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Studying abroad is one of the most exciting and fulfilling parts of a university education – just ask anyone who has done it! They will tell you it was a positive, life-changing experience. Not only will you gain global experience and confidence, you'll stand out from the crowd in your career/graduate school search!
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LONG BEACH - Police Department crime statistics show robberies in Belmont Shore have risen by 60 percent so far this year, and some residents and businesses are concerned the numbers reveal an alarming new trend.
Long Beach Police Department reporting districts in the Belmont Shore area show eight robberies logged from Jan. 1 through May 31, said Lisa Massacani, a police spokeswoman.
The same area saw five robberies last year and nine robberies reported in 2010, also from January through May, she said.
Whether this year's statistics reveal an increase after a major breakthrough in robberies, or if the 2011 numbers were merely an anomaly, has yet to be determined, authorities said.
But for some people who live, work and play in the Shore, the increase indicates a shift to more brazen, and sometimes violent, crimes.
"It just feels more desperate this year ... more aggressive," said Nancy Stiles, who lives just steps from Second Street. "I'm used to stuff happening after the bars close, people fighting. But women being (robbed) at gunpoint? That's really scary."
Stiles was referring to the June 5 armed robbery of three women who were targeted by thieves as they walked in the area of La Verne Avenue and Second Street about 1 a.m.
An armed robbery at a Verizon Wireless store, 5221 E. Second St., on June 8, also generated consternation in the community.
Police statistics for making arrests in this year's robberies are "pretty darn good," said Deputy Police Chief Robert Luna.
That, however, requires victims to report the crimes immediately, he noted.
"You would be surprised the number of people who don't report the crime or who wait to report the crime ... sometimes an hour, sometimes a day," Luna said.
Of the eight robberies reported in the Shore between January and May, he said, two were "Estes robberies," two were commercial robberies and the remainder were street robberies.
Estes robberies are crimes that don't start out as robberies but become robbery when the criminal employs fear or force. An example would be a shoplifter who is stopped by a security guard and who fights the guard or produces a weapon.
Arrests have been made in about half the cases - including four San Pedro men arrested for a string of robberies - either through detective work or fast patrol response, again underlying the importance of reporting a robbery immediately, he said.
Luna also noted that though Belmont Shore experienced a large drop in robberies from January through May last year, robbery was still up citywide by 9.9 percent for all of 2011.
Conversely, looking at the East Division so far this year - including Belmont Shore - the statistics show robbery is down by 14.3 percent for the month of May, added the deputy chief, who oversees all of the city's patrol divisions.
There are a number of factors residents suggested as possible triggers for the jump in robberies, like the struggling economy and the city's drop in police officer numbers, estimated at more than 20 percent since 2009.
"The staffing challenge is definitely not helping us," Luna said.
The drop in staffing means the Police Department can't always assign a walking beat officer in the Belmont Shore area, he explained.
Luna also noted the city is feeling the effects of the state's prisoner realignment program, which calls for reduced jail and prison time for nonviolent offenders, often including property crimes.
Given all of those issues, Luna said, the department is pushing harder than ever for community participation.
Dede Rossi, executive director of the Belmont Shore Business Association, said the neighborhood's residents and businesses stay in close contact and keep one another apprised of the latest crime trends, which have included a recent influx of counterfeit bills and shoplifting by children and adults.
They meet regularly with the East Division Commander to discuss the statistics and prevention, and they use the Internet to share information with not only their residents and business, but also other communities, she said.
"There seems to be a lot of people from outside the area coming into Belmont Shore" to do crimes, Rossi said.
To combat the crimes, she said, the association is promoting security cameras at all the businesses - and covering all angles of the business - that can be linked to the Police Department's camera system.
Luna said that pro-active approach is what makes Belmont Shore one of Long Beach's "safest areas in our entire city."
"It is alarming, it is something we pay attention to," Luna added of the increase. "(But) it's something we work to prevent ... and if it does occur, we're all over it."
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DETROIT - A panicked Detroit father was waiting to see if he can take his son and 10-month-old daughter home from police custody after the children were left home alone Thursday morning.
Two questions remain unanswered: why was their mother gone and why were items missing from the home?
Read: 2 Detroit children safe after being found home alone
The 10-year-old boy called police just after 5 a.m. Thursday. He said he woke up to find the family's 60-inch flat-screen TV was missing. More, and more importantly, his mother was missing.
The children had been left home alone and while they were there a neighbor says he heard what sounded like a break-in.
"Next thing I know they were calling and saying the house was broken into, the kids ran next door ... they were knocking on our door but evidently we didn't hear them," said Mario Fox, a neighbor.
The young boy ran next door crying for help. Sheena Vance was there. She watched as the boy held his little sister and waited for police.
"When the police took them they had the car seat and put the car seat in the trunk and I think he was holding the baby ... I felt bad," Vance said.
The mother came home mid-morning to find her children gone. She did not know they had been taken by police.
So, where was she?
The mother says she left the kids with her sister, but that sister was nowhere to be found when police arrived at the home. Moreover, police say the mother never shared those details with them.
It's not clear if the mother left the children alone and left with the TV or if someone broke into the home while the kids were alone inside.
The children are in protective custody. The father does not live at the home. He said he is taking them to his home and will have custody.
Child Protective Services are still investigating.
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It's difficult to predict what the most popular baby names of the new year will be, but we have a few indicators from expecting moms.
But first, some of the most popular names of last year include Liam, Sophia, Noah, Aiden, Jackson, Mason, Olivia, Ava, Isabella, and Logan.
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Stronger Quintana seeing results of offseason work
CHICAGO -- When Jose Quintana has needed to reach back for something extra on his fastball, that something extra has been there during the 2013 season.
Quintana still wouldn't be considered one of the game's true hard-throwers. But according to FanGraphs, Quintana's average fastball velocity has jumped from 90.4 mph in '12 to 91.3 through nine starts going into Monday's effort against the Cubs. He originally noticed the change in Spring Training, but simply in the form of feeling stronger.
"I didn't realize it right away," said Quintana, through translator and White Sox coach Lino Diaz. "But when I go and check the radar, which I don't like to do, I see the increasing velocity -- which is pretty good -- and I'm just trying to use that to my advantage."
A strenuous offseason conditioning program has helped a noticeably bigger Quintana find that extra strength.
"I concentrated in the offseason [on] working on my legs and my back and the upper body," Quintana said. "I feel like continuing that work here with [White Sox director of conditioning Allen Thomas] helped me be where I'm at right now."
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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In high school I had a massive Conion boombox. To see a photo of it: click here. It had dual cassette decks, phono inputs and an alarm. I miss people brazenly blasting their sound out to the world. We really don't scare old people as much as we should these days. This is why I welcome with two wide arms open the smashing new TDK Three Speaker Boombox. It's very large, has an OLED display, woven carbon fiber speakers (no need for protective grills), USB, 1/4 inch, RCA and minijack inputs. I want one to plug my iPad into and annoy everyone with my music apps. I wouldn't mind walking through my local mall blasting Nitzer Ebb's Let Beauty Loose through it. I guess I'd be arrested. How times change.
"But the real show-stopper of TDK's boombox is the design, which strikes a balance between retro hi-fi, '80s nostalgia, and a Syd Mead-like futuristic look. We've seen the retro, machined knob hi-fi look done before on systems like the Soundfreaq Sound Platform, but the materials were all plastic. We've seen '80's boombox nostalgia nailed with the Lasonic i931, but again, the materials were plastic and the sonics were awful. Even the whole daring futuristic speaker design has been trudged out before by companies like Altec Lansing and Harman Kardon–but I'm telling you, the TDK box has them beat." – cnet.com
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The city of Cupertino will be dedicating the Mary Avenue Dog Park on Feb. 8 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the new park, located at the corner of Villa Real and Mary Avenue. Cupertino residents and their well behaved, well socialized dogs are invited to the grand opening of a dog park more than five years in the making.
The festivities will feature a dedication ceremony and 'leash' cutting at 11:15 a.m.. Attendees are invited to dress up their dogs in Valentine's Day attire to receive a free gift while supplies last. There will be information booth by San Jose Animal Control for licensing, Cupertino Emergency Services for pet preparedness, and Cupertino Code Enforcement to share city codes.
Residents are asked to check the city website the day of the ceremony in the event of rain. If it is raining, the event will be canceled.
For more information, call the city of Cupertino at 408.777.3110 or visit cupertino.org.


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Within the context of information theory, self-information is defined as the amount of information that knowledge about (the outcome of) a certain event, adds to someone's overall knowledge. The amount of self-information is expressed in the unit of information: a bit.
By definition, the amount of self-information contained in a probabilistic event depends only on the probability of that event. More specifically: the smaller this probability is, the larger is the self-information associated with receiving information that the event indeed occurred.
Further, by definition, the measure of self-information has the following property. If an event C is composed of two mutually independent events A and B, then the amount of information at the proclamation that C has happened, equals the sum of the amounts of information at proclamations of event A and event B respectively.
Taking into account these properties, the self-information (measured in bits) associated with outcome whose outcome has probability is defined as:
This definition, using the binary logarithm function, complies with the above conditions.
This measure has also been called surprisal, as it represents the "surprise" of seeing the outcome (a certain outcome is not surprising). This term was coined by Myron Tribus in his 1961 book Thermostatics and Thermodynamics. Some claim it is more accurate than "self-information", but it has not been widely used.
Information Entropy Edit
The concept is related to that of information entropy; the information entropy of a random event is the expected value of its self-information:
- On tossing a coin, the chance of 'tail' is 0.5. When it is proclaimed that indeed 'tail' occurred, this amounts to
- I('tail') = log2 (1/0.5) = log2 2 = 1 bits of information.
- When throwing a die, the probability of 'four' is 1/6. When there is proclaimed that 'four' has been thrown, the amount of self-information is
- I('four') = log2 (1/(1/6)) = log2 (6) = 2.585 bits.
- When, independently, two dice are thrown, the amount of information associated with {throw 1 = 'two' & throw 2 = 'four'} equals
- I('throw 1 is two & throw 2 is four') = log2 (1/Pr(throw 1 = 'two' & throw 2 = 'four')) = log2 (1/(1/36)) = log2 (36) = 5.170 bits.
This outcome equals the sum of the individual amounts of self-information associated with {throw 1 = 'two'} and {throw 2 = 'four'}; namely 2.585 + 2.585 = 5.170 bits.
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- Dodgers with a red hot start this season.
-Cards don't seem to be missing a beat without Pujols and La Russa....so far, at least
- So so start for my Yankees. Jeter looks like he's discovered the fountain of youth though. He's been incredible since he hit 3000 in July last year.
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Is there a Surgery to help a Neurogenic Bladd
I am 38 years old and have a Neurogenic Bladder. The urologist I go to now states that it came from a Hystorectomy that I had. While scraping the endometrosis they cut the nerve to the bladder. Now I have to self cath all the time. Can Bladder Reconstruction help me? Will this nerve ever grow back? Please I am so desperate for answers?
It is not uncommon to develop a neurogenic bladder after pelvic surgery but oftentimes the bladder will regain its tone and function. How long ago was the surgery?
Additionally there are options to get to bladder functioning with electrical stimulation though these approaches are new and continue to be develped and refined.
A thorough evaluation of your baldder from a functional standpoint is essential before pursing any means of treatment.
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So Your Pet Has Cancer
The "cancer problem" that many people think of as a human phenomenon also affects the animals that live among us. Roughly half of U.S. households are home to companion animals. Like people, more and more companion animals (i.e. dogs and cats) are living longer due to better quality of life, preventive medical care, and vaccinations. And longer life means an increased chance of developing cancer. A study in the early 1980s indicated that nearly half of dogs that lived past age 10 were likely to die of cancer. Just as most of us can expect to have a personal experience with cancer, whether it affects our friends, relatives, or even ourselves, many of us are likely to encounter this disease through our pets as well.
While veterinarians have been treating and studying cancer for some time, it was just a decade ago that veterinary oncology was approved as a board-certified discipline under the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. In 1994, radiation oncology was approved as a specialty within this field. This was, at least in part, a response to the increasing prevalence of cancer in animals and to pet owners' desire for treatment options besides euthanasia (putting the animal to sleep). The three standard treatments for cancer in humans: surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy, have been adapted successfully to help animals with cancer. While the goal in treating people is to cure the cancer, treatment for animals focuses on alleviating pain and suffering along with extending life, as long as the quality of that life can be preserved. Dr. Lili Duda puts it this way: "We're not willing to undertake an aggressive treatment that might cure half of our patients, if it is very likely that the treatment will make the other half suffer from serious and even fatal complications." Therefore, treatment is typically much less aggressive than in humans, where the usual goal is curing the cancer.
When your pet is diagnosed with cancer, you may be uncertain about the choices presented to you. Dr. Duda recommends a second opinion from a board-certified veterinary oncologist. This may confirm a chosen course of treatment or open up new options for your pet. How do I find a board certified veterinary oncologist, you ask?
The Veterinary Cancer Society has a helpful website, offering resources for pet owners, including a "Find a specialist in your area". www.vetcancersociety.org
The American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine has a website with a section for pet owners. They are currently adding a resource to find a specialist.www.acvim.org
As for any diagnosis, in pet or person, educate yourself on the options, costs involved, pros and cons to treating your pet and make an informed decision.
Your pet has been diagnosed with cancer. Cancer is a disease that is due to the uncontrolled and purposeless growth of cells in the body. The terms cancer, malignancy, and neoplasia are synonyms. Cancer is not a single disease since it can arise from any tissue in the body. Therefore, there are many types of cancer. Some forms of cancer have the ability to spread to other sites in the body which are often far from the original site. This occurs when cancer cells enter the blood or lymph vessels and are then carried to other organs. Cancers with this type of behavior are considered malignant. Oftentimes, it is the spread of a cancer that causes the greatest problems. When a cancer has spread in this fashion, it is said to metastasize. Some cancers lack the ability to metastasize but may cause significant damage due to growth and invasion into local tissues. Tumors that do not metastasize and are not invasive are considered benign. The term, tumor, is a general word for cancer whether is is benign ("good" cancer) or malignant ("bad" cancer). Oncology is the branch of medicine dedicated to the study of cancer and the veterinarians treating your pet are oncologists.
Tumor Evaluation (work-up): Tumor Staging
The first task of your veterinarian is to determine the extent of the tumor. This information is vital for several reasons including determination of your pet's prognosis (i.e., the expected outcome for your pet as a result of the cancer) and formulation of a plan for treatment.
To gather information that can help to determine the extent of the cancer, your clinician will need to evaluate your pet by several methods. These usually include blood tests (e.g., blood count, chemistry profile), urinalysis, radiographs (X-rays), tissue aspirate, and biopsy. Tests which your local veterinarian may have performed might be repeated at a cancer specialty center due to the changing nature of your pet's illness. In addition, as indicated for specific patients, other testing procedures may include: ultrasound, specialized radiologic studies (e.g. nuclear scan, CT/MRI scan, dye contrast studies), bone marrow aspirate, lymph node aspirate, endoscopy (direct examination of the stomach, colon, or bronchi with a specialized scope), and immunologic studies. The collective process of obtaining this information to ascertain extent of the cancer is referred to as tumor staging. It is important to realize that medicine is not an exact science and that despite these staging procedures, small sites of tumor or tumor in organs that are difficult to study may not be detected.
Once the tumor staging has been completed, your veterinarian will be better able to discuss treatment options for your pet. The goal of such therapy will also be discussed. Tumors that have metastasized extensively are usually not curable. Therefore, the objective of therapy for these animals is palliation (i.e., afford relief of symptoms and possibly prolong life without providing a cure). Localized tumors that are not deeply invasive have the best chance to be cured.
Cancer Therapy
There are several types of therapies used to treat cancer in dogs and cats with cancer. These include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and immunotherapy. For some tumors, treatment will consist of a single type of therapy, while combination therapy may be recommended for other types of cancer or for animals with more advanced stage of disease. On occasion, due to the rarity or biological behavior of a particular tumor, a precise treatment recommendation may not be known. In an effort to test newer (and hopefully more effective) forms of therapy, you may be asked to enroll your pet in an investigative clinical trial. The purpose of such a trial is to learn more about the specific type of treatment (that may be of value to humans and other pets with cancer) as well as hopefully providing a benefit to your pet. Only pet owners of animals with tumors for which there is no effective treatment or tumors that have not responded to conventional treatment will be offered investigative therapy for their pets, if appropriate investigative treatment is available.
Should you treat your pet?
Treating animals with cancer is not appropriate for every pet or family. It takes a strong commitment on the part of the owner. Therapy requires frequent trips to the veterinary hospital and can be expensive. For some forms of cancer, treatment, once begun, is never stopped during the animal's life (although the frequency of treatments can be decreased). Your veterinarian cannot do it alone since treating pets with cancer is truly a team effort and the pet owner is on the team. It is important for you to present your pet for treatment precisely when requested to do so by your veterinarian since the timing of cancer therapy is critical for obtaining an optimal outcome. In addition, medicines to be given to your pet at home should be administered by you exactly as requested by your oncologist. Any abnormalities or problems you encounter should be reported to your local veterinarian or oncologist promptly. Always feel free to ask questions and communicate with us.
Keep in mind that your veterinarian is as concerned about the quality of your pet's life as you are. The goal of therapy is to keep your pet happy and minimize discomfort. Although some animals may experience transient discomfort from therapy, treatment of most pets with cancer can be accomplished without major distress or detraction from your pet's enjoyment of life. Just because an animal has been diagnosed with cancer does not mean it's life is immediately over. Your commitment to your pet and your veterinarians' dedication to providing state-of-the-art care will work together to keep your pet as happy as possible.


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WASHINGTON, May 15, 2001 -- In 11 months, Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Cheryl Stearns hopes to be in a 365-foot polyester balloon on the edge of space 24 miles up and looking down on earth.
If all goes as planned, she'll jump from an open gondola at 130,000 feet and begin a freefall descent that would make her the first human to reach a speed of more than 800 mph and first woman to break the sound barrier without a vehicle. She would shatter the current world record, a transonic freefall from 102,800 feet set by Air Force Capt. Joe Kittinger Jr. on August 16, 1960
"It's another challenge. It's another impossible, but possible goal," Stearns said. Stratoquest , as the project is called, will add yet another record to the already long list of aerial accomplishments that Stearns has to her name. "It's the unknown again. No one really knows what it will be like."
Stearns' journeys into the blue began 28 years ago in the arid skies above Arizona when she was 17. She begged her mother for the money to jump from an airplane, but what should have been one jump turned to several, and several turned to hundreds and then thousands.
"I always wanted to jump. I always wanted to know what a 120 mph freefall was like," Stearns said. "It was a problem getting my parents to sign the permission slip. My mother finally signed the slip and she gave me the 40 bucks to make my first jump.
"I was just going to make the one jump, but you had to do a static line before you could freefall, so you had to wait until 20 jumps to make your 30-second delay jump. And I said, 'When I get to that point, then I'll quit.'"
But Stearns never quit. While ascending to altitude during her initial parachute training, she developed a curiosity for aircraft. She told her father she wanted to learn to fly. Thinking it would stop her from jumping out of airplanes, Stearns' father paid for her flight school. He was wrong. She rarely spends too much time on the ground, and she has soared into the record books as the most decorated skydiver in the world.
Stearns is the current and 21-time U.S. women's skydiving champion. She has 30 world records and for a time held four different world records at once, a feat no other parachutist has ever matched. She has a dizzying 14,000 jumps to her credit and in 1995 she jumped into Guinness World Records, marking her page in history by logging the most parachute jumps in 24 hours -- a staggering 352 jumps.
April 2002: Jump from 130,000 feet.
Will beat the world record of 102,800 feet.
As a citizen soldier, Stearns is attached to the U.S. Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where she serves in the Army Reserve as a supply sergeant. She was the first woman to earn a spot on the Golden Knights team, in 1977.
"I didn't want to be on the team just because I was a woman," Stearns said. "I wanted to be on the team and be recognized as the best person on the team. I was beating everyone out there. I was beating all the men out there in the world and that's what I wanted my position to be based on."
Stearns' infectious competitive spirit quickly spread throughout the team once she joined them. Her desire to be the best made the team more cohesive.
"They weren't battling against me. It made us all pull together," she said of her teammates. "I didn't have the problems other women have faced when they're the first female in a unit with harassment and things like that."
Stearns served two active duty hitches with the Golden Knights in her continuing 24-year military career, but now she serves part-time, juggling a demanding reserve military career with an even more demanding professional civilian life. She is a command pilot for US Airways with nearly 15,000 hours logged in 737s and one of the company's senior pilots in the mid-Atlantic.
"It took me 13 years to get the top position as a pilot. It's like making general," she said.
Stearns will train for eight months in preparation for the Stratoquest jump. She flies about 700 hours per year and jumps 600 to 700 times per year. She will don a pressurized suit similar to what astronauts wear on space walks to protect her from temperatures that can reach minus 90 degrees. She will have life support systems and a helmet with a heads-up-display showing altitude, Global Positioning System readings and her orientation to the earth.
The Stratoquest jump is not just about breaking records. Researchers will gather scientific data about astronaut egress systems for future space vehicles. They will also study the effects of transonic acceleration on the human body in addition to a multitude of other space-related experiments.
Stearns' international team of researchers, aviation and parachuting experts and sponsors and supporters has already started work to get the project off the ground and completed their first phase of training in Austin, Texas.
"The biggest thing that I'm looking forward to is sitting in that open gondola, with the doors open and watching the earth go away," Stearns said with anticipation in her voice. Although the jump is nearly one year away, she acts as if she is jumping in a few minutes. "Can you see yourself 24 miles high and riding up?"
SOURCE: American Forces Press Service via Veterans News and Information Service. (First Lt. Steven J. Alvarez is assigned to the Public Affairs and Liaison Directorate in the Office of the Chief, Army Reserve, WashingtonD.C.)


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|Presenter: Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta
|January 18, 2013
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LEON E. PANETTA: Thank you very much. This is truly an honor to have this opportunity to be here.
Sir Rick Trainor, thank you very much for the kind introduction. As I said, this is an honor to be at Kings College here in London, to deliver what I expect will be one of the last formal speeches I will give as secretary of defense for the United States.
I'd like to especially thank the Department of War Studies, including Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, for hosting me here as I begin a two-day visit to the United Kingdom. I deeply appreciate the work that you do to train and to educate our future national security leaders, many of whom are in this audience. And it's especially these young leaders that I'd like to address in my remarks today.
Before I begin my prepared remarks, however, I want to say a few words about the ongoing critical situation in Algeria. I just received a briefing from my staff, and we are continuing to work very closely with the British government and with other nations in order to assess precisely what is happening on the ground.
Even as we continue to try and gather better information about what is happening, let me make a few points.
First, regardless of the motivation of the hostage-takers, there is no justification, no justification for the kidnapping and murder of innocent people, innocent people going about their daily lives.
Second, we are working around the clock to ensure the safe return of our citizens. And we will continue to be in close consultation with the Algerian government.
And, third, terrorists should be on notice that they will find no sanctuary, no refuge, not in Algeria, not in North Africa, not anywhere. Those who would wantonly attack our country and our people will have no place to hide.
Let me continue with my prepared remarks.
As you know, after a career in public service which has spanned nearly 50 years, beginning when I was a first lieutenant in the United States Army back in 1964, I felt the time has come for me to go home.
Monterey, California, is where I was born and raised, a son of Italian immigrants. I represented -- had the honor of representing my home area along the central coast of California in the United States Congress for 16 years, and that area is now the location, as pointed out in my introduction, of the Panetta Institute for Public Policy, an institute that my wife and I established, whose mission is try to help prepare the next generation for a career in public service.
I look forward to returning to the institute, to my family, my wife and family, and, yes, to our walnut farm. I was raised on that farm. My father planted. I remember my father planting those walnut trees. And as those trees grew larger, and my father would go around shaking the walnuts, my brother and I were underneath collecting those walnuts. When I was elected to Congress, my Italian father said that I was well trained to go to Washington because I'd been dodging nuts all my life. (Laughter.)
In all seriousness -- actually, it is pretty good training -- in all seriousness, it's been the honor of my life to have served in all of the positions in government that I've had the honor of being a part of, and in particular to have served on President Obama's national security team as both the director of the Central Intelligence Agency and now as secretary of defense.
Today in many ways brings me full circle from where I began in the Obama administration. Four years ago, as director of the CIA, I traveled to London, my first overseas trip as director. To me -- with my counterparts in the intelligence business -- it was a visit that truly underscored for me the continued strength and vitality and importance of our special relationship, relationship between the United States and Great Britain, in the 21st century.
In the years since, I have seen firsthand how American and British intelligence professionals, military forces have partnered together. We have fought together, and we have died together to confront every major security challenge facing our nations, from the fight against terrorism, to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, to the NATO effort in Libya, and to bringing pressure to bear against the Iranian regime and its nuclear ambitions, to continuing to deal with the turmoil in the Middle East.
The United States and the United Kingdom are nations forever bound by a common history, common values, and common interests. These are the enduring bonds that guide our very special relationship and guide the broader transatlantic security project between Europe and North America.
For me, these bonds are more than just professional. They are deeply personal. As I said, I am the son of Italian immigrants. And the blood of Europe passes through my veins. Along with millions of Americans whose families have similar backgrounds, I feel a profound kinship with Europe.
Today, as I come to the end of a week-long trip that has taken me to a number of European capitals -- from Portugal, to Spain, to Italy, and now to the U.K. -- I'd like to discuss with you the issues involved in the future of the transatlantic partnership. After more than a decade of war, where are we at this critical turning point? How do we transform our security alliance to realize our shared goal of a peaceful 21st century?
My perspective on this subject is shaped by my earliest memories as a small child during World War II. I can still remember the feelings of fear and uncertainty and vulnerability that pervaded those years, the blackout shades, the air raid drills, the paper drives, the soldiers and sailors who walked the streets of Monterey before they were sent off to battle. Those are all memories.
And although I was too young to understand the issues involved, I still remember the comfort that I felt in hearing the words and seeing the images of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. Their stirring oratory, their personal friendship, their clear-eyed resolve inspired a generation at war and, I know, continue to inspire all of us today.
It was 70 years ago this month, in January 1943, that Roosevelt and Churchill came together for an unprecedented wartime summit in Casablanca. They drank, they smoked, they talked -- they even climbed the tower together to look out on the beauty of the desert -- and, yes, at the same time, they worked around the clock to plot a strategy for the tough campaign that they knew lay ahead.
After a week of consultations, the two founding fathers of our modern alliance announced a new consensus to work with, and I quote, 'design, purpose and unconquerable will,' unquote, toward a single, clearly-defined objective, 'the unconditional surrender of Germany, Italy and Japan.' At the core of their resolve lay an unbreakable partnership. As Churchill declared, 'Nothing -- nothing that may occur in this war will ever come between me and President Roosevelt.'
The Casablanca conference marked one of those rare turning points in history, setting the course for the remainder of the war, and in many ways for the peace that followed. By making clear that they would accept nothing less than the total defeat of fascism, Roosevelt and Churchill were determined to shape a new world and to do everything they could to ensure it would never again descend into total conflict.
The web of transatlantic diplomatic, economic, security institutions that our nations built together with Western Europe after World War II, including the NATO alliance, was the fulfillment of that dream. Since 1949, NATO has been an unprecedented force for global security and prosperity, developing into the most effective and capable and enduring multilateral security alliance the world has ever seen.
Now more than 60 years old, more than two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and more than a decade after 9/11, NATO remains the bedrock of America's global network of alliances and partnerships. But today, after over 11 years of war, I believe we are at another turning point in the history of the transatlantic alliance.
We are facing some very tough questions. What is the future of the NATO alliance? Will NATO retreat from its responsibilities out of complacency or a different set of priorities in the face of growing budget constraints? Or will NATO have the creativity, the innovation, the commitment to develop and share the capabilities it must have in order to meet future security threats?
To help address those questions, let me discuss where we are, the budget challenges we face, and where we need to go.
Where are we? As I said, we are bringing a long period of large-scale conflict to a close, the longest such period in the history of the United States. It has been more than a year since the war in Iraq ended. Our nations also participated in the successful NATO mission that helped bring down Gadhafi in Libya. Through relentless military and intelligence efforts, we have decimated core al-Qaeda, put real pressure on its affiliates in Yemen and Somalia, and removed some key operational leaders from the battlefield.
In Afghanistan, American, British, and European troops are still in a tough fight alongside other ISAF partners and Afghan forces. But the significant progress ISAF has made standing up the Afghan army, which has become more effective operationally, and the Afghan police has brought us to what I hope will be the last chapter of this war, and the next chapter in NATO's relationship with Afghanistan.
The U.S. and NATO have made a commitment to the long-term stability and security of Afghanistan. As we agreed to in Chicago and affirmed with President Karzai just last week in Washington, by the spring of 2012, Afghan forces will be in the lead in combat operations with ISAF in support. By the fall, all of Afghanistan will be transitioning to Afghan security and governance. And the drawdown of ISAF forces will occur by the end of 2014, with an enduring presence of forces to follow to ensure a sovereign and independent and secure Afghanistan.
Yet even in the post-9/11 era of large-scale conflict, as that period comes to a close, there are a complex set of threats, both new and persistent, that confront us. These security challenges threaten the United States -- and make no mistake, they threaten Europe, as well.
Despite our significant gains against al-Qaeda, we continue to face the threat of terrorism. al-Qaeda affiliates are seeking new footholds throughout the Middle East and in Europe's immediate neighborhood in North and West Africa. As we've seen just this week, the brutality of terrorists in Algeria and in Mali make very clear the continuing threat of terrorism that we face.
Let me be clear -- we must maintain relentless pressure on al-Qaeda wherever it seeks to establish a safe haven. We cannot allow al-Qaeda to establish a base of operations from which it can conduct attacks on our country or on Europe. al-Qaeda, as I said, must have no place to hide. And it is for that reason that I commend the French government on its leadership of the international effort to combat AQIM in Mali. And I commend Great Britain for its contributions to that effort and all of the international community for assisting.
Beyond terrorism, both the United States and Europe will continue to deal with a complex range of other challenges. We are still at war in Afghanistan. North Korea and Iran pose a proliferation threat. We are engaged with the challenge of that threat, recognizing that it can be very destabilizing it can threaten global security. Two regimes that have the potential of developing a nuclear capability, make no mistake about it -- they represent a threat to our global security.
The Syrian regime continues to brutally massacre its own people and threaten its neighbors, including our NATO ally, Turkey. When the Assad regime comes to an end -- and make no mistake, it will -- what will replace it, chaos or a peaceful transition to political reform?
Over the long term, increasing military spending by rising powers in the Asia-Pacific region, turmoil across the Middle East and North Africa are altering the strategic landscape in key regions for our economic and security interests. The nature of military conflict is also changing because of the new technologies, like cyber, and the proliferation of missiles and WMD.
Potential adversaries -- state and non-state actors alike -- are rapidly acquiring more sophisticated capabilities to increase the speed of their attacks, their capacity to inflict destruction, and to frustrate our conventional military edge.
Unlike coming out of past wars, where the enemy we confronted, the threat of that enemy diminished, we are today confronting a whole new, in some ways old set of challenges to the security of the world. All of these threats are real. All of these threats cannot be ignored. But as they unfold, we also recognize that we are in a period of fiscal austerity, fiscal austerity that is in full force on both sides of the Atlantic.
We all know what's facing us. In Europe, all but three allies -- all but three allies have cut their defense budget in the last few years, in some cases by up to 20 percent. And that follows a decade where defense spending declined by 6 percent, even as European countries sustained deployments to Afghanistan.
In the United States, a decade of blank-check defense spending has ended. At the Pentagon, we have begun to implement $487 billion in budget reductions, a number that was handed to us by the Budget Control Act, a number that we have to achieve over the next 10 years, and our approach is to achieve that savings over 10 years in accordance with a new defense strategy that we put together at the Pentagon that was released one year ago this month.
In developing that strategy, I said we have to abide by three guidelines. Number one, we have to remain the strongest military power in the world. Two, we cannot hollow out our force. Hollowing out the force is something that happened following World War II, following Korea, following Vietnam, following the Cold War. We cannot repeat that mistake.
And, thirdly, we must maintain our faith and our commitment to our troops and to their families, those who were deployed time and time and time again during the last 10 years. We cannot walk away from the promises that we made to them with regards to supporting them and their families.
So with those guidelines, we developed a strategy that we feel represents our defense force for the 21st century. Let me just summarize some of the key elements of that strategy.
First, we know we're going to be smaller and leaner. It's a reality coming out of 10 years of war. But we must be a force that is agile, that is flexible, that is rapidly deployable, and that is technologically advanced.
Second, as we rebalance our global posture to emphasize Asia Pacific and the Middle East, we must be able to assert force protection and force projection in recognition of the many challenges and opportunities in those two regions.
Third, we have to maintain a presence elsewhere in the world. We will seek to reinvigorate our security relationships throughout the world by modernizing our alliances, building innovative defense partnerships, developing rotational deployments in Europe, in Latin America, and Africa, where we can go in and train and exercise and develop the capabilities of other countries, develop other partnerships, as I said, in Western Europe and Africa and Latin America and, yes, here in Europe.
Fourth, we have to ensure that the United States military remains capable of confronting aggression and defeating any opponent anywhere, anytime. We face the very real prospect that we could be at war in Korea at the same time that the Straits of Hormuz are closed. We have to be able to confront both of those threats.
And, lastly, this cannot be just about cutting. It has to be about investing, investing in new technologies, investing in intelligence, investing in surveillance, unmanned systems, investing in space, investing in cyberspace, investing in special operations and in the capacity to mobilize quickly in the event of crisis.
We have to make sure, as we develop that strategy, that we would then build a budget to reflect the elements of that strategy as we try to achieve savings. And we did that. We presented a budget that achieves the goal of $487 billion in savings, and at the same time, emphasizes the elements that are a part of our new strategy.
We had to look at savings across the board in defense. You can't just go to readiness. You can't just go to maintenance. We had to look at force structure reductions. We have to look at efficiencies. And in a big department like the Pentagon, there is duplication. We can achieve better efficiencies.
Thirdly, in modernization, and lastly, in compensation. Compensation has grown by almost 80 percent. I have a health care bill at the Pentagon of over $50 billion. So we are going to have to achieve savings in that area, as well.
But at the same time, we need to invest in the key elements of our strategy. So our strategy makes clear, the United States and Europe now are facing the reality of budget constraints together. And in an era of constrained resources, we need to make our alliances count. The bottom line is that no one nation can confront the threats that I've described alone. That's the reality. But that also means no one nation can shoulder the burden for our collective security alone.
That's why I have made building stronger alliances and partnerships my top priority as secretary of defense, including NATO. It's also why I believe we have a window of opportunity to fundamentally reorient the transatlantic alliance to tackle the most pressing challenges that we are facing in the 21st century, and yet to be able to meet our fiscal responsibilities at the same time. I do not believe we have to choose between fiscal responsibility and our responsibility to national security.
Let me describe three areas of focus that must be made if we are to bolster NATO and to confront the threats of the future.
First, we must develop innovative alliance cooperation. It will be essential to finally move away from the Cold War approaches to meeting alliance security commitments and instead embrace cost-effective, innovative forms of defense cooperation that are tailored to meeting the most relevant security challenges that we face today and tomorrow.
NATO can no longer be an alliance focused on a single type of mission, whether deterring the aggression of another superpower or conducting stability operations in Afghanistan. To be prepared to quickly respond to a wide range of threats in an era of fiscal constraint, we have got to build an innovative, flexible, and rotational model for forward-developed presence and training.
For the United States, that means we are making significant adjustments to the European force posture consistent with our new defense strategy. Yes, it includes the downsizing of some of our less-relevant Cold War forces, such as the two heavy Army brigades that we removed from Europe.
But let me be clear that this effort is not primarily about cuts. It's about reshaping our cooperation for the new challenges ahead. That means, even as we make some reductions, we will be supporting new rotational deployments, enhanced training, enhanced exercises, and other new initiatives that bolster the readiness of our forces and build their capacity to seamlessly work together.
Whether deploying ballistic missile defense, such as our destroyers, our Aegis destroyers to Rota, establishing a new U.S. aviation detachment in Poland, deploying U.S. Army battalions on a rotational basis to participate in the NATO Response Force, we are making tangible investments in these new forms of cooperation to make the alliance more responsive and more agile. And we are doing so in a cost-effective way that meets our fiscal responsibilities.
Second, we've got to invest in new frontiers. A second key line of effort is to make an investment in critical new alliance capabilities that will help maintain our decisive military edge into the future. For example, one of the key security challenges that I've focused on during my tenure as director of the CIA and now as secretary of defense is the threat from cyber-intrusions and cyber-attacks.
For years, I have been deeply concerned by intellectual property theft, by attacks against private-sector institutions, and the continued probing of military and critical infrastructure networks. We are literally the target of hundreds of thousands of cyber-attacks every day, that probe every one of these areas.
State and non-state actors are developing capabilities that could inflict extraordinary physical and monetary damage, could paralyze our economies and harm our infrastructure, take down our power grid system, take down our financial systems, take down our government systems, take down our banking systems. That's a reality. That technology is real and threatening today.
As societies that rely on cyberspace, Europe and the United States have more to gain from stronger cybersecurity than anyone else. And our economies are so interdependent, failing to act together could leave all of us dangerously exposed. This is an area where we are already working closely with our British counterparts. And during my visit to Madrid this week, I also discussed how we could work with the Spanish and with others to try to develop those capabilities.
For its part, NATO has made important progress in strengthening the security of its own networks, but those steps alone are not sufficient to defend against the cyber threat. The alliance needs to consider what its role should be in defending member nations from cyber-attacks. We must begin to take the necessary steps to develop additional alliance cyber defense capabilities. And to that end, I urge in the coming year that NATO ministers hold a session to closely examine how the alliance can bolster its defensive cyber operational capabilities.
Beyond cyber, we must also invest in other capabilities -- new intelligence surveillance, reconnaissance platforms, next-generation platforms, such as the Joint Strike Fighter, and special operations forces. As we attempt to acquire these capabilities amid severe budget challenges, it is imperative that we do so in a strategic and coordinated way. NATO's smart defense means that not every nation needs to duplicate capabilities. Time has come when nations can share critical capabilities, critical capacities that enhance NATO's ability to be able to respond to common threats.
And, finally, we have to build other regional partnerships. The third pillar for building the transatlantic alliance of the 21st century must be a determined and proactive effort to build strong partnerships with nations and security organizations in other regions of the world.
The purpose of this partnership approach is not to build a global NATO, but rather to help other regions do more to provide for their own security and in the process become more capable every day of partnering with us to be more effectively equipped to meet global challenges.
We see this every day in Afghanistan, where more than 20 non-NATO countries -- Australia, Jordan, others -- work alongside NATO countries in ISAF. And we saw the benefits of this approach in our Libya approach, as well, where the Arab League and the Gulf Cooperation Council partnered with Europe and North America under a NATO umbrella to protect the Libyan people. The presence of these regional partners has added credibility and capability to the alliance effort and laid the groundwork for continued cooperation in the future.
As we confront other security challenges in Africa, the Middle East, and the gulf, we must build deeper partnerships with the Arab League, the Gulf Cooperation Council, and build regular dialogue and exchanges and exercises with African organizations, such as the African Union and ECOWAS in Western Africa.
And going forward, we also must broaden the scope of our alliance security discussions beyond Europe and beyond regional issues. In particular, I strongly believe that Europe should join the United States in increasing and deepening our defense engagement with the Asia-Pacific region.
I know that our so-called pivot to Asia has evoked concerns in Europe about whether America was turning away from the transatlantic alliance, but today those concerns should be put to rest. Global security is not a zero-sum game, but neither are the security commitments of the United States. More importantly, Europe's economic and security future is -- much like the United States -- increasingly tied to Asia. After all, the European Union is China's largest trading partner, ASEAN's second-largest trading partner, and ranks third and fourth with Japan and South Korea.
It is in the interests of both the United States and Europe for the NATO alliance to become more outwardly focused and engaged in helping to strengthen security institutions in Asia, like ASEAN. It is also in our interests to expand the defense dialogue and exchanges with a full range of nations, including China, where defense spending, according to one estimate, is projected to exceed the largest eight European nations combined by 2015.
We need to help all nations in the region contribute more to regional security and regional prosperity. As members of the historic alliance, it is our responsibility to demonstrate global leadership and to advance those ideals.
And it is to that end that the United States and Europe should work together and ensure our efforts are coordinated through regular consultations between European and U.S. defense officials focused on Asia-Pacific security issues. The bottom line is that Europe should not fear our rebalance to Asia; Europe should join it.
Let me conclude by saying that, in the NATO alliance, the world has a model for how nations can come together to advance global peace and global security. After more than 60 years, it remains the one true military alliance capable of acting decisively to help achieve those goals. But to fulfill those goals in the future, the transatlantic alliance must be strong and bold enough to change.
The question now before the transatlantic alliance is whether our nations can build stronger defense partnerships and modernize our military capabilities in the face of significant fiscal uncertainty. Our response to that question must be unequivocal. It must be clear. It must be defiant, in the spirit of Roosevelt and Churchill at Casablanca, that while we may face a great many challenges, we face none that our combined strength cannot overcome.
After spending this week in Southern Europe, and continuing to deal with budget uncertainty in the United States, I'm clear-eyed about the fiscal pressures that nations are facing as their economies continue to suffer under recession. I face similar pressure and similar uncertainty back home, where the prospect of a devastating automatic round of budget cuts -- so-called sequester -- looms if the United States Congress does not come to a deficit reduction agreement by March 1st. Our nations are facing a crisis, but we must never allow any crisis undermine our collective resolve.
In the waning days of World War II, Prime Minister Churchill, visiting an ailing President Roosevelt, recognized that his dear friend and partner would probably not live to see the end of the war, and Churchill offered him an assurance that their partnership would endure. 'Our friendship,' he said, 'is the rock on which I build for the future of the world, so long as I am one of the builders.'
As I retire from my own career in public service, I recognize that there is a generational shift underway. There will probably not be another U.S. secretary of defense with direct memories of World War II. Many of those entering military service today -- and many of the young students here in this audience -- were born years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Yet across the generations, the transatlantic alliance remains the rock upon which we will build our future security and our future prosperity.
That baton now passes to a new generation. The mission of my generation was to secure a better and safer life for our children. That is now your mission and your responsibility. History will ultimately define our legacy, for better or for worse. Your job is now to make your legacy. The future security of nations in the 21st century rests on whether you decide to fight together or to fight separately. That decision rests with all of you.
May God bless you, and may God bless the future of the transatlantic alliance between the United States and Great Britain. Thank you. (Applause.)
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Viscid wrote:But this is a potentially fruitful discussion about television watching (and more generally, habitualized action.)
Ben said people choose to watch TV, and that it's good for them.
Firstly, I think we have different definitions of what we mean when we say 'TV.' I gather Ben's concept of 'TV' is a device which receives and displays transmitted sound and video. The television itself is a benign technology (it doesn't harm us directly in its operation) but the habitual behaviour by which we engage with it is potentially harmful: if you watch for over 4 hours a day, you're probably at greater risk of developing health issues due to the sedentary nature of excessive television watching. Another concept of 'TV' is the body of programming that is transmitted and consumed by a receptive audience through that device. Most people don't watch documentaries and enriching content on television. If we were to survey what people are watching on TV at any given time, I believe we'd see more people watching sitcoms, reality shows and other empty programming which presents the world in a distorted way. This is in no way 'good' for people.
Secondly, we have different perceptions of what it means to make a decision [to watch television.] Kim said that some people (those that are habituated into watching television) aren't making a choice when watching television. Ben says, and Jack confirmed via Buddhist Phenomenology, that there is indeed a choice. Now, while I agree one can say that a decision to watch television is being made (ritualistically) every time the television is turned on, it is not as if that decision wasn't made under the incredible pressure of the past. If someone holds a gun to your head and tells you to do something you don't want to do, can you really say it was your decision to do that act? Well, yes in one way and no in another. It's the same with habit: yes, theoretically you can opt-out of committing the habitualized action, but it's quite unlikely you will, unless there is substantial pressure to alter it.
Vern Stevens wrote:Ben did not say TV was good for them, Ben said TV is a medium that can be good or bad based on how people choose to use it.
Do you watch tv?
Ben wrote:Do you watch tv?
tv watches me.
BlackBird wrote:Ben wrote:Do you watch tv?
tv watches me.
Buddhe wrote:Good for you Digity!
Im completely with you. No t.v means more free time to do other things more in touch with reality. I gavr up t.v this year and i have never looked back. Im so happy i did. Any news i need to can aquire on my mobile. I too have a subscription with love film not netflix i use the light use package so as not to go overboard.
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THE memory of a soldier killed in Afghanistan will be honoured by a charity motorcycle ride which will pass through Kidderminster.
Private Conrad Lewis was the 353rd British soldier to be killed in Afghanistan and his parents, Tony and Sandra, set up 353, a small charity to raise funds to help various other military-based charities.
The ride will see around 1,000 bikers start at Ragley Hall in Warwickshire and travel through Worcestershire before finishing at the Food Stop Cafe in Quatt, near Bridgnorth.
The procession of motorcycles will be in Kidderminster at around 11am on Sunday, July 20, passing into the town from Comberton Road and Comberton Hill, turning right on to The Ringway before heading to Quatt on Proud Cross Ringway and Franche Road.
Nick Ward, organiser of the event, said: "If any members of the public would like to turn out and give us a wave they would be more than welcome. It will be quite a sight to see."
For more information or to donate to the charity visit 353.org.uk


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Gattis, Francisco power Braves' sixth straight win
MIAMI -- The Braves' Opening Day lineup included five players who have notched at least one 20-homer season during their Major League careers. None of those players has the incredible raw power possessed by Evan Gattis and Juan Francisco.
Fortunately for the Braves, the value of that power extends beyond impressive batting practice displays.
Gattis and Francisco displayed their massive strength with a pair of monstrous home runs during a six-run fifth inning that helped the Braves completed a three-game sweep with Wednesday night's 8-0 win over the Marlins at Marlins Park.
"Gattis' ball when he hits the ball has a different sound," Braves starting pitcher Mike Minor said. "Off the bat, it almost sounds like the bat is breaking. When Juan hit that ball, I didn't even think he got it from what I've seen in [batting practice]. Then it landed like 500 feet or something. I think both balls were pretty impressive."
While Gattis and Francisco stole the show, the Braves cruised toward their sixth straight win with significant contributions from Minor, who scattered five hits over 5 2/3 scoreless innings, and Jordan Schafer, who celebrated his first start of the season with the fourth four-hit game of his career.
"He had a nice night for a guy who it has taken me nine games for me to put him [in the lineup] to get him some at-bats," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said in reference to his decision to rest struggling center fielder B.J. Upton to get Schafer some playing time.
This proved to be another stroke of good fortune for the Braves, who are 8-1 for the first time since the 1994 team began the season with a 13-1 record. They outscored the Marlins 13-2 during this series and surrendered just one earned run. Now Gonzalez can only hope this momentum carries through this weekend's key division matchup against the Nationals.
After being held scoreless through the first four innings, the Braves released their frustrations against Marlins starter Alex Sanabia, who had not allowed run in the previous 10 innings he had completed this season.
Gattis began the powerful assault with a line drive three-run homer that landed in the swimming pool located beyond the left-center-field wall. Seven pitches later Francisco turned on Sanabia's first-pitch fastball and hit it off the second-level facade beyond the center field wall.
"Real men hit the baseball," Schafer said. "That's not little kids. Even in [batting practice] the way the ball comes off their bat is unbelievable. You don't see that very often."
Francisco's two-run homer, which appeared to travel at least 450 feet, capped the fifth-inning eruption that actually began with a bunt single from Schafer, who also doubled in the sixth inning. The former top prospect, who has accepted his role as a bench player, entered the game with just one previous at-bat this season.
"I have to stay within myself," Schafer said. "I can't try to hit the ball off the 502 sign like Juan. Unless I'm hitting from second base, that is not going to happen."
Two weeks after learning that he would be on a Major League roster for the first time, Gattis now finds himself serving as the Braves' primary catcher in Brian McCann's absence and the cleanup hitter in Freddie Freeman's absence. The 26-year-old rookie has hit .391 (9-for-23) with three home runs and a double.
"I had never homered into a pool before," Gattis said. "So notch that one. I got another one."
Francisco's long blast served as his first home run of the season. He is now serving as the everyday third baseman while Chris Johnson plays first base in Freeman's absence.
"Pretty much one through eight [in the lineup], we've got guys who can put the ball out of the ballpark," Minor said. "A lot of times we can put up big innings. We're not really worried about it throughout the game if we have zeros on the board because at any time we can put one out of the ballpark."
On the way to scoring at least seven runs for the third time this season, the Braves provided more than enough support for Minor, who has surrendered just one run in the 13 innings he has compiled through his first two starts. The 25-year-old left-hander, who pitched around leadoff doubles in the second and third innings, has compiled a 2.02 ERA in his past 17 starts.
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Baby Boomers: What it means to be retired
Ask any retired person what it means to be retired, and they may say it means taking a nap any time of the day. Or they may say it means going to bed whenever and getting up at the crack of noon, if wanted. And it could mean just watching TV at all hours of the day.
I've spent more time watching TV as I have discovered stations that show the classics. "Mary Tyler Moore," "Dick Van Dyke," "M*A*S*H" and "Gunsmoke" are my favorites. I enjoy going to the computer to look up bios of the old TV stars. I pick up interesting facts that mean nothing to anyone else.
Did you know that Dennis Weaver (Chester on "Gunsmoke") was fifth in the 1948 U.S. Olympics' decathlon tryouts, winning the 1500 meters? (Bob Mathias ended up the winner. Mathias won two Olympics, the first at age 17.) Remember Weaver walked with a stiff leg throughout his time on the show. (When I hurt my leg in the Army my pals started calling me "Chester.")
After Weaver left Ken Curtis came on the show as Festus. Curtis was a famous singer and once replaced Frank Sinatra on the Dorsey Orchestra. He also sang as one of the Sons of the Pioneers.
When watching old shows I look for movie stars before they became famous. I saw Robert Redford playing a convict on "The Virginian." Harrison Ford was seen playing a killer on "Gunsmoke." Burt Reynolds got his start on "Gunsmoke" playing a blacksmith.
But not all retirees retire from work. Thirty-eight million people over age 50 belong to the American Association of Retired Persons, today just called AARP. This name change was because of so many of their members still working. Many pick up part-time work or they volunteer to keep themselves busy.
And many retirees need the company of others. As one older woman stated as she was asked if she was still going back to work after she and her co-workers won a lottery, "I have to go to work, that's where my friends are."
A friend of mine was lost after he retired. He ended up volunteering at the public library — the only male among a number of females. He loved the work as the ladies were always bringing in homemade treats.
I have talked to a number of golf friends who work at a golf course to get tee times at a reduced rate. Some have found an apartment complex where they become caretakers while getting discounts on their rent.
Bob and Andrea Marohn, from Brainerd, downed-sized and moved into a town home. Bob built the homes and keeps them maintained. Andrea, a hairdresser, has decreased her work load and works as she wishes.
The busiest retiree I know has to be Alan Bohme, a retired chemistry and physics teacher from the north side of Chicago, not the suburbs.
"My students spoke 46 languages and came from 50 countries," he says.
Alan and his wife moved from Illinois to Backus, where he subs at both Pine River-Backus and Pequot Lakes schools. Alan also gives talks on the Roaring '20s, the Holocaust, gangsters of Chicago and astronomy. In whatever he does, one can see that Alan Bohme truly loves being retired.
My friend Vi, a retired scholarly woman, works but an hour every now and then. She then has a reason to get out and be with friends and people her own age.
A number of colleges are offering classes at reduced to free tuition to the retirees. The retirees are not looking for advanced degrees, but are looking at just increasing their knowledge and enjoy being around younger students.
I work part time with young men. We get along until they play what they call music. I tell them it isn't music that they are listening to, but they don't listen.
A special on TV showed the lives of different retirees, showing a retired CPA who worked as an EMT at age 65 where he volunteers at a fire station.
"I was looking for some kind of work where I wouldn't have to wear a tie and the job would be about giving back to the community. I loved being at the firehouse where I found the people there were like a community," this retiree said.
Many retirees are looking for a community, a place to go where people know your name and enjoy your company.
Older baby boomers grew up with the idea of helping others, giving back to the community. Our young adulthood started with the words of President Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you but ask what you can do for you country."
Many of my fellow college friends either went into social work or teaching. We were not looking at making a lot of money. The generation at that time was looking for satisfaction with their work. Some of those who went into other careers, upon finding themselves retired, want to give back and end up volunteering.
Or they may go out and get a job that they always wanted but they couldn't go into the career because it didn't pay enough. An example of this might be the number of retired English teachers who belong to writer's groups or find themselves finally working on their novel or a book of poems.
Life expectancy has been increasing. Finding ourselves retired from our careers, but really not ready to stop working. My dad tells about many of his fellow workers retiring, taking a long trip with the wife and then just sitting around at home. Retirement seemed to mean that you didn't do anything; you just sat around.
And, yes, we need to get out and exercise. I have developed a program that helps us older boomers. Buy a basketball hoop and ball. After you shoot and miss you chase the ball. This builds up your cardiovascular health.
After you get to the ball you have to bend over to pick up the ball. This helps with your flexibility, strength and balance. Then, of course, you have to run back to the hoop and shoot again, missing, and starting the exercise all over again.
Modern medicine has helped many of us live longer. A small number of my classmates have had open heart surgery. For me, it was surgery on Tuesday and going into Target to buy bandages on Saturday.
Years ago, after a heart attack one would resign themselves to staying at home and not doing much. Today we know that we need to get out and lead a normal life. And exercise and getting out just help in the healing.
Being older and retired means that young women will smile at you more often. I say to myself, "Oh, that young woman noticed me." In reality she is saying to herself, "Oh, look, that older gentleman looks just like my grandfather."
When I was teaching, a few years ago, a seventh-grader asked my age. I put out my chest and pulled in my stomach expecting something like, "You don't look that old."
Instead, I got the reply, "Mr. Engstrom, you're the same age as my grandmother."
Today they say that 60 is the new 40. That many retirees do not think of themselves as retired; that just means they now have the time to do what they have always wanted to do.


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A friend of mine recently told me her money secret. She has a modest job, yet always has the latest gadgets: flat screen TVs, home theater system, the works. She also recently had new carpet put in her basement and bought an air-hockey table for her rec room.
I finally asked her how on earth she was paying for all of this. I thought I was going to get the standard answer, that it was all part of an ever-growing credit card balance. I wasn't even close, and I was even more floored by the real answer.
When she needs extra money, to either pay off debt, fix her house, or buy the things she wants, she sells naked photos of herself on the Internet. If she's feeling extra frisky, she sells her underwear, too. She's been doing it for five years, unbeknownst to her friends and her employer. Her haul? About $6,000 a year, or an average of $500 a month.
Wow. It never even occurred to me that earning money that way was possible, unless you worked in a strip club or were a "professional" porn star.
The professional adult entertainment industry generated $12.5 billion in revenue in 2005, according to one trade group. But apparently there are entire Web sites filled with average-looking real women who are making plenty of money in the Internet adult industry, that aren't included in that total.
The barriers to entry are so low, almost anyone can do it. All you need is a cheap digital camera and some basic photo editing software, and you're in business.
My friend stumbled on this several years ago, after she was laid off from a relatively high-paying job. Unemployment checks weren't covering the bills, it was taking longer than she expected to find a job that paid enough, and she needed a way to make ends meet.
She had long been selling random items on eBay. When she sold a pair of her old high-heeled shoes there, the buyer told her about an adults-only auction site where she could sell her girlie cast offs, like shoes, dresses, etc., as well as naughty photos and videos for a lot more than she was bringing in on eBay.
She tried it out and the money was so good, she became one of the thousands of ordinary people hosting adult auctions online and turning a tidy profit. She just posts a few Playboy centerfold-like photos two or three times a week, she says, and the money rolls in.
"It was an easy way to make money at home in my pajamas," she said. "And it turns out, I made a lot of friends online."
She enjoyed it so much that when she got a new job, she didn't quit.
She insists that what she does isn't shady. There is no prostitution and she isn't sitting at home producing amateur hard-core pornographic movies. The only contact she has with her customers is online, either through the auction site or a separate email account she has just for running her "side business."
After a little research, I discovered that auctions are only one of many ways folks are making money online in their birthday suits. Some sites pay up front for nude photos, and then post them in their members-only areas. One site I stumbled across pays (ahem) extremely well-endowed women a minimum of $200 for topless photos. Another very popular site features artsy nude photos of young hipster women with tattoos and pays at least $200 a session. That kind of money isn't to be taken lightly, especially if you are in a pinch and aren't shy about baring all for strangers.
Obviously, earning money this way isn't for everyone. But I will say you don't have to be a supermodel to do it. My friend is pretty, but not gorgeous, average build — but dare I say, a little bit pudgy — in her late 30s, and she is doing quite well.
If nudity doesn't conflict with your beliefs or your relationships, making money on Internet adult sites could be a significant money maker that can pay as much or better than a part-time job. (and without the unpleasant bosses and scheduling conflicts that can come with moonlighting). If it's something you wouldn't mind doing, it could definitely get you a lot closer to your financial goals, whether it's paying off debt, paying for school, or putting money in your savings account.
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10 Cool Cars That Gained a Cult Following
Fuel Economy
With the feds mandating increasingly stringent fuel-economy standards, manufacturers like Nissan are shedding chassis weight and pulling out other tricks. Nissan says its new Altima is almost a hundred pounds lighter than the outgoing car, and its revised 2.5-liter gets a mild power boost, to 182 hp, to go with a CVT said to have 40 percent less internal friction. Though few CVTs thrill, Nissan remains committed to the transmission, and that four-cylinder with the CVT will get a claimed 27 city/38 highway. Impressive—the mild-hybrid Chevy Malibu Eco doesn't do as well.
Fuel Economy, Part 2
The biggest change here is invisible—it's under the hood. As with the new BRZ, Subaru gains from its partnership with Toyota, getting fuel-saving variable valve timing on intake and exhaust. The smaller 2.5-liter four is projected to get up to 32 mpg on the highway and 27 mpg city, which is good for an all-wheel-drive car. By the way, the car also gets a better mug; the front's a little slicker than the butch visage of past Legacys.
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