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Beginning in mid-2012, company-size rotations of 200 to 250 Marines will begin deploying near Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory for six-month rotations. Gillard said the presence will expand to a force of 2,500 over the next several years.
"As of today's deal, U.S. Marines will be for the first time conducting exercises by themselves on Australian soil," Obama said.
This rotational deployment is significant because it allows the United States and Australia to build capacity and cooperation, the president said.
"But it also allows us to meet the demands of a lot of partners in the region" in terms of training, exercises and "the presence that's necessary to maintain the security architecture of the region," he added.
Obama and Gillard also agreed to provide U.S. military aircraft greater access to Royal Australian Air Force facilities in northern Australia.
The expanded relationship will ensure "we're going to be in a position to more effectively strengthen the security of both of our nations and this region," Obama said.
It also will ensure an ability to respond faster to crises and provide humanitarian and disaster relief, he said. "This will allow us to be able to respond in a more timely fashion and also equip a lot of ... smaller countries who may not have the same capacity," he said. "It allows us to equip them so that they can respond more quickly as well."
The expanded U.S.-Australia military relationship also "sends a clear message of our commitment to this region, a commitment that is enduring and unwavering" the president said.
"I am making it clear that the United States is stepping up its commitment to the entire Asia-Pacific [region]," the president said, thanking Australia for its leadership role in the region.
"As it has been for six decades" he continued, "our alliance is going to be indispensable to our shared future, the security we need and the prosperity that we seek, not only in this region, but around the world."
The talks in Australia spanned a range of challenges that extend beyond the region, including the International Security Assistance Force mission in Afghanistan, the president said.
"Obviously, this has not been an easy mission for either of our countries," he said, expressing condolences for Australia's fallen. "But we both understand what's at stake -- what happens when al-Qaida has safe havens. We've seen the awful loss of life, from 9/11 to Bali."
Obama cited progress in the transition process in Afghanistan as security responsibility is transferred to Afghan security forces.
"But it's important that we do it right," he said. "Given the enormous investment that's been made and the signs that we can, in fact, leave behind a country that's not perfect, but one that is more stable, more secure and does not provide safe haven for terrorists, it's appropriate for us to finish the job and do it right."
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If you have to treat your allergy symptoms, you can choose one of the typical over-the-counter medications or even stronger prescription drugs, but a better solution might be one of several natural substances that have similar medicinal qualities. Another option is to avoid the allergen all together.
Sometimes avoiding allergens simply isn't possible. So one way to physically remove allergens from the system without using medication is to do nasal irrigation, best done via a neti pot.
This ancient practice consists of using a small vessel the shape of a watering can (without the handle) to instill a mild salt solution — using filtered water only, not tap water — into one nostril, letting it flow back through the nasal passage and through the sinuses and then drain out the other nostril.
Although this process can feel pretty strange the first time you do it, it's very effective. It's more effective than some of the more recent squeeze syringe devices that require you to blow all the fluid back out — which is much less efficient and can leave fluid trapped in pockets of your sinus cavity, increasing the chance of infection.
Many natural substances have the same activity as some of the pharmaceutical agents used to treat allergies. They include the following:
Antihistamines: Butterbur (Petasites hybridus) has been shown to both stop histamine production and modulate leukotriene production. Butterbur contains chemicals called pyrrolizidine alkaloids that can be toxic to the liver and kidneys; these chemicals are removed from the extract and should be marked as free of pyrrolizidine alkaloids on the bottle. If it doesn't have this phrase, don't use that particular product.Credit: ©iStockphoto.com/Michael Bodmann 2009
Interestingly, butterbur is from the ragweed family, so if you know you're allergic to ragweed, don't use this remedy. Stinging Nettle also has antihistamine activity and can be taken as an herb or harvested and eaten as a green, like spinach.
Leukotriene modulators: Quercitin, a flavonoid found in brightly colored produce as well as onions and garlic, has been shown to slow leukotriene production as well as prevent production of histamine. It's fairly short acting, and some products require use several times a day.
Anti-inflammatories: Omega-3 fatty acids are essential fatty acids, meaning you must get them in your food; among other activities, they stop inflammation by halting prostaglandin and leukotriene production.
The active forms of omega-3s are EPA and DHA, which are found only in animals (best source is cold-water fish). Plant sources of omega-3s include flax, walnuts, and others. Unfortunately, humans don't do a very good job of converting plant omega-3s to the active form, so consider taking fish oil even if you eat a lot of flax and walnuts.
Carotenoids, the pigments that turn foods bright colors, are also anti-inflammatory, so if you're prone to allergic rhinitis, the brighter your diet, the better.

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Chris Elsberry: James Blake calls it a tennis career
It was just over a month ago that I spoke with James Blake about his playing in an upcoming tournament in Newport, R.I., and his tennis career. For close to 20 minutes, Blake reflected on his tennis life, his ups and down and everything else in between.
He spoke about "lasting 10 years" in professional tennis when he first started. If he was lucky, that is. He talked about fighting through injuries, both physical and mental, how he battled his way up the rankings ladder, getting all the way to No. 4 in the world -- very rarefied air -- and when the time finally came to put the racquets away for good, he said he'd do it with his head held high.
That time came Monday.
In a press conference at the Arthur Ashe Tennis Center, Blake, 33, of Fairfield, announced his retirement from professional tennis after the U.S. Open.
"This is my last tournament," Blake said. "I've had 14 pretty darn good years on tour, loved every minute of it and I definitely couldn't have asked for a better career. I did the best I could in every situation."
Playing only sporadically this season, Blake is 9-13 heading into his opening U.S. Open match against Ivo Karlovic on Wednesday. He is ranked No. 100 in the world. For his career, Blake is 366-255 with 10 ATP titles, including winning the 2005 and 2007 Pilot Pen tournaments in New Haven.
His best year on Tour was 2006 when he won five ATP events, posted a 47-14 record and was ranked as the top American in the world.
But over the last couple of years, Blake has been hampered by injuries, including having surgery on his knee, and simply could not play at the consistent level demanded of a top professional tennis player.
"I know I have the capability of still playing at that level at times," he said. "It's just not with the same consistency I was able to four or five years ago when I felt like every week was an opportunity to win a tournament.
"I still love the competition. That's one thing I will miss. I will miss pressure'packed moments, break points, set points, match points, crowd getting into it. But I'm so, so fortunate to have a life after this that I'm looking forward to with my wife, with my family."
Blake's daughter, Riley, had her first birthday on June 11, and this November he will celebrate his first wedding anniversary with his wife, Emily.
"You know, there are so many athletes that say they can never replace that feeling of having that adrenaline rush, but I get more of an adrenaline rush now seeing my daughter wake up in the morning," Blake said. "That's something that I'm truly looking forward to, being able to spend more time with my wife and daughter."
It was Blake's father, Thomas, who got his son started in tennis, first teaching him the game at the Fay Park courts in Yonkers, N.Y. -- after Thomas and his wife, Betty, got the brooms from the trunk of their car and swept away all the broken glass and debris that usually littered the playing surface.
When the Blakes moved to Fairfield, James and his older brother, Thomas, would play for hours on end at the old Fairfield High School courts, blasting balls at each other and pretending it was the U.S. Open.
This will be his 12th Open. It was there in 2001 when Blake first exploded on the tennis scene, losing a heartbreaking five-set match to Lleyton Hewitt, a match where he led two sets to one over the No. 4 player in the world before becoming ill and losing the last two sets, a match that forever cemented his "never quit" attitude.
In 2005, he reached the quarterfinals, losing an epic five-set (tiebreaker) to Andre Aggasi. And the following year, Blake reached the quarters again, this time falling to No. 1 Roger Federer.
"I think most people remember for me the biggest highlight and lowlight at the same time was the Agassi match," Blake said. "You know, we left our absolute best out there on the court. I think that tiebreaker in the fifth set was all winners I don't remember any errors. I haven't watched it. I don't know when I will. But from my memory it was all winners."
In addition to thanking his parents for their passion and their guidance, Blake also thanked his long-time coach, Brian Barker of Trumbull.
"I definitely don't think I would have had a career without Brian," Blake said. "He meant so much to me. I don't think he ever asked for credit; therefore, didn't get a ton. But I'm here to tell you that without him, my career, I wouldn't have had a press conference to announce my retirement. I wouldn't have had a career."
As it turns out, Blake had a heck of a career.
"I wanted to leave on my own terms," Blake said. "I'm happy doing that right now."
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(Reuters) - "Selfie," "tweep" and "turducken" were among more than 150 new words and definitions added to the 2014 updated Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, the publishing company said on Monday.
The additions to the U.S. dictionary reflect the growing influence of technology and social networking, the company said.
"So many of these new words show the impact of online connectivity to our lives and livelihoods," Peter Sokolowski, an editor for Merriam-Webster said in a statement. "Tweep, selfie, and hashtag refer to the ways we communicate and share as individuals. Words like crowdfunding, gamification, and big data show that the Internet has changed business in profound ways."
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Mariel Jenkins and the Crimson kick off the season at Stanford Feb. 24 (Gil Talbot).
The Storyline
The No. 17 Harvard women's lacrosse team will open its 39th season of play Sunday, Feb. 26, as the Crimson travels west to face Stanford at 6 p.m. EST. Harvard is coming off a 9-7 campaign, while the Cardinal sits at 0-1 this season after falling to No. 9 Notre Dame, 12-10, Feb. 16.
Follow From Home
Live statistics are available for Sunday's game at Stanford.
Winning Ways
Harvard has posted three straight winning seasons under head coach Lisa Miller, who is entering her sixth year with the program. The Crimson has also advanced to the Ivy League tournament in each of the last two springs and returns four All-Ivy selections from last year's squad, including seniors Micaela Cyr, Mariel Jenkins, Danielle Tetreault and Jennifer VanderMeulen.
National Prominence
The Crimson is currently ranked 17th in the deBeer Media Poll and was listed as receiving votes in the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Preseason Coaches Poll this week.
Climbing the Charts
Senior Jennifer VanderMeulen currently ranks in the top 10 in program history for multiple team records. VanderMeulen stands fifth on the all-time goals list with 130 and is eighth on the all-time points list with 148. VanderMeulen needs nine more goals to tie Kaitlin Martin '09 for fourth in team history in tallies (139) and is five assists shy of knotting Sarah Winters '95 for seventh in assists (153).
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Head coach Lisa Miller recently sat down with GoCrimson.com to discuss the team's upcoming 2013 season.
Welcome Back
Harvard has welcomed back 16 members from last year's squad that posted a 9-7 overall mark and 5-2 conference record. Five of the Crimson's top six point scorers return from last year's team, including Danielle Tetreault (28-4-32), Jennifer VanderMeulen (26-5-31), Micaela Cyr (17-2-19), Chelsey Newman (8-4-12) and Kyleigh Keating (7-4-11). Tetreault was tabbed to the Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-America team.
Cyr led Harvard with 38 ground balls last season, while Tetreault paced the team with 32 draw controls.
Rank and File
Harvard finished its 2012 ranked fourth in the nation in scoring defense, allowing only 7.81 goals per contest last season. Senior Micaela Cyr was 38th in the country in ground balls, picking up 2.38 per game. As a team, the Crimson was 41st in ground balls (15.75 per game).
Can't Stop Her
Senior Jennifer VanderMeulen has scored at least one goal in 42 of her 47 games played. VanderMeulen has registered multiple goals 35 times and has scored at least three goals on 25 occasions.
To Be the Best, You Have to Beat the Best
Harvard has knocked off at least one top 20 opponent in each of the last four seasons, and will have plenty of opportunities to do in 2013. Five of the Crimson's opponents this season are currently ranked in either the IWLCA Preseason Coaches Poll or the deBeer Media Poll, including Cornell (16/arv), Penn (11/11), Northwestern (1/1), Boston College (20/18) and Dartmouth (12/13).
Captaining the Ship
Senior Micaela Cyr was voted by her teammates as captains for the 2013 season. This marks the first time since 1987 that the Crimson have been led by one captain.
Historical Perspective
Harvard captured the program's first national championship in 1990 when it defeated Maryland, 8-7. The Crimson won four games that season by a single goal en route to a 15-0 record, with Jenny Walser '90 scoring the game winner in three of those four games, including the national title game. Four-year letterwinners Carroll Clark '90, Karen Everling '90, Julie French '90, and Walser graduated with a career record of 50-8-1, including a perfect 23-0 mark in the Ivy League.
The Crimson has made a total of nine NCAA Tournament appearances and has reached the national championship game three times. Harvard has also won 11 Ivy League Championships, tied with Dartmouth for the most in conference history.
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The No 2. U.S. mobile provider said on Friday that it agreed to buy wireless airwaves from Verizon Wireless for $1.9 billion in cash, plus spectrum licenses that it will contribute to Verizon Wireless in five markets.
The Verizon Wireless deal was announced just days after AT&T said it will pay $780 million in cash to buy Atlantic Tele-Network Inc's (ATNI.O) Alltel wireless business, which includes spectrum and 585,000 customers.
These deals follow 2012, a year in which the company forged a total of 50 spectrum deals that increased its national spectrum holdings by a third, AT&T Chief Executive Randall Stephenson said during the company's quarterly conference call on Thursday.
The operator, which needs to catch up with Verizon Wireless in a high-speed wireless network upgrade, has been seeking smaller spectrum deals since the failure in late 2011 of its $39 billion bid to buy T-Mobile USA, a unit of Deutsche Telekom AG (DTEGn.DE), due to regulatory opposition.
AT&T, Verizon Wireless and their smaller rivals are all looking to bolster their capacity so they can profit from increasing consumer demand for mobile internet services for smartphones, tablet computers and other devices.
Wells Fargo analyst Jennifer Fritzsche said that the deal was positive for both companies and gives AT&T spectrum in important markets such as Chicago, Los Angeles and Miami.
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The deals announced this week follow AT&T's August agreement to buy wireless company NextWave Wireless Inc for its spectrum holdings for $50 million and $550 million of debt.
AT&T said the Verizon Wireless licenses it is buying, for airwaves in the 700 megahertz spectrum range, cover a population of 42 million in 18 U.S. states.
It said it expects to close the deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, in the second half of 2013.
Verizon Wireless, a venture of Verizon Communications (VZ.N) and Vodafone Group Plc (VOD.L), committed to sell a chunk of spectrum last year while it was seeking approval for its agreement to buy spectrum from cable operators.
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Tombstone Tuesday- Angel of Grief
In the fall of 2008 I attended the Mayflower Congress in Plymouth, Massachusetts. We signed up for a tour of the area called "In the Footsteps of the Pilgrims." I took this photo at the Hingham, Massachusetts Cemetery behind the Old Ship Church. It is a memorial sculpture on the Maria Hooper grave, and is known locally as the "Angel of Grief."
When I went to Google to look up "Angel of Grief" I found that the Hooper monument is a copy of an 1894 sculpture by William Wetmore Story, over his own grave in the Protestant Cemetery in Rome. He originally named it "The Angel of Grief Weeping at the Dismantled Altar of Life." It was a very popular Victorian memorial, and was copied in a style known as the "Weeping Angel." At Wikipedia there is a listing of at least twelve replicas in the United States, including three in Texas.
A map of the Hingham Cemetery (#17 is the Angel of Grief") http://www.hinghamcemetery.org/HinghamCemeteryMap.pdf
Wikipedia story of the Angel of Grief http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_of_Grief
Our Weeping Angel Foundation http://www.ourweepingangel.org by John Hooper Dean, great great grandson of Maria Hooper of Hingham. Click on "Why weeping angel" for a history of the sculpture.
Copyright 2010, Heather Wilkinson Rojo
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Thursday, August 02, 2012
It's About Your Bum.....
When my first child was born, I was the first one of all of my friends to have a baby, and I had no idea what to expect and what was "normal". I suffered in silence with post-partum depression, crying, agonizing, feeling guilty for not being a calm, loving, serene mother oft seen in the parenting magazines I began to read with religious fervour. What was wrong with me? After 8 months of just barely keeping it together, I made an appointment with my GP and was swiftly diagnosed with post-partum depression. I was informed that my doctor saw several women like me several times a week and that it is very common for women to feel the same way I was feeling. Huh. I guess it was also very common for women to appear to be high functioning, baby-loving momma's on the outside, and suffer in silence on the inside. After that one appointment with my GP, I vowed to talk about post-partum to everyone and anyone who would listen. As a result, over the years, I like to think that I have helped several teary new mommies in guiding them to their doctor, or just being an ear to cry to without guilt and shame.
That's a very long winded introduction to what I am writing about today. I feel so good about helping people with post partum depression by talking about it, raising awareness, and I hope I may be able to do the same thing with what I am putting out there today.
Since the birth of my second child, seven years ago, I have been suffering with what I thought, because my doctor told me it was the case, hemorrhoids (see why I might be embarrassed? But c'mon, these are as common as post partum depression). For seven years I have been suffering, with symptoms getting worse and worse, and impacting my life horribly (I won't go into details, google it if you must). Trips to my doctor, emergency rooms all resulted in a sympathetic smile and ain't childbirth a bitch kind of attitude. Not necessarily wanting to be poked and prodded, because it's embarrassing, I would accept this as my fate and carry on. My kids did have massive melons when they were born - small price to pay for craniums full of good smart brains.
I moved cities several months ago and found a lovely new GP. I told her my history, just so she would have it on file, but her reaction was one of sympathy. She said that I shouldn't have to live like this, let's get me to a specialist. When I saw the specialist, he was also so very sympathetic, and a little concerned about the history of colon cancer in my family. Oh, did I mention that yet? I certainly did to my doctors in Ottawa, but they all said I was way too young to be concerned about something so dramatic. Maybe in 10 years time they would start screening, but no need yet.
My specialist scheduled me for a full colonoscopy pronto (I love you my sweet little anaesthetist!) to take a look around and if nothing else, get rid of those nasty hemorrhoids.
When I came to at the hospital, my specialist waited for me to be fully coherent to give me the news. I didn't have hemorrhoids. No sign of them at all. Instead, he removed a massive (his words) polyp from my colon and he would be sending it in for a biopsy. Huh. What do you do with that information? He scheduled an appointment for three weeks later to go over the results. Huh. So there could be more to this? Chapter not closed?
I had my appointment on Monday. Turns out the polyp was like a mushroom, with a stem, the stem attached to my colon. The biopsy revealed abnormal (cancer) cells in the "cap" of the mushroom, and luckily hadn't reached the stem part of the mushroom, because that's when things get more difficult to remove. (This is a very layman's way of describing things, and I apologize for that. If you have a medical background you are probably cringing and cursing at me in latin).
What happens now is I go for a follow-up colonoscopy in 6 months time to make sure he removed everything and there is no more abnormal activity, and I will now have routine colonoscopies every 1-2 years. The scary thing is he said that we would be having a very different conversation if I was sitting in his office a year or two from now. I think you know what I mean. He also told me that he called his colleague in during the procedure, because of my age (sooooo young, thank you, thank you) and because of little old me they are going to change the way they approach patients who approach them with unlikely concerns.
So girls and boys, see what I mean by kind of embarrassing and personal? But it shouldn't be embarrassing, it's all body parts, that's all. Like my specialist said, that looking at my bum is like looking at my nose to him, it's what he looks at everyday - why be embarrassed?
So, with post partum, I talk to anyone pregnant or anyone with a baby about it, just in case they are suffering in silence. Now, I can't very well talk to everyone with a posterior about their bum without getting locked up, but my appeal to you is to not be shy, and push your doctors if you feel in your gut that something isn't right. You have that right. I wasn't pushy, and it took a new doctor, with a different attitude to be proactive on my part. I shudder to think about the outcome if I hadn't moved cities, had remained with my GP, too passive and embarrassed to insist on further probing (ha! couldn't resist).
7 comments:
- Little Red Hen said...
It's atrocious how most doctors just pat you on the head and send you on your way when you don't fit into their little box of symptoms. Hope everything goes okay.
- Andrea... said...
What the eff! So glad your new doctor caught on. Glad to hear they found it when they did. Thanks for writing this!
- Lynn said...
Wow, that's a sobering post. I'm glad it has a happy ending, but jesus, that's scary. Thanks so much for this one, even without the specific symptoms it's a good reminder that no one knows more about your own health than yourself.
- sewa mobil said...
Nice article, thanks for the information.
- Anonymous said...
As a doc myself, kudos to you and your GP. Not all of us are insensitive assholes (pardon the mention) but some of us actually take a history, do a physical and think about everyone who sees us. Best of luck to you for your next colonoscopy. And thanks for getting the word out about Colon Cancer- a preventable disease.
- Mis(s)Mannered Mom said...
Wow-this kinda scared he beejeezus out of me. I agree-it shouldnt be taboo, and could literally save a life. Im so so so glad youre okay and that you had this taken care of with such sympathy-but also seriousness. Im a dr avoider....i think i better start going!
- Cameron VSJ said...
I have a quick question about your blog, would you mind emailing me when you get a chance?


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I was born in the Tar Heel State ( in Kinston, NC ) and now reside in the Palmetto State ( Surfside Beach..Just South Of Myrtle Beach, SC )
Proud to be a Carolinian and am glad I came across this thread.
rwhen wrote:*looks around* I use to LIVE about 1.5 hours from the NC border, does that count?
Hello again ArwenCat BTW you use very cool emoticons, we have to introduce you to Rose.
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I work for a company with a lot of legacy LAMP web-applications, where we are trying to refresh our hardware from ~250 physical servers to ~40 new servers w/virtualization. We have received two quotes from vendors - one is suggesting Intel processors, the other AMD.
One thing I like about the high core-counts with AMD, is that we will be able to dedicate cores to VMs, which means we have a lower chance of applications interfering with each-other due to spikes, which to a certain extent is more important to me than peak performance.
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- Power consumption may be different (not an issue in our case.)
- CPU instructions like CRC32 (SSE 4.2) will not be supported (Edit: MySQL 5.6 appears to support SSE4.2. Not sure about Apache)
- MySQL doesn't scale perfectly after ~16/~32 cores (I'm willing to accept this trade off.)
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Edit: Assume that the tasks are exceptionally parallel (webservers), and that I do not care about the database servers not being so parallel.


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Speaker John Boehner will use a private party meeting Wednesday to lay out a new strategy to chip away at Obamacare, brushing back at House and Senate conservatives who have urged a government shutdown if the law is funded.
Boehner (R-Ohio) will give a presentation saying that the House Republican leadership supports continuous votes to build "on the successful, targeted strikes against the law that took place in the House this month and resulted in significant Democratic defections, chipping away at the legislative coalition that keeps the president's health care law on the books," a GOP leadership aide said on Tuesday evening.
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Government funding runs dry in two months, on Sept. 30 — just a few weeks after the House returns from a five-week August recess. A stopgap measure — known as a continuing resolution — needs to be signed into law to keep the government open.
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But House leadership thinks a government shutdown would be treacherous for the GOP majority. Boehner, speaking on Tuesday afternoon at a closed leadership meeting where the strategy was discussed , warned of the political dangers of shutting down the federal government, according to sources both present and familiar with the meeting.
It all comes down to this: internal GOP projections show Republicans keeping — if not expanding — their majority in 2014. And Boehner — a veteran of the 1995 government shutdown — isn't eager to cement the narrative that his chamber favors interrupting critical government operations.
But roughly sixty House Republicans have written to Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) urging them to use the government funding bill to defund the Affordable Care Act.
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When Boehner talks to House Republicans, he will not "rule out the 'defund' tactic in any way," an aide said, and the speaker "will note that [the leadership] strategy is compatible with whatever direction the conference decides to take with respect to upcoming legislation to fund government operations."
Wednesday is a key moment for Boehner to deliver his message to the conference since lawmakers return to their districts Friday for a five-week long August recess.
In recent days, the private concern about a government shutdown has intensified among House Republican leaders. The GOP leadership meeting Tuesday was filled with complaints that members who want to shut down the government because of the health care law haven't thought of the consequences, or next strategic steps.
Time, once again, is not on Congress's side. The House returns from its August recess Sept. 9, just nine legislative days before the government runs out of money. There's little time for legislative haggling.
But the political environment — roughly one year before the November midterms — makes the government funding fight, and the subsequent debt ceiling debate, politically sensitive issues. The nation is expected to hit its debt limit sometime this fall or winter.
The Wednesday strategy talk isn't the only sign that Republicans are looking to avoid legislative catastrophes.
House Republican leadership aides have also privately told Democrats that they would be willing to pass a government funding measure at $988 billion — a level slightly higher than some conservatives hoped for.
The pair of fall fights over the debt ceiling and government funding have become two of the most important flashpoints of the 113th Congress. President Barack Obama and Democrats have said at every opportunity that they refuse to negotiate over lifting the debt limit, while House Republicans want to exact some budgetary savings or reforms to existing programs. Republican leaders have discussed new energy policy and mandatory budget savings.


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Russia's most wanted man, Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev, has been killed, the country's state security chief has told President Vladimir Putin, Itar-Tass news agency said on Monday.
Basayev, who claimed responsibility for the 2004 Beslan school attack in which more than 330 died, half of them children, and a string of other attacks, was killed together with other Chechen fighters, Nikolai Patrushev told Putin.
The announcement came only a couple of weeks after Shamil Basayev, wanted by Russia for a string of shocking terrorist attacks, was named by Doku Umarov, president of the self-styled Ichkeria (Chechnya) as his vice president in a move seen as a signal towards radicalization of the Chechen rebel movement.
Doku Umarov Umarov took over as Chechnya's new separatist leader earlier this month after police killed Abdul-Khalim Sadulayev during a raid in an eastern Chechen town. In his first public statement in June Umarov vowed to widen attacks to the rest of Russia, saying rebel forces would focus on military and police targets but would avoid attacks against most civilians.
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When Russian troops pulled out of Chechnya in 1996 and Chechnya prepared to elect a president to lead it to de facto independence, Basayev ran for the job. He lost to the late rebel commander Aslan Maskhadov and became his deputy. He and Maskhadov — a relative moderate who was Sadulayev's predecessor as Chechen rebel president — later became rivals.
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