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Radical
Islam
“Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah
Celebrate Boston Terror Attack,”
Israel News Agency, April 15 JERUSALEM — Shortly
after terror bombs exploded and murdered three
people at the Boston Marathon, members of Hamas,
Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah
were reported to be dancing in the streets of Gaza,
handing out candies to
passerbys.
A number of Palestinians
had danced in the street in
celebration of the 9/11 attacks in 2001 on the World
Trade Center & Washington
resulting in the deaths of
thousands of Americans.
DANCING IN THE STREETS
OF GAZA OVER BOSTON BOMBINGS
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ISLAM, cont’d. on page 4 >>
This is Islam
Islam comes from the root
Arabic word, salam, which
means “peace.” It is also
derived from the Arabic word
slim, which means submission
(to God). See page 5>>
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Containment & Radical Islam
set of radical Islam we need to
understand that they are still hopping mad about the massacre at
Karbala several hundred years
ago. Meanwhile, many Americans
seem to be more concerned with
who is winning Dancing with the
Stars.
Over 50 percent of Americans
still believe Iraq attacked us on
9/11. Until we understand the
world around us, until we understand at least a modicum of what
animates our enemies, we cannot
defend ourselves and we cannot
contain our enemies.
I think all of us have the duty to
ask where are the Kennans of our
generation? When foreign policy
has become so monolithic, so lacking in debate that Republicans
and Democrats routinely pass foreign policy statements without debate and without votes, where are
the calls for moderation, the calls
for restraint?
Anyone who questions the bipartisan consensus is immediately castigated, rebuked and their
patriotism challenged. The most
pressing question of the day, Iran
developing nuclear weapons is allowed to have less debate in this
country than it receives in Israel.
The following is text of a speech delivered by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)
at the Heritage Foundation on Feb. 6, 2013.
ISLAM
Cont’d. from Page 3
The head of an Islamic terror organization in Jordan — the Muslim Salafi
group says he’s “happy to see the horror in America” after the bombing attacks in Boston.
“American blood isn’t more precious than Muslim blood,” said Mohammad al-Chalabi, who was convicted in an al-Qaeda-linked plot to attack
US and other Western diplomatic missions in Jordan in 2003.
“Let the Americans feel the pain
we endured by their armies occupying
Iraq and Afghanistan and killing our
people there,” he said today.
A Mideast counterterrorism official
based in Jordan said the blasts “carry
the hallmark of an organized terrorist
group, like al-Qaeda.”...
Foreign policy is uniquely an arena
where we should base decisions on the
landscape of the world as it is . . . not as
we wish it to be. I see the world as it is.
I am a realist, not a neoconservative,
nor an isolationist. When candidate John McCain argued in 2007 that we should remain
in Iraq for 100 years, I blanched and
wondered what the unintended consequences of prolonged occupation
would be. But McCain’s call for a hundred year occupation does capture
some truth: that the West is in for a
long, irregular confrontation not with
terrorism, which is simply a tactic, but
with Radical Islam.
As many are quick to note, the war
is not with Islam but with a radical element of Islam — the problem is that
this element is no small minority but a
vibrant, often mainstream, vocal and
numerous minority. Whole countries,
such as Saudi Arabia, adhere to at
least certain radical concepts such as
the death penalty for blasphemy, conversion, or apostasy. A survey in Britain after the subway bombings showed
20% of the Muslim population in Britain approved of the violence.
Some libertarians argue that western occupation fans the flames of radical Islam – I agree. But I don’t agree
that absent western occupation that
radical Islam “goes quietly into that
good night.” I don’t agree with FDR’s
VP Henry Wallace that the Soviets (or
Radical Islam in today’s case) can be
discouraged by “the glad hand and the
winning smile.”
Americans need to understand
that Islam has a long and perseverant memory. As Bernard Lewis writes,
“despite an immense investment in
the teaching and writing of history,
the general level of historical knowledge in American society is abysmally
low. The Muslim peoples, like everyone else in the world, are shaped by
their history, but unlike some others,
they are keenly aware of it.”
Radical Islam is no fleeting fad but
a relentless force. Though at times
stateless, radical Islam is also supported by radicalized nations such as Iran.
Though often militarily weak, radical
Islam makes up for its lack of conventional armies with unlimited zeal.
For Americans to grasp the mind-
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PEACE
The Vision
of Islam
By Mumtaz Mirza
M
any people have
heard that Islam,
as a religion, means
peace, but very few
people have seen a
parallel depiction
in mainstream media — from TV to
movies, newspapers to textbooks, etc.
— but what does Islam really mean?
What does Islam really teach? Is there
a clear definition about the principals
and concepts behind this religion? Or
have we been presented the truth by
the media that seems to govern our
very ways of thinking?
Islam comes from the root Arabic
word, salam, which means “peace.” It
is also derived from the Arabic word
slim, which means submission (to
God). However, if we were looking for
a textbook definition of Islam, it would
be: “The peace acquired by submitting
your will to God.” The dictionary today
essentially defines “religion” as a set
of practices backed by a set of beliefs
— or just a belief in a supernatural
being. It is important to distinguish
between what society has today understood about what a “religion” is, and
what Islam really is.
Islam does have a set of beliefs,
which are backed by a set of practices,
along with a belief in a supernatural
being. However, Islam is much more
than that. Islam is a way of life. It dictates how a human being’s life should
be led, and the one who follows this
way of life or adheres to it from his/her
heart, is known as a Muslim. A Muslim,
by definition, is “one who has submitted his will to God.” Thus, Islam regulates a comprehensive system of living
from the most minute details of eating, drinking and sleeping, to the most
complex system of governmental and
political law making — all of which the
Muslims call, in Arabic, the Shari’ah.
The purpose of Islam is clear: to
spread peace within humanity. Suppose someone creates a machine. Who
will write the instruction manual for
that? Naturally, the creator of that
machine will. Similarly, in Islam, Muslims believe that the one who will dictate how our lives should be lived will
be our creator.
The instruction manual is the
Glorious Qur’an — the holy book of the
PEACE, cont’d. on Page 23
Building healthy family
routines that last
By Ben Wilson
As the weather warms up, many of
you are already forming strategies to
tackle the challenges to your normal
routine that summer brings. Perhaps
you are excitedly anticipating new adventures, trips, and activities, or maybe you are plotting out cool crafts and
fun backyard games to do at home.
Whatever your plans for the coming
months, I want to encourage you to
use the long days of summer to adjust
your routines in ways that will benefit
family members all year long. Below
are my top four routines to cultivate
during the summer months. Pick a favorite and try it out.
nicating as a family. If your family has
a beloved tradition that was lost due
to the busy schedules of the school
year, summer is the perfect time to revive it. If your family doesn’t have any
traditions yet then family meals and
game nights are a great way to start
creating one.
Take care of yourself.
Encourage kids to write about their
thoughts, feelings, and experiences.
Many military children experience
a variety of unique transitions, challenges, relationships, triumphs, and
cultural experiences they would like
to remember and share. Documenting
their stories can help children more
effectively form and communicate
their feelings and thoughts. Journaling is also a great way to keep reading and writing skills sharp during the
summer months. For some children, a
summer journal will evolve into a lifelong self-care tool.
Summer is a great time to establish self-care routines, as there is
often more flexibility to the family
schedule. Exercise, reading, time with
friends, and hobbies are great activities for maintaining peace of mind.
Identify activities and relationships
that would boost your morale and then
plan to increase them in your life. Set
goals for yourself that are realistic
and learn to acknowledge even the
slightest amount of progress. If ten
minutes a week is all you can manage,
celebrate it and strategize to increase
that time during the coming weeks.
Talk with your family about your selfcare needs and ask them for ideas to
help your goals become reality. Your
kids will see and appreciate the difference it makes in your life.
Create or renew
family traditions.
A flexible family schedule during
summer also provides a great opportunity to start or renew a family tradition. Family traditions are a great way
to stay active, connected, and commuHEALTH
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Strengthening
First, tighten foot muscles for 5
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same muscles with greater intensity
for another 5 seconds. Then try to relax them more than you did the first
time. Progress up the body, repeating
these steps for muscle groups in the
legs, abdomen, torso, arms, neck, and
head.
Visualization
the Home Base
Journal.
Practice Relaxing.
Regular practice ensures that useful skills will be ready and effective
when they are most needed. Summer
is a particularly good time for skill
practice because kids have fewer demands on their time and attention.
Giving children specific feedback
and praise is also a great way to encourage them to practice and use relaxation skills. Teach and practice the
following relaxation skills during your
family meetings, and/or bedtime and
wake-up routines and your kids will
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to help them stay calm and relaxed.
Deep Breathing.
Progressive Muscle
Relaxation.
Draw air in slowly in through the
nose and out through the mouth. Inflate the belly, not the chest. With
younger kids, it may help to hold up a
finger and encourage them to “smell a
flower” and “blow a bubble.” Repeat
as many times as it takes to achieve
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Picture yourself in your “Happy
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Carrots are famous for their
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comes from its high content of betacarotene, which is metabolized into
Vitamin A, the substance in carrots
that helps improve vision, especially
night vision. Keep in mind that less
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carrots is released during digestion;
you can improve the release to almost
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2. Sweet Potatoes:
Orange Antioxidants
Ever wonder why sweet potatoes—
or all orange foods, for that matter—
are the color they are? It is the carotenoid compounds found in orange
fruits and veggies that are responsible
for their sunset pigments. Thanks
to these carotenoid antioxidants,
we can brush free radicals away, improving eyesight and bolstering the
immune system. So, go ahead, enjoy
some baked sweet potatoes or creamy,
roasted butternut squash!
3. Spotlight on Spinach:
The Lutein Connection
To nourish your eyes, follow Popeye’s lead! Spinach—and many
other green foods—are full of
lutein and zeaxanthin, antioxidants that protect your
retina from the macular degeneration that
comes with age. Lutein has also been
found to help reduce
risk of cataracts and
age-related macular degeneration. The darker the
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tent. Don’t forget: fat increases lutein
absorption, so remember to drizzle a
little olive oil on your spinach and other greens after you sauté them. Other
lutein and zeaxanthin vegetables include kale, turnip greens, collards,
mustard greens, squash, green peas,
and broccoli.
Try this Vision Tea! Boil 4 ounces
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Drink this spinach tea daily to give vital nourishment to your eyes.
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There’s other greens in the sea!
Algae-related super foods like spirulina, chlorella, and blue-green algae
possess nutrients that are beneficial
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structure of the iron-containing hemoglobin in the human body and
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and circulation, all of which keeps you
in overall good health and also helps
protect your vision. You don’t need to
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delights, because they are available in
supplement form, often as a powder,
which you can add to water, juice, or
green tea. Children shouldn’t
take more than one gram,
while pregnant and nursing women should speak
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chlorophyll
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Avoid dining out
diet disasters
By Jessamyn
Patterson
Going out to eat is definitely a pleasure.
As a mom of 4, even with as much as I love to cook,
I rejoice in the idea of someone else prepping, cooking
and cleaning. To some, going out to eat is the opportunity to binge, devour delicious treats. But what is the cost?
Place your order first
We tend to mirror what others are
ordering. Even if you go with the intention of ordering healthy, as soon as
the others in your group place their orders, that goes out the window. Opt to
order first and you might even set the
tone for the table to order healthier
options as well.
Review the menu
Look for all the red flag options on
the menu. Items that are described
as creamy, crispy, fried, breaded, or
smothered, etc… give you that hint.
Go with grilled, steamed, or broiled.
Pick something that’s loaded with vegetables. Fried is not your friend. If you
have a chance, check out the menu online ahead of time.
Never fear menu editing
Don’t be afraid to ask your server
to make changes, no your food won’t
be spit in. How something is prepared,
and what actually goes into that meal.
Don’t assume that because you order
fish and vegetables that what you will
be receiving is a healthy meal. Always
opt to replace unhealthy sides with
steamed veggies, or sliced tomatoes.
All sauce should come on the side.
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Example, last
date night: I was
surely not going
to ruin my ability
to fit into that little
black dress
with loaded mashed potatoes. I ordered the Woodfire Bourbon Salmon –
“Our salmon is brushed with an amazing sweet, tangy glaze. Quinoa kale
pilaf and seasonal vegetables on the
side.” This meal is a whopping 833 calories, 43 g of fat 1800mg of sodium. I
was craving Salmon though. I ordered
the salmon, requesting to be wood fire
grilled with no glaze. I swapped my
quinoa for mixed green salad with pecans, no dressing. I was able to get a
custom serving of steamed plain broccoli and sliced tomatoes. Needless to
say I was happy, and so was our server
after his tip and my raving review to
his manager!
Box it up
A restaurant serving can usually
feed two, feel free to ask your server
for a to-go box at the beginning of the
meal and box up half of the portion to
take home with you.
Soup and salad
Choose a broth-based soup and
salad as your main course. WARNING: The word salad, does not equate
healthy. Chain restaurant salads can
add up to 1500+ calories for ONE dinner salad.
STORAGE
Portion control
Staying under 2000 calories a day
can be easy when you are at home,
out to eat? Not so much. When ordering stick to eating your main portion
about the size of your fist.
Surviving a buffet
I get it. They are easy, convenient,
cheap, and kid friendly. Knock out a
huge plate of salad. Then make your
decision, choose the healthiest entrées
available, or head straight to the dessert table. Don’t over-eat if you know
you are going to have a dessert. Why
not compromise with a healthy filling
salad then the dessert of your choice?
Take your time
You aren’t in a rush, I take that
back, you aren’t in a rush if you don’t
have a toddler with you. There is a 20
minute delay in the communication of
“I’m full” from your stomach to your
brain. Slow down, enjoy your company, take paused moments and relax.
Drinks all around
By all means have that glass of
wine, but stick to one glass and pair
it with a few glasses of water. Cut the
sweet drinks. Water will help fill you
up thereby cutting calories and how
much alcohol you consume.
Just have fun, enjoy yourself and
know that this is about YOU, not anyone else. A healthy trend starts with
your choices.
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Q: Why do
people clink
their glasses
before drinking a toast?
A: It used to be
common for someone to try to kill an
enemy by offering him a poisoned
drink. To prove to a guest that a drink
was safe, it became customary for a
guest to pour a small amount of his
drink into the glass of the host. Both
men would drink it simultaneously.
When a guest trusted his host, he
would only touch or clink the host’s
glass with his own.
Are you being taken for granted?
Do you or your spouse feel UNAPPRECIATED? Maybe I can help.
Let me begin to deal with APPRECIATION in marriage by explaining a
basic human dynamic.
What gets your attention? Think
about it. Do you notice the beat of your
heart, the comfort of a hot shower, or
the milk in the refrigerator? My guess
is that these things (and a million
other things that are commonplace in
your life) do NOT get your attention.
And if they don’t get your attention,
then they don’t get your appreciation.
When was the last time you said
to yourself, “Thank God my heart is
beating.”
After your last hot shower, did you
jot a note of thanks to your local power
company? I didn’t.
Did you thank the breadwinner in
your family last time you poured milk
in your cereal? Not likely, right?
Why aren’t we appreciative for the
things that are so essential in our life?
Without them we would be miserable.
But as long as we have them, we don’t
even notice.
Imagine this: It’s 1945. You’ve been
in a concentration camp in Auschwitz
for 6 years. During that time, you never had a hot shower, a meal that didn’t
end with you feeling hungry, or a week
when your life didn’t hang in the balance.
Then one day the Russians and
the Americans come marching in and
you’re liberated.
Can you imagine your first hot
shower? What would you be thinking?
What would you say to the person who
served you your
first home cooked
meal? Do you think
they’d feel appreciated? Would you
find ways to express your thanks?
I don’t think there’s
any doubt that you’d feel enormous
GRATITUDE and that your hosts
would feel deeply appreciated.
What stirs gratitude within us? It’s
when we’re the recipient of UNUSUAL kindness. When I say “unusual,”
I don’t mean extraordinary; I mean
not-usual, uncommon, or infrequent.
But when events become the norm our
gratitude slumbers.
Human nature is such that there
is an INVERSE relationship between
frequency and appreciation. The more
you get it (whatever “it” is), the more
you expect it, and the less likely you
are to appreciate it. And it makes no
difference how crucial “it” is. The
beat of your heart is a perfect example. There is nothing more crucial
in your life. But there’s also nothing
more frequent. And probably nothing
you take more for granted.
This explains why it’s so common
for spouses to take each other for
granted. As the frequency with which
JEWELRY
we do things for each other increases
(as the years go by), the experience
(and the expression) of gratitude decreases. It gets to the
point where people
peripheral to the
marriage feel more
valued than husbands and wives
feel toward each
other.
Husbands and wives do more for
each other than anyone else in their
lives, but THAT’S THE PROBLEM! A
man’s wife, for example, has rubbed
his neck, kept a stock of his favorite
cigars, and planned their anniversary
celebration every year for 23 years.
But he feels and expresses more gratitude when his new secretary brings
him a gift from her trip to Mexico.
A woman’s husband has cut the
lawn, paid the bills, and taken her
away on her birthday every year for 23
years. But she felt and expressed more
gratitude when Uncle Billy fixed the
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By Luis Maertinez,
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No longer the fantasy weapon of
tomorrow, the U.S. Navy is set to field
a powerful laser that can protect its
ships by blasting targets with highintensity light beams.
Early next year the Navy will place
a laser weapon aboard a ship in the
Persian Gulf where it could be used to
fend off approaching unmanned aerial vehicles or speedboats.
The Navy calls its futuristic weapon LAWS, which stands for the Laser
Weapon System. What looks like a
small telescope is actually a weapon
that can track a moving target and fire
a steady laser beam strong enough to
burn a hole through steel.
A Navy video of testing conducted
last summer off the coast of California
shows how a laser beam fired from a
Navy destroyer was able to set aflame
an approaching UAV or drone, sending it crashing into the ocean.
“There was not a single miss” during the testing, said Rear Admiral
Matthew Klunder, chief of
Naval Research. The laser
was three for three in bringing down an approaching unmanned aerial vehicle and 12
for 12 when previous tests are
factored in.
But don’t expect in that
video to see the firing of colored laser bursts that Hollywood has used for its futuristic laser guns. The Navy’s
laser ray is not visible to the Laser Weapon System (LaWS)
naked eye because it is in the installed aboard the USS Dewey.
infrared spectrum.
Many of the details about how the
Klunder says each
laser works remain secret, such as how pulse of energy from
far its beam can travel, how powerful the laser “costs under
it is or how much power is used to gen- a dollar” and it can
erate it.
be used against weapBut Navy officials have provided a ons systems that are
few unclassified details. For example, significantly more exthe laser is designed to be a “plug and pensive. The Navy says
play” system that integrates into a it has spent about $40
ship’s existing targeting technologies million over the past
and power grids. Those factors make it six years in developing
a surprisingly cheap weapon.
the weapon.
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CHINO — The World famous
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World War II to Vietnam era planes
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only 10 planes. Now it’s collection
includes 150 planes with 50 of them
being flyable. Many of the planes
at the Museum are the last of their
kind.
Every year, the Museum pulls
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along with other warbirds from other museums, brings them together
for one of the best air shows in the
country. Every year has a theme,
and this year is no different with B-2 bomber, and several aerobatics
the theme being “Lightning Strikes performers.
Chino,” as up to five of the last 8 flyThe Show is located at the Chino
able P-38 LightAirport in San
ning
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EDUCATION
Steel
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of the Corps
By Crystal Arriaga
Corps
spouses
mentoring
each other
Once again Camp Pendleton has
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base, twice a year, you’ll find a team
of all-volunteer military spouses who
organize the Leadership Education
Seminar (LES). This seminar invites
commands to nominate exceptional
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has launched a new hotline —
1-855-VA-WOMEN — to receive and
respond to questions from veterans,
their families and caregivers about
the many VA services and resources
available to women Veterans.
“Some women Veterans may not
know about high-quality VA care
and services available to them,” said
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K.
Shinseki. “The hotline will allow us
to field their questions and provide
critical information about the latest
enhancements in VA services.”
The hotline is staffed by knowledgeable VA employees who can
provide information about benefits
including health care services for
women. Callers can be linked to information on claims, education or health
care appointments as well as information about VA cemeteries and memorial benefits. Staff can answer urgent
questions and provide referrals to
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Women make up nearly 15 percent
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percent of National Guard and Reserve forces. The population of women
veterans using VA benefits including
health care is growing rapidly. Since
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nearly 160,000 in 2000 to more than
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trend of women in all branches of
service, the number of women veterans—and female VA users—will keep
climbing.
“Many women who served don’t
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fits. We need to correct existing misinformation and misperceptions so we
can serve more women Veterans with
the benefits they’ve earned.”
Women Veterans are entitled to apply for the same benefits as their male
counterparts, which include health
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education benefits, disability compensation, home loans, employment assistance and more.
The hotline (1-855-VA-WOMEN)
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that provide critical information and
assistance to veterans, such as those
for veterans in crisis and in danger
of becoming homeless. Veterans can
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Iwo Jima vet dies
This Feb. 23, 1945 file photo shows U.S. Marines of the 28th
Regiment, 5th Division, raising the
American flag atop Mt. Suribachi
in Iwo Jima, Japan. Alan Wood, a
World War II veteran who provided
the flag in the famous flag-raising on
Iwo Jima has died. Alan Wood was
90. Wood was in charge of communications on a landing ship on Iwo
Jima’s shores when a Marine asked
him for the biggest flag that he could
find. Wood handed him a flag he had
found in Pearl Harbor.
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drugs found on the military formulary
would increase to $26 on Oct. 1. The
retail co-pay then would be increased
by $2 every October through 2017 and
possibly for five years longer because
budget document refers to a 10-year
phase-in plan.
Troops to Teachers
Placing veterans in the nation’s
classrooms to serve again is the goal
for the Troops to Teachers program.
The purpose of the Department of
Defense program is to help eligible
current and former military personnel begin new careers as teachers
in public schools where their skills,
knowledge and experience are most
needed. In addition to counseling and
referral, state Troops to Teachers representatives help applicants identify
teacher certification requirements
for the state they wish to teach, programs leading to certification and employment opportunities in their state.
Other state representatives will reach
out to servicemembers earlier while
they are still on active-duty and identify education requirements so that
interested servicemembers may begin
working toward their teaching certifications before leaving the service,
enabling a smoother transition into
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Contempo will introduce a selection
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Pain catches up to this
Super Bowl-winning QB
Ten years ago Brad Johnson led
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a Super Bowl title.
Now the 44-year-old has trouble walking down the stairs at his
home in Athens, Ga.
"I go down one step at a time with
two feet. One step. One step. One step,"
Johnson told USA Today's Robert Klemko. "My 73-year-old dad was visiting and
I told my son to help him get his suitcases
up the steps. He walks slow and he's got a
bad knee. He starts walking and my son
turns to me and he says, 'Dad, he walks
just like you.' I never thought it would be
like this."
At one point, Johnson was known as
one of the toughest quarterbacks in the
NFL. He started 125 games during his
career, throwing for at least 3,000 yards
in five different seasons. Former Tampa
Bay offensive lineman Roman Oben
blocked for Drew Brees, Philip Rivers and several other quarterbacks, but he says Johnson
was his favorite.
"This is a tough guy who
could step into the huddle
and you knew things were
going to work out," Omen
told Klemko.
The injuries Johnson suffered throughout his 15-year career read like a laundry
list of pain. While with the Minnesota
Vikings in 1997, Johnson felt his
neck stiffen up. It got so
bad that he had trouble
driving and couldn't
palm a football. As it
turned out, he would
need surgery to
correct
nerve
damage in
his spine
between
the C4 and
C5 vertebrae.
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within
a
span of four years
Johnson broke his right ankle, had
surgery to correct microfractures
in his left knee, and cracked the
transverse processes in his vertebra.
Johnson's pain became so bad that in
2002 he joined many of his teammates
in taking injections of the controversial
painkiller Toradol before games. While
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Johnson wasn't sure
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retiring from the NFL in
2008, but he has enjoyed
coaching youth football
and basketball players.
Johnson and his wife,
Nikki, have two sons,
who are 10 and 12.
And while the game
hobbled Johnson, Nikki
knows
she can't stop her sons from
playing football.
"I would never want to discourage
them from doing something they would
love," she said. "You want your child to
follow their dreams and you want to give
them as much wisdom as you can about it,
and make their own decisions."
Johnson has earned disability payments from the NFL, but like many former
players (including ex-Packers quarterback Don Majkowski), he is still seeking
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Chargers draft Te’o
By
Timothy Rapp
The wait is over—one of
the most scrutinized players in the
2013 NFL draft, Notre Dame’s Manti
Te’o, has been selected by the San
Diego Chargers with the 38th overall
pick (via a trade up with the Arizona
Cardinals).
Chargers take Te’o. Cardinals pick
up a 4th rounder. Down 7 spots for
a pick. good trade? Depends on who
they get at 45
Te’o was brilliant for Notre Dame
in 2012, finishing the season with 111
tackles, seven interceptions, two
fumble recoveries, 1.5 sacks and four
passes defensed. He helped lead Notre
Dame to a 12-1 record and a trip to the
national championship game as one of
the team’s captains and its emotional
leader.
He was a unanimous All-American
and won the Lott Trophy, Nagurski
Trophy, Butkus Award, Lombardi
Award, Bednarik Award, Maxwell
Award and Walter Camp Player of the
Year and was runner-up for the Heisman Trophy. However, Te’o’s draft stock took a
hit after he was dominated by the Alabama offensive line in the Crimson
Tide’s 42-14 victory in the BCS National Championship Game, and questions
about his athleticism would plague
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Combine. In addition, the revelation that his deceased
“girlfriend,”
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never even a real person, but rather an Internet fabrication at
the center of a cruel
hoax
perpetrated
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linebacker in the news for
all the wrong reasons after the season. Te’o publicly addressed his victimization in the hoax and lived up
to expectations at Notre Dame’s pro
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the time the draft rolled around, most
people felt he would be selected in the
second half of the first round.
The pre-draft scrutiny will follow
Te’o into his professional career, as he
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• Breeder Reactor converts Uranium to Plutonium
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• United Nations forces recapture Seoul
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• Festival of
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• Largest oil refinery in
Europe opens in Southhampton,
UK
• I Love Lucy made its TV debut on CBS. The most-watched
show n the U.S. in four of its six
seasons, and was the first to end
its run at the top of the ratings
• The first baseball game
is televised in color, a doubleheader between the Brooklyn
Dodgers and the Boston Braves
U.S. news
• 22nd Amendment is ratified which limits U.S. presidential term of office to 8 years (two
terms)
• First nuclear bomb
tests at Nevada test site
• The Broker Commuter
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• President
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MacArthur as commander of
United Nations Forces
• The Great Flood of 1951 in the
Midwest
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The next day, the duck again walks
in to the feed store and asks, “Got any
duck feed?” Again the clerk says no
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Next day, the duck once again walks
in, and asks, “Got any duck feed?”
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don’t have duck feed, we’ve never had
duck feed and we never will have duck
feed. If you ask me again, I’ll nail your
feet to the floor.” The duck leaves.
The next day, the duck walks in and
asks, “Got any nails?”
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1. Atop
5. Diacritical mark
10. Ends a prayer
14. Roman emperor
15. Notions
16. Adhesive strip
17. Having no apparent
gravitational pull
19. Tall woody plant
20. Night before
21. Watchful
22. Survived
23. Bring to a destination
25. Cognizant
27. What we sleep on
28. Wrist jewelry
31. Burdened
34. Lightheaded
35. Mineral rock
36. Pinnacle
37. A steel wire rope
38. Bluefin
39. Belief
40. Completely
41. Unsuccessful person
42. Legible
44. “Hee ___”
45. Carnival attractions
46. Packing material
50. Odd-numbered page
52. Crown
54. Groceries holder
55. Salt Lake state
56. Organize
58. Speechless
59. Up to
60. Applications
61. Jetty
62. Tranquility
63. Finest
Marketing genius
A guy walks into a post office one
day to see a middle-aged, balding man
standing at the counter methodically
placing “Love” stamps on bright pink
envelopes with hearts all over
them. He then takes out a
perfume bottle and starts
spraying scent all over
them.
His curiosity getting
the better of him, he goes
up to the balding man
and asks him what he is
doing. The man says
“I’m sending out
1,000 Valentine
cards
signed,
‘Guess who?’”
“But
why?”
asks the man.
“I’m a divorce
lawyer,” the man replies.
Potentially a reality
A kid comes home from school with
a writing assignment. He asks his father for help. “Dad, can you tell me
the difference between potential and
reality?” His father looks up, thoughtfully, and says,
“I’ll demonstrate it for you. Go ask
your mother if she would sleep with
Robert Redford for a million dollars.
Then go ask your sister if she would
sleep with Brad Pitt for a million dollars. Then come back and tell me what
you’ve learned.”
The kid is puzzled, but he decides
DOWN
1. Not married
2. Annoy
3. Bay window
4. Holiday drink
5. Belonging to the
peerage
6. Lazybones
7. Lascivious look
8. Cowardly
9. S
10. Clothing
11. Wonderful
12. Type of sword
13. Require
18. Shelter
22. Delicate
24. Wild goat
26. Walk in water
28. Christian holy
book
29. Sea eagle
30. Rip
31. Den
32. Church alcove
33. Set the boundaries
34. Bilestone
37. Square block
38. Small city
40. Portuguese
folksong
41. Hawaiian veranda
to see if he can figure out what his father means. He asks his mother,
“Mom, if someone gave you a million dollars, would you sleep with
Robert Redford?” His mother looks
around slyly, and then with a little
smile on her face says,
“Don’t tell your father, but
yes, I would.” Then he goes to
his sisters room and asks,
“Sis, if someone gave you
a million dollars, would you
sleep with Brad
Pitt?” His sister
looks up and says,
Just
for
Laughs
“Omigod! Definitely!” The kid
goes back to his father and says,
“Dad, I think I’ve figured it out.
Potentially, we are sitting on two million bucks, but in reality, we are living
with two tramps.”
Stutter sputter
A man walks into his doctor’s office and sits down in the waiting room.
While he is waiting his turn to be
seen, a casual acquaintance walks in
and sits down next to him.
The newcomer asks “W w what are
43. Be uncertain
44. Obstacle
46. A gold coin of
ancient Persia
47. Humiliate
48. Fence “doors”
49. Excrete
50. Backside
51. Decorative case
53. Greek letter
56. Mug
57. Gist
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Emily Sue passed away and Bubba
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right away.
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that for me?”
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Bubba said, “How ‘bout if I drag her
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Once upon a time, two brooms fell
in love and decided to get married.
Before the ceremony, the bride
broom informed the groom broom she
was expecting a little whisk-broom.
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shortcomings.
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