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Woodward and You
A reader's guide to State of Denial.
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Bob Woodward's State of Denial is the hottest book in the country right now. It details the infighting, disarray, and mistakes made by the Bush war council during the Iraq war. The third in the famous reporter's portraits of George Bush, it is also the longest. Slate's reading guide fast-forwards you straight to the juicy parts. Want to know where to go to read accounts of Donald Rumsfeld's every flaw? Do you wonder about Bush's decision-making abilities? How does former CIA Director George Tenet come out? Grab a copy and read along.
Poppy Engaged
Page 1: Though the Bush family maintains that father and son never talk about issues more substantive than fishing, the book starts with the first President Bush calling his old friend Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the longtime Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, in the fall of 1997. Bush's son, the governor of Texas, is thinking about running for president and he needs a tutor. Gov. Bush later tells Bandar: "I don't have the foggiest idea about what I think about international, foreign policy."
Prince Bandar, Superhero
Page 5: Bandar is not only helpful understanding geopolitics, he's also like the Sun Tzu of the Sahara. "In the big boys' game," he says of presidency, "it's cutthroat, it's bloody and it's not pleasant." Apparently Bandar has been watching too much Kojak.
Page 28: Bandar has range. He helped free American hostages held in China after the downing of a Navy EP-3 spy plane.
Page 47: Bandar also knows Yiddish! Describing Arafat for Bush, he says: "He's a liar. We know that. You know that. He's a schmuck. But he is the only schmuck we have to deal with."
Page 76: Bandar could also play rough. The Saudi royal family threatened to cut off diplomatic ties to Bush because they believed that he was too close to Israel and its leader Ariel Sharon. "The Crown Prince will not communicate in any form, type or shape with you," Bandar told Bush. "And Saudi Arabia will take all its political, economic and security decisions based on how it sees its own interest in the region … because it is obvious that the United States has taken a strategic decision adopting Sharon's policy."
Page 288: Bandar helps out in the end. After Bush agrees to tone down rhetoric about the need for reform in Saudi Arabia, he asks if Saudi Arabia can help purchase helicopters for Gen. Pervez Musharraf in Pakistan. Bandar says yes.
Rumsfeld Is Really a Jerk
Page 19: Soon after Rumsfeld takes office, Hugh Shelton, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, receives a letter from a retired Navy captain who worked at the Pentagon during Rumsfeld's first tour. "The captain claimed that Rumsfeld could not be trusted, [and] that he despised the uniformed military."
Page 34: Stephen Cambone, undersecretary for Intelligence, was hit with a bout of insecurity after an encounter with the secretary of defense. "One day Cambone got chewed out by Rumsfeld and came whimpering into Quinn's office. 'Am I doing that badly?' he asked."
Page 72: Cambone wasn't the only one. When the author asked then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Richard Myers about Rumsfeld, "Myers put both his arms on the small table and then laid his head down on top of them," writes Woodward. "I could not tell if it was a sign of exasperation or despair or something in between. I had not seen this before—a senior officer cradling his head in his arms."
Page 98: Col. Steve Rotkoff, a senior military intelligence officer, wrote brilliant war haikus, one of which touched on the secretary of defense:
Rumsfeld is a dick
Won't flow the forces we need
We will be too light.
Page 316: In an assessment of post-Iraq planning and execution problems, Rumsfeld's friend compares his "style of operation" to the "Haldeman model," referring to Nixon's White House chief of staff. That's like comparing a woman's skills as a mother to the Joan Crawford model.
Rumsfeld as Micromanager
Page 24: Rumsfeld's unsigned memos written on white paper and known as "snowflakes" buried the Pentagon shortly after he arrived. "Rumsfeld was into everyone's business. No one was immune. Many in the Pentagon looked at the snowflakes as an annoyance. Others found them intrusive and at times petty. For some, there was no way to keep up."
Page 42: Jimmy Carter reportedly was such a nit-picker he insisted on keeping the schedule of the White House tennis court. Donald Rumsfeld arranges seating charts. Leading a delegation from Congress to the funeral for Rep. Floyd Spence, Rumsfeld personally fiddled with the seating, putting Rep. Duncan Hunter in the back.
Page 181: After watching a Bush campaign event at the plant in Lima, Ohio, where the M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank is produced, Rumsfeld called Chief of Staff Andy Card. The Abrams tank was a thing of the past, he argued, not part of his transformation of the Army and therefore should not have been picked for the event.
Former President Bush and Barbara Bush Worry About George
Page 80: After the 9/11 attacks, the 41st president called Bandar and asked him to check up on his son. "He's having a bad time, help him out."
Pages 114-15: At the Alfalfa Club dinner in Washington, Barbara Bush reached out to an old family friend, David Boren, the Democratic former senator from Oklahoma. Was an invasion of Iraq a bad idea? Boren said yes. The former first lady reported that her husband was losing sleep over the idea but wouldn't bring it up with his son.
Condi Rice Before 9/11
Pages 49–52: On July 10, 2001, George Tenet and his top terrorism expert, Cofer Black, visited Condi Rice and warned that a major terrorist attack was coming. "It's my sixth sense, but I feel it coming," said Tenet. "This could be the big one." They felt like the then-national security adviser blew them off.
Page 79: "Rice could have gotten through to Bush on the bin Laden threat, but she just didn't get there in time, Tenet thought. He felt he had done his job, laid it on the line very directly about the threat, but Rice had not moved quickly. He felt she wasn't organized and didn't push people as he tried to do at the CIA." Rice has said the July meeting was not as dramatic as Tenet remembers. Woodward quotes Cofer Black: "The only thing we didn't do was pull the trigger to the gun we were holding to her head."
Saddam's Rules of Leadership
Page 88: Prince Bandar told Bush stories about how Saddam kept people loyal. He required his bodyguards to do two things to prove themselves: kill somebody else from within their own tribe and kill somebody from another tribe. This created a double vendetta. "If I want to trust you with my life," Bandar explained, "I want to make sure nowhere else you are safe except with me."
Iraq Plans Baked in the Cake
Page 89: Four months before the bombing started in Iraq, while Bush was still talking about a diplomatic solution to Iraq, George Tenet told one of his CIA colleagues: "You bet your ass. It's not a matter of if. It's a matter of when. This president is going to war. Make plans. We're going." (He did not use any basketball metaphors.)
If They'd Only Listened to George Tenet
Page 90: Tenet told CIA veteran John Brennan that in his gut, he didn't think invading Iraq was the right thing to do. Bush and the others were just really naive, thinking they would just be able to go into Iraq and overturn the government. "This is a mistake," Tenet finally said.
If They'd Only Listened to Col. Steve Peterson
Pages 121-22: During the planning for the Iraq war, Army officer Peterson questioned the conventional wisdom about how Saddam might react. A logical strategy for Saddam might be to run and hide and use the Baathist cell structure to develop an insurgent army that would have weapons and explosives for a prolonged fight until the Americans grew exhausted and lost their political will.
Mission Accomplished
Page 186: Bush administration officials have tried to distance themselves from the "Mission Accomplished" banner hung on the USS Lincoln the day that the president landed on the aircraft carrier. It was the sailors who put up the banner, say aides, suggesting they would never have thought to be so boastful, knowing of the tough slog ahead. Secretary Rumsfeld unwinds that spin, telling Woodward that the phrase was actually in Bush's speech until Rumsfeld took it out.
Bush the Clueless
Page 237: David Kay, the chief U.S. weapons inspector, visited the Oval Office to brief the president about the lack of WMD and was "shocked at Bush's lack of inquisitiveness."
Page 221: Jay Garner visited the Oval Office after he began his tour leading the post-conflict reconstruction in Iraq. The president cracked jokes about ass-kissing in Washington to show he knew how the game was played but never applied his insight to the topic of how things were going in Iraq.
Page 260: By October 2003, Woodward writes: "There is little or no evidence that [Bush] engaged in much substantive policy debate at this point in the war cabinet meetings. His role was to express confidence and enthusiasm."
Page 266: In an NSC meeting in October 2003, Bush and Rumsfeld resisted using the word "insurgency" to explain the resistance in Iraq. Rumsfeld got highly semantic with the CIA briefer who used the term. Bush continued to cheerlead and warned that he didn't "want to read in The New York Times that we are facing an insurgency … I don't think we're there yet." That shocked Deputy Secretary of State Armitage, who Woodward explains thought "the giant problem now was the president's state of mind. … Bush was in denial about Iraq."
Bush Is Inquisitive and Sharp
Page 246: Here the George Bush action figure of the first two Woodward books is back. After the bombing of U.N. headquarters in Baghdad in August 2003, the president met with his National Security Council and posed round after round of engaged questions. The president admitted something about the enemy that it would take him a long time to say in public—they were clever. "This is a thinking enemy that changes, and as he changes, we need to change," he said. "And attacking the U.N. mission was a change. Now, what has he told us, this enemy?"
Page 375: In a briefing with diplomats, one "watched Bush from Baghdad on the secure video, he was astonished. Rarely were diplomats or military in the field given such direct, clear guidance from a commander in chief."
Cheney the Dark Meddler
Pages 126-129: Two of Jay Garner's most capable staff members were suddenly yanked from the team trying to rebuild Iraq. Rumsfeld issued the order, but the real directive came from Vice President Cheney's office, where it had been determined that the two staffers' State Department ties meant they couldn't be trusted.
Page 235: At 3 a.m. U.S. weapons inspector David Kay received a phone call in Iraq from Cheney's office with information about a site in Syria where he might look for WMD.
Page 238: Cheney cornered David Kay after an Oval Office meeting, asking about information the vice president had culled from raw intelligence intercepts. "Here Cheney and Libby were acting like a couple of junior analysts, poring over fragments as if they were trying to decipher the Da Vinci Code. If only the world worked that way."
Page 259: Libby calls Kay again. "The vice president wants to know if you've looked in this area," Libby said. "We have indications—and here are the geocoordinates—that something's buried there."
The Most Devastating One-Paragraph Account of Bush Team Dynamics
Page 241: Robert D. Blackwill, a longtime diplomat brought in to the National Security Council in August 2003, describes one of the first NSC meetings he attended: "Blackwill saw Rice try to intervene and get nowhere. So critical comments and questions—especially about military strategy—never surfaced. Blackwill felt sympathy for Rice. This young woman, he thought, had to deal with three of the titans of national security—Cheney, Rumsfeld and Powell—all of whom had decades of experience, cachet and strong views. The image locked in Blackwill's mind of Rice, dutiful, informed and polite, at one end of the table, and the inexperienced president at the other, legs dancing, while the bulls staked out their ground, almost snorting defiantly, hoofs pawing the table, daring a challenge that never came."
Jay Garner, Hero
Page 125: Jay Garner, the retired Army general brought in to rebuild Iraq after Baghdad fell, is portrayed as one of the few players struggling to think clearly about the future of the country. In February 2003, he ran a "rock drill" to think through all the questions that had been left unanswered during the botched prewar planning. The report afterward anticipates much of what eventually goes wrong in the country.
Pages 182-83: When Garner was forced out, it is portrayed as such a mistake that it led to a near staff revolt. Presidential envoy and current Iraqi ambassador, Zalmay Khalilzad, announced he'd quit in protest.
Page 106: The footnote suggests why Garner may get such favorable treatment. He seems to have cooperated fully with Woodward. "This is the most complete, documented account of his experience yet available," it reads.
Jay Garner, Goat
Page 224: After complaining to colleagues and Rumsfeld about the grave mistakes in Iraq postwar reconstruction (de-Baathification, disbanding the army, and dumping local leaders), Garner missed his moment to tell President Bush. When he got to the Oval Office, he just gave Bush happy talk.
More Troops Were Necessary in Iraq
Page 190: James Dobbins, the post-conflict expert and former State Department official who worked for the Rand Corporation, brought Paul Bremer a draft of a study estimating that 500,000 troops were needed in postwar Iraq, three times as many as were deployed.
Page 256: In September 2003, Blackwill argued for sending 40,000 more troops.
Trouble Finding WMD
Pages 92-96, 101, 115: Army Maj. Gen. James "Spider" Marks was given the assignment of helping guide U.S. forces to WMD stockpiles once the invasion started. Reading his travails is like rewatching a Hitchcock movie. You know how it's going to end and yet when Marks says, "Sir, I can't confirm what's inside any of these sites," the horror sounds brand new.
Page 192: Col. Steve Rotkoff haiku:
Where is WMD?
What a kick if he has none
Sorry about that
Page 272: Upon returning from Iraq, U.S. weapons inspector David Kay was told of a highly covert operation to gather intelligence about WMD. Launched eight months before the war, it relied on human intelligence, including Iraqis in Europe convinced to return to their country to talk to their relatives involved in WMD. After some 120 contacts, no evindence was found. The program was scrubbed. "The CIA was so convinced that Iraq had the weapons that absence of evidence was taken as proof that the … program wasn't working."
Woodward Victory Lap
Pages 303-04: Woodward says George Tenet initially disputed a scene in Woodward's book Bush at War where the CIA director told Bush it was a "slam dunk" that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Then, Woodward points out that a year after the book was published, Tenet was asked about that comment at a public forum. "Those are the two dumbest words I ever said," he said, apparently dropping his contention that he might never have uttered them. For Woodward it's a tale to be brandished against any of the administration officials who might doubt the accounts in this book: In a year they'll be admitting they are true.
Powell and Armitage Muse About Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld
Page 143: In the run-up to the Iraq war, Powell notes that Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Rice have never seen combat. "You know," Powell says, "the problem with these guys is they've never been in a bar fight."
Pages 325-27: Powell and Armitage talk about the benefit of self-doubt. "If you didn't have it, Powell said, if you didn't get up in the morning wondering if you're doing a good enough job or if you can still hit the long ball you're not worth much." Armitage chimes in: "Not worth a shit."
Pages 467: Rice seems to answer them many pages later in a discussion with a staffer. "I don't like extremists," she tells him, explaining, "[b]ecause on some of these issues I don't trust anybody that's that sure."
Election Night 2004
Pages 338-47: Woodward provides a tidy account of election-night intrigue in the Bush camp as they double over after seeing early exit polls that show Kerry ahead and then finally pull off a victory. During one of the tense moments, Bush says to political adviser Karl Rove: "If the popular vote made it, I wouldn't be here." At another point, Bush calls Ken Blackwell, the Ohio secretary of state who is now running for governor, "a nut."
Hit-By-the-Bus Book
Page 354: After Bush's re-election, Chief of Staff Andy Card presented the president with a spiral-ring binder full of suggestions for people who could replace all of his major administration posts. Card called the study his "hit-by-the-bus book."
Throw Rumsfeld From the Bus
Page 360: Card thinks through the delicate matter of finally getting rid of Rumsfeld. He talked to Powell, who said: "If I go, Don should go." Card ultimately suggested former Secretary of State James A. Baker. Cheney and Rove shot down the idea of getting rid of Rumsfeld.
Page 428: Card made a second concerted effort to get the president to replace Rumsfeld.
Kissinger Secretly Advises Bush
Pages 406-09: Not only did the former Nixon secretary of state advise Bush and Cheney, he also offered Bush speechwriter Mike Gerson his famous "salted peanut memo," written during the first year of the Nixon administration. It claimed that withdrawal of troops from Vietnam would be like "salted peanuts to the American public; the more U.S. troops come home, the more will be demanded."
Just How Ugly Is It in Iraq?
Page 471: Charts and graphs from a Joint Chiefs of Staff intelligence assessment from May 2006 paint a grim picture of the ground truth in Iraq. Terrorist attacks were increasing, and the insurgents were gaining even after the Iraqi elections, the formation of a government, and a constitution. "Insurgents and terrorists retain the resources and capabilities to sustain and even increase current level of violence through the next year," says the secret Pentagon assessment sent to the White House. The forecast of a more violent 2007 in Iraq contradicted the repeated optimistic statements of President Bush, including one, two days earlier, when he said the country was at a "turning point" that history would mark as the time "the forces of terror began their long retreat."


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Friday, November 16, 2012
Attorneys: Obama's 'secret' cyber security law may allow 'military deployment within the U.S.'
Attorneys: Obama's 'secret' cyber security law may allow 'military deployment within the U.S.'(TRS).The White House on Wednesday receieved a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request (PDF link) from two attorneys with the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), demanding that President Barack Obama release the text of what they called a "secret" new cyber security law that appears to enable "military deployment within the United States."
The FOIA was filed in response to an article that appeared in The Washington Post this week, claiming that Obama issued a secret directive shortly before the elections that empowers the military to "vet any operations outside government and defense networks" for cyber security purposes.
However, because the exact text of the directive remains a secret, nobody can really say exactly what it does. That was somewhat disconcerting to American Civil Liberties Union legislative counsel Michelle Richardson, who told Raw Story on Wednesday that without the text, "it's hard to see what they mean."
Read the full story here.
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Instead of throwing away unused food, consider donating it to a nearby food bank or homeless shelter. Contact your local food banks, or visit Feeding America for information about food banks near you. Also visit Rock and Wrap it Up for information about their food donation program, which works with sports organizations to help feed the hungry in their community with clubhouse and facility food recovery.
Rock and Wrap it Up: Case Study
Since Rock and Wrap It Up's launch in 2003, 60 professional sports organizations from MLB, the NBA, the NHL, and the NFL have participated in their food donation program. For example, all 30 teams in the National Hockey League work with Rock and Wrap it Up to pack up all prepared but unsold concession food on game nights for redistribution to local places of need. Over the course of the initiative's first full season, NHL Clubs provided 163,000 meals to people in need and diverted 105 tons of food from landfills and incinerators across North America. For this food diversion program, the EPA honored the Boston Bruins with the Environmental Merit Award, and four NHL clubs in New York area (Region 2) and four NHL clubs in the MidWest (Region 5) with the Environmental Quality Award.
Benefits of Donating Leftover Food
Food wasting is a particularly unpleasant feature of American society. Every year we throw out about 27% of all the food available for consumption, about 100 billion pounds annually and all but about 2% winds up in landfills. When food is delivered to a landfill, it decomposes and contributes to the release of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere. By donating food you reduce the amount of waste being sent to landfills, thus helping to reduce these emissions. Donating leftover food also reduces the need for additional food production, thereby reducing the environmental impacts associated with agriculture, including water pollution and habitat destruction. According to the Department of Agriculture, recovering just 5% of that food waste could feed four million people each day. Recovering 25% of it could feed 20 million people each day.
Additional Resources
Rock and Wrap it Up
Feeding America: Food Bank Locator
EPA – Food Waste Reduction


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All the moms were talking about it yesterday at the pool: the renewed concern about spray sunscreen.
Check out this article from Consumer Reports.
The Food and Drug Administration is currently researching these sprays, testing to see if they cause asthma or allergy attacks. It's possible for kids to inhale the mist from these sunscreens, as spray swirls around their heads.
If no other product is available, Consumer Reports recommends parents spray it on their hands first, then apply it to the child's face and body.


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"But we still stand beside you, cuz' somewhere deep insode you, there's more than what meets the eye. I swear on the Bible, you were my idol. Just when I thought I'd give up on everything, I heard you play this familiar melody."
-Where Are You (B.o.B Vs. Bobby Ray)


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Voices: The softer side of Silicon Valley
SAN FRANCISCO — The caricature of a Silicon Valley type — a self-aggrandizing, myopic nerd who lives in a bubble, oblivious to the world — hews to the convenient cookie-cutter image sometimes on display in HBO's Silicon Valley or in reports of rancor within neighborhoods here.
A gentrification crisis gripping San Francisco has focused on the tech community's soul. The influx of successful start-ups has created staggering wealth, leading to an 11.5% jump in rental and housing costs and — in some cases — evictions. Activists have staged protests of buses shuttling tech workers to jobs in Silicon Valley and at the home of a Google employee.
Now, juxtapose the visage of a soulless, clueless engineer with that of tech's royalty giving away more than $1 billion last year — not to mention numerous philanthropic endeavors here.
"Not all tech billionaires spend their fortunes on flashy yachts and on expensive vacations in the Mediterranean with supermodels," says Leila Janah, CEO of Samasource, which helps low-income people gain work with Microsoft, eBay, LinkedIn and other tech companies.
The reality is technology companies and their employees are not responsible for all the ills afflicting San Francisco. Nor do they seek out attention for their good work. Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey joined the board of Build.org, an entrepreneurship program for low-income students. I vividly recall a late-night awards dinner last year at which Dorsey, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Box CEO Aaron Levie patiently sat for several hours while Build honored local young people.
Not every twenty- and thirty-something luxuriates in a South of Market bar, counting IPO riches. On Tuesday, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation raised nearly $8 million over 24 hours to benefit local charities. At the same time, 20 companies — including Apple, Google, Dropbox, Box and Jawbone — are partnering with the Tipping Point, an anti-poverty organization in the Bay Area, to raise $10 million.
Salesforce.com chairman and CEO Marc Benioff, a fourth-generation San Franciscan, is the driving force behind the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital and improvements to the San Francisco Unified School District.
"You want to help the community without tooting your own horn," says Sid Espinosa, director of philanthropy and civic engagement at Microsoft.
First, the heavy-duty donors. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, contributed $992.2 million in company stock to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation last year. EBay chairman Pierre Omidyar, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen each contributed more than $200 million to nonprofits last year. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison kicked in $72.2 million. And Netscape Communications co-founder Jim Clark chipped in $60 million. All of them were among America's top-50 donors last year, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, along with investor nonpareil Warren Buffett, has spearheaded a campaign to get other American billionaires to give at least half their wealth to charity.
"There is a huge need for more social entrepreneurship, and to put it to its highest and best use," Janah says. "There are some people — like Facebook's founders — who have done an exceptional job."
The giving extends beyond donations and personal time. TrustTheVote Project, based in Palo Alto, Calif., is developing software technology to "improve the process and experience of voting," says Gregory Miller, the project's executive director and former strategic marketer at Netscape Communications.
Nonprofit work is "completely overlooked," Miller says. "We look at the media and we say, 'Really?' There is a lot more going on (in S.F.) than bus protests. This is a perfect example of tech giving back."
Swartz, USA TODAY's San Francisco bureau chief, has covered Silicon Valley for more than 25 years.


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Mills-Peninsula provides a full-service clinical laboratory located at Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, as well as two satellite draw stations.
Supporting Your Doctor Through Quality Testing & Care
You and your doctor learn a great deal about your health by testing your blood. Tests support the findings of a physical exam and enable your doctor to make a more accurate diagnosis.
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- You will be asked to verify your name and birth date before your blood is drawn. This is necessary because there may be more than one person with the same name in our computer system.
- If information on the requisition is incomplete or missing, we may need to call the doctor's office to obtain the necessary information. This may result in a delay in processing your orders.
- We usually serve people in the order they arrive at the laboratory. However if a "STAT" (immediate) test or a specific time-interval test is ordered by a physician, this person will be taken out of order.
- Prothrombin Times may be drawn anytime during lab operating hours or during normal lab hours. To ensure that your doctor receives your results before the office closes, the same day, it is best to come in the morning.
- To assure accurate test results, some tests require that you do not eat or drink anything for 12 hours prior to having your blood drawn. This is important when checking a full lipid profile (triglyceride, cholesterol, cholesterol "types" or glucose levels). You may drink a small amount (1 cup or less) of water, tea or coffee. Do NOT use sugar or milk/cream of any kind when fasting blood work is ordered. Total cholesterol and HDL cholesterol do not require fasting and my be drawn any time of the day.
- Each test requires a certain amount of blood for the test results to be accurate. We only draw the amount needed for the tests ordered by your doctor.
- Some tests, such as glucose tolerance, will require that you remain in the laboratory area for an extended period of time. Special patient instructions are available in the laboratory.
- By federal mandate, we may perform only those tests your physician has ordered and that are medically necessary. If you have questions about your tests, please ask your doctor.
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Toronto Public Library Local History and Genealogy Blog
Toronto Public Library has a great blog on local history and genealogical resources. I appreciate the depth and detail their staff includes in the posts. By the end of the entry, you know not only where to turn, but in the case of subscription databases like Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail, you'll also be given tips on how to use the Advanced Search features, how to save and print.
Information is not limited to subscription resources, but you're also given details on how to do research on passenger lists and Home Children, how to get started with French Canadian & Acadian Genealogy, or learn more about historical Toronto and area landmarks. Be sure to have a look!
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EPA and Denver Mayor kick off Earth Day activities with $350K investment in South Platte River projects
Release Date: 04/20/2012
Contact Information: U.S. EPA: Stacey Eriksen, 303.312.6692 or Richard Mylott, 303.312.6654; City of Denver Parks and Recreation: Jay Clark, 720.913.0633; Greenway Foundation: Cindy Shoemaker, 303.358.6696
Denver's Sun Valley neighborhood among several benefitting from EPA funds
(Denver, Colorado – April 20, 2012) At an event today at Denver's Shoemaker Plaza, Nancy Stoner, Acting Assistant Administrator for Water at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, joined Mayor Michael B. Hancock, to announce $350K in EPA funding for efforts to restore and revitalize the South Platte River corridor. The EPA funds will be used by the City and The Greenway Foundation for several projects, including extensive riverfront restoration and water quality improvement at the Denver Housing Authority's redevelopment project in the Sun Valley neighborhood.
"Today we announce investments that will increase access to a clean and healthy South Platte River," said Stoner. "This EPA funding will help extend the vitality that we see along Lower Downtown's riverfront to neighborhoods that still struggle with economic and environmental challenges. Together with the City and partners like The Greenway Foundation, EPA is making sure that a new generation of families can enjoy the South Platte River."
The EPA funding includes $262,500 for riverfront restoration and green infrastructure along the South Platte River near Sun Valley, which borders the west side of the river between Sports Authority Field at Mile High and 6th Avenue. Funds will also help improve river access and recreational opportunities at Johnson-Habitat Park near Santa Fe Drive. These projects will advance two of the top five River Vision Implementation Plan projects identified by the City of Denver and the non-profit Greenway Foundation.
"Thanks to EPA's tremendous financial support, we can continue our efforts to revitalize the South Platte River and Sun Valley Neighborhood," said Mayor Michael Hancock. "It is these types of partnerships that will help us achieve our mission to improve the sustainability of River Corridor and deliver a world-class city where everyone matters."
Sun Valley, one of the few Denver communities located directly on the South Platte River, includes a Denver Housing Authority affordable housing community that will be redesigned in a similar manner to the new South Lincoln/Mariposa project at 10th and Osage. EPA funding will be used by Denver Parks and Recreation and The Greenway Foundation for wetland and riverfront restoration, river access and water quality improvements, and environmental education, including a nature trail. These projects will complement redevelopment along the new light rail corridor, the construction of a new riverfront park, and additional projects to restore habitat and wetlands along Weir Gulch, which enters the South Platte in Sun Valley.
"The Environmental Protection Agency has been a valued and engaged partner with The Greenway Foundation for over 35 years," said Jeff Shoemaker, Executive Director of The Greenway Foundation. "This latest grant for additional water quality and riparian improvements to Denver's South Platte River will allow our City's greatest natural resource to become an even healthier and more vibrant urban waterway."
Improvements to Johnson-Habitat Park, an innovative urban camp and river recreation area near Interstate 25 and Santa Fe Drive, will create a camping area and enhance public access to the River. These improvements will be made in coordination with Denver Parks and Recreation and the U.S. Forest Service's Children's Forest project.
EPA is also providing $75,000 to the City of Denver to enhance Brownfields planning efforts that are restoring blighted properties along the River. An additional $12,500 will help the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District and the City take steps to improve water quality and recreational opportunities in the River North area between 31st and 38th Streets.
The South Platte River is one of seven national pilots under the Urban Waters Federal Partnership, an initiative co-led by EPA and U.S. Forest Service.
EPA Regional Administrator, Jim Martin, will also join Mayor Michael B. Hancock and others to recognize Earth Day on Saturday, April 21 by participating in a cleanup event and trash survey along the river. The "RiverSweep" event will feature more than 1,200 volunteers and will kick off at 8:30 a.m. at Fishback Park.
The South Platte River
The South Platte River emerges from the Rocky Mountain foothills southwest of Denver, where it forms Chatfield Reservoir, a major source of drinking water for the Denver metro area. The river flows north through central Denver, which was founded along the river's confluence with Cherry Creek. The population of Denver is almost 600,000, and the 12-county Denver Metro area is over 3 million. The South Platte River watershed covers 20% of Colorado's land area and includes 60% of the state's population.
The City and County of Denver, The Greenway Foundation, and others have recently completed detailed plans for the South Platte corridor, including the River North and River South Greenway Master Plans, and the River Vision Implementation Plan which is a unified set of project priorities for the River corridor. These plans have been developed with significant community involvement.
Sun Valley Neighborhood
Much of Sun Valley's population (94% according to the 2000 census) resides in 10 blocks dominated by publicly-subsidized housing operated by the Denver Housing Authority. A large part of the neighborhood consists of industrial areas, parks, city service buildings and Sports Authority Field at Mile High and its surrounding parking lots. The 2000 Census indicates 70% of households in Sun Valley are families with children under 18. The poverty rate in Sun Valley is five times higher than the city of Denver as a whole with 71.5% of its residents living in poverty compared with 14.3% for all Denverites. The demographics are 8% White, 26% Black, 54% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 1% Native American, and 3% Multiracial.
More information on the Federal Urban Waters Federal Partnership: http://www.urbanwaters.gov/
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BARNSTABLE — Seven people were taken to Barnstable District Court on Wednesday after being swept up during early morning police raids.
The raids — which started at 5:45 a.m. — targeted people in Yarmouth wanted on outstanding warrants, Yarmouth Deputy Police Chief Steven Xiarhos said.
Twenty-one officers from Yarmouth and Barnstable and the state police took part in the raids, Xiarhos said.
The majority of the defendants were wanted on money probation warrants, which means they didn't appear for a certain hearing or didn't pay court costs.
Two defendants, Steven L. Wakefield, 35, of West Yarmouth and John R. Bassett Jr., 21, of Harwich Port, were not part of the initial sweep but were arrested after officers entered Wakefield's home as part of a search warrant, according to court documents.
Inside, police found Bassett in the bathroom with a hypodermic needle, syringe, a plastic baggy that contained a brown powder later determined to be heroin and a large amount of cash. He was charged with possession of heroin with intent to distribute, according to court documents.
Wakefield was in the living room during the search, but police determined that he knew about the drugs in the bathroom and charged him with knowingly being present where heroin is kept.
Both were released on their own recognizance.
Those arrested as part of the operation were:
Joshua P. Harris, 40, of Cape Cod Vacation Condos, 91 Route 28, West Yarmouth, previously charged with assault and battery while armed with a dangerous weapon.
The warrant stems from a failure to pay $150 in attorney's fees in August.
Matthew G. Marchitelli, 28, of 22 Lakeland Ave., South Yarmouth, previously charged with two counts of destruction of property and disorderly conduct. He was arrested for not paying $500 in court costs and attorney's fees in three different cases.
Karen L. Beaty, 37, of 38 Nearmeadows Road, West Yarmouth, previously charged with two counts of assault while armed with a dangerous weapon. The warrant was issued after she failed to appear for a probation surrender hearing Oct. 25.
Two defendants were arrested on warrants issued by other state courts, so further information was unavailable.
Brandon L. Stowell, 17, of 192 N. Main St., South Yarmouth, previously was charged with possession of stolen property, larceny and breaking and entering at night.
And Christopher J. Lafrance, 30, of 36 Old Main St., South Yarmouth, previously was charged with conspiracy to violate the state drug laws and uttering a false prescription.


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Down by Law - "Warriors United"
Formed in 1989 by former All frontman Dave Smalley, Down By Law toured the world and recorded eight successful studio albums before their sudden break up nine years ago.
In 2008, Dave and lead guitarist Sam Williams, began to get the DBL itch again and decided to lay down a couple of new tracks and see where it might take them. Both members were inspired by the music and the positive fan feedback they recieved as the news about their recording sessions spread. So excited, in fact, that less than a year later, the band embarked on their first tour since 2003, where they played shows in South America and the United States. They followed that up with a visit to the Netherlands and several other one-off shows including an appearance at the 2011 Punk Rock Bowling Festival in Las Vegas.
In early 2012, Down By Law inked a deal with DC-Jam Records and entered a Tampa, Florida recording studio in a quest to finish the album that Dave and Sam began work on in 2008. The completed 16 song record was then shipped to Ft. Collins, Colorado to the Blasting Room Studios where it was remixed by Smalley's old friend and bandmate, Bill Stevenson (Descendents, Black Flag), and then forwarded on to L.A. based D.O.B. Sound where it was mastered by Derek O'brien (Social Distortion, Adolescents).
The long awaited album, titled "Champions At Heart", was released on August, 9th.
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DailyDirt: Learning A Foreign Language
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- A father spoke to his son in only Klingon for the first three years of his life. He was apparently interested in whether his kid, who was just going through his first language acquisition process, would pick up Klingon just like any human language. And, yes, the kid did start to learn it. [url]
- What it takes to learn Chinese, or any other foreign language, is simply lots of hard work. You don't have to be talented. Just follow the "10,000 Hour Rule," and practice, practice, practice. [url]
- Scientists in China think they've figured out a better way to teach Chinese. Using network theory, they developed a learning strategy that exploits the structural relationships between Chinese characters, which are actually composed of a fairly limited number of sub-characters. [url]


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Keurig Green Mountain Inc. US:GMCR : The coffee company announced a licensing agreement to add Kraft's coffee to Keurig's lineup of single-cup brewing packs. The deal enlists powerhouse coffee brands to bolster Kerig's lineup.
Salesforce.com Inc. CRM, +0.97% : The cloud-computing applications company reported a second-quarter profit that beat analysts' expectations.
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Ross Stores Inc. ROST, +2.13% : The retailer raised its current-quarter earnings expectations after profits rise in the last quarter. Same-store sales were up 2%
GameStop Corp. GME, -0.53% : The videogame retailer's second-quarter profits beat Wall Street estimates. The company cited Xbox One and PlayStation 4 as helping sales.
Dynegy Inc. US:DYN : The company said it is buying $6.25 billion worth of coal and gas-generation assets from Duke Energy and Energy Capital Partners.
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Aéropostale Inc. US:ARO : The mall-based retailer posted a wider-than-expected second-quarter loss late Thursday and provided a downbeat outlook for the coming quarter.
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Home Depot Inc. HD, -0.64% : The home improvement giant named Craig Menear as the new CEO of the company late Thursday.
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Versatile running back Knowshon Moreno could hold the key for Broncos down the stretch
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – Peyton Manning's four big targets have combined for 30 touchdown catches so far, yet the most important receiver the Denver Broncos have right now isn't Demaryius Thomas, Eric Decker, Wes Welker or Julius Thomas.
It's running back Knowshon Moreno.
Over the last month, none of Denver's "Fearsome Foursome" of pass-catchers has collected more than Moreno's two dozen receptions.
Moreno's proficiency at catching the ball out of the backfield just might prove the best antidote for all those beatings Manning's been taking lately, too.
Opponents have quit defending Denver's high-powered offense with zones in favor of more man coverage, which frees up another pass-rusher to go after Manning, who's been sacked and stripped in each of his last three games.
A gimpy Manning skipped the Broncos' lone padded practice this week to get treatment on his sore right ankle in advance of Sunday night's showdown with the Kansas City Chiefs (9-0), who lead the league with three dozen sacks.
Moreno is not only the Broncos' best running back at picking up the blitz, but his sure hands keep linebackers busy in coverage or freeze them on play-action, which makes the high-flying Broncos (8-1) all the more dangerous.
"We've been talking about Knowshon in the running game, but in the passing game he's been critical," Manning said. "He's catching those short passes and he's getting north. He's making that first guy miss sometimes and a lot of times just taking it to first-and-10 and keeping it at a first-and-10."
What makes Moreno "extremely important" in Manning's view, is his ability to gain yards after the catch.
"I think he's got a good feel for where the defenders are around him, kind of before he catches it, which I think is a special gift — not just catching it and turning right into a defender — knowing where to turn away," Manning said. "I think he's got a special feel on those option routes to find the best hole or zone in the coverage."
Moreno's importance was evident from the get-go Sunday at San Diego, when he had two runs and two receptions in the Broncos' first five snaps, then finished with a team-best eight catches — on eight targets — to go with 15 carries in Denver's 28-20 win.
"He's been critical in the passing game, I will say that," Manning said.
Moreno, who leads the AFC with eight TD runs to go with one TD catch, has achieved big-wig status in Manning's eyes just a year after he was benched by coach John Fox for having too many fumbles.
This year, he hasn't had a turnover in 160 touches and he's averaging 95.2 yards from scrimmage.
"He's done a nice job for us," interim coach Jack Del Rio said. "He brings a lot of energy to the game. He's been a dependable runner and blocker, and also receiving the ball out of the backfield. ... We count on him to do his part, whether it's blocking or getting out and peeling away some coverage, or actually catching the ball and making somebody miss."
Moreno said that while he ran the scout team for two months last season, he grew more determined than ever "if I ever do get that call again" to live up to his first-round draft status as the 12th player taken in 2009.
Willis McGahee's knee injury opened that door after eight straight game-day deactivations, and Moreno ran for 510 yards and three touchdowns in the final six games of 2012.
But he got hurt early in Denver's playoff loss to Baltimore and the Broncos were unable to run out the clock in the fourth quarter with an undersized Ronnie Hillman in the backfield.
So, the Broncos drafted Montee Ball, a 215-pound bruiser who set the NCAA record with 83 touchdowns at Wisconsin, and Hillman bulked up to 195 pounds in the offseason.
While Moreno continued his rehab from his knee injury, Ball and Hillman battled for the No. 1 job but both made too many mistakes to earn the coaches' trust in training camp. And while all eyes were on them, Moreno — the Broncos' biggest back at 220 pounds — quietly got healthy and brought fresh legs and experience to the equation.
Now, Moreno has a tight grip on the ball, the featured role in Denver's backfield and Manning's trust as an integral part of an offense predicated on the pass and protecting the passer.
NOTES: LB Danny Trevathan (non-injury) was the only Bronco who missed practice Thursday. LB Nate Irving (right shoulder) and TE Joel Dreessen (knee) returned on a limited basis along with Manning, whose performance was unaffected by his tender ankle, according to Del Rio.
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Description:Proliant P-Class DIAGNOSTIC Station Option Part# 230743-B21
Overview:Allows access to the ProLiant BL20p server blade and the BL p-Class interconnect switch outside of the server enclosure. The option provides power and a data interface so offline upgrade and diagnostic functions may be performed.The Diagnostic Station contains a power supply that provides power to the server blade or to the interconnect switch and a system board with connectors for data transfer between the server blade or interconnect switch and a client PC (a laptop desktop or workstation). The client PC provides the keyboard video mouse and diskette interface and facilitates the use of the iLO Remote Console.


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Low Carbon Fuel Standard
Fuels and Transportation Division Emerging Fuels and Technologies Office
The Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) is administered by the California Air Resources Board. Established In 2007 through a Governor's Executive Order, it uses a market-based cap and trade approach to lowering the greenhouse gas emissions from petroleum-based transportation fuels like reformulated gasoline and diesel.
The LCFS requires producers of petroleum-based fuels to reduce the carbon intensity of their products, beginning with a quarter of a percent in 2011 culminating in a 10 percent total reduction in 2020. Petroleum importers, refiners and wholesalers can either develop their own low carbon fuel products, or buy LCFS Credits from other companies that develop and sell low carbon alternative fuels, such as biofuels, electricity, natural gas or hydrogen.
The LCFS has several principal elements. First, it establishes a life cycle-scale assessment of the carbon content for each fuel used in the LCFS. This method captures the energy used to create each fuel from the initial point of extraction or cultivation, to transport, to refining, to distribution to the final point of sale. The GREET model, (Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Transportation) is used to calculate the carbon intensity value of each fuel. GREET was developed by the Argonne National Laboratory. This "carbon intensity value" is expressed in terms of grams of CO2-equivalent per mega joule of energy. The carbon intensity value has a direct emissions and indirect emissions component. All carbon intensity values are reported in the "LCFS Lookup Table," which is available in their current regulation (California Code of Regulations, title 17, section 95480 and following) or on the LCFS website.
Second, the LCFS establishes an implementation schedule. 2010 was a reporting year, while 2011 was the first year of formal implementation where petroleum fuel producers and importers had to reduce the carbon content of their fuel by a quarter of a percent. The reduction requirements will increase steadily to the full 10 percent reduction in 2020.
The LCFS program also has a registry of alternative fuel producers who have submitted all appropriate documentation and are eligible to participate in the LCFS Credit Market and sell or trade credits for their low carbon alternative fuel products.
The ARB has initiated a Quarterly Report, which describes the carbon reduction obligation for the petroleum industry and describes the relative carbon debits and credits for the industry.
The University of California Berkeley and Davis campuses have played a major role in supporting the establishment and implementation of the LCFS.
University of California
A Low-Carbon Fuel Standard for California, Part 2: Policy Analysis - FINAL REPORT, University of California Project Managers: Alexander E. Farrell, UC Berkeley; Daniel Sperling, UC Davis. Posted: 8/2/07. (Acrobat PDF, 96 pages, 442 kilobytes)
University of California News Release. Posted: 8/2/07. (Acrobat PDF, 4 pages, 28 kilobytes)
A Low-Carbon Fuel Standard for California, Part 1: Technical Analysis - FINAL REPORT, University of California Project Managers: Alexander E. Farrell, UC Berkeley; Daniel Sperling, UC Davis. Posted: 5/30/07. (Acrobat PDF, 179 pages, 1.0 megabytes)
"Getting the Carbon Out", San Francisco Chronicle, Open Forum article by Alex Farrell and Daniel Sperling, Friday, May 18, 2007, page B-11. (PDF file, 3 pages, 80 kb).
Also available on S.F. Gate on line at: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/18/EDGKOP3EFJ1.DTL&hw=Getting+the+Carbon+Out&sn=001&sc=1000
Energy Commission
(REVISED) Full Fuel Cycle Assessment: Well to Wheels Energy Inputs, Emissions and Water Impacts: State Plan to Increase the Use of Non-Petroleum Transportation Fuels - AB 1007 (Pavley) Alternative Transportation Fuels Plan Proceeding, REVISED Final Consultant Report #CEC-600-2007-004-REV. Original posted June 22, 2007; revised posted August 1, 2007. (PDF file, 165 pages, 1.5 megabytes)
Fuel Cycle Assessment: Well-To-Tank Energy Inputs, Emissions and Water Impacts - DRAFT CONSULTANT REPORT, publication # CEC-600-2007-002-D, posted February 16, 2007. (PDF file, 243 pages, 2.8 megabytes)
Fuel Cycle Assessment: Tank-To-Wheels Emissions and Energy Consumption - DRAFT CONSULTANT REPORT, publication # CEC-600-2007-003-D, posted February 16, 2007. (PDF file, 102 pages, 426 kb)
Full Fuel Cycle Assessment: Well to Wheels Energy Inputs, Emissions and Water Impacts - DRAFT CONSULTANT REPORT, publication # CEC-600-2007-004-D, posted February 22, 2007. (PDF file, 104 pages, 3.1 megabytes)
California Alternative Fuels Market Assessment 2006 - DRAFT CONSULTANT REPORT, publication # CEC-600-2006-015-D, posted October 6, 2006. (PDF file, 149 pages, 1.2 megabytes)


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I wonder if the lifetime of shankings and gang-rapings that lay in store for him at the federal prison will bring any comfort at all to to the victims?
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In 2009, 6000 vets committed suicide. Why? Because they were so ashamed of themselves that they felt compelled to execute themselves. Think how many more vets are crippled with guilt who want to commit suicide but can't quite bring themselves to do it. Do you want to risk marrying someone who deserts you by killing himself?
Do you want to be married to a man who has committed deeds so terrible he feels suicide is the only way to atone for them? Do you want to be tied to someone who is so suicidally depressed that no treatment or medication helps? Do you want a man in your bed, or near your kids, who has committed deeds so unspeakably awful he is too ashamed to tell anyone what they were.
This psycho signed a contract when he enlisted agreeing to kill any child for no reason other than he was ordered to. It would be like asking Michael Vick to take care of your puppy while you were on vacation.
Now 18 vets a day commit suicide — considerably more than are killed in combat. If that many actually kill themselves, that means there are hundreds of times that number utterly miserable, just dragging through life wishing they could kill themselves. Consider the effect of his protracted depression, then suicide on you and your children. Even if he does not go all the way to suicide, you will be the breadwinner for the entire family, plus all the duties of wife and mother. He will just drag you down into the pit of despair with him if you don't divorce him.
In the past decade, the US Army lost more soldiers to suicide than to enemy fire in Afghanistan.
Since the soldiers know better than anyone exactly what is going on in Afghanistan and Iraq, and they are killing themselves in record numbers, presumably what the soldiers are doing is quite a bit more shameful than the administration lets on.
When soldiers return from Afghanistan they often either attempt suicide or complete it. Everyone knows that combat often leads to PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder), brain damage and suicide. Suicide is more common than death in combat. So the most important question is, why did these people enlist to go to Afghanistan in the first place?
They were not conscripted. Of all possible things to do with their lives they voluntarily signed on as soldiers, agreeing to kill whomever they were ordered to.
It was not to protect Canada. Canada attacked Afghanistan, not the reverse. Afghanistan was so impoverished, that an attack on Canada would have been impossible.
It was not for the money. Military families often have to seek welfare.
It was not to help the people of Afghanistan. Canadians refuse to donate even pennies to help people in the third world.
It was not for the travel to exotic places. Afghanistan are hell holes.
What does that leave? They enjoy soldiering, namely bullying, killing, torturing and sometimes raping and pillaging. When they get back they become terminally guilty and kill themselves. It a natural consequence. They deserve the same mourning as other multiple killers.
Your loved one will be off for months and years at a time. He may be back only days before being shipped out again. This can be a pretty lonely life. If you have children, you will be largely raising them by yourself. Without a full time father, they are more likely to have behavioural problems.
Your husband will probably be away when your children are born, leaving you to endure labour alone, and missing those crucial first hours of bonding. Ask any child of a military man. They make distant, aloof fathers. They don't bond properly.
The military whips recruits into good physical shape. It is hard not to be swept away by that trim athletic body. That is about the only plus, and even that won't last forever. If you do decide to marry a soldier, that is probably the real reason. Hormones are taking over your brain. You are picking a good mate as if you lived in a cave and needed a muscular brute to protect you from wild animals. Think of the misery you know others have found marrying a handsome bastard.
If your husband participates is an aggressive war (illegal first strike war) such as Afghanistan or Iraq, he is guilty of a capital war crime, even if he just peeled potatoes. The USA currently does not recognise the authority of the world court and acts to protect its vets from prosecution. However, the USA will not always be the world's only superpower and won't be able to thumb its nose at the world court forever. In the meantime, other countries are treaty bound to prosecute your husband if he steps on their soil.
Most don't do it, because they fear the American reprisal, but that will not necessarily always be true. There is no statute of limitations on war crimes. Prosecuted or not, you are still married to a war criminal, guilty of the same crime as the Nazis hanged at the end of WW II.
Unless he reaches high rank, he will never be able to provide for you and your family properly. Many soldiers' wives live worse than those on welfare.
You will be transferred over and over. You have to pull up roots on a moments notice and move off somewhere else. You have no say in the matter. If you have children, they will become army brats, children who never learn to socialise with other children since they are never in one place long enough to make lasting friends, children who do poorly in school because of the repeated disruptions.
You can't have a career of your own because you are forced over and over to quit without notice. All this moving means you can't put down roots anywhere or make lasting friends. You are nothing more than the wife of your husband, a decorative adjunct without value in your own right.
You won't even have the support of your family since they may be continent's away. If you have children, your mother and father will hardly ever get to hang out with their grandchildren; that is quite selfish. You may be forced to transfer your young family to some third world country, ripe with parasites, tropical diseases, poisonous insects and snakes. Even if you don't transfer, your husband will bring back these parasites, tropical diseases and funguses back to infect you and your children.
You will constantly dread that phone call or knock on the door to let you know your husband has been seriously injured or killed. There will be a knock on the door. There will be a man in crew cut standing there who says, I am sorry for your loss in a rather wooden, bored way.
You will have to start your life all over from scratch. Or it could be your husband himself in a wheelchair, looking many pounds overweight, speaking in a halting, brain-damaged, distracted voice, like someone with Alzheimers, with an ostomy bag strapped to his stomach. Loss of genitals is a common injury. For the rest of his life, you are obligated to be his nurse rather than his wife. All he will be capable of doing is eating, drinking beer and watching TV.
Your husband can be killed at any time. It is a sword of Damocles over your head for his entire career. He will leave you to care for your family as a single parent.
It is common for soldiers to suffer from PTSD. He may panic at any loud sound. He may wake up in the night screaming. He may attack you imagining you are an enemy soldier. He may become paranoid. Make sure you learn what PTSD is before you presume love will automatically give you the resources to deal with it.
Women have anonymously complained that the military trains their men to hide emotions. They become emotional clams unwilling to face any emotional or relationship problem. This drives women crazy. Men in general have this tendency to some extent anyway.
If you discovered your fiancé had murdered his previous two wives, you might have second thoughts, ditto if you had discovered he had murdered a dozen strangers of random ages and genders just because he was paid to. You are considering marrying a man who is under unbreakable contract to the government to kill strangers and who may have already done it.
If he later gets a crisis of conscience and refuses to kill one of his assigned targets, he can he shot on the spot. What kind of person signs such a contract? Not even Mafioso enslave themselves to that extent.
The military has a culture demeaning to women. Women soldiers universally complain of sexual harassment and rape. Male soldiers refer even to their girlfriends as pussy. Getting drunk and screwing whores is the traditional military bonding ritual. The military culture teaches soldiers to treat women as objects, useful only for raw physical sexual gratification. This makes them easier to kill without hesitation or guilt.
Van Canna wrote: why did these people enlist to go to Afghanistan in the first place?
They enjoy soldiering, namely bullying, killing, torturing and sometimes raping and pillaging. When they get back they become terminally guilty and kill themselves.
At first I was offended. Then I realized it was Rachell Maddow, a man-hating lesbian.
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EPA fines Mariana Acquisition Corp. for air pollution violations in Saipan
Release Date: 03/21/2011
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Gasoline distributor fined $826,000
(03/21/11) HONOLULU – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Mariana Acquisition Corporation agreed to pay $826,000 for allegedly violating the federal Clean Air Act by failing to control emissions from its gasoline storage and distribution facility.
According to the complaint filed simultaneously with the settlement, for more than two decades, Mariana Acquisition, previously doing business as Shell Marianas, failed to install vapor pollution controls and comply with a pollution limit at its bulk gasoline terminal loading area in Puerto Rico, Saipan. Failure to limit its emissions led to the illegal discharge of about 5 tons of volatile organic compounds into the air each year.
"This is EPA's second settlement in a year aimed at improving air quality in Saipan," said Jared Blumenfeld, EPA's Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest. "Similar to the requirements imposed on the Mobil Oil terminals, we are requiring the Mariana Acquisition facility to install controls to cut the health risks to local residents by reducing hazardous air pollutants."
As part of the settlement, Mariana Acquisition will install air pollution controls, as well as limit its facility operations until the controls are installed. Mariana Acquisition estimates that it will spend $2.3 million to bring the bulk gasoline terminal into compliance with the Clean Air Act.
Bulk gasoline terminals are large storage tank facilities where gasoline is loaded into tank trucks for distribution to gasoline service stations. Vapors containing volatile organic compounds and hazardous air pollutants, including the known human carcinogen benzene, can leak from storage tanks, pipes, and tank trucks as they are loaded.
Today's settlement was lodged in the U.S. District Court for Northern Mariana Islands and is subject to a 30-day public comment period and final court approval. A copy of the consent decree is available on the Justice Department Web site at http://www.justice.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html.
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Like many people, I get used to mindlessly going over to the overhead door, twisting the handle and — presto-chango, it's open! Not much thought required.
Like many people, I get used to mindlessly going over to the overhead door, twisting the handle and — presto-chango, it's open! Not much thought required.
Mine are not electrically operated, but I often get the opportunity to just press the button to make it go up too. But there's a "but" with that statement.
Generally, when I am using the button to open an overhead door, it's to see if it's operating properly in both directions. That requires thoughtful attention. Most everyone has heard a noisy door rolling up the tracks and thinking how loud it is. A problem with that scenario is that's often the end of it.
What it truly should mean is scheduling overhead door service to give it a tune-up and safety inspection. Remember, the overhead door is the largest and heaviest moving object in the home. When not working correctly, it can be extremely dangerous.
A close look at the hinges at each panel might find loose mounting bolts. Checking the track for proper alignment and tight bolts is essential, too, as is checking all the rollers. Rollers, hinges and tracks need regular lubrication for the door to track correctly, and prolong service life. Specialty lubricants are available at most hardware stores for that purpose.
Springs are under great pressure when the door is operated. Installing the wrong spring, or not removing and installing them properly, brings the risk of bodily harm. And I'm not talking about a minor scrape or cut, either.
Extension springs found at the sides of the door and track, as well as the torsion springs found on the rod mounted to the wall above the door, can break bones. These springs can knock people off ladders. In a worst-case scenario they can sever fingers and eyes. This is serious business best left to professionals.
If you can't remember the last time your overhead door was serviced, it might be the time to get it done again. Also, the door opener might need the downforce adjustment reset for proper auto-reversal operation. This is not generally a homeowner-serviceable item.
Servicing the above items will provide dividends. It can prevent the door from falling onto your car and keep the people safe About the House.
Rob Kinsey has been a licensed builder for 30 years and is a home inspector with nearly 20 years of experience.


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10 Reasons to Try Natural Birth Control
Natural Birth Control
Natural birth control has its own advantages. In these approaches, there are no drugs involved, no side-effects and it also spreads awareness of how fertility works. The natural birth control methods are as reliable as other types of contraceptives if done correctly. (Image source:Getty)Loading...
The idea of artificially changing their hormones doesn't please many women. The natural birth control methods use no artificial chemicals or hormone therapy to prevent pregnancy. (Image source:Getty)
Inexpensive or free-of-cost
Natural family planning methods such as lactational amenorrhoea or the standard days method are completely free to use in many countries. Among other approaches that take your basal body temperature require an inexpensive one-time purchase. This is quite less in comparison to the other methods of birth control. (Image source:Getty)
No side-effects
Women report side-effects such as mood- swings, depression or painful periods when taking hormonal birth control. Natural methods of birth control have none of these side-effects, since you don't add any chemicals to your body. (Image source:Getty)
There are natural birth control methods that are reversible. If you decide to have a baby, you can pregnant using fertility awareness. On the other hand, hormonal methods can take a while to get out of your system so that you can become mother. (Image source:Getty)
Acceptable to all faiths
The use of hormonal or barrier birth control methods is prohibited in some religions. Natural methods of family planning are acceptable to those of any faith. (Image source:Getty)
Easy to learn
Natural family planning methods is really not that difficult to learn. Thousands of couples have been using the natural birth control effectively. There are courses to get acquainted and use natural birth control to prevent pregnancy. (Image source:Getty)
Consider your lifestyle
When you are considering natural birth control options, you should take into account the lifestyle you live. It requires a tremendous effort on your part; natural birth control may not be the best option for those with busy lifestyle. (Image source:Getty)
Expert advice
If natural birth control is how you wish to prevent pregnancy, you should make an appointment with your doctor to know all the pros/cons of each method. The expert will guide you after knowing your family planning goals, work schedule, frequency of intercourse and pattern of your cycles. (Image source:Getty)
The bottom line
You have to consider the advantages as well as disadvantages to think about what is most important in regards to birth control. Only after you know, you should make the decision that is right for you. (Image source:Getty)


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ROCHESTER — The Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce is pleased to present Rochester's second annual Holiday Tree Lighting. The Tree Lighting Ceremony will be held on Friday, Nov. 30, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Central Square in downtown Rochester. This event, underwritten by Frisbie Memorial Hospital, will include hot chocolate and cookies provided by Citizens Bank, dance performances by Studio 109 Dance, Voice & Drama, caroling by the Frisbie Carolers and a very special visit from Santa Claus! Children may visit Santa at Federal Savings Bank, located at 17 Wakefield St., any time between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. Be sure to bring your camera for pictures! Mayor Thomas "T.J." Jean will also be at the ceremony to light Rochester's holiday tree for the first time for the 2012 Holiday Season.
In addition to the festivities at Central Square, many downtown merchants and restaurants will be participating by offering specials and discounts as their establishments to help kick off the holiday shopping season. The following is a list of merchants, to date, that will be participating:
• Bella Fresca: 20 percent off any order
• Carney Medical Supply, Inc.: 20 percent off everything (excluding clearance items)
• J&K Second Hand Shop: Buy $25 and get $5 off
• Mel Flanagan's Irish Pub & Café: Buy a fish and chip boat for $8.95 and get a second one half off
• Moe's Italian Sandwiches: Any large sub at half price between 4 and 7 p.m.
• Portable Pantry Café and Catering: Buy a sandwich and get a free cookie
• Skele-Tones: Spend $10 or more and get 20 percent off your entire purchase
New merchants are being added, so be sure to visit the Chamber website at www.rochesternh.org for the most updated list of participating merchants and discounts. If you are a downtown business and are interested in participating in the festivities, please contact Patti at the Chamber office at 603-332-5080.
For more information about the Holiday Tree Lighting or for information and entry forms for Rochester's "Cartoon Christmas" Holiday Parade, please contact the Chamber office at (603) 332-5080 or visit www.rochesternh.org.


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Department of Revenue News Release
December 15, 2011Dept. of Revenue Provides Holiday Tips to College Students, Military & Out-of-State Travelers
JEFFERSON CITY - College students, members of the armed forces and others traveling over the river and through the woods this holiday season may want to renew their driver licenses and license plates while in Missouri, and be aware of what to do if they lose their driver licenses while away.
According to Missouri Department of Revenue Director Alana M. Barragán-Scott, the holiday season is an opportune time for returning college students and members of the armed forces to renew their driver licenses and license plates.
"The holiday season is the only time during the year that some college students and military personnel return to Missouri," she said. "While they are away, some driver licenses and vehicle license plates expire. It can help avoid some problems down the road if they take care of these tasks while they're home."
Barragán-Scott noted that many college-age students have driver licenses that expire when they turn 18 and 21 years old. There are about 363,000 licensed drivers aged 21 years old and younger in Missouri.
In most cases, driver licenses must be renewed in person at one of the 182 local license offices in Missouri. An online office locater that provides driving directions, office hours and contact information for each office in Missouri is available at http://dor.mo.gov/offloc/. Driver license renewal notices are mailed to the last known addresses of licensed drivers about three months before the licenses expire.
Missouri does allow renewal of driver licenses by mail only for active duty members of the armed forces and their dependents who are temporarily out of state. Qualified applicants must complete and send a renewal form (available at the following link http://dor.mo.gov/forms/4317.pdf ) along with other required documents and fees.
A comprehensive online guide with information about Missouri driver licenses is available at http://dor.mo.gov/drivers/license.php#other. A list of the required documents needed to renew a driver license is located at http://dor.mo.gov/drivers/idrequirements.php. Questions about driver license renewals can also be directed to email@example.com or (573) 751-4600.
A motor vehicle's license plates can also be renewed at any local license office. Renewal notices are mailed to the vehicle's owner about two months before the plates expire. A comprehensive online guide with information about renewal of license plates is located at http://dor.mo.gov/motorv/renewing.php.
There are additional options for license plate renewal. An online renewal system, plates.mo.gov, can be used by vehicle owners who have a Personal Identification Number on their registration renewal form. Those who are not eligible include citizens of counties that are not participating in the program, and owners of specialty license plates where additional fees are required for sponsoring organizations. Details about online renewal of license plates are available at plates.mo.gov.
All license plate renewals can also be handled through the mail. Necessary documents and fees would need to be mailed to Missouri Department of Revenue, Motor Vehicle Bureau, P.O. Box 100, Jefferson City, MO 65105. Questions about how to handle mail transactions, or any general questions about license plate renewal, can be directed to email@example.com or (573) 526-3669.
The Department's Military Reference Guide gives advice to military personnel on a variety of motor vehicle, driver license and tax issues. It is available at http://dor.mo.gov/pdf/milrefguide.pdf.
The Department of Revenue also receives inquires every year from travelers who lose their driver licenses while outside of Missouri. This can be particularly troublesome for people who need to prove their identities before boarding airplanes.
The best option for many people in this situation is to contact the Department and receive an "image portfolio" that includes a person's Missouri driver license photo, signature and other license information. The quickest way for people to receive an image portfolio is to complete and submit the Department's "Request from Record Holder" form to the Department by fax or email. The form is available online at http://dor.mo.gov/forms/4681.pdf.
Travelers should double check with their airline to make sure that an image portfolio is an acceptable form of identification. People should also note that a notary's stamp must be affixed to the application. Additional questions about obtaining an image portfolio should be addressed to email@example.com or (573) 526-3669.
The Missouri Department of Revenue is now on Twitter! To follow the Department on Twitter, go to http://twitter.com/MoRevenue.


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5 Things to Know about women's medical care at VA
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Already pilloried for long wait times for medical appointments, the beleaguered Department of Veterans Affairs has fallen short of another commitment: to attend to the needs of the rising ranks of female veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, many of them of child-bearing age.
Even the head of the VA's office of women's health acknowledges that persistent shortcomings remain in caring for the 390,000 female vets seen last year at its hospitals and clinics — despite ambitious clinical and research initiatives and an investment of more than $1.3 billion since 2008 that trained hundreds of medical professionals in the fundamentals of treating the female body.
Here are five things to know about health care for female veterans within the VA system:
In this June 18, 2014 photo, Army Sgt. LaQuisha Gallmon, right, reads a letter from the Veterans Affairs Depart, as she holds her 2-month-old Abbagayle in Greenville, S.C. Gallmon said that her local VA office had authorized her to see a private physician during her pregnancy, so she went to an emergency room after experiencing complications in her sixth month of pregnancy. She said the VA has thus far refused to pay the resulting $700 bill. Gallmon's boyfriend Othneil Sands works on his laptop at left. (AP Photo/ Richard Shiro)
DEARTH OF GYNECOLOGISTS: Nearly one in four VA hospitals nationwide does not have a fulltime gynecologist on staff.
RURAL CLINICS STILL CATCHING UP: About 140 of the 920 community-based clinics serving veterans in rural areas do not have a designated women's health provider.
MAMMOGRAM RESULTS PROBLEMATIC: When community-based clinics refer veterans to outside facilities to be screened for breast cancer, more than half the time their mammogram results are not provided to patients within the required two weeks.
WHAT VA PATIENTS SHOULD GET: All enrolled veterans can use what the VA describes as its "comprehensive medical benefits package," though certain benefits may vary by individual and ailment, just like for medical care outside the VA system. The VA typically covers all women's gender-specific medical needs, aside from abortions and in-vitro fertilization.
CHANGING PATIENT DEMOGRAPHICS: The 5.3 million male veterans who used the VA system in fiscal year 2013 far outnumbered female patients, but the number of women receiving care at VA has more than doubled since 2000. The tens of thousands of predominantly young, female veterans returning home has dramatically changed the VA's patient load, and the system has yet to fully adapt.
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