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Spc Michael Anthony Dahl Jr
Born: March 21, 1986 in Riverside County, California
Died: October 17, 2009 in Argahndab, Afghanistan
Spc Michael A. Dahl of Moreno Valley, California first served in Iraq as a member of the Army Reserves. When he returned from combat, he chose to sign up for active duty and was deployed to Afghanistan. He enlisted in the United States Army in January 2007 and was currently serving his first deployment to Afghanistan which began in July 2009. He had previously served a tour in Iraq. His awards and decorations include the Army Commendation Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Iraq Campaign Medal. He also was the recipient of the Bronze Star, Purple Heart and other medals honoring his service in both Iraq and Afghanistan. He is survived by his father, Mike, his mother, Patricia, and his brother Angel. Michael died at age 23 in Argahndab, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device.
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5th Stryker Brigade
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Images from the St. Lucie County Schools Welcome Back event at the Dan McCarty Middle School gym during a live WLX-TV school broadcast welcoming back the teachers and staff of the St. Lucie County School System. The half-hour Welcome Back event was live streamed on WLX-TV to all of the professional development sites and schools to welcome back all of the 5,000 employees throughout the school district. (Wednesday August 14, 2013)


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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (Oct. 17, 2012) – Mission Health today announced the appointment of Jerri Jameson to the position of Public Relations Manager. Known locally as the long-time news director and radio show host, Ms. Jameson brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in communications and media relations to Mission Health.
Most recently Jameson served as show host and news director for News Radio 570 WWNC's The Morning Report. For ten years, Jameson directed and covered all news including coverage of presidential races, local politics and breaking news. Jameson is well known for her involvement in local community organizations and initiatives, including the Disaster Assistance Response Team and Higher Education Initiative. Prior to being named show host and news director, Jameson was a radio news reporter in both Asheville and Miami, Fla.
"Jerri's vast experience in communications and recognition within the community of western North Carolina will be a wonderful asset to Mission Health," said Heidi Jameson, Vice President of Marketing for Mission Health. "Her experience with public officials, community members and members of the media will be helpful to us as we communicate Mission Health's goal of improving the health and wellness of western North Carolina."
As Public Relations Manager, Jameson will be responsible for communicating and working with local media to ensure that key audiences are informed about the programs and services of Mission Health. She will execute an ongoing media relations and communications program to generate media interest in the health system's community initiatives and events. Jameson will also serve as the media's primary communication contact for information involving hospital announcements, patient information and any other requests.
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The Yoga Of Loving Kindness To All (Except Bigots & Fundamentalists?)
"You are going to hell," my grandmother said, after she found me meditating in front of a photo of my guru. Her fundamentalist outburst made me mad—as hell! So, I hated in return, hated my Christian grandmother for being such a narrow-minded person.
Then I realized I was just like her: a bigot. Sitting high up on my spiritual cushion of superiority and disdain, I looked down upon anyone inferior to me and my practice.
Then I realized I could separate the loving, caring person she actually was from her fundamentalist message, and that I could send her Loving Kindness without accepting her religious dogmas.
I realized that it's possible to spread oneness and love without dumbing down our discerning intellects.
Are all hierarchies pathological?
I was reminded of this pivotal, teenage experience when Padma Kadaq wrote the following thought-provoking questions and observations in a response to my blog, Diet for a Yogi Planet:
"Is the judging of beings, as being higher or lower, not the same as judging within the same confines of each realm, i.e. the human realm. Could not this lower and higher logic be applied in the human realm making the caste system, by your reasoning, completely valuable? Do you believe the caste system to be intrinsically true? That there are groups of humans born into families who are lower or higher based on their birth? Certainly by your logic and the logic of Mr. Wilber this would be legitimate."
Such concerns have been on my mental radar screen ever since I went to India to study yoga. When I arrived, I naively thought most things Indian were inspiringly sacred and deeply spiritual. But it was not true, of course. There's a lot about Indian society that is cruel and outmoded, especially for women, lower castes, the poor, the animals.
Never have I been to a place where men beat their dogs, their women, and their servants with such self-assured impunity as in India. In many regards, sacred India is not a very sacred place at all.
It's easy for us "intellectually enlightened" Westerners to realize the insanity of the caste system, the underlying inhumanity of a cultural system that takes it for granted that some people have no equal rights. It's easy to do that and forget the materialistic insanity of our own lifestyle based on the blood sweat and tears of those very poor people in India.
It's easy to forget the shadow sides of globalization and hence our own complicity.
As Padma writes: In India "there are groups of humans born into families who are lower or higher based on their birth." And that caste system upholds an economic slavery making it possible for us Americans to buy cheap shirts and jewelry at the mall. Nothing much spiritual in that, is there?
Still, spirituality is, and has always been, the upright backbone and inner dharma of Indian culture. Much more so than, let's say, in George Bush's Texas. When a Brahmin is initiated by certain Tantric teachers on the path of Yoga, for example, he must do something still unthinkable for many Brahmins in India. He must cut the Brahmin thread. He must relinquish his adherence to the Brahmin caste. He must surrender his bigoted feelings of superiority.
When I lived in a Tantric ashram in Nepal, my Brahmin friend did just that. Then he mysteriously vanished for three months. When he came back for a visit, he said he had been given a choice: become a Tantric yogi and be ostracized by his family forever, or remain a Brahmin and a respected member of the family. A self-proclaimed coward, he chose to remain a Brahmin.
So, Padma—responding to my use of the volatile word "hierarchy," when I argued that it is a natural phenomenon in nature—made some excellent points. Indeed, many people look askance at such concepts as hierarchy, because of such pathologies as the caste system. Yes, just look at Hindu countries such as India and Nepal where such inhumanity has been culturally perfected by religious dogmas and bred into people's consciousness for thousands of years.
Yoga philosophy, however, does speak in terms of higher and lower consciousness, does speak in terms of hierarchical levels of being. Still Yoga philosophy does not support the caste system, does not support pathological hierarchies. There are no decrees about the caste system in Tantra nor in traditional Yoga. These pathologies came from the Vedic priests, not the yogis.
What are natural hierarchies?
The point I tried to make in my blog Diet for a Yogi Planet was that there are natural hierarchies in nature, and both healthy and pathological hierarchies in human culture.
Most would agree that a wolf is on top of the food chain and a natural part of a healthy, ecological hierarchy.
Few will argue against the idea that a cow has more developed consciousness and awareness than a carrot. Indeed, that's one of the reasons yogis eat carrots rather than cows.
Even though both the carrot and the cow have consciousness, have cognition, the cow is more conscious, more aware, feels more pain than a carrot when killed. Thus the cow is higher up on the hierarchy of nature than the carrot. Hence, those following ahimsa (the principle of yogic less-violence) eat carrots rather than cows, because this causes less harm, less violence.
On the other hand, no one in their right mind will argue that the caste system is a natural and healthy hierarchy, nor fascism.
Such cultural pathologies do not honor human beings and our intrinsic right to respect, dignity and equal opportunity.
Nevertheless, there are healthy human hierarchies. To accept that someone is a mentor, a teacher, a guru, and that you are a student, this can be healthy, harmonious and natural. This realization makes us embrace, at least temporarily, a hierarchical, top-down relationship between human beings.
That such hierarchical relationships are healthy, does not mean we have to follow or respect all teachers or gurus, especially not those who behave like bigots and jerks.
Loving kindness to all
To embrace the idea of loving kindness toward all does not mean we have to silently accept pathological behavior. We may not love Glen Beck's inane and venomous talk-shows, but he still deserves, even needs, our loving kindness. Having the capacity for loving kindness does not preclude us from speaking up, or turning the TV off, when stupidity and insanity stares us in the face.
In other words, subscribing to the idea of healthy hierarchical levels in nature and human culture is not the same as accepting pathological hierarchies, such as the fascism of the far right, such as the caste system in India.
Nor does it preclude us from cultivating loving kindness toward all beings. Not even toward a mass murderer. Not even toward the Indian wife-beaters. Not even toward the memory of my fundamentalist grandmother. Sweet heart-blessings to them all!
To love and respect all beings in nature, to see and embrace the oneness of nature, does not preclude us from the capacity to differentiate between high and low consciousness in nature. Indeed, love and a discerning conscience are not mutually exclusive.
It is this holistic differentiation, this conscious insight and awareness which informs yogis to choose a vegetarian diet. It is this insight that gives us the bravery to speak up against injustice. Some call this state of loving fierceness sacred activism.
All human beings deserve to receive our loving kindness—even spiritual jerks and religious fundamentalists.
Indeed, a consciously or unconsciously bad message, such as my grandmother's, does not mean that a fundamentally bad person delivered it, and that it therefore requires an equally bad response.
Loving kindness is always the right response, no matter how bad the person or the message is.
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7 Responses to "The Yoga Of Loving Kindness To All (Except Bigots & Fundamentalists?)"
Padma, thanks so much for sharing your thoughts, Buddhist teachings and practices. The Guru Yoga, if I may call it that, you describe in your last paragraph is very similar to one of my own practices in dhyan meditation. This practice is indeed very similar in both Hindu and Buddhist Tantra, as it comes for the same roots.
Hi Ramesh
Myself and fellow Carolinean Pashupati will be co-hosts of YogaTalk with Yin &Yang every Tuesday from 9 pm to 10 pm on The Real Public Radio . Net Go to: therealpublicradio.net
The program features interviews, readings, and questions from listeners. We would love to interview you on the show. Let me know what you want to discuss on the air and a tentative date.
Then we can post an announcement about your on-air visit on your mailing list.
Dada Nabha told me about this blog. It looks enticing and I will be returning for some anticipated reading. Keep up the great work!
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Hi Divyamshu,
sounds great. Keep me posted about the Radio Program; I'd love to be part of it. Just came back from Denmark and Norway where I was interviewed by a Danish film crew working on a documentary about yogic experiences….
From Facebook: Joseph Boquiren commented on a post you were tagged in.
"Heady stuff. There are many societies in this world – not just India – that
support and sustain unjust sociological hierarchies."
Yes, Joseph, you're right, of course. All societies have unhealthy or pathological hierarchies, some more than others. I brought up India as living there was part of my own waking up expereince to some of these realities. Still India has a warm spot in my heart, as it is he heartland of yoga and one of the most spirit-centered cultures on the planet.
@ Joseph, Ramesh — Yes, there are pathological hierarchies around the globe. However, the interesting thing about India is that they do not hide anything. What you see is what you get. At least, that is my experience. In some ways…I feel that India shows the rest of Eurasia was it has neatly tucked away… In this way, India is a great teacher to Western and Eastern cultures — showing them and reminding them of what underlies many defunct systems and ways of relating.
Lindsay, I agree with you… I also had that experience on many levels in India, as life and death, riches and poverty is all around and out in the open, but underneath there are so many secrets to Indian society, the complexities are incredible and much is hidden from view.
One example are the 5-10000 documented widows that are "accidentally" killed each year by their in laws, another are the beggars who are everywhere and who are owned by gangsters, etc. So yes, while we do see the beggars and the poor openly, we do not usually see that they are part of a system of slavery that is very complex and hidden from view. The film Water gives great insight into the secret world of widows, for example.


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(Sports Network) -- Cardinals veteran Jake Westbrook goes for career win 100 tonight as the Cardinals take on division rival, Milwaukee. The Cardinals enter the series with a 1 1/2-game lead on the third-placeBrewers in the National League's Central Division. Pittsburgh is in secondplace, a half-game behind; while Cincinnati is fourth, two games back.
Westbrook, is facing young righty Wily Peralta who was just7 years old when Westbrook was drafted by the Colorado Rockies.
Westbrook was a 13-game winner for the Cardinals last season and has beenstrong in four starts this year albeit with just win to show for it.
He dropped a 1-0 decision at San Francisco to begin the season, then tossed acomplete game in beating Cincinnati on April 10.
In two starts since, against Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, he's allowed threeruns on 13 hits in 12 innings.
The Cardinals lost both games.
Westbrook is 2-4 in eight career starts against Milwaukee.
On Wednesday in St. Louis, Matt Carpenter went 3-for-4 with two doubles andsparked a three-run sixth inning to lead the Cardinals to a 4-2 win overCincinnati to take two of three from their division rivals at Busch Stadium.
Allen Craig and Yadier Molina reached on a walk and single, respectively, withone away in the decisive sixth frame, which brought Carpenter to the plate forthe go-ahead poke to right center field.
Pete Kozma and Daniel Descalso followed with RBI-singles, chasing Reds starterHomer Bailey from the game. J.J. Hoover took over and retired the two battershe faced, but the damage had been done.
Lance Lynn (5-0) was sharp in seven innings of work for St. Louis, allowingjust a run on five hits while striking out five en route to his 10th straightwin dating back to last season.
Carlos Beltran homered for the Cardinals while Edward Mujica picked up hissixth save in as many tries this season.
"To be able to go out there and pitch like that and win games, that's whatit's all about," said Lynn. "It feels good. I just have to keep trying toimprove everyday, and that's what I'm going to do."
The Cardinals won two of three games in an April series in St. Louis and tooknine of 15 games in 2012. Milwaukee last won the series, 8-7, in 2010.
Peralta, who'll turn 24 next week, debuted with the Brewers in 2012 and was 2-1 in six appearances with a 2.48 earned run average.
He was beaten, 7-3, in his initial 2013 start on April 3 against Colorado, but is 2-0 with two no-decisions in four outings since, while trimming his ERA from 6.75 to 5.02.
Peralta downed the Los Angeles Dodgers, 6-4, in his most recent start on April 27, allowing three runs on six hits in six innings.
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Its been a while since I've updated the blog, my apologies! Even though I'm working a little less for a short while the farm is taking up more time then ever with goats in milk and a barn FULL of rabbits!
A few weekends back I had a really nice visit from my immediate family; my mom, her boyfriend, and my grandparents all came to visit. I got to share my baby goats and kittens with them and all in all we had a wonderful time.
Here's my grandpa with another one of the kittens
My mom and my grandparents each have a kitten in this photo!
By the way these kittens would still like good homes, they are learning to be mousers and are now mostly outdoor kitties but still have access to litterboxes if someone wants to transition them back indoors. They are VERY friendly.
Grandma meets the goat kids, everyone is excited!
Grandpa and Grandma with some of the kids
Mom with Caddy's buckling
Goats everywhere!!
Grandpa and Wind Chime's buckling
Mom, Athena's doeling and Steve
Even the rear ends of goat kids are cute ;)
I'm going to have more farm visitors this weekend so I'm trying to get the place cleaned up a bit since the majority of construction is now over for the season. The buck paddock was expanded so that the boys have a larger wooded space to play in which they seem to be enjoying. With all the outdoor projects at a wrap except for some debris pickup I'm trying to plan out how I want to fix up the backyard and garden beds, there's alot to think about.
Rabbits are all doing well, I lost my most recent litters I suspect to heat so I'm crossing my fingers my next 3 does kindle healthy litters, the 4th doe I bred did not take and its too late at this point to rebreed her for Convention juniors, they'd be way too young. At this point I have a few things to show at Convention and am looking forward to seeing how every bunny matures over the next few months.
Baby chicks will be arriving soon, I delayed shipment due to the extreme heat we've been having but I'll have a bunch of cute baby chicks on the farm again soon which will be alot of fun.
That's all the news for now, I'll try and update the blog more often and actually get to some website updates soon.


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Brake check!
53° and windy. Not my favorite riding weather, but I need to get them in when I can. I have a little bit of gear, but it is right on the cusp of not being enough. I have riding tights a long sleeve Starter shirt from Wally World and a riding jersey. To help keep my core warmer I took a plastic grocery bag and flattened it, folded it in half and tucked it up under my jersey to block the wind from the center area of my chest. This helps me a great deal. Thus equipped I took of to just get some miles in. No personal record setting paces today…too much wind. About a mile and a half into it I am approaching a street which crosses the main drag I am on. I have no stop sign, they do. Evidently my BRIGHT RED JERSEY was not enough to catch one SUVs eye as they proceeded to cross right in front of me. I had to slow down pretty abruptly or become a hood ornament. It wouldn't have been pretty… I mean, I know I was wearing Santa Clause RED , but usually folks will just put a big RED RIBBON on their vehicle, who would want me as a Christmas hood ornament? Not pretty at all. The rest of the ride was chilly but uneventful.
- Type: Cycle
- Date: 12/03/2009
- Time: 14:33:12
- Total Time: 1:04:45.17
- Average Heart rate: 170
- Max Heart rate: 183
- Calories: 1175
- Distance: 19.7 miles
- Average Speed: 18.25 mph
- Max Speed: 33.43 mph
- Ascent: 905.57 ft
- Descent: 889.4 ft
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Brake check!
December 4th, 2009 8:31 am
frauschmittle says:
Sad that it is getting chilly - I am wuss in the cold. Good for you for getting out anyway. Cars really don't think about us runners/bikers, do they? I think it is because if they don't ride/run themselves they have no perspective on close they really are and how our brakes/acceleration, etc. works a bit differently than theirs. I ride a motorcycle and when I started it really opened my eyes when I was driving to bikers and to be honest I hadn't even thought twice about it much prior to riding myself. Glad everything turned out ok, would hate to see you scraped off the hood like bug guts - especially wearing Santa Clause RED.
December 4th, 2009 1:41 pm
princessrn320 says:
53! You Wendy whiner! Having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave! Love the ingenuity to use the bags! Chirstmas hood ornament choices, Mike or Rudolph? Maybe they were going for out of the ordinary!
December 4th, 2009 3:30 pm
jimgrant says:
I would recomend a Slice windbreaker by Pearl in Flamming Yellow! Man! mine glows in the dark and you won't need the plastic bag. The jacket over a thermo top and you'll be set for another 10 degree drop. Really!


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Scott Horton Interviews Michael Hastings
Michael Hastings, author of the article "The Runaway General" in Rolling Stone magazine, discusses the controversy surrounding his profile of Gen. Stanley McChrystal (who has now been relieved of command in Afghanistan).
MP3 here. (8:09)
Michael Hastings is the author of I Lost My Love in Baghdad: A Modern War Story. In 2008, he covered the U.S. presidential elections for Newsweek, and before that he was the magazine's Baghdad correspondent. His articles have appeared in GQ, Slate, Salon, Foreign Policy, the LA Times, and other publications. His blog The Hastings Report focuses on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other foreign policy topics.
Scott Horton: All right, everybody, we're joined on the phone by Michael Hastings, freelance reporter, friend of the show, and he is the author of the article that's turned Washington D.C. upside down this week, "The Runaway General" in Rolling Stone magazine. Welcome back to the show, Michael, how are you doing?
Michael Hastings: I'm good man. How are things on your end?
Horton: Everything's great, I really appreciate you joining us here on the phone from, where, Kandahar this morning?
Hastings: Yeah, I'm in Kandahar right now.
Horton: And how's things there?
Hastings: Well, we, just a few, it was a half hour, 40 minutes ago, we were hit by a number of rockets, which is a pretty regular occurrence here, and there's pretty regular fighting all around this area right now. We spent a couple moments on the floor and in a bunker.
Horton: Jeez. Well. And I hope you're bugging out of there this morning and going back to Kabul or somewhere safer?
Hastings: Yeah, I'm heading out of here.
Horton: Okay, right on. Well in the few minutes before you get in your armored vehicle or whatever it is and get out of there, man, let's talk about – well, first of all, I guess, the reaction to your piece. You have Gen. McChrystal and his team, "Team America," his closest buddies surrounding him, really opening up about how much they cannot stand the administration, and that seems to have been the thing that got Washington all upset.
Hastings: Yeah, apparently to criticize and make fun of the vice president in front of reporters, that's generally probably not a good career move. But I think, I think what the comments point to from Gen. McChrystal's view is a real frustration that his team has with the White House as well as a frustration he has with other civilian policy makers who are involved in the Afghanistan strategy.
Horton: Yeah, I mean, that's really what comes across in the article is that it's not a personal account really of McChrystal, it's about his inability to succeed in Afghanistan, and then it seems like all the frustration, all the finger pointing goes up from there, instead of them taking responsibility, him and his "Team America."
Hastings: Yeah, and I think certainly if we look at, you know, President Obama's role in selecting Gen. McChrystal, why he selected Gen. McChrystal, and what President Obama's strategy for Afghanistan originally was – remember, in March 2009, you know, President Obama said he wanted to narrow the goals in Afghanistan, narrow them to just fighting al Qaeda. Then he selected a Gen. who proceeded to do just the opposite and expand the goals almost exponentially. We went from 50,000 troops to 150,000 troops. We went from fighting al Qaeda to building a nation on an almost unprecedented scale. So, really, I think, you know part of this hostility is the relationship between the president and the general and the fact that the president has just sort of lost control of the policy.
Horton: Yeah, well, and it doesn't sound like the troops in Afghanistan seem to be so gung ho about this anymore either.
Hastings: No, I think, I mean I'm sure you've discussed counterinsurgency many times on your program, and we've discussed this before as well. You know, the US military is made to fight. That's what they're really good at, and they're really efficient at it. And it's very difficult to put them in situations and then tell them, you know, don't fight. And that rubs a lot of them the wrong way and a lot of them feel that they may have to make sacrifices and they might be putting their own lives more at risk rather than, say, killing who they view are insurgents.
Horton: Yeah, well, and that's an interesting thing too, the whole, you know, sent out there to fight with one hand tied behind their back. They're up against people who have rifles and are willing to shoot back at them and yet then because they're supposed to be trying to avoid civilian casualties, even though all their enemies are civilians, they're put in a position where they have to get shot rather than shoot.
Hastings: Really, and I think, I mean I think you know this is a sort of fundamental flaw with counterinsurgency is that, you know, we spend $600 billion a year on our military but then we get involved in these wars where we can't even use our technological edge. I mean, in a way it doesn't make much sense. So, yeah, I mean, you know, once you take away the US and the ground troops' air support, you're putting a US solider on, you know, a somewhat level playing field with a Taliban fighter. And so these guys who signed up to fight are like, "What the hell, you know, like, why are we here?"
Horton: Yeah, they imagined they were going to be a set piece battle against a different state's military instead of patrolling around like a, you know, a SWAT cop or something. Well, now, you talk about how they changed the mission from fighting al Qaeda to building a nation and how McChrystal's gotten his stamp on it, and I guess they had to change the mission because, he says in here, there are no al Qaeda in Afghanistan.
Hastings: Exactly. I mean, the sort of connection between nation building and fighting terrorism and fighting al Qaeda is I think, you know, a very tenuous connection at best, and so you get stuck with this momentum of the campaign you're fighting, and it's worse than a quagmire. They're saying that really it's worse than a quagmire because it's a quagmire we knowingly walked into. Because if say al Qaeda's in Pakistan, then what are we doing in Afghanistan?
Horton: Yeah. Well now, the centerpiece of the COIN strategy supposedly was this, or the showpiece for it I guess, was the invasion of Marjah. They were going to give the people of Marjah a "government in a box." Did you have a chance to talk with Gen. McChrystal much about that operation?
Hastings: Well, I did talk to him about that, and he, you know, was sort of optimistically cautious as that's the position they take. But then, you know, much later he said that Marjah was a "bleeding ulcer." So what does that say? And I think one of the funny things about this story is that people have been saying, "Wow, how could he have said these things in private to you?" Well look at what he says in public. He's calling one of his operations a bleeding ulcer. So what do we expect him to say in private?
Horton: Right, yeah, his centerpiece operation. At least he's bluntly honest, this guy. Well, and look, this is not nothing here: It seems like there is, you know, a challenge to the civilian supremacy in a sense here, you have a very powerful general mocking and ridiculing the president, the vice president, the special envoy, the ambassador, everybody but the secretary of state, apparently, he thinks he's better than them, and that's really not how it's supposed to be in America. Did you take that as a real challenge to civilian supremacy or as just some drunk old general is letting off some steam here?
Hastings: I think there's a larger kind of structural issue here about – you just compare the DOD budget to the State Department budget, $600 billion to $50 billion. You know, you look at every foreign service officer – you know, there's more people in the Army band than there are foreign service officers. You know, you could fit every foreign service officer on an aircraft carrier. You know, so you look like at just the sort of decay of the State Department and basically our foreign policy has become our defense policy. You know, the two are one. And I think that translates into the fact that a lot of the time just the leaders get the blame for all the wars, and they should take their fair share of blame, but I think we also have to start looking at the military leaders in a much more critical way than they're accustomed to be looked at. We're packing up here and so I've got to take off, but I appreciate your time and we'll talk again soon.
Horton: Likewise. Be safe, and we'll follow up hopefully either tomorrow or Friday or next week.
Hastings: Cool.
Horton: Take care, Michael. All right, everybody, that's Michael Hastings with the story of the week, so far, in Rolling Stone magazine, "The Runaway General."
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[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Michael J. Russell, Carey Bandler. Carey Bandler said: RT @planetrussell: .@mmhastings interviewed by @antiwarscott on his @RollingStone piece + GEN McChrystal http://is.gd/d1vL4 #tcot #mil [...]
Who does Scott not interview? Awesome.
What would happen if one of General McChrystal´s soldiers publically criticized him? Aren´t these bravado generals setting precedence for what disgruntled GIs can do to them?
[...] Mr. Hastings was on AntiWar Radio with Scott Horton to discuss his article. The interview was posted at AntiWar.com last night [...]
I wonder if someone will interview the interviewer of the interviewer?
So, folks are starting to tell the truth about Obama and his cronies.
And not only the McChrystal set. Sen. Kyle's statement about Obama's refusal to secure the border for political reasons is exactly true (regardless of what Obama actually said to Kyle).
Right on! Kyle/McChrystal.
I hope Mr.McCrystal spends his free time instigating a military coup. I, for one, would vastly prefer a military dictatorship to the insufferable civilian dictatorship we have today.
At least with military dictatorships, it's obvious where things stand!
that's the stupidest thing i've heard all week
Nice one Cato! I concur.
And the post before that stupid post is even more stupid–although I've been hearing right wing "libertarians" calling for Generals such as McChrystal to cross the Rio Grande and help Joe Arpaio for too many weeks.
And Bush was better? What did he do other than start two wars that cost billions and billions.
A military coup is more possible than most think. Obama is not working out.
Wait a minute, you didn't already elect military leaders? You could have fooled me. Wait a second, you did, you did. I guess I just assumed since in the US, sorry I mean the Homeland, people don't elect presidents but commanders in chief.
I mean in the end, as you are implicating, it is all a matter of public trust. http://www.gallup.com/poll/121214/americans-confi…
Your bright banana future might not be that far away. Just enter the generals. They know best. You'll have plenty of time contemplating the great advantages of knowing clearly where things stand while enjoying the ever more abundant victory parades and developing a taste for their well rehearsed tight choreographies.
With military dictatorships things don't "stand." It does however divide the people into two camps. Those who "collaborate" and the others; if powerful enough it then proceeds to deal with the others and the methods are always the same. Repression and suppresion.
It is obivious you have never seen a dictatorship at "work" or perhaps you would be among the "collaborators."
If one of his soldiers publicly criticized him, they would get an Article 15, be fined and dishonorably discharged! The old double standard!
Bush used 9/11 to change the laws to allow to capture and monitor the voice, thought, act, deed of each human in America. That personal information is used to sort each human into cages according to "relative usefulness" to the SENMACEs. see SENMACE.com. The animals in each cage can expect a different fate as is evidenced by the violence that is on-going between the private police and the humans in the BP spill areas. The damage from that spill is broader than Nagasaki or Hiroshima, Pearl Harbor, 9/11 and Chernobyl all added up and put together and longer lasting too.
I do not think we have to worry about military dictatorships. The BP spill has shown Corporations are bigger than our government and their private military more powerful. The real threat is corporate dictatorships.
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I got a ticket today from American University for having parked on a city street which, according to the posted signs, was entirely legal. The back of the ticket reads, in part "In accordance with District of Columbia Zoning Order 949 and American University's Good Neighbor Policy, parking is restricted on the residential streets surrounding the main campus." It would have been helpful to post this so that drivers could know not to park there. Instead, there is no signage whatsoever, and the only way one learns about the policy is to get the ticket first. I had to call A.U. to get the fine cancelled, "as a courtesy" they observed, but the whole exercise seems like a page out of Kafka: issue a proclamation, don't tell anyone about it, and collect the fine.· Reported by Bill Travis (Guest) · Share · Flag Flagged
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Are you kidding me? 2000 years ago some random jew strolls into town and says that he is the son of god... AND YOU BELIEVE HIM... Why may I ask? Because he turned water into wine and such? Well, I saw David Copperfield make the statue of liberty disappear, what's your point? Or is it because he rose from the dead? According to whom? A handful of his devout followers?
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Tip #5: Contrast a feminine silhouette with an edgy jacket.
The sisters Traina never fail to provide us with wardrobe inspiration aplenty, and their outfits at the opening of photographer Max Snow's exhibit in New York were no exception! What especially caught our attention about their ensembles was how they both finished off their feminine looks with edgy jackets. We love how Victoria's abbreviated leather moto jacket contrasted nicely with a plunging neckline and peek-a-boo bra, and we're also fans of Vanessa's compelling combination of a shift dress and oversized varsity jacket. If you're in the market for Traina-inspired outerwear, we have a few recommendations. KARL's Ordina Leather Biker Jacket ($945) and Topshop's Traditional Biker Jacket ($310) are very similar to Victoria's iteration, while Oasis' Faux Leather Sleeved Coat ($140) and VEDA's Gloria Coat ($516) are spot-on alternatives to Vanessa's version.
Tip #6: Pair a slim pencil skirt with a peplum top.
It's a fact: Giovanna Battaglia can do no wrong! To no one's surprise, the editor/stylist wowed us yet again at the Viktor & Rolf F/W 12 show in Paris earlier this month. We think her sculptured vintage Thierry Mugler jacket and Aquazurra Sexy Thing Suede Cut-Out Booties ($445) lent a fashion-forward flair to her look, making it perfectly suited to Paris' directional style scene! Plus, we appreciate how she smartly balanced the topper's flared silhouette with a slim Lanvin pencil skirt, which ensured a proportionally balanced ensemble. Lusting after Battaglia's smart styling? Alice and Olivia's Betty Peplum Tee ($198), ASOS' Shell Top with Peplum ($40), and Forever 21's Lace Trim Peplum Top ($23) will help you recreate it in no time!
Tip #7: Make a statement in colorblock trousers.
Are you tired of your basic black pants and tried-and-true jeans? Then emulate Jenna Lyons and go for bold, multi-colored trousers instead! Spotted at the Prabal Gurung F/W 12 show last month, the perennially stylish President and Creative Director of J. Crew made quite an entrance in striped Celine pants, which she teamed with a Veronique Branquinho cape, J. Crew's Jean Jacket ($168) in Vintage Sea Blue Wash, and Manolo Blahnik's BB Suede Point-Toe Pumps ($595) in Blue. Take it from Lyons: a pair of eye-catching pants is your ticket to chic and unexpected party dressing this season! If you're ready to make a similarly striking statement, we suggest buying DSquared's Trial Low Waist Flare Pants ($795), Zara Studio's Trousers with Contrasting Hem ($90), or 10 Crosby by Derek Lam's Wide Leg Colorblock Trousers ($325), all of which have Lyons-worthy cachet!-Erin Fitzpatrick
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Dr. Badger's primary research interests are testing theory-based methods to improve quality of life for cancer survivors and their families during cancer treatment, including decreasing the depression, anxiety and stress associated with cancer diagnosis and treatment. Dr. Badger is interested in developing easily accessible, quality psychosocial oncology services for underserved, multicultural populations. Most recently, she has been testing telephone-delivered and Skype-delivered counseling and health education with Latinas with breast cancer and their family members.
Dr. Badger was a founding member of the Psychosocial Oncology Leadership Team to establish the current Supportive Care for Healing program at the Arizona Cancer Center. Her master's degree is from Arizona State University and her doctoral degree is from the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing. She is a psychiatric mental health clinical nurse specialist specializing in working with adults who are depressed, anxious and/or stressed during treatment for cancer.
She has been conducting research at the Arizona Cancer Center for 20 years. During the past 10 years, Dr. Badger, along with her co-investigator Dr. Chris Segrin, has been funded along by the National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Nursing Research), Lance Armstrong Foundation, Oncology Nursing Foundation and the American Cancer Society. She has been a comprehensive member of the Arizona Cancer Center for more than 10 years.
Examples of research topics/methods
- Examining the effectiveness of two types of interventions (counseling and health education) on quality of life for breast and prostate cancer survivors and their supportive partners (family members and friends)
- Testing the effectiveness of the same two types of interventions with Spanish-speaking populations
- Examine the role of supportive partners (family and friends) in cancer recovery
- Examining the effectiveness of telephone versus Skype-delivered methods
- Describing the psychological, physical, social and spiritual well-being of cancer survivors and their supportive partners
- Creating new health delivery models that are acceptable to survivors and their supportive partners' and allow greater access to care
Dr. Badger's research shows the importance of including the supportive partners in psychosocial care because survivors and their families react to the cancer experience as one emotional system. Supportive partners' well-being can influence survivors' well-being and recovery. The long term goal of Dr. Badger's studies is to change oncology practice, moving beyond a "one-size-fits-all" approach so that all cancer survivors and their supportive partners have access to the variety of psychosocial services they need. Dr. Badger balances her professional life with family, friends and two large German Shepherds, regular exercise, traveling, laughing as often as she can, and enjoying life.
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For me, moving to college was a huge wall that I knew I was going to have to climb to reach my goals. Moving away from home and figuring out how to afford a private university education seemed like a monumental task. Looking back, it really wasn't as difficult as it seemed at the onset. It ended up being easier than I expected. You really don't know what to expect when you are going through the process of coming to school. There are so many applications, forms and details to worry about. Sometimes, you don't know where to start, but on the other side you realize it wasn't as tough as you thought.
For most people, financing their education is the biggest obstacle they have to overcome on their way to getting into college. You really can't know how much a college education is worth until you've actually had the experience. But I really think that if you can catch a glimpse of how valuable the pursuit is, you will do whatever it takes to get there. If you have the desire and passion to become a student, you'll find a way.
Unfortunately, for many people, housing is sometimes an area where they try to cut costs and save money. It makes sense, but I really think I would have missed out on so much if I had made that decision. For me, I couldn't put a price on the friendships and relationship I've made. Almost all of those bonds were created because I lived with my best friends. The on-campus experience here is invaluable, especially because Residence Life facilitates that atmosphere of community.
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McEntee: For Utah, array of alternatives beat out nuclear power
On a hike on what we call the Old Pipeline Trail, I looked down at the top of the Natural History Museum of Utah and its huge array of solar energy panels and innovative water catchers.
In October, I stopped in Green River and watched as the river itself flowed smoothly southward. More recently, I drove past the enormous wind turbines in the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon.
But according to Blue Castle Holdings, what Utah really needs is a nuclear power plant that, in all likelihood, would send much of its energy out of state.
So, a plant that would use a large amount of Green River water, cost a fortune to build and maintain, and would under present and probably future circumstances have to store its waste onsite, is Utah's dream come true?
I'm refraining from using the word that comes to mind.
What Utah needs instead is a comprehensive system of solar, wind, geothermal and natural gas energy production and storage capability, as the Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah has proposed in a sweeping study of energy alternatives.
The study finds that system, while it would take decades to fully implement, would cut consumers' energy costs, drastically reduce carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global warming and protect the water in the nation's second-driest state.
It also would reduce our reliance on coal-fired power plants, which contribute significantly to pollution even as many send power outside the state. The Intermountain Power Plant, for example, sends about 75 percent of its juice to Southern California.
And, according to a recent national poll, 77 percent of the respondents said they back using clean, renewable energy resources and increased efficiency as an alternative to more nuclear power in the U.S. They also want federal loan guarantees shifted from nuclear to wind and solar power, according to the poll, by ORC International for the nonpartisan Civil Society Institute.
Back here in Utah, look around. Energy-wise buildings are going up all over the place, and LEED certifications for energy efficiency are much sought after. Owners of older homes, like me, are chipping away at the same goal.
As I write, I'm looking at the greening Ensign Peak and the pristine for now blue sky above it. I'm thinking about the waters I've fished, rafted, swum and waded, and the lands they course through.
And about the Green River, which merges with the Colorado, already tainted by tons of uranium waste left after the boom years of the Cold War.
The fate of Blue Castle's nuclear dream rests in a state court for now and quite possibly in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission later.
So what are we going to go for, Utah? A nuclear power plant that would enrich investors or sustainable clean energy that would enrich our lives? Really, there's only one choice.
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Katie Holmes took her daughter Suri for a sweet treat on Saturday afternoon in New York City.
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The number of illegitimate births in the US continues to rise, with the latest federal statistics showing that 40% of all births in 2007 took place out of wedlock. Figures from the Centers for Disease Control showed that teen pregnancy also increased in 2007-- the last year for which full statistics were available. But teenagers were not responsible for the rise in out-of-wedlock births; more than 75% of the mothers giving birth to illegitimate children were at least 20 years old.
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Wes Anderson's string of idiosyncratic, personal films includes Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited, Moonrise Kingdom and now, The Grand Budapest Hotel. At the camera for all of these films was Robert Yeoman, ASC, and in each case, they chose to tell their stories on film.
"I'm such a believer in film," says Yeoman, whose resume also includes Drugstore Cowboy, Dogma, The Squid and the Whale, and Bridesmaids. "I prefer the look and the on-set discipline. I find that when shooting digitally, the camera doesn't cut, and people's attention seems to wander. I look around the set and everyone's on their phones. The process has been polluted. I think film causes people to concentrate on the shot. When the camera is rolling, everyone knows the importance of the moment and is paying attention. This energy is translated onto the film."
Film is also a key part of the look Anderson and Yeoman designed for The Grand Budapest Hotel. "It's a period movie set partly in the 1930s," says Yeoman. "Wes and I like the texture and more poetic quality that film brings. It was the right way to go."
The story plays out in three different time periods: the 1930s in Eastern Europe, the 1960s, and the late 1970s. A first-person narrator (Tom Wilkinson) relates a tale he heard in his younger days from the owner of the titular hotel, the story of an imperious concierge, his elderly lover and a priceless painting he inherits when she dies.
The astonishing cast also includes Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Edward Norton, Willem Dafoe, Tilda Swinton, Owen Wilson, Saoirse Ronan, and of course, Bill Murray.
The German city of Görlitz, the easternmost town in the country, provided Anderson with most of his locations. Situated on the Polish border, Görlitz escaped bombing during World War II and retains much of its old world, Baroque charm. Quentin Tarantino and Robert Richardson, ASC used the city as a backdrop for parts of Inglorious Basterds, and Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC shot parts of The Reader there.
"We found an old abandoned department store that had a beautiful skylight at the top, and Wes just fell in love with the space and felt like he could transform this into his hotel," says Yeoman. "It also served as a lot of different sets for us as well. The top floor became the center for the production offices, wardrobe and art department. We were pretty self-contained so it was a very efficient place for us to shoot."
The filmmakers chose a variety of aspect ratios to delineate the various time periods. The majority of the movie takes place in the 1930s and was shot in a 1.37:1 aspect ratio, close to what was then referred to as Academy format, the standard for most movies in that era. The 1970s scenes appear in a 1.85:1 frame, and the 1960s scene play out in a widescreen 2.40:1 frame accomplished with older anamorphic lenses. A well-stocked collection of 1930s classic films, including many Ernst Lubitsch comedies, was kept on hand for inspiration and for ideas on how to compose within the 1.37 frame.
As he did on Moonrise Kingdom, Yeoman shot the entirety of The Grand Budapest Hotel on KODAK VISION3 200T Color Negative Film 5213. "Wes likes the idea of using a single stock," says the cinematographer. "We don't use an 85 filter. We rate everything at 200 ASA. It gives the movie a kind of visual coherence."
Yeoman and Anderson place a premium on natural light, and the abandoned department store included a large skylight above the main room. Unfortunately, the short winter days meant that Yeoman need to augment that light by bouncing 20 4K HMI fixtures into a giant white muslin above the skylight to maintain consistency through a longer shoot day.
Extensive practical lighting, including numerous sconces and chandeliers, also played a role in hotel interiors.
"Sometimes we'd float a soft light in for close-ups, something quick and easy like a gem ball," says Yeoman. "That's one of the great things about film – we knew we could capture the range pretty well. And on exterior day scenes, I don't think we used any additional light. We embraced the natural light and went with that as our philosophy."
Most of the interiors were painted in distinctive tones, in keeping with Anderson's aesthetic. "It's a well-orchestrated palette," says Yeoman. "Obviously, Wes is vitally concerned with how color is rendered in the world that he has created. Sometimes we'll shoot tests with different sample colors to see how they'll come out on film. And that can be manipulated in the DI as well."
After finishing The Grand Budapest Hotel, Yeoman went on to film Love & Mercy with director Bill Pohlad. That film depicts the story of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys. Wilson is played at different ages by both John Cusack and Paul Dano. Paul Giamatti portrays the musician's Svengali-like doctor, Eugene Landy. The majority of the film was shot on 35 mm film, and about a quarter of the story is told on Super 16 film, underexposed slightly to emphasize grain. These scenes depict Southern California surf culture and the rock 'n' roll scene of the early 60s.
"I love film," says Yeoman. "I fight for it on every movie."
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The Mont Harmon Lady Pirates were dominate all season long, their record shows it.
The varsity team went undefeated, 6-0. They took first place in region and then went undefeated at the region tournament.
They were region champs and Southeastern Utah tournament champs.
The JV team had a 7-1 record and took first place in region as well and went on to win first place at the JV region tournament.
"We had a very successful year," said coach Danielle Olsen. "It was so neat coaching these girls and watching them grow. This group knew how hard they had to work day in and day out to acheive this record. As a team we accomplished more than I could imagine in one season. The girls learned how to work together as a team early on and they refused to let anything stand in their way. It was such an exciting year for us and I know we all felt privileged to be a part it."


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Jumpers in Hartwell all in to aid domestic violence council
Hartwell, Ga. - As he prepared for the 15th annual Polar Bear Plunge, John O'Neill talked about the strategy he has developed from taking part in the event three previous times.
"Get in and get out real quick, and try not to have a heart attack," said O'Neill, who lives in Hartwell.
O'Neill was one of 37 people who leaped into Hartwell Lake on Saturday afternoon to raise money for the Northeast Georgia Council on Domestic Violence.
- A woman is battered once every nine seconds in the United States.
- An estimated 3 million to 4 million women in the United States are battered annually by husbands or partners.
- 50 percent of teen girls report knowing someone their own age who has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend.
- Children who see family violence are more likely to attempt suicide, abuse drugs or alcohol, run away from home, and engage in teen prostitution or sex assault crimes.
- 50 percent of men who frequently assault their wives also abuse their children.
- About 1 out of 25 elderly people is victimized by domestic violence annually in the United States.
Source: Northeast Georgia Council on Domestic Violence
About 200 people applauded as each participant took the plunge in Hartwell from a dock at Harwell Marina into the chilly 54-degree water.
The event raised more than $15,000, organizers said. That is about three times more than the amount collected last year.
Besides raising money, the event is designed to focus attention on domestic violence, said organizer Blondie Willingham.
"The goal is to raise awareness that there are resources, and there is help," Willingham said.
Before taking the plunge Saturday, participants showed off their costumes for a panel of judges.
O'Neill, 60, said his costume made him look like a "short, fat lucky leprechaun."
Jerry Cleary, who represented Tri-County Chevrolet, went to the event carrying a cardboard cutout of a 1950s Corvette.
Laura Pelfrey wore a cat costume with decorative fish attached to it.
"I am catfish," said Pelfrey, who was taking part in the event for the first time.
"I am very nervous," she confided. "It is going to be really cold."
The Northeast Georgia Council on Domestic Violence operates a shelter for victims of domestic abuse who live in Hart, Franklin and Elbert counties. The council also has a 24-hour hotline that can be reached by calling (706) 376-7111.
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EALC 002: Introduction to Japanese Civilization
EALC 176: The Age of the Samurai
EALC 073: Freshman Seminar: Culture and Coflict: Japan's Long Sixteenth Century
EALC 270: Shamans to Samurai: The Texts that Made Early Japanese History
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A Sense of Place: The Political Landscape in Late Medieval Japan. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Asia Center, 2013.
"Warriors Are Tools: Commentary on 'Epic Hero as Cyborg.'" Fragments: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Medieval and Ancient Pasts 2 (2012): 26-34. URL: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/f/frag
"Uesugi Kenshin." Entry in The Encyclopedia of War, ed. Gordon Martel, vol. 5, 2263-64. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2012. (peer-reviewed.)
"Takeda Shingen." Entry in The Encyclopedia of War, ed. Gordon Martel, vol. 4, 2128-30. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2012. (peer-reviewed.)
Review of The Culture of Disputes in Early Modern Japan, 1550-1700, by David Anthony Eason (PhD diss.). For Dissertation Reviews, October 4, 2011. URL: http://dissertationreviews.wordpress.com
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The Caribbean island had been the surprise name among the 10 nations who applied to host either the 2015 or 2019 tournaments but they have now withdrawn their bid.
The decision appears to be based on the financial implications and stadium requirements attached to the application.
"When we looked at the pros and cons,we couldn't host it," Army sergeant Jacob Thompson, the chairman of the Jamaican Rugby Union told the Jamaica observer.
"We have decided to withdraw and have already sent off a letter to the IRB.
"We would have to first put up £100,000. We would have to build a stadium to hold a minimum of 70,000 spectators."
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