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President Obama's Drone Strikes in Pakistan kill 891 Civilians including 176 Children
Posted by PITHOCRATES - February 9th, 2013
The Left hated few presidents as much as they hated George W. Bush. They called him a war criminal. Even calling for his arrest so he can stand trial for his war crimes. Applauding when nations issue arrest warrants should he step foot inside their countries. His actions only stirred up anti-American sentiment. And provided a recruiting tool for terrorists. President Obama was going to change all of that. He was going to make the world love us again. All while making the world a safer place (see Pakistani Ambassador: U.S. Drone Strikes Cross a 'Red Line' by Paul D. Shinkman posted 2/5/2013 on U.S. News & World Report).
The U.S. has conducted 362 strikes in Pakistan since 2004, 310 of which have occurred during the Obama administration, according to data from The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. As many as 3,461 people have been killed by the attacks, including as many as 891 civilian deaths, 176 of which were children.
Every U.S. drone strike garners national attention in Pakistan through dozens of television outlets, says Rehman. Pakistanis view the attacks as a "negative and unfortunate" use of power that makes it difficult for the Pakistani government to build a public consensus in its relations with the U.S.
"Operationally, it is counterproductive because it creates more potential terrorists on the ground instead of taking them out," she says, adding public perception in Pakistan turns the attacks into a recruiting tool for terrorist organizations. "We need to drain the swamp."
If you do the math that means George W. Bush sent in only 52 drone strikes into Pakistan. In other words President Obama sent in 86% of all drone strikes into Pakistan. Our ally. And yet George W. Bush is the war criminal. Not President Obama.
If you crunch the other numbers these drone strikes killed 2,570 terrorists. Along with 715 civilian adults. And 176 children. Making the number of terrorists killed only 74% of the total killed. With civilian adults totaling 21% of the total killed. And children totaling 5% of the total killed. Don't know how many civilians George W. Bush killed but with 86% of all drone strikes into Pakistan President Obama must have killed the lion's share of civilians. Yet George W. Bush is the war criminal. Not President Obama. If George W. Bush was still in office the Left would be burning effigies of him for his wonton killing of innocent civilians. But with President Obama we get a shrug of the shoulders. And a simple c'est la guerre.
The lesson here? If you want to use awesome military weapons to kill people around the world make sure you have a 'D' next to your name. For if you're a Democrat you get a pass. While if you're a Republican they brand you a war criminal.
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Religiously Conservative Parents kill their Teenage Daughter for Talking to a Boy
Posted by PITHOCRATES - November 3rd, 2012
A horrible murder of a 15-year old Kashmir girl by her own parents illustrates where there is a war on women. And it isn't in the United States (see Parents kill teenage daughter in acid attack in Kashmir by AFP posted on The Telegraph).
A mother and father in Pakistan-administered Kashmir killed their 15-year-old daughter by dousing her with acid after seeing her talking to a young man, police say.
Local police officer Tahir Ayub told AFP the father, Mohammad Zafar, was already suspicions about his daughter Anvu Sha and became enraged when he saw her with a boy outside their home on Monday.
"Zafar beat her up and then poured acid over her with the help of his wife. She was badly burnt but they did not take her to hospital until the next morning, and she died on Wednesday," Mr Ayub said…
"The parents have confessed, saying that they suspected the girl had illicit relations with a boy," Mr Ayub said. "We have registered a murder case against the girl's father and mother."
Pakistan is a deeply conservative country, where women, especially in poor rural areas, enjoy few rights and protection by the police.
This is a war on women. It has nothing to do with birth control or abortion.
The American Left will have you believe that this is what will happen if the Republicans win on Tuesday. That somehow making a woman pay for her birth control is comparable to being murdered for talking to a boy. These are not equivalent things. Women can go on and have a full and satisfying life even if she has to pay for her own birth control. Oppressed women everywhere would eagerly swap their oppression for the oppression of having to spend an additional $20 or so a month.
As much as the Left tries to scare women into voting Democrat does anyone actually believe that life under Republicans will be like it is for 15 year old girls in Pakistan-administered Kashmir? The Left hated Ronald Reagan. But abortion survived 8 years of Ronald Reagan. And the porn industry did well in the Eighties. If the Republicans were going to go 'Islamic' conservative you'd think they'd have shut down the porn industry and figured out a way to overturn Roe v. Wade. But no. Women were free to do whatever they wanted with their bodies under 8 years of Ronald Reagan. And under 8 years of George W. Bush. From casual sex to porn to abortion. Even if they had to buy their own birth control.
There is no Republican war on women. And having women pay for their birth control doesn't mean that Republicans hate women. It just means Republicans think there is more to a woman than her reproductive parts. And unlike the Left who think only men can be interested in things that are not vagina-centered, Republicans think women care about things like jobs, the debt, taxes, etc. They don't talk down to them as if they are only sexual creatures to be maintained by government. Republicans appreciate their intelligence and independence. And want to engage their intellect. Not just relegate them to a sexual role in the current election cycle.
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2012 Endorsements: Adolf Hitler and Osama bin Laden
Posted by PITHOCRATES - November 1st, 2012
Workers Enthusiastically Supported the Nazi Party because it had the Word 'Workers' in It
Adolf Hitler joined the German Workers' Party (DAP) in 1919. The party platform included nationalist, anti-capitalist and anti-Marxist policy positions. As well as being anti-Semitic. A socialist party where everyone was equal. Unless you were a Jew. Something Hitler could wrap his arms around. As he would blame the Jews for Germany's loss in World War I. A war in which Hitler served as a messenger. Even got awarded for bravery. And he would later blame the bad German economy on the Jews as well. Having a scapegoat is very important if you want dictatorial powers. For you have to attack someone as you really can't run on a platform of wanting dictatorial power so you can oppress your people. The DAP became the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP). And Hitler designed the party banner. Creating the swastika. And the Nazi Party.
Now there isn't a whole lot of difference between socialism and Marxism. They are both about sharing the wealth and both are anti-capitalist. The real reason Hitler hated Marxism is that they were a strong contender for power in Germany. Power that Hitler wanted for his National Socialists. And for him. Which he consolidated by scapegoating, lying and using his personal charisma. Another important quality for one aspiring to be a dictator. To create a cult of personality. Hero worship. You have to be able to charm the masses so they don't look that close at your policies. Or your record. Germans voted Hitler into office. He didn't seize power. They fell in love with him. But they had no idea what they were voting for. World War. Genocide. He just moved them so much that they were willing to trust him fully. Even when some began to learn about what was happening at the death camps or what the Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing squads) were doing on the Eastern Front they told themselves that the Führer was doing what he had to do to protect the German people. Or, at the least, they blamed these atrocities on excesses of the SS and not their beloved Fuehrer. Or simply chose not to believe these reports.
The Nazis created an employment boom coming off of the Great Depression. With massive public works projects. And an aggressive rearmament program to prepare for World War II. The war economy made industry hum. Paid for with funds confiscated from enemies of the state. And through massive monetary expansion. That is, they printed a lot of money. Causing a lot of price inflation which raised the cost of living for the working German. Businesses were buried in red tape. The Nazi state controlled everything. Including the private sector. Complying with Nazi regulations took up about half of all communications for those in business. As one task could require up to 40 forms. Probably in triplicate. The Nazis shut down small businesses and small corporations. Wanting to deal only with big industry. So they could better control the businesses. And the workers. Business people once warmly supported Hitler during the ascent of his power only to discover later that Hitler was ruining German industry. Making them to regret their previous support. As did the workers. Who enthusiastically supported a party that had the word 'workers' in it. Only to see higher prices. Lower wages. Longer hours. No collective bargaining. No right to strike. High income taxes. Compulsory contributions for sickness, unemployment and disability insurance. Union dues (for a union that represented the state, not the worker). As time passed they even lost the ability to quit their job. Or change jobs. Being forever chained to the job the state chose for them. Which worked well to maximize industrial output. And to prepare for war.
After 9/11 George W. Bush kept America Safe from another al Qaeda Attack while he was in Office
America's problem with radical Islam probably dates back to the Iranian Hostage Crisis (1979). Then came the United States Embassy Bombing (1983) in Beirut. And then the Beirut Barracks Bombing (1983) that killed 241 Americans. Who were there in a peace-keeping mission during the Lebanese Civil War. To be neutral referees between the warring Muslim and Christian sides. Where the Muslims felt that although the Americans claimed neutrality in the conflict they leaned Christian. Hence the bombing of the Barracks. There was no real American retaliation for the attack. As they weren't certain who was responsible. With other threats to American forces President Reagan eventually abandoned the mission and pulled out US forces. One person took great interest in this American response to terror. Osama bin Laden. Who learned the following lesson. When Americans suffer casualties they quit.
Islamist attacks (and plans for attacks) against American targets increased during the Nineties. Perhaps the most shocking being the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing. An attempt to topple the Twin Towers that failed. Then came the New York City Landmark Bomb Plot (1993). The Khobar Towers Bombing (1996). The United States Embassy Bombings (1998). The Millennium Attack Plots (2000). The USS Cole Bombing (2000). Then 9/11. An attempt to topple the Twin Towers that succeeded. Until 9/11 we treated all of these events as criminal offences. Not acts of war. We talked about bringing these people to justice. In a court of law. Despite bin Laden having declared war against the United States back in 1996. Well, after 9/11 George W. Bush declared war against Osama bin Laden. And his terrorist organization. Al Qaeda.
Bush attacked bin Laden's safe haven in Afghanistan. Chasing him underground. Bush invaded Iraq. In part to pressure Saudi Arabia to crack down on the Wahhabi in their kingdom financing al Qaeda as the Saudis feared Iran filling any power void in Iraq. Which made American success in Iraq important to the Saudis. (The Wahhabi hated the Saudi Royal family as much as they hated America. While the Saudis had to tread lightly around the Wahhabi lest they provoke a civil war in the kingdom). It worked. Bush captured Islamist terrorists and sent them to a detention center at the US Naval facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Interrogating them for intelligence. As enemy combatants. Not as people with American Constitutional protections. Which helped to thwart future terrorist plots. Causing the Islamist world to hate George W. Bush with a passion. But he kept America safe from another al Qaeda attack while he was in office.
If Adolf Hitler and Osama bin Laden were Alive Today they would likely Endorse Barack Obama and Joe Biden
Things changed under President Obama. Who also hated George W. Bush. Blaming him for the Muslim hatred against America. So he tried to offer a softer, friendly face to the Muslim world. He stopped using the term 'War on Terror'. He wanted to try some 9/11 terrorists in the civilian court system in New York City. Instead of by military tribunal. He said the US would no longer torture people. And promised to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. When a radical Muslim in the US Army killed fellow soldiers on an Army base because of America's 'crimes against Islam' the president called that workplace violence. Not terrorism. A lot of these things the Islamists liked. But President Obama also killed indiscriminately with unmanned drones. Anyone killed that wasn't on the kill-list was deemed an enemy combatant. So collateral damage of innocents was greatly reduced. By simply calling everyone killed an enemy combatant. And by killing all terrorist and terrorist-adjacent people there were no prisoners to house. But there was also no intelligence to gather. Which had its drawbacks.
Years of interrogations and intelligence gathering eventually located Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. When advised President Obama gave the 'go' order to kill him. So in one day the president killed bin Laden. Defeated al Qaeda. And ended the War on Terror. Something the president likes to say over and over again. A never ending spiking of the football. This relentless bragging and the unmanned drone attacks inflamed the Islamist world. Providing a great recruiting tool for al Qaeda. Possibly being the impetus for the attacks on the American embassy in Benghazi. Which was left poorly protected. Even after the American ambassador requested additional protection. Especially around the anniversary of 9/11. But someone in the Obama administration denied the request because President Obama had killed Osama bin Laden. And defeated al Qaeda. And having to beef up security in Benghazi would have gone against that narrative. So they didn't.
So if Adolf Hitler and Osama bin Laden were alive today who would they endorse in the 2012 election? Well, Hitler would have liked the Democrat attacks on rich people. Seeing that as good scapegoating. He would be impressed by the cult of personality around President Obama. Though it wasn't as good as his. He would like the attack on capitalists and the massive government interference into the private sector. And the high income taxes and regulations. As well as those public works projects. Those roads and bridges. No doubt Hitler would have liked a lot of what he saw in the Obama administration. Though, perhaps, he would be confused as the ultimate purpose of this massive power grab. And Osama bin Laden? Well, he hated George W. Bush. President Obama may have killed him but it was all that War on Terror stuff that brought the Americans to him in Pakistan. He would prefer the Obama light touch over the Bush hammer. And he'd probably prefer his people getting killed by drones instead of being captured and pumped for information. Like the guy that gave up a name that eventually led the SEALs to his hiding place. And he would just love the opportunity to speak in a US court. Something that just wouldn't have happened under Bush. Finally he would have liked the naïveté and arrogance of President Obama. Which would have given him a target-rich environment. Like Benghazi. If Adolf Hitler and Osama bin Laden were alive today they would likely endorse the Democrat candidates Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
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The British foil al Qaeda Plot in Britain following al Qaeda's Defeat in the War on Terror
Posted by PITHOCRATES - October 28th, 2012
If you've been paying attention to the US presidential campaign you probably have heard that President Obama killed Osama bin Laden. And defeated al Qaeda. This was May 2, 2011. Which is why the Benghazi attack took this administration by surprise. And why they were reluctant at one time to call it a terrorist attack. For with the killing of bin Laden the War on Terror was over. Was this just an isolated incident? Or was al Qaeda keeping busy even with the death of Osama bin Laden? As it turns out, yes. In fact, it was business as usual for some in the immediate months following bin Laden's death (see 'Terror suspect trio plotted to massacre crowds using a car fitted with knives and detonating eight suicide bombs in attack bigger than July 7' by Chris Greenwood posted 10/22/2012 on the Daily Mail).
Three British Muslims were accused yesterday of plotting a suicide bomb attack designed to wreak more devastation than the July 7 attacks.
The Al Qaeda-inspired trio masterminded a conspiracy to detonate eight home-made rucksack devices, a court was told.
They bragged how the attacks would have caused 'mass deaths' in crowded areas. One of the men was secretly recorded saying the 2005 London attacks had 'gone a bit wrong' because the killers forgot to put nails in their bombs.
They also discussed mass poisoning and fixing blades to the wheels of a vehicle before driving it into a crowd of people, and boasted their plot would be 'another 9/11'.
The trio raised thousands of pounds to fund the plot by posing as street collectors for the humanitarian charity Muslim Aid, the jury was told. Two of the men are alleged to have travelled to Pakistan to attend a terrorist camp and received training with explosives, weapons and poisons. They are said to have recorded 'martyrdom videos' explaining their actions which were to be released to the media after their deaths…
Two of the men – unemployed graduate Irfan Naseer, 31, and former security guard Irfan Khalid, 27 – are accused of twice travelling to terrorist camps in Pakistan. They spent 15 months learning how to make bombs, use weapons and create poisons 'for the sole purpose' of bringing their knowledge to Britain and using it, the court heard.
When they returned in July 2011, they teamed up with Ashik Ali, 27, whose ground-floor flat was transformed into a safe house to experiment with explosive chemicals. The court heard Naseer was recorded agreeing with another man that July 7 had 'gone a bit wrong' because the bombers did not use nails.
Naseer, a heavily-built man known as 'Chubbs', used knowledge from his pharmacy degree to mix the chemicals. He bought an instant cold pack, in the mistaken belief it contained ammonium nitrate.
The men were recorded talking about training with AK-47 assault rifles and grenades as well as firing a rocket launcher and the vehicle blade plot, which was in the Al Qaeda magazine, Inspire…
The terrorist cell was allegedly inspired by internet videos and the writings of Osama Bin Laden and US-born Yemeni extremist Anwar Al-Awlaki, who was killed in a drone strike 12 days after the suspects were arrested.
These men were in Pakistan when President Obama killed Osama bin Laden. So they must have known of his death. And the end of the War on Terror. Yet they returned to England and continued their planning and preparations. Lucky for the British that they didn't let their guard down. For it appears radical British Muslims in Britain didn't get the memo that the War on Terror was over. Which is why the British pulled their people out of Benghazi as the radical Islamists were increasing their attacks against Western targets.
The world is still not a safe place. Al Qaeda is not defeated. And the War on Terror continues on. Where some of the Islamists are still trying to inflict another 9/11 on the West. And this after the death of bin Laden. Which explains the rise of Islamist violence in Benghazi. And the death of four Americans. Casualties in a war that the Americans had declared victory in that the other side never acknowledged.
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The Best Polio Vaccine is Free Market Capitalism
Posted by PITHOCRATES - March 25th, 2012
India is polio-free. Pity the same can't be said about her neighbors (see Effort to stop polio aims to vaccinate 111 million children in four days posted 3/23/2012 on the Los Angeles Times).
Polio, a viral disease that invades the nervous system, cannot be cured, only prevented. It mainly affects children under the age of five, leading to paralysis and even death.
The disease has been cut by more than 99% since the global campaign to eradicate polio was launched in 1988; India, which once had half of the polio cases in the world, recently marked a year without a case…
Last year, 650 cases were reported worldwide, with persistent pockets in Nigeria and along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The virus resurged in Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, and Niger.
If you follow the link you will see a map. In that map you can see the three countries India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. India, the most populated of the three, is polio-free. Pakistan and Afghanistan, less populated, are not polio-free. One would think that the sheer numbers would have made India the country with the most cases of polio. But no. Why? What's different between India and Pakistan/Afghanistan? India is a country growing more modern by the day. With a bustling economy. And a rising standard of living. Pakistan and Afghanistan, on the other hand, aren't much different than they were a millennium ago. Especially in the border region between these two countries. They are not modern countries. And suffer from diseases more modern countries have already eradicated.
Are their campaigns to eradicate polio in the United States? Canada? The United Kingdom? Europe? South Africa? Australia? New Zealand? No. Because these are advanced First World nations. Where childhood includes the dreaded vaccinations. Kids hate getting their shots. But they get them. And are healthier for it. Unlike the kids in the border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Who suffer Third World poverty. And infectious disease.
The best medicine for children? Free market capitalism. That produces a wealthy middle class. A high standard of living for all. And a social safety net for those who fall on hard times. Where there is no Third World poverty. And the children suffer little from infectious disease.
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Posted by PITHOCRATES - May 2nd, 2011
Early reports credit SEAL Team Six with the take down of Osama bin Laden. Despite losing a helicopter, they executed the mission with extreme precision. Which is the way SEALs like to do it. A grateful thanks goes out to all our men and women in the armed forces, especially those in the Special Forces community. Much of what they do never 'officially' happens. So they are truly America's unsung heroes. And a special thanks goes out to Navy SEAL and Rogue Warrior Richard Marcinko. He created SEAL Team Six and made it the potent asset it is today. It's not easy to become a SEAL. And Marcinko made it harder still to get into SEAL Team Six. A lot of what they do isn't humanly possible. And yet they do it. Because that's their business. Doing the impossible.
Number 1 on the FBI's most wanted terrorist list took awhile to find. Starting in the Clinton administration even before 9/11. Yes, he was killing Americans before 9/11. There were the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya. And the 2000 USS Cole bombing. Then came 9/11. Which intensified the manhunt (see Getting Osama bin Laden: How the mission went down by Mike Allen posted 5/2/2011 on Politico).
In the biggest break in a global pursuit of bin Laden that stretched back to the Clinton administration, the U.S. discovered the compound by following one of the terrorist's personal couriers, identified by terrorist detainees as one of the few al Qaeda couriers who bin Laden trusted.
"They indicated he might be living with and protecting bin Laden," a senior administration official told reporters on a midnight conference call. "Detainees gave us his nom de guerre, or his nickname, and identified him as both a protégé of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of September 11th, and a trusted assistant of Abu Faraj al-Libbi, the former number three of al Qaeda who was captured in 2005."
Officials didn't learn the courier's name until 2007. Then it took two years to find him and track him back to this compound, which was discovered in August 2010.
It was this courier that led us to bin Laden. Identifying him was key. So important that President Bush authorized some forceful interrogation techniques (see Woman who died as a human shield was one of bin Laden's wives: White House posted 5/2/2011 on The Toronto Star).
Torture and interrogation tactics inside CIA prisons in Romania and Poland extracted the courier's name from Mohammed and his successor, Abu Faraj Al Libi, the Associated Press reported.
Former U.S. president George W. Bush had authorized the CIA to use torture; Obama closed the prison system.
Which of course led us not to some cave in Afghanistan near the Pakistan border. But inside Pakistan. In relative comfort (see US kills Osama bin Laden decade after 9/11 attacks by Kimberly Dozier and David Espo, Associated Press, posted 5/2/2011 on Yahoo! News).
Long believed to be hiding in caves, bin Laden was tracked down in a costly, custom-built hideout not far from a Pakistani military academy…
The compound is about a half-mile from a Pakistani military academy, in a city that is home to three army regiments and thousands of military personnel. Abbottabad is surrounded by hills and with mountains in the distance.
Critics have long accused elements of Pakistan's security establishment of protecting bin Laden, though Islamabad has always denied it, and in a statement the foreign ministry said his death showed the country's resolve in the battle against terrorism.
Still, bin Laden's location raised pointed questions of whether Pakistani authorities knew the whereabouts of the world's most wanted man.
And there he was. Hiding in our ally's back yard. With all the comforts of home. Including a wife or two. For years. And all that time not that far from under our very noses. Was Pakistan complicit? Time will tell. Of course, Muslims helping Westerners to hunt down and kill Muslims is a tricky business. Helping Americans isn't exactly in their best interests. They may have been hiding him. But there were no communication lines going into that compound. The only contact with the outside world was via those couriers. So, yes, he was there. But what exactly was he doing while he was there? Probably not a lot. So even though he wasn't in Gitmo or dead, he may have been, for all intents and purposes, neutralized. Which would have helped American national security interests.
From Osama bin Laden to Egypt
So bin Laden is dead. Does it change much? Perhaps. But not in the way most would think. Since 9/11 bin Laden hasn't been all that active. It's hard to be active when you're always hiding. The real al Qaeda threat of late has been in Yemen. Not Afghanistan. The recent attempts (the underwear bomber and the printer cartridge bombs) were launched from Yemen. So killing bin Laden may actually have a negative impact on U.S. security. Because it brought him back from relative obscurity. Perhaps offering a rallying call for our enemies. Especially when the U.S. acted unilaterally inside a sovereign Muslim Pakistan. Where the local population doesn't much like the U.S. to begin with.
Osama bin Laden may still have been active. And taking him out sends a message to other terrorists. But it is a distraction from more disturbing developments in the Middle East. In Egypt to be specific. Where a whole lot of change is happening. Some of which may not be for the good. Such as the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood. Opening the Gaza border crossing. Their brokering a unity deal between Fatah in the West Bank and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. And Egypt's move to normalize relations with Iran. Little good can come from these developments. And a lot bad can. So, yes, bin Laden got what he deserved. But the developing theater in the War on Terror may now be in the Middle East.
Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood Condemn the Killing of Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden was a Saudi. 'Was' being the operative wood. The Saudis were glad to see him go (see Saudi hopes bin Laden death will aid terror fight by Mahmoud Habboush, Cynthia Johnston, Joseph Logan and Mark Heinrich, posted 5/2/2011 on Reuters).
"An official source expressed the hope of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia that the elimination of the leader of the terrorist al Qaeda organization would be a step toward supporting international efforts aimed at fighting terrorism," the news agency said.
It added that Riyadh hoped that bin Laden's demise would also help break up al Qaeda cells and eliminate the "misguided thought" it said was drives militancy.
He and the Wahhabi sect had been a problem for the Saudi kingdom. They were glad to get rid of him first from the kingdom. Then from the living. And when the U.S. offered them bin Laden's body for burial they refused. They did not want him buried in Saudi soil. But not everyone in the Middle East shared Saudi opinion (see Hamas condemns killing of al-Qa'ida leader by Reuters posted 5/2/2011 on The Independent).
Hamas condemned on Monday the US killing of Osama bin Laden as the assassination of an Arab holy warrior, differing sharply with the Palestinian Authority, the Islamist group's partner in a new unity deal.
"We ask God to offer him mercy with the true believers and the martyrs," Ismail Haniyeh, head of the Hamas administration in the Gaza Strip, told reporters. ..
Hamas, classified by the United States and the European Union as a terrorist group over its violence against Israel, is due to sign a unity deal this week in Cairo with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's more secular Fatah movement.
Israel has condemned the agreement, saying it could sabotage any efforts to revive peace talks with the Palestinians. The deal envisages an interim unity government comprised of independents and Palestinian elections later in the year.
This is no surprise that Hamas would condemn bin Laden's killing. They share his hatred of Americans. And the State of Israel. What is troubling, though, is the unity deal between the secular Fatah in the West Bank and the Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Especially with that unity deal being brokered in post-Mubarak Egypt. This is very troubling indeed. For the Hamas Charter calls for the destruction of Israel. Which is still in the charter. Which begs the question, what will be a unified Hamas/Fatah position on Israel? Especially now that the Muslim Brotherhood, who supports that proviso in the Hamas charter, is ascendant in Egypt. Perhaps we can learn by the Muslim Brotherhood's reaction to the killing of bin Laden (see Egypt Muslim Brotherhood condemns Bin Laden death by the Associated Press posted 5/2/2011 on Yahoo! News).
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, a conservative organization with links around the Islamic world, has condemned the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden by U.S. forces as an "assassination."
The Brotherhood, which seeks the establishment of a state run according to Islamic principles through peaceful means, is Egypt's most powerful and organized political movement.
Post-Mubarak Egypt is not looking good. If current trends continue, it may be like exchanging a Mubarak-Egypt for another Iran. On the all important Suez Canal. And but a short walk from Israel. Public enemy number one for radical Islam. And let's not forget that Iran is working on a nuclear program.
The Dawn of a new Islamist Day in Egypt?
It's hard to find a bigger mistake in the Middle East than forcing Mubarak from office. For Egypt has a lot more radical Islam fomenting in their populace than they do democracy. Even bin Laden's number two, Ayman Al-Zawahri, is an Egyptian. And he may shortly become al Qaeda's number one. Which is cause for concern. Because he's not as nice a guy as Osama bin Laden was (see Egypt's Al-Zawahri likely to succeed bin Laden by Hamza Hendawi and Lee Keath, Associated Press, posted 5/2/2011 on the Daily News Egypt).
With bin Laden killed, Ayman Al-Zawahri becomes the top candidate for the world's top terror job.
It's too early to tell how exactly Al-Qaeda would change with its founder and supreme mentor gone, but the group under Al-Zawahri would likely be further radicalized, unleashing a new wave of attacks to avenge bin Laden's killing by US troops in Pakistan on Monday to send a message that it's business as usual.
Yes, the mentor bin Laden was the less radical one. The protégé, Al-Zawahri, may very well take it up a notch. At least to avenge his mentor's death. Unless the U.S. gets to him first.
The attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon made bin Laden Enemy No. 1 to the United States. But he likely could never have carried it out without Al-Zawahri. Bin Laden provided Al-Qaeda with the charisma and money, but Al-Zawahri brought the ideological fire, tactics and organizational skills needed to forge disparate militants into a network of cells in countries around the world.
"Al-Zawahri was always bin Laden's mentor, bin Laden always looked up to him," says terrorism expert Bruce Hoffman of Georgetown University.
Osama bin Laden may have put out the call for jihad on 9/11. By Al-Zawahri made it happen. And created an international terror network to boot.
Al-Zawahri ensured Al-Qaeda's survival, rebuilding Al-Qaeda's leadership in the Afghan-Pakistan border region and installing his allies as new lieutenants in key positions. Since then, the network inspired or had a direct hand in attacks in North Africa, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Pakistan, the 2004 train bombings in Madrid and the 2005 transit bombings in London.
It was Al-Zawahri, not bin Laden, who was responsible for post-9/11 al Qaeda.
But before Al-Qaeda — and before Al-Zawahri focused his wrath on the "far enemy," United States — his goal was to bring down the "near enemy," the US-allied government of then president Hosni Mubarak in his native Egypt.
And in what may prove one of the greatest blunders of national security, Al-Zawahri's 'far enemy' took out his 'near enemy'. And now all that radical Islam that's been simmering below the surface can boil over now. Because the U.S. got rid of the guy that contained it. Hosni Mubarak.
At the same time, Al-Zawahri began reassembling Islamic Jihad and surrounded bin Laden with Egyptian members of Jihad such as Mohamed Atef and Saif Al-Adel, who would one day play key roles in putting together the Sept. 11 attacks.
The alliance established Al-Zawahri as bin Laden's deputy and soon after came the bombings of the US embassies in Africa, followed by the 2000 suicide bombing of the USS Cole off the coast of Yemen, an attack Al-Zawahri is believed to have helped organize.
Apparently these Egyptians went to work for bin Laden because they were not welcomed in Egypt. Of course, that may have all changed. Egypt is moving closer to Hamas. And Iran. And there's talk about pulling out of the Camp David Accords with Israel. No doubt these Egyptians are now feeling that there is no place like home. And they're probably going back to Egypt. Eager to take part in the dawn of a new Islamist day there.
Developments in Egypt are of Greater Concern
President Obama acted boldly by giving the go ahead for SEAL Team Six to take down Osama bin Laden. And some are already talking about how this will help his 2012 reelection chances. Of course, Osama bin Laden may be moot by then if the economy is still in recession. George H. W. Bush lost to Bill Clinton after riding record approval numbers after his victory in the Gulf War. Because it was the economy, stupid. Osama bin Laden is big. But his he bigger enough to overcome a recession?
But Obama has a bigger problem, though. He told Hosni Mubarak he had to go. That was a mistake. And it can have huge consequences. On the War on Terror. On Middle East stability. And on world peace. Bad things are already lining up to happen. The degree of bad may very well determine the 2012 election.
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Obama Playing with Terror Alerts like George W. Bush?
Posted by PITHOCRATES - October 9th, 2010
The Left said George W. Bush played with the terror alert levels for political purposes. To boost their chances at congressional elections. By scaring the people. He even had Al Jazeera broadcast Osama bin Laden accepting responsibility for the 9/11 attacks on the eve of his reelection. To distract the people from the quagmire that had become the Iraq War. That Bush and those rascally Republicans were worse than Nazis. That's what the Left would have you believe. They, who are pure as the wind-driven snow, would never play with national security for political gain. Never. Ever.
(Interestingly, many on the Left claimed Bush was using Osama bin Laden's broadcast for political gain. While at the same time many on the Left were claiming that Bush masterminded the 9/11 attacks for political gain. Sort of a damn Bush if he did and damn Bush if he didn't thing. Guess it covers all the bases.)
Well, some would disagree with that. But you won't find anything in the American mainstream media. As apparatchiks of the Democratic Party, they only report the continued successes of the president and the Democrats in Congress. Dutifully following their talking points. They attack the Republicans. The Tea Party. And when one of their own is caught in a lie, cheats on their spouse, says something inappropriate, commits a crime, facilitates the subprime mortgage crisis, etc., they circle the wagons. Become apologists. Deflect. Then blame George W. Bush.
To find someone who will dare say the king is wearing no clothes, you have to turn to the British media. And what are they saying? Well, the Guardian has an interesting article by Simon Tisdall and Richard Norton-Taylor (see Barack Obama accused of exaggerating terror threat for political gain). And by the title you can see that there are some who believe that the Left would play with national security for political gain. Even with the national security of our allies.
So who's saying this?
A US terror alert issued this week about al-Qaida plots to attack targets in western Europe was politically motivated and not based on credible new information, senior Pakistani diplomats and European intelligence officials have told the Guardian.
What instigated this?
The non-specific US warning, which despite its vagueness led Britain, France and other countries to raise their overseas terror alert levels, was an attempt to justify a recent escalation in US drone and helicopter attacks inside Pakistan that have "set the country on fire", said Wajid Shamsul Hasan, the high commissioner to Britain.
For what purpose?
Hasan, a veteran diplomat who is close to Pakistan's president, suggested the Obama administration was playing politics with the terror threat before next month's midterm congressional elections, in which the Republicans are expected to make big gains.
He also claimed President Obama was reacting to pressure to demonstrate that his Afghan war strategy and this year's troop surge, which are unpopular with the American public, were necessary.
I know, if you didn't know any better, you'd swear the Left was talking about Bush again. Could it be that, perhaps, the Left isn't as pure as the wind-driven snow? Possibly. And by 'possibly' I mean 'yes'. It sure would be nice to hear the American media cover this story. But with the Democrats in control of the White House, Senate and House, they're all for cross border incursions. Blowing things up. And killing people. Apparently.
But it's just politics. I mean, what's the worst that can happen?
"The government does not want to go down this road," he said. "But people feel abused. If they [the Americans] kill someone again, they will react. There is a figure that there are 3,000 American personnel in Pakistan. They would be very easy targets."
Even Bush didn't draw threats from our allies to kill Americans in their countries. An interesting development for the man that the Norwegians awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to about a year ago today.
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No Love Dividend Yet from the Apology Tour
Add One Part Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter tried detente. Make nice to our enemies. Alienate our allies. He pointed out the human rights abuses our allies made in their fight against communism. But he said little about our Cold War foe who raised the bar on human rights abuses. The plan was to love our enemy. And they would love us. How did it work? During the Carter presidency, the Soviet Union introduced a nuclear first-strike doctrine. Because they were sure their missiles would land before Carter would ever launch ours. The Soviets, for the first time since the days of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD), were planning to win a nuclear war.
Obama said the Arab/Muslim world hated us because of George W. Bush's overt hostile rhetoric/actions against them. He would talk to the president of Iran. He would engage in diplomacy. He would change the way the Arab/Muslim world felt about America. And how is that going? Not good. Iran has a nuclear reactor about to go on line, taking them one step closer to becoming a nuclear power. And now Syria and Iran are cozying up with each other. A united stand against Israel. And the United States. And the thanks Obama got for all his nicey nice? They dissed him. They said any attempts at an Israeli-Palestinian peace were only a desperate attempt to boost Obama's poll numbers. See Reuters' Syria's Assad rebuffs Washington by courting Iran by Robin Pomeroy.
It would appear that the lessons of Carter's economic policies are not the only lessons Obama ignored. Our enemies don't like us. Really.
Add One Part Richard Nixon
When the Vietnam War expanded into neutral Cambodia, all hell broke out. On the college campuses. Four died at Kent State. And an unpopular war grew ever more unpopular. But Nixon was playing to win. The Ho Chi Minh Trail fed the insurgency in the south. And the jumping off point was in Cambodia. Where LBJ tried to limit the war Nixon tried to win it. Nixon would ultimately get a peace treaty in Vietnam. Backed by the might and will of America. But Nixon was by then so hated that he would be undone by his own paranoia. Watergate would throw him out of office. With him went the might and will promised to South Vietnam. And soon there was no longer a South Vietnam.
Obama has expanded the war in Afghanistan into Pakistan. Our ally. The 'Cambodia' of that conflict. And he's stepping things up. (See the Wall Street Journal's CIA Escalates in Pakistan by Adam Entous, Julian E. Barnes and Siobhan Gorman.) The similarities are striking. But there's no unrest on our college campuses. No concerted media attack by the 3 major networks. And yet included in the Obama administration is Hilary Clinton. She participated in the impeachment of Richard Nixon. Over in the Senate, John Kerry, the Vietnam War protester, is saying that you have to attack these sanctuaries. My, how time changes some. Or the political expediency of the moment. Nixon's Cambodian intrusion – bad. Obama's Pakistan intrusion – good. So I guess the lesson here is that if you want to run covert military operations on the wrong side of the border, you better be a Democrat.
The anti-war people in the Democrat Party are fuming over this war doctrine. This is something that they'd expect George W. Bush to do. Not their guy of hope and change. Will Obama try to appease the Left? Give up on Afghanistan? Like the Left did on South Vietnam? Let's hope not. Politics is politics. But Americans shouldn't die in vain.
Add One Part LBJ
LBJ didn't want to be the first American president to lose a war. So he tried. But with far too many rules of engagement. For he was trying to win the hearts and minds of the world. The American people, our allies in Southeast Asia and even our enemies (who were trying to kill us and our allies). And look where it got him.
LBJ wanted it all. He wanted to win the war in Vietnam. And the wars against poverty and racism. But his policies made Vietnam a quagmire. There were race riots in the United States. And his domestic agenda exploded government spending, causing runaway inflation in the 1970s and recession. We call it stagflation. It gave Carter a single term. And he's still bitter about that to this day.
Johnson was a big liberal. Obama is a big liberal. Johnson had an unpopular war. Obama has an unpopular war. Johnson had an aggressive domestic agenda. Obama has an aggressive agenda. Johnson's Great Society programs have been abject failures (we are still fighting poverty and racism today. And we're still paying the hefty tab on those failed programs). Wonder what history will say of Obama.
Mix Together for One Obama
On foreign policy, Obama came in young, inexperienced and naive. Some would even say inept. His apology tour hasn't changed the hate. Our enemies still hate us. Go figure. Now Iran will soon have nuclear weapons. And the world will be less safe. If you're nostalgic for Jimmy Carter, here's your chance to relive those dangerous days.
Afghanistan was the 'good' war. But the Left doesn't have 'good' wars. They want out. And Obama is trying. He even is going Nixon. Attacking the enemy's safe havens. Attack a neutral country? Hell, I'll attack an ally. It's the right military call but will the Left ever forgive him? I guess time will tell. As will the college campuses.
LBJ wanted to give everyone everything they wanted. Yet they still rioted. And it hurt. LBJ could not understand. Nor could he forgive. At the end of his first full term he had had enough. He lost Walter Cronkite. He lost the American people. So he said goodbye. And the hated man faded away. Obama has had an aggressive domestic agenda. He gave away a lot of free stuff. But the people who have to pay for that generosity are not amused. And the polls show that the Democrats in Congress will ultimately pay for Obama's generosity. A lot of them may be looking for a new job.
But it's not all bad for Obama. There are some who endorse his Cap and Trade policy initiative. Some believe in the dangers of global warming. Osama bin Laden all but said so in one of his latest broadcasts (see Reuters' UPDATE 1-Bin Laden criticises Pakistan relief mission by Martina Fuchs and Tamara Walid.) So, the American people may be turning away from him, but some of our enemies still support some of his agenda.
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TrueCrypt shutdown? Where's my tinfoil hat!
This is bad. Very bad. And strange. And very, very, bad. Wait, whut? TrueCrypt has apparently shutdown, called itself insecure, and advised everyone to switch to BitLocker. You should read the comments on those articles folks, people waaaaay smarter than me are talking.


You may have noticed that Fabulous 4th Grade Froggies has become Fabulous 3rd Grade Froggies.... its true! I am hopping back to third grade after 6 years teaching 4th.
I will be the first to admit that I love alliteration and Fabulous 3rd Grade Froggies just doesn't have the same ring as Fabulous 4th Grade Froggies but I decided that Fabulous Froggies is just me and I will keep the name and just change the grade level.
I am super excited to go back to 3rd grade. Since I left 3rd grade to teach 4th there have been a lot of changes... the curriculum has changed, the teachers have changed, and of course the students have changed. I have been at the same school for 12 years and I never taught on the same team with anyone on this new third grade team so I am excited. While I am not one that can say I necessarily like change, I know change is good. It keeps us on our toes and refreshes us. I'm already starting to get ready! I purchased the teacher binder/planner from one of my favorite TPTers and friend, April at A Modern Teacher. I have one of her gorgeous printable teacher binders (the chevron one) but I am trying this new one since it has a zillion (Ok, that may be a little bit of an exaggeration) covers to choose from... yes, I chose a frog one ;).
They (who ever they are) always say "leave while you are on top" and that is just what I am doing. I am leaving 4th grade with one of the most amazing classes. My students and their families are incredible people. As all of my former students, they will stay in my heart forever. Luckily for me, our 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th grade classes are all upstairs so I will still get to see them daily.
I am hoping this change will also change my blogging habits. I am hoping to blog weekly and share out my adventures as a "new" third grade teacher.
The week after next, the fourth grade teachers and students will be visiting the Alamo and watching the Battle of the Alamo at the IMAX. I will be sure to take lots of pics to share with you!
Thanks in advance for sticking with me as I begin a new adventure!
Congrats on your grade change....third will always be special to me! I spent 19 years there before moving up.
I agree with alliteration...I was Fabulous in Fourth and became Fabulous in Fifth. Have you thought about dropping the grade from your title? You could add Friends or another word.


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Q: Jquery set how to set a global variable json post Giving the following example:
var animal= null;

$.post("ajax.php",{data: data}, function(output){
     animal = output.animal;
},"json");

alert(animal);

In principle I wanted the variable to return something outside the ajax function's success callback and I declare it outside the post. However it is still returning "null". What am I doing wrong?

A: As $.post() is asynchronous. So you can't do what you want. Instead of that you have to use callback function like below:
var animal= null;

$.post("ajax.php",{data: data}, function(data){

     // this callback will execute after
     // after finish the post with
     // and get returned data from server

     animal = data.animal;
     callFunc(animal);
},"json");

function callFunc(animal) {
  alert(animal);
}

A: The problem is the alert command is executing before the success function, because $.post is by definition asynchronous.
To do what you want, you have to use a synchronous request (the code will not execute before the request is over)  like this:
 var animal = null;

 $.ajax({
        url: 'ajax.php',
        async: false,   // this is the important line that makes the request sincronous
        type: 'post',
        dataType: 'json',
        success: function(output) {
                animal = output.animal;
             }
          );

  alert(animal);

Good luck!

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Q: How to find and search in all files with hashtag in specific line I'm trying to find a way to scan a folder on my OSX system for all files containing a specific string of text(#SomeTag") in specific line(hashtag in first line). Just to clarify, I'm looking for text within the file, not in the file name.
I tried ag, fzf and also the combination but can't make it work how i want.
I would like to search in files with fzf that has some hashtags in specific line.
For example:
#TagOne #TagTwo searchpattern

This would search for searchpattern only in files that have the #TagOne #TagTwo in first line.
Update:
So far i came up whit this solution which works but its far from optimal but it works exactly how i want. The script takes 1-3 arguments after finding the files i can full text fuzzy search in the content of all found files.
 #!/bin/sh
if [ "$#" == 1 ]; then
    ag -Ril $1 ./Evernote | xargs ag --nobreak --nonumbers --noheading . | fzf
fi
if [ "$#" == 2 ]; then
    ag -Ril $1 ./Evernote | xargs ag -il $2 | xargs ag --nobreak --nonumbers --noheading . | fzf
fi
if [ "$#" == 3 ]; then
    ag -Ril $1 ./Evernote | xargs ag -il $2 | xargs ag -il $3 | xargs ag --nobreak --nonumbers --noheading . | fzf
fi

A: for file in `find [path] -type f`; do head -1 $file | grep [pattern] >> /dev/null && echo $file; done

Replace [path] with the directory you want to search and [pattern] with whatever you're looking for, like '#TagOne #TagTwo searchpattern'.
The for file in ``; do ....; done bit iterates over every line returned by the code in the graves (the backtick things), assigning each line into a thing called "file." Inside the graves, we have find [path] -type f, which finds all "normal" files (excluding links, directories, etc.) in your path and prints sends each to stdout (which is being consumed by our for loop.)
We then call head -1 on each of those files, which just extracts the first line of each, and greps through it for your pattern. Since we don't care about grep's normal output, I redirect it to /dev/null to keep it from printing. Conveniently, grep's exit code can be treated as a true/false, depending upon whether it located anything. The && echo $file takes advantage of this to print the filename, only if grep matched something in the first line.
UPDATE
To support multiple patterns, you could chain the above solution, but you'd end up opening each file for every pattern you're requiring. If you have many patterns to search for, try this:
for file in `find . -type f`; do
  FIRSTLINE=`head -1 $file`;
  if [[ $FIRSTLINE == *pattern1* &&
        $FIRSTLINE == *pattern2* &&
        $FIRSTLINE == *pattern3* ]];
  then
      echo $file;
  fi;
done

This can all be crushed down to one line for use as an alias, but we're crossing a line here that bash isn't so great at. Having set the requirement that we match on a pattern that can't be bounded by a regular expression, you're probably better off resorting to python:
#!/usr/bin/env python
from os import walk
from os.path import join
import sys

directory = sys.argv[1]  # Use the first argument as the directory to search

for root, subdirs, files in walk(directory):
    for file in files:
        path = join(root, file)
        line = open(path).readline()
        if ('TagOne' in line and      # You could also get these on
                'TagTwo' in line and  # the command-line...
                'TagThree' in line):
            print path

A: I believe ctags could fill the bill. It is a tool that makes it easy to navigate large source code projects. It provides some of the features that you may be used to in modern IDEs, such as the ability to jump from the current source file to definitions of functions and structures in other files. Since ctags is essentially a cached index, you can search on any string and find all of its references in your project/directory. Ctags is designed to be run inside of Vim and Emacs. Note: the fzf.vim plugin has a Tags search feature.
In your specific case, you'll want to add a custom tag. I think ctag's regex option suffices:
--regex-<LANG>=/line_pattern/name_pattern/[flags]
       Define regular expression for locating tags in specific language.

For example, your could recursively scan all text files for #word and save those results in tags file. First create a ctags option file:
# ctags definition file for searching for tags.
--langdef=hashtext
--map-hashtext=+.txt
--regex-hashtext=/.*(#[a-zA-Z0-9]*)/\1/h,hashtag/I   #define your regex here
--fields=+ln

For the sake of the example, say this options file is called hashtext.ctags. Next, Then run ctags in your directory, like so:
ctags -R --options=hashtext.ctags *

This will recursively search for regex and create an index in a tags file. Open in vim the file(s) where you wish browse by hashtags and use :tag function.
Once all this machinery is in place, you can use fzf to search and jump to various tags. For details and example set-ups see here: fzf tags. Or, better yet, use the fzf vim plugin, which has Tag and BTag commands.


Chris "Sparky" Maedche, 55, of Burlington, died at 5:10 pm Friday, January 25, 2019, at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City.
Born November 13, 1963, in Rolla, MO, he was the son of Ernest Edwin and Patricia Mare Bodekar Maedche.
Chris was an auto mechanic and switch gear operator at G.E.
After high school, Chris went on to complete some college.
Chris enjoyed spending his time fishing on the Mississippi River and Montana, listening to music and loved to play the keyboard and harmonica. He was a helpful guy who was loved by all.
Survivors include two sons, Christopher (Meriya) Maedche of Portland, Oregon and Mathew (Joanna) Maedche of Elgin, Oregon; one brother, Ernest Maedche, Jr. of Montana; three sisters, Trudy Krum and Tina (Robert) Howard both of Montana and Tami McCullon of Wayland, IA.
Besides his parents, Chris was preceded in death by three sisters and two brothers.


Something bizarre orbiting a young, failed star 170 light-years from Earth may be the progeny of two protoplanets that collided and merged, astronomers announced at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Austin, Texas.
Given its hotter-than-expected temperature, dim luminosity, young age and location, the orbiting object, known as 2M1207B, should be a physical impossibility, scientists say.
"This is a strange enough object that it needs a strange explanation," Eric Mamajek of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics said.
Mamajek and Michael Meyer of The University of Arizona propose that the object orbiting brown dwarf 2M1207A is small, about the size of Saturn. The "brown dwarf," or failed star, in the system is believed to be 25 times as massive as Jupiter and only about eight million years old.
The brown dwarf might be the outcome of a collision between a Saturn-sized gas giant and a planet about three times the size of Earth, Mamajek and Meyer suggest. The two smacked into each other and fused, forming one larger world still boiling from the heat generated in the titanic collision.
"Most, if not all, planets in our solar system were hit early in their history," Mamajek said. "A collision created Earth's moon and knocked Uranus on its side. It's quite likely that major collisions happen in other young planetary systems, too."
"The Earth was hit by something one-tenth its mass, and it's likely that other planets in our solar system were, too, including Venus and Uranus," Meyer said. "If that one-tenth scale holds in other planetary systems, then we could be seeing the aftermath of a collision between a 72 Earth-mass gas giant and an eight Earth-mass planet."
The collision theory is reasonable from a timescale point of view, Mamajek said. A 2400-degree Fahrenheit, Saturn-sized object would radiate its heat away over about 100,000 years. If the system were billions of years old, it is unlikely that astronomers would be looking at the right time, but because the system is only eight million years old, chances are much better that they would catch it shortly after the collision, when they could still see the hot aftermath.
The collision hypothesis makes several predictions that astronomers can test. Chief among them is a low surface gravity, which depends on a planet's mass and radius. To check this prediction, astronomers will need to get a better spectrum of 2M1207B. That's challenging because the object is very faint and very close to the brown dwarf 2M1207A.
Mamajek emphasized that while a planet collision may not be the correct explanation for the weirdness of 2M1207B, examples of colliding planets are likely to be found by the next generation of ground-based telescopes.
"Hot, post-collision planets might be a whole new class of objects we will see with the Giant Magellan Telescope."
Harvard and UA are members of an international consortium building the Giant Magellan Telescope, which is slated for completion in 2016 at a site in northern Chile. It will be composed of seven 8.4-meter primary mirrors arranged in a hexagonal pattern, giving it 4.5 times the collecting area of any current optical telescope. The UA Steward Observatory Mirror Lab cast the first GMT mirror in 2005.
"Even if we're wrong, I wouldn't be surprised if someone finds a clear-cut case in the next 10 years," Mamajek added.


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We need to be able to query the `by_category` view that we created in Exercise 4.a to get all of the categories in our bucket, as well as the total number of products in each category.

**1\.** Open `exercise5/com/example/CategoryService.cfc` in your IDE

**2\.** Modify the `getCategories` method to query Couchbase View that you created in Exercise 4.a, this will call the CFCouchbase `query()` method with the follow arguments and options

- designDocumentName = "products"
- viewName = "by_category"
- options:
	- group = true

**3\.** Open the homepage ([/exercise5/index.cfm](/exercise5/index.cfm)) and verify that you are seeing categories and their counts in the sidebar.

To enable grouping in the Couchbase Admin Console.  Do the following:

a. Open up the Couchbase Admin Console by going to [http://127.0.0.1:8091/](http://127.0.0.1:8091/) in a web browser
b. Choose [Data Buckets](http://127.0.0.1:8091/index.html#sec=buckets)
c. Click the "[Views](http://127.0.0.1:8091/index.html#sec=views&viewsBucket=default)" button next to the **default** bucket
d. Click the "Edit" button next to the view "by_category"
e. Click the down arrow next to "Filter Results", and check *group* from the drop down menu. (at the bottom)
f. Click the "Show Results" button

For your reference the data from the `getCategories` method is used in the following view:

- exercise5/view/includes/sidebar.categories.cfm

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### Exercise 5.b - Querying the Brands View with Grouping

We need to be able to query the `by_brand` view that we created in Exercise 4.c to get all of the brands in our bucket, as well as the total number of products in each category.

**1\.** Open `exercise5/com/example/BrandService.cfc` in your IDE

**2\.** Modify the `getBrands` method to query Couchbase View that you created in Exercise 4.c, this will call the CFCouchbase `query()` method with the follow arguments and options

- designDocumentName = "products"
- viewName = "by_brand"
- options:
	- group = true

**3\.** Open the homepage ([/exercise5/index.cfm](/exercise5/index.cfm)) and verify that you are seeing brands and their counts in the sidebar.

To enable grouping in the Couchbase Admin Console.  Do the following:

a. Open up the Couchbase Admin Console by going to [http://127.0.0.1:8091/](http://127.0.0.1:8091/) in a web browser
b. Choose [Data Buckets](http://127.0.0.1:8091/index.html#sec=buckets)
c. Click the "[Views](http://127.0.0.1:8091/index.html#sec=views&viewsBucket=default)" button next to the **default** bucket
d. Click the "Edit" button next to the view "by_brand"
e. Click the down arrow next to "Filter Results", and check *group* from the drop down menu. (at the bottom)
f. Click the "Show Results" button

For your reference the data from the `getBrands` method is used in the following view:

- exercise5/view/includes/sidebar.brands.cfm

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Iowa Open Enrollment law allows parents/guardians to enroll their child in a public school district other than their district of residence by completing the open enrollment application. Return open enrollment forms to Terri Mohler, Administrative Assistant to the Associate Superintendent, Linn-Mar Learning Resource Center, 2999 N 10th Street – Room 200, Marion, IA 52302.
The deadline for filing an open enrollment application for students in grades 1-12 is March 1, the school year preceding enrollment. Due to continued growth and lack of class space, open enrollment requests will not be accepted after the March 1 deadline.
The deadline for students entering kindergarten is September 1, the school year of enrollment.
Parents and guardians of open enrolled students whose income falls below 160 percent of the federal poverty guidelines are eligible for transportation assistance. Parents should also be aware that open enrollment might result in the loss of athletic eligibility.
Click here to visit the Iowa Department of Education website for additional information.
You may request an open enrollment application from any Iowa school district, area education agency or the state department of education. An application must be completed for each child and filed with the resident school district. Please note that application approval will be based, in part, on the school district's ability to provide appropriate classroom space to students.
Forms must be filed with the resident district by March 1 of the school year preceding the school year for which open enrollment is requested. For example, an application must be filed by March 1, 2017 in order to be approved for the 2017/18 school year. For Kindergarten students the deadline is September 1, 2017. Students may qualify for "good cause" such as a change in the state in which the family residence is located.
Do I need to file a new application each year?
Can I choose which school my child will attend?
Accepted open enrollment students will be placed in building in which space is available in their grade level. Every effort is made to place students in their school of choice and with their siblings.
A request will be denied if filing deadlines are not met, if the resident district has a desegregation plan that would be adversely affected, if there is not classroom space for the student or if the student is under suspension or expulsion from his/her current school district.
Do we need to open enroll if we move out of the district and want to remain in the same school district?
Yes. You must file for open enrollment when moving to a different district. Applications must be received within a reasonable length of time.
Simply send written notification to the new district, the resident district and the current district that you wish to transfer your open enrollment to the new district. This applies to a move within Iowa only. Out of state residents are not eligible for open enrollment and would need to pay tuition to continue.
Yes. See Iowa Code 257.6(d). 11th and 12th grade nonresident students who were residents of the district during the preceding school year may be enrolled in that district until they graduate. An open enrollment application is not required.
Parents/guardians of open enrolled students whose income falls below 160 percent of the federal poverty guidelines are eligible for transportation assistance. This may be in the form of actual transportation or in the form of a cash stipend.
Does open enrollment affect athletic eligibility?
Students in grades 10-12 who transfer school districts through open enrollment have a 90 day waiting period to participate in athletic competition, although they may practice with the team during this time.


Leamon Anderson Flatt was born in Jackson County, Tennessee, April 10, 1932. He was married to Lula Thomas September 8, 1952. They had three daughters, Cynthia Leigh Phiffer, Phyllis Cooper, and Jennifer Flatt. Baptized at the age of twelve by H.M. Phillips, Leaman set his eyes upon a career well-known to the Flatt family. He was the oldest of four preaching brothers, Bill, Don and Dowell. These boy preachers were the maternal grandsons of old-time preacher, Hiram Way, and the great, great grandsons of another Jackson County, Tennessee pioneer preacher, Hiram Pharris.
Young Leaman attended Baxter Seminary, Freed-Hardeman College where he received the A.A. degree. He completed his B.A. at David Lipscomb College. Further studies at Middle Tennessee State University gained him the M.A., and he continued his studies at Michigan State University.
He preached for churches in Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee. From 1953 to 1955 he preached in Morgantown, Kentucky. Then his family moved to Lansing, Michigan where he preached from 1955 to 1957. It was around this time that he moved to work for the church at Wyandotte, Michigan. For a number of years he preached for the Petonsville Church of Christ in Franklin, Tennessee. He did extensive radio work, especially over station WMTS, in Murfreesboro, TN.
Brother Flatt served for a time as president of Murfreesboro Exchange Club., He also worked as a chaplain and board member for the Middle Tennessee Chapter of the Red Cross. For a time he served as a board member of Slone River Manor and Middle Tennessee Life Underwriters.
Passing from this life on September 9, 2012, Leamon Flatt went to be with the Lord, his body being interred in the old cemtery in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Sources: World Evangelist, Preachers of Today, Vol. 2.
During the Lewis County (Hohenwald, Tennessee) tent meeting, August 7-12, 1988, the four Flatt brothers celebrated their silver anniversary of working as a team in campaign efforts. Many great things happened, including thirteen adult restorations.
Their first campaign was April 14-21, 1963, at Kingwood Heights (Murfreesboro, Tennessee). Leamon Flatt, the local evangelist at Kingwood at that time, had been conducting a large number of home Bible studies. This was a major factor in forty-six being baptized and a half dozen others being restored.
Other early campaigns were held at Blackman (Murfreesboro, Tennessee); White County (Sparta, Tennessee, 1978); a nd , White Avenue (Henderson, Tennessee, 1979). The Central congregation (Cincinnati, 1979) was the site of an excellent meeting. Their building was in the middle of a Roman Catholic settlement. The 1980 meeting was at West Rome (Rome, Georgia).
The coliseum in Madison, West Virginia, was the location of the Boone County Meeting (198 1). In addition to many pleasant memories, one will ever remain in our minds. A family of six (the parents and four children) were all baptized in a river the same night. Vineland, New Jersey, was the site of the 1982 campaign. In addition to several other responses, a Jewish man came forward to be baptized. He desired to make his own confession. All was quiet as he said, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God- the Messiah."
One of the largest crowds (over 2,000) of these campaigns was in Florence, Alabama ( 1983), on the campus of International Bible College. Administrators, faculty, staff, and students of IBC worked closely with us during the campaign. Two campaigns were held in 19 84: Bristol Road (Flint, Michigan), and Jackson County (Gainesboro, Tennessee). In addition to remembering a number of baptisms and restorations during these efforts, one can vividly recall the rather ill Cleo Way Flatt attending every service of the Jackson County meeting. This beloved mother of the four Platts seemed to realize that in a few short months she would quit the trials of this life.
A successful effort was conducted at the Ross Road church (Memphis) in 1985. The local evangelist, Bill Flatt, had worked many hours in preparation for this campaign. A group of students from Freed-Hardeman College helped in this effort.
The 1986 campaign was at Richmond Hill (West Helena, Arkansas). The 1987 effort was in Laurelwood, New Jersey. Though the congregation was meeting in a schoolhouse, a number were baptized and restored. In every campaign, an effort has been made to seek the lost, restore the erring, and edify the saved. Basic Bible sermons have been preached.
Lord willing, these efforts will continue. Plans have been made for campaigns in McHenry, Kentucky; Anchor Point, Alaska; McMinnville, Tennessee; and Freeport, Bahamas.
The four Flatt brothers (Leamon, Bill, Don, Dowell) were reared on a thirty-eight acre farm in the Union Hill community of Jackson County (Gainesboro, Tennessee). They are four of the eight children born to Benton Madison and the late Cleo Way Flatt. They obeyed the gospel at the average age of twelve years. Their maternal grandfather, Hiram Way, was both a preacher and schoolteacher. He was an inspiration to all four brothers. At early ages, each of the brothers began to consider seriously being a preacher. Hiram Way also influenced the brothers to receive a formal education. Three of the four have earned doctorates. Five masters degrees have been earned. At the present time, Leamon preaches at the Peytonsville congregation in Franklin, Tennessee.
Bill is an evangelist in Memphis and professor of counseling at the Harding Graduate School of Religion. Don is a minister and elder at the Morehead, Kentucky, congregation; he is also a professor of history at Morehead State University. Dowell works as an evangelist and serves as division head of the Bible Department at Freed-Hardeman College.
Leamon Anderson Flatt, age 80, died Saturday, September 8, 2012. Brother Flatt was a native of Jackson County and was the son of the late Benton Madison and Cleo Way Flatt. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lula Thomas Flatt who died in 2004; brother, Dowell Flatt. Funeral service will be 11 a.m., Tuesday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. Dr. Bill Flatt and Dr. Don Flatt will officiate. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Family will serve as Pallbearers.
Brother Flatt is survived by three daughters and their husbands, Cindy Phiffer and husband Jim, Phyllis Cooper and husband David all of Murfreesboro, Jen Flatt Osborn and husband Ken of San Leon, TX; three brothers, Dr. Bill Flatt and his wife Louise, Ken Flatt and his wife Greta all of Cookeville, Dr. Don Flatt of Vienna, WV; three sisters, Rosa Lee Fox of Rome, GA, Linda Anderson and her husband Jimmy of Gainesboro, Wanda Crabtree and her husband Joey of Smithville, TN; sister-in-law, Della Flatt of Crossville, TN; grandchildren, Jonathon Fee, Josh Phiffer, Heather Diehr, Hope Cooper and Promise Hilsher; three great grandchildren, Isabella and Layla Fee and Cooper Diehr.
The family would like to express their appreciation to a special friend, Nadine Smithson. They would also like to thank the staff of Sunnington Assisted Living, Community Care and MTMC.
Brother Flatt was a Church of Christ minister in Middle Tennessee for more than 60 years. He earned his BA Degree from David Lipscomb University, attended Freed-Hardeman University and received his Master's Degree from Middle Tennessee State University.
Visitation will be Monday from 4-8 p.m. at Woodfin Memorial Chapel, 615-893-5151. -- Woodfin Memorial Chapel.
Leamon and Lu B. Flatt are buried in the Evergreen Cemetery In Murfreesboro, Tennessee. From I-24 take Exit 81B, Hwy. 231, and head toward the city center. You will be on S. Church Street. Go about two miles into the city center and turn right (east) on Vine St. Go 4/10ths mile and turn left on S. Highland (after one block it will become N. Highland) and go 4/10ths mile and turn right on Greenland. Travel 3/10ths miles on Greenland and enter the second entrance to the Evergreen Cemetery to your left (North). Go past the first intersection. You will see Forest Hill Section to your right. (I.C. Pullias is buried in this section.) Continue through the next intersection then follow the road as it bears to the right and goes toward the rear of the cemetery. Begin looking for the DeHoff grave on the left. From there that plot it is a few rows in and to the right. At the time of my visit, there was a tree right in front of the marker. Photos below should help.


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Continue with repetition control statements.
The do while (); statement.
The while statement supports iteration (i.e. it is a repetition control statement). Iteration is the process of repeating an operation.
The idea of looping in a computer program can be attributed to Ada Lovelace (01815-01852). Many believe Lovelace wrote the first "computer program." On 10 December 1980 (Ada's birthday), the U.S. Defense Department approved the reference manual for its new computer programming language, called "Ada".
The while statement repeatedly executes a simple statement or block (i.e. compound statement) until a conditional EXPR becomes false (i.e. 0). Each loop iteration is called a cycle.
should continue for another cycle, and  statement  is to be repeated.
EXPR is evaluated only at the beginning of a loop cycle.
One way to terminate (end) a loop is when a particular data value is entered (e.g. the user enters a -1 or end-of-file is encountered), a special value that is used to end the loop is called a sentinel value.
When you use a loop in a program, it is important to make sure that the condition used to control the loop will eventually become false, so that the loop can end. A loop that never finishes is called an infinite loop.
To stop an infinite loop, a special command sequence must be typed on the keyboard to interrupt the program and forcibly cause it to quit. This command differs from machine to machine.
Sometimes infinite loops are used by design; therefore, existenance of an infinite loop does not necessarily imply a program defect.
The do while statement supports iteration (i.e. it is a repetition control statement). Iteration is the process of repeating an operation.
The do while statement repeatedly executes a simple statement or block (i.e. compound statement) until a conditional EXPR becomes false (i.e. 0). Each loop iteration is called a cycle.
statement (or block).  A compound statement is almost always used.
EXPR is evaluated only at the end of a loop cycle.
When you know for sure that a loop must cycle at least once, then a do-while is a good loop construct to use.
The do-while can be difficult to read; therefore, to help it "stick" out, I suggest the following.
The for statement supports iteration (i.e. it is a repetition control statement). Iteration is the process of repeating an operation.
The for statement repeatedly executes a simple statement or block (i.e. compound statement) until a control-EXPR becomes false (i.e. 0). Each loop iteration is called a cycle.
If the body of the for contains multiple statements, then a compound statement is needed.
All three steps for a for loop are EXPRs. Most commonly, the initialization-step and the increment-step are assignments or functions calls, and the conditional-step is a relational EXPR.
The for is frequently used when there are simple initialization and increment steps because it keeps the loop control statements close together and visible at the top of the loop.
The initialization and increment steps often take advantage of the sequence operator.
The break statement is a jump control statement that is used inside of repetition control statements and the switch selection control statement.
The break statement causes an immediate exit from the innermost enclosing switch or loop statement.
The break statement allows a loop to be exited from some point other than at the top or bottom of the loop.
Structured programming purist are not overly fond of the break statement.
You must be careful when you use the break.
The continue statement is a jump control statement that is used inside of repetition control statements.
The continue statement causes the next iteration of the enclosing loop statement to begin. In the while and do this means that the control-EXPR is executed immediately; in the for control passes to the step-EXPR.
The continue statement is often used when the part of the loop that follows is complicated, so that reversing a test and indenting another level would nest the program too deeply.
Structured programming purist are not overly fond of the continue statement.
Here is the same loop written without using a continue statement.
The goto statement is a jump control statement that is used to alter the flow control of a program.
Statements can labeled. Label names conform to the naming syntax that is applied to variables. Syntax of a labeled statement.
Statement labels are used with the goto statement.
When a goto is executed, the flow control of the program immediately jumps to the labeled statement.
Although use of the goto should be minimized, there are a few situations where they may be useful.
An aside: In Java, goto is not a keyword, but it is a reserved word. In addition, to handle the aforementioned example, Java supports labeled break statements.
The goto statement is frequently found in code that is generated by other programs.


The PK / PD indexes are already well discussed in the literature, although they still present divergent points about the best index to be used for a given antimicrobial.
When we use the fAUC0-24 / MIC index, we have the concentration determined for 24 hours in single dose studies. But when we use only multi-dose antimicrobial in clinical practice, for example, every 6 or 8 or 12 hours, how can we evaluate this index if it mentions 0-24? Or should we do the collection experiment for 24 hours, even if this interval in no way represented sufficient exposure in the clinic? How can we evaluate this Pk/PD index for multiple dosing with intervals shorter than 24/24 hr? I'm confused. Could someone clarify this?
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I'm not involved with antimicrobial stuff, but from my PK/PD understanding if the steady state is reached, the AUC won't change over different dose intervals (except of course some interoccasion variability).
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