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"To Support and Defend"
Join 85,754 American citizens who have signed onto the
Oath Accountability Act for Constitutional Integrity
To restore the Constitution's strict enumeration of the central government's "few and defined powers," we mt, first and foremost, require that all members of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches abide by their oaths "to support and defend" our Constitution — under penalty of law. At present, there is no legal penalty for Breach of Oath or legal obligation to abide by the plain language of our Constitution.
Please help enact, through judicial or legislative action, strong penalties obligating all elected and appointed federal officials to abide by their oaths. If the federal judiciary refes to hear this action, then we will take it to the national legislature for codification into federal law. In the words of Thomas Jefferson, "Bind [them] down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution."
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We can hold political debates and advocate the merits of conservative policies, ad naeam, and have done so for generations. Where has that gotten today?
The prerequisite question before any legitimate political debate should concern the authority of our Constitution, and the obligation to abide by the Rule of Law it enshrines.
Our Constitution prescribes "few and defined powers" (Madison) to the central government. Unfortunately, the current scope of federal activities provides abundant evidence that many elected and appointed members of the federal government have long abandoned their prescribed oaths to abide by our Constitution.
At present, there is no recourse for prosecution to enforce compliance with constitutionally required oaths, with the exception of prosecuting those advocating "the overthrow of our constitutional form of government" (5 U.S.C. 7311). In the absence of that obligation, Rule of Law has eroded into the rule of men, and our authentic Constitution has, likewise, devolved into the so-called "living constitution." That erosion and devolution has greatly undermined the pillars of Liberty.
Elected and appointed members of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches of the central government mt be required, under penalty of law, to abide by their oaths "to support and defend" our Constitution, as specified in its original language in Article II, Section 1 and Article VI, clae 3, as ratified.
Such legal requirement would subject those members to indictment should they circumvent the Constitution's prescribed method for amendment as specified in Article V, by way of legislative actions and judicial diktats in accordance with the so-called "living constitution."
Breach of Oath constitutes breach of trt with the American people — a violation of the contract established by our Constitution between those in the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches, and the We, the People. Consequently, Breach of Oath imposes harm and injtice upon citizens, who are subject to the government's laying and collecting of taxes, and accumulating of debt, for expenditures not expressly authorized by our Constitution.
The first step in seeking legal remedy to restore the integrity of our Constitution is to establish whether "We, the People," have legal standing to require all members of the three branches of our central government to abide by their oaths. If not, then we will seek recourse under (5 U.S.C. 7311) charging that circumvention of the plain language of our Constitution is tantamount to advocating "the overthrow of our constitutional form of government."
To that end, please register your support for this action, and join Patriots across the nation, particularly those in our Armed Services who have defended their oaths with blood and life, in this effort to establish legal standing as citizens.
We will determine the appropriate legal venue and ask the court to certify this action once we have reached a sufficient number of plaintiffs to impress upon the court, and supporting members of Congress, that The People demand recourse.
We believe that this complaint complies with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and th should be provided a federal hearing, an assertion that, if denied by the courts, we will seek on appeal. We may also opt to file in one or more state courts should the federal courts reject this action. And last but not least, if enough Americans sign this action, the legislative option becomes viable.
We will reject the notion that the power to vote constitutes fair "representation," where there is no assurance that representatives will abide by their oaths of office and, instead, e the treasury as an instrument to perpetuate their re-election by special interest constituencies, whose allegiance is secured with confiscated and redistributed wealth.
If American citizens are rightly found to have legal standing, then the second order of biness will be to question congressional authority to lay and collect taxes, and to accumulate debt, for expenditures not expressly authorized by our Constitution, with the objective of defunding such expenditures.
We will seek to renew congressional requirements for enumeration of constitutional authority for each and every piece of legislation proposed by the Executive and Legislative branches.
Our United States Constitution, as written and ratified, stipulates in its preface that it is "ordained and established" by the people to "secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity." To that end, it established a republic, not a popular democracy, which is to say it affirmed the primacy of Rule of Law over rule of men.
Accordingly, the first order of biness for those elected to national office is that they be bound by oath to "preserve, protect and defend" the Constitution under which they were duly elected.
For those elected to the presidency, Article II, Section 1, specifies: Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
Likewise, Article VI, Clae 3 specifies: "The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution..."
The key words here are "shall be bound by oath or affirmation." Bound how and by whom? And with what penalty for violation? Currently, we believe they are bound solely by their conscience, and there is no statutory mandate for abiding by their oaths.
Our Founders intended that elected officials and judges, by way of their oaths, would be constrained by Rule of Law. However, they also assumed that those elected and appointed would be, uniformly, men and women of sufficient character to honor their oaths.
Our Founders were clear about our Constitution's Rule of Law and its prescribed method for amendment as specified in Article V, but the enforcement of that prescription is predicated on being bound by oaths.
George Washington: "The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. But the Constitution, which at any time exists, 'till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole People is sacredly obligatory upon all. ... Should, hereafter, those incited by the lt of power and prompted by the supineness or venality of their constituents, overleap the known barriers of this Constitution and violate the unalienable rights of humanity: it will only serve to show, that no compact among men (however provident in its construction and sacred in its ratification) can be pronounced everlasting and inviolable, and if I may so express myself, that no Wall of words, that no mound of parchment can be so formed as to stand against the sweeping torrent of boundless ambition on the side, aided by the sapping current of corrupted morals on the other."
John Adams: "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religio people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. ... The only foundation of a free Constitution is pure Virtue, and if this cannot be inspired into our People. ... [T]hey may change their Rulers, and the forms of Government, but they will not obtain a lasting Liberty. ... A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever."
Thomas Jefferson: "Our peculiar security is in the possession of a written Constitution. Let not make it a blank paper by construction. ... To consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters of all Constitutional questions [is] a very dangero doctrine indeed, and one which would place under the despotism of an oligarchy. ... The Constitution has erected no such single tribunal, knowing that to whatever hands confided, with the corruptions of time and party, its members would become despots. ... The opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are Constitutional and what not, not only for themselves in their own sphere of action but for the Legislature and Executive also in their spheres, would make the Judiciary a despotic branch. ... On every question of construction carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed. ... In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution."
Alexander Hamilton: "[T]here is not a syllable in the [Constitution] which directly empowers the national courts to construe the laws according to the spirit of the Constitution, or which gives them any greater latitude in this respect than may be claimed by the courts of every State. ... The Judiciary ... has no influence over either the sword or the purse; no direction either of the strength or of the wealth of the society, and can take no active resolution whatever. It may truly be said to have neither force nor will. ... If it be asked, 'What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic?' The answer would be, an inviolable respect for the Constitution and Laws — the first growing out of the last. ... A sacred respect for the Constitutional law is the vital principle, the staining energy of a free government. ... [T]he present Constitution is the standard to which we are to cling. Under its banners, bona fide mt we combat our political foes — rejecting all changes but through the channel itself provides for amendments."
James Madison: "I entirely concur in the propriety of resorting to the sense in which the Constitution was accepted and ratified by the nation. In that sense alone it is the legitimate Constitution. And if that is not the guide in expounding it, there may be no security for a consistent and stable, more than for a faithful exercise of its powers. ... If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one, possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one, subject to particular exceptions."
Those members of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches, who have abandoned their oaths, believe they are above the mandates established by our Founders, and th, above the law.
Our constitutional rights are being violated, and that violation is stained by unjt taxation for purposes not expressly authorized by our Constitution. Consequently, our nation is on the precipice of insolvency, and the bill is coming due. It will most certainly be repaid in the currency of tyranny unless Liberty with its inherent Rule of Law prevails.
The time has come that all American Patriots mt, "with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor," as we endeavor to restore Rule of Law and our Constitution's limits on the central government.
We mt return to first principles in order to extend Liberty to the next generation.
If we are unsuccessful in this bid to seek remedy for the lack of any proscription against, and penalty for breach of oath, it is becae the judiciary refes any such accountability regarding the wanton violation of our Constitution. Such rejection would, in effect, render Americans, once again, condemned to the abe previoly characterized in American history as "Taxation Without Representation."
However, if the federal judiciary refes to hear this action, then we will take it to the national legislature for codification into federal law.
To ensure that Congress will take action to pass legislation prescribing severe legal penalties for Breach of Oath, a large support base is necessary. Our goal is 500,000 signatures, which will most assuredly receive congressional attention, especially if the 2012 election results in conservative majorities.
Register Your Support for Oath Accountability
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Resource Essays in support of The Oath Accountability Civil Action to Restore Constitutional Integrity
Essential Liberty
A treatise on restoring Rule of Law over the rule of men, to ensure Liberty prevails over tyranny
The Oath Accountability Civil Action — Legal Precedents
The greatest obstacle to establishing legal standing in matters regarding accountability of the judiciary is that the judiciary does not want to recognize legal standing for such accountability]
The Essential Question in Any Political Debate
The most important inquiry conservatives mt posit in every policy debate: "What does our Constitution authorize and mandate?"
Our Sacred Honor ... to Support and Defend
Against All Enemies, Foreign and Domestic
A "living constitution" for a Dying Republic
The adulterated version of our Constitution by judicial diktat supported by executive and legislative malfeasance
Judicial Supremacists and the Despotic Branch
"The Constitution...is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary which they may twist and shape into any form they please." --Thomas Jefferson
American Patriot Defined
Their Sacred Honor in Defense of Liberty Endures
The 'Tea Party' Movement
What it is -- and isn't.
We Still Hold These Truths
Left v Right, Tyranny v Liberty
The First Statement of Conservative Principles
Start with the Constitution
What Power to Tax and Spend?
The Question Americans Should Be Asking
The Power to Tax ... and Revolt
Taxation Without Representation in the 21st Century
The Rights and Obligations of Liberty
Don't Forget the Obligation
It's NOT 'What the American People Want'
It's what our Constitution requires
When Debating a Liberal, Start With First Principles
Any debate should start with the establishment of First Principles
Ballots or Bullets?
Ballot Box Barriers to Restoring Constitutional Integrity
Restoration or Revolution?
Restoring Rule of Law
Sunset or Sunrise on Liberty?
The Current Crisis and the Opportunity of a New Dawn for Liberty
The Next American Revolution
What is the Authority for Rebellion?
The Reagan Centennial
A retrospective on the Reagan Revolution


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A Truth Journal: XL Keystone Pipeline: Why Should America Take All The Risks and No Benefits?: From Denny: Once again greedy Big Business seeks to hang the American taxpayers with all the liabilities - while they make billions in profits, free to walk away when it goes bad.
The XL Keystone Pipeline is a huge boondoggle that comes out of Canada. Apparently, the Canadian firm, TransCanada, along with some American energy partners sum up their business mantra in one chant, "Let the Americans pay for it!"
Our State Department has been on a fool's errand writing up a study on the impact on America's environment, concluding it would not be a problem, in order to act like they are satisfying the environment folks. As usual, everyone rivets their focus upon the distraction, taking their eye off the obvious.
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Lynda Morales was one of two Matadors (Angela Hupp) to appear in all 30 matches ... played in 114 of 117 sets, earning 23 starts ... finished fourth on the team in kills (215) and kills per set (1.89) ... hit .197 in 538 attacks ... was second on the squad with 95 total blocks (0.83 bps) which included eight solo stuffs ... also recorded 35 digs (0.31 dps) and had one service ace ... hit a Matador season-high .435 with 12 kills and two errors in 23 swings at UC Riverside (Nov. 6) ... knocked down a season-high 14 kills on two occasions; vs. Northern Arizona (Aug. 29) and against Long Beach State (Nov. 13) ... reached double figures in kills seven times ... took a season-high 29 swings against UC Irvine (had a season-high nine blocks (all assisted) to go with nine kills at UC Davis (Sept. 25) ... served her lone ace of the season at Cal Poly (Nov. 20).
Morales was one of five Matadors to appear in all 30 matches ... saw action in 106 of 143 sets as a sophomore ... finished fourth on the team with 174 kills and was fifth in kills per set at 1.64 ... finished as the Matadors' leading blocker with 105 total stuffs (0.99 bps), which included six solo blocks and 99 assiststed blocks ... also recorded 15 aces (0.14 saps) and 52 digs (0.49 dps) ... heads into her junior season ranked eighth in Northridge history with 246 block assists ... knocked down a season-high 14 kills in 26 swings (.462) against Texas State at the Pepperdine/Asics Classic (Sept. 19) ... served a career-high two aces on three occasions; at Sacramento State (Sept. 5), vs. Cincinnati (Sept. 12) and against Cal State Fullerton (Oct. 11) ... was named to the Sacramento State All-Tournament Team with 23 kills and 14 blocks in three matches ... had six kills and nine blocks in the Matadors' 3-2 upset win over No. 23 Long Beach State in the season finale (Nov. 21) ... recorded 13 kills and eight blocks against UC Santa Barbara (Sept. 26).
Appeared in 30 matches and 112 games for the Matadors in her first season on the active roster ... had 191 kills while averaging 1.71 kills per set ... hit .200 for the season which was second among Matador hitters ... led the team with 157 total blocks (10 solo, 147 assisted) which ranked second in the Big West and third on the Northridge single-season record list ... her 147 assisted blocks is a Matador single-season record ... Northridge improved from the fourth-best blocking team in the conference to the second-best in 2007 ... matched a Northridge five-set match record with 12 block assists against UC Santa Barbara (Oct. 20) and Cal State Fullerton (Oct. 2) ... had a Matador season-high 13 total blocks in Northridge's five-set win at UC Santa Barbara (Sept. 21) and against the Gauchos in The Matadome on Oct. 20 ... knocked down a season-high 17 kills in back-to-back matches; vs. Manhattan (Sept. 7) and against Oregon State (Sept. 8) ... recorded her first collegiate double-double with 13 kills and 12 blocks in the Matadors' five-set win over Cal State Fullerton (Oct. 2) ... reached double figures in kills six times.
Redshirted the 2006 season for the Matadors.
Finished her high school career at Centennial High School in Bakersfield, Calif. ... earned All-Southwest Yosemite League honors in volleyball in 2005 ... also picked up Second Team all-league honors as a center for the Golden Hawks basketball team ... won the 2004 Avocado League volleyball championship playing for Fallbrook High School in Fallbrook, Calif. ... also competed in track & field as a high jumper in 2004 and 2005 graduated in 2005 with a 3.3 grade point average.
Born May 20, 1988 in Glendale, Calif. ... parents are Lucy and Louis Morales ... has two older sisters, Lesley and Lydia ... favorites include the San Antonio Spurs, pro beach volleyball player Misty May, actors Ryan Gosling and Jessica Alba and "The Simpsons" ... says the toughest thing about being an athlete is "practice, practice, practice" ... says the biggest obstacle she's had to overcome was moving to a new school as a senior in high school ... major is Family and Consumer Sciences - Consumer Affairs.


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Lindsay Nichols brings a broad range of public relations expertise to Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, helping clients build relationships with key audiences and influencers and sustaining awareness about their missions. In her nine year career, Lindsay has provided media relations, public affairs, grassroots marketing, crisis communications, and healthcare communications consulting to a variety of organizations focused on a variety of industries, including social purpose, advocacy, corporate, consumer, healthcare and legal.
This post first appeared on the @OgilvyPR blog, Social Marketing exCHANGE, June 29, 2010.
I'm clearly a geek, but I'm going to proudly say it: it's an exciting time to be in media relations.
I started my career in media a decade ago and as the field has changed, the practice of getting key messages in front of target audiences via the media has only gotten more interesting. From crafting the story idea, to hearing the spark ignite for a reporter, to reading or listening or watching the final story unfold – the entire process is exhilarating. Social media has only broadened that landscape for me – I have more choices than ever to spread my clients' messages and make an impact with the audiences that matter. And while media relations may seem more complex then the days when I used to thumb through a media directory book to find a reporter's name and beat, in a lot of ways I find it much more strategic and exciting.
This geeky love I have for media relations was recently nourished when I was lucky enough to attend the PR News Media Relations Next Practices Forum as a guest of sponsor BurellesLuce. I got to hear from some of the best talent in the industry across all walks of PR life including corporate veterans Stephanie Anderson of OSRAM SYLVANIA and Ed Markey of Goodyear; consulting mavens Karen Hinton of Hinton Communications and Andrew Gilman of CommCore Consulting Group; and nonprofit leaders Laura Howe of the American National Red Cross and Glen Nowak with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; among others.
And – I can't but help but show a little pride here – Ogilvy PR had a great client showing: Mark Phillips of the USO and Colleen Wilber of America's Promise Alliance both had wonderful insights to share. The keynote speaker was former Marriott spokesman and current Senior Director of Communications for Catholic Charities USA, Roger Conner, who shared his PR experiences both humorous and humbling.
The knowledge these speakers imparted was too much to share in detail, but some highlights were:
- Think like a newsroom
- Use social media to collect real-time feedback on the quality, tone and resonance of a conversation – listen constantly
- Let others (volunteers, employees, customers or consumers) tell the story for you
- Don't script people – just teach them how to use social media tools effectively
- Don't tell media what the news is – just tell them what you have and how they can use it
- Individuals as influencers are becoming increasingly important – never underestimate your audience
- Say the full message: not just "go online," but "go online and donate"
- Mobile media is the next frontier in terms of location, platforms, video, social search, virtual collaboration and cloud computing
- Before you spend any resources, make sure audience is there; speak the right language and understand who you're trying to influence
- Stop trying to control the message – just be part of the conversation
- You must call media on their mistakes – they are working as fast as we are, and mistakes happen; it's our job to give them the correct information
- Claim as much real estate as you can on a TV screen – provide information for the lower-third/crawl, facts, b-roll, bulleted messages, etc.; have your spokesperson hold a prop
- Your actions must match your words
One of my favorite parts of the forum, the "Media/PR Smackdown," was a panel of well-respected and much sought-after journalists Howard Arenstein, Correspondent of CBS Radio News and CBS News Radio's Washington, DC, Bureau Manager; Doug Stanglin, Editor of the "On Deadline" blog at USA Today; and Lynn Sweet, Columnist and Washington Bureau Chief of Chicago Sun-Times. They reinforced the tried and true of the media world – don't call unless you know the reporter's beat, you know your pitch fits perfectly with what they cover, you've already sent an email, and you have a personal relationship. But they also taught me a thing or two about how journalists have embraced the recent changes to the media relations landscape. Reporters love Twitter. I can't emphasize that enough. They love it personally, and they love it professionally. Doug Stanglin uses his Twitter as a news aggregator. Reporters also love blogs – their own and others. They no longer have one deadline a day – they have them throughout the day. And they are truly excited about sharing their news on different platforms.
So apparently I'm not the only one geeking out about media relations today.
Above all, the overwhelming message of the forum was loud and clear for me: I am not alone. I heard it from the friends I made at my table and around the room and the speakers who represented so many industries and so many types of PR. We've all had great ideas but neither the adequate time nor resources to get the job done well. We've all dealt with public crises that we didn't see coming. We've all been met with overworked and under-resourced journalists who can't (or won't) hear us out. We've all had to deal with leadership who didn't understand how the media work and expected us to move mountains with only a spoon to start digging. But we all love what we do. We love shaping stories, spreading our clients' messages, and entering in the public conversation. We all have a passion for getting it right the first time. And we all have a zeal for where media relations has come from – and where it's going.
And somehow, just knowing that – that I'm not alone – feels good.
You can find more about the forum on Twitter: @mrf.


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The writers over at US Pro Cycling News (myself included) will be doing daily recaps of both the Giro d'Italia and the Tour of California.
The queen stage of the Tour of California happened today, and boy, did it deliver. Once the race reached Mt. Baldy, a high pace and attacks from the field shattered the peloton and attacks in the front shattered the breakaway. Ultimately, Chris Horner and Levi Leipheimer were the only breakaway riders able to maintain a pace up the mountain and crossed the line together. With this stage, Horner solidified and secured his lead, with Danielson now over 2 minutes behind him. Check out Fitzalan's recap!
Top 5 Stage results
- Levi Leipheimer USA (RadioShack)
- Chris Horner USA (RadioShack)
- Laurens Ten Dam NED (Rabobank) at 43 sec
- Tom Danielson USA (Garmin-Cervelo) at 1:01
- Steve Morabito SWI (BMC) at 1:21
- Chris Horner
- Levi Leipheimer at 38 sec
- Tom Danielson at 2:45
- Christian Vande Velde USA (Garmin-Cervelo) at 3:18
- Tejay Van Garderen USA (HTC-Highroad) at 3:23
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The dinosaur as probably every kid by now knows were once the most mighty animals on the planet. Clearly when the conditions were right, they had the right strength. Once the conditions changed drastically they were not able to adapt.
In the 1980s, Tom Peters and Robert Watermann identified best performing companies but a decade later after the book was published 50% of these companies struggled which was way above the average rates of companies with performance problems. (Reference: Edward Lawler, Christopher Worley: Built to Change, Page Preface XIV)
In the 1990s James Collins and Jerry Porras came up with a list of best performing companies in their book "Built to last". Well guess what, a decade later 50% of those companies were struggling. Again way above market average. (Reference: Edward Lawler, Christopher Worley: Built to Change, Page Preface XIV)
You do not have to be a clairvoyant to predict what happened to the list of outperforming companies in the book "Good to Great" authored by Jim Collins and published at the beginning of 2001. Here as well over 50% of those companies struggled a decade later while market average was 30% of companies underperforming.
So what is the list for 2011 ?
Conclusion: If you take the three lists and look which companies are left and additionally list all the performance attributes that were revealed in these books you will have the list of dinosauric behaviour, the list of unsustainable performance.
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Sailor late to work faces harsher punishment than officers indicted in Fat Leonard scandal
NORFOLK, Va. — Electrician's Mate Jared Wilks will face a harsher punishment for being late to work than the officers indicted in the Fat Leonard scandal, sources confirmed today.
Wilks was sentenced to fifteen days restriction and half pay for thirty days after showing up fifteen minutes late for work. His non-judicial punishment guarantees a poor evaluation and will effect his chances for advancement. Meanwhile, a number of senior officers indicted for corruption, bribery, and leaking classified information have retired with a full pension.
"There's a clear difference in these two examples," Navy spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Robert Flores told reporters. "EM3 Wilks knew liberty expired at 0600. These officers may not have known that accepting bribes, cocaine, partying with hookers, recruiting other officers into the conspiracy, lying to investigators, destroying evidence, and warning a contractor about investigations was illegal."
And in both cases, Flores said, the Navy took the misconduct very seriously.
"Officers are held to a higher standard," he said. "Some officers have been fined fractions of the amount of cash they took in bribes, and have been subject to administrative action. A few of them have been handed harshly-worded letters. Some have retired with a pension guaranteeing them more money than EM3 Wilks will ever make. And, keep in mind, nobody prosecuting the Fat Leonard scandal is trying to make rank."
Flores added: "There was one sailor sentenced to twenty seven months in jail. The fact he was enlisted has nothing to do with it."
At press time, three sailors showed up to work after Wilks did but were not punished because their chief said they were good sailors.
Sailors walking into strip club reminded to 'clap like Mike Pence is speaking'
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — A group of sailors preparing to enter the Rear Admiral Gentleman's Club were reminded by Command Master Chief Petty Officer Michael Tubbins on Saturday evening to "clap like Mike Pence is speaking," — referencing the primal sexual energy typically elicited by the vice president's remarks, sources confirmed today.
The sailors, who varied in age, rank, and number of vice presidential addresses attended, appreciated the reminder, according to defense officials.
"Obviously, we've all attended a few speeches by the vice president, usually while on temporary duty away from our home station" stated Petty Officer 3rd Class Jason Smith.
"Heck, we all know that one junior sailor new to the fleet who marries the first Mike Pence speechwriter he meets. But we're young, horny sailors so being in a strip club was a new experience for us and the Master Chief's advice for how to act was invaluable."
"These kids aren't dumb. They know if there is one thing you do in a strip club it's clap but it's usually more reserved like when a movie ends or when your plane lands safely," Master Chief Tubbins told reporters.
"But when a young lady in six inch glass heels and a G-string with several C-section scars takes her top off that's not time to just be polite, you need to really help her feel welcome."
Sources confirmed that the entire group of sailors responded in kind and expressed enthusiasm that was more than worthy of a Mike Pence address.
"I do this job for the applause so I'm always hoping it'll be loud but from the second I stepped out there I was like whoa, is the vice president here? This is crazy," said DyNasti, a dancer at Rear Admiral. "And when the DJ started spinning Hail to the Chief, I knew I had to work that pole the way Mr. Pence works that podium."
Tubbins, who was present for the Pence's "ISIS is defeated(-ish)" speech in January, expressed pride in his sailors' effort but says it still cannot compare to the atmosphere of a real Mike Pence speech.
"Friday night had more boobs than a typical speech by the vice president but no VIP room will ever match the raw energy, intensity, and emotion of a Pence original."
At press time, Command Master Chief Tubbins had been asked to resign from the Navy for daring to imply that sailors would bring the type of enthusiasm exhibited in a vice presidential address into a titty bar. Additionally, Petty Officer 3rd Class Smith and Dynasti are now married and expecting their first child together.
Sailor can't pee unless someone is watching
SAN DIEGO — Retiring Chief Petty Officer Joe Andrews hasn't peed without someone watching him in 22 years and isn't about to start now.
"At first, I thought all the meat gazing was weird," said Andrews. "Now, after all this time in the Navy, I went from not being able to piss with someone watching to not being able to piss without someone watching."
Andrews told fellow sailors at the his retirement party that he's not sure how he's going to piss without someone making eye contact with his one-eyed monster.
"I've told Andrews that he just needs to reach out," said Lt. Cmdr. Ross Stevens, Andrews' commanding officer. "No one should have to pee alone."
Many sailors are able to make the transition to pissing alone by running water in the background or pasting a picture of a urinalysis observer above the toilet, according to a recent Veterans Affairs Public Information for Sailors Study (PISS). Some, however, never fully make it through the transition, and find themselves seeking YMCAs, baseball stadiums and subway stations to avoid kidney problems.
Andrews expressed his hope for the future with a loud groan at the urinal before leaving the Chief's Mess for the last time today. His first proctology appointment with the VA is a week from today, which he feels is a festive step up from the usual wiener wagging.
Stevens said that might be willing to go warm up Andrews' bed and sweat on it a little bit, just the way he needs it to fall asleep.
I lived it: I stole the Navy goat, and now I just … have a goat
We all do some foolish things in our youth when we don't understand the consequences. For me, a lighthearted prank saddled me with a goat for the rest of my career, and I have to tell you — goats are a lot of fucking work.
It started late one night in Bradley Barracks on a cool autumn night just before the Army-Navy Football game. My roommate and I were rubbing each other's backs and talking about our dreams, like we always did, when we hatched a fantastical plan to steal the Navy goat. We would be legends.
Still, I wasn't ready for that moment, deep below Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, when I locked eyes with Adm. Ernst J. King the goat. I didn't expect him to seem so worldly, so wise, so game for the adventure. There were many goats in the goat dungeon that night, but I knew that Ernest was the goat for me. Ernest stood aside from the common goats, lazily eating "The Bluejacket's Manual," and practically leaped into the rucksack I'd brought for him. Our first touch was electric.
The next few days were a haze. While the military world panicked at the loss of Ernest, we spent lazy days on Clinton Field, sharing a secret just the two of us knew. I showed him how to cut a pie properly; he showed me how to eat the pie tin.
I realized, as I boarded the bus for the Army-Navy game, Ernest tucked neatly under my winter cape, that I had devised such an excellent scheme to steal Ernest I had never thought to make a plan to return him.
Time with Ernest flew by. Before I knew it, it was branch night, then graduation. As I threw my cap into the air, Ernest headbutted the chair out from under me, a sign of things to come.
Being a platoon leader is hard for anyone, but it's harder with a goat. At unit PT, he'd run faster than me and jump higher than me, embarrassing me in front of my men.
I was excited and nervous for my first deployment, a fact lost on Ernest. He was a constant liability. He never wanted to stay on the FOB, which I can respect, but he was always getting confused as a gift, bribe, snack or sex toy when we went out on patrol.
If I thought Ernest was difficult on deployment, I really wasn't ready for how he was going to handle our next assignment, as an assistant training officer at brigade S3. Ernest had no patience drafting PowerPoint slides for hours. He was clearly the kind of goat that you needed to keep with troops, the kind of goat that needed a mission. He took out his frustrations about the assignment — about the things he'd seen on deployment — by drinking too much. I could never get him enough water, and then he'd pee on the paper shredder. There were times I didn't think we could keep it together.
Things got a little better when I picked up captain. I had a little more money to spend on Ernest. He got frustrated at the long hours and the midnight phone calls, but by that point, Ernest understood that we'd spent too long together. He couldn't do better than me.
Sometimes people say to me, "How did you get a goat in the Pentagon?" I'd ask you how I could not have a goat in the Pentagon. Sure, now that I'm chief of staff of the Army, it raises some questions about why I don't have a mule. It's a ridiculous question. I'll enjoy an evening in the company of Traveller or Trooper, but I bear a responsibility to Ernest. Ernest made it through War College, too, and he's never brought a cell phone into a SCIF, so he's ahead of most of us.
I never planned this life. Ernest J. King didn't plan this life. Tradition brought us together. I think sometimes that Ernest needs to go back, but we both know that he can't go back to naive midshipmen and lush greenery of Annapolis. Not after what he saw in Afghanistan. The VA isn't ready for his type. He has no marketable skills. He can't make it on the outside.
I'll warn you: traditions are fun, cadets, but think through it. Always have an exit plan. Ernest and I didn't. And I still have a fucking goat.
Crop-dusting ensign set for flight school
PENSACOLA, Fla. — After a gut-wrenching selection process, Ensign Pierce A. Stinkfeld was chosen as a student naval aviator, sources confirmed today.
Stinkfeld, who graduated last year from the University of Missouri with a double major in flatology and ungulate digestion, was also enrolled in Naval ROTC where he received rank honors.
"I've been preparing for this my whole life," Stinkfeld said as he sniffed the air. "From those clumsy days of crop-dropping in Ms. Stummerfurz' third-grade class to winning the state 'North by Northwest' award as a high school junior, I've been dusting off home plate since I was in diapers. Now, I'm ready to throw caution to my recently-released wind and have a career in the U.S. Navy."
Stinkfeld noted that he's exploring various fleet aircraft options.
"I'm looking at rotary wing because of the awesome downdraft," he said. "But I'm also considering the F-35 for its killer afterburner turbofan. I can really foul up an enemy's day with that."
Stinkfeld is also looking forward to getting his callsign.
"I bet it will be something cool like 'Danger' or 'Snake,'" he said with an overconfidence normal reserved for newly-commissioned American heroes.
However, instructor pilots seemed certain that Stinkfeld will be forever known as 'Beefwalk.'"
"Don't quote us on that," said one. "But it's in the fart jar, so to speak."
Stinkfeld was last seen arguing with the station commissary manager over adding more selections of asparagus, gummi bears and beans.
"It's for everyone's digestive health," he said right before hustling up the baby food aisle for no apparent reason.
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Fans excited for final season of Afghanistan
BAGRAM, Afghanistan — Fans of Afghanistan, already America's longest running drama, are excited for the premier of the final season of the conflict, whenever that may be.
A media darling at launch, Afghanistan has suffered from low viewership since the first season but remains a powerhouse moneymaker with an annual budget of almost $45 billion. Producers initially promised large, exciting battles and decisive story lines but thus far have had issues delivering consistently. Fans of the show place the blame for many of those issues on producers insisting the show split air time with spinoff drama Iraq.
Despite the small TV audience tuning in, a large number of Americans (about 14,000 at present) physically attend the conflict every year hoping to take part in events as they unfold.
However, many of these participants express discontent over the direction the show has taken and feel the program has been dragging for the last decade or so.
"I was skeptical at first because there had been a Russian drama about Afghanistan, but in the first few seasons, this felt very different. And when they surprised everyone by killing off Bin Laden in season 10, that was amazing," said Capt Mike Watt, currently deployed to Sharana. "But l feel like lately it's been the same story line every season. Just lazy writing all around."
A quick audit of recent years supports Watt's argument. Plot devices like COIN, blue on green insider attacks, and meeting with local leaders that end up accomplishing nothing have become repetitive. Despite these issues, there remain a strikingly large number of subplots and unanswered questions. So many in fact, that writers and executive producers have expressed that they can't imagine wrapping this up even if they have 10 plus more seasons.
Regardless, fans remain excited for the final season whenever that may be. An online poll among attendees on who will end up on top received hundreds of thousands of votes and came back with a landslide victory for write in candidate "I don't give a fuuuuuuck."
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Service chiefs really tired of this Congressional committee's crap
WASHINGTON — The Defense Department's service chiefs are massively weary of this stupid Congressional committee hearing, sources confirmed today.
Although the hearing on force readiness in the mid-term began moments ago, it has "nose-dived faster than Congressman Schiff's reputation," according to a military legislative affairs officer.
"I put on a service dress uniform for this?" Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein asked his peers, apparently unaware he was wearing a hot microphone.
The Committee chairwoman — no one knows her name because she did nothing notable before Democrats took control of the House —asked Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley for his assessment of Navy readiness.
Milley appeared confused by a question on a separate service and paused before saying, "I would like to respond by stating that the readiness of Congress to hold this hearing is a complete shit-show, ma'am."
Rep. Slay Z. Lewks (D – possibly Queens but she doesn't know) followed with a freshwoman attempt at putting the hearing back on track by asking about mold in military housing. The chairwoman informed Lewks the topic was not related to force readiness.
"Then what about mold readiness in the mid-term?" Lewks asked.
Rep. Sea H. Ag (D – San Francisco) then interrupted Lewks to repeatedly stammer over the word "the." She finally finished her question on the best place in D.C to meet sailors, which was met by the audible sighs of the testifying service chiefs.
Before Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John M. Richardson could wipe the stunned look off his face, Ag told him "I'm a cougar, John, in case you didn't notice, John — rawwr."
The chiefs then appeared to be studying their notes, but they were actually playing sudoku on sheets in their briefing books, except for Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller.
"He doesn't know how sudoku works," says a Marine Corps public affairs office. Neller instead repeatedly snapped a can of Copenhagen under the desk while glaring at Lewks and anyone else who lewks at him for more than a second.
Navy eyeing discounted Boeing 737s
RENTON, Wash. — The Navy is investigating a potential "sweet deal" to increase its fleet of P-8 aircraft, sources confirmed today.
The Navy's P-8 Poseidon, an invaluable asset in submarine detection, is a modified Boeing 737 aircraft. The Boeing 737 Max has recently come under intense scrutiny and grounded for equipment failure following a string of crashes. Navy leadership paid an emergency visit to the Boeing plant in Renton, Washington, shortly after the news broke.
"How much for this puppy right here?" asked Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer, slapping the nose of a 737. "How does $1,400 sound? I can do 15, but that's my limit."
Spencer met with a Boeing sales representative wearing a bright yellow suit, and the two men spent the day walking around the lot. One man would make an offer while the other would pretend to walk. Negotiations lasted late into the evening.
"The Navy has a long tradition of buying broken airplanes," said assistant Secretary of the Navy James Geurts, who is in charge of Navy acquisitions. "However, we are looking to start saving money when we purchase potentially dangerous aircraft."
Navy spokesmen at the Pentagon confirmed the plan is to have a deal hashed out by the end of the week. Progress has been reportedly made, but small details like air fresheners and fuzzy dice are remaining to be decided.
"I think they said it was an autopilot problem," said Geurts. "No problem, whatever it is it can't be as bad as our pilots' hand flying."
"Don't worry, this chapter of my book will be awesome" SEAL tells dying teammate
A Navy SEAL reassured a teammate dying from multiple gunshot wounds that this portion of his book would be "awesome," sources confirmed today.
"This is awesome. I'm talking about this on every stop of my book tour. No way I don't hit the bestseller lists after this," Chief Petty Officer Brian Costanza told his fellow SEAL, Petty Officer 3rd Class Chet Steel, who was gasping his last breaths.
As the MEDEVAC helicopter departed with his teammate's corpse, Costanza jotted down plot points and significant details about the incident to use in "Triumph of the Will: A Navy SEAL's Journey Through Syria."
Costanza said he was thrilled to have a significant emotional hurdle to add to the main character arc in the yet-to-be published memoir, but he faced backlash from some of his surviving teammates for the way he handled the incident.
"Don't get me wrong. Brick is a great guy," said Petty Officer 2nd Class Slade Paragon."But I think it's bullshit that he immediately claimed the incident for himself. Yeah, Chet died in his arms, but I was the one pulling security while he bled out. If anything, the trauma I suffered would make for a much more compelling chapter in my own book, 'This Noble Warrior's Creed.' It's just selfish."
Petty Officer 2nd Class Chad Brogan, who outed himself on MSNBC shortly after receiving deployment orders to Syria, was also critical of Costanza's decision.
"At the very least, he should have checked with the rest of the team so we could compare narratives," Brogan said. "How would it look if all our books had similar chapters detailing Chet's horrific death and our emotional journeys of recovery? People would think we're assholes."
Brogan said he now has to figure out a new anecdote to lead into his monologue about the terrible cost of war during chapter 9 of his book "The Trident Bleeds in Valhalla."
Costanza was dismissive when asked about his teammates' objections.
"These cherry fucks just like to complain," he said. "My first book, 'Uncommon Men-More Uncommon Valor,' was published when they were still in BUDS, so I think I know a little more about narrative and plot structure than they do. Besides, what better way to honor Chet's death than to have the most experienced writer on the team profit immensely by describing it in visceral detail?"
The remaining members of the team eventually agreed to let Constanza use the "death sequence" for his upcoming book. In exchange, they all received co-author credit for helping complete Steel's posthumous memoir "Unkillable: The Sweet Rush of Combat."
The SEALs chose to honor their fallen comrade's memory by announcing that .5 percent of all book royalties will go to Steel's widow Rhonda and their three young daughters.
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Recently, Microsoft announced two-factor identification support, the means by which a second method is used to confirm user identity, for Windows Vista. Now, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) is offering guidance—a bureaucratic way of demanding something—to banks on tightening security for consumers online. Specifically, the use of single-factor authentication, a single password, is deemed inadequate for protection against identity theft.
Account fraud and identity theft are frequently the result of single-factor (e.g., ID/password) authentication exploitation. Where risk assessments indicate that the use of single-factor authentication is inadequate, financial institutions should implement multifactor authentication, layered security, or other controls reasonably calculated to mitigate those risks.
While the guidance document lists a number of layered security possibilities for "informational purposes" only, at least one sounds kind of scary. The document (PDF) includes:
Shared secrets are security questions, such as "your favorite pet" or "your mother's maiden name," and are already implemented by many institutions. However, the report points out that "static" shared secrets represent a risk of compromise over time, and thus should be changed frequently. Multiple shared secrets are also suggested.
Tokens are physical devices that complement password security. These include Smart Cards, such as credit cards that include microprocessors and that must be used in conjunction with a reader. USB Tokens are key sized devices that plug into a USB port, devices that once recognized prompt for a password. Password-Generating Tokens, also known as one-time passwords (OTP), eliminate the risk involved with consecutive uses of passwords. The OTP Token is a display that shows an OTP after the user enters their name and regular password online.
Biometrics include fingerprint, voice, and face recognition. However, it is questionable whether the technology for such devices has transitioned from RSN to the real world, or will anytime soon.
Out-of-Band Authentication refers to verification of identity through a channel outside the purview of the password process. As an example, a message could be sent by e-mail to the user requiring response. It also includes Internet Protocol Address (IPA) Location and Geo-Location. This is kind of a security fetish fantasy. In such a world, users would be "issued a unique IPA that was constantly maintained on an official register, authentication by IPA would simply be a matter of collecting IPAs and cross-referencing them to their owners."
That last one makes a person almost reflexively quote 1984 or something. Besides the obvious privacy issues with an IPA registry, or the technical problems associated with biometric technologies, there is the simple matter of cost. Aside from security questions, even if another particular technology was chosen, say Smart Cards, who will pay for a nationwide, or worldwide, implementation? Until the price tag of deploying and maintaining such a system far exceeds the cost of identity theft, it's unlikely financial institutions or consumers will want to foot the bill. Unless the government mandates it, and perhaps that's what everyone should be afraid of.


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Tom Brady's restructured and extended contract includes $27 million in new money and three additional seasons that add up to a five-year package at below-market value. But it also contains significant guarantees for the New England Patriots quarterback, USA TODAY Sports has learned.
A breakdown of Brady's pact, according to a person who reviewed details of the deal, reveals that the total signing bonus for the five-year, $57 million contract is $30 million — which includes $3 million in new money and $27 million that was due to Brady from his previous deal that is converted into a signing bonus for salary cap accounting. The new agreement replaces the four-year, $72 million extension that took effect in 2011, one year after Brady signed it.
The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the contract details were supposed to remain confidential.
Brady's base salary for the 2013 season is $1 million, followed by a $2 million base salary in 2014. The $30 million signing bonus and salaries for the next two seasons are fully guaranteed.
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The salaries for the final three years of the pact — $7 million in 2015, followed by $8 million and $9 million — are guaranteed against injury. If Brady is on the roster for the final game of the 2014 season, the $24 million in salaries for the final three years will be guaranteed for skill, too.
The contract is still subject to approval by the NFL and NFL Players Association.
Under his previous deal, Brady was due salaries of $9.75 million, with $5 million roster bonuses and $250,000 workout bonuses for 2013 and 2014. Before striking the new deal, Brady was guaranteed $25 million for injury. Now it stands that the entire $57 million will be guaranteed.
The deal clears $15 million in space under the projected $121 million salary cap over the next two years for the Patriots.
The $30 million signing bonus is scheduled to be paid through February 2015, with $10 million payable this year, $5 million in February 2014, $10 million during the 2014 season and the remaining $5 million in February 2015.
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France Telecom subsidiary Orange Digital, which manages digital services for UK mobile operator EE, has moved to Amazon Web Services' cloud to support traffic spikes and reduce costs by an estimated £2 million over three years.
Orange Digital designs, develops and hosts web services that have highly variable traffic patterns. For example, Saturday traffic on the Orange sports channel sites are at their peak due to sports fans frequently checking scores and results.
EE also runs seasonal campaigns, such as the BAFTA awards and summer music festivals, which require short-term capacity that can be quickly tested and deployed for the duration of the campaign and then shut down.
Through mergers and acquisitions, Orange Digital inherited a legacy physical infrastructure that was no longer adequate to meet the needs of the company and its clients.
"Our infrastructure was expensive to run and time consuming to maintain. Our traffic profile is variable in nature, which resulted in an oversized infrastructure 90% of the time. In addition, we had many EE micro sites and applications that needed rapid and temporary hosting," said Neil Jennings, lead enterprise architect for Orange Digital.
"We were also in a period of expansion, and with traffic on our Orange and mobile home pages climbing to 4 billion requests monthly, we became limited by our fixed infrastructure. To scale up a physical infrastructure would present a massive upfront cost and a long time to market for deployment. So we sought alternative solutions."
The software architecture team at Orange Digital chose Amazon Web Services (AWS) for its ability to scale up and down quickly, and because the application programming interfaces (APIs) give Orange Digital granular control over the virtual infrastructure.
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is used for hosting servers in various roles – load balancers (HAProxy), reverse proxies (Nginx), web servers (Apache) and as database servers (MongoDB) – split across three Availability Zones and configured to be self-repairing.
The team also uses Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) for static content hosting, and Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) snapshots and AMIs from the production environment in development and test environments.
In addition, Orange Digital uses Puppet for configuration management and has developed a control server, which is responsible for maintaining the state of the infrastructure, taking on tasks such as replacing Amazon EC2 instances and moving Elastic IP addresses.
"Moving to AWS has reduced the time to market for new products," says Jennings. "Previously, this process took at least three months. AWS has removed a barrier, so time to market is dependent almost entirely on developing software and deciding what we want to do."
Jennings estimates that moving from its existing infrastructure to AWS will reduce Orange Digital's hosting costs by approximately £2 million over the next three years.
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So, I'm thinking of pushing my cbr600 off a cliff about now. preferably with the previous owner glued to the seat lol.
This guy put an undertail kit on it, which removes the fender and goofy looking stock license plate mount.
this brings up several issues:
Issue #1: there is no plate lights on this undertail kit which is illegal in NY and quite likely PA too. I fixed that with some 10mm super bright white LEDS and some resistors.
Issue #2: this guy has no idea how to properly wire anything. Twist the wires together and black tape... that should be plenty good. so the wires corroded and I had to replace almost all of them.
Issue #3: The undertail kit combines the turn signals with the brake and running lights which is hard to see and most inspection shops won't pass.
Issue #4: All of the other failures were brought to a point today by me deciding its time to figure out why the lights would randomly flicker and go off. the answer? water. the guy never sealed the led enclosures properly so all the pins from the leds inside the enclosure have now rusted and broken off since I looked at them with a look of disdain.
So, this raises several questions:
Should I attempt to disassemble the LED pods and either replace the LEDs or solder on new leads?
Should I rip the LED pods off and build my own?
Should I find a stock inner fender and all that jazz and throw the undertail kit at whoever installed it?
At the moment I think I'm going to do option 1 and 2. I'm going to try to get the brake lights working via the LED pods, and add separate turn signals somewhere else.
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Don't forget running / marker (not turn) lights. just wire the leds to run dimmer( different value resistors, common ground), then full brightness on brake.Grab a couple of those led arrays that you used in the projector. People aught to see that.
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EEG Employee Named President of Health Physics Society, Dec. 19, 2001
SOCORRO, N.M., December 19, 2001 -- George Anastas, health physicist with New Mexico Tech's Environmental Evaluation Group (EEG), was inducted earlier this year as the 46th president of the Health Physics Society, an international scientific professional organization whose mission is to promote the practice of radiation safety.
In previous years, Anastas has served various terms as president of the Northeastern New York, San Diego, and Sierra Nevada chapters of the Health Physics Society, and also as a member of the Society's board of directors.
"I am convinced that the Health Physics Society has to adapt to today's world in order to make a meaningful impact on radiation safety in both the United States and other countries," Anastas says. "The Society has nearly 6,000 members worldwide in all areas of radiation safety--medical, environmental, regulatory, accelerator . . . the list goes on -- and, as the world shrinks, it's imperative that we, as members of the Health Physics Society, take the time and effort to work with our colleagues in developing countries."
As president of the non-profit safety organization, Anastas says he has marshalled the resources of the Society in several initiatives which will assist radiation safety, not only in the United States, but around the world as well.
"For instance, Radiation Safety Without Borders teams Society chapters with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and other federal agencies in assisting IAEA member states in developing and improving their radiation safety infrastructure," Anastas says.
"Homeland Security is another program in which the Society teams with other professional safety societies in providing resources to assist in responding to terrorist events or threats," he adds.
"And, because of the human capital crisis in radiation safety, the Society is working with colleges and universities and Congress and federal agencies to provide funding for fellowships and scholarships in nuclear science, nuclear engineering, and radiation safety," the Health Physics Society President says.
Anastas has worked in the areas of health physics, radiation safety, and industrial hygiene and safety for more than 30 years.
He is a professional nuclear engineer, a diplomate of the American Board of Health Physics, and a diplomate of the American Academy of environmental engineers.
Anastas has taught radiation safety, industrial hygiene, occupational safety, and toxicology at a number of universities, including Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, San Diego State University, California State University at Sacramento, and the University of Technology at Sydney, Australia.
He has worked for state governments and private industry in a number of technical administrative and management positions, including a stint as director of environmental health and safety at California State University prior to joining EEG in May 2001.
"I am pleased and honored to join such an outstanding group of scientific professionals at EEG," Anastas says. "The atmosphere is one of dedication to assure the prudent operation of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant."
EEG Director Matthew Silva states, "We are delighted to have George on board and fully anticipate that his expertise will enhance EEG's review of the WIPP Project, especially now that the facility has begun disposal operations for some radioactive waste forms."
Based in offices in Albuquerque and Carlsbad, EEG is an interdisciplinary group of scientists and engineers which provides independent technical evaluation of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) to ensure the protection of public health and safety and the environment of New Mexico. The oversight group was established in 1978 through a contract between the State of New Mexico and the U.S. Department of Energy, and later was assigned to operate under the administration of New Mexico Tech in 1989.