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International caps for Rose, Wickham, Pickford and Egan.
Danny Rose and Connor Wickham helped England's under-21s to a key win in Azerbaijan last night.
Rose played the full 90 minutes while Wickham appeared as a 69th-minute substitute in Baku.
Goals in either half from Steven Caulker and Jonjo Shelvey kept the Three Lions two points clear of their Euro 2013 qualifying group.
Stuart Pearce's side take on second-placed Norway in Chesterfield on Monday night in a crunch clash which will decide the group winners.
Meanwhile, goalkeeper Jordan Pickford played 75 minutes of the under-19s' 3-1 defeat to Germany in Hamburg.
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No Snow Day for NYC Public School Students….Or Is There?Danielle Sullivan
After last month's snow plowing debacle in New York City, when streets went unplowed for days on end, Mayor Bloomberg planed to move forward with his business as usual plan with future storms. Late last night, he declared an announcement from the New York Department of Education would be made regarding schools at 5am this morning. And he kept his promise, as new chancellor Cathie Black decided early this morning that all New York City public schools would be open today.
You can almost hear the collective grunt from NYC kids, but some parents are relieved. For parents who have to work, as in they don't get paid if they don't show up, a snow day means a bigger mess than the one that was left on the streets.
I can relate…
A year ago, I was pulling 80 hour workweeks in a Manhattan publishing firm, so if I wasn't at the office, I was working at home, checking my blackberry, texting, or on the phone. Snow days certainly were not the lazy, hazy, let's go sledding fun times that they should be. When school was closed, I was stuck.
Like many other parents, I had no back-up. We have no immediate family who can fill-in for last minute babysitting, and since my husband is one of New York's Finest, he was more than often not only working, but pulling 18-hour shifts to help with the chaos that New York turns into during a big snowstorm.
Still, I don't envy making the call to keep schools open or close them for the day. For one, many city kids rely on breakfast so if they don't go to school, in some areas, they don't eat. For parents who must go to work, many of them decide to leave their kids home alone. I have known moms who, when faced with this situation, drop off their kids at the library and pick them up when the workday is over.
On the other hand, with school open today, there have been reports of teachers who cannot get to school. Some say their schools are not plowed outside and parents say it's been a dangerous situation just trying to get the kids to school on slippery roads and impassable streets. Trains and buses are still severely delayed.
Other parents are getting their kids to school only to find that the schools are operating on delayed schedules. One parent tells me that her high school daughter is waiting outside the school now for the 10 o'clock delayed opening that was not communicated to parents or students.
Many parents who are lucky enough to be home are just giving their kids a self-imposed snow day, and I can't blame them. But for so many others, there is really no choice.
How do you deal with snow days? Do you have a regular back-up plan?
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Sleep Apnea And Liver Disease
December 22, 2009
Here's another "dot" that connects to the central concept of my sleep-breathing paradigm: That poor breathing and frequent obstructions and arousals can negatively affect EVERY organ or system in your body, and that all modern humans are susceptible to various degrees of breathing problems while sleeping.
We've known for a long time that untreated obstructive sleep apnea can lead to hypertension, diabetes, obesity, heart disease, heart attack, or stroke. Recently there are even studies suggesting a link to inflammatory bowel diseases such as Chron's disease and ulcerative colitis. I've written numerous blogs about the link between Alzheimer's and sleep apnea. One study showed that creating hypoxic states in mice similar to what occurs in sleep apnea creates amyloid plaques in brain tissue. Now, there's a study linking oxygen deprivation to chronic liver disease in mice.
Researchers showed that keeping mice in low oxygen levels for a week resulted in increased levels of fat and inflammation in the liver. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a common, often silent liver disease that occurs in up to 40% of the population. It's like alcoholic liver disease (alcoholic steatohepatitis, or ASH), but occurs in people who drink little to no alcohol. NASH can be severe and lead to cirrhosis.
Interestingly, we know that obesity predisposes to both fatty liver and obstructive sleep apnea. Alcohol also predisposes to obstructive sleep apnea by relaxing throat muscles, leading to more frequent obstructions and low oxygen states. In this particular study, the mice exposed to low oxygen were also less sensitive to insulin.
This study brings up an interesting question: are NASH and ASH the same condition, where alcohol aggravates more hypoxia by causing more frequent obstructions? If you're obese, the chances that you'll have obstructive sleep apnea are much higher, and if you add alcohol, it'll add further to your risk of developing chronic liver disease.
If you have any type of chronic liver disease, do you snore, or suspect that you may have a sleep-breathing problem? Please enter your responses below in the comments box.
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Vicki Terry on
March 25th, 2010 8:20 am
I was diagnoised with acute liver failure in Jan. 2009 (cause unknown, but with suspicions of surgery anesthesia, antibiotics or ???). I was sent to a hospital with a liver transplant team in anticipation of a liver transplant. However, before I was placed on the transplant list, my liver began a slight improvement and I was sent home to recover and am still doing so.
Now March 24th, 2010, I was semi-diagnosed with sleep apnea by a Sleep Specialist, I have not had a sleep test at a sleep clilnic yet, but have many of the sypmtoms. I am not overweight and have never consumed alcohol and am 54 years old.
Is it possible that my liver condition was caused in part by sleep apnea? Should I take precautions by seeking sleep apnea treatment?
Thank you, Vicki
Sheila on
April 23rd, 2011 8:02 pm
I was recently told i am oxygen deprived when i sleep and i also am severely asthmatic and just was recently put on oxygen at night when i sleep, i've been through all the sleep studies so here is a couple of question i have how did i get this and will i get to the point where i would need oxygen all the time and my daughter has crohns disease, she is 18 could i have given this to her? oh and i am vitamin b12 deficient, any helpful information would be great thank you
Katie Strasnick on
December 8th, 2011 5:24 pm
In 2002, the asymtomatic ALT of 50, was followed up with an US of hepatomegaly. No bx. Over the past 9 years, the ALT has remained 30-60. I am athletic, 5'4″/110. At my husband's OSA apt, he noted my snoring, the doctor turned to me, and said, nocturia? (2-3X) your small jaw, you probably have OSA. Sept 2011 Dx= severe OSA with oxygen sats to the 60s such that I was place on CPAP within two hours. Now my feet aren't freezing at night, nocturia (1X), and MY LIVER ISN'T SORE!
Not due for my annual ALT until July.
Heard of stories like this?
Steven Park on
December 8th, 2011 5:31 pm
Your story is not uncommon. Kudos to your husband's doc for picking this up.
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Elsie Mae Greenwalt, 71, of Georgetown, passed away Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, at Peninsula Regional Medical Center, in Salisbury, Md.
Born Aug. 20, 1941, in Berlin, Md., she was the daughter of the late Calvin P. and Iva Esham Jarman. She was retired from a career in housekeeping. She was last employed at Walmart as a sales associate. She was an animal lover, and especially cared for dogs and cats. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Alvin who passed in 1995; and also by a brother Richard Jarman.
She is survived by her children: Robert Greenwalt, of Baltimore, Md., Lori Elliott and husband Charles, of Georgetown, Charles Greenwalt of Georgetown, Timothy Greenwalt, and wife May Macrohom of Millsboro, and Allen Davidson, of Georgetown. She is also survived by two brothers: Charles and Ralph Jarman; and four grandchildren: Heather Blackburn, Brandon Elliott, Shane Elliott, Victor Greenwalt and Serenity Davidson; along with two great-grandchildren: Dylan Stewart and Landon Elliott.
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Another local soldier's remains coming home
ELKHART -- The body of the second local soldier to die in Afghanistan in less than a month is on its way back to the area.
Army Sgt. Marvin Ray Calhoun Jr., 23, of Elkhart, died Tuesday in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan. According to the Associated Press, the crash happened in the Zabul province of southern Afghanistan.
Army officials confirmed Wednesday that Calhoun was among the nine troops killed in the crash. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear.
Calhoun, the son of Marvin Calhoun Sr. and Shirin Reum, attended Central High School and the Tipton Street LIFE Center. He was married and had a 2-year-old daughter.
"He loved his family," said his uncle, Tommy Calhoun. "He was a very respectful young man."
Tommy Calhoun added that Marvin Calhoun Jr.'s parents are expected to return to the area tonight after traveling to Delaware to meet Calhoun's remains Wednesday.
"It's just a shame this happened," Tommy Calhoun said. "It's a war I don't think is ever going to end."
Calhoun said the family is still just understanding what happened.
"I think right now everyone is just in shock," he said. "I'm sure we're going to make it through. We will."
Lisa Miller, an English teacher at the LIFE Center, didn't know about Calhoun's service as a solider until she learned of his death. But his patriotism didn't surprise her.
Calhoun was a part of Miller's English class for several months in the spring of 2005. Despite his brief time in the class, he made an impression with Miller, who described him as a leader in the classroom.
"He was a take-charge kind of person," she said. "If someone needed help he would jump right in there and help somebody."
Miller fondly remembers Calhoun as a class clown. He always looked for ways to make people laugh and constantly had a smile on his face.
His smile is what Miller sees when she pictures Calhoun seated at his desk, and his smile was the first thing she thought of Wednesday night when news broke that he had been killed.
"As soon as I saw his face on the news last night I knew instantly," she said. "It hit me like a ton of bricks."
Calhoun is the second Elkhart soldier to die in Afghanistan within a month.
Army Spc. Justin Shoecraft died Aug. 24 when the tank he was driving hit a roadside bomb near Karakak, Afghanistan. He was stationed with the U.S. Army 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment.
Truth reporters Marlys Weaver and Emily Monacelli contributed to this story.
(The original list did not include Staff Sgt. James P. Snyder of Nappanee. The Elkhart Truth/etruth.com regrets the error.)
The death of Sgt. Marvin R. Calhoun Jr. is the ninth death of a soldier in Iraq or Afghanistan from Elkhart County since the start of the wars.
Elkhart has the third-most deaths in Indiana, along with Kokomo, at six. Indianapolis has nine; Fort Wayne, seven; and Evansville, five. Goshen has suffered two losses of soldiers.
Other local soldiers who have died are:
* Sgt. 1st Class Craig A. Boling
* Cpl. Aaron Seal
* Spc. Jeffrey W. Corban
* Pfc. David A. Wilkey Jr.
* Spc. Justin B. Shoecraft
* Staff Sgt. James P. Snyder
* Staff Sgt. Travis K. Hunsberger
* Staff Sgt. Marvin L. Trost III
5,723 -- U.S. troops killed during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
355 --U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan in 2010, the highest since the war began in 2001.
125 -- Indiana soldiers killed during the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts.
92 -- Military fatalities in the Zabul province, where Calhoun's helicopter crashed.
52 -- U.S. troops killed in Iraq in 2010, the lowest since the war began in 2003.
27 -- Average age of the eight fallen Elkhart area soldiers.
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Jan 13 2014 , Greater Noida
"We are launching the largest ever improved oil recovery (IOR) and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) schemes," Cairn India Chief Executive Officer P Elango said here today.
The schemes will help recover over 90 million barrels of oil in the Rajasthan block and sustain peak output for a longer time.
Cairn India currently produces close to 1,85,000 barrels of oil per day from the Rajasthan block and will exit the financial year with over 2,00,000 bpd output, he said.
"Investments planned in IOR/EOR schemes is $575 million or roughly Rs 3,000 crore," Elango said.
The investment is part of the $3 billion capex the company had outlined last year. More than 80% (over Rs 12,800 crore) of the total capex will be spent on Cairn's prolific Barmer oil block in Rajasthan.
Of the current production, about 1,50,000 bpd comes from the Mangala field, the largest among over two dozen discoveries Cairn India has made in the Rajasthan block.
The oil major has plans to ramp up production from the Bhagyam field while also looking at producing oil from two smaller fields at the Barmer hills during the current financial year, he said.
Cairn India plans to drill 100 oil wells to monetise new reserves at the Rajasthan block, whose resource potential is 7.3 billion barrels of oil equivalent. The explorer is also evaluating options to monetise the discovered gas at its Sri Lankan block, Elango said.
The company, which is the operator of India's biggest onland oilfield, had reported a net profit of Rs 11,919.74 crore in the previous financial year on net sales of Rs 17,524.15 crore.
Cairn's earnings helped parent company Vedanta Resources to post a 21% growth in core profit (EBITDA) at $4.888 billion for the year ended March 2013 and a 163% growth in net profit attributable to shareholders at $157.4 million.
Cairn India alone contributed 49% of Vedanta's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation). Last year, the oil major had reported a 19% growth in production at 2,05,323 barrels of oil equivalent per day.


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Minimum requirement to apply is a bachelor's level degree (B.S. or B.A.) in a biomedical field. International students must have completed an international degree that is equivalent to a U.S. bachelor's degree from a college or university of recognized standing. A 3.0 GPA in undergraduate or other graduate work is required.
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All graduate applications are done online through the Admissions Department and the Graduate School. More information and the application are found on the Graduate School website.
Yes, the department requires GRE scores. The department does not require a minimum score; scores are considered as one part of the application package. MCATS can substitute for the GRE in some cases. GRE scores are reported directly to CSU from ETS, it takes at least 2-3 weeks for scores to be delivered. The institution code for CSU is 4075; no department code is needed. No subject test is required.
Notice to International Applicants: We realize that GRE scores may be affected by language and cultural differences for students whose native language is not English. This is taken into consideration when applications are evaluated. The scores are nevertheless required and must be submitted for your application to be complete.
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The Graduate Education Committee reviews all applications for the graduate program. The committee consists of the Associate Head for Graduate Education, 4 faculty members, and two current graduate students elected by their peers.
Perceived ability to do well in a graduate program; from your academic record, courses taken, letters of recommendation, GPA and GRE scores.
Research experience. The program does not require but prefers to see evidence of research activity as an undergraduate. Many successful applicants have had some independent laboratory experience indicative of a commitment to a research career.
Strong letters of recommendation. Strong statements of support from persons in a position to evaluate applicant's potential for success as a graduate student carry significant weight in admission decisions
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While lawmakers are arguing over SOPA and Protect IP – two bills that could change the way the Internet works in order to fight piracy – it seems that many staffers on Capitol Hill are spending a lot of time downloading movies, TV shows, music, games and books via BitTorrent. According to a report from TorrentFreak over 800 IP's that originate from Capitol Hill are at the BitTorrent trough, even as they write laws against illegal downloading and file-sharing.
Using YouHaveDownloaded.com, TorrentFreak has found that over 800 downloads that show everything from adult self-help books to TV shows and movies being snapped up and shared.
They only list a few of the 800 hits they found on YouHaveDownloaded, which represents only a fraction of the total downloads coming from that location since the site only tracks a limited percentage of total BitTorrent traffic. As TorrentFreak points , out "this is real and confirmed data that is just as good as the evidence used by the RIAA when they sued tens of thousands of people for file-sharing."
You can check out the list of downloads by visiting TorrentFreak. Once again those that support these kinds of laws seem to believe in the old adage "do as I say, and not as I do." We say, don't ruin the Internet and we won't point out your hypocrisy.


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UPDATED: Apple yanks AppGratis discovery service from the App Store
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has removed the popular discovery and deals service AppGratis from its App Store, continuing its efforts to eliminate iOS applications that promote apps other than the developer's own.
The free AppGratis spotlighted premium applications offered for free or at heavily discounted prices, also promoting "freemium giveaways" like free in-app purchases and level unlocks. The AppGratis partner network spanned more than 6,000 iOS developers worldwide--in March, the app topped the 12 million user mark. Earlier this year, AppGratis also completed a $13.5 million Series A financing round led by Iris Capital and the Orange Publicis fund.
Apple confirmed to AllThingsD that AppGratis ran afoul of iOS developer clause 2.25, which reads "Apps that display Apps other than your own for purchase or promotion in a manner similar to or confusing with the App Store will be rejected." Apple instituted clause 2.25 in September 2012, and in December ejected the popular AppShopper price tracker tool for violating the rule.
In addition, Apple stated that AppGratis also violated section 4.6, which reads "Apps cannot use Push Notifications to send advertising, promotions, or direct marketing of any kind." AppGratis did not respond to a request for comment.
Mahmoud Hafez, CEO of iOS review site AppAdvice.com, questions whether clause 2.25 is the root of AppGratis' removal, citing the continued App Store availability of rival app discovery and recommendation services, including his own.
"We have not heard about any specifics about AppGratis, but given the fact that their iPad app was just approved days ago means some new information must have come to light which caused Apple to respond with such vigor," Hafez said in a release issued to PaloAltoPatch. "I do not know if AppGratis was using illegal tactics to gain App Store chart position, or some other method that has marred the app discovery industry, but I think Apple must have found something new over the past few days… It's easy to bash Apple and paint them as control freaks, but I don't think this is a case of Big Brother trying to squash the little guy."
Hafez speculates that AppGratis may have instead circumvented App Store rules preventing applications from leveraging services that promise to artificially inflate App Store rankings. "This unique business model might have been troubling to Apple, as it operates outside of the framework Apple has set up, in which the App Store was meant to be a meritocracy," Hafez said. "Clearly AppGratis' proposal was good for developers with deep pockets (that) want exposure, but it was done with the developer in mind first, not the user."
For more:
- read this TechCrunch article
- read this PaloAltoPatch article
- read this AllThingsD article
Related articles:
Apple boots AppShopper for violating new App Store guidelines
Apple slams the door on third-party app discovery services
App Store rankings fluctuate wildly after iOS 6 release
Apple warns developers against manipulating App Store rankings
Tapjoy: Developer revenues nosedive after Apple bans pay-per-install apps
Apple smacks down incentivized iOS downloads
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The Board of Directors of the Republican River Water Conservation District will be holding its regular quarterly meeting in Wray Thursday, Oct. 14 at 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the United Methodist Church.
Agenda items scheduled include: approve minutes of previous meetings; approve quarterly financials; receive reports updates and reports on programs; recognize appointments of Directors for new terms from Yuma and Logan counties, the Frenchman and Sandhills Ground Water Management Districts, and the Ground Water Commission; election of officers; review committee assignments; approve resolution to hold special board meeting in Greeley; consider and approve the RRWCD-WAE budget for 2011; approve resolution opposing Amendments 60 and 61 and Proposition 101; authorize the filing of an application to change the South Fork water rights purchased by the RRWCD-WAE; consider terminating the lease of the Dryden West Property and water rights and putting the property and water rights up for bid; discussion of leasing the Tracy water rights; consider progressing with the construction of the Compact Compliance Pipeline; as well as other matters.
Public Comment will be held at 1 p.m.
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In 1994, Boston Police Officer Berisford Anderson, 37, stopped a driver going the wrong way down a street. A routine traffic stop. The driver shot Anderson in the chest, killing him. More than 3,500 people attended the funeral.
When it was learned that the driver was wanted on a warrant for failing to appear in court in another shooting case, and shouldn't have been on the streets at all, the state responded with a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week, computerized warrant database to prevent further such tragedies.
Problem solved? No. In 1997, 10-year-old Jeffrey Curley of Cambridge was brutally murdered by a man wanted on 75 warrants.
Justice in America is often a slow and cumbersome process. Technology, it is hoped, will help change that -- eliminating paperwork, creating searchable digitized files, putting the bad guys behind bars quicker and keeping them there, reducing administrative costs and helping citizens find justice within the system. But sometimes within large successes you can find failures, and in the justice system a breakdown can lead to death.
In 1994, Massachusetts was faced with a growing problem: Each day, district courts were issuing thousands of arrest warrants for everything from speeding to murder, and those warrants were adding to an unwieldy problem.
The state was already trying to manage a 350-year-old system that included hundreds of thousands of paper warrants filed in cabinets and boxes, searchable only like the Yellow Pages -- with your fingertips. The problem was violently underscored when the Boston police officer was slain during that routine traffic stop. The murderer, it later came out, was wanted on a default warrant related to another shooting.
Stunned by the avoidability of the tragedy, state officials moved quickly to enact the Warrant Reform Act, which mandated a statewide arrest-warrant database known as the Warrant Management System (WMS). While not the nation's first computerized warrant database, it was the first to provide realtime access as warrants were issued. The system is administered by the Criminal History
Systems Board, and warrants are entered when issued by district court clerks. The centralized database is accessible through every district court, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) and all law enforcement agencies.
Before the WMS, knowing whether a person was wanted outside a police officer's own jurisdiction was practically impossible. Now, an officer can check simply by querying the database. However, several new tragedies have highlighted failings of the WMS -- not of the technology, but of the process, statutes and state staff -- prompting a review by the same legislative body that first mandated its creation.
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Iowa State Lecturer: Soldiers "creat[e] anti-American terrorists in the countries they occupy" and don't deserve carepackages.
[Picture above is me talking to local villagers about their educational and potable water needs. If my lieutenant sees that picture, I swear this may have been the only time I wore my Red Sox hat outside the wire. Well, that might be a lie, but I swear I had the helmet somewhere.]
UPDATE: I will be on Fox and Friends tomorrow morning at 6:20 to discuss this issue. Also, he is a "lecturer" not a Professor, and I have altered the title accordingly. (Thanks to the tip from Mr. Foster below)
Here we go again.
Thomas Walker, a "lecturer in the intensive English and orientation program" at Iowa State University has gone the way of the Law Professor at Suffolk, and taken issue with attempts to send carepackages to deployed troops. I really wish it hadn't been ISU as I have an affinity for the school because that is where my friend Past National Commander Rehbein spent the better part of his working life. And the reality is that no one school should be culpable for the actions of one individual. It amounts to a sort of "hecklers veto" where the school gets a black eye for the actions or statements of a single miscreant, while the good work of so many others is largely ignored. But so it goes.
Let's look at what he has to say:
I read in Tuesday's Iowa State Daily that the College Republicans have begun collecting sundries for U.S. soldiers serving in Afghanistan and Iraq. Why? Doesn't the U.S. Army victual its soldiers? Don't their families send them yuletide goodies? Aren't GIs paid enough to buy what they need, and even what they want?
Yes, the army "victuals" its troops. In fact, we got a lovely assortment of MREs whenever we headed out. A true culinary classic is the spaghetti and meat balls. The sublime experience of eating pound cake in the pouring rain is enough to bring the owner of even the least discerning palate to tears. As I read his statement it conjured to mind the famous question of George C. Scott as Scrooge: "Are there no prisons? No work houses?"
You know why care packages sent from home mean so much? Is it because we were starving? Is it because we were too poor to afford our own food? No, because it meant something. Sure, I could get heaping portions of food from a Mermite, but when you know that someone cared enough to send food halfway around the world, the food nourishes not only the body, but the soul as well.
Some folks don't have families to send them stuff Mr. Walker. Many of us don't have an extensive family support mechanism when we deploy. Which is why groups like Soldiers' Angels exist, and have mottos that encapsulate that:
May No Soldier Go Unloved
May No Soldier Walk Alone
May No Soldier Be Forgotten
Until They All Come Home
"As Republicans we believe in charity," stated Jeremy Freeman, a member of the College Republicans. Donating toiletries, boxed and canned foods, socks and beanies to U.S. soldiers who can already deodorize themselves, who eat better than the poorest Americans and who are gallantly garbed, is an eleemosynary travesty.
"Gallantly garbed?" Really? Are you $#!^^ing me? Let me tell you about my gallant garb. My wardrobe was digitzed and mono-chromatic. Sure, it is trendy among homeless folks you see with cardboard signs, but seldom if ever do I see Giselle Bundchen strutting the catwalk outfitted in a lovely ensemble of digital pattern BDU's. And our boots are not the Uggs sold to us by her touchdown munificent husband. Also, our accessories are indeed functional, if not downright alluring. Nothing says "I'm ready to party" like a PRC radio, a couple of mortar rounds, and a sleeping bag that hasn't been washed in months. Love the use of SAT words though, it just stresses to us uneducated grunts how smart you are, more so (clearly) than I am. In fact, based only on your consummate grasp of diction, I would move that we set up some form of Oligarchy centered on folks who can use "eleemosynary" properly in a sentence. In the farrago of human imbecility, typified by the profligate galimatias of useless pontification, you are truly the beacon on the hill. (There, I also used big words, can I join your club now?)
Necessities should be doled out to people who really need them and who might get them if not for the hundreds of billions of dollars being funneled to the Pentagon in the greatest squandering of money on the planet. If anything, Republicans should sympathize with veterans struggling to find employment, a challenge that may daunt the discharged soldier, who might wish he had reenlisted. Soldiers are to Republicans as fetuses are to them: prized. But once out of the womb-like army, Republican solicitude for hapless veterans goes where extracted zygotes go.
There are many of us who do work to help those veterans, and here at The American Legion we have 2.5 million of them all working to do just that. Not sure how this became a partisan issue, except for your obvious antipathy towards the group trying to send these packages. But again, I think this paragraph was meant more to show how smart you are, and less to make an actual point.
"We get to show the troops we still appreciate what they're doing for us," said another College Republican. What are they doing for us? Nothing. But against us they're doing a lot: creating anti-American terrorists in the countries they occupy. Said the same College Republican, "It can't be fun to be away from your family for the holidays. As if American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan had been conscripted? They chose to leave home.
Ah yes, the old saw about how US Troops do nothing but create enemies. Never mind the hundreds of thousands of dollars that US Troops pour into aiding the citizens of those countries we are in, nor trying to make it so little girls can go to school without fear of being killed. No, our true legacy is just creating terrorists. As someone who did in fact volunteer, and who would do so again, I can second the emotion that being away from home on the holidays is (as they say in the infantry) The Suck. But, when you look at the things you are able to accomplish, it makes it worth while.
Here for instance is how my unit (3-116 INF, 29 ID Light) once spent a holiday, look at all the little terrorists we were creating….
Why do Republicans care so much about the military? Because the military-industrial complex is dear to their simplistic laissez-faire fantasies: a bottom-line patriotism that excludes the people at the bottom.
I would say that Democrats care about the military as well, and most the Democrats I know (my extensive family for instance) would dispute that supporting the troops is a partisan activity. Either way, for every one of you that says something asinine like this letter, there are 10 more great Americans who will leap in to fill the void. So, as they say in the army "lead, follow or get the hell out of the way." Frankly, I think you will lead 10 people that wouldn't be as likely to send a carepackage to do so, and for that I thank you, even if that clearly wasn't your intent.
Soldiers' Angels has lists of soldiers, airmen, coasties, marines and sailors who need adopting, because not everyone has someone back home to lift them up when they are feeling down. The best way to show Thomas Walker just how idiotic he is is to reach out to one of our folks downrange, and ensure they know that they shall not go unloved.
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Vince (not verified)
December 9, 2011 - 8:43am
His Opinion
There are so many moronic repsonses to Mr. Walker's comments. Most people are afraid to make any comment about what they believe, if it sounds unpopular. Hurrah to Mr. Walker for his courage. I am sure the morons will continue their brave bashing.
Mark E Goodwin (not verified)
December 9, 2011 - 10:12am
Care Package for our men and women in uniform
It cuts me to the core to hear that our men and women in uniform do not deserve care packages. These people deserve more than a care package. They are laying down there lives so we can enjoy our freedom when I see a man or woman in uniform I thank them for serving. If I can, I like to buy them a cup of coffee or more so they know they are valuable. If nothing else they reserve our respect.
M. Troupe (not verified)
December 9, 2011 - 10:15am
I am one of the thousands of military members who gaven this idiot the right to say stupid things. I am and have been in the Navy for 22 years and an Iowan as well, born and raised. I am ashamed that he is currently employed by one of the better universities in Iowa, I would hope that they would send him to the unemployment line. I have spent countless holidays away from friends, family not being ableto be at home, Which I'm sure Mr. Thomas Walker will be at home for the upcoming holidays and has never even thought about being somewhere where he didn't have the option of going home, or even being able to call home. Yes we receive a paychecks and care packages from many others, known and unknown. I want to thank all of those who have and still are sending packages of love to those still fighting the fight at numerous locations around the world.
Tom Lowe (not verified)
December 9, 2011 - 10:35am
Thos walker
Here's another moron that needs to be sent to the desert and humped by a camel, and I don't mean the author.
ROBERT M. BRIENIK (not verified)
December 9, 2011 - 11:16am
Rich (not verified)
December 9, 2011 - 12:04pm
America is called the land of
America is called the land of the free for a reason, we are allowed to voice our opinion freely and without fear. Makes no difference if anyone approves of the message. Freedom is for all Americans, not just the ones you like or agree with.
We tend to have way too much anger towards anyone who says something unpopular or who goes against the grain. It's not "anti-American" to say something that most will see as "anti-American".
So before you start wishing ill upon those you disagree with, you must first remember that they are simply exercising their Constitutional right to speak. One of the rights which we, as Veterans, agreed to fight for and if necessary, die for. When we lose our right to free speech, then we will have truly lost our Freedom.
As a Desert Storm and Enduring Freedom Veteran, I enjoyed many care packages sent by family and friends, as well as complete strangers who just wanted to bring a deployed military member a little comfort and good cheer. Heartfelt thanks to all who have done so.
Yes I disagree with him...and yes I am proud to have served 24 years to defend the right of all Americans, even the ones I disagree with, to freely speak their mind.
Raymond Seward (not verified)
December 9, 2011 - 12:11pm
Lecturer against care packages
First and formost we must realize that this lecturer who is against care packages has the right of freedom of speech. I am former Navy and spent 3 tours overseas and I must say that when I received a care package from home, it was like Christmas every time. I would sit back and share these packages with my men and for a few moments we would enjoy some of the small comforts of home. It is apparent that this person has no idea of what it is to be an American Fighting Man or Woman. We join to serve and protect our country, the people of America, and more importantly the Constitution of the United States, which of course gives him this right to have freedom of speech. I respect his freedom of speech no matter how wrong he is or how ignorant he is on this subject. If he doesn't like the war then take it up with our government, not the men and women who are sent to these areas in the world to defend his freedoms. The service men and women serving our country don't pick and choose where they want to go, rather the go where they are ordered no questions asked. This man should remember that the men and women who serve our country sign a contract putting their lives on the line for our and his freedoms. I wonder while he is away on his tours over seas how many packages he receives from home from his loved ones, and when he does I bet he enjoys them very much and appreciates the fact that someone is thinking of him while he is away. I can go on ond on, but the fact of the matter is the man is just ignorant to this situation and where his objections should be directed. He should be thanking these men and women not objecting to their loved ones messages from home.
Wayne H Bergeron (not verified)
December 9, 2011 - 12:41pm
Iowa State Mr Thomas FUBAR "Freedom of Speech"
RE:Thomas Walker
Iowa State University
General FUBAR - "Freedom of Speech"
I am a Vietnam combat veteran (1969-1971) and was in 589th Engineers attached to the 1st Air Cav and 101st Airborne in the Central Highlands out of AnKhe, Pleiku and the "bush" in Kontum province. It makes my skin crawl to read about the "freedom of speech" that Thomas Walker, the lecturer at Iowa State, takes for granted. Does he not know the freedom of speech he exercises comes from the sacrifice of lives, blood, sweat and tears of our military and their families awaiting their return, hopefully, alive and intact from war ?
It is evident that he needs a lesson in the history of the United States of America starting back with Paul Revere up to date. I am grateful he never had to sacrifice his life, limb, blood, sweat, tears or mind for this country in time of war. I wish that for no one.
Mr. Thomas,
Yesterday was Pearl Harbor Day......Mr. Thomas, what kind of freedom of speech do you want to exercise about the lives lost on December 7th ? In your opinion, did those souls that lost their lives were wounded or had their minds mentally scared for life promote the formation of terrorists ? If this is what you think of the brave souls that serve/served our country in peace or war, then you may need to re-think your assessment of whom is creating unrest and possible future terrorists, by lecturing to young students, whom are to be the future of this country. Take a good long look in the mirror and see the image projected back to you.
You have disheartened our troops, veterans and many people by your "freedom of speech", especially those in harms way at the present time serving in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. "Thank you" for your magnanimous contribution supporting the people whom preserve the "right" you have to spout out your individual thoughts with no regard to the individuals protecting and preserving your "freedoms".
I pray that you never have to fight for your life in combat. Been there, done that; I am 61 years old and I have since re-lived the experiences every day of my life One day you may wake up one morning in this country to find out your "freedom of speech" is muffled and other freedoms gone because of people like you in non-support of our troops in harms way. The very people that protect your freedoms.
What you have accomplished, Mr. Thomas, is this: You have walked on the grave every person that has died in combat; slapped the face of each wounded soldier; demeaned each that has served and currently serving in the defense of this country, beginning with the American Revolution to this day, December 8, 2011, the day after the Pearl Harbor attack. Congratulations !!!!!! That my friend is defined as a FUBAR.
CNN gave out your email mail address, phone number and urged people to contact you. Email firstname.lastname@example.com Phone: 515-294-3568. I assume you must have given it to them, since you being such a grand supporter of our troops and believer in "freedom of speech" we may contact you and express our "freedom of speech" on this subject.
If you are fortunate, Santa will give you C-Rations, LRPs, and MREs for your Christmas dinner. I would personally buy you a one way ticket to the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan, but I have no cash to spare this year nor any C-Rations, LRPs or MREs to spare this year.
You evidently do not realize the magnitude of the blessing of being free and having your "freedom of speech" and other freedoms, until one day you lose them. Freedom is a very, very expensive thing; priced and weighed in the scale of life; paid for with blood, pain, death and heart felt guilt; not money, not medals nor prizes. Each and every living vet whom has fought in combat has been fighting each and every day since their return home, no matter how long ago that may have been or what war or action they are returning from. The soldiers whom died for your freedoms have no voice nor freedom of speech, they are dead. The fight does not end on the field of battle, but ends only at the end of life itself, when the memories cease to be. We fight each and every day with ourselves in hopes we did the right thing and recalling the memories of those we served with. Always, stand up for what you believe, even though you may have to stand alone !!!! I believe have magnanimous lack of understanding of where and how your freedoms were secured and are protected every day. Freedom is not free Mr. Thomas. Did you sacrifice anything to this country toward the preservation of the freedoms you enjoy today?
When you say the blessing for your Christmas dinner, please include a thank you to God for your C-Rations, LRPs, and MREs AND being able to worship Him in a free society. Please, also, ask that He give special watch over our fathers, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters and friends whom ensures our freedoms.
We all make mistakes, but learning from them and repeating them are two different things. Please considering taking a history course, focusing on the freedoms you claim; what they are; how they were conceived and how they are preserved.
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !
Gail Sennett (not verified)
December 9, 2011 - 1:20pm
Lecturer on gift packages
Shame on him. How dare he say don't they get paid enough already. Obviously he has never served. How can you put a price tag on a human life!! They deserve those packages. If not for thier bravery and sacrafice what does he think might happen. Ship him out to Iraq.
Tom C. (not verified)
December 9, 2011 - 2:08pm
Iowa State Lecturer
And I think of the millions of us who've served our country over the decades to preserve the Freedom of speech so this moronic Iowa State Lecturer can give his warped opinion about something he knows nothing about.
JELJ (not verified)
December 9, 2011 - 2:13pm
Disgusted extremely offensive
While deployed there was noting better than sharing a care package with my shipmates. Just nothing better! Well maybe coming home... Merry Christmas
Thomas Smallrid... (not verified)
December 9, 2011 - 2:18pm
Iowa State Lecturer
@ John Miller :
... I went to college. I also served in Vietnam. His stupidity is only explemplary of many of the idiots who are teaching students today. They need to do a tour of duty. Or better yet, an 8 week boot camp at Camp LeJune!
Apparently you are alluding to the Marine Corps. Mr. Walker wasn't one of the "Few Good Men" the Marine Corps was looking for in the days of Vietnam. They don't have Boot Camp at Camp LeJeune (with 2 "e's"). That was ITR until the New Corps.
I am still Army... (not verified)
December 9, 2011 - 2:37pm
What a shameful person. This
What a shameful person. This is totally unreal, talk about Deja Vu. Those of us who are Vietnam and Vietnam Era Veterans remember the total disregard that was shown to us for our service. Are we having a repeat again? The Occupy Wall Street fleabags talk about the "1%. Well, these bozoes like this person and their ilk don't want to accept the other 1% that has fought, died, have been wounded and done their duty in defense of this great nation so that they can enjoy their freedom and their rights. How about a little more respect for those of us that have served out nation!
jerr1939 (not verified)
December 9, 2011 - 2:48pm
scum bag lecture
Is there anyway that these comments can be forwarded to the Pres. of Iowa U to let him know what we think of this scum bag?
James Bissenas (not verified)
December 9, 2011 - 3:13pm
this gets me upset as an Army
this gets me upset as an Army Infantry soldier we depend on the support of the American people I love those who volenteer to send us stuff it boost our moral (Thank you Josie) I leave for Afghanistan tomorrow if you didn't support us I know being away from family living in the sub-standards we are put through whould be almost too much, with friends, family and patriotic Americans who show us they care it carries me through till I get home.
Katie (not verified)
December 9, 2011 - 3:28pm
Contacting Thomas Walker @ Iowa State
A poster on another site, Anonymous, provided contact information for Mr. Walker at the University:
Anonymous said...
Amen nola juggalo. He is a poor example of a human. People can call his number to express themself to him. His number is 515-294-3568 which they posted on Fox News.
I immediately called this number and spoke with a VERY nice and understanding lady who took down my message for Mr. Walker. I encourage everyone to call this number, be polite but firm (she'll write it down). Yes, I'm a republican and I have a very large heart for the men & women who volunteer to provide protection for those who cannot defend themselves; the vast majority of Americans, the Afghani people, the Iraqi people, the Kuwaiti, the French, South Koreans, Vietnamese, Cambodians, Laotians, etc for the past 250 years! When Mr. Walker insulted our military men and women, he insulted me.
Jim (not verified)
December 9, 2011 - 4:10pm
Walk In Our Shoes Mr. Walker
It is very evident that Mr. Walker has never served his country or his fellow man. Until he has walked in our shoes and seen what we see, he will never know the true meaning of freedom. Yes, many have given the ultimate sacrifice that allows an idiot like him to say what he said. However, many have also given the ultimate sacrifice for him to have freedom of choice. Therefore, I recommend that Mr. Walker exercise that freedom and leave this country and find a suitable place elsewhere to live.
Alan Hunter (not verified)
December 9, 2011 - 4:30pm
Iowa State lecturer
Yeah, well, we've all heard this kind of BS before. This jerk doesn't even appreciate the fact that our troops will continue to protect his right to say whatever silly-assed thing he wants, regardless of his opinion of them. He's out of step with 99% of his countrymen. What a sad,sorry person.
Sam - a Viet Nam Vet (not verified)
December 9, 2011 - 4:42pm
Lecturer needs and Education
Clearyly this college lecturer has not been educated, and definitely has never experienced the luxuriousness of living in a war zone! Forty years ago my "Uncle Sam" provided me with a luxurious "garage" with a corrogated steel roof to live in with 23 other soldiers. Now for our safety the outside of this garage was piled 42" high with sand bags interspersed with 55 gallon drums full of sand to protect us from mortar attacks. There were no "lush and maincured lawns" cared for my a landscaping company, just lots of "red mud" during the monsoon season. There was no indoor plumbing, just a "4 seater" about 50 yards away from the back of our "Hooch," as we affectionately called our "domicile." And, of course, at least once a day someone was assigned to "sanitation duty" which meant that the bottom 1/3 of a 55 gallon drum underneath the "seat" had to be replaced and taken out to the bunker line, filled with diesel fuel, and the contents "burned until sanitary!"
If water couldn't be trucked in we didn't have any and neither did the cooks in the mess halls! I won't list any more of the "luxuries" we had, but you get the picture. Now, although I don't have first hand knowledge of living conditions in Afghanistan for our troops, from what I see on TV that they don't have it as good as I had it for the 365 days I lived in the middle of a field in the "lap of luxury." So I, for one, do not begrudge our men serving in Aghanistan a care package!
Chuck Curry (not verified)
December 9, 2011 - 6:53pm
All hail the mighty quonset
All hail the mighty quonset Hut "hooch"!!!
Judith (not verified)
December 9, 2011 - 5:52pm
ignorant lecturer
What a joke this jerk is. He is probably unsatisfied with his life. He is obviously unemployable and most likely an embarrassment to his family.
I would like to hear the
I would like to hear the professor's comments when his way of life is effected and he has no one who will fight for it.
Chuck Curry (not verified)
December 9, 2011 - 6:48pm
From an American Legonnaire/ and VFW Lifetime Member
This lecturer has shown the world what a maggot he is. You are educated and still ignorant. I hope you get terminated from your job. We do not need the likes of you polluting our countries young minds. I remember eating Moms home made fudge and frosted christmas cookies in close to 85 degrees in the Med sea. i belive we got them in late january 1984. Everyone shared and shared alike on that LCU-1654. Also we were still using old C-rats and transitioning to MRE's at that time. since the LCU is a self sustaining vessel, the Marines got the MRE's. Go Assault Craft Unit Two!!! Mr. lecturer, please move your unpatriotic maggot brain to another country. You are not wanted here!!!
Bonnie (not verified)
December 9, 2011 - 7:06pm
This professor just shows
This professor just shows what a lot of our colleges teaches our young people today. We all should be very proud of our military & support them. America is only as strong as our military is and I am afraid that with people like him and our current White House residents that our military is going to suffer. I am the mother of a former veteran and I am very proud of my son's service to our country.
Douglas Holm, E... (not verified)
December 9, 2011 - 7:43pm
Mr. Walker's comments
Mr. Walker's remarks show an incredible lack of judgment for a person in his position, (one I hope he will lose very soon). As the father of a solder, (who flies in a MEDEVAC helicopter in Afghanistan), and retired Navy Veteran, I find his closed minded, insensitive and inapprehensible comments extremely insulting to all of our service members who have volunteered their lives for this country.
Frank White (not verified)
December 9, 2011 - 8:20pm
Care Packaged for Troops
As a Veteran of Afghanistan I can say from first hand experience that the packages I received were greatly appreciated. I have a wife and family who care deeply for me but the packages they sent sometimes were help up for a month due to how well the mail works in combat zones sometimes. The Raman and toiletries cards and well wishes came at a time when I needed reassurance that I was doing the right thing. Those packages really helped me to realize that there were Americans who appreciated what we were doing.
SFC Frank White Retired
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ARSIC South AFG
Sarge (not verified)
December 9, 2011 - 8:25pm
d spenaredButt Hole
This guy has no clue. Doesn't he know that there are more than a few of our military who are so well paid they have to go on food stamps? That those who defend his rights to blow off his pie hole, are ensconsed in plywood shacks, liberally decorated with sand bags to protect them from those "angels of mercy". A typical liberal who knows more than you and I, and how we should spend our money. As typical we should give to those who do not contribute positively to society, not to those who are willing to give their lives so idiots like this malcontent can blabber on.
Fat Lip (not verified)
December 9, 2011 - 8:28pm
Every dad's worst nightmare,
Every dad's worst nightmare, your daughter bringing home a chickenshit wordsmith like Walker.
As I see it (not verified)
December 9, 2011 - 9:55pm
Walker is a shining example
Walker is a shining example of what a man is not. Sleep tight Asshole Walker my Marine has your back.
Daryl Fatula (not verified)
December 9, 2011 - 10:33pm
Oxygen Thief
Other than Mr. Walker's excellent alliteration, "Gallantly Garbed", what he is stating is an opinion and definitely not a fact. Where are his references to back up his statements? Other than his own blustery ego he cannot back up what he says. If he is so concerned about homeless veterans than maybe he should volunteer at a homeless shelter himself? He shouldn't interfere with the kindness of others. He may be entitled to free speech but he comes across as a disgusting human being. Iowa State can save money by not having this oxygen thief speak...
SO3 Davis (not verified)
December 9, 2011 - 10:42pm
As a Gulf War Vet I am very angry at hearing garbage like this. He's just a Liberal Arts Major (Translated couldn't decide what to do with his life) Care packages from home helps keep morale high by showing someone cares about are service men and women. To all my brothers and sisters in arms overseas have a very joyful Holiday season. Remember you have people here in the states who care and wish you well
S. Ayers (not verified)
December 10, 2011 - 2:49am
I am not sure which I am angry at...
his diatribe or the fact that he couches it in words that are not the components of everyday common SPOKEN English. His ignorance of the human spirit and the concepts of kindness and compassion blares with every overdone word of his diatribe. I'm not sure if he is speaking to us or to his mirror. To this prime contributor of American education, I say this: if.you don't want to give to the care package effort, don't. I don't believe anyone has any use for your narcissistic venom anyways (Do I get a point for that one?). If you are so brilliant, get off you academic laurels and go educate the Congress and the folks over there is to the ills and to the errors of their ways. I'm sure when the mortors start falling, they will be more than happy to make room for you, a "brilliant" academician, in their little bunkers. A lot of the people going over are little more than kids themselves and a care package from home goes a long way on a darl lonely night. So safe, so comfortable, so gutless in the ivory towers in Iowa - a long way from where American blood has been spilled.
SgtMajHarper (not verified)
December 10, 2011 - 11:41am
comrade Thomas Walker
As a multi-war, numerous deployment retired after 34 years of faithful service Marine I'll say.....screw that ass-bag.
Isn't it great to live in the greatest country in the world where so many have protected that goof-balls right to open his pie hole and spew his vomitus vile liberal crap out for us all to hear?
If he thinks mother Russia, Korea, Iran or China would treat him any better for his enlightened feelings, I'll help him pack his trash.
Chief Petty Off... (not verified)
December 10, 2011 - 12:33pm
Walker/College Republicans
Egomania seems to be the word of the day. When I read these remarks, I am constantly reminded of the anti-war/anti-Viet Nam rhetoric that was rampantly spewed onto the troops who were "conscripted" into military service in the '60's -- It sickened me then and sickens me now.
I am a dyed-in-the-wool Patriot thoroughly enamored by our Country, our Constitution, our Flag, our National Anthem, our God-based Christain Heritage, parades, honor ceremonies, and Veterans who weeps when Old Glory passes and when I hear our National Anthem, whose tears flow when even veterans refuse to honor our flag on parade. I was raised during WWII and spent much of my pre-school life in darkened rooms with shades pulled in obedience to National Air Raid Regulations. Two uncles spent much time in the ETO (European Theater of Operations), one on Gen Eisenhower's staff, the other an aircraft mechanic near Anzio; both had near-death experiences. A third uncle had pneumonia and was prevented being in his unit that was wiped out in the spearhead action on Guadalcanal. I have friends who served in WWII, Korea, Viet Nam, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Afghanistan -- all affected in ways that cannot be reconciled. I sent young men into Viat Nam's South China Sea whoreturned wounded or from POW status and some whose remains returned home to such loving remarks as, "He got what he deserved!" "He never should have joined." "So what if he's a vet....Give a #$%^&! I could care less!" "Now he'll be a tax burden living off of the taxes the %^&* government steals from me!"
Our son is an Army Chaplain. Served with no weapons in Afghanistan twice, Iraq once, and Germany coordinating Chaplain Corps movements and assignments. He served in such enjoyable capacities as councellor and comforter of troops left behind by comrades killed in action, performed memorial services purposely designed to prepare troops to return to battle, narrowly escaped "fireworks" of IED's and RPG's.
Care packages are vital, but the most vital need is our prayerful support -- even after the standdowns. Families and returning wounded (physically and psychologically) need our care more now that ever before. Visit any VA facility, any area that serves returning troops, any community center that supports them and their families. Give what you can -- a loving touch, a hug, a meal, a winter garment, -- all will be welcomed.
Offered in the Name of Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Richard (not verified)
December 10, 2011 - 1:30pm
I am appalled that they even printed this trash the lecturer spewed.
WE give morons like this the freedom to make complete azzes of themselves, but for this lecture he gets an F and deserves an azz kicking by a group of deployed Marines, hoo-rahhhh.
God Bless and protect our men and women in uniform.
Bobby (not verified)
December 14, 2011 - 6:55pm
Sugar Coated?¿?
Right-on Richard! No other words are needed to capture the essence of 'ALL' the comments made towards Walker's stance, and actions that a few Marine's or other service members should take towards him [daily]!
Viet Nan Combat Vet (not verified)
December 10, 2011 - 2:02pm
qtpuh2tme (not verified)
December 10, 2011 - 3:25pm
"Lecturer." In this case, a synonym for ass
As if religious fundamentalist fanatics who are terrorists can be created by the soldiers of another country. Puhleze! And academia actually pays for morons like these to "travel the circuit" spewing their "hate speech." Yep. I said it. Where's the local and federal government "watch dogs" when a "too dumb to be stupid" uninformed jerk like this spouts what would, directed to any other segment of our American society, be cause for immediate arrest?
Lou H (not verified)
December 10, 2011 - 5:47pm
Why do we give student loans and grants and then hire such Anti-American idiots that seem to pervade upper education these days. Are serious threats are not our enemies from without, but these enemies from within that are destroying our country. We need a military strategy and force to deal with them!
MSG Grumpy (not verified)
December 11, 2011 - 8:46am
first amendment for all
The terrorist supporters in academia always love to hide behind the first amendment, but if we would simply promote that same first amendment and make it our responsibility, not just a right to hide behind, we could win the hearts and minds that these cowards wish to prey upon. All students at this institution should insure that this teacher's remarks and thoughts are known, before each and every class, by every student and parent. The school can support the student's first amendment rights to call out a douche bag, the same as they support the douche bag right to say very dumb things as well. After he has to answer intelligent and probing questions every hour of every day, perhaps he will reconsider his career choice and choose a better fit for his personality, such as unemployment or professional occupy entitlement whinner.
Diesel (not verified)
December 12, 2011 - 10:15am
MSG Grumpy
Historical facts show a part of the communist agenda since th 1950s, is to destroy us from within, partly by infiltrating our educational system with people who support their ideology. If anyone thinks that communism is dead, you better think again!
DadD (not verified)
December 14, 2011 - 11:10am
Iowa State Lecturer: Soldiers "creat[e] anti-American terrorists
If I had the power or authority I would enforce Retro activebirth control on this guy.
Harry Gavin (not verified)
December 14, 2011 - 12:43pm
Bobby (not verified)
December 14, 2011 - 6:41pm
Walker-An everyday idiot
I'm quoting from a paragraph near the end of of this artical. "The best way to show Thomas Walker just how idiotic he is, is to reach out..." And share the artical with others!!. BTW-I know that the stupidity of Walker is not even close to Iowan's culture and it's many people that continue to help feed our people and protect the basic, solid values that makes America strong and proud!
ulyssesmsu (not verified)
December 15, 2011 - 6:25am
It's "care packages"--2 words. Not "carepackages."
SGT Frederick A... (not verified)
January 10, 2012 - 5:21pm
Need for care packages
I myself am an Iraqi Freedom veteran. I was there from 2004 - 2005. I'm a Republican who looked forward to those care packages. People who never put their lives or asses on the line for other people they didn't know WILL never understand the meaning of care packages. Those care packages were like an arm extending from home. My American Legion Post also sent me care packages with cards from the local school kids. Those packages made you realize your efforts and time spent away from loved ones WAS NOT IN VAIN. If you look back in history when this country was at war people would line up to serve this country without reservation. Now it's hard to get people to serve this country. I had fellow soldiers serve with me who had no families BECAUSE they were serving in the military. Even their parents disowned them, and those soldiers I shared my care packages with. People don't realize those packages tell soldiers, " YOU'RE NOT FORGOTTEN AND YOU'RE LOVED. " Care packages were sent to soldiers during the Civil War, both World Wars, and Vietnam. The thought of not sending packages to soldiers back then NEVER popped in anybody's mind. In my opinion the people whining about sending care packages are simply JEALOUS that they're not the ones receiving them because they ain't got the guts or balls to serve. They think they deserve the rights and privleges they have because they were born. IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO FIGHT AND EARN YOUR RIGHTS YOU DON'T DESERVE ANY.
Katie (not verified)
February 2, 2012 - 7:00pm
My mom was active duty Air
My mom was active duty Air Force when I was younger (16 now) and I know that when she was gone I enjoyed recieving her letters; it gave me peace to know that she was ok. I stayed with my grandparents and we sent care packages over to the Middle East; this made me feel closer to my mom and I could only image the smile on her face. I am in high school and throughout the year we have fund raisers to help the community and support our troops. Thank God she made it home safe, unfortunetly she has service connected MS. Freedom IS NOT FREE!!!
Lionel Lajoie (not verified)
April 22, 2012 - 9:46am
Looking for former Navy divers in RI area
I am a former Navy diver from the Koren war and would like to get together with some other former divers in my area for coffee and exchange of events we have experienced. My contact info is as follows.
firstname.lastname@example.com Phone no. 401 597 0429. I would appreciate any help available. Thank you.
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April 22, 2012 - 9:47am
Looking for former Navy divers in RI area
I am a former Navy diver from the Koren war and would like to get together with some other former divers in my area for coffee and exchange of events we have experienced. My contact info is as follows.
email@example.com Phone no. 401 597 0429. I would appreciate any help available. Thank you.
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Asian-Australian Children's Literature: A Twitter Theme Day Round-up
Did you miss AustLit's sampling (on Twitter last week) of Asian-Australian children's literature? Never fear: you can check out the list below.
The Garden of Empress Cassia (2002)
The Garden of Empress Cassia is the first book from the subsequently highly prolific Gabrielle Wang, and won the writer her first Aurealis Award (children's division). In The Garden of Empress Cassia, protagonist Mimi discovers that her magic pastels can create 'a drawing so beautiful and real that people are transported inside it'. But that way lies danger as well as beauty.
Spellbinder II (1997)
Following on from the highly successfully 1995 Polish-Australian co-production Spellbinder, Spellbinder II added China to the list of co-operating countries to make Spellbinder II: Land of the Dragon Lord. Protagonist Kathy is pulled into an alternate China where the empire is ruled by advanced technology.
The Plum Rain Scroll (1978)
Not an alternate China for this work, but an alternate Japan: Idzumo, a Japan of folklore and mythology, of fox-women, ghosts who haunt umbrellas, plum-tree bonsai, and unexpected explosions. Queensland-born Ruth Manley was educated first in German and then, later in life, in Japanese, which led to this novel and its sequels: The Dragon Stone and The Peony Lantern. Unfortunately, Manley died before The Peony Lantern was entirely complete: Lord Marishoten never did seize the Chrysanthemum Throne, but neither did we learn the mystery of Taro's birth.
Kumiko and the Dragon (2007)
The first of three books in Briony Stewart's Kumiko series, Kumiko and the Dragon introduces us to Kumiko and the reason she can't sleep: the giant dragon who sits outside her window night after night. Kumiko's adventures continue in Kumiko and the Dragon's Secret and Kumiko and the Shadow Catchers.
Master Raindrop (2008)
An animated television series, Master Raindrop follows the adventures of an anthropomorphic raindrop who is also a martial arts student. When his school is broken up and his master kidnapped, he must find a way to defeat the evil General Bu and restore order to the land. The program was an Australia-Singapore-New Zealand co-production.
In Between (1987)
In 1987, SBS aired this four-part mini-series about Australian children from various ethnic backgrounds and soci-economic positions (including Turkish and Cambodian families: hence its inclusion in this list). The series was written by Maureen McCarthy and Shane Brennan (the latter now the American-based showrunner for NCIS and its spin-off). The series won an AFI Award for Best Mini-series Screenplay.
Mr Mystery (2006-present)
James Lee's Mr Mystery series has run to twenty individual novels and two special issues since 2006, and Alvin Soh and his team of investigators show no signs of slowing down. Lee was born in Australia but has been based in Singapore for many decades--where he also writes the Mr Midnight series, starring Tasha Tan and friends.
Sin Can Can (1987)
Sin Can Can was published in the same year in which In Between was broadcast, but here, rather than gritty inner-city suburbia, we have teenager Ashley Fallowfield, on holiday with her parents in Bali. While her parents work on saving their marriage, Ashely works on attracting the attentions of the spunky Rai--but also manages to attract the attention of some Balinese spirits and their magic.
This is the merest taste of the type of material available in our AACLAP (Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing) dataset. This spectacular project is the result of many many months of fine scholarship.
To see the full range of AACLAP material, click here.


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