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Remembering AIDS Activist Spencer Cox.
by Liz Smith
Thursday, January 10th, 2013
"WORK AND work for love and sex/Ain't you hungry for success, success, success/ Does it matter (shattered) Does it matter?"
Those were some of the lyrics from the Rolling Stones' song "Shattered" from their epic 1978 "Some Girls" album. This collection told a lot about life on the streets of New York — uptown and way downtown. (There was a detour to the Deep South for "The Girl With Far Away Eyes.") And it contained some of Mick Jagger's most slashing sentiments: "Some girls they're so pure, some girls so corrupt, some girls give me children; I only made love to her once!" That entire song — "Some Girls" — with its blatantly misogynist comments on women of various nationalities, caused quite the uproar. Jagger replied to critics with Bette Midler's old standby, "Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke." (Midler herself then went on to re-record one of the album's big hits, "Beast of Burden.")
|"Some Girls" became the Stones all-time bestseller and revitalized the group during the height of punk rock. Modern artists felt the Stones, who had risen to fame in the 1960's were becoming antiquated, out of touch with changing times. That didn't — and still hasn't! — happened. (The Stones have hinted in the wake of their extremely successful recent limited tour, that they will extend the concerts throughout 2013.)
Now there's some talk that Mick Jagger and Keith Richards would like to do a follow-up/continuation to this legendary disc, returning to New York themes and recording studios. New York has changed a lot since the grimy glamorous1970s. What would the boys write about? How Times Square has been utterly Disneyfied — over-lit, over-crowded, totally generic? (I guess to youngsters seeing it for the first time, it's still impressive.)
In any case, this Stones tale is only rumor. A fact is that David Bowie — after a decade of living quietly with his gorgeous wife Iman — went back to the recording studio and produced a new album, titled "The Next Day." The first single "Where Are We Now?" is already being heard and well reviewed — music critic Jim Farber notes: "it tapes Bowie's depth and daring." Apparently Bowie wanted to do something special to mark his 66th birthday, which happened earlier this week. So, he put out an album.
The chameleon-like Bowie has been many, if not all things to his fans since he burst on the scene back in 1969. It will be interesting to see what persona he adopts for "The Next Day," which debuts in March.
|"DOWNTON ABBEY" hasn't lost any steam in the U.S. The third season premiere over the weekend drew a whopping 7.9 million viewers to PBS stations across the country. This is especially impressive when one realizes that season three has already been seen in its entirety in England. Many "Downton" fans — even if they try to keep their eyes and ears shut — are thereby forced to become privy to various plotlines and shocking developments. For those of you who have managed to avoid all the spoilers, the secrets of "DA" are safe within the confines of this column, anyway.
| THE SEASON opener was terrific; all the regulars were in top form, especially Michelle Dockery as the hot/cold, selfish/generous, arrogant/down-to-earth Lady Mary Crawley. (Actress Dockery's intelligence and grace in creating this difficult character is a remarkable achievement.)
However, there was one surprisingly disappointing note. The much-hyped appearance of Shirley MacLaine as Cora's American mother, just lay there, lifeless, witless, pointless. I think I have to blame the script.
MacLaine was given not one clever line. The result was that in the hotly-anticipated jousting between Shirley and Dame Maggie, the latter chewed MacLaine up, spit her out and turned her into fertilizer for the lush gardens of the estate everybody is so desperate to hang onto.
Oh, well, MacLaine's character doesn't stick around, nor do a few others as the season progresses. The series is still delicious fun. Of course, it's a period soap opera and of course, disbelief must be suspended. That's entertainment.
And it is amusing how "black tie," the tuxedo, replaces the white tie for dinner, in the world of "Downton Abbey."
|ON JANUARY 20th at Manhattan's The Cutting Room, a memorial will be held for Spencer Cox. He succumbed to AIDS-related causes last week, at age 44. Spencer was an instrumental force in the fight against AIDS and helped form the focus organization, TAG (Treatment Action Group.)
With sad irony, Spencer Cox is one of the featured voices in David France's current, acclaimed documentary "How To Survive a Plague." This tells the story of how two coalitions — ACT UP and TAG helped turn AIDS from a death sentence to a manageable — if still perilous — condition. It is an important film, especially for a younger generation who know nothing of the terror of the 1980s and early '90s, a generation who risk their lives out of ignorance.
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Child abuse - Survivors
This section includes information and support for:
Adult survivors of abuse
If you are an adult who was abused as a child it is possible that you may have never spoken to anyone about this. Many adults keep this a secret well into their adult life and many find that the effect upon them has had devastating consequences not only throughout their childhood but also in their adult life. You may find that you have enormous difficulty in maintaining loving and trusting relationships, you may have low sense of worth and low self esteem, you may suffer from sexual difficulties and depression. In order to try and block out the abuse and to cope you may be drinking heavily, taking drugs, self harming, suffering from eating disorders and may feel suicidal.
It is important to share the way you are feeling with someone you can trust, someone who will be there for you to listen and give you support. Talking about what has happened to you can make an enormous difference and can feel like a great weight being lifted from you.
You may have been abused by a member of your family and that if you have disclosed the abuse that your family members have closed ranks and may have accused you of making it up. It can be easier to blame the survivor than face the fact that someone within the family has abused you. This can make you feel even more isolated and alone.
You may be feeling guilty as this is a very common feeling for survivors to have. You may feel guilty or bad because you didn't say no or do anything to stop the abuse. You did what you had to do to survive and get through it. Some children are looking for love and affection, not to be abused. Nobody asks to be abused. The guilt, badness and shame is always on the head of the abuser - don't take it onto your shoulders.
Many survivors experience nightmares and you may find it helps to write down the nightmare. This helps to get the feelings out instead of keeping them inside you. Many survivors find that writing about their abuse is therapeutic and some survivors may express their feelings through poetry, art, letters, and you may find that talking through what happened through counselling does lead to a reduction in nightmares and flashbacks. Tell yourself that it is only a nightmare, nobody can hurt you now, you are safe, the past cannot hurt you now.
You may feel a general feeling of being unsafe in the world and that everyone out there is going to hurt you. In relation to the abuse and how they think about the abuse it is common for a survivor to be stuck in thinking with their 'child head'. Try and recognise this and when you have feelings of being unsafe, frightened try and tell yourself that you are just thinking with your 'child head' and need to think with your 'adult head' now. As an adult you recognise you are safe, your house is locked, nobody can get in, there are good people in the world and not just people who hurt others, there are people in the world who you can trust, not everyone out there will betray your trust etc. Recognise that what happened was a long time ago and in order to move on you need to start thinking with your 'adult head'.
Flashbacks are common for survivors to experience and these can be triggered off by anything which may remind you of the abuse. When you have a flashback it can seem so real that you actually can feel you are back in the past and the abuse is actually taking place. It is important to remind yourself that you are now an adult and not a child and nobody is hurting you now, you are safe, try and take slow deep breadths and this will help you to feel less anxious and panicky. To bring yourself back into the present there are things which help like stamping your feet on the ground, clapping your hands, look at the room you are in, listen to the sounds you can hear, remind yourself that you are an adult and safe.
Anger is another very common feeling and that anger may have been inside you for a long time. It will help to find a safe way of expressing that anger.
Some people find it helps to write a letter to the person who abused them, saying exactly how they felt about what happened to them and how the abuse has affected their life - you do not have to send the letter (unless you want to and some survivors do and finds this helps) - you can either keep it in a drawer and take it out and read it when you find that anger is building up inside you until you are ready to get rid of that anger and throw the letter away - which means you are no longer holding on to the anger but ready to let it go and not let it affect you for the rest of your life.
Other people may find that pummelling pillows can help get out their anger, ripping up paper, taking up self defence, keep fit, dancing, and talking - letting the anger out is important. You don't need to turn the anger onto yourself - you have done nothing wrong - you need to start taking care of yourself - a person who has been abused needs all the love and support in the world.
You may find it very difficult to trust and that is understandable because your trust has been betrayed. However, if you are to move on with your life you need to learn to trust again. Yes, be cautious but you need to take the risk of trusting again - yes you may get hurt but you are an adult now and you can deal with that - but you may not get hurt - you may find yourself a loving and caring relationship - if you don't open yourself up to trust you will never find that.
You may find that you have difficulty in sexual relationships because this can remind you of the abuse. Talk to your partner, if there is something which makes you feel uncomfortable talk about that, you may need to stop for a while, it may help you for your partner to remind you where you are, you are in the present, you are safe. There are psychosexual counsellors who are especially trained in helping people who have difficulty in sexual relationships and you can learn to build up trust again.
If you are a survivor it means you have strength. Always see yourself as asurvivor and not a victim. Believe in yourself that you have the strength and ability to move forward with your life. You want to get to a stage where the past does not effect your everyday life. As a child who was abused you had no choice what happened to you and were controlled by others. As an adult you do have a choice and can choose which path you take - a path towards negativity, destroying yourself as a person, continually blaming yourself and putting yourself down - or you can choose a path towards healing and recovery - learning to like and love yourself, praise yourself, value yourself, take the blame and guilt off your shoulders, start to be positive, start to achieve what you want to achieve in life, move towards happiness, love, fulfilment. The choice is yours.
You need a lot of support around you. When you have periods when you get very depressed and feel unsafe in the world do something to make yourself feel good, pamper yourself, look after yourself, do something which makes you feel happy. Some people find it helps to have a 'safe box' where they keep anything which makes them feel good and safe - it could be pictures and photos of people they love, photos of places where they went on holiday, pictures which conjure up relaxing and peaceful images (e.g. beaches, countryside, forests, dolphins, waterfalls etc.), it could be a piece of material like velvet which feels good to touch, seashells, pebbles - something which feels good to hold. Cuddling up with a blanket around you and a cuddly toy can often help - do whatever helps you in your recovery and helps you to heal.
You may have a low self esteem and this is not surprising - you may think how can you be worth anything if someone can abuse you. Remember you are worth just as much as anyone else, you are not bad, or worthless. You are a unique and special person who deserves to be loved and cared for. You have to learn to love yourself first. There are ways you can increase your self esteem (see separate pages on this) and counselling will help with this also. Be determined that the past abuse will not destroy the rest of your life - you deserve better than that. Be patient with yourself, healing and recovery can take time but believe in yourself that you have the strength to get there.
It is so common for a survivor to say 'I hate myself, the abuse was my fault, Ididn't do anything to stop it,' - if you ever say that to yourself that is the child part in you thinking as a child would think - STOP - think with your adult head what would you say to a friend who disclosed they had been abused and they thought they were bad and that it was their fault? As an adult would you not say 'no, itwasn't your fault, it was the abusers fault, there was nothing you could do to stopit' - if you would say that to a friend then try and befriend yourself - talk toyourself as you would talk to a friend because then you are talking with your adult head. You can be kind and caring to a friend - be kind and caring to yourself! If it wasn't your friend's fault when they were abused - how on earth can it have been your fault when you were abused? Next time you run yourself down - STOP - and talk to yourself as you would a friend!
Many survivors find it difficult to care for themselves as an adult and if this is difficult for you then it may help to try and focus on the child inside you. Think of the little girl or boy inside you - he/she has done nothing wrong, all the child wants is to be held, to be nurtured, to be cared for, to be loved. When you repeatedly put yourself down, tell yourself you are useless, worthless, a failure, bad……think of the little child inside you who is listening to that, think how they must be feeling. You may have been in a situation where your parent continually put you down and made you feel worthless but are you not doing the same to yourself? Next time you start to run yourself down, stop, think about the child inside you - start to love that child - to say nice positive things, - start to care for the child within you and give it all the love and feelings of safety and reassurance and encouragement that perhaps you never had but longed for. You have the chance now to care for the child within you and that will then help you to care for your adult self.
Get as much support and help for yourself as you can in your healing and recovery and don't feel that you have to cope alone.
Listed below are some helplines and agencies which can help you and also some websites which give excellent information and support for survivors. Some also include chat rooms and forums where you can speak with other survivors.
(remember do not divulge real name, address, phone number etc. if you go into chat rooms on websites).
Many websites contain excellent support and information for survivors, however, they can also invoke feelings of sadness. It may be best to access sites when you know you will be able to talk to someone or see someone afterwards, for a hug or just to hear a friendly supportive voice. When you feel sad please take care of yourself, cuddle up with a hot drink and blanket or a cuddly toy, take a relaxing bath, watch your favourite film, listen to relaxing music, look at photos and picture which make you feel safe, and make you smile - do whatever you need to do to take care of yourself.
You may also find it helpful to read the sections 'Self Help' 'Live Your Dreams' and 'The Power to Change'.
Independent Inquiry Into Child Sexual Abuse
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse will investigate whether public bodies and other non-state institutions have taken seriously their duty of care to protect children from sexual abuse in England and Wales.
We will identify institutional failings where they are found to exist. We will demand accountability for past institutional failings. We will support victims and survivors to share their experience of sexual abuse. And we will make practical recommendations to ensure that children are given the care and protection they need.
Check website for further details of Inquiry and for details of how you can share your experiences with them as a victim or survivor. www.iicsa.org.uk
Agencies which provide information & support to adult survivors of abuse
Useful websites for all survivors of abuse
Some sites also have information and support specifically for male survivors
Useful book
The Courage To Heal: A Guide
To Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen
Bass and Laura Davis - Publishers Vermilion: ISBN 0091884209
New Shoes: Stepping out of the Shadow of Sex Abuse and Living Your Dreams by Rebecca Mitchell: Includes practical steps for change and breaking negative behaviour patterns.
Male survivors of abuse
A male survivor of childhood or adult abuse will experience the same feelings as a female survivor. In addition he may experience feelings around his sexuality and his 'manliness' which can often make it even more difficult for the survivor to open up to someone else and get the help and support he needs.
A male survivor may have feelings of weakness, he may feel as a male he should have prevented the abuse from happening. When fear takes over a person can freeze and if the person doesn't actively resist the abuse they should not see co-operation as consent to be abused, in reality anyone who is abused has to do whatever they need to do to survive. Nobody asks to be abused.
A male survivor may have feelings of guilt because he may have got an erection and may have ejaculated. This does not mean the person enjoyed the experience and is simply an automatic response from the body when it is stimulated in certain areas so in no way should the survivor ever take the blame on his shoulders - the feelings of guilt, shame and blame should be on the head of the abuser - never the survivor's.
A male survivor may have confusion around his sexuality believing that if another man has had sex with him it may mean he is gay. In reality both heterosexual and gay men get abused and it does not mean a heterosexual man becomes gay if he is abused by another man.
A male survivor should not see asking for help as a sign of weakness - recognising when you are not coping and need some support and help is a sign of strength and a sign that you value yourself enough to take care of yourself.
Here are agencies who you can turn to for support and information and counsellors who will help you to work through this. It is important you get your feelings out and not hold onto them in order that you can move forward and not let the abuse impact on your everyday life.
Agencies which provide support and information specifically for male survivors
Useful book
Victims No Longer (second edition):
The Classic Guide For Men Recovering from
Sexual Child Abuse by
Mike Lew - Publishers Perennial Currents: ISBN 006053026X
Partners of survivors of abuse
If your partner has recently disclosed to you that they were abused you may well be in a state of shock, disbelief, confusion and not knowing what to do, how to help, what to say etc.
You may also be experiencing an enormous amount of anger against the person who abused your loved one. There may be anger also towards your partner that maybe you felt they should have told you sooner.
At this time your partner will also be feeling very unsure of themselves, unsure how you will react, unsure whether you will believe them (when perhaps others haven't), unsure whether you will blame them, unsure whether it will change the way you see them, change your love for them, change the relationship you have together).
It is important to recognise that your partner has put in you an enormous amount of trust by telling you about they have been abused which is a very difficult thing to do.
A survivor has to be ready to disclose abuse in their own time - do not take this personally and be upset that they may not have told you sooner - survivors cope with life in many cases by blocking off and denying the abuse - that is how they get through each day, how they get on with their lives - by admitting the abuse to another person they are having to face the reality of the abuse and sometimes that can be very difficult for a survivor to do.
Recognise and accept that you cannot take away your partner's pain, you cannot make it all better, you cannot force them to get help, and never force them to divulge details of the abuse to you unless they choose to. Many survivors find it easier to talk about the abuse to someone not known to them like a helpline, counsellor, trusted friend - again do not take this personally - your partner needs to talk about this openly with someone and may not be able to do that with someone they are close to and love - they may hold back for fear of upsetting their partner and may find it difficult to talk about explicit details for fear of it affecting their relationship with you.
When a survivor is abused all control is taken from them. It is natural that you may feel you want to take control now of the situation to help them, get them to see a counsellor, get them to talk, etc. However, that is the worse thing you can do. You must let the survivor work through this in their own time and in their own way. They need to be ready to get help and to work through what has happened to them. They need to stay in control.
Disclosing abuse to a partner can effect a survivor in many ways - they may pull back from intimacy, they may pull back from affection or they may want more intimacy and/or more affection. Again don't take it personally if your partner has times when they don't want to be touched and cannot cope with intimacy. Always reassure your partner they are safe and you are there for them.
Useful websites for Partners of Survivors
What you can do is to be there for your partner if they want to talk, if they want affection, if they want intimacy. It may help to reassure your partner -
Try to keep doing things together you enjoy doing, try not to let the past abuse dominate your lives. A walk in the park or getting out in the countryside can be a therapeutic thing to do together - to remind you both that there is beauty and good things in the world - be at one with nature.
Survivors can and do heal from the abuse they suffered in their past and will need a lot of caring, patience, support, love from their partners while on their journey to recovery.
If you are a partner of a survivor you may well need support and someone to talk to for yourself. Many of the agencies/helplines and websites listed above also offer support, information and help for partners so make full use of these.
Useful book
Allies In Healing: When The Person You Love was Sexually
Abused As a Child by Laura Davies - Publishers Harper Collins:
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This tuneful duo bills itself as "The Two of Us." But the folks who have seen Jean and Ed Rains perform those oldies but goodies probably would bill them as the Dynamic Duo.
"They are very good and have a nice variety of music," said Esther Santi, the activities director at Colonial Palms West Nursing Home in Pompano Beach, as she watched the couple perform for a recent party. The Rains have played the Palms on several occasions. And even though some members of the audience are in wheelchairs, the entertainers never fail to have the room singing and swaying to such classics as By the Light of the Silvery Moon.
"Our people really relate to a lot of the songs, since they are from their past," Santi added. "And Jean can even play the piano standing up."
The Two of Us began three years ago. On a lark, the Rainses decided to enter the talent competition at the Good Old Days celebration, sponsored by the Broward County Area Agency on Aging. To the duo's surprise, they won first place. "People began asking us if we would entertain for their parties and it just snowballed from there," Mrs. Rains said, laughing.
But the Rainses' second career in show business (Ed Rains is 75 and his wife lists her age as "younger than Ed") wasn't totally a fluke. Jean Rains, who also does modeling, was a piano teacher and had a Christian music radio show in Niagara Falls, N.Y. She starred in summer stock productions and she appeared in the Pompano Players' Girl Crazy several years ago.
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Afghanistan's hell, the Sangin Valley: Why Sangin?
November 7, 2011
The arrival of US Marines and the American surge: 2008
We'll stay in 2008 for this section.
British forces maneuvering in Sangin, under fire, but on the attack. Photo credit: Jamie Wiseman. Presented by ToryAafrvarrk
As you have seen, the British forces in the Sangin valley region fought hard and with great valor, but their government had been faulted by a wide variety of expert sources for failing to provide the troops enough men and equipment. Furthermore, you have seen evidence of some dispute over British tactics. Whatever the case, the British clearly needed help, the Afghan War faced troubles in many other locations in the country, and the US decided to surge some 30,000 new troops into the battle. The first to go in were the US Marines.
Tracking Allied activity in Helmand now starts getting a bit more tricky. In this section, we will bring in the US Marines in 2008 and then go to the next section where British forces and the US Marines worked together in the Sangin area.
The Marines had led the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. But they did not remain, with Iraq taking a greater priority. The 3-3 Marines deployed in 2004 to the Korangal valley in Pech Province, northeastern Afghanistan. They remained until 2005, and left.
Conway got his way.
The US 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) out of Camp Jejune, North Carolina began deploying to Kandahar province in February 2008, where it set up its headquarters. Its ground-base core was Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 1-6 Marines, infantry. In this photo, you see the 1-6 Marines sort through their gear after arriving in Afghanistan in early March 2008. The 24th MEU deployed approximately 2,400 service members under NATO ISAF command to conduct full-spectrum operations in southern Afghanistan
The 24th MEU was the first MEU deployed to Afghanistan since 2004. Normally, an MEU is embarked on an Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), but in his case it was sent to Afghanistan as a 2,200 strong Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF), meaning it had infantry and aircraft, operating in the main from land and not from the ARG's ships.
The 24th MEU was under overall ISAF command, the latter led at the time by General David McKiernan, USA, though it also supported OEF, in what respect I do not know. The point to be made is that ISAF and OEF were still separate.
The 24th MEU's mission was to conduct counterinsurgency operations (COIN). The 24th commenced combat operations in April 2008, moving en masse to Garmsir, Helmand Province on April 29, 2008. This was the first large-scale American military operation in Helmand in years.
The 1-6 Marines concentrated a good deal of time in south eastern Helmand, protecting and clearing the road from Garmsir south to the Pakistani border. Here you see men from B/1-6 Marines fighting in Garmsir.
Garmsir was located about 80 miles south of Sangin. The Marines worked closely with Task Force Helmand led by the British 16th Assault Brigade. They also operated in neighboring Kandahar Province. The road was important to the Taliban because it provided a means for transferring their forces from Baluchistan, Pakistan up to northern Helmand, and a means to move their opium out.
I want to highlight here that by December 2007 the British and Taliban had reached a stalemate and indeed had set up a de facto border on the banks of the Helmand River. The Taliban outnumbered the British and were receiving reinforcements from Pakistan. The Brits did have air and heavy artillery on their side, however.
When the 24th MEU arrived, the 1-6 Marines were sent to Garmsir to reinforce the British. They attacked the town on April 28, 2008 along with the British from the 16th Air Assault. Together they took the town and then pushed southward. The fight lasted more than a month. By September 8, 2008, the Marines returned control of Garmsir back to the 16th Assault.
In addition, the 2-7 Marines, also infantry, arrived in Afghanistan in about March 2008, from Twenty-Nine Palms, California. Interestingly, the 2-7 Marines were not part of the 24th MEU, but a separate entity. They deployed to Sangin, Gereshk, Musa Qaleh, Now Zad and into parts of Farah province.
At some point downstream in their deployments, the 2-7 Marines joined up with the 24th MEU.
The 2-7 Marines were to train Afghan National Police (ANP). They fell under Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A), led by Major General Robert Cone, USA. The CSTC-A was a multi-national NATO military formation headquartered at Camp Eggers in Kabul. Its primary role was to train and develop Afghan security forces, both the Army and the Police. The 2-7 did their training, I believe, out of Lashkar Gah, located between Sangin and Garmsir. Here you see LCpl. Joshua S. Bunn, F/2-7 Marines demonstrating to ANP recruits firing positions with the AMD-65 in early June 2008.
Those 2-7 Marines not involved in training ANP concentrated on eight districts: Sangin, Musa Qala, Nahr-e-Saraj (Gereshk), Now Zad, and Washir districts in Helmand province as well as Deleram, Golestan, Bala Baluk, Bakwa and Farah districts in Farah Province. Here you see a group of them patrolling the streets of the Sangin bazaar. Photo presented by The Tension.
The E/2-7 deployed to Sangin to lend extra manpower to the Brits, long overdue. Fortunately for them, the Brits briefed them well on what to expect.
The 2-7 implemented what it called a Combined Action Program, CAP, using small units running their own offensive operations bringing along the police for training as a partner force. Quite often, theses small units operated far away from their home base at Camp Bastion. This program was begun during the Indochina War.
Since their arrival in April 2008 and through mid-June, the 2-7 lost 14 Marines, eight of whom were killed in action in one week. This photo shows LCpl. Joshua D. Mayor, a squad automatic weapon gunner assigned to Company E/2-7 posting rear security while his fire team was stopped during a patrol near the Sangin District Center. Photo presented by The Tension.
I mentioned earlier that the 2-7's small platoon size units and their ANA partners could be a long way from home base at Camp Bastion. Lt. Colonel Richard Hall, commander 2-7 Marines, tried to minimize the problems created here, but he did call it the "tyranny of distance." His Marines were spread out to be sure. In one case, 65 Marines were attacked by 150 enemy. The only fire support available consisted of air power, much of which was supplied by an aviation unit attached to the regiment. Those 65 Marines fought off the enemy and luckily suffered only two wounded.
During their first contact, the enemy ambushed them in a cemetery behind the Bazaar with medium machine guns, automatic weapons, RPGs, and indirect fire. The Marines maneuvered as they are wont to do and blocked the enemy's way out of the fight. The enemy then took up secondary firing positions, the Marines sent out a Quick Reaction Force (QRF) and along with the ANA attacked the enemy's flank, causing the battle to end.
But the enemy then implemented a "shoot and scoot" tactic. At the beginning, the fighting was largely gunfights, but then the IEDs became the biggest enemy. The Marines believed that the enemy switched to this approach as it realized how fast the Marines would maneuver, and rapid maneuver was vulnerable to IEDs. Their first four casualties were killed on June 14, 2008 when a military vehicle was hit by an IED.
The Marines and ANA were aggressive in patrolling the area, and joined with the British on several operations where together they could do a number on the enemy, mostly through rapid movement and maneuver to contact.
One other interesting observation while they were there. Some Marines commented that the enemy was commuting to work. They would be in a safe haven, then drive in and attack, set off some IEDs, and then go back to their safe haven.
The E/2-7 Marines remained until late November-December 2008. Overall, they had experienced about 3-4 "significant events" each day, with their worst fighting in August as had been expected.
The Marines responded to more than 100 IEDs during their six months in the Sangin area, and made considerable progress learning how to dismantle increasingly complex IEDs that were specifically designed to kill the explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) Marines and soldiers. They left frustrated, turning back their area to the Brits, but with a sense they had made major contributions to the security of the area and in interacting with the citizens.
Dan Lamothe, a staff writer with the MarineTimes, wrote this on November 5, 2008 about the 2-7 Marines:
"Deployed to Afghanistan since March, the battalion has fought off ambushes in lawless areas of Afghan wilderness, traveled bomb-laden roads and experienced more casualties than any other unit in the Corps this year."
Particularly telling in Lamothes' report was a comment made by Lt. Colonel Richard Hall, commander 2-7 Marines:
"As the regions across which 2/7 operated differed vastly, there is no solution or project which will work across the board ... The most important thing we could do was listen to what the people needed and wanted."
This comment provides great insight to the matter of Sangin: heavy fighting since 2006, it's now late November 2008, and, the most important thing our Marines could do was listen to what the people needed and wanted."
Perhaps this is what the doctor ordered. Only time will tell.
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The recently concluded US Presidential election will likely significantly affect the scope and focus of antitrust enforcement over and beyond the next four years. In addition to appointing new leadership at the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ), President-elect Donald Trump will have the unique opportunity to appoint at least two and likely three Commissioners to the five-member Federal Trade Commission (FTC), including the next chair, moves that will have a huge impact on the FTC's enforcement priorities and policy decisions for years to come.
The question now is: What will antitrust enforcement look like in a Trump administration? The Trump campaign did not issue any official policy proposals regarding antitrust, and the Republican Party platform does not specifically mention antitrust policy.
Antitrust enforcement in a Trump Administration
For the last 40 years, there has been general bipartisan agreement that (1) enforcement decisions should be economics-based, focusing on the consumer welfare standard, and (2) overzealous enforcement can deter potentially efficient business relationships, while too little enforcement could lead to business combinations or arrangements that reduce competition in ways not outweighed by efficiencies.
Trump's economic policies, to the extent he fleshed them out during the campaign, have been neither uniformly pro-business nor anti-regulation. He consistently struck populist notes on the campaign trail by railing against the "special interests" representing "big business." Candidate Trump made several references to antitrust enforcement that indicate he may take a much more aggressive stance in some cases than one would expect from a Republican administration.
Among those who may be in the crosshairs:
- High-tech companies, including Amazon, which Trump deems to have "a huge antitrust problem," and company CEO, Jeff Bezos, who Trump alleges will use Bezos-owned The Washington Post, "for political purposes to save Amazon in terms of taxes and in terms of antitrust."
- AT&T's proposed acquisition of Time Warner, which Trump stated that he will block, because he believes "it's too much concentration of power in the hands of too few"—a much different standard than the "substantial lessening of competition" test that the courts enforce under Clayton Act Section 7.
- The 2011 Comcast/NBCU transaction, which Trump claimed he would undo, without explanation.
There also may be clues in Trump's previous personal interactions with the antitrust laws.
- Trump zealously used the antitrust laws as a plaintiff when he owned a franchise in the now-defunct US Football League (USFL). The USFL filed a federal complaint alleging that the National Football League (NFL) had unlawfully monopolized professional football. The jury found a violation, but awarded only $1 in damages (which was trebled to $3) because it found that the USFL's demise was caused largely by its own mismanagement rather than by the NFL's alleged conduct.
- In 1988, Trump paid $750,000 to settle alleged violations of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (HSR) for failure to make HSR filings on reportable transactions.
While a Trump Administration's positions on antitrust enforcement are unpredictable, based on his history and his campaign rhetoric, we expect to see a mix of traditional Republican caution in non-cartel cases with some potentially unpredictable aggressive enforcement decisions—perhaps involving industries that Trump mistrusts, such as the media, or entities with which he has had a negative experience as a businessman.
A check on any potential Trump inclination toward aggressive enforcement is the fact that the Antitrust Division and FTC, unlike antitrust enforcers in some other countries, cannot make a dispositive finding of an antitrust violation without convincing a court that the relevant judicial antitrust precedents compel a finding of an antitrust violation. That said, the mere threat of government litigation may compel parties to abandon a transaction or discontinue a business practice.
International cooperation
Another area of potential concern in a Trump Administration is international cooperation with other antitrust enforcement agencies. Antitrust has been one of our most successful exports, and well over 100 countries now have their own antitrust laws. Businesses operating in multiple jurisdictions may be subject to conflicting or differing outcomes in multi-jurisdictional investigations of mergers or unilateral conduct. Increased cooperation among antitrust enforcers, through international organizations as well as multilateral and bilateral agreements, must play an important role in future antitrust enforcement.
In response to observations that American businesses may be subject to disproportionate antitrust enforcement abroad, The Antitrust Division and FTC have been highly active in international organizations such as the International Competition Network and the OECD, as well as in bilateral agreements like those recently signed with China and India. Recently proposed updates to the Antitrust Enforcement Guidelines for International Operations explain how the agencies cooperate with other enforcers and describe when and how they will launch investigations that have an international dimension. A new chapter on international cooperation addresses the agencies' investigative tools, confidentiality safeguards, the legal basis for cooperation, types of information exchanged and waivers of confidentiality, remedies, and special considerations in criminal investigations.
It is not clear how the Trump Administration will choose to reconcile its "America First" stance with these guidelines, or how much emphasis it will place in general on international antitrust coordination and competition advocacy abroad. Trump's campaign rhetoric often eschewed traditional foreign policy positions and implied a retreat from traditional international cooperation such as NATO and international trade agreements such as NAFTA.
What's to come
The enforcement of the antitrust laws has a significant impact on our economy--and the world economy. It is difficult to tease out a coherent antitrust policy from Trump's rhetoric as a candidate and his personal antitrust experience, but there is a strong likelihood that a Trump Administration's enforcement efforts will be unpredictable in some cases and may not reflect traditional Republican antitrust norms. The people he appoints to the antitrust agencies will provide important indications of what we can expect. Stay tuned.


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A Duluth man has been charged with 30 counts of interfering with privacy for secretly pointing a video camera up under women's skirts.
Benjamin Goldsmith, 24, concealed the camera inside a sweatshirt and angled it low to film under the skirt of a woman at the Mall of America on July 8, according to charges filed Friday in Hennepin County District Court.
The victim was one of 65 women whom Goldsmith filmed under their shorts, skirts or dresses. The images showed "intimate female areas," the charges state.
Goldsmith was at the Mall of America for five hours recording unsuspecting women before he was caught around 7:40 p.m. by mall security officers. Witnesses had reported that Goldsmith walked by a woman wearing a skirt near the Disney store four times with camera in hand. Mall surveillance video corroborated the witnesses' accounts, the charges said.
Bloomington police found a small white Sony camera, a Muscle Milk container used to conceal the camera, batteries and a smartphone when they arrested him. A search of Goldsmith's camera and phone turned up a memory card containing 77 videos of the victims. Goldsmith's face was also shown in most of the videos, the charges said.
Goldsmith appeared to hold the camera low to the ground and either walked past his victims or stood behind them to get the images. The victims did not know that he was pointing a camera up their skirts and recording them, the charges said.
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It's been nearly a year since Nancy Pyle suggested San Jose adopt a social host ordinance, and when it finally came before the city council on May 15, the council unanimously voted to pass it after a 45-minute discussion.
The ordinance makes a homeowner or renter responsible for underage drinking in their home when four or more minors are found consuming alcohol.
While people behind the ordinance have argued that this responsibility extends to family dinners or parties, police will have discretion to apply it as they deem appropriate.
The initiators of the ordinance, a group called Voices United, provides drug and alcohol education for the community. After a series of community forums held in five council districts, the San Jose Youth Commission collaborated with Voices United on a social host ordinance and brought the idea to District 10's Pyle to make San Jose the 10th city in Santa Clara County to adopt the ordinance.
The county was the first to adopt the ordinance, followed by Morgan Hill, Gilroy, Milpitas, Palo Alto, Saratoga, Monte Sereno, Los Altos, Los Gatos and Santa Clara.
"Voices United wants to get conversations going between teens and adults to show the adults that teens are interested in alcohol and help teens learn how to deal with stress and frustration without alcohol and drugs," said Gabrielle Antolovich, executive director of Voices United.
"We are trying, in a positive way, to create a new social norm: It's not acceptable to drink when you are under 21; it's against the law."
Teenagers' brains are far more vulnerable to alcohol and drugs than an older person's, Antolovich adds.
"Teens' brains develop from the back of the head to the front. The front deals with complex ideas and consequences. Kids need that front brain to be intact to work on complex ideas such as math as well as learning what consequences result from certain actions and behaviors.
"Most adults don't understand that a teenage alcohol drinker is four to five times more likely to become addicted to alcohol," she added.
City staff discussed the potential ordinance with the youth commission, the Schools/City Collaborative and the neighborhoods commission earlier this year.
In addition, the staff researched questions raised by the community by looking at social host ordinances in other cities. At that point, the city manager's staff, working with the city attorney's office and the San Jose Police Department, developed the draft ordinance.
At the council meeting, assistant police chief Rikki Goede discussed the law enforcement angle and explained there are some details yet to be worked out, such as the fine for violating the citation.
Police aren't likely to arrest a family at dinner or a small birthday party at a home, police Sgt. Jason Dwyer said, but it does make a homeowner accountable if four or more teens are drinking or having a loud party.
Dwyer explained that the citation will be similar those given to the driver of a car in which a passenger isn't wearing a seatbelt or there's an open container of alcohol or a concealed weapon.
The social host ordinance will extend the responsibility for underage drinking to the adult controlling the property. Police will have discretion, but parents going out of town may want to ask neighbors to watch the property and make sure there are no parties.
Pyle said the ordinance provides another tool to help adults and teens understand the dangers of underage drinking.
"We've seen far too many underage drinking and driving accidents in our community, and there is a definite need for an ordinance that holds adults responsible when they provide alcohol or host underage drinking parties in their homes," she added.
Councilman Don Rocha said the ordinance, "as I understand it, [is] a bridge between warnings and criminal prosecution. It's a means to address potential issues as it relates to teen drinking. That can only be helpful, and it addresses issues where parents aren't being responsible for their own or other people's teens."
Patti Young, who works at Leland High School and whose three children are grown and on their own, said she is for the ordinance.
"Maybe it's because I'm from a different generation, but I don't see that it's acceptable for adults to provide a place for teens to drink," Young said. "I've heard stories about teens who were drinking and had to get home and got into accidents."
Willow Glen parent Kim Guptill said the ordinance is an excellent idea.
"Kids shouldn't be drinking alcohol until they are old enough. I don't want to be responsible for kids getting into trouble or hurt in accidents. I want to keep my kids and other people's kids safe."
Martha Kelley from Almaden Cares also backs the ordinance.
"We can't let kids keep making mistakes, and we can't let parents provide space or liquor for teens who are underage. If parents go out of town, then neighbors or relatives should be contacted to keep an eye on the home and ensure there are no parties."
"I have a 17-year-old, and there's no party whether we are in the house or out of town," said Mary Keenan from Willow Glen.
"My children stay with a friend when we go out of town, and neighbors keep their eyes out to make sure there are no people in the house," Keenan said.
"I think parents should be responsible for what goes on in their home."


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great grandma's sewing caddy
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What a treasure to have your grandmother's sewing caddy.ReplyDeleteReplies
It is definitely a great treasure! xo HeatherDelete
I have that same one! I bought it at an estate sale last year, it was chippy white but I decided it should be aqua! I love it and it sits right beside my favorite chair... That looks like "antiquing" on yours. My Grandmother "antiqued" quite a few things in the 1970's!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh, how neat and the aqua is probably so pretty! That is good to know! Have a great weekend! xo HeatherDelete
What a sweet pair! Inside my head I hear them calling out for water-slide decals so can't wait to find out what they are saying to you.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Kathy! Oh, decals would definitely look pretty on these!! xo HeatherDelete
You are the perfect person to be the steward of your great grandma's sewing caddy! You will love it, appreciated it...and maybe even make it prettier! You are such a sweetie! =DReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much Shirley! Have a lovely weekend! xo HeatherDelete
What a treasure. Your yarn looks so sweetReplyDelete
tucked inside. :0) Your blanket looks so
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Thank you so much Trish! Happy weekend to you! xo HeatherDelete
what a sweet piece of history! love it. and your new stuff is GORGEOUS!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much Carina!! xo HeatherDelete
They are so cute together. That is such a treasure. Love the new yarn colors too1ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Leslie! xo HeatherDelete
Heather, you will be a wonderful caretaker of your great grandma's sewing caddy. I think yellow would be a great color fot it! JeanReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Jean!! I am looking forward to prettying them up! xo HeatherDelete
Your sewing caddy is a treasure!! Your new yarn is lovely!! And even more so tucked in its pretty container.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much Deborah! xo HeatherDelete
It's such a lovely shape, yes I think yellow would be great! It's great that things get passed down the generations! Ada :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Ada! It is the best treasures to have! xo HeatherDelete
You are so lucky to have that treasure from your great grandma! Enjoy.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks so much!! xo HeatherDelete
oh how lovely! i'm getting my grandmother's sewing caddy as well...my mom is bringing it to me when they come to visit in november! i simply can't wait! :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Rachel! Oh, how exciting! Can't wait to see it!! ;) xo HeatherDelete
Your grandmother's caddy is a wonderful thing to have. And great for storing yarn. I should have been cleaning today but instead have been cross-stitching. And although right about now I should be hitting the hay, I think I might crochet a bit instead. Enjoy the rest of your day. TammyReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Tammy! I need to get some cross-stitching done this weekend! Wishing you a lovely weekend and happy creating! xo HeatherDelete
Sweet!! The sewing caddy's look great!!!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much Chris! xo HeatherDelete
What a treasure.ReplyDelete
You are certainly the girl that appreciated something like that!
Lucky you!!
Smiles :)
Thank you Kerin!! xo HeatherDelete
How cute they are together!! :) Can't wait to see your paint and colors! :) Very pretty yarns too! :) :) xo HollyReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Holly! Happy weekend to you! xo HeatherDelete
Hi HeatherReplyDelete
I love this and cant wait to see the results after its mini makeover.
Thank you so much Sophie! xo HeatherDelete
Lovely set of sewing "baskets" I've got one, its outside in my grandauthers play house. I must remember to bring it in and paint it up lolReplyDelete
big hugs,
Thanks Cheryl! Yes, you should bring it in and paint it!! They are so neat to have! xo HeatherDelete
- AnonymousAugust 24, 2012 at 11:56 AM
Heather, love your sewing caddies. They look perfectly darling together! Can't wait to see how you paint them. I'm sure it will be lovely, as will the new blanket you're making. XOReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you sweet Helena! Happy weekend to you! xo HeatherDelete
I LOVE when I get Vintage or Antique items that have Family Memories attached to them. It makes them that much more SWEETER!! I think I could use about 100 of those things. I am constantly tripping over all my OVERFLOW... :)ReplyDelete
Family treasures are the best to have! I could use that many, too! Have a lovely weekend! xo HeatherDelete
Very sweet sewing caddies. My nan used to have something similar! I love the look of that yarn, pretty colours. xxReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much! Oh, how neat! Have a beautiful weekend! xo HeatherDelete
Hi Heather, Your greatgrandmothers sewing caddy is so pretty with the colorful yarn! And the little one is sweet, also. I've been window shopping in your shop and I must come back soon for one of those lovely flower brooches, I really like those!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much Dorothy! Aah, your so sweet! Thank you!! Have a beautiful weekend! xo HeatherDelete
I don't even sew and that's is cool! ha. By the way, someone (you...cough cough...) got an award over on my blog! go check it out...it's something I like to call the Versatile Blog Award! holllller!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, they are fun to have! Aah, thank you! Will head over to check it out! xo HeatherDelete
it's wonderful...they just don't make them like they used too. That would be so neat if they would make them like that. Your surly blessed to have such a treasure from your Gramma. Thanks for sharing. Mica @ The Child's PaperReplyDelete
That's so cool! And yellow, especially a pastel yellow, would look lovely. (:ReplyDelete
Dear sweet Heather,ReplyDelete
How I love it when you come for a visit! Your blog has been such a source of inspiration to me! I love all the beautiful things you create! Your tea towels are so perfect with all your wonderful touches. I know they will be snatched up!
How precious for you to have your grandmother's sewing kit...and, now to have one more to sit affectionately beside it. I can't wait to see what color paint you choose!
I do hope you have a delightful week, my friend!
Blessings and friendship,
Carolynn xo
Wow, what a treasure! I can't wait to see them painted. :)ReplyDelete
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So sweet! I love the pair of them! I love these old sewing cabinets- I even bought a miniature one for one of my dollhouses- ha ha!ReplyDelete
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This Is Why You Are Blocked
We get a lot of mail here at Gawker. Lately, a lot of it has contained some variant of the question, "Why was I blocked?" We have a vibrant and ornery culture of commenters—excuse me, Kinjateers—and we value their input. They give us stories, make funny jokes, and keep us on our toes. The thing is, not all of them are good. Some of them are not good at all. Those ones get blocked. Here is a quick explainer on the process.
What is blocking? When we block someone, we prevent a specific account from commenting on Gawker. The owner of that account can still write things, and those things will show up on their Kinja page. But their comments will not display at the bottom of our posts. Blocking is specific to a site, so people who are blocked on Gawker may still comment with abandon on Defamer or Valleywag or Gizmodo.
Why would you do such a thing? Because we have an interest in barring people from writing dumb, uninteresting, unhelpful things on Gawker. (That's our job!)
So why was I blocked? Because you wrote something that was dumb, uninteresting, or unhelpful.
No I didn't! Of course you wouldn't think that your comment was dumb, uninteresting, or unhelpful. You wrote it! I'm sure you are of the opinion that your comment along the lines of "Ugh this story is so annoying" or "why doesn't Hamilton Nolan get his head out of his ass" or "nice job buttface" was perfectly useful and entertaining. I don't think you would purposefully write a dumb, uninteresting, or unhelpful comment. But you wrote a dumb, uninteresting, or unhelpful comment nonetheless. One of our job duties is to identify such comments and, when we deem it appropriate, block the users responsible for them. It doesn't matter whether you think your comment was smart, interesting, or helpful. What matters is what we think of it.
Christ, that's arrogant. I guess. But this is our site, right? We work here. One of the prerogatives we have is to supervise the comments to try to push them in a direction we want them to go. The alternative is the commenting community on a Yahoo! site, or Deadspin or something. Is that what you want?
But which comment, specifically, was I blocked for? Don't know, really. There are a lot of comments. We see dumb ones, we block the users. It's hard to keep track.
Can't you give some examples? OK, here is a non-comprehensive sampling of red flags for commenter worthlessness:
- "TL;DR": You didn't actually read it, because it wasn't short enough for you, so you decided to make it longer by tacking on something at the end. No reading, no commenting.
- "cunt": Take it to Reddit or whatever, pig.
- "You suck. Caity should have written it instead": We do the assigning around here. And we'll do the fostering of invidious rivalries between staffers, if it seems motivationally useful. The writers pretty much all like each other more than they like you, so step off.
- "Brooklyn hipsters"/"skinny jeans": Stow it in your Mom's basement, where the old boxes of blogger-baiting cliches are.
- "Lanny Davis has decades of accomplishment to his credit": Go away, Lanny.
- off-topic hobbyhorses: Are you mad about our Rob Ford coverage? Save it for our Rob Ford posts.
There are so many worse commenters than me. This is all so arbitrary and capricious. Of course it is! Do you think we read and evaluate every comment? We can't. So we read what we can, when we can, and block the people who wrote the dumb ones.
You are censoring dissent. You are blocking people who disagree with you. No, we like people who disagree with us. We're blocking people who disagree emptily or unreasonably. If you take the time to formulate a good-faith argument, one that isn't disingenuous or doesn't deliberately take what we've written out of context, we will leave it be even if it viciously dismantles our arguments. Those are the sorts of comments we like. But if all you have to say is, "This is bullshit," you should go comment somewhere else. If you think we're systematically deleting or blocking comments that disagree with what we've written, you should read the comments more carefully. They are full of rage, dissent, and vicious personal attacks.
You can dish it out, but you can't take it. Again, read the comments that we let stand. People are pretty mean.
But I got a right! Of course you do. Write what you will. We have no way to prevent people from commenting on Gawker. All we can do is block accounts. If you want to try again, start a new account.
Can't you just unblock me, please? Maybe. Keep writing us those emails.