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Symptomatic urinary stone disease affects approximately 900,000 persons in the United States each year, resulting in an estimated annual medical cost of $4.5 billion. Computed tomography (CT) is the established method for imaging urinary calculi and can provide accurate sub-millimeter details of the size and location of renal stones. However, a complete characterization of renal stones, which includes stone composition and fragility, is critically needed for safe and cost effective management of stone disease, as well as for phenotyping of research subjects. Our long term goal is to use advanced CT methodologies to fully characterize urinary calculi, and to use evolving technology to reliably detect stone precursor lesions. Our objectives in this application are to develop a comprehensive, low-dose, stone-characterization exam using commercially-available dual-energy CT technology, and to detect stone precursor lesions using a prototype CT system equipped with energy resolving detectors. Based on our extensive preliminary results, we know that dual-energy CT can discriminate between several types of renal stones and provide accurate quantification of stone morphology. Our central hypothesis is that this quantitative information can be acquired at reduced dose levels and used to predict stone fragility, which we define as the likelihood of a stone to be broken by SWL or endoscopic methods. We further hypothesize that use of pre-clinical, 225-micron, energy-resolving CT detectors will allow detection of stone precursor lesions such as Randall's plaques, as well as the presence of trace elements having a suspected role in stone formation, such as zinc. We will accomplish these objectives through two specific aims: 1) Aim 1: Develop and validate a comprehensive low-dose stone-characterization exam using clinical dual-energy CT techniques. 2) Aim 2: Develop a pre-clinical spectral CT imaging technique that can detect precursor lesions and trace elements related to the formation of kidney stones.
This proposal will develop imaging techniques that can determine urinary stone type and fragility in patients. The significance of this is that these advanced CT imaging techniques will allow physicians to more efficiently direct patient therapy and perform clinical research, potentially avoiding procedures associated with higher risk or cost.
|Tang, Xiaojing; Bergstralh, Eric J; Mehta, Ramila A et al. (2015) Nephrocalcinosis is a risk factor for kidney failure in primary hyperoxaluria. Kidney Int 87:623-31
|Lieske, John C; Mehta, Ramila A; Milliner, Dawn S et al. (2015) Kidney stones are common after bariatric surgery. Kidney Int 87:839-45
|Cabrero, Pablo; Terhzaz, Selim; Romero, Michael F et al. (2014) Chloride channels in stellate cells are essential for uniquely high secretion rates in neuropeptide-stimulated Drosophila diuresis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 111:14301-6
|Lieske, John C; Turner, Stephen T; Edeh, Samuel N et al. (2014) Heritability of urinary traits that contribute to nephrolithiasis. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 9:943-50
|Tang, Xiaojing; Lieske, John C (2014) Acute and chronic kidney injury in nephrolithiasis. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 23:385-90
|Rodgers, Allen; Gauvin, Daniel; Edeh, Samuel et al. (2014) Sulfate but not thiosulfate reduces calculated and measured urinary ionized calcium and supersaturation: implications for the treatment of calcium renal stones. PLoS One 9:e103602
|Meeusen, Jeffrey W; Lieske, John C (2014) Looking for a better creatinine. Clin Chem 60:1036-9
|Lieske, John C (2014) New insights regarding the interrelationship of obesity, diet, physical activity, and kidney stones. J Am Soc Nephrol 25:211-2
|Singh, Prince; Knoedler, John J; Krambeck, Amy E et al. (2014) Thiazide diuretic prophylaxis for kidney stones and the risk of diabetes mellitus. J Urol 192:1700-4
|Jepperson, Maria A; Ibrahim, El-Sayed H; Taylor, Abby et al. (2014) Accuracy and efficiency of determining urinary calculi composition using dual-energy computed tomography compared with Hounsfield unit measurements for practicing physicians. Urology 84:561-4
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Films will be screened in German with English sub-titles. Admission is free. Screenings take place on Wednesdays at 1:30 pm in Moore Hall 258.
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Frodel Gallery Presents 'Journeys' - Paintings by James C. Andrews
West Sound Academy's Frodel Gallery presents Journeys', a selection of drawings and paintings by James C. Andrews, on exhibit during April 2014. The school will host a gallery reception for Andrews on April 24 from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
An art teacher at Kingston High School, Andrews believes "that science, religion and philosophy are all searching for answers to the same questions-- and that we tend to separate ourselves, unnecessarily, by our choice of personal paths to what we hope are the answers."
"The scientist sees only scientific answers; the devout see only answers that fit with their religious texts; the philosopher adheres to his own reality construct."
"I believe that art is the best and easiest way to bring these paths together and connect us all again," he adds. "My artworks are attempts to foster those connections. Being connected to each other is our only chance of ever finding the answers to our burning questions---and, in fact, it may be the answer all by itself."
Andrews uses symbology that strives to be universal enough so as to unite viewers from the various schools of thought –one that is accessible to all. He wants viewers to be able to relate to his works on a personal level and to also be able to use them as a bridge to understanding the views of others.
Andrews has found inspiration during his career from artists representing a wide range of time periods and styles - Gian Lorenzo Bernini,, Frederic Church, Alphonse Mucha, Andrew Wyeth, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema and René François Magritte as well as more contemporary artists and illustrators like Alex Grey, Chuck Close, and John Jude Palencar.
The artist says, "I am just as likely to find inspiration for my works in religious scripture as I am in the pages of the latest issue of a science magazine and I believe that the best ideas, the ones that really display the questions inside of me, come from both."
Andrews will come to Frodel Gallery on April 17th to speak to West Sound students about his work. The following week West Sound Academy hosts a gallery reception for the artist on Thursday, April 24 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The public is invited, and guests will be able to enjoy light refreshments and wine.
To see more work by James C. Andrews, visit his website at http://jamesandrewsart.com/
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The Royal Commission will be holding private sessions in Darwin from October 15. Royal Commission CEO Janette Dines said that the Royal Commission hopes that people in the Northern Territory take the opportunity to come forward.
"This is a chance for any Territorian affected by child sexual abuse in an institution to tell a Royal Commissioner what happened to them," said Ms Dines.
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MEREDITH McINTYRE, SENIOR LECTURER NURSING, MONASH UNIVERSITY: Unfortunately in today's society there is a huge demand. We have most young mothers requiring some sort of support.
KATHY BOWLEN: And why is that?
MEREDITH McINTYRE: It's to do with the changing nature of our society, expectations of motherhood, all sorts of different things.
KATHY BOWLEN: Is post-natal depression something that's also a big factor in that?
MEREDITH McINTYRE: Post-natal depression is a huge factor. It's a huge factor because we have several different levels of post-natal depression. And we're finding more and more our mothers are presenting with the mild to moderate form of post-natal depression. And that's because we're actually recognising it now whereas in the past, post-natal depression wasn't really recognised and therefore only the most severe cases were realy documented or recorded.
KATHY BOWLEN: Where do they present? The court was told that this woman rang the help line eight times.
MEREDITH McINTYRE: The help lines are very useful, however, it's difficult for a person on the end of that line to really make an assessment that is discriminating between a severe post-natal depression and a mild-to-moderate. And that's because you can't see the body language, you can't see into the home, you can't see what's happening with relationships and the baby and how the woman's dressing, so you're making a decision based really on what she's telling you. And a lot of women will tell you just enough, um, to let you know why they're ringing, but they often don't communicate the seriousness of that situation.
KATHY BOWLEN: So what sorts of things do they have to say for some emergency response to kick in?
MEREDITH McINTYRE: OK, well really for an emergency response to kick in, it would kick in immediately if they said, "I'm concerned I will hurt my baby, I'm afraid for my baby's safety." If they say those words there will be, you know, alarm bells going off everywhere and there will be services sent out, and there may be community services or those sorts of things. But often women won't say those words, they will say words more to do with, "My baby's crying, I can't manage my baby, I'm not coping with the baby." And it's more a baby issue than...
KATHY BOWLEN: ..being the focus.
MEREDITH McINTYRE: ...yeah.
KATHY BOWLEN: But what about the sheer multitude of calls? Is there any system that you're aware of that tracks somebody calling many times or many different organisations?
MEREDITH McINTYRE: Well, there should be, and I don't know enough about the help line that she rang to see whether that would happen. But I know if that happened at some of the suburban... ..and I think also the main mother-baby units who deal with post-natal depression, they certainly would be tracking the number of calls that any one particular person made.
KATHY BOWLEN: But the mother-baby units themselves are part of a solution, but not an immediate solution 'cause they've got long waiting lists as well.
MEREDITH McINTYRE: The mother-baby units are an excellent solutions. A lot of them are in-patients solutions and the drawback to that is the woman has to leave the home with the baby and often a lot of the contributing factors to their distress are then removed and she'll have to go back to them later, so it's sometimes a bandaid solution. The best solution for these women is to have somebody come into their home, do a full assessment of them in the context in which they're distressed. But the mother-baby units are what we've got at the moment um, because the other model would be very expensive, I guess, and they do work very well.
KATHY BOWLEN: Meredith McIntyre, thanks very much for your time.
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Lightly press the backs of your arms into the mat and open your chest. Your ribs stay down.

Imprint your spine onto the mat as you extend your legs, feet toward the ceiling.

Use a deepening scoop of your abdominal muscles and some help from the press of your arms to bring your legs over your head, parallel to the floor.

Your back is nicely curved so that the weight is across your shoulders and not on your neck.

If you are very flexible, you can take the feet to the floor behind your head.

Keep your chest open and backs of the arms pressing down as you sweep your legs up so that you are a close as you can get to perpendicular to the floor.

This is a strong powerhouse move requiring hip extension with upper body flexion. You have to think up, up, up and shoot up through the midline of your body.

You are on your shoulders, not your neck, getting help from the press of your shoulders and arms on the mat.

Suspend at the top of the move.

At this level, your work has gained a lot of flow and control. Use that here, along with your other Pilates principles to keep this exercise moving - not with momentum, but with control.

Bring your legs back to parallel to the floor. Do not go all the way to the floor.

Roll down with straight legs, vertebra by vertebra, until you are back to the start position.

Repeat the exercise 2 more times

These instructions give a basic breath pattern - an inhale or exhale for each part of the exercise with the exhale on the most exertion. However, you might want to to try it the way Joseph Pilates has it in Return to Life which is to go over and up into the jack knife on one inhale. Then exhale to legs over. Hold to inhale. Roll down. Then exhale when your are down.

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After four generations of farming in the Salem area of Dorchester County as Lazy Day Farms, the Layton family has decided to share their love of agriculture by expanding their crops with wine grapes and by making wine. Come take pleasure in a "Lazy Day" at Layton's Chance Vineyard and Winery by walking the nature trails, relaxing in the picnic areas, touring our farm and vineyard, all the while drinking our great wine. Layton's Chance has produced five wines in its inaugural year, with a pleasing option for everyone. We offer reds and whites, sweet and dry, and our house Rosé, made with 100% Layton's Chance chambourcin grapes. We offer tours of the farm, vineyard, and winery, and our winery event room is an ideal location for hosting private events.
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Sony MDR-DS6000 Headphones Review
The Sony MDR-DS6000s bring wireless, surround sound cans to the home theater scene, but the price is steep.
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The Sony MDR-DS6000 headphones are predominantly gray. The first thing you may notice is the presence of two different bands.
The outer one is plastic, while the inner one has a rubber coating and has internal springs holding it in place.
The cups have padding covered by a thin, soft, synthetic leather. There is a definite front and back to these headphones, as the inside of the cup is beveled to allow it to fit snugly around your ears. The batteries can be found in a compartment inside the left cup.
The base station has two indentations in its top where the headphones rest to recharge. Along the front perimeter of the base station are three switches: compression, input, and effect. Around back is where you'll find the different ports, either for audio input or power.
On the base station itself, there are three switches: compression (on/off), input select (analog/digital), and effect (music/off/cinema). Compression means is that, instead of hearing the full dynamic range of whatever you're listening to, loud noises and soft noises both get smushed closer to mid-range noises. This will help you decipher whispers, and avoid getting startled by explosions. The input switch flips between the two inputs; the analog photon inputs and the optical digital one. The effect switch controls the listening mode: music, off or cinema.
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In the box, you'll find the headphones, the base station, and a power cable. What you won't find is anything at all to connect the base station to an audio output source, such as phono cables or digital ins/outs; a serious omission for a set of headphones designed to connect to a home theater system. This seems rather cheap for a $300 pair of headphones; we would have expected to see at least a cheap set of phono cables so you can plug them straight in.
Overall, these headphones seem fairly sturdy. They're made out of plastic that seems robust, and the skin on the padding won't tear easily. It does have a few moving parts, which would be more prone to wear and tear than nonmoving parts: the cups tilt, and the band can extend. The tilting mechanism feels fairly sturdy, though. The band we have more issue with, since it's held in place with springs: when you put these headphones on, your head pulls on these springs. We're not sure how well these springs will hold up over many sessions of wear.
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Thanks for visiting the astonishing realm of playing a musical instrument! Playing a musical instrument can build greater social and team abilities. It may improve reasoning capacity and problem fixing abilities, improve maths and language performance, as well as improve memory, concentration, creativeness, self-esteem and self-discipline.
Some Truths about Music!
TRUTH 1: Everybody is musical and nearly all people have a chance to sing and also to play a musical instrument. Obviously some people convey more aptitude than the others. That's natural in much the same way that many people tend to be more gifted than the others in sport, or maths, or other section of learning.
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TRUTH 6: You will find two major aspects to music, playing a musical instrument and understanding and being musical (many people refer to it as music theory). Both of these elements aren't separate subjects and really should be integrated along the way of learning and developing like a music performer.
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David Petraeus appeared in front of 600 people and apologizes for an extramarital affair with his biographer since resigning as the head of the CIA.
"Needless to say, I join you, keenly aware that I am regarded in a different light now than I was a year ago," Petraeus said Tuesday night to an audience of mostly veterans at the University of Southern California's annual ROTC dinner at a hotel in Los Angeles.
"I am also keenly aware that the reason for my recent journey was my own doing. So please allow me to begin my remarks this evening by reiterating how deeply I regret — and apologize for — the circumstances that led to my resignation from the CIA and caused such pain for my family, friends and supporters," Petraeus said.
The decorated war hero and former four-star general has remained out of the public eye since his affair with writer Paula Broadwell was revealed in November.
The former commander of U.S. and ISAF forces in Afghanistan addressed the affair only one other time in a statement the day he resigned as CIA director.
"After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair," Petraeus confessed in a letter to CIA staff.
Since announcing his resignation, Petraeus has only appeared in closed-door hearings before the House and Senate intelligence committees to testify about what he learned first-hand about the Sept. 11 attack in the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi.
"I know I can never fully assuage the pain that I inflicted on those closest to me and a number of others," Petraeus said Tuesday.
Petraeus' wife, Holly, was not in attendance at the dinner.
"As I close, I want to say thank you for words of encouragement to family. … This has been difficult episode for us … to fall as far as I did," Petraeus said in his closing remarks before he received another standing ovation.
Petraeus, 60, spent much of his time at the ROTC dinner speaking about what can be done for veterans and the families facing transition challenges from military life to civilian life.
"In reality, the transition often is quite challenging. Hanging up the uniform is quite difficult," he said.
Petraeus' affair with Broadwell was discovered during an FBI investigation into emails she sent to Florida socialite Jill Kelley.
Broadwell, 40, who is also married, wrote the biography on Petraeus, "All In."


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Litecontrol celebrated their 75th anniversary on May 4th. "This great milestone is a tribute to our current and former employees whose focus on quality and customer satisfaction has enabled us to withstand the test of time." stated Brian Golden, Litecontrol's President and CEO at the anniversary celebration that included Litecontrol employees, customers, and business partners.
Originating in Boston in 1936, Litecontrol relocated its business to Hanson in 1970. Growth in the business led to an expansion to a second facility in Plympton during the mid 1990s. "Litecontrol is a clear example that manufacturing is alive and well in Massachusetts." comments Golden, a resident of Duxbury. "Many people in the South Shore don't realize that we employ nearly 200 people from neighboring towns and operate two facilities, located in Hanson and Plympton. Because we ship most of our product outside of Massachusetts we tend to fly under the radar."
A highlight of the celebration was an appearance by Bob Danforth, former owner and President of Litecontrol. Mr. Danforth presented the history of the Company, describing how Litecontrol began during the depression and how the Company has evolved since the 1930s. He noted, "it is great to see that there is a strong team at Litecontrol. Having been part of the Company for so many decades, it is exciting to see Litecontrol continue to grow. The employees of Litecontrol have a tremendous opportunity to write the company's next chapter."
As for the next chapter at Litecontrol, the future is bright. The company is seeing a growing demand for its energy efficient architectural lighting fixtures and controls and is experiencing significant sales growth. The company has a long standing commitment to sustainability from fixture design to manufacturing practices. They utilize the latest technologies to ensure that all products maintain the highest quality standards with the least impact on the environment. "We have grown to be a North American leader in high quality architectural lighting and are seeing our products begin to ship internationally. While we are steeped in a deep heritage, we have maintained a fresh view of the business and have many new products utilizing the latest technologies, including daylight controls and LEDs." remarked Mr. Golden.
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Hundreds of giant musical instruments have been installed along a coastal path in Dorset as part of the Cultural Olympiad.
Harmonic Fields overlooks the Olympic sailing course in Weymouth Bay and Portland Harbour and is the idea of French composer Pierre Sauvageot.
More than 500 instruments are played by the wind at the disused Bowers Quarry site and the installation is open free to the public until 9 September.


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The Aristocratic Universe of Karen Blixen: Destiny and the Denial of Fate
Karen Blixen s works are explored in the light of a passionate insistence on living out a double nature of the divine and the demonic. The aristocratic is examined as her depiction of a conduct of life that is faithful to destiny: the aristocratic viewpoint is in tune with eternity, and places no obstructive morality between self and life. Vitality has its source in direct access to the ocean of inexhaustible opportunities with which life presents us. The world of Africa, for example, plays a key role as the consummate illustration of an aristocratic culture. The aesthetic guidelines for literary form (as well as art) as advocated by KB are discussed, and her view of art is similarly defined and explained as aristocratic . Her private correspondence (including the recently published Karen Blixen in Denmark: Letters, 1931 62) is drawn upon to shed new light on her life and work.
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Hillary Clinton could not be in a better position for the November election. Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, who appear to stand in her way, are actually helping her to position herself for victory. Issues and ideology aside Hillary is way ahead of the pack in the the game of political chess and should have no trouble winning in November.
Hillary Clinton announced her candidacy for president Sunday. If successful, she will become the very first woman president of the United States of America and her party's best chance to defeat the Republicans in 2016. Could a Canadian woman, with the same stature, gift and substance as the former first lady, attain the same milestone in Canada? Are we closer to having the first elected woman prime minister in Canada? In the 2015 federal election, it is shaping up to be a race between three white males -- Stephen Harper, Justin Trudeau and Thomas Mulcair. Yet our politics should reflect our population and perspectives.


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Winner of the Sacramento Publishers' Association awards for Best Nonfiction and Best Spiritual book of 2001, Magical Living is a collection of essays which give detailed, how-to instructions on channeling spirit guides, communicating with plants and nature spirits; together with inspirational essays on managing love relationships, handling oppressive people, and dealing with hurt.
There are three paths to the Spirit: control over the body (e.g. hatha yoga); control over the mind (e.g. insight meditation); and control over the emotions. The practice of magic aims at control of the emotions: its goal is to arrive at a place where you are perfectly content and at ease in the now moment – neither angry about the past nor fearful of the future. When the emotions have calmed down, the body and mind naturally relax as well. Magical Living is written to show intelligent, thoughtful people who live in a workaday world how to understand and spiritualize their lives without radically altering their lifestyles.
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I have a relatively new (using it for 3 days only) Prestigio MultiPad 8.0 HD tablet with Android 4.2 and it froze while I was browsing the Dailymotion app that I have just installed. The tablet wasn't responding, so I had no other choice except to shut it down and re-boot it. When I tried to reboot it, it got stuck on the startup screen with the manufacturer's logo. I left it open for over half an hour but no progress.
I did my research on the net, tried the combination of keys required to enter factory mode (Power + Volume+), but no menu appeared to me, the startup screen was still there.
I tried connecting it with my computer, and it was detected as an M3 Chip device with no drivers installed. There's no drivers provided on the manufacturer's site, only the latest firmware. After that, I searched the net and the only proper suggestions I encountered were ADB drivers and Moborobo given here. None of them worked because they require USB debugging being enabled, an option I can't access and modify under the current circumstances.
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Law & Ethics of Human Rights
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Balancing, Subsumption, and the Constraining Role of Legal Text
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Citation Information: Law & Ethics of Human Rights. Volume 4, Issue 1, Pages 35–45, ISSN (Online) 1938-2545, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2202/1938-2545.1043, April 2010
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Robert Alexy has for many years been a prominent analyst of the role of principles in legal argumentation, and an equally prominent defender of the rationality of balancing and proportionality modes of legal decision-making. But although Alexy's defense of proportionality and balancing against charges by Jürgen Habermas and Justice Antonin Scalia that balancing is essentially an irrational process is sound, Alexy in the process is too quick to collapse the important differences between the process of balancing competing principles and the process of interpreting a canonical written text. Although both can be and are frequently rational, rationality is not the same as external constraint, and the ability of canonical texts to provide a degree of external constraint on legal decision-making that cannot be provided by open-ended principles is a difference that should not be lost in the well-aimed efforts to demonstrate that both can be rational and both have important places in legal argumentation and decision-making.
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Skip to comments.And Now, For Obama's Next Flip-Flop: Iraq [Krauthammer Alert]
Posted on 07/04/2008 5:41:11 AM PDT by Zakeet
You'll notice Barack Obama is now wearing a flag pin. Again. During the primary campaign, he refused to, explaining that he'd worn one after 9/11 but then stopped because it "became a substitute for, I think, true patriotism."
So why is he back to sporting pseudo-patriotism on his chest? Need you ask? The primaries are over.
While seducing the hard-core MoveOn Democrats that delivered him the caucuses hence, the Democratic nomination Obama not only disdained the pin. He disparaged it. Now that he's running in a general election against John McCain, and in dire need of the gun-and-God-clinging working-class votes he could not win against Hillary Clinton, the pin is back. His country 'tis of thee.
Obama's seasonally adjusted principles are beginning to pile up: NAFTA, campaign finance reform, warrantless wiretaps, flag pins, gun control. What's left?
Iraq. The reversal is coming, and soon.
Two weeks ago, I predicted that by Election Day Obama will have erased all meaningful differences with McCain on withdrawal from Iraq. I underestimated Obama's cynicism. He will make the move much sooner.
He will use his upcoming Iraq trip to acknowledge the remarkable improvements on the ground and to abandon his primary season commitment to a fixed 16-month timetable for removal of all combat troops.
The shift has already begun. On Thursday, he said that his "original position" on withdrawal has always been that "we've got to make sure that our troops are safe and that Iraq is stable." And that "when I go to Iraq, I'll have more information and will continue to refine my policies."
Done. And with that, the Obama of the primaries, the Obama with last year's most liberal voting record in the Senate, will have disappeared into the collective memory hole.
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In other words, lie through his skinny ass about what he stands for, only for votes, only to get into the House in the D.C. Hood, where he then can show his true Muzzie and Marxist colors.
What a great line, ROFLMAO!
Great cartoon. What Berserk Obeyme stands for is the antithesis of our country's origin.
Obama is showing himself to be a spineless toady who will say anything (and probably do anything) to get elected. The good news is if you don't like his policies/positions wait a while... he'll change. Of course, if you do like them don't get too comfortable... he'll change those too.
The following should be a standard response to anyone in your place of work who asks the following question (or one like it):
"What is Obama's position on___________?"
RESPONSE: "What day is it?"
How strong would this country be if there were more Dims like Zell Miller?
And he won't have long. North Korea, Iran, Somalia, etc. all have leaders who will test him early on to see what he is made of... Charisma won't work with guys who really play by "Chicago Rules".
I sure do hope that the average American citizen out there wakes up and pays attention to this idiot. He scares the heck out of me and I'm really afraid that there are too many lazy people that like the thought of having everything done for them. That is what 60 years of liberalism has done to us. I'm tired of my hard earned money paying for them. It's funny. I will complain about these things and I will get these people giving me the look of "I can't believe how insensitive you are!" I tell them that I am not insensitive, I'm all for helping someone who REALLY needs help, not lazya$$ people.
May 18, 2008: Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, these countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don't pose a serious threat to us. ...they spend 1/100th of what we spend on the military. I mean, if Iran ever tried to pose a serious threat to us, they wouldn't stand a chance.
May 20, 2008: Iran is a grave threat. It has an illicit nuclear program. It supports terrorism across the regions and militias in Iraq. It threatens Israel's existence. It denies the Holocaust.
Source for these genuine quotes: NewsBusters.org:
Well, Charles has hit the nail right slap-dab on the head, as usual. But, what will be really interesting, will be watching the MSM get all twisted up in knots trying to spin BHO's "refined policy" on the war. And all those anti-war supporters? Wonder if there's any more room under the bus for them?
Oh, and maybe somebody should give a "wake-up" call to the McPain staff....2nd thought, maybe not. They would only botch it up, per usual.
the day obama is elected, is the first day of his campaign to get re elected to a second term.
so you wont see any difference.
whatever makes sense from polling or political pov will be his position.
speaking the "hard truths". dont make me laugh.
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What a great fantasy. There would be no or minimal Federal income tax, fewer federal bureaucracies, you could own all the guns you wanted and take them anywhere you went, crime rates would be nearly zero, and I wouldn't have to worry that my children will have to fight for their freedom against an all powerful government that has enslaved them. I could live with that.
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Dems can rumba. Dems can samba.
Can they dance the chic OBAMBA?
Can they follow their "change" master
As he spins around much faster?
If he guides them to the right
Will they slide from him with fright?
Dems preferred the macarena.
Which was not so insane-a.
John McCain endured captivity in service to the United States while...
...Barack Hussein Obama studied the Koran in a "nonradical" madrassa in Indonesia.
The problem is that by Fall his position on Iraq will hardly differ from McCain's. The flipflop charge will mean little because the change will take one of McCain's most effective weapons out of his hands. By November you can have victory in Iraq and "Change" too. Forgotten will be "Bush's war." And the media will strive mightily to help the doofuses out there to forget.
The MSM will create any "reality" that serves Obama. If Obama takes office, the "no WMD's in Iraq" "failure" will become a Pointe du Hoc ("no guns") "success". Whether a military attack is a success or failure is determined by the bias of the MSM and they can do it anytime it suits their needs and spin it any way they want.
And when people become THIS freaking STUPID and inattentive to their freedoms, THIS is the candidate they deserve.
1 minute satirical Obama video here:
Hurry before some diversity loving (RIGHT!) Obamaniac at YouTube pulls it.
There were, they've just been systematically turfed out, or decided to change their opinions (abortion), of the democrat party over the past thirty years.
The real "problem" is Iraq and defense are McCain's ONLY weapons so far. He has of course given away the immigration issue and any economic rationality he voices will be rendered moot by his insane dedication to the church of Global Warming.
Like dubya and his dad he is far to lordly and noble to descend into sullying his celestial graciousness by pointing out Obama's flip-flops, dirty laundry and dodgy associates.
Maverick John intends to win based on Iraq, Vietnam heroism and his own irresistable force of character.
So there, got it?
McCain has to define Obama, pronto. If Obama comes as close to McCain as he was to Hillary — then Krauthammer has it right — Obama's charisma will win it for him. McCain has got to hammer the commie for what he is and NOT play the "I'm above the fray" role.. or if he does play the role then get the swift boaters to hammer him mercilessly. Obama has to look like shredded commie Swiss Cheese and not some hip, black Emperor gracefully ascending his rightful throne. Mangulation of Obama with attention mostly on McCain's pluses & virtues, otherwise, it's over now... (Well, maybe not, Bush can bomb Iran and that would throw in a spicy wild card into the mix for the elections.)
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This shot is something of an optical illusion. The woodpecker was about twenty feet above the ground, storing acorns in a granary. The telephone pole he was using was titled ever-so-slightly toward me. In this image, the woodpecker was leaning slightly away from the pole. The combination of angles makes it look as if we are practically at eye level, instead of being vertically separated.
The worn tail feathers, used for propping the bird against a tree are a first time capture for me, as is a clear view of one very strong foot.
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exception in struts handling in JSP
sitaram irrinki
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Bear Bibeault
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Moved to the Struts forum.
alan do
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posted 11 years ago
exceptions can be handled declaratively globally or locally (per action mapping) by defining them in struts-config.xml. this is documented in the struts user guide on apache web site. you essentially map an exception to a message key and a forward (jsp, tile, action mapping) and use html:errors to display the message in your jsp. in this sense, jsp does NOT handle the exception.
you can also define exception handlers for your exceptions.
you can also define exception handlers for your exceptions.
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Thanks for the help - that was exactly what I was doing, but I found my problem. The action was actually completing before the property was updated in my form bean - so at the time the page was refreshed, it actually _was_ correct (the items were deleted immediately after).
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Autumn Vegetable Medley
|Unsalted butter
|1 Teaspoon
|White onion
|1 , chopped
|Green beans
|1 Cup (16 tbs), snapped
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Green bell pepper
|Yellow squash
|6 Small, sliced
|Plum tomatoes
|2 , cut into eights
|Corn kernels
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|To Taste
|To Taste
Melt butter in a nonstick skillet.
Add the onion and saute until lightly browned.
Add beans and water.
Cover and cook until beans are tender.
Add the remaining ingredients; cover and cook until vegetables are tender.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 1360 Calories from Fat 75
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 13 g20.7%
Saturated Fat 2.7 g13.6%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 10.8 mg3.6%
Sodium 423.9 mg17.7%
Total Carbohydrates 263 g87.6%
Dietary Fiber 74.3 g297.3%
Sugars 65.4 g
Protein 63 g126.3%
Vitamin A 28.3% Vitamin C 236.2%
Calcium 4.8% Iron 8.1%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet


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The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe
The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe
By Elaine Showalter
Simon and Schuster
Retail Price: $28.00
Amazon Price: $18.78
Book Description: The first full biography of Julia Ward Howe—the author of The Battle Hymn of the Republic and an early and powerful feminist pioneer—a groundbreaking figure in the abolitionist and suffrage movements.
Julia Ward (1819–1910) was a heiress and aspiring poet when she married Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, an internationally-acclaimed pioneer in the education of the blind. Together the Howes knew many of the key figures of their era, from Charles Dickens to John Brown. But he also wasted her inheritance, isolated and discouraged her, and opposed her literary ambitions. Julia persisted, and continued to publish poems and plays while raising six children.
Authorship of the Battle Hymn of the Republic made her celebrated and revered. But Julia was also continuing to fight a civil war at home; she became a pacifist, suffragist, and world traveler. She came into her own as a tireless campaigner for women's rights and social reform. Esteemed author Elaine Showalter tells the story of Howe's determined self-creation and brings to life the society she inhabited and the obstacles she overcame.
This is an excellent biography of Julia Ward Howe. In case you are unsure of who Ms. Howe is, she is the author of The Battle Hymn of the Republic, which first appeared in the February, 1862, issue of The Atlantic Monthly magazine and was considered by many as the Civil War's battle song of the Republic. While this hymn was her claim to fame, Ms. Showalter gives us a complete look at Howe's life from birth in 1819 to her spiritual re-birth and her death in 1910. The book covers her early years and young adult years well, but goes more in depth regarding her courtship with Samuel Howe and her married life. Julia really came into her own in midlife and beyond, where she laid the foundations for her legacy of civil rights support. She was really an amazing woman who was a was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. This book gives you an intimate glimpse into her life and work. It is a must read for all you lovers of women's history!
An Unlikely Union
An Unlikely Union: The Love-Hate Story of New York's Irish and Italians
By Paul Moses
NYU Press
Retail Price: $35.00
Amazon Price: $31.50
Book Description:They came from the poorest parts of Ireland and Italy, and met as rivals on the sidewalks of New York. In the nineteenth century and for long after, the Irish and Italians fought in the Catholic Church, on the waterfront, at construction sites, and in the streets. Then they made peace through romance, marrying each other on a large scale in the years after World War II. An Unlikely Union unfolds the dramatic story of how two of America's largest ethnic groups learned to love and laugh with each other in the wake of decades of animosity.The vibrant cast of characters features saints such as Mother Frances X. Cabrini, who stood up to the Irish American archbishop of New York when he tried to send her back to Italy, and sinners like Al Capone, who left his Irish wife home the night he shot it out with Brooklyn's Irish mob. Also highlighted are the love affair between radical labor organizers Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and Carlo Tresca; Italian American gangster Paul Kelly's alliance with Tammany's "Big Tim" Sullivan; hero detective Joseph Petrosino's struggle to be accepted in the Irish-run NYPD; and Frank Sinatra's competition with Bing Crosby to be the country's top male vocalist. In this engaging history of the Irish and Italians, veteran New York City journalist and professor Paul Moses offers an archetypal American story. At a time of renewed fear of immigrants, it demonstrates that Americans are able to absorb tremendous social change and conflict—and come out the better for it.
This book tells the story of immigrants coming to New York in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. While focusing on the Irish and Italians, he also notes how the arrival of Jews changed the social equation. It is a fascinating story, because New York holds special interest for all Americans, and because the story has been repeated with other ethnic groups throughout the country. The Catholic Church, the labor movement, and political organizations were fundamental elements that formed the culture in NYC in that era, while sports and entertainment also played a role. Moses tells how the Irish and the Italians competed but eventually found harmony in all these areas. The author is a fantastic storyteller and he makes this social history text interesting and very readable.
~Reviewed by Louis M.
Strong Inside
Strong Inside
By Andrew Maraniss
Vanderbilt University Press
Retail Price $35.00
Amazon Price: $25.82
Book Description:
Based on more than eighty interviews, this fast-paced, richly detailed biography of Perry Wallace, the first African American basketball player in the SEC, digs deep beneath the surface to reveal a more complicated and profound story of sports pioneering than we've come to expect from the genre. Perry Wallace's unusually insightful and honest introspection reveals his inner thoughts throughout his journey.
Wallace entered kindergarten the year that Brown v. Board of Education upended "separate but equal." As a 12-year-old, he sneaked downtown to watch the sit-ins at Nashville's lunch counters. A week after Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, Wallace entered high school, and later saw the passage of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights acts. On March 16, 1966, his Pearl High School basketball team won Tennessee's first integrated state tournament–the same day Adolph Rupp's all-white Kentucky Wildcats lost to the all-black Texas Western Miners in an iconic NCAA title game.
The world seemed to be opening up at just the right time, and when Vanderbilt recruited him, Wallace courageously accepted the assignment to desegregate the SEC. His experiences on campus and in the hostile gymnasiums of the Deep South turned out to be nothing like he ever imagined.
On campus, he encountered the leading civil rights figures of the day, including Stokely Carmichael, Martin Luther King Jr., Fannie Lou Hamer, and Robert Kennedy–and he led Vanderbilt's small group of black students to a meeting with the university chancellor to push for better treatment.
On the basketball court, he experienced an Ole Miss boycott and the rabid hate of the Mississippi State fans in Starkville. Following his freshman year, the NCAA instituted "the Lew Alcindor rule," which deprived Wallace of his signature move, the slam dunk.
Despite this attempt to limit the influence of a rising tide of black stars, the final basket of Wallace's college career was a cathartic and defiant dunk, and the story Wallace told to the Vanderbilt Human Relations Committee and later The Tennessean was not the simple story of a triumphant trailblazer that many people wanted to hear. Yes, he had gone from hearing racial epithets when he appeared in his dormitory to being voted as the university's most popular student, but, at the risk of being labeled "ungrateful," he spoke truth to power in describing the daily slights and abuses he had overcome and what Martin Luther King had called "the agonizing loneliness of a pioneer."
This was an excellent read not only for the sports fan, but for those interested in civil rights as well. The research was impeccable and his sources are well documented. The book is both a detailed, engaging personal story but an insightful depiction of what went on underneath the surface in the struggle for integration. The interviews with Wallace himself were not only heart breaking, but inspiring as well. We got to see what it was like growing ups black during that time period and how his rise to fame was overshadowed by the prejudice he endured. Yet, his perseverance paved the way for other black athletes.
~Reviewed by Dave H.
A Delusion of Satan
A Delusion Of Satan
By Frances Hill and Wanda McCaddon
Retail Price $16.95
Amazon Price: $13.79
Book Description:This acclaimed history illuminates the horrifying episode of Salem with visceral clarity, from those who fanned the crisis to satisfy personal vendettas to the four-year-old "witch" chained to a dank prison wall in darkness till she went mad. Antonia Fraser called it "a grisly read and an engrossing one."
This is a very informative and well-researched book about life amongst the early inhabitants of the greater Boston area, and how these folks ended up imprisoning and murdering a number of their own. Using information from many primary sources, the author tells the tale of the grisly trials and their aftermath. It is a wonderfully detailed, and factual look into the context of the Salem Witch persecution. The audio version only adds to the intrigue of the story as you feel the drumbeat of accusations and hallucinations that continued for months before, during, and after the Trials. If you want to immerse yourself in the world surrounding the Witch Trials, this is the audiobook for you.
~Reviewed by Dave H.
Island on Fire
Island on Fire
By Alexandra Witze and Jeff Kanipe
Retail Price $26.95
Amazon Price: $19.86
Book Description:
Can a single explosion change the course of history? An eruption at the end of the 18th century led to years of climate change while igniting famine, disease, even perhaps revolution. Laki is one of Iceland's most fearsome volcanoes.
Laki is Iceland's largest volcano. Its eruption in 1783 is one of history's great, untold natural disasters. Spewing out sun-blocking ash and then a poisonous fog for eight long months, the effects of the eruption lingered across the world for years. It caused the deaths of people as far away as the Nile and created catastrophic conditions throughout Europe.
Island on Fire is the story not only of a single eruption but the people whose lives it changed, the dawn of modern volcanology, as well as the history—and potential—of other super-volcanoes like Laki around the world. And perhaps most pertinently, in the wake of the eruption of another Icelandic volcano, Eyjafjallajökull, which closed European air space in 2010, acclaimed science writers Witze and Kanipe look at what might transpire should Laki erupt again in our lifetime.
B&W illustrations throughout
I made a commitment this year to learn something new every month, from science to history, to technology and more. This month I picked up Island on Fire because I didn't know much about Iceland and never even heard of the Laki Volcano and its history. This book was a wealth of information not only on the volcano itself, but on the aftermath of it's eruptions throughout history including the devastating of effects of all the chemicals and materials spewed out during an eruption. The authors not only focus on Laki, but on other volcanoes as well. The book is well written and the authors don't bog you down with technical wording, but write in a very understandable manner. It will be of great interest to history-buffs and science geeks alike.
~Reviewed by Dave H.
Empire of Cotton
American History, Book Reviews, Economic History, World History
Emprie of Cotton
By Sven Beckert
Highbridge Audo
Retail Price $35.00
Amazon Price: $22.59
Book Description:
The epic story of the rise and fall of the empire of cotton, its centrality to the world economy, and its making and remaking of global capitalism.
Cotton is so ubiquitous as to be almost invisible, yet understanding its history is key to understanding the origins of modern capitalism. Sven Beckert's rich, fascinating book tells the story of how, in a remarkably brief period, European entrepreneurs and powerful statesmen recast the world's most significant manufacturing industry, combining imperial expansion and slave labor with new machines and wage workers to change the world. Here is the story of how, beginning well before the advent of machine production in the 1780s, these men captured ancient trades and skills in Asia, and combined them with the expropriation of lands in the Americas and the enslavement of African workers to crucially reshape the disparate realms of cotton that had existed for millennia, and how industrial capitalism gave birth to an empire, and how this force transformed the world.
The empire of cotton was, from the beginning, a fulcrum of constant global struggle between slaves and planters, merchants and statesmen, workers and factory owners. Beckert makes clear how these forces ushered in the world of modern capitalism, including the vast wealth and disturbing inequalities that are with us today. The result is a book as unsettling as it is enlightening: a book that brilliantly weaves together the story of cotton with how the present global world came to exist.
I have decided to expand my horizons by using my long commute to work to study different topics that I never seem to have time for. In order to do this I've found some great audiobooks to listen to that increase my knowledge. I chose Empire of Cotton because of it's discussion of economic history. The book focuses on the development of capitalism and analyzes how slave labor played a big part in the growth of capitalism in the United States and throughout the world. This audiobook was interesting to listen to. The author is an academic historian who has a personal history in the cotton industry and brings a lot of knowledge to the table. Anyone seriously interested in economic history, cotton, or globalization will profit from reading (or in my case listening) to this book.
~Reviewed by Jerry W.
The Bohemians
The Bohemians
By Ben Tarnoff
The Penguin Press
Retail Price $27.95
Amazon Price: $20.93
Book Description:The unforgettable story of the birth of modern America and the western writers who gave voice to its emerging identity.The Bohemians begins in 1860s San Francisco. The Gold Rush has ended; the Civil War threatens to tear apart the country. Far from the front lines, the city at the western edge roars. A global seaport, home to immigrants from five continents, San Francisco has become a complex urban society virtually overnight. The bards of the moment are the Bohemians: a young Mark Twain, fleeing the draft and seeking adventure; literary golden boy Bret Harte; struggling gay poet Charles Warren Stoddard; and beautiful, haunted Ina Coolbrith, poet and protectorate of the group. Ben Tarnoff's elegant, atmospheric history reveals how these four pioneering western writers would together create a new American literature, unfettered by the heavy European influence that dominated the East.Twain arrives by stagecoach in San Francisco in 1863 and is fast drunk on champagne, oysters, and the city's intoxicating energy. He finds that the war has only made California richer: the economy booms, newspapers and magazines thrive, and the dream of transcontinental train travel promises to soon become a reality. Twain and the Bohemians find inspiration in their surroundings: the dark ironies of frontier humor, the extravagant tales told around the campfires, and the youthful irreverence of the new world being formed in the west. The star of the moment is Bret Harte, a rising figure on the national scene and mentor to both Stoddard and Coolbrith. Young and ambitious, Twain and Harte form the Bohemian core. But as Harte's star ascends—drawing attention from eastern taste makers such as the Atlantic Monthly—Twain flounders, questioning whether he should be a writer at all.The Bohemian moment would continue in Boston, New York, and London, and would achieve immortality in the writings of Mark Twain. San Francisco gave him his education as a writer and helped inspire the astonishing innovations that radically reimagined American literature. At once an intimate portrait of an eclectic, unforgettable group of writers and a history of a cultural revolution in America, The Bohemians reveals how a brief moment on the western frontier changed our country forever.
The nineteenth-century countercultures that came to define the bohemian lifestyle spanned both sides of the Atlantic, ranging from Mark Twain, Walt Whitman to Josephine Baker, and from Gertrude Stein to Thelonius Monk. This book is an enlightening and very readable history of this movement and four of its illustrious figures, painting us a vivid picture of the lifestyle and the authors as they helped spread the movement. It is a fun and enlightening read!
~Reviewed by Tim H.
Forgotten Fifteenth
American History, History Buffs, United States History, World History, World War II
Forgotten Fifteenth
By Barrett Tillman
Regnery Publishing
Retail Price $29.99
Amazon Price: $18.95
Book Description:
November 1943—May 1945—The U.S. Army Air Forces waged an unprecedentedly dogged and violent campaign against Hitler's vital oil production and industrial plants on the Third Reich's southern flank. Flying from southern Italy, far from the limelight enjoyed by the Eighth Air Force in England, the Fifteenth Air Force engaged in high-risk missions spanning most of the European continent. The story of the Fifteenth Air Force deserves a prideful place in the annals of American gallantry.
In his new book, Forgotten Fifteenth: The Daring Airmen Who Crippled Hitler's War Machine, Tillman brings into focus a seldom-seen multinational cast of characters, including pilots from Axis nations Romania, Hungary, and Bulgaria and many more remarkable individuals. They were the first generation of fliers—few of them professionals—to conduct a strategic bombing campaign against a major industrial nation. They suffered steady attrition and occasionally spectacular losses. In so doing, they contributed to the end of the most destructive war in history.
Forgotten Fifteenth is the first-ever detailed account of the Fifteenth Air Force in World War II and the brave men that the history books have abandoned until now. Tillman proves this book is a must-read for military history enthusiasts, veterans, and current servicemen.
This book makes an excellent purchase (or gift) for the military history buff. The author brings to us a long-awaited recognition of the Fifteenth Air Force operations that were instrumental in bringing us to victory in WWII. The 15th Air Force, consisting of several bomb groups and multiple squadrons, began flying missions out of Foggia, Italy in late 1943. The last ground battle of the war was launched by The 15th Air Force from the Air. The author's research is impeccable enabling him to share their story on a very personal level. This book was interesting and informative, giving the reader an excellent overview of this often overlooked part of the war effort. It was an excellent read.
~Reviewed by Mike T.
The History of The Black Rifle
The Evolution of the Black Rifle
By Jeff Zimba
Prepper Press
Retail Price $12.95
Amazon Price: $11.66
Book Description:Jeff W Zimba brings the reader on a twenty-year journey through the testing and evaluation phase of America's longest serving battle rifle, now known by many names, such as the AR-15, M16, M4, 416, and many others. From the History and Development of the Modern Black Rifle (an award winning, in-depth article) to accessories and configurations the reader may have never even heard about, this book includes numerous, previously published articles focused solely on the black rifle and includes a few of the author's picks for new upgrades and systems to watch in the future. With a Foreword by legendary musician, outspoken outdoorsman, and 2nd Amendment advocate, Ted Nugent, and a Preface by a former Navy Seal of the elite Team 6 and member of the top secret team REDCELL, never before has such a compilation of articles on a single weapon system been published. Join Jeff Zimba on his journey to study (in his words) "the most versatile modular weapon system ever designed."
This book takes an in depth look at the M16 series of rifles and is a must have for the serious student and collector of the black rifle. There is an huge amount of information in this book that just can not be found anywhere else. If you really want to know about the rifle from people who designed, built, improved, developed and redeveloped the system is to get this book. It give and excellent history of how a weapon/weapon system is developed for the US military. Great insight into the engineering, R&D, testing and politics that created what is now considered a common platform for a modern semi-automatic rifle. If you are interested to know why this series weapon system is still the reigning king of the US Military, read this book!
~Reviewed by John C.
American History, Book Reviews, History Buffs, Revolutionary War
By Michael Harris
Savas Beatie
Retail Price $34.95
Amazon Price: $27.31
Book Description:
Brandywine Creek calmly meanders through the Pennsylvania countryside today, but on September 11, 1777, it served as the scenic backdrop for the largest battle of the American Revolution, one that encompassed more troops over more land than any combat fought on American soil until the Civil War. Long overshadowed by the stunning American victory at Saratoga, the complex British campaign that defeated George Washington's colonial army and led to the capture of the capital city of Philadelphia was one of the most important military events of the war. Michael C. Harris's impressive Brandywine: A Military History of the Battle that Lost Philadelphia but Saved America, September 11, 1777, is the first full-length study of this pivotal engagement in many years.
General Sir William Howe launched his campaign in late July 1777, when he loaded his army of 16,500 British and Hessian soldiers aboard a 265-ship armada in New York and set sail. Six difficult weeks later Howe's expedition landed near Elkton, Maryland, and moved north into Pennsylvania. Washington's rebel army harassed Howe's men at several locations including a minor but violent skirmish at Cooch's Bridge in Delaware on September 3. Another week of hit-and-run tactics followed until Howe was within three miles of Chads's Ford on Brandywine Creek, behind which Washington had posted his army in strategic blocking positions along a six-mile front. The young colonial capital of Philadelphia was just 25 miles farther east.
Obscured by darkness and a heavy morning fog, General Howe initiated his plan of attack at 5:00 a.m. on September 11, pushing against the American center at Chads's Ford with part of his army while the bulk of his command swung around Washington's exposed right flank to deliver his coup de main, destroy the colonials, and march on Philadelphia. Warned of Howe's flanking attack just in time, American generals turned their divisions to face the threat. The bitter fighting on Birmingham Hill drove the Americans from the field, but their heroic defensive stand saved Washington's army from destruction and proved that the nascent Continental foot soldiers could stand toe-to-toe with their foe. Although fighting would follow, Philadelphia fell to Howe's legions on September 26.
This book is well researched and presents an accurate portrayal of both the devastation and victory that enveloped the Battle of Brandywine. The author gives a good account of all key players on both sides both leading up to, during, and after the battle. Moving along at a good pace, the author draws you in to the story and the book is a hard one to put down. I learned so much about this battle and how it influenced the outcome of the entire war. I found it fascinating!
~Reviewed by Dave H.


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