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Civil Trial Practice
The Court sets a date certain for the trial at the initial Scheduling Conference after consultation with counsel. Attorneys must bring their schedules to the conference to avoid conflicts.
If issues arise regarding the date set for trial, the Court is available to conduct a status conference, either by telephone or in person, by contacting the case manager.
The Joint Final Pretrial Order must be submitted electronically through CM/ECF on or before the date set by the scheduling order. Counsel is directed to consult and comply with Local Rule 16.2 governing the Joint Final Pretrial Order. The proposed Final Pretrial Order shall strictly comply with the requirements of Local Rule 16.2. If plaintiffs do not convene a conference or initiate the process of completing the Joint Final Pretrial Order, or if defendants fail to respond, either party may file a Notice of Failure to Complete the Joint Final Pretrial Order on or after the date the Order is due to be filed along with their submissions for the Order. The Notice must indicate that the party filing the Notice attempted to communicate with the other parties prior to filing the Notice.
The following persons shall personally attend the final pretrial conference:
i) Trial counsel for each party;
ii) All parties who are natural persons;
iii) A representative on behalf of any other party who has full settlement authority for the party;
iv) A representative of any insurance carrier that has undertaken the prosecution or defense of the case and has contractually reserved to itself the ability to settle the action.
Representatives must possess full authority to engage in settlement discussions and to agree upon a full and final settlement.
If a governmental entity is a party, then agency counsel or another person with settlement authority must attend along with counsel for the government, unless counsel for the government has settlement authority and has requested leave of the Court to attend without a client representative.
The following instructions are in addition to the requirements of Local Rule 16.2(b)(9) governing the list of exhibits to be provided with the Proposed Joint Final Pretrial Order.
1. Objections Based on Authenticity and Foundation: Failure to identify objections based on authenticity and foundation will result in waiver of those objections at trial.
2. Custody and Record of Admitted Exhibits: Counsel are required to maintain a record of all admitted exhibits during trial. Counsel for each party much keep custody of that party's admitted exhibits during trial. Exceptions will be made for exhibits that may pose a threat or danger if transported to and from the Court, or exhibits that are delicate and otherwise unable to be moved without risk. In those instances, with advance warning, the Court will make arrangement to ensure the integrity of the evidence.
3. Preparing Exhibits for Jury Deliberation: Originals of all exhibits admitted at trial should be ready to be turned over to the jury at the beginning of jury deliberations.
4. Filing Exhibits: It is the responsibility of the parties to ensure that the record is complete.
5. Numbering Exhibits: The parties will consecutively number exhibits to be used at trial. Plaintiff's exhibits will be designated beginning with "P-1." Defendant's exhibits will be designated beginning with "D-1."
6. Filing Exhibits: It is the responsibility of the parties to ensure that the record is complete.
The parties must meet and confer prior to trial to discuss jury instructions. The parties must submit directly to the Court a single set of all stipulated proposed jury instructions and a verdict form no later than the date established in the Scheduling Order. The parties must also submit any instructions they cannot agree on by the same date. All such instructions are to be submitted in either Microsoft Word or WordPerfect, and each instruction shall contain references to authority. The Court has its own standard introductory and concluding instructions.
Voir dire will be conducted by the Court with follow-up questions permitted by counsel. Counsel should submit proposed voir dire questions in writing at least five days in advance of the trial. Jurors will be excused without disclosing which side excused them.
Jurors may be permitted to take notes during trial. The Court instructs the jury in advance on this issue.
Although counsel is expected to raise foreseeable evidentiary issues by motions in limine before trial, if evidentiary problems arise during trial, counsel should raise them before or after the trial day, or during a break, to avoid jury down time while such problems are solved. Speaking objections are prohibited.


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You know how it goes. Take a little basic stress, add in some normal family dynamics; sprinkle with a few messy teenage bedrooms and some laundry pile-ups; season with a pending departure for a few days out of town, and what do you have? The recipe for a perfect batch of family squabbling!
We are supposed to leave today for a mini-road trip with our kids. It's nothing major; just a much-needed few days away together to laugh, chill and generally hang out as a family. Unfortunately, my Dad has been quite sick in hospital, so we really didn't think we were going to want to be away, and we had left the final decision until this morning. I'm happy to say that he is doing much better, and he has joined everyone in insisting that we head out for our little break. You can understand how the lead-up to today has been very stressful, and we are all exhausted; physically and emotionally.
As we made our decision to go ahead this morning, we roused the kids and told them of our plan. For some reason, this was the time that we discovered a multitude of neglected chores, messy bedrooms and undone laundry. It seemed like there was a mountain of work to be done before we were even going to be able to hit the road. With fuses already short from stress and fatigue, our tempers flared and we all started bickering. At one point, I announced that it just seemed like too much trouble for a few days, and that we should just skip it altogether and stay home.
Through all of this rising hubub, a large brown dog lay quietly in the corner on the kitchen floor; his soulful eyes moving back and forth between the arguing family members. I'm not sure what he was thinking, but I know that he could feel the stress level going up. He always seems to retreat a bit when voices are raised in our house. I have no doubt that he feels the negative energy, and it clearly affects him as well.
After my final outburst, I looked down at him and announced, "Gus and I are going for a walk!" And off we went.
It's beautiful outside today. The humidity of the past week has cleared, and there was a cool breeze blowing down the street; rustling the leaves as we set out. This morning's rain had left everything smelling fresh and renewed, yet there were still a few drops falling from the trees as we passed under them. The sun danced in and out from behind the clouds, and I felt my tension start to ease up as we headed down the street; falling into our familiar rhythm together.
We walked for almost an hour, and I found myself letting go of the issues that had seemed so important and annoying back in the house. Do I really care if the kids' rooms are clean? So what if there's laundry waiting for us on Saturday. Everything will be ok with Dad, and the rest of the family can manage without me for a few days. At one point, Gus turned back and looked at me with his goofy smile, and I could swear he seemed to be saying "see Mom . . . isn't everything better once you get outside!"
By the time we rounded the corner to head back towards home, my head felt clearer and my steps were lighter. I was ready to walk in the door with a smile and move into gear for our family getaway. As the icing on the cake, a woman suddenly called out and waved to me from across the street. I could tell she didn't speak English, because she only made hand gestures, but she waved and pointed at Gus, and then gave me a huge smile and a double thumbs-up sign. Gus had worked his magic again!
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The idea is IF they make a Galaxy S10 Pro which uses the 4000 Mah Battery from the Active Series but looks like the Galaxy S10 but a little thicker (for the Battery Increase ).
But same size ( hopefully as the S9-which feels like a smaller phone in pocket ).
Also - possibly a flat screen so glass protectors can more easily be used and to make it more rugged, premium RAM , storage and all features from S10- whatever those are.
The idea is that Professionals who use their phone like a laptop , power users , and don't CARE if the phone is 1.2 millimeters thicker can get a more rugged device possibly with 8 Gig RAM instead of 6Gig RAM for about $120 extra -think of a 2 year or 3 year device.
Is there a demand for this ?
Is there a slim chance that T-Mobile might even request this Model with enough pre register requests to celebrate the new LTE Bands and merger with Sprint.
Is there a chance that I can buy one .?..lol.
I don't work for Samsung or Tmobile but someone said if the demand is there, Samsung might do it.
IF the 'Active Series' had no plastic protector (which scratches easily) over the glass and extra RAM - it would be close to what I describe...except the 'Pro ' would allo us to choose our own case and again- NOT having the curved screen is more rugged especially with tempered glass.
Who would want one and what would it need ?
I tried to keep it simple because Samsung will not add many features or reinvent the wheel other than their normal course.
I would if BOGO were offered to current customers!
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Drop by for a taste of the Auld Country. Elephants at NW 22nd Avenue celebrates with a bangers and mash dinner, complete with a cabbage sauté, peas and carrots, and a Guinness chocolate tart for dessert. We also have Irish soda bread, Corned beef, and other seasonal favorites in store.
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RE-volv, a San Francisco-based nonprofit, announces this Earth Day the launch of four new solar crowdfunding campaigns spearheaded by local college students in California, Ohio, South Carolina and Wisconsin. The projects will bring the power and benefits of solar energy to local nonprofits: East End Community Services in Dayton, Ohio; Primates Inc. in Westfield, Wisconsin; the University California Santa Barbara (UCSB) Student Housing Co-op in Isla Vista, California; and the VFW Post 10420 in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina.
"RE-volv's financial model is a fantastic way to empower community members to support clean energy while also helping a nonprofit increase their ability to support the community," reports William Nicholson, the Solar Ambassador project lead of the UW-Madison students. "It's a win-win."
The four nonprofits that will benefit from the solar campaigns all play critical roles in their communities. UCSB Housing Co-op provides inclusive, low-rent housing and community space for all students. VFW Post 10420 is instrumental in helping the brave men and women who served in the armed forces acclimate to civilian life. Primates Inc. provides a sanctuary for primates used in medical testing facilities. East End Community services provide a full range of services to help people move out of poverty.
The students running the campaigns are fellows in RE-volv's Solar Ambassador program, a year-long fellowship that provides valuable career skills to college students by training them to bring solar to nonprofits in their communities. Over 120 students from 11 universities in ten states are fellows in the program this school year.
"RE-volv's Solar Ambassador program empowers college students to bring clean energy to their communities, and by doing so, we're training tomorrow's clean energy leaders," said Elyse Wood, RE-volv's Solar Ambassador program manager. "America's best and brightest are looking for opportunities to take action on climate change while getting practical career experience in clean energy. We've created a unique program that allows students to channel their creativity and passion into real climate solutions while teaching them important job skills."
From Cyclone Idai, the largest tropical storm ever seen in the Southern Hemisphere, to flooding in the Midwest that has caused billions of dollars in damage, the frequency of catastrophic climate change events are reaching dangerous new levels. With an increase of climate-related disasters, the movement for clean energy and sustainable solutions is also reaching an all-time high in popularity. From the Green New Deal to the Youth Climate Strike that saw millions of youth marching for climate solutions, to cities around the U.S. pledging 100% renewable energy goals, the environmental movement is reaching and activating new communities around the globe.
"This is the most consequential Earth Day in its 49-year history. Never has there been a more critical time to act, and support clean energy initiatives that will combat climate change," said Andreas Karelas, RE-volv founder and executive director. "We're providing people and communities the opportunity to invest in tangible solutions that help the planet, but are also good for our communities."
If these four campaigns are successful, RE-volv will have crowdfunded 21 solar projects (275+ kW of capacity) in six states. Thanks to the solar installations, these 21 nonprofits are expected to save between 15 and 50% on their electric bills. In total, they will save more than $1 million over the life of their solar energy systems. RE-volv's solar revolving fund, the Solar Seed Fund, is now worth over $1 million in future lease payments from these 21 projects — payments which will be used to finance at least 33 more solar energy projects for nonprofits.
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It was time to start tearing in to the '74 MX100 that I plan to race in the mini class at Meatball's Hell On Wheels Rally this June. Hopefully I can have this thing back together and running by June 16th!!
Brought a few things back to the garage from the Long Beach cycle swap last sunday. My favorite is this old racer's trunk and the stories told through old stickers!
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But I have managed to get a day or two on the layout and have continued on with the signal installs. I'm slowly working my way around the layout and had to install some more G Type heads onto a mast.
I have the Tomar brass masts but I've never been happy with the green, yellow or red that the 1.5mm LED's produce. I found a replacement 1.5mm one that had much better colours so decided to convert these into the G Type plastic IHC heads and mount them onto the Tomar brass masts.
The IHC heads have small plastic tabs that can be adapted to clip onto the brass mast post easily. The brass tube will take the eight (8) small 0.5mm wires for both heads.
The mast above was placed onto the mainline heading out of Hershey into Manheim Junction and is paired with a double head dwarf on the passing siding track to the south.
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Rethinking Education in China: Lessons from the Post-Mao Period
7 September, 2017
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Recent years have witnessed mingled alarm and envy in the West at the supposed excellence of China's education system – epitomized by Shanghai's PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) success. But much public discussion of the context for that success, and of the nature of the education system that has produced it, remains worryingly superficial. Drawing on a new monograph, Education and Society in Post-Mao China (Routledge 2017), this talk re-examines the educational record of China during the four decades of 'Reform and Opening'. It argues that evaluation of this record depends very much on the evaluator's comparative perspective and ethical assumptions. Notwithstanding its impressive performance on many counts, education in Post-Mao China has played a key role in fostering radical social stratification – a role that is not accidental, but intrinsic to the system's design. At the same time, the role assigned to education in political socialization – aimed partly at legitimating the system's radical shift away from egalitarianism – carries potential threats for the country's stability.
Edward Vickers is the Professor of Comparative Education at Kyushu University, Japan, having previously taught for almost a decade at the IOE in London. He began his career as a schoolteacher and textbook author in Hong Kong during the 1990s, and worked for the People's Education Press in Beijing from 2000 to 2003. He is the author and editor of many books on the history and politics of education in contemporary Asia – most recently (with Zeng Xiaodong) Education and Society in Post-Mao China (Routledge 2017). Much of his work focuses on the politics of identity in East Asian societies. He co-edited (with Paul Morris and Naoko Shimazu) Imagining Japan in Postwar East Asia: identity politics, schooling and popular culture (Routledge 2013) and (with Krishna Kumar) Constructing Modern Asian Citizenship (Rutledge 2015). He is currently working on a report for UNESCO's Mahatma Gandhi Institute on The State of Education for Peace, Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship in Asia.


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|Big North Lodge is located on Gun Lake, part of the Winnipeg River System at Minaki, 25 miles north of Kenora, Ontario. Our 5 lakes & river system is famous for outstanding Muskie Fishing. Muskies are common in the 30" to 45" range, with "Lunkers" over 50+ inches caught and released each year. With 45 miles of lakes & river, Muskie are plentiful, fat and hard fighting. Our family-operated drive-in lodge offers both American Plan and deluxe lakefront Housekeeping accommodations with all the comforts of home in the wilderness.
|At Anderson's Lodge you have choices of 5 species including the elusive Silver Musky! Want a chance at the next World Record? Fish the legendary Lac Seul on Professionally guided Musky Hunts where every year our guests are successful in boating 50" plus fish! From all-inclusive American Plan to Deluxe Fly-In/Boat-In Outpost Pkgs. we can accommodate any groups' needs. New Mercury engines every year & custom-built 21' Bowriders, sumptuous food, including a fresh fish "shore lunch", impeccably clean 1st class accommodations - there is nothing else like it in Sioux Lookout! We are totally committed to providing you a quality Musky fishing vacation!
|Lac Seul's Scout Lake Resort & McKenzie Bay Outpost: Scout Lake is a remote corner of Lac Seul and located at the south-west end of the lake. Scout Lake and Lac Seul are now being recognized as the new destination for monster Muskie fishing. Muskie first started getting caught in the late 80s and every year they are becoming more common. Since 2010 there are been more 60+ inch Muskie caught in Lac Seul than all other lakes in North America put together. Since 95% of people fish for Walleye and Northern Pike on Lac Seul it's hard to say how many Muskie you will catch in a day if you target them. Lac Seul is also one of the best lakes in Ontario for Walleye and Northern Pike with populations of Smallmouth Bass increasing every year. The resort has clean and cozy housekeeping cabins as well as remote outpost camp on McKenzie Bay, which sleeps eight people.
|Lac Seul Outpost Lodge features world class fishing. Muskie populations have been increasing for many years and now Lac Seul has emerged as one of the more interesting Muskie destinations in Ontario. 99% of people fishing on Lac Seul are not fishing for Muskie so the Muskie potential is not known. Muskie are still not a dominant species in Lac Seul but guests catch Muskie in the 35 to 43-inch range while fishing for other species. Many big monsters over 50 inches get caught. In 2009, two 60-inch Muskie were reported being caught and released on Lac Seul. This is a destination for catching big muskie, not lots of Muskie. Lac Seul Outposts has beautiful lakefront cottages and fantastic fishing for other species.


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The Armor of God
Reflections and Prayers for Wartime
Chapter IV
Reflections on Prayer
Sometimes God answers prayers in a way different from which we ask.
St. Monica had a son who was very immoral and proud. For years she prayed to God for his conversion. Hearing that he planned on going to Italy she renewed her prayers to God that he might be prevented from doing so, for she feared evil companionship there. But her son sailed despite her prayers.
While in Milan he heard St. Ambrose preach and became a convert and one of the greatest Bishops of the Church: St. Augustine. His mother's particular petition was denied, but her general petition was granted.
Commenting on it afterwards St. Augustine said: "O God, Thou in the depth of Thy counsels, hearing the main point of her desire, regardest not what she then asked, that Thou mightest make me what she ever desired."...
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Reflections and Prayers for Wartime
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Quilts=Art=Quilts 2018
Oct 27, 2018 - Jan 6, 2019
Annual Juried Quilt Exhibition featuring 59 artists from around the world
Opening Reception, Saturday October 27, 2018 5 pm followed by a dinner at the
Springside Inn... a lovely place to stay for your visit!
Quilts=Art=Quilts is an international juried quilt exhibition at the Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn, New York. This year's exhibit will feature quilts by 59 artists from across the US and around the world. The opening reception will be on Saturday, October 27th from 4-6 pm.
The exhibit will be on view from October 27, 2018, through January 6, 2019. The year's exhibit was juried by Gerri Spilka and Kit Vincent. Prizes will be chosen by Prize Juror, Robert Shaw, and announced at 5:00pm at the opening reception. A Quilter's Dinner will be held at 7:00 pm at the Springside Inn with a lecture by Robert Shaw. Pre-registration required to attend the dinner and lecture. Please submit the following form to pre-register.
We encourage weekend visitors to plan their visits around the Trunk Shows which will be held throughout QAQ on four Sundays at 2:00 pm. Presenting artists bring a wide variety of their work and describe their process and approach to quilting. The admission fee allows visitors to view the exhibits and join the trunk shows. Trunk Shows will be held on November 4, November 25, and December 2. Trunk Show lecturers: TBA. On Sunday, November 18th there will be a Fiber Market at the Schweinfurth from 1-5pm featuring local yarn producers and vendors, plus a lecture by indie dyer, Carrie Drake. Click here for more information about the market.
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"Shut Down Guantanamo! D.C. Action, April 30" (Dennis Loo, World Can't Wait):
They tell us:
We will extract confessions from you.
We know that you know what we want.
We will tell you what we know about you and your co-conspirators and what we know that you know.
We will tell you again and again and again and again until you tell us what we have told you so that we may know the truth.[ii]
We will pour jugs of water onto your face till you choke and struggle against your binds, to purify you.
We will tell you that if you don't talk that you will surely die.
We will put you in coffin-sized boxes for hours.
We will throw you against the walls. Repeatedly.
We will strip you naked and sic dogs upon you.
We will deny you sleep for days upon days.
We will tell you that we will not ever stop until you have made your peace with us and confess freely and fully.
We will slap you and beat you until you tell us what we want.
We are, you must know, a merciful people, a kind people, a just, and a moral people.
Dennis Loo remains, for me, the best writer on torture today and I really enjoyed the piece above because he broke to do these single sentence statements that whizz by like flash cards and, like flash cards, leave an impression. He's written many article the typical way and I am sure he's reached many people that way (I know he's reached me); however, it is good to shake things up and I think his approach above was an interesting change.
I wish I could be like Loo and go into the torture but it just disgusts me. It just turns my stomach and I'm not old enough to remember WWII but I am old enough to remember some of the WWII shows (that aired long after the war ended) which were all about how wonderful the US was for not torturting.
What is Petraeus Heroes going to look like on TV in 20 years? O-Troop? How are those shows going to play out?
"Zionist Lobby Targets Another Tenured Professor" (Doug Henwood, Information Clearing House):
May 05, 2009 "Counterpunch" -- Doug Henwood: We're now joined by William Robinson, who is a Professor of Sociology at the University of California in Santa Barbara, someone I met about six or seven years ago at a conference and, although I've disagreed with him on some issues, I though he's a serious and thoughtful guy. I was very distressed to learn, reading Insider Higher Ed, the website, today that he's being persecuted by the Zionist lobby for an e-mail that he sent around to some of his students. Welcome William Robinson, tell us the story of what you sent and what's been happening.
William Robinson: Yes, good afternoon to everyone. I included some material which was highly critical of the Israeli invasion of Gaza as part of the reading material for a course on globalization and global affairs, and this was in January. And I am now facing charges, here at the university, of anti-semitism and violating the faculty code of conduct because two students in the course - there were eighty students - these two submitted a formal letter of complaint that they found offensive the material condemning the invasion of Gaza. The students immediately withdrew from the course, I don't even know them personally. And what is particularly egregious about this case is not that the students submitted a complaint - any student is allowed to do that - but rather that the university took the complaint seriously and is actually prosecuting me...
DH: You have tenure right?
WR: Yes, I am tenured, I am a full time professor...
DH: So in theory you're protected against persecution for your beliefs.
WR: No, in theory, I have total, I and even if I don't have tenure, have academic freedom, and this is in total violation of my academic freedom and of all of the principles of academic freedom, and of the university's own charter on academic freedom, and the American Association of University Professors principles and procedures on academic freedom, so there is absolutely no basis for any of this. What's going on, and I want to explain, behind the scenes we have been able to find out - students on campus and faculty have formed a Committee to Defend Academic Freedom which is taking up this issue, and by the way, there is a blog that they put up with all of this information, which at some point I would like to give your listeners - but we have found out that the Anti-Defamation League, which, as you know, and your listeners probably know, is an organization which, at one time, did very good and very important work in denouncing anti-Semitism, but since then has become a, basically, a mouthpiece for the Israeli government, a defender of the policies and practices of the Israeli state, and goes after and attacks anyone that criticizes those policies. So these students did not even accuse me of doing anything which we would consider anti-Semitism - discrimination against Jews, against the Jewish religion and so forth - they said openly and outright that the professor introduces material which criticized the state of Israel and that equals anti-semitism.
DH: Now, I think some people found offensive that you had likened Israeli behavior to the Nazis. Is that an issue?
WR: Well I didn't do that. What I did was I forwarded several items from the world media, from the internet media. One item was an article written by a Jewish journalist in a Jewish newspaper here in the United States, and it was criticizing the invasion of Gaza...
C.I. told me about this interview and I can't remember if it aired this weekend or last but here are two links if you'd like to listen to it:
Behind the News with Doug Henwood - May 2, 2009 at 10:00am
Behind the News with Doug Henwood - April 18, 2009 at 10:00am
It should be one of those two. My guess would be the May 2nd one.
Regardless, you'll have an interesting hour to listen to. In one of them (maybe the same one), there's an interesting conversation about labor. In terms of the bias within the unions against other members and the need to overcome it. There's also some comments on how Wal-Mart workers sometimes do not grasp that labor is not an individual problem that each person should pursue addressing on their own.
I want to note Cedric's "Naomi Wolf wins Dumbest on the Face of the Planet" and Wally's "THIS JUST IN! BACKLASH NAOMI WOLF!" because it is funny but it's true. Naomi Wolf finds a new way to disgrace herself every day and her latest is to pimp "cocooning." Michelle's a 'feminist' because she's cocooning. Naomi obviously never read Backlash. Imagine that, airhead Naomi forgetting to crack a book. She's praising Michelle for leaving a hospital job and becoming a 'fashion plate' and not working.
It's not feminism. Naomi Wolf is an embarrassment and someone needs to call her out. At this point if the dreaded non-feminist from the 90s attacked Naomi, I might cheer her on.
"Iraq snapshot" (The Common Ills):
Tuesday, May 5, 2009. Chaos and violence continue, the defense rest in Steven D. Green's War Crimes trial, the UNHCR does NOT recommend Iraqi refugees return to Iraq, Sahwa remains under attack, and more.
Starting with the War Crimes trial. March 12, 2006, Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi's parents and five-year-old sister were murdered in their Iraqi home while Abeer was gang-raped in another room. Following the gang-rape, Abeer was murdered. These were War Crimes committed by US soldiers and four have already faced a court and been sentenced. Steven D. Green's trial is ongoing. Friday night, Heart (Women's Space) posted some of her 2006 coverage of the War Crimes and among the comments, we'll note this by Khazeema:
Nobody how much we talk about this case, my littlesister Abeer wont come back. The american troops raped, tortured and killed her, and they could do it just because they were AMERICANS. Bu believe me.. Steven D Green and his buddies who raped and killed Abeer Hamza Qassim Al-Janabi they will get their punishment.. If they wont in this life, they will defenatly in the next life…. Some day they will die either, and then they will realise what they have done… and what they did is beyond doubt something which wont be forgive..
And to my dear sister Abeer Qassim Hamza Al-Janabi.. You will always be in my heart, I have wept for you scince your death, but at least - ya habibti - Allah is big, and he will take revenge for you.. Inshallah you are a shaheed, and your murders will suffer in hell for what they did to you.. WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOU SISTER… Lailaha il Allah..
Last week, Steven D. Green's trial began in a Kentucky federal court. Of the first day, Australia's ABC reported: "The girl's brother then testified about how he came home from school to find his house on fire and his family dead. Mohammed al-Janabi, now 15, stood outside crying with his younger brother but did not go in until after the bodies were removed. 'I saw blood on walls,' he said through an interpreter, 'I saw flesh and my father's brain was scattered there'." Yesterday the prosecution rested. Evan Bright reported that Noah Galloway was the last witness for the prosecution which rested their case before noon. At 1:30, the defense began presenting its side and Lt Col Karen Marrs took the stand to offer testimony as the psychiatric nurse practioner familiar with Green. She described him as "On edge and angry." Bright notes, "The defense MAY have one witness tomorrow before resting and moving on to closing statements. Expect a guilty/not guilty verdict by Wednesday, before moving to opening statements." Today the defense rested. Brett Barrouquere (AP) reports that a deposition of James Gregory was shown to the jury for an hour because Gregory couldn't show up at the court due to . . . getting married. How that played to the jury is anyone's guess but when the defendant is potentially facing the death penalty and someone chooses to blow off testifying in person, that does send a message. Christopher Barnes actually showed up and took the witness stand. Barnes made comments about "they" and "them" and how awful they were. US Attorney Marisa J. Ford cut through that nonsense by asking, "You didn't rape any 14-year-old girls? You didn't kill any Iraqi civilians, did you?" (No and no.) Justin Watt testified and his remarks should receive attention and examination. (We'll see if they do.) Tomorrow the jury hears closing arguments.
Meanwhile, Spencer Ackerman (Washington Independent), still a hack and reality challenged, laps up the statement from Nouri al-Maliki's flack about 'no extensions' for US troops to remain in Iraqi cities past June 30th deadline, he forgets/doesn't know (idiot) that the extension already took place in Baghdad. Poor tiny hack. From the April 27th snapshot: "Rod Nordland (New York Times) broke that story in today's paper and noted that Iraq and the US are going to focus on Mosul in talks about US troops remaining in some Iraqi cities. Nordland reveals they will remain in Baghdad (he says 'parts of Baghdad' -- that means they will be in Baghdad and Baghdad is a city) and that Camp Victory ['Camps Victory, Liberty, Striker and Slayer, plus the prison known as Camp Cropper'] and 'Camp Prosperity' will not be closed or turned over to Iraq according to Iraqi Maj Gen Muhammad al-Askari. The SOFA 'requires' that they be closed or turned over but al-Askari says they're making exceptions even though the SOFA 'requires' otherwise. For the mammoth Camp Victory, it is in Baghdad and out of Baghdad, for example, so al-Askari says they consider it out of Baghdad." There's your reality Spensy, accept it or plan to grab an adjoining padded room with Patrick Cockburn. Fortunately there's so much stupidity going around, Spensy may be able to sneak by.
Take the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees which made a stupid move that they should have known would be immediately misunderstood. Let's start with the misunderstanding. Mark Leon Goldberg (UN Dispatch) goes for the gold in the Stupidity Olympics as he pants, "I think you can file this one under 'good news' in the sense that the UNCHR believes the situation in certain Iraqi regions is stable enough for the return of refugees." No, that's not what it was stating. The UNHCR was stupid enough with what they said but Goldberg had to go even further. And, to really go for the gold, he then quoted "the Washington Post" -- or thought he did. It was Reuters, Goldberg. Your clue was the byline "By Laura MacInnis[,] Reuters." It wasn't the Post. When someone can't even grasp what publication they're reading, maybe it's not at all surprising that they can't grasp the meaning of the words they read? Mark Leon Goldberg is a stupid, stupid man.
The UNHCR did not recommend the return of external refugees to Iraq. That would be more idiotic than Mark Leon Goldberg. Violence is again on the rise in Iraq. The UNHCR made a stupid decision to say that external refugees "from Al-Anbar, ecompassing much of the country's western territory, and the south should be assessed on individual merit." What does that mean? It's the strongest the UNHCR was allowed to issue at the risk of two other UN agencies publicly calling UNHCR and it's 'tight' relationship' with Nouri al-Maliki out. (Today's statement has been argued about within the UN for over two weeks.) The statement specifically states, "The agency stressed that improvement in the situation in Iraq is not yet sufficient enough to promote or encourage massive returns and it recommended that refugees already benefiting from international protection should retain their status." How much clearer does it have to be for Mark Leon Goldberg? Someone needs to explain to him that his stupidity is deadly. You DO NOT tell refugees to return when it's not safe to do so. And if the UN doesn't say it's safe to return (and they didn't say it was safe to return), you do not say that they did.
The UNHCR statement never should have been issued but Nouri and his government have been pressuring and, let's all be honest, the United Nations has never had any independent standing in Iraq. NEVER. That's why their idiotic doctor didn't just take part in the Baghdad's government's press conference last fall but actively blamed Iraqi women for the yearly cholera outbreak.
They are not encouraging any groups to return. They are encouraging that some be judged on appeals by 'individual merit' and not the blanket category of refugees. Apparently the UNHCR suffers from some delusion that the blanket category was somehow assisting Iraqis in garnering asylum. Not in the US, not in the European Union, not in Australia. Those countries have done as little as possible. But even with this cateogry of people, the UNHCR stresses that there is a split and that those who are "religious and ethnic minorities; Iraqis perceived as opposing armed groups or political factions; UN and non-governmental organization (NGO) workers; human rights activists; and homosexuals" should be given "favourable consideration" regardless of whether or nto they are fron Anbar. And if you didn't grasp just how weak the UNHCR is, note that the "at risk" grouping included UN workers.
We'll stay with those categories for a bit. "Abu Muslim likens his work to that of a surgeon, cutting out diseased parts of a body to save it from cancer." What? That's from Nizar Latif (The National) reporting on the excutioner of gays and lesbians in Iraq. The executionor explains, "We see this [homosexuality] as a serious illness in the community that has been spreading rapidly among the yough after it was brought in from the outside by American soldiers. These are not the habits of Iraq or our community and we must eliminate them." Doesn't he sound like some crazed Nazi inventing excuses for slaughtering the Jews? Yes, he does. And like the Nazis, he uses an ahistorical 'background' because actual history doesn't back him up. Real history does not allow him to persecute and murder. So he lies and goes along with his government's lies. He brags to Latif about the "ermission from key community leaders" he has stating, "We had approval from the main Iraqi tribes here to liquidate those [men] copying the ways of women. Our aim is not to destabilize the security situation. Our aim is to help stabilise society." Again, this is the Nazis. (And, yes, the Nazis also targeted gays and lesbians.) And why the hell should the US remain in Iraq at this point?
Truly. These are the people the US government installed and the ones the US forces on the ground keep in place. And these people are killing and slaughtering. Not only that, but then they try to blame human behavior (that they see as 'wicked') on US soldiers. Iraq's never going to be a free country until the US leaves and these thugs are forced out by the Iraqi people. Iraq was a tolerant society before the US wanted to 'whip' the population 'into shape' quickly in order to purse the tag sale on Iraqi assets.
Friday the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom issued their latest report, the 2009 Annual Report on religious freedom violations around the world. Commission Chair Felice Gaer explained of the "countries of particular concern" Friday, "Iraq and Nigeria are new to that list. Iraq was added last December and Nigeria today. Nina Shea explained this:
is a crucial year in Iraq, with provincial councils changing hands, national elections expected before year's end, and the US military beginning its drawdown. In December, an extensive report on religious freedoms in Iraq, based on travel, interviews, briefings, meetings and other activities was released by the commission and we recommended then that, for the first time since 2003, that the State Department designate Iraq as a country of particular concern.
This CPC recommendation was based on the ongoing severe abuses of religious freedom in the country and the government's toleration of these abuses, particularly against Iraq's smallest and most vulnerable religious minorities, including Chaldo-Assyrians and other Christians, Sabean-Mandeans and Yazidis. As described in this year's annual report, the concerns outlined by the commission in December persist as these vulnerable minorities have, in recent years, experienced targeted intimidation and violence, including killings, beatings, abductions and rapes, forced conversions, forced marriages, forced displacement from their homes and businesses and violent attacks on their houses of worship and religious leaders. Despite the overall drop in violence in the country, these incidents continued in 2008 and 2009 including in this month. The cumulative effect of this has created a serious threat to these ancient communities' very existence in Iraq. And the statistics are staggering. About half the Christian populations have left the country or been killed -- and that's starting from a total of 1.4 million. About ninety percent of the Mandean community report that they have left or been killed. This jeopardizes Iraq's future as a pluralistic, diverse and free society. In addition, the commission is concerned about the continued attacks and tense relations between Shia and Sunni Iraqis, as well as other continued, egregious, religiously motivated report on page 54 where we have extensive recommendations on Iraq. The commission urges the US government to take a number of specific steps to ensure, inter alia, the prevention of abuses against religious minorities is a top priority. We call for the training and deployment of police for these vulnerable minorities, that the KRG uphold minority rights in their area and that the situation of internally displaced persons and refugees is effectively addressed.
Shea took two questions on Iraq and noted that the USCIRF had long critiqued the constitution:
We are very concerned by the contradiction within the Iraqi Constitution. On the one hand, religious freedom for everyone is stated -- and for minority groups -- and on the other hand, there can be no law that contradicts Islam. So there is a possibility that there isn't a right to have individual choice in religious freedom or to manifest your beliefs publicly. It's very questionable. So we wanted to know what the -- I think there's some language about the consensus on the agreed upon tenets of Islam -- that no law can contradict the agreed upon tenets of islam. But there really, in fact, is no consensus on Islam. There is two main branches of Islam in Iraq -- Sunnis and Shiites. There are different schools. There are different commentaries on those schools. So there's many different points of view, so the constitution is ont clear and it leaves in doubt the extent of religious freedom particularly for minorities. The main problem we're seeing, though, is the extremists. Not government violence, but extremist violence. And the failure of the government to protect or allow these minorities to develop and flourish and remain in Iraq. So many of them -- half of them -- have left. And many of them continue to be in the region. The United States has been very dilatory in addressing this problem. It appears no, that they're not going back in great numbers. And I think the United States has a responsibility to -- and we make recommendations for this -- that the United States has a responsibility to support these people and to help them find refuge either in the United States or elsewhere.
The 269 page report is entitled [PDF format warning] Annual Report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom and Iraq is pages 43 through 60. We'll note the recommendations on human rights (and wonder why the administration requires someone else suggesting them):
* appoint and immediately dispatch a Special Envoy for Human Rights in Iraq to Embassy Baghdad, reporting directly to the Secretary of State, to serve as the United States' lead human rights official in Iraq; to lead an Embassy human rights working group, including the senior coordinators on ARticle 140 issues, on corruption, and on the rule of law, as well as other relevant officials including those focusing on minority issues; and to coordinate U.S. efforts to promote and protect human rights in Iraq; and
* appoint immediately one or more U.S. advisors under the Department of State's Iraq Reconstruction Management Office to serve as liaisons to the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights.
To address past and current reports of human rights violations in Iraq, the U.S. government should urge the Iraqi government at the highest levels to:
* undertake transparent and effective investigations of human rights abuses, including those stemming from sectarian, religiously-motivated, or other violence by Iraqi security forces, political factions, militias or any other para-state actors affiliated with or otherwise linked to the Iraqi government or regional or local governments, and bring the perpetrators to justice;
* cooperate with international investigations of such abuses; and
* create and fully fund the independent national Human Rights Commission provided for in the Iraqi Constitution and ensure that this Commission is non-sectarian, that is has a mandate to investigate and individual complaints, and that its functions and operations are based on the UN's Paris Principles.
Multiple links can be found at this page of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. The above alone goes to why the UNHCR had no business issuing any statement (not even to appease al-Maliki and his desire to interest foreign investment). Equally true is that this 'downturn' was one month (January) and each month since has seen an increase in violence with last month reaching 2008 levels. Equally important, things are always highly fluid in Iraq. Indpedent journalist Dahr Jamail (via Countercurrents) observes:
Indicative of the rapidly deteriorating situation in Iraq, on May 1 the US military reported the death of a Naval petty officer who was killed "on April 30 while conducting combat operations in Fallujah, Iraq." The Department of Defense report went on to explain that the sailor "was deployed with an East Coast based Navy SEAL team." That same day, the military announced the deaths of two marines "killed while conducting combat operations against enemy forces here April 30." The dateline for the latter press release is "AL ANBAR PROVINCE, Iraq." Apparently, all is not well in Fallujah and al-Anbar province. The US military, having met the fiercest resistance throughout their occupation of Iraq in these areas, is once again conducting combat operations there.
The fact that the US military has largely hung the Sahwa out to dry, exposing the 100,000 strong Sunni militia to the ire of the Maliki government for ongoing assassinations and detentions, has taken the lid off the volcano that the Sahwa were keeping from erupting. Let us remember - it was the Sahwa who kept al-Qaeda in Iraq in check, not the US military or the Iraqi military. As members of the Sahwa continue to leave their security posts due to lack of pay and being targeted by the Iraqi government, they are returning to the resistance from which most of them had emerged to join the militia.
Let us also be clear about the fact that the Sahwa allied themselves with the US military so as to protect themselves from the Shia-dominated sectarian government of Prime Minister Maliki.
I asked a good friend of mine in Baghdad to interview a Sahwa leader in the Adhamiya district of Baghdad a few days ago. The leader asked to be identified as Abu Ahmed. He is 40 years old, married, has four children, and had this to say, "I would like to say that the Iraqi Government, and especially Mr. Maliki, are continuing to target us. They have been doing this from the beginning, and they continue to do this against the Sahwa. The reason is because we are Sunni and the Iraqi government are a sectarian government."
Abu Ahmed said he and his fellow Sahwa members support the immediate withdrawal of all occupation forces "and then we can change our government by ourselves and build a nationalist government to replace this current sectarian government."
He then added, succinctly, "Our purpose is to end the occupation, end al-Qaeda, and make a new Iraq that is safe."
Which goes to why the US needs and it also goes to all the hogwash about al-Maliki winning in the provincial elections (held in 14 of Iraq's 18 provinces January 31st). al-Maliki won nothing, he wasn't a candidate. And the way to read those results wasn't "Yea! Nouri!" it was that Iraq's rejecting sectarianism and, pay attention, that's a huge danger for Nouri. Nouri was only installed by the US because he was on the 'right' side of the sectarian divide. The results of the election have been spun repeatedly and in Nouri's favor when reality has never indicated any such thing.
Sahwa was again targeted today in Baghdad.
Laith Hammoudi (McClatchy Newspapers) reports a Baghdad roadside bombing which left three people wounded and 3 Mosul roadside bombings which left three people wounded.
Laith Hammoudi (McClatchy Newspapers) reports 1 police officer shot dead in Mosul. Reuters notes 1 "civilian" shot dead in Mosul and 1 "official from the oil police" wounded in a Kirkuk shooting and, in Baghdad, 1 Sahwa ("Awakening," "Sons Of Iraq") shot dead and his brother arrested.
Reuters notes 1 corpse discovered in Kirkuk.
April 23rd, as twin bombings rocked Baghdad, Nouri's mouthpieces announced they'd arrested the mythical Abu Omar al-Baghdadi. Corinne Reilly (McClatchy Newspapers) notes that despite repeated claims since, no one really knows all this time later, "Iraqi officials have claimed to have captured or killed Baghdadi several times before, and they've been wrong every time. U.S. military officials have said in the past that they think that Baghdadi may be a fictional character meant to give a local face to a foreign-led terrorist organization. So far this time, the Iraqis haven't backtracked. But they also have yet to provide any proof they have him, except for one grainy headshot broadcast on state television this week. It's anyone's guess as to how officials might prove Baghdadi is who they say he is, however."
Turning to corruption news [James Glanz, Eric Schmitt and Choe Sang-hun's "3 Koreans Convicted Of Bribery In Iraq"], in a shocking development, billions of US tax dollars have vanished in Iraq and the latest scandal involves $70 million that a foreign government was allowed to 'oversee.' This 'oversight' was in a direct violation of the program as it was repeatedly explained to the US Congress and the American people.Appearing before the The Commission on Wartime Contracting February 2nd, the Department of Defense's Inspector General Thomas F. Gimble explained CERP (Commander's Emergency Response Program) funds, "CERP funds are appropriated through the DoD and allocted through each major command's sector of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Up to $500,000 can be allocated to individual CERP projects, and CERP beneficiaries often receive payments in cash. We have also identified occasions where soldiers with limited contracting experience were responsible for administering CERP funds. In some instances, there appeared to be scant, if any, oversight of the manner in which funds were expended. Complicating matters further is the fact that payment of bribes and gratuities to government officials is a common business practice in some Southwest Asia nations. Taken in combination, these factors result in an environment conducive to bribery and corruption."Gimble identified the CERP funds as being under the control of the US command. This was the repeated pattern when officials appeared before the Congress. In reality, South Korea was allowed to administer CERP funds with no US oversight and their military now stands accused of running a scam which utilized more than $70,000,000 US tax payer dollars. In April, a Seoul military court found three officers of the country's military guilty of running a bribery and extortion scam utilizing the CERP funds.The CERP funds have been repeatedly addressed by witnesses appearing before the US Congress and yet the Congress was repeatedly informed the process was the US tax payer pays the money and the US military officials use the funds for various Iraqi projects. Never once did anyone reveal that foreign states were being given US tax payer monies. The September 10, 2008 House Armed Services Committee hearing found Chair Ike Skelton pursuing the issue of the CERP funds with DoD's Under Secreatry of Defense for Policy Eric S. Edelman and explaining the process as Congress intended it.Ike Skelton: The department's understanding of the allowed usage of CERP funds seems to have undergone a rather dramatic change since Congress first authorized it. The intent of the program was originally to meet urgent humanitarian needs in Iraq through small projects undertaken under the initative of brigade and battalion commanders. Am I correct?Edelman: Yes, sir.Ike Skelton: Thank you. The answer was "yes." Last year the Department of Defense has used millions of CERP dollars to build hotels for foreign visitors, spent $900,000 on a mural at the Baghdad International Airport and, as I understand this second piece of art, that CERP funds were used for. I'm not sure that the American tax payer would appreciate that knowing full well that Iraq has a lot of money in the bank from oil revenues and it is my understanding that Iraq has announced that they're going to build the world's largest ferris wheel. And if they have money to build the world's largest ferris wheel why are we funding murals and hotels with money that should be used by the local battallion commander. This falls in the purview of plans and policy ambassador.Edelman: No, no, it's absolutely right and I'll shae the stage here -- I'll share the stage quite willing with uh, with Admiral Winnefeld with whom I've actually been involved in discussions with for some weeks about how we provide some additional guidance to the field and some additional requirements to make sure that CERP is appropriately spent.Edelman then tries to stall and Skelton cuts him off with, "Remember you're talking to the American taxpayer." Edelman then replies that it is a fair question. He says CERP is important because it's flexible. It's important because they're just throwing around, if you ask me. They're playing big spender on our dime.Skelton: The issue raises two serious questions of course. Number one is they have a lot of money of their own. And number two the choice of the type of projects that are being paid for. I would like to ask Mr. Secretary if our committee could receive a list of expenditures of $100,000 or more within the last year. Could you do that for us at your convience please?Edelman: We'll work with our colleagues in the controller's office and - and . . . to try and get you --Skelton: That would be very helpful.October 30, 2008, the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction released a report on Iraqi spending. The 232 page report [PDF format warning] was posted online and received attention for being the product of, Inspector General Stuart W. Bowen Jr. words, "seven audit reports and three inspections". The report noted many things such as, "The recent Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2009 imposed a ceiling of $2 million on the amount of CERP money that DoD could allocate to a single project. The new NDAA futher requires the Secretary of Defense to approve CERP projects costing over $1 million, certifying thereby that the project will meet Iraq's urgent humanitarian relief or reconstruction needs." South Korea was not mentioned in the entire 232 page despite the new revelations that, "The Americans gave the [South Korean] Zaytun unit wide latitude within its northern area of operation [in Iraq]. The unit largely controlled the disbursement of $74 million of American reconstruciton money through the Commanders' Emregency Response Program, or CERP."In addition, while US outlets worked overtime to sneer at the notion that the Iraq War was about, or had anything to do with, oil, "Korean leaders explicitly told their people that the deployment [to Iraq] would help their country gain oil contracts." Attempts to insist that no American money was stolen is insane (though South Korea's government has attempted to do just that). If I use $350 of your money without your permission -- for even two seconds and return every bit of it -- I have stolen from you. It's basic. If a citizen did what the Korean military officials did, they'd be prosecuted for theft (and they should be). Meanwhile, in Iraq, AFP reports that the Kurdistan Regional Government has announced they will hold their parliamentary elections July 25th.
In the US, Carolyn Lochhead (San Francisco Chronicle) sees stirrings in Congress over the 'emerency' war supplemental Barack's requestion. Lochhead notes US House Rep David Obey, chair of the Appropriations Committee, states that at the end of the year there will be some serious questions. In addition:
Echoing fights with former President Bush over Iraq, Obey included language requiring the Obama administration to issue a progress report on five benchmarks to Congress before its next budget request in February 2010. Funding is not conditioned on meeting the benchmarks:
1. The level of political consensus and unity of purpose to confront the political and security challenges facing the region; 2. The level of government corruption and actions taken to eliminate it; 3. The performance of security forces with respect to counterinsurgency operations; 4. The performance of intelligence agencies in cooperating fully with the U.S. and not undermining the security of our troops and our objectives in the region; and 5. The ability of the government to control the territory within their borders."
The previous benchmarks were never met and Congress never cut off funding. All this time later, they still haven't been met. Even provincial elections have still not been held (14 of Iraq's 18 provinces is not "provincial elections" any more that a national election in the US would be 42 states voting and eight being excluded).
As noted yesterday, Marilyn French has passed away. Last night Elaine called out the nonsense of the obits acting as if The Women's Room was the beginning and end of Marilyn. Elaine rightly noted that it was akin to an obit on Julie Christie focusing non-stop on Darling and ignoring her finest performance thus far (Afterglow). More to the point, it's the equivalent of an obit on Sally Field that can't shut up about Gidget or The Flying Nun. Those were popular hits. They're nothing to be ashamed of. But Field's best work includes Norma Rae, Places Of The Heart and much more. More people saw her play The Flying Nun than anything else. (And more people saw her in Smokey & the Bandit than saw her in Norma Rae.) If that's the only measure for how we judge than, by all means, keep pimping a popular book that may be as 'lasting' as any of Mary McCarthy's novels. French's work didn't end in 1977. It's appalling that standards and taste (or the lack of both) dictate that certain people pimp a page turner as opposed to Marilyn's well researched, analytical writing. Heart (Women's Space) finds a way to note the popular novel and yet not to reduce Marilyn to Judith Krantz. Heart observes, "Her work has been central to my own feminism and is, in my opinion, brilliant. She was one of only a very few feminists who really had a grasp of the broad picture; she consistently wrote of women's liberation as a struggle against all forms of coercion and abusive power, all dominance hierarchies, and as central and key to the liberation, ultimately, of all human beings, animals, the earth itself."
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The City of Brunswick and Glynn County held a welcoming ceremony for the USNS Brunswick at Mary Ross Park on Saturday.
"I and the (Brunswick City) commission are honored, thrilled and excited for the city of Brunswick. It's a testament to Brunswick's energy level, it's bringing big things to our city," Mayor Cornell Harvey said.
The captain of the USNS Brunswick, Jason Ivey, expressed his excitement at visiting the ship's namesake.
"I've looked at pictures of the town, I've looked at this dock more times than you can imagine. When we were pulling into the dock, I thought 'I can't believe I'm actually finally here,'" Ivey said.
The Glynn County Delegation, U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter, R-1, State Reps. Alex Atwood, R-St. Simons Island, and Jeff Jones, R-St. Simons Island and State Senator William Ligon, R-St. Simons Island, gave remarks during the ceremony.
"The city of Brunswick has deep ties to the Navy and the Merchant Marine, and for that reason it's a great honor to have a ship named after the city," Ligon said.
Carter spoke to what the ship represents.
"Here we have a link between the past of the city of Brunswick and the future. The future of the city of Brunswick and the future of our country. The future of our Navy. This is a great, great memento. A great tribute to a great city, to a great county," Carter said.
Atwood, a former Marine himself, was very impressed and proud of the ship.
"I love the naval forces. I love the Merchant Marine, and it's such a humble privilege to be here today," Atwood said. "The ship is fantastic, and I've been on many ships with the Marine Corps."
Jones was also impressed by the ship.
"It really is a great honor. It's an impressive vessel and to have it named after our city is an honor," Jones said.
Almost everyone that spoke thanked Sheila McNeill, president of the Camden Partnership, at some point for organizing the event. She said that she has been working on getting this set up for the better part of a year.
"The ceremony was particularly well done. It took a lot of moving parts to get all this done for these young men, but the point of the spear was Sheila," Atwood said.
The Georgia State House of Representatives passed a motion to commend McNeill for all of her efforts in setting up the event prior to the ceremony as well. Atwood and Jones presented her with a gift to commemorate the occasion.
Melissa Gooch, a Brunswick native that serves on the USNS Brunswick, also wanted to commend McNeill for her efforts.
"I think Sheila did a good job, and she deserves a lot of credit," Gooch said.
The ship, an Expeditionary Fast Transport named after the city, was subsequently opened for tours and participated in the Blessing of the Fleet ceremony on Sunday.
The ship visited the city it is named after during the two-day Blessing of the Fleet festival, which culminated Sunday with the blessing of the local shrimp boat fleet.


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M2 - Abandoned Cart Notification Mail
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This automatic email notification system will capture all abandoned cart customers and send reminder mails to them regarding their abandoned cart items. Website administrator can control frequency of days to send emails from back-end module configuration settings. If frequency set to 0 then system send email will very same day. Administrator can easily manage notification email body text as simple text or html content. It uses cron feature to send mail automatically. Manual mode also available from where website admin can send emails to individual customer with custom messages. This module doubles your chance to increase sales and win customers.
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Another step towards using all of my Stampin' Up! sets. This set is called "Noteworthy."
The little sprig/arc of flowers and the sentiment are two of the stamps in this set. I stamped them both using a Stamp-a-ma-jig for placement onto another rectangle cut with stitched rectangle dies. I colored the flowers with markers and used tiny yellow gems for the flower centers. I mounted that panel on foam squares. The patterned paper is from a Recollections pad.
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The University of New Brunswick would like to invite you to hear a reading by the critically acclaimed writer, Thomas King, author of The Inconvenient Indian published in 2012 by Random House of Canada. Rich with dark and light, pain and magic, this book weaves the curiously circular tale of the relationship between non-Natives and Natives in the centuries since the two first encountered each other. In the process, King refashions old stories about historical events and figures, takes a sideways look at film and pop culture, relates his own complex experiences with activism, and articulates a deep and revolutionary understanding of the cumulative effects of ever-shifting laws and treaties on Native peoples and lands.
Thomas King is also the author of One Good Story, That One, Truth and Bright Water, and A Short History of Indians in Canada, which won the 2006 McNally Robinson Aboriginal Book of the Year Award. King's A Coyote Columbus Story was nominated for the Governor General's Award in 1992, and his Green Grass, Running Water was nominated the following year, and later chosen for inclusion in Canada Reads 2004. King is also known for his work writing and performing on the CBC radio show "Dead Dog Café." In 2004 he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
His reading will be held on Tuesday, October 8 at 8:00 pm in Memorial Hall on the UNB Fredericton Campus. This event is free and open to the public. We suggest coming early, as seats may fill up fast.


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As a fan of Adelaide's Go Zone concept, I've been following its application in other cities, eg Jarrett Walker's frequent network discussions on Human Transit.
Here is my attempt at a similar map for Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs. This area was chosen due to its concentration of major trip generators (often off the rail network) and the number of high-service bus routes (including SmartBus routes).
Unlike other maps, I vary the lines to reflect the service level on each route (or related group). A continuous line indicates a wide span, whereas a broken line operates for less of the day (and/or fewer days of the week). Line thickness reflects service frequency; thick lines reflect a service that meets my criteria for a frequent service.
Shown on the map are some routes that by themselves do not meet the criteria of being a frequent service. However where these overlap other routes to provide a high combined service I decided to show them along the common sections only. I believe this is useful for passengers unsure of whether to board that bus or not.
This map is is intended to supplement rather than replace existing information, particularly at interchanges. There will still need to be maps for individual routes, preferably showing major trip generators along them. Equally critically, alighting passengers still need high-quality geographically-based maps to guide them to their destinations (something often missed). Nevertheless, I think this schematic style successfully simplifies what is a complex network dominated by a large numbers of less frequent routes.
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Brightlingsea Regent Chairman Terry Doherty admits that Saturday's game with Torquay will be a proud day for everyone connected to the club.
Regent welcome Gary Johnson's side to North Road this weekend for an FA Cup clash as they look to continue their adventure in this year's competition.
The Step 3 side have already beaten the likes of Cambridge City and Egham Town to reach the Third Qualifying Round for the first time in their history.
"I am so excited for the match because it is going to be an absolutely brilliant occasion" Doherty told The NLP.
He added, "We know that Torquay are likely to bring a large amount of traveling fans and are hoping that the local residents come out and support us.
"I am sure that it will be a brilliant atmosphere and with regards to the result, anything can happen, that is the magic of the cup!"
Brightlinsea have already netted £15,000 in prize money in the competition so far this season and could double their winnings with another victory this weekend.
Doherty said, "To receive that kind of money at this level is absolutely massive and will allow us to really improve aspects of the club.
"Although it would be great to pick up even more prize money on Saturday, we are realistic and know that it will be a very tough challenge.
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