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Golden Boot Winner 2011: Johnathan Thurston (Australia)
Malcolm Andrews appraises the winner of the 2011 Golden Boot, Johnathan Thurston.
Have you ever wondered about what it takes to be a talent scout for an NRL or Super League club? They are the highly-paid officials who scour the Australian countryside and the British amateur competitions for the stars of tomorrow. And schoolboys matches are all grist for the mill.
Right now one can only wonder at the judgment of some of these soothsayers.
Let's backtrack to 2001. For the previous three years player manager Sam Ayoub had been trying to interest the officials of each and every NRL club in a teenager he had on his books. Johnathan Thurston was a scrawny kid who had been playing for the All Whites club in Toowoomba, west of Brisbane.
But not one of the 16 NRL sides were interested. There were a multitude of excuses. Too small. Looks like he'd break in half the first time one of the battle-hardened opposition forwards hits him. No defence, can't tackle. Too slow. All that and more.
"No one wanted anything to do with him,"Ayoub explained. "They wouldn't even take him for free." But eventually Ayoub persuaded a semi-reluctant Canterbury Bulldogs to sign him. They would pay for his accommodation. But there would be no match payments.
Ayoub chose the Bulldogs because he lived in the area and he had promised Thurston's mother he would keep a close eye on the kid. That's also why he got Canterbury captain Steve Price to take him in as boarder in his home.
In the words of the cliché, the rest is history. How all those club officials – especially the talent scouts – would love have to have their time over again as Thurston is honoured with the Golden Boot as the finest player in the world during 2011. And not forgetting all those awards he has collected in the intervening years. Two Dally M Medals (as the NRL Player of the Year in 2005 and 2007), the Wally Lewis Medal as State of Origin Man of the Series in 2005, and the World XIII's Scrum Half of the Year in 2007 and 2008.
Is it any coincidence that Queensland have won a record six straight Origin series with Thurston at the helm, with him taking out three Man of the Match awards? And what about how the North Queensland Cowboys often struggle when he is not there to direct them around the pitch?
While all eyes were on his 'partner in crime' Darren Lockyer, during the recent Gillette Four Nations Tournament – Lockyer's swansong in Rugby League – it was Thurston's individual brilliance that ensured his success in the Golden Boot voting.
He set up two tries, and scored another, in the Australians opening victory over New Zealand. At Wembley against England he was a stand-out performer in attack and, as a bonus, converted each of Australia's six tries, several of them from wide out. Then at Wrexham he helped put the Welsh to the sword, once again regularly setting up tries and booting eight goals from nine attempts.
Finally there was his brilliant, if controversial, Man of the Match display in the final against England. What we didn't know, as Thurston carved up the opposition, was that he was virtually playing on one leg, thanks to a thigh injury sustained in a training run two days earlier. But he set up a couple of tries, scored one himself in which he handled the ball three times and kicked five from five. His defence was impeccable except for the occasion on which he gave away that penalty try.
Before the final former GB scrum half Shaun Edwards had told The Guardian: "His kicking is a bonus for Australia. It's unusual for a scrum half to be such a great goal-kicker. But, even without that, he's one of the best pivots in the world, in either [rugby] code. He's also got that little bit of edge about him, which is something all the great half-backs tend to have."
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Advisor Name Title Morteza Naraghi-Pour Committee Chair Guoxiang Gu Committee Member Peter Wolenski Committee Member Shuangqing Wei Committee Member A. Ravi. P. Rau Dean's Representative Keywords
- multipath channels
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Date of Defense 2007-02-27 Availability unrestricted AbstractThe increasing demand for high data rate in wireless communication systems gives rise to broadband communication systems. The radio channel is plagued by multipath propagation, which causes frequency-selective fading in broadband signals. Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is a modulation scheme specifically designed to facilitate high-speed data transmission over frequency-selective fading channels.
The problem of channel modeling in the frequency domain is first investigated for the wideband and ultra wideband wireless channels. The channel is converted into an equivalent discrete channel by uniformly sampling the continuous channel frequency response (CFR), which results in a discrete CFR. A necessary and sufficient condition is established for the existence of parametric models for the discrete CFR. Based on this condition, we provide a justification for the effectiveness of previously reported autoregressive (AR) models in the frequency domain of wideband and ultra wideband channels.
Resource allocation based on channel state information (CSI) is known to be a very powerful method for improving the spectral efficiency of OFDM systems. Bit and power allocation algorithms have been discussed for both static channels, where perfect knowledge of CSI is assumed, and time-varying channels, where the knowledge of CSI is imperfect. In case of static channels, the optimal resource allocation for multiuser OFDM systems has been investigated. Novel algorithms are proposed for subcarrier allocation and bit-power allocation with considerably lower complexity than other schemes in the literature. For time-varying channel, the error in CSI due to channel variation is recognized as the main obstacle for achieving the full potential of resource allocation. Channel prediction is proposed to suppress errors in the CSI and new bit and power allocation schemes incorporating imperfect CSI are presented and their performance is evaluated through simulations.
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All Nippon Airways Co. says the composition of its fleet is under discussion after Airbus announced its intent to scoop up half the Japanese market.
The European manufacturer is riding high after bagging a landmark $9.5 billion order from Japan Airlines Co. earlier this month, and wasted no time in setting out its aims in a country that has traditionally been a Boeing Co. stronghold.
Airbus has a 13 percent share of the Japanese market and that figure will almost double to 25 percent by 2020, thanks to orders already in hand. Further down the road it wants to be the maker of one of every two planes in operation in Japan.
"We are going to raise our market share in Japan," Airbus chief Fabrice Bregier told a business forum in Tokyo on Monday, adding that he wanted to boost that figure to "as close to 50 percent as possible."
JAL's announcement two weeks ago that it had agreed to buy 31 airplanes from Airbus set the aviation industry buzzing with speculation that its competitor may follow suit. Bregier has said he would welcome business with ANA.
An industry source said earlier this month that ANA, which is known to be looking at aircraft to replace part of its fleet of Boeing 777s, was expected to order around 30 new planes within six months.
The source said Airbus and Boeing were going head to head to win this order.
On Tuesday, a spokesman for ANA, whose hangars are filled with Boeing-made planes, said there had been no decision as yet.
"As we are currently studying planes for our fleet, we have no firm plan at the moment," he said.
Bregier has acknowledged that the lofty goal of grabbing a big part of Boeing's business — in place since Japan's postwar reconstruction — will take time.
"For many years we asked why our market share in Japan was so low," he said. "People thought we would never sell aircraft to JAL, and in fact we had always failed until now."
JAL and ANA were both badly hit by the well-publicized problems with Boeing's Dreamliner.
The lightweight plane — hailed for its fuel-efficiency but marred by years of production delays — was grounded globally in January after lithium-ion batteries overheated on two different planes, with one of them catching fire while parked.
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Entertainment team and acts excellent, Passengers very friendly
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Ship; past its sell by date, could not cope with any sought of wind or swell,rocking everytime out of port, lots of complaints from passengers.
Carpets in public areas thread bare and needs a coat of paint(inside areas)
Cabin: So called premier: Carpets filthy, tv not working, air con not working all in first 15 mins. Lame excuses for air con and tv got engineer myself to fix air con and IT buff to install new lead to TV.Could not open curtains as outside window were seats for smokers no peace from around 6.30 am till late.
Halfway during cruise we woke to air con pumping class out soot. Cabin steward was given the job of fixing and cleaning carpets. Good job he was top boy.
Food: basic same every day.
All Inclusive: Having got AI as part of deal did not realise that most of ship were not on AI, they were offered it at More around £180. pw.Could get basics and ship brands but could not get Tea or Coffee in Bistro absolutley ridiculous.
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For Meaghan Coltharp, BS '10, MBA '12, the journey to becoming an accountant wasn't strictly about learning to crunch numbers and analyze data. It was a wide variety of classes and different professional development opportunities at Aurora University that helped shape her career as a staff accountant with Mathieson, Moyski, Celer & Co. in Wheaton, Ill.
Coltharp loved the AU atmosphere. From the small class sizes, the professors and AU events, everything fit with her personality and interests. She credits AU with always having something fun and educational happening.
"My advice to any accounting or business student is to go to as many AU professional events as possible," said Coltharp. "Even if you don't think it fits your career path, go! Networking with different clients, employers and fellow peers from all walks of life will help your future career."
As a staff accountant, Coltharp is assisting with auditing, reviewing and collections of financial statements for profit, not-for- profit, and government entities, as well as assisting in tax return preparations.
"AU prepared me for my career by having professors who not only received an education in accounting and business, but they also had experience working in those fields at one time or another," said Coltharp. "My professors helped me understand concepts better by relaying their real world experiences in classes. I've remembered their stories and applied those lessons to my own career."


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I'm a stay home mum and on a normal day it's just me and my daughter.
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Well, I worked up 4 different loads for 40 S&W. 2 Different Powders and 2 different bullets (1 lead, 1 plated). 1 Load of each bullet with each powder. I kept powder measurements at the low end or the range because these are my first loads ever. Finally got to the range today to test them out. I ran 2 rounds of the first lead load, no problems. Ran 2 rounds of the first plated load, no problems. On to the loads of the other brand powder. Ran the 1st lead round and got a pop not a bang. Lead bullet is stuck inside my barrel and shell didnt extract. I know that i didnt forget powder in the round because the shell was covered in it after I extracted it and the breech of the barrel was covered as well. Checked the primer in the casing and it looks like a normal strike not light.
Any idea what could have gone wrong here? And possibly how I can get that lead bullet unstuck from my barrel? :blink: I never got to test my last recipe with the plated bullets because my barrel had a lead bullet stuck in it. So, I was forced to put the SR40c back into my bag and move onto the next gun to fire (with factory ammo no reloads). If it wasn't for being able to try out my new Springfield EMP 40 and had it run flawlessly my trip to the range would have been ruined because of the reload problem, but that's another thread :image035:. Im going to pull the rest of that batch of lead rounds that I made as I no longer trust that recipe and honestly I don't really like the lead bullets in general any more, I will probably stick to plated and jacketed from here on out.
Anyways, like I said I am very new to reloading and these were my first batches. I am trying my best to keep from being discouraged after having this happen on my first trip to the range to try them out, but at the same time very grateful it went pop and got stuck in my barrel instead of going boom and blowing my barrel to pieces injuring me in the process. Any advice, thoughts, ideas, info that you guys can offer me about this situation would be great. If anyone wants me to post the recipe that this happened with I can go get my notepad and post it up if that would help, and if anyone wants me to snap a pic of my stuffed barrel I can add that as well.
Thanks in advance guys.
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Load that popped instead of banged = 4.1 g of Bullseye powder with a 180 gr Lead Bullet
Here is one of the other rounds. They were all seated properly and this is the finished product:
Here is the dirty casing that I ejected its pretty dirty so I know I at least had powder in it probably not enough:
Here is the struck primer. It doesn't look light to me it looks the same as my factory casings that went bang:
And here is my barrel with that dirty lead bullet hiding inside:


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US gives Israel a blank check to wage war
The Bush administration has given Israel a carte blanche to wage war against Lebanon, bombing and killing as it sees fit. American diplomacy in the crisis precipitated by Israeli aggression first against Gaza and then against its neighbor to the north is concentrated on blocking any move for a ceasefire and concocting a pretext for future military action against Syria and Iran.
It is transparently clear that for President Bush it is of no consequence that tens of thousands of American citizens, not to mention other foreign nationals, are in harm's way, as Israel continues to blast away at civilian populations in every part of the country, including the capital, Beirut. Already, eight Canadians have died as a result of an Israeli bomb attack on a house in southern Lebanon.
Far from issuing a warning to Israel to desist until the Americans can be evacuated, Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice have been using every available forum to justify Israel's savage assault and scotch all efforts to halt the lopsided fighting, in which Israel has an overwhelming military advantage.
The US government's indifference to American life, as well as Lebanese and, for that matter, Israeli, should serve as an object lesson on the cynicism and callousness of American imperialist policy—as well as its immeasurable hypocrisy. It is worth recalling that in 1983 the Reagan administration used a non-existent danger to a handful of American students in Grenada as the pretext for invading the Caribbean island nation after factional warfare had erupted within the ruling New Jewel Movement.
The entire American political establishment, Democrats no less than Republicans, and the mass media are proclaiming in unison that Israel is the victim and the militant Islamic groups, Hezbollah and Hamas, and their political allies, Syria and Iran, are the aggressors. They repeat endlessly that Israel is merely exercising its "right to defend itself," and the blockade and bombing of a sovereign country, Lebanon, was provoked by Hezbollah's kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers.


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Florida's top legislative leaders are coming out against a push to allow the use of marijuana for medical reasons.
House Speaker Will Weatherford and Senate President Don Gaetz announced Wednesday that they will ask the Florida Supreme Court to block the proposed amendment.
In a memo Gaetz said after consulting with senate staff he had concluded that the medical marijuana amendment would mislead voters.
The Republican legislators are joining Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi in their opposition to the amendment. Bondi last week asked the court to block the measure.
Supporters say they have gathered more than 200,000 of the nearly 700,000 petition signatures needed in order to make the 2014 ballot.
By law the attorney general asks the court to review amendments when nearly 70,000 signatures have been collected.
Meanwhile, more than 300 people attended a debate at Palm Beach State College on medical marijuana.
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FRESNO, Calif. --- March Madness has made its way to the San Joaquin Valley and the Bulldogs put on a fun show at the Save Mart Center on Monday night as the Fresno State men's basketball defeated Princeton 72-56 in the College Basketball Invitational Quarterfinals.
The win propels the Bulldogs in the CBI Semifinals, which Fresno State (19-16) will host on Wednesday night when the 'Dogs face Old Dominion at 7 p.m. Tickets start at $10 and go on sale at 10 a.m. PT on Tuesday at the Save Mart Center Box Office and online at ticketmaster.com.
"It takes a team to win this time of year and your best players have to put it in the books and they have to play on both ends of the court," Fresno State third-year head coach Rodney Terry said. "This time of year, it's a privilege to still be playing. When you're playing this deep in the book right now, there's nothing like it and you have to play even possession like it's your last and you can't have any regrets. It's a great time of year and I think our guys are excited to still be playing but knowing that you play hard and you get a chance to win."
To get there, the 'Dogs turned to their senior team captain - All-Mountain West guard Tyler Johnson - for a big night. Johnson finished with 23 points and eight rebounds with four assist and two steals.
Bulldogs' sophomore Cezar Guerrero added 15 points and six rebounds while freshman Paul Watson posted 13 points, four rebounds and two blocks.
Fresno State shot 47.5 percent from the field and limited the Princeton Tigers to just 31.7 percent from the floor as the 'Dogs snapped the Tigers six-game win streak.
"Great team effort tonight by every guy on the floor and the bench was great," @RodneyTerry tweeted after the game. "We really appreciate our crowd tonight! The Red Wave made the difference tonight! We need you Wednesday against a well-coached Old Dominion team!"
The Bulldogs are now just one win away from its first 20-win season since going 22-10 during the 2006-07 campaign and reaching the CBI Championship series for the first time in school history.
"We are one of the few teams in our conference still playing and we had the ability to advance in the post season," Johnson of the team's mindset. "The young guys are getting an experience from post season wins and we are all wanting to go out on a good note."
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"We have quite a few young guys that will be back," Terry said. "To play at this time of year and the kind of experience those guys have gained all year long... it's going to be valuable for us in the future. We're just excited that our guys are getting the opportunity to get an experience like this right now and know what this time of year is all about."
Fresno State is playing in its first postseason tournament in seven seasons and the first in Terry's three seasons as the Bulldogs' head coach.


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That ASP just looks so huge and heavy on a keychain though, like it'd really weigh it down ?
It's probably the best-designed personal safety weapon you can carry short of a cane or firearm. And I say that as somebody who trains with throwing knives, tonki, nunchaku, sai, emei piercers and even more exotic weapon systems. It's a very easy EDC.
I use Fox labs with a holster that clips on my belt. Since i work for government and can't carry it's what I carry.
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I use Sabre Red OC and can attach/detach to my car keys.
I carry a Fox Labs keychain version in my pocket EDC and a Fox Labs 2 oz. size mounted on the outside of my BOB. Both of them are the versions which spray a tight stream for more distance, and slightly more resistant to blowback from the wind than the fog pattern model.
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Fox Labs FOAM is the best I have ever used. I have never been cross-contaminated with it, and it dropped every person I ever sprayed immediately. The 2oz. can is small and easily carried. Fox is carried by every law enforcement agency in my area. I can't say enough about how much better the foam is over cone and stream units. (Technically, the fog/cone patterns incapacitate quickly, but usually the user gets a lot of it too) The cone units are better for big crowds, however. Some argue that the foam can be flung back at you by the suspect, but I certainly never saw anyone capable of doing it. Much ado about nothing.
Sabre is suitable for seasoning your eggs, but not much better than that. I have seen it fail several times. And the cheapie key chain units from discount stores are even worse.
ASP Key Defender failed when I used it against an attacking drunk. My Fox can was empty (totally my fault) and when I sprayed the guy with the ASP, he just got madder and fought harder. The stuff came out in a fine mist, which actually affected me more than him. It was deployed point-blank in his face. The insert was new, as I replaced it once a year, and had just put a fresh one in about a month before. After this incident, the ASP key unit was replaced with an LED flashlight to carry my keys.
Last, but not least: Don't buy into the hype about percentages of OC. In other words, Fox has what appears to be a modest 5.3 percent of OC, when some manufacturers claim up to 15 or 20 percent. The 5.3 formula works just as well, but decontamination is much quicker. Don't care about that? You will if YOU accidentally get some of it! The old 10 percent stuff we used to carry was terrible to decontaminate. I would put Fox 5.3 against other manufacturer's "bear stopper" formulas of supposedly higher percentage.
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The earliest known use of shell for cameo carving was during the 15th and 16th centuries. Before that, cameos were carved from hardstone. The Renaissance cameos are typically white on a grayish background and were carved from the shell of a mussel or cowry. In the mid 18th century, explorations revealed new shell varieties. Helmet shells from the West Indies, and queen conch shells from the Bahamas arrived in Europe, thus sparking a big increase in the number of cameos that were carved from shells.
An absolutely exquisite hard stone agate cameo bracelet from the Victorian (ca1880) era! Sometimes called banded agate, this 3-cameo bracelet is made with 14kt yellow gold and adorns natural pearls. One very large cameo face rests at the center of the piece and depicts a classic creamy white image of the profile of a beautiful woman's face. She has a blackish brown floral detail in her hair and a 3-dimensional look. The ornate detail portrayed in the cameo is simply exceptional with feminine locks of hair and a wonderful expression on her face. On each side of the center cameo are two smaller cameos which share the same black and white carved hardstone image of a woman. All three of the cameos are surrounded by a matching frame of natural pearls and then an ornate 14kt gold frame with intricate wirework and beadwork. The bracelet is hinged on each side of the center cameo and has a wide gold mesh band on the underside. The clasp is detailed with a simple wirework design and there is a safety chain for added security. A very unusual and fantastic piece, this bracelet would make a wonderful addition to any collection!
Measurements: The center cameo, including the gold frame, measures approximately 2 1/4" tall, a little less than 2" wide and has a depth of 3/4". The 2 outer cameos, including their gold frames, measure approximately 1 1/4" tall, a little more than 1" wide and have a depth of 3/8". The entire length of bracelet is 6 7/8" long.
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This is a discussion on Woman Burned within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; LOS ANGELES An exotic dancer was set on fire outside the club where she worked early Thursday, burning more than 60 percent of her ...
I think these people need tied to a stake in the town square and have friends and family stone them to death,unbelievable I don't care what their reason was if she dies I hope they get the death penalty and they don't wait 20 years before they use itLOS ANGELES An exotic dancer was set on fire outside the club where she worked early Thursday, burning more than 60 percent of her body, police said. They were searching for two suspects.
A woman and a man called the 27-year-old dancer outside around 1 a.m. and then doused her with a flammable liquid next to the Babes & Beer sports club in the San Fernando Valley, police said. The dancer ran back inside and patrons came to her aid, police said.
Police identified the suspects as Rianne Celine Theriault-Odom, 27, and Nathaniel Marquis Petrillo, 22, both frequent patrons of the club. They were being sought for investigation of attempted murder, police said.
"Given the condition of this victim, they may be responsible for ultimately her murder," Deputy Chief Michel Moore said. "This is a terrible, terrible attack."
Moore said the dancer, a mother of two, was in grave condition after being burned over more than 60 percent of her body. Her identity was not immediately released.
A sign at the club indicated it was a sports bar. A message left at the club was not immediately returned.
"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country,"
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I wrote a long essay here about how they should be set on fire for doing this but I think I might have gotten in trouble from the mods. So, I won't tell you how a feel about this kind of crap. :)
How about we bury them up to thier necks and cover them in honey?
Sorry mods, but these kinds of BGs bring out the bad side of me...
"Without fear there can be no Courage!"
You wonder how many other things these kind of people have done and never been caught.......a couple of twisted morons.
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Can't think of anything to do to them that wouldn't get me in trouble for posting here. To bad they can't put them to death even if she lives...
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They pay homage to a fire god? Let 'em pay homage ... on the town square as suggested, with fire.
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Thoughts: Justifiable self defense (A.O.J.).
Explain: How does disarming victims reduce the number of victims?
Reason over Force: Why the Gun is Civilization (Marko Kloos).
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Anyplace still practice burning at the stake, or was that only used on witches?
Agreed. They want to send someone out like that? Fine..when they get caught...they should go the same way.
I'm a parent with a daughter the same age as the victim and if they did that to my daughter they wouldn't need to worry about prison
"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country,"
--Mayor Marion Barry, Washington , DC .
"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country,"
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Make them dig their own grave,get into it,bullet to the back of the head.Over and done with except for throwing the dirt in.


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MR. MUELLER: Good morning.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good morning.
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PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good morning!
AUDIENCE MEMBERS: Good morning!
MR. MUELLER: Good morning to all of you -- (scattered cheers) -- and especially to our guest, President Barack Obama. (Cheers, applause.)
Mr. President, on behalf of every one of the employees you see here before you and around the world -- (cheers) -- it is my privilege to welcome you to the FBI. (Cheers, applause.)
But before we begin, we would like to present you with several special mementos to mark your first official visit to the FBI. (Scattered cheers.)
And as you should know, we are not above using this occasion for recruiting purposes. (Laughter.) We are always looking for talented special agents. But you are a wee bit past our age limit. (Laughter.) And in any event, you do have another job.
However, it is not too early for Sasha and Malia -- (laughter, cheers) -- to start thinking about joining the FBI. (Scattered cheers.) And so we would like to send you home with two official bureau teddy bears for them --
AUDIENCE MEMBERS: Aw!
MR. MUELLER: -- as well as T-shirts -- (cheers, applause) --
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Great. Nice. (Chuckles.)
MR. MUELLER: -- as well as, for you, an FBI cap. (Laughter, cheers.)
We hope that -- (cheers, applause) --
PRESIDENT OBAMA: It fits.
MR. MUELLER: It fits. Good. (Off mike.)
Mr. President, on Inauguration Day, we were all honored that you stepped out of the motorcade right here, in front of FBI headquarters, to walk past our house, on the way to your house. (Cheers, applause.) And we are just as honored to have you here with us today.
This may not be the most beautiful building in Washington -- (laughter) -- but it is one of the most important. It is the hub of the organization charged with protecting America from crime and terrorism, while also protecting the civil liberties we all cherish.
Though this may be the FBI's headquarters, there are thousands of FBI employees spread throughout the country and the world. Wherever they are stationed, they represent the FBI's tradition of fidelity, bravery and integrity. It is a tradition that goes back more than 100 years, to President Theodore Roosevelt.
Today though the FBI threats are much more diverse and global. They range from terrorism to espionage, from public corruption to violent crime. And yet today's FBI is uniquely equipped to address these challenges. As threats continue to evolve, so to will the FBI. But what has never changed and will never change are our values.
For over 100 years, we have pledged to serve and to protect our nation, and to do so while upholding the rights and the liberties guaranteed to every citizen, under the Constitution. To the men and women of the bureau, fidelity, bravery and integrity are more than just a motto. They are a way of life.
Mr. President, the men and women standing here today and their colleagues throughout the world share a dedication to defending freedom that is unparalleled. It is and has been the history of the FBI. And it is and will be the future of the FBI.
We in the FBI appreciate the enormity of the task before you. We offer you our full support. And we will continue to do everything in our power to safeguard this nation. Thank you again for coming here today. It is an honor to introduce to you the men and women of the FBI, just as it is now my honor to introduce you to them.
Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. (Cheers, applause.)
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good afternoon, everybody. (Cheers, applause.) Well, it is a good excuse for you to be outside on a nice day. (Cheers.) And it is a great honor to be here with the men and women of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
I am grateful to the FBI for the t-shirts -- (laughter) -- for the teddy bear for the girls. Even though we've kept our promise on the dog, I wouldn't want to come home empty-handed. (Laughter.)
I want to thank your outstanding director, Robert Mueller -- (cheers, applause) -- not just for the introduction, but because Bob has led the bureau during incredibly challenging times. He became only the sixth director of the FBI just one week before the 9/11 attacks. And since then, he has worked as hard as anybody to prevent additional attacks and to carry out the FBI's enormous responsibilities. So I appreciate him and I appreciate all of you. Thank you. (Cheers, applause.)
So last summer, the FBI celebrated its 100th anniversary. I think it's safe to say that it has been an eventful century for the bureau. Back in 1908 -- oh -- somebody -- somebody faint? Do we have a(n) EMT here? Right down here. Just give them a little bit of space. This happened during my political campaign all the time. (Laughter.) I was talking too long; people would be falling out every which way. (Laughter.) They're usually fine. They just need a little bit of -- a little bit of air and a little bit of water. Right down here, right in the middle. Not you. You're doing fine. (Laughter.) Right in here. All right. I think they'll be all right.
So back in 1908, there were just 34 special agents reporting to Theodore Roosevelt's attorney general. Today, there are over 30,000 men and women who work for the FBI. Back in 1908, those agents worked out of one building here in Washington, and today you work here at FBI headquarters and at field offices across America and in countries around the world. So much has changed in the last 100 years. Thank God for change. (Cheers, applause.)
And part of what makes the FBI so unique is its ability to adapt to an ever-changing world.
Back in 1908, even the most imaginative of minds would have struggled to anticipate all of the challenges that would confront the Bureau, from bank robbers to bootleggers, from hate crimes to white- collar criminals, from public corruption to counterintelligence, from international terrorism to cyber threats. The challenges of the 21st century have called on us to think anew and to act anew. And in recent years, the Bureau has undergone a profound transformation to keep pace.
With the attacks of 9/11, your mission became focused more than ever before on prevention, so we have the capacity to uncover terrorist plots before they take hold. With the spread of new technologies, you increasingly confront adversaries in unconventional areas, from trans-national networks to cyber crimes and espionage. And through it all, you must continue to stay one step ahead of all who step outside of the law.
And I know that change means much more than moving around some boxes in an organizational chart. You've set new priorities, you've developed new capabilities, you are working to use new technologies and teach new skills. And because these challenges cross borders, both seen and unseen, you've developed new partnerships abroad, while sharing information more effectively with law enforcement here at home.
This is a tough business, but it is essential to protecting our country, because in the end, it's your hard work that makes the difference: your decisions, your analysis, your action. Because of you, the men and women of the FBI, the American people are safer and our country is stronger. For that, you have my personal gratitude, but you also have the thanks of a grateful nation.
So I know that much has changed in the last 100 years, but, as your director said, I know that some things have remained constant. And that starts with the values that we have sworn to uphold: liberty and equality, opportunity and the rule of law. That's the foundation upon which America is built. That's the purpose that has always guided our power. And that is why we must always reject as the false -- as false choices the choice between our security and our ideals.
In so many ways, the FBI is a unique institution. You're unique because the FBI is both an intelligence agency and a law-enforcement agency. You must both prevent danger and help us pursue those who carry it out. You protect us and you protect the civil liberties that we cherish. But after all, that is why America is unique, because of that fundamental belief that we are committed both to our security and to the rule of law, because of that hard-earned truth that we are always stronger when we act in concert with our most deeply-held values.
I have -- have no illusions that this is simple or easy. Many of you made enormous sacrifices and are incredibly dedicated. And living our values means that we must hold ourselves to higher standards than our enemies. We face a long struggle against a determined adversary. We know that al Qaeda is not constrained by a constitution or by allegiance to anything other than a hateful ideology and a determination to kill as many innocents as possible.
But what makes the United States of America so special is precisely the fact that we are willing to uphold our values and our ideals not just when it's easy but when it's hard. (Applause.) We've been called to serve in such a time.
And I have to say that I am heartened by what I see here today. Each of you has made the decision to serve your country. You're doing so at a critical time. And, you know, none of us can know with -- certain what the future will hold. But I do know that the FBI can and will continue to adapt to new dangers, that you will be critical in leading the way in keeping this country safe. And we are counting on you.
There's much to celebrate from the FBI's first 100 days. We remember notorious criminals who've been caught and public corruption that's been ended and civil rights that have been protected and terrorist plots that have been uncovered. None of that would have been possible without the work of men and women like you. And we're calling on you again.
Behind me is the motto that you carry forward and that your director alluded to: Fidelity, Bravery and Integrity. These are more than just words etched into a building. They're a signal of the character of the men and women who work here. And I am confident that if you stay true to those words, no matter what challenge may come our way, we'll be able to look back a hundred years from now with the satisfaction that you advanced the cause of America's security and America's ideals in your time. What an enormous gift that is to give back to your country.
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless the United States of America. (Cheers, applause.)
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No one is more sensitive to the charge of being out of touch with "reality" than the poor old British left. Their fear of being thought childish for getting flustered by civilian corpses has resulted in a bullish engagement with pro-war commentators that judges the action purely on the basis of whether or not it will "work". Any squeamishness about state-sponsored death per se is put aside in favour of a cool-headed assessment of the allies' strategic goals. If they ever do mention any emotional or moral response to the atrocities, it is to distance themselves from what Suzanne Moore calls "naive pacifism". Nothing would shame them more, it seems, than to be caught out in some mindless display of humanity for the innocent victims of a war they will neither wholeheartedly condemn nor support. More bothered about seeming grown up to their editors than being true to the sense of moral outrage they felt when they first heard about the bombing, they are busy being armchair generals while people such as Marsden are going to the wall, unsupported by any argument that stops them seeming simply eccentric. They would find it faintly embarrassing to admit to any similar moral pangs, so they concentrate instead on trying to warn Bush and Blair about the challenges of the next phase. Doomsayers they might be, doves they most certainly are not.
It's easy to get lost in this debate and forget why you're there in the first place. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote what I thought was a perfectly serviceable column about why I was opposed to the war. Among other things, it satisfied my need to find reasons to support an instinct that I thought was irrelevant in itself. Like many others, I was appalled by what I saw in the first week but somehow didn't think that the sense of outrage and, yes, moral indignation was enough. I, too, thought it somehow sloppy to validate a response that Armstrong and the rest would regard as a sign of intellectual immaturity. Without realising it, I had fallen for the cultural demand that the visceral and, yes, childish reaction to early images of this conflict should be repressed in favour of a more "constructive" contribution. I took this on board at the time, but Marsden has reminded me that there's nothing shameful about feeling sick to the stomach at the thought of what is taking place. This week, it is the image of low-flying aircraft spewing out platitudes in Pashtu about how the forces that have displaced the entire population of Kabul are friends of the Afghan people that makes me want to shout obscenities at every government minister who has ever mentioned freedom.
Of course, they have got an answer for this. If they could be bothered they would remind me that collateral damage is never sought but is, none the less, justified in pursuit of the greater good. You can't be against wars, they would say, because sometimes they are simply a regrettable necessity. Naive pacifism is all well and good but what would any of today's frustrated peaceniks have done about Hitler?
Some wars clearly are justified. I accept that. But the criteria that makes them worth fighting has nothing to do with the attainability or otherwise of any strategic ends. The justice of a just war stands whether or not it achieves its objectives. It is only when the war is not just - when it is simply the most efficacious means of aggressor getting what he wants - that the question of results eclipses every other consideration. Then, as now, the war can only be justified if things turn out as the aggressor hopes. If they don't, it will not have been "worth it". The fact that the perpetrators of the present outrage are judging their actions purely in terms of whether they arrive at a desirable outcome proves that they are operating in a moral vacuum. Like the criminal who can only judge the success of any sortie by whether or not he comes back with the booty, they cannot see that something can still be morally rancid if every dot and comma of your master plan comes to fruition. By their logic, it is OK to kill people if you can demonstrate that doing so helped you achieve some wider objective. A good proportion of the murderers in Strangeways probably think the same.
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I wasn't going to watch the Concert for New York because I thought this was their business. It would be easy, from this distance, to complain about the cloying sentiment and patriot whistleblowing that I presumed were bound to form a large portion of an evening dedicated to remembering the dead and celebrating the achievements of the living. Grief always looks slightly vulgar if you don't know the people involved and I didn't want to be the one carping about the tone of the bereaved city's mass wake.
I still wish curiosity hadn't got the better of me. Watching the show was like peeking into someone's front room the night after they buried their husband. The spectacle wasn't pretty. Celebrities in fireman's outfits bowing in front of bewildered emergency workers; children who had lost their fathers sharing the mike with policemen vowing vengeance on Osama bin Laden - "You can kiss my Irish ass!" And every sentimental ballad you have ever heard, and hundreds you haven't, wringing everyone dry of emotion to the point where they could hardly stand up.
Objectively, it was disgusting. But that doesn't mean it shouldn't have happened or that there was anything wrong with the way it went off. As Bill Clinton said, this was the first opportunity many of the audience would have had in over a month to "stomp their feet and make a joyful noise". If it seemed messy and ill-judged then it is worth remembering that that is what grief looks like. I think this is one occasion when Americans cannot be called to account for what, under other circumstances, would have been slated as a major cultural mishap.


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BOJ rift surfaces over easing as political debate heats up
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TOKYO/NAGOYA, Japan (Reuters) - A split within the Bank of Japan was laid bare on Monday, with newcomers to its board pressing to strengthen commitment to an ultra-loose policy, as pressure on the central bank for bolder action intensified in the run up to next month's election.
In an effort to shift the debate away from the central bank, BOJ Governor Masaaki Shirakawa repeated his view that monetary easing alone cannot beat deflation, urging the government to pursue fiscal reform and deregulation to boost domestic investment.
But minutes of the October 30 meeting of the nine-member board released on Monday showed Takehiro Sato, one the newcomers, had suggested a more activist stance on monetary expansion once Shirakawa's term ends in April.
The conduct of policy became one of the most heated areas of political debate ahead of the December 16 election after Shinzo Abe, the leader of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and likely next prime minister, called for the central bank to adopt negative interest rates and other radical measures.
Abe also threatened to take away the BOJ's independence to allow the government to call the shots on targets and the means to achieve them.
Sato, a former economist who has consistently called for more BOJ measures to keep yen rises in check, proposed linking monetary policy more closely to a rise in consumer prices and suggested giving up the BOJ's view that consumer inflation will approach 1 percent in the fiscal year ending in March 2015.
The minutes of the meeting showed Takahide Kiuchi, another former economist who joined the board with Sato in July, was alone in his support for the proposal, showing that their views lacked broad support at least for now.
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April 27 (Reuters) - Oilfield services provider Baker Hughes Inc said on Wednesday it expects U.S. rig count will begin to stabilize in the second half of 2016, while the rig count globally will drop steadily through the end of the year due to fewer new projects.
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