also the Humane Society of the United States' 15th Annual Spay/Neuter Day.
"Long before the world's economy entered a tailspin last fall, we made 'doing more with less' a mantra of our Administration - because in business and in government, you rarely find better or cheaper ways of tackling problems unless you approach them from innovative new directions," said Mayor Bloomberg. "Millions of New Yorkers are pet owners, and millions more share the goals of reducing the number of abandoned pets and finding every pet a home.
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"The end of the history of culture manifests itself in two opposing forms: the project of culture's self-transcendence within total history, and its preservation as a dead object for spectacular contemplation. The first tendency has linked its fate to social critique, the second to the defense of class power." - Guy Debord, The Society of the Spectacle
There was much to analyse in the Olympics opening ceremony, and many questions raised (the most obvious being 'has someone spiked my drink?'). But the element that has drawn most debate has been the celebration of the NHS – a bizarre sequence of dancing nurses, children's nightmares and a looming Lord Voldemort seen off by a squadron of Mary Poppinses.
It was instantly hailed by many on the left as a grand subversive gesture, one in the eye for Cameron and Boris and the rest, and a call to arms to defend the NHS.
At Lenin's Tomb, Richard Seymour poured scorn on the spectacle as a rallying cry against the cuts:
Amid the general Sunday morning hangover, I hope those on the soft left who threw aside their probity for a saturnalian flag-fest are now in the mood to confess and repent. Lawks, Mary Poppins saving the NHS from Voldemort to the tune of Branson's money-spinner Tubular Bells! Let the Tories dare privatise the NHS now! (They're already doing it. They'll still be doing it on Monday. The fine nurses and doctors from Great Ormond Street Hospital danced in vain if this was supposed obstruct this determined class assault.).
But how genuinely subversive was the ceremony anyway? It may have had the Daily Mail and right-wing MPs and pundits frothing, but its content was obviously LOCOG-approved, and while Tory MP Aidan Burley called it "leftist crap", it also had Boris Johnson crying "hot tears of patriotic pride". Even the Nazi-impersonating MP Burley had to qualify his comments with "we all love the NHS".
Stuart Jeffries gives an overview of the mainstreaming of Marx in today's Guardian, featuring Verso authors Alain Badiou, Jacques Rancière, Owen Jones and Slavoj Žižek as well as the new edition of The Communist Manifesto.
Class conflict once seemed so straightforward. Marx and Engels wrote in the second best-selling book of all time, The Communist Manifesto: "What the bourgeoisie therefore produces, above all, are its own grave-diggers. Its fall and the victory of the proletariat are equally inevitable."...
Today, 164 years after Marx and Engels wrote about grave-diggers, the truth is almost the exact opposite. The proletariat, far from burying capitalism, are keeping it on life support.
Jeffries interviews Jacques Rancière, philosopher, radical social historian (and Ségolène Royal's favourite thinker) to shed light on the 'new Marxism':
Aren't Marx's venerable ideas as useful to us as the hand loom would be to shoring up Apple's reputation for innovation? Isn't the dream of socialist revolution and communist society an irrelevance in 2012? After all, I suggest to Rancière, the bourgeoisie has failed to produce its own gravediggers. Rancière refuses to be downbeat: "The bourgeoisie has learned to make the exploited pay for its crisis and to use them to disarm its adversaries.
May 15th is Nakba Day - commemorating 64 years since the establishment of Israel and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, many of whom, with their descendants, are still refugees.
To mark Nakba Day, Ceasefire magazine publish two exclusive extracts from The Case For Sanctions Against Israel(also published today).
Hind Awwad, a co-ordinator with the Palestinian BDS National Committee, writes:
As the world watched the Arab Spring, many Palestinians saw traces of Palestine's revolution, particularly of the first Intifada-the popular uprising of 1987—and in the beautiful spirit of the young revolutionaries.
The fall of the regimes in Tunisia and Egypt was celebrated in Palestinian households not only because it promised a return of Arab resistance, a constant dimension of the Palestinian cause but hijacked by the dictatorships for so many years, but also because it was a reminder that Palestine continues to bring people together: those struggling in many places around the world against injustice of all kinds...
The BDS movement has provided a way for us to break our collective chains.
Awwad's piece, BDS: Six Years of Success, goes on to chart some of the many successes of the BDS movement over the last few years. Read the full piece at Ceasefire.
Also published today, esteemed Israeli 'new historian' Ilan Pappe explains why he supports BDS and why he believes that it will work:
Dan Hind's The Return of the Public (out in paperback this month) has been cited by the shadow media minister, Helen Goodman, in proposals to democratise the BBC's output:
We are always being told that it is "our BBC" - usually by the BBC itself. But lately some high-profile voices appear to be taking that idea seriously.
Helen Goodman, Labour's shadow media minister, has recently weighed in with a suggested collaboration with the BBC on a system of citizen commissioning allowing the public to schedule a set number of hours of radio and TV programmes...
She said her inspiration was a book by the journalist and author Dan Hind called The Return of the Public. Hind's 2010 polemic sets out a series of proposals intended to democratise public debate through a system of citizen-led editorial commissioning.
The subtitle of the piece asks "unworkable extremism or an idea whose time has come?".


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Winona Republican-Herald, The (Newspaper) - January 30, 1953, Winona, Minnesota Cloudy With Occasional Snow Tonight, Saturday Dial 3322 To Place Your Want Ad VOLUME 52, NO. 293 SIX CENTS PER COPY WINONA, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1953 SIXTEEN PAGES Ai An Aftermath of last Sunday's reportedly costly U. N. at- tack on T-Bone hill in Korea, said to have been staged before "in- vited Rep. Clare Hoffman (R) Mich., inspects a copy of a resolution he presented in the House demanding a full report from Defense Secretary Wilson. Many other legislators joined Hoffman in demanding investigation of the unsuccessful military action in which losses were said to be "heavy." e 'Operation Smack Defended by Army By'ROBERT TUCKMAN SEOUL W) The Army said today that last Sunday's "Operation Smack" raid in Western Korea which aroused a storm of criticism in the U. S. Congress would win "only praise" when the full story The Army did not say when it would disclose the full story, but TODAY Ike Needs To Assert Leadership By JOSEPH STEWART ALSOP Eisen- hower's State of the Union message next Monday is an event to be awaited with, bated breath. For the message wifl'give the President an occasion to reassert his national leadership in no uncertain terms. If he fails to do so, he may find the real powers of decision slipping out of his hands. There have been plenty of symp- toms of this danger. Two occurred on the same day, last Tuesday. On that day. Chairman Daniel Reed of the House Ways and Means Com- mittee, announced to the press that he would push through his 11 per cent tax cut bill come what may, adding that the House would delay passing the bill only "over my dead body." Neither' Eisenhower's Secretary of the Treasury, George Hum- phrey, nor any other Eisenhower official was. consulted on the Reed tax bill. In fact, Reed flatly told members of his committee that he intended to get the bill passed no matter what Eisenhower, or Hum- phrey, or anyone else, had to say about it. His object, he said, was correspondents were obtaining information from various sources including the commander of the U. S. 7th Division which made the raid. However, there was some confu- sion. Capt. Clair M. Wolfe of Omaha, Nab., division public in- formation officer, said tonight he j still held that post. Earlier he said he had been relieved. "It was a he told cor- respondents. "I was not relieved. I am PIO of the 7th Infantry Division and will be until I rotate to Japan." Press Chief Wolfe was in charge of press coverage of the raid on Spud Hill. The Chinese stopped the attack cold after weathering an intensive aer- ial and artillery pounding. I Some lawmakers seemed con-! vinced that American soldiers had I been exploited to put on a perfor- No Struggle Between Ike And Congress Rules Change Makes Vetoing Powers Easier By RELMAN MORIN WASHINGTON UP) The White House ,says no struggle is develop- ing today between President Eisen- hower and Congress over proce- dure in streamlining the govern- ment. A change in voting rules recom- mended by Senate and House committees would make it easier jfor Congress to veto presidential I reorganization moves. White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty disclosed yes- terday that Eisenhower knew in advance of the planned and was agreeable to it. Hagerty said there is no conflict of view on the point. He told reporters congressional leaders informed the President Monday that the voting procedure on reorganization acts probably would be revised. Hagerty said the President was not opposed, Testimony Unexplained Unexplained, however, -was the testimony of Joseph M. Dodge, di-j rector of the budget, who told a House committee he "took a vigor- ous position" against the changes. Dodge normally would express the attitude of the President. Hagerty would not discuss the apparent contradiction. Last Tuesday, committees in both houses voted to alter the rule on rejection of reorganization plans submitted by the President. Under the existing statue, due tu expire March 31, a majority vote from the entire membership of the House, or the Senate, is required to block presidential pro- posals to shift agencies or func- tions of government. That is, 49 senators and 218 representatives have to cast a "nay" vote in or- der to kill a plan. Under the proposed new rule, a simple majority of the quorum present and voting could veto White House proposals. That might POW's Beat Yank Gl To Death PUSAN, Korea W) Three North Korean Communist prisoners of war beat an American soldier to death Wednesday in a compound on Koje Island, the U. N. POW command said today. The soldier, a private, was clear- ing a barracks of prisoners' prior to taking a head count when he was attacked, the POW command said. His name was withheld. Ordered to send out those re- sponsible for the beating, the pris- oners surrendered three inmates and said they did the killing. After milling about the compound the prisoners refused to return to their barracks and started throwing rocks at the guards. Tear gas was Stassen Leave for Europe tribute of operational the plans the raid to generals and news cor- respondents invited to watch the action. The plan a secret docu- ment had a three-color card- board cover and carried the em- blem of the 7th Division. "If you can show me bow I am responsible for the criticism, you are a better man than I Wolfe commented. Generals Watched The U. N. Command in Tokyo said troops of the U. S. 7th Divi- sion carried out the planned at- tack in co-ordination with artil- lery, tanks and warplanes. Invited generals and war cor- respondents watched while the in- fantrymen, following up heavy bombardment and fire-bomb at- tack on the hill, slugged to within 15 yards of the crest, then were stopped cold by deadly Red cross- auuui ii. nit, uujei-i, ue bdiu, was j harrt to return the tax-writing preroga- tive from the Treasury "to this committee, where it belongs." And Maj. Gen. Wayne C. Smith, the division commander, told AP Cor- wtleT he-announced hTintend Despondent Stan Carter today he he spoke in the confident knowledge lwa? surprised at the commotion which the operation created in the that he had heavy support in his own party in the House. Power Defined On the same day, two commit- tees of Congress reported on a bill defining the President's power to reorganize the executive branch of the government. Both committees voted sharply to reduce President Eisenhower's power in this vital respect, limiting it even more than President Truman's power was limited. This is the power which Eisenhower needs to clean up "the mess in and to be as few as 25 senators or 110 House members. No sooner was the action taken political observers began a battle between President, Back- I ers of the change denied they had anything like that in mind. View of President But Dodge, saying he was "re- flecting the view of the had fought hard to prevent the rule change. He was asked if he strongly opposed it, and he re- plied emphatically, "I do." The President mapped a busy day today. It called for an 8 o'clock break- fast with Secretary of State Dulles and Mutual Security Director Har- old E. Stassen, prior to their sched- uled departure on a 10-day inspec- tion trip in Western Europe. He had an appointment at with the adjutant general of Texas, K. L. Berry. A Cabinet meeting, Eisenhower's second, was called for 10 o'clock. The agenda looked heavy, although the White House disclosed no de- tails. Eisenhower was in position to report' on a meeting that lasted nearly two hours yesterday with the National Security Council. Those present were .silent when U. S. I they came out of the meeting. Smith of Clarksville, Tenc., said J Hagerty fewer American soldiers were disclose used and order was restored. The POW command said t were no other casualties and investigation was under way. Streetcar, Bus Strike Looms In Twin Cities MINNEAPOLIS _ Barring a last-hour settlement, Twin City Rapid Transit Co. will become in- volved Monday in the first general strike of its history. The firm operates trolleys and buses in Minneapolis and St. Paul and their suburbs. John G. Seidel, president of Local 1105 AFL Transit Workers Union, announced Thursday night that the executive committee'had scheduled a walkout for 4 a. m. Monday. Minutes before, the membership unanimously rejected a company proposal Seidel read meeting. A total of killed in the raid than he had ex- pected and that he considered the operation of "tremendous value." Caves Destroyed "A large number of bunkers and caves were he said. "A number of enemy were counted killed. A larger number were esti- mated wounded. A lot of valuable information was collected about the terrain, traffic ability of tanks, said he was unable any to an achieve substantial savings through I mass bombings and use of air greater government efficiency. cover. There is hardly any domestic issue closer to the President's heart, as evidenced by his appointment of the Rockefeller Committee on gov- ernment reorganization, as one of his first acts after he was elected. Yet every Republican member of both committees voted to limit gravely the new Republican Presi- dent's power to reorganize his own "We found our artillery sup- pressed their mortars completely as well as the enemy's artillery Smith did not list either Ameri- can or Communist casualties in his interview. AP Correspondent Forrest Ed- wards, one of those who watched man Reed's powerfully supported move to reduce government reven three Americans were killed and a were wound ed seriously. The Army would an nounce no casualty figures but ve 10 reuuce icveii- j and thus knock the Eisenhower on Page 8, Column 6.) budget into a cocked hat. There are many other signs and portents of the tendency of the Con- gressional Republicans to take mat- ters into their own hands, and let the new President twiddle his thumbs. Partly, this is a matter of instinct, inbred in congressional Republicans after twenty years of inveighing loudly against "rubber stamp Asked why Reed had not consulted the Treas- ury leaders on his tax bill, one Reed intimate replied, "Why, it would never occur to would be like trading with the enemy." Many veteran Republicans, like Reed, assume as a self-evident truth that the power to make policy will now rest with "where it belongs." Little Practical Experience What has been happening is also a result of understandable inex- (Contineud on Page 4, Column 3.) ALSOPS KOREA WEATHER FEDERAL FORECAST Winona and Vicinity Mostly cloudy with occasional light snow tonight and Saturday. Not much change in temperature. Low to- night 20, high Saturday 30. LOCAL WEATHER Official observations for the 24 hours ending at 12 m, today: Maximum, 26; minimum, 18; noon, 26; precipitation, trace; sun sets tonight at sun rises to- morrow at AIRPORT WEATHER (No. Central Observations) Max, temp. 24 at today, min. 12 at noon Thursday. Noon overcast ceiling at feet, visibility 6 miles with haze, wind calm, humidity 97 per cent, barometer 29.95 rising. agreement to meet with the Presi- dent every Wednesday morning. The President also had three af- ternoon appointments today. They were: Maj. Gen, George Hor- kan, quartermaster general of the Army. 2 Robert McLean, president of the Associated Press and. presi- dent of the Philadelphia Bulletin. Rev. Ruben K. Canada, Minnesota Set Truck Rulings ST. PAUL UP) Reciprocity agreements for trucks between Minnesota and the Canadian prov- inces of Alberta and Saskatchewan have been concluded, W. E. Howes, director of the Minnesota Motor The POW command said 'there Vehicle Department, said today were no other casualties and an! Henceforth, trucks operated by residents of the two provinces I may pass through Minnesota after obtaining a permit which costs I nothing. The same applies to Min- nesota trucks operated over high- ways of the two provinces. The agreements apply only to "closed j door" or "sealed load" operations. Previously, trucks were required to carry licenses of the provinces or of Minnesota if they used- pro- vincial or state highways. Several Canadian trucks were halted in Northern Minnesota recently until Minnesota licenses were obtained. S. Jets Down Russian-Built Chinese Bomber SEOUL S. Sabre jets shot down a twin-engined Russian-built bomber off North Korea's west coast today and capped their pa- trols by destroying one MIG jet fighter and damaging another. The Fifth Air Force said it was the second time in the Korean War that Allied fighters had clash- ed with Red bombers. Pilots re- ported it was a lone TU2. Sabre jets destroyed seven TU2s off the west coast Nov. 30, 1951. The TU2 has a wing span of about 60 feet, a cruising speed of about 200 miles an hour and became operational in 1944. The Air Force said the MIG a flight of 26 MIGs jumped four Sabres escorting one unarmed photo reconnaissance plane. The MIG kill was credited to Lt. Joseph McConnell Jr. of Apple Valley, Calif. On the ground, Allied and Com- munist patrols clashed sporadical- ly in bitter temperature dropping to the lowest of the sea. to a mass votes against the TCRT offer came in two meetings, a morning session preceding the other. Wages and working conditions were principal issues in the con- troversy. The..union asked 16 cents an hour increase for the duration of a one- year contract. The old contract expired Jan. 1. The company pro- posed an eight cent increase spread over two years and elimination of premium pay for split work shifts. Present wages range from an hour for conductors and motor- men on two-man cars to for shop workers and other employes. Held Legal ST. PAUL Legality of a will in which the late Magnus President Eisenhower, center, greets Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, left, and Harold Stassen, new boss of foreign aid on the White House portico today as they arrived to have break- fast with the chief executive before taking off for Europe. They will visit all of the important countries there to gather information on political trends. (AP Wirephoto to The Republican-Herald) Anderson Won't Press Legislature By ADOLPH E. JOHNSON ST. PAUL UP) Gov. Anderson, it became apparent today, has l a toward the Legislature in sharp contrast to that of Munson erection Alexandria left the a children's orphan home was upheld today by the bulk of his estate for Minnesota Supreme Court. Munson died May 26, 1949. Munson left in a trust fund to his housekeeper, Mrs. of his estate for a children's Carrie Olson, and willed the balance of his estate for a children's orphan home to be erected near the present site of Bethany Home in management of the Red River Valley Synod of the Augustana Synod, Hilma M. Stoppel, a cousin of Munson, on her own behalf and on behalf of 32 additional cousins, challenged the order of Probate Judge Roy C, Wickland in favor of the synod. Judge 'Rol E. Barron in Douglas County District Court affirmed the probate court decrees direct tion of bills embodying their major recommendations, to find legislators to sponsor them and then, if they felt it necessary, to drum up sup- port for them. In some cases this resulted Youngdahl of the Lutheran church, j and the-high court sustained Judge Minneapolis, Minn. I Barron. son on the Western Front, 16 de- grees below zero. The Eastern and Central Fronts reported 2 below. The Eighth Army reported that despite the biting cold an Allied patrol ran into 30 Chinese Reds in the predawn darkness northwest of Korangpo on the Western Front and killed an estimated 15. A platoon of some 30 to 40 Chi- nese jabbed at Allied' positions at Little Nori Hill nearby and were driven' off after 20 minutes. Loss in Rochester Fire ROCHESTER, Minn. UP) Fire that started on the main floor to- day destroyed about worth of surplus Army goods, mostly in ill feeling, resentment and bitter- ness. No Bill or Sponsori Gov. Anderson has taken the position that after submitting his program in his inaugural and bud- get messages, he should not inter- fere with the legislative process. He has had no bills prepared, has sought no sponsors. For some of the older procedures, he is substituting a series of with members Chemical Keeps Barnacles Off Ship for Year By WALTON ROCK BALTIMORE Liberty ship George A. Lawson roamed the barnacle-infested wat- ers of the Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean for more than a year. But when she was raised in dry- dock yesterday, her hull showed hardly a trace of seagoing, crustacean hitchhikers bills embracing a number of his j that foul ship bottoms and cost top recommendations already have i the shipping industry an estimated been introduced. These include j100 million a year in lost of the legislature. During the next three weeks he will meet all senators and re- presentatives in groups of 25 or so to discuss' state problems and answer questions. At this stage he can point to several evidences that his new approach is working. Though it is early in the session, proposals to raise iron ore taxes, to give state liquor control agents power of arrest, and to create a clothing, in David's Surplus Store j commission to study the highway on Rochester's main street. owner, David Bemel, made the damage estimate. The building was not damaged seriously. The Trap Snapped.but only the camera caught the mouse. This fine picture spotlights a small- scale domestic drama the story of a marauder in a Kensington, England, kitchen. The photo- grapher clamped the mouse-trap to a heavy piece of wood. Then, in the blacked-out kitchen, he set up his camera with the shutter open. Near by he arranged a flash gun wired so that it fired when the trap was sprung. Some time later this hap- pened literally in a flash. The mouse nibbled; the trap snapped; the light flashed for a l-3000th of a second; the picture was taken but'the mouse got away. (AP Wirephoto to The Republican- Herald) problem. How do the legislators feel about it? "I think the governor has adopted a correct and proper said Rep. Roy E. Dunn, Pelican Rapids, the House majority leader. "The governor has made his recommendations and we, in the legislature, will certainly give them consideration." Majority Leader And the Senate majority leader, Archie Miller of Hopkins, added: "He seems to be doing every- thing possible within his sphere to keep harmony, it's exactly the op- posite from what we have been used to and it is a great -relief. "I think he'll get further with his program than some governors who tried to put on the pressure." Meanwhile, the legislature gird- ed for another effort to obtain fed- eral funds for the care of Minne- sota Indians. After listening to a debate about the foster home program for Indian children and an assertion from Sen. A. 0. Sletvold, Detroit Lakes, that the federal government owes an obligation to the Indians, the Sen- ate Public Welfare Committee took the first step toward sending a delegation to Washington to seek funds. Ike Recovering WASHINGTON Ufi President Eisenhower was reported today to be about recovered from his snuf- time and drydock charges. The eight of the Lawson's smooth hull was no surprise to Robert D. Spiers, a 38-year-old St. Petersburg, Fla., chemist, but it gave him nevertheless. a "great To Spiers, it was proof that an anti-fouling compound he develop ed really works. The compound, known as Dianol, was mixed with the paint that was applied to the Lawson's hull Jan. 21, 1952, When the Law.son was raised out of the water here yesterday, the only barnacles on her hull were in patches along the keel, where blocks that held the ship in place last year kept the painters from getting at the surface, "I Spiers said, "that this is the first time a commercial vessel has been able to .stay hi barnacle-infested waters over a year without developing a severe growth of fouling organisms." Cold, Snowy In Midwest By The .Associated Press It was a little cold and snowy in Northern Midwest areas again today but clear skies and mild weather prevailed over most of the rest of the country. There was some warming, also, in the Midwest with no sub-zero readings. Light snow fell over the Northern Plains, Upper Mississip- pi Valley and the Great Lakes. Freezing drizzle was reported over parts of Minnesota. One cold spot was Houlton, Me., with temperatures near zero. Making Flight In President's Private Plane To Gather Data On Western Defense Buildup By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON W) Secretary of State Dulles and Harold foreign aid chief, left on a special mission to Europe today, carrying with them some last-minute "sug- gestions and guidance" from Presi- dent Eisenhower. Traveling aboard Eisenhower's official plane, a four-engine Con- stellation the two took off from Washington Airport at t. m. CST. Before their return Feb. 9, Dulles and Stassen are due to visit the capitals of seven West European nations. The two chief architects of this nation's foreign affairs program breakfasted with the President be- fore driving to the airport. Afterwards, Dulles told report- ers: "We got some final words about our prospective and instructions from the Presi- dent." Good Luck Eisenhower'wished .them: "Good luck to you both." Before leaving, Dulles banded newsmen a statement which seem- ed to soften somewhat the criticism he voiced earlier this week of slowness of West Europe infring- ing about a unified defense pro- gram. He .said the European Defense Community (EDC) had been "de- veloped by the Europeans them- selves with great courage and imagination as a step toward that unity which all recognize as neces- sary." Dulles had said it might be neces- sary for this national to "re-think" its foreign aid policies unless West- era Europe got together and agreed on a program of unification military as well as economic. Stassen said he was confident the mission which he and Dulles are undertaking "will be a con- structive opening move" in tha work of the Eisenhower admini- stration in foreign affairs. To Study Situation Dulles injected a more specific purpose into'the trip in a broad- cast talk to the American people Tuesday night. He said it seemed that some of the French people and some Germans want to go their separate ways and that was one reason why Eisenhower had asked Stassen and him to go to Europe to find out first-hand what the situation was. France, Germany and four other :ontinental countries in Western Europe negotiated an agreement .ast year to pool their military forces; in Europe under a single command which in turn would be under the North Atlantic Treaty command headed by Gen. Mat- thew Ridgway. Eisenhower, former NATO com-, mander, has long backed the creation of such a European De- fense Community. He and Dulles have been openly disturbed by the cooling of original German and French enthusiasm for the project. As it now stands, German defense rearmament can be accomplished only through ratification of the EDC and related agreements. Dulles, in bis speech, mentioned 30 billion dollars in U. S. aid to Western Europe since World War II and be said if the Western Euro- pean countries finally go their separate ways the U. S. will have to give its policies "a little re- thinking." Strong This amounted to strong talk from a secretary of immediately interpret- ed as a threat to slash or cut off aid. It seems equally significant, however, as word that if Western Germany cannot be rearmed as part of an European community enterprise then it will have to be rearmed separately something which U. S. policy does not now provide. The EDC slowdown is by no means the only problem before Dulles and Stassen, although Dulles' speech made it the most spectacular. There are also marked difficulties in the way of reaching defense targets set up for the North Atlantic Treaty force. The goal of a 50-division strength by the end of 1952 was not quite achieved and grave misgivings save been privately expressed by Allied leaders here and abroad about the chance of coming any- where near the achievement of reasonable goals for 1953. ;
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The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) has developed this guidance document, comprised of frequently asked questions, on Section 319 Nonpoint Source grant eligibility for projects within designated Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4). Section 319 grant funds cannot be used to fund compliance with permits or permit requirements, but these funds can be used to provide water quality benefits within urban areas, provided certain conditions are met. Those conditions will be outlined here, but this guidance is not meant to be inclusive of all situations – IDEM advises all grant applicants and current grant recipients to contact your Section 319 project manager with all project-specific questions.
A municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) is a conveyance or system of conveyances (sewers, roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, man-made channels, storm drains) that is:
The designated entity within the MS4 area must develop and implement a storm water quality management plan (SWQMP) to reduce the discharge of pollutants from their storm water conveyance system. The SWQMP lays out the methods by which the MS4 area will manage and treat their storm water. The complete MS4 rule can be found at Title 327, Article 15, Rule 13 of the Indiana Administrative Code (scroll down to Article 15 and then scroll down to Rule 13).
The Section 319 program and the MS4 program are both aimed at reducing pollutant loadings to water resources. However, there are some key distinctions:
|MS4 Program
|319 Program
|Purpose of Program
|Regulatory - Discharges from storm water conveyance systems are "point sources" and are covered under a general or individual permit.
|Assistance - The 319 program supports watershed planning and implementation of nonpoint source control measures through grants.
|Scope of Program
|Effective in urban and suburban areas (designated areas, usually with populations > 7,000).
|Carried out in urban, suburban, rural and agricultural areas.
While both programs are aimed at reducing pollutant loadings from runoff, 319 grant funds cannot be used to pay for the storm water pollution controls required by the MS4 area's Storm Water Quality Management Plan (SWQMP); 319 funds cannot be used to meet federal permit requirements.
MS4 areas are based on urban population and the permits were issued in two phases. Phase 1 was for urban areas with more than 100,000 people. The only Indiana community that was permitted as part of Phase 1 was the City of Indianapolis. Phase 2 generally covers areas with populations of 7,000 or more. Other factors, such as population density and growth were also criteria used by IDEM to designate MS4 entities. There are exceptions that can include universities, colleges, correctional facilities, hospitals, conservancy districts, homeowner's associations, transportation networks, and military bases. If you are not sure if you're in an MS4 area and don't know who to contact locally to find out, you can look on IDEM's website for a complete list of MS4 operators and their contact information.
Rule 5 is a performance-based regulation designed to reduce pollutants that are associated with construction and/or land disturbing activities that disturb one acre or more. It overlaps with the MS4 rule in that, the MS4 rule requires MS4 entities to develop ordinances for the Construction and Post-Construction MCMs, and those ordinances must meet the minimum requirements of 327 IAC 15-5 (Rule 5). Rule 5 applies statewide, but the ordinances developed by the MS4s are specific to each MS4 jurisdictional area. Just like the MS4 rule, Section 319 funds cannot be spent on Rule 5 requirements unless the proposed project is above and beyond the rule's requirements.
Since the 319 and MS4 programs have the same overall goal—to improve water quality--there are several opportunities for partnership. 319 groups are encouraged to work with local municipalities and MS4 entities to find retrofit opportunities. In some circumstances, the conveyance system can be retrofitted and 319's ability to potentially install BMPs before and after the conveyance system provides water quality benefit to the system and the watershed as a whole. Finding ways to go above and beyond the SWQMP and monitoring water quality at points that benefit the MS4 entity are two more possible partnerships. Finally, keep in mind that work done by a 319 group inside an MS4 gets to be reported by the entity in its Annual Report and that an MS4's work may often advance the goals of the 319 group.
For the purpose of 319 policy, US EPA and IDEM have defined 'conveyance' as a constructed pipe, ditch, pond, or similar structure that was never a water of the state and was designed and built to move storm water (or wastewater) between two points. Water of the state is defined in the Indiana Code at IC 13-11-2-265:
Sec. 265.
Under no circumstances can 319 pay for a BMP to be placed directly at the end of a conveyance system, as this would constitute a "point source control". However, 319 funds can be spent on the conveyance system if the project will improve water quality; but only the part of the project that improves water quality is eligible. Below are some common examples of potentially eligible 319 projects within a conveyance system:
The control measures required are listed in the MS4 Rule (327 IAC 15-13) and the SWQMP that has been developed by the local MS4. The Rule specifies six (6) "Minimum Control Measures" (MCM). Each MCM outlines components of the MS4 entity's storm water control program. The MCMs are:
For each individual SWQMP, the MCMs contain a list of activities and/or Best Management Practices (BMPs) that the MS4 entity is required to implement to control their storm water. For the most part, Section 319 funds cannot be used to construct BMPs or carry out activities required as part of one of the MCMs unless those BMPs or activities are above and beyond the requirements of the MS4 permit (see question #9).
The 5th MCM, Post-construction site runoff control, deals with storm water management measures that will be in place at sites after construction projects are completed. In some cases, rather than listing post-construction BMPs, MCM 5 cites manuals that contain appropriate BMPs. In those circumstances, you will have to track down the appropriate manual to determine what BMPs are included in MCM 5.
Anytime a group using 319 funds implements an activity or BMP that satisfies the SWQMP requirement, 319 funds are being used inappropriately. This occurs most often when 319 groups want to:
Activities and BMPs listed in the SWQMP can potentially be 319 eligible if they are above and beyond the permit requirements.
When a grantee proposes an educational activity or a BMP on new construction or a redevelopment project, IDEM makes an above and beyond determination to decide 319 eligibility. In these circumstances, there are three ways to ensure that a proposed BMP or activity is above and beyond the permit:
If the educational activity is listed in the SWQMP you cannot use 319 grant funds to implement it unless you go above and beyond the permit requirements. For educational activities, above and beyond can usually be established by focusing on the entire watershed and not just the MS4 area. Above and beyond determinations need to be made on a case-by-case basis, but there are two broad examples worth mentioning:
In both of these examples, above and beyond cannot be met if the MS4 area covers the entire watershed.
The answer depends on where you want to install the BMPs. The SWQMP does not apply to existing development (where there is no construction). So, on existing development, as long as 319 funds are spent in accordance with IDEM policies, BMPs can be installed even if they are listed in the SWQMP. On the other hand, the SWQMP does apply to new construction and redevelopment projects, so BMPs in the MCM for post-construction storm water management (MCM 5) are not eligible on those sites unless above and beyond can be met.
For example, if you want to install rain gardens on new construction and/or redevelopment, and rain gardens are listed in the SWQMP as a post-construction control measure, you will have to show that your rain garden design is above and beyond the design specifications listed in the MS4 requirements and can remove pollutants at a greater efficiency. Much like educational programs, these determinations need to be made on a case-by-case basis.
An additional caveat to remember in all circumstances is if you are working in a wellhead protection area to check if the local wellhead authority has restrictions on which BMPs can be installed.
Retrofits are opportunities to add a water quality benefit to an existing site, structure, or BMP. Examples of retrofits include adding a rain garden to a property, installing rain barrels at a house, or turning a dry pond into a constructed wetland. Redevelopments are alterations of a property that change a site or building in such a way that there is disturbance resulting in one (1) acre or more of bare land . New construction is similar to redevelopment except that the property lacks any buildings or infrastructure when the alterations begin.
Redevelopments and new constructions are subject to the SWQMP and are only 319 eligible if the proposed BMP goes above and beyond the permit. Retrofits are exempt from the SWQMP and are potentially 319 eligible.
Retrofits of existing BMPs are not considered new construction unless one (1) acre or more of land was disturbed. However, in order to be eligible for 319 funds, the retrofit needs to include features that improve water quality more than the original feature.
Yes, but only if one (1) acre or more of land was disturbed.
Projects that treat or control storm water before it enters the MS4 storm water conveyance system can be eligible for 319 funding, and are viewed favorably by IDEM because they treat pollutants closer to their source. For example, a BMP located at the edge of a parking lot such that it intercepts and treats runoff from the parking lot before that water goes to the municipal system would potentially be eligible, even if the runoff flowed through a grate or catch basin; the BMP would be intercepting runoff from the parking lot before that water goes into the municipal sewer system. On the other hand, a practice placed directly at the end of the conveyance system, (end-of-pipe device) such as a detention facility to treat storm water from the municipal storm sewer system before it is discharged to a water body, would generally be considered a point source control and would not be eligible for Section 319 funding.
As discussed in #15, end-of-pipe devices which simply lengthen the conveyance system or treat storm water immediately after it leaves the system are not eligible for Section 319 funding. However, in some circumstances, storm water that has left the MS4 conveyance system is eligible for funding. For storm water leaving the MS4 conveyance system to be potentially eligible for 319 funds, the project must address a water quality problem created as the storm water flows from the system into a receiving water (stream, lake, wetland). To be eligible for 319 funds, the storm water must be collecting or causing additional pollutants (as it erodes a slope for example) separate from what it carried while inside the MS4 system. The storm water must also be flowing over existing development; projects focusing on storm water flowing over new construction are not eligible unless the above and beyond criteria is met.
Examples of unfundable projects include:
Use of 319 funds to dissipate the storm water's energy at an MS4 release point is inappropriate unless the project is on existing development and also has a feature to improve water quality. If you can show that energy from the MS4 release is contributing pollutant loads to the receiving water, and that the project will reduce pollutant loads, the project may be eligible for 319 funds.
As noted above, a project to treat or control storm water from a conveyance system would generally not be 319-eligible. However, projects that address pollutants the storm water picks up as it flows across existing development and towards a receiving waterbody may be eligible for 319 funds. For example, creating a wetland or creating, enhancing, or restoring a natural drainage area could be eligible for 319 funds. Note that there must be a link to water quality for a project to be eligible for 319 funds.
A project to "daylight" (unpipe a section of stream and restore the open channel) a stream section may be eligible for 319 funds. A daylighting project could potentially enhance the habitat of a water of the State (vs. being an improvement to a MS4 conveyance, which would not be 319-eligible). To be eligible the project applicant should demonstrate the link to water quality (e.g., the daylighting will help address impaired biological communities). If the daylighting is being done to avoid a maintenance or replacement cost for the enclosed pipe, the portion of the project that would be 319 eligible would be the difference between the cost for repair/replacement of the pipe and the cost of the full daylighting project.
A regional BMP is a practice that is constructed and operated to treat a problem or address an issue from the surrounding watershed. They are typically designed to remove water from a stream, treat it, and then return it to the stream. Section 319 funds must be focused on keeping pollutants from reaching a stream, not removing those pollutants once they have entered the stream. Regional BMPs are not Section 319 eligible regardless of whether they are in or outside an MS4 area.
Flow splitters are devices that divert storm water from its conveyance into a water quality BMP. Because they do not provide a direct water quality improvement, flow splitters are not Section 319 eligible if they are installed within an MS4 conveyance system.
Questions about projects in MS4 areas should be brought to the attention of your IDEM 319 Project Manager.


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Nov. 6, 2013
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The 2013-14 UAB men's basketball team will not be the only one making a debut on Friday against Columbus State. UAB athletics is set to lay down a new basketball floor that will go down just in time for the Blazers' season-opener that is slated to start at 7 p.m.
Fans are encouraged to come out and get a first look at the new floor on Friday as the Blazers tip off their second season under head coach Jerod Haase.
"We are excited about the new floor and feel like it will bring an extra flare to Bartow Arena," Haase said. "I think fans are going to be blown away by it, and I am very appreciative of everyone who was involved in making this happen."
Fans can purchase tickets to Friday's game by calling the UAB Athletics Ticket Office at 205-975-8221.
For more information on the UAB men's basketball team, follow the Blazers on Twitter (@UABAthletcs or @CoachJerodHaase) and on the web (www.UABSports.com).


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The Toshiba AT200, also known as the Excite in the US, claims most of its column inches for one reason. When originally launched, it was the slimmest tablet in the world. It's a 10.1in Android tablet relying on its looks and light weight to stand out from the crowd. But now that it's a crowd of some volume, the AT200 is more likely to gain attention because of its mistakes rather than its triumphs. And there are a few of each.
Bucking the current design trend for tablets, the Toshiba AT200 doesn't taper its bod to a fine point, to give the greatest possible impression of slimness. Its edges are squared-off - more like the first iPad than the third, if you like.
This robs the tablet of its initial slide-down-the-catwalk, "look at me, I'm so thin" moment. In actuality it's fantastically skinny at 7.7mm, but an onlooker at Trusted towers went as far as to remark on how chunky the thing looked from a glance.
The slim factor may not quite impress in the manner intended, but its weight does. At 558g, it's one of the lightest Android Honecomb tablets you'll find. Our top tablet pick, the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime is just under 30g heavier at 586g, but an iPad comparison shows much more marked difference. The third iPad is 94g heavier.
We still doubt whether it's a good device to hold and use one-handed for long periods, but part of this is down to the dimensions of the Toshiba AT200, as well as pure weight. Most 10in Android Honeycomb tabs, this one included, use a widescreen aspect that tends to make them feel a little unwieldy in-hand compared to 4:3 tablets like the iPad, and smaller 7in models.
The Toshiba AT200 is remarkably thin and light, but this has resulted in only a few build and connectivity compromises. Its back is covered with a thin, metal-finish sheet that, while not as hardy-feeling as an iPad or Transformer Prime, lends it some of the premium vibe that's an absolute must in a £400 tablet.
Its sides are not metal, however. They are plastic, and feature an odd black ridge running along the middle that's at odds with the more seamless, pristine look most tablet manufacturers adopt. The seam between the back and sides isn't subtle, with a visible gap and discernable edge where the sides rise above very slightly.
Using a non-curved metallic-finish back and plastic elsewhere, the Toshiba AT200 isn't among the strongest-feeling of premium tabs, and it's not ergonomically great either.
The metal coating on the back seems to be extremely thin too - a light scratch reveals the black surface underneath, which we're guessing is plastic. Press down on the back of the tab and there's a little bit of flex, which results in a click of contact - the back unnervingly clanking into the AT200's innards. Not good - but the benefits of its resulting light weight shouldn't be underestimated if you want a portable tablet.
What's most impressive about the Toshiba AT200's body is that its focus on slimming down hasn't led to connectivity going down the pan. As you might expect, there's no full-size SD card slot here, but you do get all the essentials, lined-up along the left edge.
There's a micro HDMI socket to output video to a TV, a microSD slot to expand upon the decent 32GB of internal memory (16GB version also available) and a microUSB socket. This isn't to charge the internal battery, but does give you easy access to the internal memory simply by plugging the AT200 into a PC. Eat that, iPad. There's also a 3.5mm headphone jack.
On the bottom sits a very large proprietary charging socket. Toshiba offers an official dock that plugs into this, but that doesn't come in the box.
Buttons and controls
All the Toshiba AT200's physical buttons and controls sit on the right edge. These are all standard - volume up/down, power - aside from the little multi-function slider switch. This will either turn silent mode on and off, or act as an orientation lock, depending on what you have selected in the Settings menu.
how long before I can get one for £89?
All these tablets....should I get Samsung, Toshiba,HTC, which screen size? Android? Another OS? Ahhh, I give up - Ipad it is then!
Nice to see the extra connectivity, but full-size USB and SD would be more useful. Otherwise, you can't plug in memory sticks without adapters, or view photos direct from a digital camera. It would only take a small bump could accomodate these, or they could use something like the expandable ethernet ports on thin laptops.
As with their ultraportable laptop announced earlier Toshiba has to be commended for not aping the designs of Apple with this tablet unlike much of the PC industry.
Impressive weight loss although I personally feel that it's still quite heavy for any extended use. Perhaps had they left out the rear facing camera and GPS module - two features on a tablet that are somewhat unnecessary - they may have been to achieve that objective.
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Stories making headlines around the regions today include the first same-sex marriages which will take place in Rotorua and a couple who threatened suicide if their benefit was cut.
Same-sex wedding preparations are under way at Rotorua Museum.
A severely-ill South Wairarapa couple who considered suicide if their benefit was cut have won an appeal.
A Tauranga woman has claimed unfair dismissal after using company funds to buy alcohol and cigarettes.
A teenager who smashed the windscreen of a police car less than one week after being released from jail has pleaded guilty to wilful damage.
A Waiouru soldier has taken witness stand at Whanganui District Court to fight sex charges.
The Flaxmere community is outraged after a hit and run on Tuesday night.
An award-winning brewing company has expanded to open a craft beer bar in Tauranga.
Work has begun on the $2million upgrade to Rotorua's Eat Streat.
Masterchef Brett McGregor went back to school and found the heat of the classroom a few degrees higher than any television studio.
A woman who texted her friends and drove more than 300 kilometres - while on medication and half asleep - could be back on the road.
Residents of Stratford are disgusted at the actions of taggers who defaced their fences and properties.
Cyber-bullying is alive and well in Wanganui.
And finally Hawke's Bay SPCAs will get a healthy boost to their coffers, thanks to a tasty Cupcake Day fundraiser later this month.
Other stories making headlines around the regions include:
Blame for extra rubbish rejected.
Quality line up for arts festival
Dance extravaganza to open school theatre.
500 pack meeting on cuts to snapper limits.
Sullivan Lake clean up costly to ratepayers.


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Two weeks ago I broke the story (http://www.jacobkornbluh.com/2013/03/personal-note-why-i-will-not-serve-as.html?m=1) about negotiations going on between the two Satmar factions, in working out some deal to ease the tension, internally and politically, and move towards an end to the almost decade and a half rift.
It seems there was more to it, especially after the amount of pressure that was mounted on the blog to remove a post that was, in their words, harmful to the peace talks between the Zalmenites as the Ahronim.
Rumors have been swirling within the community that Governor Andrew Cuomo's office, represented informally by Orthodox businessman Abraham Eisner, is on the verge of concluding a deal between the two Satmar factions over disputed property.
The two factions, the New York Observer has learned, would jointly purchase the 165,166-square foot, 3.2-acre Marcy Armory in Williamsburg from the State. The armory would be physically divided between the two camps, though the Zalmanites would pay more than the Aaronites, reports Colin Campbell. In exchange, the Aaronites would renounce their claims on summer camps in Ulster County and the matzah bakery on Broadway.
"These rumors are simply untrue," said Matthew Wing, a spokesman for Governor Cuomo, when reached by the Observer. "No one in the governor's office is involved in any 'deal,' and in reality the armory is going to be subject to a competitive RFP process."
Mr. Eisner hung up on The Observer when reached Friday afternoon on his cell phone.
It remains seen whether this deal, if true, would break the ice and become the first practical move towards restoring peace in one of the largest-most-growing Orthodox Jewish communities. This and more, if the two factions decide to act as a united force, this could become paradise for local and Statewide politicians, who would be able to rely on a bloc vote of almost 100,000 votes.


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Demand for British-made cars from domestic consumers roared ahead in July, kindling hopes of a revival in manufacturing.
British-based carmakers produced 28,895 vehicles for the home market in July, an increase of 38% on last year, according to industry group the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). This helped lift total UK car production by 7% to 128,870 cars.
The majority of British-made cars are destined for export, but production for foreign markets nudged up just 0.6%, as ongoing uncertainty in the eurozone, the UK's largest car export market, continued to weigh on sales.
The increase in cars rolling out of factories is being viewed as another sign that the UK's economic recovery is picking up speed. On Wednesday, the Confederation of British Industry said that manufacturers' order books were at their fullest for two years.
"Car manufacturing is continuing to follow the wider UK trend for more positive economic growth with a 7% rise in July," said Mike Baunton at the SMMT. "We are starting to see slight signs of recovery from Europe which will support stronger production levels this year."
Earlier this week Nissan filed an application to extend its factory in Sunderland, already Britain's largest car-making plant, where it makes the Qashqai, Juke and electric Leaf. Jaguar Land Rover is doubling the size of its West Midlands engine plant as it seeks to capitalise on surging demand across Asia for its vehicles.
Rachel Pettigrew, senior economist at the manufacturers' association EEF, said the manufacturing sector was on course for growth of 1.9% in 2014. "There is a lot of divergence and variation in the manufacturing sector. Automotive has been one of the strongest performers coming out of the recession and since the start of the year we have really seen a pickup in domestic demand."


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SAP Ribbon Cutting
October 19, 2011, 10 am - 3 pm, ShakeOut Week event at SAP
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Unveiling of a new Incident Command Center, and earthquake preparedness exercises featuring the Big Shaker – world's largest mobile earthquake simulator
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