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Friday, October 14 2011 - 9/11 Commission
Insiders voice doubts about CIA's 9/11 story
Former FBI agents say the agency's bin Laden unit misled them about two hijackers
Graphic: Tom Kean, George Tenet, Richard Clarke. Inset: The Pentagon on fire after an aircraft crashes into it, Sept. 11, 2001. (Salon.com)
A growing number of former government insiders -- all responsible officials who served in a number of federal posts -- are now on record as doubting ex-CIA director George Tenet's account of events leading up to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. Among them are several special agents of the FBI, the former counterterrorism head in the Clinton and Bush administrations, and the chairman of the 9/11 Commission, who told us the CIA chief had been "obviously not forthcoming" in his testimony and had misled the commissioners.
These doubts about the CIA first emerged among a group of 9/11 victims' families whose struggle to force the government to investigate the causes of the attacks, we chronicled in our 2006 documentary film "Press for Truth." At that time, we thought we were done with the subject. But tantalizing information unearthed by the 9/11 Commission's final report and spotted by the families (Chapter 6, footnote 44) raised a question too important to be put aside:
Did Tenet fail to share intelligence with the White House and the FBI in 2000 and 2001 that could have prevented the attacks? Specifically, did a group in the CIA's al-Qaida office engage in a domestic covert action operation involving two of the 9/11 hijackers, that -- however legitimate the agency's goals may have been -- hindered the type of intelligence-sharing that could have prevented the attacks? And if not, then what would explain seemingly inexplicable actions by CIA employees?
As we sought to clarify how the CIA had handled information about the hijackers before 9/11, we found a half dozen former government insiders who came away from the Sept. 11 tragedy feeling burned by the CIA, particularly by a small group of employees within the agency's bin Laden unit in 2000 and 2001, then known as Alec Station.
This is not a conspiracy theory or the speculation of uninformed people. Gov. Thomas Kean, co-chairman of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, which was responsible for investigating 9/11, agreed to an on-camera interview for our documentary in 2008. He surprised us by voicing many doubts and questions about the CIA's actions preceding Sept. 11 -- and especially about former CIA director George Tenet.
Four years after Tenet testified to the commission, Kean said the CIA director had been "obviously not forthcoming" in some of his testimony. Tenet said under oath that he had not met with President Bush in the month of August 2001, Kean recalled. It was later learned he had done so twice.
Did Tenet misspeak? we asked the New Jersey Republican.
"No, I don't think he misspoke," Kean responded. "I think he misled."
A tale of two hijackers
The story buried in footnote 44 of Chapter 6 of the 9/11 Commission report was this:
The commission became aware in early 2004 of a warning written by Doug Miller, an FBI agent working inside the CIA's Alec Station. In January 2000, Miller tried to inform his bosses about a man named Khalid Al Mihdhar, who had previously been identified as a member of an al-Qaida operational cadre. By the spring of 2000, the CIA had learned that Mihdhar and another suspected al-Qaida operative, Nawaf Al Hazmi, had likely arrived in Southern California. But the CIA did not pass along the information to the FBI.
The draft cable -- blocked by Miller's CIA superiors -- was not turned over to the commissioners or to the earlier congressional investigation. It was discovered in CIA records by an investigator working for a concurrent inquiry conducted by the Justice Department's inspector general. Apparently it had been missed by Tenet's DCI Review Group, convened immediately after the attacks to examine CIA records in order to prepare the director for the coming government investigations.
Kean was disturbed by the revelation.
"The idea that that information was left out of something that was so essential for the FBI, whose job it is to work within the United States and track these people ... you know, it's one of the most troubling aspects of our entire report, that particular thing," Kean said.
We pushed Kean. Could it be this was a simple mistake, a failure to recognize the significance of Mihdhar and Hazmi, as the CIA had initially characterized it?
"Oh, it wasn't careless oversight," Kean replied. "It was purposeful. No question about that in my mind ... In the DNA of these organizations was secrecy."
Mihdhar and Hazmi boarded American Flight 77 at Washington Dulles airport on the morning of Sept. 11. After the plane took off, they joined three other men in commandeering the aircraft and flying it into the Pentagon, killing a total of 184 people.
So how then had George Tenet and those responsible at the CIA managed to get away with misrepresenting the incident as a mistake for so long?
"Tenet was a likable guy," Kean concluded. "He got away with some stuff because people liked him."
"Malfeasance and misfeasance"
In 2009, former White House counterterrorism chief Richard Clarke took the scenario further. In an on-camera interview he suggested that Tenet, once a close friend and colleague, had ordered the withholding of the information about the two al-Qaida operatives from the FBI and from the White House.
Clarke explained why he had come to that remarkable conclusion. Tenet, he said, followed all information about al-Qaida "in microscopic detail" and would call Clarke at the White House several times a day to share "the most trivial of information." In addition, there were terrorism threat meetings held in person every other day.
The only explanation Clarke could offer was admittedly speculative: that the CIA may have been running an operation to recruit the two al-Qaida operatives while they were living under their own names in Southern California. This might appear to have been a reasonable thing for the CIA to do. After all, Bill Clinton's White House had long complained to the agency about the lack of penetration agents in al-Qaida.
But if the CIA was following or recruiting or monitoring Mihdhar and Hazmi in the United States, that might well have qualified as operating on U.S. soil, a violation of the agency's charter. Once the two men were identified as hijackers on Flight 77, CIA officials may have begun a coverup of their earlier "malfeasance and misfeasance," as Clarke charges.
His language is blunt, especially for a national security policymaker.
"I am outraged and have been ever since I first learned that the CIA knew these guys were in the country," explained Clarke. "But I believed for the longest time that this was probably one or two low-level CIA people who made the decision not to disseminate the information. Now that I know that 50 CIA officers knew this, and they included all kinds of people who were regularly talking to me, saying I'm pissed doesn't begin to describe it."
Clarke said he assumed that "there was a high-level decision in the CIA ordering people not to share that information." When asked who might have issued such an order, he replied, "I would think it would have been made by the director," referring to Tenet -- although he added that Tenet and others would never admit to the truth today "even if you waterboarded them."
The view from the FBI
We found the same suspicion was also prevalent among FBI counterterrorism agents from the time, particularly those who had worked under a legendary FBI agent named John O'Neill in New York. O'Neill, movingly portrayed in Lawrence Wright's Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Looming Tower," was one of the special agents in charge of counterterrorism in the FBI's New York office. He retired to serve as chief of security at the World Trade Center and was killed in the Sept. 11 attacks, only three weeks after leaving the bureau.
O'Neill's deputy for counterterrorism was Pasquale D'Amuro, who was appointed inspector in charge of the FBI's investigation into the attacks.
"I am cautious about saying it, because you have to deal with the facts," D'Amuro told us. He said that he was told that Richard Blee, the chief of Alec Station, and his deputy, Tom Wilshere, had blocked the sharing of intelligence on Mihdhar and Hazmi with the FBI.
"I had heard that Blee stopped it from coming over, that Blee and Wilshere had had the conversation and stopped it," D'Amuro said. "There's no doubt in my mind that that went up further in the agency than just those two guys. And why they didn't send it over -- to this day, I don't know why."
Jack Cloonan, former manager at the FBI's al-Qaida-busting I-49 Squad, is another insider pained by the CIA's actions.
"If you start to look into everything that's Khalid Al Mihdhar and Nawaf Al Hazmi, you can't help but conclude to most people's minds that this is it," Cloonan, said during an emotional interview in his New Jersey living room. "9/11 occurred not because the systems failed. The systems actually worked. Somebody made a critical decision not to share this information ... If you look at this, it's really just a handful of people. I don't know how they sleep at night, I really don't."The CIA's failure to inform the FBI meant that a last chance to stop the hijackers was missed, says Clarke.
"And if they had... ." Clarke told us, his voice trailing off. "Even as late as Sept. 4," he went on, "we would have conducted a massive sweep. We would have conducted it publicly. We would have found those assholes. There's no doubt in my mind -- even with only a week left -- we would have found them..."
Clarke is not an infallible or even a disinterested witness. As a top counterterrorism adviser at the time of the attack, he cannot help but take the tragedy personally. That said, the fact that at least three FBI agents share his views certainly enhances his credibility.
A spokesman for the CIA rejects the notion, telling Salon, "any suggestion that the CIA purposely refused to share critical lead information on the 9/11 plots with the FBI is simply wrong." The spokesman cited the 9/11 Commission report and a report of the CIA's independent inspector general. (The latter study, completed in 2004, has never been made public.)
The story of the alleged CIA intelligence failure attracted little other media interest until this August. That's when Tenet, Richard Blee and another CIA official criticized by Clarke, Counterterrorism Center director J. Cofer Black, replied to our request for an interview. We had asked them to respond to Clarke's speculation.
Although they declined to be interviewed, Tenet, Black and Blee sent us a joint written statement that charged Clarke was "reckless and profoundly wrong" and that he had "suddenly invented baseless allegations which are belied by the record and unworthy of serious consideration."
The statement, which we shared with the Daily Beast, was newsworthy because the three men had never before felt the need to explain their actions directly to the American public.
"We testified under oath about what we did, and what we didn't know," they stated. "We stand by that testimony."
The relevance of their testimony to Clarke's theory is hard to assess. Tenet and Black were never asked about the surveillance of Mihdhar and Hazmi, at least in their public testimony. Blee's testimony has never been made public.
"You're not going to say anything"
The CIA's explanation is not convincing to Mark Rossini, an FBI agent who was assigned to Alec Station in 2000 and 2001. The assignment of tracking Khalid Al Mihdhar, he told us, had been given to a young staff operations officer who shared responsibility for watching events in Yemen along with Alec Station deputy chief Tom Wilshere.
Rossini, who resigned from the FBI in the wake of legal troubles, recalled in a phone interview that the staff officer's direct supervisor was a redheaded analyst working directly for Wilshere. He says that this supervisor, not referred to by even so much as an alias in any of the government reports on 9/11, is the same woman who told congressional investigators that she had hand-delivered Mihdhar's visa information to FBI headquarters. This was later proven false when the investigators checked the log books at the FBI headquarters, discovering that she had never set foot in the building. Eleanor Hill, staff director of the congressional inquiry, also told us that her investigators found no evidence that the FBI had ever received the information.
Rossini remembered that the staff operations officer working under that redhead had ordered him and his fellow FBI agent Doug Miller not to tell their colleagues at the bureau, including John O'Neill's New York office, that Mihdhar was likely on his way to the United States in early 2000.
"She got a little heated," Rossini recalled. "She just put her hand on her hip and just said to me, 'Listen, it's not an FBI case. It's not an FBI matter. When we want the FBI to know, we'll let them know. And you're not going to say anything.'"
Only two days before, this same officer had sent a message internally throughout the CIA misleading her fellow agents into believing that the information had been passed on to the FBI. Her later conversation with Rossini makes it appear that this was a deliberate misstatement. According to the Justice Department inspector general, she sent the misleading message only hours after posting an electronic note on Doug Miller's draft warning to the FBI: "pls hold off ... for now per [the CIA deputy chief of bin Laden unit]," a reference to Tom Wilshere.
We now know the staff officer is a woman named Michael Anne Casey. Her red-haired supervisor was a woman named Alfreda Frances Bikowsky.
Google penetrates the CIA
How we learned the names of those two CIA personnel can be summarized in one word: Google. In the case of the redhead, an Associated Press article from February 2011 seemed to refer to her. She had also been referenced in Jane Mayer's book "The Dark Side," by her middle name, Frances. The AP article stated that she had an unusual first name. After searching State Department nominations from the past decade -- often cover positions for CIA personnel but still entered into the Congressional Record -– a contemporary historian named Kevin Fenton with whom we work closely found a name that seemed to fit.
For the staff officer, we knew three important facts. She had a "man's name" -- most likely Michael, the name used in the Commission Report. She was in her late 20s at the time of the incident, and was a "CIA brat," meaning she had at least one parent or another family member inside the agency. We wondered if she might be related to a prominent CIA figure, as her boss Richard Blee had turned out to be. One of the first names that came to mind, given her probable birth year, was William J. Casey, Ronald Reagan's CIA director.
Pairing the first name "Michael" with the last name "Casey," we found a number of people with that name working in State Department or military positions. Again looking in the Congressional Record, we found the name Michael Anne Casey -- a woman with a man's name -- and another website listing Casey as 27 years old in 1999 and living in the D.C. area, which seemed to make her very likely the person in question. (Incidentally, we were later informed that she is no relation to William J. Casey.)
A CIA threat
When we informed the agency's Public Affairs office that we planned to release an investigative podcast on iTunes on Sunday, Sept. 11, that named Bikowsky and Casey, the agency replied immediately.
"We strongly believe it is irresponsible and a potential violation of criminal law [emphasis added] to print the names of two reported undercover CIA officers who you claim have been involved in the hunt against al-Qaida," said spokesman Preston Golson.
Erring on the side of caution, we took the names out of our podcast. On the day we released the revised podcast on our website, we heard from Sibel Edmonds. A former FBI analyst and prominent whistleblower, Edmonds posted a story on her blog Sept. 21 stating that she had three credible sources and a document confirming that the redhead in our revised story was Bikowsky. She also stated that the staff officer involved was Michael Anne Casey and cited our website, Secrecy Kills. It was only then that we discovered our webmaster had briefly and inadvertently placed our entire email to the CIA on our site. Edmonds saw the information and published it.
Within minutes the information had spread widely through social media on the Internet. Before long Gawker breathlessly announced the latest of the CIA's problems: that Bikowsky, who had risen to become the head of the CIA's global jihad unit, had been outed. The rather more significant story -- that a CIA intelligence failure had contributed to the 9/11 attacks -- got short shrift from the popular gossip site.
In an effort to clarify the story, we asked the CIA two factual questions. We asked if Bikowsky's statement to the congressional 9/11 inquiry -- that she had delivered Mihdhar's visa information to the FBI prior to the attacks -- was accurate.
We also asked if former FBI agent Mark Rossini's recollection that Michael Anne Casey had told him not to report information about Mihdhar and Hazmi was accurate.
The agency did not address the specifics of either question.
"We do not, as a rule, publicly confirm or deny the identities of currently serving agency officers," a spokesman replied. "That includes those dedicated to the disruption of terrorist plots. The officers involved in those critical efforts have, thanks to their skill and focus, saved countless American lives."
The story of Mihdhar and Hazmi could easily be clarified, says Robert Baer, a retired CIA officer in the Middle East who worked directly with some of the people involved.
"A lot of these people who withheld this information were not covert operatives," he explained. "There was no reason to hide their names. They are out there in the public. You can find them in data and credit checks and the rest of it ... They certainly could have been brought before the House or the Senate in closed session and an explanation and a report put out there."
Langley on the defensive
The CIA prefers not to disclose but to protect the handful of people at the heart of this story.
Tenet remained George W. Bush's CIA director for another two and a half years, where he was famously involved in passing along faulty intelligence about weapons of mass destruction that justified the disastrous invasion of Iraq. On Dec. 14, 2004, George Tenet was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bush.
Richard Blee, chief of Alec Station in 2001, reportedly took over the CIA operation during the invasion of Afghanistan to capture or kill Osama bin Laden when bin Laden was surrounded in the mountains of Tora Bora three months after 9/11. According to 23-year career CIA officer Gary Berntsen, as reported in his book, "Jawbreaker," Blee was in charge at the time bin Laden managed to slip away to Pakistan to live comfortably for nearly a decade. Harper's Ken Silverstein reported that Blee was active in the controversial renditions and detainee-abuse programs. He is now retired and living in Los Angeles.
We do not know exactly what became of Tom Wilshere, a mysterious figure who has managed to maintain an even lower profile than the rest. Dale Watson, former head of the FBI's Counterterrorism Division, told us that us that Wilshere became a White House briefer during the Bush era.
Casey and Bikowsky have risen in the CIA's ranks, despite the fact that Bikowsky has been associated with at least one major blunder. The AP reported that Bikowsky was at the center of "the el-Masri incident," in which an innocent German citizen was renditioned (a euphemism for kidnapped) by the CIA in 2003 and held under terrible conditions (a euphemism for tortured) in a secret Afghan prison. The AP characterized it as "one of the biggest diplomatic embarrassments of the U.S. war on terrorism." It was no doubt something more to Khaled el-Masri. Despite that episode Bikowsky was promoted.
As chief of the counterterrorism center, Cofer Black was the boss of Casey, Bikowsky and Blee. He too was associated with the abuses of the extraordinary rendition program. He resigned shortly after George Bush was elected to a second term. Black then served as vice chairman of Blackwater USA, the controversial U.S.-based private security firm, from 2005 to 2008. Earlier this month Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced that Black would join his campaign as a foreign policy adviser.
Rory O'Connor is an award-winning journalist, author and filmmaker, and co-founder and president of the international media firm Globalvision. Producer-writer Ray Nowosielski made his documentary debut directing "Press for Truth" in 2006. Co-founder of the media production company Banded Artists, he also was a senior producer for Globalvision. More Rory O'Connor and Ray Nowosielski.
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Related story: San Bernardino City Attorney James Penman defends 'load your guns' advice
SAN BERNARDINO - The city's second-largest group of creditors have added their guns to the city's bankruptcy battle as an ally for now, pitting them against CalPERS and the San Bernardino Public Employee Association.
Pension obligation bond holders - investors who collectively own more than $100 million in bonds the city issued in 2005 to re-fund its obligations to the California Public Employee Retirement System - filed the document with U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Riverside on Friday.
It rebuts most of the points CalPERS and SBPEA made in their objections to the city's bankruptcy filing, saying the city's Chapter 9 bankruptcy petition should be allowed to move forward quickly.
This is good news, said the city's bankruptcy attorney, Paul Glassman of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth.
"We're always happy when a major (creditor) decides to file in our support," said Glassman, whose firm filed an argument making many of the same points in court earlier Friday.
Bondholders were initially skeptical of the city's case, going so far as to object to an earlier motion by the city, write attorneys representing the banking firms Ambac Assurance Co., Erste Europ ische Pfandbrief-und Kommunalkreditbank AG and Wells Fargo Bank.
But facts provided by the city convinced them, they say.
The 21-page document calls CalPERS' argument that no decision about eligibility should be made until the city passes a pendency plan - which it now has - and a plan of adjustment "contrary to the purpose of Chapter 9," which is to give cities breathing room to adjust their debts.
"CalPERS request for delay is a thinly disguised effort to allow it to learn how it will be treated under the plan of adjustment before it decides whether it will wage war over eligibility," they write.
"Meanwhile, it seeks to create a cloud of uncertainty over the city's head to bully the city."
CalPERS also suggested the city should be denied bankruptcy protection because it won't be able to pay its administrative expenses and so won't be able to pass a plan of adjustment that the court would approve.
"The city's failure to pay post-petition obligations indicates its severe liquidity crisis, not bad faith," the bondholders write.
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CalPERS spokeswoman Amy Norris said there was no update to her organization's position.
SBPEA argued the city's evidence in favor of bankruptcy was unreliable, that more could have been done to prevent bankruptcy and that bankruptcy was filed for the purpose of "war" against employees.
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The bondholders attorneys also point to personnel costs - more than total revenues and higher than comparable Southern California cities, they say - to dispute the characterization of "war."
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Should I stop using wipes if they seem to be aggravating my baby's diaper rash?
should i stop or its okay to continue?
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Diaper rash (also known as nappy rash) is caused by poo and urine interacting in your baby's nappy. It is very common and can be seen by a redness in the skin and spotty skin. Your baby shouldn't seem unwell with the diaper rash.
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John Dozier has been named chief diversity officer and special adviser for online student services for the University of South Carolina.
Dozier, who brings more than seven years of senior higher education management experience to the position, will lead the university's efforts to enhance the diversity of the faculty, staff and student body and strengthen and develop support services for a growing online student population. He will start June 1.
With Dozier's appointment, the university deepens its resolve to being an inclusive and diverse institution. Last fall USC was recognized as one of the nation's top universities by INSIGHT into Diversity magazine.
"Having Dr. Dozier on board demonstrates our commitment to promote diversity and inclusion throughout the university community and in our interactions with public constituencies. He has the experience, knowledge and commitment to help move the university forward in our diversity efforts," says Christine Curtis, senior vice provost and ex-officio member of the university's Diversity Committee, which is chaired by Professor David Simmons.
Dozier, 42, says he looks forward to enhancing the university's success in creating a diverse learning community.
"When we do this, our students will benefit by learning in a setting that is reflective of the environment in which they will likely work and live. I hope to build upon a learning and working community that celebrates our political, cultural, religious and social differences as a characteristic that makes us a better university," Dozier says.
A Columbia native, Dozier worked with the City Colleges of Chicago for 10 years, having served as vice president of academic affairs and student services, vice chancellor and chief information officer and ultimately, as president of Kennedy-King College.
Dozier will bring his experience in developing student services to meet new and changing needs to USC as it continues to expand online course and degree offerings, including South Carolina Palmetto College.
Dennis Pruitt, vice president for student affairs and vice provost for academic support, says it's essential for the university to offer the same high level of support services for students studying online as it does for students on campus.
"Dr. Dozier has the expertise and the experience to help us expedite the development of our online student services, and not just for our new Palmetto College, but for all our future online educational programs, which are rapidly gaining a life of their own," Pruitt says.
Dozier says he looks forward to working with Pruitt and Palmetto College Chancellor Susan Elkins to meeting the needs of an online population.
"We must be flexible in in our considerations for how we provide student support services by ensuring that the services are available when and where our online students are," Dozier says. "We must develop processes for admissions, registration, advising, financial aid, academic and career counseling that are online student focused and provide the same high quality experience for online student that we provide for our face-to-face students."
In his new role, Dozier also will be working closely with technical colleges to strengthen the bridge programs with the university to ensure access and a smooth transition for students.
A graduate of Columbia High School, Dozier earned a bachelor's degree in marketing from South Carolina State University and a master's degree in business administration and doctoral degree in education administration, both from DePaul University. After returning to South Carolina in 2011 as vice president of academic affairs at Denmark Technical College, he joined Umatch, Inc., a software company for higher education, as its vice president of operations. While at Umatch he and his wife launched The Language Buzz, a foreign language and cultural learning center.
Dozier says education is his passion.
"Education made sense for me, and I found that my corporate experiences allowed me to evaluate and approach educational challenges from a different perspective. My career in higher education hasn't been work -- it has been a passion," Dozier says. "To bring my experience back home to serve my community through what we create here at the University of South Carolina is a source of great personal pride."
Dozier lives in Columbia, with his wife Victoria, a 1991 USC engineering graduate, and their three children.
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WASHINGTON, DC – Sallie McDonald has been selected as the new Assistant Commissioner for the Office of Information Assurance and Critical Infrastructure Protection at the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). This office is a part of GSA's Federal Technology Service.
As the new Assistant Commissioner, Ms. McDonald will be responsible for governmentwide activities involving the FedCIRC (Federal Computer Incident Response Capability), which serves as the civilian government's clearinghouse for reporting computer intrusions and disseminating alerts to the Federal community; the Federal Public Key (PKI) Infrastructure Steering Committee, which advances the use of PKI throughout the federal government; and initiatives under Presidential Decision Directive 63 to make the Federal sector a model for critical infrastructure protection.
Ms. McDonald has been with GSA for 23 years. She has been in the Information Assurance office for the past 3 years where she has spearheaded programs such as Safeguard, Access Certificates for Electronic Signatures (ACES), and Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) activities. She also coordinated all GSA support to establish and operate the Y2K Information Coordination Center for the President's Council on the Year 2000 Conversion.
Ms. McDonald attended the University of Miami and received a Master of Public Administration from American University. She lives in Washington, DC.
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Justin Timberlake may be enlisting two of hip-hop's biggest names for the second chapter of his 20/20 Experience.
A tracklist posted on the United Kingdom's Amazon website shows that Drake and Jay Z will appear on the album.
Following their hit collaboration "Suit & Tie," Jay and Justin appear to team up again for the track "Murder." Meantime, Drake links up with singer on a song called "Cabaret."
This week, Justin published an "open letter" to fans on his website. Accompanying the letter is a video which features producer Timbaland and Justin chatting about how they produced both parts of the 20/20 Experience in a mere 20 days.
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Radioactive Truck Thieves 'Will, Without a Doubt, Die'
(NEWSER) – Mexican troops and federal police kept a nighttime watch on a rural field where thieves abandoned astolen shipment of highly radioactive cobalt-60, while officials began planning the delicate task of recovering the dangerous material. And while officials say a nearby town is not in danger, the thieves themselves are likely doomed. "The person or people who took this out are in very great risk of dying," says a physicist with the National Commission of Nuclear Safety and Safeguards, adding that the normal survival rate would be between one and three days. His quote in the Washington Post is even more explicit: "They will, without a doubt, die."


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With Devil's Night and All-Hallows Eve fast approaching, it's definitely time to start thinking what to dress up as. From the scary to the slutty to the truly tasteless, costume stores now provide something for everyone. But what of the toy aisle? Yes, there are the obvious fashion dolls with multiple outfits (for the purposes of this column, I'm counting Captain Action as a fashion doll), and a successful series of "robots in disguise." Not counting those, however, since the ability to change is the gimmick, we're going to take a look at the best action figures dressed up as something or someone other than who they are.
This one's right on the border between fashion doll versus action figure, but it's so Halloweeny I think it has to get an Honorable Mention – the very first Freddy Krueger figure, Maxx FX! It was supposed to spawn a whole series of additional horror outfits, including Jason and a xenomorph, and would have predated McFarlane Toys by about a decade. But the market wasn't really ready for R-rated toys yet, and the one and only Maxx here is quite sought after by collectors.
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5. Zartan (Hasbro). Here's a strategy that would serve the G.I. Joe line well in subsequent years – make a highly demanded new character who's essential to the mythos, and get kids to pay extra for him by throwing in a cheap vehicle. Zartan actually had multiple action features, unheard of for a figure in his scale – his skin turned blue in the sun, his knee and chest armors changed colors when exposed to heat, and he could disguise himself as a guy with a goatee who happens to be otherwise dressed like Zartan. That'll fool 'em! The Swamp Skier could also supposedly be disguised as a pile of junk, but that never worked out so well – though it did change colors too. As possibly the coolest Joe foe ever, Zartan well deserved to become president at the end of the live-action movie.
4. Exo-Skeleton Spawn (McFarlane Toys). Apparently when you're a hellspawn and you need a costume, you go out and skin a dinosaur demon, then wear its bones. Honestly, there's no real canonical explanation for this figure, one of the first out-there variants Todd created because he could. The base figure is the same as the Spawn II figure, sans cape, but wrapped in fossils, you'd never know it.
3. Bobby "the Brain" Heenan in Weasel Suit (Jakks Pacific). This isn't exactly a case of deliberate dress-up – WWE villain Bobby the Brain was derisively referred to by foes as "The Weasel," and frequently made to wear a weasel outfit as punishment for his transgressions, usually either after being beaten unconscious or forced by a match stipulation to embarrass himself. Jakks' action figure of Bobby was woefully out of scale (placing his head on a suited body previously meant for full-physiqued wrestlers), but this 1/100 exclusive jazzed things up nicely by forcing the figure into his penalty attire. Jakks promised that a variant version would be made for the mass-market, then never delivered. It's up to Mattel now.
2. Princess Leia Organa in Boushh disguise (Kenner). A masterful example of hiding spoilers in the pre-Internet age, this. On the card backs of the first Return of the Jedi figures, the toy was only shown masked, and named Boushh, to preserve the surprise reveal in the movie itself. And even after seeing the movie, we didn't know it was going to come with a removable helmet, since such a concept was absurdly new at the time. Kenner played a trick and gave us a treat on this one. Notable figures that have followed in this bounty-hunter disguised princess' footsteps include the ultra-rare Blank from the Dick Tracy movie, and Phantasm from the Batman animated movie.
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Nicole Kidman runs into ex Lenny Kravitz at CMT Awards
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Nicole Kidman bumped into old flame Lenny Kravitz backstage at the CMT Music Awards in Nashville, Tennessee, on Wednesday night, and the Oscar winning actress turned a potentially awkward situation into a sweet moment.
Kidman, 45, was strolling hand in hand with husband Keith Urban when they ran into Kravitz, 49. The "American Woman" singer stopped to say hi to Kidman and even hugged Urban hello also as the Australian star watched on, smiling. After engaging in some small talk, the trio then all happily posed for a photo together.
Kravitz and Kidman had a brief, yet serious romance starting in the summer of 2003 and ending in early 2004. The "Hunger Games" actor even reportedly wrote the song "Lady" about the actress.
Kidman then married Urban, 45, in 2006 and the couple have two daughters together: Sunday, 3, and Faith, 2.
Nice to see there's no bad blood between this pair of exes! Either that, or Kidman really is an Oscar winning actress 24/7.
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Trisha Yearwood & Little Big Town win Daytime Emmys
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Trisha Yearwood and Little Big Town both have new honors. The country stars are among the winners at the 40th annual Daytime Emmy Awards. Trisha got the nod for Outstanding Culinary Program with her Food Network series "Trisha's Southern Kitchen." But there was a tie in the category, and she's sharing the honor with "The Best Thing I Ever Made."
Little Big Town, meanwhile, captured the prize for Outstanding Original Song with their theme to ABC's "Good Afternoon America." There was only one other nominee in the category. The group was up against "This Day," Sheryl Crow's theme for Katie Couric's ABC talk show, "Katie."
The 40th annual Daytime Emmy Awards were presented in a ceremony Sunday night in Beverly Hills.
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Pilgrim's Pride's unsolicited bid comes days after Hillshire proposed to buy Pinnacle Foods, maker of Birds Eye frozen vegetables and Duncan Hines cake mixes, for $4.3 billion. Pilgrim's Pride, known for its Pierce and Wing Dings chicken brands, said it would pay the $163 million termination fee required to end the Hillshire deal with Pinnacle Foods.
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Jane-Ann Healy (pictured here after winning the 2012 Connemara Half Marathon) continued her fantastic running form today with a very well deserved 2nd place, in the Kildare Marathon, which was won by Pauline Curley. Jane-Ann finished in a race time of 3:05:34 agonisingly close to the magic 3 hour barrier she is sure to break very very soon. Jane-Ann wasn't alone on the run, being kept company for most of the race by 3-hour pace man Mick Rice (2:59:31) and Tony Killarney who crossed the line in a truly superb 3:07:43.
Athenry were also represented by our very own Queen of the Desert, Ruthann Sheahan, finishing in 3:27:13 and also by Kieran Guiry who came across the finish in 3:50:11. We understand it was a tough day at the office for Kieran, but his thoughts will now turn towards the Portumna 50K in a months time.
The club also had representation in the Half-Marathon with David Meehan slotting in a very nice 1:38:50.
Congratulations to allCategory:
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14 May, 2012 - 09:54
Brilliant Running
well done.
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14 May, 2012 - 12:58
well done to all, great times
well done to all, great times,
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14 May, 2012 - 13:49
Thanks to Mick & Tony for the
Thanks to Mick & Tony for the company.... although im from kildare I never knew those hills existed.
Hopefully on our next venture I wont have any emergency toilet stops and the weather will be on our side!!!
Onwards and Upwards :-)
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14 May, 2012 - 18:52
fabulous achievement folks,
fabulous achievement folks, keep it up....
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maura t beatty
15 May, 2012 - 09:24
Congratulations to all who ran in Kildare great to see the Club doing so well. Jane Ann fantastic running Tony well done you too.
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Super run Jane-Ann, well done
Super run Jane-Ann, well done to all!
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Well done Jane-Ann & Tony
Well done folks, I ran with you for most of the way, but a groin injury and lack of training meant a difficult last few miles - next time we'll get sub 3 :)
Dom (Slí Cualann)
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18 May, 2012 - 12:54
Well done Dominic
Dominic, you ran some race for a first marathon! Well done. Hope to see you at another one.
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Well done all!
Well done all!
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Built in an attractive traditional style with skiers' complete convenience and comfort in mind. A short buttonlift just 100m from the main entrance gives skiers direct access onto the pistes and wider lift system, and at the end of the day, you can ski back to within just a short 1-minute walk from the Chalet Olympus.
The Altitude Résidence offers our guests own indoor swimming-pool, shared sauna, ski lockers, skiroom, underground parking and lifts to the chalet apartments, plus the Altitude also has a convenient bar to quench your après-ski thirst!
Chalet Olympus apartment is run separately by your own dedicated Ski Chalet Host, and are comfortably fitted and furnished, with open-plan living/dining areas, all with a crackling log fire to create a warm and welcoming atmosphere, a balcony, and also a TV. Additionally this season all our chalets will have free Wifi access.
The Ski Nursery rooms are on the ground floor of the Altitude Résidence, whilst our Snow Club and Cocoa Club are based in the Chalet de L'Ours, adjacent to the Altitude. Children in our child care programme will use Chalets McKinley, Chalet Machu Picchu and Chalet Olympus at lunchtime.
Holidays to this property are particularly suitable for families.
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Rooms 2, 3 & 6 Twin bedroom with balcony (bath/wc)
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Rooms 1 and 2 will take a cot.
The chalet host will have a day off during the course of the week, during which you will be required to eat out.
Breakfast: A good breakfast is essential on a ski holiday, a choice of cereals or porridge, fruit juices, plentiful tea and coffee, local bread (and croissants or 'pains au chocolat' in France), cold meats, cheeses and preserves, and boiled eggs. This is normally presented buffet-style for you to help yourself. Additionally we offer a daily hot dish, such as scrambled eggs with mushrooms or home-made pancakes.
Afternoon tea: The traditional 'welcome home' after a day on the slopes will be laid out for you by your chalet host, ready for your return. A good cup of tea or coffee is the perfect accompaniment to a delicious slice of freshly home-baked cake.
Children's High Tea: High Tea provides children under 13 with a healthy menu, but tailored more towards children's tastes than our main adult dinner, and puréed food is also always available for infants on request. Parents are asked to accompany their children under 36 months at High Tea please, whilst children from 3-12 years will be supervised.
Adult Dinner: four-course dinners for adults (and children 13 and over only) start with canapés and an apéritif, followed by an appetiser, main course and dessert. The meal is accompanied by a choice of wines, unlimited during the meal service, with freshly chilled water also always available, and followed by complimentary coffee or tea with chocolates to round off your evening.
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what is the word for next hand battle?
what is the word for next hand battle?
I haven't disclosed it yet.
photo battle?? later today/trmw??? please and thank you.
speed battle???
***Speed Battle Callout***
WORD: Anus
SPECIFICS: On paper. No digital modifications of any kind except to lighting.
DEADLINE: Friday Aug. 15 - 12:30a.m. central. (you have about 7 hours.)
MOD IN CHARGE: Kid Bazer
Bigger cheater!
WORD/PHRASE: The Stars Above
SPECIFICS: One entry per person. Paper or wall.
DEADLIINE: Friday August 22nd
RULES: No digital modifications. All skill levels welcome, but polling depends on the number of entries.
MOD IN CHARGE: Proper
there better be a good turn out for the stars above battle, i was pretty pleased with my entry
there should def. be more than one HS battle a week though, somebody should set up some daily ones or every other day or something
the people saying they will join a team for the battle should make a team together..
theres probably enough of you for a few teams
yeah i'd be down for a team anyone? pm me if you want flicks of sketches or something....
Show no cumpassion like having a straight faced orgasm....
If you're going to be down for this team battle, I absolutely need to know. You might not be polled if you don't speak up, now.
well mines me esto n raby i just gtta ..find.. a ..scanner..:/ but yeah deadline or is it just when enough people enter?
thought the limit was 3 a team?
It says atleast 3 per team, Nero.
The deadline is going to be August 25th, 2008.
Fuck your joking ! ... im in Bulgaria till Spetember 6th ... Fuuuuuuckkkkkkkkkkkk
Well, the original deadline was August 1st. 24 days after the deadline is enough time, I think.
ill try to get a team together by next mon... think i have time


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Cutaneous lymphoma experts provide answers to the question: "Should I be exposing myself to the sun?"
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This…is…your…life. You have the right, indeed the obligation to yourself and to those who love you, when speaking to your doctor, to ask any questions you have, to get clarity about anything that has been said and to feel free to keep the conversation open until you are satisfied that in the days to come you can ask about any aspect of your treatment.
A question that often arises when newly diagnosed patients call the Cutaneous Lymphoma Foundation is: "What and how should I tell my friends and family?" There is no One-Size-Fits-All answer to this. Social worker, Leora Lowenthal offers some guidelines that allow each reader to come up with their own best solution.
Inspirational speaker Stephen Brown shares his personal story as a cancer survivor and his "keys" to living above his diagnosis.
Social worker Leora Lowenthal shares practical recommendations on how to live fully with cutaneous lymphoma.
Being diagnosed with cutaneous lymphoma while living far from a specialist may present innumerable challenges. However, there are some strategies for patients to utilize that may be employed to effectively handle these situations:
You have cancer. Those three words can unleash a riptide of emotions, from disbelief to anger to sadness to fear. All those emotions and more are normal and can be allayed by asking questions, gaining information, and talking with individuals who have either experienced the disease or understand its normal course of action.
Sharing your diagnosis with others can be difficult. Cutaneous lymphoma is not like other cancers. It is a chronic, live-a-long-time-with-it disease and most people understand cancer to be dire and often deadly.
Empowered patients are those who become active members of their healthcare team. Obtaining and keeping copies of your medical records including images (X-rays, scans, CT, MRI) and lab results is good advice for any person receiving medical attention.
Can I return to work? People living with cancer frequently ask this question. Work is an important part of our lives. It provides income, health insurance, social network of support, sense of normalcy, meaning, purpose and recognition. It is very important for you to know the legal protections that exist when you have cancer and are working or are re-entering the workforce.
You may wonder how you can live — and enjoy life — with CTCL. You are not alone.
Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma (CTCL) is a cancer of lymphocytes (white blood cells) that initially affect the skin. CTCL is associated with many symptoms including itching, redness of the skin, scaliness, and many others. Sometimes patients with CTCL may notice a loss of hair, or alopecia, which can affect any area of the body.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That contracts involving the payment or expenditure of any money or affecting any property belonging to the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, or Seminole Tribes of Indians, including contracts for professional legal services, may be made by said tribes, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, or his authorized representative, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe: Provided, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to contracts for professional legal services involving the prosecution of claims against the United States.
That the second proviso in section 28 of the Act of April 26, 1906 (34 Stat. 148), and the provisions contained in the fifth paragraph of section 17 of the Act of March 3, 1911 (36 Stat. 1070), dealing with contracts made by the Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes of Indians for professional legal services of attorneys, are hereby repealed.
Approved, July 3, 1952.


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Hello happy mums
Hello everyone! I am a 35 yrs old mum of two kids, boy 6 yrs old and girl 9 yrs old. I am a mum looking for some advice from someone who is very experienced and professional in this sort of matter. I am so happy to find this site.
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Welcome to the forum Aussiemum! We look forward to getting to know you on here and sharing our experiences.
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'Steve Donner, the Amerks president and CEO, figures in order to break even, a crowd of 6,000 per game will be needed. That's after the AHL takes it 51 percent of the revenues off the top (to cover travel expenses and the player's playoff pool) and arena costs, somewhere in the $20,000 or higher range, are factored in. He said in the first two days 3,000 tickets were sold, the best sales start for his team in the post season so far.'
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Welcome to the Cidade Maravilhosa, or the Marvellous City, as Rio is known in Brazil. Synonymous with the girl from Ipanema, the dramatic view from Christ the Redeemer atop Corcovado Mountain, and famous Carnival celebrations, Rio is also a city of stunning architecture, abundant museums, and marvellous food. Rio is also home to 23 beaches, an almost continuous 73-km (45-mi) ribbon of sand.
As you leave the airport and head to Ipanema or Copacabana, you'll drive for about a half hour on a motorway from where you'll begin to get a sense of the city's dramatic contrast between beautiful landscape and devastating poverty. In this teeming metropolis the very rich and the very poor live in uneasy proximity. But by the time you reach breezy, sunny Avenida Atlântica—flanked on one side by white beach and azure sea and on the other by condominiums and hotels—your heart will leap with expectation as you begin to recognize the postcard-famous sights. Now you're truly in Rio, where the 10 million cariocas (residents of the city of Rio) dwell and live life to its fullest.
Enthusiasm is boundless and contagious in Rio. Prepare to have your senses engaged and your inhibitions untied. Rio seduces with a host of images: the joyous bustle of vendors at Sunday's Feira Hippie (Hippie Fair); the tipsy babble at pavement cafés as patrons sip their last glass of icy beer under the stars; the blanket of lights beneath Pão de Açúcar; the bikers, joggers, strollers, and power walkers who parade along the beach each morning. Borrow the carioca spirit for your stay; you may find yourself reluctant to give it back.


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(KFYI News) – A group promoting same-sex marriage delivered petitions to Governor Jan Brewer's office on Friday asking the governor "to reconsider her position on the recognition of same-sex marriages performed outside of Arizona."
Jeremy Zegas from Why Marriage Matters Arizona says the more than 1,100 online signatures collected this week were prompted by the April 15th income-tax filing deadline. Zegas says same-sex couples who were married in other states but live in Arizona must do their taxes twice because they can file their federal tax returns jointly, but must file separately for Arizona.
"We basically had to do our taxes twice," says Melanie Puskar-Blakely, who married her wife Tonya in California but lives in the Valley. Both of them, and the two pre-school-age daughters they are raising together, were part of the group dropping off the petitions at the State Capitol. "We had to file our federal taxes jointly, then had to go back and file the federal taxes separately, without actually filing, to comply with Arizona tax law."
Puskar-Blakely says it's more than a matter of having to go through the process of filling out their returns twice. It also affects their ability to claim the mortgage-interest deduction, property tax deduction, and deduction for their two dependents. Since Arizona doesn't allow same-sex partners to adopt their spouse's children, they were both able to claim the girls as dependents on their federal tax return, but only Melanie – the girls' biological mother – could claim them on the state tax forms.
Some states where same-sex marriage is not yet legal nevertheless allow the state to legally recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states, including when it comes to the filing of income taxes.
PHOTO: Members of Why Marriage Matters Arizona drop off petitions at the reception desk for Gov. Jan Brewer's office at the Arizona Capitol.


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Hey loves! The last few weeks have been really busy for me in blogger terms. Lots of events to go to, including holiday parties and dinners! Which are my favorite…in case you were wondering. LOL! I was invited to a fun dinner this past weekend and decided to pull out the sequins and sparkle. I actually featured this top in a post about sequins. It's the Sequined Feather Pattern Top from Forever 21 and I really like it! And I know it can be worn many different ways. How would you wear this top?
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State of the Union 2012: Obama Speech Full-Text
Third, if you're an American manufacturer, you should get a bigger tax cut. If you're a high-tech manufacturer, we should double the tax deduction you get for making products here. And if you want to relocate in a community that was hit hard when a factory left town, you should get help financing a new plant, equipment, or training for new workers.
My message is simple. It's time to stop rewarding businesses that ship jobs overseas, and start rewarding companies that create jobs right here in America. Send me these tax reforms, and I'll sign them right away.
We're also making it easier for American businesses to sell products all over the world. Two years ago, I set a goal of doubling U.S. exports over five years. With the bipartisan trade agreements I signed into law, we are on track to meet that goal – ahead of schedule. Soon, there will be millions of new customers for American goods in Panama, Colombia, and South Korea. Soon, there will be new cars on the streets of Seoul imported from Detroit, and Toledo, and Chicago.
I will go anywhere in the world to open new markets for American products. And I will not stand by when our competitors don't play by the rules. We've brought trade cases against China at nearly twice the rate as the last administration – and it's made a difference. Over a thousand Americans are working today because we stopped a surge in Chinese tires. But we need to do more. It's not right when another country lets our movies, music, and software be pirated. It's not fair when foreign manufacturers have a leg up on ours only because they're heavily subsidized.
Tonight, I'm announcing the creation of a Trade Enforcement Unit that will be charged with investigating unfair trade practices in countries like China. There will be more inspections to prevent counterfeit or unsafe goods from crossing our borders. And this Congress should make sure that no foreign company has an advantage over American manufacturing when it comes to accessing finance or new markets like Russia. Our workers are the most productive on Earth, and if the playing field is level, I promise you – America will always win.
I also hear from many business leaders who want to hire in the United States but can't find workers with the right skills. Growing industries in science and technology have twice as many openings as we have workers who can do the job. Think about that – openings at a time when millions of Americans are looking for work.
That's inexcusable. And we know how to fix it.
Jackie Bray is a single mom from North Carolina who was laid off from her job as a mechanic. Then Siemens opened a gas turbine factory in Charlotte, and formed a partnership with Central Piedmont Community College. The company helped the college design courses in laser and robotics training. It paid Jackie's tuition, then hired her to help operate their plant.
I want every American looking for work to have the same opportunity as Jackie did. Join me in a national commitment to train two million Americans with skills that will lead directly to a job. My Administration has already lined up more companies that want to help. Model partnerships between businesses like Siemens and community colleges in places like Charlotte, Orlando, and Louisville are up and running. Now you need to give more community colleges the resources they need to become community career centers – places that teach people skills that local businesses are looking for right now, from data management to high-tech manufacturing.
And I want to cut through the maze of confusing training programs, so that from now on, people like Jackie have one program, one website, and one place to go for all the information and help they need. It's time to turn our unemployment system into a reemployment system that puts people to work.
These reforms will help people get jobs that are open today. But to prepare for the jobs of tomorrow, our commitment to skills and education has to start earlier.
For less than one percent of what our Nation spends on education each year, we've convinced nearly every State in the country to raise their standards for teaching and learning – the first time that's happened in a generation.
But challenges remain. And we know how to solve them.
At a time when other countries are doubling down on education, tight budgets have forced States to lay off thousands of teachers. We know a good teacher can increase the lifetime income of a classroom by over $250,000. A great teacher can offer an escape from poverty to the child who dreams beyond his circumstance. Every person in this chamber can point to a teacher who changed the trajectory of their lives. Most teachers work tirelessly, with modest pay, sometimes digging into their own pocket for school supplies – just to make a difference.
Teachers matter. So instead of bashing them, or defending the status quo, let's offer schools a deal. Give them the resources to keep good teachers on the job, and reward the best ones. In return, grant schools flexibility: To teach with creativity and passion; to stop teaching to the test; and to replace teachers who just aren't helping kids learn.
We also know that when students aren't allowed to walk away from their education, more of them walk the stage to get their diploma. So tonight, I call on every State to require that all students stay in high school until they graduate or turn eighteen.
When kids do graduate, the most daunting challenge can be the cost of college. At a time when Americans owe more in tuition debt than credit card debt, this Congress needs to stop the interest rates on student loans from doubling in July. Extend the tuition tax credit we started that saves middle-class families thousands of dollars. And give more young people the chance to earn their way through college by doubling the number of work-study jobs in the next five years.
Of course, it's not enough for us to increase student aid. We can't just keep subsidizing skyrocketing tuition; we'll run out of money. States also need to do their part, by making higher education a higher priority in their budgets. And colleges and universities have to do their part by working to keep costs down. Recently, I spoke with a group of college presidents who've done just that. Some schools re-design courses to help students finish more quickly. Some use better technology. The point is, it's possible. So let me put colleges and universities on notice: If you can't stop tuition from going up, the funding you get from taxpayers will go down. Higher education can't be a luxury – it's an economic imperative that every family in America should be able to afford.
Let's also remember that hundreds of thousands of talented, hardworking students in this country face another challenge: The fact that they aren't yet American citizens. Many were brought here as small children, are American through and through, yet they live every day with the threat of deportation. Others came more recently, to study business and science and engineering, but as soon as they get their degree, we send them home to invent new products and create new jobs somewhere else.
That doesn't make sense.
I believe as strongly as ever that we should take on illegal immigration. That's why my Administration has put more boots on the border than ever before. That's why there are fewer illegal crossings than when I took office.
The opponents of action are out of excuses. We should be working on comprehensive immigration reform right now. But if election-year politics keeps Congress from acting on a comprehensive plan, let's at least agree to stop expelling responsible young people who want to staff our labs, start new businesses, and defend this country. Send me a law that gives them the chance to earn their citizenship. I will sign it right away.
You see, an economy built to last is one where we encourage the talent and ingenuity of every person in this country. That means women should earn equal pay for equal work. It means we should support everyone who's willing to work; and every risk-taker and entrepreneur who aspires to become the next Steve Jobs.
After all, innovation is what America has always been about. Most new jobs are created in start-ups and small businesses. So let's pass an agenda that helps them succeed. Tear down regulations that prevent aspiring entrepreneurs from getting the financing to grow. Expand tax relief to small businesses that are raising wages and creating good jobs. Both parties agree on these ideas. So put them in a bill, and get it on my desk this year.
Innovation also demands basic research. Today, the discoveries taking place in our federally-financed labs and universities could lead to new treatments that kill cancer cells but leave healthy ones untouched. New lightweight vests for cops and soldiers that can stop any bullet. Don't gut these investments in our budget. Don't let other countries win the race for the future. Support the same kind of research and innovation that led to the computer chip and the Internet; to new American jobs and new American industries.
Nowhere is the promise of innovation greater than in American-made energy. Over the last three years, we've opened millions of new acres for oil and gas exploration, and tonight, I'm directing my Administration to open more than 75 percent of our potential offshore oil and gas resources. Right now, American oil production is the highest that it's been in eight years. That's right – eight years. Not only that – last year, we relied less on foreign oil than in any of the past sixteen years.
But with only 2 percent of the world's oil reserves, oil isn't enough. This country needs an all-out, all-of-the-above strategy that develops every available source of American energy – a strategy that's cleaner, cheaper, and full of new jobs.
We have a supply of natural gas that can last America nearly one hundred years, and my Administration will take every possible action to safely develop this energy. Experts believe this will support more than 600,000 jobs by the end of the decade. And I'm requiring all companies that drill for gas on public lands to disclose the chemicals they use. America will develop this resource without putting the health and safety of our citizens at risk.
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CHAPEL HILL - Third-ranked North Carolina scored its fewest goals ever in a win on Friday night, beating seventh-ranked Duke 4-2 in collegiate women's lacrosse action at Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill. With two regular season conference games remaining, the Tar Heels clinch one of two byes to the semifinals of next month's ACC Tournament.
Carolina improves to 11-1 this season, 3-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference with the victory. Duke falls to 8-5 overall, 2-2 in ACC play.
Becky Lynch had a goal and an assist for the Tar Heels. Jessica Griffin and Emily Garrity also scored for UNC, and Laura Zimmerman and Abbey Friend each had an assist. Emma Hamm and Makenzie Hommel scored Duke's two unassisted goals.
The six total goals in the game are the fewest scored in any UNC-Duke matchup (the previous low was nine in a 7-2 UNC win in 1997) and the fewest combined goals in any Tar Heel game since a 5-4 loss at Boston College on March 29, 2008.
Carolina's four goals were its fewest ever in a win (the previous low was five in a 5-4 win over James Madison on April 14, 2002) and its fewest in any game since a 14-4 loss to Duke in the 2009 ACC Tournament.
Duke's two goals were its fewest since 1997 and Carolina's four goals were the fewest allowed by Duke in a loss in the 17-year history of the Blue Devil program.
Carolina out-shot Duke 13-10 in the game but took just three shots in the decisive second half.
The Tar Heels scored in the first minute of the game, as Garrity took a pass from Friend for a 1-0 lead at 29:11. Duke held Carolina scoreless the rest of the opening half, and the Blue Devils didn't score their first goal until Hommel's free position tally at the 4:00 mark of the half.
UNC out-shot Duke 10-4 in the opening 30 minutes but Blue Devils goalkeeper Mollie Mackler made four saves and Duke controlled 11 ground balls to Carolina's seven in the first half.
In the seventh minute of the second half, the officials disallowed an apparent goal by Duke's Kerrin Mauer because the pocket of her stick was too deep. Less than a minute later, Carolina scored on an own goal by Duke when Friend tried to pass the ball from behind the cage. Mackler intercepted the pass but lost control of the ball and it trickled into the goal for a 2-1 Tar Heel lead with 23:06 left.
Nearly 13 minutes later, Griffin scored off a pretty pass from Lynch from behind the cage for a 3-1 advantage. With 6:20 left, Lynch scored off a quick pass from Zimmerman from behind the goal to make the score 4-1 Tar Heels. Hamm's man-down goal with 1:45 to play cut the lead to 4-2 Tar Heels but it was too late.
Carolina will return to action on Sunday at 1 p.m. against Virginia Tech at Fetzer Field. The Tar Heels will host their final regular season home game next Saturday (April 7) against Maryland at 4 p.m.


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AUSTIN – (July 29, 2013) – WGU Texas, (texas.wgu.edu), the nonprofit, online university established by the state of Texas in 2011, has appointed Ray Martinez as its new Chancellor. Martinez, a well-known figure in Texas higher education, will begin his duties as Chancellor on August 5th.
Ray Martinez joins WGU Texas after serving in senior government relations roles with Texas A&M International University and Rice University. He also served for several years as the Chief of Staff and General Counsel to State Senator Judith Zaffirini. In addition, he served as the Director of the Texas Senate's Higher Education Committee, developing policy and shaping practice to support student success and strategic student financial assistance programs. Previously he served as a President George W. Bush appointee to the Election Assistance Commission and in several roles on White House staff with President Bill Clinton. He earned a B.A. from Southwestern University and a J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center.
"It's an exciting time in Texas education, a time of great need and opportunity," said Martinez. "As the first member of my family to complete a college degree, the contribution that WGU Texas is making to higher education in this state is personally important to me. This role gives me a chance to not only help more striving students succeed—which has always been my passion—but also to join the family of innovative higher education providers trying to meet the needs of underserved populations, particularly those who are working adults with some college but no degree."
Martinez follows founding WGU Texas Chancellor, Mark David Milliron, who will remain involved with the continued development of the university as a member of the WGU Texas Advisory Board. In particular, he'll work closely with the new chancellor on several large grant initiatives with the U.S. Department of Labor as well as national and local foundations. Milliron served on the national WGU Board of Trustees from 2004 to 2009 and has been instrumental in growing WGU Texas as its first chancellor. WGU Texas has doubled its enrollment in the past 18 months, with current enrollment over 3,700 students.
"We're thrilled to have someone of Ray's background and passion for student success take the reins of WGU Texas as it continues to make a difference in Texas in the months and years to come," said WGU President Dr. Robert Mendenhall. "We're confident this will be a smooth transition and that Ray, working with an already strong and supportive state advisory board, partner education institutions, corporate partners, and foundation supporters, will take WGU Texas to the next level in helping more working adults in the state achieve their higher education goals."


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Owen Garriott
Photo courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration, nasa.gov (accessed January 16, 2013).
Date of Birth: November 22, 1930
Oklahoma Connection: Born in Enid, Oklahoma
In high school Owen Garriott worked at a radio station as an engineer. He also earned his amateur radio license. He joined the US Navy ROTC in college and then served as an electronics officer until 1956. He earned his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1960. For the Skylab-3 mission he flew on the Saturn I-B rocket in 1973 where he conducted many experiments. He was a mission specialist on the STS-9 Columbia, which is part of Spacelab. On this mission he conducted the first amateur radio operations using his own call letters. He spent 1,674 hours and fifty-six minutes in space.
Skylab 3 astronaut Owen Garriott on a spacewalk. Photo courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration, nasa.gov (accessed January 16, 2013).
Owen Garriott, back (22311.S.72.17482, Jerry Elliott Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society Research Division).
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Skylab 2 mission patch and accompanying document with patch description by Alan L. Bean, Owen K. Garriott, and Jack R. Lousma (M2007.76, George Nigh Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society Research Division).


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:: General Chemistry I
Summer 2013
@Kapiolani CC
|Credit Hours:
Ada Tomosada
|Instructional Mode:
|05/28/2013 - 07/05/2013
|Course Prerequisites:
MATH 103 or higher math level or placement in MATH 135.
Recommended Preparation:
|Course Description:
|CHEM 161 introduces the basic principles of chemistry including metric system, atomic and molecular structure, periodic trends and chemical bonding, mole concept, writing and balancing equations, stoichiometry, and heat of reaction.
This chemistry class CRN 35091 is conducted on the internet.
This class is strictly online, except tests to be taken at a UH testing center.
This class uses the "Logic of Chemistry I" by Voyce. After registering for the class, log into the Laulima class site to view syllabus.
For more information contact the instructor at firstname.lastname@example.com
|Books may be purchased at the Kapiolani CC bookstore or ordered online at http://www.bookstore.hawaii.edu/uhkcc/home.aspx. If you do not have access to the Internet or unable to travel to the bookstore, you may also order by phone at 1-800-UHBOOKS
|Technical Requirements:
|Is a distance learning class for you? Please go the following url,http://www.hawaii.edu/uhcc.e-learn/, and take a "Self Assessment Quiz" to find out if distance learning is for you.
The Internet allows students to take a course at home using a personal computer. Depending on the online course, students may be required to log in at a specific day and time or at anytime. Students taking an online course should always contact their instructor after registration or prior to the first day of class to get detailed information regarding the course.
It is also required that you obtain a UH Email account. Please go to the following URL for more information: http://www.hawaii.edu/askus/563
For more information about Laulima please go to:
|Additional Notes:
|This class is strictly online, except tests to be taken at a UH testing center. This class uses the "Logic of Chemistry I" by Voyce. After registering for the class, log into the Laulima class site to view syllabus.
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ARLINGTON— Olivia Larson scored two goals and Bre Moren added two assists to lead Arlington to a victory over Mount Vernon in a Wesco 4A North match.
At Arlington H.S.
Goals—Marisa Rathert (A), Olivia Larson (A) 2, Sophia Hitsky (A), Mackenzie Buell (A). Assists—Bre Moren (A) 2, Allison Enell (A), Danielle Baker (A). Goalkeepers—Mount Vernon: Leigh Lamay. Arlington: Kat Sanchez. Records—Mount Vernon 0-2-0 league, 0-2-1 overall. Arlington 2-1-0, 2-1-0.


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