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Pray for Bucky and Carole Sydnor, development workers serving with believers in Nepal to provide social ministries.March 21, 2012
Bucky & Carole Sydnor
Bucky and Carole
serve in Nepal
with the Nepal Baptist Church Council. Bucky works as the international
relations coordinator for Human Development and Community Service (HDCS), a
non-governmental Christian organization committed to holistic mission in Nepal,
and focuses on the great need for social ministries such as health, education,
and community development. Carole also works with HDCS, helping to coordinate
language and orientation of the international staff who come to work with HDCS.
Bucky and Carole relate informally with individuals and churches in the rapidly
growing Nepal Baptist Church Council, in areas of discipleship and leadership
Carole writes: "Are
all these story books for us to read?"
asked 12-year-old wide-eyed Nirmala when we entered the children's section of
the AWON back in 2007. The library, a few minutes walk from our
apartment, was started by a handful of American women over 40 years ago. Among
other things, it has the largest selection of children's books in English in Nepal, including many Sydnor books donated in
1987 when we left Nepal.
Nirmala's mother
works as a cleaner right across the street from where we lived at the time.
Seeing Nirmala and her sister,
Bhirmala, often walking on the road to their mom's work place, I quickly
became their friend. One day I took them to the AWON Library. Their eyes
glistened with joy, full of happiness at what a library offered. Eagerly they
joined the library with me as their sponsor and started their journey of
reading more than just their schoolbooks. Now, five years later, Nirmala is an
English Literature major in her first two years of college. [Read more of
Carole's journal at http://www.internationalministries.org/read/42056-one-book-at-a-time
Reading a book is
something I took for granted when I was young. But here in Nepal, it is different for young
children. If their parents don't read English or Nepali, or if they read very
poorly, they do not know the value of reading, much less appreciate it.
It has been one of
the joys of living here that I have been able to help change the world of a few
young Nepali girls who crossed my path, one book at a time.
- Pray for Bucky and Carole as they serve the people of Nepal in the name of Christ.


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When the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Senate version of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law on March 21, 2010, the reaction from Texas leaders of all political persuasions was swift, varied and impassioned — no surprise, given the sweeping scope of the new law.
One thing all sides could agree on: The implications of the law for Texas, with the nation's highest percentage of uninsured residents, are enormous. For supporters, the promise of getting 1.2 million or more people on the insurance rolls in 2014 was cause for celebration, but for its many detractors — among them, politicians, business owners and conservative leaders — the Affordable Care Act (or Obamacare, as it is almost universally known) represents both a potentially bankrupting budgetary disaster and an unprecedented incursion into the lives of ordinary Americans.
A key part of the ACA — and a major reason for opposition to it in Texas and many other states — is a massive expansion of Medicaid. Opponents already consider the program outdated, inefficient and in dire need of reform. As it stands, Texas is billions short in current Medicaid funding; the 2011 Legislature reduced their estimates of Medicaid costs to pass a balanced budget, as required by the state Constitution, intending to shore up any shortfall from "unexpected revenue" or the state's rainy day fund.
With an expansion in Medicaid eligibility, hundreds of thousands of Texans — estimates range from 600,000 to 1 million, although there is considerable uncertainty there — who are currently eligible but not enrolled might swell the overburdened program even further.
When President Obama signed the act on March 23, 2102, opponents in Texas immediately set out to undo the reform, using both legal and political means. Florida filed suit the day it was signed into law, and Texas immediately joined it — a total of 26 states would eventually be co-plaintiffs as the law inevitably moved towards a constitutional test. Across the nation, conservatives ran on the promise of repealing the law; the legislation helped define and energize the newly-emerging Tea Party. In Texas, the 2010 elections saw the Republicans gain a historic supermajority in the state House of Representatives, along with overwhelming dominance in the Senate, a sweep few predicted. Other factors came into play in a state with no Democrat holding statewide office, but resistance to health care reform was a powerful and unifying issue.
What it does
ACA is designed to unfold over several years, with the last provision scheduled to take effect in 2015. Key elements include:
- A dramatic expansion of who will be eligible for Medicaid;
- Ending denial, or loss of coverage, due to pre-existing conditions;
- Extending young adults' coverage under their parent's insurance plans to age 26;
- Creation of health exchanges to offer a variety of health insurance choices at varying levels of cost and coverage (The states have the option to create these exchanges. If they don't, the Federal government will);
- Establishing an individual mandate; that is, most Americans will be required to have some kind of insurance, or pay a penalty, or tax, if they choose to remain uninsurThere are many, many more changes to the system, affecting insurance companies, small and large businesses, large urban hospitals and remote rural care, doctors, caregivers and patients — it is a massive reform of health care in America that effectively if not completely ends the U.S. distinction of being the only industrialized country in the world without universal healthcare.
How it Works
The ACA is designed to expand health coverage in two broad ways: offering more choices to Americans via state or federal-run health care exchanges, and by expanding Medicaid for the poor and other low-income Americans.
The exchanges are meant to provide a clearinghouse of choices and information, helping individuals and small businesses alike get information, determine eligibility, compare providers and shop for the right deals, at least theoretically creating possibilities for savings enjoyed by large organizations.
Texas leaders have so far shown no sign of setting up a state-run health insurance exchange, which means the federal government will by law have to step in and do it for them.
The second aspect — expanding Medicaid coverage to anybody younger than 65 making less than 133 percent of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) — begins in January 2014 and would cover millions of previously uninsured low-income Americans. Cost-sharing subsidies to families making 100 percent to 400 percent of the FPL are also offered under the law.
Extending Medicaid beyond its traditional scope of health care — for the disabled and children and their mothers — to anyone within the guidelines means everything will get bigger: the insured population, the bureaucracy, the responsibilities of the federal and state governments — and, of course, the bills. To soften the financial blow to the states, the ACA's Medicaidprovisions are structured so that the federal government would pay 100 percent of the new costs for the first 3 years, then gradually cede some of the costs to the states, ultimately capping at 10 percent.
Central to "affordable" in the Affordable Care Act is the idea of the individual mandate — that is, requiring nearly every citizen to participate, a large healthy population mitigating the cost of treating those needing care. Fundamental to the idea: sooner or later, nearly everyone, no matter how healthy, will eventually need healthcare, making the mandate ultimately equitable. Under the law, individuals — and businesses — may decide not to participate in ACA, but if they do so, they must pay a penalty, for individuals capping in 2016 at $695 per adult and $347.50 per child, up to a family maximum of $2,085 or 2.5 percent of family income, whichever is greater.
Against that tax, the ACA offers a wide range of incentives, from tax breaks to financial assistance, to participate in the system and broaden the insured base.
The Supreme Court Decision
Florida filed a lawsuit (Florida v. Department of Health and Human Services) immediately after the president signed the bill, seeking to strike down the law under the twin principles of the individual mandate and the expansion of Medicaid. Texas joined that suit the same day, eventually followed by 24 more states. As the case progressed through the federal appeals courts, it was merged with another lawsuit — National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius — and that was the case that was finally heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. Oral arguments were presented to the justices over three days in March, 2012. The rhetoric around the ACA was further charged by heated presidential-year primaries. During arguments, both sides' arguments — and especially the judges' questions — received intense scrutiny for some clue to the court's ultimate decision.
The interest hardly abated until June 28, when the Supreme Court upheld the law's constitutionality by a 5-4 margin. Chief Justice John Roberts, appointed by George W. Bush in 2005, was the unexpected swing vote.
The consensus of legal experts and pundits alike was that the Affordable Care Act would stand or fall on the Individual Mandate provision; if it was deemed unconstitutional, the fate of rest of the federal health reform was at best uncertain. In upholding that central tenet, Roberts outraged conservatives, but the way he upheld it — by labeling it a tax instead of a penalty, a well-established right of Congress — and giving states an out, saying they could decline to participate in ACA without losing current funding — gave a boost to opponents and a potentially wide-reaching poison pill to supporters of the broader principle of federal versus states' rights.
The Reaction in Texas
Reaction was swift. Gov. Rick Perry condemned the decision as a "stomach punch to the American economy," but Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott saw deeper implications in Roberts' decision, going so far as to declare victory even as most conservatives remained stunned at the outcome.
On July 9, Perry went on Fox News, declaring Texas would exercise the option outlined in Roberts' decision and not participate in the expansion of Medicaid. Texas House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, who joined the general conservative outcry, nonetheless noted that the state legislature would "be much more involved in the decision-making on this."
What's Next
The Supreme Court's decision to uphold the law marked the beginning of fresh uncertainty, with virtually every Republican from presidential nominee Mitt Romney on down vowing to repeal the law if the GOP gained a significant majority. But the 2012 General Election re-elected Obama and dealt losses in both the House and Senate to the GOP. Ted Cruz, who replaced outgoing Kay Bailey Hutchison in the U.S. Senate, followed through on his campaign promise to file a bill to repeal Obamacare, but acknowledged it stood virtually no chance, saying in a statement, "Unfortunately, this bill will not pass in the current Congress, but I will continue working hard until we have the votes to repeal Obamacare in its entirety."
Initially, many Republican governors, following almost immediate pronouncements from Florida and Texas, said they wouldn't participate in the expansion to Medicaid. In practice, that hard line has proven problematic. While opposing expansion might play well to the conservative base, leaving a significant portion of the population uninsured could come at a political cost –– if Texas participated, it's estimated that as many as 4.4 million of the state's six million uninsured will be covered by 2014. Economically, the effect of opting out is similarly stark, with billions of Federal dollars left on the table: in trying to avoid spending $9.6 billion over 10 years (according to a state Health and Human Services Commission estimate), Texas will turn away $112 billion.
No matter how you look at it, the numbers are staggering: implemented, between 2013 and 2017, Texas will spend $68 billion on healthcare, the Federal government $1.2 trillion.
The arguments against expanding coverage are rooted in tough math: Opponents point out that even if all those additional Texans get a new card with Medicaid expansion, there aren't enough doctors accepting Medicaid patients to cover those 4 ½ million people –– and the number of doctors, currently about 30 percent, has been steadily declining, dissatisfied with, among other things, the state's reimbursement rate. Beyond that, detractors say, even the relatively modest outlay required of the state –– theoretically nothing at first, with the state's share of the burden gradually increasing, although there would certainly be considerable administrative costs in setting the whole thing up –– is enough to bankrupt the state, already strained to bursting by the system as it currently stands –– as system, many maintain, is already broken. Gov. Perry likened the situation to getting on board a sinking ship. ""To expand this program is not unlike adding a thousand people to the Titanic," he said.
Americans remain deeply divided on the law. Many provisions of the law have already been enacted and would be tough to walk back, even if the numbers and political will existed in Congress to repeal the law: extending parents' health insurance to adult children, making it illegal to deny coverage to children based on pre-existing conditions, lowering prescription drug costs for seniors, etc. — many opposed to the law in general may still find much to like in the law's particulars.
Leaving that much money on the table has implications for a range of businesses, from clinics and hospitals to doctors to insurers. Small businesses are certainly interested in controlling insurance costs, and the health care exchanges, another aspect of Obamacare adamantly opposed by Perry, has, along with incentivising tax credits, at least the potential to do just that. In February 2013, after long internal debate, the state's largest group of doctors, the Texas Medical Association, came out in support of expanded Medicaid coverage –– with conditions: that reimbursement rates improve, and that the system be improved to minimize excessive paperwork and overzealous enforcement. This came months after the Texas Hospital Association, also with plenty of skin in the game, endorsed expansion –– without conditions. Hospitals would stand to gain, even if doctors don't take on more eligible patients, because money could flow to relieving the costs of indigent care –– which could ultimately bring relief to local taxpayers. And some economists have cited a stimulus effect from all those health care dollars flowing into the state: a $1.29 return for every dollar spent, according to one study.
Perry and new HHSC chief Kyle Janek, among others, favor a system of block grants — allowing the states to take federal money and design their own health care systems — as an alternative to the ACA, or, less ambitiously, to Medicaid expansion. There is some evidence that more local control can offer better outcomes, but skeptics point to Texas' last-place standing in per-capita spending on its citizens and wonder if the state has any real impulse to improve health care.
Other states that originally took a similar hard line against the expansion of Medicaid have since agreed to participate, among them Arizona, where staunchly conservative Governor Jan Brewer conceded that "The Affordable Care Act is not going anywhere, at least not for the time being," and Ohio, whose Republican Governor Kasich said expanding Medicaid "makes sense for the state of Ohio."
Everything about the ACA is big. The law itself runs 2,407 pages. The problems it attempts to address are tremendous. It figures large in Obama's political legacy and will probably be the signature legislation of his administration. The resistance to it in Texas and across the nation has been massive. And regardless of whether it survives in full or in part or is repealed altogether, its effect on Texans will be huge.


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CENTER TOWNSHIP — A preliminary budget for the next school year in the Homer-Center School District came Thursday with the potential of a hefty tax increase and a promise: "It's not going to happen."
The budget calls for a tax hike that would cost the average property owner about $82 more — a 7 mill boost including about 3.8 mills allowed under the economic index and the rest under exceptions to the referendum provision of the Act 1 school tax law.
Board President Vicki Smith said those are working figures and the actual tax increase will be less.
On paper, the real estate tax would reach 132.6 mills. Other taxes of 0.9 percent on earned income and 0.5 percent on real estate transfers and a $5 local services levy would continue.
The administration drafted the budget to include more local tax revenue than is expected to be necessary, because the exact amount of state support won't be known for several months.
"We do not, under any circumstances, intend to go to 7 (mills) without knowing the budget figures from the governor," said Smith. "We are going to make sure we have that ability if it should be needed. But it is not our intention to do that."
In all, the budget shows $15.7 million of expenses for 2014-15, about $500,000 more than this year. The largest part of the increase is the district's contribution to the teachers' pension fund, which accounts for 2.8 mills of the property tax increase, said Superintendent Charles Koren.
The board will hold budget workshops March 13 and April 3.
The administration will fine-tune the budget until May, then present it for the board's tentative approval and for 30 days of public display. The district faces a June 30 deadline to enact the budget — the same deadline for the state Legislature to ratify a budget that would set the amount of aid to public schools.
Following a day of continuous snowfall in the region, the board barely mustered a quorum of five members to conduct business.
Smith and directors Gerald Bertig, Michael Bertig, Fred Hayes and Joy Sasala unanimously approved all items on the agenda. Members Dan Fabin, James McLoughlin, Julie Rado and Sherri Williams were absent.
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• Approved the 2014-15 school calendar, which shows the students' first day of class on Aug. 25 and final day on June 3, 2015. Teacher in-service days are scheduled Aug. 20 and 21 and June 4.
Chauncey Ross is the Gazette's fixture at Indiana Area and Homer-Center school board meetings, has been seen with pen and notepad in area police stations and courts, and is something of an Open Records Act and Sunshine Law advocate. He also manages the Gazette's websites and answers your questions about them.
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Numerous conservative media figures have attacked CNN for broadcasting video footage of insurgents attacking U.S. soldiers in Iraq: Pat Buchanan said that CNN "ought to be treated like Al Jazeera"; Michael Savage even claimed CNN had "committed murder" by airing the video; Brent Bozell asserted that CNN was "cavorting with the enemy to get video to put on the air in the United States to break the will of the American people."
In recent days, conservative media figures have attacked CNN for broadcasting video footage of insurgents attacking U.S. soldiers in Iraq, first shown during the October 18 edition of Anderson Cooper 360. The video, made by insurgents and obtained by CNN "through intermediaries" from the Islamic Army of Iraq, shows apparent sniper attacks on U.S. soldiers. During a portion of the tape aired on CNN, a U.S. soldier is shown sitting in a vehicle while insurgents discuss an imminent sniper attack. As a gunshot is audible, CNN briefly blacked out the video feed. The soldier is then seen slumping over, apparently having been struck. Cooper and others repeatedly referred to the video as "propaganda" during the program. Brief segments of the video were subsequently replayed on the October 19 editions of Anderson Cooper 360, American Morning, CNN Newsroom, and Your World Today, and on the October 23 edition of The Situation Room.
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- On the October 23 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, right-wing pundit Michelle Malkin accused CNN of "figuratively flying the Islamic army flag or the Hezbollah flag on their newscasts." Host Bill O'Reilly asked Malkin, "I want to know as much about Iraq as possible. And I think the military wants to know as much about Iraq as possible. Isn't it -- isn't it if you get that kind of a video and you explain what's going on, doesn't that help us a little bit?" Malkin replied, "If you're going to run this thing the way they ran it and negotiate directly with the Islamic army or any terrorist group, you have to be very mindful of being used as a tool."
- On the October 23 edition of MSNBC's Scarborough Country, political analyst Pat Buchanan said of CNN, "I mean, look, if they're going to play the Al Jazeera game, they ought to be treated like Al Jazeera on the battlefield and in the White House and everywhere else." Buchanan further referred to the videotape as a "snuff film."
- On the October 23 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, Media Research Center (MRC) president L. Brent Bozell III asserted that CNN was "cavorting with the enemy to get video to put on the air in the United States to break the will of the American people." In an October 24 MRC press release, Bozell echoed Buchanan by calling the video a "terrorist snuff film."
- In an October 24 editorial, The Washington Times wrote of CNN: "Their goal here is to undermine the war effort, even if that means being a mouthpiece for terrorist propaganda." The editorial also falsely claimed that the video included footage of soldiers being killed, writing: "Instead of heroism, we see unsuspecting American soldiers being dropped one by one."
- During the October 19 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Michael Savage attacked CNN and correspondent Michael Ware, who obtained the video for Anderson Cooper 360. Of Ware, Savage said, "I'd like to take this guy and put piano wires through his ears ... I would make certain this guy never sees the light of day again for what he just did. He killed one of our men. He just killed one of our men." Savage further charged repeatedly that "CNN has committed murder," and stated, "[Y]ou don't see it that way. You psychopathic left-wing scum think that that's freedom of the press. This is not freedom of the press. This is murder. This is cold-blooded murder." CNN obtained the film after it was recorded; Ware was not present when the insurgents were firing on U.S. troops.
- On the October 20 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh called CNN's airing of the video "terrorist propaganda, essentially," and asserted that the "unvarnished truth, that is CNN's, is that America sucks, that America is to blame, America deserves to lose." Limbaugh also claimed that CNN is "in league with the snipers."
Media Matters for America issued a press release on October 24 responding to Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), who called for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to remove CNN from the military's embedded journalist program because "CNN has now served as the publicist for an enemy propaganda film." Hunter was joined by Reps. Brian Bilbray (R-CA) and Darrell Issa (R-CA) in making the request.
From the October 23 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor:
O'REILLY: On the CNN program Anderson Cooper 360, video from the terrorist group Islamic Army of Iraq was used in a report about sniper attacks on American troops. Apparently, CNN got the video directly from the terrorists by way of a third-party negotiation. Well, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Congressman Duncan Hunter, is outraged and wants CNN reporters removed from the battlefield. CNN says it has an obligation to report the war in Iraq in a, quote, "unvarnished way," unquote. Mr. Cooper is on vacation.
With us now, Fox News analyst Kirsten Powers and in Washington, Michelle Malkin, two ladies who never go on vacation. Always at the ready to discuss this. All right, Michelle. What do you think?
MALKIN: I think it's reprehensible, and let me tell you why. CNN has a founder who, just a couple of weeks ago, said that there was a problem with flying the American flag on American newscasts. And he was, of course, implicitly criticizing this network for doing so. These people think that we should never take sides in the war, and particularly this war on terror. But they have no problem figuratively flying the Islamic army flag or the Hezbollah flag on their newscasts. And it's all about the context. It's not just the airing of this sniper video, which undermines troop morale and undermines continuing support for what we're doing there, but it's also a whole history at CNN of choosing the wrong side, whether it's 1998 during the Tailwind scandal, when they falsely accused the -- our military of poisoning defectors in Laos during the Vietnam War. Or whether it's more recently during the Israeli-Lebanon conflict, where you had Anderson Cooper admitting, yes, you know, there are Hezbollah guerrilla fighters who are orchestrating our coverage, and they just make stuff up. They're driving around ambulances trying to concoct scenes of emergency. Or more recently Nic Robertson at CNN, who basically admitted belatedly that Hezbollah was again basically directing the news segments for CNN.
O'REILLY: Yeah, they can't get into that -- they can't get into those areas unless they cooperate. But look, I don't know about morale, because everybody in Iraq knows they have snipers that are trying to kill them. So I don't know why morale would be -- would be driven down by using that footage. And that's what I want to get into. CNN, you're right, looks at itself as an international network, not an American network. There's no question it does. And it does give moral equivalency to other nations' point of view, vis-a-vis ours. [CNN chief international correspondent] Christiane Amanpour does that all day long. OK? That's their choice. They can do it. It's America. They can do it. People can watch or not watch. But this thing here is interesting. I want to know as much about Iraq as possible. And I think the military wants to know as much about Iraq as possible. Isn't it -- isn't it if you get that kind of a video and you explain what's going on, doesn't that help us a little bit?
MALKIN: Well, look, I believe in telling the unvarnished truth about what's happening in Iraq, as well. But again, it's about the context. And if you're going to run this thing the way they ran it and negotiate directly with the Islamic army or any other terrorist group, you have to be very mindful of being used as a tool.
From the October 23 edition of MSNBC's Scarborough Country:
SCARBOROUGH: Pat Buchanan, CNN's saying that what it did was actually a tribute to servicemen who died over in Iraq. What's your take?
BUCHANAN: Oh, cut it out, for heaven's sakes! This is a -- an assassination of American soldiers, a series of assassinations of American soldiers. It's not news. It shows how these people went about killing these Americans. It's a propaganda film for the enemy to encourage the enemy and to show what a fine job they're doing killing the imperialist invaders. That thing should not have been shown. But worse than that, Joe, what about the reaction -- the president of the United States -- sons and daughters -- these are our fellow Americans over there, and the president is their commander-in-chief. What does he have to say about CNN, presumably an American network, showing films of how these soldiers who are under him are being taken down and killed and shot to death? I mean, look, if they're going to play the Al Jazeera game, they ought to be treated like Al Jazeera on the battlefield and in the White House and everywhere else!
STEVE ADUBATO (TV host): Joe?
BUCHANAN: I find this really -- I mean, this is appalling! Look, I'm not for this war. This is a snuff film, is what it is!
From the October 23 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes:
COLMES: You know, Brent, Duncan Hunter the congressman from California is calling for the Pentagon to yank any embedded reporter from CNN. Whether or not we agree that that should or should not have been shown, should the government get involved in terms of editing like that what a news organization does?
BOZELL: Well, in the first place I think, Alan, what you said in one of the promos was exactly right when you called this a terrorist snuff film. That's what it is. It's not an insurgency video, as CNN calls it, it's a terrorist snuff film. I think that Duncan Hunter is entirely correct to raise questions about it. Look, you know, to me, this is the height of something truly appalling that American men and women right now are risking their lives, putting their lives on the line, defending these journalists, who are right now also cavorting with the enemy to get video to put on the air in the United States to break the will of the American people. I think there's something really horrific in this, and what in the world we're doing defending them and protecting their lives and putting our good men's lives on the line for this -- I don't understand it.
COLMES: The issue is: Should the U.S. government be able to stop a news organization from airing this kind of footage? Should they get in the middle of this? And should the government be the arbiter of what gets on the air?
BOZELL: Well, listen, I don't think that suggestion that the government be the arbiter of what's on the air. I think the government is saying what in the world are we doing defending, putting our men's lives on the lines, defending the lives of these people who are working against American interests?
From an October 24 Washington Times editorial:
A new Hollywood movie about the battle of Iwo Jima opened last week right about the time CNN began airing footage it obtained from terrorists showing U.S. soldiers being killed with sniper fire. It is a fitting contrast. The movie tells the story of the three surviving GIs who were immortalized on film raising the flag over Mt. Suribachi. The CNN tape shows the exact opposite: Instead of heroism, we see unsuspecting American soldiers being dropped one by one. No flag raising, no glory; just another dead U.S. soldier.
Of course the Mt. Suribachi photograph is a distortion. The United States did win the battle, but long after the flag had been raised. In fact, three of the flag raisers would never leave the island alive. In 36 days of fighting, there were more than 25,000 U.S. casualties -- one out of every three men -- of which nearly 7,000 were killed. By comparison, in the Iraq war's 1,680 days, the United States has lost 2,800 troops. Yet that single photograph further roused Americans to keep confidence in final victory.
Which brings us to Sen. John Kerry's defense of CNN's decision to air the terrorist footage: "As painful as the images of war are, it's important to understand what soldiers go through." If there had been a CNN equivalent in 1945, would it have been important to air footage of Japanese machine guns mowing down GIs as they waded ashore? Imagine watching hundreds of Americans being killed in one day of battle. Japan's imperial government couldn't have asked for a better propaganda weapon. The impact on a war-weary America would certainly have been emotionally crushing for those with sons and husbands still in battle, and might well have played in to antiwar sentiment. But it is much more damaging today when the nation is not as fully united as it was during World War II.
But let's take Mr. Kerry and CNN at their word and assume that this type of footage has journalistic merit. It follows that CNN should also have shown its hours of footage from September 11. We're talking about the people trapped in the World Trade Center who decided to jump and the other grisly images most Americans have never seen. Or what about the tape showing Iraqi terrorists beheading Nick Berg? CNN has kept this footage locked away out of some faux sensitivity for Americans' fragile spines. The only way one can see the full horror of September 11 and other terrorist carnage is by downloading amateur videos off the Internet.
In a mind-numbing article on Sunday, Boston Globe columnist Joan Vennochi also defended CNN's decision, because, as she understands it, Americans are too dim to appreciate the reality of war. "Without a draft, it is easy for the rest of the country to tune out casualties," she wrote. "Much of what is seen on television makes war feel as bloodless as a video game."
This sort of forced logic does a poor job of masking CNN's and its defenders' real motives. Their goal here is to undermine the war effort, even if that means being a mouthpiece for terrorist propaganda.
From the October 19 broadcast of Talk Radio Network's The Savage Nation:
SAVAGE: There's another story I want to get to right now. As you know, CNN is a -- is a traitorous network. It's not just a liberal network; it's actually walked over to the other side, crossed over a long time ago. Today, they hit a new bottom. One of their reporters in the following clip can be seen -- or heard, rather -- translating as Iraqi snipers are shooting U.S. troops on video, and listen to what you hear in clip one:
WARE [audio clip]: Wait, wait, he fell down. "God is great," says one of the team as they disappear until it's time for the next strike in Iraq's sniper war.
SAVAGE: I'd like to take this guy and put piano wire through his ears. I don't know what to say to you anymore, and the reason a man like Michael Ware of CNN and CNN itself can get away with running this kind of tape as one of our boys is being shot by an enemy sniper is because of the corruption and the lack of leadership in this country. Mark my words, if we had a real president, this piece of crap would be picked up and he would be tried in this country for crimes against our troops. Mark my words, if we had a real leader, this guy wouldn't last another day. But because we have corruption and because we have weakness, they are running all over our country. Listen to clip two:
WARE [audio clip]: A sniper is watching these America soldiers. You're looking at the unobstructed view from the sniper team's vehicle and they are waiting for their moment as the soldiers mingle with Iraqi civilians. "People are around them," warns the sniper's spotter, who seems to be operating the video camera. "Want me to find another place?" "No, no," comes the reply. "Give me a moment." And then [sound of gunshot] the soldier falls forward. You hear the sniper's vehicle start, and they slip away.
SAVAGE: So I would get this guy tomorrow. I'd send Special Force teams out to find Michael Ware; I would snatch him from wherever in Britain he's hiding; I'd put a mask over his head; I'd put him on a Learjet; I'd fly him back to America; I'd take him to Gitmo [Guantánamo Bay, Cuba]; and I would make certain that this guy never sees the light of day again for what he just did. He killed one of our men. He just killed one of our men. But no, you don't see it that way. You psychopathic left-wing scum think that that's freedom of the press. This is not freedom of the press. This is murder. This is cold-blooded murder.
Now, Bush has nothing to say about it; Rumsfeld has nothing to say about it; but they'll be glad to prosecute your son if he was in the military if he did his job a little too well. Why doesn't Bush have anything to say about this? Where is the great commander in chief? When you're listening to a so-called reporter gleefully reporting as the enemy shoots and kills one of our men -- I'd like to find out which one of our men was just killed. I'd like to find out which one of our men just lost an arm or a leg. And I would like to talk to that family, I would like to pay for that family to hire a lawyer to prosecute both CNN and Michael Ware, and I'd like them to sue them for everything they're worth. That's what I'd like to do. But no, that won't happen because the international sluts, called lawyers, would say that this is simply a reporter doing his job. OK, I can get very angry right now, but I'm going to resist it. I don't want to get angry. Listen to clip three:
WARE [audio clip]: Here, the spotter warns the shooter he only sees Iraqis 'til he's sure he's identified an American. "I'll read you his name --"
SAVAGE: Do you hear this? Do you hear this? Listen to clip five:
[begin audio clip]
WARE: So the insurgents do have accurate sniper fire?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Roger. Yeah -- to what I've observed, two very good shots that were definitely more than 300 meters away that aim to kill.
WARE: So it's a trained sniper?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yeah.
WARE: Probably working in a team with an observer?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yeah, that -- one of the tactics -- you know, the local community, they talk to us about what they see, and they said that they saw a car pull up, a guy get out of the back seat -- get out the front seat, climb into the back seat and move a panel from off his car and aim from the car to our rooftop position, which unfortunately resulted in the death of one -- of one Marine who was on the rooftop.
[end audio clip]
SAVAGE: CNN has committed murder. CNN has committed murder. I want charges brought against CNN, and I'll be right back.
From the October 20 broadcast of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:
LIMBAUGH: Stand by, audio sound bites -- let's see -- nine, 10, and, I think, 11. I don't know how many of you have seen this. CNN is airing video footage that is disgusting. It is terrorist propaganda, essentially. It is videotape which shows snipers in Iraq killing American servicemen. Now, we can't see the video of 9-11, because we don't have the mental toughness. "It's too soon. It's too traumatic." We can't see that again on the news. And we can't see pictures of Americans, innocent Americans jumping from the higher floors of the World Trade Center, committing suicide to avoid burning to death. No, no, no, we can't see that, but we can see videotape on CNN of U.S. soldiers being shot by snipers in Iraq. Now, CNN's not entirely insensitive. They do fade to black before the moment of impact when the soldier dies. I wonder if terrorists were taking sniper-type potshots at journalists running around, CNN would find that newsworthy. "A CNN executive said Thursday the network's effort to present the unvarnished truth." -- let's face it, CNN: The "unvarnished truth" to you is not the unvarnished truth of reality. The unvarnished truth that is CNN's is that America sucks, that America is to blame, America deserves to lose.
LIMBAUGH: So CNN's in league with the snipers, has a contact somehow. Do you think they would ever impart the information to the U.S. military so that these guys could be dealt with? No, of course they can't get involved. CNN cannot violate its cherished principles of journalism by choosing sides, it can't do that. It is just there reporting what's going on -- and here is Anderson Cooper after the report.
COOPER [audio clip]: Just a production note. We dipped to black at points in that report so as not to show the moment of a bullet's impact, and I should just restate that sniper video and the interview with the insurgent that you just saw are exclusive to CNN.
LIMBAUGH: Oh, good.
COOPER [audio clip]: Sniper videos have appeared on the Internet and elsewhere on Arab-language stations around the world; this video has not.
LIMBAUGH: Oh, good, Anderson, it's for ratings! You want us to know that it's exclusive to CNN. I'll tell you what I take from that. The insurgents think they're in bed with you.
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How can understanding the steps of the writing process help write more effectively?
"Topic help organization, does with how ." There is the answer to your question.
There is NO recognizable topic because there is no organization.
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Interior Lights problem after installing aftermarket radio
Alright so today I go to install my new stereo system, and everything goes pretty well until I plug the thing in. It won't work, and then shortly after I plugged in the stereo, the interior lights went off for good. So I tried looking for a loose wire or something, but everythings so tight behind the dashboard that it was almost impossible..but from what I could feel everything seems to be in place. I checked the fuse for the interior lights and it was good. The headlights, turn lights, dash, everything else works just fine but the interior lights. Just wondering what might be wrong, any idea could help. Thanks.
Nevermind about the interior lights, it was just a blown fuse. but that still doesnt explain why the stereo wont work.
has to be a ad ground, where did you ground the headunit?
Umm.....easier terms? I'm not very good with car terms. As you can see...
Oh, also, the stereo system DID work for a split second when I moved some cords, deffinately a short in the system somewhere..but where?
on the back of the new headunit there is a black wire, what did you connect it too?
We put in an adapter because the old plugs on the old system didnt fit the new one. But the black cord, as I followed it down, gets looped off and never initally makes its way into the adapter plug..is this the problem?
I got it workin after playing around with it, turns out it was just a blown fuse. Seems like I need to check my fuse box more frequently. Haha.
a bad ground will just keep blowing the fuse.
on the factory unit there is a tether secured to the back of the unit and it is what the factory unit uses as a ground.
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Hillary Clinton: Al Jazerra shaming US media
posted at 10:42 am on March 3, 2011 by Bruce McQuain
In a defense of the State Department budget, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says "we are in an information war and we're losing that war".
Further, Clinton claimed that the private media isn't up to the task of winning it saying, "Our private media cannot fill that gap".
The message – we need more money for government propaganda and media.
Of course the point to be made here is the "information war" Clinton is talking about has nothing whatsoever to do with private news channels and how well they're covering the news.
However, she then goes on to cite a private media network as "winning":
"Al Jazeera is winning. The Chinese have opened up a global English language and multi-language television network, the Russians have opened up an English language network. I've seen it in a couple of countries and it's quite instructive."
There is a place (and need) for government propaganda and it isn't on a private media network (although in some cases you'd be hard pressed to believe that given that some of our private news networks seem to be entities dedicated to the unquestioning republishing of government press releases). So propaganda operations should be conducted via government means – many of which are in place today.
Clinton seems to be calling for a government news network to compete with other government news networks (Russian and Chinese). Yet she uses Al Jazeera as the example of who is winning the "information war".
True, Al Jazeera is kicking butt in the coverage of the Middle East and N. Africa. If you haven't checked out their live blogs, you're missing the inside scoop. For instance did you know that Hugo Chavez has offered to mediate the crisis in Libya and Gadhafi has accepted (I'm not sure what that means, since there is no mention of the other side in this mediation, but still).
But Clinton is doing a little bait and switch – Al Jazeera (private) is kicking the US (private) media's rear when it comes to ME coverage, the US media (private) is not up to the job, therefore we need more money to set up a government outlet (what?).
Yeah, nothing could go wrong with that, could it?
And again, more government (and more spending) is the answer to a perceived private sector failure (Al Jazeera is located in the ME – that's their beat) that really has nothing to do with a government "information war".
Of course all of this sort of depends on how you define the function of a news organization, doesn't it? Sounds to me that Ms. Clinton thinks they should be "aiding and abetting" government in the functions it deems important – like propaganda. And they should be covering the stories she deems important. She's not at all pleased with how the media here has covered the news in the Middle East apparently. But again, that has nothing to do with an "information war" as she's framing it.
"Our private media, particularly cultural programming often works at counter purposes to what we truly are as Americans. I remember having an Afghan general tell me that the only thing he thought about Americans is that all the men wrestled and the women walked around in bikinis because the only TV he ever saw was Baywatch and World Wide Wrestling."
Finally – the crux of the problem as she sees it. Because some Afghan general prefers to see grown men wrestle and beautiful women prance around in bikinis, our private media is deficient and presents a picture that is at "counter purposes to what we truly are as Americans". Sounds like someone really, really, really wants a government propaganda channel set up so we can present what we "truly are as Americans". My bet, though, is that Afghan general will still be watching wrestling and bikinis when all is said and done … and spent.
She's right about one thing though – Al Jezerra is still kicking our media's butt when it comes to coverage of the current turmoil in the Middle East.
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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie Credits (Genesis)
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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie Credits
|Game Designer
|Yoshihide Andō
|Main Programmer
|Wataru Minegishi
|Sub Programmer
|Shigeo Koyama
|Visual Programmer
|Shinichi Kawamoto
|Object Design
|Shin Sasaki, Kazutaka Ogawa, Hiroshi Moriyama, Masahiro Kanno, Kengo Arai, Hiroyuki Kikkawa
|Scroll Design
|Mototaka Nakatsu, Atsushi Yamamoto, Noriyuki Sanada
|Visual Design
|Kazutaka Ogawa, Hiroshi Moriyama, Mototaka Nakatsu, Tetsuya Takei
|Sound Composer
|Hikoshi Hashimoto
|Executive Producer
|Kisaburou Higashi
|Koji Ishitani, John Pedigo
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|John Garner
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|Christopher Lucich
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2001: Four people in Bend file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice that Bend isn't ADA-compliant.
2004: A settlement caps a DOJ investigation, giving Bend 10 years to fix buildings, sidewalks and curb ramps.
2006: The Oregon Advocacy Center sues the city. It claims the new Bend Area Transit violates the ADA.
2007: The city settles the suit, agreeing to fix bus stops within five years.
2008: City engineers find that many curb ramps don't meet ADA requirements. Layoffs put some of the survey work on hold and cut short the city's outreach and education programs related to disability awareness.
2012: The city's deadline to fix all of its bus stops.
2015: The city's deadline to fix all the unresolved issues from the 2004 settlement, such as curb ramps.
Source: Bulletin reporting, archives
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it closed the case against the city of Bend for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, despite a backlog of work the city has yet to complete.
The DOJ informed the city of the decision in letter emailed Wednesday, more than six months before the deadline for the city to complete work it agreed to do under a 2004 federal settlement with the Justice Department. Bend officials have repeatedly said they expect to miss the deadline.
"Relying upon the evidence submitted by the city thus far, the department is now satisfied that your city has acceptably progressed in compliance with the settlement agreement, and we are, therefore, closing our files on this review as of the date of this letter," the DOJ wrote.
"However, the city's obligation to complete all remaining remedial actions within the agreed-upon time frame remains."
City councilors said the news is an indication the city is making progress on the work, but they also said Bend will continue to fix sidewalks and other infrastructure problems that make parts of the city inaccessible to people with disabilities. The settlement agreement resulted from a complaint that four Bend residents filed with the Department of Justice in 2001. On Wednesday, the original complainants did not respond to a request for comment.
Carol Fulkerson, a volunteer disability and accessibility advocate and a member of the Central Oregon Coalition for Access steering committee, said Wednesday night that she was shocked to hear of the DOJ decision. Fulkerson said that in other communities, the DOJ has renegotiated settlement agreements and continued its oversight when communities missed deadlines. She expected something similar in Bend.
"I imagined there might be some continued oversight by the Department of Justice," Fulkerson said. "This decision means that advocates and people with disabilities have to work that much harder to achieve their civil rights."
Assistant City Attorney Gary Firestone said according to his interpretation of the DOJ letter, the city must complete the work it promised to do in its latest three-year work plan submitted to the Justice Department earlier this year.
During the next three years, the city will fix only a fraction of the sidewalk curbs that still lack ramps, or have ramps that do not meet accessibility standards, according to the work plan. Bend has 7,149 curb ramps, of which more than half — 4,891 — were still out of compliance with the ADA when the city drafted the latest plan. City employees expect to add more than 1,000 accessible curb ramps during the next three years, if funding for the work continues at the current level. The city expects to build more than 2 miles of accessible sidewalk during the same period, according to the document known as a transition plan.
Karin Morris, the city of Bend accessibility manager, said the DOJ letter came as a surprise to her, although she said it is not unusual for the DOJ to close cases.
"It is one avenue that they do," Morris said. "I don't see us changing our path. We will continue to improve and continue working on accessibility."
A majority of the City Council said the DOJ decision does not mean the city is done improving sidewalks and other infrastructure necessary to make the community accessible to everyone. Mayor Pro Tem Jodie Barram said Wednesday evening that the city will continue to do the work it outlined in the latest plan.
"It means we're going to keep working," Barram said of the DOJ letter. "I think we're going to keep working with the advocates that are monitoring this and brought it up … Everything's going to continue going forward, like we planned." Mayor Jim Clinton did not respond by deadline Wednesday night, and City Councilor Doug Knight declined to comment.
City Councilor Scott Ramsay agreed with Barram. "Bottom line is it gives us a little more flexibility, but I'm sure there's a commitment to stay on track with fulfilling our prior obligation," Ramsay said.
City Councilor Sally Russell said she interprets the letter as an indication the city is on a better path toward accessibility than in previous years.
"I think the culture at the city has changed significantly since that lawsuit was filed," Russell said. "I see no reason why the city won't continue to follow the plans that it already has in place, and I would certainly expect and hope and think they'll become more robust as we move into the future."
Russell said the city is increasingly focusing on the sidewalks and other infrastructure necessary to make Bend more accessible for all citizens, as planners work on infill and redevelopment of some areas and look ahead to the increase in students that will accompany the new OSU-Cascades campus.
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Though he proudly represents his native Puerto Rico every time he steps between the ropes, Miguel Cotto can easily call New York City his second home, as he is unbeaten in nine fights in the Big Apple since turning professional in 2001. On Saturday, December 1 the former Four-Time and Three-Division World Champion expects to have a full house cheering him on at the "Mecca of Boxing," Madison Square Garden, as he looks to add another title belt to his collection when he takes on WBA Super Welterweight World Champion Austin "No Doubt" Trout in a fight that will be telecast live on Showtime. To officially announce this clash of champions, Cotto and Trout will visit New York City and Puerto Rico next week to meet the press and their legions of fans in two press conferences which will be open to the public. Details outlined below: NEW YORK Monday, September 24 Location: El Museo Del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029 Note: Fans are encouraged to attend ...
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In 2009 and beyond, many of us are hoping for greener gadgets that add a "con" to their science. As one of the most pervasive modern technologies, mobile phones are a great place to start. How can they be—and help us be—more eco-friendly? Treehugger recently posted a sustainability wish list, which is more attainable than you might have thought.
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Be it solar, talking, bouncing or anything else, we wish our smart phones could collect the energy needed to run them by utilizing the energy resources around them. While we can somewhat accomplish this, such as charging up with a solar or wind charger, it isn't yet integrated into phones.
>> Debuted in 2006, PedalPower+ let's you charge your mobile phone from bicycle power. It also has a built in Solar Energy system. In January 2007, Motorola announced a similar battery charger that is powered by bike, but we haven't heard anything about since, and there is nothing about it on their site. Why aren't these technologies in greater use? Perhaps they would be used more if they were pre-installed, but where's the demand?
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While ever-improving carbon emissions trackers are being created as we speak, there still isn't an entirely effortless way to track our impact. Most of the time, apps require our (admit it) flawed input for things like trips. We might forget short excursions, fudge on distances, or make other calculation errors in our input and get inaccurate emissions data back. Having a way to get our daily carbon emissions from each action we take, without thinking about it at all, would be pretty great.
>> We're on this one. An iPhone app called UbiGreen (pictured), developed by Intel and the University of Washington, uses the accelerometer to sense whether you're in a plane, train, or car to let you know exactly what your carbon footprint is. Unfortunately it won't be released for another year.
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- A few states have mandated electronics recycling including California and Maine, and New York passed similar legislation that requires cell phone service providers to collect retired cell phones for recycling reuse, or environmentally sound disposal. Illinois, Mississippi, New Jersey, Vermont and Virginia are also considering similar legislation.
Legislation will be the key to meaningful progress, but so will consumer demand. Creating a business case for greening our gadgets can help make this entire wishlist a reality. Use what is currently available, demonstrate the need for more, and drive innovation.
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Regents agenda includes upgrade for Behlen LabApr 15th, 2010 | By tfedderson2 | Category: April 15, 2010, Campus News, Issue
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will meet April 16 at Varner Hall. Committee meetings begin at 8:30 a.m. and the board meeting begins at 1 p.m. The meetings are open to the public and will be streamed live online at www.nebraska.edu.
Action items involving UNL include approval of:
• A program statement and budget for a renovation of Behlen Laboratory, costing slightly more than $2 million. The renovation would provide improved space for the High-Power Laser Science Collaboratory, a federally funded research endeavor. Space in Behlen is becoming available with the move of physics labs to the new Physical Sciences Building.
• Establish the University of Nebraska/Boys Town Center on Child and Family Well Being at UNL. The center is a collaborative project between UNL and Boys Town. The goal is to create a nationally recognized research center on developing and evaluating mental health, child welfare, behavioral, medication and educational programs for high-need and at-risk children.
• A new doctor of philosophy in music in the School of Music. A doctorate in music is not available at any institution in Nebraska. The degree would meet a demand for highly qualified college instructors to deliver music teacher certification programs.
• Nebraska Innovation Campus development corporation articles of incorporation and bylaws.
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Saudi Shopping Spree: 24 UH-60L Black Hawk Helicopters
On July 20/06, the US DSCA announced Saudi Arabia's official request to buy 24 UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters, plus spares and support. The UH-60L Black Hawk is currently the USA's mainstay utility helicopter, serving in various configurations in all operating theaters and theaters of war; the upgraded UH-60M is just ramping up production, and is the subject of a 2010 DSCA request to equip Saudi Arabia's National Guard.
Saudi Arabia recently issued the final piece of that contract.
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Nov 14/11: Sikorsky announces a follow-on contract to upgrade the RSLFAC's 12 UH-60A helicopters to the UH-60L configuration. Wasn't this covered by the May 3/10 agreement? DID is investigating.
April 28/11: Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. in Stratford, CT receives a $26.8 million firm-fixed-price contract, and representatives confirm to DI that this is for the last 2 Saudi UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter airframes under this FMS case. They will be identical to the previous 22 aircraft, and are among the very last UH-60L helicopters Sikorsky is manufacturing and delivering to any client.
Work will be performed in Stratford, CT, with estimated completion by Sept 30/12. One bid was solicited with 1 bid received by the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command in Redstone Arsenal, AL, on behalf of its Saudi GFMS customer (DAAH23-02-C-0006).
May 3/10: Sikorsky Aerospace Services announces a contract with the Royal Saudi Land Forces Aviation Command (RSLFAC) to upgrade its fleet of UH-60A/S-70A Black Hawks to the more modern UH-60L configuration.
Based on the success of the US Army's own H-60 Helicopter Recapitalization and Upgrade Program, the Saudi A-to-L conversion plan incorporates key improvements: a T700 to T701D engine upgrade for increased power and reliability; upgraded flight controls, avionics and instrument panel modifications; a new Aircraft Flight Control Computer (AFCC); as well as new wiring harness, high speed shaft and seal lead acid battery.
Aug 5/08: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation in Stratford, CT receives a $286 million firm-fixed-price contract for UH-60L helicopters, to include technical support, technical publication and Ground Station Radios for Royal Saudi Land Forces.
Work will be performed in Stratford, CT and is expected to be complete by Sept 30/11. There was 1 bid solicited on Oct 4/2000, which covered UH-60L sales to countries like the USA as well as Saudi Arabia. The contract will be managed by US Army Aviation and Missile Command in Redstone Arsenal, AL, on behalf of their Foreign Military Sale client (DAAH23-02-C-0006).
July 20/06: The US DSCA announces [PDF] Saudi Arabia's official request to buy 24 UH-60L Black Hawk utility helicopters, plus spare and repair parts, communications and support equipment, publications and technical data, personnel training and training equipment, contractor engineering and technical support services and other related elements of logistics support.
"Saudi forces have used rotary wing assets in numerous anti-terrorism operations within their borders and view their ability to quickly move troops around the country as a critical capability. The helicopters will allow Saudi Arabia to exercise a more flexible and maintainable operation for the protection of critical infrastructure."
The cost is expected to be up to $350 million, but that will depend on the details of the contract(s), if any. United Technologies subsidiary Sikorsky and General Electric (engines) will be the principal contractors.
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This is one more amazing Paleo transformation story from a loyal reader, Gail. Enjoy!
I was slumped on my loveseat in front of the TV when I realized my worst nightmare had occurred. Having recently turned 65 in April of 2009, my waist had disappeared, I was bloated after every meal, and my face was downright puffy.Life after menopause was the pits. Previously fit and active, able to eat and digest anything without gaining weight, an endless supply of energy even without much sleep no longer seemed to be the case.
This is Gail in April of '09 right before she went Paleo.
In my "youth" I refused to believe all the aspects of aging described as inevitable in our culture. Now I was depressed and feeling hopeless; perhaps they were true and I was headed down the tubes (pun intended).
Skip ahead one month when I discovered Dr. Loren Cordain and The Paleo Diet. I listened to him speak on a tele-seminar, and began exploring his website at the same time. Right away, all that he was sharing made logical and scientific sense to me. The next day, I bought the book, ditched my non-Paleo food, and went shopping with the book in hand at Whole Foods.
Presto, my life changed. I had to figure out how to cook EVERY meal and wash lots of dishes in between.
Bad news: that was a challenge and a drag.
Good news: I now had a lot more information about where my food came from and what ingredients (sans salt, corn syrup, sugar) were included, plus everything tasted really great.
Over time (4 years and counting), my relationship with shopping, exploring new recipes, and food preparation became a joy. If you like being in control, this lifestyle fits in nicely.
Best news: I immediately felt terrific and gradually lost about 15 lbs. and several inches. There was no more (blush) belching, plus I had my vitality back. After about 1 year, I noticed I had six-pack-like abs that just appeared as a result of my new eating habits. (I promise there were no crunches or static planks in my exercise routines.)
The next year, I moved UP one flight of stairs in my apartment complex, with confidence that the top (4th floor-no elevator) level would be accessible and invigorating. So far, so good. Finally, convinced my new shape was here to stay, I had the waistbands on my pants and skirts taken in.
In October 2012, I got my 200-hour yoga teacher training certification, and am now building my next career at age 69 as a Yoga Teacher. Yes, I know ALL yogis are vegetarians, right? NOT. Been there, done that years ago, and it didn't work for me. My body let me know that choice did not provide the nutrients it needed.
Additionally, my Annual Check-Up lab results showed my cholesterol (while consuming lots of eggs and beef, I might add) had dropped 10 points to 188, and my asthma had all but disappeared. Truthfully, as my age increases, so does my fitness level. BOOYAH!
Can you tell what a happy-camper I am these days? I will always stay tuned in to my body and on top of the latest research (thanks to Neely at the Paleo Plan and others). As a grateful, self-proclaimed poster-child for the benefits of Paleo and yoga, I believe I have a responsibility to succeed!
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So happy to read your story. My fitness level continues to rise as I age as well. I don't think I could be a Yoga instructor though–I can barely make it through a hot Yoga class–even though I love it!!! Congratulations!
just starting on my Paleo journey. Started with gluten free briefly and then went to Paleo. My daughter and her husband started on it first. I have lost almost 30 lbs. pretty painlessly. I don't cheat very often and if I do it is for a slice of lemon pound cake from Starbuck's. i am 62 and am going to sign up with a trainer to get my core strong and shore up the old bones. Thanks for your story. Because a testimonial from a twenty something is not a recommendation from my peer. Keep up the good work and so will I. Thank you Susan
Is Gail your mother?
Debbie Malone,
Thank you for your comments. Just for the record, Hot Yoga is not my thing. (believe it can be harmful) Please consider being barely able to "make it through" such a class as a gift, or a 'sign' rather than a deterrent to becoming an instructor. Consider finding another activity that provides you with a love/love rather than a love/hate, relationship. Congrats to you too, for doing what it takes to become increasingly more fit!
Anon:ROFL. I adore Neely but just for the record, before contemplating any more family members for me, I have no children.
'Props' to you Susan!
Menopause is an inflammatory condition, and by switching to the Paleo diet, you're now consuming a largely anti-inflammatory diet, which helps.


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I can't speak from the perspective of a bisexual or lesbian woman, but I have always been open to dating bi men and cursed the stereotype that bisexual people can never be happy with just one gender. Twice I have dated bi men, and both times sooner or later, they wanted to find a man to be involved with as well.
I know that they are not representative of all bi men or bi people, but I admit, after it happened the first time, it took me a little while to be open to dating bi men again. With the 2nd guy, our relationship got pretty serious. And for him, he was only interested in men for sex, and women for sex and relationships. It was tempting to swear off all bi men again, but I'm reminding myself that in case #1, we were young, and I think the guy wasn't quite sure if he had preferences. And in the 2nd case, turns out the guy had issues with commitment and monogamy anyway. So I'm consciously telling myself, as I look through profiles on OkC, "Remember, bi guys are no more likely than straight guys to have issues with monogamy and commitment, it's just a stereotype." It's taking this consciousness to combat my personal experiences and the stereotype that's been bored into my head.
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Is it just me, or has this week been the longest week in EXISTENCE?
Maybe it's because being back at school I need to stay up super late making lesson plans/reading textbooks/doing copious amounts of homework, then wake up super early to make it to UBC on time.
Ah yes, back to school. It feels like I've never left.
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A couple of days ago, I stumbled upon this confession about someone who owns a cake business, charging hundreds for wedding cakes when she makes them using $1 boxed cake mix from Walmart. This confession made me want to make both a cake using cake mix and a cake from scratch, and compare them.
But when I actually went to the supermarket, looking at the cake mix just made me sad. I was going to buy it.. I really was, but my arms just didn't want to reach out and take it. I'll try some other time. Or better yet, get someone to buy it for me. Then there's no backing out.
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- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
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- 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 cups white sugar
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup strong brewed coffee
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 8 oz package cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3 3/4 cups icing sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon brandy extract
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut
- In a small bowl, combine the milk and vinegar and set aside for around 5 minutes to "sour".
- Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Lightly spray a springform pan and set aside.
- Cake: In a large bowl, combine the flours sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Make a well in the center.
- Add in the eggs, coffee, oil, vanilla and the milk mixture, and beat in until the mixture is fully combined. Pour into the prepared pan.
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