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This represents the preliminary design for landscaping at Durbin. The plan created will emphasize water filtration and absorption as well as habitat creation and low maintenance. The stream bed and basin area will feature a rush and sedge mix that is evergreen and more rigid, to slow water flow and encourage filtration. The bio-filtration basin will be planted in bald cypress, selected because each tree absorbs hundreds of gallons of water per day, and they grow well both in standing water and are drought tolerant; also, their leaves do not create a lot of biomass. Tree plantings in other areas were selected to build habitat, including oaks and persimmons–which also can withstand standing water. White pines will be planted along the streambed and back property trail, as a screen and to provide food for wildlife. Rain garden areas that feature a wetland/wildflower mix will be planted around the injection wells and on the slopes near to housing areas. A tall prairie mix is recommended for areas away from the detention basin and houses; a benefit is the sound absorption capabilities of tall grasses. An area will be reserved for eventual planting of an orchard, after people have moved to the site and there is a maintenance plan. No shrubs are included due to having no added benefit and their high maintenance. The property will be seeded initially with oats to stabilize the soil and planting will occur in early spring. Invasives will be cleared and prohibited from being planted on the property in the future.
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Cara Delevingne, Karlie Kloss, & Joan Smalls Cover 'Vogue' September Issue 2014
Joan Smalls, Cara Delevingne, and Karlie Kloss look gorgeous while posing together on the cover of the highly anticipated Vogue September Issue cover.
There are six other models who are featured on the inside flaps of the cover: Arizona Muse, Edie Campbell, Imaan Hammam, Fei Fei Sun, Vanessa Axente, and Andreea Diaconu.
The cover declares the nine ladies the "Instagirls! – Models of the Moment in the Clothes of the Season."
"I am so proud to show you my first @voguemagazine cover with the gorgeous @joansmalls @karliekloss shot by @mariotestino @tonnegood @lucia_pieroni @hairbychristiaan," Cara wrote on Instagram.
"I've waited for this Moment all my career and it's finally Here! I'm so honored to be on the cover of @voguemagazine along with my friends @caradelevingne and @karliekloss who are so deserving of this as well. Thank you to everyone who played a role in this #ModelsOnCovers #SeptemberIssue #Vogue #WedidIt," Joan wrote on her Instagram account.

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The woman above takes a practical accessory, and turns it into a contemporary and elegant fashion statement. By mixing her glasses with fun earrings, a beautiful floral hair tie, chic black jacket, and trendy boots, she creates a look that is fashion forward and super stylish. It is this mixing of elements, seemingly effortless and spontaneous, but put together with great instinct and care that I find so fascinating in my investigation of advanced styles. The advancement of personal style is about feeling good which in turn allows you to look even better, the only one you have to convince is yourself.
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A contentious hearing on the proposed city rules, designed to prevent challenges from an overriding set of state regulations, resulted late Monday in a two-month extension of a moratorium on oil and gas permitting.
Nine citizens, about half of them members of a nascent movement called Frack-Free Loveland, rose to speak out not just against the regulations, but against the drilling process known as hydraulic fracturing, "fracking," that is driving the industry's Northern Colorado activities.
The protests served to complicate a Loveland Planning Commission decision that was also clouded by a stall in the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission's rule-making process.
"I don't have enough knowledge to make a reasonable recommendation" to the City Council, commission chairman Buddy Meyers said in summing up the board's quandary.
So far, just one petroleum producer has expressed any interest in exploration or production in Loveland, and a representative of the company said it is in no hurry to drill.
"We don't intend to drill for a while," said Susan Aldridge, a Denver-based lawyer for Anadarko Petroleum Corp., the company that has expressed interest in permitting wells on Loveland's far-eastern city limit.
Aldridge said her company, also, was at the mercy of state rule makers in gauging future actions.
"Your moratorium extends at least until April," she said. "At no point would Andarko be seeking a permit prior to the effective date of those rules, which is July 1."
Members of the Frack-Free group, fresh from a weekend organizational meeting at a downtown Loveland bookstore, said they would press for a ballot measure as soon as November to put a fracking ban before city voters.
They came out swinging against planning commissioners, one suggesting that the members were acting solely as city councilors wished.
"They've tied your hands and they've gagged your mouths," group organizer Sharon Carlisle said, provoking a reaction from Meyers.
"I take exception to that," he said. "We're not gagged, and our hands aren't tied."
Commissioner Mike Ray reminded Frack-Free members that the commission had no authority to bring a fracking-ban measure to voters, as the protesters had asked, and challenged them to mount a citizen initiative.
A group organizer picked up the gauntlet.
"There's no way that we are going to do this alone," Frack-Free committee member Dawn Odson said. "We accept that challenge."
Loveland development services director Greg George and City Attorney John Duval, who worked together for months crafting the city regulations, said the continued moratorium was a reasonable and necessary recommendation.
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Forget the small-forward talk. Don Chaney sees rookie Maciej Lampe as the Knicks' center of the future.
Despite the Dirk Nowitzki scouting report that Lampe was strictly an outside-shooting threat, the Knicks now view the 18-year-old Pole as a center. The center-starved Knicks tried force-feeding Lampe the position during summer league, which might explain his early struggles.
"I personally like his low-post game better than his outside game," Chaney said on day two of rookie camp. "I think he has a very nice low-post game."
Chaney believes Lampe can play all three frontcourt positions but center is truly where the Knicks can use him most. Lampe is the lone Knick who can post up and get off a jump hook. Making him a center - he played small and power forward at Real Madrid - is the wise maneuver considering the center-deprived East.
Plus, according to European scout Kevin Wilson, Spanish doctors have told Lampe he's still growing. Lampe, who is 275 pounds, measures in at 6-11 - without shoes. Most teams list their players at heights with shoes. Doctors told Lampe he could grow close to 7-1.
"I think one day I will be a low-post player," Lampe said. "That's what I'm trying to be."
Now he's just trying to crack the rotation - hardly a given. At best, Lampe may average five to 10 minutes.
"He's going to look like a stiff at first because he has slow feet," a team executive said. "You have to give him a chance. He could be a good European 5. He'll have to play that because of his slow feet."
Despite Lampe's strong second week of summer league in Utah, Chaney still can't decipher if he's ready for the rotation. Not until the veterans begin practicing with him tomorrow.
"There's a lot to learn," Chaney said. "I wish I can answer that one. I don't know how much he's going to learn from now to the end of preseason. We've all seen the MVP of the summer league get cut in training camp."
After a wretched start in the Boston summer league, Lampe tore it up at Utah's Rocky Mountain Revue, where he was named to the all-tournament team after averaging 17.2 points, 7.0 rebounds on 50.8 percent shooting.
"I was kind of shocked in Boston," said Lampe. "I wasn't aware how it was going to be. In Utah, I knew how it worked and you could see the results. I rebounded a lot better."
Lampe has shown the organization a tremendous amount of maturity and intelligence for his age. He speaks five languages - Swedish, Polish, Spanish, Serbian and English. Culturally, he has adjusted to life in Manhattan, attending the Rucker League event in Harlem after which one witness commented he was "dressed like a rapper."
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Des Plaines inspects homes damaged by flood
Four crews of Des Plaines housing inspectors were out in force Tuesday, knocking on doors of homes along the floodplain to gauge the extent of damage.
Inspections began last Thursday after the Des Plaines River breached its banks Wednesday night and flooded residential neighborhoods all along the river, as well as many businesses downtown and along Oakton Street. The river was at 8.78 feet Tuesday, still above flood stage but well below Friday's record crest of 10.92 feet.
Inspectors went street by street Tuesday questioning residents about how high the water got on their properties and into their homes, whether built-in appliances were damaged, and whether the plumbing and electricity were functioning.
"It came up so fast," said Elizabeth Heyse, 83, a 61-year resident of Fargo Avenue.
Heyse said she wasn't home when the water began rising on her street, but her son-in-law started the pumps in the basement.
"It wasn't healthy at first," she said of the water, which was mixed with sewage.
Heyse said her backyard and garage were flooded, and there was up to 6 inches of water in her basement, which dried out by the weekend. Flooding took out her furnace and basement tiles were coming loose, though a gas fireplace in the basement was working, she said. No interior walls were damaged and her plumbing and electricity are functioning.
She was among the lucky ones.
Several residents along Fargo Avenue complained that they weren't prepared for the flooding because the city didn't drop off sandbags near enough to their homes, housing inspector Pamela Lunsmann said. The floodwater level was at least 3 feet at street level.
"Most people have been through this before," Lunsmann said.
Alex Dambach, the city's community and economic development director, said there will be additional inspection teams starting assessments Wednesday.
"We dispersed people throughout the city," he said. "We began with a preliminary assessment during the flood period to get an initial list of properties to follow up on. As roads start to open, we're going to be going out more."
Officials say more than 2,000 properties have been damaged by flooding, which includes residential and commercial buildings. An estimate of total damages is still far off, Dambach said.
Some major roadways, including Oakton Street and Rand Road, that were closed near the Des Plaines River because of flooding reopened Tuesday.
North Elementary School off Rand Road was closed Tuesday, but is expected to reopen Wednesday with bus transportation resuming for all students, said Mindy Ward, spokeswoman for Des Plaines Elementary District 62.
Students living on the east side of the Des Plaines River will be picked up. Early morning band and orchestra practice, as well as before and after school activities will resume as scheduled.
Meanwhile, Oakton Community College's Des Plaines campus is expected to remain closed through Thursday due to extensive flooding. Many on-campus events this week have been canceled, including Six Piano Ensemble performances scheduled for April 27 and 28. For updates, check oakton.edu.
Work on the college's new Science and Health Careers Center also is halted due to flooding. For a live webcam view of the construction progress, visit oakton.edu/about/facilities_plan/construction_cam/index.php.
Des Plaines public works crews, contractors and Cook County inmates in the Sheriff's Work Alternative Program continue working throughout the flood-affected areas to facilitate cleanup. Crews from Palatine Township, and Hanover Park, Lindenhurst and Rolling Meadows are assisting with debris removal as part of the Illinois Public Works Mutual Aid Network, officials said.
Several city projects, such as street improvements along Miner Street in downtown and storm sewer upgrades, have been halted due to flooding.
Officials said they will continue to make sand and sandbags available at various locations because of the chance of rain Tuesday. The city has supplied and used 75,000 sandbags thus far, officials said.
Garbage collection, with the exception of yard waste, continues as usual. Residents in neighborhoods where floodwater has dried up have begun piling sandbags and flood-damaged items curbside.
City crews will not be collecting hazardous or electronic waste. The public works facility also will not be available for electronic recycling Wednesday. Starting next Wednesday, May 1, electronic recyclables may be brought between the hours of 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. to the Public Works Garage, 1111 Joseph J. Schwab (Campground) Road.
Police are advising motorists to use alternate routes when traveling through the city due to major arterial roads being closed.
Accessible routes are:
North/South: Mount Prospect Road, Elmhurst Road, Wolf Road, Lee Street/Higgins Road
East/West: Miner Street/Northwest Highway, Touhy Avenue, Devon Avenue, Oakton Street, Rand Road.
The following roads are still closed:
Big Bend Drive
Golf Road between River Road and East River Road
Lee Street between River Road and Elk Boulevard
River Road between Rand Road and Elk Boulevard
River Road between Miner Street & Touhy Avenue
Central Road between East River Road & River Road
Algonquin Road between River Road & Lee Street
Busse Highway at Miner Street to Mason Lane
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07.23.09 Fast BreaksPosted by rtmsf on July 23rd, 2009
It's actually been a fairly busy week in the world of college hoops despite the mid-summer lull, so let's take a look at some of the other key stories coming down the pike…
- Hoop Dreams, 15 Years Later. This week in his Hoops Thoughts column, Seth Davis pushed us down memory lane to the grungy days of 1994, a year of Cobain, Madonna's undies and OJ's white Bronco, but also of a bedraggled jewel of a documentary called "Hoop Dreams." We have a fair amount of younger readers on this site, so if you've never seen this movie, stop what you're doing RIGHT NOW, and rent it on Netflix or your local movie shop. It is without question the best basketball film ever made. Davis' summary of the movie is good so we won't belabor that here, but even fifteen years later, the movie holds its color, bouquet and taste much better than most items from that era. We slightly quibble with Davis on his contention that HD was the first reality tv (The Real World says hello) or that the two players featured in the film, William Gates and Arthur Agee, were ordinary people (their extraordinary skills at basketball at a young age is what made them not ordinary), but we completely agree with his fundamental assessment that the authenticity behind these two players' struggles still resonates today. The early 90s, when Gates and Agee were documented in the film, was an era at the edge of a precipice in two key cultural shifts that are still impacting the game: 1) the worldwide online revolution of 1995, which has impacted scouting and recruiting in an exponential fashion now that players can be commodified based on Youtube clips and independent assessments from anywhere on the globe; and 2) Kevin Garnett's decision to go to the NBA straight out of HS in 1995 led to a sea change in how high school players were viewed, pushing scouting (and dreams of riches) earlier and earlier into a player's development. From a re-viewing of the movie in 2009, it's easy to see the seeds of World Wide Wes and his ilk as assembly-line talent evaluator-cum-agents strategically dropping their whispers of fame and fortune into player family's ears at a young age. What was once limited to the bigger cities and at a much smaller scale is now ubiquitous; where elite players were once counseled by their coach (as in, their HS coach, not their AAU coach), they now listen to runners and quasi-representatives from shoe companies. All of the dirty elements that are plaguing today's amateur player development and the college game are there on display, in a rawer, more transparent form, in Hoop Dreams. The authenticity of how the system uses these players, only to spit them out when they're no longer useful, is front and center – how have things changed? Thanks to Seth for re-awakening everyone to this movie – it's a must-see.
- SEC-TV. Starting this fall, the SEC announced that it will broadcast an all-SEC sports network as part of its new $2.25B deal with ESPN. The SEC Network (through ESPN Regional) will syndicate its college football and basketball games to 73 (and counting) markets, but what makes this announcement particularly compelling is how the SEC has strategically decided to move outside its traditional nine-state southeastern footprint for this deal. Local affiliates in the major markets of New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, as well as the three major Texas cities, are included in this deal, which unequivocally shows that the SEC isn't playing games in terms of its foray to dominate college sports through national recruiting. Where this could really pay dividends is not with the Kentuckys and Floridas, but with the Mississippi States and the Georgias of the SEC. If games involving those teams are on tv in major media markets showing recruits a fun, winning style, they might be more inclined to consider going there over local state U. How will the other leagues react?
- F the Gazelle Group. They're back again this season with another faux-tournament in the form of the Legends Classic. Remember our piece shredding them on this last year? If you don't, here's a refresher. The Gazelle Group got upset when little Gardner-Webb upset Kentucky in Rupp two years ago during a preliminary round game, meaning that the legions of UK fans they expected to buy tickets the next week weren't showing. So what'd they do the next year – they fixed the tournament! Yep, all four of the 'host' teams get automatic entry to the Championship Rounds (final four teams) despite what happens in the prelims. Total asinine garbage. This year's four faux-champs? Michigan St., Rutgers, Florida and UMass. MSU-Florida could be interesting, and definitely keep an eye on summer hotshot Mike Rosario from Joisey (playing in AC).
- Quick Hits. Anthony Mason, Jr.: back in a Johnnies uni for 09-10. Jim Calhoun: still going full bore. Josh Selby/World Wide Wes: that's just messed up. Wooden Classic: Georgetown v. Washington; UCLA v. Mississippi St. Coach K: are Duke fans mad atcha? Murray Bartow: 2-year extension at ETSU. Dickie V: Summer Rolls-Roycers. Top 25 Recruits: broken down. Gary Parrish: on the summer circuit. Six OTs: enjoy. Antonio Burks: recovering after robbery where he was shot. Centenary: downgrading to D3. WCC Tourney: in Vegas through 2012 (at least). 2010 Vegas Odds: sell Louisville.


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Based on a book by Ulla Isaksson about her own relationship with
her husband, this film, in Swedish with English subtitles, was
scripted and directed by Billie August. It is interesting to note
that the two actors in the main roles, Viveka Seldahl (Barbara) and
Sven Wollter (Martin) were married in real life, giving some added
poignancy to the film. Sadly, Viveka Seldahl died from cancer
shortly after the film was released in 2001. Both actors won the
equivalent of a Swedish Academy Award for their performance in
A Song for Martin.
The film opens with the rehearsal of an
orchestral work composed by Martin, who is conducting the orchestra
in which Barbara plays first violin. They are obviously attracted
to each other, despite both of them being married, and we watch in
the following scenes as they fall madly in love, separate from
their respective spouses and embark on a loving, intellectually
stimulating and truly satisfactory second marriage. We see them on
honeymoon, rejoicing in this late found romantic happiness despite
this being tinged with guilt for Barbara. In a significant scene,
the viewer witnesses them promise to be open and honest with each
other whatever the future brings.
A few years later, settled in their new home,
we watch Barbara and Martin at work together, with her contributing
to his composing, and we are shown the complex skills that are
required for his work. The first hint of problematic change occurs
when Martin struggles to remember the name of his manager and later
calls Barbara 'Alice', which was the name of his ex-wife. They
think nothing of these slips until Martin experiences a frightening
lapse of memory whilst shaving one morning and is unable to
recognize the bedroom. He fears that he has suffered a cerebral
haemorrhage, but a visit to his doctor fails to detect a problem
and the episode is attributed to overwork. A family gathering a
little later shows him playing the piano and interacting with his
grandchildren very capably.
The real problems begin as Martin is
conducting the first public performance of his new concerto, live
on television, when he freezes in the opening bars, confused and
unable to focus on the task. This leads to a CT brain scan and
assessment by a specialist who delivers the diagnosis of early
Alzheimer's Disease. He is encouraged to carry on as normally as
possible with his work and family life. As a result, Barbara
attempts to support him in completing his next major project, which
is to compose an opera.
From this point on, A Song for Martin
follows the relationship between Barbara and Martin closely over a
number of years as his disease gradually progresses. We witness
Barbara struggling to 'do the right thing' but being unable to
contain her own needs and frustrations at times. Martin's
perplexity is brilliantly portrayed when he is trying to grasp a
situation that should be familiar, but isn't any longer
recognizable to him. It is painful to watch when Barbara's decision
to revisit their honeymoon destination for a much-needed holiday
almost ends in tragedy and clearly indicates the next stage of his
With his increasing dependence on Barbara for
his personal care, Martin develops some difficult behavioral
symptoms, which end up leading to him being assessed in hospital,
confirming significant deterioration and resulting in the
recommendation for long term institutional care. My only gripe with
the film comes at this point when the specialist suggests that
Barbara should "forget he is your husband…he is not the man you
married", advice Barbara certainly doesn't follow. That apart, the
film poignantly explores Barbara's guilt at 'giving up as a
caregiver' and brilliantly illustrates her loneliness when she
returns to an empty home from hospital, exhausted after years of
caring. The film ends with us seeing Barbara make a gradual return
to a more normal life and managing a lovely good bye to the husband
she adored, despite the fact that he remains in full time care, no
longer able to recognise her.
A Song for Martin tracks the development of Martin's
Alzheimer's Disease from its earliest signs to his final move into
care, providing us with a potted clinical history. It also
convincingly represents the emotional strain that his wife Barbara
suffers throughout the various stages of his illness. There are
situations that Barbara chooses to manage in a certain way that may
make some viewers want to shout out "don't say that" or "don't do
that". But for anyone who is involved in Old Age Psychiatry, there
will surely be numerous points in the film that bring back memories
of a real clinical situation, in which real people in difficulty
don't always do or say the right thing.
There is excellent information for dementia
sufferers and caregivers about the disease at the
Alzheimer's Society website and I can highly
recommend the Alzheimer's Association's
'10 signs of Alzheimer's' detection checklist,
that could be read in conjunction with a viewing of the film, to
aid learning about the diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease. The film
does not shy away from portraying several difficult to manage
behavioral problems, in the later stages of Martin's dementia, and
could definitely serve as an excellent starting point for a
discussion about the stresses of care giving. This can be further
explored using the excellent page on the Alzheimer's Society
website called
Carers: looking after
The film illustrates the positive
encouragement given to Martin, at the time of diagnosis, to
maintain as normal a life as possible, for as long as possible,
although it also manages to highlight just how much this depends on
the stamina and capability of his wife. Martin is encouraged to
continue composing, giving him a sense of purpose and worth, long
after he has lost his previous level of ability.
There is an increasing awareness of the need
to maintain a positive approach to dementia care wherever possible,
encouraging the individual personality of the dementia sufferer to
be recognized throughout their illness. The book entitled "I'm
still here", by American sociologist John Zeisal, Ph.D (2009;
Published by Avery, a member of the Penguin Group (USA) Inc.),
explores the non-pharmacological treatment of Alzheimer's and takes
a decidedly 'glass half full ' look at the disease. Zeisal is a
founder of the Artists
for Alzheimer's™ programme in the USA, which has
enabled thousands of people living
with Alzheimer's disease to
have cultural opportunities and artistic experiences.
Recognition of the need to reduce
anti-psychotic medication use for the behavioral and
psychiatric symptoms in dementia, outlined in the
independently commissioned report produced by Professor Sube
Banerjee for the Department of Health, in 2009, has led to an
exploration of various different non-pharmacological strategies,
such as the use of sensory rooms and aromatherapy massage. A few
other initiatives, which have been reported in the UK media in
recent months include a reminiscence room set up at a
care home in Wiltshire, UK, or the recent
project developed by Middlesex lecturer, Trish Hafford-Letchfield,
who made
a short 'mockumentary' film of a royal visit
to a day centre for dementia sufferers in north London (with the
aim of involving people with dementia in the education of social
workers and nurses).
A Song for Martin gives the viewer an
opportunity to experience, close up, a life and an intimate
relationship affected by Alzheimer's Disease. The film offers a
good starting point for anyone wishing to teach students, from a
variety of professional backgrounds, about dementia, with a
particular focus on the progression of the illness and its effect
on the main caregiver. I would certainly recommend it to anyone
wanting a career in Old Age Psychiatry.
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So what was Mia Wasikowska's experience filming the new Tim Burton extravaganza "Alice in Wonderland"? Very "isolating" admits the 20-year old Aussie who won the title role after the producers went on a major casting search.
Lonely, perhaps, because 90% of the filming was on green screen, the special, bare background used for special-effects shots. Every time Alice speaks to an animated character such as the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat or the Caterpillar, Wasikowska was actually communing with a piece of sticky tape or a tennis ball or a cardboard cutout standing in for one of Lewis Carroll's nonsensical creations.
"I was basically planted in this sea of green," the Aussie said. "I really had to use my imagination."
Audiences might recognize Wasikowska from her nine-episode role as Sophie, a suicidal teen gymnast, on the HBO series "In Treatment." She's not a little girl in "Wonderland" either — in Burton's version, Alice is 19 (and a return visitor, according to the denizens of Wonderland in the new trailer) not the 7-year-old in the literary classic. Wasikowska elaborated: "She's grown up a lot and is somewhat a different person, and she's kind of going back to her roots and discovering herself" and battling the evil Red Queen, played by Helena Bonham Carter.
One of Alice's friends in the film is the mad, mad, mad Mad Hatter, played by Johnny Depp in a tangerine fluorescent wig, with lime-colored eyes rimmed in red, and a pallid complexion.
"I think he's so brave and smart with his choices. He can play a crazy character but still give it a core humanity which I think people can identify with," Wasikowska said. (Depp, who prepares for his roles by drawing his characters, particularly wanted the crazy orange hair, an allusion to the mercury poisoning — many hatters, it turns out, used mercury to cure felt. As Depp told the Los Angeles Times last summer: "I think he was poisoned, very, very poisoned, and it was coming out through his hair, through his fingernails and eyes.")
Mad as he might be, the Hatter is Alice's ally. "They're on the same side, " Wasikowska said. "They have an understanding about each other. They both feel like outsiders and feel alone in their separate worlds, and have a special bond and friendship."
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Don't Mess With Texas... Or, Well, Don't Use That Slogan As A Book Title Or Texas Will Sue
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"The book," TxDOT's suit says, "contains numerous graphic references to sexual acts, states of sexual arousal, etc."They're afraid that this will harm their ability to keep the streets clean of litter. I'm not quite sure how. Of course, if you look, it appears that TxDOT does, in fact, have a number of federal registered trademarks on the phrase. I went through them all and not a single one appears to be for books, however. There are things like clothing, signs, luggage tags, beverage holders, garbage bags, "plastic squeeze flashlights," etc. But nothing about books.
Here's hoping the defendants do decide to "mess with Texas" and teach them a little something about trademark law.


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Writer Adam de la Pena loves old school video games. Not only does he still play them, but he writes comedies within them. Having written on the Comedy Central programs The Man Show and Crank Yankers as well as for Jimmy Kimmel Live and starred in his own pseudo-reality series I'm with Busey, he's been spending a lot of his time making animated shows in video game style, such as G4's Code Monkeys and Xbox Live Network's Your Dungeon, My Dragon. Now, he's back with the 16-bit comedy Outlands, starring Felicia Day and Dana Snyder (Aqua Teen Hunger Force) for the Geek & Sundry Channel premiering today. He spoke to us about writing for the gaming world, and surviving Gary Busey.
NERDIST: How did you come to do Outlands with Geek & Sundry?
ADAM DE LA PENA: Geek & Sundry contacted me saying they liked my work, and asked if I would come in and talk about doing a show with them. I loved The Guild. Felicia's writing was outstanding, and it was groundbreaking in all the ways it spoke to gamers. For me, it was a tremendous opportunity to work with Felicia. So I told them about Outlands, and they called me the next day and said, "Let's do it." And that is why Felicia Day and Geek & Sundry are awesome.
N: Felicia is a voice on the show as well; have you ever in the past had the founder of a network want to be in a show you've written?
ADP: Does Oprah count? If not, then Felicia's the first. I only wanted to do the show if Felicia did the voice of "84." She has a really cool, versatile voice, as I'm sure everyone heard in Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Thankfully, she agreed. Otherwise, the world would've lost another 16-bit space masterpiece.
N: What is it about 16-bit games that speak to you?
ADP: When I was in college I worked in an arcade – one of the biggest arcades in California. I worked there for five years. I only went to college for two. Many people would say I was wasting my time at that job, but I swore that one day, this would pay off. So I really had to make 16-bit animated shows or five years of my life would've been wasted.
N: Are there any specific games you were using as a basis for Outlands?
ADP: It's not based on any game in particular. All the characters and objects in the show are hyper 16-bit. The backgrounds are actually drawn, which is different from games.
N: In your shows, do you like each scene to be performed as written or do you give room for ad-libbing?
ADP: For the most part, performers say the lines very close to written. But it really depends. I voice the character of Hutch, so I'm allowed to ad-lib, because I'm in charge. But the real key is getting people with distinct voices to help take the characters to another level.
N: Speaking of, Dana Snyder has such a funny and unique voice, do you write differently for him knowing how he might read it?
ADP: Dana and I are friends, so I've been hearing his voice for a very long time. Sometimes, it haunts me. So when I write his character, I do write with his voice specifically in my head. I know there are some things that only Dana can say, that only he can make funny. I will say this: Dana has been in every one of the animated shows that I have ever done, which means he owes me a lot of favors.
N: I was a big fan of I'm With Busey; how much of his craziness was scripted? My guess would be 0.46%. Similarly, did you ever fear for your life?
ADP: Close. It was .5876% (with the 6 repeating), but, man, you came close. I never feared for my life. I only feared that we wouldn't finish each episode in time. Some of our adventures were a little long and crazy.
N: What games are you playing currently and nerding out over most?
ADP: This is super nerdy, but I've been playing Castlevania for the last three months on my old Nintendo, which broke, forcing me to order an emulator so I could continue playing. The good news is that I was able to use the original Nintendo controllers with the emulator, so my gameplay was not affect too badly. More importantly, if anybody knows a good shop I can take my Super Nintendo to for repairs, give me a shout @adamdelapena.
Watch the first episode of Outlands today.


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Things are not always easy for Bryan Ruiz, considered by many to be Costa Rica's most talented export. The soft-footed, mercurial schemer, currently with London side Fulham, is on a rocky road to stardom.
"It was a tough transition to the English Premier League, the best league in the world, with the best players in the world," Ruiz, 26, told FIFA.com in April, a day before a broken foot brought an early end to his first season in the rough and tumble of the English game.
Nicknamed La Comadreja, or the Weasel, for his slippery dribbling and confounding approach work, Ruiz has not transitioned seamlessly to the physicality and furious pace of English football.
For all of his talent and creativity, he can sometimes settle for a supporting role at Craven Cottage. "I like to have the ball, I like to combine with other players. I'm not greedy; if I see a player in a better position than me, I give him the ball," said the soft-spoken Costa Rican, slight of frame, at home on either flank or just behind a striker.
Abandoned by his father as a boy, Ruiz grew up in a poor section of Costa Rica's capital, San Jose. Football became an escape, and he showed promise early.
He won the domestic title and the CONCACAF Champions Cup with hometown club Alajuelense in 2005, the same year he was first called into the national team. Touted as the next big thing in Central America, Ruiz, then 18, was nonetheless left out of the Tico team that went to the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ in Germany. "A very difficult moment for me," he quietly remembered the snub. "A real shock."
The long, lonely road
That window slammed shut, but another opened later that year. He was offered a contract at Gent, far from home in Belgium. "I didn't know anything about the club," Ruiz admitted, laughing. "But I learned a lot there." With very few Costa Ricans previously going abroad, Ruiz was blazing a lonely trail. In short order he was Gent's top scorer, captain and fan favourite.
Next stop was the Dutch top flight, and provincial strivers FC Twente in Enschede. "This was definitely the high point of my career," he said. He scored a league-best 24 goals in his first season in 2010, leading the club to their first Dutch title. "It meant everything to the fans. They appreciated me so much there and everyone knew who I was."
We're in a tough group, and Mexico have everything.
The next year, Twente were edged by Ajax to the title, Ruiz suffered the personal turmoil of a divorce from his wife and his first real injury, seriously damaging his knee. But his emerging talent was enough to earn a move to England. "I know it wasn't my best year," Ruiz admitted about his time so far in London. "But the fans here at Fulham were great to me and I promise them more next season."
The supporters weren't the only ones to welcome him with open arms "I had never actually met [Clint] Dempsey before, although we clashed many times with our national teams," said Ruiz of the American international and Fulham top scorer. "He [Dempsey] came right over to me and introduced himself when I arrived, even using a little broken Spanish to help me feel at home. He is a kind guy."
Dempsey telepathy
The understanding between the CONCACAF pair was immediate and electric. Ruiz's best moments in a Fulham shirt came from setting up Dempsey, who scored 23 goals last term. "We find each other often," Ruiz said, and after the Costa Rican set up all three of Dempsey's goals in an FA Cup game, the striker dragged him in front of the fans to share in the plaudits.
The two will likely meet in the final round of regional qualifying for the next FIFA World Cup. Costa Rica, without the injured Ruiz, made a strong start to their semi-final campaign on the road to Brazil 2014, picking up four points from two games. With their talisman now back, they face giants Mexico twice in early September.
"We're in a tough group, and Mexico have everything," Ruiz said, admitting that missing out on the 2006 finals and failing to qualify for South Africa 2010 has left him desperate to reach the 2014 event.
Ruiz was 15, just taking his first steps into the wide world of football, when Costa Rica became the only team ever to beat Mexico in qualifying at their fortress-like Azteca Stadium in 2001. "We play football the right way," he said of the most recent incarnation of the national team, pointing to up-and-comer Joel Campbell, who has followed in his own footsteps to England and Arsenal, as a player to watch.
"We can't focus on the negative, of missing out last time," he said with the conviction of a man accustomed to the sting of adversity. "We just need to get to Brazil."


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Wish we could bottle the stuff this guy is made of.
Wounded war hero visits Capitol Hill, advocates for orthopaedics
By Jamie A. Gregorian, Esq., and Andrew N. Pollak, MD
Soldiers story underscores importance of orthopaedic research
Nine months after captivating the attendees at the Extremity War Injuries IV symposium (See EWI-IV highlights advances in combat care, AAOS Now, March 2009), Capt. Ray ODonnell returned to Washington, D.C., to share his story with members of Congress.
Capt. ODonnell and his wife Kelly flew in from their home in Mililani Town, Hawaii, to help make the case for increased funding and support of orthopaedic research and care in meetings with Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.) and Sens. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), and Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii). As the AAOS manager of research advocacy and the chair of the AAOS Extremity War Injury and Disaster Preparedness Project Team, we were proud to accompany them.
A routine patrol ends badly
The recipient of a Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Capt. ODonnell was injured during a routine combat patrol in August 2007 in Afghanistan. A roadside bomb threw Capt. ODonnell approximately 80 feet from his vehicle.
Capt. ODonnell sustained several severe injuries, including a left hip dislocation that also fractured his pelvis and hip joint, a fracture and dislocation of his right wrist, a bladder rupture, several facial bone fractures, and a collapsed lung. Tragically, two close friends were killed when his vehicle was destroyed.
Capt. ODonnell had already experienced the deep cost that U.S. soldiers paid in recent conflicts. In 2005, his best friend 1st Lt. Nainoa K. Hoe was killed in Mosul, Iraq, and Capt. ODonnell escorted the body home for burial.
Nainoas men were the most important thing to him, said Capt. ODonnell in a 2005 interview with the Honolulu Advertiser. He never asked his men to do something he wouldnt do himself.
For his own injuries, Capt. ODonnell was initially treated in Bagrum, Afghanistan, and, after initial resuscitation, was rapidly transferred to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. He next flew to Walter Reed Army Medical Center for further stabilization and care and finally to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio for definitive treatment of his injuries. He ultimately recuperated at the Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center at the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital in Tampa, Fla.
Capt. ODonnell discussed the frustration he experienced during his recuperation. Although he did not sustain the loss of any limbs, his left leg was completely paralyzed from the knee down, leaving him unable to walk on his own. Meanwhile, he watched fellow patients who had lost limbs begin to run and jump with the help of prosthetics. So disheartening was the experience that Capt. ODonnell asked to have his leg amputated so he too could enjoy the mobility that amputee patients were experiencing.
Ultimately, as Capt. ODonnell explained, he accepted the counsel of his physicians, and opted to rehabilitate his injured leg. After returning to Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, he was fitted for a custom orthotic device that now allows him to walk without assistance, despite significant paralysis of his left leg below his knee. Now, after training and rehabilitation, he walks with only a slight limp, runs regularly, and recently completed a biathlon.
Orthopaedic research made it possible
In sharing his story, Capt. ODonnell highlighted two important points: first, that without the groundbreaking research of the orthopaedic community, he would not be walking on his own right now, let alone running, and second, that all members of the Armed Forces deserve treatment as good as his.
Further research is clearly needed to improve the care that military physicians are able to deliver to wounded soldiers. Effective treatments such as those that enabled Capt. ODonnell to return to high levels of physical activity are still lacking for many wounded soldiers who sustain high-energy open extremity injuries.
I cant ask my men to charge through that door, if I dont know that theyre going to get the best possible medical care if they get hurt, a passionate Capt. ODonnell said.
Kelly ODonnell provided the unique perspective of a young military wife dealing with a severely injured husband. They had been dating when Capt. ODonnell was hurt, and he proposed while in the hospital. When the hospitals chaplain refused to officiate, Capt. ODonnells father, himself a veteran, performed the ceremony. Today, Mrs. ODonnell is an outspoken advocate for providing soldiers with the kind of medical care they deserve and performing the necessary orthopaedic research to make that care possible.
We need to provide all of our soldiers with the care that they need, said Mrs. ODonnell, after her husband told Rep. Ruppersberger that, although he was confident that, as a captain, he would get the orthopaedic care that he needed, he was less confident that lower-ranked troops would receive similar care.
Meeting with the home team
We then joined the ODonnells in visiting Sens. Inouye and Akaka. The meeting with Sen. Inouye was particularly poignant, because Capt. ODonnell served in the same battalion that Sen. Inouye served in during World War II.
A service-disabled war hero, Sen. Inouye won the Medal of Honor after being critically injured as the Allies fought in Italy. Prior to the war, he had been a premedical student at the University of Hawaii, with hopes of becoming an orthopaedic surgeon. After losing his right arm in combat, Sen. Inouye changed his career plans but continued to be active, learning to play the piano with one hand and entering politics.
While I was in the hospital, you were my inspiration, Capt. ODonnell told him.
You are too kind, replied Sen. Inouye.
After meeting with Sen. Inouye, Capt. ODonnell met Sen. Akaka, with whom he shares a familial connection. He again praised the military orthopaedists who helped him to walk again.
Theyre now a part of our ohana, said Capt. ODonnell, using the Hawaiian term for extended family.
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March 06, 2010, 11:44:47 AM »
He is going to have get in line way in back of Acorn, SEIU, AFL/CIO, AFT, CSEA, et al.
Obama will tell him to take a pain pill instead.
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March 06, 2010, 04:53:11 PM »
Read "Never Surrender" a couple months ago by retired Lt. Gen. William Boykin. Another great American. One of the founding members of Delta Force.
Very entertaining read about how an American patriot kicked butt and took names, all in the name of Jesus.
Seriously, interesting to see how someone in his position balanced faith and service. Highly recommend it to anyone in the military who is also a person of faith.
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Politicians tend to think soldiers are disposable.
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March 06, 2010, 09:40:32 PM »
I know a way the US government could save millions on Orthopedics!
Stop sending our soldiers off to be maimed in senseless wars!
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Quote from: drkaje on March 06, 2010, 05:02:15 PM
Politicians tend to think soldiers are disposable.
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Quote from: Eyeball Chambers on March 06, 2010, 09:40:32 PM
I know a way the US government could save millions on Orthopedics!
Stop sending our soldiers off to be maimed in senseless wars!
Won't happen.
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Won't happen.
Yeah, I just wish there was a little honesty about the real "objective"...
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Post of the month Beach Bum!!!
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Pearl Harbor survivor's ashes laid to rest in USS Arizona
Remains of ensign interred on ship where he rescued wounded
By Michael Tsai
Advertiser Staff Writer
Though he was was loath to discuss the subject, what Anthony Schubert saw from the deck of the USS Arizona on Dec. 7, 1941, would color the way he saw the world for the next 68 years of his life.
Yesterday, amid a small gathering of friends, comrades and officers, Schubert's remains were returned to the sunken battleship where 1,117 of Schubert's fellow sailors lost their lives during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Schubert, one of a dwindling number of surviving crew members from the Arizona, died in Hutchinson, Kan., on Aug. 12 at the age of 90. His family arranged to have his remains interred on the ship, a privilege extended to all surviving crew members.
Schubert's daughter Tonay Hayward said she and her family only learned of the option after her father had passed.
"He didn't know about this," said Hayward, who attended the service with her husband, John, daughter Jacky and Jacky's friend Willi Schrom. "He wanted to be buried in Kansas. He wanted a naval funeral. And I would not have discussed this with him. The Arizona was a taboo subject when I was growing up."
Still, Hayward said she had no doubt that her father would have been pleased and honored to be interred with the more than 900 Arizona crewmen whose remains were never recovered from the ship.
Schubert, a native of Lagmond, Kan., graduated from the Naval Academy in 1940 and was quickly assigned to the USS Arizona.
According to a report he filed with the Navy about his experience on Dec. 7, 1941, Schubert, then an ensign, was in a bathroom shaving shortly before 8 a.m. when he heard an air raid siren, then the sound of scattered gunfire.
He went to his quarters and saw "several low-winged monoplanes at low altitude flying away from the line of moored battleships, apparently having finished a bombing or torpedo attack."
Schubert donned dungarees and a pair of slippers and headed to his designated station. By this time, the ship was being rocked by explosions and its bow was sinking so quickly that the mooring lines were snapping.
Under the direction of Lt. Cmdr. Samuel Fuqua, who would later be awarded a Medal of Honor for his work that day, Schubert opened hatches and helped load wounded sailors onto rescue boats sent by the USS Solace.
With the ship rapidly sinking and oil burning on the surface of the water, Schubert and other survivors transported two boatfuls of wounded to Ford Island. Only after he had completed his duties did Schubert seek medical care for a cut on his head and burns to his hands and arms.
"He saw his young comrades destroyed in an instant and he never got over that," Hayward said. "Today, they do a lot of counseling, but he never had that."
Hayward said what little she knew of her father's experiences that day came via her mother, Edythe. Still, Hayward said, the events of that day haunted her father for the rest of his life.
Schubert served in the military for 13 years, retiring as a lieutenant commander to join the Arabian American Oil Co. He later taught at the University of Virginia.
"He was always aware of the fleeting nature of life," Hayward said. "He took advantage of opportunities and he was very achievement-oriented, but he also knew that he wasn't going to be mired in materialism. He wasn't concerned with conspicuous consumption because he knew it could all be taken away in an instant."
Jacky Hayward, who lives in San Francisco, remembers her grandfather as somewhat withdrawn but very intelligent. She recognized his love and concern in his admonitions to drink more milk and to be careful of traveling on the Bay Bridge.
Hayward said she was moved by yesterday's service and a bit daunted by her family's direct connection to one of the pivotal moments of American history.
The ceremony included a two-bell ceremony by the Fleet Reserve Association, a rifle salute from the Navy Region Hawai'i Ceremonial Guard and the playing of "Taps."
Schubert was also honored in remarks by speakers Paul DePrey, the national park superintendent of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, and Capt. Lawrence Scruggs.
With a massive American flag set at half-staff whipping in the breeze overhead, Hayward transferred her father's remains to a quartet of Navy divers, who held the urn above water as they positioned themselves above the open barbette of the ship's gun turret No. 4. The divers then slowly descended beneath the choppy water to place the urn into a large open slot in the ship.
Schubert was the 32nd surviving crew member to be interred on the ship.
Of the 300 Arizona crew members who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor, roughly 20 are still alive.
"The ceremony was enormously touching and moving and I know my father was watching down upon it," Tonay Hayward said. "I know he'd be very proud."
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I encourage you to watch this. It's ten minutes long. Incredible story.
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Soldier Blinded in Iraq Won't Stop Serving His Country
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WEST POINT, N.Y. -- Since a car bomb blinded Capt. Scott Smiley in Iraq, he has skied Vail, climbed Mount Rainier, earned his MBA, raised two young boys with his wife, won an Espy award and pulled himself up from faith-shaking depths.
Smiley, 30, has snagged attention for his big accomplishments. But the daily ones are telling, too, including the recent tour he gave of his staff's offices at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he plans to watch President Barack Obama address the Class of 2010 on Saturday.
Unable to see the path around the workers' cubicles, Smiley stepped forward with a joke to the camouflage-clad officers he was showing around: "I walk around, and when I hit things, I move," he said.
An aide trailing him said softly, "Turn right, sir," at a doorway. Smiley turned.
Smiley, of Pasco, Wash., is one of only a handful of soldiers who chose to remain on active duty after being blinded by fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, a practice that's rare but one that military officials say benefits both parties.
Though unable to return to his old infantry duties in Iraq, Smiley has thrived in stateside postings such as his latest at West Point, from which he graduated in 2003. He now commands the Warrior Transition Unit at West Point for ailing or wounded soldiers.
Voice software allows Smiley to listen to e-mails, books and pamphlets. Aides help him navigate and tell him what order he's signing. It's a little like changing his son's diapers at home: He's fine as long as he knows where everything is.
His resiliency and energy helped him earn the 2007 Soldier of the Year commendation from the publication Army Times, as well as an ESPN Espy award in 2008 for best outdoor athlete.
He earned his master's of business administration at Duke University and has spoken to the Olympic and Duke teams coached by Mike Krzyzewski, a fellow West Point alum. He has a memoir coming out this year titled "Hope Unseen."
Smiley said he's not trying to prove anything with his exploits.
"In terms of getting an MBA, climbing Mount Rainier, it's what I always wanted to do," he said. "Why should I stop that?"
Smiley was injured April 6, 2005, six months into a deployment to Iraq. He led patrols through Mosul, a dangerous city where a too-high pile of garbage could be hiding explosives and the enemy blended in with the populace.
Sgt. 1st Class Mike Branham, who served as a squad leader under Smiley, said his fellow serviceman was a topflight officer, one who stood out for his deep Christian faith and detailed knowledge of his soldiers.
"He knew their names, he knew their wives' names, he knew their likes and dislikes," Branham said.
Smiley was leading a patrol in an armored Stryker vehicle when, from his perch in the forward hatch, he spotted a silver Opel that matched intelligence descriptions of a potential car bomb. The trunk appeared to be weighed down and the driver acted as though he didn't understand Smiley, who fired warning shots at the ground when it looked as if the driver was going to pull forward.
The driver raised his hands, and the car went up in a fireball.
Shrapnel tore through Smiley's left eye and lodged in his frontal brain lobe; another fragment the size of a pencil lead pierced his right eye.
Slumped unconscious in the Stryker hatch, Smiley was rushed to a medical center, where he briefly flatlined as friends prayed at his bedside.
Branham recalls, "I didn't think he was going to make it past that day at all."
He was left permanently blinded and temporarily paralyzed on his right side.
Stabilized and shipped stateside, Smiley struggled with his fate. He had vowed at his wedding to take care of his wife, Tiffany, and there she was, taking care of him. The exertion of wiggling his big toe required a three-hour nap.
He received his Purple Heart on his hospital bed. A video posted on YouTube of the ceremony shows his brother Neal struggling to maintain composure as he reads the citation. Smiley, looking beaten and uncomfortable in his bed, turns his head away.
"When I got to the hospital and I finally realized what happened, what my life was going to be like, I didn't believe in God. I questioned my faith. I questioned everything that was ever said to me before," Smiley said. "Because in my mind, why would God allow something like this to happen to me?"
Smiley credits his wife, family and faith for helping him accept his condition. Ultimately, he decided he didn't want to be like the Lt. Dan character played by Gary Sinise in "Forrest Gump," the officer who wants to be left to die when he loses his legs in Vietnam. He would push on. And if his path kept him in the Army, that was fine.
"I was totally prepared to get out," he said. "But still in the back of my mind, it was: 'I still have so much to give. I love serving my country."'
The Army says at least four other totally or partially blind soldiers have remained on active duty since Iraq and Afghanistan.
Capt. Ivan Castro lost his sight and suffered other serious injuries in a 2006 mortar attack in Iraq and is now stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C., with the Special Operations Recruiting Battalion. Castro, a 42-year-old who runs marathons and 50-mile races, appears to share some personality traits with Smiley -- and says he also felt he still had something to serve after being injured.
"I've been doing this for over 18 years," Castro, who was born in Hoboken, N.J., and grew up in Puerto Rico, said in a phone interview. "This is all I know. This is what I love. This is what I live for."
Castro's commander, Lt. Col. Fredrick Dummar, said the continued service by blind soldiers fits with the military philosophy that everyone has unique abilities and that "there's always somebody on the team that can accomplish a mission."
Smiley was at first posted at Accessions Command, which oversees recruiting, and later earned his MBA. He returned to West Point last year to teach and took command this year of the Warrior Transition Unit here this year. He lives on post with Tiffany and their two young boys. After the West Point graduation ceremony Saturday, he plans to pin lieutenant bars on one of the roughly 1,000 cadets who will become new Army officers.
Smiley conceded that he might have a better understanding of the ailing soldiers under his command but is quick to add that his overriding concern is maintaining Army standards -- for his soldiers and for himself.
"I still want to be the person I always wanted to be," he said.
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John Finn, Medal of Honor recipient for heroism on Dec. 7, dies at 100
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In a 1942 Navy photo, then-Chief Ordnanceman John W. Finn is congratulated by his wife Alice after he was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism at Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Dec. 7, 1941 attack.
Last December, at the age of 100, John Finn attended a memorial ceremony at Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
John Finn, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Hawaii on the day the United States was plunged into World War II, died today at his Southern California home at the age of 100.
Finn, a retired Navy lieutenant, was stationed at Kaneohe Bay Naval Air Station on Dec. 7, 1941.
As Japanese planes strafed the base, Finn took up a .50-caliber machine gun in defense.
Firing from an exposed position, Finn was wounded several times during the first wave of the attack. Still, he refused to be evacuated, and his actions were credited with rallying other sailors to take up weapons.
On Sept. 15, he received the Medal of Honor from President Franklin D. Roosevelt for his actions.
Last December, when he was in Hawaii for a memorial event at what is now called Marine Corps Base Hawaii at Kaneohe Bay, Finn told The Advertiser he would never forget the attack.
"I grew up thinking the Navy, Marines and Army were invincible," he said, "and here we were, getting our clocks cleaned.
"We got caught so flat-footed. ... They really kicked the living hell out of us."
The event at Kaneohe honored the 18 sailors and two civilians who lost their lives in the attack.
Finn, who regularly returned to Hawaii for Dec. 7 commemorations, was born July 23, 1909, in Los Angeles.
He was the oldest of the 97 Medal of Honor recipients still living.
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1,000th GI killed in Afghan war was on 2nd tour
PAUL J. WEBER, Associated Press Writer
Jonathan Leicht, left, and Jesse Leicht, right, pose with a photo of their brother, Marine Cpl. Jacob Leicht, Saturday, May 29, 2010, in Kerrville, Texas. Cpl. Jacob C. Leicht, 24, was killed while on patrol in Afghanistan Thursday, May 27, 2010, making him the 1000th U.S. serviceman killed in the Afghan conflict. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) The 1,000th American serviceman killed in Afghanistan had already fallen once to a hidden explosive, driving his Humvee over a bomb in Iraq in 2007. The blast punched the dashboard radio into his face and broke his leg in two places.
Marine Cpl. Jacob C. Leicht didn't survive his second encounter with a bomb this week. The death of the 24-year-old Texan born on the Fourth of July marks a grim milestone in the Afghanistan war.
Leicht, who spent two painful years recovering from the Iraq blast, was killed Thursday when he stepped on a land mine in Helmand province that ripped off his right arm. He had written letters from his hospital bed begging to be put back on the front lines, and died less than a month into that desperately sought second tour.
An Associated Press tally shows Leicht is the 1,000th U.S. serviceman killed in the Afghan conflict. The first death nearly nine years ago was also a soldier from the San Antonio area.
"He said he always wanted to die for his country and be remembered," said Jesse Leicht, his younger brother. "He didn't want to die having a heart attack or just being an old man. He wanted to die for something."
The AP bases its tally on Defense Department reports of deaths suffered as a direct result of the Afghan conflict, including personnel assigned to units in Afghanistan, Pakistan or Uzbekistan.
Other news organizations count deaths suffered by service members assigned elsewhere as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, which includes operations in the Philippines, the Horn of Africa and at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Leicht's brothers told the AP that the military also told the family that his death put the toll at 1,000.
When military officers went to tell Leicht's parents that their adopted son had died in combat, sheriff's deputies had to help navigate them to the 130-acre family ranch tucked impossibly deep in the Texas Hill Country.
It was here that Jacob Leicht chopped thick cedar trees and hiked the rugged limestone peaks, growing up into an imposing 6-5, 200-pound Marine with a soft heart. He watched "Dora the Explorer" with his brother's children and confided to family that he was troubled by the thought of young civilians being killed in battle.
But for Leicht, born in a Lemoore, Calif., Navy hospital, the battlefield was the destination. He threw away a college ROTC scholarship after just one semester because he feared it would lead away from the front lines.
"His greatest fear was that they would tell him he would have to sit at a desk for the rest of his life," said Jonathan Leicht, his older brother.
When Jacob Leicht's wish finally came true, it didn't last long.
His first deployment was to Iraq in 2007, but he was there just three weeks when Jesse Leicht said his brother drove over two 500-pound bombs hidden beneath the road.
One detonated, the other didn't. The blast tore through the Humvee, shooting the radio into Leicht's face and knocking him unconscious. He felt something pinch his thumb, and the gunner's face was filleted so badly by shrapnel that medics couldn't keep water in his mouth.
None of the five people were inside the vehicle died. Jesse Leicht said an Iraqi interpreter, the only one on board who wasn't seriously injured, dragged his brother from the mangled vehicle. The blast snapped Jacob Leicht's fibula and tibula, and the recovery was an agonizing ordeal of pins and rods and bolts drilled into his bones.
But all Jacob Leicht could think about was going back. He launched a campaign for himself at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, writing letters and making phone calls about returning to combat. More than two years later, he was finally healthy enough to serve again.
Nine days before his brother stepped on a bomb in Afghanistan, Jesse Leicht enlisted in the Marines. Using Facebook to reach a friend stationed at a base not far from his brother, Jesse asked the soldier a favor: If you see Jacob, let him know I signed up like him.
"Hopefully," Jesse Leicht said, "he got the word."
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Posted: July 19th, 2010
From CNN's Jillian Harding
(CNN) - The journey was long for Ignacia Moya, but on July 19, at the age of 106, she was finally able to attain a dream that she has been working toward for years: becoming a citizen of the United States.
Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Illinois, assisted Moya in her quest to attain citizenship.
At the Chicago ceremony where Moya was sworn in, Gutierrez said she had two reasons for wanting to be a citizen.
"She said because all of her children were U.S. citizens, and she wanted to be just like them." Gutierrez said.
Moya's second reason, according to Gutierrez, was to "do something she hasn't been able to do in 106 years, and that is vote in an election in the United States."
Moya was originally denied citizenship because her English was not good enough to pass the civics and language exams. However, Moya recently received a waiver due to hearing and eyesight impairments.
When she was administered the oath of citizenship on Monday, Moya told the clerk, "Accepto," over cheers and applause from her family.
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Paratrooper to get Medal of Honor for actions in Afghanistan
By the CNN Wire Staff
September 10, 2010
Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta is being awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in battle in Afghanistan in October 2007.
(CNN) -- An Army paratrooper who risked his life to save fellow soldiers will become the first living service member to receive the Medal of Honor for service in Iraq or Afghanistan, the White House said Friday.
Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta, 25, will receive the honor for "acts of gallantry at the risk of his life" during combat in Afghanistan in October 2007, the White House said in a written statement.
President Barack Obama called Giunta, a native of Hiawatha, Iowa, on Thursday to inform him of the honor and to thank him for "extraordinary bravery in battle," the statement said. Giunta will receive the medal at a later date.
On Thursday, the White House announced that Obama will award the Medal of Honor posthumously to U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller for "conspicuous gallantry" and "heroic actions" in Afghanistan in January 2008. Miller sacrificed his life "to save the lives of his teammates and 15 Afghanistan National Army soldiers," the White House said.
The White House announced last week that Obama also intends to award the Medal of Honor to Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Richard Etchberger for his valor in saving the lives of three wounded comrades at a then-secret base in Laos in 1968. Enemy fighters shot and killed Etchberger after he saved his fellow airmen.
Giunta was an Army specialist and rifle team leader with Company B, 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment when an insurgent ambush split his squad into two groups on October 25, 2007, the White House statement said.
He "exposed himself to enemy fire to pull a comrade back to cover," it said.
"Later, while engaging the enemy and attempting to link up with the rest of his squad, Specialist Giunta noticed two insurgents carrying away a fellow soldier," the statement said. "He immediately engaged the enemy, killing one and wounding the other, and provided medical aid to his wounded comrade while the rest of his squad caught up and provided security."
Fewer than 3,500 Medals of Honor have been awarded since the medal was established during the Civil War.
Giunta, who was recently married, is currently with the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry based in Vicenza, Italy. "He is responsible for the health, morale, welfare, training and accountability of all assigned personnel," the Army said. He has served two combat tours in Afghanistan.
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Nine years after 9/11, a photo provides some peace
By Jesse Solomon, CNN
September 11, 2010 7:50 a.m. EDT
A Danish businessman took this photo of Gary Box as he rushed toward the attacks on the World Trade Center.
New York (CNN) -- Judson Box has never known exactly how his son, Gary, died on September 11, 2001. But an unexpected find nine years later has given him a glimpse into his son's final hours.
Gary, then 35, had been working as a firefighter in Brooklyn for roughly five years when the terrorists attacked. He did not speak to his father the day of the attack and his body was never recovered, leaving the circumstances of his death a mystery.
On September 11, 2009, Gary's sister, Christine, was visiting the Tribute Center when an employee asked her if she was looking for someone specifically. She mentioned her brother Gary, and the employee showed her to a picture of a firefighter in the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel that had a caption bearing Gary's name.
But it was not Gary. It was a photo of Brian Bilcher, another member of Gary's fire squad who also perished on 9/11.
The discovery compelled Gary's father to dig deeper, clinging to the possibility that there could be a similar picture of his son out there.
Box scoured photo archives of the National 9/11 Museum and the memorial's website, which allows users to upload photos from 9/11 directly to the site.
After searching one night for more than five hours, Box went to sleep, physically and emotionally exhausted. The next morning, his wife, Helen, called him into the living room as he was eating breakfast.
She showed him a photo of a firefighter running through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel toward the Towers alongside cars stuck in traffic.
This time, it was Gary.
"I was out of out control, emotionally," Box said. "Thanking God, being so happy that I had something to see."
Eager for more answers, Box contacted the National 9/11 Museum and Memorial in an attempt to track down the photographer. Several months later, the museum gave him the e-mail address of Erik Troelson, a Danish businessman who was stranded in the tunnel on his way to a meeting when he snapped the picture of Gary.
Having entered the tunnel before the first plane hit, Troelson was unaware of the tragedy that was taking place outside.
"Suddenly, the girl in the car in front of us got out crying," he said. "Then we turned on the radio and heard the events as they unfolded."
Soon after, firetrucks started racing through the tunnel, but a car with blown-out tires jammed traffic, he said.
"Some of the bigger trucks got stuck, so the guys started walking briskly past us," Troelson said. "Gary Box was one of the guys."
Box and Troelson corresponded via e-mail for months, with Troelson doing his best to recall the day's timeline of events.
On Tuesday, the National 9/11 Museum and Memorial foundation arranged for a surprise rendezvous between the men at their annual fundraiser.
They shared an emotional moment onstage. Afterward, they spoke at length, with Box expressing his gratitude.
"I think I said about 300 times thank you and God bless you, that's all I could say," Box said. "I think I told him I love you, and I don't tell anybody that."
Nine years after September 11, Box said he still feels the pain of that day. He doesn't have the means to make large donations to the museum, but has sought to promote their cause through his story.
"We need that in this country because too many people forget," Box said of the museum.
"I wish everybody could get what I got."
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Honor 'bittersweet' for rare living Medal of Honor recipient
By Jennifer Rizzo and Larry Shaughnessy, CNN
September 15, 2010
Washington (CNN) -- The first living Medal of Honor recipient since the Vietnam War says his receiving the prestigious award is bittersweet.
"All of this is great," U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta said during a teleconference Wednesday. "But it does bring back a lot of memories of people that I would love to share this moment with. And I am just not going to have this opportunity because they are no longer with us."
Giunta said the day his unit came under attack was quiet and started out like any other day in Afghanistan.
"We are all soldiers and we are all out on a mission," he said.
Giunta, 25, was a specialist serving with the Airborne 503 Infantry Regiment on his second tour of duty in Afghanistan when his unit was attacked on the night of October 25, 2007. He recalls himself as an average soldier, saying he didn't do anything that someone else wouldn't have done.
According to Defense Department documents seen by CNN, Giunta and his fellow soldiers were walking back to base along the top of a mountain ridge when the enemy attacked from their front and their left. Taliban fighters barraged the Americans with AK-47s, rocket propelled grenades and Soviet era large machine guns.
Giunta saw several of his fellow soldiers go down. He ran forward throwing grenades and returning enemy fire to help one soldier who had been shot but was still fighting. Then he noticed one of the wounded soldiers was missing.
He ran over a hill where moments before Taliban fighters where shooting at him to find his wounded friend, Sgt. Josh Brennan. But now he was alone, out of sight of his fellow soldiers, in an area that the Taliban had controlled just moments before.
Giunta saw two Taliban fighters dragging Brennan away. He ran after them, killing one Taliban and wounding the other, who ran away.
He instantly started providing first aid to Brennan, who had been shot at least six times. Brennan was later evacuated by a helicopter to a hospital, but he died of his wounds.
Giunta himself was shot twice in the incident, with one round hitting his body armor and the second destroying a weapon slung over his back. He was not seriously hurt.
His quick response to the Taliban attack helped his unit repulse the enemy fighters before they could cause more casualties, the Defense Department documents note.
Giunta said his actions were not something he thought about but something he was trained to do.
"After the medevac bird comes in and starts picking people up, it's not over, you're not out of Afghanistan, you're not off the side of the mountain, you're just minus some buddies and there's no time to talk, you still have to complete the mission," he said.
Giunta's wife, Jenny, sat beside him during the teleconference from the base Giunta is stationed at in Vicenza, Italy. She said she is proud of her husband. The two married last November and are unsure about what the future will bring. Jenny Giunta said she hopes her husband does not deploy again.
"Having your husband ... your loved one get deployed and knowing that they're going to be somewhere that's dangerous .... It's an awful feeling," she said.
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Beach that story just brought tears to my eyes about that firefighter
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Quote from: newmom on September 15, 2010, 12:07:48 PM
Beach that story just brought tears to my eyes about that firefighter
Yeah. I get chicken skin looking at the photo. He was a great American.
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Fallen hero receives Medal of Honor
By Mark K. Matthews, Orlando Sentinel Washington Bureau
2:42 p.m. EDT, October 6, 2010
WASHINGTON -- Calling his sacrifice the "true meaning of heroism," President Barack Obama on Wednesday presented the Medal of Honor to the Oviedo family of Army Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller, who gave his life in 2008 to protect a patrol of American and Afghan soldiers.
"It has been said that courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point," said Obama, addressing a solemn crowd in the East Room of the White House. "For Rob Miller, the testing point came nearly three years ago, deep in a snowy Afghan valley. The courage he displayed reflects every virtue that defined his life."
On hand to accept the military's highest award for valor were his parents, Phil and Maureen Miller, who stood stoically as the decoration was present and their son's heroism was recounted.
He is buried in Central Florida; his family moved to Oviedo. soon after Robert Miller graduated from high school in Illinois.
Miller, who died at 24, is only the third service member from the Afghanistan conflict to receive the Medal of Honor. The Green Beret earned the rare distinction in January 2008 when his team of about 20 U.S. Special Forces and Afghan troops was caught in a ferocious ambush by insurgents.
His side outnumbered by as many as 12-to-1, Miller held his ground against a barrage of fire -- calling out positions and helping his fellow soldiers find cover. Then, making himself a target, Miller charged the insurgents with gunfire and grenades in a rush that ultimately cost the life.
The military credits Miller with saving his patrol, as well as killing at least 10 insurgents and wounding many more.
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Hero pilot of United Flight 811 dies at age 81
By Gregg K. Kakesako
POSTED: 12:37 p.m. HST, Oct 06, 2010
Dave Cronin, the hero pilot who successfully landed a crippled United Airlines Boeing 747 in Honolulu 21 years ago, died Monday at his home in Minden, Nev. He was 81.
Cronin was the captain on United Flight 811, which left Honolulu bound for Auckland, New Zealand, on Feb. 24, 1989. The 747 was 22,000 feet over the Pacific when a forward cargo door blew out, creating a gaping hole in the side of the aircraft.
The explosion knocked out two of the plane's four engines. Nine passengers seated in business class died when their seats were sucked out of the plane.
Despite the damage, Cronin and his crew was able to reduce altitude and land the 747 safely in Honolulu about 22 minutes later. There were 336 passengers and 18 crewmembers on the flight.
"He not only brought the plane back safely, but he invented many of the safety procedures used today," said Ben Mohide, a passenger on the flight, during a phone interview today. "He was a remarkable man."
He and his wife, Barbara, also was a passenger, learned of Cronin's death from a woman who was a purser on Flight 811.
Cronin, who joined United Airlines as a pilot in 1954, was 59 and on his second-to-last flight before mandatory retirement when he captained Flight 811.
Cronin's ability to land the plane safely prompted a discussion over raising the mandatory retirement age. The Federal Aviation Administration raised the age to 65 in 2007.
Mohide, who kept in touch with Cronin over the past two decades, once asked him how he handled the situation with so many emergencies taking place at the same time.
"I just prayed," Mohide said was Cronin's reply. "I just prayed and got on with it."
The National Transportation Safety Board determined that a mechanical failure caused the cargo door to separate from the aircraft.
In 1993, Mohide consulted with Cronin before writing the book "Hawaiian Nightmares" about the air disaster.
"He helped me get the terminology and details correctly," he said.
Funeral services will be held at Hilltop Community Church in Carson City, Nev., on Monday.
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Fine Art America sells thousands of pieces of artwork each month - all with a 100% money-back guarantee. We take great pride in the fact that hundreds of thousands of artists have chosen Fine Art America to fulfill their orders, and we look forward to helping you select your next piece!
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