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Three coaches from the area took part in the Serbian Rugby League Federation Level 1 course in the middle of August, with them then overseeing the first ever domestic
rugby league game in the Republic of Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina at NoviGrad's Mlakve stadium, home of FC Sloboda Novi Grad.
Dimitris Dajc refereed the game watched by around 300 curious locals, between New Thunder and the splendidly named White Rabbits, with the home team winning 28-20 in
a very competitive game despite the visitor's greater experience.
Jovan Vujosevic, RLEF Central and East Europe director, is delighted with the progress being made. "This is huge step for rugby league in Europe," he said. "We
put a new country on the European rugby league map. The next objective is the formation of a third club in Bosnia and Herzegovina and a Rugby League Federation of
the Republic of Srpska, followed by the formation of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Rugby League Federation as a final step."
"Serbia will help a lot in the development of the game in this area and we also hope that after Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Greece, other Balkan countries will
follow suit."
Posted 04 October 2012 - 09:24 AM
What support do areas like Serbia, Bosnia etc receive from the RLEF or is it all organic growth?
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Posted 04 October 2012 - 11:19 AM
Brilliant news!
What support do areas like Serbia, Bosnia etc receive from the RLEF or is it all organic growth?
I don't think they get much support financially.
Posted 13 October 2012 - 02:21 PM
Posted 26 October 2012 - 08:38 PM
Would Serbia ever help the game develop in Croatia or are the wounds still to fresh from the war?
Thing is that union in Croatia is allergic to a mention of league there. They killed the league in a first place back in the 1964 in Yugoslavia. Croats were the one to lobby the ban of our sport. Anyone that dares to start league there will be marked as a Serb lover and traitor.
Initiative for league must come from Croatia itself in order to Serbia jump in and help. There are some famous names with Croatian roots like Frano Botica, Max Krilich, Ivan Cleary etc. These guys need to push Croatia to kick start league. No one will be more happy then Serbs
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Re: A Realistic View at 2013: Part III
posted at 10/27/2013 1:05 AM EDT
I don't like bashing Salty. He's a likeable guy. I just want to win. It's purely a decision based upon analysis. Salty is not the guy we need. We might win anyway but he is not our ideal choice by any means.
I bet Ross starts the next game and he may well start the next 2 games.
posted at 10/27/2013 1:17 AM EDT
At least Farrell finally gave Nava some PT. That was clearly long overdue. It's also great to see Bogaerts emerge as a stud at this time of year. He looked solid on that triple. The guy gets his bat on the ball and makes good contact. He has pop in his bat. When few other players are even putting the ball in play ( Drew for example ), Bogaerts is making decent contact and driving the ball, not to mention working the count and getting onbase with walks. And Nava is also. We have the players needed in place to win this thing, if we use them.
We have a real stud in Bogaerts. A Hanley waiting to happen. Now do we realize it yet or does he have to prove it over and over before we figure it out. The kid needs to be in the lineup every day.
It takes some players like Holiday, Pedroia, Ortiz, Molina etc...to win championships and Bogaerts is well on his way to being there already.
I think we have a good shot to win tomorrow still. This thing isn't over. I think we are in the middle of a classic!
I just assumed they would leave Doubront in there. In hindsight maybe that was the way to go.
posted at 10/27/2013 1:40 AM EDT
Salty has 19 strikeouts in 32 AB this post season. Over 59% of the time he hasn't even put the ball in play. Unbelieveably bad.
posted at 10/27/2013 3:02 PM EDT
I'm sorry I was so teed off yesterday. It just seemed like one bad decision after another. I would have left Doubront in there. I would have benched Salty for Ross, especially after Wong got on. We need to manage the team for the world series, not for an average game in June. To sit Nava for Gomes for one game after another against RH pitching was just flat out ignorant. In prior World series we didn't make such bad decisions and that is a big reason why we won. The manager actually counts in projecting team success. What works in the regular season does not necessarily work in the playoffs.
For example, Napoli is known for being able to hit quality pitching. I'm not a huge fan of his but the guy plays sharp defense and he can hit a 96 mph fastball. Give me bat speed at this time of the year. The studs need to emerge and then you play them. Go with the hot hand. It's a small sample size and if a guy shows that his head is in the game, as Pedroia always is, then utilize him!
Not saying to bench Papi, for Napoli, because it is clear that he has the complete respect of St. Louis. Whoever is hitting behind Papi is going to get opportunities. This series in many ways revolves around who is hitting Papi in the lineup, and how he does.
Ergo the consideration of Napoli at 3rd. They know that they want Napoli in the lineup badly. They might even be willing to experiment with him at 3rd, as incredible as that sounds.
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[/QUOTE]He's due to bust out.
Do is Drew.
Drew has struck out 17 times in 44 ABs and 15 of his last 29, but at least Salty has gotten on base 9 of his last 35 PAs (Drew 5 of 44 and 3 of his last 29).
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posted at 10/27/2013 8:24 PM EDT
All right guys, down two to one in the WS. Tonight is a big night and we need to bounce back. I'm hoping Buch is ready to step up. Go Sox!
posted at 10/28/2013 12:07 AM EDT
Gutsy performance by Buch.
Papi showing great leadership by pumping up the team.
Drew with a big Sac Fly.
Gomes being "the man".
Doubie was fantastic.
Lackey too.
Koji, Koji, KOJI!
We overcame some mistakes and sucked it up when we needed to, like we have all year long.
We got the home field back, the DH back, Lester up next, and a never say die attitude.
posted at 10/28/2013 12:13 AM EDT
We need to keep the ball rolling. These are 2 heavyweight teams. It sure would help to win tomorrow.
I hope Lackey is ok with pitching today. We will need him in Boston. It looks like Doubront can be a huge help going forward. He might end up being a key reason why we win. His performance so far probably boosts his worth by $15 mil over the course of his career. He has some bonafides now.
We need asolid left hander and so far he has been our only solid left hander!
What a series so far! One team wins, the other one comes back. The other team wins, the first team comes back. What a series!
posted at 10/28/2013 12:19 AM EDT
You mean beyond Lester and Breslow? (Maybe not Breslow of late.)
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posted at 10/28/2013 12:32 AM EDT
Great game! I've been touting Doobie since game one and think he'll play a lot the rest of the way. The team seemed to loosen up a bit--Papi's post game comments seemed to say he thought they were playing too tight. Does anyone know what's wrong with Buch? Gomes said "He gave us all he could." Is he injured or not? I don't really get what's happening with him. It feels like our hitters are getting more comfortable facing their relievers, where we usually rake in a game.
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I'd like to have Napoli in every game but for obvious reasons he is not. I have to worry that due to his streaky nature that by the time we return to Fenway the bench time will render him near useless at the plate... or not.
[/QUOTE]We have to do something for next year about our second best HR threat being a 1Bman. The games at NL parks kill our line-up, most notably the protection for Papi from the 5 slot. Didn't show up today, but still...
It was nice having Youk at 1B being able to slide to 3B at NL parks back in the day.
posted at 10/28/2013 12:35 AM EDT
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[/QUOTE]Papi's called huddle was perfect.
I think Buch was sick a couple days back.
Doubie has shown me up this year, but I did call that he needed a rest or he'd hit a wall late season. I'd love to see him hit the high conditioning routine this winter.
posted at 10/28/2013 6:50 AM EDT
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Buchholz has shoulder issues. Dead arm. Whatever you want to call it. He also looks skinny to me. He seems to have lost some weight as if he were a guest star on "Breaking Bad" or something.
When he was up to the plate I was thinking maybe he would drop a drag bunt down. The guy can fly!
posted at 10/28/2013 7:07 AM EDT
That pitch to Gomes was a mistake pitch for sure but give the guy credit, he did hit it out.
I've been impressed with Workman. The guy has been dealing with some high impact innings and it seems every time some of the St.Louis guys come up like Beltran, Holiday, Molina and Craig they put the wood on the ball somewhere and some of their secondary guys look like they are getting decent AB at least. They have a good lineup. Doubront has been their Achilles heel though. They do appear to have relative weakness against LH pitching. It's surprising that Breslow hasn't been effective. I wouldn't give up on him yet.
Papi has been from another planet recently. There are men and there are boys and then there is Papi!
I loved that ball Bogaerts took to RF after the Gomes HR. The kid seems to have the goods. A strong case could be made to hit him after Papi. Already. Who do you think is going to hit the ball beyond Papi in this lineup right now? One would think Ellbury, Pedroia and Nava, maybe Victorino but Bogaerts appears to me to have put up the best AB. He has hit the ball harder than any of those guys recently.
Which bodes so well for the future. He looks like a made to order #3 hitter to me. I bet he emerges quickly next year. Our next Nomar. I'm not expecting him to hit .350 like Nomar but the kid will hit with better average and pop than Drew for sure. He hasn't been that bad in the field either overall. Betweem Middlebrooks and Cechinni we probably have a solution at 3rd. We have a good chance next year as well in my opinion. Some of the young guys have stepped up ( Workman, Doubront, Bogaerts ) and this experience should help them.
I find it fascinating that Doubront wanted to start this series. He said he didn't know how he would do relieving but seemed to imply maybe he should be starting. Maybe he was right guys. Maybe he hasn't gotten the respect he deserved after putting up better numbers than Peavy plus the Cards do appear weaker versus LH pitching. Something tells me if we go to game 7, Doubront could see a lot of action.
posted at 10/28/2013 9:46 AM EDT
[/QUOTE]I think Buch is done for the series.
Game5 Lester
Game 6 Lackey
Game 7 Peavy/Doubront/ whoever
Let's hope we win in 6!
posted at 10/28/2013 12:55 PM EDT
With the series going back to Boston soon... things look decent. Another Best of Three coming up! Go Sox!
[/QUOTE]Back to home field advantage and the DH in 2 of the next 3 games.
I hope Wainwright is off again tonight.
posted at 10/28/2013 11:38 PM EDT
Game 6:
1) Ellsbury CF
2) Pedroia 2B
3) Ortiz DH
4) Napoli 1B
5) Gomes LF
6) Nava RF
7) Bogaerts 3B
8) Drew SS
9) Ross C
(If Victorino plays, I bat him 6th and flip a coin on who plays LF.)
I like Papi 3rd and wanted him there all year long.
posted at 10/29/2013 12:36 AM EDT
Sox hitting .226 this postseason.
Can we finally all agree, it's almost all about pitching?
posted at 10/29/2013 2:36 AM EDT
I hope this doesn't make me a bad fan but in all truthfulness I didn't think the RS would win tonight-- their (SL) ace on the mound after a bad start, no home field advantage, a probable loss then back to Boston with a huge fight on our hands. Well I was completely wrong about this team as I have often been before. Speaking of being wrong, I didn't want the Papi signing--thought we'd pushed the envelope far enough with age, injuries, etc. Was ok after the fact but not before. Where would we be now without his bat and leadership? I think the guys actually look more comfortable now after his pep talk. I am a big fan of Workman and Doobie. Obviously they both have Farrell's trust right now. I think Workman could win 12/13 games for us next year but maybe they think he's a better reliever.
Back to Boston with the DH on our side. I hope ALL pitchers are available Wed--hoping we can get a few runs up on them and close it out. They keep showing that stat that SL doesn't do very well vs. lefties...
They keep throwing that curve that starts off the plate then breaks across the edge--which Ross hit for his double and which Lester is also throwing at them. I would say it's working--do they think we're going to wait for a fastball? Bogey and Pedey have been aggressive with that pitch and are getting hits.
The Friendly Confines Baby, Go Sox!
posted at 10/29/2013 8:40 AM EDT
[/QUOTE]I hope it doesn't go 7. Lackey seems like our best bet, even though we face Wachu for game 6.
I hope Victorino is healthy to play the spacious Fenway RF. He's really made a huge difference out there on defense.
Napoli back in the line-up is fantastic. The Cards gain much less with the DH over the pitcher hitting than we do.
Probably Gomes in LF if Shane goes out there to play.
Salty did very well with Lackey all year, but Ross has to be "the man" game 6.
I really loved seeing Papi bat 3rd as that is where I wanted him all year. The Cards had Berltran hitting 4th last night, and he got one less PA than the 1-3 hitters (good news for us). I wouldn't want Papi to be left on deck as the game ends.
Maybe we can go with this:
1) Ells
2) Pedey
3) Ortiz
4) Napoli
5) Gomes
6) Victorino (Nava)
7) Bogey
8) Drew
9) Ross
posted at 10/29/2013 1:01 PM EDT
Isn't it time for Gomes to sit the heck down? My God, do we have to roll him out there forever? He's hit 1 HR in his entire post season history and done little else well, in spacious St. Louis RF where we have been lucky to have not been burned defensively yet. Can't we play Victorino in RF and Nava in LF and go with the numbers? Nava has had good AB as compared to Gomes. I'd much rather have Nava in the 5 slot as compared to Gomes.
I did some analysis of where we might spend our money next winter and to be honest who the heck knows? McCann? Ellsbury? Choo? If I had to pick one I think it would be Choo. the guy gets on base better than anyone available and he's a decent defender with some pop. And is young. Which player helps our team most next year? I think it might be Choo.
Is it just me or does Ortiz look like a better fielder than Fielder? The guy could probably be a serviceable 1st baseman for us next year if we wanted. They probably just don't want him to get hurt or they would put him there potentially, which would open up the DH slot for a reserve OF, or someone else. Not saying it could happen because it won't but he is decent injury backup at 1st and we should probably look at him that way next year.


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by Carrie Adams
PITTSFIELD, Vt., Dec. 15, 2011 – In a year-end push to attain one million Facebook fans, Spartan Race has announced the "Race to a Million" contest. For every Spartan Race contest entry on Facebook received by 11:59 p.m. (PST) Dec. 31, 2011, twenty cents will be donated to Operation Gratitude, a non-profit organization that annually sends 100,000 care packages to military personnel, their families and wounded service men and women.
Upon achieving its goal of one million Facebook fans before New Year's, Spartan Race, the world leader in obstacle racing, will donate an additional $50,000 to Operation Gratitude. Spread the word…it's time to do work:
Go to: https://www.facebook.com/spartanrace?sk=app_28134323652
"Two of Spartan Race's biggest commitments are getting people from all walks of life active, healthy and open to new challenges and supporting the brave service members of the Armed Forces," said Spartan Race Founder Joe Desena. "This contest is a fun way to head into the New Year with increased awareness of Spartan Race and our mission as well as helping a very worthy cause.
"To show our thanks to those who enter," Desena, added, "we'll be giving away Spartan Race Season Passes for 2012 to ten lucky contestants. Once we reach that magic one million number, we'll give away 50 more Season Passes to celebrate!"
"We are extremely grateful to Spartan Races for this generous gesture," said Operation Gratitude Founder Carolyn Blashek. "There's still a critical need to send these care packages overseas," she elaborated. "Tens of thousands of American service members remain deployed in hostile and remote regions of the world, including the Middle East, Afghanistan and on ships throughout international waters. They are away from home and loved ones at all times of the year, but it's felt even more so now during the holidays. They deserve to be remembered."
"Care Package number 750,000 will leave our warehouse this week," Blashek added. "Operation Gratitude will keep sending packages as we have for almost nine years. Not just until my son comes home, but until they all come home." Blashek's son is currently deployed to the Middle East.
The "Race to a Million" contest is just one of several examples of Spartan Race's longstanding commitment to the Armed Forces. Spartan Race will host 12 Marines currently stationed at Camp Pendleton at its sold-out, Jan. 28, 2012, Super Spartan race in Temecula, Calif. The race will take place the day before those 12 Marines depart for a one-year, overseas deployment. Spartan Race also recently unveiled a new Military Series to benefit direct military nonprofits and other organizations to help address the unique needs of each respective host installation. The first race in that series will be held May 5 – 6, 2012 at the Fort Carson military base in Colorado Springs, Colo.
About Operation Gratitude
Operation Gratitude annually sends 100,000+ care packages filled with snacks, toiletries, entertainment items and personal letters of appreciation addressed to individually named U.S. Service Members deployed in harm's way, to their Children left behind and to Wounded Warriors recovering in transition units. Our mission is to lift morale, bring a smile to a service member's face and express to our Armed Forces the appreciation and support of the American people. Each package contains donated product valued at ~$100 and costs the organization $15 to assemble and ship. Since its inception in 2003, Operation Gratitude has shipped more than 730,000 packages to American Military deployed overseas.
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"Welcome to my Press Page! Here you'll find some wonderful things that other writers have had to say about Crochet Concupiscence in their articles about the site. Note that the Crochet Saved My Life book has its own separate press page. Then you'll find some links to other places my articles have been featured:
Some Kudos for Crochet Concupiscence:
- Twitter shout-out from Crochet Today!
"It is sort of like the USA Today of crochet blogs – a roundup of everything going on in the crochet world, plus Kathryn's personal projects – but with much better/more engaging writing." - Marie from Underground Crafter
"Kathryn Vercillo publishes a hefty blog that zooms in on crochet. From the lowly acrylic granny squares to the high couture use of crochet in fashion garments, she gives all of them equal adulation." – TAFA
"Kathryn Vercillo has her finger on the pulse of the world of crochet. Hers is the one blog I check almost every day." – Laurinda of Remembering Rowan
Kathryn's blog is different from most other crochet blogs out there. Like all of us, she shares her own crochet adventures, but apart from that, she also tries to give her readers every piece of info about crochet she can find: history, fashion, artists, crochet quotes, crochet for charity, and more: If you can't find it on Crochet Concupiscence, it probably doesn't exist ." – Barbara of Made in K-town
"If you are looking for some inspiration, awesome patterns, links to other great crochet sites and much more – she is your one stop shop! I can easily spend a couple of hours on her blog just looking at past posts that I may have missed. Anything you want to know about crochet you will find there." - Aprile from The Steady Hand
"If it happens in the world of crochet, likely Kathryn will have already reported it." – MadWhimsy
"WARNING! It is very easy to get lost and spend hours reading through the blog (I'd like it reproduced as a huge, glossy coffee table book – that way I could put in a book mark!)." - String Theory Crochet
"I've been reading Kathryn's blog for a while now, and she constantly impresses me with her depth of knowledge, proficient research skills, and her commitment to promoting various aspects of crochet." – Thornberry
"Wow Kathryn, your blog is really an encyclopedia. … Thank you so much for all the time and efforts you put into this! You're a beacon in the crocheting world and for crocheters." – A lovely blog comment from crochet blogger ElisabethAndree
"Awesome. I could live in this blog and get no crocheting done – at all! Cough-enabler-cough." - blog comment from Janice Davey
"If you are a fan of crochet, or want to see what can be done with crochet then Kathryn's blog is the place to go." – Jafagirls
"Kathryn writes extensively about the latest happenings in crochet. So if you consider yourself a serious fan of crochet and you're not yet on her subscribers list, or following her on Twitter, well then you should be." – Aberrant Crochet
"I will say that if you do not subscribe to Crochet Concupiscence, you are missing out! Kathryn posts interviews, yarn reviews, book reviews, news, projects, inspiration, and more all related to crochet. And I don't know if she knows just how appreciated she is from the entire community – but I can tell her that I appreciate her and the work she does." – Crochet with Cris
"Sometimes a stand-out person comes along in an online version of a cocktail party and the sharing of our interests/passions and knowledge creates a sort of click that resonates with the heart. Kathryn Vercillo is that "click" for me." CGOA founder Gwen Blakley Kinsler
Where My Work Has Been Featured:
Inside Crochet 2012 Best Craft Blog Runner Up:
Additionally, Inside Crochet's October 2012 issue has a review of my book, Crochet Saved My Life. They say, "this thought-provoking book is a must-read".
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The Budget 2012 round-up speech yesterday was anything but boring.
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Workers' Party (WP) chief Low Thia Khiang exchanged polite yet pointed words as they debated social safety nets and foreign worker policies.
Some key exchanges between the two include:
"I don't like the idea of a first-world social safety net because it means first-world taxes and first-world debts." - DPM Tharman to Mr Low
"DPM knows very well that the first-world social safety net is basically looking at how our own citizens are well looked-after, whether in terms of health care (or) retirement..." - Mr Low, in response


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Bus Stop
BACK IN OCTOBER, Mayor Menino and Boston parents were outraged when a school committee hearing revealed that 25 percent of school buses were delivering students late to school. A large number of our kids weren't making it to class on time, not because they were goofing off, but because their school-provided system of transportation wasn't getting them there. Most of the blame was placed on problems with a new GPS system on buses, but that obscures a more-fundamental issue: This city's school-assignment system is so complex — involving a spider web of stops and routes spun all across town — that even Mario Andretti couldn't get a bus to school on time.
[sidebar]Most communities, especially suburbs, assign their students to a particular school based on one thing: a kid's street address. BPS, though, has divided the city into three enormous zones — North, West, and East. The East Zone, for example, extends from Hyde Park to South Boston, and includes more than 25 elementary and K–8 schools. Your child can take part in a lottery to enter any one of them. (High schools aren't placed in zones — they're citywide.) It's true that if choice is the sole priority, the system is great: Kids can bypass a lousy neighborhood school in favor of a better program on the other side of their zone or, in some cases, across town. The problem, though, is that providing that choice translates into huge transportation costs — and long bus rides.
BPS spends roughly $80 million per year, or nearly 10 percent of its overall budget, on transportation. And that number is projected to eclipse $100 million by the 2015 fiscal year. Then there are the nonmonetary costs — late arrivals, less time for homework and extracurriculars, and just the fact that it's harder for parents to be involved in the schools their kids attend.
Educational choice is important, but there's a balance to be struck between offering it and creating a system of such complexity that it needlessly drains resources. Dividing a traffic-jammed city of almost 50 square miles into just three zones and expecting buses to arrive on time is a dicey proposition, one that's left us spending a disproportionate amount of education dollars on buses, not classrooms.
IT'S BOSTON'S TROUBLED BUSING history, of course, and the related topic of race that make people leery of getting into the whole school-assignment issue. The court-mandated busing of the '70s came with ugly riots and violence that cast the whole city in a bad light. Any suggestion of changing the school-assignment system understandably stokes fears of a resegregation of our schools. But here's the thing — resegregation simply isn't going to happen. Consider the numbers: In 1970 BPS had close to 97,000 students, and 64 percent of them were white. By 2010, only 56,000 students were in the system, and just 13 percent of them were white. And out of more than 125 schools today, only three are majority white. The potential for resegregation should be monitored, but it shouldn't drive our current decision-making.
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Custom Automated Prosthetics (CAP) · Industry News · December 27, 2012
All of us at CAP are very excited to have been named the number one distributor worldwide of both CIMsystem Sum3D Dental CAM software and the very popular Roland DWX-50 dental specific 5-axis milling machine....See more This has been a great year for CAP, and we could not have accomplished this without the confidence of all our great customers. This accomplishment has opened the doors of digital manufacturing for many dental labs. Through CAP's continued commitment we will be supporting and servicing all our customers to insure future success. In addition, we will be adding exciting new product indications in the coming year. Furthermore, CAP has also signed contracts to distribute imes-icore dental specific milling machines and 3D systems wax and model printers. This is a very exciting time in dental technology, and we look forward to partnering with you in the future. Our mission is to be THE digital solution provider for dental technology. We would like to offer a special thank you to our customers for helping CAP obtain this special recognition from two very important dental manufacturers.


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Maybe they could offer some type of scratch-n-sniff prize as an incentive.
Report: Mets approached Cougar Life to stuff David Wright's All-Star ballot box
The New York Mets went to unusual lengths to help stuff the ballot box for David Wright's All-Star campaign. According to Deadspin, the team partnered with dating site "Cougar Life" — where mature women meet younger men — to get the site's members to vote the third baseman for the 2013 All-Star Game.
Cougar Life's female members recently voted Wright over Cole Hamels and Matt Kemp as MLB's "hottest cub." Last week, an employee of the Mets' marketing and communications department decided to take things to another level.
COCORAN: Giants fans ballot-stuffing just most noticeable error in All-Star voting
Deadspin revealed an exchange of emails from a tipster with names redacted:
Good morning-
We are trying to help push David Wright into the starting line-up for the 2013 MLB All-Star Game at Citi Field (his home stadium). He currently trails in the voting by 100,000 votes, even though he won your vote as "MLB's Hottest Cub". We were wondering if you would be able to blog/post a story asking your users (who apparently admire David and would love seeing him play in the All-Star Game) to go to the below link to vote David and #VoteWrightNow as he needs their help. Voting online ends July 3rd and updates come out once a week, so the more support/posts about David the better. We would be able to share weekly updates if you would like to help push "your cub" into the game and ask your members to #VoteWrightNow @ mets.com.
Let me know if you have any questions and feel free to give me a call if you would like to discuss over the phone.
Thanks for all your help.
A few hours later, a PR specialist with Avid Life Media, owner of Cougar Life, replied with promising news:
Hi [redacted],
Thank you for reaching out to us! We would be delighted to partner with you guys on this initiative seeing as our females are very fond of Mr. "Right"! I'm going to meet with our social media director this afternoon to plan strategy and we'll get back to you later today or Monday with a plan.
Quick question: David Wright is engaged, correct? If by chance he recently became single, we would love to do a "win a date" contest!
Please let me know if you have any questions in the meantime.
PS. Our spokeswoman Marlo Jordan (Miss CougarLife) is doing sports radio interviews across the country this week because of the "hot baseball cubs" survey… there's lots of buzz about David winning top spot!
Cougar Life eventually promised to "blast" about 40,000 females in the New York City area and support Wright's candidacy with blogs and other PR posts. But the campaign was killed when the Mets' employee ran it up the flagpole. Apparently team execs were not ready to pounce on a partnership with Cougar Life.
A Mets spokesperson provided Deadspin some insight via a statement:
"Last year there was a big swing of votes at the end that cost David the starting job. We decided to do everything to make sure that doesn't happen again this year. We ultimately elected to pass. We thank whoever leaked this to Deadspin for increasing awareness of #VOTEWRIGHTNOW at mets.com."


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Congress:Former Member:Mark Anthony Dansie
From PESWiki
Profile page for New Energy Congress former member, Mark Anthony Dansie.
Mark Dansie is a highly respected Free Energy skeptic who makes dozens of flights each year to go around the world and check various technologies, usually finding why they made errors in measurement, bringing bad news; but sometimes finding stuff that "works."
While his home is in Australia, he's involved with a team based in Salt Lake City, that is working with some 10 technologies to bring them to market, so he hangs out in the U.S. a lot. He's a character, with many connections.
He's often one of the first to comment when Sterling D. Allan posts a story at http://PESN.com, usually pointing out flaws, or just being skeptical. But not always.
He's involved in the solid state technology that is #3 in our Top 5.
He appears about 1/month on the SmartScarecrow show where Sterling D. Allan does "This Week in Free Energy". While Sterling is usually a cheerleader for exotic free energy technologies, Mark is s affectionately called "Darth Dansie", giving his contrasting "View from the Dark Side."
- Representation
- New Energy Congress
- Since May 25, 2006. Resigned May 21, 2009. [1]
- Committees
- [formerly] Admin, Watchdog
- Experience in the field of Alt Energy
- I have been observing alternative energy developments for nearly 25 years. I have been involved in investigating many free energy in the past 3 years around the world.
- I also have a shareholding in a technology lab that works with new energy technologies and acts as an incubator for inventors.
- I am actively involved on a daily basis the development of new energy technologies.
- Education
- Industrial design Adelaide School of Art.
- Manager of Southern Cross University Press 1997-2001
- Manager of Nornet Internet service (SCU)1997-2000
- Manager Southern Cross University IT (periodic)
- Memeber of Numerous Government Telecommunications commitees (now retired)
- Director of Hillset & MMG PTY LTD (Forex Trading Company)
Bio Highlights
Posted on Oct. 13, 2006 / Updated August 27, 2012
I am also involved in many community organizations and have sat on many government advisory boards.
As far as qualifications..I am an industrial designer. I studied for 3 years and was taken out before completing my course by a job offer to good to refuse.
Here is a list of positions I have help professionally.
I am doing this of the top of my head so some of the dates may be slightly out
|1978 -1980
|Beta Built industries head designer plastic division
|1980 -1982
|Marketing manager Clarke Lane and Associates
|Director and general manager Clorfast Graphics. This included being editor of several small publications and newspapers
|Regional Manager NSW Government Printing Office
|1990 -2001
| Southern Cross University. (I had about 65 Staff There). My time there included:
|I was a professional trainer to Forex traders working for a small training company
|2004- 2008
|Full time currency trader and new energy researcher.
|2008- 2009
|CEO Northern Rivers Community Housing Company
|Energy, Fuel technology Researcher and COO of Research Lab
Apart form that my community interests have involved me in managing several organisations and securing capital grants for different organizations including.
- President and treasurer of the Merle Rankin Child Care Centre
- Secretary to The Larnook Branch NSW Rural Fire Services
- Founding Vice President of Summerland Olives Association
- President Of Larnook public School Parents Committee
- Founding directro of Norlink (Regional Communications network)
- Member of Lismore Rate Payers Association
- More/continued
I have also received numerous awards and been adviser on several committees including Parlimentary ones.
I am also completing a business plan for egas at the moment and founding a new research organisation in Australia.
In the News
- Featured: News > SmartScarecrow > This Week in Free Energy™ >
This Week in Free Energy™: December 12, 2013: Rebuttal to Dansie - QMoGen: US Patent Awarded; Interview with Patent-Holder; Poorly-worded patent may be unenforceable; Plans Posted; Discussion Group Launched; Tune to 8 MHz magnetic field of Earth • Infinite Energy: Issue 112: Theoretical Models of Cold Fusion • Sagdic magnet motor reply • Ken Shoulders archive • Focus Fusion endorsement • Magnetic Printer • Sun Flips Its Poles (FreeEnergyNews)
- Dansie Weighs in on EEFG - I no longer believe it is from a free energy source and most likely may be explained by conventional Physics. ...There would be limits at the rate it could draw at. It's market may be limited to high value smaller powered devices in the microwatt and possibly micro- and milli-watt levels." (Free Energy Blog; October 16, 2013)
- Featured: Free Energy Quest >
Looking for Qualified Co-Host for Reality Show -- Instead of Darth Dansie - While the idea of doing the Exotic Free Energy Quest reality show with Mark Dansie had an interesting sizzle in its dynamic, the ridicule he likes to deploy, and the gladiator thrill it engenders, is incompatible with me. While wishing him well in possibly a separate show, I am looking for an alternative who is compatible. (PESN; January 25, 2013)
- Suppression / Sterling D. Allan / Mark Dansie >
The Debate Over Free Energy Is Not Over, Sterling Allan, Mark Dansie on 17 January, 2013 (2 |Guerilla) - "Are we not yet developed enough as a human race to be trusted with some of the most radical devices? Or do advances in technology radically develop the human race? Is there an agenda to suppress beneficial discoveries for fear it will undermine current tyrannical practices? These are some of the most important and pressing questions of our time which we attempt to answer in this lively and wildly informative interview." (Vinnie Eastwood Show; January 17, 2013)
- Featured: Tools / Dansie >
Tools:Testing Standards and Validations: Overview - Mark Dansie sets forth some suggestions for establishing an independent body of scientists as well as a set of measurement standards for the evaluation of the various genres of exotic free energy technologies. (PESWiki; December 15, 2012)
- Radio > SmartScarecrow > Dansie >
Mark Dansie on Alt Energy Hour: Back from Philippines (video) - Mark is back from a vacation on 'Gilligan's Island', spending a couple weeks with no phones, no lights, no motorcars ... not a single luxury; gives updates on his projects, his recent visit to Zydro, and he points to a few 'free energy' scams or bogus technologies. (YouTube / SmartScarecrow / Rense Network; December 10, 2012)
- Featured / Top 5: Solid State Generators > Batteries / Capacitors > EEFG >
Solid-State Chip and Water Flashlight Demonstrated - On November 11, 2012, at the Global Breakthrough Energy Movement conference in Holland, Mark Dansie of Infinergy demonstrated a chip that harvests electrons from the ambient. He also demonstrated a battery technology that enables a flashlight to last 200 hours. (PESN; November 13, 2012)
- Featured: News > SmartScarecrow > This Week in Free Energy™ >
Sterling's Weekly Free Energy Review on SmartScarecrow Show: October 18, 2012 - More data confirming #1 in our Top 5 • LENR Weekly • Andrea Rossi's Black Box -- Popular Science • Hot-Cat Test Results • Francesco Celani's Cold Fusion Cell • Happy Birthday Tesla II • Highest Density of FE Tech is in Europe • Australian DOD Comparative Analysis of the MYT Engine • Sterling on Infowars Nightly News • Foster Gamble's Salute to Inventors • Mark Dansie the Cheerleader (FreeEnergyNews)
- News > SmartScarecrow / Dansie >
Mark Dansie the Cheerleader - In this 1-hour episode of The Alternative Energy Hour with Gary Hendershot on the Rense Network, "Darth" Dansie waxes optimistic in describe the many exciting technologies coming forward that he is involved with and has found in his extensive travels. The 1000-hour water (Mg) flashlight is a good start. (YT / SmartScarecrow; October 15, 2012)
- Featured: News > SmartScarecrow > This Week in Free Energy™ >
Sterling's Weekly Free Energy Review on SmartScarecrow Show: August 23, 2012 / Includes segment with Mark "Darth" Dansie - My Visit to Inteligentry • John's Response to 12 Concerns • Part I: My Concerns About Inteligentry • LENR-to-Market Weekly • Existence of 1,200C E-Cat Test Report Confirmed • Global Breakthrough Energy Movement Conference 2012 • "First to File" • Let's Build a Goddamn Tesla Museum (FreeEnergyNews)
- Featured: News > SmartScarecrow >
The Great Debate: Sterling Allan with Mark ("Darth") Dansie - On tonight's SmartScarecrow show, following Sterling's weekly review and Gary's news rant, at around 9:35+ pm Eastern, Sterling and Mark will be debating the "Top 5" exotic free energy technologies. You can listen live and provide questions and dialogue through the live chat feature. The show will be available afterward on YouTube. (SmartScarecrow; May 17, 2012)
- Featured: Mark Dansie >
The Free Energy Explorer -- Interview with Mark Dansie - While he describes himself as my "nemesis", Mark Dansie actually makes some excellent points about the pursuit of free energy. As one who has booked more frequent flier miles recently than anyone I know pursuing free energy claims, he's one to drive home the point: "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof." (PESN and BeforeItsNews; March 3, 2012)
- Featured / Top 5: Solid State Generators > Batteries / Capacitors > EEFG >
Breakthrough Solid State Generator - We have finally been given permission to discuss this technology that we consider to be at the very top of our list of emerging clean energy technologies. Solid state, low (for now), continuous power, commercial in maybe 24 months, cheap, high power density, no radioactivity, no existing physics laws broken. (PESN and BeforeItsNews; July 23, 2011)
Mark Dansie
email: < markdansie {at} gmail.com >
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Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Digital Collections
Speech of Senator Mike Mansfield (D., Montana)
Given before The Irish Fellowship Club
At the Sheraton Chicago Hotel
Chicago, Illinois
Wednesday, March 17, 1965, 7:00 p.m., C.S.T.
I am here, tonight, at the invitation of an old friend, Leo
Crowley, and I am delighted to be in Chicago for this occasion. It
affords me an opportunity not only to join with you in the celebration
of St. Patrick's Day but also to engage in some lobbying for Montana.
It is a great state for touring and the best way to see it is by train.
In fact, I have been urging Leo Crowley, for many months, to restore
the Milwaukee passenger service in Montana. For months, he has been
shaking his head negatively in response .
I have talked to him about human need and convenience. He has
been very sympathetic. Then he has shown me cost figures and balance sheets.
I have said to him many times: "Leo, people will still ride on
trains in Montana." He has said to me many times: "Mike, nobody rides on
trains anymore, any place."
The stand-off has continued until now. It would be my hope that
tonight might provide a break-through . I want to note that I had to refuse
a speaking engagement with the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in Butte . Why'!
Because the Milwaukee doesn't go there anymore. I accepted, instead, Leo
Crowley's invitation to come to Chicago.
I took the B ~ 0 out of Washington.
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I thought, on the basis of what Leo Crowley bad said, t~nt !
would be the only passenger .
The train was full .
So I want to say to Leo Crowley, tonight, if the B io 0 can, wny
can't the Milwaukee?
I shall not press for an immediate answer . It ;,'Quld be unfair to
bind a good and long-time friend on the basis of the spirit or spirits of
St . Patrick's Day.
May I say, further, that I do recognize--sometimes reluctantly-the
inevitability of change . It is taking place not only in railroading but
in every aspect of our life . We live in an era of vast change. We see it
in our communities. We see it in our businesses . We see it in science and
technology. We see it in our government and in the politics which underlies
it . Not so long ago, if a man attended a St. Patrick's Day celebration it
was safe to assume that he was not only a son of St. Patrick but a Catholic,
poor, and a Democrat . Obviously, on the basis of the guest list tonight
and the magnificence of this dinner, that assumption is no longer safe on
any count . I should add, perhaps, that I still qualify on all counts.
Where change is greatest in our lives but where we do not see it
or sense it so readily is in t he world beyond our borders . It is to that
world and our relations with it that I would address your attention for a
few moments .
I do not t hink it inappropriate to introduce a serious note on
a day usually given to conviviality. It ought not to be forgotten that the
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the Saint--who is honored here, tonight, walked in a world which was
neither pleasant nor carefree. Rather, it was a deeply troubled age in
which the rock which had been Rome had crumbled. It, too, was a time of
change . It was a time of chaos, born of ignorance and arrogance, of
superstition and suffering. It was a time when an isolated and bucolic
Ireland was at last being stirred into upheaval by a birth in a stable
many miles and three or four centuries away.
And, tonight, I would remind you that St. Patrick ' s Day comes,
not only to Chicago and the United States but to Saigon, Viet Nam and
throughout a troubled Southeast Asia. In that distant region, halfway
around the world from this city, there are those who will also celebrate
this day. But the green they will wear vrill be the camoflauge green of
jungle warfare . In that region, too, there is the chaos born of ignorance
and arrogance and of superstition and suffering. There is upheaval and
change--immediate and incipient, in Viet Nam and throughout Southeast Asia.
A region of immense size is involved. It is a region larger than the United
States and composed of as many human beings as live in our country plus
many millions more.
There, t oo, the rocks of stability have crumbled in these years
of our times . The peace of the rice-fields and the quiet of the jungle
have been shattered. A culture of many cultures, a politics of many
politics, a people of many peoples have been caught up in the fury of a
vast upheaval. This upheaval is not necessarily what many of the inhabitants
may have sought. But whether sought or not, they are engulfed by it and
they must live with it and work out their own destinies within its dimensions.
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Into this vast change in Viet Ilam end Sout.'least Asia, oor own
nation bas been projected. It is a recent 1nvolvemcnt which, for a lons
time, was scarcely perceptible . Indeed, it is difficult to grasp t .. c
rapidity and the extent of our involvement in Southeast Asia 1.'i.thout navies
had some firsthand experience with it from the onset . When I first visited
Southeast As1a a dozen years ago, I nad to check a map to be cert.lin of t~1e
capital cities of the more remote nations. And the maps often did not
agree, so little interest was there in tnat part of the world at t.~e time .
Hhen I visited Laos in 1953, I found two Americans--two Americans--in the
entire country and both on official assignment. When I visited Saigon in
that same year, there were scarcely 100 Americans in all of V1et Ham,
including the North .
Now, a dozen years later, t he number of Americans in Viet Nam--
in South Viet Nam alone--is in tne vicinity of 30,000 and, according to the
latest reports, there are, even now, requests from Saigon for the assignment
of additional United States Army troops . The need for American perr.;onnel
in order to prevent a collapse in South Viet Nam has increased steadily
in the past four years . It has increased drastically since the unfortunate
and distressing assassiretion of the one Vietnamese leader who had managed
to maintain a measure of stability in South Viet Nam--the late President
Ngo Dinh Diem. In place of his steady hand, there has been a succession of
hands produced by coup-on-coup in Saigon.
Many of us who have witnessed this growing involvement over the
years have been deeply concerned by it. That is no secret. I, personally,
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have expressed that concern many times in the past. Yet the fact remains
that three Presidents in succession--Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson have
found no satisfactory and persuasive alternative to it. And so far as I
can see, the prospects now are that the American involvement in Viet Nam
will deepen further before it lightens .
Let me say, in all frankness, that I do not know when and on what
terms the conflict in Viet Nam will end. I can tell you that the President
has no intention of permitting it to end in a sudden and abject withdrawal
of American forces . But I am persuaded, too, that it will end at some
time as all conflicts eventually end, at a conference table. It is significant
that such public opinion polls as have been taken reflect the same view.
A vast majority of the American people express support, both, for the
military measures which the President must take and the hope for an end of
this conflict.
In short, the American attitude, insofar as it is reflected in
these indicators, was formulated originally by the late President John
Fitzgerald Kennedy. He expressed in it--as he knew so well how to express-the
dual sentiment which resides in the heart of America. We will do, as
Americans, whatever needs to be done to insure justice and the national
tranquility. But we will not glorify war as an end in itself. In Viet Nam,
we do not desire the sacrifice of a single life beyond what may be necessary
to bring about an equitable solution.
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There ere those \o'ho say "let us vit.~d.rav" \o'hich ve vill
not and those who say "let's get it over nov" which is not o.
prescription for victory. It is an invitation to an extended ve.r
vhich vill take us on a road that leads ever deeper into Asia. It
may come to that in the end, no matter hov ve may seek to prevent it,
no matter vhat forebearance and restraint we may practice. That, no
man can foretell . But I can tell you that the President of the United
States who bears the terrible responsibility of decision, whose finger
is on ihe nuclear trigger, has not harkened to the siren call of easy
victory in Asia, or anyvhere else . In this respect, President Johnson
carries the same burdens as his predecessors, the late J ohn Fitzgerald
Kennedy and Dwight D. Eisenhower . And all of them have recognized,
under the weight of these burdens, the necessity for prudence and
There are no quick or easy answers to the difficulties in
Southeast Asia. But there are solutions--just solutions--if all
concerned face the realities of the situation in Viet Nam. And the
sooner all concerned recognize these realities and are prepared to
begin an earnest search for these solutions, the better . The natural
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jungles of Viet Nam are extensive enough without adding to them the
manmade wastelands of war . The lot of the people of Viet Nam--north
and south--is bitter enough without the acrid additions of a spreading
and deepening conflict.
The President has no choice but to continue on the course now
being followed unless those who have engaged us are prepared to face
these realities. And from the point of view of our own national
interests1 it is essential that we consider what it is that has prompted
us to make and to continue to make the sacrifices of life and resources
which we have borne in Viet Nam. I -would point out to you1 that current
estimates place that cost at two millions a day1 not to speak of the
priceless lives vrhich have been spent and -vrill be spent. These costs
are not declining; they are rising. I would point out to you1 further1
that by far t he largest single expenditure of foreign aid goes to Viet
I do not want these sacrifices and1 particularly1 the
sacrifices of lives to go on one day longer than necessary. I knm.r
that you do not want that either and I am certain that the President
does not.
But neither do we wish--any of us--to abandon1 half down the
road1 a burden which was lifted in the interests of freedom and in our
own security.
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That is the only context in wnich a just peace can be so~ t
in Viet Nam. And it is in that context that I ask you, tonight, to
consider the principles of our national interests in that rc~ote resion
and with the vast changes which have occurred in Asia and in the worl
during our lifetime .
As a first principle, I would suggest that ~~ seek no colonies,
or bases or any other permanent American establishment in Viet Nan or
on the Southeast Asian mainland; and what we do not seek for ourselves
we will oppose for any other outside power .
Second, I would suggest that we seek, not to dominate, but
to live in an equitable peace and in a peaceful commerce and communion
with all the people of Southeast Asia; and what we seek for oursel~es
we recognize as the right of others to seek for themselves.
And, third, I would suggest that we are prepared for an end
to the use of force throughout Viet Nam at the earliest date consistent
with the right of the peoples of that region to determine their society
for themselves, free from the terror and aggression which has plagued
them for too many years. vrnat we are prepared to forego, we insist
that others must also be prepared to forego .
Mike Mansfield Papers, Series 21, Box 43, Folder 6, Mansfield Library, University of Montana
So far as I can see, that is all we seek in Viet Nam and Southeast
Asia and that is all we should seek in good conscience and in good
sense in that remote situation.
I wish I could tell you that Viet Na.m is all that need intrude
in the way of international concern on this pleasant gathering tonight.
But I cannot, in all honesty, omit reference to the changes which are
occurring in Africa and, notably, in the Congo. There, too, in remote and
little known places, a new era is emerging from beneath the crumbled
stability which heretofore was imposed from without. The colonies are gone
or almost gone. In their wake has appeared a churning mixture of
nationalism, tribalism, racialism, democracy, Communism, Is~~ism, and
Christianity. And the whole is heated with the immense and oppressive
poverty of the millions of people who inhabit the continent.
Here, the American involvement is, as it once was in Indochina,
minimal, and scarcely perceptible . Here, too, there are those, including
myself, who have expressed a concern over the years that the involvement
in Africa might deepen beyond what was necessary and appropriate. Here, too,
as it is on the Asian mainland, the American interest is limited. Here, too,
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it can be nothing core than support of African freedcm in stabilit:; do
peaceful commerce and comnunion w1 th the peoples of Africa.
There was hope, not so long ago, that the United ~atior.s would
provide an avenue through the quicksands of African change into a era of
peaceful relations . There was a hope, not so long ago that the United Uat · ons
would provide a buffer to insulate the energent nations from the clashi
interests of outside powers . But that hope foundered in what transpired in
the Congo . And it has been assailed, again, by the organizational disarray
and the financial difficulties of the United Nations . So I would say to you,
tonight, that unless there is a rebirth of capacity in the United Nations
to deal with these matters, the United States, along with other nations,
is likely to be plunged more deeply and more directly into the affairs of
the African continent . The world may well face in Africa in the near future
what it now sees in the critical confrontation in VietNam and Southeast Asia.
The situation which exists elsewhere in the world is neither as
grim as that in Viet Nam and Southeast Asia nor as ominous as that of the
Congo and Africa. The danger signs remain in the Middle East, to be sure.
The division of Berlin and Germany and the division of Korea are reminders of
the unfinished business of past wars which at any time may denand final
resolution .
But, there is another side of the coin. In Latin A~erica, for
example, the Cuban experience--shatterin as it was--has not been repeated
elsewhere. The Alliance for Progress ·,;hich ·.;as set in n:otion by the late
President Kennedy has been continued w1 th vigor under President ,Johnso!1.
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It has been, by all reports, most effective and most helpful in assisting
the Republics to the south to strengthen their stability and to accelerate
their progress. Some of the Latin American nations, notably Mexico, have
scored enormous economic advances. And as this progress has become manifest,
our commercial and other relations with that nation have benefitted greatly.
In Western Europe, there has been a sustained stability and
economic advance . On the other side of the continent, the eastern Europeans
are obviously exerting a greater degree of independence than at any time
in recent memory .
These changes for the better are of immense importance to all of
us . Western Europe is no longer as it was, scarcely 15 years ago, totally
dependent on us for its survival in freedom . Eastern Europe is no longer
automatically responsive to the call of Soviet command. Indeed, even Albania,
not to mention Yugoslavia, is capable of ignoring that call and others, if
they cannot yet say "no", can at least say, "yes, but •••• "
For us, these changes infer the need for continuous adjustment in
our policies within the basic design of our relations with Europe . I am
hopeful that we will retain a close communication with Western Europe and,
to that end, do whatever can be done to close the unfor tunate breech in
warmth and understanding which has opened with France . At the same time, I
would also hope that we might continue to lighten the burden of expense for
the defense of Western Europe which we have borne in a somewhat one-sided
arrangement since the end of the war. And the same would apply in the matter of
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foreign aid, at a tice when Europe is generally in a good position to hathese
costs in a more equitable fashion .
And I would suggest, finally, that if we are to o.ke the ndj\.l.Stments
which are necessary in this era of char~e that we ab ndon, at la~t,
the cliches of isolationism or internationaliso. Neither can meet the needs
of the nation in these critical times . There is no turning back the clock.
But neither is there any virtue in keeping the hands of the clock ahead of
the actual time .
It is not isolationism or internationalism to consider the principles
of a just peace in Viet am even as we pursue the bitter conflict in which
we have become involved and with which we must stay until ~~at peace is
achieved. It is common sense and sound national and international interect.
It is neither isolationism nor internationalism to consider other
means --through a restored and reorganized and financially stable United
Nations , if that is possible --to avoid a series of Viet Nams in Africa. It
is common sense and sound national and international interest .
It is not isolationism nor internationalism to consider ways of
diffusing the burdens of responsibility and costs which we still carry,
largly in a one -sided fashion for the defense of the West and for foreign
aid at a time when we are in balance-of-payments difficulties and Europe
has a greater capacity than heretofore . It is common sense and sound national
and international interest .
These, then, are the thoughts which I would leave with you toni ht.
And I would ask you for patience and trust of the President, whose burdens ar~
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great as are those of any President. I would ask you to think through
these immensely difficult questions of foreign relations so that you will
understand what it is that confronts him. I would ask you, even when you
differ with him, to appreciate that he is acting, as God gives him t he
capacity, in the interests of the people of the nation and for t he peace
and security of all of us.
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