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North Korea Approves Nuclear Attack Against United States
North Korea has reportedly said that it has authorized what it terms merciless military strikes on the United States, involving the possible use of what the North is calling cutting-edge nuclear rockets.
The White House has issued the following reaction:
We've seen today's statement by North Korea, again making unhelpful and unconstructive threats. It is yet another offering in a long line of provocative statements that only serve to further isolate North Korea from the rest of the international community and undermine its goal of economic development. North Korea should stop its provocative threats and instead concentrate on abiding by its international obligations.
Earlier today, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said, "As they have ratcheted up (their) bellicose, dangerous rhetoric -- and some of the actions they've taken over the last few weeks present a real and clear danger and threat to the interests, certainly of our allies, starting with South Korea and Japan."
Below is more from the Associated Press:
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- The North Korean army is warning Washington that its military has been cleared to wage an attack using "smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear" weapons.
The threat from the unnamed army spokesman early Thursday is latest in a series of escalating warnings from North Korea, which has railed for weeks against joint U.S. and South Korean military exercises taking place in South Korea and has expressed anger over tightened sanctions for a February nuclear test.
The spokesman said in a statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency that troops have been authorized to counter U.S. aggression with "powerful practical military counteractions."

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Another new country to arise in 1918 was Czecho-Slovakia. The name in itself is confusing. The Czechs are the Bohemians or North Slays, commonly known as the Czecho-Slavs, to distinguish them from the Jugo-Slavs or South-Slays of the Balkan States. There exist, however, contiguous to the Czechs, a people of another branch of the Slavic race, known as Slovaks; and their home, a northern district of Hungary, they have named Slovakia. As these people have united with the Czechs to form the new independent republic, its authorities have decided that both the land and the people should be called, not Czecho-Slavic as they were at first, but Czecho-Slovak.
The forming of the Czecho-Slav army in Russia, and the cause of its attempting its amazing march across Russia and Siberia, have been already told in the Outline Narrative for this volume. Their journey from Kiev in the Ukraine to Vladivostok on the Pacific coast, six thousand miles across a hostile land, has no parallel in history. The "Retreat of the Ten Thousand" Greeks under Xenophon was conducted over only a comparatively small portion of Asia Minor. It was but a schoolboy undertaking when measured against this tremendous feat triumphantly accomplished by the Czecho-Slovak army.
The outline of their effort is here given by one of their leading diplomatic representatives, M. Nosek. The detailed account of their quarrel with the Boishevists is told officially by the man the wandering army made its executive organizer on the spot--one of the dozen Xenophons of the great march. Thomas Masaryk, the most trusted and successful leader of Czecho-Slovak affairs in Europe and America, was made first president of the new republic. He states the general position of his people.
The peculiar situation of the Czecho-Slovaks, with their land wholly in
Austrian hands, but their men free either in Siberia or in the Allied lands, and
ready to speak and fight, has led to many anomalies. Chief of these is that the
Czecho-Slovaks were recognized as a nation even when they had no country.
The United States formal recognition of them is here given as announced in
September, 1918 Their own Declaration of Independence of Austria was not
issued until October 18, 1918, when it was proclaimed by Masaryk in Paris.
The Teutonic breakdown enabled them to set up a government in their
own land in November; and the ancient Bohemian metropolis of Prague was
then proclaimed the capital of Czecho-Slovakia.
When war broke out, the Czecho-Slavs all over the world felt it their duty to prove by deeds that their place was on the side of the Entente. The Czecho-Slavs in Great Britain, France and Russia volunteered to fight for the Allies, while in the United States of America, where there are some one and a half million Czecho-Slavs, they have counteracted German propaganda and revealed German plots intended to weaken the American assistance to the Allies.
In France 471 Czechs, i.e., over 6o per cent., entered the Foreign Legion and greatly distinguished themselves by their bravery. The majority of them have been mentioned in dispatches and received the Military Cross. They have also won five crosses and twenty medals of the Russian Order of St. George. Their losses amount to more than 70 per cent.
Further, many Czechs living in Great Britain at the outbreak of the war joined the French Foreign Legion in France, and after His Majestys Government allowed Czechs to volunteer for service in the British army in the autumn of 1916, practically all Czechs of military age resident in Great Britain enrolled so far as they were not engaged on munitions. In Canada, too, the Czechs joined the army in order to fight for the British Empire.
The most important part was taken, however, by the
Czecho-Slavic colonies in Russia and America. In Russia,
where there are large Czecho-Slavic settlements, numbering
several thousand, a Czecho-Slavic legion was formed at the
outbreak of the war which rendered valuable services, especially in scouting and reconnoitering. This legion grew gradually larger, especially when Czech prisoners began to be
allowed to join it, and finally, under the direction of the
Czecho-Slavic National Council, it was formed into a regular
army. In September, 1917, it had already two divisions,
and in 1918 fresh prisoners joined it, so that it counted some
In order to be able fully to appreciate this achievement, we must remember that this was an army of volunteers, organized by the Czecho-Slavic Council without the powers of a real government. At the beginning of the war the Czecho-Slavs not only had no government of their own, but not even any united organization. And if we realize that to-day, the National Council is recognized by the Allies as the Provisional Government of Bohemia with the right of exercising all powers appertaining to a real government, including the control of an army as large as Great Britain had at the outbreak of the war, it must be admitted that the action of the Czecho-Slavs abroad was crowned with wonderful success.
In Russia the difficulties with which the National Council had to cope were especially grave, and mainly for two reasons. In the first place, the Czecho-Slavic prisoners who voluntarily surrendered were scattered all over Russia. It was extremely difficult even to get into touch with them. In addition there was a lack of good-will on the part of the old Russian Government. Thus very often these prisoners, who regarded Russia as Bohemias elder brother and liberator, were sadly disillusioned when they were left under the supervision of German officers, and thousands of them died from starvation. Nevertheless they never despaired. Eager to fight for the Allies, many of them entered the Jugo-Slav Division which fought so gallantly in the Dobrudja. Nearly all the Czech officers in this division were decorated with the highest Russian, Serbian and Rumanian orders. Half of them committed suicide, however, during the retreat rather than fall into the hands of the enemy.
It was not until after the Russian Revolution, and especially after the arrival of Professor Masaryk in Russia in May, 1917, that the Czecho-Slavic army in Russia became a reality.
The Czecho-Slavs had been mentioned in Russian official communiques of February 2, 1916, and March 29, 1917. The most glorious part was taken by the Czecho-Slavic Brigade during the last Russian offensive in July, 1917, in which the Czechs showed manifestly the indomitable spirit that animates them. Since every Czech fighting on the side of the Entente was shot, if he was captured by the Austrians, the Czechs everywhere fought to the bitter end, and rather committed suicide than be captured by their enemies. For this reason they were justly feared by the Germans. As in the Hussite wars, the sight of their caps and the sound of their songs struck terror in the hearts of the Germans and Magyars. At the battle of Zborov on July 2, 1917, the Czechs gave the whole world proof of their bravery. Determined to win or fall, they launched an attack almost without ammunition, with bayonets and hand-grenades---and they gained a victory over an enemy vastly superior in numbers.
According to the official Russian communiqué: "On July 2nd, at about three oclock in the afternoon, after a severe and stubborn battle, the gallant troops of the CzechoSlavic Brigade occupied the strongly fortified enemy position on the heights to the west and southwest of the village of Zborov and the fortified village of Koroszylow. Three lines of enemy trenches were penetrated. The enemy has retired across the Little Strypa. The Czecho-Slavic Brigade captured 62 officers and 3,150 soldiers, 15 guns and many machine guns. Many of the captured guns were turned against the enemy."
Finally, however, when the Russians refused to fight, the Czechs had to retire as well. General Brusiloff declared:
"The Czecho-Slavs, perfidiously abandoned at Tarnopol by our infantry, fought in such a way that the world ought to fall on its knees before them."
Professor Masaryk succeeded admirably in uniting and
strengthening all the Czecho-Slavic forces in Russia, and in
organizing a regular army of the many thousands of CzechoSlavic prisoners there. Before the Revolution these efforts of
the National Council and the Czech prisoners, who were always
eager to fight for the Allies, were rendered immensely difficult
by the obstacles inherent in the geographic conditions of Russia
and by obstacles placed in their way by the old Russian régime.
Unfortunately now, when the Czecho-Slavs had at last succeeded after much work in realizing their plans, the Czecho-Slavic army became powerless owing to the collapse of Russia. Without ammunition, without support from anywhere, the Czecho-Slavs thought they could no more render very effective service to the Allies in the East. They decided, therefore, to go over to join their compatriots in France.
The position of our army was as follows: After the offensive of July, 1917, the Czechs retreated to Kiev, where they continued to concentrate fresh forces. At that time they numbered about 60,000, and this number had gradually increased to 8o,ooo by the end of 1917. They always observed strict neutrality in Russias internal affairs on the advice of their venerable leader, Professor Masaryk. It was necessary to counsel this neutrality for the sake of our army itself, since it contained partisans of different creeds and parties, disagreement among whom might have led to its dissolution. On the whole, the Czecho-Slavs, who are an advanced nation, fully conscious of their national aspirations, remained unaffected by the misleading Boishevist theories. The Czechs abstained throughout from interfering with Russian affairs, yet they did not wish to leave Russia as long as there was any chance for them to assist her. It was not until the shameful peace of Brest-Litovsk in February, 1918, that Professor Masaryk decided that the Czecho-Slavic army should leave Russia via Siberia and join the Czecho-Slavic army in France. The Bolsheviks granted them free passage to Vladivostok.
This journey of some 5,000 miles was not, however, an easy task for an army to accomplish. The troops had to move in small echelons or detachments, and concentration at the stations was prohibited. They had to procure their trains and their provisions, and they had constant trouble with the Bolsheviks, because in every district there was a practically independent Soviet Government with whom the Czechs had to negotiate. The first detachments with the generalissimo of the army, General Diderichs, at the head arrived in Vladivostok at the end of April, 1918. But the other detachments were constantly held up by the Bolsheviks and had great trouble in passing through.
They moved from Kiev via Kursk, Tambov, Penza and Samara. The two last-named towns lie on the line between Moscow and Tcheliabinsk at the foot of the Urals, whence a direct line runs across Siberia to Vladivostok.
As we have already pointed out, the Bolsheviks agreed in principle to allow our troops to leave Russia. Their commander-in-chief, General Muraviev, allowed the Czechs free free passage to France on February 16th. The same concession had been granted by the Moscow Soviet. On the whole, the Czechs were on tolerably good terms with the Bolsheviks. Professor Masaryk rejected every plan directed against the Bolsheviks submitted to him even by such of their political adversaries as could not justly be called counter-revolutionaries. The Czecho-Slavic troops went still further; they actually complied with the request of the Bolsheviks and partially disarmed.
The trouble only began in May, 1918, when the Bolsheviks yielded to German intrigues and resolved to destroy our army. Already at the beginning of May the Czechs had begun to feel embittered against the Bolsheviks, because in defiance of the agreement their troops were constantly being held up by local Soviets. At Tambov, for instance, they were held up for a whole month. At Tcheliabinsk the Czechs had a serious scuffle with Magyar ex-prisoners on May 26th, and the Bolsheviks sided entirely with the Magyars, even arresting some Czecho-Slavic delegates. The Czechs simply occupied the city, liberated their comrades, and at a congress held by them at Tcheliabinsk on May 28th it was decided to refuse to surrender any more arms and ammunition and to continue transports to Vladivostok, if necessary with arms in their hands.
This was a reply to Trotskys telegram that the CzechoSlays should be completely disarmed, which the CzechoSlays
defied as they knew that another order had been issued by
Trotsky simultaneously, no doubt on the instigation of Count
Mirbach, saying that the Czecho-Slavic troops must be
dissolved at all costs and interned as prisoners ot war.
The Bolsheviks now arrested prominent members of the Moscow branch of the Czecho-Slavic National Council on the ground that they were "anti-revolutionaries." They alleged also that they had no guarantee that ships would be provided for the Czechs to be transported to France, and that the Czechs were holding up food supplies from Siberia. The Bolsheviks deliberately broke their word, and Trotsky issued an order to "all troops fighting against the anti-revolutionary Czecho-Slav brigades."
In this he said: "The concentration of our troops is complete. Our army being aware that the Czecho-Slavs are direct allies of the anti-revolution and of the capitalists, fights them well. The Czecho-Slavs are retreating along the railway. Obviously they would like to enter into negotiations with the Soviets. We issued an order that their delegates should be received. We demand in the first place that they should be disarmed. Those who do not do so voluntarily will be shot on the spot. Warlike operations on the railway line hinder food transports. Energetic steps must be taken to do away with this state of affairs."
The Czecho-Slays were sorely handicapped, since they were not only almost unarmed, but were also dispersed along the trans-Siberian line in small detachments which had considerable difficulty in keeping in touch with each other. Nevertheless the fates were favorable to them. They were victorious almost everywhere, thanks to their wonderful spirit and discipline.
The first victories gained by the Czecho-Slavs over the Bolsheviks were at Penza and Samara. Penza was captured by them after three days fighting at the end of May. Later the Czecho-Slavs also took Sysran on the Volga, Kazan with its large arsenal, Simbirsk and Yekaterinburg, connecting Tcheliabinsk with Petrograd, and occupied practically the whole Volga region.
In Siberia they defeated a considerable force of GermanMagyar ex-prisoners in Krasnoyarsk and Omsk and established themselves firmly in Udinsk. On June 29, 15,000 Czecho-Slavs under General Diderichs, after handing an ultimatum to the Bolsheviks at Vladivostok, occupied the city without much resistance. Only at one spot fighting took place and some 16o Bolsheviks were killed. The Czecho-- Slays, assisted by Japanese and Allied troops, then proceeded to the north and northwest, while the Bolsheviks and German prisoners retreated to Chabarovsk.
In September the Czech and Allied troops from Vladivostok joined hands with the Czecho-Slavs from Irkutsk and western Siberia, and thus gained control over practically the whole trans-Siberian railway. By this means they have done great service to the Allies, especially to Great Britain, by defending the East against the German invaders. Furthermore, it was the Czecho-Slavs bold action which induced Japan and America at last to intervene in Russia and for the sake of Russia, and it was their control of the Siberian railway which made such intervention possible. Let us hope that their action will lead to the regeneration and salvation of the Russian nation.
The service rendered by Czecho-Slav troops to the Allied cause was justly appreciated by the Allies. Mr. Lloyd George sent the following telegram to Professor Masaryk on September 9, 1918: "On behalf of the British War Cabinet I send you our heartiest congratulations on the striking successes won by the Czecho-Slav forces against the armies of German and Austrian troops in Siberia. The story of the adventures and triumphs of this small army is, indeed, one of the greatest epics of history. It has filled us all with admiration for the courage, persistence and self-control of your countrymen, and shows what can be done to triumph over time, distance and lack of material resources by those holding the spirit of freedom in their hearts. Your nation has rendered inestimable service to Russia and to the Allies in their struggle to free the world from despotism. We shall never forget it."
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Czecho-Slovak army in
An authorized and verified translation of the official version of the incident given by the Temporary Executive Committee of the Czecho-Slav army, into whose hands the direction of military operations and political negotiations was placed by the Assembly of C2echo-Slav Soldiers at Tcheliabinsk, May, 1918.
The. principle of the neutrality of the Czecho-Slav army as regards the internal conflicts and battles of Russia was definitely expressed and recognized both in the agreement and treaty made by the Czecho-Slav National Council with the temporary government of Russia, and in that arrived at later with the government of the Ukraine Republic, the Ukraine National Council. To this principle both political and military leaders adhered firmly, and succeeded in implanting it so deeply in the minds of the soldiers that, in spite of the attempts made right and left to induce them to break it, not a single section of the army could be induced to do so.
Later, when the Ukraine National Council was defeated and gradually driven out of the governments on the eastern side of the Dnieper and later out of Kiev and the rest of the Ukraine, the commander-in-chief of the Soviet forces, Colonel Muravjof, and Mr. Kocubinsky, the minister of war of the Soviet Government of the Ukraine, recognized the strict armed neutrality of the Czecho-Slav army.
Prior to this, when on January 12, 1918, the Ukraine Central Council adopted the "Fourth Universal," which expressed the desire of the Ukraine Government to live on terms of friendship and harmony with all neighboring states, and especially with Austria, it was decided at a meeting of the Czecho-Slovak National Council, at which Professor Masaryk himself presided, to declare the Czecho-Slav army in all parts of the former Russian state as a part of the autonomous army of the Czecho-Slavs in France. This proclamation was published on February 10, 1918, after the arrival of the Bolsheviks in Kiev. Soon after that, simultaneously with the success of the peace negotiations of the delegates of the Soviet and Ukraine Governments with the representatives of the Central Powers at Brest-Litovsk, definite steps were taken to arrange for the departure of the Czecho-Slav army to the French front.
The first movement was to be the concentration of all our forces on the eastern side of the Dnieper, and this was to be carried out on the basis of an agreement made with the Ukraine-Soviet Government, which at one time planned to establish a front against the Germans in the Ukraine. In the meantime, however, the Germans began to threaten the Czecho-Slavs from both flanks, and they were obliged to retire into the territory of Great Russia. Again this retirement was made in complete agreement with the Soviet authorities in the Ukraine, an arrangement having been reached with the Czecho-Slovak National Council and the commander of the Soviet forces of the South Russian Republics, Antonov-Ovsejenko. On the basis of this agreement an order was issued to the Czecho-Slav Army Corps (No. 26, March 16, 1918)to turn over to the Soviet forces all superfluous arms and other military equipment, while Antonov on his part issued an order to all revolutionary forces of the South Russian Republics (No.92, March 16th), from which the following is a literal extract:
"Our comrades of the Czecho-Slav Army Corps, who fought so bravely and gloriously at Zhitomir, Kieff, Grebyonka, and Bachmac, defending the way to Poltava and Kharkoff, are now leaving Ukraine territory, and are turning over to us a part of their military equipment. The revolutionary army will never forget the fraternal assistance rendered by the Czecho-Slav Army Corps in the battle of the working people of the Ukraine against the thieving bands of imperialism. The military equipment given up by the Czecho-Slavs the revolutionary army accepts as a fraternal gift."
On the basis of this agreement, Antonov consented to the departure of the Czecho-Slavs from the Ukraine, and the staff of the Soviet army of Great Russia also agreed to our departure toward the East, and issued the necessary orders to the railway officials who were to attend to the details of the transport on behalf of the Soviet Goyernment. Agreement to our departure from Russia via Vladivostok was also expressed in telegrams sent by Lenine and Trotsky.
In Penza, however, a new set of negotiations was begun. The Council of People�s Commissioners in Moscow demanded the complete disarmament of the Czecho-Slavarmy. As the result of the negotiations between the CzechoSlays and the Moscow authorities a telegram was sent from Moscow on March 26th signed by Stalin, in which a certain number of arms were to be left to each echelon to provide protection against attack by counter-revolutionists. In this same telegram the promise was made to help in every way possible the Czecho-Slavs as long as they remain on Russian territory, provided they maintain an honest and sincere loyalty. Further, the Penza Soviet was ordered to appoint reliable commissioners who were to accompany the Czecho-Slav echelons to Vladivostok, see that their unity as an organization was unimpaired, and at the same time keep the Council of People�s Commissioners informed as to the progress of the transport. In this same telegram it was stated that telegrams with necessary instructions would be sent by the Council of People�s Commissioners to all interested parties.
Our army maintained an honest and sincere loyalty. But meanwhile the Soviet Government proceeded to break its word at every step. The Penza Soviet named but one commissioner, who went on ahead to Vladivostok with the first echelon, and there sat down and did nothing. In spite of our repeated requests that other commissioners be named, the Penza authorities absolutely refused to do this, giving as an excuse the lack of suitable men.
The local Soviets one after another put all sorts of obstacles in our path. In Samara, but 400 versts beyond Penza, the local Soviet demanded that we give up more of our arms. These demands were repeated in Ufa, Ziatoust, Omsk, Irkutsk, Tchita, and so on all along the line. The representatives of the Czecho-Slav National Council, as well as the commanders of the various echelons, used every possible means to prevent the movement of our transports from being halted. In Samara the echelons gave up 138 rifles apiece, leaving only thirty to an echelon; in Omsk each echelon gave up a machine gun, and in Irkutsk more rifles, until there was left but twenty to an echelon. The negotiations of these loyal Soviets, being in clear opposition to the orders of the Council of People�s Commissioners quoted above, often had the appearance of bargaining at the bazaar, and for the Czecho-Slav soldiers was insulting in the extreme, and had the effect of increasing every day mistrust in the Soviet Government, and in creating a disgust for them which ever grew stronger.
One great reason for this lack of confidence and disgust was the attitude assumed by the Soviet authorities, both local and central, toward those who had deserted the CzechoSlav army and joined the ranks of the Red army. There were not many of them, and they were bad soldiers and men of weak characters. They went over to the Soviet army for mercenary reasons. The munificent salaries, the opportunities to at once assume a position of high rank, fear of the French front, petty personal spite, these were the motives that led these men to desert their comrades. Our soldiers knew these men, and were glad that they were rid of them. The Soviet Government welcomed these deserters and sup ported them in every way possible. At Penza the Soviet named some of these deserters as their representatives on the commission which had charge of receiving the arms given up by the Czecho-Slavs. Other deserters holding documents from the Soviet political or military authorities insisted on coming into the Czecho-Slav echelons to carry on agitations for the Red army, and to determine if we did not have some arms hidden away.
These deserters, who called themselves social revolutionists, internationalists, and communists, often declared that the holding up of our transport and all the obstacles put in our path were for the purpose of causing dissension within our ranks and gaining as many recruits as possible for the Red army. They declared that this was the reason why the Soviet Government wished a part of the troops to go by way of Archangel; that somewhere on the way in a region where no food was to be had they planned to halt us and compel us from very hunger to join their ranks.
The Czecho-Slav National Council exercised all its influence with the army to keep them from taking stock in these tales, and to induce them to keep their patience, and as good soldiers not to make any reply to the unfaithfulness and insulting behavior of the Soviet Government.
The atmosphere was therefore highly charged with electricity when the Tcheliabinsk incident occurred. At Tcheliabinsk, besides the Czecho-Slav echelons, there stood several trains filled with prisoners on their way home to Austria and Germany. The relations between the Czecho-Slav soldiers and these prisoners was good, as it was uniformly whenever they came in contact with one another on the road. The soldiers did carry on an agitation amongst them against Austrian and German imperialism, and laughed at them for returning to serve once more under Austrian and German officers. But at the same time they felt sorry for them, and often shared their food with them. On May 14th, one of these prisoners threw a piece of iron out of a train that was just leaving, wounding one of the Czecho-Slav soldiers. The soldiers immediately surrounded the car from which the iron had been thrown, and demanded that the guilty prisoner be given up to them. When this was done, they immediately killed him.
In the course of the investigation of this affair, the local Soviet called as witnesses the members of the guard which had been on duty at the station. But instead of hearing their testimony, they put these men under arrest. A deputation which was later sent by the Czecho-Slavs to demand the release of the guard was likewise put under arrest. This illegal imprisonment of their fellows was more than the soldiers in the echelons at Tcheliabinsk could stand, and, led by their commanders, they marched into the city, released their imprisoned comrades, and returned immediately to their trains. No attack by force was made, the whole proceeding was conducted in an orderly and quiet manner, hardly a shot being fired.
The local Soviet proceeded to describe this action on the part of the Czecho-Slavs in lurid colors in telegrams sent out in all directions. Believing the information thus imparted to them, the Council of People�s Commissioners issued an order to disarm completely all Czecho-Slav echelons. At the same time orders were issued to the Soviets of all cities where our echelons were then located to proceed against them by force. Accordingly, almost on the same day the Soviet forces, composed for the most part of Magyar and German prisoners of war, fell upon the Czecho-Slav echelons, which were almost entirely disarmed.
At the attack made upon echelons of the Sixth CzechoSlav Regiment at Marianovka, near Omsk, the Czecho-Slavs suffered losses amounting to ten killed and ten severely wounded. The staff of the First Regiment, whose echelon was attacked at Ziatoust, defended itself with stones against the machine guns and rifles of the Bolsheviks, but lost six men killed and ten severely wounded, and was compelled to make its way across the Urals on foot. Similarly the staff of the Second Artillery Brigades was attacked at Imokentjeska, near Irkutsk, when they had already given up their arms. Machine guns placed in the windows of the railway station opened up a heavy fire upon the Czecho-Slavs, but in spite of the fact that the men had no arms except a few hand-grenades, they succeeded in clearing the station of Bolshevist forces and in capturing their machine guns. A fourth attack was made at Serodobsk, south from Penza. All of these attacks were made on May 27th and the following two or three days immediately after the issuance of the order from Moscow to disarm the Czecho-Slavs at any cost.
Prior to these events, but after the first incident at Tcheliabinsk, the Assembly of Czecho-Slav Soldiers met for its annual meeting and decided that in view of the tense situation existing between the Soviet Government and the CzechoSlays, vigorous measures must be taken immediately in order to secure the rapid passage of the trains toward Vladivostok. Accordingly delegates were dispatched to all echelons with instructions to proceed ahead at any cost, and an executive committee was appointed to see that these plans were carried out. The executive committee in formulating its plans counted on the probability of an armed conflict with the Bolshevik forces, but felt confident that they would be able to force their way through to Vladivostok in spite of any resistance that might be offered by the Soviet forces.
The reason for their confidence in the successful outcome of their new plan lay not only in the well-known weakness of the Red army, but also in the fact of their knowledge that the people at large were sick and tired of the Boishevist rule, and that therefore they would not turn a hand to help the Boishevists in any possible conflict with the Czecho-Slavs. Furthermore, the Czecho-Slavs, from their intimate knowledge of political conditions throughout Russia, judged that the feeling against the Boishevists was strongest in the very regions where most of their echelons were located, namely in the Urals and western Siberia. The executive committee, therefore, in planning their action, took cognizance of these facts and planned to take advantage both of the weakness of the Red army and of the strong popular feeling against the Bolshevists to force their way through to the East. That their action would be accompanied by or followed by the overthrow of the Soviet Government and the establishment of a new government in western Siberia never entered into their calculations, although later, when the fall of the Soviet Government was an accomplished fact, the Czecho-Slavs were the first to welcome the new government and to lend it their moral and armed support.
The plans of the executive committee for the forcing of the passage of Vladivostok had not been thoroughly worked out when the events of May 25th brought things to an issue. By its cowardly attacks upon the Czecho-Slav echelons the Soviet Government began a warfare against the Czecho-Slavs, the object of which was, according to the command of Trotsky, to disarm and disband the CzechoSlav army corps, place them in prison camps, and there try to enlist them in the ranks of the Red army or to put them out at hard labor. In short, they wished to destroy entirely the Czecho-Slav army, that important moral support of the revolutionary movement of the Czecho-Slovakia and the other oppressed nationalities of Austria-Hungary.After the first order to disarm completely the CzechoSlav echelons, there still remained the possibility of diplomatic negotiations. But after the attack made upon the echelons on May 25th-26th, the soul of each soldier cried out for revenge for the blood of their innocent comrades. And so there was nothing left but war, a war which has already resulted in the seizure of almost the entire Siberian Railway by the Czecho-Slavs and the fall of the Soviet Government all along the line.
The Czecho-Slavs are convinced that the action taken against them by the Soviet Government was dictated from Berlin through the German ambassador in Moscow, Count Mirbach. This conviction is based on the opinion, very widely spread throughout Russia, that the Soviet Government is the paid agent of Germany. This conviction grew stronger as repeated attempts were made to disarm the soldiers, for the men could not but see in this disarmament real danger, knowing as they did that the Central Soviet Government was really powerless, and that in most places the chief strength of their armed forces consisted in armed German and Magyar prisoners.
For example, in Omsk the commander of the forces of the Internationalists, composed of prisoners, was an Austro-Hungarian officer, a Magyar by race. This officer, Ligeti by name, had all the Czecho-Slavs and other Slays who were serving in the Red army disarmed, so that Omsk was really in the hands of this Austro-Hungarian officer. In Ishim the Red army was composed entirely of Magyars. In Petropavlovsk the men who came to negotiate with the CzechoSlays in the guise of Czech communists afterward proved to be the representatives of the German section of the Internationalists. The commanding officers of the Red army were in many cases Germans and Magyars, judging by the orders and the curses in those tongues that were heard on all sides during the battles. When the echelon was attacked near Irkutsk, there was heard the command: "Schiessen."
The conviction that the Soviet Government wished to destroy our forces was also strengthened by the constant holding up of the transport, for which no adequate cause could be found. At first the delay was blamed upon the Amur railway, where transportation was reported to have been halted. The advance of Semenov upon Irkutsk was given as an excuse. But the Czecho-Slavs soon learned that transportation on the Amur railway had been soon resumed, while the advance of Semenov existed more in the imagination of the Soviet authorities than in reality. Amongst other excuses given was that of a lack of locomotives on the Amur road, but all the while German prisoners were being merrily transported toward the west, and there were plenty of locomotives for them. On April 20th the people�s commissioner for foreign affairs, Tchitcherin, sent the following telegram to the Siberian Soviets: "Transport German prisoners as rapidly as possible toward the west. Hold back the Czecho-Slav echelons." It was only after a long and tedious session of negotiations that there was secured an order for the renewal of our transport toward Vladivostok. One day, about May 15th, a member of the Czecho-Slav National Council was officially informed that the trains would now be moved. On the very next day, however, he learned through private conversation with the railway officials that another order had been issued in Irkutsk to stop the movements of the CzechoSlav trains. He finally learned that this command had issued from the commander of the Soviet forces at Irkutsk, General von Taube, a German, whose adjutant had issued the order by "mistake." The Seventh Czecho-Slav Regiment captured a German engineer, who had been commandeered from Moscow to destroy the bridges and tunnels on the railroad beyond the Baikal. In Troitsk the commanders of the Soviet artillery were all Austrian officers. From all these facts even an uninterested onlooker may picture to himself the news which had been spread about the Czecho-Slav army. Inasmuch as the warfare is still being carried on on all sides, it has not been possible to gather all the evidence from the Soviet offices, and unfortunately in many cases the Bolsheviks succeeded in carrying away with them or destroying all their papers before our men took possession. Later, however, there will be certainly found many proofs of the truth of the assertion made by the president of the Tcheliabinsk Soviet and the military commissioner in that town, who informed our representatives in confidence, shortly before the outbreak of hostilities, that the cause of all the acts against the Czecho-Slavs was the German ambassador at Moscow.
The conviction that the Soviet Government wished to destroy our forces was also strengthened by the constant holding up of the transport, for which no adequate cause could be found. At first the delay was blamed upon the Amur railway, where transportation was reported to have been halted. The advance of Semenov upon Irkutsk was given as an excuse. But the Czecho-Slavs soon learned that transportation on the Amur railway had been soon resumed, while the advance of Semenov existed more in the imagination of the Soviet authorities than in reality. Amongst other excuses given was that of a lack of locomotives on the Amur road, but all the while German prisoners were being merrily transported toward the west, and there were plenty of locomotives for them.
On April 20th the people�s commissioner for foreign affairs, Tchitcherin, sent the following telegram to the Siberian Soviets: "Transport German prisoners as rapidly as possible toward the west. Hold back the Czecho-Slav echelons."
It was only after a long and tedious session of negotiations that there was secured an order for the renewal of our transport toward Vladivostok. One day, about May 15th, a member of the Czecho-Slav National Council was officially informed that the trains would now be moved. On the very next day, however, he learned through private conversation with the railway officials that another order had been issued in Irkutsk to stop the movements of the CzechoSlav trains. He finally learned that this command had issued from the commander of the Soviet forces at Irkutsk, General von Taube, a German, whose adjutant had issued the order by "mistake."
The Seventh Czecho-Slav Regiment captured a German engineer, who had been commandeered from Moscow to destroy the bridges and tunnels on the railroad beyond the Baikal. In Troitsk the commanders of the Soviet artillery were all Austrian officers.
From all these facts even an uninterested onlooker may picture to himself the news which had been spread about the Czecho-Slav army. Inasmuch as the warfare is still being carried on on all sides, it has not been possible to gather all the evidence from the Soviet offices, and unfortunately in many cases the Bolsheviks succeeded in carrying away with them or destroying all their papers before our men took possession. Later, however, there will be certainly found many proofs of the truth of the assertion made by the president of the Tcheliabinsk Soviet and the military commissioner in that town, who informed our representatives in confidence, shortly before the outbreak of hostilities, that the cause of all the acts against the Czecho-Slavs was the German ambassador at Moscow.
Announcement issued at Washington, D. C., on July 27, 1918, by authority of the Czecho-Slovak National Council, then acting at Washington under Thomas Masaryk as president.
There have been so many promising campaigns started in Russia during the last year of which nothing more is heard that the people in this country watch with a certain lack of confidence the successes of the Czecho-Slovak forces in Siberia and Eastern European Russia.
Will they be permanent or will they come to nothing, as did the ill-fated campaigns of Korniloff, the Don Cossacks, the various Siberian governments and many others? Can the Czecho-Slovaks stand their ground, a hundred thousand men among a hundred million, and are they not themselves talking about withdrawing from Russia?
It is, of course, well known that the Czecho-Slovaks are not Russians; that they are a well organized and thoroughly disciplined force recruited from former Austrian soldiers of the Bohemian and Slovak races, who surrendered to the Russians. The Czecho-Slovak Army in Russia was created in order to fight the Germans and the Austrians, and when Russia deserted the cause of the Allies, arrangements were made by Professor T. G. Masaryk, President of the CzechoSlovak National Council and by virtue of that Commander in Chief of the Czecho-Slovak forces, with the allied representatives in Russia and also with the Boisheviki to march the Czecho-Slovaks out of Russia and take them to the western front.
It should be kept clearly in mind that occupation of Russian territory or the restoration of an eastern front was not thought of when these arrangements were made, in February,1918. It was due to one of those German blunders, like the one that brought America into the war, that the Czecho-Slovaks, instead of withdrawing from Russia, are now in control of Siberia and of considerable territory west of the Urals.
Under pressure of Austrian and German demands Trotsky tried to disarm the Czecho-Slovaks and put them in prison camps, with a view of turning them over to the Austrian authorities. The Czecho-Slovaks, being attacked, had to defend themselves, and as a result found themselves in control of the greatest portion of the Trans-Siberian Railroad and the Volga River. They were like Saul, who went to seek his father�s asses and found a kingdom.
Professor Masaryk was by this time in America, and the Czecho-Slovak leaders, under the changed conditions, hesitated as to their course of action. The only orders they had were to take their forces to the Pacific. They had no desire to play policemen in Russia, and they realized that their position could not be indefinitely sustained unless they were assured of a steady flow of supplies. And yet the unparalleled strategic opportunities which their position gave them made a strong appeal to their imagination. This seems evident from the fact that, instead of withdrawing from European Russia, they occupied more cities on the Volga, stretching out their detachments in the direction of the Murman Coast.
A week ago Professor Masaryk received a lengthy cable report from the leader of the Czecho-Slovak forces in which the following words are found indicative of the present desires of these men:
"In our opinion it is most desirable and also possible to reconstruct a Russia-Germany front in the east. We ask for instructions as to whether we should leave for France or whether we should stay here to fight in Russia by the side of the Allies and of Russia. The health and spirit of our troops are excellent."
Professor Masaryk has since then instructed the forces in Siberia to remain there for the present. The question, however, of staying in Russia or getting out does not depend on the Czecho-Slovaks alone. That is something which must be decided by the Allies. The Czecho-Slovak Army is one of the allied armies, and it is as much under the orders of the Ver
sailles War Council as the French or American Army. No doubt the Czecho-Slovak boys in Russia are anxious to avoid participation in a possible civil war in Russia, but they realize at the same time that by staying where they are they may be able to render far greater services, both to Russia and the allied cause, than if they were transported to France. They are at the orders of the Supreme War Council of the Allies.
U. S. Government announcement issued by Secretary Lansing, September 3, 1918, recognizing the Czecho-Slovaks
The Czecho-Slovak peoples having taken up arms against the German and Austro-Hungarian empires, and having placed in the field organized armies, which are waging war against those empires under officers of their own nationality and in accordance with the rules and practices of civilized nations, and Czecho-Slovaks having in the prosecution of their independence in the present war confided the supreme political authority to the Czecho-Slovak National Council, the Government of the United States recognizes that a state of belligerency exists between the Czecho-Slovaks thus organized and the German and Austro-Hungarian empires.
It also recognizes the Czecho-Slovak National Council as a de facto belligerent government, clothed with proper authority to direct the military and political affairs of the Czecho-Sloyaks.
The Government of the United States further declares that it is prepared to enter formally into relations with the de facto government thus recognized for the purpose of prosecuting the war against the common enemy, the empires of Germany and Austria-Hungary.home


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By Lily Gahagan on December 20, 2010 12:30 PM
Yesterday I got caught in a hailstorm. HAIL, people. In California. It only lasted about 30 seconds, but it happened to be the exact same 30 seconds I was out of doors, walking to my car. Needless to say, I'm a little disappointed in how the weather's been acting this week.
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Survey finds Dallas-Fort Worth small business owners bullish about hiring, revenue growth and the economy in 2015
Small business owners in the Dallas-Fort Worth area are bullish about hiring, revenue growth and the economy in 2015, according to the latest Bank of America Small Business Owner Report.
Forty-six percent of small business owners plan to hire next year, up form 28 percent a year earlier.
Increased hiring can be linked to increased confidence in the economy, which is significantly higher than it was a year ago, according to Julie Hoad, small business banking manager at Bank of America. Confidence in the global economy increased 15 percentage points to 33 percent, confidence in the national economy jumped 17 percentage points to 44 percent and confidence in the local economy rose 6 percentage points to 52 percent.
Still, D-FW small business owners have some economic concerns: 63 percent are worried about corporate tax rates and 57 percent about credit availability — both of which are higher than the national average.
Here are some other findings from the report:
* Revenue: Sixty-four percent expect their revenue to increase in the next 12 months.
* Tech savviness: Most D-FW small business owners (58 percent) consider themselves to be tech savvy, but that's below the national average of 67 percent. In addition, 36 percent of D-FW owners give themselves a "C" in tech savviness vs. 27 percent nationally.
* Tech use: D-FW small business owners mainly use technology for internal business practices, while their national peers look to technology for external, promotional purposes. Thirty-nine percent of D-FW small business owners say that their main use for technology is organizing office tasks, sharing files and leveraging cloud-based accounting tools, which is about the same nationally. But local business owners fall behind in other areas: 34 percent use social media (44 percent nationwide) and 30 percent sell products and services online (38 percent nationally).
* Holiday perks: Fifty-six percent of D-FW small business owners plan to give their staff holiday bonuses, up 15 percentage points from last year. And 38 percent plan to offer flexible hours or vacation time around the holidays, up from 32 percent last year. Thirty-nine percent plan to close their office during the holidays.
The Bank of American report comes out twice a year.
This time, Braun Research surveyed 1,000 small business owners by phone in October for Bank of America. In addition, it polled 300 owners in nine cities: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. Each business has annual annual revenue of $100,000 to $4,999,999 and up to 99 employees.


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Anyone else know of some great humor to take on tour?
Or how to find riding partners that have a highly synergistic sense of humor?
It's so great being with people who are crackling good with their mutual interactions.
Some people accept the barely tolerable. Others set the bar a bit higher, at tolerable or 'mutually compatible.' But I think all of us have had some interactions and relationship(s) that go beyond that. And maybe one or a few that go way beyond that -- beyond just compatible and even synergistic, to very high or even wild levels of synergy.
How to find that?
I guess one thing we can do is share whatever we have discovered -- either specific books, CDs, DVDs, 'infinite jest' approaches to life, etc., or strategies for coming upon them.
Even though different people have different senses of humor, there is often some overlap, and some out there will probably find this guy very, very funny [some of us do -- at his best, he has very rare comedic genius, and we find ourselves laughing until our stomachs hurt and we can't stand up any more....]:
Phil Hendrie.
[if you are a very conservative person, or a highly decorous person, you may not want to listen to him. He can be very........ what?....... (indecorous? ribald? Falstaffian in the extreme?), but he can also be at times perhaps the funniest person one has ever encountered (with the possible exception of one very close friend...)]
He has some CDs.
I'll find his website and post it here in a minute.
Here it is:
[once you catch on to what is going on in his radio interviews, some of them are a blast]


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Atlanta Preacher to Protest Urban Violence at GLOCK HQ
Why keep all the anti-gun attention on ARs and other "military-inspired weapons of war?" One Atlanta preacher figures it's time to expand things a little. According to ajc.com, "Demonstrators who say the national debate on gun control shouldn't focus only on assault weapons are gearing up to rally at the corporate headquarters of GLOCK Inc. in Smyrna." Hutchins will be showing up outside GLOCK's corporate offices tonight at 6:00 p.m., just in time to make the evening newscasts. The rabble rousing reverend and failed political candidate probably figures (correctly) that even if he can only muster a dozen or so folks with nothing better to do than carry signs and chant a few pre-rehearsed slogans, he'll still get plenty of positive pub. It'll be interesting to see how many gun rights supporters show up to counter Hutchins' media-driven dog and pony show.50


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About The Evolution of a Secured Feminine
Brown's signature solo, set for the first time as a trio for other dancers, explores notions of femininity with humor and candor.
The women in Camille A. Brown's witty portrait veer between uncertainty and carefree confidence as they groove and saunter to the music of Ella Fitzgerald, Betty Carter and Nancy Wilson. In her second work staged for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (2007's The Groove To Nobody's Business featured the music of Ray Charles), Brown again proves herself a gifted storyteller with a flair for keen observations of everyday life.
Listen to choreographer Camille A. Brown talk about her work
"Lover, Come Back To Me" © 1928 (Renewed) WB Music Corp. (ASCAP) Music by Sigmund Romberg. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. This selection is used by special arrangement with Williamson Music, on behalf of Bambalina Music. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
"Tight" performed by & composed by Betty Carter.
"Guess Who I Saw Today" written by Elisse Boyd and Murray Grand. Published by Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP).
New York native Camille A. Brown is the Artistic Director of Camille A. Brown & Dancers. She is the recipient of a Princess Grace Award in choreography, a Mariam McGlone Emerging Choreographer Award from Wesleyan University, and a "Bessie" nomination. She attended LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts, The Ailey School, and The University of North Carolina School of the Arts. In 2007, Ms. Brown choreographed The Groove To Nobody's Business for the Ailey company. She also performed as a guest artist with the Company in 2008 and 2011 and was a 2011 Choreographic Fellow for Ailey's New Directions Choreography Lab. Ms. Brown has also been commissioned by Ailey II, Philadanco, Complexions, The Juilliard School, and Hubbard Street II, among others. She danced with Ronald K. Brown/Evidence from 2001–2007. Ms. Brown has choreographed for Soul Doctor Off-Broadway and A Streetcar Named Desire on Broadway.
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Which one to purchase?? Both!!
Adam Machanic is a Boston-based SQL Server developer, writer, and speaker. He focuses on large-scale
data warehouse performance and development, and is author of the award-winning SQL Server monitoring
stored procedure, sp_WhoIsActive. Adam has written for numerous web sites and magazines, including
SQLblog, Simple Talk, Search SQL Server, SQL Server Professional, CoDe, and VSJ. He has also
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The Android app isn't showing my agenda, even though I've created the EventBoard account and linked them. Any ideas on how to debug?
Update: After I went in and removed, then re-added a session from the app, suddenly my entire schedule appeared. Seems like it doesn't know to sync until you actually do something. Kind of confusing.
Thanks, isoquark, RichH, and CarolFackler!
I can't help ease the setup pain but I'll definitely add some content about some of the caveats (performance and otherwise) that you might want to keep in mind with web services from SQLCLR.
CarolFackler, the spatial components in SQL Server are all based on SQLCLR already, so I don't think there's anything that can be added there in a general SQLCLR presentation.
Thanks for the comment JLOrdaz! I won't be discussing Web Service calls specifically as that's more a process/orchestration topic than an area where SQLCLR can help improve performance. But I will certainly keep it in mind as I finish writing the demos.
If you're planning to attend this session, please add a comment here and let me know what you're using SQLCLR for today. Or, if you're not, what kinds of complex problems you're trying to solve in your queries. I'd love to be able to tailor a demo or two to fit whatever people are most interested in seeing.
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If you're going to use fresh tomatoes, also use fresh herbs for the best taste.
Make a double batch and freeze half for dinner on another night.
7 Things to do with Fresh Tomato Sauce:
Baked Italian Chicken
Pour sauce over skinless bone-in chicken thighs in a 9 x 13-inch baking dish. Bake in a preheated 350ºF oven until bubbling and an instant-read meat thermometer inserted into one of the thighs without touching bone registers 180ºF, about 35 minutes.
Baked Potatoes
Slice open a freshly baked potato and spoon on sauce as a topping.
Pour half the sauce into a blender; blend until just smooth. Use as a dip for vegetables or toasted pita rounds. Stir 1 chopped, seeded jalapeno chili into the chunky sauce, if desired.
Pour the sauce into a 9 x 13-inch baking dish; heat in a preheated 350ºF oven for 10 minutes. Lay fish fillets on top of sauce; bake until the fish flakes when gently scraped with a fork, about 10 minutes.
Mussels Marinara
Stir 3 pounds of cleaned and de-bearded mussels into the sauce after it's thickened. Cover and simmer until the mussels have opened, about 4 minutes. Discard any mussels that don't open.
Blend all the sauce in the blender until smooth; spread onto a purchased whole wheat pizza crust. Top with vegetables and a little low-fat mozzarella or goat cheese; bake as directed on the crust's package.
Shrimp and Rice Casserole
Stir 3 cups cooked brown rice and 1 1/2 pounds cleaned and deveined medium shrimp (about 30 per pound) into the sauce. Pour into a 9 x 13-inch baking dish. Sprinkle the top with 2 ounces grated low-fat Cheddar. Bake in a preheated 350ºF oven until bubbling, about 35 minutes.
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I used tomatoes my girlfriend gave me (not the Roma type)and followed the rest of the recipe substituting dried herbs for fresh ones and it still turned out good. I used it in homemade pizza but will definitely make again. I would probably cut the cayenne pepper in half or omit.
This is absolutely delicious, especially if you can get some really good, tasty tomatoes! I used it on eggs in the morning as well as on pasta. Yummy! Thank you so much for this recipe!
Don't have fresh tomatoes yet so used two cans of tomatoes and it worked out beautifully. I will definitely be making this again when my tomatoes are ripe.
I used homegrown round tomatoes "Fourth of July" variety that were too juicy, making a watery sauce that needed double the amount of fresh herbs and garlic. I would recommend this recipe be made using the plum tomatoes or a meaty beefsteak.


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I am trying to generate an url for an MVC 3 action within javascript environment (in a cshtml file).
<script type="text/javascript">
var src = "@Url.Action("GetProductImage", new { productId = Model.Product.Id, pos = 1, size = 0 })";
$(document.createElement("img")).attr("src", src);
Now this works almost fine, my problem is that the querystring is being escaped. Instead of:
it generates:
so my action does not get called.
Now I know I can make my own custom Url helper function, but I was wondering if I can use this or some other built in helper to get the unescaped URL?
Thanks in advance, G.


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Have Legal Questions? Ask a Lawyer Now.
You can evict your boyfriend, the same as any other tenant. You could request a domestic abuse protective order, if you can show a credible threat to the children or yourself. But, otherwise, you'll have to evict him.
Conversely, your boyfriend can get custody orders to permit him to exercise custody over the children (assuming that the children are issue of your relationship).
Your boyfriend could also claim an equitable interest in the value of the property, if he has been paying part of the mortgage, and that amount is more than what fair market value rent would be. But, he will have to prove this, or he would have no interest in the property.
For a landlord-tenant lawyer referral, see: http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/lris/directory/ and www.martindale.com.
Hope this helps.
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Week in and week out it seems that when you are looking for the best matchups on the Ohio Valley high school football schedule, Linsly always seems to be involved in one of those contests.
That will not change in Week 9 as the Cadets will welcome a strong Gilmour Academy team to Lockhart Alumni Field on Saturday afternoon. After losing the opener, the Lancers have reeled off seven consecutive victories including a 49-19 victory against Edgewood, Oh. Last week.
Coach Shawn Dodd's Gilmour squad, which averages 40 points a game and allows only 18, is sitting at No. 6 in the latest Ohio Division V, Region 15 playoff chase and cannot afford a loss at this point.
"We know that every game means the world to them," Linsly coach B.J. Depew said. "They haven't been in the playoffs for a while and they are on a seven-game winning streak right now, so we have told the kids how much they have riding on this game.
"But for us, it is just another quality contest against another good team."
Linsly, which is 6-2 after a 16-9 victory at Kiski a week ago, defeated the Lancers at Gates Mills, Ohio a season ago.
Gilmour Academy can come at you on the ground or through the air and have enough athletes to hurt you either way. Lanky lefty Matt Botek has thrown for 917 yards and 16 touchdowns while rushing for 168 yards. He has a very good crop of receivers, including Ishmael Hargrove (283, 6td), Rodell Golphin (243), Ryan Conry (208) and A.J. Wright (201). Frankie Grk has also hauled in four scoring tosses.
Golphin is the team's leading rusher with 967 yards and 10 touchdowns.
The Lancers have been impressive on defense with Wright and Hargrove combining for 13 sacks and Connor Lesko intercepting seven passes. Hargrove has a total of 86 tackles, while Lesko has also been very dangerous as the team's top return man.
"Botek has a very nice arm and can hurt you rushing the ball as well, which he did to us last year," DePew said. "And Wright is a big target that they like to split out and get good matchups against with defensive backs. They return a lot of kids from last year, but they ran the quarterback more.
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Somebody was asking me about tattoos and what the biblical rules about them are. I also remember that a magazine (an Awake!?) mentioned that getting a tattoo is a matter of conscience. Anybody got any light to shae about this? anybody remember that article about piercings and tattoos?
About Tattoos...
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Here's the article...
g03 9/22
Young People Ask . . .
Should I Get a Tattoo?
"Some tattoos are cute. They are very artistic."—Jalene.
"I dreamed about my first tattoo for two years."—Michelle.
TATTOOS are everywhere—or so it seems. Rock stars, sports figures, fashion models, and movie stars flaunt them. Many teenagers have followed suit, proudly displaying tattoos on their shoulders, hands, waists, and ankles. Andrew contends: "Tattoos are cool. Having one or not is a personal choice."
Says the World Book Encyclopedia: "Tattooing is the practice of making permanent designs on the body. It is done by pricking small holes in the skin with a sharpened stick, bone, or needle that has been dipped in pigments with natural colors."
Although exact statistics are hard to come by, one source estimates that 25 percent of all 15- to 25-year-olds in the United States have a tattoo. Sandy says: "It's the popular thing to do." Why are tattoos so appealing to some youths?
Why So Popular?
For some, a tattoo is a way of making a grand romantic gesture. Michelle relates: "On his ankle my brother has the name of a girl he used to go out with." The problem? "He's not dating her anymore." According to Teen magazine, "doctors estimate that more than 30 percent of all tattoo removal is done on teen girls who want the name of an ex-boyfriend taken off."
Some youths view tattoos as works of art. Others see them as symbols of independence. "I'm in charge of my life," proclaimed Josie, adding that getting a tattoo was "the only life decision I've ever made." Tattooing allows some youths to experiment—to feel they have control over their appearance. Tattoos can also serve as a symbol of rebellion or of alternative life-styles. Some tattoos thus contain obscene words and drawings or provocative slogans.
The majority of youths, however, may simply have become caught up in a fad. But just because it seems as if everyone is getting tattooed, does it mean that you should?
The Ancient Art of Tattooing
Tattooing is by no means a modern practice. Tattoo-bearing Egyptian and Libyan mummies have been found that date back hundreds of years before the time of Christ. Tattooed mummies have also been found in South America. Many of the tattooed images were directly related to the worship of pagan gods. According to researcher Steve Gilbert, "the earliest known tattoo that is a picture of something, rather than an abstract pattern, represents the god Bes. In Egyptian mythology Bes is the lascivious god of revelry."
Significantly, the Mosaic Law forbade God's people to tattoo themselves. Said Leviticus 19:28: "You must not make cuts in your flesh for a deceased soul, and you must not put tattoo marking upon yourselves. I am Jehovah." Pagan worshipers, such as the Egyptians, tattooed the names or symbols of their deities on their breast or arms. By complying with Jehovah's ban on tattoo markings, the Israelites would stand out as different from other nations.—Deuteronomy 14:1, 2.
While Christians today are not under the Law of Moses, the prohibition it laid on tattooing is sobering. (Ephesians 2:15; Colossians 2:14, 15) If you are a Christian, you would certainly not want to make markings on your body—even temporarily—that smack of paganism or false worship.—2 Corinthians 6:15-18.
Health Risks
There are also health concerns you should consider. Dr. Robert Tomsick, an associate professor of dermatology, comments: "What you're doing is breaking the skin and introducing pigmented material into the area. Even though the needle only goes in a little way, anytime you break the skin, you have a risk of bacterial or viral infection. I think [getting a tattoo] is generally a risky thing to do." Dr. Tomsick continues: "Once pigment is in, even if there's no infection, there's always the chance of contact allergies, dermatitis and allergic reactions that can cause skin to get red, swollen, crusty and itchy."
Despite the intended permanence of tattoos, various methods are used in attempts to remove them: Laser removal (burning the tattoo away), surgical removal (cutting the tattoo away), dermabrasion (sanding the skin with a wire brush to remove the epidermis and dermis), salabrasion (using a salt solution to soak the tattooed skin), and scarification (removing the tattoo with an acid solution and creating a scar in its place). These methods are expensive and can be painful. "It's more painful to have a tattoo removed by laser than to get the original tattoo," says Teen magazine.
What Will Others Think?
You should also give serious thought to how others might feel about your wearing a tattoo, as many react negatively. (1 Corinthians 10:29-33) On a whim, Li, a woman in Taiwan, got a tattoo at age 16. Now she is a 21-year-old office worker. "It bothers me the way my co-workers stare at the tattoo," Li admits. British mental-health worker Theodore Dalrymple says that to many people, tattoos "are often the visible sign that a man . . . belongs to a violent, brutal, antisocial, and criminalized subculture."
An article in American Demographics magazine similarly observed: "It is clear that most Americans consider it risky to have visible body art. Eighty-five percent [of youths] agree with the statement, 'people who have visible tattoos . . . should realize that this form of self-expression is likely to create obstacles in their career or personal relationships.'"
Consider also whether choosing to get a tattoo would enhance or undermine your claim of being a Christian. Could it be a "cause for stumbling" others? (2 Corinthians 6:3) True, some youths have had their tattoos placed on hidden areas of the body. Even their parents may not know about these secret tattoos. But beware! An emergency trip to the doctor or simply taking a shower at school could make your secret common knowledge! Better it is to "conduct ourselves honestly in all things," avoiding foolish deception.—Hebrews 13:18.
Like all fads, tattoos may lose their appeal over time. Really, is there any garment—whether a pair of jeans, a shirt, a dress, or a pair of shoes—that you love so much that you would commit to wearing it for the rest of your life? Of course not! Styles, cuts, and colors change. Unlike a piece of clothing, however, tattoos are hard to shed. Besides, what is "cool" to you when you are 16 might not be very appealing when you are 30.
Many have come to regret making permanent alterations to their appearance. "I got a tattoo before learning about Jehovah," relates Amy. "I try to keep it covered. When others in the congregation happen to see it, I feel embarrassed." The message? Think before you ink. Don't make a decision that you may regret later.
Some of the names have been changed.
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Tattoos are often associated with rebellious life-styles
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In time, many regret getting a tattoo
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Think before you ink
Here's a snippet from another article, along with the society's doubletalk:
***g00 8/8 p. 19 Body Decoration—The Need for Reasonableness ***
Whether or not an individual decides to accept these risks is a personal decision. But one who seeks to please God recognizes that becoming a Christian involves the offering of oneself to God. Our bodies are living sacrifices presented to God for his use. (Romans 12:1) Hence, mature Christians do not view their bodies as their exclusive property to be damaged or defaced at will. Especially those who qualify to take the lead in the congregation are known for their moderate habits, soundness of mind, and reasonableness.
Thanks y'all, that's exactly what I needed!!!
bruce is going to have to make some changes before he starts reaching out in the congregation for finer priveleges:
heh heh eheh TS
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That is hilarious Tetra! Your commentary makes the photo!
"I got a tattoo before learning about Jehovah," relates Amy. "I try to keep it covered. When others in the congregation happen to see it, I feel embarrassed."
wow....her congregation must be really loving.
that article is so retarded. they are completely oblivious to the fact that tattooing has come a long way and the sterilization techiniques are on par with a doctors office. and people are also less judgemental about tattoos nowadays. the president of our company has a full sleeve on one of his arms. he's always asking people around here if they have any tattoos b/c he likes them so much.
i'm getting a backpiece done myself on the 24th. i'll post pictures!
luv, jojo p.s. that's picture is gruesome tetra! i think i read somewhere that that lady died or something b/c her piercings were hard to care for and got infected or something......
ha ha ha ha!!!
Significantly, the Mosaic Law forbade God's people to tattoo themselves. Said Leviticus 19:28: "You must not make cuts in your flesh for a deceased soul, and you must not put tattoo marking upon yourselves. I am Jehovah."
Funny how they quote than one and skip over the previous verse: (Leviticus 19:27) "'YOU must not cut YOUR sidelocks short around, and you must not destroy the extremity of your beard."
What Will Others Think?
Oh horror! Someone might not like it! um... can you say GroupThink??!!
Funny how they quote than one and skip over the previous verse: (Leviticus 19:27)"'YOU must not cut YOUR sidelocks short around, and you must not destroy the extremity of your beard."
ROFL! I'd like to see the JWs with sidelocks and beards....
I have mixed feelings on the tattoo subject. I probably will never get one, and if I do, it will be tasteful.
Generally speaking, when I see a person with a tattoo it's really no big deal. However, I do pay special attention to any tattoo I see, as many tattoos are gang specific.
Living in Los Angeles, I'm aware of the typical prison tattoos(signifying the person has done time in prison) and various gang tattoos. If I see someone with a gang/prison
tattoo, I'm sorry, but I don't approve of those, or of that person for being proud of his/her prison time or gang affiliations.
Being in a college town in NW Washington state, tattoos are pretty commonplace, even on people 50+. The only thing holding me back from more is the money issue.
I have 2. a evil clown ripping out of my right shoulder, and a spider web on my right ankle. (prison tattoo)
I may get another one day.
i havent gotten any yet... i wanna get a pheonix on my right shoulder and forearm... and i want to get some lines from some of my poetry written on my back... dammit, i want lots, but theyt all have to be black...
the infamous one
At least the spider web is on your ankle,, I see them on the elbow out here.
May I ask what you were in prison for?
I've been to jail before,, when I was young I tried out running the police on my motorcylce,,, the police cars couldn't keep up,, but the helicopter did.
My jw hides his from everybody, even in summer if possible.
Just to set the record straight. While strictly speaking getting a tattoo is a personal choice (aka conscience matter), the article cited is quite slanted against tattoos and meant to give the clear impression without saying it directly that (true) Christians should not get a tattoo.
The quote (at the beginning of the article) that was highlighted contains a cue word specifically: "Andrew contends ...
The use of the word "contend" in Theocratese is often used to set up that the position following is an incorrect one and will be thereafter shown why it is wrong.
Also note that it is not the Bible or any scripture which says that tattoos are a personal choice, or even the Society, but rather that is what the ("misguided") youth, "Andrew," states. The rest of the article then goes on to lead the reader to the "correct" view of not getting a tattoo in regular JW fashion.
Like virtually all clothing and appearance aspects of the JW culture, these are lagging behing mainstream Society and stuck somewhere in the Knorr Era.
As already noted having a tattoo is pretty much meaningless (in terms of rebellion or a "statement") and is widely prevalent today - even among the local business class - which is the "rule of thumb" that JWs are supposed to emulate as far as formal Service appearance goes.
Personally, I have never seen a tattoo that I thought added any value to the person and I've seen far too many that just seem plain stupid or pretentious. I think the human body is beautiful enough - but not beautiful enough to go unclothed for most :-) that it doesn't need any such further adornment as a tattoo.*
I hope everyone gets a tattoo and piercings and goes crazy with all kinds of body modifications, etc. because maybe then just being clean, with no tats or piercings will become what is cool.
*Tattoos for ethno-religious reasons are probably the only exception.
Just thought I would add, many Jewish people do not get tattoos, some for religious reasons and some because the Nazis tattooed the holocaust victims (in some camps) with their number. But I am not sure if Jewish youth have the same compunctions today. -Eduardo
No, they don`t. I saw a jew with a Lion and star of David-tat once.
I have 6 tattoos now, a big one on each upper arm, and 4 small ones. I regret a couple of the small ones, which were my first ones, done in my late teens/early twenties, when I was fresh out of JW-land, rebellious etc. Noone should get a tattoo before they`re at least 25, and when they do, don`t think solely on getting something that "means something" to you, because that often changes over time, think about how it`s gonna look on your body.


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The driver of a pickup truck that struck and killed an Alabama man waiting for a taxi in southeastern Connecticut last year has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and drunken driving.
Fifty-four-year-old Juan Davila of Griswold was arraigned Thursday in Norwich Superior Court.
Police say Davila was driving home from the Mohegan Sun casino at about 2 a.m. on April 20, 2013, after having drinks with friends when his truck failed to negotiate a curve and struck the two men in a parking lot in Preston.
Twenty-eight-year-old Lakendrick Horn of York, Ala., died and 48-year-old Arnold Feaster of Ledyard was injured.
Davila remains free on $200,000 bail and is due back in court May 15.
Horn's family and Feaster are suing Davila, the Mohegan Tribe and others over the crash.
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Re: Entity and Identity
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On Aug 10, 11:31Āpm, rp_at_raampje.(none) (Reinier Post) wrote:
> Nilone wrote:
> >On Aug 8, 12:31Āam, rp_at_raampje.(none) (Reinier Post) wrote:
> >> Nilone wrote:
> >> >Types define values. Values aren't mutable, since mutability implies
> >> >a persistent identity beyond the value itself. ĀAs soon as you have
> >> >mutability, you have a state machine, and subtyping state machines is
> >> >a problem. ĀSubtyping an interface and creating a new state machine
> >> >for it is fine.
> What you're describing I might call 'abstract data type'
> but not just 'type'.
I was contrasting (data) types with state machines, among which ADTs can be counted. Abstract data types are models of behavior, for example stacks and queues. Compare "data type" with "abstract data type" in Wikipedia.
> >> You are using the term 'type' in a different sense than OO languages
> >> such as Java and C# do.
> >That's not surprising. ĀMost OO documentation and tutorials use the
> >term to indicate arbitrary classification or similarity.
> You're reading different documentation and tutorials than I have seen.
> I don't think I've ever seen the term 'type' used in that way.
> Aren't you referring to 'class'?
Perhaps in the philosophical sense, but not in the programming sense. I'm claiming that OO classes conflate different concepts, and that by separating and understanding these concepts, the problems in OO can be overcome.
> > Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā ĀI use the
> >term to indicate a domain of values with defined semantics, and to the
> >construction of such a domain in a programming language. ĀI'll stand
> >by my definition until I see a better one.
> Try Luca Cardelli's:
> Āhttp://lucacardelli.name/Papers/TypeSystems.pdf
Cardelli seems to agree with me:
"A program variable can assume a range of values during the execution
of a program. An upper
bound of such a range is called a type of the variable. For example, a variable x of type Boolean
is supposed to assume only boolean values during every run of a program. If x has type Boolean,
then the boolean expression not(x) has a sensible meaning in every run of the program."
And from the definition of terms:
"Type: A collection of values. ..."
> [...]
> >> But what if you need equivalent, but differently implemented functions?
> >> That's what polymorphism is for.
> >Take a look at my other post. ĀI believe the type system I described
> >there is properly polymorphic. ĀIf you give an example, I'll describe
> >it in terms of that system.
> --
> Reinier
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