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Mother is a South Korean film that was released in 2009.
The film is set in modern day Korea, and is, of course, in Korean with English subtitles.
However, a major reason that Relative Film Reviews considers this film worth recommending is that apart from the language there is nothing particularly "Korean" about it.
Not that a Korean film about Korean culture would be a turn off. All we mean is that this film could have been set anywhere, and only the language would change. There is no prior knowledge of South Korean culture needed before watching the film. And the subtitles are very easy to follow.
It is simply a very good story.
And it is a story that is told exceptionally well by the director, Joon-ho Bong – who weaves comedy, suspense, and (at times) violence, effortlessly together into a fascinating and unusual mixture.
The film concerns a young man called Yoon Do-joon, who has learning difficulties. He still hangs out with friends and visits bars and other such things, but his mental handicap has left him very naive with something of an adolescents mind.
Yoon Do-joon is, to put it bluntly, a very funny character! His poor memory and childlike innocence make him the most likeable character in the film. And throughout the opening stages he is an easy individual with whom to form a supportive bond.
It is because of his handicap that Yoon Do-joon relies heavily on his mother for support, and although she appears over protective at times, it becomes apparent early on she is the only character in the film her son can completely rely on. Not that he is particularly aware of this.
(His mother's name is never revealed in the film and so we shall simply refer to her as 'Mother').
Mother is set in a small town during Korea's darkly atmospheric rainy season. A young girl is found murdered, the first of its kind in many years, and it is Yoon Do-joon who is accused of committing the crime. There is only circumstantial evidence linking Do-joon to the crime scene and yet the unprofessional detectives decide he is guilty, and then seemingly trick him into signing a confession. The majority of the story concerns Mother's private investigation into the murder in an attempt to free her son, whom she is convinced is innocent and has been unjustly framed.
The character of Mother attempts to track down who killed the young girl by taking one lead at a time. And the story revolves nicely around the goings on of the small town, with no "political corruption" or "government conspiracy" extravagance thrown in for the sheer hell of it.
The director prefers to rely on his own skills (music, lighting, sound) to enhance tension through a more contained, local-centred story. One which focuses on a small number of (dare I say realistic?) revelations and twists.
There are no serial killers lurking around corners or gritty macho man detectives standing heroically in the rain. What we have is a seemingly helpless mother on a quest to find justice for her son. Simple, yet compulsively gripping.
The film is funny at times, whilst dark and brooding at others, with the trepidation brought on by the dark and moody rain never feeling forced or overused.
It is a terrific performance by the actor Bin Won – who plays the innocent minded Yoon Do-joon. A performance matched in the film only by the fearful determination on display by Hye-ja Kim, who is excellent as his resolute, yet increasingly frantic mother.
Although due credit must also go to Yoon Do-joon's friend, Jin-tae, for bringing an exciting tough-guy subplot to the story – even though he is noticeably less dedicated to Yoon Do-joon's cause.
In order to enjoy this film we would recommend placing your usual (C.S.I. style) expectations for how a crime drama unravels on hold. This is Korea, not Hollywood. Right and wrong is not so clearly defined in the world of the director, Joon-ho Bong.
Viewers expecting to be told who is good, bad, right, or wrong, may come out of the film feeling a little empty. I watched the film with a couple of female viewers who felt just this way.
Although don't get me wrong, the ending is definitive. The murderer is discovered. And the story is resolved. But the final feeling is neither tragic nor celebratory, it is simply deeply fascinating and thought provoking – and brilliantly revealed every step of the way!
The best way to enjoy this film is to imagine you are at home. And a family friend drops by one rainy/windy evening to tell you a story that happened in a small nearby town. Where a mother took it upon herself to investigate the murder her son was accused of committing.
In this context you would not necessarily expect a nicely contained formula for a 'crime drama' (i.e. crime committed – crime investigated – crime solved = happy ending) you would simply sit and listen to the story, and be interested in, and fascinated by what happens next. How far is this mother willing to go to protect her only son?
This is the way to experience Mother.
This is also why we have chosen not to reveal all that much about the story itself. The actions taken, alliances formed, and revelations uncovered by the character of Mother are funny, nerve wracking, and at times violent. But to tell you more now would potentially ruin your experience of watching it.
If you are looking for an entertaining and suspenseful story to grip you from start to finish, then this is certainly one to look at.
Looking for something light and happy before you go to bed? Give it a miss. You'll end up feeling strangely lost.
One final note: The opening and closing credits may appear a little too "arty" for some viewer's tastes. They both include some rather random dancing that can go on a bit. If you are not a fan of how these credits unfold, you need not worry. They are the only two instances of their kind in the film, simply marking the beginning and end of the story. (Personally, we thought they were appropriate and interesting additions to the general emotions on display in the film – but you can make your own mind up when you reach the end).


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Here are some details of the skirt I made from a tablecloth. Since the orange colour wasn't all over I appliqued some of it onto the skirt where it needed a little extra punch.
This flower is the big one on the front. It is printed where you see it I just added some stitching to make it blend in with the appliqued part.This is one side of the skirt back. The print is in 2 pieces both appliqued on.
cute & fun skirts! looks like a fun project!
hope you're staying w-a-r-m, brrr!
our last day! wow, lots going on this saturday.
Cute, Cute! love how you added extra orange. — a note for your friend, wash in cold and gentle as possible as on my same table cloth the orange faded after 1-2 washings!
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OAKTON, Va. - John Franklin Kline, 72, of Oakton, Va., and most recently of Keedysville, Md., died Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, at Fahrney-Keedy Home and Village in Boonsboro, Md.
Born June 25, 1937, in Oakton, Va., to the late George Michael and Vahah Melinda Phillips Kline.
He graduated from Fairfax High School.
He retired in 1988 from Lorton Federal Prison in Lorton, Va.
He served in the U.S. Navy from 1956 to 1958.
He was a member of the Oakton Church of the Brethren in Oakton, Va.
John was an avid Civil War enthusiast and supported battlefield preservation.
Survivors include: Sister: Helen K. Potter and her late husband Ray of Keedysville, Md.; Sister: Vadah M. Barney and her husband Ray of Round Hill, Va.; Brother: Leonard P. Kline and his wife Carleen of Hardy, Va.; Brother-in-law: Carter Harrison of Stephenville, Texas; Sister-in-law: Rebecca Kline of Waldorf, Md.; Numerous nieces and nephews.


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I got the complete bass kit for $99 last time it was up for sale for my old commuter 1990 corolla and i will say it defiantly was money well spent, its not super bassy but for the price it defiantly made the sound in that car MUCH better
Ran a pair of these for years and they are very good quality bass
I got the $99 50W the last time it was for sale. Perfect for filling in the lows, and VERY easy to install. well worth the $100 for your ride.
These may sound ok in a car with a fully enclosed cabin but I have to wonder how only 100w of power to a 8" sub is going to sound in a boat. Boats are loud, and open and require a lot of power to enable the lower frequencies to travel to its occupants effectively, especially while underway.
I used to like their gum.
lol <-- Thats all I got!
Wow! Had a pair of 6 1/2" Bazookas in my Suzuki Samurai. That was 20 years ago! Didn't know they were still around.
An amplified tube sub. Not to be confused with the Acoustic Tube Sub.
Getting my son for Christmas and know nothing about speakers. What is the difference??
Don't know exactly what you mean by "Acoustic Tube Sub" specifically… but these bazooka tubes are offered in two flavors. Amplified and passive (or non-amplified). The amplified ones have an amplifier to drive the subwoofer built right in. The passive ones will require a separate outboard amplifier to be purchased. Odds are you're buying this for the cleanliness and ease of installation. So it really only makes sense to purchase the amplified version. There's NO way you could purchase a separate outboard amplifier for less than the price difference between the versions offered here. Let alone install it as cleanly.
As a professional mobile electronics installer, I've had my hands on many of these. Though I have to be honest… Bazooka is known for mediocre quality industry wide. But these tubes really are a solid deal for someone just looking to round out the bottom-end in their music. They're small, cheap, easy to install and are super quick to remove in case you need your trunk space back temporarily (for luggage, etc). And the output you'll get from them will surprise you. Even the 10" 100W version will probably be enough for anyone other than a bass-hungry teenager. The quality and amount of output really can't be beat for the price being offered. The cleanliness and speedy characteristics are just icing on the cake.
Installation is going to require you getting power from somewhere. The 100W version probably only pulls about 4-5 amps under normal conditions. Though professionally I could never recommend this, you could honestly tap that onto a cigarette lighter circuit and not have any problems. Ground to bare metal in the trunk and then splice the speaker wires from your rear speakers into the speaker leads on the tube for signal. The 250W version probably pulls 14-15 amps under normal conditions. That I'd say would require power run directly from the battery. Ensure a fuse (20A) is placed inline 18" or less from the battery terminal.
Bought the camo 6.5 speakers for my truck last time they were on. For the price, the quality is dang good. Nice heavy duty speaker cover that can take some beatings by boots as they are in the lower part of my door panel. Lets hope these last longer than my Polks I originally had in there.
These are alright, but not the most reliable. At least, the amps they use arent. I assisted my father installing an 8inch powered Bazooka in the back of his 2001 Explorer Sport, and it sounded alright but popped a transistor after a very long drive. Simple fix, but the transistor was completely destroyed and we couldnt find a wiring diagram online so we could not repair it (now the sub is part of my home theater and the built in amplifier is in the trash). After doing a lot of searching, we found a "DUB Mag Audio DUB8AT" by Audiobahn on ebay or something, for cheaper than the Bazooka. I talked my dad into jumping on it. When it came, we were pleasantly surprised. Although the "grill" is fairly gaudy, the finish on the sub is very nice. Instead of raw material like the Bazookas, it has like a fake leather wrapping all around. And the sound, the sound is MUCH better than the Bazooka was. I cant remember if it was louder or quieter, but quality was higher. So, I suggest comparing the competition before jumping on a Bazooka tube
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I get such a kick out of how accurate the film history is. It's so dorky, I know, but now that I get all the jokes, I find it so charming. The transition from silent films to sound was actually this awkward and weird. People were indignant that it wouldn't work. Who would want it? What would be the point? Silent actress and actors were suddenly out of work due to their terrible speaking voices. It gave me a a point where I really could easily get into the story and characters, where sometimes I don't feel that with other musicals.
I thought all the jokes were really funny, the acting was impressive, and a lot of the dance scenes were impressive. The music wasn't always my thing, but it sort of grew on me. I really started to feel the movie after I watched the "Make 'em Laugh" number, because I was so impressed with Donald O'Connor's skills. It seemed unreal, and it was really fun to watch. Some of the songs fell flat for me, but like I said, I so loved the characters and plot that it didn't really matter. I also really enjoyed watching Gene Kelly sing and dance the title song. I have such nice memories of my grandpa belting it out and dancing, often insisting of opening an umbrella inside the house as a prop. "Bad luck!" I would tell him when I was little, worried. I have a picture of him posing under an umbrella in one such time and I love to look at it, and I actually got a bit teary thinking of those memories. It made me really happy to think of good times with him and see this movie again - I know he would have been really happy that I found new joy in it, and I wrote about it, and it lifted my mood after work. <3
Ebert writes about a cool little fact I didn't know about this movie, saying, "Kelly was the mastermind behind the final form of the "Singin' in the Rain'' number, according to Wollen's study. The original screenplay placed it later in the film and assigned it to all three stars (who can be seen singing it together under the opening titles). Kelly snagged it for a solo and moved it up to the point right after he and young Kathy Selden (Reynolds) realize they're falling in love. That explains the dance: He doesn't mind getting wet, because he's besotted with romance. Kelly liked to design dances that grew out of the props and locations at hand. He dances with the umbrella, swings from a lamppost, has one foot on the curb and the other in the gutter, and in the scene's high point, simply jumps up and down in a rain puddle" (The Great Movies, 423). I think everyone knows this scene, but it was pretty interesting to read that Kelly changed the way it was filmed, designed the dance, and really, should be credited with that scene. New respect here, I tell you.
There isn't much I can say about this movie, but it's so fun and cute. I seems sort of stupid to say how happy I was to watch an old Hollywood musical, but I was really surprised by it. It was funny, modern, full of talent, and just light and happy. I don't have a "when movies were simpler!" nostalgia, but it just brightened my mood. It was sort of perfect for me today. I know a lot of people don't like Hollywood musicals and for good reason, but I hope that you check this out. It's worth it if you like cute comedy and film history, or any combination of those things. It's still really funny, and if you do watch it, I hope it puts a smile on your face like it did for me. :)
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Natsuki Hanae as Taichi Yagami
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Yamato Ishida
Suzuko Mimori as Sora Takenouchi
Mutsumi Tamura as Kōshirō Izumi
Hitomi Yoshida as Mimi Tachikawa
Junya Enoki as Takeru Takaishi
And joining them will be Kaizoku Sentai Gokaigers stars MAO (Luka/Gokaiyellow) as Hikari Yagami and Junya Ikeda (Gai/Gokaisilver)as Jō Kido.
The Digimon staff announced that the anime will be a 6-part film series with the first film titled "Saikai" (Reunion) premiering on November 21 plus Kouji Wada will return to perform the original opening theme song, "Butter-Fly," with Ayumi Miyazaki also returning to perform the insert song, "Brave Heart" and Ai Maeda for the ending song "Wish".
Source: Anime News Network
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Two gokaiger members? Damn. This the first time Junya is voice acting?
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Fuck. All I can say is fuck. The trailer looks so good. I've never been so hyped for a season of Digimon.
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Holy crap it is Alphamon!!
(Fanboy anticipation intensifies greatly)
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I'm so excited! My childhood gets a continuation!!
Nicholas Ballway Says:
On the technical side all the actors/actresses that play the civilian identities of the Rangers do have voice acting experience.
Anonymous Says:
@1st Anon - Well technically toku is mostly about voice-acting the suits, so I guess that counts.
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Anticipating the first film later in the fall.
Anonymous Says:
Holy shitttt that's alphamon for god sake!!!
I must watch this no matter what
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Man I really hope this series is in continuity with 02 and 01,like taking place after the main 02 story. I'd be really lame if this recons anything.


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Hey Pizza Stew Crew! There's not going to be a new episode of Pizza Stew this week, but there will be two great shows in the upcoming weeks:
11/9/2016 @ Noon: Live episode on LASR! Dr. Hal and Tono will be back in the studio to continue our discussion from a few weeks ago. Listen live, and come back to PizzaStew.com later in the day to download the full show.
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Dir: Rowan Joffé
This thriller wasn't as bad as I was expecting it to be, which is a good lesson to all those people who read critics' reviews before deciding whether they will go and see a film.
I'd noticed that most newspapers were giving this a far from glowing review and had decided to give it a miss myself. However, Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode on Radio 5 convinced me otherwise. They didn't mind the film; in fact Mayo quite like it. I was also inspired to watch it when I heard Nicole Kidman's candid interview with Mayo, in which she was both gracious and honest about her bad movie choices, notably the disastrous Grace of Monaco. She didn't wriggle out of the discussion nor make excuses. In fact, she stood by her decision to continue to make films that tested her and accepted that sometimes those choices won't always be the right ones. Good for her, I thought.


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KOCHI: The Indian Navy engaged in search and rescue operations in Cyclone Ockhi-hit seas off Kerala and Lakshadweep extended help by giving fuel to a foreign vessel stranded off Minicoy Island.
Indian Navy extends help to Singapore vessel stranded at sea
INS Shardul encountered tug 'Bes Power' of Singapore stranded due to the cyclone 35 nautical miles north-east of Minicoy Island late last night.
On interrogation, the tug crew requested 45 tonnes of fuel to continue passage to Maldives.
"Fuel was transferred to the Tug in true naval ethos of being the first responder to all," a Defence spokesman said.Meanwhile, a Dornier aircraft and a ship of the Navy have left for rescuing a boat stranded with 15 persons near Lakshadweep islands after receiving a message through an aircraft flying near Kochi, the spokesman said.
He also said a Coast Guard Ship Vaibhav has recovered two bodies off Alappuzha.
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Public schools that fail to improve performance on a variety of state standards by 1997 could face penalties -- including closure -- under a draft report presented to the state Board of Education.
But the same plan proposes rewards, including cash payments, for schools that demonstrate their "excellence" under standards set by the Maryland School Performance Program.
The draft report, given to the state board yesterday, grew out of a call for statewide school accreditation, proposed by a gubernatorial commission two years ago.


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This podcast episode is dedicated to Real Estate Investors trying to do their first deal or stuck and can't get into the next one. Maybe you have struggled for a few months or even years to get a deal done, this episode is just for you.
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SustainabiliTEA: Value in Partnership: A Collaboration between the Rainforest Alliance, Unilever and the Kenya Tea Development Agency Is Changing the Global Tea Industry
McIntyre, Kris, International Trade Forum
In December 2009, for the first time, a group of 12,500 smallholder tea farmers achieved Rainforest Alliance certification through a public-private partnership (PPP) project between Unilever, the Rainforest Alliance and the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA).
The scale of the partnership has started a revolution in the tea industry in the same way that the coffee industry has been influenced by the sustainability movement of the past decade, particularly in light of the International Fund for Agricultural Development's recommendations to support smallholders in emerging economies to meet the increased demands for world food production.
Unilever is the world's biggest tea company and Kenya, the world's largest tea exporter producing around 320,000 tonnes of tea annually, 60% per cent of which is produced by KTDA. The partnership, therefore, has the potential to change the global tea industry by setting the standard for sustainable farming practices. The initiative came as a result of Unilever's 2007 commitment to source all the tea used in its Lipton tea bags globally from sustainably farmed Rainforest Alliance Certified [TM] tea plantations by 2015.
Unilever buys 12% of all black tea and sells the finished product in more than 100 countries, mainly through its brands which include Lipton and PG Tips. Within two years of launching the initiative, around 15% of Unilever's tea now comes from certified farms, and already all Lipton Yellow Label and PG Tips tea bags sold in Western Europe are fully sourced from Rainforest Alliance Certified [TM] farms. Lipton has also launched Rainforest Alliance Certified [TM] tea in the United States and Japan as well as in Australia, where a 12% growth in sales followed the launch.
For more than ten years Unilever developed its own approach to sustainable agriculture--the Sustainable Agriculture Programme. By choosing to work with the Rainforest Alliance, the company had a way to convert its work on its own estates into a movement across its entire supply chain and communicate that change to consumers globally. 'We decided that the Rainforest Alliance certification was the most appropriate because of its comprehensive approach towards sustainable farm management covering social, economic and environmental aspects. This is in line with the way we have been managing our own programme for over a decade,' said Michiel Leijnse, the Global Marketing Director for Lipton.
After starting with Unilever's own estates in East Africa, the project is now beginning to work with some 200,000 independent smallholder tea farms in Kenya--and has also started working with estates and smallholders in southern Africa, India, Sri Lanka, South-East Asia and South America, all striving to become Rainforest Alliance Certified [TM].
'By bringing Rainforest Alliance certification to its tea supply, Unilever has taken an unprecedented step that could eventually benefit millions of tea growers globally,' said Tensie Whelan, President of the Rainforest Alliance.
All certified farms have to meet the strict standards of the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN)--a coalition of leading conservation groups in order to earn the right to use the Rainforest Alliance Certified [TM] seal on their products. On their small, yet carefully managed plots of land, each of the farmers had to implement ecosystem, water and soil conservation practices and wildlife protection and agrochemical reduction processes. The standard guarantees workers' rights and safety, and also decent housing, legal wages and contracts for workers. …


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The Credit Acceptance Corporation offers auto loan services specifically designed to help consumers with poor credit qualify for an auto loan. The company works with car dealers throughout the country to secure financing programs for individuals who have been denied loans in other situations.
Car loans are a type of financial lending agreement in which an individual enters into a legal contract to borrow a set amount of money from a financial institution to be put toward the purchase of a new or used vehicle. During this process, several factors are considered to determine the specific details of the loan, such as the value of the car in question and the credit score of the applicant. Credit score is often used in determining loans, as it serves as an indicator of the applicant's ability to pay off the loan, as well as his previous record of handling debts. Lenders are typically wary about lending money to someone susceptible to default on a loan.
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"Holiday Expectations and the New Year"
This week's guest: Dr. Moira Foxe, Pastor and Director, Redondo Beach Center for Spiritual Living About Dr. Moira:
Dr Moira's background is in Education, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Ethics, Morality and Clinical Theology. Her graduate and post-graduate work were done at Maria Assumpta College of Education, St. Mary's College of Education, London University, and the London Guild of Health.
During the past twenty-five years, Dr Moira has taught psychology and religious studies to high school students in Ireland, England, and Los Angeles. Her work in education progressed into the counseling and ministerial fields.
Throughout her life, Dr Moira has pursued a wide variety of studies and is ever seeking to broaden her learning base. She believes that the education of the whole person is the most wonderful and fascinating pursuit we could actively engage in, and is indeed our life's purpose.
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House of Orange
Taylor Schilling on sexuality, sisterhood, and why Orange Is The New Black is still wowing audiences five seasons in.
Nino Munoz
I thought I was over Orange Is The New Black. Five seasons in, I struggled to see how this once-radical show could maintain its unorthodox edge, and there were a few episodes in the middle of the season it almost lost me. But as I sit almost breathless, the edge of my seat a distant memory, for the finale of the latest season, I realise Jenji Kohan's brilliant claws are still firmly embedded in me – and in many of you, too, judging by the huge audience numbers it continues to pull in. Orange is Netflix's most-watched original series with almost seven million viewers in the US alone, and was streamed more than any other show worldwide in 2016.
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Reporting from the
An Appraisal of Embedding
From Parameters, Spring 2004, pp. 77-88.
The reasons
behind US actions and the types of actions being taken are
increasingly discussed in public and the media. The result is that military
secrecy is becoming increasingly rare.
Lieutenant Colonel Beth Kaspar, USAF
A Bradley under fire cannot be covered dispassionately, like a news
conference or a political rally.
David Zucchino,
embedded reporter, Los Angeles Times
On several occasions during Operation Iraqi Freedom, sandstorms obscured the live coverage for hours, and yet the television audience in the United States still had a clear and current idea of what was happening in the war. In an age of the continuous media cycle and information transparency, Operation Iraqi Freedom marked the first time so many reporters were provided so much relatively unrestricted front-line access. Journalists who signed a contract with the military were embedded with units in every military branch. All news mediathe major US television networks, 24-hour cable news stations, print, radio, and comparable international outletscarried exclusive coverage from their embedded reporters. While most thought the embeds enriched the coverage, two criticisms were frequently repeated: the embedded reporters were compromised by their relationship with their units, and the focus of their reports was too narrow. And one haunting, hovering question was raised: If the war had gone very badly for the United States and Coalition forces, what would have happened to the embedding program?
In order to address how the military can obtain the most beneficial coverage in the next conflict, this article explores how the media intend to im-
prove their wartime reporting. An initial brief review of the history of war reporting, followed by an examination of the Operation Iraqi Freedom coverage, demonstrates a trend toward greater media-military cooperation. This trend analysis is followed by an appraisal of the embedded reporter program, with a careful look at the postwar critiques. An attempt to peer into the future is then made through the example of the financial news medias coverage of the last years of the 1990s bull market. This comparison shows how bad news caused a sea change in the attitude of financial and business news and illuminates the potential pitfalls of embedded war reporting: understanding, not mere information, makes the difference between fair coverage and a negative feeding frenzy.
The media will have to be granted greater access to future military operations if they are to reach this higher plateau of understanding. Reporters must appreciate the operational level of war in order to place the minute-by-minute events in context. Since both the media and the military positively evaluated the recent embedding experiment, it is a fair assumption that the Department of Defense will try to accommodate the media in the future by increasing access. Some might argue that the military and the media will never be able to agree on the ground rules of such an arrangement, but the affiliated trends of greater media-military cooperation and information transparency point toward greater embedding of reporters in the futureperhaps even in the drafting as well as the execution of operational war plans.
A Brief History of War Reporting
Embedding reporters with the military is a natural outgrowth of a relationship between the two organizations dating back to the Crimean War. Since then, the interaction has waxed and waned between adversarial and symbiotic, but the general trend has been toward greater cooperation. In tracking this trend, it is interesting to note that the fundamental obstacle to a close working relationship has not changed much over time. In times of crisis, the military experiences a greater urgency to conceal its strength, location, and intent. This runs squarely counter to journalists desires to quickly report what they see and hear.
The type of media-military compromise brokered in the Crimean War would be frequently repeated to solve the issue of how bad news from the front
was to be reported. Before the Crimean War, this had rarely been an issue, since newspapers obtained their war coverage from foreign journalists or by paying junior officers to describe their experiences.1 This changed when the London Times dispatched William Howard Russell to report on the Crimean War. He overcame several challenges just to reach the war zone, only to be banned by the military from the battlefield. He adapted by interviewing soldiers returning from battle, but was not satisfied at how firsthand accounts were often contradictory. Russell had his newspaper exert sufficient pressure to have him granted access to the action, and he henceforth observed battles from high vantage points. This perspective allowed him to judge British progress for himself, and in his reports he faulted the military leadership for their lack thereof. His damning stories, particularly on the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade, lacked analysis but gave his British readers the first independent appraisal of their military leaders. The British army reacted by impugning the patriotism of the newspaper and its correspondent and by citing the need for security of artillery positions, gunpowder requirements, [and] identification of specific units.2 The Times, not wanting its loyalty to the crown questioned, conceded and agreed to self-censor by reporting only on completed military operations.3
In the American Civil War, the technological advantage of the telegraph increased the speed of reporting, but censorship prevented much of the criticism of military leadership. This was enforced by interrupting transmissions and even arresting and court-martialing reporters.4
The adversarial relationship in the United States was patched up in World War I by inducting reporters into the US military. In this early form of embedding, uniformed reporters accompanied units to the front and had unlimited access to the battlefield. While the British banned reporters completely from the war zone, the Americans gave reporters access, but imposed a mandatory censorship. US journalists, for reasons of patriotism and close proximity to action, complained little about the restriction.5
The US policy of inducting military reporters was continued in World War II. A more relaxed form of censorship was complemented by the Armys own publications like Stars & Stripes and Yank, as well as its radio stations. Instead of attempting to stifle bad news, the services (especially the Army) succeeded in releasing enough information to keep the press reasonably satisfied.6 Indeed, from the militarys perspective, this was the golden age of war reporting.
The age ended and a modern era began in the Korean conflict. Reporters found their own ways into the country and arrived on-scene as the North Koreans poured into Seoul. While there was no censorship, there was also little assistance in the way of transportation or communication.7 All went well for the first year. General MacArthur praised the press for its good cover-
age without . . . a single security breach.8 But when China entered the war and journalists reported successive US defeats, the military was unable to clearly identify guidelines on which newsworthy items could be reported and was increasingly frustrated by the negative coverage. The system broke down, and a strict censorship was imposed.9
The media-military relationship only soured further in the next decade, when it became clear that the US efforts in Vietnam were not bearing fruit. Journalists were in the unique position of hearing the US militarys assessments and then going out into the field unrestricted to make their own observations. President Johnsons position that the South Vietnamese armed forces were an effective fighting force, that the programs launched by the US were improving life for peasants, and US military efforts were making progress was initially put forth and reported until the press realized that it was not conforming to reality.10 The militarys attempts to stay on message and to appeal to reporters patriotism led to a growing credibility gap in which the media were caught between supporting the President and reporting the truth. Despitebut perhaps also because ofthis moral quandary, the press viewed its Vietnam experience as its golden age of war reporting.11 There was no significant censorship, only guidelines; unrestricted access combined with accommodating transportation; the new technology of television; and a great story: the press was reporting the real truth about what was happening in Vietnam. The experience profoundly affected both the media and the military. For the former, the bar was set as the standard against which all future coverage would be measured; for the latter, the press had become an enemy, which in the future had to be tightly controlled.
For the US military, the British experience in the Falklands Campaign of 1982 presented itself as a case study on how to tightly control the press. The British Task Force imposed a news blackout on Port Stanley, and any reporter without permission was apprehended.12
In the 1983 invasion of Grenada, the United States tried a similar approach: For the first two days of the operation, the media [were] restricted to a neighboring island. Some journalists attempted to independently rent boats to take them to Grenada but were intercepted by US Navy ships and held for two days.13 Even though the medias protest about this treatment fell on unsympathetic earspolls showed that the American public supported the Administrations restriction of press access14the military subsequently convened a commission to review the media-military relationship. The panel was appointed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General John Vessey, and was named after its head, Brigadier General Winant Sidle.
One of the results of the Sidle Panels findings15 was the idea of a military press pool, which was stood up in 1984. The first opportunity for
press pool war coverage, the US invasion of Panama in 1989, was not deemed a success. The reporters expected to witness the fighting but were only shown areas where action had already taken place. To make matters worse, reporters who were not in the pool got their stories out first.16
During the first Gulf War in 1990-91, the press pool policy remained in effect, but was vastly larger in scope. In Panama, the pool had consisted of eight journalists. In Operation Desert Storm, there were 1,500 journalists in the Gulf region, and the only way for reporters to legally get into Saudi Arabia was through the pool.17 While the military set ground rules for coverage and attempted to grant access safely, journalists still were disappointed in the press pool arrangement. The medias critique argued that the restricted access directed the reporting and was, thus, indirect censorship.18 The military, for its part, could not logistically handle a pool of 1,500 reporters. To put the numbers in perspective: in World War II, 600 journalists were assigned to cover the entire South Pacific, and 30 reporters covered the invasion of Normandy.19 Another aspect which appeared beyond the militarys control was the speed of the reporting. If Vietnam was the first TV war, then Desert Storm was the first war of live coverage. CNN could broadcast via satellite continuously from Baghdad, using reporters outside the press pool.
The first experiment with modern embedding came in 1995, when the United States deployed peacekeeping forces to Bosnia. Initially journalists were allowed to report everything they heard, unless they were specifically told it was off the record. That changed after an incident involving a Wall Street Journal correspondent, Tom Ricks:
[Ricks reported] a conversation in which a commander warned some of his soldiers, who were African-American, to be careful of the Croatians, whom he described as racist. The commander was immediately heavily criticized for his comments by senior government officials. Subsequently, the Department of Defense issued a new set of rules for embedded reporters, stating that from that point on all conversations with troops were to be considered off the record unless otherwise stated. This rule, widely criticized by members of the media, became known as Ricks Rule.20
Embedded Reporting in Operation Iraqi Freedom
Despite initial media reservations about how much access would be granted, both the military and the media were pleased with the results of the policy of embedding journalists with military units in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Over 600 journalists participated in the program, which began with a week-long Embed Boot Camp. The first of these was held in November 2002 for 58 reporters from 31 news organizations. Their first three days were spent aboard USS Iwo Jima, where the embeds were taught such things as basic pipe
patching, safety awareness, and cruise missile fundamentals.21 The following five days were spent with the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia, where reporters were familiarized with direct fire, nuclear-biological-chemical attacks, minefields, combat first aid, tactical marches, being taken captive by the enemy, and military jargon. They slept in barracks bunks, rose at 0500, and were outfitted with military packs and Kevlar helmets. Andrew Jacobs of The New York Times described it as alternately enlightening, entertaining, horrifying, and physically exhausting.22 It taught him combat survival skills and gave him a visceral appreciation for how the subjects of his coverage lived. He was alert to the bond created by marching, commiserating, and drinking with the Marines and knew it would have to be tempered by the realization that the military expected him and his colleagues to beam triumphant clips to living rooms across the country.23 To get all the journalists through the training, numerous other boot camps were held at locations like Fort Dix, New Jersey, and Kuwait. The experience was not for everyone, and some journalists have written candidly about their decision to withdraw from the program.24
After signing a contract stipulating that they would not report missions in progress or their specific results, specific force sizes, or future missions, and that they would not travel in their own vehicles, reporters were free to join their units. Once the war began, embedded journalists reported from aircraft carriers, Special Forces units, the 3d Infantry Division, and the 1st Marine Division. Their stories were mixed with reports from un-embedded reporters and analysis from news anchors and retired officers.
In making the initial postwar assessments of the embed experiment, many of the higher-profile journalists agreed it was a success. NBCs Tim Russert thought it had worked extremely well and when you looked at all the various slices together, you had pretty close to a complete picture.25 Wolf Blitzer, who had headed CNNs War Desk from Kuwait, called it a win for the public, the media, and the military.26 The extensive training and concomitant understanding the embeds received through the program, from boot camp to the day-to-day military routine, no doubt contributed to the quality of their coverage.
In order to anticipate the ways in which the media will try to improve their coverage, it may be valuable to consider the criticisms the media have raised about their embedding experience. The criticisms have centered on two issues. In many self-searching analyses, embedded reporters have written about their fear of having succumbed to Stockholm Syndrome: having their work influenced by their close relationship with their units. Reporters from both print and television have recounted how they assisted their units in combat, shared physical hardships, and felt accepted as one of the group. These reporters bonded with their units and felt guilt in returning to the
United States while their units were still in Iraq. While this closeness did not necessarily prevent them from objective or critical reporting, journalists worried about losing their impartiality nonetheless.27 The second significant criticism was that the embeds failed to give a sense of the war as a whole.28 Whether or not this shortcoming was the fault of the news organizations, who did not coalesce a comprehensive context for the story, many agreed that the program offered frustratingly narrow views of the action.29
Both of these criticisms have been merged into a larger question of whether the war made for good TV. Some media critics have argued that the quick action sequences from correspondents made viewers too fascinated by the level of detail and encouraged them to become passive, follow-along tacticians.30 Others have complained that within a week or so, the television coverage of the invasion had become so confusing, so repetitiveso boring, for the most partthat it was almost as burdensome to turn it on as it was not.31 Thus, despite the overall favorable reviews, the media will be inclined to improve several aspects of their war coverage.
Similarly, military leaders became frustrated by how quickly frontline issues which soldiers had discussed with the embeds would turn into questions at the Pentagon or at the coalition headquarters in Qatar. One indicative comment was that a Pentagon spokeswoman is being peppered almost hourly with queries from the battlefield about topics as varied as checkpoints, rations, rescues, and killing of civilians.32 Even more frustrating for the military and the Bush Administration, though, was the growing chorus, including several retired generals, questioning whether the war plan of Mr. Rumsfeld and his lieutenants was ill advised and whether the Administration [had] fueled unrealistic expectations that Iraqis would welcome American troops with open arms.33
When Lieutenant General William Wallace, the Armys V Corps Commander, remarked that the enemy were fighting is a bit different than the one we war-gamed against, his comment was blown out of proportion by pundits, news anchors, and retired generals who employed it as ammunition in their criticism of US strategy.34 In response, the White House went into attack mode.35 According to senior officials, the President was irritated and switched from a public hands-off approach to taking personal control of the message machine for the war.36 And yet, even the embed who had asked the question realized that General Wallace was just voicing the frustration and the anxiety that he was feeling at the time out there.37
Considering how large the fallout over the seemingly innocuous comment was, however, one wonders how negative the coverage and subsequent fallout would have become if US forces had suffered large numbers of casualties or a significant setback. Most media critics have agreed that the
embed system never truly withstood the test of bad news. Negative embed storieswhich covered failed supply planning, civilian casualties, fratricide, and theftnever caught the publics attention. Apparently these stories lacked sufficient sensationalism to rise above the clamor of the militarys success. Even the embedded reporters themselves cannot say whether the absence of sensationalism was a result of their Stockholm syndrome or rather a greater fingerspitzengefuehl, or feel for the war, a greater understanding which they had developed through their training and experience.
Financial News Media Reporting
Since there is no convincing way to satisfy the question of how dramatically negative news over a prolonged period would have been covered by embedded reporters, an example of a similar situation might shed some light on the issue. There are many parallels between the coverage of Operation Iraqi Freedom and financial reporting in the late 1990s. In the mid-1990s, cable financial news stations like CNBC began broadcasting from the New York Stock Exchange trading floor. This form of embedding journalists within the financial scene lent credibility to the financial reporting and gave it an added immediacy. Similar to reporting from the fog of battle, financial journalists, like the experts they covered, are feeling their way in a blizzard, squinting through the snow, straining amid the white noise to make out the next trend or market movement or sizzling stock.38 Just like military intelligence in battle, financial intelligence itself became a growth market for the media.39 Finally, the difference between the traders, brokers, and analysts, who are responsible for millions of dollars, and financial reporters, who are responsible only to their editors and readers, is similar to the difference between service members, who are assigned responsibilities for life, property, and mission, and war reporters, who by and large, do not acquire anything approaching comparable responsibilities until they become editors.40
Based on these parallels, it is revealing to observe how financial reporting changed from cheerleader in a bull market to corporate fraud investigator of the bear market. In an era of round-the-clock news, the chief executive officer had become a spokesman-in-chief, marketing maven, and certified media star. . . . The cult of the CEO was born.41 While some executives like Donald Trump or Lee Iacocca had become business celebrities in the 1980s, the hunger for 24-hour business news made it inevitable that new players would emerge and at a faster rate.42 The volatility of internet stocks made for exciting stories, and CEOs were the heroes. For instance, Time magazine named the creator of Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos, its Man of the Year in 1999, even though his company had never turned a profit.
The hero angle of financial reporting was popular because it took a difficult subject and made it personable and easy to understand. Many of the correspondents were by no stretch of the imagination financial experts, and they covered traders and analysts who had never experienced a real declining stock market. In the financial news audience, there were two full generations of amateur investors who didnt remember the way some stocks had plummeted in the 1960s and 70s, let alone the crash of 1987.43 Thus, it struck few as peculiar that of the 15,000 investment opinions covered in 1997, less than half of one percent involved a recommendation to sell any stock.44 More experienced or properly trained journalists could have turned the situation into an educational opportunity for their audience. Instead, they accepted the fanciful notion that the new economy had no rules.
Financial new shows like Squawk Box on CNBC were purposely designed like ESPNs SportsCenter, so that the financial reporters could appear like sports enthusiasts discussing scores and games. In the networks logic, otherwise uninterested viewers could be drawn to coverage of complex financial dealings, as long as they were explained in sports terms. CNBC tapped into a gold mine, and the show developed such appeal that it began to affect the stock market on its own. Traders who knew a stock would be featured on the show would start buying it before the segment even aired.45
Reporters were not troubled by this dilemma. The speed at which business news traveled, combined with the growth in the sheer number of financial news outlets, had made it harder and harder for reporters to be the first to get a story. While the science, engineering, and economics of the companies were too difficult for most reporters to master, it did not matter, since quickness beat comprehension in the rush to be first.
Then, when the stock market became jittery in 1999 and 2000, the financial news media began to tear down the gurus they had created. In this anxious environment, journalists like nothing better than a rhetorical shootout between well-known personalities.46 This type of verbal fireworks simplified the numbing complexity of market gyrations and interest rates and economic trends to an old-fashioned spit-ball fight.47
When the markets started to whiplash in April 2000, Wall Street became a soap opera, with the sharp up-and-down swings played out on every front page, news broadcast, and talk show. The triple blows of 9/11, the Enron bankruptcy, and WorldComs $3.8 billion accounting scandal soured the financial news. The declining markets were accompanied by increasingly negative reporting. The media coverage became like a car wreck.48 A feeding frenzy took over, and the stories focused on the excesses of CEOs like Tycos Dennis Kozlowski, fraud and largess in big companies, and retired investors who had lost their life savings. Similar to the coverage of the bull market, the
story lines stayed with what would be easy to understandstories that would evoke empathy or disgustand thus avoided the complicated explanations for what had happened.
This financial news media example suggests that if reporters do not truly understand the background, the deeper issues, the how and the why, they will fall back on sensationalism designed to evoke resonance with the viewer or reader. Likewise, when faced with truly bad military situations, embedded military reporters might resort to quick criticism, gotcha journalism, and catastrophic predictionsif they do not understand the events in the context of the operational and strategic levels of war.
The late Michael Handel, who taught at both the Army and Naval War Colleges, used to refer to the first Gulf War as war deluxe. The same could be said about the second Gulf War, and therefore all lessons learned from that conflict should include a caveat. Even though the media and the military were pleased with the embedding program, one must remember that it was never tested by a tragic setback. The next conflict might well bring such a calamity, and it would be prudent for the military to consider how to make the most of the coverage in such a situation. The options of the pastcensorship and restricted accesswill not work as well in an age of satellite imagery and cell phones.
Most reporters, especially the ones who risk their lives in combat zones, take their loyalty to the truth very seriously. The temptation to sensationalize a negative story can thus only be tempered by exposing reporters to the truth and a better understanding of the big picture. When the bad news hits, reporters need to already have considerable experience under their belts to be able put their observations into context. If the military, from the outset, allows journalists to glimpse the making of operational plansallows them to witness the care and consideration for all possible contingencies, the deliberate avoidance of collateral damage, and the cooperation with other governmental and nongovernmental organizationsthen those journalists will have a much greater appreciation of the situation.
If the military denies correspondents access to operational planning and execution, reporters will draw their own, possibly erroneous, conclusions and assign blame where they think best. Their efforts will be aided by retired generals and admirals, who will judge progress from back in the studio and can only guess at what the operational plans included. The resulting fallout will have to be answered by senior military leaders, if not the White House. If President Bush felt he had to take over the message machine of the war after the this wasnt the enemy we war-gamed against comment, it would be safe to assume that serious military setbacks or even minor ones will
require White House involvement in the subsequent public relations damage control. Any organization dislikes such involvement, since it invariably appears reactive and defensive.
Some will argue that reporters cannot be trusted with the highly classified material discussed at the operational level, that if correspondents had access to operational plans, those plans would be compromised. While the compromise of operational war plans is a serious concern, selecting trustworthy journalists with a proven track record could mitigate it. Moreover, journalists like Ted Koppel or Rick Atkinson already have openly admitted they had access to top-secret briefings and discussions with general officers.49
Furthermore, in an age where much military information can be gleaned through open sources, secrecy has become increasingly difficult to sustain. Commercial satellite imagery, cellular and satellite telephone intercepts, and the internet can all be employed to track the movements of military forces.50 A fusion of that information, combined with the full-page war maps of The New York Times and the retired generals analysis on television, could have provided the Iraqi military an accurate picture of the US dispositions.
In closing, the historical trend toward greater media-military cooperation and the increase in information transparency are both harbingers of the next step: granting selected journalists access to the operational planning and execution of the next war. Failure to get out ahead of this trend and position the media within the operational level could, in the case of military setbacks in the next conflict, bring public relations disaster upon the Pentagon and the White House. Similar to the trust the Department of Defense placed in the embedded reporters at the tactical levelknowing that the soldiers, airmen, sailors, and marines would make a great storyso should trust be proffered at the operational level. Giving the best reporters the chance to observe such planning and execution will be rewarded with great stories.
1. William N. Nagy, Department of Defense Combat Coverage Principles: Will They Serve Us in the Future? (Fort Leavenworth, Kans.: Command and General Staff College, 1995), p. 15.
2. Ibid., p. 16.
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid., p. 19.
5. Gregory M. Hannan, The Military and the Media: An Historical and Cultural Examination (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio: Air Force Institute of Technology, 1998), p. 6.
6. Ibid., p. 8.
7. Nagy, p. 24.
8. Hannan, p. 9.
9. Ibid.
10. Nagy, p. 12.
11. Hannan, p. 19.
12. Hannan quoting Mort Rosenblum, Who Stole the News? (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1993), p. 237.
13. Nagy, p. 37.
14. Hannan.
15. Report by CJCS Media-Military Relations Panel (Sidle Panel) (Washington: Department of Defense, 23 August 1984), http://www.ndu.edu/library/epubs/20030710a.pdf.
16. Hannan, p. 19.
17. Charles W. Ricks, The Military-News Media Relationship: Thinking Forward (Carlisle, Pa.: US Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute, 1993), p. vi.
18. Nagy, p. 41.
19. Ricks, p. vi.
20. Nancy Ethiel, ed., The Military and the Media: Facing the Future (Wheaton, Ill.: Robert M. McCormick Tribune Foundation, 1998), p. 61.
21. Initial total provided by Mazzetti was 400, updated by AP article to 600. Mark Mazzetti, Dispatches from Media Boot Camp, Slate Magazine, 18 November 2002. Associated Press, Pentagon Embed Experiment Drawing Favorable Reviews, Florida Times-Union, 21 April 2003, sec. C, p. 3.
22. Andrew Jacobs, My Week at Embed Boot Camp, New York Times Sunday Magazine, 3 February 2003, pp. 34-35.
23. Ibid.
24. Hampton Sides, Unembedded, The New Yorker, 24 March 2003, pp. 30-32.
25. Assessing the Medias Battle Plan for Coverage, Buffalo News, 18 April 2003.
26. Ibid.
27. Two instances of reporters assisting gunners in targeting enemy Iraqis or fulfilling military tasks to help their units were recounted in David Zucchino, After the War, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2003, sec. A, p. 1, and Scott Bernard Nelson, Embedded Reporter Comes Away from the Front Lines Torn, Boston Globe, 22 April 2003, sec. E, p. 1. The feeling of guilt brought on by returning home was described in Betsy Rothstein, After Iraq, Reporters Glad to be Embedded in their Own Beds, The Hill, 29 April 2003, p. 16.
28. Liz Marlantes, The Other Boots on the Ground: Embedded Press, Christian Science Monitor, 23 April 2003.
29. Ibid.
30. Nancy Franklin, TV Goes to War, The New Yorker, 31 March 2003, p. 33.
31. Charles McGrath, Bomb, New York Times Sunday Magazine, 14 April 2003, p. 15.
32. Christopher Marquis, Access for News Media Brings Chorus of Criticism and Queries on War, The New York Times, 3 April 2003, sec. B, p. 12.
33. Ibid.
34. Rick Atkinson, Did Embeds Provide Clear Snapshot of Combat in Iraq? CNN Reliable Sources, host Howard Kurtz, 27 April 2003.
35. Elizabeth Bumiller, David E. Sanger, and Richard W. Stevenson, How 3 Weeks of War in Iraq Looked from the Oval Office, The New York Times, 14 April 2003, sec. B, p. 11.
36. Dan Balz and Mike Allen, CEO Bush Takes Over Management of Message, The Washington Post, 28 March 2003, sec. A, p. 34.
37. Ibid.
38. Howard Kurtz, The Fortune TellersInside Wall Streets Game of Money, Media, and Manipulation (New York: The Free Press, 2000), p. xv.
39. Ibid., p. xx.
40. William V. Kennedy, The Military and the Media (Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 1993), p. 14.
41. Kurtz, p. 112.
42. Ibid., p. 101.
43. Ibid., p. 85.
44. Ibid., p. 32.
45. Ibid., p. 30.
46. Ibid., p. 220.
47. Ibid., p. 221.
48. Randy Carver, branch manager of Carver Financial Services/Raymond James in Cleveland, quoted in Investors Are Seeking Port in the Storm, San Antonio Express-News, 15 July 2002, sec. A, p. 4.
49. Marvin Kalb recounted a conversation in which Ted Koppel said he had attended morning briefings of the 3d Infantry Division. Interview, All Things Considered, National Public Radio, 29 April 2003. Rick Atkinson noted that his complete access to General Wallace entailed the responsibility to refrain from reporting Wallaces reactions to the passions of the moment. Atkinson, Did Embeds Provide Clear Snapshot of Combat in Iraq?
50. The ability to discern the operational idea of a military strategy through open sources has been shown. In 1997, an Air Expeditionary Force deployment to Bahrain was tracked by a US Air Force Red Cell. Using public information and commercial satellite imagery, the Red Cell discovered the bed-down locations, missions, and force composition. Beth Kaspar, The End of Secrecy? Military Competitiveness in the Age of Transparency, occasional paper, Center for Strategy and Technology (Maxwell AFB, Ala.: Air University, 2001), p. 15.
Lieutenant Commander Brendan McLane, USN, is Executive Officer on USS Simpson. Before his current assignment he completed the Naval Operational Planner Course at the Naval War College, after graduating with highest distinction from the Command and Naval Staff College.
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Fruits and vegetables high in antioxidants and other cancer-fighting compounds have long been thought to curb one's cancer risk. It now appears that another group of foods--including turmeric (one of the major spices in curry powder), red grapes, rosemary, and green tea--has joined the ranks of these potent anticancer nutrients. Interestingly, these foods have properties resembling those of the COX-2 inhibitors--popular new arthritis drugs, such as Celebrex, that have been dubbed "superaspirins."
COX-2 inhibitor drugs, so-called because they block an enzyme called cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), are used to treat the pain and inflammation of arthritis. There is now compelling evidence that they may also protect against cancer. Mitch Gaynor, M.D., director of medical oncology at the Strang Cancer Prevention Center in New York, notes that suppressing COX-2 may be beneficial because, "the COX-2 enzyme helps make carcinogens much more active once they get into your body. The enzyme also allows cancerous cells to grow new blood vessels."
A recent study pinpointed the importance of COX-2 in colon cancer (Journal of the American Medical Association, 10/6/99). Colon tumors with the highest COX-2 levels were larger, more advanced, and more likely to have spread to the lymph nodes. By contrast, the enzyme was undetectable in colon tissue from cancer-free patients. High COX-2 levels appear to be fairly ubiquitous in tumors. Dr. Gaynor observes, "We found elevated COX-2 levels in just about every solid tumor we looked at, from lung cancer to breast, prostate, bladder, and colon cancer. We've also demonstrated that when you inhibit COX-2, the cancer cells stop growing." The COX-2 inhibitor Celebrex has been shown to strongly inhibit the development of colon cancer in animal studies. Several clinical trials are now under way to determine whether this and other COX-2 inhibitors have the same effects in people.
Beyond antioxidantsThe good news is that a drug-free alternative to the synthetic COX-2 inhibitors may be as close as your spice shelf. It appears that certain foods are natural inhibitors of the COX-2 enzyme. By incorporating these foods in your diet, you can obtain some of the potential cancer-preventing benefits of the COX-2 inhibitors naturally.
Turmeric (curcumin) Dr. Gaynor observes, "Countries like India and Pakistan, where the people eat a lot of curry, have a lower incidence of various types of cancer." Curcumin, the ingredient that gives turmeric its yellow color and one of the best studied of the natural COX-2 inhibitors, has been shown to inhibit the development of cancer in animals. Dr. Chintalapally V. Rao, a scientist with the American Health Foundation in Valhalla, New York, has conducted extensive animal studies with curcumin and notes that while the new drugs "undermine the activity of the COX-2 enzyme, curcumin completely blocks formation of the enzyme itself."
The intriguing evidence of curcumin's anticancer effects in animal studies has prompted a clinical trial of the compound. Dr. Steven Schiff at Rockefeller University in New York is assessing whether curcumin supplements (250 mg twice a day) can inhibit the development of colon cancer in people and plans to publish his findings later this year.
Red grapes Another potent COX-2 inhibitor known as resveratrol is produced in the skin of red grapes, where it protects against oxidation and fungal infections. Resveratrol is found in grape juice and red wine; red Bordeaux and French Cabernets contain a particularly high concentration of the compound. Resveratrol appears to help protect against cancer in at least three ways: It has anti-inflammatory effects, it's a powerful antioxidant, and it may prevent cancer cells from progressing to the next stage. Supplements provide about 600 mcg of resveratrol, the amount found in a glass of red wine.
Rosemary This common spice, another strong COX-2 inhibitor, also increases the activity of detoxification enzymes. An extract of rosemary, termed carnosol, has inhibited the development of both breast and skin tumors in animals. Rosemary can be used as a seasoning. It can also be consumed as a tea: Use 1 tsp. dried leaves per cup of hot water; steep for 15 minutes.
Green Tea Green tea has also been shown to inhibit the COX-2 enzyme, and it has strong antioxidant effects as well. Several population studies have indicated that green tea possesses powerful anticancer effects. A clinical trial evaluating green tea in cancer patients is currently under way at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Experts advise drinking four cups of green tea daily. Alternatively, take two 250 mg green tea pills a day. Select pills standardized to contain at least 50 percent polyphenols, the active ingredients in green tea.
Bee Propolis Finally, bee propolis, a sticky resin collected by bees from pines and other trees, is "one of the most potent COX-2 inhibitors," according to Dr. Gaynor. Dr. Rao has found bee propolis very effective for cancer prevention in animals, noting, "You can use it in lower doses than curcumin because it is highly absorbable." It is typically sold as 500 mg capsules.
Suggested dose: Optimal doses of COX-2 foods or supplements for cancer prevention (or arthritis pain and inflammation relief) are unknown. In the meantime, it seems reasonable to consume COX-2 foods as part of a healthy cancer-fighting diet, along with plenty of fruits and vegetables. So spread a little curry-rosemary dip on your cracker, sip some green tea, and pour yourself a glass of Cabernet.


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Recipe: D.I.Y. Cranberry Jam
Cranberries are not just for Thanksgiving jelly and sauce; homemade cranberry jam is wonderful on toast or a sandwich too.
This is an easy homemade jam recipe that will keep in the fridge for at least two weeks. It's smoother, sweeter and and thicker than cranberry sauce. We ate it on bread with peanut butter and used it in a pastry for Thanksgiving. It's tart and sweet with traditional aromas of cinnamon and orange.
Try other spices in it too - cardamom, cloves, ginger...
D.I.Y. Cranberry Jam
about 1 cup of jam
12 ounces of cranberries (1 bag)
1 1/4 cups sugar
Peel of 1 orange
1 cinnamon stick
3/4 cup water
Run the cranberries through a food processor until they are finely shredded. If you like a chunky jam, leave them whole or process them less.
Put the cranberries and the rest of the ingredients in a 2-quart pan. Let sit for about 10 minutes, then bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring frequently.
Turn the heat to low and let the jam simmer for about 25 minutes, or until it hits a temperature of 220ºF. Remove from the heat and let cool, then put in the refrigerator.