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Ada Louise Huxtable, the architecture critic who in two decades of writing for the New York Times became a powerful force in shaping New York City and was better known than many of the architects she was covering and certainly more feared, has died. She was 91.
Huxtable, who in 1970 won the first Pulitzer Prize awarded for criticism, died Monday at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, said her lawyer, Robert N. Shapiro.
The Getty Center announced Monday that it had acquired her papers, along with those of her husband, industrial designer L. Garth Huxtable, who died in 1989. The deal – something of a surprise given the critic's close association with New York and the East Coast -- was finalized in December; the archive will be held at the Getty Research Institute. Huxtable also donated the entirety of her estate to the Getty.
Wim de Wit, head of the department of architecture and contemporary art at the Getty Research Institute, said Huxtable's papers were historically significant in part because "she spoke powerfully as a woman in this world of men, the architecture world of the 1960s and '70s."
Huxtable was writing with her familiar fire and verve into her final years. As the architecture critic for the Wall Street Journal, a post she took up in 1997, she frequently blasted the political compromises shaping rebuilding at the World Trade Center site.
Early last month the Journal published her review of plans to restructure the main branch of the New York Public Library.
The library, in working with the British architect Norman Foster, "is about to undertake its own destruction," Huxtable wrote. "This is a plan devised out of a profound ignorance of a willful disregard for not only the library's original concept and design, but also the folly of altering its meaning and mission and compromising its historical and architectural integrity."
Ada Louise Landman was born March 14, 1921, in New York City. Her father, Michael, was a doctor. After earning a degree in art and architectural history from Hunter College and marrying in 1942, she pursued graduate work at New York University's Institute of Fine Arts before taking a job in the Museum of Modern Art's architecture and design department.
A Fulbright fellowship took her to Italy in the early 1950s, and when she returned to New York she turned her research on the Italian architect and engineer Pier Luigi Nervi into her first book, published in 1960.
She was by then writing for a number of magazines and had begun work on what she imagined would be a six-part history of New York City architecture. While wrapping up the first volume she was recruited by the New York Times. Aline Louchheim had been writing about both architecture and art for the paper, but after she married architect Eero Saarinen, her editors decided it would be a conflict of interest to allow her to continue covering architecture.
"I went in all dressed up, with my clippings," Huxtable told WNYC radio host Leonard Lopate in 2008. "And I remember saying, 'All you've been doing is printing the developers' P.R. releases in your real estate section. You have nobody covering this very important field.'"
Huxtable was not the first architecture critic at an American daily – Allan Temko joined the San Francisco Chronicle in 1961, and long before that Montgomery Schuyler was writing for the New York Tribune – but she quickly established herself as an authoritative voice and a champion for historic preservation. More than a few real-estate developers, she told the Christian Science Monitor, "would be glad to have my head on a platter."
She reserved her most energetic scorn for those architects she saw as declawing or prettying up modern architecture. Edward Durell Stone came in for two of Huxtable's most infamous zingers. After she called his museum on Columbus Circle "a die-cut Venetian palazzo on lollipops," it became forever known as "the lollipop building."
She was even more dismissive of Stone's gilded Kennedy Center complex in Washington, D.C., describing it in 1971 as "a cross between a concrete candy box and a marble sarcophagus in which the art of architecture lies buried."
But Huxtable will be remembered for more than barbed prose. From her earliest days at the New York Times, she displayed a talent for writing about both the aesthetics and politics of architecture, a subject she described as "this uneasy, difficult combination of structure and art."
Today there is a seeming divide among architecture critics, with some sticking to the traditional duties of reviewing new buildings by prominent architects while others make a point of writing about everything but buildings: parks, urban planning or the fate of the planet. Huxtable showed that this gulf was easily crossed, writing at length at about a single architect's body of work one week and about preservation, politics or zoning the next.
Before the 1960s were out she had earned a reputation, with Pauline Kael and a few others, as one of the most powerful critics in the country. In 1970 she won a Pulitzer Prize in the newly created category of criticism, and the first collection of her essays, "Will They Ever Finish Bruckner Boulevard?" was published the same year.
By that time the world of architecture was in wild flux. The modernist architects she had championed were losing influence, their work replaced by an emerging style – what would become post-modernism – that she found by turns refreshing and facile.
"I don't know if critics are allowed to be ambivalent," she wrote in the opening line to a 1971 piece on Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, the husband-and-wife team who in their architecture and writing were helping topple modernist orthodoxy.
In 1973, she joined the New York Times' editorial board and Paul Goldberger, just 23, was named the paper's architecture critic. She continued to contribute Sunday essays on architecture, but after having enjoyed years of autonomy she often found it exhausting to bring fellow members of the editorial board around to her way of thinking.
After Huxtable was awarded a sizable MacArthur Fellowship prize in 1981, she jumped at the chance to leave the paper and write books and longer essays on architecture. She didn't return to newspaper criticism until 1997, when she was hired by the Wall Street Journal.
She also joined the jury for the Pritzker Prize, the most prestigious award in architecture. Her final books were a short biography of Frank Lloyd Wright, published in 2004, and "On Architecture," a collection of essays spanning her career that appeared in 2008.
In 2009, she figured in the TV drama "Mad Men." In an episode set in 1963, an ad agency executive reads aloud from a piece of hers condemning plans to demolish Pennsylvania Station.
But it was a much earlier appearance in the media that best summed up her influence. In 1968, the New Yorker published a cartoon featuring two construction workers at a building site, with steel rising behind them. One, reading a newspaper, turns to the other and says, "Ada Louise Huxtable already doesn't like it!"
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FOX RIVER GROVE – Vehicle stickers may become a thing of the past in the village.
Village officials are exploring ways to eliminate the hassle of paying a yearly sticker fee and replace it with a street maintenance fee on utility bills, another village bill or on a trash bill.
The vehicle sticker program brings in $60,000 to $65,000 a year for street maintenance.
Stickers in Fox River Grove cost $20 each. For seniors, their first sticker costs $2 and a second sticker is $20.
Village Administrator Karl Warwick said most households have two cars and spend $40 a year on stickers. But the program takes administrative time, and a line item on utility bills would streamline the process, he said.
One proposal by village officials is a $6 fee every other month on water and sewer bills. That would amount to $36 a year. For seniors, the fee would be $3 fee every other – $18 a year.
Under such a structure, the village would expect to receive about $61,000 a year.
"We would anticipate receiving about the same amount of money through a fee on the utility bill versus the vehicle sticker program, minus having to administer and enforce the vehicle sticker program," Warwick said.
Village officials expect to finalize a plan to replace vehicle stickers in January or February, Warwick said.
Vehicle stickers are common area communities.
"I really can't stand it," Trustee Steve Knar said. "It's a waste of time and effort, and I'm more than happy to get rid of it."
Warwick said about 190 residents would need to receive separate bills because they don't receive utility bills.
"Whatever we do, someone is not going to be happy," Knar said. "The bottom line is we get rid of stickers, save our staff some time, and we're going to collect just about the [same] revenues we're getting all along, and it's a good idea."
Trustee Gerald Menzel said he has concerns about residents starting to pay toward street maintenance when they don't own a car, and people who have more than two vehicles being charged for only two vehicles.
"If I don't have a car, and I'm going to pay $6 every other month, or people who have three or four cars, aren't going to pay more, That doesn't make sense," Menzel said.
Trustee Michael Schiestel said people who don't have vehicles, however, still use the roads in some fashion.
"Someone comes to pick them up, people don't walk everywhere," Schiestel said. "We are a transit-oriented community. ... It's basically a road usage fee."
One other option is putting the fee on the trash pickup bill, which goes out once every four months.
The use of vehicle stickers by communities varies in McHenry County.
McHenry and Crystal Lake require residents to buy annual stickers, with the money going toward road maintenance.
Stickers also have advantages.
Residents in Crystal Lake can enter Three Oaks Recreational Area without paying for parking as long as they have a valid vehicle sticker. And in McHenry, residents can drop off brush at city facilities during certain times of the year if they have valid sticker, City Administrator Derik Morefield said.
McHenry brings in about $160,000 a year with its sticker program. About 75 percent of people who buy stickers do so by the June 30 deadline, Morefield said. "This is something people are used to."
Eliminating a sticker fee has been done before.
Lake in the Hills eliminated its vehicle sticker fee about a dozen years ago, Village Administrator Gerald Sagona said.
It brought in about $100,000 a year and was eliminated, along with an electricity utility tax and gas utility tax, when the village saw a lot of commercial growth and increases in sales-tax revenue.
"It's amazing how you can eliminate a revenue source and how you can learn to live without it," Sagona said.
Woodstock does not have vehicle stickers but has discussed the possibility – the last time more than a year ago, Deputy City Manager Roscoe Stelford said.
"There's definitely a cost to administer them from an operational point of view that still outweighs the money that would be derived from ... imposing a vehicle sticker program," Stelford said.

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Dave Sappelt and the Cubs offense got going early, but the pitching staff could not hold the lead and the Cubs dropped game one to the Rockies 10-5 in a rain-shortened game. Dave Sappelt led the game off with a towering home run to left and before the inning was over the Cubs would add two more runs, including an RBI double from Welington Castillo. After Chris Rusin shut down the Rockies in the first, things did not go so well the rest of the way for him or the Cubs bullpen as Colorado would score in each of the next five innings. Chris Rusin took the loss lasting only 3.2 innings, allowing six runs on seven hits. Rafael Dolis continued to struggle, giving up three runs in just one 1.1 innings of relief and Manuel Corpas allowed one run in his inning of work. Starlin Castro connected on his 14th home run of the season and Darwin Barney added an RBI in the loss. After dealing with the rain for most of the game it was eventually called after a 48-minute rain delay following the top of the seventh. Despite the cold and the rain the ball was really jumping out of Coors Field on Tuesday and the Cubs hope to take advantage of that on Wednesday and keep the Rockies at bay in doing so.
Game Highlights:
Dave Sappelt's first career Home Run
Castillo RBI double
Castro Home Run
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A Guyton woman killed in a car accident on Friday has been identified as Peggy Preveaux, 49.
Initial reports indicate Preveaux was driving a Toyota sedan south on Midland Road when the driver of a semitrailer, Donald Patrick of Alabama, failed to stop at a stop sign at Midland and Blue Jay Roads, striking her car, Sheriff's Office spokesman David Ehsanipoor said.
Preveaux was pronounced dead at the scene.
The accident caused the closing of Blue Jay Road for several hours.
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Andrew Rosenfeld defeated Columbia's Akshay Rao in straight sets to win the A flight of the Yale Invitational this weekend.
Later on, Rosenfeld and teammate Ryan Murphy lost a hard-fought doubles semifinal match to Nic Brunner and Josh Raff from Cornell, 8-6.
The tournament was moved indoors to Cullman Courts because of the rainy morning.
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As originally enacted, this section contained reference to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Act June 25, 1936, substituted "the district court of the United States for the District of Columbia" for "the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia", and act June 25, 1948, as amended by act May 24, 1949, substituted "United States District Court for the District of Columbia" for "district court of the United States for the District of Columbia". However, the words "United States District Court for the District of Columbia" have been deleted entirely as superfluous in view of section 132(a) of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, which states that "There shall be in each judicial district a district court which shall be a court of record known as the United States District Court for the district", and section 88 of Title 28 which states that "the District of Columbia constitutes one judicial district".
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Before the creation of Newton Medical Center's diabetes education program, patients in the community would have to drive to Wichita for treatment.
Now, they can receive care right here in Newton through NMC's Diabetes Self-Management Program — a program recently awarded with re-accreditation by the American Diabetes Association.
"Ideally, it means we have a healthier community, as people learn to control their diabetes a little bit better," said Erin Boccia, a diabetes educator with NMC.
The American Diabetes Association recognizes programs that meet certain standards of care, Boccia said. The NMC program started in 2008, and it was first accredited in 2009 after a period of study and data collection.
Boccia said ADA accreditation is a valuable tool to help programs across the country make sure they are providing consistent levels of care.
"It's a way to make sure clinics and programs across the country are on the same page," she said. "... It's a way to let insurance providers know it is a recognized program. It's a good program, and it's not one they should feel hesitant about sending patients to."
In order to be accredited by the ADA, programs must provide samples of what they are teaching patients to ensure the information is accurate. Patient charts are audited to see what kind of information is being documented, and program outcomes also are examined to verify patients are following proscribed treatment plans.
The Newton program offers a variety of services, including group diabetes classes designed to help those who are newly diagnosed with the disease or others who may have the disease but don't know much about it. The classes teach patients about diet, exercise, managing medication, avoiding complications, and symptoms to watch for. The program also offers one-on-one counseling for patients and a monthly support group.
Boccia said diabetes is a chronic disease that is mostly self-managed by the patient, and it's a good idea for patients to seek as much support as they can so they can live a healthy, enjoyable life.
"It's a frightening diagnosis, and we're able to help them out right away and get them started so they don't have to be as scared," Boccia said.
To learn more about the center, call 804-6147.
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Before the creation of Newton Medical Center's diabetes education program, patients in the community would have to drive to Wichita for treatment.


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In the automotive market, we have been able to develop advanced high-strength steels (AHSS), which are the most sophisticated steels available today for automotive applications. AHSS foster weight reduction and exhibit a superior combination of high strength, crash energy management, excellent formability and dent resistance. In fact, 50 percent of the steels used to make automobiles today did not exist even 10 years ago. The efficiencies gained from using lighter-weight yet higher-strength steels are impressive. These steels have made automobiles safer and more fuel-efficient and have the potential to enable significantly more progress in emissions reductions.
In fact, the most recent research from Ducker Worldwide, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., projects the proportion of AHSS in auto body and closure components will grow rapidly to 35 percent by 2015 from 9 percent today and help to reduce overall vehicle weight by 50 pounds. These and other benefits are maintaining steel's role as the preeminent material of choice in today's vehicles, where the proportion of steel to the total weight of the vehicle stands at 62 percent.
Steel's dual ability to offer protection as well as environmental advantages extends beyond automotive applications. Today's steels also are protecting Americans at home in the event of natural or man-made disasters, and consumers are taking notice. According to a recent poll conducted by Harris Interactive, 87 percent of homeowners building a home in an at-risk area for wildfires would consider installing a steel or metal roof. Steel roofing is fire-retardant, providing an important line of protection in the event of wildfires. Today's steel roofs also provide excellent protection against wind, water, snow and ice, and they are even hail-resistant. Steel roofs (I have one on my own house) can last for more than 50 years, twice as long as a traditional asphalt roof, and today's steel roofs can be made to look like traditional roofing materials. Unlike other roofing materials, steel is also 100 percent recyclable.
Steel framing also offers important protection for American families. Steel framing is durable, it won't warp or twist, and the strength-to-weight ratio of steel is the highest of any residential building material. This means that in the event of a natural disaster, such as a hurricane, steel framing will help keep a home standing. Steel framing also is not vulnerable to any type of fungi or mold, and is naturally termite proof.
A decade ago, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration and the U.S. Navy, AISI's member companies developed High Performance Steel (HPS), a new bridge steel plate technology that provides up to 18 percent cost savings and up to 28 percent weight savings compared with traditional steel bridge design materials. Today, there are more than 200 HPS bridges in service in 43 states.
Moreover, the North American steel industry is working to protect the consumer food supply by promoting the nutritional and safety benefits provided by canned foods. The Canned Food Alliance (CFA), a partnership of AISI member steel producers, can manufacturers and food processors, is working to inform consumers about the nutritional and convenience benefits of buying canned food. Research has found that canned food is as nutritious as its fresh and frozen counterparts. In addition, canned foods are the most tamper-resistant food packaging option available today and will keep for two years beyond the date of purchase without any significant loss of nutrients, providing the best food option in the event of severe weather, such as a hurricane or flood.
Overall, sustainability and a commitment to the environment have become integral parts of the North American steel industry's vision for the future. Through investments in new and innovative technologies, a renewal of our long-standing commitment to recycling, refinement of industry performance metrics and collaboration across the industry and with other sectors, today's steel industry has become an environmental leader.
Our industry has reduced energy use per ton of steel shipped by more than 40 percent over the past 25 years and by 27 percent since the Kyoto Protocol's baseline year of 1990. Steel is already the most recycled material in the world—more than all other materials combined. The Steel Recycling Institute (SRI) recently introduced Cycles for Steel, an educational curriculum for secondary teachers and students (grades 9 through 12) that meets educators' needs for information on recycling, solid waste management and natural resource management.
As an industry, we are committed to responsibly making innovative products that answer society's needs. Our goal is realized when our customers view North American steel producers as a vital component of their success. To achieve that goal, we will continue to focus on the proactive and timely deployment of innovative strategies that meet present and future market demands.
John P. Surma Jr. is chairman and chief executive officer of U.S. Steel Corp., Pittsburgh.
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CONNOQUENESSING TWP — A man is accused of deliberately ramming his car into a vehicle occupied by his estranged wife and her boyfriend.
State police arrested Gregory D. Beer, 47, of Center Township on felony assault and other charges in the pre-dawn vehicular altercation Wednesday on Route 68 in Connoquenessing Township.
Beer about 4:30 a.m. repeatedly drove his Ford Focus into the back of a Ford Explorer that his wife was driving, according to court documents. Her boyfriend was a passenger in the Explorer.
Police in their criminal complaint noted that Gregory and Christy Beer are married but separated.
The defendant after allegedly hitting his wife's vehicle "numerous times," followed her into the parking lot of the Sheetz convenience store on Route 68, where he rammed the SUV "several more times."
Gregory Beer drove away. Police later arrested him at his home, where they found his car in the garage.
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This is My AutismMarch 16, 2011 at 8:57 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | 573 Comments
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Dear Mr. President,
I need your help.
Last year, on April 2, 2010, you issued a statement expressing your support of World Autism Awareness Day. I appreciate the fact that you did that. Your support is vital to our community.
But I'll be honest with you, Mr. President. I didn't even see your statement until I really started digging around on the Internet last night. With all due respect, Sir, if I didn't see it, I'm guessing almost no one saw it.
Mr. President, when you spoke to a parent of a child with autism in a crowd outside Philadelphia in 2008, you spoke to me. When you said that your General Counsel had an autistic child and that one of your best friends in Chicago also had an autistic child, I leaned in closer to my screen. When you told that parent, "I know how fiercely you love your child, but I also know how hard it is, how much work it is for you and how much support you need," I listened. And I dared to hope. I dared to believe that you might make things different for my little girl.
My daughter has autism, Mr. President. And you're right; I love her fiercely. I love her with a ferocity and a tenderness that can only co-exist within a mother's heart. I love her so much that there is nothing on God's green Earth that I wouldn't do to help mitigate her challenges. There is nothing that I wouldn't do to make the world less foreign to her, less hostile. There is nothing that I wouldn't do to ensure that every day when she steps outside our door, she is met with tolerance and understanding and compassion. That she is seen by the world as a full and complete human being – not as a set of challenges encompassed by a single word. There is nothing that I wouldn't do to ensure that her talents and unique gifts are recognized, fostered and celebrated throughout her lifetime.
Above all, there is nothing that I wouldn't do ensure that she has the opportunity to contribute to our great nation.
Mr. President, as much as it pains me to admit, these are not things that I can do alone. I carry my soapbox wherever I go, but my platform is small. I need your help.
On April 2nd of this year, the world will join together in observation of the Fourth Annual World Autism Awareness Day. As you know, this day exists because it has to. Because our children's ranks are now growing in undeniably epidemic proportions. Because 1 in 110 children are now on the autism spectrum. 1 in 110. Please take a moment to let the enormity of that number sink in. The numbers aren't getting any smaller. And someday mothers like me – mothers of 1 in every 110 children – will no longer be here to take care of our precious babies.
If our children are to thrive without us, it will only be in a world that understands them. The people that they encounter every day will need to know what autism is – what it really is – day in and day out. They will need to know how hard my baby works to communicate. How much time and support it's taken to get her where she is now. How proud I am of everything that she has accomplished. How much potential she has. What an incredible human being she already is. How much this entire group of people has to offer our society if we are willing to see them – really, truly see them, recognize them and include them in our communities.
On April 2nd, landmark buildings around the world will participate in a campaign to help shine a light on autism. They will Light Up Blue as a statement of solidarity, celebration, understanding, compassion, and hope. They will light up blue to say, "We are here. We see you. We hear you. We support you."
On April 2nd, I will change my porch lights to blue, Mr. President. And in so doing, I will talk to the ten or fifteen people who may ask me why. Ten or fifteen people will walk away that day with a new understanding, a new sensitivity, a new commitment to help make life better for children like my daughter.
Sir, I need your help. I need you to light YOUR house blue too. Because when you do, you will start millions of conversations. Ten or fifteen million people will ask why, then ten or fifteen million more. And people like me – and thousands upon thousands of our friends – will be there to tell them.
Mr. President, I'll be honest. We need a lot more than blue bulbs. We need research and a renewed and reinvigorated commitment to real scientific inquiry and critical thinking. We need the money that you promised to fully fund IDEA. We need sweeping legislative change. We need a federal mandate on insurance reform. We need passage of the ABLE Accounts Act and a reauthorization of the Combating Autism Act. We need affordable and appropriate housing for our children as they transition into adulthood. We need the money that you promised to allocate to autism services, research and treatment. And far more.
It's a heck of a list. And I get it; I do. Those aren't things that you can do in a day.
But what I'm asking you for right now is something that you CAN do in a day.
I'm asking you to help us begin a conversation in earnest. To light the fire of awareness in our nation. A nation where a mother dares to hope that when people talk to one another – really talk to one another – the world can change for her children.
This is blissfully apolitical. Autism is not partisan. It does not discriminate between black and white, privileged nor impoverished. It simply lands where it will and affects every aspect of an entire family's life.
Your girls are beautiful, Mr. President. They are poised and confident, graceful and self-assured. You must be incredibly proud of both of them. I ask you, Sir, what if Malia or Sasha had autism? What would you do to help them? I'm guessing the better question is, What wouldn't you do?
At the very least, I know that you'd buy a couple of light bulbs and help spark a conversation.
For my incredible daughter, and for the million others like her. For their mothers and fathers and siblings. For their aunts and uncles and grandparents. For their neighbors and friends. For an entire generation who will either bear the brunt of blind support or reap the rewards of full acceptance – acceptance that can only be born of awareness.
Please, Mr. President. We need your help.
Jess, Proud mother of two beautiful girls and author of Diary of a Mom
P.S. I respectfully urge you to read the comments below. They have come from every corner of the autism community – truly united in its request for your support.
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2003 BMW X5 ReviewThis car review is specific to this model, not the actual vehicle for sale.
On-road performance, BMW panache.
BMW X5 is fast, comfortable, and prestigious. It delivers superb handling and excellent performance. X5's straight-line and freeway manners are great. It feels stable, the steering is precise, and the ride is smooth. The V8 engines provide plenty of power, making the X5 faster in the race away from traffic lights than most cars. For 2003, X5 is more luxurious and better-equipped.
Last year's new 4.6is model took SUV performance to new heights, with a powerful V8 that delivered 0 to 60 mph times in the 6.5-second range. That's quick, but 4.6is is also fast: On paper, it's capable of nearly 150 mph, though we don't recommend driving a vehicle this tall that fast. Massive tires contribute to impressive cornering grip and stopping power.
Logically, the X5 makes little sense. It is not highly capable off road, at least not when measured against other sport-utilities. X5 offers less cargo capacity than a BMW 5 Series wagon and its high floor makes loading cargo more challenging. Though it handles well for an SUV, its weight means it does not offer the quick transient response of a sport sedan or sport wagon in the same price range. As compared to other BMWs, X5 is not the ultimate driving machine.
Logic may not be a factor at here, however. X5 is sporty, stylish and upscale. That twin-kidney grille indicates a successful owner. It also indicates BMW's reputation for quality and driving excitement. It works well in foul weather, and easily negotiates muddy trails. Inside, it's luxurious and comfortable. It also offers the command seating position many people like. Perhaps those are among the reasons X5 sales are so strong. BMW sold 42,742 X5s in 2002, up from 2001.
For 2003, all X5 models feature brake lights that illuminate quickly and more intensely under hard braking. Adjustable ride height is now available on 3.0i and 4.4i models with the Sport Package. The tires that come with the 4.4i Sport Package have been upgraded from H-rated to V-rated, and the electronic speed limiter is now deleted with this package, lifting top speed from 128 to 143 mph (though, again, we don't recommend traveling at those velocities).
Interior leather is smoother for 2003. Onboard navigation is functionally improved and now features a DVD database. And the rear-seat Head Protection System (HPS) is now standard, a very important feature.
BMW X5 comes as three models, with increasing horsepower and standard equipment: 3.0i ($39,500); 4.4i ($49,950); and 4.6is ($66,800).
BMW launched the X5 (for 2000) as a single, upscale model, powered by a 4.4-liter V8 engine mated to a five-speed Steptronic transmission. For 2001, BMW added the lower-priced 3.0i model, powered by a 2.8-liter inline-six driving through a five-speed manual gearbox, with the Steptronic automatic as an option. The six-cylinder engine produces 225 horsepower, compared to 290 for the 4.4-liter V8. And the 3.0i rolls on 17-inch wheels, rather than the 18-inch rims found under the 4.4i.
The super-high-performance 4.6is joined the model line for 2002, pumped up by a 4.6-liter V8 rated 340 horsepower and 350 pounds-feet of torque. That's mega-power, by any standard. The 4.6is comes with a five-speed Steptronic transmission similar to the one found on the 4.4i, but programmed and geared differently for a more sporting character. Its 20-inch wheels and W-rated tires (275/40 in front and 315/35 in the rear) are wide enough to impress Fred Flintstone. Unique trim cues distinguish this model, including a rear air diffusor, wind splitters at the sides of front and rear bumpers, a titanium-finish bumper grille, and Shadowline trim with clear turn signal and side marker lenses. Two big, chromed oval exhaust outlets finish off the rear. 4.6is comes with a comprehensive list of luxury equipment, including xenon high-intensity discharge (HID) low-beam headlamps, rain-sensing windshield wipers, and a powered glass moonroof.
3.0i and 4.4i are well-equipped, and can be fitted with a short list of stand-alone options and four popular option packages. The moonroof, for example lists for $1,099 by itself, but is also included the Premium Package for both models. A Sport Package ($2100 on 3.0i, $1600 on 4.4i), which tightens the suspension and upgrades interior and exterior trim; and an adjustable ride-height system ($1200 for 3.0i and $500 on 4.4i) used to be mutually exclusive but are now available in combination.
Rear-mounted side-impact air bags ($385), a retractable load floor ($380), and satellite navigation ($1800) are extra-cost options on all X5 models, including the 4.6is.
To help keep drivers on the road and in control, all X5s come with full-time all-wheel drive and Dynamic Stability Control, which includes traction control, electronic brake proportioning, Dynamic Brake Control, an electronic stability program, and Hill Descent Control. Additionally, all X5s benefit from a four-wheel independent suspension, four-wheel anti-lock disc brakes, and rack-and-pinion steering.
There's no question who builds this vehicle. X5 is immediately recognizable as a BMW. It looks like a 5 Series wagon on steroids, and is remarkably close to the wagon in overall size. From its kidney-shaped grille to its multi-segmented tail lights, the curvy X5 is all BMW. The slope of the tailgate looks almost identical to that of the 5 Series wagon. The major difference is that the X5 is 10 inches taller than the 5 Series wagon, this taller stance being key to its sport-utility character. Large-diameter wheels with low-profile tires enhance its aggressive appearance.
Surprisingly, the X5 is classed as a light-duty truck by the U.S. government. Most truck-based SUVs, including the Mercedes-Benz M-Class, are built with a separate body bolted onto a frame. X5, however, uses a monocoque body shell like that of a regular sedan. This unit-body construction provides a much stiffer structure, which improves handling, reduces noise and allows better fit and finish. The X5 is not the first monocoque SUV; Jeep pioneered the concept two decades ago with its Cherokee, a concept carried forward with the current Grand Cherokee. Lexus RX 330, Nissan Pathfinder, and the 2003 Range Rover, which BMW helped develop, all use a unit-body design as well. Because of the unit-body construction they share, the Lexus RX is the X5's closest competitor in terms of ride comfort and handling.
BMW X5 has a great interior. Typically BMW, it's all business and no nonsense. But it's also very luxurious. The 3.0i comes standard with leatherette upholstery, but leather is an option.
The 4.4i comes with the Dakota leather as standard equipment, and a choice of light or dark poplar wood trim. New for 2003 are Dakota hides, which are supposed to be better than last year's Montana skins.
4.6is comes with Nappa leather, or with a combination of Nappa and Alcantara. We prefer Alcantara for its suede-like look and feel, but it may not be as easy to clean as smooth leather. Buyers can choose among black piano wood, Imola Red or Titanium trim, all for no extra cost. An oil temperature gauge and a tachometer with a variable warning segment help monitor the high-performance V8. All gauges in the 4.6is are unique, with italic figures on gray dials.
The simple, uncluttered layout, accented with touches of wood, lends an air of elegance. The door handles have a nice brushed-aluminum finish, and the soft plastic surfaces feel more like leather. The switchgear is ergonomically well designed.
The front seats are excellent, firm, supportive, with lots of adjustments. The rear seats are also comfortable. The rear seatback can be reclined. Despite the X5's greater exterior height, however, headroom is nearly identical to that of the 5 Series wagon.
X5's cargo capacity is no better than that of a 5 Series wagon's. The moment we opened the rear hatch, we were struck by the lack of cargo space. Power switches in the cargo area move the reclining seatbacks forward for some additional carrying capacity, but the seats move slowly, and the gain in space is small. The rear seats are split 40/60 and can be folded down to provide a fairly flat, though not perfectly flat, surface.
The height of the load floor makes it difficult to load cargo. X5's cargo deck stands about 35 inches off the ground. That's five inches higher than in the Land Rover Discovery, a highly capable off-road vehicle with a high ground clearance and a live rear axle. Caesar the English mastiff, who has climbed up his dog ramp into dozens of different SUVs, found the pitch too steep to climb into the BMW. (Add the choppy ride quality and he gave X5 the big paws down.)
X5's rear hatch is split, with a flip-up window and a tailgate similar in design to the old Range Rover's. The rear window can be opened independently of the tailgate, convenient for quickly loading small items. A remote hatch release opens the rear window, but this only led to a frustrating sequence of events: We'd press the release, climb out, and close the driver's side door. Closing the door would increase air pressure inside the cabin just enough to lift the open rear window, which would then flop down and latch itself again. So we'd arrive at the back of the vehicle only to find that we had to walk back to the driver's seat and re-release the hatch. Do this a few times and you begin to feel like an idiot. This can also make the X5 a bit inconvenient when dropping passengers at the airport. Armed with groceries, you'll more likely open the rear hatch with the keyless remote control, which works well.
Reflectors on the top of the tailgate's door jamb enhance safety when accessing gear at night. A sturdy rollaway cargo cover can be removed for carrying larger items.
Passive safety has been a major goal in the development of the X5, which can be ordered with no fewer than eight airbags. Each front-seat occupant gets a front airbag, a side thorax airbag and a side head bag. Optional side thorax bags are available for the two rear-seat occupants. BMW's Head Protection System for front and rear passengers is standard. The airbag system is essentially the same as in the advanced 7 Series. According to BMW, the X5 performed better than any vehicle ever tested by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) in its brutal.
Driving Impression
BMW X5 performs impressively well when equipped with one of the V8 engines. Power from the 4.4-liter V8 is seamless, with the redline arriving at 5800 rpm. The six-cylinder 3.0i isn't in quite the same league and works best when paired with the automatic transmission.
According to BMW, the 3.0i automatic accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in a quick 8.6 seconds, the 4.4i in a very quick 7.4 seconds, and the 4.6is in a startling 6.5 seconds.
The performance of the 4.6is would be quick for a sports sedan. For an SUV, it's amazing. Its performance allows the 4.6is to compete comfortably against the Mercedes-Benz ML55 AMG. ML55 comes with an AMG-tuned V8 rated 342 horsepower and 376 pounds-feet of torque, giving the M-Class Mercedes nearly identical 0-60 performance. We doubt that many X5 owners will drag race their neighbors. But they will notice how the 4.6-liter V8 makes terrific sounds when they step hard on the gas. And how smooth, responsive, and quiet it is when driven around town.
Shifting is silky smooth in normal driving situations. The automatic transmission offers the Steptronic mode, allows a choice of automatic or semi-manual control. Notching the lever to the left puts the transmission into Sport mode and enables the manual override; then a simple quick nudge forward or backward ratchets the transmission up or down one gear. X5's Steptronic is executed perfectly. A quick downshift makes passing on two-lanes safer and smoother.
Handling is stable and comfortable, with less twitching and head toss than in the Mercedes M-Class. (Compared to the Mercedes-Benz ML430, the X5's track is one inch wider, and the BMW rides 2.2 inches lower.) That's not to say the X5 is soft. It feels firm in the twisties and at high speeds. It can be driven like a sports car. On the freeway, the X5 changes lanes with the lightest of touch and with total precision. X5 can feel choppy, particularly when trundling at low speeds over a bumpy road while holding on to a hot cup of coffee. The choppy ride is pronounced with the sports suspension that comes with the optional Sport Package.
Overall, X5 is among the best-handling SUVs, although whatever else you drive will likely prejudice your opinion. If you get out of a regular truck-based SUV and into an X5, you'll be amazed at its handling. If you get out of a BMW sedan, however, you'll find that the X5 does not inspire the same confidence. BMW claims that its test drivers have circled race courses in the X5 nearly as fast as they can in a 328i sedan. This is probably true for experienced drivers who know their own limits as well as those of the vehicle they are driving. But most of us find the X5 is a tall vehicle that leans more than a sedan when going through corners.
Huge four-wheel disc brakes (ventilated in front) incorporate every electronic trick known to man. They are easy to modulate, and, they enable the X5 to stop as quickly and securely as the BMW 7 Series luxury cars. The 4.6is model gets bigger brakes and the rear brakes are ventilated; add the steamroller tires and the 4.6is really stops.
3.0i comes standard with a manual transmission. That sounds sporty, but we didn't like it. Clutch engagement is quick, and the torque characteristics of the engine (a bit abrupt at throttle tip-in) make smooth, brisk takeoffs a challenge. Lose concentration for a moment, or hurry the process a bit, and it's easy to stall at intersections, which is particularly annoying because the power-adjustable steering column starts moving while you're trying to restart the engine. We also found the manual transmission awkward when braking and downshifting for a turn, and then accelerating away. Attaining a smooth driving technique is challenging. A good driver may find it challenging to drive the 3.0i smoothly. A poor driver, one who moves the steering wheel about unnecessarily, will make his passengers uncomfortable with head toss. Also, the performance.
BMW X5 may be the best-handling SUV on the road. It may not haul much cargo, but the V8 models sure haul themselves. They are big, high-performance machines that can hold their own in any on-road situation.
X5 leaves us with mixed feelings, however. Its cargo capacity is no better than a BMW 5 Series wagon's, and the height of its cargo area makes loading difficult. Getting yourself in or out is more difficult as well. The 5 Series wagon is more practical. On the road, the X5 does not ride, handle, or accelerate as well as the 5 Series wagon, while off-road, it falls behind any serious 4x4 sport-utility.
X5 buyers don't seem to care about any of that, however. They like the X5 because it is prestigious, fast, and luxurious, roughly in that order. It shouts success, it goes like stink, and it coddles driver and occupants in sporty, upscale accommodations. Undeniably, the X5 offers BMW luxury, character and panache. And it is fun to drive.
Model Lineup
3.0i ($39,500); 4.4i ($49,950); 4.6is ($66,800).
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Options As Tested
rear door-mounted side-impact airbags ($385); navigation system ($1,800).
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Nearly 22 years after his 16-foot baseline jumper gave Indiana the national title in 1987, Keith Smart ruminates on how how that moment changed his life, and where he's going from here.
How would things have been different if that shot hadn't gone in with five seconds remaining against Syracuse at the Superdome? "Thankfully I don't have to think about that," Smart told me during practice with the Golden State Warriors recently, where he is an assistant coach. "But I don't think things would have changed much. I think I'd be in pretty much the same position I'm in now. But if you ask my kids, that's a different story."
More with Smart on The Shot, playing for Bobby Knight, and his unique role as the only official "defensive coordinator" in the NBA.
So take us back. How has The Shot changed your life?
I always say that the history of the shot is always chasing me to do things the right way. It's an honor, but it always makes me feel that people are looking up to that moment, and I have to make sure that I do all the right things. I still bump into people all the time who want to talk about. I don't mind. I'll talk about it as much as they want.
The thing I remember most about it was that Knight didn't call a time out before the play. Not that that was unusual.
People say, well you guys didn't call a time out. But that was Knight. We knew what to do in different situations; that all came out in practice. As a coach now I see that sometimes when you call a time out and draw up a play, the player only sees what you show him and doesn't take what the defense is giving. That shot came out of the motion offense, and that's an offense where you learn to take what the defense gives you. Playing at Indiana and playing for coach Knight has given me a tremendous base for basketball.
It went to Thomas first.
Yeah, in to Daryl, and he kicked it to me in the corner. I was just thinking 'I hope it goes in.'
Your kids must be old enough now to appreciate it. How often do they see it?
Especially now, because CBS or ESPN Classic or whatever will show it from time to time. When tournament time rolls around it will be on TV, they'll see it, and of course they'll see the short shorts and they'll see that their dad had hair, and all of that stuff. But it's always fun sitting there and watching their reaction when they see it on TV .Andre is my oldest, and Jared is the youngest. They both play basketball.
Now that you're a coach, what do you see that made Bobby Knight unique?
You couldn't tell if we were a losing team or a championship team. Because he coached it the same way. He didn't look at it like we were a 30-4 team, he coached it like we were a 4-30 team. I enjoyed my time there. I still use the drills as far as defensive principles of where you need to be. People always talk about the line drills and suicides and things; people always think that we ran a lot, but we didn't. We didn't practice a long time either. We went from an hour, maybe an hour and 15 minutes. But it was at a high intensity level. I've been around coaches in different places when you're in the gym for 2½ hours, but there's no focus or intensity with that. With Knight, practices moved from a to b to c, and you were out of there.
Do you still keep in touch? What does he think of your work with the Warriors?
I haven't talked with coach for awhile. I've talked to his son (Pat), but I have not talked to coach. Coach Knight doesn't call you; you call him. If there were ever something I needed, or if I wanted some advice, I'd call him and he'd be right there. He'll do anything for his former players. But while you're playing for him, you don't have a relationship. One big piece of advice he gave me early on was that once you start coaching, you have to fast yourself from playing basketball. Because if you're playing, you think like a basketball player. You only see one or two players removed. But when you're a coach, you have to see the entire picture. So I stopped playing completely when I started coaching. Not a pickup game, nothing. And as I moved through the years, my view of everything started getting much bigger.
What would he do when he got mad?
The big thing was when you got back to the locker room, your bags would be outside. And if he was real mad at you, he'd throw your bag down the hall.
What's the biggest adjustment from college to the NBA? How is the coaching different?
The defensive schemes are a lot different. There's a lot of motion and pick and roll stuff in college, where in the NBA it's a lot of quick hits to your best players right away. So a lot of players don't come into the NBA with that principle. Another thing is that back when I was coming up, you had players who were in college three years or four years or whatever it had been. You develop a toughness for rebounding and getting loose balls with four years of college. Now, players are coming out of college so early that most of their skills are on the offensive side. So you have to work a lot on defense. A senior in college very seldom gets caught on a screen. He gets over it or under it. A freshman, a sophomore, will hit a screen and say 'Oh, I need help!' So that's what you learn with four years of college; getting to places before you need to be there.
Is defense a lost art?
Yeah. Because every guy wants to have fun. They want to have fun on the break with the wide open dunk. But if you don't have stops on defense that create those situations, you're lost. I was always taught that rebounding is the most important thing. The good teams rebound. If you're not rebounding, you're constantly playing fast, trying to catch up. When the shot goes up, if you don't get the rebound, your defense meant nothing. And you have to get the loose basketballs. So the art of teaching defense is really teaching hard work.
This has been a tough season for you.
Not really, because I'm learning a lot, and the players have bought into what we're trying to do. It's just that to be successful, you have to have the talent. And you have to stay healthy. That's been the big thing.
The Warriors are probably the only team that has two huddles during a time out. Don Nelson talks, and then the players huddle around you to hear about the defense. What's been the reaction to that?
I tell you, I have friends around the league who text me from time to time saying "Man, that is something else, we've never seen that. It takes a coach with an incredible amount of confidence to be able to do that. He'll just come to a game and say 'You got your plan?' And we go on from there. And I want to be perfect for him. He trusts me so much, that I don't want to let him down. I think it's something that may catch on. Because you see a lot of coaches that work strictly with the defense. But nothing's like this situation right here. It's direct now. If there's a timeout and the players have a question about the defense, right away they come to me. It frees you up. So he's created something that's incredible. None of us had ever thought this way in basketball. It's gone beyond what I thought it could possibly be.
You make all the defensive calls?
Coach has told me if I need to take a player out of the game, I take him out of the game. It's not a problem. So I give the player three strikes. We had a situation a couple of nights ago, Cory missed an assignment. During the time out I told him, Cory, you've got one strike. The veteran guys have bought into it, and we've gone that way. And we haven't made it to three strikes yet. You have to hand it to coach Nelson. I can't think of another NBA coach who would be secure enough with himself to allow something like that.
Do you coach your sons? Who are their favorite players?
I don't coach my kids at all. I'm simply dad. Andre loves Jason Kidd. He gets more excited about making a pass than anything. He'll come home and say dad, I made 12 assists last night. Jared is a big Steve Nash fan. He got an opportunity to meet Kevin Garnett, and really likes him too. I just want them to have fun playing, and whatever happens with their career happens.
What do you tell your team when you're playing Kobe?
Sometimes there's nothing you can do. When he wants to turn it on and go, you can forget what you're trying to do. Those guys are so good, that sometimes you say that they're just bleeping with the game. They'll let you have fun playing with them, but they'll look at the score and say OK, we're up by six, let me turn it up a notch. Those guys, Dwyane Wade, they have the ability to allow their teammates to get involved. The key is to hold every player to his average. Don't allow other guys with a low average to have a great game.
Tell me something about Knight that may surprise people.
One of the first days I was there, I went to the dining hall. We had all of the African American players sitting at one table, all of the white players sitting at another table. Nothing big, but we knew that that wasn't how he looked at things. He told us that he didn't want to see that again. You know you don't think anything of it; right away I gravitated toward Darrell Thomas, Rick Calloway, Dean Garrett, and we were all sitting at one table. We didn't think anything of it. But you started to see that he didn't want it that way ; he wanted us all together. I didn't have the same roommate twice in a row. We rotated. He saw things differently. He and coach Nelson, their thinking is just different. I've had the opportunity to play for one who's the all-time winning college coach, and working for one who will probably be that in the pros. I am really lucky.


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On the Road to Richmond: The Letters of Civil War Sharpshooter Moses Hill, Part 4
Welcome back to our series on the letters of Moses Hill, part of the Frank Irving Howe, Jr. family papers here at the MHS. In my last post, I described Moses' experiences during the Siege of Yorktown as part of McClellan's Army of the Potomac. After the siege, Rebel forces retreated to the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, with the Union army hard on their heels. Moses' regiment, the 1st Massachusetts Sharpshooters, had been attached to the 15th Regiment Massachusetts Infantry, Sedgwick's Division, since April 1862. They traveled up the York River to West Point, arriving in the midst of the fighting there, then continued west through New Kent toward Richmond.
Some of my favorite letters in the collection were written during this time. Moses was especially reflective and honest after nearly a year of hard service. On 26 May 1862, he wrote to his mother Persis (Phipps) Hill:
Some times it looks rather dark and as if the war might last for some time yet, and some times It looks as if it might close soon. I supose you have seen all my letters that I have sent Eliza so I will not write meny poticulers but I can say I have seen some hard times....I am sick of fighting and shooting our Brother man.
Dear Mother I do not see such times as I use to when I could go to the old cupboard and eat of your cooking and eat my fill of boild vitils and custard pie and every thing that was good. I cannot have that now....I hope I shal live to come home and eat one good meal with you. How I would enjoy it.
Love to all, From your never forgetful Son Moses Hill
While Moses approached Richmond, two of his sister's sons, John and Albert Fales, were serving under Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks in the 2nd Regiment Massachusetts Infantry, Company E, and currently fighting Stonewall Jackson's troops in the Shenandoah Valley. Moses worried about his nephews in his usual understated way:
They dont know what fighting is and I hope the[y] never will. I have seen enough of it and I hope I shal not see any more....It is not very agreeable.
Unfortunately, just days later, Moses would take part in the worst battle he had seen yet. The Battle of Seven Pines, otherwise known as the Battle of Fair Oaks, was fought from 31 May-1 June 1862 on the outskirts of Richmond. Moses described it to his wife Eliza in gruesome day-to-day detail:
The Surgents [surgeons] was cutting of[f] legs and armes, and dressing wounds all night. The grones was terible. I did not sleep that night. [31 May]
The dead and wonded lay one top of another when the Battle was through. The ded lay on all sides of us where they was kiled the day before. Along the fences they lay some with their faces up, and some with their fases down and in all shapes. It was a horable sight. [1 June]
The dead was about all buared today. Our armey did not bring meny shovels with them so it took some time....There was one on each side of where I slep that lay dead with in a few feet of me. They s[c]ented very bad. The magets was on them, but they burried them as fast as they could. [2 June]
If you see any body that complains of hardship tell them to come into this armey and they will begin to find out what it is.
Even in the darkest times, however, Moses never seemed to lose sight of the humanity of his enemy. He wrote about the Confederate soldiers captured by the Union army:
They Belonged to Georgia Alabamma North Carlonia. I went and talked with them. They said they wanted to get home. The ground was so wet that it was very uncomftible for them. I pitied them from the Bottom of my heart. The ground was most all coverd with water. One of them asked me for my pipe and I gave it to him to smoke.
McClellan failed to take the city of Richmond and was driven back by Robert E. Lee in the Seven Days Battles. Stay tuned to the Beehive for more!
**Image: "War Views. Panoramic View of Richmond, Va. From Libby Hill, looking west." Published by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. (New York, N.Y.). Original photographer unknown. From Adams-Thoron Photographs, MHS.
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The medical supplies are being packed away and most of the vehicle parts in the maintenance yard are already gone, but the mission continues for Marines and sailors stationed in one of the most violent areas of the war zone.
This military outpost along a contested strip of battle space in Helmand province is slated for demilitarization — one of about 220 Marine positions out of more than 250 once located in southwestern Afghanistan set to disappear or transfer to Afghan forces by October.
The flow of patients into the busiest front line surgical suite in the country and the distribution of fuel and other supplies from this logistics hub will likely continue, however, until the last days before FOB Edinburgh ceases to exist in coming weeks. Then remaining personnel will be shuffled to a shrinking number of military positions in the province amid the drawdown of international forces in Afghanistan.
Not long after the commanding general of 1st Marine Logistics Group Forward stopped by one morning last week, two more patients arrived by medevac.
"You guys are on the cutting edge. There is no more pointier end than out here," Brig. Gen. John Broadmeadow told Navy medical personnel from Camp Pendleton's 1st Maintenance Battalion who staff the base's shock trauma platoon and forward resuscitative surgical suite. "You guys have been incredibly busy here, and in the middle of all that we're going to shake you up and throw you out into new places so you can start doing it all over again."
After the general's pep talk, Army helicopters unloaded two Afghan policemen with gunshot wounds. Inside the sun baked medical tent, more than two dozen people administered to the patients.
In the last month, they have treated 67 battle casualties, including Marines struck by roadside bombs and a mass casualty of 11 people injured by a suicide bomber in nearby Musa Qala.
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The rapid drawdown is reconfiguring the battle space and forcing commanders to juggle competing priorities with diminished resources. For instance, all across the war zone, former U.S. military bases are being stripped by Marine engineers and scraped clean, even as they build new bases for special operations forces and the realignment of conventional coalition and Afghan forces.
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Under the current NATO timeline, coalition military operations are expected to continue in Afghanistan through 2014 at least. In the interim, the top priority for logistics Marines is sustaining remaining combat forces.
"There's not a rush for the exits by any stretch of the imagination. We are being very, very deliberate," Broadmeadow said. "It's a continual balance and assessment to make sure that I can meet that first priority — to provide that tactical logistics support."
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"Where we used to be able to go to a central hub and then everything else was fairly close to those Marines we needed to support, we now are going to have Marines spread out over a wider part of the battle space," Broadmeadow said.
A task force of more than 500 Marine volunteers was dispatched to Helmand province in May to clean, sort and pack equipment and vehicles heading back to home installations. About 2,500 soldiers are assigned to the same job in other provinces.
Upward of 30 percent of all the equipment and vehicles the Marine Corps owns is in Afghanistan, much of it having come straight from Iraq.
At Camp Leatherneck, headquarters for Marine and NATO operations in southwestern Afghanistan, armored vehicles waiting to be flown out of the war zone or trucked across the northern border are parked in neat rows.
By the fall, the Marines will have sent about 4,500 vehicles and other large items home, as well as about 33,000 radios, weapons and other gear. At one sort lot, Marines work day and night to pack about 30 pallets a day for shipment, a number expected to double this summer when the drawdown quickens.
Since November, the lot has sent at least 805 pallets and 502 shipping containers of gear worth more than $158 million out of the country, according to a running tally posted near the gate.
"The end-to-end accountability is very important to us. It's not glamorous, but if we find a piece of gear that is not on the records, that reduces the demand signal to our headquarters. That's one less thing we've got to buy," said Col. Jim Clark, commanding officer of the Marine task force.
Lance Cpl. Alexander Montalvo, 21, a Camp Pendleton Marine from Fort Lauderdale, volunteered for the job so he could deploy for the first time.
"By September they're going to try to send most units back home," he said as he ratcheted a piece of vehicle armor. "All their gear and stuff is coming toward us. We're trying to clean it and get it back to the States."
Unless the item cannot be repaired or used, "we are taking it all home, nothing is staying here," said Col. Jeff Hooks, the regional command's logistics director.
"We have a very tight budget when we get back to Camp Pendleton," he said. "It's a big change from what some folks remember coming out of Iraq."
Back at FOB Edinburgh, the vehicle maintenance yard is empty. Five tents were torn down and more than $850,000 worth of parts — from tires to fuel tanks and radiators — were sent last week to Camp Leatherneck.
The fuel farm pumping some 15,000 gallons a day to power supply convoys and trucks transporting equipment back to the rear strategic base will be among the last to close. "Everything is going. I'll be one of the last Marines out of here. Without fuel, the Marine Corps can't roll," said Sgt. Edwin Garcia, 33, of Dumont, N.J.
The British built the base in 2007. Now, as in Fallujah, Iraq, or Khe San, Vietnam, this is the end of the line for "FOB Eddi," Broadmeadow reminded his Marines: "You will be able to tell people for the rest of your lives — I was the last one."Copyright © 2018, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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