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Thanks for telling me it was a good day until I briefed you. [General Petraeus]—You are only interested in your career and provide no support to your staff—no msn [mission] support and you don't care.
I cannot support a msn that leads to corruption, human right abuses and liars. I am sullied—no more. I didn't volunteer to support corrupt, money grubbing contractors, nor work for commanders only interested in themselves.
I came to serve honorably and feel dishonored. I trust no Iraqi. I cannot live this way.
All my love to my family, my wife and my precious children. I love you and trust you only. Death before being dishonored any more.
Trust is essential—I don't know who trust anymore. [sic] Why serve when you cannot accomplish the mission, when you no longer believe in the cause, when your every effort and breath to succeed meets with lies, lack of support, and selfishness?
No more.
Reevaluate yourselves, cdrs [commanders]. You are not what you think you are and I know it.
COL Ted Westhusing
Life needs trust. Trust is no more for me here in Iraq.
Two years before Westhusing left for Baghdad, he had finished his doctoral dissertation in philosophy at Emory University in Atlanta. The focus was on honor and the ethics of war. Westhusing wanted to understand arete—the ancient Greek word meaning virtue, skill, and excellence. His quest for understanding the concept was, he believed, a central part of his existence. "Born to be a warrior, I desire these answers not just for philosophical reasons, but for self-knowledge," he wrote.
Westhusing did not find excellence or virtue in Iraq.
When he was in Iraq, Westhusing worked for one of the most famous generals in the U.S. military, David Petraeus. In January, Petraeus was appointed by President Bush to lead all U.S. forces in Iraq. As the head of counterterrorism and special operations under Petraeus, Westhusing oversaw the single most important task facing the U.S. military in Iraq then and now: training the Iraqi security forces.
Petraeus was impressed with Westhusing. By 2005, Petraeus had become a darling of the U.S. media thanks, in part, to his success in helping stabilize and rebuild northern Iraq. Petraeus liked what he saw in Westhusing and promoted him from lieutenant colonel to full colonel. In a March 2005 e-mail, Petraeus told Westhusing that he had "already exceeded the very lofty expectations that all had for you."
It appears that shortly after writing the note, at about 1 p.m. Baghdad time, Westhusing took the 9 mm Beretta automatic pistol he'd been issued at Fort Benning five months earlier, placed it behind his left ear, and pulled the trigger.
After Westhusing's death, there was a great deal of speculation.
Some family members and friends began wondering if he had been murdered.
Westhusing was supposed to leave for the U.S. on July 7. Yet he killed himself on June 5.
Why, they asked, couldn't he stick it out for just one more month?
Much of the speculation focused on USIS and the contractors.
Did Westhusing have evidence that the contractors wanted to keep quiet?
There were conflicting stories from the contractors about how they discovered Westhusing's body. One manager said that the first time he went to find Westhusing after lunch on June 5, the door to Westhusing's room was locked.
But on a second visit, he said, he found the door unlocked. Further, one of the first people to find Westhusing in his room, a military contractor, moved Westhusing's pistol from its original position, claiming he had done so for safety reasons.
That person was never checked for gunpowder residue.
"The big news at this year's Bilderberg meeting is the arrival of General David Petraeus, who was forced out last November as head of the US Central Intelligence Agency under circumstances which strongly suggested that he had taken part in a Seven Days in May scenario, joining with a shadowy cabal of generals, admirals, politicians, pollsters and defense contractors to oust Obama from the White House regardless of the actual vote count last November, and to install a permanent dictatorship of war and austerity under the figurehead of the Wall Street financier Willard Mitt Romney.
"I'll tell you right now, unequivocally; I won't give the reason for your resignations.... If I were to do that, this country would go right down the drain..."
President Jordan Lyman
"You can't HANDLE the truth!!"
Colonel Nathan R. Jessep
The best-known public manifestation of that effort has so far been the Benghazi incident of September 11, 2012, an orchestrated pre-election provocation (or "October surprise") intended to put the Obama campaign on the defensive.
From the Bush-Clinton transition, January 1993.
Romney and Rove's October Surprise Redux: The Smoking Gun from Paul Coker on Vimeo.
Hillary Clinton went on National Television to blame internet video "The Innocence of Muslims" for triggering a spontaneous protest in Libya which killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others.
Because that's the CIA told her had happened.
That's NOT what they told the Romney/Ryan Campaign - they told THEM it was an Act of Terror.
At 10:08 EST, footage of the raid on the Benghazi compound shot (and EDITED) by the attackers themselves had already begun airing on CNN on Anderson Cooper's AC360 9/11 Special.
A physcial tape of the (first) attack, edited on an offline editing suite had been handed to CNN and was broadcast live on CNN within 5 hrs of the shooting starting - Al-Jazeera did not recieve a copy.
At 10:08 EST (4:08am in Libya), CIA Officers Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods were still alive.
The CIA sponsored ,militia had just (miraculously) located the super-top secret CIA Secruity Annex and unleashed a SECOND, murderous assault, with the clear intent to leave no-one left alive, only withdrawing when friendly Libyan Miilitias loyal to the Government arrived to chase off the CIA Contra under the Command of Director Petreaus in Langley,
David Petreaus tried to murder him own people at Benghazi.
The Benghazi Muggers in Their Own Words (Now with Partial Arabic Translation) from Paul Cokeron Vimeo.
The following was written by the original YouTube user who had the (partial) translation done, and I cannot vouch for it, although I do intend to seek out my own translater for the Mahgrebi Arabic being spoken by the frightened looking men with AK's cowering in fear of the one, batsh*t crazy Arab speaking with a Gulf Arabic dialect and accent, because even to Anglophone easrs, the two are really distinct and he's clearly the only out of town "terrorist" taking part in this glorified mugging.
Just one "terrorist", shooter with an asault weapon and home made flash-bangs.
Damn - that's only about 1/6 as many "terrorist" shooters with assault weapons as we involved in carrying out Columbine.... And they had way better pipe bombs, to boot.
Surely it can't just be because he's brown he's classed as a "terrorist" by The White Man in America, now could it...?
"As I listened to the terrorists speaking in loud voices and at times yelling, I wondered where the American Diplomatic Security Special Agents were?
Perhaps the nine foot block walls cut out the noise or maybe the terrorists were not even at the U.S. Consulate compound
(as it turns out, they were right outside the compound).
I thought surely the CIA looked at this video and immediately had it translated and examined to learn what was said and to determine where the terrorists were having their little talk.
I thought surely all of the major TV networks and of course the NY Times have reporters who have heard this audio.
Surely they all must know what is being said.
So where is the translation?
After searching for a certified Arabic translator for three weeks, I finally found one who agreed to translate this video into English.
Unfortunately, once he actually saw and listened to the video he became very distressed. He said that these "people" do not truly represent Islam. After listening patiently to a 1½ hour history lesson on Islam and reading parts of an English translation of the Koran with him, I agreed the terrorists did not represent Islam.
Actually I agreed with him immediately, but he didn't believe me I guess [ GEE, I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY...] —because he kept going. I listened patiently as he proved the terrorists did not represent Islam.
Anyway he finally watched and listened to this short video clip for about an hour.
In the end, he was clearly too stressed to share the translation of everything he heard and he implied that the terrorists were speaking in two different Arabic dialects, Libyan (Maghrebi), which he understood, and another one which he could not understand very well.
So I have concluded that I need another Arabic speaking translator for the parts my translator could not understand or refused to translate for me.
If anyone wants to help, please let me know what you hear in the comments section.
Now as to what my certified translator did translate for me. First he concluded that the terrorists did not seem to have a clear leader. Words and phrase that he could clearly understand are as follows:
00:00-00:05 Announcer: "We are now showing you the first pictures of the attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi."
00:21 "I swear to God you did your best."
00:22 "Listen to me."
00:22 "Take pictures, take pictures."
00:23-24 "Keep it moving."
00:30 "Listen to me."
00:31 "We did something, no need to waste time talking. We can move forward."
00:32 "I'll stay with you and what I am feeling is the same as you."
00:33 "The American."
00:40--00:41 "You do not know what's going on."
Note: Here the terrorist may be speaking to the young man in the navy *blue* vest.
I have concluded that he is a frightened *Blue* Mountain security guard who was lucky to escape with his life.
00:56—00:58 "Try from other (spot, place, side, or direction.)"
01:01 "Trying from other direction."
01:11 "Blood."
01:13 "Blood."
Unknown times:
"Keep using the camera to take pictures."
"Need to show what we can do to America."
"Say or remember God."
"Young men, listen to me."
"The window toward the yard."
"Let them bleed." "
The Benghazi incident occurred in the area of command responsibility of General Petraeus as CIA Director, and of General Carter Ham, head of the US Africa Command.
Petraeus, Allen, Gaouette, Ham The Benghazi Story The Media Isn't Telling You from Paul Coker on Vimeo.
"Why doth Treason never prosper...?
...for if it prospered, none dare call it Treason...."
Both of these officers, along with Afghanistan commander General Allen, NATO commander Admiral Stavridis, and a dozen or more others of flag rank were ousted for various official reasons in a post election purge.
John Bolton and Gretchen FINALLY get it: - "This would be an Incredibly Stupid Cover-up....It makes no sense!" from Paul Coker on Vimeo.
But there is good reason to conclude that the United States had narrowly escaped what might be called a veiled military coup d'état."


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Garbage In, Garbage Out On Studies Concerning Which Countries 'Lead' In Education
from the does-it-matter deptWe've been discussing how bad metrics can lead not only to bad conclusions, but also to a tendency to optimize for those bad metrics. That seems to apply to some of the recent news concerning "lagging" by the US in the OECD's education metrics. However, as Greg Ferenstein highlights in a piece over at TechCrunch, these stats may be meaningless. Not only has the US pretty much always lagged since these stats were first calculated, there's little indication that the stats being measured are representative of anything actually important.
Ferenstein's article is well worth reading, but it highlights a few key points. First of all, what the OECD is measuring might not be particularly meaningful:
However, the report implies that education translates into gainful market skills, an assumption not found in the research. For instance, while Chinese students, on average, have twice the number of instructional hours as Americans, both countries have identical scores on tests of scientific reasoning.Second, whenever you're talking about aggregate numbers, a lot of important nuance can be lost in the mess. For example, there is evidence to suggest that while the US may not be good at educating everyone, it does seem to do quite a good job with taking its best students and preparing them for the world.
Now, there are reasonable policy arguments to be made about this, and about what it means for everyone who is not included in those "brightest minds." You can reasonably argue that we should be seeking ways to move more of the "non-brightest minds" students into the "brightest minds" category. But we shouldn't take the aggregate data of ill-performing education metrics and from it assume that the entire system is broken. When you look for an across-the-board solution to metrics like that, you very often end up wiping out the good stuff (such as how we handle top performers) in the process -- potentially making the whole thing worse.
Most importantly, the innovators at the helm of an economy come from the top quarter of students. While the United States has a dismal track-record of inequality, we treat our brightest minds quite well. The "average test scores are mostly irrelevant as a measure of economic potential," write Hal Salzman & Lindsay Lowell in the prestigious journal, Nature, "To produce leading-edge technology, one could argue that it is the numbers of high-performing students that is most important in the global economy."
The United States, they find, has among the highest percentage of top-performing students in the world.
Ferenstein also points out a second point on the "economic impact" of our education system: historically, we've tended to fix that economically by attracting the best and brightest from other countries to come to the US for higher education and for work as well. This is something that we're doing less and less of these days, due to ridiculous and reactionary laws on immigration and civil liberties.
None of this is to suggest that we shouldn't figure out ways to improve our education system. It does remain pretty clear that good education is important to other aspects of the economy. But we need to be quite careful in understanding what we're really measuring and what it's tied to, rather than just accepting that if one report says we're "lagging," it must really be an actual problem.
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Part I of a two-part overview of Fayette's proposed comprehensive plan
By DAVID GREEN
Fayette village council members got their first look last week at a proposed comprehensive plan for the community.
Council members and the Fulton County Regional Planning Commission would both have to adopt the plan, but village administrator Amy Metz expects some changes to occur before it becomes Fayette's official planning document.
Regional planning director Steve Brown gave council an overview of the draft at the Oct. 19 meeting, noting that Fayette approved a land use plan in the late 1970s, and is the only community in the county without a comprehensive plan in place.
"A comprehensive plan is a living document," Brown told council. "The key is to not let it sit on the shelf."
Brown said village officials should become familiar with the plan and review it on a regular basis. Too often, a comprehensive plan is completed, adopted and forgotten.
Use it as a guideline for making decisions about zoning and other policies, he said, and renew it every five years.
Brown said that census data was used to create the plan in conjunction with a survey given to several village residents. A survey of village services conducted through the village office also furnished data to Brown and his assistant, Bowling Green State University graduate student Seth Brehm.
POPULATION—Brown said he wouldn't be surprised to see the population of 1,340 decline when results from the 2010 census are released.
"Fulton County is expecting a decline for the first time since the 1930s," Brown said.
Projections made in 2007—before the national economic crisis—called for a slight decrease in Fayette's population, despite increases in the county's other six incorporated villages.
HOUSING—Fayette mirrors most of the nation in housing a mobile population. During the 1990s, 64 percent of the village's 520 housing units had new occupants. From 1970 to 2000, 88 percent of Fayette's residential units had new dwellers.
The median price of a Fayette home was listed at $67,300, compared to $112,600 in Archbold, $77,800 in Morenci and $85,200 in Pioneer.
Brown noted that 34 percent of Fayette's housing is made up of rental units.
EMPLOYMENT & INCOME—Statistics from 2000 show that nearly half of Fayette workers are employed in manufacturing, although Brown said the trend is now toward services.
Fayette had the lowest median household income at $28,000, with Wauseon the next lowest at $39,600. The national average was about $42,000 in 2000.
The poverty rate stood at 9.7 percent in 2000 and unemployment rose to 14.7 percent in 2009.
Brown said Fulton County might acquire LMI status (low-to-medium income) when census data is released.
An industry employment projections report for the past decade shows that agriculture is the fastest growing industry in the Toledo Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which includes Fulton County.
Agriculture rose 42 percent, ahead of social services at 38.4 percent and air transportation at 35.9 percent. General merchandise stores showed the greatest decline at 20.3 percent, followed by railroad transportation (19.8 percent).
Brown said Lucas and eastern Fulton counties are known as one of the premier greenhouse areas of the entire country.
"We're starting to push agricultural services," he said.
EDUCATION—Brown said the community's school system is great, but students tend to take their education and leave the area. He also noted a deficiency in residents with college degrees. About 13 percent of Fayette's residents have earned a bachelor's degree, below the county average of about 21 percent.
• Part II of the story next week will cover goals and recommendations.


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Hi, fans. This is my first post in my blog on this site.
I'm Phil Sevetson; I've been a DB2 z/OS (and predecessors) DBA for twenty years; I'm a DB2 Information Champion; I'm certified in DB2 UDB for z/OS v7 and v8 (but not v9, which is one of the subjects of this post).
Current Situation: I'm currently working as a DB2 z/OS DBA in a pretty good consulting position. However, ideally, I'd like to find a full-time permanent position in a multi-DBMS shop. (Paid vacation and paid sick time have a certain appeal, and I'm worried about the long-term size of the DB2 z/OS DBA job market.) As a mainly z/OS DBA with "light" experience in other DBMSes, I'm finding that people aren't interested in hiring me (unless I take a substantial pay cut). So, I'm thinking, if I can get certifications in UDB database administration and advanced database administration to go with an updated z/OS certification, I should look more attractive.
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I'm an inveterate book-rat (That's a pack rat who focuses on books. Like the term? I think I just made it up). You name it, if it's a technical topic I've ever been interested in, I've got books on it. My enthusiasm for actually _reading_ all these books tends to come and go, however.
This week I'm on a kick to read the UDB stuff in my library -- four dead-tree documents, soon to be five:
Understanding DB2(R): Learning Visually by Example (http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-DB2-Learning-Visually-Examples/...)
Understanding DB2 9 Security (http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-DB2-Security-Rebecca-Bond/dp/01...)
DB2(R) SQL PL: Essential Guide for DB2(R) UDB on Linux(TM), UNIX(R), Windows(TM), i5/OS(TM), and z/OS(R) (http://www.amazon.com/DB2-SQL-PL-Essential-Windows/dp/0131477005/re...)
DB2 9 Fundamentals Certification Study Guide (http://www.amazon.com/DB2-Fundamentals-Certification-Study-Guide/dp...) -- W00t! Available in Kindle, and presumably other e-formats! (Too bad I didn't have a Kindle when I bought it. Rats.)
...and soon to arrive (and recommended by the excellent Rebecca Bond, DB2 Security Expert and IBM Information Champion, found at http://www.securedb2.com/ ),
DB2 9 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Database Administration: Certification Study Guide (http://www.amazon.com/Linux-UNIX-Windows-Database-Administration/dp...)
Finally, my digitally-stored library includes one PDF (online and free): DB2 Express-C, (http://www.channeldb2.com/page/free-book)
Frankly, I don't think there's any way I'll get through even _one_ of these books in a week, 'cause they're _all_ technically dense. So I'm starting this weekend with Learning Visually By Example (the top title), and then on Monday, when the LUW certification guide arrives, planning to switch to that. For a test platform, I'm going to re-download DB2 Express-C from ChannelDB2 (http://www.channeldb2.com/page/download-now).
Side topic; as a Kindle owner, I find it frustrating and frankly stupid that IBM Press and MC Press (the publishers of the Sanders and Yevich-Lawson DB2 Certification Guides) have seen fit not to make ebooks of (most of) their current versions available.
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As my friend Willie Favero says, that's all for now. If you read this and find it at all interesting, please comment back -- I'd like to know whether anyone is reading, particularly; then I'd like to know if anyone has critique of the idea of reading as a substitute for classroom training and/or additional experience. Your thoughts? Suggestions on further reading?
--Phil Sevetson
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Hi Phil,
Looks you are going about it the right way. But perhaps you can combine both the db2 luw certifcation along with the db2 express c so you can apply what you learnt. I have found that the certifcations really give the bird's eyeview of the whole product which is what we really need.
Rebecca Bond is an excellent source for db2 security!
Goodluck with your learning!
I am from Toronto. Don't know DB2-L, but I will add you to LinkedIn,
Same here. Please let me know if I can extend a hand. BTW I am currently laid off. Had 5 interviews; they want "Master off all". God bless them.
Thanks for sharing your DBMS interests.
Looks good.. and looks like you have a lot of reading ahead of you.
Good luck... (smile)
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Louison was the catalyst of a St. Joseph's team that defeated Berkeley College 75-57 at the Barclays Center. The junior scored 29 points on an efficient 14-of-22 (63.6 percent) shooting from the floor while grabbing five rebounds.
The forward now has over 900 points for his career and leads the team in scoring averaging 15.6 points per game and is shooting 47.3 percent from the floor on the year.
Louison earns Player of the Week honors for the second time this season, having previously taken home the honors on December 17.


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- Snohetta Hunt Library Mark HerbothDesign firm Snøhetta's latest project is a forward-thinking library space for North Carolina State University. Called the James B. Hunt Jr. Library, the technologically sophisticated hub is destined for LEED Silver. Snøhetta designed both the library and surrounding landscape, creating an environment that emphasizes the natural beauty of the North Carolina terrain and creates a serene center in which students can study.1
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- Snohetta Hunt Library Mark HerbothSnøhetta's library is an exciting place to study and learn, giving students both the best technological programs, as well as the serenity of a traditional library.7


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Volusia tourism study results to be released
County has 4 advertising authorities
The results of a county-wide, year-long tourism study will be released to the Volusia County council and the general public Monday night.
The county paid an Atlanta-based consulting company $100,000 to determine the effectiveness of tourism marketing.
Volusia County's 47 miles of oceanfront is a pretty easy sell. Its reputation precedes it as the birthplace of NASCAR, and that vehicles still have access to some stretches of sand.
"We had never really been here on the hard, firm beach," said visitor Jack Harrington. "The cars and all of that, so it's pretty cool and it's nice, it's easy walking."
Of course, a lot of tourists are familiar with the area because of the Daytona International Speedway and the races that draw hundreds of thousands every year, but on the west side of the county, it's ecotourism they brag about -- hiking, camping and visiting the many springs, including Blue Springs State Park and it's famous winter residents, the manatee.
In the southeast part of the county, the river, fishing and boating are key tourism ingredients.
Each individual area has its own advertising authority, and the Ocean Center is a fourth marketer.
County councilman Josh Wagner thinks the sheer number dilutes the county's marketing strategy as a whole.
"You have duplication of services, obviously you have different people managers in positions," said Wagner. "I can tell you at one point, we all had three different rate cards for the Orlando Sentinel."
It's possible the study will suggest one advertising arm for the entire county as a better approach or some consolidation so more of the $8 million in tax dollars goes to luring tourists.
"It's not to go in and take money. It's saying, 'Hey, spend less money on your operations and spend more money on your marketing,'" said Wagner.
County council members said they will not let the findings of the study sit on a shelf.


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At 8:00 tonight, ESPN begins their coverage of what is consistently one of the least interesting events on the sporting calendar: the presentation of the 2006 Heisman Trophy. I could see myself tuning in for the last 10 minutes or so, but I can't come up with one good reason to watch any of the 50 preceding minutes. If you're holding out hope that Rutgers' Ray Rice will break in, flash both his middle fingers, and upset a dessert cart on Chris Fowler's lap, I understand, but I don't think that's going to happen.
StiffArmTrophy.com, in the business of predicting these things, is calling for a Troy Smith victory with 94% of the first-place votes. Smith might as well show up wearing a t-shirt that reads, "THE REST OF YOU SUCK." They've got the second place vote as being pretty tight, though, with Darren McFadden having a 5% edge over Brady Quinn, who, if you didn't know, is the quarterback at Notre Dame. After that, there's another big drop to Colt Brennan, Mike Hart, and Steve Slaton, none of whom are in New York.
The Heisman show also is serving tonight as a lead-in to "Ali Rap," which I think ESPN might mention once or twice during the broadcast. Hopefully, pictures of Troy Smith freaking some young lady at an after-party will be on Deadspin by Monday afternoon.
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COLUMBIA - As supporters of prescription monitoring gear up for another attempt to create such a program this spring, KOMU 8 News looked at whether a prescription drug monitoring program would work in Missouri.
Prescription drug monitoring programs, variously referred to as PDMPs or PMPs, act as a central electronic clearinghouse for all prescriptions written in a state. The programs are intended to help curb the explosion in prescription drug abuse that has occurred in the last decade. Every state except Missouri has such a program in place or is in the process of setting one up. During the 2012 legislative session, a Republican-led bill authorizing a PDMP gained tremendous support from both parties. The bill passed the house of representatives overwhelmingly only to die in the senate after a filibuster by a small group of senators led by Sen. Robert Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, the only practicing physician in the chamber. Schaaf said at the time he would fight prescription monitoring if the issue came up again. He told KOMU 8 News in November that his objection to the practice centers around civil liberties. He said the state should not have a database with someone's private medical information.
Supporters of prescription monitoring acknowledge Schaaf's concerns. Jerry Eames, a licensed clinical addictions counselor, said Schaaf is correct in worrying how such a database is used. However, Eames said the benefits outweigh the risks "immensely."
"It would stop a flow from the pharmacy to the street, maybe a full third of these chemicals would stop hitting the streets," Eames said.
Prescription drug abuse is a serious problem in Missouri. The 2010 Missouri Student Survey, compiled by the Department of Mental Health, found 11 percent of Missourians in the sixth through twelfth grades had used prescription drugs outside of a doctor's orders at some point in their lives--more than any illicit drug except marijuana. By comparison, more than 26 percent of students in that age range had used cigarettes, while slightly fewer than 1 percent had used methamphetamine. The department's most recent statistics show about 3200 Missourians are treated for prescription drug abuse each year. Xanax, Oxycontin and Vicodin are the most commonly abused prescriptions, together accounting for about 86 percent of the prescription drugs abused by these patients.
Bob Twillman, the chair of the Kansas Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Committee, said a search warrant is needed to access the information held by Kansas' prescription drug monitoring program, called K-TRACS. Any time a prescription is written, information about the prescription, the prescriber and the intended recipient is uploaded into the program. Twillman said the main difference PDMPs make for law enforcement is eliminating the need for police to visit individual pharmacies if they are tracking someone.
Studies of existing prescription monitoring programs offer mixed results. A 2002 Government Accountability Office (GAO) study found such programs improve law enforcement investigation time and productivity and help reduce the availability of abused drugs. The study also found the existence of a PDMP caused drug diversion activities to increase in states without PDMPs--such as Missouri. A 2006 study by the public policy consulting firm Simeone Associates found such programs reduce the per capita availability of prescription pain relievers, thus reducing the likelihood of abuse. That same study found prescription pain reliever abuse is higher in states with PDMPs than without, though the authors caution that the probability of abuse is higher in the absence of such programs.
Both law enforcers and pharmacists said they see incidents of prescription drug abuse on an almost daily basis. Capt. Tim Hull, the director of the Missouri State Highway Patrol's Public Information and Education Division, said state troopers find and seize prescription drugs every day, though he added the quantities seized are quite small.
"It's not like finding 200 or 300 pounds of marijuana," he said.
Hull said state troopers often find prescription drugs and illicit drugs such as heroin and methamphetamine together.
Kilgore's Pharmacy owner Bill Morrissey said his staff looks for telltale signs that a customer is doctor shopping, or getting multiple prescriptions for the same drug from multiple doctors.
"For instance, if we see someone who we know has insurance--or strongly suspect has it--try to pay cash, that's a red flag," Morrissey said, adding a PDMP would make it easier for Kilgore's to catch such customers.
Aides to Kevin Engler, R-Farmington, who was elected to the state house in November after serving two terms in the state senate, said he will introduce PDMP legislation again during the upcoming legislative session.


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Why did God put Barack Obama on this earth? If you had asked that question between his 2004 convention address and his 2008 campaign, the answer could have been summarized in a short elevator speech.
Obama was here to heal our politics, to move us beyond the stale debates and the childish partisanship that lead to stagnation, futility and silliness.
This purpose did not survive contact with reality. But Obama found other clear missions. In 2009, his mission was to avert the worst of the financial crisis. In 2010, it was to expand health insurance coverage.
During this time, you knew what Barack Obama was about, where his priorities lay. But, since 2010, that has not been the case. Since then, Rep. Paul Ryan has been driving the Washington policy debate with his plan to cut spending and restructure entitlements. Obama, meanwhile, has produced a string of budgets so inconsequential that members of his own party have not even noticed them.
Obama has been reactive. He has been defined by the various negotiating positions he has taken in his confrontations with Congress. He's used a more partisan political style to mask his small-bore policy substance. It's not clear what he is passionate to do if he is elected for another four years.
The Democratic convention is his best chance to offer an elevator speech, to define America's most pressing challenge and how he plans to address it.
He has three clear options.
Global warming and capitalism
First, global warming. Obama has occasionally said he'd like to do something about climate change if he gets a second term. Given the country's immediate economic and fiscal problems, this seems obtuse to me. But if this is really where Obama's passion lies, he should go for it.
He could vow to double down on green energy and green technology. He could revive cap-and-trade legislation that would create incentives for clean innovation. He could propose a tax reform package that would substitute gasoline and energy consumption taxes for a piece of our current income taxes. He could say that his No. 1 international priority will be to get a global warming treaty ratified by all the major nations.
This would be a big, intellectually serious agenda, designed to address a big problem.
Second, broken capitalism. Obama could go before the convention and say that there has been a giant failure at the heart of modern capitalism. Even in good times, the wealth that modern capitalism generates is not being shared equitably. Workers are not seeing the benefits of their own productivity gains.
Obama could offer policies broad enough to address this monumental problem. He could vow to strengthen unions. He could promise to use federal funds to pay for 500,000 more teachers and 2 million more infrastructure jobs. He could cap the mortgage interest deduction, cap Social Security benefits, raise taxes on the rich, raise taxes on capital gains and embrace other measures to redistribute money from those who are prospering to those who are not. He could crack down on outsourcing and regulate trade. He could throw himself behind a new industrial policy to create manufacturing jobs.
This agenda wouldn't appeal to moderates, or people like me, but it's huge, it's serious and it would highlight a real problem.
The Bowles-Simpson plan
Third, Bowles-Simpson. Everybody pays lip service to the Bowles-Simpson plan to reduce the deficit, but neither campaign really embraces it.
Obama could use his convention to throw himself wholeheartedly behind the general Bowles-Simpson approach. He could argue that America is weighed down by rotting institutions and faces fiscal ruin. He could vow to push through tax reform that would lower rates and reduce loopholes. He could endorse a 22 percent cap on government spending. He could commit to limiting the growth of domestic and defense spending. He could double down on his health care cost containment ideas. He could restructure Social Security and make it more progressive.
This, too, is a big, serious agenda, addressing a real national need. This, too, is an agenda commensurate with the size of the problem that confronts us.
Personally, I wish Obama would use this convention to embrace Bowles-Simpson. That would lay the foundation for decades of prosperity. It would galvanize a new center-left majority.
But, mostly, I wish he'd be for something. I wish he'd rise above the petty tactical considerations that have shrunk him over the past two years. I wish he'd finally define what he stands for. A liberal populist? A Clintonian moderate? At some point, you have to choose.
Four years ago, Obama said we could no longer postpone tackling the big problems. But now he seems driven by a fear of defeat. His proposals seem bite-size. If Obama can't tell us the big policy thing he wants to do, he doesn't deserve a second term.
Obama's elevator speech
Why did God put Barack Obama on this earth? If you had asked that question between his 2004 convention address and his 2008 campaign, the answer could have been summarized in a short elevator speech.


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Coffee Common
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- onocoffee said...
Reads more like a "cool kids" of the coffee roasting world than a truly inclusive list designed to raise the tide for all boats.
How can we bemoan the rantings of people like Giorgio Milos, Todd Carmichael then complain about the hundreds, if not thousands, of "average quality" coffee roasters out there if are not being included and engaged with the discussion?
It's a "cool" and "hip" idea and concept for those are "in the know" but it's doing little to raise the tide when it's excluding the larger community.
- chris said...
If other (high quality) roasters who now ask to get involved are told "no" -- then you're right. My hope is that we've learned better.
- onocoffee said...
Then is that to say that Coffee Common will say no to other (presumably not "high quality") roasters?
Because it seems by your reply that Coffee Common is indeed limited to a "cool" few.
- chris said...
Actually, no.
1 - I would hope that Coffee Common will say no to roasters who are not doing the right thing.
2 - If so, it would be possible and perhaps even likely that some of the "coolest" roasters would thus be told no.
3 - And that is a good thing Jay. And you know it.
4 - But then again, I'm just a consumer and have no real knowledge of what Coffee Common will and won't be so am just projecting my hopes on it.
5 - So to sum up, yes... I hope it's elitist in the sense that it doesn't include roasters who are producing and selling crap. After all, we don't really need another SCAA now do we?
- onocoffee said...
I'm not involved with Coffee Common because I was never invited.
I'm not advocating the invitation of roasters who are set in doing "the wrong thing" but I am advocating that we cannot "convert" others if we remain exclusive rather than inclusive.
Not too long after one of Todd Carmichael's Esquire articles came out, I was in Philly judging a latte art throwdown. A couple of the baristas in attendance were from La Colombe and expecting the community to treat them as pariahs because of their boss.
Rather than treat them as lepers, I (for one) welcomed them and spoke openly with them. We talked about coffee, how I disagreed with Carmichael (and where I agreed with him) and new friendships were forged. Friendships that can open pathways to new thinking.
Like you, I'm an outsider, and it seems to me that this kind of "exclusivity" will only plague our industry rather than offer cures for it. Lots of good work being done by those listed on the website, but it's the crew of usual suspects and no real "new blood" to initiate or convert.
Is it a "good" thing? Honestly, I don't know. Right now it seems quite a bit elitist and pretentious - which, as you know, I'm not down with elitism and pretentiousness. I mean when your masthead has "to proselytize the simple truths around coffee" on it, it certainly comes off high falutin'!
And while I would like to see a break from things SCAA, from what I've seen on the Coffee Common website and have heard who's involved, there are a number of elements within Coffee Common that are the very people who I think have damaged the SCAA's reputation.
Of course, only time will tell. But right now, Coffee Common is exclusive rather than inclusive.
- Unknown said...
Jay -
Coffee Common is 7 folks right now - and there's not a whole lot of a plan beyond serving the TED attendees. We are all, however, aware of the potential of a group of knowledgeable coffee folks coming together to tell stories of coffee to an audience willing to listen.
At CC we are agreed that this is the path we will take - constantly collaborating with innovative industry folks to serve the purpose of highlighting coffee's complex journey.
There were certainly many, MANY great and valuable people who weren't invited on this trip to TED. While certainly regrettable, it was simply not possible to invite all the talented coffee professionals we admire.
If CC has a future it won't be to create more events aimed exclusively at the coffee industry. It will be in consumer education. We hope to be able to work with as many of the fantastic coffee pros out there as we can as we evolve and get stronger.
Kyle Glanville
- onocoffee said...
I know we tweeted a little about this a couple of weeks ago but I've just been a bit too busy since then to sit down and consider the thoughts presented.
My original comments were based on what was presented - mainly the cc website where there's a lot of high falutin' talk going on about coffee and that's where the disconnect begins. So much verbage that whatever the intent, it starts to fall under glassy eyes - kind of reminds me of reading the coffee sheets from Counter Culture...
Unlike others in the community, I'm not interested in whether or not I was invited to participate. I'm concerned about others not invited. As I wrote above, if the notion is to "raise the tide" then we need to include those outside of our comfort zone. And looking through the list of baristas and roasters invited to join cc, there's no one or company outside of that comfort zone.
Without the inclusion of people who may not be "like minded" how can we change and expand our industry and its approach? Simply by serving free coffee to the rich and famous?
Collaborating with innovative industry folks is a nice idea but if we do not include those "not so innovative" then how can they be exposed to progressive thinking?
As a community, we bemoan those "second wave" types and if we continue to exclude them from the conversation our forward progress is slower and all the more difficult.
Also, is cc really about something more than simply staffing coffee bars for TED? Perhaps Intelli just wasn't prepared to handle (physically and financially) another TED event?
And if we're talking about supporting the barista, were the people on that fine list of baristas compensated in any way? Were their costs covered? Were they paid a salary or given a stipend? Or were they expected to do this "SCAA Style" - meaning that they paid their own way and "volunteered" their own time?
If it's the latter then perhaps coffeecommon should be ashamed of itself. Lots of high talk and proselytizing about how we need to "help the farmer" and "respect the coffee" but we still expect the lowliest paid people in the American coffee chain to pay their own way to one of the most expensive (and richest) events held today?
- chris said...
I'll let Kyle respond - but there is one point that I think I have to respond to.
In my mind, the goal of CC should be to raise the bar for coffee in the US (for customers and for professionals). As said, "a rising tide raises all boats." That - however - assumes the tide is rising.
If there is not a minimum bar for inclusion, that instead of raising the bar - we'll actually at best be simply celebrating the status quo. Yes... it's elitist. And I have absolutely no problem with that.
I, for one, honestly don't care about so-called "second wave" coffee companies and don't believe that those who have not decided to be progressive in their coffee by now are going to change.
If anything, my worry is that CC will be too inclusive and set the bar too low.
- onocoffee said...
I guess we'll just have to disagree on that point.
My thought is that cc could do the "TED thing" - including the "movers and shakers" of the industry - especially those from varying viewpoints, in an effort to perhaps "convince" that there are progressive approaches worth considering and exploring.
From what I understand about TED conferences, they have speakers who present new programs, opportunities and/or ways of thinking to a group of community and national leaders and influencers - or: "Ideas Worth Spreading."
One can only presume that with the diversity of attendees at TED there will be those with opposing and divergent experiences and viewpoints. By including them in the experience and exposure the notion is that everyone will learn and grow and that the community as a whole will benefit.
Groups comprised solely of like-minded people are about as progressive and useful as a DNC or RNC National Convention. Quite simply, there's little to be gained when everyone sits around congratulating each other on just how cool they are.
And just as cc currently does't involved anyone and everyone in this so-called "third wave", there's little advocation for including anyone and everyone either - in fact, we already have a dysfunction association for everyone and anyone, it's called the SCAA.
Just as TED deigns to include those with influence, what is the trouble with bringing persons such as Milos or Carmichael into the Coffee Common conversation? These kinds of coffee people have a reputation and a following. Why not include them in the conversation? Even if they aren't converted, the discussion has begun, and for those of us on the retail front facing new and uninitiated customers daily, that's half the battle.
Instead of converting, our community desires to exclude and bash. Certainly giving the finger to someone like Carmichael is no different than him berating the "third wave" in Esquire.
Maybe it's time to reach across the aisle and truly start talking about progressiveness in our industry.
- Tony said...
I just posted to coffeed a similar question, but how many roasters have you visited that serve and sell other roasters' coffees on something more than a marginal basis?
I'm considering selling bulk and drip coffees from other roasters at our spot in the way that a brewery will sell beers from other producers. Just wondering what your experience has been with this.
Tony Dreyfuss
Metropolis Coffee Company


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2013: NFCA Division I Scholar-Athlete…Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team…Red-shirt season due to injury…Played and started 16 games and batted .378….Hit five doubles, one triple and five home runs…Also had 14 RBI.
2012: All-Conference First-Teamer and Second-Team NFCA All-Region... Hit .381 with a school-record 18 home runs (which led the Atlantic Sun) and 45 RBI in addition to 43 runs scored... Led Lipscomb in multi-hit games (15) and multi-RBI games (13)... Also led the Lady Bisons with 14 stolen bases... In the top 100 nationally in the following categories: batting average (96th), home runs per game (0.33/g, 17th), RBI per game (0.82/g, 92nd), slugging percentage (.762, 33rd) and home runs (19th)... Fifth in the A-Sun in batting average, second in slugging, fourth in runs scored (43), fifth in hits (64), second in RBI and second in total bases (128)... Scored the game-winning run five times and drove in the game-winner on six occasions... Following hitless effort against Mississippi State, hit in 11 consecutive games from Feb. 11 (Alabama) to March 3 (Penn State)... Hit first home run in a Lipscomb uniform on Feb. 18 against Samford... Had first of team-high seven three-hit games on Feb. 24 against Wagner... Went 2-for-3 with a homer, a double and five RBI, including the game-winner, against MTSU (Feb. 25)... Did not strike out from March 7 (second game against IPFW) until March 30 (second game against UNF)... Hit two home runs in a 3-for-4, five-RBI effort against Alabama State (March 11)... Homered in both games of an April 21 doubleheader at Mercer; went 5-for-8 with three runs scored and seven RBI in the two games, including driving in the game-winning run in the second game... Went 2-for-3, including two solo home runs, in the Lady Bisons final game of 2012, against Kennesaw State.
At Auburn (2010-2011): Two-year starter for the Tigers... Started every game in the infield as a freshman, hitting .276 with three home runs and 17 RBI... Earned a spot on the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll... During her sophomore season, was third on the team in hitting (.303), second in runs scored (36) and tied for second in RBI (31).
Prep: Played for Lee Phillips at Goodpasture, winning the 2009 AA state title... Owns school record for home runs (44)... Three-time All-State selection... National Gatorade Tennessee Softball Player of the Year... EA Sports All-American... Under Armour All-American in 2009... Three year letterman in basketball, and lettered one year in soccer.
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Medlen unable to ride momentum into October
Rocky outing against Dodgers reminiscent of Braves' 2012 Wild Card loss
ATLANTA -- The high Kris Medlen was riding into his Game 1 duel with Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers was nothing new.
Medlen had earned a home start in the Braves' first game of the postseason after a dominant final month of the regular season for the second consecutive year. His signature pitch, a low-80s changeup that slipped past countless flailing bats, appeared to be back in top form, and the mechanical issues that dogged him throughout the opening months of the 2013 season seemed like nothing more than background noise, another dramatic setup to a torrid stretch run.
A 6-1 loss to the Dodgers in Game 1 of their National League Division Series on Thursday ensured that Medlen's September success would once again be marred by a shaky introduction to October baseball. In a reprisal of the Braves' 6-3 loss in last year's NL Wild Card Game, Medlen's outing was not sharp enough to overcome some defensive miscues and a quiet night for the offense against a pitcher at the top of his game. He allowed five earned runs on nine hits over four-plus innings and was lifted after his 74th pitch of the night plunked Yasiel Puig to put the first two batters on in the fifth.
"If you don't give up any runs, you don't lose," Medlen said. "We got one off Kershaw, and if I put up zeros, it should be good enough, but it wasn't tonight."
Medlen's first inning had the 43,201 in attendance at Turner Field prepared for a classic pitchers' duel, in the vein of the eight-inning gem he tossed against the Phillies' Cliff Lee a week earlier. He struck out the side on 14 pitches, freezing Hanley Ramirez with a two-seam fastball to electrify the crowd and send the Braves to the plate with a swell of momentum.
"I think it was one of those games where I felt like I came out strong," Medlen said. "It was probably one of the coolest first innings I've ever thrown, with the crowd and whatever else. I think it was just one of those games where even when I felt like I made pitches, they still found places to put them."
Medlen was the Braves' best pitcher after the All-Star break, posting quality starts in 10 of his final 11 turns in the rotation to carry the load after Tim Hudson went down with a season-ending injury and the rest of the starters' standout first-half numbers returned to earth. On many of those nights, his stuff looked as sharp as it did in the final months of 2012, a run of 12 unbeaten starts that earned him the right to pitch that Wild Card Game against the Cardinals.
During those hot streaks, the balls put in play off Medlen never found the holes they did on Thursday night. Yasiel Puig sparked Los Angeles' decisive second inning by bouncing a ground ball up the middle, the first of a handful of hits shot just beyond the reach of an Atlanta infielder. Three batters later, Evan Gattis' limited range in left allowed A.J. Ellis' two-run double to fall in safely.
One inning later, Elliot Johnson mishandled a sharply hit ball to second, allowing Carl Crawford to reach safely. The infield hit loomed large later in the third when Adrian Gonzalez took advantage of Medlen's aggressiveness, jumping on a first-pitch changeup and taking it to straightaway center for a two-run homer that gave the Dodgers a 4-0 lead that seemed insurmountable, given Kershaw's nearly unhittable stuff.
"I almost let it go knowing he was sitting on it," Medlen said. "I let it go thinking, if I executed it, I could still get him to roll it over.
"It's been a successful pitch for me and something I've been relying on the entire year."
The Braves were not charged with three errors as they were in the 2012 Wild Card Game, but Medlen's final line could certainly have been softened by a more cynical interpretation of the plays on the field behind him.
"I thought there was a couple plays that we could have made, second and third inning," manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "I think we got a couple of two-out RBIs a couple times that really put a dagger in your offense. But it's maybe a combination of guys being a little over-amped a little bit."
For all the similarities between Thursday night and last year's Wild Card Game, this time Medlen can hope for a potential rematch with Kershaw in Game 5, a chance to show his team his second-half success can translate into a deep playoff run.
"They're a great team, and when you have an opposing pitcher on the mound who is as good as Kershaw, I mean, there's not a lot of room for error, and I had a lot of error tonight," Medlen said. "Obviously frustrating, but that's the beauty of there being a series rather than just a one-game thing, and I think it's a lot different than last year."


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Toshiba is considering the creation of a hybrid solid-state hard drive containing Flash storage and a spinning disk.
Japanese newssite Tech-On reports that the company announced that combining HDD and SSD technology makes for an 80 per cent power saving over old-style HDDs.
Getting data stored in the Flash wouldn't require the hard drive's heads to move, and that would save energy - through not, we'd guess, 80 per cent. So the hard drive will have be spun down. Good for saving power, that - until you have to spin it up again to get data not held in the Flash. ®
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