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Finishing in gusty conditions on another hot afternoon at Mission Hills, the 24-year-old South Korean player shot a 5-under 67 to reach 7 under.
"Obviously, putted really good out there, especially on the back nine," Park said. "The wind picked up, so it was tough out there on the back nine. Last four holes, I made all pars. I'm really happy with that."
American Lizette Salas was a stroke back after a 68, and Sweden's Carolina Hedwall and Italy's Giulia Sergas followed at 5 under. Hedwall shot 68, and Sergas had a 69.
Park is seeking her second major title after winning the 2008 U.S. Women's Open Championship. She won the LPGA Thailand in February for her fourth LPGA Tour victory when 17-year-old Ariya Jutanugarn closed with a triple bogey to blow a two-stroke lead.
"I just like to stay a little quiet and just do my own thing," Park said. "If I win a little more, I think I'll get a little bit more attention."
McIlroy pulls within 3
SAN ANTONIO -- Rory McIlroy matched the low round of the day with a 5-under par 67 and moved within three shots of the lead at the Texas Open, continuing his last-minute preparations for next week's Masters.
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McIlroy is three shots back of leader Billy Horschel, who birdied his last two holes to post his second straight 4-under 68. Three players are two shots back at 6 under.
Thursday's co-leaders, Matt Bettencourt and Peter Tomasulo, each shot 1-over 73s and fell four shots off the lead.

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What's In The Box?
Hello, Crafty Peeps!
Time for a new challenge here at 613 Avenue Create –
Anything Goes/Optional Twist – Create A Box or Container
This challenge was suggested by the challenge owner Chana who sadly is 'under the weather' at the minute. Get well soon Chana, we all miss you!
Before we meet the winners of our last challenge, please may I remind you that each week we select projects for our Top Rocker award throughout the course of the challenge. Please remember to check back to the 'Top Rockers' page to claim your badge.
Now without further ado are our winners for challenge # 196
And now for some inspiration from our amazing Design Team
Natalie of INKognito
using "Peony Bouquet" by Altenew and WRMK Envelope Punch Board
~ginny of RubberMAD
Tutorial available on how to make Pillow Boxes using TP Rolls
& "Santa's Star" by D.O.T.S. [Dozens Of Terrific Stamps]
Sandy of Sandy's Creations
using the Candy Box Punch Board
Sheryl of Cat Crazy Craft Corner
Self Close gift box - tutorial available here
Carol of Crafty Stamper
Jo Ann by J. Atterbury Creations
Baby Shower Gift Box


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2004 Volleyball
Weekly Recap 10-25
Beavers compete at Anderson and Kenyon Invitational on week
By Molly Burnell, Sports Information Assistant
The BlufftonUniversity women's volleyball team competed in the Kenyon College Invitational
along with playing a Heartland Conference game against AndersonUniversity this past
week. The Beavers were defeated in three games by Anderson (25-30, 25-30, 32-34)
on Tuesday. On Friday Bluffton was defeated by KenyonCollege (17-30, 27-30, 30-32)
and Case Western (24-30, 26-30, 21-30). Saturday the Beavers lost to DenisonUniversity
(22-30, 24-30, 28-30) and Heidelberg (17-30, 18-30, 24-30).
Senior Courtney Tisher (Rittman/Rittman) led Bluffton against Anderson. She totaled 14 kills, four digs,
and two blocks. Kelly Kettinger (Oregon/Clay) added 32 digs to the Beaver defense on the game. Sophomore setter
Brittany Shultz (Hudson, IN/Prairie Heights) contributed 16 assists, seven digs, and three blocks
to the team total.
Leading Bluffton on the weekend was Tisher, Jill Rothe (Wapakoneta/St. Mary's), Leslie Overmyer (Payne/Wayne Trace) , and Kettinger. Tisher added 46 kills, four aces, 44 digs,
and ten blocks. Rothe tallied 20 kills, one ace, 26 digs, and three blocks for the
Beavers. Overmyer led the team in assists with 81, and she also contributed 41 digs
and one ace on the weekend. Kettinger posted 97 digs and once ace for Bluffton.
Leading the Beavers on the season is Courtney Tisher. Tisher has accumulated 287
kills, 25 aces, 169 digs, and 28 solo blocks on the season. Junior Keri Kuhlman (Shelby/Shelby) has totaled 302 kills, 49 digs, and 34 solo blocks for Bluffton.
Senior Erin Kreim (New Washington/Buckeye Central) posts 133 kills, 15 aces, 313 digs on the year thus
far. Overmyer leads in assists with 496 and has added 231 digs, and 17 serves aces.
Senior Kelly Kettinger leads the defense with 573 digs on the season; she has also
contributed 27 serving aces to the team total.
Bluffton will be in action this week as they host Heartland opponent Franklin on Tuesday, start time for the contest is scheduled for


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The Lexington Tourism Authority awarded close to $8,000 in total grant funding Thursday for three upcoming events officials hope draw crowds to the area.
The Lexington Tourism Authority awarded close to $8,000 in total grant funding Thursday for three upcoming events officials hope draw crowds to the area.
The authority, which is governed by a local board of directors and funded through a hotel occupancy tax, will provide grants for the 2014 American Legion state tournament to be hosted in Lexington, the 2013 N.C. Music and Arts Festival and an inaugural Barbecue Big Bass Tournament on High Rock Lake.
The authority's board approved a $5,000 grant for Lexington-Davidson Baseball Inc., which secured the bid to host the American Legion's state tournament next year. The money approved will help with costs associated with hosting the event, which include providing hotel rooms for teams and officials, programs and souvenirs, and a tournament banquet.
The overall budget for the tournament is about $30,000, according to authority documents.
The tournament, scheduled to be held from July 24-29 at Holt Moffitt Field, will include eight teams that each include about 18 players and two coaches. Factoring in the players' parents, family and friends who will come to watch them play, the event has the possibility to bring thousands to the city, said Rick Cook, of Lexington-Davidson Baseball Inc.
"They will go out to eat at the restaurants and stay in the hotels and motels," Cook said, adding that this is the first time Lexington will host the event since starting Legion play in 1945.
Authority officials said the tournament, which rotates to different areas of the state each year, could come back to Lexington in the future.
"Anytime you have youth sports, the families all follow," said Lexington Tourism Authority Executive Director Robin Bivens.
The 2013 N.C. Music and Arts Festival coordinated by High Rock Outfitters co-owner Chris Phelps and other area sponsors, will receive a $2,500 grant from the authority.
The festival, which will be held Nov. 29-30 at High Rock Outfitters and the Edward C. Smith Civic Center in uptown Lexington, drew about 1,000 people from the area and nearby states during the inaugural two-day event last year.
Festival organizers asked for a $5,000 grant from the authority, which would have made the group the title sponsor for the event. However, officials unanimously approved half of that amount, which will be used for marketing, Bivens said.
The authority also awarded a $580 grant for the upcoming Big Bass Tournament on High Rock Lake, which is scheduled for Oct. 12 and is part of the Barbecue Festival's monthlong series of events and sporting attractions.
The event, which will start at 7 a.m. and include hourly weigh-ins that begin at 8 a.m., will launch out of the wildlife access area off of N.C. Highway 8 in Lexington. Ben Abele, who is helping organize the event, said he has already heard interest from competitors as far away as Florida.
Lexington City Manager and tourism authority board member Alan Carson said it's good to see so many groups coming forward with grant requests.
"I cannot remember when three different events came to us with such positive events," Carson said. "These are exciting times in Lexington."
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It was a transforming moment. Researchers could barely believe their eyes.
A molecular blob of a protein reshaped itself into a molecular Pacman in order to free new viruses from the inside of a bacterial cell.
It's the sort of thing where your graduate student tells you the results of an experiment and you say, 'You must have made a mistake,' said Dr. Ryland Young, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station biochemist.
But then, a good scientist has to be prepared at any time for the old rule to be disproved, he added.
And that's what happens Friday when Science magazine reports on the protein Lyz found to be capable of turning itself into a completely different structure – a discovery made by Young's graduate student Min Xu and a team of researchers.
Understanding Lyz could enable medical researchers to design drugs to turn off or on proteins at the cellular level, which could lead to treatment for some of the most difficult to cure diseases such as cancer and HIV.
Lyz is a lysozyme, a protein that degrades the tough cell wall that covers bacterial cells. The name lysozyme means break-out enzyme as coined by Alexander Fleming, who was also the inventor of penicillin.
Lysozymes are everywhere, Young noted. They are even in your tears, where they destroy bacteria that try to enter the eye.
But Lyz is made by a virus growing inside the bacterial cell. The virus has to destroy the cell wall, or the virus babies would be trapped inside the dead body of the bacterium. Originally, the group set out to study how the Lyz protein gets outside the cell to break down the cell wall. They were looking for a holin, a protein that makes holes in the cell membrane to let the lysozyme out.
"Using biochemistry and genetics, Min and Doug (Struck, a research assistant) found something completely unexpected," Young said. Lyz was able to get out of the membrane by presenting a part of the protein as a signal, or tether attached to the membrane. Once outside, Lyz completely changes its shape, withdrawing the signal from the membrane and turning into a jaw-like molecule that almost literally chews up the cell wall, thus allowing release of its progeny.
It's like one of those transformer toys that you twist and they become something quite different from the original in shape and form, noted Sacchettini, whose group worked out the detailed molecular structure of Lyz before and after its shape-shifting. It's fascinating to know now that the same protein can exist in vastly different states. It's an academic exercise from which a lot of other interesting work and developments may derive.
Also working with Xu, Young, Sacchettini and Struck on the project were: Dr. Sam Arulandu, a post doctoral researcher, and undergraduate student Stephanie Swanson, a senior from Houston.


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Channel 4 has confirmed through an incident report that a tracking device was found on a car that belongs to Ashley Judd.
Investigators aren't saying much about who might have planted the GPS device, but experts say it could signal a dangerous breach of security.
The police department began an investigation after a teenager brought a car connected to Judd to Quick Muffler in Franklin and said there was concern it had a tracking device.
The car was a Mini Cooper, and the owner of the muffler shop said the GPS device was in a big black box with a sponge and was connected to the car with a magnet.
Judd told police she did not place the GPS there and did not authorize anyone to put it there.
Now, there are questions whether a crime was committed.
"There is something called unconsensual contact, and that can be an element of stalking, which is a crime, and it can be an element of harassment, which is a crime," said defense attorney and former prosecutor Jim Todd. "However, those crimes require other elements - that the victim be placed in fear."
Todd says the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled this type of act is an invasion of privacy, but that's a civil matter.
Now, police are determining if this civil matter has risen to the level of a crime.
"It points a big red flag, and if law enforcement can determine who placed it on there, where it is registered, it could be enough to get a search warrant for their house and find out just what sort of information they have or what they've been doing," Todd said.
Franklin police officials say this is a closed investigation despite the worldwide media interest, and Deputy Chief Mike Jordan has been suspended for leaking details of the ongoing investigation.
A well-known local private detective said there are often fingerprints on these devices that could give police further leads, and if the device involves a SIM card, that could lead detectives to a name.
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IFPI Sends DMCA Notice To Google Demanding It Stop Linking To The Pirate Bay... Entirely
from the here-comes-the-lawsuit dept
In light of the serious violations of copyright facilitated by The Pirate Bay service, and in accordance with Google's policies (see http://www.google.com/dmca.html andhttps://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?answer=58&ctx=sibling) we are asking for your immediate assistance in removing from your index, or otherwise disabling access to via your search engine, URLs linking to the website for The Pirate Bay including but not limited to the URLs specified in the attachment to this notice.Yup. They are directly asking for a blanket ban, which clearly goes way beyond what the DMCA was intended for or allows. But, of course, the real goal here is to set up Google for a lawsuit, which IFPI makes clear later in its letter:
Our use of a notice in this form, as required by Google, is meant to facilitate Google's removal of search results linking directly to infringing web pages and we neither admit nor accept that Google is a 'service provider' for the purposes of the DMCA or that it is necessary to serve, or that Google is entitled to be served, a notice in compliance with the DMCA. IFPI itself and on behalf of the IFPI Represented Companies expressly reserves all rights in this regard.Nice trick here, right? So even if the courts decide (say as in the Viacom case) that Google needs to have direct knowledge of what's infringing, the IFPI wants to reserve the ability to claim in court that Google isn't even a service provider and doesn't fall under the DMCA's safe harbors. Of course, Google has dozens of judicial decisions on its side, but why should that stop the IFPI.
Then there's my favorite line of all:
Please note that we do not admit that we or the IFPI Represented Companies are responsible for detecting infringing material and notifying you of it.Yup. The IFPI is blatantly coming out and saying that it doesn't believe it needs to figure out what's infringing and what's not -- that's what Google has to do. Of course, there is nothing in the actual law or in the case law that supports this position. It just looks like the IFPI is taking a flier and seeing if it can drastically overreach on the DMCA and get Google to stop linking to the entire Pirate Bay (something that Facebook has already done), and if Google (hopefully) refuses, then it seems likely to file a lawsuit.


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In baseball action this past week, the Geneseo varsity baseball team split match ups with Ottawa and Princeton and completed the series sweep of Dixon.
In baseball action this past week, the Geneseo varsity baseball team split match ups with Ottawa and Princeton and completed the series sweep of Dixon.
Geneseo vs. Ottawa
After a 4-0 start to the conference schedule, the Leafs suffered their first loss in NIB 12 play on the road to Ottawa, 14-4 April 17.
Geneseo plated two runs in its first at bats, but Ottawa quickly responded with four of its own in the bottom of the frame to take the 4-2 lead.
"I thought we started off really well and had five hits in the first inning, unfortunately, we only scored two runs,"?said head coach Steve Brucher. "It was just a night where Steven?Timbrook didn't have it on the mound. He couldn't get comfortable and find his rhythm."
The Pirates drove in four more runs to extend their advantage to 8-2 in the bottom of the third. Geneseo attempted to cut into the lead as the Leafs plated two runs in the top of the fourth for an 8-4 score in favor of the hosts.
"The score is a little deceiving because we were able to creep back and cut Ottawa's lead to 8-4 and make it a ball game," said Brucher. "If we could have held them there, we would have had the momentum, but the game just got away from us in the last inning."
Ottawa countered with three runs in the bottom of the fourth, along with three more in the bottom of the fifth to end the game in five innings.
Steven Timbrook recorded the loss on the mound for Geneseo.
Contributing to the offensive effort for the Leafs were Derek Mitchell (2 RBIs) and michael Daniels (1 RBI) with two hits apiece, which included a double from Mitchell.
Matt Rowley stretched out a double for his lone hit of the game, while Timbrook, Ryan Williams (1 RBI) and Drew DeCap added one hit apiece.
Geneseo vs. Ottawa
The start of a new three-game series pitted two unbeaten NIB 12 teams in Geneseo and Ottawa against each other April 16 with only one being able to remain flawless in the conference.
Geneseo earned the win 9-6 to stay undefeated, despite a late seventh inning rally by the visiting Pirates.
"Ottawa is an outstanding baseball program. They are one of the elite teams in our league,"?said Brucher. "To get that first game with Ottawa was a big morale booster."
The Leafs opened play scoring three runs in their first at bats and knocked home another run in the bottom of the second to take the 4-0 lead.
Geneseo plated three more runs in the bottom of the fourth before Ottawa drove in its first runs of the game to make it a 7-2 ball game. The Leafs countered in the bottom of the fifth with two runs of their own to go up 9-2.
After a scoreless sixth, the Pirates surged a comeback and pushed four runs across the plate, but the Leafs were able to hang on for the victory.
Jeff Lutz threw six innings for the Leafs and only allowed two runs, one hit and struck out nine to receive the win. Williams earned the save in one inning of work as he allowed no hits, no runs and struck out one. Eric Lindsey pitched a third of an inning where he gave up five hits and four runs.
"Two keys in my mind were Jeff Lutz, who threw exceptionally well and only gave up one hit and gave us six solid innings,"?said Brucher. "The other thing was we scored early and took advantage of their pitcher who was a little wild. David Behrens also had a clutch two-out single and that was important for us to come and score quickly."
Offensively, DeCap (1 RBI) led the team with two hits, followed by Rayce Singbush (1 RBI), Mitchell, Daniels (2 RBIs), Brian Johnson and David Behrens (2 RBIs), all with one hit, including a double from Mitchell.
Rowley and Williams finished the game with one RBI?apiece.
Geneseo vs. Princeton
The Leafs were able to bounce back quickly after dropping game one of the doubleheader with Princeton, 5-3 to take game two, 6-1 and avoid the sweep April 14.
"I think they were upset after the game one loss, but, to our team's credit, they came out and had a good approach to game two and plated a run early to give us the lead," said Brucher. "Eric Lindsey did a nice job in his first start of the season on the mound."
In game one, Princeton grabbed the early lead 3-0 in the first inning and held Geneseo scoreless through the first three innings.
The Leafs got on the board with one run in the fourth, while the Tigers plated two more runs for a 5-1 advantage.
After scoreless fifth and sixth innings, the Leafs attempted to steal the victory, but only managed to drive in two runs in the top of the seventh.
Behrens received the loss on the hill in five innings of work. He allowed seven hits, five runs and struck out three. Lutz pitched one inning and allowed one hit, no runs and struck out three.
Offensively, Singbush (2 RBIs) and Behrens led the team with two hits, while Mitchell, Daniels (1 RBI), Williams and JJ Rivera ended the contest with one hit apiece.
In game two after a scoreless first, the Leafs broke through first in the second inning with one run to take the 1-0 lead.
Princeton tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the fourth, but Geneseo countered with one run in the top of the fifth to regain the lead, 2-1.
The Leafs put a little cushion between them and the Tigers in the top of the sixth as the squad knocked in four runs to go up 6-1.
Geneseo managed to hold off Princeton in the final inning and a half to earn the win.
Lindsey pitched the win on the mound and allowed six hits, one run and struck out two in six innings of work, while Timbrook threw one inning and allowed one hit, no runs and struck out one.
Williams led the Leafs with two of the team's six hits, while Timbrook (1 RBI), Johnson (1 RBI), Nathan Yager (1 RBI) and Behrens, all contributed one hit.
Geneseo vs. Dixon
After finding themselves in a 4-0 hole in the first inning, the Geneseo baseball team fought its way back and emerged victorious to sweep the series with Dixon, 10-7 in eight innings April 12.
"It is hard to sweep a team and is a lot harder than people think," said Brucher. "We fell behind early and had to play catch up all night long, but to our guys' credit they scored single runs in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh innings, and three in the eighth for the win."
The host Dukes jumped on the Leafs 4-0 in the first inning, but the Leafs responded in the top of the second with three runs to cut Dixon's lead to 4-3.
Dixon plated another run in the bottom of the third, while both squads scored a run in the fourth for a 6-4 score.
Geneseo pulled within one in the top of the fifth, 6-5, as the Leafs drove in one run. In the sixth inning, both squads scored one run to make it a 7-6 ball game.
The Leafs tied the game at 7-7 in the top of the seventh and held off the Dukes in the bottom of the frame to force extra innings.
Geneseo pushed three runs across the plate in the top of the eighth and held Dixon scoreless to earn the come-from-behind victory.
Lindsey pitched the win for the Leafs in three innings of work and allowed four hits, one run and struck out three, while Williams recorded the save in one inning and allowed one hit, no runs and struck out three. Zach?Alexander also pitched for the Leafs and allowed five hits, six runs and struck out four in three innings.
The Leafs combined for six hits, but received 13 walks and stole 10 bases with four from Rowley and three by Mitchell.
Williams (1 RBI) and Singbush (1 RBI) led the team with two hits apiece with a double from both, while Rowley (2 RBIs) and Daniels (2 RBIs) had one hit each. Johnson finished the game with an RBI.
"I think winning those close games early on did a lot for this team," said Brucher. "It gave them a sense of confidence, they learned to win and what to do in those close games."
The Leafs (14-7 overall and 4-1 in the NIB 12) will be on the road at 10 a.m. April 21 against Sterling Newman.


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Here is a sentence confusing me
Electronic copy of the interview is available to view until destroyed.
What does the sentence mean? Especially the phrase 'until destroyed'?
It's not a very useful sentence, is it?
They are available until they are not... which would be... when?
I'm not a teacher, but I write for a living. Please don't ask me about 2nd conditionals, but I'm a safe bet for what reads well in (American) English.
Maybe such copies are usually available for only 72 hours, but this one will be available until it is destroyed at the end of the month. (unless of course that is within 72 hours of its release )


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DES MOINES - Gov. Terry Branstad, Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds and University of Northern Iowa President Ben Allen announced a series of community conversations featuring science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education and economic development that will take place across the state.
Reynolds and Allen will hold the Emmet County STEM Community Conversation at the Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Energy Facility, located at 2021 Seventh Ave. S. in Estherville.
The community conversations are designed seek feedback from Iowans about what priorities the Governor's STEM Advisory Council should focus on as the STEM initiative continues to build across Iowa.
"We are determined to provide Iowa's young people with engaging STEM education opportunities, no matter where they live," said Reynolds, co-chair of the Governor's STEM Advisory Council. "That will help assure more students are well equipped to be knowledgeable citizens and to someday begin college or career training prepared for success. It also will help assure a stronger STEM employee pipeline for Iowa's businesses and industries."
All parents, grandparents, educators, business and civic leaders, legislators and other Iowans are invited to attend the hour-long, town hall style meetings.
"We are in the process of rolling out STEM programs through our scale-up initiative and these community conversations are a way to foster STEM relationships between local businesses, the regional STEM networks and area schools," said Allen, co-chair of the Governor's STEM Advisory Council.
The Governor's STEM Advisory Council is a public-private partnership whose overarching goal is creating greater student achievement in STEM subjects and a stronger STEM workforce.
"STEM jobs are projected to be among the fastest growing and best paying. Iowa's economy also will benefit if more young people are ready for STEM jobs. Employers routinely tell us they have difficulty filling STEM jobs that pay well because applicants lack the right skill set," said Branstad.


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Why does such nonsense as the mayor of Boston wanting to ban Chick-fil-A get such publicity ("Banned in Boston? If mayor had his way," July 27)? It's utter nonsense! One idiot trying to ruin a business.
I do not understand how one person can cause such turmoil, but little did he know he has helped Chick-fil-A in a huge way! I usually never want to thank an idiot, but thanks, Mayor Thomas Menino. I have a feeling that more people than ever before will dine there.
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The Fayetteville Fire Department is giving away nine-volt batteries, as long as supplies last, for smoke alarms to senior citizens or disabled persons living within the corporate limits of the City of Fayetteville.
This is an effort of the Department's Fire Prevention Division to ensure that seniors have a working smoke alarm with fresh batteries in their home. Fayetteville Fire Department will install them by appointment, if the person is unable to install them.
The guidelines are as follows: recipients must reside in a home that is private property; government housing and apartment complexes should use their provided building maintenance staff; the home must be within the corporate limits of the City of Fayetteville (persons outside the city limits but in the Urban Growth Boundaries will not be accepted); and residents must be at least 60 years old or disabled.
Recipients are limited to two batteries as long as supplies last. Those who would like batteries should call (931) 433-6563.
Fayetteville Fire Department wants to remind everyone to change the batteries in their smoke alarms when they change the time on their clocks either to or from Daylight Savings Time.


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Dolphins guard Richie Incognito currently is being paid to not play for the team. Tackle Jonathan Martin will be, too, for the rest of the season.
Per a league source, the Dolphins will continue to pay Martin now that he has been shifted to the non-football illness list.
The change in Martin's status comes one month and two days after Martin left the team. He had been receiving weekly game checks because he had still been on the active roster. The Dolphins, as a result, had been operating with only 52 players.
Moving Martin to the NFI list means that the Dolphins once again have 53 roster spots. It also means that Martin's status with the team will be determined in the offseason, at which time one of the issues will be nearly $1 million in bonus money that applies to the 2014 and 2015 seasons under Martin's four-year rookie contract.


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Now trained by Todd Pletcher, the defending eight-time training champion at Gulfstream Park, Afleet Lass was sent to post as the 1-9 favorite. The 5-year-old daughter of Northern Afleet, who was privately purchased from owner/trainer Jose Pinchin since her previous start, scored a front-running victory by 1 ½ lengths under John Velazquez.
Quote of the Day: "She's still got a lot of run in her. They bought her as a racehorse," said Steve Young, the bloodstock agent who brokered the purchase of second-race winner Afleet Lass for Gainesway Thoroughbreds. "Jose Pinchin obviously did a great job with her and she's a filly who is on the improve. She's a nice prospect."
Work of the Day: Graham Motion-trained Animal Kingdom continued preparation for his 2012 debut, perhaps in the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Turf (G1) on Feb. 11, breezing five furlongs in 59.80 seconds over a "good" turf at Palm Meadows Training Center. The 2011 Kentucky Derby winner posted the fastest of eight workouts at the distance on turf, before galloping out six furlongs in 1:12.
Who's Hot: John Velazquez rode three winners on the card, prevailing aboard Herecomeseveryman ($4.40) in the fourth race and Gamecents ($ ) in the sevenths, as well as scoring aboard Afleet Lass ($2.20) in the second. Herecomeseveryman and Game Cents are both trained by Linda Rice.
Leading rider Javier Castellano guided Wayward Sailor ($17.40) to a front-running victory in the featured ninth race, giving him a double on the card. Castellano rode Sweet Lil Cherokee ($19.40) into the winner's circle after the sixth race.
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I also think that some of us seek the explanation because our natures make us think that if we know the causal factor, we can solve the problem. The sad truth is, however, that we cannot really solve the problem and make other people behave better. All we can do is control ourselves.
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Republicans nationally and in Pennsylvania tout the energy vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin has injected in the GOP base.
On Tuesday, it caused state party Chairman Bob Gleason to make a bold prediction: Republicans will win back "four or five" congressional seats in the Keystone State.
Generic ballots between Republicans and Democrats show a dead heat, Gleason said, "and that's caused Democrats to be very nervous about their congressional seats."
The chairman, joined by congressional candidate Craig Williams for the state's 7th Congressional District, spoke to reporters on a conference call hours before Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden campaigned in the Philadelphia suburbs.
The GOP appears to have its best shot at winning back seats in northeastern Pennsylvania, where Republicans Lou Barletta and Chris Hackett are in tight races with their opponents. Barletta is locked in a heated battle with longtime incumbent U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-Nanticoke) in the 11th Congressional District, and Hackett is facing first-term U.S. Rep. Chris Carney (D-Dimock) in the conservative 10th Congressional District.
Republican chances outside of NEPA appear less positive. An internal poll released by Melissa Hart's campaign showed her down five points to U.S. Rep. Jason Altmire (D-McCandless), a rematch of their 2006 battle when Altmire unseated her.
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Boston Nov 15. 1861.
My Dear Sir,
The following is a statement
That it should be impressed upon
1st We
flank the whole rebellion.
are now doing, for California and elsewhere,
they will stay, and a few years, will fill Texas
with a European Emigration, which will
demonstrate (as the Germans of Texas are now
doing) that cotton can be raised without sla-
ves, though hired negroes may be also used.
Galveston is but 600 miles from Lawrence
and St. Joseph, and a railroad will be run
through Texas and Arkansas to those places,
and the question of conflict of systems of la-
bor, and political power by this barrier
of free labor and free territory will be settled
forever, leaving the question of slavery in
the other cotton states for philosophical
treatment, unless it becomes necessary to
settle it sharply under the war power, be-
fore the present war is over. Any expedition
should be planned with reference to the
whole programme. The very large amount
of public lands in Texas, could be also used
as an inducement to enlistment of soldiers,
with reference to their eventual settlement in
Texas. These points are urged, not in the
interest of "Abolitionism" but as fairly
coming under the necessities of war. Martial
law proclaimed, events will no doubt educate
a declaration of the freedom of all the sla-
ves as a local military necessity, and as
a constitutional way of treating an excep-
tional state or dependency like Texas.
Men like Wm Pitt Fessenden (not men
like Sumner) could put it on high and
sound ground. Our people of all parties
especially men holding property are
(like Dickinson and Cochrane) fully
up to any treatment of slaves and sla-
very under the war power as necessi-
ties arise, in the largest local applica-
tion. Mere barren proclamations
and fulminations, squinting towards
or meaning old anti-slavery Abolition-
ism, repel them, and are practically
absurd, with a people fully up to the
sharpest martial law.
Texas thus held and treated, we shall
Ever Truly Yours,
(Signed) Horatio Woodman.
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Word play is fun at any age. I remember when my granddaughter was 5, and we drove by a warehouse. She asked, "Grandma, what do you wear at a warehouse?" One should never minimize the power of a word, for a word is the symbol of an idea, and ideas change things. Emerson said, "Cut a vital word, and it will bleed." One of my personal beliefs is that people swear and use profanity because they don't have enough words in their vocabulary. A vital word brings understanding and life to what you say. People listen when you have something to say. They learn to ignore words that don't uplift.
Words and vacation go together. One way to help parents get ready for a vacation is to help a child plan a literate bag of vacation activities. When we helped our niece Caly plan an activity bag, she had already included crayons for her brother, pens and pencils for herself and of course plenty of paper. She also had chosen two coloring books, books to read and crossword puzzles to work. She asked for our suggestions.
We suggested adding a map and some scissors; her mother suggested she take her pen pals names and addresses and letter writing material. Another aunt suggested some dot-to-dots for her brother. I included some games.
Knowing their destination, we went to the nearest brochure display and spent a pleasurable hour choosing and dreaming. Next, we went to the grocery store, read labels and made decisions for several picnics. We carefully counted our money, studied the brochures and divided our resources among the things we hoped to do. These were big decisions and required much discussion, which is a big key to literacy.
In addition, I also added odds and ends that I save for the children from newspapers, cereal boxes, etc. After the vacation, Caly shared some posters, and we discussed them. One activity led to research. They took the aerial tram up the side of a mountain and fed the chipmunks and birds. The chipmunks were so tame that they ate from their hand. Caly was not content to just throw the food to the birds, so she stood on a rock and held up a peanut, thus, becoming "the bird lady." The birds would swoop and take the peanut from her hand. Naturally, all started holding up peanuts and the birds took each one.
The family was oblivious to all, but feeding the birds in this unique way until Dakota asked, "Why are all those people watching us?" After this experience, they wanted to learn what type of birds they were feeding and how they had learned to adjust to "tourists."
A 5-year-old sees things we adults sometimes take for granted. One experience was choosing an outside cafe that advertised 99 cent breakfasts. They asked for the 99 cent menu. Immediately, the waitress listed verbally the choices. Dakota got excited and said, "Wow, a talking menu — that's easier!"
During one quiet time all were helping Caly complete one of her puzzles. Surprisingly, it did take all to complete it, and at times she was confused by the different answers for the same item.
One time they played miniature golf and read both the game rules and courtesy rules. Being the mavericks our family tends to be, they also made additional rules. Dakota scooted the ball when he got it close to the hole. He just wanted it to go in the hole after six tries.
Through a mixture of activities — both fun, literate and learning experiences combined with some spiritual delving, the vacation had a before, during and after aspect that made it last much longer than the week they were gone.
Travel literate ideas are good whether you have children or not, especially if you travel across a desert. Some things that can keep interest and keep your mind working are compiling a list of every different type of road sign that you see; listing as many colors and variations of colors that come to mind or choosing a color and listing items that you see of that color; creating 10 travel tips for people who travel by plane, ship and car; compiling a list of song titles that has the months of the year in the title or the words travel, journey or trip; compiling a list of famous explorers family members remember and beside each list items for which he/she is famous; or playing "My Grandmother's Trunk" — the first person says, "I'm packing my grandmother's trunk, and I'll put an apron in it. The next person says, "I'm packing my grandmother's trunk and I'll put an apron in it and a bouquet of flowers. The idea is to remember what has been said before and to use the next letter in the alphabet. This game develops memory skills, organizational skills and practices the alphabet, yet is fun.
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Lamar ousts North Shore to end HISD's regional drought
Updated 8:18 pm, Saturday, December 8, 2012
The last time a Houston ISD football team won a Class 5A regional final in football a legendary quarterback and a high-octane offense paved the way.
On Saturday afternoon, more than a decade after the previous one, Lamar flashed its brute strength on defense to give the school district another trophy to show off.
Lamar didn't allow any points until the waning minutes and defeated North Shore 28-7 to claim the Class 5A Division I Region III title at Pasadena ISD's Veterans Memorial Stadium.
11-year drought ends
The Redskins (14-0) advance to the state semifinals where they will meet San Antonio O'Connor at 3 p.m. Saturday at Austin ISD's Burger Stadium.
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Lamar quarterback Darrell Colbert passed for two touchdowns and ran for another against North Shore (12-2). That was plenty for the Redskins.
In 2001, Vince Young led Madison to a 61-58 victory over North Shore in a 5A regional championship game. That was Houston ISD's last regional title at the highest classification. Since then, the school district has been the brunt of plenty of jokes.
That never should have been the case, according to Lamar coach Tom Nolen.
"Everybody loves to bash HISD," Nolen said. "I've been in it for 30-some years now. Great things are going on in HISD. Great things in the classroom, everywhere. This is just another celebration of it."
Lamar provided a fourth-quarter exclamation point when defensive lineman Zelt Minor sacked North Shore's Micah Thomas on back-to-back plays.
The Mustangs were forced to punt, and five plays later Colbert ran for a 42-yard touchdown to remove all doubt.
'Feather in your cap'
"Defense has carried us all year," Nolen said. "(North Shore) has a lot of speed, and they're well-coached. It's a great program. Any time you can beat a program like that it's a feather in your cap."
Ronnie Wesley paced the Lamar running game with 67 yards on 16 carries. Cory Mitchell had a 1-yard touchdown run. Daijon Druhet caught an 81-yard TD strike that gave Lamar a 21-0 lead in the final minute of the third quarter.
Now the Redskins are one step closer to their goal of winning a state title.
"We don't really care about everybody else," Colbert said. "We're trying to put on a show for HISD. Everybody said we wouldn't make it out of Houston. We are out of Houston on our way to Austin. We're trying to get to Dallas."
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Say this much for Urban Meyer: He doesn't mind putting pressure on himself, his Ohio State staff or his players.
What a difference a year makes when it comes to Ohio State's attack. It was early last spring when Meyer, in his first year as head coach of the Buckeyes, famously called the formative first steps of the players adapting to his no-huddle, spread attack as ``a clown show.''
Meyer saved a lot of his vitriol then for a group of wide receivers who he said didn't work hard enough, weren't serious about learning plays and didn't come prepared to get better.
No wonder receivers coach Zach Smith had a lot of sleepless nights.
``I was very, very concerned a year ago because this offense is built around (receivers) and we were almost in panic mode,'' a more relaxed Smith said this week. ``Where we are today is not panic mode but we can always get better and we still have a ways to go before we can truly run out into the Horseshoe and say we're the best wide-receiver group in the country or the Big Ten.''
Meyer, a longtime offensive coach who takes special interest in that side of the ball, was tormented a year ago along with his offensive coaches by what a debacle they might have on their hands.
Instead, the Buckeyes got better, got a few breaks and got a lot of help from an inspired defense to put up a surprising 12-0 season.
Now, with just two starters missing from the offensive side, there are still some minor concerns but nothing that can't be remedied.
Braxton Miller is back for a third season at quarterback after rushing for 1,271 yards and passing for 2,039 last year. Carlos Hyde is established at tailback off a 970-yard, 16-touchdown season. All but one starter on the line returns and the receivers have gone from a liability to a strength.
Quarterbacks coach and co_offensive coordinator Tom Herman was pleased with the way the unit played during the 15 spring sessions. Now the impetus is on the players to work individually and in groups to make themselves and the passing game, in particular, better.
``They have to get stronger and faster and become better football players,'' he said. ``They've got to buy in and put in the work and the sweat and the hours and all that. If all you did was the minimum that the NCAA allows us to be a part of, you're probably not going to be a real good football team. So the leaders have to get those guys out there, do extra football-specific drills. Obviously the quarterbacks and receivers and skill guys need to throw (and catch) as much as they can.''
The main worry is right tackle, where Reid Fragel grew into the job a year ago after moving over from tight end. With his graduation, the Buckeyes are still looking for a replacement. Meyer has wondered aloud ``who the Reid Fragel will be'' on this year's team. He has expressed deep concerns about the heirs apparent.
Right now, sophomore Taylor Decker (6-foot-7, 315 pounds) has the edge over classmate Chase Farris (6-4, 300).
``We have guys there who will do a fine job,'' line coach and co-coordinator Ed Warinner said.
He had no doubts that Decker will only get better with work and experience.
``I like everything about him in terms of what his upside is and his ability and mindset,'' Warinner said.
Miller carried the Buckeyes (and the ball) for the first half of last season. He rushed the ball more than anyone would have liked, exposing himself to injury or just wearing down as the season went on. But then Hyde took over, freeing Miller to concentrate on the passing game, which developed apace.
Hyde, recovering from an injury, didn't see contact this spring but still took some important steps.
``As a leader of this football team, it was critical that he establish himself with a young group of guys,'' said running backs coach Stan Drayton, who listed Hyde and Rod Smith as 1-2 on the depth chart through the spring. ``I thought he did a phenomenal job. He was like a coach out there.''
The staff is pleased with how Miller advanced this spring as well, particularly in his footwork and throwing motion. The challenge now is to get everyone else to his level.
``We have to improve everyone around him. We've got to become legitimate,'' Meyer said. ``I think we have the people and we have some (freshmen) coming in in June. We have our work cut out for us.''
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Fort Walton Beach, Fla. - May 6, 2013- The newly formed White-Wilson Community Foundation continues to rack in auction donations for the 4th Annual Little Black Dress Party women's health fundraiser on May 18, 2013, at the Emerald Coast Convention Center.
The local chapter of the American Cancer Society, one of five benefiting organizations from the event, contributed a 1 1/2 carat white gold diamond ring engagement set and two round trip airline tickets aboard Southwest Airlines. Additionally, renown artist Justin Gaffrey will be producing art on site that will be auctioned off in the live auction.
"Over the past couple of years, we have seen a 30 percent nationwide decline in preventive health screenings, like mammograms," says Andi Mahoney, Marketing Director at White-Wilson Medical Center. "Early detection is the most effective way to save lives and fight against diseases like breast cancer, osteoporosis, and heart disease."
Other highly coveted auction items will include a 3 or 4 night Carnival cruise, courtesy of Shelter House, and a one night stay at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in New Orleans. These two items will directly benefit the Shelter House of Northwest Florida. There will also be a one year membership to the Freedom Boat Club available for auction bidders!
The annual Little Black Dress Party was formed in 2010 to raise money for local charities to help raise awareness and education of the importance of preventive health and early detection. This year's event will benefit Shelter House, Opportunity Place, the local chapters of the American Cancer Society and American Heart Association and the new White-Wilson Community Foundation.
Since the first event in 2010, the Little Black Dress Party has raised over $85,000, and organizers hope to greatly add to that number this year.
"This year, we are changing the program up a little to be more engaging with attendees," says Promotion Chair, Nicole Scott.
"We have a new spin on the fashion show with a voting element for fan favorite, courtesy of Silver Sands Premium Outlets. We will also have a 1920s speak-easy style room with casino gambling, as well as a photo booth and other interactive entertainment set up at the event."
"Pure & Couture Salon will be onsite to give the ladies a 20's curl hair style. This will be available for a $5 donation that will go right back to the charities as well."
Last year's event garnered more than 400 attendees and more are expected this year, so attendees are encouraged to get their tickets now. We're offering reserved seating this year an additional $10 donation per ticket. This guarantees a reserved seat at the event with anyone else in your party that purchases a reserved ticket; open seating is first come first serve.
We are in need of auction items for our live and silent auctions. If you would like to donate an item, please contact Lauren Haggett at 850-863-8111 or email@example.com For more information on the Little Black Dress Party, sponsorship and ticket information, please visit www.FWBLittleBlackDressParty.com.
For more information on the Little Black Dress Party, sponsorship and ticket information, please visit www.FWBLittleBlackDressParty.com.


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From Colville to Africa
On first impression, Dr. Barry Bacon is a quiet, unassuming man. He practices medicine at the Northeast Washington Medical Group Clinic in Colville, has been married to his wife, Shelley, for 30 years and even performs in a local band comprised entirely of doctors (often under the moniker The Doctors' Concert). But under this reserved surface is an ambition to help the less fortunate. And for Bacon that means continuing his sojourns to the African continent. Dr. Bacon recently returned from the small, rural village of Yuka in Western Zambia and is preparing to depart for Ruhengeri, Rwanda on Sept. 5. This will make the ninth journey for Bacon to some of the most beleaguered countries of the continent. "This is a new adventure," says Bacon, who will be teaching family medicine and health to caregivers at Ruhengeri's remote hospital, along with other health practitioners from the United States. "Our goal is to work ourselves out of a job and teach these people what we know until they don't need our assistance any longer. It's a relatively temporary intervention." The Bacons and their traveling companions will live in Ruhengeri for four months and return to Colville just before Christmas. Dr. Tunuja Edvalson will administer to Bacon's practice while he is away. Focusing on community health A significant portion of the group's teachings while in Rwanda will focus on public/community health and outpatient medicine. The challenges are many, including a language barrier (the majority of nurses speak French) and limited, rudimentary equipment. "Lab facilities are limited," says Bacon. "They have a fetal monitor for babies, but they don't know how to use it." Because of the abject poverty many of these countries face, it is difficult for people to receive up-to-date medical care and for those practicing medicine to receive a comprehensive education. "Many times, the people running the local clinic or hospital, if there is one, are nurses or midwives that have had only one year of education above high school," explains Bacon. "And they have to do everything---diagnosis, give injections, deliver babies—and they don't always have the resources or staff to help them." Bacon described an incident at Yuka Hospital in Zambia where two young mothers had gone into abnormal labor and lost their babies. Because of the size of the hospital, they were unable to have their own rooms and had no choice but to be in the same ward with other mothers whose babies had lived. "Meningitis patients, HIV patients, tuberculosis patients, etc., are all in the same ward, just because there isn't enough room," says Bacon. "That's why infection control is so important." Just over 17 years later, Bacon, who has visited Rwanda before, says that the country is still rebuilding after the 1994 genocide that massacred an estimated 800,000 people in just three months. About 50 miles west of Ruhengeri is the Eastern Congo, described by human rights activists and politicians as "the rape capital of the world" and "the worst place to be a woman" because of the high amount of sexual violation that is perpetrated on women by the country's military and armed militia. 'I knew I wanted to do this for the rest of my life.' "You can see the fear in people's eyes when they talk about this (1994 genocide and the Congo)," says Bacon. "There are still many historical and cultural challenges there that these people are having to face." Bacon recalls a moment when he was at the bedside of a young woman who had escaped to Rwanda from the Congo to have her baby. Unfortunately, three days after giving birth to a healthy baby boy, she was dying of liver failure and Bacon and the rest of the doctors were unable to save her. "We couldn't figure out what was wrong," remembers Bacon. "We didn't have the lab equipment to run the necessary tests. All we could do was be there with her and try to learn as much as we could about her condition. It was then that I knew I wanted to do this for the rest of my life." Though American eyes may see the lack of proper equipment and facilities as a detriment to the African healthcare students, Bacon says it is better to teach them in their own environment than to bring them to the states. "What good would it do to pluck them out of their homes, teach them American medicine, then drop them right back into those hard conditions?" Bacon asks. "It's better to teach them in their setting with the tools they have.'Bacon praises the African healthcare practitioners that he and his colleagues have instructed as being, "Smart, respectful and eager to learn." "A lot of these people are refugees from the genocide and the Congo who want to do a good job and rebuild their country," says Bacon. "It's not only an opportunity for them to learn something, but it's a great opportunity for us to learn something as well. It's a wonderful chance to experience this culture and make a difference in the world." For those whop would like updates on Dr. Bacon's experiences in Africa, past and soon-to-be present, he can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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havent got up to the bank heist yet, recent activities have been the job interview and the construction thing.
havent got up to the bank heist yet, recent activities have been the job interview and the construction thing.
Self Elected Vice-President of AAAS
(Ajit Agarkar Appreciation Society)
"Uniting Ajit Agarkar Fans World Wide"
Always Live Life With: Intensity, Integrity and Intelligence
Assassins Creed on 360...worth shelling out A$40 for?
If you want to do the same pretty mission a hundred times in a row, then yes.
Pretty much, gameplay is awesome for the first couple of missions but then it gets pretty samey, except the fights get a bit tougher. The biggest saving grace of the game is the storyline which is really one of the best in any of the games I've ever played. Then again, I'm a sucker for Crusade era stories.
Forever 63* at the SCG
Anyone played Fallout 3? Tempted to ask Santa for it, sounds good from the reviews I've read.
GOOD OLD COLLINGWOOD - PREMIERS IN 2010Originally Posted by Irfan
Is Cam White, Is Good.
I've played it a bit over the last few days, don't like it personally but maybe that's my affinity for the first two coming through.
Don't forget the cockroaches in the box...
Or something.
RIP Fardin Qayyumi (AKA "cricket player"; "Bob"), 1/11/1990 - 15/4/2006
On price alone I would be inclined to get the Xbox360. I've heard that they've improved the reliability of the console and the newly manufactured consoles don't break down as much as the older ones did. Hopefully this is true. Until then though, I'll probably stick to my PS2 and keep my money in my pocket for now.
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I think pretty much every Hitachi carb made in that era has a sight glass. I know the one's on the Suzuki Samurai's had them as well.
IDK.....I started in Subies with Carbed EA82s.....then when I got my first EA81 I was excited to see that setting float levels would eb so much easier with the sight glass.
I really don't think most EA82 carbs had the sight glass.......but I digress.......
To the OP.......you do know you need to swap you're disty out to a conventional one, right? it won't run off that 4 wire optical one in the car......espescially without a harness or ECU!


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report on the drugging of DoD-held detainees, reveals a cover-up of such drugging by the Pentagon and possibly other government agencies.Two new revelations, and a critical analysis of the recent Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General (IG)
A recent attorney's affidavit charges that at least one Guantanamo detainee was involuntarily drugged before his plea hearing at the military commissions. In addition, a declassified Guantanamo medical standard operating procedure (SOP) describes how scopolamine was administered to all detainees rendered to the US Cuban-based prison. Scopolamine has a long history as a supposed "truth drug."
The IG report held that it could not find evidence that detainees were administered "mind-altering drugs to facilitate interrogation of detainees." However, as reported in a July 2012 article at Truthout, which obtained the report by the Freedom of Information Act, the IG held that some detainees had been drugged with powerful antipsychotics and other medications that "could impair an individual's ability to provide accurate information."
Some of these detainees were interrogated even though they were "diagnosed as having serious mental health conditions, and being treated with psychoactive medications on an ongoing basis," the IG said.
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The IG also concluded that some detainees had been involuntarily administered drugs as "chemical restraints ... used to control behavior or restrict the patient's freedom of movement." In addition, at least one prisoner, supposed "dirty bomber" José Padilla, held in isolation at a Navy brig in South Carolina, was tricked into believing he had been given a "truth drug."
But while the IG report was spurred by a June 2008 Washington Post article reporting a number of former detainees' complaints of drugging and a subsequent letter to the IG from three US senators, the IG report never interviewed any of the detainees mentioned in the Post story.
The IG interviewed only three detainees, all of whom were still held at Guantanamo. "We did not attempt to interview detainees who had been repatriated," the IG stated, which would include any of the detainees who had previously made public statements to the press that they had been forcibly drugged.
Drugs Placed in Detainees' Food
One of the detainees making such accusations was former Australian detainee David Hicks. Hicks detailed those charges in a book published last year, "Guantanamo: My Journey." The book is not for sale in the United States and the Australian government went to court to seize any profits Hicks could make from book sales in Australia.
In July 2012, the Australian government dropped its case against Hicks. Possibly this was because of revelations that could have come out in court over Hicks' torture in US custody.
One such document that had been prepared for by Hicks' defense team has been released. According to an affidavit by New York attorney Josh Dratel, who represented Hicks with military commission authorities, DoD "periodically sedated [Hicks] for non-therapeutic reasons."
A military prosecutor in Hicks' case confirmed one example of such drugging to Dratel in July 2007.
"David says the guards forced him to eat a meal which contained a sedative before you read him the charges," Dratel said he told the government prosecutor. To which the latter replied, "That was done to protect the officers reading the charges from any of the detainees' reactions."
Dratel's affidavit was first reported by Natalie O'Brien at the Sydney Morning Herald. Truthout has obtained a copy of Dratel's affidavit, which can be downloaded.
Human rights attorney and contributing editor to Harper's Magazine Scott Horton told Truthout, "The administration of drugs for non-medical purposes on prisoners held in wartime raises very serious issues under the Geneva Conventions - which establish a presumption that such use of drugs is generally unlawful and may rise to the level of a grave breach, or war crime - as well as other international agreements."
"The disclosure surrounding Hicks appears at first blush to be a criminal violation by US authorities," Horton said, "but it would be important to ascertain the reasons the US had for doing this before making any final judgment."
An Australian senator from South Australia has said that the new revelations backing Hicks' claims of forced drugging mean the government "can no longer put off" a formal inquiry into Australia's role in Hicks' incarceration and treatment by US authorities.
Scopolamine Patches for Rendition
While it has been assumed that some sort of medication was given to detainees who were subjected to the Bush-era program of extraordinary rendition, an October 2003 nursing SOP declassified a few years ago documented the use of scopolamine patches on all detainees rendered to Guantanamo.
The SOP describes the sequential steps of medical in-processing on all detainees. Only at step ten are nurses instructed to "remove the scopolamine behind each ear (used to prevent airsickness during transit)."
The stated rationale for the use of scopolamine - that is, for airsickness - is not repeated for other medical instructions in the SOP, including the administration of two other drugs during in-processing, mefloquine and Albendazole, raising questions as to why nurses had to be informed of the use of the scopolamine patches.
A separate SOP for "Out-processing Procedures" for detainees being flown out of Guantanamo Bay prison camp (revised July 2005) states, "A scopolamine patch will be placed on each detainee 4 hours before the flight" out of Cuba. There is no indication that any medical reasons might contravene this procedure.
The IG report on drugging of detainees never mentioned the use of scopolamine.
While DoD has studied scopolamine patches for motion sickness in military personnel, they are not the first-line medication used by DoD for this purpose. As far back as 1956, a military study complained that scopolamine: "gave the most distressing side effects of all the prophylactics used. For continued use, meclizine was the most satisfactory."
US Army psychiatrist, Brigadier General Stephen Xenakis (retired) confirmed military policy as regards medications for motion sickness.
"Military doctors recommended meclizine for motion sickness during my career & not scopolamine because of the side effects," Xenakis told Truthout. "I have seen psychotic reactions to the drug," he said.
At times, the military has noted the effectiveness of scopolamine for some people in treating motion sickness. One NATO study described scopolamine's "high variability between subjects in both effectiveness and incidence of side effects." The side effects included lowered heart rate, blurred vision, impaired attention and alertness, and memory problems.
According to US Coast Guard instructions on "Antimotion Sickness Medications," the scopolamine patch is contraindicated in patients due to variability of effectiveness and associated medical precautions for some users. Scopolamine patches "should be used only after other methods of motion sickness control have proven unsatisfactory," the Coast Guard directive states.
The Coast Guard instruction, still in effect today, further states, "Uncommon but potentially severe side-effects [of scopolamine] include disorientation, hallucinations, and urinary retention. "
Scopolamine has a very long history of consideration as a potential truth drug, going back over 80 years. Readers of 1960s military thrillers may remember discussion of the drug for interrogations in old Alistair MacLean novels.
According to a CIA account, the drug was ultimately rejected for use as a "truth drug." The reasons given for such rejection are interesting given the later use of the drug on "war on terror" detainees.
"Because of a number of undesirable side effects, scopolamine was shortly disqualified as a 'truth' drug," the 1961 CIA document states. "Among the most disabling of the side effects are hallucinations, disturbed perception, somnolence, and physiological phenomena such as headache, rapid heart, and blurred vision, which distract the subject from the central purpose of the interview. Furthermore, the physical action is long, far outlasting the psychological effects."
According to government documents, scopolamine was one of a number of drugs, including mescaline and LSD, which were investigated as part of a US Navy research program called Project Chatter. Chatter ran from 1947 until 1953 and "focused on the identification and testing of such drugs for use in interrogations and in the recruitment of agents."
Mefloquine as "Pharmacological Waterboarding"
The nursing SOP that mentioned scopolamine was first noted by Army public health physician Remington Nevin in an August 2012 article in a peer-reviewed medical journal examining DoD's purported medical rationale for another use of another drug, mefloquine.
The "empiric" use of mefloquine - an antimalarial drug that has long been controversial for its serious neurological and psychological side effects - on all incoming detainees at Guantanamo was the subject of a series of Truthout articles by Jason Leopold and this author.
Mefloquine has been connected to a number of serious side effects, including damage to the vestibular system, depression, anxiety, panic attacks, hallucinations, bizarre dreams, nausea, vomiting, sores, and homicidal and suicidal thoughts and behaviors. The drug was previously sold under the brand name Lariam.
Nevin told Truthout in December 2010 that the high dosage of mefloquine Guantanamo detainees were forced to take upon arriving at the prison facility was akin to "pharmacologic waterboarding."
In Nevin's article for the August 2012 edition of Tropical Medicine and International Health, he wrote, "the troubling possibility that the use of mefloquine at Guantánamo may have been motivated in part by knowledge of the drug's adverse effects ... points to a critical need for further investigation to resolve unanswered questions regarding the drug's potentially inappropriate use."
As in the case of scopolamine, the IG report never mentioned the use of mefloquine.
Limiting the Investigation
One reason scopolamine, mefloquine or even the drugs put in David Hicks' food were never mentioned by the DoD inspector general was that the investigation was carefully limited to the purported use of "mind-altering drugs to facilitate interrogations."
The IG report states that its report was a response to "a tasking to the Inspector Generals of DoD and the Central Intelligence Agency from Senators Biden, Hagel and Levin." DoD's IG does not reproduce the April 24, 2008, letter from the senators, though an online version of the letter still extant at TPM Muckraker clearly describes the tasking precisely.
"We are deeply concerned about the allegations reported in the April 23rd Washington Post article entitled Detainees Allege Being Drugged, Questioned regarding the alleged use of drugs on detainees to facilitate interrogations," the senators wrote. "They are the most recent in a series of allegations relating to the abuse and mistreatment of detainees in United States custody."
Pointing out as well that John Yoo, working for the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), had apparently approved of the legality of "the forced administration of mind-altering drugs to facilitate interrogation," Sens. Joe Biden, Chuck Hagel and Carl Levin wrote, "The allegations reported in the Washington Post article warrant a thorough investigation by the Inspectors General of the Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency."
The letter twice mentions the use of drugs "to facilitate interrogations," but the 2008 Washington Post article, written by Joby Warrick, did not limit itself to the use of drugs during interrogations. Warrick explained, "Other detainees, in interviews or in statements provided by their attorneys, described pills and injections being forcibly administered for reasons that were not always clear to them."
But an analysis of government documents shows that the dichotomy between using drugs to facilitate interrogations and using drugs to shape the detention environment are not counterpoised.
In a "Background Paper on the CIA's Combined Use of Interrogation Techniques," sent to the OLC in December 2004, the CIA explained that detention conditions "may be a factor in interrogation."
The CIA document noted, "Detention conditions are not interrogation techniques, but they have an impact on the detainee undergoing interrogation."
The DoD's own 2003 Camp Delta Standard Operating Procedures describe the detention environment to which incoming prisoners are to be exposed. New prisoners are to adhere to a "Behavioral Management Plan" for at least the first six weeks, whose purpose is to "enhance and exploit the disorientation and disorganization felt by a newly arrived detainee in the interrogation process. It concentrates on isolating the detainee and fostering dependence of the detainee on his interrogator."
While the 2003 SOP never mentions the use of drugs to "enhance and exploit the disorientation and disorganization" of detainees, certainly the use of drugs such as scopolamine and mefloquine, among others, could help accomplish this purpose, and do so without technically being used to "facilitate interrogation." This would be one purpose, for instance, of Yoo's argument for the use of mind-altering drugs.
The DoD IG never mentions Yoo or his recommendation in their report. Nor do they mention that the current Army Field Manual (AFM) on interrogation allows for the use of drugs for interrogation-related purposes.
The AFM, revised in 2006, states that the only drugs forbidden for use are those "that may induce lasting or permanent mental alteration or damage." The earlier version of the AFM had prohibited drugs that caused "chemically induced psychosis," but this language was dropped in the new manual.
Pentagon spokesperson Lt. Col. Todd Breasseale told Truthout that no further changes have been made to the AFM since its last rewrite in 2006, meaning the changes in drugging prohibitions still stands.
CIA and Drugging of Detainees
The DoD IG report was clear it was not addressing charges of CIA drugging, which was to be investigated by the CIA Inspector General. Truthout has filed a FOIA request for the CIA IG report.
Claims of the CIA's use of drugs on detainees rendered to its secret black site prison and "enhanced interrogation" torture program have been the subject of foreign investigations, even as in the United States, the DOJ has closed the book, it claims, on prosecuting CIA crimes.
But the truth about what was done under the CIA's program has leaked out over the years. In terms of its use of drugs, at Harper's Horton reported in November 2010 that German prosecutors told him that torture victim Khaled El-Masri, himself a German citizen who was kidnapped and rendered to a CIA prison in Afghanistan, had been given drugs by CIA jailers.
"By studying El-Masri's hair and skin samples," Horton wrote, German prosecutors "were able to confirm allegations that he was drugged and subjected to a bizarre starvation regimen."
The investigation into the illegal CIA kidnapping was shut down after a deputy US ambassador intervened with German Foreign and Justice ministry officials to register Washington's disapproval of any prosecution of its CIA torturers, according to cables released by WikiLeaks.
"I expect this would have figured in the prosecution that the German prosecutors were preparing before the United States shut down the case through threats and political manipulation," Horton told Truthout.
Historically, the CIA had approved the use of drugs in interrogations and to influence detention conditions that bear upon interrogation. In a declassified interrogation manual from the early 1960s, the CIA explained that the function of using drugs, "is to cause capitulation, to aid in the shift from resistance to cooperation."
"Once this shift has been accomplished," the manual reads, "coercive techniques should be abandoned both for moral reasons and because they are unnecessary and even counter-productive" for interrogation purposes.
Special Operations Command and the IG Report
In an interesting aside to the IG report, a letter to the DoD Inspector General from Col. William Melendez, deputy director for intelligence, US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) noted that USSOCOM "cannot agree or disagree with the report findings" because its forces involved in any interrogations in Iraq and Guantanamo were under authority of Central or Southern military commands (CENTCOM and SOUTHCOM, respectively). The letter was included in an appendix to the IG report itself.
According to Colonel Melendez, SOCOM "did not contribute to the completion" of the IG report, raising questions as to what degree Special Operations forces' interrogation practices were investigated by DoD's inspector general.
Speaking of the recent reports concerning the drugging of detainees, Horton told Truthout: "The new evidence points to the use of drugs for nonmedical purposes as a far broader practice, which is troubling. It is hard to imagine this practice being undertaken without high-level authorization, particularly because it is at least arguably illegal, and the medical personnel involved would not likely have risked their professional licenses without getting some formal assurances that they would be protected."