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Five people have been charged in connection to a break-in and larceny of a safe from the Barbecue Center on North Main Street, according to arrest warrants.
Five people have been charged in connection to a break-in and larceny of a safe from the Barbecue Center on North Main Street, according to arrest warrants.
Detectives with the Lexington Police Department allege in warrants that Kenneth Michael Comer, 26, of 1320 Lower Lake Road, Thomasville, Shana Nicole Holt, 20, of 540-C Brown St., Brittany Michelle Stacy, 19, of 540-D Brown St., Jonathan Paul Lopp, 21, of 203 Shoaf St., and John William Swing, 18, of 308 Swing Drive, were responsible for taking a safe containing approximately $100,000 worth of cash and collectible coins from the restaurant at 900 N. Main St. Each was arrested Sunday and placed in the Davidson County Detention Center under $100,000 secured bonds.
Michael Conrad, one of the co-owners of the family-operated business, said a morning breakfast cook of the Barbecue Center arrived for work at 4:19 a.m. Thursday to find a window shattered. The employee saw an LPD officer patrolling near the restaurant and alerted him of the break-in. Conrad said he learned the 600-pound safe had been stolen from his restaurant's business office.
The door to that office was kicked in, Conrad said. The co-owner explained there was less than $100,000 taken from the business but declined to give his estimate on how much was missing. Conrad said some of the money and collectable coins have been recovered, and the safe had not been recovered as of Monday morning.
"One person did it, the Comer kid," Conrad said, referring to the removal of the safe. "He did it himself."
Comer has been charged with felony breaking and entering, two counts of felony safecracking, felony larceny after breaking and entering and felony possession of a stolen firearm. Stacy, Holt and Swing each have been charged with felony aid and abet breaking and entering, felony aid and abet larceny and safecracking. Lopp has been charged with felony accessory after the fact and felony safecracking.
Conrad identified Swing as one of his curbside service employees. He said the 18-year-old was fired Monday morning. His last day at the restaurant was Saturday.
"It makes me sick because I was good to that guy," Conrad said of Swing. "… He coordinated (the break-in)."
Swing, Conrad said, was employed at the Barbecue Center for about two years.
Detectives allege Swing, Holt and Stacy provided transportation for Comer and gave him information about alarms and camera systems in the business. They also allege Lopp helped load and conceal a safe in the back of his truck after it was stolen from the business and provided transportation.
LPD Maj. Mark Sink declined to comment further on the case Monday morning. The investigation is continuing, and the Lexington Police Department is working with the Davidson County District Attorney's Office.
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Crude oil fell as fears mount that Europe will fall into turmoil. Cyprus, the IMF and the European Central Bank hatched a plan to raise €5.8 billion ($7.6 billion) from taxes on depositors by raiding their accounts to save Cyprus' failing banks. The European financial crisis reemerges after the plan was announced and it makes one ask the question: If Cyprus can tap into you money on deposit and charge a tax on it, why then would you put money in their banks? What is a bigger issue is it sets a precedent that could undermine confidence across Europe.
Still with Cyprus being such a small part of the Eurozone, the fear that we could see a split up in the Eurozone makes the markets more risky. The markets are trying to put the crisis in perspective and the parliament still has to pass the plan so there is still time to protect smaller depositors and move them to safe harbor.
For oil that means a break in the recent seasonal rebound. The market is trying to remain optimistic but if we go into free fall mode, oil will falter. The dollar is finding strength against the euro and fears that euro lending will tighten, thus reducing economic activity and by default, the demand for oil. As a result the Brent crude is taking the bulk of the selling.
Of course that break should help take the pressure off of the products as well. RBOB gave back almost all of its two-day seasonal rally and heating oil is shaking off the cold and is testing the low price for the month as the EU concerns overshadow strong weather demand.
That is not the case with natural gas. Natural gas is knocking on the door of $4.00 an mmBtu as the winter weather is unrelenting. Yet we are also seeing the natural gas market get a boost from the risk-off trade as traders move to the domestic energy source and away from the global source.
I have been saying for weeks the natural gas market is one of the best plays in all of the commodity markets. The long end of the curve is of great interest as the U.S. market is making the dramatic first steps toward our emerging natural gas economy. It is clear that natural gas will be the number one fuel source in the U.S. in the next decade or two. We are hearing that directly from many companies across the U.S. and also because we are seeing the movement toward gas right in front of our eyes.
Power companies are abandoning coal like the plague. Even Obama seems more open to natural gas as a major power source despite the tax payer goodies he likes to dish out to his green energy supporters. With the nomination of Ernest Moniz to be the next U.S. Secretary of Energy we have an Energy Secretary booster of fracking. By embracing natural gas as a fuel source, it will be the fastest way for this country to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a realistic and immediate way.


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Anthony DiComo of Mets.com, posted a cool article on the future of shortstop for the Mets and dishes out some interesting info on Ruben Tejada as well as prospect Wilmer Flores whose shift from shortstop has already begun.
Two or three years ago, there was a notion around baseball that, perhaps, Wilmer Flores, a middle infielder by nature, would be ready to crack the big leagues by 2012. That hope dissolved when Flores, still just 20 years old, began developing slower than expected.
Recently (and hardly unexpectedly), the concept that Flores might ever be the long-term solution at shortstop has disappeared, as well.
To that end, the Mets allowed Flores to play almost exclusively at third base during Winter Ball in Venezuela, where he batted .301 with a .382 on-base percentage. It was the first tangible positive in some time for Flores, who posted on-base marks of .309 and .324 during extended runs at Class A St. Lucie in 2010 and 2011.
Now, Flores finds himself at something of a career crossroads. Either the Mets send him back to St. Lucie, where he will no longer be notably young for the level, or they promote him to Double-A Binghamton on the basis of nothing more than projection.
For years now, scouts have insisted that Flores possesses all the proper tools to become an offensive star. The statistics, they have said, will come in time. Whether or not that actually happens remains to be seen. But Flores has already proven one thing: that shortstop is not likely his long-term position.
Flores will have to have a very strong showing in 2012 to keep his status as a top prospect.
The Mets can ill-afford another slide like F-Mart went through, going from the organization's top hitting prospect to being placed on irrevocable waivers last week.
Flores has already slipped from #1 prospect to somewhere between #5-10 depending on who you ask.
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Producing fine furniture was the business of the cabinetmaker. Neither England nor the colonies could support full-time furniture producers until the last half of the 17th century. By the mid-18th century, only one-third of stylish Virginia furniture appears to have come from England. This percentage diminished as patriotic Virginians increasingly honored attempts to boycott English goods as the Revolution neared.
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The 1770s was a period of great upheaval for artisans like us, building particularly luxury goods like fine furniture and musical instruments. When the war came in 1775, this was nothing less than a disaster for us. With Virginia turning into a war zone, people are keeping their money very close to their persons, and fine furniture, musical instruments, and goods of this nature are about as far from peopleÕs minds as could be the moon. Many cabinetmakers are finding that they simply cannot make a living by their chosen trades that they had worked in sometimes for years and years. They have to make a changeÉeither temporary or permanently.
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Energising renewable energy
Becoming energised: It seems it's all down the German government's intelligent foresight. The government guarantees a market for solar power by operating a system of feed-in tariffs. There, as explained in a New Scientist article (Solar power: The future's bright, 8 December 2007), anyone who produces electricity from solar power can sell it to the national grid for between Euros 0.45 and Euros 0.57 per kilowatt-hour, which is almost three times what consumers pay for their electricity, roughly Euros 0.19 per kilowatt-hour.
And the result? Today there are over 300,000 photovoltaic (PV) systems in Germany, mostly on the rooftops of homes and small businesses, and Germany is the world's fastest-growing PV market. It has 55 per cent of the world's installed base of PV panels and can generate around 3 gigawatts of electricity from solar energy, equivalent to between three and five conventional power stations (ibid, New Scientist). All from a country which passes much of its time under grey cloud like Britain.
The windiest European country lags badly: Great Britain could have done this for wind energy -- PV too since the amounts of solar energy received by Britain and Germany are fairly similar. It could have done it for waves and tide power but instead, it relied of cheap oil and gas from the North Sea, coal and the massively-subsidised nuclear industry.
It needn't be like this: A smart British government would follow Germany's lead -- now actively being pursued by Italy and Spain for PV -- and California is, as usual, leading the way in the USA with major subsidies for new PV installations. Britain is well placed to energise its wind power generation together with developing emerging technologies for storing the energy produced by using compressed air energy storage (CAES), perhaps utilising the vast underground caverns left by salt-mining in central-west parts of England. At present, the British government offers a derisory grant and rumour has it that even this is to be axed. So there is little incentive for someone like me to invest in a wind turbine on my windy north-west Wales farm.
NIMBY and turbulence: Quite apart from the requirement for planning consent for stand-alone turbines, there is the problem of those people who object to 'spoilt views' (it seems the numerous power pylons are okay bringing energy from a far-off polluting coal power station which is not, of course, in their back yard!) and who complain of 'possible noise' (aircraft? helicopter? cars? lorries? All okay, it seems). That is quite sufficient for a local council to reject an application for a turbine.
Turbulence is another issue and can be a serious problem around buildings and in urban areas -- which makes the new 'bolt on your wall'-type turbines a bad buy. But what about farms? Fields are open; turbines are free-standing: it's not difficult to find space on any farm of my size (5 hectares) or bigger. Farms are already host to eyesores like huge barns, stacks of silage, slurry tanks and grain silos, all acceptable to the planners. The view is already compromised.
Decentralised power stations: So imagine if every farm had a turbine or two? There are several first class turbines (like the range offered by Proven, as featured in my picture) which are tailor-made for farm use. In fact, Proven are attempting to start a new way of producing wind energy called wind crofting. There are tens of thousands of farms in windy Britain. Every farm, linked into the grid, could be electric energy-independent as well as feeding surplus power into the national grid. The wind is almost always blowing somewhere. (As I write, it's blowing a severe gale here!)
Could be? Should be and would be if there was a scheme for feed-in tariffs like Germany's. I'd be one of the first to join! Come on, British government: get your act together and stop approving coal-fired power stations on the flimsiest of pretexts (Carbon Capture and Storage -- CCS -- might perhaps someday become a reality) and tap into this massive resource of power available now, pollution-free with no decommissioning costs...
If the practical side of renewable energy interests you, keep an (RSS feed) eye on my Mur Crusto eco-farm blog because my wife and I are agreed that, notwithstanding all the difficulties and lack of assistance available, we shall try and install a 6kW Proven turbine this year. As the project proceeds, I'll be posting...
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- alex9852 said...
I really enjoy reading your blog, it always has great insight. But I am very frustrated with the fact that so few people are talking about presidential candidates and their thoughts on global warming. Now that it is down to just a few candidates I would think that this would be a bigger issue.
Live Earth just picked up this topic and put out an article ( http://www.liveearth.org/news.php ) live earth is also asking why the presidential candidates are not being solicited for their stance on the issue of the climate change. I just saw a poll on www.EarthLab.com that says people care a lot about what their next leader thinks of global warming. Does anyone know of another poll or other results about this subject?
Here is the page where I saw the EarthLab poll: http://www.earthlab.com/life.aspx. This is a pretty legit website; they are endorsed by Al Gore and the alliance for climate protection and they have a carbon footprint calculator. Does anyone have a strong opinion about this like I do?
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I read that Barack Obama ranks global warming high on his agenda for action, if elected. He would be my choice I think. But then I'm not a US citizen though I have long thought that all the world's citizens should be able to vote in US elections on issues as important as this since the US has such power and such potential to get moving on solutions if only the right president were to be selected.
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Very interesting.
If the economics don't work, recycling efforts won't either.
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I hope that those who read this comment take no offense as none is intended. I am a chemical engineer and have been involed in environmental issues for 30 years. I decided to see if there was any added heating effect due to combustion energies released. So I did the calculations and to my surprise they showed that all the atmospheric heating could be explained by the energy output of the fuels we use.
There is no need for a greenhouse effect and claiming there is will drive us away from the real cause. if you are interested in this please check out my blog. http://bit.ly/caSrNc
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Women get flustered under fire. They're too fragile, too emotional. They lack the ferocity required to take a life. They can't handle pain. They're a distraction, a threat to cohesion, a provocative tease to close-quartered men. These are the sort of myths you hear from people who oppose the U.S. military's evolving new rules about women in combat. But for women who have already been in combat, who have earned medals fighting alongside men, the war stories they tell don't sound a thing like myths
"I remember hearing the bullets hit the ground beside me and hit my truck behind me. Our squad leader had us sneak around and flank them. From a trench line that overlooked the field, we laid down fire, and I know that I shot, and made fall, three. After twenty minutes, most of the insurgents out in that field were incapacitated, but there were three more still left in the trench line opposite us, about thirty meters away. We knew that the only way we were going to end this is if we took them out. The staff sergeant and myself, we jumped in the trench; our teammate followed us along the top. I was so concentrated that I couldn't hear the bullets. I didn't even hear my own rifle. We hugged the wall of the trench on the right side. It kind of jutted out a little bit and gave us cover, but we couldn't get the right angle to kill them with our rifles. We resorted to throwing grenades. That did the trick. Looking at what was left of them, I felt nothing. A woman can't be a killer? I beg the contrary."
— Staff Sergeant Leigh Ann Hester, military police, Army National Guard Ambushed by enemy forces in Salman Pak, eastern Iraq, on March 20, 2005. Awarded a Silver Star, the nation's third-highest military decoration for valor—the first female recipient since World War II and the first to earn it for close-quarters combat.
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"Outside the wire"—beyond the confines of the base—women have regularly seen combat as military police, convoy drivers, medics, combat photographers, interpreters. Some also became members of female engagement teams, or FETs, a detachment created to help fight the war in Afghanistan. Two to three women would be embedded with an infantry unit and would accompany it on foot patrols, over IED-strewn roads, and through ambushes, raids, and firefights. They could do what male soldiers could not: communicate with local Muslim women.
Sergeant Kristen Dombosk, civil affairs, Army The way this war in Iraq was fought, there was really no front line. You could get hit just as easily on the base as during a mission. It didn't matter if you were infantry or not; we went out with infantry all the time. We all had the same equipment, the same combat load, the same types of missions. It was just semantics.
Sergeant Kayla Williams, military intelligence, Army Women weren't assigned to combat-arms units, but we were "attached" to them as needed. I ended up going on combat patrols with the infantry. Because I was female and because this was Rumsfeld's "You go to war with the army you have" phase, I did not have plates for my flak vest. If women aren't in combat and if you only have so many plates to go around, why would you give them to the women?
Corporal Sarah Furrer, FET member, Marines Our mission was to collect information about the village: who was there, what was going on. We also did the hearts-and-minds kind of thing. We'd sit down with these women; we'd take off our Kevlars [helmets]; we'd put down our guns; we'd talk face-to-face and have tea. These people can barely count. They have never seen big, giant American people. We look like robots to them. It becomes very personal.
Sergeant Carolyn Schapper, Army National Guard The women in one village told me, "My children are sick because we are not allowed to go to the hospital at night, because you guys have put a curfew here, and you've restricted our ability to get fresh water." They're blaming us, not the terrorists who we put that curfew for. These are the things that are extremely important to know.
Sarah Furrer It's very scary, especially if you know you're in an enemy's house. There's a lot of men who would not do that, no way in hell. They know how dangerous it is. But that's the mission. I would die for it.
Sergeant Michele Greco-Lucchina, FET member, Marines Halfway through my deployment, the female engagement team had gotten pulled back to Camp Dwyer because Congress had gotten wind of this. It was apparent that we essentially were performing combat functions, and they basically had to find loopholes for us to stay out there.
Lieutenant General (Ret.) Carol A. Mutter, Marines Commanders have had to spend time figuring out inventive ways to allow women where they need to be. We needed the combat-exclusion policy to go away, because we have women in combat.
Sergeant (Ret.) Chantel Razack, military police, Army We deployed with an infantry company in May. We lived with them; we ate with them; we patrolled with them. In July we had our first casualty. Our platoon leader had his face torn off, and his legs were shredded. I remember standing at the gun, crying while I'm shooting. My platoon daddy is tugging on my pants, because he's lying in a litter below me. He says, "I can't feel my legs." I looked down and I saw what I saw, and I said, "We've got you, sir. We're getting you home. You're okay." After that hit, we realized what we were in—and both male and female, we held hands, cried. A lot of us broke down. I know, me personally, I didn't want to talk about it. I just said, "We're going to go back there and kick some ass." We were going to get them back for what they did to ours.
Lieutenant Colonel Kim Campbell, A-10 "Warthog" attack pilot, Air Force: Sustained fire over the Tigris River in Baghdad on April 7, 2003.
On my last pass, as I was coming off target, I felt and heard a large explosion at the back of the aircraft. I completely lost hydraulics. My initial thought was, "If I eject and come down in a parachute right in the middle of the Iraqi Republican Guard, it probably won't go so well for me." Also, allowing that aircraft to crash in the ground just wasn't something that I wanted to do.
So I really only had one option. It's called manual reversion. It's our backup system, and it allows us to fly the jet using just cranks and cables. We'd practiced it—once—during our initial training. I flipped the switch, and my jet started climbing out and away from Baghdad. But the jet isn't designed to land in manual reversion. In Desert Storm, I knew, there had been three manual-reversion landings attempted. In one, the pilot was killed. In another, the jet was destroyed and the pilot was lucky to survive. In the third, the pilot had successfully landed. My gut told me I could land the airplane, and that's what I chose to do.
We have 300 miles to go from Baghdad back to Kuwait, and it's the longest hour of my life. As I got near the runway, the aircraft started to turn over, but I was able to counteract the roll; it was probably the best landing I've ever done. Voices came over the radio: "Welcome home!" "Great job!" All the pilots in my squadron went out to the runway to watch me land. The airplane had so many holes that it never flew again.
- Never Show Weakness
Each branch of the armed services maintains separate fitness standards for men and women. "It's not merely the combat-exclusion policy that has made women into second-class citizens," says Mutter, the first female three-star general in the history of the Marines. "The different fitness requirements have done it, too." Several women interviewed for this story report scoring a 300—the maximum—on the men's test. Accomplishing this in the Marines requires the soldier or officer to do twenty pull-ups and one hundred crunches and run three miles in less than eighteen minutes.
Chief Warrant Officer Tania Dunbar, radar-repair technician, Army I've seen females push themselves past the point of injury to prove themselves. They have stress fractures in their hips, and they don't want anyone to know or to think that they're weak.
Petty Officer Second Class Elena Woods, hospital corpsman, Navy We felt we couldn't show weakness; we couldn't complain; we didn't want to talk about how hot it was or how much we missed home. When you come back from a patrol, all of the guys drop their gear. They complain about how exhausted they are; they complain about how much that patrol sucked. Of course, that was kind of our moment—"It wasn't that bad"—even though inside we're probably wanting to die.
Staff Sergeant Heather Boyd, Army I was definitely pushed to the max, and I have run ultra-marathons. Their SOP was, like, sixteen bottles of water a day plus a radio, plus food for a week, plus whatever, plus your body armor, plus your weapon, plus—oh yeah, it's December, so you gotta have extra gear, because it's cold as shit. Physically, I just remember being in so much pain. You want to be that cool Army chick that's tough and isn't complaining, but it was very, very difficult for me. I mean, it's no joke. It is fucking hard.
Elena Woods A male soldier told me, "You can't fireman-carry me with a full combat load"—meaning I have my Kevlar on, my flak jacket, my weapon, and my gear. He was probably 190 to 200 pounds; your gear adds another fifty to eighty pounds. I picked him up and walked across the compound, which was probably fifty meters, and came back, and he was like, "But still—would you be able to do that with your adrenaline going?"
Brigadier General (Ret.)Rhonda Cornum, M.D., flight surgeon, Army There are some [jobs] I think it's very unlikely that many women will want, or be able, to do. I mean, if it really does require you to be able to hump 135 pounds for so many miles at such and such a speed, then I think there's going to be very few women who can do that. But the fact that there aren't very many doesn't mean we should have a law against it.
A Disaster in Waiting?
The end of the combat-exclusion policy will officially open artillery, armor, infantry, and other combat units to women. By May 15, 2013, each of the five branches of the armed services will submit an implementation plan; by January 2016, each will formally request any exceptions. For instance, a branch may ask that particularly demanding specialties—such as Green Berets or Navy Seals—remain all-male. Some of the women interviewed for this article expressed ambivalence about, even outright opposition to, the ban's lifting.
Captain Juliann Naughton, convoy commander, Marines The major argument for putting women into combat MOSs [military-occupational specialties] is that they have performed in combat already. I agree; I have. But there's a difference between stepping up when the need arises and having a combat MOS.
Sergeant Michele Greco-Lucchina We were brought in because male and female communication in [Afghan] culture is unacceptable. Because only—only—we could do this job. Now, would this have been necessary in the Vietnam era? Let's go forward twenty-five or thirty years; let's say we're at war with Korea. Is it going to be necessary? Possibly not.
Corporal Darlene Diaz, FET member, Marines I don't care what anybody says: Women are wired differently, and the way we cope with things is different. When I was out there, it would break my heart to see these little kids that would get blown up in IEDs, whereas a male Marine just walked right by. We hold on to things like that, which is not going to make you combat-sound when you need to be.
Sergeant (Ret.) Jolene Raciborski, Army General Order Number 1: No sex, no drugs, no alcohol. You can be chaptered for that—and there were drugs, there was sex, there was alcohol. It's to relieve the stress of combat. A girl walks in with boots, a gun, and a nine-mil, men are gonna look at you. It's just natural. There's a sergeant who's having an issue with his wife, he sees an attractive female. He hasn't touched a woman in twelve months. Things happen downrange. I've seen it. How do I say this? It's a disaster waiting to happen.
Specialist Veronica Alfaro, Army National Guard Firefight during a late-night convoy outside Baghdad in fall 2007. Awarded a Bronze Star With Valor for saving the life of a foreign national while under fire; awarded a Combat Action Badge for the events described below.
That night I was the gunner, because we were short a soldier. Our convoy was about halfway to our destination when we hit a spot in the road where we have to really slow down. I have the night-vision goggle on one eye, and all of a sudden I can hear these loud snaps right by my head. I dropped down, and I was like, "Shit. Here we go." I started returning fire with my smaller weapons, and then I could see, far away in the brush, muzzle flashes. So I started unloading the .50-cal, and I just let it rock. I can't even describe that rush. Round for round, you're shooting back and forth. It was insane. Then the muzzle flashes stopped.
The thing about that story is, nobody believed me. Some of the senior leadership thought I made it up just so I could shoot the gun. The next morning, when the sun came up, the guys who didn't believe me were climbing all over the truck looking for where bullets maybe hit. Sure enough, a bullet had taken a chunk out of the protective glass of the turret—just a little bit over and that thing would've smacked me, like, square in the fucking chest. After that, nobody said anything to me anymore.
When they gave me the Combat Action Badge, there were some other people who also got awards—all guys. There's a tradition when the infantry get their badges: They pin it on your shirt, and then they use their fists to pound it on your chest—like, "That's in your blood now." It's kind of a thing. But the company commander just handed me my badge and moved down the line.
3. The Hygiene Issue, Kayla Williams It seemed as if a lot of these guys had really major misconceptions about female anatomy. They were like, "What about the hygiene issue?" I'm like, "What do you mean?" And they're like, "You know." I'm like, "No, I don't know." And they would never actually be willing to say, "Won't you get an infection in your vagina?" They were terrified of it. They were like, "But...but...but...periods!" We don't die without showers.
Elena Woods A lot of our females used a Depo shot, which stops your menstrual cycle.
Captain Michelle Racicot, surgical nurse, Army There's a funnel you can get for women so that you can pee standing up. You pack it in your rucksack.
Michele Greco-Lucchina We all use the WAG bags over there, which are waste bags that you go to the bathroom in, and it's got a little kitty litter at the bottom that catches everything. Once we went down to a smaller observation post, and they were so low on WAG bags that we were reusing them. You would do your business and leave it there for the next guy. If any female that joined was grossed out, then they shouldn't have been there in the first place, and we all knew that.
Heather Boyd I'm a squatter. That's what I do. Sometimes I held it in for a really long time, and I'm probably going to regret that when I'm 80. Let me tell you what: I have never shit so much in my life as when I was deployed. Because you're eating local food, weird schedules, weird bottled water from who knows where it comes from. You're just sick all the time. You take a lot of Imodium. I did some gross things out behind a rock somewhere.
Leigh Ann Hester We had to do some things in front of each other—y'all don't know the half of it.
Tania Dunbar _Events occurring at Camp Bondsteel in eastern Kosovo during winter 2001. _
I got off the plane, and this guy walks up to me and says, "Fuck, it's a female. We don't have females in this unit." The drive to Kosovo took three hours. Somewhere along the way he looks at me and he goes, "Females are either psychos, whores, or dykes. Which one are you?"
When I go in the tent, it's like in the movies where the music stops and everyone just turns and like [record-scratching noise]. There's half-naked guys and pictures of naked women, calendars. I might as well have been walking into a men's locker room. It was a National Guard unit from Pennsylvania, so they're all white men. I'm half black and half Mexican.
A radar broke, and I went out in the middle of the night in the freezing cold to fix it. It was simple that time, but this thing started happening where the problems became more and more difficult. I would tell myself, "I know I fid this," but I'd turn around and a part would be missing. There were times when I was really doubting my sanity. I finally realized the radar was getting broken on purpose. But no one talked to me. The higher-ranking people ignored me completely, like I didn't even exist. We didn't have e-mail at that time, so I didn't have anybody to talk to, to ask, "What is going on?"
There was just one shower. I made a sign: "Female in the Shower." But every time I was in the shower, someone would walk in and open the door and get a good look and be like, "Oops!" and close the door and walk away. It happened all the time. There was nothing I could do about it.
- Keep Your Mouth Shut
Between October 1, 2010, and September 30, 2011, a total of 2,723 service members reported having been victims of sexual assault. It's estimated—according to the Pentagon itself—that more than 16,000 others were also assaulted during this time and did not report it.
Kayla Williams Every time I'd ever experienced any type of sexual harassment, the response from guys was always "How you going to ruin some man's career just because you can't take it?" Like, that literal phrase. They would say, "This is a man's army; how did you expect to be treated?" The subtle implication was that a man's career was always more important than a woman's—and that since I couldn't be a combat-arms soldier, I wasn't a "real" soldier. I think that plays into creating the climate that tolerated treating women worse.
Major Mary Jennings Hegar, Air National Guard I was sexually assaulted on active duty. It was during a medical exam, and I was visibly shaken—which, anybody who knows me, it's pretty hard to get me physically shaken. The perpetrator self-identified [confessed to his commanding officer] immediately, before I had even processed it. When he received a big award very shortly thereafter, I realized the Air Force wasn't the place for me.
Veronica Alfaro When an officer is talking about your tits and saying he wants to bend you over, where do you go for help? I know men who witnessed females in their company being harassed, and they didn't think it was right to treat a counterpart that way. But the minute they spoke up to say something, they start taking heat, too. It was better just to keep your mouth shut and stay out of it than come under fire.
Staff Sergeant Marti Ribeiro, Air Force My sergeant major gave me a knife when I got to Afghanistan. The knife wasn't for the bad guys; it was for the guys in our uniform. I'm five-foot-eight and blonde, so I got the nickname Combat Barbie. When I was raped, I had put my weapon in the wooden rack inside the guard-duty station, and then I had walked ten feet to have a cigarette. It happened so fast that I don't know if I would've even been able to use my weapon. But I've watched enough Law & Order: SVU to know that you don't go take a shower. The person I reported the assault to was female, and she told me that because I had left my weapon ten feet away, I would be charged with dereliction of duty. So I didn't report it.
For the remaining two and a half months of my deployment, I didn't tell a soul. I went numb. When I got home, I lashed out at my husband, not knowing that it was the psychological crap I was dealing with. It caused us to separate and eventually divorce. Even after years of therapy, I feel that those two and a half months somehow destroyed that internal I-love-life thing, you know? I've truly never been able to get it back.
The perpetrator works for the Department of Defense and hasn't suffered any repercussions. I can tell you that this is a bigger issue than anyone realizes. Because you don't tell on them. You just don't. I know a lot of people are thinking the military's not ready to handle women in combat because of sexual assaults, but I don't think we should deny women the chance to do something because the men aren't behaving. They need to discipline their men.
Sergeant Rebekah Havrilla, explosive-ordnance disposal, Army You get a DUI, you're pretty much done—and that's across the forces. Why can't you do it with sexual assault?
Rhonda Cornum Shot down somewhere near Basra, Iraq, on February 27, 1991. Awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross, a Purple Heart, and a POW Medal.
Sexual assault is one more bad thing the enemy can do to you, but it's not unique to women. At the end of the Gulf War, my Black Hawk was going out to rescue a guy who'd been shot down out of an F-16. He'd bailed out, and he had a broken leg. Unfortunately, about a kilometer away from him, we got shot down. We crashed. Five guys got killed in the wreck, and three of us were captured. I got shot in the right shoulder, which broke my right arm and caused a fair amount of blood loss. I broke my left arm in the crash. I had a complete transection of the ACL in my right knee.
After we were captured, there was a mock execution where they have a gun at the back of your head and they're trying to get you to talk. The gun goes click, and I guess you're supposed to be scared so maybe you'll be more forthcoming. I had nothing to say. Part of the mistreatment included being sexually assaulted. There's a thought that says if a woman with them is sexually assaulted, men will do some stupid heroic thing and get themselves killed. A fellow POW was there; he didn't try to do anything about it. They grabbed my broken arm to pull me upright and displaced the bone. Nobody ever died of pain.
- Your Deployment Hotness
Chief Petty Officer Jackey Smith, combat photographer, Navy When a female Air Force combat camera correspondent arrived, one of the first things I said to her was, "Take your sunglasses off. They have glitter on them. Absolutely not."
Sarah Furrer I've seen female Marines and soldiers react the way they shouldn't—smile or blush or flirt back or become friends with men they shouldn't be friends with. The second someone sees you flirting with somebody you shouldn't be, your reputation's out the window.
Michelle Racicot You don't wear makeup, even if you want to. Every once in a while you're like, "I would like to put on some powder." But you can't do that. You don't wear perfume, you don't wear shiny lip gloss. You don't make yourself anything but a soldier, because if you do, you could get unwanted attention.
First Sergeant Nanette Gruch, Army National Guard It kind of blew my mind when I saw it. I couldn't believe female officers were doing this. They were rolling up their shorts to right below their butt cheeks. Some of them were running around in tank tops and then just putting on the makeup. There's a scale that's put on females. You've got your deployment hotness, and you've got your garrison hotness. A girl that's in the 9 deployment-hotness range—really, in garrison, she's only like a 5. I said, "I know this sounds horrible, but if anything happens to you, the first thing that's going to come out of their mouths is 'She asked for it.' "
Staff Sergeant Jennifer Hunt, Army There's a joke that if you're deployed and you're talking with someone, you're obviously having a sexual relationship with that guy.
Carolyn Schapper I worked with a female who really enjoyed the male attention and preferred to hang around men. By the end, she was being harassed; she was being called "the slut of Bayji." It was written on her desk. Her commanding officer didn't care. She felt totally alone, because there was no one to help her. It takes just a few women like that to perpetuate these stories that all these women are sleeping with all these men. I don't like telling this story, because I did judge her, too.
Mary Jennings Hegar I take real issue with people who act like we're going to disrupt some kind of band of brothers, because the men and women that I went into combat with, I have a very significant bond with. I mean, I'm still in touch with the guys that I got shot down with. There's something about when you would take a bullet for someone that just never goes away, okay?
Staff Sergeant Michelle Loftus, combat medic, Army Caught in an explosion near Baghdad International Airport on July 23, 2003. Awarded a Purple Heart and a Combat Action Badge.
We were on our way back from a route recon, and there was a loud boom. The air was full of dust, and I instantly felt something rip through the front of my face. The vehicle went up on its side, then came back down, and we pushed through. We passed a man with a cell phone, which is typically how they would detonate IEDs, and I fired one round at him. When we did a roll call through the vehicle, I couldn't answer because of my injuries. I lost bone and teeth and had a very big open hole between the bottom of my nose and the top of my lip. The roof of my mouth was peeled back. I've spoken to a number of veterans, and we react, I think, in the same way to getting injured. Your adrenaline is pumping, but I can remember being just very angry. I could not believe that they had the audacity to get me.
- A Less Macho Future
Jackey Smith I have been told that I'm harder on women. To any of my female mentees, I always say, "More is expected of you. It just is. Never, ever let anybody use your gender as an excuse."
Carol A. Mutter Twenty years from now we're going to say, "Why didn't we have women in combat?" It's the same thing with African-Americans in World War II: "They're not smart enough to fly. They can't be pilots." Well, they proved that they could be.
Sarah Furrer These girls just want to do their jobs. They're not joining these ranks to piss people off. I don't see, you know, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen trying to be infantrymen. These aren't the type of girls that are going to join.
Kayla Williams Lynndie England took part in abusing detainees [at Abu Ghraib]. Women aren't inherently better people than men, right? But if you look at raw numbers, we are much less likely to commit acts of sexual violence. Sexual atrocities against civilian populations have been a part of combat for a long, long time. Would that be less likely to happen if there were women in more situations? Similarly, when you have these counterinsurgency operations where you're trying to win hearts and minds, is this incredibly macho culture optimal?
Captain Victoria Sherwood, FET member, Marines I wanted to write letters back to all my women's-college peers and say, "I have found the true feminism. It's just who gets the job done." I feel a little bit betrayed by the modern feminist movement, because I didn't really see them picking up our cause. The military offers wild opportunities for leadership at the youngest age. I wish more women saw this as an avenue for empowerment, because it's really hard to tell a woman who's been on foot patrol in Afghanistan where her glass ceiling is anymore.
Mary Jennings Hegar Shot down during a medevac mission north of Kandahar, Afghanistan, on July 29, 2009. Awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross and a Purple Heart.
We were on a mission to pick up three injured soldiers whose convoy had hit an IED and who had then come under fire. We didn't know at the time that this IED was placed there specifically to lure in a medevac helicopter.
When we landed, we deplaned our Special Operations medics, but we took a bullet through my windshield that fragmented. The pieces entered my arm and leg and created a lot of blood. My gunner says over SATCOM, "Our co-pilot's hit. We're RTB"—return to base. I said, "We've deplaned two Special Operations guys. We've got three patients on the ground." I'm squeezing my fist, demonstrating I can fly. They're like, "Let's go back in." This time the enemy tears us up with belt-fed heavy machine guns. Just Swiss-cheesing us. But by hand signal I'm telling my commander, "Don't take off," because through the hail of fire the Special Operations guys are putting the patients onto the aircraft.
Finally we take off, at which point we see one of the fuel lines has ruptured. We need to land or we're going to crash. It's a hard landing. We start taking heavier fire on my side of the aircraft. One of the three patients on board, a female, is hysterical, and my gunner says to me, "This is why they shouldn't let women on those kinds of convoys." I look at him. I'm armed, I'm covered in blood, and I'm like, "Are you fucking kidding me?"


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Nebraskas Tire-Flipping Champion Will Start His Last Home Game against CU
Randy York's N-sider
To "Respond to Randy" click on the link below and choose "Randy York's N-Sider" under "Area of Interest" on the new screen. Please include your name and city/town/state and share your thoughts on Ben Nelson and/or Chris Balham. Your comments may be published.
A 6-foot-9 senior basketball walk-on who came to Nebraska from a small farming community in Minnesota will start his first Husker game tonight against Colorado.
The start is a reward from Nebraska Coach Doc Sadler for Ben Nelson's four years of hard work, his selfless spirit and a willingness to knock heads every day at full speed on a scout team that prepares Husker starters for the rigors of the Big 12 Conference, which has been the most difficult it's ever been this season.
But the Huskers have never given up despite this season's setbacks. They have always shown character, and Ben Nelson is one indelible reason why. Even though he lacks significant floor time, the Senator is a stabilizing force on a team that thinks it can get its groove back.
That's why Sadler has decided to start Nelson - the highest honor Big Ben has earned in a Big Red uniform that he wears proudly and honorably.
Learning to Love the Art of Physical Conditioning
So cheer loudly when the Senator - a name NU play-by-play announcer Kent Pavelka bestowed on Big Ben - is introduced. No need for an extra-charged P.A. announcer to ask Nelson if he can "feel it" tonight. Go ahead and bet the house that he's the only tire-flipping champion who has ever started for Nebraska in basketball and maybe the only one in Big 12 or even Division 1 history.
And we all thought tire-flippers only perform on ESPN2 in the world's strongest man competition.
You obviously haven't watched a Nebraska basketball off-season conditioning session, and you must not know Rusty Ruffcorn, the NU basketball program's head strength and conditioning coach who has sent everyone imaginable after Big Ben in his chosen specialty.
Yet, in all the spirited battles of tire-flipping, Big Ben ends up with the Full Nelson. "(I'm) the undefeated champion of Nebraska basketball tire flipping," the Senator said Monday afternoon. "Toney McCray almost got me once, but he couldn't finish it."
We are not making this stuff up. In the past, Ruffcorn has rounded up what looks like dump truck tires. They're so big that when you stand one up, it reaches the shoulders of a towering Nelson. "I don't know how much they weigh, but they have to be 250 to 300 pounds," he said. "They're not easy to handle."
Call it grueling strength training when Ruffcorn plants cones in the parking lot of the Bob Devaney Center and asks each player to grab a tire and flip it end-over-end in competitive races with their teammates to the finish line.
"We have team tire-flipping races, too," said Nelson, who has lettered four straight years at Nebraska even though he has appeared in only 35 games during those four seasons.
It takes a bona fide scout teamer to insist that physical conditioning is his most memorable moment at Nebraska. "It is for me because it's such a team-bonding experience," Nelson said. "It's fun to compete against the guys and be able to hold something over their heads, especially when you find something you can beat them at. It's kind of a pride thing."
Rugby Prepared Big Ben for Doc's Workouts
Pride means everything to rugby players, who are known to pay their own way, set their own practice times and pop their own dislocated shoulders back in place.
Make no mistake. Big Ben is a tough, physical guy who didn't even play basketball until his later years of high school. By the time he got to Nebraska and made the All-Big 12 rugby team as a freshman, he'd polished some of the basketball skills he learned in Atwater, Minn.
"I probably played basketball four hours a day at the Rec my freshman year here," Nelson recalled.
Almost immediately, Sadler liked him. "Ben Nelson is a guy who showed up every day and demonstrated what it's really like to be Husker," Doc said. "He brings his hard hat, and he brings his lunch pail whenever he comes to work. Most coaches would say if your son had the work ethic and the integrity of a Ben Nelson, you'd be a successful parent and a happy one also."
According to Sadler, the same could be said for Chris Balham, who started 23 games last season before his knees forced him to the sidelines, and he became a student assistant coach in his final season as a Husker.
Sadler has designated Balham as an honorary starter for tonight's game, and the Overland Park, Kan., native will be wearing his customary shirt, coat and tie for the occasion.
Since the day Sadler took over at Nebraska, Balham "has shown me what a student-athlete is really all about," Doc said. "Unfortunately for Chris, he hasn't had the knees he needs to compete."
Every Day is an Adventure for Chris Balham
Still, of all the players that have been in NU's program with Sadler, Doc thinks Balham is one of his best success stories. "It's been a pleasure to be around him," he said. "I don't know if Chris has had any bad days. He didn't allow his injuries to distract him from what he was here for, and that was to get an education."
Balham is now in graduate school with majors in International Studies and Spanish. "Hopefully, someday I can work at the United Nations," he said. "But first, I need some experience in a non-profit organization like UNICEF. I want to travel and explore and help people resolve conflict."
For Balham, there is no question about his biggest life lesson as a Husker. "Perseverance," he said. "Learning how to compete and fight through anything that comes your way. Basketball teaches you how to handle heartbreak and life. When you get hit with hard blows, you get back up and keep moving."
Just like your head coach. "Doc is a strong-minded person," Balham said. "Through his workouts, you find out a lot about yourself. You learn how to push through things."
Yes, Ben Nelson and Chris Balham labored in the shadows of fellow seniors Ryan Anderson and Sek Henry, but they both profited from the experience.
"There are good people here at Nebraska," Balham said. "They really care about you, and it doesn't take long for you to understand why it's a lifetime deal when you come to this state."
A mechanized systems management major, Nelson is always amazed by the loyalty and the warmth of Husker fans. "I don't get to play like Sek and Ryan," he said, "but the fans support me just as much as they do someone who plays the whole game. I don't know if our fans realize it, but they mean a lot to me personally, and a lot to all of the rest of the guys on this team, too."


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2018 Ford Expedition: Video Review and Road Test
It's been about 10 years since we've last seen an all-new Ford Expedition and with the full makeover for the 2018 model year, the conclusion is that it was worth the wait. This brawny body-on-frame full-size SUV has plenty of 3-row room for the family, but with a twist. Using aluminum body panels to lighten the vehicle, the Expedition also employs a turbocharged V6 and 10-speed automatic transmission to deliver better fuel economy. The 2018 Ford Expedition is more than ready to take on the Chevrolet Tahoe and Toyota Sequoia as Micah Muzio explains in this Video Review and Road Test.
2018 Ford Expedition Review Transcript
Some people need a big SUV. Maybe they've got a big family. Maybe they've got big toys to haul. If your life is big, maybe you need a big SUV too, like that Ford Expedition right there. The Ford Expedition is a full-size SUV that looks the part: Long straight body lines and an imposing headlight/grille treatment give it a strong hulking presence that belies a substantial drop in weight versus the previous Expedition.
Like the F-150, the Ford Expedition rides on a strong steel frame. It features a light aluminum body. Inside that aluminum body is space for up to eight passengers divided between three completely un-cramped rows, yes even the third row. Unlike the Chevy Tahoe, the Ford Expedition uses an independent rear suspension that allows a lower floor and consequently more comfortable rear seat accommodations. Notice my feet are nowhere near my butt. With a wide pass-through and an integrated grab handle reaching that spacious third row is no problemo; a task made even easier with optional automatic side steps and One-Touch second row seat releases.
Speaking of the second row, these seats slide and recline you can move them forward for access to the third row. With the child seat installed, the center seat slides really far forward giving fussy children easier access to their guardians upfront or fussy journalists easy access to empty seats. Behind this rare but cool lift up rear window hides nearly 21 cubic feet of luggage space expandable from the rear via standard power-fold third row seats. Second row seat releases are also available making it incredibly simple to switch from people to cargo hauling mode. All seats folded, capacity increases to 104.6 cubic feet. That's good but only six cubic feet larger than the mid-size Chevrolet Traverse. And the Traverse actually offers more space behind the third row. If you like to avoid being upstaged by a midsize SUV, the $2,700 pricier long-wheelbase Expedition Max boasts 36 cubic feet behind the third row making it the superior choice for hauling people and their stuff.
The aesthetically speaking the interior has an upscale vibe especially on the range-topping platinum trim. Check out that stitching. Premium materials extend to the second row, but in the back seats hard plastic dominates. On the functionality front, the cabin provides a massive lockable center console dual glove boxes, five child seat latch points, intuitive knobs and switches, 15 cupholders and lots of storage bins. Front and center, a basic Sync infotainment unit comes on the lowest XLT trim, but we suggest upgrading to the latest Sync 3 system that's standard on all other trims. It sports an eight-inch touchscreen, smartphone integration by way of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto and has a straightforward layout. Sync 3 is a joy to use.
Visceral joys can be found with the EcoBoost 3.5 liter V6 that moves all Expeditions. Before decrying the lack of the V8, note the output figures. Go ahead, I'll wait. Choose the Platinum trim and Ford dials those already stout figures up a touch. I mean really, that should be enough power, right? To maximize that output Ford teamed the V6 with a 10-speed automatic transmission that's controlled with this rotary knob and these gear-selection buttons. You might think the constant gear changes of a 10-speed would be annoying but they actually just fade into the background. The result is smooth strong acceleration for a large SUV.
The Ford Expedition is quite efficient. Supplementing that efficiency is a defeatable engine start/stop system that saves gas when you're stationary. Rear-wheel drive is standard but as you'd expect 4-wheel drive is an option and a great way to exploit nearly 10 inches of ground clearance though at $3,000, it is pricey.
Thanks to an independent rear suspension, the Ford Expedition rides with more refinement than its truck-based chassis would suggest. At the same time if you hit a big bump like this one you will experience a fair bit of bounce. But given its rugged capabilities, the Ford Expedition drives pretty great. Based on its size, you might think tight maneuvers with the Expedition would be tricky but that's really not the case. Okay, yes it would be easier with the Mini Cooper but you have a good sense from the driver's seat of the vehicles dimensions and light steering though it could benefit from a quicker ratio. It's pretty easy to squeeze into spots, so there's no need to fear the parking lot. Nonetheless, a full-size SUV is a great platform for its excellent optional one-button automatic parking technology. Nervous about squeezing in or out of that spot? Let the car do the work. Tack on the optional 360-degree camera system and who knows how much parking-related carnage you'll prevent.
One thing people love when driving an SUV is a commanding view of the road. That's definitely true in the Expedition at least when looking forward. But when you look over your shoulder it's not so good. What's crazy (and I'm talking about my left shoulder) is this super wide grab handle-equipped B-pillar placed near the driver's head blocking much of the view left. Once more technology intervenes. An optional blind spot warning and lane keep assist make it easier to stay in your lane or when you want move to another.
For a base price just shy of $53,000, a regular wheelbase rear-drive Expedition XLT includes six airbags, USB ports in the first and second rows, power adjustable pedals, backup sensors, a backup camera with its own washer and push-button start. If you want passive entry that costs extra but this little keypad does not. Other added cost niceties include a foot-activated tailgate, 22-inch wheels, deeply-adjustable heated and ventilated front seats, a panoramic roof, dual-headrest rear-seat entertainment, second row captain's chairs, USB ports in the third row, wireless phone charging, full-speed adaptive cruise control, pre-collision warning with active braking and pedestrian detection and a $1,600 FX4 off-road package with an electronic limited slip differential, underbody protection and upgraded shocks. Spend recklessly and you can spec an Expedition Max Platinum trim to the tune of $83,000.
Lastly do you want to tow? Good news, the Expedition can tow a hefty 9,300 pounds but to do so, you'll want the heavy-duty trailer tow package. It bundles a heavy-duty radiator, integrated brake controller and an electronic limited slip differential with Ford's Pro Trailer backup assist, a clever system whose knob-controlled steering makes backing of a trailer almost foolproof.
While well-equipped in base form pricewise, the Expedition and Expedition Max slot above their most direct competitors--the Chevy Tahoe and its larger Suburban sibling--as well as the Nissan Armada and Toyota Sequoia. Perhaps a bigger question than price is whether you need a full-sized SUV at all. Be honest, you plan to tow big loads or venture off road? If not there are several midsize SUVs that while smaller, offer 8-passenger seating for thousands less than an Expedition. But if you really do live big and you need a big SUV to match, the Ford Expedition is a very capable choice.


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Yoga guru Ramdev today came under attack from Team Anna as he shared the stage with Chief Minister Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad and said he found no basis for allegations of corruption in Gujarat.
"Everybody is asking me about corruption in Gujarat, but I couldn't find anything of this sort. Modi is not doing anything wrong," Ramdev, who has joined hands with Anna Hazare and his aides in their anti-graft stir, said at an awards function where Modi was also present on the dais.
"Ministers of Congress-led UPA government have been in jail. Had the Gujarat chief minister also done anything wrong, he would have been put behind bars," Ramdev said. Suggesting uneasiness in Team Anna over association with the yoga guru in their anti-corruption agitation, its member Sanjay Singh described Modi as a "murderer of humanity" and said Ramdev has to explain why he shared the dais with the BJP leader.
"We were never in agreement with Modi. We are not in agreement with Modi now. Narendra Modi is a murderer of humanity. Ramdev will have to clarify on this issue," Singh, who was conducting the proceedings from the dais along with another activist Kumar Vishwas at Hazare's fast venue in Delhi, told reporters when asked about Ramdev sharing stage with Modi.
Claiming that Hazare has already made his views clear on Modi, he said the Gujarat Chief Minister has not passed a strong Lokayukta bill in the state. Hazare had last year courted controversy after praising Modi, remarks which were later clarified as commending his initiatives for rural development. Since then, Hazare and his team had always been cautious not to comment on Modi.
A section in Team Anna is also in discomfort over the association with Ramdev even as Hazare and the yoga guru share good relations. Hazare today joined three of his team members in their indefinite fast in the national capital after his four-day ultimatum to the government to concede to his demands on Lokpal Bill found no response.
Speaking at the Tarun Kranti Awards-2012 ceremony, Modi also praised Ramdev saying he was doing an "excellent job" in the national interest.
"While Gujarat has framed rules to curb cow-slaughter, the Centre was encouraging the practice through its various policies," Modi said
The event was organised at the discourse venue of Tarun Sagar Maharaj, a spiritual leader of jain community. "In independent India, there have been two revolutions in the past, the Green revolution in Punjab and the White revolution in Gujarat," Modi said.
"Now, the UPA is attempting to bring a 'Pink Revolution' by offering Rs 50 crore to those indulging in slaughtering of cow progeny," Modi alleged.
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- The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) today announced that on August 26, 2010, in a unanimous 32-0 vote, the California State Senate adopted SB 1402, a bill that will begin to make the California Air Resources Board's (CARB) enforcement program transparent, consistent and fair. OPEI and its CERT partners applaud the legislature's adoption of SB 1402 without a single negative vote, and now urge the Governor to sign SB 1402 into law.
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Not the most updated apartments, but they're in good shape, and you get a lot of space for the money. Easy and Read More convenient parking, friendly office staff, and dog-friendly which we've loved so far. Only complaint is how small the water heater seems since we run out pretty quickly, but that's a pretty reasonable thing considering there's also a dishwasher and in-unit washer dryers.
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The management is very good when something brakes they come right away. They keep the area nice and clean. It' Read Mores quiet and friendly. Great place.
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Beautiful location, nice amenities. Some furnishings could use updating. For the high price ($920 for 2-bed wi Read Moreth gorgeous view) might expect better quality cabinets and counters, but they are functional. I was disappointed at the very high cost of a deposit for a cat ($250 nonrefundable, plus $30/month for maximum of 1 cat). The furnishings are ok quality, but don't justify the high pet deposit and monthly fee. The club house and the exercise equipment seem nice but I have not tried them out yet
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Alright, about today's post is a light and delicious tart that i found in the book "The lifestyle Cuisine magazine" again. I actually made this for my daughter's teachers in her kindergarten. Don't get me wrong, my daughter is no more in kindie but we just make a day to visit her old teachers who she miss..:)
The recipe calls for plain yogurt but I've used a blueberry flavored yogurt instead. I just want the taste to be more concentrated with blueberries. The colour was a beautiful purple with a light touch of yogurt and a crispy chocolate crust...yummy! Again my daughter took 2 of the tarts after her dinner! Too bad I only had a small bite of it, I'm sure to make this again for myself soon..:)
The Crust: (makes 20 small tarts) 250g plain flour
10g cocoa powder
1/4tsp salt
170g butter
40g beaten egg
~ Combine flour, cocoa powder and salt. Rub in butter then add in beaten egg and make to form a dough. (Do not knead too much).
~ Wrap dough with cling foil and chill for 30 minutes.
~ Roll out dough to fit a small pie mould, press and trim off edge.
~ Prick the base of the dough with a fork and bake in preheated oven at 180'C for 10 minutes. (shown above)
~ Remove crust from oven and set aside.
The crust was good, had a light flavour of cocoa which matched the blueberry fillings perfectly. Its a good dessert to serve after a heavy meal..:) Hope you'll like this as much as I do!


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The SkipperLiner website contains a promise from Jeb Griffith, the owner and CEO of the company, that your houseboat will meet your every want and need. After speaking with Jeb for only a few seconds, you would quickly realize that this is more than just online advertising. It's a personal philosophy that he and his entire staff are completely committed to.
In business since 1971, SkipperLiner has a hard-earned and well-deserved reputation for building quality houseboats. The Griffith family has been behind the reins since they purchased the company in September of 2010. It started with the opportunity to buy a first-class office building, restaurant, marina and shipyard as well as the SkipperLiner name and operation.
"When the opportunity presented itself, I saw it as a wonderful investment," said Jeb. "There was a 16-man crew with about a billion years of experience between them. These hardworking, talented boat builders wanted to see the industry revved up again."
Even though 2010 was a rocky time for the houseboat industry, Jeb didn't let that dissuade him. As a third generation American whose family had emigrated from Wales, Jeb has proven the American dream with many successful business ventures in the construction, computer software/IT and sporting goods industries.
"All the business and customer skills learned in these jobs apply to the houseboat building business," said Jeb. "It's really about understanding your customers and over-delivering with the product you provide them, it's called delighting your customer."
While he may have not been a boat builder by trade, Jeb did have personal experience with SkipperLiner as a consumer.
In His Blood
"I have owned seven SkipperLiners over the years, including both leisure and commercial vessels," said Jeb. "Our children grew up on houseboats and the family bonds and experiences that resulted from those experiences are priceless. We spent many weekends with our kids and their friends aboard the boat on the Mississippi. We'd fill the beds and have one or two people on the floor."
Combine Jeb's business savvy with his own familiarity of the brand and taking over SkipperLiner was a perfect way for him to come out of retirement.
"I had been retired for a few years and was ready to stop twiddling my thumbs," said Jeb. "I genuinely like being here each day and I have fallen in love with the boat-building process."
Once he purchased the business, Jeb turned it into a family affair with his son Pete Griffith working in an executive capacity and advising in the areas of product development and marketing, and his daughter-in-law Molly Griffith is the controller. Others may not be genetically related but have been quickly adopted in as integral parts of the business. Gary Smith heads up Sales and Marketing while Bill Fieck leads Design and Construction to round out the leadership team. This close family dynamic allows them to run the business in a way they all can be proud of.
The Right Way
"When they purchased SkipperLiner, the Griffiths were committed to doing it right from the beginning," said Smith. "They commissioned market research to learn who the target market is and what those people are looking for in their boats. This innovative research approach showed them how much consumers value the SkipperLiner name."
The SkipperLiner brand has over 40 years of proven workmanship and quality builds behind it. In fact, one of the most popular boats in the world, The Liberty Belle at Walt Disney World, is a SkipperLiner. This 133-foot vessel is a sophisticated blend of aluminum and steel superstructure and transports more than 12,000 passengers daily around Tom Sawyer Island in Liberty Square, Magic Kingdom. Even more amazing than that, the first SkipperLiner ever built in 1971 still operates today on the Mississippi River. Examples like this make it easy to believe the SkipperLiner team when they tell you they build quality boats that are meant to last. The company's history proves it.
"The quality and customization of our boats are why customers hold our brand in such high esteem," said Pete. "As economic confidence continues to rebound, so does interest in new builds." SkipperLiner has both new pleasure and commercial in progress. When it comes to the pleasure side, there are three distinct styles to choose from. Once you choose the style you like best, there are multiple floor plans to use as a starting point, depending on the length you desire. But really there is not one mold that your boat has to fit into. Each SkipperLiner vessel has every aspect built to customer specifications so no two are ever the same.
Quality & Design
The houseboat style appeals to the traditionalist who maybe has owned other houseboats in the past and has always aspired to own a SkipperLiner. They are drawn to the quality, reputation, dependability and durability of the SkipperLiner brand.
The Millennium style appeals to that trend-setting individual who wishes to set themselves apart with the finest houseboat that money can buy. They appreciate the well-known, distinctive styling of the wrap-around glass, the spacious, panoramic interior and contemporary lines pioneered by SkipperLiner. These vessels and their distinctive look and innovative features continue to set the standard for premium houseboats.
The Yacht-style houseboat appeals to those who demand the room and spaciousness of a houseboat, but prefer the pointed bow style of a cruiser style vessel. It really is the best of both worlds. This boat is the perfect answer for those that love to entertain and spend time with family and friends, but maybe find the styling of a traditional houseboat not quite to their liking. The complete versatility in vessel design that SkipperLiner offers is what sets the company apart. They are proud of the fact that if you can dream it, they can build it.
The houseboat world is constantly evolving and SkipperLiner continues to offer the features that consumers expect when it comes to modern boats. The green movement continues to become more mainstream, so when it comes to their boats, SkipperLiner offers many proven options. Some of these are new offerings in true energy-saving lighting, components, HVAC and appliances. Others involve weight-saving materials, solar and hydrogen power. But the true function is the design team's commitment to studying different options and presenting the best scenarios to the customer.
"The truth is that there is no cookie cutter solution for the buyer who wants a more energy efficient or environmentally friendly boat," said Smith. "The key is to figure out what their goals are and how they actually plan to use the boat. Only then can we show them how together we can make a difference that is suitable to them and their boat."
Functionality is another big trend that Skipperliner sees.
"The days of completely changing your life, simply because you are on a boat, are gone," said Smith. "There is very little that we cannot do with the interior to suit the owner's lifestyle. Wifi, Bluetooth, mobility, entertainment centers- these are now `must-haves' and our design team is all over it. If you use it in your office or home, we can easily, smartly integrate it into your boat now. SkipperLiner ownership is all about not sacrificing."
Latest Trends
Designer interiors are becoming quite popular as people demand more new-age, quality materials such as high-end carpets and floor coverings, solid surface counters and spacious comfortable baths. The team at SkipperLiner uses a local interior decorator in order to support their local economy as well as a national designer to make sure they are up-to-date on the decorating trends. It's the small attention to detail like this that puts SkipperLiner boats over some other manufacturers. The company also frequently uses top-of-the-line appliances because of popular demand.
"We recently got a request for a boat that looks and feels like the interior of a modern, high-end hotel," said Pete. "We went for it and the boat looks really cool."
The outdoor entertainment aspect of houseboating is one of the most important aspects of houseboating.
"We see a lot of emphasis on the upper deck and bow and stern deck areas," said Pete. "Integrated hardtops to block the sun and the elements, screening to keep out sun and insects, bar and grilling stations to entertain outdoors, water slides, and devices to haul and re-fuel the never-ending supply of personal watercraft continue to evolve with the ever-changing consumer demands. Additionally, the electronic requirements for the interior now exist topside. Why not watch the news or a movie up top in the breeze?"
Another factor that distinguishes SkipperLiner from other houseboat builders is that they offer the customer the choice of either a steel or an aluminum hull.
"While the others have continued to offer only aluminum hulls, SkipperLiner recognizes the need for both materials depending on customer preference and where the boat will be used," said Jeb. "This company has vast experience in both materials and we are committed to providing the customer what they want."
Full Throttle Ahead
One fact that no one can deny is that SkipperLiner has an extremely bright future. Their skilled and innovative team will continue to build boats that people can be proud to own. Their leadership team is constantly examining the market to see where it's headed and how they can best serve consumers. Plus as the Baby Boomers start retiring, SkipperLiner will be there to make sure those who want to spend their golden years on the water, whether year-round or seasonally, have the boat that best suits their needs.
How do they intend on doing all that? By constantly maintaining a dialog with their customers and continually providing them with their every want and need. After all, that's the SkipperLiner promise. And this is a company you can take at their word.
For more information on SkipperLiner visit www.skipperliner.com.
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Valri Lightner, Acting Biomass Program Manager, EERE
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that President Obama signed this week includes an appropriation of $16.8 billion for the Department of Energy's Office of Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) programs and initiatives.
Of this total, $2.5 billion will be allotted for Applied Research, Development, Demonstration and Deployment, including $800 million for biomass, $400 million for geothermal and $50 million for information and communications technology.
EERE is working in partnership with the USDA Regional Feedstock Initiative (including Sun Grant initiative universities) to deploy energy crops for biofuels production and other new markets, says Valri Lightner, acting Biomass Program manager, EERE.
In addition to the partnership, the Biomass Program focuses on logistics, including the harvesting, collection, transportation and storage of various ag residues, including corn cobs, corn stover, wheat straw and switchgrass.
The Biomass Program also is focused on sustainably producing feedstock for biofuel production, including minimizing the amount of water and nutrients used on the land, Lightner says. The program wants to maintain the balance of fulfilling the country's food, feed, fuel and fiber needs, she adds.
How soon could we see biomass used on a wide-scale commercial basis? The Renewable Fuel Standard program requires increasing the use of renewable fuels every year through 2022 (growing to 36 billion gallons in 2022). Biofuels will begin to make some market penetration in 2010, Lightner says.


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First of all, this is my 100th post , second of all, I made a shitload of random nobility out of my non-fitting mevi-vuul figs, so there will be plenty of assassinations to drive the story, and backup heroes in case the Red Company's heroes go the way of Brag's Golden Lions' various commanders.
The Prince of the royal family, and the pride of House Soren.
Bishop Havel the Rock, the commander of the Infantry and Archbishop of the Church of Thorolund.
General Thane Garnet, Cavalry Commander, and dashing sword/pikeman.
Admiral Crawland got a new hat.
The old Lord of House Empyrean, his son leads mainly, but this old coot still has some fight left in him.
Cyrus the Wolf, Lord of House Soren of Darkharbor. A cadet house of House Soren
No clue who this guy is, but the fishman's face makes a great outrageously ornamented helmet.
Lord Garland Greyaxe, with a pair of elite Greyaxe guards.
The Baron of the Great Mountain, a Prospitian Lord who survived the War against the Shadow and the Carapace Purge.
The Greatarcher, (not related to hawkeye gough) Is the father of the Black Flame, and weilds the Dragon-Slaying greatbow, which no ordinary man can wield.
Ice Man, My childhood antagonist, and the polar opposite to the Black Flame, after centuries of torment in the north, he has wandered back to the Keep of House Empyrean, as an adviser and battle field commander. He is probably going to be one of the only openly magical characters in this, as I am trying to tone down the "magic solves everything" logic. He wields a wicked flail and wears the enchanted armor of the north.
A Dragon Priestess, burning an Icon of the Deceiver.
And, what is a medieval team without one, Amadeus Von Brag, a wandering soldier of fortune from Carim and one of the only Humans to discover the art of gunsmithing. Hi arm was encased in slag by Orcs, he spent years polishing it and shining it, so now he can attach small swords and knives to it, it is currently in "incognito mode" where he sticks a jewel in it to make it seem harmless.
The Tan Man, or Scratch, one of the 5 gunmen. He is the representation of Death in the Religion of the Dragon God and one of the major orcish deities.
And a design I use for my wraiths, I have been keeping this under wraps for several years, and think it is one of the best solutions for flying undead, it works better with pirate hooks, but I unfortunately do not possess any of them. This particular one is a Wraith in the service of Old Scratch, and he takes the dead either to the eternal reward, or back again as a hollow if they bear the Sign of the Dark Beast.


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Evangel sits in the heart of Springfield, Missouri, near many attractions and facilities that help students make the most of their college experience.
With around 160,000 residents and a thriving student community, Springfield combines the excitement of a big city with the community-driven environment of a midsize town.
Many in Springfield's business community give special offers and discounts to students, or even plan special events.
For generations, students from across the globe have had a fun and fulfilling college experience in Springfield.
Some things that make life in Springfield great:
- Scenic lakes and campgrounds
- Ozark Mountain hiking and biking trails
- Countless shopping options
- Award-winning restaurants for any budget
- Study hangouts galore – from coffee shops to bookstores
- Comfortable hotels for family and friends
- Plenty of entertainment options: movie theaters, live theaters, a zoo and more
- Sporting events such as the Double-A St. Louis Cardinals affiliate
For those seeking internships or job opportunities during school, the groundwork has been laid for finding the perfect fit through our Hire an Evangel Intern and Hire an Evangel Grad programs.
Springfield also serves as headquarters for major organizations such as Bass Pro Shops, O'Reilly Auto Parts and of course, the Assemblies of God. In Springfield's business climate, graduates have ample career opportunities in the community after graduation.
You'll find a full list of things to do in and around Springfield in our appropriately named "Things to Do" section, but the bottom line is Springfield lets you be as active and busy as you want to be without making you feel "lost in the big city."
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