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SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion LLC, a division of the Delhaize Group, has named Robert Stapleton, a former Hannaford executive, as s.v.p. of human resources, replacing Darrell Johnson, A Food Lion vet of more than 20 years who will retire at the end of 2007.
SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion LLC, a division of the Delhaize Group, has named Robert Stapleton, a former Hannaford executive, as s.v.p. of human resources, replacing Darrell Johnson, A Food Lion vet of more than 20 years who will retire at the end of 2007.
Stapleton was most recently v.p. of retail operations for Food Lion's Western Division. He has extensive experience in food retailing and human resources. He joined Hannaford in 1976 and served in a number of management positions before being named v.p. of human resources for its Southeast Division in 1997.
From 2000 to 2003, Stapleton was with Lee Hecht Harrison, a leading consulting and career management services company, where he served initially as v.p. and director of professional services, and later as s.v.p. and g.m. for the Eastern Carolina office. In 2003, he joined Food Lion as v.p. of organizational development.
"In addition to his extensive experience and knowledge, Bob brings an incredible passion to the work of human resources, where he practices his calling to help unleash the potential in individuals, teams, and organizations," said Rick Anicetti, president and c.e.o. of Food Lion, in a statement.
The company said Johnson, who had announced his retirement earlier this year, will continue through the conclusion of 2007 to oversee such areas as workforce of the future, leadership competencies, crisis planning, leadership training, and development and recruitment.
A U.S. Air Force veteran, Johnson joined Food Lion in 1984, after the chain bought his previous employer, Giant Food Markets. He served as payroll manager, assistant controller, and manager of compensation and benefits,before being named v.p. of human resources in 1997. He later was named s.v.p. of human resources,and became a member of Food Lion LLC's executive committee.
Anicetti said Johnson was "instrumental in the company's development and progress in areas from risk management/loss prevention to organizational development, benefits design, and diversity and inclusion."
Food Lion operates more than 1,200 supermarkets, either directly or through affiliated entities, under the names of Food Lion, Bloom, Bottom Dollar Food, Harveys, and Reid's.


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At almost 28 weeks pregnant, I have learned a thing or two about how to dress with a baby bump.
1. Maternity clothes are expensive. 2. There are ways around buying expensive maternity clothes.
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Curious readers can read about her and her interesting biography from wiki websites like Wikipedia and IMDb. It doesn't look like she's considerably into social media sites like Twitter and Instagram and will not upload her pictures in those websites. She's her net worth in countless dollars and this shows her worth on the market. She used to appear really hot in her youthful ages when she used to flaunt her sexy legs and smooth feet wearing a bikini. She's not so tall as her height is just 1.70 meters.
She played the part of Laura Thyme in a TV series called Rosemary and most of the supporters and critics adored Thyme in the year 2003 to 2006 and her incredible work.
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this recipe, from the descriptions i read, is like a chocolate molten cake baked in ramekins but from probably a sponge/lemon cake with molten lemon filling.
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Published: November 17, 2015
Actress slams Caitlyn: Rose Mcgowan Caitlyn Jenner, Outspoken Rose McGowan is known for using social media as a platform to voice her opinions, and this time she has taken aim at Caitlyn Jenner.
The 42-year-old Charmed actress slammed Jenner for her Glamour Women Of The Year Awards acceptance speech on Monday.
McGowan penned an open letter on Facebook – which has since been deleted – after the transgender reality star joked that the 'hardest part about being a woman is figuring out what to wear'.
'Woman of the year? No, not until you wake up and join the fight,' she added. 'Not by a long f***ing shot.'
The former flame of Marilyn Manson wrote: 'Caitlyn Jenner you do not understand what being a woman is about at all. You want to be a woman and stand with us – well learn us.
'We are more than deciding what to wear. We are more than the stereotypes foisted upon us by people like you.'
McGowan also posted several memes that featured Jenner's quote with images of women being sexually abused, being followed home late at night and a woman in the hospital after giving birth.
One particularly disconcerting image was O.J. Simpson's late wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, covered in bruises, who Jenner's ex-wife, Kris was best friends with.
'You're a woman now?' Rose continued. 'Well f***ing learn that we have had a VERY different experience than your life of male privilege.'
This is not the first time the raven-haired actress has gotten fired up on a social media frenzy as just a few days earlier her target was aimed at Kate Winslet.
McGowan took to Twitter last Thursday and slammed the Titanic star for sharing her opinion that openly discussing the gender gap between pay wages made her feel uncomfortable.
'I don't think that's a very nice conversation to have publicly at all,' Winslet told BBC Newsbeat. 'I'm quite surprised by these conversations to be honest, simply because it seems quite a strange thing to be discussing out in the open like that.'
'I am a very lucky woman and I'm quite happy with how things are ticking along.'
McGowan posted the article on her social media account alongside the caption: 'Are you kidding me? Kate Winslet Says Hollywood's Pay Gap Not "A Very Nice Conversation" to Have Publicly.'
Additionally, last June, McGowan slammed Hollywood A-lister Adam Sandler after she received a casting call with specific notes which she claimed were 'sexist'.
'Casting note that came w/script I got today. For real. name of male star rhymes with Madam Panhandler hahahaha I die,' Rose posted along with a photo of the casting call.
McGowan later tweeted that her 'wussy acting agent' had fired her, but she has since found new representation.
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This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/464,715, filed Nov. 3, 1995 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,840,171.
This invention concerns electrochemical reactions.
There are circumstances involving electrochemical reactions when it is necessary to provide a particular environment, e.g. alkaline conditions, for a reaction of interest to take place, or in which a particular reagent, e.g. hydrogen ions, is required to participate in a reaction of interest. Hitherto this has generally been achieved by supplying an appropriate reagent to the reaction mixture, e.g. by depositing a releasable layer of reagent within an electrochemical cell or by supplying reagent in solution to the cell. Practical difficulties can arise in certain situations. For example it can be difficult to deposit more than one layer of reagent in such a way that all layers are efficiently released into solution. Further, supplying a measured or known quantity of reagent in solution requires appropriately accurate measurement. The present invention provides an alternative approach.
In one aspect the present invention provides an electrochemical reaction, wherein a controlled amount of a first reagent is generated electrochemically at an electrode in electrical contact with a solution of an electrochemically inert salt, comprising applying a suitable electrical potential to the electrode for a suitable time to generate a controlled amount of the first reagent by electrochemical reaction between the electrode and a species in solution producing a localised thin layer environment comprising the first reagent in the vicinity of the electrode; and monitoring the amount or presence of the first reagent or a further species produced in solution in response to production of the first re.g. ent.
The term "thin layer" as used in this specification means having a thickness less than 1 mm, preferably in the range 0.1 to 0.2 mm.
The method of the invention thus involves generating the first reagent in situ at an electrode. Diffusion of the reagent in solution surrounding the electrode will result in creation of a localised environment of the reagent in the vicinity of the electrode, with the amount of reagent depending on the generating current and the length of time for which it is applied, and so being readily and easily controllable.
Reagent generated by this approach can be used in two main ways:
1) To provide a suitable environment to enable a desired reaction to take place, e.g. to provide an alkaline environment prior to electrochemical measurement of reducing sugar content of a solution, as disclosed in the specification of British Patent Application No. 9325189.0. In this case the concentration of reagent within the localised environment is not critical. It is merely sufficient that a specified minimum concentration is provided or exceeded.
2) To provide a known amount of a reagent which reacts stoichiometrically with an analyte, e.g. hydrogen ions for use in a pH titration measurement. In this case it is necessary to provide a precise known amount of reagent at known time.
These two ways could also be used together, with the first reagent providing a necessary environment and reacting stoichiometrically.
The first reagent may comprise hydrogen ions or hydroxyl ions. These are readily produced by application of an electrical potential to water, e.g. an aqueous solution of a reactant. Depending on the polarity of charge at an electrode, water is broken down according to the following equations: ##STR1##
Thus, at the anode hydroxyl ions are produced together with hydrogen gas, while at the cathode hydrogen ions are produced together with oxygen gas.
Other reagents, such as chlorine, bromine, and iodine, can alternatively be produced as the first reagent, by treatment of suitable salt solutions, e.g. KCl, KBr, KI.
The first reagent may be used to generate a further reactant to create a desired environment or participate in a desired reaction. For example, by covering the electrode with an ion-exchange membrane containing an ion of interest, reagent such as EDTA can be expelled from the membrane in response to contact with hydroxyl ions generated at the electrode.
It may be important to prevent agitation or mixing of solution in the vicinity of the electrode at which reagent is produced. Some electrochemical reactions producing the first reagent also involve the production of gas, as in the production of hydrogen ions or hydroxyl ions, and in these cases it may be necessary to take steps to prevent the generation or release of the gas or to nullify the effect of the gas in solution. For example, the effects of gas can be nullified by locating a layer of porous material over the electrode. The porous material can be porous paper, such as blotting paper, porous ceramic material, porous ion exchange material, porous dielectric material, porous polymer etc. Certain of these materials can conveniently be applied by screen printing over the electrode, or by in situ polymerisation, e.g. initiated by exposure to UV light. In the case of hydrogen gas, its concentration in solution can be reduced by employing palladium electrodes, as this material absorbs hydrogen.
In the case of oxygen gas, its evolution can be prevented by employing a sacrificial metal anode, for example of silver, lead or zinc. Other approaches may also be possible.
The invention finds particular application in measurements on thin layers of reagent, constrained within impervious barriers, e.g. capillary fill devices (CFDs) or narrow bore tubes with diameters of thin layer dimensions but unspecified length. It is well known to use CFDs for electrochemical measurements, e.g. as disclosed in EP 0170375A. A typical CFD comprises two plates separated by a gap sufficiently small that liquid can be drawn into it by capillary action. The gap is generally less than 1 mm, preferably in the range 0.1 to 0.2 mm. The internal faces of the plates carry electrodes, e.g. deposited by screen printing, for making electrochemical measurements. In a CFD or narrow bore tube, the plate spacing or tube bore will constrain the extent of the localised environment in the vicinity of the electrode in one dimension (generally perpendicular to the electrode surface). The extent of the localised environment in other dimensions (generally parallel to the electrode surface, i.e. in a lateral direction) will depend on the extent of the electrode and the rate of lateral diffusion of the first reagent in solution. It is found in practice in a CFD that lateral diffusion is generally slow, typically being of the order of 1 mm in 120 seconds. Lateral diffusion can also be controlled if required by use of a guard electrode, as described in the specification of British Patent Application No. 9325189.0.
The thin layer environment can also be defined by interstices or recesses, e.g. pores, wells or channel of thin layer dimensions, in solid matrices e.g. or paper, gels, (water soluble or unsoluble), polymers, ion exchange membranes etc. Such thin layer environments may be in contact with bulk solution, e.g. with one or more wells formed in suitable matrix material located in a bulk solution container, thus enabling effective generation of one or more localised thin layer environments in communication with bulk solution, so that diagnostic reactions etc. can be performed within the thin layer environment.
The localised thin layer environment may be used in isolation, e.g. in the case of CFDs and narrow bore tubes containing sample. Alternatively, the thin layer environment may be employed in conjunction with bulk solution, e.g. with a tube or test strip defining a thin layer environment dipping into bulk solution, or as with recesses in a bulk solution container as discussed above.
The electrode should be inert with respect to reactants involved in reactions taking place, so no undesired side reactions occur. Suitable electrode materials include gold, platinum, palladium, silver, carbon, carbon/silver, porous conducting ceramic materials, electrically conducting polymeric substances, ea polypyrrole.
The electrochemically inert salt provides inert ions which function as charge carriers during the process. Suitable salts include salts of sodium, potassium, lithium, ammonium etc., with potassium salts generally being favoured currently. The anionic component may be, for example, nitrate, sulphate, chlorate, perchlorate, fluoroborate etc. Potassium sulphate, potassium chlorate and sodium nitrate are currently favoured salts. The salt will typically be in aqueous solution and possess a sufficiently high oxidation/reduction potential so as not to take part in the electrochemical process.
Suitable electrical potentials and times will depend on the conditions and reactions involved, and can be readily determined in any given case. As an example, for a measurement in a CFD application of a current of 3 mA for about 60 seconds or less might be suitable.
Depending on the reactions involved, it may be appropriate to monitor the first reagent, a further species produced in solution in response to production of the first reagent, or both of these.
For example, the first reagent may participate in an electrochemical reaction, so by monitoring depletion of the first reagent an indication is obtained of the extent of reaction.
Production of the first reagent may also be exploited in a flow measurement, by generating a pulse of first reagent at known time in a flowing solution and monitoring at a downstream detector the time internal between generation of the pulse and arrival of the pulse at the detector, thus providing a measure of the rate of flow of the solution. In this case, monitoring takes place at a location remote from the electrode where the first reagent is produced. In cases involving static rather than flowing solutions it would generally be appropriate for monitoring to take place in the vicinity of the reagent-producing electrode.
In cases where the first reagent enables a reaction to take place or participates in a reaction, by monitoring a product of the reaction an indication is obtained of the progress of the reaction.
Monitoring may be effected directly or indirectly, and may be qualitative or quantitive.
A variety of different monitoring techniques may be employed, involving monitoring of a range of properties of the solution. For example the appearance, e.g. colour or cloudiness, of the solution may be monitored using colourimetric, spectrophotometric or turbidometric techniques. Electrochemical monitoring is a particularly convenient approach, and potentiometric or colourimetric (e.g. amperometric) techniques can be used as appropriate, with appropriate techniques being selected as a matter of design choice. An internal electrochemical reference system can readily be provided in known manner, e.g. in a CFD, by a suitable reference electrode such as a silver/silver chloride electrode.
As will be apparent from the above, the invention may be embodied in several forms, including a CFD and in devices designed to be used with bulk solution. The technique may also be useful for the local generation of acid or alkali conditions in bulk solution containing some analyte requiring pH manipulation. The advantage of this embodiment over existing techniques is that acidification/alkalinisation of the entire solution is not necessary, resulting in significant cost advantages.
The invention may also be exploited for the measurement of laminar flow rates inside tubes. The tube need not necessarily be of thin layer diameter: in wider bore tubes laminar flow may result in a thin layer of flowing medium (constituting a thin layer environment) being present adjacent the tube side wall. A pulse of reagent e.g. alkali/acid may be generated at some point upstream of a detector, and the time between generation and detection may be used to calculate flow rates. In a suitable embodiment this technique may also be used to reduce the bio-fouling of tubes, by generating hydrogen ions to decomplex any trace metal ions in solution. This technique has particular applications in the sewage and waste-water treatment industries. Provided adequate mixing of the solution at some point down-stream of the pulse occurs, the microflora in the reactors should not be affected as there is no net pH change.
The invention may also have a particular application for the performance of ph-titrations, especially in a flow-injection analysis system (FIA). There is a fixed and simple relationship between the number of coulombs of charge passed through a solution and the number of moles of OH- and H+ generated. As the reactions within a CFD occur in a controlled volume environment, the concentration of alkali or acid may be ascertained. For example by employing stepped pulses of charge and intermittently or continuously measuring the potential, the concentration of analyte may be determined. An auto-titrator employing such a system would have advantages over existing system in terms of a reduction of reagent costs, and in the volume of sample required.
The invention will be further described, by way of illustration, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a CFD in accordance with the invention;
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the CFD of FIG. 1 on a reduced scale;
FIG. 3 is a graph of potential difference versus time obtained using the CFD of FIGS. 1 and 2, with different concentrations of fructose in solution;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged scale version of the end portions of the curves of FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a graph of final potential versus log fructose concentration obtained from graphs such as FIG. 4; and
FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a modification of the embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 2.
FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate schematically a CFD in accordance with the invention and its use in generating localised acid and alkali environments, e.g. for use in determining the concentration of reducing sugar in a test solution.
The CFD is generally of conventional construction, e.g. as described in EP 0170375 A. The CFD comprises two spaced apart plates 10 and 12, e.g. of glass, ceramic or plastics material, separated by a gap of about 0.1 mm. The lower plate 10 carries 3 electrodes: an acid generator gold electrode 14, an alkali generator gold electrode 16, and a sliver/silver chloride reference electrode 18. The electrodes are deposited using conventional screen printing techniques. Conductors 20 extending through a dielectric layer 22 (shown in FIG. 2 by cross-hatching) connect the electrodes to respective contact or terminal pads 24.
A porous layer 26 (for clarity not shown in FIG. 2) is deposited on top of the electrodes to prevent agitation or mixing of solution in the CFD on production of gas bubbles at the electrodes. In production embodiments, it is envisaged a layer of porous ceramic or ion exchange material will be screen printed over the electrodes.
The apparatus finds application, for example, in determining the concentration of reducing sugar in a test solution, using the technique as described in the specification of British Patent Application No. 9325189.0.
In a series of experiments, determinations were made of fructose in a solution containing sodium nitrate (1M) and potassium chloride (50 mM). The sodium nitrate constitutes the electrochemically inert salt, and the potassium chloride provides a source of chloride ions for a Ag/AgCl reference electrode. The experiments were carried out using a CFD generally as described in connection with FIGS. 1 and 2.
A potential difference was applied between electrodes 14 and 16. This resulted in generation of hydrogen ions and oxygen gas at electrode 14 (the cathode) and hydroxyl ions and hydrogen gas at electrode 16 (the annode), in accordance with the equations given above. During the reaction, the hydrogen ions and hydroxyl ions diffuse slowly from the generator electrodes, creating a localised acidic zone 28 (shown by diagonal lines in FIG. 2) in the porous layer in the vicinity of electrode 14 and a localised alkali zone 30 (shown by horizontal lines in FIG. 2) in the porous layer in the vicinity of electrode 16. These zones are separated by a neutral boundary approximately mid-way between the electrodes, so that the zones are mutually exclusive and in equilibrium.
The alkali zone 30 constitutes a suitable environment in which fructose (or other reducing sugars) can have a reducing effect, reducing available reducible reagents. In the present examples, oxygen present in the system was used as the electron acceptor for the oxidation of fructose.
The resulting reducing reaction was monitored by measuring the potential at the hydroxyl producing electrode 16 by use of the reference electrode 18. Electrode 18 was thus located within the alkali zone 30.
In a series of experiments, during an initial period of 130 seconds a current of 3 mA was applied to electrodes 14 and 16. The potential difference between the reference electrode 18 and the alkali-generator/sensor electrode 16 was recorded over the total duration of each trial. Thereafter the driving potential between the `acidic` & `alkali` electrodes 14 and 16 was terminated and the potential in the re.g. ion of the alkali electrode 16 relative to the reference electrode 18 was measured for a further 130 seconds. The equilibrium potential is some function of the change in chemical potential. Two replicates each of solutions containing 0.5M fructose and no fructose were used. In addition each solution carried 50 mM potassium chloride and 1M sodium nitrate, as noted above.
The results are shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.
FIG. 5 is a plot of further results obtained in generally similar manner, demonstrating a clear (logarithmic) correlation between fructose concentration and final potential. FIG. 5 shows the potential response curve at various concentrations of fructose (0.5M, 0.25M, 0.125M, 0.0612M) using electro-generation of hydroxyl ions. Conditions: total charge passed 0.24 C (4 mA over 60 s), reaction time 60 s: total analysis time 120 s. Points plotted show electrogenerated reagent/printed Au electrode (response=0.52+0.18 (log [fructose]). Linear re.g. ression lines are shown for data obtained by electro-generated reagent and for the response obtained using lithium hydroxide to facilitate fructose oxidation.
It is to be noted that these are preliminary results obtained in non-optimised conditions. Various parameters can be altered to improve performance, including:
a) maximisation of electrode area in order to minimise current density;
b) minimisation of volume of accessible solution, reducing the amount of time required to attain a certain concentration of H+ /OH-.
The CFD of FIGS. 1 and 2 can alternatively be used in pH titrations. In this case, the potential between electrodes 14 and 16 is applied in short pulses, with the resulting potential of electrode 16 (and hence change in pH in the vicinity of that electrode) being measured by use of reference electrode 18 between each pulse. By plotting the measured potential versus applied charge, a characteristic sigmoidal curve is obtained, in which the point of inflection indicates the point of neutrality. Such a reaction can be readily carried out under the control of suitable computer control means, desirably programmed to vary the size of applied pulses depending on the circumstances, reducing the pulse size as the end point of neutrality is approached for enhanced accuracy.
In an alternative embodiment for pH titration, charge can be applied continuously and the effect monitored continuously, rather than in pulsed manner, by use of separate, independent charging and monitoring circuits.
In one convenient arrangement, illustrated schematically in FIG. 6, in place of reference electrode 18 of FIGS. 1 and 2, one of the generator electrodes, say alkali generator 16, carries a pair of sensor electrodes 32, 34 on its upper surface, separated from that surface by respective dielectric layers 36. The sensor pair conveniently comprises a gold electrode 32 and a silver/silver chloride electrode 34. Porous layer 26 covers all the electrodes.
In use, charge is applied continuously between electrodes 14 and 16, and the resulting potential difference between electrodes 32 and 34 is continuously monitored in an independent circuit. A characteristic sigmoidal curve is again obtained.
The method of the invention may, for example, be used to determine the ripeness of fruit and ve.g. etables. This would involve measuring the fructose (and other reducing sugars) content of liquor expressed from a fruit or ve.g. etable sample, e.g. as described above.
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Academia and Activism
"Huerta, currently studying city and urban planning at UC Berkeley and a visiting scholar at UCLA's Chicano Studies Research Center, says his goal is to understand "how people find ways to make an honest living and collect census information of undocumented workers, to figure out how they organize and how they survive in a hostile economy."
"He's heading into an entirely new type of work, what I'd call an academic practitioner," says Leo Estrada, a professor in the Department of Urban Planning, who has known Huerta for over eight years. "He conducts research, writes, and teaches, but also has a foot in the community. He's created this new kind of entity.""


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Mission: Peace
A local soldier's view of life within a historic NATO peacekeeping effort in Kosovo
Dale Tokheim is a teacher/coach at Schaller-Crestland Schools, who, along with a number of local National Guard members, have been called away from careers and families to serve active duty in the volatile region of Kosovo, a province of Serbia that has been under United Nations control since 1999. He has agreed to write about the experience to share with Pilot-Tribune readers.
I've started this article several times but something always seems to come up in my job that prevents me from finishing. I am First Sergeant for Team Cyclone on the KFOR 9 deployment, and that means I deal with the soldiers' health, welfare, and morale. I've been in the Iowa National Guard for almost 20 years with 18 of those as a surveyor in the Storm Lake unit. The last two years I have been in Estherville with the 1st Battalion 194th Field Artillery, which makes up a majority of TM Cyclone.
Kosovo is part of Serbia and the former Yugoslavia. We were mobilized in February of 2007 and started training at the local armories. This was a new type of deployment where a lot of the training would be done prior to the mobilization site so we wouldn't have to spend as many months away from home. We actually set a very high standard with completing over 98% and many times 100% on each requirement that we had. On July 18, 2007 we started our federal orders and on the 20th we shipped off to Camp Atterbury for our mobilization training. We finished our training phase with an intense month in Hohenfells, Germany. We arrived at Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo, in October, where we learned from our counterparts before taking over the mission.
To understand our mission you have to know a little about the big picture. We are a part of the Multi-National Task Force- East which also has units from Armenia, Greece, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Ukraine.
This is part of a larger NATO-led international force known as the Kosovo Force (KFOR). KFOR is responsible for establishing and maintaining security in Kosovo. The organization entered Kosovo on June 12, 1999 under a United Nations mandate, two days after the adoption of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1244. The objectives of KFOR are to establish and maintain a secure environment in Kosovo, including public safety and order; to monitor, verify and when necessary, enforce compliance with the agreements that ended the conflict; and to provide assistance to the U.N. Mission in Kosovo.
The conflict I mentioned earlier is between the Albanians and Serbians who live here. (Shown in gold on the map, page 1.) Kosovo is a state/province of Serbia but it has a majority of Albanians and the Albanians would like independence or to join with the country of Albania. Serbia does not want to let one of its states/provinces leave. The Albanians will tell you that the Serbians mistreated/persecuted them in the 1990's which probably did happen. Think about Slobodan Milosovec and Bosnia; that is probably similar to what happened in Kosovo but on a smaller scale. The United Nations tried to protect the Albanians politically but couldn't so in 1999 the U.S. led force bombed Serbia. Once an agreement was reached, NATO came in to provide a safe and secure environment. Early on during the KFOR mission the majority Albanians decided to seek some revenge and burned down Serbian churches, homes and businesses. KFOR did get things under control as the mission is to protect everybody and provide a safe and secure environment to all.
What does that all mean for me and my guys? Well, every day we send out patrols into our sector to visit with the local population. We want to let people know we are here to help protect them. Plus, the guys try and gather intelligence about possible demonstrations, subversive organizations, and just general problems in the area. We don't make promises to people but we do try and coordinate medical operations, veterinarian operations, and municipality or school projects.
We also set up Vehicle Check Points quite often to try and interdict smuggling. Smuggling is one of the major problems over here because the customs tax is a major source of tax revenue for the government. The local governments really struggle over here to provide the public services that we are accustomed to, including an adequate education. Joint patrols with the local police are also done to try and help teach them how to handle certain situations. The guys also do joint patrols with the Serbian Army along the Administrative Boundary Line (basically a border but we can't call it that because of the politics involved) to interdict smuggling and to build relations with Serbia.
The Albanians and Serbians have been waiting for an answer about Kosovo's final status from the U.N. for almost a decade and some people are getting impatient. There have been a couple of elections to the Kosovo government since we have been here. We did not get involved in the politics but just let the public know we were here to allow freedom of movement and to allow the political process happen without interruption. The deadline for the Final Status decision has come and gone, but the U.N. pushes back the final date for many valid political reasons. However, the Albanians are threatening to declare a Unilateral Independence on their own. So we have seen demonstrations in the larger municipalities from both sides and they have all been peaceful. We carry our equipment to include live ammunition everyday but hopefully things continue to remain peaceful.
It is hard to know what the right thing to do politically is because we talk to people from both sides and we hear both points of view. Of course, the Albanians really love the US because they see us as the saviors of 1999 when we led the NATO attack to protect them. Some Serbians have problems with the US because they lost family members in the 1999 bombings, but I think most understand that the soldiers are not politicians and we are here to protect everyone. In fact, we have seen the Serbian population's attitude to us personally improve. We are currently working in a Serbian majority area in the MNTF-North area which is the French sector. Although our living conditions for the two months we were in this area haven't been as nice as we normally have, the guys have really done a fantastic job up here. I think they are very proud of the rapport they have built with the people of the area and with the French Army.
Pilot-Tribune Editor Dana Larsen asked me about how the deployment affected my life back home with missing my family, teaching and football.
I must say as a teacher I hate being gone for one day because it is more work to get things ready for someone else than it is to just be there. So you can imagine how much I hated getting my classes ready for someone else for a year. The nice thing was I was notified in February so I had time to get organized before I left in June. Now we have a syllabus, standards & benchmarks already done so the big picture is ready for someone else to take over. It just took me a while to get all of my resources organized. Plus, you have to realize that every teacher is going to put his/her own touch on how and what they teach and emphasize and just trust the kids will learn without you. I do miss teaching. The other thing that I worried about was who would take over the Middle School Quiz Bowl and would anyone put on the S-C Quiz Bowl? I recruited a few people and am pretty sure they will get a team together but I am not sure if anyone will put on the tournament because that is quite a commitment.
Football season was hard for me and I would stay up when I could to get the score or I would look it up on the internet. We were so lucky at S-C to get Mike Tiedeman to take over as head coach for the year and even luckier that my good friend Doug Davidson agreed to stay on staff one more year. I know they only went 3-6 but it was a tough year emotionally and the team played with heart and class. I am very proud of everyone on the team and it is hard for me to talk about without getting choked up. The senior football players were a special group and I wish I could have been there with them for their last year. I will miss them and appreciate their loyalty. Looking towards next year it was hard to know what was right for S-C but I think we made the right decision and I can't wait to get back to start a new chapter in our football story.
My family. Wow! It is hard to explain how hard it is to leave them but I think everyone knows that is the hardest thing to leave behind for a year. My oldest son Joe is in 7th grade and is playing his first year of sports in school, so I am missing all of those events. Plus, I would like to be able to give advice about how to handle certain situations in school, in sports, etc. Zach is in the 5th grade and I was always the one who would check his math and help him with his Social Studies and Science homework. He asked me once last spring who was going to coach his baseball team and basketball team next year, and put on the Jr. 'Cats football program. That was hard to answer because he knew that I had always done that, but we talked about who would do it because we have so many great parents at S-C that we knew someone would step up and help out. I was disappointed that I had to miss two baseball seasons. "Big Jake" is in 1st grade and I miss reading together and playing games together. It is funny how you miss the little things. I miss my wife Lesa but feel lucky that she is such a strong person that she can handle everything on her own. Of course it helps being from small town Iowa. Lesa has a great support network. Her co-workers at Alta Elementary School have been a big help, our friends of the three communities of Schaller-Crestland have been fantastic, and of course she couldn't get by without our families.
At the beginning of the deployment I said (and meant) that I was excited about the challenge and looked forward to the experience. Many of the soldiers said the same thing. I just hope that our families understand that when we said that, it didn't mean we wanted to leave or that we would choose to leave them. It's that we know that deployments are part of our military commitment. I don't think a person should run from their challenges or problems so I wasn't going to try and get out of my commitment. I certainly wouldn't leave my brothers in arms. I am proud to serve my country and am willing to go wherever they send me. I guess I just try and look at the positive things about this experience. For example, the pay and benefits are pretty good compared to a teacher's salary. Plus, as a small town kid and a Social Studies teacher who hasn't been able to travel much this is a great learning experience. As a leader I have faced many new challenges.
Most importantly, I hope that I teach my children, my students and my players with my actions as I try and exemplify what I preach; loyalty, get involved, be classy, and remember there are only two things you can control: your attitude and effort.
Of course my men have even more challenges than I do; some are missing a year of college, some had loved ones pass away, some have young children that change every day, some had children born during the deployment. I can't tell you how proud I am of the men in the 1st BN 194th FA, and especially the guys who are a part of Team Cyclone. Our Team is made up of men from all over Iowa, including 14 from the Storm Lake Unit (G CO 334 BSB). Our Battalion has guys from the Storm Lake area including from the towns of: Newell, Fonda, Alta, Albert City, Laurens, Marathon, Schaller, Early, Storm Lake, Sioux Rapids, Peterson, and Odebolt. These Midwest guys never complain about the sacrifices they make and always seem to try and do their best. For many of us it is our second deployment in five years and for some it is their third. But, whenever any of us get down, we just try and remember that others have sacrificed more; like our friends who recently deployed to Iraq for 16 months in a 22 month deployment or the Veterans who have served this country in all of its wars.
In the end we just hope we made a difference and helped out the people of Kosovo.


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January, 2017
Mary Poppins: Lively production works well with script
Reviewed by Iris Winston
Mary Poppins
Music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Book by Julian Fellowes
Additional music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe
Ain't Seen Noth'n Yet (ASNY) Production
Directed by Jennifer Fontaine
By any standards, Mary Poppins is a complex project. Originally, she was the ideal nanny imagined by the British-born, Australian writer Pamela Lyndon Travers (aka Helen Lyndon Goff). Conjured up in her 1934 stories, she represented a form of escape from a difficult childhood. Then, the flying nanny became the sugarcoated heroine of the 1964 Disney movie, starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke.
In the 2004 stage musical, Julian Fellowes (of Downton Abbey fame) bases his book on a fusion of the Travers' stories and the Disney movie, while George Stiles and Anthony Drewe added new songs to the original group by brothers Richard and Robert Sherman. (more…)
January 30, 2017 Monday at 8:10 am
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams: The Heart and Soul of the Rock
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Guest reviewer Jim Murchisson
The opening night of The Colony of Unrequited Dreams at the National Arts Centre was attended by a who's who of Newfoundland artists, Canadian politicians and journalists. It was appropriate of course as the play is an adaptation by Robert Chafe of Wayne Johnston's novel that imagines what early influences might have created a character as enigmatic and colourful as Joseph Smallwood, the last father of Confederation and an enduring symbol of Newfoundland.
A work of fiction that speculates about the heart and soul of a very real character in Canadian history by blending history with invention makes for a compelling evening . It worked on every level. The characters both real and imagined are spellbinding. The dialogue crackles with the wisecracking wit that you find in the best of 40's cinema. Chafe's play makes me want to both read Johnston's novel and discover more about this significant piece of history.
The staging of the play is mesmerizing. Director Jillian Keiley drops the audience smack dab in the middle of a film noir piece. The pinpoint lighting of Leigh Ann Vardy allows the dialogue to pepper the stage. Characters pop up in one spot and then another creating the illusion of watching a series of newsreel clips. We are captured in the tide of the Confederation movement. Brilliant! (more…)
January 29, 2017 Sunday at 9:39 pm
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams: Brilliantly performed, directed, and adapted
Reviewed by Rajka Stefanovska
In the Playwright's Notes, the playwright, Robert Chafe, writes: "The history buff will have no trouble calling me out. But I made my primary task to reflect the spirit and heart of this magnificent book within the often-confining demands of a stage play." That is exactly what he does. Hard, cold facts about Newfoundland's first premier Joey Smallwood, and the role he played in bringing the Dominion of Newfoundland into Canada's confederation can be found in any number of books. Chafe's adaptation of Wayne Johnston novel Colony of Unrequited Dreams brings much more to the stage than that. It brings back the time, the place and people during a time of great change in Newfoundland.
The play spans over 25 years of hard and turbulent times in Newfoundland, showing that if the period preceding confederation was troubling, the transition from dominion to confederation was anything but smooth. The results (fifty-two per cent of people voted in favour of joining Canada in the 1949 referendum; 48 per cent voted against) split the nation on many levels – from political to personal. What makes the play universal, regardless of its local content, is its focus on human experience rather than on political events. (more…)
January 29, 2017 Sunday at 9:32 pm
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams: A fractious relationship
Reviewed by Patrick Langston
Joey Smallwood, the diminutive guy who led Newfoundland into Confederation in 1949: with a subject like that, audience members for The Colony of Unrequited Dreams could be forgiven for fearing an evening of excruciating boredom.
They would also be proven dead wrong.
Adapted by Robert Chafe from Wayne Johnston's celebrated 1998 historical novel of the same name, the play is an enthralling glimpse into the heart of the earnest and tenacious Smallwood, into the soul of his beloved Newfoundland, and into Smallwood's complicated relationship with a caustic newspaper columnist named Sheilagh Fielding.
Directed here by Jillian Keiley (herself a native Newfoundlander) with especially thoughtful attention to pacing, the story hums along so fluidly that you're scarcely aware that three hours have elapsed when Smallwood finally attains his dream, Fielding reaches a goal of a different kind, and issues of identity, family, love and loneliness settle into their ultimately unresolvable conclusion.
Politics and the personal are inextricably woven together in this show's vision of Joey Smallwood, played with a buoyant sense of mission, principle and rabble-rousing fearlessness by Colin Furlong. We meet Smallwood when he is a young man determined to carve out an influential place for himself in a Newfoundland where the old boys' network and corruption are endemic in government. Doubtless partly in reaction to his father (Steve O'Connell), an alcoholic whose life is a string of might-have-beens, Smallwood never meets a challenge that he won't wade into like an up-and-coming welterweight. (more…)
January 29, 2017 Sunday at 8:57 pm
Hand to God – Coping with Angst and Puppets
Reviewed by Jane Baldwin
Photo Glenn Perry Tyrone scares Timothy
Hand to God is both a farce and satire of religion and suburban life in Cypress, Texas. First produced off-Broadway in 2011, its writer Robert Askins was an unknown working as a bartender with a few unsung off-off Broadway plays to his credit. Hand to God went to Broadway, became a tremendous hit, and received several Tony nominations. Now as it makes the rounds of the regionals, Boston's SpeakEasy Stage Company is presenting its New England première.
January 26, 2017 Thursday at 11:57 am
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January 25, 2017 Wednesday at 8:43 pm
American Idiot: High-energy production saves the show.
Reviewed by Iris Winston
American Idiot, music by Green Day, lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong, book by Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer
University of Ottawa Musical Theatre Society, directed by Storm Davis
American Idiot bursts onto the stage into the raucous noise of punk rock that one of the cast members says in her bio takes her back to her fifth grade grunge days.
The 2010 musical is based on the 2004 concept album of the same name — incorporating protest against the war in Iraq, anger with American society and disaffected and angry youth trying to escape (from what?) to find a purpose in life.
The book (if that's not too strong a word) for the very slight story line by lyricist Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer focuses on three young men — one who joins the army and is blinded, a second who fathers a child and drowns in alcohol and a third self-destructive would-be rebel whose father predicted he would never amount to anything.
The sing-through (shout-through) musical about dead-end lives and disappointment is surprisingly upbeat as presented by the University of Ottawa Musical Theatre Society. (more…)
January 24, 2017 Tuesday at 9:14 pm
Our Secrets: Life in a dystopian world.
Reviewed by Jane Baldwin
ArtsEmerson is presenting the American début of Our Secrets, written and directed by Béla Pintér. The widely acclaimed Hungarian troupe, appropriately called Béla Pintér and company, is taking Our Secrets to New York after its short Boston run. Performed in Hungarian with supertitles, the play addresses the power that the communist state had over its citizens. It takes place in the 1980s, a period when the government encouraged its citizens to revive Hungary's folk songs and dances as an attempt to prevent the population from falling under the influence of Western popular music. Three musicians play a variety of string instruments and a synthesizer.
Photo: Cscaba Maszaros
The narrative revolves around a folkloric group who meet to dance and sing. One of their members is István Balla Ban (Zoltán Friedenthanal) a musicologist and a man with a secret that will interest the Hungarian intelligence service. He visits a therapist (Eszter Csákákanyi) for help with his sexuality. István is desperately attracted to his seven-year old stepdaughter Timike (Éva Enyedi) and because of this infatuation is no longer aroused by his wife. He claims that he has never done anything untoward with the stepdaughter. It is a lie. He has taught the little girl sexual games that involve his pleasure and that strangely she enjoys.
Having bugged the therapist's office, Comrade Pánczél (Eszter Csákákanyi) head of the intelligence service, calls in István and gives him the choice between going to prison for pedophilia or becoming an informer who will be rewarded by the state. Weakling that he is, he agrees to spy on his friends. In developing István as an unhappy reprobate, Pintér casts a shadow over the society as a whole. The playwright takes this a step further by using a disconsolate would-be dancer (Szabolcs Thuróczy) in the folkloric group as István's contact. He became a servant for the state to avenge himself on the other dancers who mocked his lack of talent.
January 24, 2017 Tuesday at 2:15 pm
The Ghomeshi Effect: Sexual assault results in something being broken! A cathartic encounter at the Gladstone Theatre.
Reviewed by Alvina Ruprecht
Photo: Andrew Alexander . from left to right: Marc-André Charette, Emmanuel Simon, Gabriel Lalonde, Front: Annie Lefebvre, Leah Archambault, Mekdes Teshome.
How could one name this performance that is now running at the Gladstone?? It could be docudrama; it could be multi-disciplinary theatre; it could be corporeal theatre although the text is central to the event; it could be verbatim theatre, or even socially engaged theatre that goes for the jugular as it tries to transform our culture in the same way R. Schechner and J. Beck in the 1970's hoped to do with their political and ritual performances. Perhaps, it also wants to make people aware that many individuals are living in a "war zone" when it comes to sexual violence in our society. In fact it's a bit of all that. A huge agenda that might seem almost overwhelming for director Jessica Ruano who also wrote the script, for the choreographer who conceived the movement portions, and for the actors who had to shift moods, narratives and characters nonstop during 75 minutes!
January 22, 2017 Sunday at 4:40 pm
The Ghomeshi Effect: Brilliant concept that needs more work
Reviewed by Maja Stefanovska
In the Director's notes of The Ghomeshi Effect's program, director Jessica Ruano states: "…safety isn't often what I'm seeking at a night out at the theatre…curiosity can be dangerous. Curiosity means: I'm prepared for anything, even if it's not what I want to hear. Even if it upsets me. Even if I fundamentally disagree. Even if it challenges something I've believed for as long as I can remember." The Ghomeshi Effect is a much needed addition to the conversation about sexual assault and has already sparked conversation over the treatment of survivors by the justice system. By encouraging discussion, Perspective Collective Theatre has already fulfilled its mandate. Is it theatre that provokes, upsets, or pushes its audience to confront uncomfortable facts? Not particularly, outside of the facts it presents. Other than a few emotionally charged moments, the verbatim dance piece fails to invoke intense emotion, considering the moving subject matter. The Ghomeshi Effect is a great concept and one that absolutely needs to be explored further. It's empowering, as it gives voice to survivors' experiences, told in their own words. Unfortunately, the gravity of the message gets lost amid the weak dramaturgy directing, lights, and choreography. (more…)
January 21, 2017 Saturday at 5:48 pm


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Corruption Charges Fuel Move to Cut US Aid to PA (INN) ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS) By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu 07/11/12)
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The Palestinian Authority said the Obama administration has warned it will cut aid if it goes to the United Nations again for recognition. In Congress, opposition to aiding the Palestinian Authority was fueled by charges that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has lined his pockets.
Khaled Mesmar, a Palestinian Authority official of the Political Committee of the Palestinian National Council, admitted on Tuesday that the United States has threatened to cut off financial aid to the Palestinian Liberation Office in Washington if the Palestinian leadership submitted another membership bid to the United Nations.
He said the threat was delivered through official channels during a recent visit to Ramallah by an American envoy.
Mesmar said that the PA took the threats seriously but has not yet decided to go ahead with another appeal to the United Nations Security Council for membership, which would entail recognition of the Palestinian Authority as an independent country based on its own definition of borders.
Abbas dropped a bid last year when it was clear he would lose, although by one vote.
Mesmar also said that the Obama administration threatened to cut off aid unless it drops all pre-conditions for talking directly with Israel over the status and borders of the PA. Abbas has said negotiations with Israel can begin if Jerusalem stops all building for Jews in areas claimed by the Palestinian Authority. It wants the talks based on a foregone conclusion that it be granted its self-defined territorial borders.
Meanwhile, the House Foreign Affairs Committee held a subcommittee hearing Tuesday under the unwieldy name of Chronic Kleptocracy: Corruption within the Palestinian Political Establishment."
In testimony posted live on its website, committee chairman Steve Chabot, a Ohio Republican, asserted that the West is making a mistake by looking at the plight of the Palestinians in Gaza, but instead of highlighting the ways that the Hamas terrorist leadership mismanages the local economy or gives Israel justifiable cause for concern, we are told that an Israeli blockade is to blame.
"Similarly, instead of calling attention to the omnipresent and insidious corruption within the PLO and Fatah leadership in the West Bank, we are told that Israeli settlements, many of which will surely not be a part of any future Palestinian state, are the true problem.
He charged that reports indicate Abbas line[s] his own pockets as well as those of his cohort of cronies, including his sons who have enriched themselves with U.S. taxpayer money.
Elliott Abrams, former advisor to President George E. Bush and now a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, told the subcommittee, Listen to the words of the man who was charged with rooting out public corruption, Fathi Shabaneh, and who resigned in 2010:
In his pre-election platform, President Abbas promised to end financial corruption and implement major reforms, but he hasnt done much since then. Unfortunately, Abbas has surrounded himself with many of the thieves and officials who were involved in theft of public funds and who became icons of financial corruption.
Abrams warned, If we turn a blind eye to corruption, and to persecution of those who expose it, we are in a very real way contributing to the problem and undermining those Palestinians who wish to build public integrity into their system. (IsraelNationalNews © 2012 07/11/12)
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Matt Harvey was diagnosed with symptoms consistent with thoracic outlet syndrome in his shoulder, a group of disorders in which blood vessels and nerves are compressed and it was announced today that he will undergo season-ending surgery. The New York Mets were hoping that Harvey could receive a non-surgical injections during this season and put off surgery until after the year. New York's general manager
Sandy Alderson admits that it was a no-win situation for his prized pitcher.
It's a tough blow for Harvey personally, but it might not be the worst thing for Mets fans. After all, Harvey is having his worst season to date, jumping out to a 4-10 record with a 4.86 ERA an 111 hits allowed. These numbers look especially bad when compared to last season, where his ERA was only at 2.71 with a 13-8 record. He also only gave up 156 hits, a number not so far off from the 111 he has given up in 2016.
It might not be a bad idea to see what the likes of Zack Wheeler,Logan Verrett, or Rafael Montero can do to bolster the staff. It's already been announced that Verrett will take Harvey's place on Sunday against the Washington Nationals, but his 3-5 record combined with 52 hits given up and 22 walks would be difficult to convince any fan that he'll excel in the role.
Wheeler is a huge question mark after having not pitched since 2014 due to receiving Tommy John surgery. He will be activated after the break, but don't count on him to be a viable replacement for Harvey. Montero provides the most intrigue out of the three, but has struggled with the Las Vegas 51s in the PCL this season with a 4-6 record. He's 111 runs in 80 innings, and simply doesn't have experience pitching in the majors.
It's hard to trust a rookie to perform well down the stretch in race for the division with the Nationals and Marlins. Verrett looks like the best option out of the three and, although scary for most fans, if the offense keeps producing, the Amazin's may be able to survive without Harvey for a time. Being only 4 games back of Washington Nationals and 8 games above .500, they're right in the thick of it. After all, if baseball has taught us anything over the years, it's that anything can happen.null


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Sometimes it's easy to forget what is at stake when it comes to lower exhaust emissions from cars. A new study from the American Lung Association in California drives the benefits home when it comes to medical care and illness.
By cleaning the air in that single state, California could avoid $7.2 billion a year in additional medical care costs, the study says.
Tougher 2017 air quality standards will reduce the air-pollution death toll by up to 420, meaning 8,440 fewer asthma attacks and up to 191,000 acute respiratory symptoms, the study says.
"Ninety percent of Californians live in areas with unhealthy air according to the American Lung Association State of the Air report," said Jane Warner, CEO of the American Lung Association in California. "Pollution from passenger cars and trucks is largely responsible for our dirty air and its huge health toll."
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