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Ayrshire venue tops readers' poll run by Scotland's leading golf title bunkered
THE five-star Turnberry Resort in Ayrshire provides the best golf experience in Scotland, according to readers of bunkered golf magazine.
They voted the destination the winner of the publication's 'Scotland's Best Experience' competition - run in conjunction with VisitScotland - ahead of other leading venues such as Kingsbarns Golf Links in Fife and The Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire.
Launched in September last year, the competition was designed to identify and celebrate the golfing venues in Scotland that offer visitors a truly memorable day out, as opposed to just an excellent golf course.
"In this day and age, people are demanding more bang for their buck," explained bunkered editor Bryce Ritchie.
"Getting value for money is one of the biggest considerations the majority of people have when it comes to parting with their cash and, for golf clubs to prosper, they need to deliver a great experience from start to finish. Simply having a good course is no longer enough to satisfy the average golfer, particularly in Scotland where the client base is famously knowledgeable.
"That is precisely the reason why we held this competition.
"We received thousands of votes for clubs the length and breadth of the country, which, to my mind, proves nowhere does a great day's golf quite like Scotland.
On behalf of everyone at bunkered and our readers, I would like to congratulate Turnberry on winning this competition. Having played there myself several times, I would have to agree that it is a richly deserving winner."
Jordi Tarrida, the general manager of the Turnberry Resort, was delighted to receive the award and said: "On behalf of everyone at Turnberry Resort, I would like to thank all of the bunkered readers who voted for us in Scotland's Best Experience. We are delighted to have won this competition, particularly amongst some formidable competition. Scotland truly does offer a wonderful wealth of fantastic golfing experiences and we consider it an enormous compliment that what we offer at Turnberry is considered to be the best.
Mike Cantlay, chairman of VisitScotland, added: "Everybody knows Scotland is the Home of Golf but we also have a fantastic reputation for being an extremely hospitable nation. There is no doubt Turnberry is a very worthy winner of this accolade but you only have to look at the diverse nature of the courses in the list to realise what a special golf offering we have and how well we welcome the world into our country."
The Top 20 'Best Experiences' as voted for by bunkered readers...
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Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer reported on the newsletter's website that a rumored main event between Dan Henderson vs. Tito Ortiz at UFC 78 is not happening and that the UFC is still aiming for a bout between Ortiz vs. Rashad Evans on the card:
Regarding rumors going around of a Tito Ortiz vs. Dan Henderson fight on 11/17 in Newark, NJ, there is nothing to it. It was something discussed, but not all that seriously. Right now the expected main event for the show is Ortiz vs. Rashad Evans, but Ortiz is playing hardball when it comes to signing.


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Police in western Quebec nab man sought in slaying of woman in Montreal
Monday, Mar 10, 2014 03:30 pm
GATINEAU, - Montreal police say a man sought on a Canada-wide arrest warrant for murder has been arrested in western Quebec.
Philippe Steele Morin was being sought on charges of second-degree murder in the death of Tricia Boisvert.
He was arrested Monday afternoon in Buckingham, a sector of Gatineau.
The 36-year-old Boisvert was killed in her Montreal apartment in mid-January.
She was found six days later in a wooded area near Pontiac, a municipality in the Outaouais region in western Quebec.
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|February 13, 2002
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CHSWC Announces Release of Report on the
Impact of Economic Conditions on Workers Compensation
SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers Compensation (CHSWC) announced the release of a report on the role of economic conditions on the workers compensation program. The report is the latest in a series on workers compensation permanent disability developed by RAND under contract with CHSWC.
The report, Trends in Earnings Loss from Disabling Workplace Injuries in California: The Role of Economic Condition, by Robert T. Reville, Robert F. Schoeni, and Craig W. Martin confirms earlier findings that, despite some improvements in the mid-1990s, benefits in the state are lagging behind wages lost due to work injuries. For those injured workers who suffer from permanent partial disabilities, the replacement of lost wages over a 10-year period remains below one-half of earnings lost, which is well below the standard of two-thirds replacement invoked in evaluations of adequacy.
Key findings from the study include:
The situation of disabled workers in California improved between 1991 and 1997. Their average benefits over five years after their injury increased as a percentage of their lost wages from 52 percent in 1991 to 58 percent by 1997. Although the improving economy had a slight effect on this increase, two other factors were more significant: the 1993 reforms to the state's workers' compensation system that raised benefits and the fact that employers recognized they could control the costs of workers' compensation by increasing their use of "return to work" policies and rehiring more disabled workers.
Workers whose injuries were less severe showed the greatest gains in the replacement of lost wages during this period. They are also the easiest for employers to accommodate through return-to-work programs. In contrast, the most disabled claimants experienced no change in outcomes-and may have even lost ground-from 1991 to 1997.
Although injured workers in the aggregate fared better in the mid-1990s, the study predicts that workers injured today are likely to be worse off than workers injured in the mid-1990s. Benefits have remained fixed in nominal terms since 1996, and have actually declined in real terms due to inflation.
CHSWC is charged with overseeing the health and safety and workers' compensation systems in California and recommending administrative or legislative modifications to improve their operation. CHSWC was established to conduct a continuing examination of the workers' compensation system and of the state's activities to prevent industrial injuries and occupational diseases and to examine those programs in other states.
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Russell Beattie has posted a comment on "a bunch of people in the tech community having trouble reconciling their love for the iPhone vs. how closed and proprietary it is. It's a real conundrum..." Sure, they love it.
However, from a technology perspective, it's about as closed as they come. And this has caused some real consternation in the tech community. They're trying to work through the issue it seems, but haven't really quite gotten it straight in their minds yet.
But has Russell Beattie really quite gotten it straight? He doesn't use the H word: hypocrisy.
The whole idea of "pure" open source, in the Richard Stallman FSF/GNU/GPL formulation, is that you should use open source products even if they are worse. In fact, them being worse is what motivates people to load up the source code and make them better. Using a proprietary locked-down product just because it's "better" is simply a betrayal of this core open source idea.
It's just like a militant vegan wolfing down the foie gras because they "like the taste".
We've been through this before, of course, with people like Mark Pilgrim giving up the proprietary Mac OS X for Ubuntu. But it's not so easy in the mobile phone world because the whole mobile phone business is based on proprietary handsets and lock-down contracts. It's not like a RIM BlackBerry or Danger Sidekick offered a competitive open source alternative.
Now, it's a free world. Nobody has to support or use open source, unless they want to. Everybody is welcome to use an iPhone, if that's what they want. Personal choice, baby. You can do whatever works for you, and I fully support your right to choose.
But if you claim to support open source and you keep puffing the iPhone, that just makes you a hypocrite, doesn't it?


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West Coast Aquatic Safaris' driver Jeff was thrilled when he saw a black bear last week just by chance. But now WASCO, our boat is ready for another bear watching season to begin! WASCO has the perfect view point from the bow. Getting up close for some great shots is easy! West Coast Aquatic Safaris has our first bear trip going out today at 4:30 and Keith our driver is really looking forward to it.
Because we have to schedule our bear watches around the tides the times do change a bit. So if you book online be sure to book 24 hours in advance so that we can email you when the trip will be going out! Everyone here at West Coast Aquatic Safaris is looking forward to another great bear watching season!


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Slowly but surely approaching the unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy S5 . And we did not always see as useful features of the Galaxy S4 already smart, though as Eye Pause and Scroll Eye , Samsung Galaxy S5 possible for the next generation of head-and gesture control in store. This appears, at least from a recently published European patent application.
Central to this patent, the camera on the front of the unit, which is an area for the unit – possibly the Galaxy S5 so – divided into a number of areas. By comparing these areas with each unit may lay movements and gestures, and an action for that link:
UI method of controlling an operation of a portable electronic device accordion thing to motions (eg, a nod, a face direction, user's eyes, and the like)
The images shown above from the patent shows how a page can be turned through a zijwaartste head movement – an extension to the existing repertoire Samsung's TouchWiz interface, especially as the patent describes how certain actions be done after The user confirms the action with a nod. In other words, an action is triggered by a head movement, but requires confirmation by a kink.
This patent application was indeed published yesterday, but all presented in early July 2013, ie, after the release of the Galaxy S4. Because of this – and because the captured opportunities this past Eye Scroll and other existing features TouchWiz go – we think this patent shows features that will make for the next generation high-end devices from Samsung, including the Galaxy S5 their appearance.


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As the current 11th Dr. Who might say: I like thumb keyboards. Thumb keyboards are cool (and functional). And, the Android OS 2.3 (Gingerbread) based HTC Status looks cool.
And, check out that blue button sitting by itself under the navigation keys. Yep, that's a dedicated Facebook share button. Facebook integration extends to voice calls too: Every time you get or make a call, you see your friend's profile pic and latest status update right on the call screen. If it's their birthday that week, you'll see that, too. Laptop mag reports that the Facebook button glows when some social activity is related to you.
The HTC Status features a 2.6-inch (480×320) touch screen as well as a physical keyboard. It has a 5 megapixel rear camera and a VGA (640×480) front-facing camera. Its GSM and 3G radios are for use on AT&T's network.
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Peter H. Wyckoff
Associate Professor of Biology/ Environmental Studies
I am a forest community ecologist, with particular interests in the impacts of climate change and invasive species on forest development. Current research interests:
1) Quantifying the relationship between light and tree growth
2) Impacts of invasive buckthorn (Rhamnus
regeneration of trees at the Minnesota's prairie-forest border
National Science Foundation (2010-2015). RUI: Life at the margins- impacts of climate change and herbivory on tree population dynamics at the prairie-forest ecotone (P. Wyckoff- PI, with J. Anderson and J. HilleRisLambers). Project budget: $262,761
Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BOWSR) contracted work. Monitoring of restored wetlands in West Central Minnesota (Summer 2009). Amount of contract: $19,587
National Science Foundation (2007–2012). The UMM STEP Program: An Initiative to Encourage the Participation of Native Americans in the Sciences, NSF-DUE-0653063, (J. Alia, J. Cotter (Head PI), T. Pappenfus, T. Wyckoff, P. Wyckoff). Project Budget: $499,526
University of MN, Interdisciplinary International Research Circle Grants (2007). Recent and on-going environmental change in the Arctic. (K. Brugger , M. Kuchenreuther and P. Wyckoff). Amount awarded: $21,644
Wyckoff, P. H.,R. Greiman, T. Krueger and L. Luce. In review Forest-dynamics at Minnesota's prairie-forest border driven by invasive buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) and native bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
Wyckoff, P. H., B. Hucka, A. Shaffer and M. Bombyk. In review. Surprising negative association between invasive European buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) and invasive earthworms in west central Minnesota
Clark, J.S., B. Beckage, D. Bell, Z. Chen, B. Courbaud, M. Dietze, M. Hersh, J. HilleRisLambers, I. Ibanez, S. Ladeau, S. McMahon, J. Metcalf, J. Mohan, E. Moran, L. Pangle, S. Pearson, M. Wolosin, P. Wyckoff. 2010. High-dimensional coexistence based on individual variation. Ecological Monographs 80(4): 569-608.
Wyckoff, P. H. and R. Bowers. 2010. Response of the prairie-forest border to climate change: impacts of increasing drought may be mitigated by increasing CO2. J. of Ecology 98:197-208.
Goodnough, T., A. Kildegaard, M.Kuchenreuther, L. Rasmussen, P. Wyckoff. 2009. Leveraging assets: a case study of the sustainability initiative at the University of Minnesota, Morris. The Journal of Cleaner Production (Elsevier). 17(12): 1138-1142
Wyckoff, P. H. and J.S. Clark. 2005. Tree growth prediction using size and exposed crown area. Can J. of Forest Research 35 (1):13-20.
Wyckoff, P. H., R. Jansen and R. Patten. 2005. The European buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) invasion in west central Minnesota. In: Proceedings: Symposium on the Biology, Ecology and Management of Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) and European Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica). USDA Forest Service Pub. FHTET-2005-09: 49-52.
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She dresses methodically. Pulls the stockings up her legs – still slender, not yet engorged with varicose veins and corpulent fat; clips the bra around at the back – breasts not yet drooping, still high and swollen with youth; fits the black trench coat tightly around her body – still lithe, still firm and slim and desirable. She runs her finger around the back of the shoe, easing her foot into the black heel.
She applies makeup carefully, like armour. The touch of foundation barely needed on her smooth skin, mascara licking her eyelashes into thick dusky barriers over her eyes. Red lipstick slicked on like a covering of blood, roll the lips together, blot, reapply, dust with powder, coat with a fine layer of gloss. She knows the motions like she knows the words to a song.
Finally, when she is ready, she takes a cigarette from the battered packet, puts it between her promiscuous lips, and lights it, bathing her face in a golden glow. The calming sensation of the smoke seething in her lungs fills her, and she finds the courage to step out of the door.
She knows where she is going, has been there many times before. She tips her head back as she walks in the exact middle of the deserted street, imagining she can see the stars beyond the red backlight of London. Her heels tap time on the stone.
She knows he will be waiting. She likes to play this game, leaving it as long as she can before the tension of knowing his antagonism awaits her becomes too much, and she hastens on.
The light above the door is flickering. He must be furious. She knocks on the door, blood rising with anticipation to her face, making her heart pound and her lips tremble with expectancy.
He doesn't answer. She waits for minutes on end. There are no footsteps, no sounds at all. She tries the door. It is open.
She steps inside, knowing, feeling, that this is one of his games. There are no lights on. She wishes for a second that she'd brought her wand, never mind that she hasn't touched it in years. Her hand closes around the knife in her pocket, lying quiescent next to her Muggle phone, the flat keys, and the photo she's had in there for more than five years.
"You don't want to do that." His voice comes in a whisper from the dark, full of heat, burning her skin. She jumps and nearly screams.
"And you definitely don't want to scream," he continues, low like a purr, but rough like a snarl.
She inches her hand away from the knife in her pocket.
"Take your coat off," he says.
She relaxes. It's just one of his games after all, just one of the things he does to make himself powerful. She unbuttons her coat slowly, half-smiling, and drops it on the floor. It makes no noise against the cold tiles.
Somewhere outside a light comes on, casting a dim yellow glow through the house. She can see his outline now, as he can see her, standing there semi-naked. His white-blonde hair makes a halo of light around his head.
She knows that in a moment he will step forward, as in control as he always is, and the kisses he pushes upon her will be hot and furious and passionate, and that once he's pinned her down and taken what he needs from her he will delight in hearing his name fall from her lips again and again like a dripping tap, revel in making the marks on her flesh in the heat of desire and passion, and that late at night he will do as he always promises and she will scream into the stifling darkness.
He steps forward and then she finds out that she knows nothing about him, and never did, and never will.
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When you're creating the perfect smart home, you're looking for peace of mind, convenience, and the "cool" factor. In a nutshell, I'd say home automation is knowing your home is ready to take care of your needs (and it's) even when you're not at home.
That being said, it's easy to get caught up in all the bells and whistles and neglect some of the more basic devices, such as smart smoke detectors.
Smoke detectors may not be the most exciting devices in your smart home, but they're vital. It would be tragic if you put all this energy and money into automating your home, only to fall victim to a house fire and then lose it all.
Now, before we help you pick the best smart smoke detector, let's get into the nitty gritty of how they work.
How Do Z-Wave Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detectors Work?
Most smoke detectors these days use photoelectric sensors, which means they use light to determine if there's smoke in the air. This type of detector has a low light emitting diode inside of it and a sensor to pick up light. When smoke or other particles in the air reflect that light, the sensor picks it up and the alarm goes off. These kinds of smoke detectors are very responsive.
The other type of detector features ionization sensors, which uses ions to detect smoke in the air. These types of detectors often have more false alarms than photoelectric detectors, but they're also usually cheaper.
The best modern smart smoke detectors usually have carbon monoxide detectors built in as well. Carbon monoxide can be deadly and unfortunately, it is odorless and virtually invisible. CO1 leaks usually originate from a furnace, so it's possible to be exposed to it in any home.
Without adequate ventilation, this odorless gas can build up in the home and cause severe illness if not death. Carbon monoxide detectors have an electrochemical sensor that has electrodes in a chemical solution, and they detect the change in electrical current when the gas hits the chemical solution.
Is It Better to Have a Smart Smoke Detector Hard Wired?
While security cameras and locks do a lot to keep your family safe in the unlikely event of a break in, smoke and carbon monoxide detectors work tirelessly day in and day out to keep you safe too.
To protect your home, they can either be powered by a replaceable battery or hardwired into your home's electrical system.
There are pros and cons with both types, of course. Batteries ensure your detector works even when there's no power, but they need regular replacing to be effective. Hardwired smoke detectors, on the other hand, are more reliable as they as always on and if the power goes out, they usually have a battery backup.
Building codes in certain areas may require a hardwired detector, so check with your local government before purchasing. In these cases, it's best to get a hardwired device that has a backup battery.
Certain homes are not wired for smoke detectors, so in that case, you'll need to use battery operated smart smoke detectors.
Smart Smoke Detector Comparison
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The Search for the Best Smart Smoke Detector
Let's look at some of the different smart home smoke and carbon monoxide detectors on the market today to see which one is the best buy. There are quite a few to choose from with various features, but we've got your back!
Check out our list of the best smart smoke detectors:
Nest Protect Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Alarm
The Nest Protect is a combination smoke and carbon monoxide detector that features wifi connectivity, so that you can know what's going on even when you're not at home.
What makes the Protect such a great detector is that it integrates seemlessly with IFTTT, Alexa, and other Nest products.
This smoke and CO1 detector comes in two versions: a hardwired version with a battery backup and a straight battery version, which means it can be installed in virtually any home! That being said, make sure you buy the correct version for your home. We suggest checking your current detectors to see whether you have a hardwired system or not prior to purchasing.
The major con of the Protect is the price, which is more than twice the cost of the other models listed below.
Kidde RF-SM-DC Wireless Interconnect Battery-Operated Smoke Alarm
This Kidde alarm is wireless and battery operated, so that you can trust that it will work even when you lose power.
This device only detects smoke, unlike Nest Protect, which also detects carbon monoxide.
These alarms are not smart in the sense that they have an app, but they're on this list because they interconnect seamlessly, so that you have a system of alarms in your home. That means if you had one go off, all of them would go off to alert you. What's nice about this is that you could have one in a pole barn and still be notified if it went off.
The RF-SM-DC also has a button to turn off the unit in case it's going off while you're cooking or during some other non-emergency. They detect smoke using the ionization method, an older but reliable method of smoke detecting.
The largest pro to this unit is the price, however, it doesn't feature all the bells and whistles that other smoke detectors on this list do.
Leeo Smart Alert Smoke/CO Remote Alarm Monitor
The Leeo Smart Alert Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Monitor is a unique device that doesn't actually detect smoke or carbon monoxide, it just notifies you when your smoke detectors are going off.
This device plugs directly into an outlet, so you do not need to worry about hardwiring it in and it can integrate with virtually any alarm, as it simply listens for an alarm going off. Once it hears an alarm going off, it sends a push notification to your phone.
What's specifically interesting about this device is that you could even integrate it with a security system, so you always know if your alarm is going off.
Our Pick: The Best Smart Smoke Detector
First Alert 2-in-1 Z-Wave Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Alarm
The very best in Z-Wave functional smoke and CO2 detectors is, by far, the First Alert 2-in-1 Detector.
Battery operated, hardwired - First Alert makes them all, so they're experts in protecting your home. Unfortunately, though, the Z-Wave version only comes battery operated. No hard wired option is available.
The First Alert 2-in-1 uses photoelectric sensing technology to detect smoke and electrochemical sensing for carbon monoxide so that you get less false alarms. Finally, no having to stop cooking and grab a chair to stand on to press a button! With the Z-Wave communication, you can also hit a button on your phone to stop alarms, and you can be aware of what's going on even on vacation.
For all the functionality packed into this little device, the price is fantastic! It's important to note, that you will need a Z-Wave hub for this device to work. Also, it does not work with the Wink hub.
What Smoke Detector Not To Buy: Onelink Wi-Fi Smoke + Carbon Monoxide Alarm, Battery, Apple HomeKit-enabled
Why: Terrible reviews, bad customer support, and it's expensive.
How to Buy Smart
When it comes time to outfit your home with the best smart home smoke detectors, you want to get the best protection at the best price. Not only do you need to choose the most reliable and functional device, but you need to get more than one.
Plan where you're going to put them and how many you will need. Call your local zoning commission if you plan to hardwire them in and you do not already have the wiring installed, then when you purchase your smoke detectors, check for bundle deals. For example, Nest regularly runs deals where they sell multiple Nest Protects in a bundle which saves you a bit of money.
Also, some insurance companies will give you a break when you buy connected smart smoke detectors, so that is worth looking into.
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PJ's Coffee will be expanding its footprint this year with several new locations in New Orleans and the surrounding region.
The company plans on opening three new locations in the New Orleans area. The new stores will be located at Concourse C at Louis Armstrong International Airport, the Pontchartrain Hotel at 2031 St. Charles Ave. and Ochsner's main campus at 1514 Jefferson Hwy. The company will open a fourth location in Gonzales, La. on Canal Boulevard.
The New Orleans-based coffee company opened six new locations last year, marking an 11 percent growth from the year before. The company has already opened eight new locations this year and expects to open ten more by the end of the year.
A large part of their focus has been on expanding in non-traditional locations such as the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, the New Orleans International Airport, L'Auberge Casino as well as Ochsner Baptist Hospital.
They also have established a partnership with Robert's Fresh Market in New Orleans.
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Yep. It's worth coming back and leveling thru the MOP zones. Worth every penny. But
only pay for a month to month sub. End game kind of blows and you might want to reassess. Can't speak
for 5.2 so it might be better. idk
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Don't listen to anyone on here, you alone are the judge of your experience. We all have such different view points on the game and what we like and dislike it is impossible for us to actually determine your experience. That said, not trying to be hypocritical but just give it a shot, if you could endure the beginning of Cata than believe me MoP is a step away from that and into a better direction.
if you want to pve, i guess
i don't think you're really missing anything otherwise
To serve your lord and do his bidding, is that honorable? Even if that lord is an unimportant piece of shit?
I left around the same time OP did, I haven't regretted it, and haven't even come close to the desire to play again. I check in on my old guilds website to see their progress. And they are doing ok, not great, and definitely looks like they've stopped altogether from 25man raiding down to 10man only. Continues to give me the feeling and it seems to be a general consensus around that overall the game is bleeding customers as opposed to gaining them. I also get the feeling that the NA/EU base is the one losing the most customers too and as thus these servers are hurting the worst.


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Calculates the average (arithmetic mean) of a set of expressions evaluated over a table.
The AVERAGEX function enables you to evaluate expressions for each row of a table, and then take the resulting set of values and calculate its arithmetic mean. Therefore, the function takes a table as its first argument, and an expression as the second argument.
In all other respects, AVERAGEX follows the same rules as AVERAGE. You cannot include non-numeric or null cells. Both the table and expression arguments are required.
When there are no rows to aggregate, the function returns a blank. When there are rows, but none of them meet the specified criteria, then the function returns 0.
The following example calculates the average freight and tax on each order in the InternetSales table, by first summing Freight plus TaxAmt in each row, and then averaging those sums.
=AVERAGEX(InternetSales, InternetSales[Freight]+ InternetSales[TaxAmt])
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WASHINGTON — Kevin Love looked as if he was headed for a big night against Washington. Instead, the Wizards kicked their defense up and held the NBA's third-leading scorer below his season average.
Love, who entered the game averaging 26.8 points, had 16 in the first quarter but only nine afterward as Washington snapped its four-game losing streak with a 104-100 victory over the Timberwolves on Tuesday night.
"I thought he was going for 70 in the first eight minutes," Wizards coach Randy Wittman said.
Love, who made five of his first six shots, missed eight of his final 11 to finish with 25. He had 11 rebounds, also below his season average.
Bradley Beal scored 25 points, while John Wall added 14 points and tied his career high with 16 assists for Washington.
Martell Webster's three-pointer with 42 seconds to play gave the Wizards a 100-98 lead. Beal added two free throws with 12.9 seconds left to make it 102-98.
Webster, a former Timberwolf, had 17 points, including five three-pointers.
Minnesota started furiously. A 13-2 first-quarter run put the Wolves up by 10, and Love had 16 points by the end of the quarter with Minnesota ahead 34-27.
Love played half the second quarter, missed his only shot, and had just one point, but Minnesota led 63-51 at the half.
"I thought when we came out to start the game, it was again lethargic. We weren't dictating things defensively. We got upset at halftime and turned it on," Wittman said.
Before Tuesday morning's shootaround, the Wizards had a players-only meeting, one that Wittman feigned ignorance about before the game.
Afterward, he joked that he liked the meeting's result.
"After halftime I was going to have another one. I wasn't going to go in there. I'll do whatever it takes for a win, trust me," Wittman said.
Besides holding Love down, Washington also stopped Kevin Martin, who was averaging 24.4 points. He was held to 11.
"We need everybody every night. We can't usually get by if we have a couple guys with off games," Timberwolves coach Rick Adelman said.
Minnesota began a difficult stretch of five games in seven nights, its second of the season.
"Our transition D was poor," Love said. "That's the only way they scored the ball, really. I thought we did a good job in the half court, but everyone knows, when that team gets out in transition they can be pretty good offensively."
Beal scored 17 in the second half, and his layup with 10:24 to play gave the Wizards an 86-85 lead. They held it until Martin's two free throws tied it at 95 with 2:23 to play.
"In the first half, we were horrible. We weren't there defensively. We were lackadaisical. We played with no energy," Beal said.
Wall hit a jumper with 1:26 to play to give Washington a 97-95 lead, but Martin, who had missed 12 of his first 15 field-goal attempts, made a three-pointer and Minnesota pulled ahead 98-97 with 1:11 remaining.
Minnesota had won seven of its first 11 games this season. Adelman, a veteran of 23 seasons as an NBA coach, cautioned his team.
"I keep telling them they haven't done anything yet," he said before the game.
In the second half, the Timberwolves shot just 34 percent and missed 10 of their 13 three-point attempts.
"If you're going to be somebody in the league, you have to be ready to win every night. I think we didn't do it tonight in the second half and this kind of game is one of the games that you're going to need," Wolves guard Ricky Rubio said.
Rubio had three quick fouls in just seven first-half minutes and played just 19 minutes.
Wall had seven assists in the third quarter as the Wizards outscored the Timberwolves 30-18 to even the score at 81.


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Usually. Most breast implants don't interfere with feeding, says Todd Malan, M.D., director of the Innovative Cosmetic Surgery Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. However, 20 percent of implants need to be readjusted surgically within the first year, and about 30 percent rupture after a decade. So while the original procedure might not affect feeding, the more surgeries you have, the more ligament damage is done and the more your breasts will sag. If you decide to lift that droopiness with even more surgery, your milk ducts might get damaged, which would interfere with nursing. Long story short: Be sure your surgeon gives you all the details.


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Inter and Parma are understood to have discussed a possible transfer for Ishak Belfodil on Monday evening.
Directors from both clubs dined in a Milan restaurant last night where talks for the young striker took place.
Belfodil is a 21-year-old forward who the Stadio Tardini outfit value at around the €11m mark – a figure they turned down in January from an unnamed club.
The youngster, signed in 2012 after spells at Lyon and Bologna, has scored eight goals in 33 League games for the Stadio Tardini outfit.
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On March 4th and 5th, Elmont Memorial High School presented Footloose: The Musical. Both performances were to crowds of over 400 audience members. A special free performance was given on March 2nd for the local senior citizens. The show featured a showcase of multi-talented young male and female performers from the 9th through 12th grades. The musical was directed by music teacher Nickolette Kacharaba, produced by music teacher Christine Johnson and choreographed by special education teacher Rachel Unterricht. The performance captured the magic of a Broadway play.
Brandon Evans, Elmont Memorial High School 7th grader, said "There was so much energy in the room, especially when everyone was dancing and singing their songs." The musical ended with joy, enthuasiam and zeal as the entire cast danced and sang to the theme song of "Footloose". Both the audience and cast had a phenomenal experience.
The cast is as follows:
- Ariel: Kelsey Baffour
- Ren: Joshua Johnson
- Reverand Moore: Branden Cleveland
- Rusty: Patricia Jean-Charles
- Willard: Raemon Smith
- Vi Moore: Cassandra Cesar
- Ethel McCormack: Phylisha Mitchel
- Chuck: Jalyn Oyola
- Cowboy Bob: Marlon Constantine
- Prinicipal: David Pouncy
- Lulu: Jamilia Huxtable
- Wes: Jonathan Buissereth
- Coach: Leon Vanburch
- Eleanor: Jennifer Rodriquez
- Urleen: Erika Lopez
- Wendy Jo: Jacqueline Aquino
- Carrie Lee: Keiry Bran
- Emma Jean: Erica Thompson
- Lyle: Darnell Brown
- Travis: Fernando Cruz
- Cop: Zachary Chung
- Betty: Regina King
- Jeter: Christopher Charles
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The lineup for Tacoma's Food Truck Fest on July 20 in Wright Park has been announced. I've also got two other food truck events for your calendar. And save the dates for these events - wine dinners at Maxwell's Restaurant + Lounge and JW in Gig Harbor; the Brew Five Three Festival and Gig Harbor Food and Wine festivals. Details here: Read more »


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"Excuse me while I start my own private mosh pit to this song" – Dom Alessio, Triple J
"Staccato riffage washes the room as singer Jackson Walkden-Brown's high end version of a New Order/Husker Du vocal bleeds into an enormous and flashy mash up of big beats, fat bass and overdriven octave harmony. Sonically they're an anthemic fusion of Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Franz Ferdinand with a heavy twist of The Killers; but project a unique and impressive sound of their own." – supporting Birds of Tokyo 2015, themusic.com.au
"The rock'n'roll outfit marries big choruses with lashings of modulated guitar and enough stomping riffs to make the average punter think that they're caught in a stampede. Aerials deliver a set with a potent mix of power and passion. It's no wonder they're headlining the stage." – Bigsound 2013, themusic.com.au
From the sticky floors of Australia's sweatiest bars to capacity crowds in some of the country's finest concert halls, Aerials have built a reputation on the back of a blistering live show, boasting supports with bands such as Birds of Tokyo, Lifehouse (US), Mew (Denmark), Dead Letter Circus Ash and The Getaway Plan.
The Brisbane band unleashed their sophomore EP 'Restless' on 1 September 2015. With Forrester Savell (Dead Letter Circus, Karnivool) returning to the desk, the title-track is a seductively sinister story packaged as a blinding-bright assault to the dance floor, which has received reviews from Triple J presenters including Dom Alessio. The 'Restless EP' was supported by numerous East Coast headline tours, fulfilling their promises of sweat, strobes and riffs to their steadily increasing fan base. This earned them support slots to top-tier national and international rock acts to close out the year.
In their first year as a band, Aerials headlined three east coast tours in support of their singles 'Silhouettes', 'Black & Blue' and 'Patient Parades'. All three tracks received rotation on Triple J Unearthed radio and extensive spins on community radio stations around the country. Holding strong to the DIY motto, the accompanying music videos were hands-on affairs which resulted in experimentation with projectors in fast cars, destruction of countless items of furniture and a couple of brushes with law enforcement.
Their debut EP dropped in 2013, supported by a massive run of 15 shows all the way from Cairns to Adelaide. With Forrester Savell (Karnivool/Dead Letter Circus) manning the desk, lead single 'Firefights' is a rock anthem in rave territory, which earned them a Highly Commended Award from Queensland Music and a headline slot at Bigsound.
2014 was a break from the road, but a breakthrough as a band, following a week together in the wilderness to pen new material. A contradiction to the environment, the new EP is a collection of chaotic but cohesive pop with synthesized riffery and crunching beats, laced with the soaring and commanding croons of vocalist, Jackson Walkden-Brown. Their tracks 'Burn Burn Burn' & 'Symptoms' both received another Highly Commended Award from Queensland Music.
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I am the most awkward being in the universe. Madam Pince the librarian has more social skills than me! Hell, a slug is less socially inept than me! And muscled... But somehow, I will get James Potter (the second) to fall in love with me, even if we might have to spend our honeymoon in the Giant Squid's stomach! That, I promise you.
Genres: General, Humor, Romance Era: Next Generation Characters: Albus, Hugo, James (II), McGonagall, OC , Rose, Scorpius, Teddy Pairings: James/OC, Rose/Scorpius, OC/OC
Advisory: Mild Language, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature
Published: 2013.06.22 Latest Chapter: 2013.06.26 Updated: 2013.06.26 Status: WIP (984 words)
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Short story
Rose Weasley's life is made of stereotypes. From the moment she was born, she has always been destined to be the clever one, with the big doe eyes and bushy hair (red of course), and a perfect proper boy who she'll marry and grow old with. In a way, the expectations of other people are her armour. And if she's borderline depressive, and just a lonely little girl, it's not like anybody notices or cares.
Except sometimes she sees a pair of grey eyes in the corner of vision, and they are full of secrets that aren't theirs to keep.
Genres: Angst, Young Adult Era: Next Generation Characters: Rose , Scorpius Pairings: Rose/Scorpius
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Senior Defense Officials Interview with WMAL Radio
NEWS TRANSCRIPT from the United States Department of Defense
DoD News Briefing Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld Tuesday, March 04, 2003
(Secretary Rumsfeld, Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Myers interview with Chris Core, WMAL Radio)
Q: Good evening everybody. We start at the top. Our first guest is the boss of the Pentagon, the man who runs the show around here, the Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Mr. Secretary, thank you for taking the time to come on. We're just thrilled to be here today.
Rumsfeld: Thank you. We're delighted to have you in the Pentagon, and I'm pleased to be with you.
Q: Last night I took an hour on my show and I asked my listeners to call or e-mail me with questions they would ask. I said put yourselves in my shoes, what questions would you ask the Secretary and the others if you could be here, and I will just begin by reading one of the e-mails I got today from a listener named Rich. Here's what he writes.
"With all the skills and resources of the world's most powerful countries why is it that there doesn't seem to be any middle ground between inspections, which obviously are not effective, and war, whose consequences could be worse than the status quo? There are an awful lot of very intelligent people in the world who have come to a different conclusion than we have. Why?"
What would you say to Rich?
Rumsfeld: Well I'd say two things. I suppose there may be a middle ground. It's conceivable that he's not going to cooperate with the inspectors in which case inspections can't work as he says.
Q: Conceivable? [Laughter]
Rumsfeld: Highly conceivable, but that's judgmental and I'll leave that to the President.
And the alternative of war. I think in between it's possible that the Iraqi people could decide that they would prefer to have him cooperate and that he's unwilling to and change their leadership.
A second possibility is that he could decide to flee once he decides that it's up.
Why is this debate going on, which is the heart of the question. Because these are very difficult issues. These are tough issues. This is a whole new security environment for the world. This is not something we've experienced before and we can just go to the playbook and play it out again the way we've played it before. This is totally different.
The connection between terrorist states with weapons of mass destruction and terrorist networks creates a danger and a risk to the world of tens of thousands or potentially hundreds of thousands of people being killed so it's of a different order and we've got to think through that. The whole world, the publics of other nations and our nation have to do that.
Q: Which kind of brings me to my second question. I've heard that you have a list in your desk drawer of all the things that might go wrong when this war begins, if it begins. What's your biggest worry about what could go wrong?
Rumsfeld: I wish we were wise enough to think of all the things that could go wrong. I've got three and a half pages that I sat down, last October, September/October and started thinking through so that we could then address them and see that we did everything humanly possible to see that they didn't occur, or if they did that we were prepared to mitigate them.
I think a very sizeable risk is that the regime, once it decides that it is -- If force has to be used and Saddam Hussein's regime decides that the game is up, they could conceivably use chemical or biological weapons on their neighbors, neighboring countries. They could use them on U.S. forces or coalition forces in neighboring countries or in Iraq. They could also use them on their own people and blame it on the coalition forces, which they've done before. They have used these chemical weapons on their own people. So that certainly is a risk that is among those risks that we have to consider.
The other things we have to consider, of course, there's always the risks of acting, and there are also the risks of not acting. And those are the things that make this a particularly tough issue.
Q: Well along that line, you obviously as Secretary of Defense know things that the rest of us don't know and the President knows things. Would you say that any Administration who is in power in 2003, being able to see the sort of intelligence that you're able to see, would conclude pretty much the same thing, that we need to go after Saddam Hussein now rather than later? In other words, whoever had this job if it weren't you, if it weren't President Bush, would have to look at the facts and see them pretty much the same way.
Rumsfeld: Oh, gosh. I can't put myself in other people's shoes, but I think it is very difficult to look at the threat reporting and the intelligence day after day after day and not come to the conclusion that your responsibility is to protect the people of the United States. If you see those capabilities spreading among terrorist states and spreading among terrorist networks, you can't help but say to yourself that there is a very serious risk that those weapons can be used in the period ahead, and that the lethality of those weapons is of such a different order that instead of losing 3,000 as we lost on September 11th, which is a lot of human beings, innocent human beings -- men, women and children of every religion -- we could be losing ten times that, 100 times that.
Q: September 11th, since you mentioned it. How did that change you personally? I know you were in this building when it happened, and obviously it affected all of us but you in particular as Secretary of Defense and as somebody who's been in politics and in government a long time, how did that change you?
Rumsfeld: Well what it did is it brought home to our country and indeed the world the reality that unlike for most of our history we as a country do have vulnerabilities. We have the ability to defend against big armies, big navies and big air forces, but a free people are vulnerable. You're vulnerable because of the freedom that makes you what you are. So a terrorist can in fact get into our country and do what they did on September 11th or things considerably worse.
I think that registering that on the American people as it did --
Q: And on you even as somebody on the inside.
Rumsfeld: Exactly.
Q: It's hard to believe, isn't it? Because we all had this sort of false sense of security about us I think.
Rumsfeld: The two big oceans were a wonderful protection for a long time. They no longer are. A terrorist of course has the advantage. They can attack at any time of the day or night. They can attack using any conceivable technique. And that is a big advantage.
It's not possible to defend at every place at every time against every conceivable technique. So what one has to do is what President Bush is doing and that is to take the battle to the terrorists. It's to go out and find them and to root them out and to stop the havens for the terrorists so that they no longer have safe haven, and that's the only way you can deal with terrorism.
Q: After Iraq is over, I know the job is not done. What's next? Is it North Korea, is it Iran, is it something else that's not even on our -- and by our I mean those of us who are citizens and not privy to that information -- our radar screen?
Rumsfeld: I would say that the good Lord willing, that Iraq is disarmed at some point, preferably peacefully and if not through the use of force as the President has said. The task remains to deal with the global war on terror, and to continue to put pressure on terrorists to make their lives more difficult, to see that their funds dry up, to see that they have difficulty recruiting, to see that they have greater costs in moving around and in moving money and in buying things. That's terribly important. Because to the extent you relax on that they can gain headway and impose great damage on free people -- ours and our friends and our allies around the world.
A second thing I would say is that given the power of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, particularly biological and nuclear, and the fact that the technologies are spreading throughout the world, it seems to me that one task for the world is to come to grips with that and recognize that that's not the kind of a world we want to live in. Free people ought not to have to live in that kind of a world where terrorist states have these weapons and the ability to give them to terrorist networks, and then have them used in a way that gives them deniability, that they're not deterred if they have deniability to put it simply.
I think what we're going to have to do is get the technologically advanced countries of the world to fashion a new regime, a new set of regulations and rules that enable us to interdict and stop, whether it's in the land, the sea or the air, the transportation and the movement of nuclear weapons, fissile material, ballistic missile technology -
Q: We could do another whole show on how we do that, couldn't we?
Rumsfeld: It is. It takes enormous cooperation from countries.
But for example, we stopped that North Korean ship that was headed down towards Yemen and we had to give it up because we had no legal right to keep it. We need the legal right to keep it. We need the ability to do that.
Q: I had some people we were referring to earlier that said we should have sunk it. [Laughter]
Rumsfeld: There were a lot of folks here who would have liked to have done that.
Q: I'll let you go. I've got one last question. I opened with a question from a listener, the last question is from my wife. She asked me to ask you, when you leave the Pentagon and you are civilian Rumsfeld, I mean during a daily basis, and you go home and you live in the Washington community, do you have in your home duct tape, plastic sheeting, and three day supply of water and food as we now do in our home?
Rumsfeld: I would like to say I did. I don't believe we do. But I do have a miniature dachshund named Reggie who looks out for us --
Q: Should we be worried? [Laughter]
Rumsfeld: And I'm going to talk to my wife Joyce and see if we do have those things because I think it's probably a good idea to take reasonable precautions.
Q: Mr. Secretary, thank you for the honor of being on our program tonight. We really appreciate it.
Rumsfeld: Thank you very much.
Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz
WMAL: Our guest in this half hour will be by phone. He was called away from the Pentagon but nonetheless is going to be with us for a few minutes, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz. Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz, thank you for joining us.
Wolfowitz: It's a pleasure. How are you doing this evening?
WMAL: I'm fine. Thank you very much.
Let me begin by asking you, President Bush outlined his vision of a new democratized Middle East which boy, sounds wonderful to us. The question I guess people are asking, is such a democratized Middle East realistic?
Wolfowitz: I think it is if you take a long view of things and it has to start somewhere. I think there is an enormous appetite for it throughout the Arab world. I met with a Lebanese democrat, excuse me, I talked to a Lebanese democrat on the phone, I'm going to meet with later this week named Chibley Mallat who has organized a petition of Arab intellectuals calling out for the removal of Saddam Hussein as a step towards building democracy in the Arab world. It takes time.
Twenty years ago Japan was the only democracy in East Asia and I was involved at the State Department working for George Schultz and Ronald Reagan and helping the Filipino people bring about a transition to democracy. It's now not all by itself. Korea has made this transition, Taiwan made the transition, Thailand has become democratic, even Indonesia with a lot of difficulties has done so.
I think there's an enormous power of example and if the Iraqi people who have suffered for 30 years under one of the worst tyrannies in the world are free to build their own institutions I think there is good empirical reason to think they can do it and some of that reason you can see if you just look at what's happened in Northern Iraq for the last ten years where the people have been free. Some of that reason you can see if you go to Michigan the way I did and meet with Iraqi-Americans who are adjusting quite well to democratic institutions in this country and testify with powerful eloquence to the hunger for democracy back in Iraq.
WMAL: I read the story about your speech in Michigan and your visit there and the enthusiasm that the Iraqi Americans have for being able to return to their country and how they say that Iraq will stay together because they want freedom so much.
It seemed to me in reading this that this has been a personal mission of yours for about the last 12 years, going back to the previous Gulf War. How much of this is personal for you?
Wolfowitz: It's policy. Do I think, have I felt for a long time it's in our country's national interest? Absolutely. Have I felt for a long time that the people of Iraq deserve it? Absolutely. But it's not a personal thing.
My own view of it has actually shifted over time. I came to a conclusion along with a number of actually our Arab friends in the region toward the end of the Gulf War that Saddam Hussein would be dangerous if he remained in power. I underestimated his tenacity in hanging on to weapons of mass destruction. I underestimated his willingness to engage in acts of terrorism. And then came September 11th and I said you know, we're past the time when we can afford to underestimate threats like that. We better take them seriously.
I also think there is this very strong, in a way moral dimension that the people of Iraq have suffered horribly the kind of tortures they endure on a daily basis are incredible. The idea that any international media would put Iraqis in Baghdad on television as though they were free to talk is a joke. It's worse than a joke. It's a sick joke. But that dimension of the problem is not only a moral dimension, it has a huge strategic significance because it means that inside Iraq we have 20 million plus of some of the most talented people in the Arab world who I think can be our natural allies, especially as we treat them as we should, if we liberate them rather than occupy them.
WMAL: When we did what we did to get rid of the Taliban in Afghanistan there was a leader, Hamid Karzai, for us to turn to who was sort of a uniting figure for Afghanistan. Is there a leading candidate to lead a post-Saddam Iraq?
Wolfowitz: There are many more leading candidates in Iraq than there were in Afghanistan, that's the point. That's why you need a democratic system for the Iraqi people to pick leaders.
If you were to go back and say when the Berlin Wall came down is there a leader for Poland? Is there a leader for Czechoslovakia, it was then, is there a leader for Bulgaria? In some cases you could have picked really distinguished figures like Lech Walesa or Vaclav Havel. There are equivalent figures in Iraq. Kanan Makiya is one who comes to mind as a kind of almost a Vaclav Havel of Iraq. But the real point is that you wouldn't have been able to identify the people who are leading those countries today. Yet, they're all democracies. That's the strength of democracies, that people pick the leaders not some foreign power.
WMAL: But to set up a democracy in Iraq, all the parties would have to have equal rights and equal input in the government and a lot of people are worried that that may be impossible in Iraq because of the three distinctive sects that have historically quarreled with each other. I know you study this all the time, but is it your view that all of them will be able to pitch in together and unite behind one government and one figure?
Wolfowitz: I can't tell you for sure. Nobody can know this kind of thing.
I can tell you that the people in Northern Iraq who are predominantly Kurds have managed in very, very adverse circumstances for the last ten years to develop relatively free and relatively prosperous societies in which other groups -- Arabs and Turkomans, are treated reasonably well.
It was very striking to me when I met with the Iraqi-Americans in Michigan and I said we hear that there are Shi'a and Sunni and Arabs and Turks and it will never be possible to get along. The audience almost collectively shouted out never.
I can't tell you for sure, but I'll tell you two things. Number one, there are these differences but they have not for the most part been as they were in Bosnia, for example, the sorts of one ethnic group massacring another ethnic group. There have been massacres in Iraq, horrible massacres, of Shi'a, of Kurds, sometimes of Sunni, but it's by the government, it's by the Saddam regime.
WMAL: There is some thought there will be scores to settle once the regime has --
Wolfowitz: I'm sure there will be, but even there, I think -- We've seen in a number of places that people have endured terrible tyrannies in the 20th Century, develop a kind of antibody against going backwards. They understand what the price you pay is if you indulge in too much violence, too much demagoguery, too much bloodletting. Is that a guarantee? Absolutely not. But I must say when the dictatorship fell in Romania back around 1990, that was the one I was most pessimistic about because it really was, there were lots of scores to settle. The secret police had penetrated deep into the society because it was a self-imposed tyranny, not imposed by Soviet troops like it was in Poland, yet Romania has managed to do reasonably well over the last ten years. It certainly has a democratic government. It's now a candidate member of NATO. And I think that same powerful force will be at work.
As I say, there is empirical evidence if you look at how the Iraqis in the north have managed for the last ten years. I don't know why people keep going to theories and almost never mention the success of the Northern Iraqis.
WMAL: We're talking to the Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz here on WMAL. I only have a couple more questions for you.
I know you got into it over the last week about the number of troops needed for occupation and how long the troops would have to stay there. Ballpark, how many troops would we need for occupation while we're reconstructing that country? And how long would they been required to stay there at this time?
Wolfowitz: The basic point I try to make is you really can't predict these things. You can't predict how long wars will last and you can't predict what you'll need in the way of peacekeeping afterwards. But the notion that it would take several hundred thousand American troops just seemed outlandish.
First of all the number seems outlandish. Secondly, the idea that they would be all American is outlandish. And frankly, for the kind of functions we're talking about there are probably a lot of regular Iraqi forces that could be mobilized if that's needed for peacekeeping.
WMAL: And how long would we have to stay there would you guess?
Wolfowitz: I don't know. There is a lot to be said for shorter because the longer you stay the more people tend to become dependent on you and then they never want you to leave.
But it's interesting, Chris, the most successful example I know of in the last 15 years of our leaving sort of a stabilization operation quickly was in Northern Iraq. We went in to Northern Iraq I think it was the end of March 1991 to create a sanctuary for the Kurdish refugees who had huddled up on the border. I remember July 1st of 1991 a general named Shalikashvili who later became the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs was saying it's time to get out. I was one of the nervous nellies back here who said gee, if we leave everything will fall apart. So I paid a visit there in July and they convinced me they were ready to leave.
We left in September, basically six months later, and the place hasn't needed peacekeepers since. It did get invaded once by Saddam, which is a different matter, but they've managed quite well without any American forces on the ground and that's in Iraq.
Again, I don't know, but the empirical evidence would suggest that maybe Iraqis can do better than the pessimists think. We'll just have to see.
The stakes of getting it right are just huge. Let's put it the other way. If it does take a lot the gains to us are also going to be very large.
WMAL: I will close just on this personal note, I don't think you know this, but you and I live about two blocks from each other. When I go jogging, I go jogging by your house and on Halloween my eight-year-old daughter and I went trick-or-treating at your house. My daughter told me to say thank you very much. She wanted to go trick-or-treat at your house because she'd heard you lived in our neighborhood and so we went and you were very nice to us. If you don't remember me, I was dressed as the big cat.
Wolfowitz: I do remember because you were one of the few trick-or-treaters who were enterprising enough to get past the security. [Laughter]
WMAL: That was part of my challenge, was how are they going to let a 6'2" man dressed as a black cat walk by the Secret Service out in front of your house. But I figured since I had my shield of an eight-year-old blonde girl they probably thought I wasn't too dangerous.
Wolfowitz: Well it was delightful.
If I can just put a personal thing in, there's an article in this weeks' issue of the Weekly Standard called "The Horrors of Peace -- Saddam's Victims Talk". It's a very very graphic --
WMAL: I read it, and it's chilling and excellent, and I agree with you. It's a good read although you'll come away with a different view of dogs after reading it, and I know you know what I'm talking about.
Wolfowitz: I know. Every time you think you've heard how horrible this man is you get a new story.
It was striking, can I say one more thing?
WMAL: Absolutely.
Wolfowitz: If anyone goes to the Pentagon web site and reads a transcript of that meeting or reads this article and hears the stories that Iraqis said out in public, what was really striking to me, after the public appearance one person came up to me and said you know there are people who won't speak in public about what Saddam's done to them or their families because they're afraid even here in the United States he'll reach out and kill them. That was number one.
Number two, someone else came up and said people really don't want to tell you about the most horrible thing which is how widespread is the use of rape as an instrument of terror and intimidation because it's a matter of such humiliation for their families.
WMAL: Dr. Wolfowitz, thanks so much for coming on the program.
Wolfowitz: Thanks, Chris. Thanks a lot.
WMAL: I'll see you around the neighborhood.
Wolfowitz: Good, come trick-or-treating, too. [Laughter]
WMAL: Thank you.
Wolfowitz: Thank you. Bye bye.
Gen. Richard B. Myers, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
WMAL: Good evening, it's 6:18. Thank you for joining us here inside the Pentagon. Joining me now on WMAL is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard Myers. Thank you so much General, for coming by.
Myers: Chris, it's good to be with you.
WMAL: He just informed me that his real goal in life was to be on the Harden & Weaver show some years ago, so --
Myers: I guess that's passed me by.
WMAL: I'm afraid so, but anyway, thank you for letting me be your second choice here.
Myers: This is a great second choice.
WMAL: How much longer can we wait to attack Iraq without losing the element of surprise, or is the element of surprise very important to us at this point?
Myers: Well, there are all categories of surprises. You've got strategic surprise, tactical surprise, and I think General Franks and the plan he's put together if asked by the President to conduct conflict in Iraq, there will be some elements of surprise in that plan.
I'd also say we can wait almost indefinitely. Obviously we've got a lot of forces over there, but we could get to the point where we'd have to rotate some and so forth, but we're good for the foreseeable future and we're just trying to give the President as much flexibility as we possibly can.
WMAL: So over the weekend when somebody phoned you or paged you and said by the way, they took a vote in Turkey and you're not going to like the result. How formidable of a hurdle is that now for us not to be able to use Turkey from the north, assuming they don't change their mind on it?
Myers: Right. That's assuming they don't change their mind. I talk to my counterpart in Turkey frequently. They're great strategic allies. We're going to be able to I think achieve our objectives in the north without Turkey if Turkey decides not to support the effort. We'll be able to achieve our objectives. It will introduce a few more variables into the equation but in the end the outcome will be the same.
WMAL: Simply because we just have such vast superiority?
Myers: Simply because we've got Plan B and we've got Plan C and we've got Plan D. We always try to plan for various contingencies and we'll just have to see how that Turkish support finally winds up.
WMAL: When you talk about the north some of the worries are that the Kurds might want to break away from Iraq and form their own government. I know that Turkey's possibly worked about that. There are the oilfields that are in the north. There are the SCUD missiles that may be in the north that could be used to hit Israel, for example.
Are we going to be able to take care of all those things effectively without the bases in Turkey?
Myers: I think we will be able to have an effective operation in Northern Iraq without Turkey. It will be much more difficult and we prefer to have Turkey with us on this obviously. That was our going-in position. I think it's probably too early to rule out just what kind of support they may provide us.
WMAL: I wasn't going to ask this but I will because I think the audience wants to know this. Paybacks are hell, and you refer to Turkey as a great ally of ours. If they don't cooperate are they in some trouble with us or do we still consider them a great ally?
Myers: That's a great question for the leadership of this country, the political leadership, and not for the military.
I will tell you that they have fought with us, as you know, in several conflicts. They are very good allies and I think we'll just have to see how this works out in the end. I don't think we ought to prejudge anything, and how they're regarded will be a decision that the President, the Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense will make, certainly not the military.
WMAL: Obviously you can't tell me any specifics, but all of us watched the Gulf War the last time around on television. How will this operation differ from the one that we watched before? I've heard somebody use the word blitzkrieg even to say lightening fast. Much different than we did it last time with an air campaign softening it up for the ground.
Myers: It will be different in a couple of aspects. I'll just give you a couple of points where you'll see that it will be different.
In Desert Storm, 12 years ago we used about 10 percent precision weapons primarily because that's all we had we could use. In Afghanistan we used somewhere between 60 and 70 percent of the weapons that were used in Afghanistan were precision weapons. The percentage will be at least that, perhaps higher in any potential conflict in Iraq. So we're going to be able to have more precision, which means we're going to be able to hit the targets better and reduce the civilian casualties or collateral damage. So that's one aspect.
The other thing that's really changed is our ability to command and control and communicate with our forces. So I think you'll see much better integration of air, land and sea forces than we saw in Desert Storm.
WMAL: Saddam fashions himself a military man. He's obviously not very good at it, but nonetheless he fashions himself that way. Does he not have a clue what's coming at him? I know you probably try to figure out what his strategy is, but given the overwhelming force that's about to come after him, what do you think is going through his mind?
Myers: It's not clear, it's very hard to read, it's one of those areas where your intelligence is probably less than perfect in that case. But he's managed to stay in power for many years now. He has defied the United Nations since 1991.
One of the conditions for surrendering in '91 was that he rid the country of weapons of mass destruction. He's been defying the United Nations and all the attempts with UNSCOM and now UNMOVIC to come clean with that. So he's certainly a clever man. Who knows what's going through his mind?
I do know this. He is the one person that could make war not happen because he can, the regime could decide to disarm. But --
WMAL: He would have to leave, wouldn't he, at this point? Could he stay there if they disarmed?
Myers: Well that's not my decision. That would be a political decision again.
WMAL: I'll let you go in just a second, and I hate to ask this because I know that this is the nightmare for any military operation, but I think Americans probably need to be prepared psychologically for casualties if we do go to war. How many casualties do we need to be prepared for?
Myers: Well, it's really not knowable. There are lots of variables in that equation as well. Will the Iraqi regime use biological or chemical weapons would be one of the biggest variables, how willing they are to fight is another one, and so forth and so on. So it's really not knowable.
I think though that the American public needs to understand that if the military is ordered to go into Iraq that this will be war, that war is a very dangerous and ugly thing, and that there will be casualties, and there will be --
WMAL: Last time we saw very few casualties. This time we could be talking about thousands or tens of thousands?
Myers: Right. [Answer here refers to first part of question that there were few casualties in Desert Storm - NOT confirmation of casualties estimates posed by WMAL]. And I don't think that that's a promise that anybody in uniform can make, that this is going to be a casualty-free war. It's almost an oxymoron.
WMAL: Right.
Myers: This is war and I don't think anybody should have the opinion that this is going to be antiseptic, that it will be just like Desert Storm was or just like the Kosovo air campaign. It could be different than that and we've got to make ourselves ready.
WMAL: Do you think America's ready for that?
Myers: Absolutely. I think people understand that the threat, the combination of terrorists, safe havens where they can gather and train and plan their next attack, and biological/chemical/nuclear weapons is a nexus that we just can't stand. We've seen some of the effects on 9/11. The next time with chemical or biological weapons it could possibly be worse.
I will tell you one thing, you asked if the American public was ready. I think they understand that, that this is a threat to our way of life, to our well-being. It's a direct threat to the things we hold most dear -- our freedoms and our ability to prosper and so forth.
But I'll tell you who is ready as well, and that is the people of the armed forces. Whether they're in the Middle East or whether they're here in the Washington, D.C. area, every time I talk to these individuals, on a carrier, in Kuwait, whoever they might be, and their families, understand very clearly what this is all about. The American people should be really proud of those who serve in uniform and those DoD civilians that serve right alongside them, and sometimes contractors that are serving right alongside them, because they understand what this is all about and they're ready to do whatever their President asks them to do.
WMAL: General, thank you so much. It's an honor to have you on the program. I really appreciate it.
Myers: Chris, it's an honor to be here. Thank you.


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On the heels of Ray Rice being suspended indefinitely from the NFL, the National Domestic Violence Hotline has seen an 84 percent increase in calls. According to the hotline's CEO Katie Ray-Jones, it typically receives 500 to 600 calls a day from victims, friends and family members. But now that number has reached over 1000 calls a day.
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The organization was dealt a huge blow after receiving cuts from its federal government funding due to the sequestration.
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Peyton Manning hunts following Denver Broncos' loss
Life could be worse for Peyton Manning. Yes, his Denver Broncos were upset by the Baltimore Ravens in last week's divisional playoffs. Still, things are just fine for Manning. His neck works. He hasn't been Catfish'd. He's nowhere near the crime blotter.
Instead, he's traveling the country with old friend, Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton, shooting rifles in the woods. We imagine this brings him great peace. "He told me he killed, in one day, a duck in Colorado and a deer in Mississippi," Archie Manning told The Associated Press on Saturday.
While we're still bitching about the loss last week, Peyton Manning is going Ted Nugent.
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