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By Wayne Drash, CNN
It started with a Facebook status update. Upset at the media's coverage of Charlie Sheen, someone took up for American soldiers dying in Afghanistan.
"Charlie Sheen is all over the news because he's a celebrity drug addict," it said, "while Andrew Wilfahrt 31, Brian Tabada 21, Rudolph Hizon 22, Chauncy Mays 25, are soldiers who gave their lives this week with no media mention. Please honor them by posting this as your status for a little while."
The status update has since gone viral, shared by tens of thousands on Facebook. An abbreviated version is on Twitter.
When a friend of mine posted the message on her Facebook page, it was a sobering reminder of the news media's failings of covering the Afghanistan war. I kept returning to the names of the four soldiers. Who were these men? What's their story?
I started by calling the father of Cpl. Andrew Wilfahrt (pronounced WILL-fort) in Rosemount, Minnesota.
"I think it's spot on," Jeff Wilfahrt said of the viral post.
His 31-year-old son was killed while on foot patrol outside Kandahar on February 27, around the same day the Sheen media blitz kicked into high gear.
"From the Charlie Sheens to Lindsay Lohans, who are these people and what good have they done in society?" Jeff Wilfahrt said. "What are we collectively doing as a society? How do you wake people up?
"In part, sir," he said, "I blame the press."
Andrew Wilfahrt was a Renaissance man with an infectious laugh. In his obituary, his parents described him as "compassionate, smart and witty. He was an admirer, composer and player of music who believed deeply in art and humanity. Andrew was fascinated by math, palindromes, maps, patterns, mashed potatoes and the absurd."
He was also anti-war - part of a "strong family of lefties" from Minnesota, his father said. Andrew stunned everyone when he announced two years ago he was joining the Army.
"He didn't have a child and a wife," Jeff Wilfahrt said. "In a way, he went over so that somebody with a young family wouldn't die."
The grieving father added, "He was a gay soldier."
His son agonized over the decision to join the military because Andrew knew he'd have to keep his sexuality a secret. He kept quiet when he first signed up, but his fellow soldiers knew.
"Andrew told me one of the reasons he wanted to enlist was that he felt guilty as a civilian when so many men with wives and children were separated from their families," one of his comrades posted on Facebook. "He joined the fight so that guys like me didn't have to. He is my hero, my friend, and I miss him. Sleep well, buddy. You earned it."
Andrew's younger sister, Martha, said the "least interesting thing" about her brother was his sexuality.
"Quite frankly," the father said, "nobody gave a s*** he was gay. He was a good soldier."
His mother, Lori Wilfahrt, told Minnesota Public Radio her son was an "interesting, wonderful young man" who joined the service because he was "looking for a purpose." Andrew wanted to be with a "group of people that would be working together toward something."
In a recent letter home, he told his mother that "everybody knows … [and] nobody cares" about his homosexuality. In combat, he rode with two other soldiers. One was African-American, the other from Hawaii. The unit called them "Team Minority."
"He was a gentle soul and he was very kind and compassionate," said Lori Wilfahrt.
As Sheen's every comment was dissected on TV and plastered across the internet, the Wilfahrts quietly buried their son.
"In exchange for a son, we got a flag and a bunch of medals," his dad said. "That's a helluva tradeoff."
He's torn by all that's happened. Jeff Wilfahrt said he's always been a peace activist and staunch opponent of war, yet he added, "I'm so proud of him and his service."
His voice breaks. It's likely his son is among the first gay soldiers to die in combat since Don't Ask Don't Tell was repealed in December. "I'd do anything to honor my son."
'Truly an American hero'
From Texas to Nevada to California, three other families mourned loved ones mentioned in the viral post. I was unable to reach those families, but I pieced together these snapshots from local reports and Army news releases.
Spc. Brian Tabada was the youngest soldier honored in the Facebook status update. A fire support specialist with the 101st Airborne, he was killed February 27 in northeastern Afghanistan when his patrol was ambushed by insurgents using small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades.
He joined the Army in 2008 and quickly earned an array of medals, including the Army Achievement Medal.
His mother met his flag-draped coffin at Dover Air Force Base and escorted her son's body home to Las Vegas. Nevada's governor ordered flags at half-staff.
"Tabada made the ultimate sacrifice and we are forever grateful," Gov. Brian Sandoval said in a written statement. "I believe it is right to honor his life, service and his sacrifice."
Spc. Rudolph Hizon, a 22-year-old Los Angeles native, was killed when insurgents attacked his brigade with the 10th Mountain Division in Afghanistan's eastern Logar province.
A Bronze Star recipient, Hizon was best known for his radiant smile and love of life. Hizon enlisted with the Army in January 2009 and was deployed to Afghanistan last October.
"I will always think of him as the happy and cheerful person he was," Spc. Joshua Gonzales told Task Force Patriot public affairs. "I'm going to miss him dearly."
"He is truly an American hero," Tito Pong wrote on a Los Angeles Times obituary tribute page. "We are very proud of him and we are very much going to miss him." Added Pfc. Lorien Rilate, "You had such a big heart and you always knew how to make someone feel better."
In the eastern corner of Texas, residents in the town of Cookville honored Staff Sgt. Chauncy Mays, a father of two young girls. Mays, a member of the 10th Mountain Division, was killed February 28 in eastern Afghanistan's Wardak province.
A highly decorated soldier, Mays worked as an explosives ordnance disposal technician; the Army credits him with saving countless lives for disarming hidden bombs in the region.
"He was a leader who led from the front," Army Sgt. Chandara Hak told Task Force Patriot public affairs. "He was always careful, but never fearful. I will do my best to follow in his example."
Army Capt. Aaron Teller said Mays epitomized the best of the American soldier. "He would give you the shirt off his back without hesitation."
Those were traits Mays displayed even in high school. "He cared about people and worked hard to encourage them," his teacher, Josh Stegall, said at a memorial service. "He lived to serve."
Since February 26, when the Sheen story began dominating headlines, at least 13 U.S. troops have died in support of the Afghanistan war. Besides the four honored in the Facebook post, seven others were Sgt. Kristopher Gould, 25; Spc Christopher Stark, 22; Pfc. David Fahey, 23; Spc. Jason Weaver, 22; Cpl. Jordan Stanton, 20; Staff Sgt. Mark Wells, 31; and Pfc. Kalin Johnson, 19.
Senior Airman Nicholas Alden, 25, and Airman Zachary Cuddeback were killed in a March 2 attack on troops at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany.
Italian Lt. Massimo Ranzani, 36, and British Lance Cpl. Liam Richard Tasker were also killed in Afghanistan in late February and early March. Another British soldier whose name has not been released was killed Wednesday.
As I looked at the names of those who've died in the last two weeks, I thought about my phone conversation with Jeff Wilfahrt.
"Get this on the front headlines," he said, "and make people aware of what's going on.
"That's what I'd do if I was king. But I'm just an unemployed 58-year-old man in Minnesota who misses his son."
Check out CNN.com's Home and Away special dedicated to fallen troops
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To everyone bashing canisy and salerno you should stop and realize that it is just as much their right to voice their opinin as it is yours to bash them for doing so. That is what our country is about-partly. However the real issue here isnt the lack of news coverage of soldiers but the mainstream media shifting the focus from a government and country that is falling apart around us to a man (Sheen) who is a media's dream come true. As a soldier myself i can say no one enlists to become a headline on a major media website or the local newspaper from where they grew up. We do our jobs like anyone else and we dont get mad when we aren't recognized. We get mad when the country we're defending is being hurt and torn apart from the inside by the people who we elected to run it. For example our President is now at this moment more worried about making it illeagal to burn a Quron (while burning an American flag is considered freedom of speech) when instead he should be more worried about the lack of money being ppropriated to federal employees. I can't say im defending those two yahoos who decided to take a stab at American troops but I will defend their rights if they are indeed American Citizens. Oh and by the way i have read the Quron and am Lutheran myself. I took an active intrest before I deployed to Iraq in the culture AND language for where i would be submersed in. I became very close with the local populace and learned a lot from their culture. All of this was done while i was trying to be killed by fanatic extremists who were twisting a book of poetry.
SO...before you comment about soldiers and their "lack of knowledge" maybe you should talk to a few first.
Oh yes and my IQ is 173
You sound like a pogue! "illeagal" "quron"??
By and large,soldiers are not given much press coverage because they serve without the need to be recognized everyday for it.
Sheen gets coverage because he's a human car wreck that has'nt stopped slamming into the guardrails yet.
Soldiers should never be compared with this mess.
I would be much happier if Congress and the President would simply keep their promises to provide the care of our soldiers were promised after they have given their health and lives to protect us from our enemies.
I expect little from the press but they could really help by exposing the dismal resources availible to soldiers and the promises being broken right now to these heros that step in front of bombs and bullets so we don't have too.
Never forget the soldiers- especially- when they come home.
I think salerno is highly intelligent individual who lacks sensitivity. I don't agree with most of your views salerno, I do respect you however for calmly expressing them with hate being thrown at you. You have to understand though that your actions are offensive to some people. Just because you have the right to express yourself doesn't mean you always should. You've wasted a lot of peoples time(including mine) by hijacking this post but i think that might have been your intent. Dont mean to be preachy
What I find the funniest, is my post was edited out, yet they let Selerno spew his crap all over the comment sections. Congratulations once again CNN for turning a win reporting something worthwhile into a loss for your selective editing process. I guess the truth hurts. If this one makes the filters, my original comment that CNN didn't wish to let in is located at http://www.howtomakemoneyonlines.org/how-to-make-money-online-blog/editorial/the-price-of-a-pound-of-flesh-and-journalistic-absurdity-the-distraction-of-a-country-through-media-manipulation/
We should all listen to salerno, he is oh so wise. NOT. Let's talk instead about why we are letting our Armed Services conduct this mission without overt public support. Why and who is sanitizing our press?
Jeff Wilfahrt, father of CPL Andrew C. Wilfahrt, KIA, Kandahar, just another war death statistic.
Personally I feel the Facebook user is correct. It's disgusting that this egomaniac is getting more coverage than an international war. It shows how banal and pathetic our culture has become.
Mr. Wilfahrt, from the bottom of my heart I would like to express my sincere sympathies at the loss of your son. I am grateful that he had the courage to enlist and fight to protect my freedom. May he rest in peace and may your family be comforted by the memories of him you will forever carry in your hearts.
I just realized...salerno is a troll. Probably a 12 year old with too much free time.
I'm a worthless coward who lives with his mommy. I'm a nutcase right-winger who spouts offf about anything I want to. Caus I'm just that stupid.
Salerno finally making some sense
salerno 28 march i:06 am is not my post.
Salerno – Your belief system must be very frail indeed to resort to insults instead of rational debate. Since you seem to take pride in focusing on facts, let me pose 2 questions on one of your previous posts:
1. "War is always a crime, so every soldier who voluntarily signs up is a criminal..." To hold so absolute a view allows no room for exceptions. Are you saying then that every single person who picked up a weapon to defend their country during World War II to fight against the Nazis was a criminal? If so, then following your line of thinking, the only acceptable alternative to you would be to take the path of least resistance, NOT fight, and allow the extermination of an entire race of people. If not, then your logic is flawed because you would be saying that "War is always a crime" and "In some cases, war is not a crime." So which is it?
2. If war is a crime and every soldier is a criminal, then how do you rationalize to yourself that almost all religions and countries, at some point, have had to fight to achieve the sovereignty they now enjoy? If you truly believe this, you must be fairly confident that, in your own family tree, no one has every held a weapon in defense of their country. Otherwise, you would be disparaging the very heritage that gave you the opportunity you now have to freely express your views and work in your charity.
Freethinker – It is very simple. War is fine when you defend your country INSIDE THE BORDERS. This is the answer to both your questions, in point N. 1 and N.2.
I think you missed my point. It is not simple at all because your first absolute statement doesn't really lend itself to any qualification. Basically, "War is ALWAYS a crime" and "War is fine inside your own borders" conflict with each other. To reconcile what you just said, you would either have to admit your first statement was wrong or that you hold conflicting opinions (which means you are arguing two completely opposite points).
Freethinker – you are not a good thinker at all. War is ALWAYS a crime because there is ALWAYS somone attacking another copuntry, but the one who defends himself is on the right side.
i am an idiot. i make no sense at all. please forgive my stupidity. i am a worthless goat.
salerno march 27 – 4.00pm is not my post. I see that nobody could contrast my point with valid thoughts.
Salerno – Again with the insults? Really? I have not once criticized you personally despite many of the outrageous claims you have made. I am just pointing out the obvious flaws in your logic. Of course there are always two sides fighting a war which is why it doesn't make sense when you said "War is ALWAYS a crime" in such absolute terms. When you say "the one who defends himself is right" that results in the same problem. Everyone is defending themselves from their own perspective. Yet you would have people believe that every soldier is a criminal. And you still haven't addressed any of the valid points I've raised. I'm assuming that you're taking this way too personally since you are only responding with opinions not facts.
Salerno...SO HOW DO WE DEFEND AGAINST EXTREMISTS FLYING PLANES INTO OUR BUILDINGS KILLING THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS? Shall we sit on our thumbs and wait for the next flight? Your genious....that would work well?
Bastogne – we wwoild not have had 9/11 if we did not arrest 4 AlQaeda members in Albany helping Mubaraq. This was the beginning of war with AlQaeda. They were not our enemies.
What facts? Let's take a look at what you said:
1. "War is always a crime, so every soldier who voluntarily signs up is a criminal."
2. "War is fine when you defend your country INSIDE THE BORDERS."
3. "War is ALWAYS a crime because there is ALWAYS somone attacking another copuntry, but the one who defends himself is on the right side."
These are all unsupported opinions where you have neither explained your reasoning nor what facts you are basing your opinions on. In case you haven't noticed, #1 and #2 contradict each other. If war is always a crime then, by your own definition, you would be a criminal even if you were defending yourself inside your own borders. For this not to be true, you would have to retract that "war is always a crime" because "always" is absolute and non-negotiable. On #3, the first part and the last part of the sentence also contradict each other. If war is always a crime and all soldiers are criminals, then it doesn't make sense to say that war is always a crime for some but not for others.
Your failure to reason rationally and to communicate objectively does not make me an idiot. It makes you look like an angry nobody who can't voice an opinion backed up by critical thinking. [Please do add next insult here to reinforce this point].
Freethinker – Your brain is a demostration of the Darwin theory, as you need another thousands years of evolution to undeerstand.
My point number 2 is complementary to number 1, not a contradiction, but a specification.
Point number 3 makes a distinction betwen those attacking OUTSIDE their borders and thoes who fight INSIDE their borders for SELF DEFENCE. Self defence is an universal principle and does not require any justification.
So every comment you are posting is just showing your mental insufficiency.
And there it is. Thank you for proving my point that you lack the mental capacity to hold a civilized conversation. You are clearly not only blind to the obvious facts but apparently also blind to the laws of logic. Maybe you should re-read my posts. Or perhaps have someone read them to you very slowly. You can't even see your errors when they are clearly elucidated to you. (Yes, elucidate is a word. Look it up. And while you're at it, you may want to learn how to spell). War cannot always be a crime if you qualify it by saying that it is fine for people in self defense. But it is useless to try to explain that to you. I leave the sober argument to rational people – not you, since you are clearly insane.
Freethinker – You do not need to explain a banal word like "elucidate", as it can be difficoult just for your culture level.
Your problem is a misuse of the transitive propriety, and the kinds of errors described by R. Bacone like Idola phori, idola theatri, idola specus. More specifically, as a crime require 2 elements, the victim and the perpetrator, so the war can be ALWAYS a crime, but in the mean time ALWAYS a necessity if for self defense inside the borders.
salerno, I will not stand to let you have the last word. This article is an attempt to raise the consciousness of the American public to the cost of its warring in personal and financial terms. To turn them away from the trivial and face the fact that we remain a country with undeclared war. This is not a forum for your private views, it is an attempt as an early post put it to remind us collectively that "America is not at war, the Armed Forces are at war, America is at the mall."
Andrew's father, Jeff
Ok, you have the last word, I just replied to other posters.
Don't even pay attention to salerno; when someone compares the modern US military to that of the entire country of Nazi Germany you know that they are unworthy of your brain/finger movements across keyboard.
Salerno – Well history repeats itself so what? That is not the point of the article and yeah you have your freedom of speech and all but once you are in someone else's shoes you will truly understand how sensitive it is especially when you are the one receiving these bodies at your hospital!! Its ok... you are allowed to say whatever you want as it is our choice to join the military whatever the reason may be... BTW I dont think no one cares about history... at least I don't! I love it how instead of talking like normal human beings we treat each other with such disrespect... that is why our society is the way it is right now... Anyway... RIP!!!
At least three more American dead in Afghanistan today. To the point of this article why did I have to dig to find that information? Why is this kind of American loss not main streamed. There is blood and guts galore in the TV land of evening serials. Why is the media in this country sanitizing the news of our collective losses. It is two billion dollars of treasure alone every week. That would mend a lot of damaged state budgets. Who is stifling this American pain, to whom does this democracy really belong? Here in the thawing cold north pot holes get more coverage than this undeclared, nation building war. Is this really the country we want? Is this the best we can do for ourselves?
Just asking.
Jeff Wilfahrt, CPL Andrew C. Wilfahrt's father
OK simple: If you don't want to die a nobody in a war few care about....don't enlist. Charlie Sheen gets more attention be cause....guess what...people care more about him than they do our soldiers. Now I know people SAY they love and support the troops, but actions speak louder than words. If you can't figure yourself out or what to do in life, have too much school debt or live in a dead end town, you enlist in the US welfare program aka ARMY. Fact.
remember that that "welfare program" allowed you to have the freedom to right that. Yes you should be thankful just like i am that i am able to freely write. they die so that we may sleep in a bed at night and not hear AKs going off and people screaming 24/7. Thank them and thank God you are not going to suffer and i am not going to suffer for what we wrote. That is one of our rights from the original Bill of Rights upheld by the military.
Hey don't shoot the messenger. I'm well aware of the old "a soldier died so you could write what you want" propaganda. The article postulates why Sheen gets more coverage than soldiers and it's because, despite the cute flag stickers on people's cars and military families....people care more about movie stars than welfare recipients.
garner – you are brainwashed. Wich US madrass did you know ?
really? say that to bin laden and the people that died in the twin towers?
i am a useless pig. please do not listen to anything i say. i am a worthless human being.
March 27 4:03 is not my post obviously, but the work of an usual jerk.
salerno, we fired cruise missiles into Sudan and Afghanistan because of the bombings of our embassies in Tanzania and Kenya.
bin laden and all the radical muslims deserve to die. i hope muhammed kills them all. they are all worthless pigs.
salerno march 27 4:06 pm is not my post. stupid.
So Salerno...it is not ok for the US to fire Cruise missiles at Sudan, but it is ok for BinLaden to kill thousands of Americans? One kills a few and the other thousands. And yet the first is more disturbing? Well I don't think you are thinking clearly.
Maybe you should open up your mind and not blindly follow the ones who are feeding you this. I am sure they are keeping you only happy enouph to satisfy your needs while you are doing thier dirty work. Maybe you should take responsibility for yourself and think "truely" independently. Or do you just blindly follow because someone told you so...or they are paying cents for your service.
Bastogne – I am not paid like the US soldiers. US did not bomb just Sudan, but also Iraq, Afghanistan (let alone Serbia) during Clinton adm.. So you got what you sowed.
Dear Mr. Willfahrt and the Willfahrt family, I am also a person more toward the "right" side of issues, but I am so grateful to you and your son for the sacrifices you have all made for the rest of us. I don't even read or watch CNN any longer but found the link to this article when my brother sent it to me. Your son knew something that is so much wiser than the snotty and disrespectful comments of some who post here would reflect. The reality of our world does not allow for most of it's inhabitants the freedom of expression that so many here do not fully appreciate. Unfortunately, many of those who choose to express their opposition to something like the war (which should be respected by all), do not take into account any basic understanding of what affords them the ability to do that (which is not able to be respected by any). The dust kicked up by the self-aggrandizement of their own opinion must cloud their view of the reality in the world as it actually exists. But they are to be pitied rather than scorned; for it is for the benefit of the foolish such as these, as well as those who appreciate his service, that your son honored us all with his bravery and ultimately with his sacrifice. Don't let the comments of those too lowly in their education or their basic manners, EVER distract you from the lofty appreciation so many of us really have for your son, and for you! Andrew died a hero in the battle of war. But you live on as a hero in life! Thank you!!! And thanks to ALL of the others who give their service and their lives for us.
Young men die , the tragedy of war. It has been going on since the beginning of time and unless we awaken to a compassionate view towards all beings this will not change. Families grieve and suffer for the dead. The dead pass on to inhabit other bodies and become fighters again. this cycle of life and death must change. I pray for the families of the fallen and pray that leaders of all nations wake up. There is no advancement of consciousness in this way of life.
Om shanti shanti shanti
Sleep in peace Rudolph, Andrew, Chauncy and Brian. Mingle yourselves among the stars with all souls from either side of this warring. We'll deal with the likes of Salerno from here on out.
Jeff, Andrew's father. Over and out.
Thank you Mr. Wilfhart, and thank you Mr. Wilfhart. Your collective interest in our great nation and the sacrifice you both have laid at Libertys feet matters to me, and to my "strong family of righties". You matter. Thank you.
If the int forces money to Karzai he is happy but when there is delay in giving money to him than he takes the money inside the plane from the Iranian ambassador and start propaganda against int forces but We do not know why and how Obama is bearing him, what is the purpose behind these all,
sorry! give money to Karzai
Why are these guys dying again?
Thrillathe Killa – Most of what is wrong with this country is SOP for the Grand Old Pedaphiles; lying, cheating, stealing, and then blaming others for their own actions, not to mention their great Family Values of covering up for a House Republican that was an ACTIVE Pedaphile. Yea, it all Hollywood's fault. Blame it on them.
You guys produced George W. Bush the WORST PRESIDENT EVER.
This clown deserted the RESERVES -Two weeks a year and one weekend a month in the CONUS flying his jet where no one was shooting at him, and he couldn't find the time to complete his service agreement(probably because he was drunk), while real military personnel were in the War Zone not playing but fighting for real, and he has the guts to say he is Vet. BS! The Hammer is going to the Slammer, and Newt Gingrich got kicked out of the House of Representatives for trying to sell government property as his own. You guys are just full of really cool people.
Take a dollar out of you wallet and buy yourself a clue.
Anthony P Whoa. slow down syndrome boy. What the hell are you talking about. How do we go from Charlie "Tiger Spit" Sheen to all that strange funk that you are spewing!! Aw Man, I hit a nerve with a DEMOCRAP??? S.O.B. I can't believe it.
Anthony, come on guy, you can't be this dense. Here, I will help you, Look at the 1st response from Charlie, where he states he is winning MFers and we are all on revision 1.0. Then see the responses from Chuckster, OK now put Charlie Sheen as Charlie and Chuckster as Chuck Lorre!! Do you now get the drift??????? Anthony did you graduate High School ?????
errr just "Cant" end it because
In Response to Kory 3-15-2011 @ 5:33pm, Re-read your post, then re-read the last 6 months of news out've afghanistan, Gen Petraeus has had to apologize all over the place for civilian killings. I'd try to emass a number but it would be insulting to the people of afghanistans suffering.
Contrast everything your saying about our aid, our compassion and attempts to keep civilians deaths low to the fact that the USA knows we cannot win in Afghanistan, the fact that a tremendous majority of American's conservative and liberal believe we shouldnt be there because its un-win-able. I mean who are you? Eric Cartman bashing hippy's, Wakeup the Hippy-Generation's in office, they started this war, They just can end it because religion and a multi-billion dollar heroin market will never give up, never. This isnt the dark-ages anymore, troops have access to information about who/why/where there fighting, this makes them responsible for their actions in my opinion. Quit calling them heroes and call them Soldiers, Mercs, thats what they are. -Askani
Id like to first say that I think the progressivism of gay rights is an important tool in distinguishing the USA from NAZI germany and the like. All three boys made a CHOICE to join the military, and honorable as it may be are they really heroes??? The war in Iraq and Afghanistan has already been compared to the futility and folly of Vietnam. There was no victory in Iraq, we simply left, in Afghanistan our enemies grow RPG'S and AK47'S out've the ground via opium, The USA and its few remaining allies are unwilling to dismantle the multi-billon dollar drug-market the afghans created and in turn will leave afghanistan the same way we left Vietnam and Iraq, as the fleeing-agressors who claim they've won while reeling from economic woe their war created in the first place. So not to sound ike too much of a contrarian but "What makes a hero?"
Truly sad ! We care more as a nation about celebrity bad behavior, behavior we wouldn't want to see in our children, but quickly accept in people we consider to be "interesting". If the media wrote more about these brave Americans we wouldn't have to listen to the minute by minute activities of people we consider "heros" as the taken millions of dollars out of the economy and make fools of us. It is a shame that the true heros don't get to go home, let alone go home with lots of money for contributing more than these media heros would ever even think of giving. We have made them worth the millions and the true heros worth little if anything.
Winning what Charlie?
I think its a sad day in America when the American people need to be reminded everyday via the media that there are soldiers dying in Afghanistan and Iraq. Posting a reminder on facebook in order to take away the spotlight from Charlie Sheen is not going to save a soldiers life. Yes its a great thing to honor our fallen but there is no resolve to which these fallen soldiers died for. The fighting and killing needs to end and I think the American people need to rally around that cause first and foremost so that no more parents, spouses, children, extended family and friends of our brave have to experience the loss of a loved one again.
people are hypocrites. they say they want good news. then when they get it, they whine and ask for more bad news. i'm winning mother f-ckers and your brains are too version 1.0 to process it.
You are a Pathetic Drug Addict who is 45 going on 67, and the only thing you will win is the Heath Ledger Award. We just need to know what hotel you will over dose in. The 2 million plus fans you have are MORONS and STUPID like you.
CRACK HEAD, shame on Hollywood for putting up with your Pathetic Self, Get help Pin Nuts!!!!!!
Chuckster – I believe you are jealous of Charlie Sheen. He is simply an entertainer and he does it quite well; to the tune of making 100's of Millions of dollars for Warner Bros. If you can do as well call Warner Bros and ask to take his place. Remember No Guts No Glory! When Charlie Sheen can't put people in front of the televison then and only then will he "not work in this town again".
If you don't want to hear about Charlie Sheen quit clicking on web stories about him The stories are put there based on popularity not importance to the world. If you are dumb enough to keep clicking then you deserve what you get.
Regarding the stories or lack thereof about the fallen men and women, the military is also not real interested in you hearing about it every day with details; it tends to erode support for the mission.
Anthony P must be a LOSER SHEEN FOLLOWER, must be one of the 2 million MORONS that are his fans. This is a Military Site Anthony and people have a right to their opinion. Here are the facts Anthony, 1. Charlie Sheen is a drug addict, 2. Charlie Sheen is whats wrong with this country and Hollywierd, 3. Charlie Sheen has no real talent, just a following of a bunch of womanizing morons like yourself. 4. Charlie Sheen messed with one of the most powerful producers in Hollywood Chuck Lorre, also known as Chuckster if you get my drift MORON!!!!! 5. Charlie Sheen might have 100 million dollars but the Chuckster has 100s of millions, got it good bye retard!!!!
Carlos, I'll spell it out for you, does the old Hollywood phase " You'll never work in this town again" mean anything to you,
Pin Nuts???????
Sheen is DONE!!!!!!! end of line.
Salerno is frightening the international forces from the Taliban and Aqaeda but he does not know how brave we are all the humanity against the violence
To the patriotic ones who are reading this thread: please check out "Support Adam M. Malson Elementary" on facebook to learn a story of true heroism and bravery. LT Malson, an Army platoon leader gave up his life saving Iraqi Shia civilians from a burning bus that was attacked by Shia fighters in Baghdad in 2005. Details on his actions and the initiative to have a school named in his honor are on the "info" and "discussion" tab. Your support is much appreciated.
To the non-patriotic, negative writers: you have my pity. God will judge you one day. In the mean time, if you reside in our wonderful nation, you may sleep easy tonight, for you rest under the blanket of freedom that I and my brothers help provide. RLTW!!
Staff Sergeant Ed Nowicki
US Army
typo: Shia pligrims attacked by SUNNI fighters...aka "sectarian violence"
While you may not agree with the war (I don't), it's pretty heartless to disrespect someone who just died. I honor anyone who lays their life down for this country. I'm looking forward to the day when this is over – one way or another. This can EASILY be one of MY three sons who are coming of age and may not GET a CHOICE. My greatest fear is seeing one or MORE of my children coming home JUST this way.
Let's stop the bloodshed on BOTH sides, please.
I was going to post a link to this article on Face Book for my friends to read... but after reading some of the posts here, I would never subject them to some of the comments posted here... what is wrong with some of you people!? Callous, heartless, ignorant, misguided idiots.


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Beauty Queens
A Novel
Libba Bray
Scholastic: 396 pp., $18.99, ages 13 and up
Few events are more intrinsically ridiculous than the sequined spectacle of surgically enhanced females fake-baked to perfection and trotted on stage to one-up one another with vacuous platitudes in the hopes of winning … a tiara. Long derided by feminists as a patriarchal shill to oppress women, beauty pageants are nevertheless fascinating — if only for their comedic value, which bestselling young-adult novelist Libba Bray mines for all it's worth in "Beauty Queens."
Employing a perfect metaphor to explore women's competition with other women, Bray ups the ante with her sarcastic and brilliant new book, which crashes a plane full of Miss Teen Dream contestants onto a tropical island where survival is a sort of beauty regimen. Pieces of the fuselage are collected and used for tanning reflectors. A salvaged evening gown is repurposed to collect rainwater. Their straightening irons, it turns out, are also quite good at catching fish.
There's little food, but that doesn't trouble Miss Mississippi, who thrills at how super-skinny she'll be by pageant time.
In a feminist manifesto that reads like Mad magazine, only 13 of 50 state contestants have survived the crash, including Miss Illinois, Miss Michigan and perennial pageant survivor in real life, Miss California, who in "Beauty Queens" isn't an Amazonian blond but a petite, second-generation Indian American.
Of the survivors, only Miss New Hampshire sees the pageant as an objectification rather than a glorification of women. She describes herself as a "beauty pageant Che Guevara" on her sure-to-be-edited Miss Teen Dream Fun Facts Page — one of several in a book whose format is as unconventional as its story line.
In addition to occasional Fun Facts vetted by Miss Teen Dream's sponsor, The Corporation, there are scripts for commercial breaks that interrupt the novel's action, as if "Beauty Queens" was a TV show. There are also footnotes explaining products like What R U, A Woolly Mammoth? eyebrow gel and TV programs such as "Bridal Death Match," which is about "brides who cage-fight each other in order to win the wedding of their dreams," and "Patriot Daughters," for which Betsy Ross has been reimagined as a scantily clad harlot.
A send-up of commercial culture, narcissistic reality TV programming and beauty products that shame women while fixing their supposed flaws, "Beauty Queens" is a brainy, laugh-out-loud page-turner that teeters on the edge of insanity without ever losing its footing. Bray's voice is not only singular but sharp as a Ginsu, incorporating veiled references to "Jersey Shore," 'N Sync and other inexplicably popular cultural atrocities designed to appeal to an ever-dumber America.
As the contestants navigate an island that Miss Mississippi describes as "super creepy" and "like a haunted Chuck E. Cheese's where the games all want to kill you and you never get your pizza," they begin to pull back the curtain on the pageant and what it means. In the process of saving themselves, they find their individual selves.
They also happen upon an evil dictator, a corporate conspiracy and, just when you think "Beauty Queens" is about to suffer from an estrogen overdose, a shipwrecked boat of hot pirates who, of course, have their own TV show.
While it takes half the book to keep the contestants straight, "Beauty Queens" does exactly what Miss Texas encouraged at the book's beginning: "In the pageant of life, a girl picks up fallen sequins and turns them into a brand-new dress of awesome." Bray's latest is that brand-new dress. It's a wonderfully executed, high-concept, feminist, comic tragedy.

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Using an iPhone and Instagram, Kalen Hollomon has taken collaging to a new level. Although Hollomon sometimes works in a traditional way, cutting apart images and reassembling them into hybrids, his New York City collages are often made on the fly as he inserts a cutout image into a photo as he takes it. The resulting images are a sly wink to the viewer as pants are replaced with porno magazines nudes and subway riders are given unexpected seatmates. The fact that Hollomon leaves his fingers in the shots is another play on altered reality. How does he compose these impromptu collages in real time?
"I will find an image in a magazine or a book that speaks to me and I'll cut it out and have it with me. And I'll usually have between one and five in a folder in my pocket. And when I'm out in the city I wait until I come across a situation that works with one. And I'll get super excited and pull it out. It's just waiting for the two worlds to come together." (Source)
In the most meta of these collages, Hollomon stands holding his phone in an empty bathroom, reflected in the mirror over the sink, holding a picture of a naked, smiling man apparently leaning over the countertop. In the reflection you can see Hollomon holding the cutout and in the photo, you can see Hollomon's fingers. It plays with the idea of real and unreal, lifting the curtain while obscuring the illusion.
"You can create a powerful image that at first looks nice and maybe is a bit funny but if you look a bit deeper, it also might have something more to say than that. … I am always concerned with what lies beneath the surface. I hope to create conversation that is rooted in questions related to learned social rules, identity, the subtext of everyday situations and perception."
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Photo caption: Brigadier General Annette Sobel, director of the Governor's Office of Homeland Security, and New Mexico Tech President Daniel López share a light moment during the recent Centinela meeting held on the university campus.
SOCORRO- Brigadier General Annette Sobel, Director of the Governor's Office of Homeland Security, and Daniel Lopez, President of New Mexico Tech will host a two-day conference in Socorro with Centinela, a Mexican Federal Homeland Security group. The conference, being held on the university campus on October 27-28, will help improve border security cooperation.
"Ensuring the safety and security at our shared border with Mexico is Governor Bill Richardson's top priority for homeland security," said Brigadier General Sobel.
"It is a source of great pride for me and others here at New Mexico Tech that our university was picked to host this momentous meeting," said Dr. Daniel H. López, president of New Mexico Tech. "The fact that delegations from Mexico and New Mexico are actively collaborating on programs that are so critically important to both our nations' domestic preparedness and homeland security efforts is cause for renewed optimism in this strategic area."
At the meeting, the delegations will work to improve and strengthen bi-national intelligence sharing, cooperative training and cross border exercise opportunities and international agriculture and livestock security programs.
The delegations will work on an agreement to conduct a joint security exercise along the border. This exercise will improve the ability of both nations to work together in response to a border emergency. This meeting will help to continue the strong partnerships to provide safety, security and economic viability to the agriculture industry.
On Thursday, October 28th, New Mexico Tech will be providing the Mexican delegates with a field tour of the Energetic Materials Research Center (EMRTC) and an explosives demonstration.
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MIDDLEBURY — The Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center next Tuesday will launch a new program aimed at beefing up the state's meat processing industry.
The Oct. 2 launch comes as the developers of a proposed new meat processing facility slated for Middlebury's industrial park acknowledged a delay in construction. But said they are confident they will break ground on the new facility before the end of the year.
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the sad story that's SG is about to tell.
the sad story that's SG is about to tell.
Then SG panicked.
Because last year SG was called out by an ex-friend on her blog (1.5). The accusation: ShallowGal does do good things but tells anyone who will listen about them. Which lessens the good deed. The consensus in the comment sections was that conservatives do more good deeds than liberals but talk about them less. Their reward is in Heaven. (2)
For the record, it was a bullshit assertion. Ask anyone who knows her well, ShallowGal cannot stand to be the center of attention. True story: when SG was 8 she owned a tee shirt that had a recipe for caramel corn on the front. (3) People would stop SG and ask if they could copy her shirt. Thirty-two years later, SG still can't eat caramel corn without having a panic attack.
Here's why SG talks (and blogs) about her primary good deed, being a volunteer emergency foster family. To encourage others to consider trying it.(4, 4.5) She figures people look at her messy, cluttered 1900 square foot home and the outgrown blond highlights and they say, yikes, if she can do it, certainly *I* can.
And you can. Here's what you need to be a foster parent. Love. Patience. Maybe a pack and play in the attic. (5)
It's a more work than sending pencils to a needy school, but the reward is exponentially good. But in the meantime, send some pencils. A little karma never hurt anyone.
1) Most recently: a trainer at the gym gave Jake 2 tickets to today's Capitols- Rangers game.
1.5) A conservative politics manifesto where SG was occasionally referred to as a "libtard. " Which I think we can agree falls firmly in the "not nice" category.
2) ShallowGal will take her reward in dark chocolate kit kats.
3) I don't know why either. The 70's are a fashion mystery.
4) And the Karma. You write a blog like this, you take all the karma you can get.
4.5) And maybe just a teeny bit because she doesn't want people to think she was cheating on PCSguy.
5) And Social services can usually provide one in a pinch.


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For those who don't know, Barry Eisler is the second hardest working man in publishing; though his latest marketing effort for Inside Out is bigger than anything I've ever done before. I get exhausted just thinking about it.
Besides doing his usual 100+ bookstore tour (he has already signed at over 200 stores this year alone), Barry put together a thirty page marketing and publicity campaign that puts all but the most competent publicists to shame.
Inside Out, which goes on sale June 29, is ripped straight from today's headlines; CIA videotapes showing enhanced interrogation techniques get misplaced. Being former CIA himself, Eisler has an unique insight, and a solid opinion, on what our government has been doing post 9/11, and this book is an eye-opener.
But laid on top of the political subtext is a kick-ass thriller, filled with exotic locations, double-crosses, intense action, and over-the-top sex.
I was lucky enough to read Inside Out before it was published, and it's a must-buy for anyone who likes mysteries. It's easily the best thriller of the year. It's also Barry's best book, which is saying something considering his oeuvre.
I caught up with Barry in NY at BEA, and hit him with a few questions.
Joe: I've noticed loyalty is a continuing theme for you, especially in a "sense of duty vs. desire for self-interest" way.
But rather than ask you about that, I was hoping you could post an excerpt from the big sex scene.
Barry: As long as people understand I'm only doing this under duress:
Somehow his hand had slipped under her robe. She pressed it tightly against her breasts. Her skin was warm and smooth. He could feel her heart pounding.
"You're upset," he said, his voice low, his throat thick. "I don't know if… I don't think we should…"
He stopped, not sure what he was saying, feeling like he was babbling. His hand moved. He felt a hard nipple against his palm. He wanted her so much it made him groan.
"No," he said, panting. "No, no, this is a bad idea. A bad idea." Somehow he pried his hands off her and sat up. "Paula, no."
She sat up and turned to him. The robe had opened partly, and in his peripheral vision he could see the muscles of her neck, her breasts contoured in shadow, the skin smooth and dark against the white terry cloth. He was massively hard and knew he'd never done anything as difficult as not reaching out and tearing the robe off her and throwing her back on the bed and—
"Fuck you, then," she said.
He shook his head, not comprehending. "What?"
She slapped him. Hard. His head rocked back and he saw a white flash behind his eyes. He was so stunned by it that she managed to slap him again before he could do anything to stop her, another powerful, stinging shot from the opposite side. A red haze misted his vision and he felt his scalp tighten with anger. She drew back her arm again, her hand balled into a fist this time, and as the punch came forward, he snaked an arm inside and deflected it. He pushed her onto her back and straddled her. She twisted an arm free and punched him in the mouth. She couldn't get any leverage behind the blow but it smashed his lips into his teeth and hurt like hell.
"Bitch," he said, turning his head and spitting blood. She tried to hit him again and he caught her wrists and pinned them to the bed next to her head…
And if you want to hear a bit more, here's a video Random House Audio shot of me reading the scene while we recorded the audiobook in LA.
Joe: You aren't allowed to talk about your time with the CIA, and I respect that. But I am curious if the Agency has to vet your manuscripts, and if so, have they ever made you cut anything?
Barry: When I was with the Agency, they taught me it's better to seek forgiveness than to ask permission. I've tried to honor their teachings since I left.
Joe: I'm putting you in charge of the entire publishing industry. What will you do to improve it?
Barry: Dude… how much space do you have here for my answer?
Okay, in short, they need to do two things. First, they need to become competent at traditional aspects of the business, including: selecting the right title, based on automatic and acquired resonance; writing a good author bio; choosing an effective book cover; properly packaging the book. To do all this, publishers have to stop winging it and instead learn the principles behind branding, marketing, and selling. They also need to change their business culture into one where an understanding of these principles is passed on to the next generation of employees, who themselves need to be inculcated with the values of a business culture that rewards the dissemination of institutional learning.
Second, they need to understand the way digital is changing the business they're in. Understanding piracy is not necessarily a zero-sum game, for example, as you've written about many times before. And understanding, again as you've repeatedly pointed out and demonstrated with actual data, that the way you fight piracy is through cost and convenience, not with lawsuits and DRM.
Joe: You earned a black belt in judo at the Kodokan in Japan. Do you still practice?
Barry: Sadly, no. I got pretty into Brazilian Jiu-jitsu for a while, but after two knee surgeries, I decided someone was trying to tell me something. These days I practice this and that mostly on my own, and when I can, train with some amazing people: Massad Ayoob, Tony Blauer, Wim Demeere, Marc MacYoung, Peyton Quinn, to name a few.
(Joe's side note: I've visited Barry's house, and he has converted his garage into a dojo. After a few belts of scotch, he insisted on showing me how it was possible to knock someone out in five seconds. And true to his word, he can do it. I'm never drinking with Barry again.)
Joe: I've seen you do lectures on personal security. Give me five of your best self-defense tips.
Barry: 1. Think like the opposition—if you were trying to do whatever it is that concerns you (kidnapping, mugging, ATM robbery), how would you do it? Where? When? What kind of victim would you be looking for? Thinking like the opposition will help you spot problems before it's too late.
2. Use good situational awareness. When you're home and the doors are locked, you can afford not to pay attention. When you're in a zone you've identified as dangerous because you're thinking like the opposition, you need to be more alert.
3. Spend some time at No Nonsense Self Defense. Bring a cup of coffee—you'll be there a while.
4. Boxers shadow box. Think about why, and start practicing mental shadow boxing, what cops call when/then scenarios. "When this happens, I'll do this." Make this kind of mental training part of your physical training. The closer your physical training is to the real event, the better you'll perform when it counts. If your physical training doesn't include adrenal stress scenarios, your skills are apt to be unavailable when you need them most.
5. Read Personal Safety Tips from Assassin John Rain, Practical Martial Arts Tips from Assassin John Rain, and Surveillance/Countersurveillance.
Joe: Unlike a lot of authors who blog about writing and publishing, The Heart of the Matter is about politics and language, two of your passions. Is America changing? For the better, or for the worse?
Barry: I think the country is changing for the worse, though I comfort myself in the knowledge that every generation, and indeed the founders themselves, have come to a similar conclusion. Still, the Obama administration has now embraced and thereby rendered bipartisan policies that were rightly recognized as lawless and radical when Bush was doing them: torture including human experimentation; warrantless surveillance; imprisonment forever without charge, trial, or conviction. Indeed, now that Obama has claimed the right to order American citizens killed extra-judicially, he's even gone beyond Bush, as he has in a number of other areas.
I think traditional civic notions about what democracy means and requires in America have finally been ground down by the permanent state of emergency Garry Wills describes in his excellent book, Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State—what journalist Mark Danner calls the State of Exception. The Cheneys have been effective (and the Democrats typically feckless in response) in persuading a significant part of the country that Torture Has Kept Us Safe (the opposite is true) so when the next attack comes (and it will come, because our current policies create more terrorists than they eliminate), the political foundation for a tighter embrace of torture, war, and other lawlessness will already be in place.
Which is of course what Inside Out is all about—plus the sex, of course.
Joe: Thanks, Barry.
Barry will be stopping by this blog over the next few days, checking the comments and answering questions (though he's on a whirlwind tour right now so it might take him a bit of time to respond.)
I'll also be chatting with Barry about some of these topics, live, and everyone is welcome to join in. Once we pin down a date and time, I'll post it.
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It's back!
The dream is finally reality, it's at long last new Fire Emblem time and here's the new trailer. Hearing that familiar theme it's as if I've come home again at long last. How long has it been since a new non-remake Fire Emblem? 4 Years? 5 Years? Well the good news is that the wait is over, the bad news is that it's on a system that very people own yet and one I'm not sure I want to make a long term investment on even just for one of my all time favorite franchises. Oh Nintendo, why do you do these things to your fans? I know you want the 3DS to succeed but....
In any case, it looks like Intelligent Systems is adding a new support system that allows two units to attack at the same time ala Super Robot Wars. The main character seems to be named Chrome and the heroine so far seems to be his sister Liz and that's about all that I can gather from the news that's been released so far. As always, for all Fire Emblem related information I recommend checking in at Serenes Forest for updates. [urlhttp://serenesforest.net/fe13/]Here[/url] is the current page for the as yet unnamed Fire Emblem 13.
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I want a 3DS, but I want to wait for a revision of the 3DS. I also look forward to a new FE on Wii U. And...I hope the 3DS and Wii U FEs (or at least one of them) has kemonomimis like FE 11 and FE 12.
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NoA, y u no localize? <-- the question I'll most likely be asking myself next year.
Now that I got the negativity out of my system, is it Krom or Chrome? I know the katakana can be pronounced either way, but Chrome seems a bit more feminine than Krom.
And here are the promo videos:
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Oh and what is 'Cut In Off'? It says something about that in the wiki that it has to do with critical attacks but I haven't played PoR or RD if that's where it's from.
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Fire Emblem used to innovate
but then they backpedaled with the handhelds and things haven't changed much since then
In a post Final Fantasy Tactics / Disgaea / Super Robot Wars Alpha era, I hope they step up their gear to compete
Otherwise I'll just stick to my Eushully strategy games.. which are eroge of all things
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Wait.... you can double team now? I haven't played any Fire Emblem since Sacred Stones... well... I did play some Shadow Dragon... but... is this a new mechanic? or have I missed something?
Also, the trailers almost make me want to go finish Shadow Dragon...
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I think the biggest mistake they made with the handhelds was taking skills out of the game, thus turning it into a straight attack to defense and speed calculation game with no real other factors to consider. To simplistic, especially when going from Thracia 776 directly to Sword of Seals like I did. This however looks to be a step in the right direction for the handhelds though as long as they still keep skills in, which it looks like they will be.
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Though if the enemy can double-team you, that could be interesting.
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From antibiotic safety to getting enough Z's, an up-to-the-minute encyclopedia for the healthy expectant mom.
A Antibiotics As many as 50 percent of spontaneous preterm births are associated with infections, including sex-ually transmitted diseases such as chlamydia and bacterial vaginosis, as well as urinary tract and gum infections. If you're diagnosed with a bacterial infection, your doctor will probably prescribe a pregnancy-safe antibiotic. Take it as directed and finish the full course.
B BMI Your prepregnancy body mass index, or BMI, should determine how many pounds you put on during pregnancy. "These guidelines are widely accepted," explains Naomi Stotland, M.D., an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of California, San Francisco. To calculate your BMI and also learn your recommended weight gain, visit fitpregnancy.com/BMI. Be aware there is controversy over how much weight obese women (BMI 30 or more) should gain.
C Call Your Doctor Or Midwife If you experience: -Sudden swelling in your hands, legs or feet -Vaginal bleeding (see S for spotting) -Fever and/or chills -Severe headache not relieved by Tylenol -A sudden gush or a slow trickle of fluid from the vagina -Lack of or sudden changes in fetal movement in the third trimester -Nausea or vomiting so severe that you can't eat or drink -Burning or itching when you urinate -Abdominal pain -Blurriness or other vision changes
D Diabetes About one in 200 women of childbearing age has diabetes, and another 2 percent to 5 percent develop the condition during pregnancy (gestational diabetes). Whenever the onset, mothers-to-be with diabetes are at risk for pregnancy complications, including preterm delivery and stillbirth. But a Centers for Disease Control study showed that taken before and during early pregnancy, multivitamins may reduce the risk for birth defects in babies of diabetic moms.
E Exercise The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends that pregnant women get 30 minutes of exercise a day (there are exceptions, so be sure to get your doc's or midwife's OK first). Breaking up your activity into three 10-minute or two 15-minute segments will work just as well. Check out our prenatal workouts and postnatal workouts that you can do at home.
F First-Trimester Screening First-trimester Down syndrome screening involves an ultrasound to measure an area at the back of the fetus's neck (nuchal translucency) and a simple test of the mother's blood. The advantage is that it isn't invasive and can't cause a miscarriage. But it's not perfect. "This is a screening test, not a diagnostic one," explains Nicole Karjane, M.D., an assistant professor at Virginia Common-wealth University Medical Center. "A positive screen means the risk that the child has Down is higher, and a negative screen means the risk is lower." That information can help you decide whether to go ahead with chorionic villus sampling (CVS), performed at 10 to 12 weeks, or amniocentesis, done at 15 to 18 weeks; both can definitively diagnose the disorder but pose small risks of miscarriage. First-trimester screening also can't detect fetal neural-tube defects, such as spina bifida.
G Group B Strep Universal screening for a bacterial infection called Group B Strep (GBS), which used to be the No. 1 cause of infection in newborns and a significant cause of uterine infections in new moms, has drastically reduced its incidence. Your OB or midwife will take a swab of your vagina and rectum at 35 to 37 weeks. If you carry GBS (10 percent to 30 percent of pregnant women do), you will be treated with antibiotics during delivery, unless you are having a planned C-section.
H Herbal Remedies A recent commentary in Obstetrics & Gynecology says that due to poor quality control and a lack of good studies, there is "no scientific basis" for the belief that herbal medicines are safe during pregnancy. "I ask patients, 'What is this remedy doing for you that might make it worth the chance that it's dangerous?' " says Deanne Williams, C.N.M., a former executive director of the American College of Nurse-Midwives. She and the March of Dimes urge moms to inform their caregivers about any remedy they are taking, whether it's prescription, over-the-counter or herbal.
I Iron Iron is one of the key ingredients in red blood cells. Anemia, a condition in which the number and/or size of your red blood cells falls below normal, is common in pregnancy. Anemic moms are more likely to be tired and out of breath, and iron deficiency has been linked to an increased risk of preterm birth and low birth weight. Most women have trouble getting enough iron through diet alone, so take a prenatal vitamin with iron. (If constipation is an issue, ask for a prescription for a supplement that also contains a stool softener.)
J The John Frequent bathroom visits during pregnancy are annoying but can help prevent a urinary tract infection (UTI), the most common infection in pregnancy and one that can lead to a more serious kidney infection or preterm labor. That's why your doctor or midwife "dips" your urine at every visit to test for a UTI (many pregnant women have no symptoms). Help avoid infections altogether with these tips: - Urinate after having sex. - Drink lots of water to "flush out" your urinary tract. - Empty your bladder frequently. - When urinating during early pregnancy, lean forward to allow your bladder to empty completely; later, lift your belly. - Call your doctor or midwife if you experience pain or burning when urinating, feel the need to pee again right after going, or have a fever or blood in your urine.
K Kegels Done frequently enough, these exercises that strengthen the pelvic-floor muscles will help prevent urine leaks and may aid in shortening labor and reducing your chance of needing an episiotomy. Whether or not Kegels can improve sexual function remains a mystery. "That's hard to measure," explains Jerri Hobdy, C.N.M., director of the Midwifery Institute at Philadelphia University. "But it probably does. Any woman who's had intercourse can relate to the capacity to tighten those muscles." To do Kegels, slowly tighten and lift the muscles you use to stop the flow of urine. Repeat 10 to 20 times; do three sets a day.
L Libido Some pregnant women are relieved to not have to worry about birth control; others find pregnancy downright sexy. But for many women, pregnancy can be a libido-sapping experience, at least for the first trimester. "A lot of women say, 'I'm just too tired,' " explains Deanne Williams, C.N.M. "In this case, the woman's needs are going to be No. 1," she adds. "It's not a rejection of your partner and it's not forever, but women should pause and think, 'I'm sending lots of rejection messages. What can I do to make up for that?' " If fear that having an orgasm will cause problems has you cooling your jets, relax. Orgasm, Williams says, will not cause labor if your body's not ready to be in labor.
M Morning Sickness Nausea and vomiting affect 70 percent to 85 percent of pregnant women. "The good news is that babies are parasites, so they're usually getting what they need even if you don't," jokes Nicole Karjane, M.D. Treating symptoms as soon as they surface may stop them from progressing to more severe hyperemesis, which often requires hospitalization. In fact, a University of Toronto study found that women who had experienced morning sickness in a previous pregnancy benefited from taking anti-nausea drugs as soon as they found out they were pregnant instead of waiting for symptoms to resurface. If your nausea is severe, your doctor may prescribe medication, but try these simple suggestions first: - Drink lots of fluids; even slight dehydration can worsen nausea. - Eat more frequent, smaller meals; incorporate lemon and ginger flavors. - Try a different prenatal vitamin. - Don't brush your teeth when your nausea is at its worst or right after eating (the gag reflex is stimulated). - Exercise! - Try over-the-counter remedies such as Emetrol, a sugar syrup; Sea-Bands, which apply acupressure to the wrist; or vitamin B6.
N Neural-Tube Defects To help prevent neural-tube defects (NTDs) such as spina bifida (and, possibly, cleft palate and some heart defects), all women between the ages of 15 and 45 should take 400 micrograms of the B vitamin folic acid daily. If your prenatal vitamin upsets your stomach, take folic acid by itself. Some women, including those with seizure disorders and women who themselves had an NTD or a previously affected pregnancy, should get 4,000 mcg (4 milligrams) of the vitamin. Diabetics and obese women might also benefit from this higher dosage.
O Oral Health For years, experts have been aware of an association between periodontal (gum) disease and preterm labor. Preliminary research suggests that a nonsurgical dental procedure called scaling and planing may reduce the chance of preterm birth for women at risk of having babies early. Visit your dentist and, if necessary, a periodontist as part of your pre-conception planning or as early in your pregnancy as possible.
P Partner At least one study has found that moms who have the support of a companion during labor and delivery experience fewer complications during childbirth and less postpartum depression. Another showed that women who weren't happy with the amount of emotional support they received during the second trimester had lower-birth- weight babies. Some tips for involving your partner from the very beginning: - Instead of a quick post-appointment analysis in the parking lot before heading your separate ways, schedule prenatal visits around a meal so that you can use a lunch or dinner date to talk about the doctor's visit. -Attend childbirth and parenting classes together. They fill up fast, so register early to ensure you can find a time that's good for both of you. - Buy him a copy of Ian Davis' My Boys Can Swim! (Three Rivers Press) or Dave Barry's Babies and Other Hazards of Sex (Rodale).
Q Quickening You will probably notice your baby's first movements--or "quickening"--around 20 weeks (sooner if you've been pregnant before, later if you're tall). In your third trimester, your OB or midwife may ask you to do a daily kick count, which tracks those movements. "Kick counts are a good way of reassuring everybody that the baby is doing well," explains Jerri Hobdy, C.N.M.
R Relax! You may worry that anxiety about your pregnancy or other issues will harm your baby, but a 2006 study at Johns Hopkins University concluded that there is no direct association between normal anxiety and pregnancy outcome. Severe or chronic stress can contribute to preterm birth, however.
S Spotting Bleeding during pregnancy is scary but common. If you experience spotting or heavier bleeding, call your doctor or midwife right away and be prepared to describe it to her: what color it is, when it started, etc. Bleeding can be caused by everything from the embryo's implantation to intercourse or--unfortunately--miscarriage. The good news is, more than half of all women who experience spotting in early pregnancy go on to deliver full-term babies. If you're bleeding so much that you are changing a pad every hour, or if you feel lightheaded or experience other signs of anemia, go straight to the ER.
T Travel "The recommendations on traveling while pregnant vary depending on your medical history, the point you are in pregnancy and the mechanics of the trip," says Deanne Williams, C.N.M. "If I have a patient in her third trimester, I ask her to weigh the necessity of the trip against her willingness to have her baby wherever it is she's going." Here are tips for moms on the move: - If you're showing and planning to fly, have your doctor write a "prescription" approving you for air travel up until the appropriate date. This can help prevent last-minute glitches. - Carry a copy of your medical records with you, just in case. - If you have a chronic medical condition, are taking any pregnancy-related medication or are allergic to any, be sure to wear medical jewelry to alert emergency personnel (check out laurenshope.com for hip options).
U Ultrasounds While ultrasound can be an invaluable tool for diagnosing problems and monitoring fetal development, no one knows the long-term effects of repeated exposure. In most cases, the benefits of a low-level ultrasound exam performed at a doctor's office outweigh the risks, but the same cannot be said for keepsake ultrasounds done at your local mall. In fact, in 2002 the FDA ruled that performing an ultrasound without a doctor's prescription is illegal. "You have a technologist who knows how to do the scan but doesn't know how to interpret it," explains Carol Rumack, M.D., F.A.C.R., chair of the American College of Radiology's Ultrasound Commission.
V Vaccinations 2005 guidelines call for all women who will be pregnant during flu season (usually November through April) to get a flu shot. The nasal-spray flu vaccine (aka the LAIV, for Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine) is still not recommended for pregnant women.
W Workplace Rights Before you announce your pregnancy, learn your rights under the Family & Medical Leave Act by checking out the U.S. Department of Labor's website (dol.gov). And keep in mind that the Pregnancy Discrimination Act requires employers to treat pregnancy like any other medical condition. For example, if you're temporarily unable to do your job because of pregnancy complications, your boss has to provide you with modified tasks, different assignments, disability leave or leave without pay just as she would someone temporarily disabled by back surgery. For more information, visit eeoc.com.
X X-rays Wondering whether exposing your baby to radiation-even small amounts--is worth the potential risk? "If the X-ray is medically necessary, I'd say, 'Do it,' " says Louis K. Wagner, Ph.D., chief physicist and professor at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. "If there is any doubt and if the procedure involves the abdomen, perhaps a second opinion should be requested." Try to get dental X-rays before or after your pregnancy.
Y Yoga A 2005 study comparing pregnant women who walked for half an hour twice a day to those who practiced yoga for an hour a day found that the latter had fewer complications, including pregnancy-induced hypertension and preterm delivery. "Yoga also helps decrease some of the common discomforts of pregnancy, such as back pain and sciatica, and helps build the strength and endurance you'll need for labor and delivery," says Marcy White, a nurse and certified childbirth educator who teaches prenatal yoga. Yoga, she adds, allows you to "connect" with your unborn child: "You learn to focus your mind on your body, your breath and your baby."
Z Z's A study conducted by Kathy Lee, R.N., Ph.D., found that women who slept fewer than six hours per night in the last few weeks of pregnancy labored for an average of 12 hours longer and were 4.5 times more likely to have a C-section than women who slept more than seven hours. Some sleep-enhancing suggestions: - Snuggle up with a comfortable "pregnancy pillow," such as Boppy's 24/7 Body Pillow ($65 at Target). - Because your body "runs hot" during pregnancy, turn down the thermostat, dress in lighter pj's and use fewer covers. - If you've started snoring or suffer from nasal congestion that keeps you awake, try Breathe Right nasal strips.


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It's all about the Kids! Summer 2018 Recap
(Murrieta, California) When starting up a club of any sort, you never know the challenges that you may face or the direction that the club may have to go to achieve their goals. One thing that we do know is the fact that a smile goes a long way. We started this summer with a goal to take our kids to the USATF Junior ...
2018 USATF Junior Olympics Pictures
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Private Lessons Are Available
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Tamara Bader – Kaelyn McCann make HSGameTime Track and Field all-area second-team selections
Check out the start of the list, rest of the list click link below. BOYS Donal Aluesi, Sr., Fontana (throws) Mikel Barkley, Sr., Great Oak (relays) Ernesto Collazo, Sr., Great Oak (pole vault) Joel Collins, Sr., Great Oak (relays) Hunter Escorcia, So., Vista Murrieta (hurdles) Christian Gbla, Sr., Temecula ...
The best yet and still more to come!
The High School track season is over, but not before our Vaulter Club kids leave their mark! After many of the girls landing 12' feet this year, people are finding it hard to ignore the pole vaulting that these athletes have delivered. Working their way through the Inland Empire Championships, Arcadia and more, these athletes ...
Meet for June 15th Cancelled
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Riverside County Girls Athlete of the Week: Kaelyn McCann, Linfield Christian
The Girls Athlete of the Week: Name: Linfield Christian School: Kaelyn McCann Sport: Track and field Year: Sophomore Noteworthy: McCann won the CIF Southern Section Division 4 pole vault championship, clearing 11 feet, 6 inches on her final attempt. That successful clearance also helped McCann move on to the ...
Vaulter Club Summer Registration Is Open
It's that time of the year again when kids want to run and enjoy themselves for the summer. Vaulter Club is now accepting athletes for their summer pole vaulting program. Start Date: May 6th, 2018 (NON CIF Only) Others can join after CIF is over. Workout Days: Monday - Wednesday - Friday Time: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm We ...
Two New Personal Records Broken
Congratulations to Katrina Meier for breaking her school record and jumping a solid 12'3" at Great Oak High School and taking First place. Congratulations to Nicole Silverlake for jumping a new personal record of 11'9" at Greak Oak for second place. Also honorable mention goes out to Tamara Bader for jumping 11'3" ...
World Champion Coach Scott Kendricks Coaching Clinic
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NMT Senior Places Second in Speaking Competition
by Kathy Hedges
SOCORRO, N.M. – New Mexico Tech senior Sam Gabay placed second in a student speaking competition at AISTech 2007, a conference for the Association for Iron and Steel Technology. The conference was held on May 7–10, 2007, at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Ind. The Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) is an international technical association representing iron and steel producers, their allied suppliers and related academia.
Gabay, a materials engineering major at the state-supported research university, spoke on his senior project, "Analysis of Iron Oxides on Anodized Steel." His advisor on the project was David Burleigh, Associate Professor of Materials Engineering.
Gabay is a 2002 graduate of Eldorado High School in Albuquerque. He is the son of Irwin and Beverly Gabay of Albuquerque.
During his time at New Mexico Tech, Gabay served as president of the student chapter of The Materials Society, Tech's chapter of Material Advantage, the national organization for students in materials science. Gabay has also been a senator in Tech's Student Association, and a member of Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society. He recently performed in Tech's spring musical, and has also been a member of Socorro Striders and Riders. He graduates from Tech on May 12.
Gabay's post-graduation plans including working for the federal government and eventually pursuing a graduate degree.


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It's estimated that children will be a minority-majority population by 2018 nationally. In New Mexico – where 74 percent of children are racial/ethnic minorities – we're way ahead of the trend.
In fact, only one other state (Hawaii) has a higher percentage of children who are racial or ethnic minorities. We have the highest percentage of Hispanic children and just two states (Alaska and South Dakota) have higher percentages of Native American children.
While we rightfully celebrate our rich cultural diversity, New Mexicans and our elected and civic leaders need to take action regarding racial disparities. Given our high percentage of minority children – and the fact that New Mexico has one of the highest child-poverty rates – determining and mitigating the causes of racial disparities must be our most urgent mission. Our economic sustainability and social cohesion are at risk.
It's tragic that racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S. have higher rates of poverty, unemployment and incarceration, while they earn lower wages and have lower levels of educational attainment. The reasons for these outcomes are complex but the impacts of centuries of discriminatory policies and practices are still felt today.
Just like the advantages of wealth, the disadvantages of discrimination and poverty often are handed down from generation to generation. While some people blame culture or personal choice, the main driver of generational poverty is rooted in science: Adversity robs children of their potential. There are two distinct ways this happens.
Science shows us that 80 percent of our brain development occurs in the first five years of life. The networks of neural pathways built in these years form the foundation upon which later learning will depend.
Brain development is spurred by positive interactions with nurturing caregivers. These interactions are as simple as talking with and reading to our children, and helping them safely explore the world around them.
Since we generally parent the way we were parented, we nurture this brain development in much the same way our own was – or wasn't – nurtured.
Children in poverty – whose parents are more likely to have lower levels of education – can have fewer opportunities to build the neural pathways they will need later to thrive in the classroom. In many cases, they literally have been robbed of their potential by the circumstances of their birth.
The other big detriment to healthy brain development is the experience of adverse childhood events. Abuse, neglect, homelessness, insufficient food and the like all produce toxic stress, which derails brain development. Even children in stable, nurturing families can experience toxic stress if they live in high-poverty areas.
We could play the blame game and lay all the responsibility at the feet of the parents. But blame won't change the outcomes or their impacts on our state. Instead, we must do a better job of preventing adverse childhood experiences and ensuring that every child has access to the opportunities that will enable them to reach their potential.
We can reduce the impacts of poverty by making sure all parents have the resources they need. That means increasing public funding for high-quality home visiting programs, which help parents become their child's first teacher and lower the incidence of child abuse.
High-quality child care programs can also nurture early brain development and pre-K helps children develop the "executive functions" – impulse control, the ability to focus, filter distraction and more – that prepare them for success in school. State funding for these programs has increased, but still meets only a fraction of the need. We must also fully fund and staff our child protective agencies, and make it easier for children to receive benefits like Medicaid and SNAP.
Poverty and racial disparities create barriers to the kinds of opportunities kids need in order to thrive. It's not an excuse, it's a fact. And until we face that fact with a more comprehensive plan to mitigate these barriers, New Mexico is destined for a dim future.
Veronica Garcia is a former Secretary of Education.


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Sensitive data is no match for the Rfiddler rifle. It can burn out RFID tags and USB sticks by zapping them with a strong electromagnetic field generated by a hacked 0.6kJ photo-flash unit driving a 50-turn copper spool.
So, in addition to frying data, the resulting flash from the gun will also fry your retinas. It even has a built-in MP3 player with a two-watt amp for sound effects. Needless to say, if you do decide to build something like this, I wouldn't go aiming it at credit cards, hard drives, passports or living creatures. Hit the following link for instructions. [codeninja via Hack a Day via Technabob]


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IRS Chief – Agency Lacked Sensitivity In Screenings
WASHINGTON (AP) — The acting commissioner of the IRS says the agency was guilty of a "lack of sensitivity" in screenings of political groups seeking tax-exempt status.
Steven Miller said in an opinion piece in Tuesday's USA Today that there was — in his words — "a shortcut taken in our processes" for determining which groups needed special screening. He said the agency demonstrated "a lack of sensitivity to the implications of some of the decisions that were made."
Miller has emerged as a key figure in the controversy over the IRS' singling out of conservative political groups for extra scrutiny. President Barack Obama said Monday that if the agency intentionally targeted conservative groups, "that's outrageous and there's no place for it."
Miller said new procedures have been implemented.
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CALIFORNIA: County jails taking in more repeat felonsBY BRIAN ROKOS / STAFF WRITER- The Press Enterprise Published: July 8, 2015 Updated: July 9, 2015 8:51 a.m. Fewer ex-felons are returning to state prisons, according to a report released Wednesday, July 8 — but that's because many of them are going to county jails instead when they reoffend. The trend is affecting the ... Read More
In new parole policy, California ends link to voter-approved sex offender housing restrictionsBy Don Thompson, Associated Press 4/14/2015 SACRAMENTO, California — California parole agents will have to find a specific link to child victims if they decide to bar sex offender parolees from living near schools and parks, under a new policy issued Tuesday. The 2½-page memo issued by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation responds to ... Read More
California expands parole for elderly, medically frailBy Paige St. John, LA Times California parole officials Monday said the state is ready to begin the early release of elderly and frail prisoners who meet new criteria for parole. The program's details were released publicly for the first time at a meeting of the Board of Parole Hearings. They were ordered by a ... Read More


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Sippy Cup Showdown — Which Cup Takes First Place?
Sippy Cup Showdown — Which Cup Takes First Place?
Once your baby hits the six-month mark, it's time to begin the process of transitioning from the bottle to a sippy cup. The number of options available when it comes to finding the perfect drinking vessel for your little one are enough to overwhelm any mama, so we've taken some of the guesswork out of the process.
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Long before he exhorted his devoted followers to walk over hot coals or shell out ten-thousand dollars for a seminar, the freakishly tall motivational phenomenon Tony Robbins was president of his class at Glendora High School in Southern California. According to classmate Julie Fellinger, the future self-help guru sold his candidacy with a speech about his childhood struggles. "It was very touching, it was very compelling, it was inspirational," recalled Fellinger for A & E's Biography in 2005. Although Robbins resigned his office early because of difficulties at home, he declared his abbreviated tenure to be a rousing success in the 1978 yearbook:
When I came into office I set a goal. That goal was to make 1977-1978 "the best year ever." I wanted to build a "new spirit," and I had a group of the most outstanding, exciting, and dedicated student leaders ever assembled.
Elephant races, pep rallies, spirit weeks, Channel 7, open forums, better food, "G" on the mountain, lighting for the soccer field, new and different assemblies: all these things marked the hard work of the leadership class to make your year more enjoyable.
Were we successful? If there was ever a time when interest filled your eyes or a smile broke out on your face, if there was ever a time when you looked forward to some activity, or, most importantly, if there was ever a time when you were proud to say, "I'm a Glendora Tartan," 1977-1978 was truly successful.
I would like to thank every person on campus for making my years at Glendora so enjoyable, and a special thanks to the leadership class of '78 for a year that will truly live forever...
Tony Robbins
A.S.B. President 1977-78
The remainder of Robbins's term was served by his vice-president, Brian Brooks, who was also voted "Most Likely to Succeed" by his fellow Tartans. We were unable to locate Mr. Brooks to ask him if he ever gets to "fire walk" with his former superior in student government.
By the late 1980s, Robbins was a best selling author (Unlimited Power) and an infomercial star. In the 1990s, he released another hugely successful book (Awaken the Giant Within), counseled President Bill Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky scandal and appeared as himself in the terrible Gwyneth Paltrow movie, Shallow Hal. Today, Robbins's various business ventures (including a nutrition line) earn him eighty million dollars a year.
Some critics call the toothy giant a charlatan for charging people exorbitant fees to hear his ridiculous empowerment mantras ("Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant"), but there is no shortage of customers for his "product," so who are we to judge?
In 2001, Robbins—who also promotes himself as a relationship expert—was accused of stealing another man's wife. The self-help star was preparing to marry a 28-year-old former health food clerk named Sage, when her ex-husband, John Lynch, a Canadian businessman, told the media his wife had been carrying on an adulterous affair before their divorce. Robbins filed defamation suits in Canada against Lynch and the two newspapers that published his allegations.
After the controversy subsided, the couple was wed and they now co-star in an educational DVD series entitled "Love and Passion: The Ultimate Relationship Program." Robbins's ex-wife Becky, whom he divorced shortly before marrying Sage, probably has not availed herself of the "risk free" offer to see these videos.
Bellendaine Yearbook, 1978, Volume 19, Glendora High School, p. 151, 172, 244.
Ann O'Neill, "One Unhappy Ex," Los Angeles Times, June 28, 2001, p. E-2.
A & E Biography, Tony Robbins: The Secret of his Success, 2005.
Steve Salerno, Sham: How the Self-Help Movement Made America Helpless [New York: Crown, 2005], pp. 75-87.
Rita Cosby, "Clinton Advice," Fox News Channel, December 15, 1998.


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