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Conservatives grasp at straws to condemn DADT report
Since the release of the Pentagon's survey of service members regarding Don't Ask Don't Tell, conservatives have attacked the report as inaccurate, claiming it does not adequately represent veterans, that repeal would require a return to the draft, and that it would censor military chaplains. In fact, veterans are well represented in the survey, most said repeal would not affect their career plans, and existing regulations account for the varying beliefs of military chaplains.
CLAIM: Report is "rigged," doesn't reflect views of combat troops or combat veterans
Wash. Times: Working group held exchanges outside of Iraq and Afghanistan to "dilute the potential for a negative response." From a December 1 Washington Times editorial [1]:
The final report's release is a last-ditch effort to provide Democratic members of Congress the cover they need to ram through the law's repeal in the lame-duck session.
It isn't going to work. A closer examination of the headline result shows that 63 percent of respondents live off-base or in civilian housing and consequently answered that a change in policy might not affect them. Those in combat roles - where unit cohesion and trust are life-and-death concerns - gave a different response. About half with combat experience said a change would have a negative or very negative impact in the field or at sea. Among Marine combat troops, two-thirds said combat readiness would suffer.
Perhaps that's why the working group held 51 "information exchange forums" at bases only in the United States, Germany and Japan. Minimizing the views of those serving in combat situations in Iraq and Afghanistan helped further dilute the potential for a negative response.
WND headline: "Pentagon report on 'gays' rigged?" A December 1 WorldNetDaily article [2] stated that "Critics are charging that the Pentagon report on repealing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' was rigged to come to conclusions preordained by the Obama administration." From the article:
But critics challenge whether the survey was a fair assessment of soldiers' attitudes, suggesting it was designed to arrive at the conclusion preferred by the Obama administration, which quashed opposing views.
"When this study was first announced, Lt. Gen. Mixon, the commander of our forces in the Pacific, publicly encouraged soldiers to speak out on the issue. He was told in no uncertain terms to shut up or get out of the service," said [Dick] Black, a former Marine combat officer and Army lawyer.
"I find it most difficult to believe troops honestly support homosexuals in the military," Black continued. "That's silly, there's no way that 92 percent could be a legitimate figure."
NY Post op-ed: Response rate means "highly likely that the poll over represents pro-repeal voices." Kieran Michael Lalor -- founder of Iraq Veterans for Congress, a political action committee that supports conservative Republican candidates who are also Iraq veterans -- wrote in a November 30 New York Post op-ed [3]:
Let's look at the "evidence." In addition to some focus groups, an anonymous online "drop box" and a survey of military spouses, the Pentagon sent a questionnaire to 400,000 active-duty and reserve troops. Less than 30 percent returned it -- and if our troops thought that repeal would help them take a hill, secure a perimeter or survive combat, the response rate wouldn't have been so low.
Supporters of any existing policy are rarely as energized to offer their opinion as those who want change, so it's highly likely that the poll over represents pro-repeal voices.
Lalor: Combat arms troops -- those in infantry, artillery, or armor units -- "surely had less opportunity to be surveyed[.]" From Lalor's op-ed:
And a poll of the entire military isn't much use. When the issue is how a policy impacts our ability to win wars, greater weight should go to the views of those in the combat arms. The opinion of a clerk who works in an air-conditioned office in the Green Zone just isn't as relevant as that of a squad leader at a forward operating base.
Indeed, those serving in infantry, artillery and armor units surely had less opportunity to be surveyed: They're either in the field training stateside or deployed to the front lines overseas. If the study were serious about analyzing how repeal would affect the military's capacity to fight, it would have broken the results down by Military Occupational Specialty to allow it to focus on how the war-fighters felt.
REALITY: Combat veterans are well represented in report; response rate is typical
Majority of respondents have deployed to a "combat zone," or an area subject to "imminent danger" or "hostile fire." When asked if they had ever been deployed for 30 days or more, a total of 69.8 percent of respondents answered that they either were currently deployed or had been previously. Of those, 83 percent had deployed to a "combat zone," or an area subject to "imminent danger" or "hostile fire" since September 11, 2001. This means that approximately 58 percent of survey respondents had such deployment experience since 9-11. From page 162 [4] of the report:
In developing report, working group considered veteran status. In developing questions for the report, the working group held information exchange forums (IEF) at bases with large populations of combat veterans. From pages 34-36 [5] of the report, emphasis added:
At the Secretary's direction, IEFs were not conducted in Iraq and Afghanistan to avoid interference with the missions there. However, at installations such as Fort Hood, Fort Bragg, Fort Benning, Camp Lejeune, and elsewhere, we encountered large numbers of Service members who had deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan one or more times, or were preparing to deploy. These Service members shared their perspectives concerning the impact of repeal in combat situations and deployed environments.
The Service member survey was developed by representatives from the Working Group, Westat, the Defense Manpower Data Center, and the Services' survey offices. The survey questions were devised to address each area of the Terms of Reference, as well as additional topics of concern (e.g., privacy) that were identified through our IEFs and other engagements with the forces.
Distinctions between combat arms troops and other specialties disappear when polling troops who worked with gay service members. While higher percentages of Marines and service members in combat arms units expressed higher concerns, large majorities of personnel who had experience working in units with service members known to be gay said that their unit's ability to work together was fair or better. From page 6 [6] of the report [emphasis added]:
Given that we are in a time of war, the combat arms communities across all Services required special focus and analysis. Though the survey results demonstrate a solid majority of the overall U.S. military who predict mixed, positive or no effect in the event of repeal, these percentages are lower, and the percentage of those who predict negative effects are higher, in combat arms units. For example, in response to question 68a, while the percentage of the overall U.S. military that predicts negative or very negative effects on their unit's ability to "work together to get the job done" is 30%, the percentage is 43% for the Marine Corps, 48% within Army combat arms units, and 58% within Marine combat arms units.
However, while a higher percentage of Service members in warfighting units predict negative effects of repeal, the percentage distinctions between warfighting units and the entire military are almost non-existent when asked about the actual experience of serving in a unit with someone believed to be gay. For example, when those in the overall military were asked about the experience of working with someone they believed to be gay or lesbian, 92% stated that their unit's "ability to work together," was "very good, "good" or "neither good nor poor." Meanwhile, in response to the same question, the percentage is 89% for those in Army combat arms units and 84% for those in Marine combat arms units--all very high percentages. Anecdotally, we heard much the same. As one special operations force warfighter told us, "We have a gay guy [in the unit]. He's big, he's mean, and he kills lots of bad guys. No one cared that he was gay."
Palm Center: Survey response rate typical, "suggests low concern about nonresponse bias[.]" In a research memo [7] titled "Interpreting Response Rate for the 2010 Department of Defense Comprehensive Review Survey," Dr. Bonnie Moradi of the Palm Center at the University of California explained that the response rate for the DoD survey was typical, and that research suggested "low concern" for nonresponse bias. From the memo:
The DoD Comprehensive Review Survey response rate is within the range of response rates for web-based surveys and within the range of response rates for recent surveys of military service members. Nonresponse rate of a survey is a poor predictor of nonresponse bias and low response rates are not tantamount to bias. Research on the impact of response rates suggests low concern about nonresponse bias in the DoD Comprehensive Review Survey.
CLAIM: Repeal would undermine retention
Kinsolving: Repeal "would almost certainly put an end to our all-volunteer armed forces." In a November 30 WorldNetDaily column [8], Les Kinsolving claimed that repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell would cause an "uproar" exceeding that regarding "airplane passengers being sexually groped by employees of the Transportation Security Administration." Kinsolving added [emphasis added]:
If that took place, just consider the impact of a large number of long-serving personnel who would retire as soon as possible - rather than submitting to such a horrendous invasion of privacy as being lusted after by the numerous lobbies of militant homosexuality.
This, in turn, would almost certainly put an end to our all-volunteer armed forces. That would compel reinstitution of the draft.
Any such compulsory service in the armed forces with self-announced noncommissioned and commissioned officers who are militant homosexuals would at least cause major lawsuits - along with an even higher rate of draft resistors than during the Vietnam War.
North: Repeal would mean "whole lot fewer voluntary enlistments," return to draft. On the December 1 edition of Fox News' Happening Now, Oliver North claimed [9] that repeal would mean fewer voluntary enlistments and a return to the draft:
JENNA LEE (anchor): Viewers have a lot of questions about our resources though as a military, and this is follow-up from Ken Delap. He wants to know if there is ever a scenario you can imagine where we would have to reinstate the draft?
NORTH: Well, yeah, I can because of what they're about to do in terms of the Congress passing this revocation of Section 654 of Title 10. What you're liable to have happen is a consequence of-- and by the way, that is known in the jargon as "don't ask, don't tell." What you're likely to have is a whole lot fewer voluntary enlistments that we rely on right now for an all-volunteer force.
LEE: And Colonel North, you really think that would happen? Because Briana had a great question from Phoenix, Arizona. She says, "Is having homosexual men and women in the military really a detriment to the establishment of the military?" Sounds like you're saying yes?
NORTH: It is. There's no doubt. I've never -- in all of my trips overseas, Briana and Jenna, and everyone else out there, in now almost two years of covering this war for Fox News on the ground with U.S. units, I have never -- there's very few always and nevers in life -- I have never talked to a staff noncommissioned officer or a mid-grade officer with combat experience who believes this is a good thing to do. And if we're relying on the fact that 30 percent have already expressed their concern about this don't leave the military and get replaced, then we've got a problem because you can't live with an all-volunteer force that loses 30 percent of the best-educated, trained, led, militarily equipped and combat-experienced force the world ever has known. It could be very, very dangerous in the long term.
REALITY: Troops with gay colleagues said units worked fine; predictions that troops would flee integrated military have failed elsewhere
Report: 92% of respondents who worked with gay service members said units were effective. From page 4 [10] of the report, emphasis added:
The reality is that there are gay men and lesbians already serving in today's U.S. military, and most Service members recognize this. As stated before, 69% of the force recognizes that they have at some point served in a unit with a co-worker they believed to be gay or lesbian. Of those who have actually had this experience in their career, 92% stated that the unit's "ability to work together" was "very good," "good," or "neither good nor poor," while only 8% stated it was "poor" or "very poor." Anecdotally, we also heard a number of Service members tell us about a leader, co-worker, or fellow Service member they greatly liked, trusted, or admired, who they later learned was gay; and how once that person's sexual orientation was revealed to them, it made little or no difference to the relationship. Both the survey results and our own engagement of the force convinced us that when Service members had the actual experience of serving with someone they believe to be gay, in general unit performance was not affected negatively by this added dimension.
Report: "70-76% of Service members said repeal would have a positive, a mixed, or no effect on aspects of task cohesion." When asked about the effect of repeal on task cohesion, personal readiness, and unit readiness, majorities of those surveyed said they expected a "positive, mixed, or no effect." From page 64 [11] of the report [emphasis added]:
The Service member survey asked a number of questions on Service members' views about the effect of repeal on unit cohesion, including task and social cohesion. Task cohesion is a unit's ability to work together effectively, whereas social cohesion is a unit's ability to get along and trust one another. Overall, 70-76% of Service members said repeal would have a positive, a mixed, or no effect on aspects of task cohesion. Similarly, 67-78% of Service members said repeal would have a positive, mixed, or no effect on aspects of social cohesion.
Report: More than 60 percent of respondents said repeal would not change their career plans, only 13 percent said they would leave the service early. From page 69 [12] of the report:
Overall, more than 60% of Service members told us that their career plans would not change as a result of repeal; 13% said that they would definitely leave sooner than they had otherwise planned; and 11% said they would think about leaving sooner than they had planned.
Polls predicted foreign armies would lose large amounts of troops post-repeal; such predictions did not occur. 45 percent of 6,500 Canadian troops polled in a 1985 survey said that they would refuse to work with gay troops. Two-thirds of British troops said they would not willingly serve if repeal were enacted. As Aaron Belkin wrote in a 2003 article [13] for Parameters, "Yet when Canada and Britain subsequently lifted their gay bans, these dire predictions were not confirmed."
CLAIM: Repeal would silence chaplain corps
Kinsolving: Baptist, Roman Catholic chaplains would be "forced out of our armed forces because they refuse to repudiate the Holy Bible's repeated denunciations of homosexual behavior[.]" From Kinsolving's November 30 WND column:
What about the vast majority of our armed forces' Chaplains' Corps, many of whom are Baptists and Roman Catholics? How can the First Amendment be preserved if DADT is abolished and these devout Christians are forced out of our armed forces because they refuse to repudiate the Holy Bible's repeated denunciations of homosexual behavior?
In WND, anti-gay activist LaBarbera wonders if chaplains will "be allowed to preach anything the military doesn't believe in, like the Scriptural passages condemning homosexual behavior?"The December 1 WND article quoted Americans for Truth About Homosexuality president Peter LaBarbera claiming that repeal amount to indoctrination:
"What a disaster," said LaBarbera. "The Pentagon's plan calls for a gradual transition, and they plan to use that time to 'educate' the troops about proper attitudes toward homosexuality. When we start talking about educating the troops, we're talking about indoctrination.
"They say chaplains won't be made to teach anything they don't believe in. But will they be allowed to preach anything the military doesn't believe in, like the Scriptural passages condemning homosexual behavior?
"I don't know what planet those guys are living on, but on this planet 'gay' rights certainly undermine the rights of people who disagree," LaBarbera continued. "They're either naïve or they're not willing to say what will obviously happen down the road. Greater and greater advance of 'gay' rights down the road with the goal of changing soldiers' minds.
REALITY: Current regulations balance chaplains' religious freedom, "duty to care for all"
Report: Existing regulations "strike an appropriate balance between protecting a chaplain's First Amendment freedoms and a chaplain's duty to care for all." From page 12 [14] of the report, emphasis added:
Special attention should also be given to address the concerns of our community of 3,000 military chaplains. Some of the most intense and sharpest divergence of views about Don't Ask, Don't Tell exists among the chaplain corps. A large number of military chaplains (and their followers) believe that homosexuality is a sin and an abomination, and that they are required by God to condemn it as such.
However, the reality is that in today's U.S. military, people of sharply different moral values and religious convictions -- including those who believe that abortion is murder and those who do not, and those who believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God and those who do not -- and those who have no religious convictions at all, already co-exist, work, live, and fight together on a daily basis. The other reality is that policies regarding Service members' individual expression and free exercise of religion already exist, and we believe they are adequate. Service members will not be required to change their personal views and religious beliefs; they must, however, continue to respect and serve with others who hold different views and beliefs.
Within the chaplain community, the solution to this issue can be found in the existing guidance developed by and for our chaplains, which we believe should be reiterated as part of any education and training concerning repeal. Those regulations strike an appropriate balance between protecting a chaplain's First Amendment freedoms and a chaplain's duty to care for all. Existing regulations state that chaplains "will not be required to perform a religious role...in worship services, command ceremonies, or other events, if doing so would be in variance with the tenets or practices of their faith." At the same time, regulations state that "Chaplains care for all Service members, including those who claim no religious faith, facilitate the religious requirements of personnel of all faiths, provide faith-specific ministries, and advise the command."
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It is a tale in which brother plots against brother and the dead rise to walk in the night. Here a princess masquerades as an orphan boy; a knight of the mind prepares a poison for a treacherous sorceress; and wild men descend from the Mountains of the Moon to ravage the countryside. Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory may go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel...and the coldest hearts. For when kings clash, the whole land trembles.
©1999 George R.R. Martin; (P)2004 Books on Tape, Inc.
"A truly epic fantasy....The novel is notable particularly for the lived-in quality of its world, created through abundant detail...for the comparatively modest role of magic...and for its magnificent action-filled climax....[Martin] provides a banquet for fantasy lovers with large appetites." (Publishers Weekly)
"Fans of epic fantasy should appreciate this lavishly detailed sequel to A Game of Thrones." (Library Journal)
"Dotrice's range of vocal tones, from gravelly and commanding to silkenly dangerous, creates a mood of insistence that holds the listener captive throughout the epic story." (AudioFile)
"Grabs hold and won't let go. It's brilliant." (Robert Jordan)
"I'm hooked, but narration..."
No. I seldom listen to books more than once.
Tyrion Lannister. Obvious underdog, bullied his whole life. He's coming up in the world and doing big things. Will he stay humble? It seems like a question Tyrion would ask himeself.
That's why I like the character so much.
Roy does 2 or 3 voices voices very well.
But! his females all sound like toothless old crones in pirate movies. Even the young beautiful ones.

The remainder of male characters sound like grumpy Leprechauns. I'm not joking. They really do. It's getting quite old and it's very disappointing.

That said Roy has the perfect amount of drama. His voice is excellent for reading the back story. You find yourself lost in the story till it comes time to narrate a female part. Then he snaps you out of it like being awakened from a sleep by a power saw in your bedroom.
37 hours N/A.
Just finishing up book 2. Already bought book 3.
I'm excited about the series and will be more than ready to move on after book 3.
Regardless of how it leaves me hanging.
"Problematic, but good on the whole."
Martin's series is grand and ambitious in its scope, and that is simultaneously its blessing and its curse. The writing is strong, but the pace of the story is at once somehow quick, drawing the ear to the next page, and painfully slow. His use of different perspectives to tell the story is refreshing, but there are certain characters that it seems should be added to that list who remain absent, while some characters can grow simply tiresome at times. Nonetheless, if you're here for more of what you got in "A Game of Thrones", you'll find plenty.

That being said, Dotrice's narration is, to say the least, a mixed bag. Some characters, mainly the older male characters, are given excellent voices. Similarly, the voice he uses to narrate the general text itself is deliberate and clear. That being said, the list of characters who are nearly destroyed by his flamboyant voicing is long and unfortunate. He miserably fails at voicing literally every female character in the book, especially Brienne of Tarth and Mellisandre, and he manages to butcher most of the younger characters, including Theon Greyjoy and Bran Stark. His most distracting and consistent failures come with two of the most important characters, Tyrion Lannister (who is given to sound like a shamefully caricatured leprechaun) and Lord Varys, whose sloppy annunciation and unmstakeable lisp are a shame to Mr. Dotrice and an absolute failure to grasp the character. Also worth mention are his terrible performances as Hodor the stableboy and Yoren the black brother. With Hodor the failure is less distracting, since he only says one word anyway, but Yoren is consistently annoying and hard on the ear in every scene.

Nonetheless, the writing is strong enough that a careful listener can work around the narration. I would recommend this recording of this book, but be aware of what you're getting yourself into beforehand.
More important, I think, are the books I would not compare it to. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, Heinlein's works and essentially all other rote fantasy material is not fundamentally comparable. Often, the books read more like a novelized, fictionalized history of Scotland or England, and that's a compliment. Martin understands the kind of society he's mimicking, and as such he manages to write what is mostly a political novel with fantasy elements, rather than a fantasy novel with politics.
I will, but *only* because his is the only available narration of these books. Otherwise, I would not be caught dead listening to another of his performances.
Keep reading the series.
Travel a lot for work and spend a good deal of time in the car.
"Prepare to work on little sleep once you start"
This whole series is well worth the time and the money. Once you start its all consuming. if you dont dream about it when you finally go to sleep, then your not paying attention.
"Roy Dotrice is the Worst"
Most specifically, Roy Dotrice's narration is unbearable.
Use another narrator.
As read by Mr. Dotrice, Westeros (and environs) is peopled almost entirely by trolls, goblins, elves, crones, and a few regular guys (young and old). The characters are given such horrible voices that it's difficult to hear past them - Tyrion, for example, is read as a simple-minded cockney (i.e., low class) house elf, which is totally wrong.
"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one." - Jojen Reed. #ADanceWithDragons
"Did not disappoint..."
Roy Dotrice again, simply great at what he does....
The twists and turns in the book is simply great and I am loving how the characters are very slowly but purposely being developed. The book has three different stories running as one it seems and it weaves together very well. Just plain impressive.
Overall... Just plain epic!
"Good listen, but what's up with the chapter set up"
I thought it was a fantastic story, and well narrated. My #1 pet peeve, which I found really irritating, was that the listening chapters didn't line up with the chapter menu on my iphone. It made it difficult to find my spot if I lost it, made it impossible to figure out how much of a chapter is left, and I couldn't check the next chapter to see who's perspective was coming next (which I like to do).
Yes, I'm ready for Book 3!!
I love the end, how the author positions all the characters for changes in the next book. I also love every section about Arya Stark, with her cleverness, strength, and stubborn determination.
"Great book, but bad "chapters""
The first audiobook (Game of Thrones) has chapter breaks that coincide with where they would be in the physical book. These breaks are timed out, and so happen at random points in the story. Even the four "parts" of the book break mid-chapter.

It would be a better listening experience if the breaks happened at an appropriate chapter break.
Hey Audible, don't raise prices and I promise to buy lots more books.
"More blood, guts and gore."
After reading the first of the installments: Song of Ice and Fire, I decided while I could appreciate much about the book, A Game of Thrones, it was probably too dark and I would not continue to A Clash of Kings. Obviously, I caved. I watched the HBO series of the first book and like it a lot. I particularly enjoy long complex novels so I gave ACoK a shot. While I was not disappointed, it was many hours of blood, guts and gore with very little forwarding of a real story line. A little more magic has been introduced but the common thread of just so much violence and death is just too much. If maybe I get sucked into next season's HBO continuation of Song of Ice and Fire I'll read book 3 but probably not till then. The story is very engaging and book 3 even now calls out to me but so too do some drugs. But I must be strong.
"Epic novel, terrible narration."
Martin is incredible. Great characters, fearless plot--no one is safe--and masterful pace/susupense.

Dotrice, on the other hand, has mastered all of maybe 3 different voices, and each of them is about as easy on your ears as broken glass mixed with sandpaper.
I may not even listen to the rest of these novels simply BECAUSE Dotrice is involved.
"The Best Modern Epic Fantasy Series, no contest..."
I love the "Song of Ice and Fire" series so much that I have read the books three times and now have listened to the audio books as well. Martin is very skilled at drawing you into the story; he moves the plot(s) along at varying paces, sometimes slow, even plodding and sometimes he hits you over the head with a war hammer. At it's heart, the story is one of schemes within schemes, Machiavellian intrigues, lust, murder, greed, envy, deception, betrayal and all the other good human virtues :-). The fantastical elements within the story don't overwhelm; they merely add another flavor. Although as the plots of the first books unfold, the power of magic is growing, as supernatural events seem to be increasing in power and frequency. This will be even more apparent in the third book, "A Storm of Swords". Roy Dotrice is amazing as the reader for the audiobook. You may know him as Mozart's father in the Movie "Amadeus". Dotrice does a brilliant job of capturing the personalities of old crones, young children, gruff knights, pitiable beggars, and a host of others. Nothing beats a long drive and these audiobooks to keep you company. What am I saying, I listen to them at home as well because I don't want the story to end. I can't wait for the next audiobook, only so I can enter the world again while I wait for "A Feast for Crows" to get published. If you enjoy Tolkien, Robert Jordan, or other epic fantasy series, you will fall in love with this. It's simply the best series being written today, and deserves a place in the short list of great epic fantasy tales.
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LLCM students build their own curriculum in the same manner as LLM candidates, and most often choose to deepen their understanding by concentrating on a specific area of law and frequently complete a substantial piece of writing in that area.
While many of our LLCM students come from our population of Penn Law LLM alumni, we welcome applicants from other LLM programs.
Penn Law LLCM students have many of the same opportunities that our LLM students have. For example, they are eligible to enroll in the Wharton Business and Law Certificate, a program designed for Penn Law Graduate Students taught by Wharton faculty and industry experts selected for their teaching skills, subject expertise and ability to offer applied concepts and examples to participants.
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Roseville Electric received an award for Innovation in Solar Program Design at the Solar Electric Power Association's (SEPA) conference in Long Beach this September; marking the second year in a row the city-owned utility has received national recognition for its innovative programs.
Roseville Electric's Blueprint for Efficiency in Solar Technology (BEST) Homes is a residential new construction program between the City of Roseville, home builders and solar technology vendors. The program allows for a streamlined permitting process and cash incentives for developers who agree to build rooftop solar electric generation systems and energy efficient technologies incorporated in new homes.
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Anorexia, formally termed Anorexia Nervosa, is a disorder where someone chooses to consume so few calories, that the person cannot maintain a healthy weight. A person with anorexia obsesses about maintaining a weight which is below what is considered normal for their age and height. The danger with any eating issue is the potential impact on physical health.
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- Brittle hair and nails
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Eating Disorders is the Leading cause of Death amongst Mental Health Issues! So it's very serious! Medical complications from Anorexia can be serious, and death can result. Any eating disorder must be treated.
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Storen needs only eight pitches in start
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By Jonathan Raymond / Special to MLB.com | July 5, 2012 7:12 PM ET
The 24-year-old who saved 43 games for Washington last season had missed all of this season so far after an April 11 surgery to remove bone chips from his right elbow. He took the mound for the first time in a competitive setting Thursday, starting for Class A Advanced Potomac in a 14-3 rout of Frederick.
The right-handed closer threw one perfect inning, requiring just eight pitches to record a popout, a flyout and a groundout.
"It's a matter of getting your feet wet at each different level. You start out and you just keep building on it," Storen said of the rehab process in a news conference. "I know what I need to do. I'm treating this like Spring Training now. I know that if that was my first appearance in Spring Training, I'd be very happy about it."
While Tyler Clippard has assumed the closer role with Washington this season, Storen will continue to rehab one inning at a time as he prepares to try and earn his job back.
"I'm preparing to close, regardless," he said. "I know coming in the plan is to have me set up when I first get back. And that needs to happen, it's just part of the acclimation process.
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Storen registered a 2.75 ERA in 75 1/3 innings with the Nationals last year, striking out 74 and walking 20. In two Major League seasons, the Stanford University product has 48 saves and a 3.10 ERA in 130 2/3 innings.
His outing with the P-Nats on Thursday was his first appearance in the Carolina League since 2009. The Indianapolis native tossed just 10 innings with Potomac that year before a callup to Double-A Harrisburg.
After being selected 10th overall by the Nationals in 2009, Storen only pitched 53 2/3 innings in the Minors before Washington summoned him for his Major League debut on May 17, 2010.
Storen said one thing that stood out about his rehab outing was the difference between coming in at the ending of a game and kicking it off.
"I'm not too familiar with starting," he noted, "and I didn't even think about the fact that you have to be out there for the national anthem on the mound, so it's a little different for me. But I tried to treat it like the ninth."
As he attempts to return to the NL East-leading Nationals, he said one of the most important elements will be managing his health as he gains strength. He added it was difficult not to anticipate getting in on a playoff race.
"This is probably the most critical time to listen to your body, just because I faced some hitters today doesn't mean I'm 100 percent," Storen said. "I treat it like the first time I played catch, and you just listen to your body and go from there. Along those same lines, I don't anticipate any issues.
"I'm excited to be a part of [the Nationals' success]. They're playing unbelievable baseball."
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BATON ROUGE---Attorneys for the Louisiana Office of Facility Planning and Control (FP&C) and LSU assert the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ignored its own rules and failed to fairly assess the cost of repairing hurricane damage at Charity Hospital in New Orleans.
In an appeal of a proposed Project Worksheet payment for Charity, FP&C and LSU, citing eight errors, contend FEMA lacked "a reasonable factual basis" for rejecting the state's claim for just under $492 million to replace the 70-year-old, teaching and research hospital. The appeal was filed with the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) for later forwarding to FEMA's regional office in Denton, Texas where attorneys for the state and LSU are asking FEMA officials to "review and correct the erroneous action" taken by FEMA's Louisiana office.
The 52-page appeal maintains inexperienced FEMA project officers engaged in a "pattern of unreasonable conduct" that produced flawed evaluations based on an examination of only one-tenth of the million-square-foot facility. That assessment, the appeal contends, "woefully" underestimated the scope and true costs of needed repairs.
At the center of the state's appeal is FEMA's so-called 50 Percent Rule. The FP&C document argues damage to Charity exceeds 50 percent of the replacement cost of the building, making the facility eligible under the Robert T. Stafford Act Public Assistance Grant Program for full replacement costs of $491.8 million. FEMA has offered the state $121 million.
The appeal says FEMA "arbitrarily rejected FP&C's reasonable and well supported replacement cost claim with little or no analysis and with no factual basis for its conclusions." "FEMA provides only vague, non-specific and factually unsupported reasons for its conclusions," the appeal adds.
FP&C's appeal points out FEMA ignored the 50 percent rule despite exhaustive assessments by three, nationally prominent engineering teams that concluded, following separate, floor-by-floor, room-by-room evaluations of the structure, that damage greatly exceeded the 50 percent threshold.
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DeWine tells WTAM 1100's Bill Wills that police did all they could to investigate the disappearances of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight. He says police respond to all calls, but they just can't go into someone's home without probably cause.
Berry and DeJesus were high profile cases with the opportunity for a lot of tips. But as time went by, DeWine says they just weren't coming in. DeWine says the criticism of police "is not fair".
As for Ariel Castro, DeWine calls this "a horror story" and "not a typical abduction". The AG expects additional charges to be handed up by the grand jury.
DeWine thinks the four kidnap and three rape counts were filed simply to get a high bond for Castro. He says the grand jury will see a lot of evidence.
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The Aztecs are 11-1 on the season with the only loss coming from Syracuse in a game that was played outdoors. San Diego State hasn't had any other hiccups on the young season, even beating one of Arizona's Pac-12 rivals, UCLA.
The Aztecs reached the title game by beating San Francisco and Indiana State handily. When the tournament bracket was first announced, Arizona and SDSU seemed destined to meet in the title game and now they will battle it out for the right to claim the title of "Best in the West".
San Diego State is led by junior guard Jamaal Franklin, who at 6-foot-5 is a threat to score and rebound. Franklin is leading the team in both categories with nearly eighteen points and ten rebounds nightly and will likely get the defensive attention of Solomon Hill.
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Sophomore J.J. O'Brien fills in the other forward spot and has started every game for San Diego State this season. At 6-foot-7, O'Brien also brings size to the lineup, giving the Aztecs a solid inside defender and rebounder. He has accumulated sixteen steals on the year while playing in the post.
Senior guard James Rahon should play a significant role in the game off the bench. Averaging over 21 minutes of floor time, Rahon is a good point guard who can easily fill in either of the guard positions at any point in the game. The senior is scoring seven points per game, but does not lack quick hands on the defensive side of the ball either.
Just a freshman, Skylar Spencer has played significant minutes in each of the Aztecs twelve games. Standing 6-foot-9, he is San Diego State's tallest player and should get plenty of minutes in order to counterattack the height brought by Kaleb Tarczewski. In addition, he may serve as an extra asset to the Aztecs if the Wildcats decide to drive the lane, as Spencer has blocked sixteen shots so far.
St. John's transfer Dwayne Polee II has also played all twelve games with his new team. The sophomore's production hasn't been great this season, but he has a potential upside that can't be ignored. Polee II is a quality defender, but lacks in the scoring area, putting just three points on the board per night.
After serving a suspension to start the season, Winston Shepard has seen action in nine games and has been improving with each one. The freshman has played a total of 36 minutes in the Diamond Head Classic, but has scored just seven points. There is room for him to improve, but it may not be against Arizona.
With two ranked teams facing each other on a neutral court, anything is possible. On paper, Arizona has more size and depth, but San Diego State may have more experience. Both teams are incredibly talented and matchup well against each other.
The Wildcats handled a tough Miami team with ease, despite playing sloppy at times. They have played with passion and a sense of urgency when it has been needed throughout the season, but the Aztecs have as well. Arizona will look to defeat San Diego State for the first time in years while the Aztecs will attempt to hold their bragging rights for at least one more year.


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For the last couple of days i get "unable to connect to remote server", but I can get new fanart and thumb for already scanned movies.
In the log I get stuff like this:
"ERROR: ADDON::CScraper::Run: Unable to parse web site"
"WARNING: XFILE::CFileCurl::CReadState::FillBuffer: curl failed with code 22"
There is obviusly something wrong wit TMDB and sometimes I cant even access th website. And i've seen on their forum that people have similar problems, and the funny thing is that I can't even register new account there.
Any ideas?
Anyone knows whats going on at TMDB?
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Yes, there are many ideas on the forum.
Could you please try to insert the very mysterious 'tmdb' word as a search string using the search function?
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Doing a movie search on their site gives an "Internal Server Error". Could be a database problem on their end.
edit: Or Amazon AWS is down for them...
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The moviedb is hosted on amazon AWS... it looks like the site is back up but the API is struggling..
looking at the amazon status board
it shows there are issues with the relational database and EC2 stuff which could well be the issue seen with themoviedb.
Amazon have really screwed something up as its been down for well over 24 hours now, causing issues with some fairly big players in the web2.0 market such as reddit.
interestingly enough the playstation network has been down too, now not to speculate but some would (and are) saying that maybe amazon are the hosts for this too...
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After much anticipation, several months of construction and more than 300 creative patio name submissions the corner of Rio Salado Parkway and Mill Avenue is proud to welcome Tempe's Front Porch on April 4.
A call went out to the community in January to find the coolest, hippest name for the new urban patio concept which is located just outside of Monti's and faces Tempe Town Lake. After sorting through hundreds of creative entries, the winning name "Tempe's Front Porch," came from Valley residents Sean Donovan and Klayton Roark in two separate entries.
The contest winners will each receive a complimentary party in April for 20 friends on TFP featuring selected drinks and menu options.
"Sean and Klayton really described what we want this 2,000 square foot patio to be, Tempe's Front Porch," said TFP owner Michael Monti. "It's outside and faces the beautiful backdrop of Tempe Beach Park and Tempe Town Lake. It has that comfortable front porch feel with seating for 130 people, three cozy fire pits, a fun urban bar and just a great place to sit and enjoy the best of views in Tempe."
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A Torrance businessman on the brink of retirement was critically injured in the bomb blast at the Boston Marathon finish line and underwent surgery Tuesday to repair his badly damaged legs.
John Odom was cheering on daughter Nicole Reis - a South High School graduate and the wife of New England Revolution and former Los Angeles Galaxy soccer goalkeeper Matt Reis - when the first of two explosions ripped through the area. Surgery to both severely traumatized legs went well, according to family members late Tuesday.
"We feel that he is now on a long road to recovery," Matt Reis posted on his Facebook page. "We have to take it day by day."
"He was 20 feet away" from the explosion, said brother-in-law Doug Nicol of Lomita. John Odom is married to Nicol's sister, who also was in Boston for the marathon. "John is the nicest guy you'll ever meet. ... He puts everything in front of himself, there isn't anything he wouldn't do for anybody. It's just insane this happened four weeks before he was going to retire."
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"Nope," came the reply. "John's lost a lot of blood, pray for John, he needs it now."
Odom's daughter and other family members rushed to his aid, quickly applying tourniquets and elevated his legs at the scene.
But the blood loss was severe - an artery apparently had been severed, Nicol said. He had to be resuscitated twice at the hospital and surgeons waited to operate until Tuesday.
As reported by a British news report from the Evening Gazette, Odom's son, Donny Odom, talked about the severity of his father's injuries.
"They took my dad to the Boston Medical Center," the son was quoted as saying originally in a broadcast television interview. "I helped carry him to the ambulance. He couldn't walk, and he was really cold - we tried to keep talking to him to keep him alert. It is just unbelievable that this would happen at an event like this."
"His legs were blown apart ... his heart took a big hit because of the loss of blood," said Nicol, a foreman for the Murray Co., a large mechanical construction company in the South Bay where John Odom is chairman of the board. "It just sucks."
Odom is believed to be in his early 60s.
He deliberately lives "below his means" so he can help others, his brother-in-law said.
"He's a big shot but you'd never know it," Nicol said.
The invitation to Odom's upcoming retirement party arrived in Nicol's mail Monday.
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According to the Los Angeles Times, Folkert was watching his wife, Jac Bost, 42, cross the finish line at the time of the twin explosions. On his Facebook page Tuesday, Folkert expressed his gratitude and reassured those who may have been trying to reach him that he was safe.
"Thank you everyone for your prayers and for so quickly passing on updates. I am o.k., some burns, a few bruises, ringing ears and some shrapnel. But, more than anything I feel extremely blessed. Blessed to have been in just the right place to be able to type this at you now," Folkert wrote on his Facebook page. "Blessed to have been protected in a way that in the next few days will probably hit home even more than it currently does. Thank you God ... thank you. ... And blessed that my amazing wife and I both will wake up tomorrow and start our day together."
Despite his injuries, Folkert was on a flight headed back to Los Angeles on Tuesday, the Times reported.


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Parker named Mines executive vice president and provost
GOLDEN, Colo., Jan. 5, 2011 – Dr. Terence Parker has been named executive vice president and provost at Colorado School of Mines.
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I don't think that'll stop him.
I don't think Hank knows he paid for his treatment. It is good blackmail for Walt to use against him though.
Walt can just offer to buy Hank all the special pretty rocks he wants. :
Interesting point that it might not be a literal death but it could it could mean that Walt can't go back to the life he once lived. I think these remaining episodes will be about Walt's attempt to go back to his old life only to find that he is now too far into Heisenberg to ever go back. I think you see that in the foreshadowing scene of his 52nd birthday. In that scene he looks more like the old pre-cancer Walt, but it is also apparent that he is on his own, probably on the run, and with the knowledge that he is in great danger.
I don't think Hank is the blackmailable type. This case is his Moby Dick, he's obsessed with brining it in. Destroying the family may be a hang up for him, but he will put it all together and Walt has done a lot of terrible things.
They're minerals! :
Oh but he might not have a choice. He accepted drug money to pay for his treatment. He is already a part of it. A lawyer would simply where did you think they were getting all of this money from? Then he can either say he was illegally gambling, or play stupid which no one would believe. I'm reading pretty far into that scenario though. I see that as a possibility though.
Awesome, well played!
I couldn't agree more. The second he decided to start shipping to the Czechs he got in too deep. There is no backing out of that. He went global and way too many people depend on him now.
Good point about him looking like the pre-cancer Walt in the first episode. Never thought of that.
Agreed. Hank's former boss was fired (or was it just demoted?) because he went to a barbeque at Fring's house (and still uses Fring's method for cooking fish). So Hank's association with his meth kingpin brother-in-law will not be looked at too kindly. Who benefitted from Fring's death more than Hank and Walt? Who paid for Hank's costly rehab? Who took in Walt's kids? etc, etc. I can see Hank being blind to this until Walt goes full on Heisenberg on Hank allowing Hank to see Walt's true self. It might go a little like this...
EXT. The White Family Pool. Hank has just gotten Walter to admit that he's Heisenberg through Hank's excellent subtle interrogation skills, and weak, obsequious Walt transforms in front of Hank into Heisenberg.
WALT: So you found your White Whale. Now what?
HANK: I'll put you away for the rest of your life; however long that may be.
WALT (full on Heisenberg): Oh really? Just WHAT do you think the DEA will say when they find out their recently promoted station chief is related to the greatest meth dealer in the history of the southwest? What conclusion do you think they'll come to? Do you REALLY think that they'll believe you didn't help me? That I didn't have help from the inSIDE? When they look at your financial records, which they will most assuredly do, will they not see tens of thousands of dollars I gave YOU for your rehab? At the very least it will raise enough eyebrows and cast enough doubt to not only end your career with the DEA, but to end your career with any real law enforcement agency. Your best case scenario assuming you can avoid jail, where I'm sure there are many criminals who would love to have a known DEA agent as a cellmate is to be a security gaurd at the Los Alamos strip mall making sure teenagers don't loiter after dark. Also, if you try to put me away, then you'll be putting away Scheyler too. Is that what you want? Maybe some of it trickles down to Marie. She knew the money for your rehab came from us. Last time I checked the D-E-A does NOT look to fondly upon large criminal conspiracies. So. Hank. Are you really that STUPID to you think you can turn me in, build a case and walk away a hero?
HANK: <speechlessly reacts like being punched in the gut after seeing for the very first time with his own eyes the power of Heisenberg>.
WALT: No. You're not that stupid. We can come to an arrangement.
You forgot the part at the end where he tells Hank to tell him what his name is.
The cancer is back for sure.
I always though he was supposed to die of cancer.
I want to see Jesse come out on top of the whole thing. I love his character. I'm just not sure how it would be possible.
Jesse is an interesting parallel to Walter. As Walter spirals down, Jesse has been trying to improve himself. Through all of this, he actually might be a better person by the time it is finished.
Doubt it ends well for him though.
It's the ying/yang... positions switched...