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Autumn on the Oval
Reflections of a First-Year Buckeye: Battling COVID-19, winter break, student achievements
Johnson provides task force updates, recaps recent visit to the Lima campus
President Kristina M. Johnson sent the following email to The Ohio State University community today (Nov. 17).
I want to express again my thanks and pride in our community as we collectively battle COVID-19. Your efforts to keep our campuses open this fall while learning, teaching, advancing research and scholarship, and caring for patients and their families have been extraordinary.
As students prepare to return home for the winter break, please remember the steps we are asking you to take. Get tested for COVID-19 early this week. If you obtain a negative result and are able to leave campus for the semester early, please do so and update your move-out time on the housing portal. If you need to stay on or off campus, plan to get tested again next week and self-quarantine until you get your results. For instructions on each, please refer to the message I sent on Sunday: https://go.osu.edu/campusdeparture.
We will continue our class-delivery approach as scheduled through November 25. We also will offer the first two weeks of spring semester classes (January 11-15 and 18-22) virtually. Our work is ongoing with state and local health officials to evaluate and adjust our plans as needed. We will keep the university community updated.
This Saturday, our football Buckeyes are scheduled to return to action against Indiana at noon. Once again, we strongly urge all students to "homegate." If you live on campus, cheer from your residence halls. If you live off campus, avoid gatherings and follow all COVID-19 protocols.
Wear a mask, stay 6 feet apart and practice good hygiene. Most of all, it is critically important to avoid large gatherings. Again, we want to finish the semester strong and keep our loved ones and ourselves healthy.
Please see this important message from Dr. Amy Fairchild, dean of our College of Public Health and head of our Comprehensive Monitoring Team: https://go.osu.edu/protectingyourlovedones.
Be smart so we can all be safe, Together As Buckeyes.
Racial justice, diversity and inclusion
The university's Task Force on Racism and Racial Inequities is continuing to collect data through focus groups with students, faculty and staff. These important discussions are also occurring across the university.
Associate Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion Dr. Jacquelyn C.A. Meshelemiah will moderate the final webinar in the four-part Ripe for Change: Conversations on Race in America series from 6 to 7 p.m. on Thursday. "An Anti-Racist Future: 'The Fierce Urgency of Now'" will feature Dr. Trevon Logan, Distinguished Professor of Economics; Ms. Nikki Baszynski, JD, adjunct professor in the Moritz College of Law and legal counsel at The Justice Collaborative; and Dr. Hasan Jeffries, associate professor in the Department of History. Register at the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) website. Our thanks go to ODI and the university's Alumni Association for presenting the series.
Discovery, learning and impact
We continue to work hard and advance our mission despite many challenges. Each day brings student success stories on our campuses. I'm pleased to share a few:
Ohio State's Rafael Quijada Landaverde, graduate associate and doctoral student in the Department of Agricultural Communication, Education and Leadership, was named one of seven recipients of the international Kirchner Food Fellowship. Nicole McMullen, an undergraduate in agriscience education, earned a top award at the Region V Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences (MANRRS) Cluster. She will represent Ohio State and Region V at the National MANRRS Conference this spring.
This is International Education Week, an annual celebration of the importance of global learning in higher education. Even with travel restrictions in place, Ohio State is helping students stay globally engaged. Doctoral students Harold Wright in the Department of Anthropology and Jenn Marie Nunes in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures have been awarded the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad grant. These are two of only 90 such fellowships awarded nationwide.
And 64 Buckeyes have been awarded a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship to pursue foreign language fluency. Our East Asian Studies Center, Center for Latin American Studies and Center for Slavic and East European Studies awarded more than $1.5 million in FLAS fellowship grants this year to Ohio State students spanning 16 graduate programs and 13 undergraduate majors. This year's FLAS fellowships support the development of area studies knowledge and language fluency in 12 languages.
Our student team of veteran community advocates was recently recognized for its work helping students transition from military life to higher education. Members of The Ohio State University ROTC also performed a jumping-jack and push-up challenge for students in quarantine or isolation due to their exposure to or positive test for COVID-19.
Looking ahead, BuckeyeThon students are once again raising funds to support children being treated in the Hematology, Oncology, Blood & Marrow Transplant Unit at Nationwide Children's Hospital -- with a Saturday, November 21, virtual dance marathon serving as the signature event. The goal this year is to raise $2 million to support children and families in our community. More information on how you can support the kids is available on the BuckeyeThon website.
University Task Force on Community Safety and Well-Being
Our safety and well-being task force engaged with representatives from the University District Organization (UDO), which was established in 1972 with the aim to improve off-campus life, support business efforts, and improve safety and security in the area. In 2015, UDO formed the University District Special Improvement District, which supports a range of services, including supplemental safety stewards to monitor the area. The task force is exploring ways to further partner and support these outreach efforts, recognizing that the safety and well-being of all community members depends on a multipronged approach.
The task force is in the process of finalizing a series of recommendations.
Finally, I was thrilled late last month to visit the Ohio State Lima campus. I spent a beautiful fall morning and early afternoon with Dean and Director Dr. Tim A. Rehner as well as faculty, staff and student leaders. The campus is a wonderful example of our land-grant mission in action. I was particularly excited to talk with students about the new Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology program, a student-led initiative to renovate Galvin Hall, and opportunities to enhance learning and career pathways through community partnerships.
Thank you, Buckeyes, for the outstanding contributions you continue to make throughout our state, nation and world. I look forward to sharing more soon.
Kristina M. Johnson, PhD
• Safe and Healthy Buckeyes information and guidance
• Testing resources for students
• Resources for faculty
• Resources for COVID-19 research
• Resources for students
• Resources for staff
• Safe and Healthy Buckeyes - mental health and wellness
• Faculty and staff can use the Human Resources Keep Well website, the Chief Wellness Officer Health and Wellness page and Your Plan For Health.
• Students can use the Counseling and Consultation Service (CCS) and the Buckeye Peer Access Line (PAL), which operates Monday through Friday from 8 p.m. to midnight.
• CCS also provides guidance for ways for faculty and staff to support students.
• The Ohio State: Wellness app is designed for students but offers tips and guidance useful for all members of our community. It is available for Android and iOS devices.


More and more, Exchange Traded Funds (ETF's) are becoming a common security in most people's portfolio and with good reason. They provide an instant diversification at a much lower Management Expense Ratios (MER) (from 7 bps and up) compared to other products like mutual funds and they are more accessible in that they can be traded on the stock market. The other big thing is their performance is supposed to mirror the performance of an index. In other words if the S&P500 goes up/down 10%, then the value of the ETF will go up/down 10%. You can expect to earn the market rate of return. There is a mountain of research that has also shown that a simple buy-and-hold strategy of basic ETF's that track major indexes will outperform 75-80% of money managers who are actively picking and buying/selling stocks. In other words, 75-80% of money managers (i.e. the "experts") cannot earn even the market rate of return!
I still hold to the belief that if you have no interest in analyzing and researching companies for the purposes of buying stocks, then a portfolio of ETF's diversified across core asset classes and business sectors that are rebalanced once or twice a year is a prudent way to grow your savings over a long period of time. Furthermore, adding to your positions in bear markets and selling positions in bull markets also will put you ahead of the game and let you sleep better.
I've been a fan of the ETF product. I've always believed that an ETF is a more efficient way of investing than mutual funds, but my belief is being tested. I worry now that the marketing machines of the major financial institutions have embraced the ETF model and are going into overdrive to crank out products that may not necessarily serve investors interests. I'm wondering if ETF's are close to or have officially Jumped The Shark? From my observations, they seem to be packaging ETF's as index funds but when you look at the components inside the ETF, they seem no different than a high priced mutual fund and most investors will not realize it. The beauty of being an investment coach is that I don't sell ETF's or stocks or mutual funds, so I have no financial interest to gain by calling these out.
Seven to ten years ago, there were only a handful of ETF's and they mostly represented the major global stock indexes (i.e. S&P500, Dow Jones Industrials, Nasdaq100, TSX/S&P Composite etc) as well as regions (US, Canada, International, Emerging Markets) and industries (Gold, Oil, Technology, Health Care). The concept was simple. When you bought an S&P500 ETF, you are buying exposure to the S&P500 index and the value of the ETF would move in unison with the index. When you bought an ETF that invests in physical gold like the GLD, the value of the ETF moved in unison with the price of gold. It was simple. Today there are thousands of ETF's that attempt to mirror components or slivers of the same indexes, sectors, and regions and criteria for selection of securities is not necessarily just whatever stocks are in the Dow Jones Industrials. Now these companies are using sophisticated algorithms to select companies based on various financial variables, which to me is no different than a portfolio manager selecting stocks for their portfolios. The impact of this evolution is that ETF's are looking more and more like mutual funds with marketing machines of the ETF companies blurring the distinction. Of course the costs of these efforts is being passed on to you. Traditional ETF's which passively invest in an index are much cheaper because there is very little management effort required. This is sadly changing as institutions are bastardizing the product.
As an investor, you may think you're buying an ETF that represents the Health Care sector, but if you drill down, you'll see that there are only a handful of companies with one or two taking the dominant position in terms of assets invested and instead of being charged single 10-20 bps, you are being charge management fees of 60 bps and higher.
There are also ETF's that bet on the direction of a specific index or sector. If you think the S&P500 is going to go down, you can buy an ETF that will go short the S&P500 and will pay you a return that is 2-3 times the return (almost like doubling/tripling down your bet). Conversely if you thing the index is going up, you can buy an equivalent ETF. These type of short-term trading products are being marketed to uneducated investors as components for their retirement portfolioís which is absolute blasphemy. They also carry higher Management Expense Ratios (MER's) which will also chip away at your portfolio.
Brokerage houses like iTrade have introduced no-trading fee for selected ETF's, which are of course carrying higher MER's and also encourage short-term trading and not long-term investing which most people are trying to work toward.
The issues with this new generation of ETF's comes down to performance and costs. These "managed" ETF's have a higher tracking error which means they do not necessarily follow the performance of the selected index in question, which means you could be leaving money on the table or losing more money than necessary. These "managed" ETF's charge higher MER's which overtime can eat away at your portfolio.
If you put all these elements together, the financial services industry is marketing ETF's as short-term trading stocks that carry higher expense ratios, do not necessarily track benchmark indexes efficiently and may not yield adequate returns.
It's more important than ever to not invest blindly in these types of instruments, but understand what the investment strategy being adopted is, the type of securities and it's % composition of the portfolio and the amount of MER's it is charging. More and more financial advisors are pushing ETF's to their clients so make sure you understand and ask questions about what you are putting your hard earned savings into.
If you can avoid the marketing sheen of Bay/Wall Street and stick to the basic vanilla ETF's that track the broad stock market indexes domestically and globally, you can build a nicely diversified portfolio of investments that will grow modestly over time with little stress.
Since we posted this article, there was noticeable event that took place. Recently index fund behemoth Vangaurd announced that they were changing the indexes they use to build 22 of their index funds and ETF's, specifically switching from the MSCI indexes to the FTSE based indexes. Finance site Canadian Capitalist provides a very thoughtful analysis of the impacts (and there are some) of these changes.
Upon some reflection, I'm wondering if this type of change is any different that a mutual fund changing portfolio managers? It doesn't seem any different and if this is the case, as investors, are we now expected to track index changes as well? I would say tracking the makeup of an index that contains hundreds of companies is much harder to do than analyzing the financial statements of a single company. This index benchmark change is a "managed" change that is marketed to claim that investors will enjoy lower costs. That will remain to be seen. My first impressions are this muddies the waters for ETF's even more so.


No, it's a highly contagious virus that just has to work itself out. Nothing we can do for it. So, yay. It also means that we can't go anywhere... oh, wait.... I don't think that's going to be a problem.
But in all seriousness, it appears that Israel and Emma are on their last day of it. And thankfully, Ruth shows no signs of having gotten it. Unfortunately, Theodore has caught it and the last two days have been nothing but extremely high heart rate, uncontrollable coughing, fever that won't go down, and constant crying. Poor guy is miserable. Today is day 3 for him and the doc said it usually lasts 3-5 days. Maybe we'll get lucky and tomorrow will be better.
Since we're on the topic of good news I'll continue the subject I brought up the other day (Rambo's genetic appointment). No, don't get your hopes up. This is a sarcastic 'good news'. We have again been officially told that he is one of a kind. But the good news is that there is a new test out that looks at each genome individually (or something like that). It only costs $8000. And insurance doesn't cover it. Of course it doesn't!! But that's okay, because the good news is that it probably wouldn't help in his case anyway. Awesome. I'm honestly not sure why that is. This genetic stuff is way over my head. But according to the doctor he believes, because of the troubles that are manifest in Theodore, that his disorder is dominant not recessive. Quickly that means that if he were recessive: Ben and I are most likely carriers of a funky gene and those two genes matched up with Rambo. Therefore, causing all his issues. Dominant means that neither Ben nor I are carriers of anything but for some unexplainable reason Theodore got a funky gene. That means the good news is that, IF he is dominant there is only a 3% chance of having another child like him. That's comforting. I think I'm gonna go get pregnant again right now. I suppose that is better than the recessive option which is a 25% chance.
After being told he is most likely dominant, he said that he also believes that Theodore has a new disorder: one that hasn't been seen before and is completely unidentified. We thought this before but were hoping with some time something with Theodore would change or present itself as the 'lightbulb' for what he has. It hasn't.
There is a study that has just started (I believe it involves the new test) that his doctor is going to try to get him in on. He says he's pretty sure they will take him because he's an interesting case. I've found that being an 'interesting case' is not ideal. However, if they don't take him this time around he will keep trying. Maybe we'll get some answers. Maybe we won't. But I'm certainly not going to spend $8000 on a 'maybe, probably not.' So, if the study accepts us then we'll take it.
Maybe I'll be able to get some pictures today that I can put up... maybe I'll be able to get a few plants dug into the ground... maybe, just maybe, I'll have an entire 30 minutes consecutively where Theodore doesn't need me.... Trying to keep my head up today.
Here's to good news and keeping your head up!


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I just prefer playing a game and having fun, instead of patching holes all day long. If you have to patch 16-40 holes for every shot, you rather chunk buster everything. Sure, make chunk busters available in the /shop, so you can get plenty, then it would work imho. But why, if the current way works just fine?
If you want people to run out of chunk busters, and have to fix 16-40 holes per hand, gl&hf, i wouldn't want to play that.
Is it just me or do I smell Factions become a lot more competitive?
Wishing all Factions a successful and grand season! May the best Factions triumph on both servers !
Thanks to Waz and Devs for the reset!
All the paypal is bringing back all the ogs. ANyone on anyfactions server is already dead so you should add them in the shop, i agree.
not sure what you mean by saying cannons are op beyond belief. You can't really use a normal 2 wall 3 sec because the piston limit.
Great additions to every server, and awesome payouts for factions, can't wait to see who comes out on top!
when is next survival reset it needs one soon.


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I need to give right to an user to "Add" Opportunity Team member on a opportunity but the uses doesn't come higher in the role hierarchy than the owner.
Is there any workaround through which user can see "Add" button on opportunity Team member without having higher role than opportunity Owner?
Opportunity Team Members cannot be created unless you are the owner of the Opportunity or are above the role hierarchy.
2) Create a custom object and write a trigger on the custom object to add team members. Since triggers run on system context, it will create the team member.
We have implemented a custom VisualForce page in the past that allows multiple users to add team members, therefore overriding the security need of having 1) Edit access and 2) Owner or above owner in hierarchy.
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We've all experienced ringing in the ears one time or another. It normally comes and goes by itself and usually only lasts a few minutes to a few hours at best, but when it gets worse, the simple ringing in the ears becomes a condition called tinnitus. Besides ringing, tinnitus sufferers may also experience buzzing, whooshing, humming, whistling and hissing sounds.
In order for tinnitus to stop disrupting your life, you can take Silence Complete, a supplement that is formulated to prevent and treat tinnitus. It is made from potent all-natural components. Two pills a day is all you need to take to ensure that the ringing in your ears will become a thing of the past.
Many people have attested to the effectiveness of this supplement and they claim that it has cured them of their tinnitus, and it has allowed them to go about their day without any discomfort or pain that is associated with having tinnitus. It is being credited for the fast relief of tinnitus.
The company that manufactured Silence Complete claims that there are no side effects in taking the supplement. But it is wise to still consult a doctor prior to taking Silence Complete. This is especially important if you have an existing health condition and taking medications that may interfere with the absorption of the supplement into your body.
It is best to have your ears checked by a doctor to be properly diagnosed with tinnitus. You can then take Silence Complete once your condition really is tinnitus and not something else. The ears are very near the brain, so any pain or discomfort that the ears experience has a direct correlation to the brain, which can cause damage to the brain. Silence Complete will help keep your ear health in its optimum condition.


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Pelkey, James L., Interviewer
Computer History Museum
Menlo Park, California
Contributed by James Pelkey:
I met Bob Dolan in the fall of 1980. At the time, he was President of ComDesign, an early statistical multiplexer company that he founded in 1977. Prior to starting ComDesign, Bob had worked at Advanced Computer Communication (ACC). Bob had been involved with the University of California at Santa Barbara from the years 1974-1976, when as an employee of Speech Communications Research Laboratory, he was helping build the PDP interface for their Arpanet site. It was at that time that he met Rowland Bryant, who subsequently founded ACC, a DARPA subcontractor and the home of a number of start-ups in the Santa Barbara area, including ComDesign, Computer Machinery Corporation (CMC) and Digital Sound Corporation (DSC). Rowland, Bob, Larry Green (CMC), Jim McGill (DSC), and others met casually in a social network similar to those of Silicon Valley, Boston, Dallas and Los Angeles. When Bob started ComDesign, he intended to enter the local area networking business. But on seeing the opportunities in statistical multiplexing, and the success of Micom, he changed strategies and developed a series of statistical multiplexer products. His company tried to mimic Micom and recruited a number of people out of that company. In August 1986, Bob merged his company into Network Equipment Technologies, a leading T-1 multiplexer company.
When I decided to write a history of Computer Communications, I called Bob to ask him if he would sit for in interview. He readily agreed and recommended that I also interview Ken Krechmer. That interview was extremely valuable in aiding my understanding of the early dial-up modem business and identifying an initial list of people I should interview. While I had to eventually delete most of that history out of the final manuscript, it remains a very interesting history of the rise of the early competition for AT&T.
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Flannel Lined Jeans are, however, better than wearing a regular flannel or fleece pant, because they are more durable, somewhat thicker, and widely more accepted for wearing outside of the house. Normal flannel pants are generally reserved for staying inside on a chilly day, or wearing to bed as pajamas. Regular jeans can get a bit harder to wear in winter, especially in cities where it snows, since they're thin and don't retain warmth. Flannel Lined Jeans fix all of these problems by being wearable on the outside, but supremely comfortable on the inside with their fleece interior. They come in every color of jean available, but the flannel inside can be found in many colors as well, with a plaid pattern generally present. Different colors of plaid can make for a fun little surprise. These jeans are a lot of fun because nobody can tell that you even have flannel inside of your Flannel Lined Jeans, except for you.
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Paris native leads aviation company into big money deal
By DAVE PHILLIPS, P-I Staff Writer
Ron Anderson holds a model airplane at an announcement of a $3.5 billion deal between his company and Airbus. Anderson, who was born and raised in Paris, is founder and chief executive office of Intrepid Aviation in Germantown.
It's a long way from Paris, Tenn., to Paris, France.
Ron Anderson ('67) is one person who can tell you about both cities firsthand.
Anderson, the son of the late Albert and Imogene Anderson who lived northeast of Paris, is a 1967 graduate of Grove High School.
"Paris was a great part of my upbringing, with Grove High School and First Baptist Church being big parts of that," Anderson said.
"My parents left a great legacy on Anderson Drive."
Anderson's parents died about six years ago, but Anderson said that he still visits Paris "once or twice a year."
"I have a lot of good friends, an aunt and several cousins up there," Anderson said.
"I have fond memories of Paris, and fond memories of the (World's Biggest) Fish Fry."
Germantown's Intrepid Aviation Management, of which Anderson is chief executive officer, recently spent $3.5 billion on 20 Airbus freighters at the Paris, France, air show. Anderson was there, signing off on the deal.
Intrepid buys planes and then leases them all over the world.
In the past, the company had purchased only used aircraft.
But when Airbus ran into some delays with releasing new planes, that all changed.
Airbus needed to do something to save its reputation.
Enter Intrepid into the picture.
"After studying the market for four years, we projected a substantial shortage of used planes," Anderson said.
According to Anderson, about 75 percent of the world's 1,900 freight planes are converted passenger planes.
The shortage of used planes on the market, combined with a difficult year of delays and bad news for Airbus, created an opportunity for Intrepid to buy new planes.
"Airbus needed good news, they came to us, and the pricing they offered was very attractive," Anderson said. "The stars aligned for us."
Just like that, a $3.5 billion deal for 20 A330-200s was in the works.
The A330-200 is a wide plane that has a great fuel efficiency for its size.
It can handle a large load easily, but still has the capability of carrying a lighter load without dragging the lessee down with fuel costs.
According to an Intrepid Aviation press release, the plane offers 30 percent more volume than any other plane in its class.
The company plans to send its first new plane to Toulouse, France, in early 2010. Before then, it will lease them to freight companies all over the world.
Intrepid will continue to buy used planes along with new ones for the foreseeable future.
"We'll have a mixed portfolio of new and used planes for the next five years," Anderson said.
Before starting Intrepid, Anderson worked 17 years for FedEx.
He fell in love with planes, learned to fly and headed up its airplane department for 12 years.
Anderson then moved to Miami, working at International Air Leases.
Several different issues, including the collapse of six different airlines tying over half of the company's fleet up in bankruptcies, led to Anderson heading back to Memphis to begin Intrepid Aviation.
As for his life, Anderson seems to be thrilled with the way things have gone.
"I've met many very interesting people," he said.
"But more important than playing golf with Jack Nicklaus was being mentored by Fred Smith," Anderson said of his former boss, the current president and CEO of FedEx.
"I've got two daughters, two granddaughters, I play lots of golf and I rode my bicycle four thousand miles last year.
"I've had a great career."
Ron Anderson
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THE PARIS POST-INTELLIGENCER
Paris, Tennessee
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From the October 11, 2007 Edition
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When you hire an outside contractor to make a video for you, one of the things you're paying for is peace of mind.
After all, you've put the project in the hands of a professional; from that point on, you should be free to go back to your real job, waiting only to be presented with a finished product. Someone you trust is manning the helm, dealing with all the problems and headaches.
To a considerable extent, it's even true. You certainly won't have to worry about the creative work, or about managing the project. That load will largely be on someone else's shoulders.
That being said, the whole process will probably run a lot more smoothly if you don't completely wash your hands of participation.
In order to be happy with the final product, you'll probably want to have some input in the planning stages. While you should aim to hire someone who seems to have a good grasp of your organization and shares your sensibilities, it's still a good idea to confirm that you're on the same page before moving full steam ahead.
Of course, working with a pro makes the planning process easier and more productive. They'll guide you through it, asking the right questions, offering their insights, making recommendations.
But only you can know exactly what you want. Your opinion is the one that's going to matter the most in the end.
While this might be an unexpected step, just remember: Having clarity from get-go will help you avoid mistakes. In that sense, it will actually save you a lot of time—and aggravation—down the line. It's always quicker to get things right the first time.
As the project progresses, consider how involved you want to be.
At Serio, we usually send out status reports at pivotal stages so our clients can track our progress and course-correct if necessary. If you're truly confident that you can take a step back, you might ask to receive updates like these a little less frequently. But in our experience, they're actually another time-saving opportunity, making sure that everything is playing out just how you want so you don't have to ask for serious revisions later.
Similarly, when we're filming, we recommend that our clients stop by if they can. If our interviews are missing something essential, it's much better to find that out while we can easily do something about it.
When we check in like this at every stage, we're usually in good shape when it comes time to review the completed video, with only a few small changes needed here and there.
Marketing videos for nonprofits tend to be more intimate than corporate ads. You're promoting a meaningful cause, not an impersonal brand. Authenticity and genuine idealism are some of your top selling points. Hence, your videos are likely to feature real people, not actors, and to be filmed on real locations, not fabricated sets.
Your production company is going to have to navigate all kinds of challenges to make this happen. They're going to have to work with staff or constituents who may not be thrilled to have their busy, important schedules interrupted. They're going to need access to your offices and other such spaces, which will often already be in use.
I can tell you firsthand that this can get ugly. I've been locked out of rooms where I was expecting to film, and I've been turned away by staff members for whom the video was simply not a priority. There was little I could say to convince them otherwise.
Working with someone on the inside, on the other hand, makes these interactions far friendlier and far more efficient.
The best-organized projects are the ones where we've been assigned an intern or point person within the organization to help us with things like scheduling, coordinating to ensure that we're not unduly burdening anyone or going where we aren't wanted. They can also make introductions, so we're not just barging in out of nowhere. They can give instructions and see to it that we're accommodated as needed. They know the internal politics and can steer us clear of potential areas of conflict.
It may be worth your while to appoint someone to liaise with the production company and deal with these kinds of details. Even if this is more handholding than you expected to do, it will make it easier for your production company to devote their energy to filmmaking—the thing you actually hired them for.
If you were anticipating a hands-off experience, it makes sense that all this will seem like a lot at first. But once you understand the reasons for it, it can become easier to recognize how your involvement makes your life easier overall—and how it makes for a final product you can be proud of.
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Many organizations that produce standards to guide methodology for conducting and reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses are detailed below.
An international non-profit group dedicated to improving the quality of reporting of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
First published in 2009, the PRISMA Statement provides guidance for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses. It includes a checklist, flow diagram, and explanation and elaboration document.
A 27-item checklist for the reporting of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
This document defines, explains, and provides examples for each of the 27 items in the PRISMA checklist. The E&E should be used in conjunction with the PRISMA statement and the PRISMA checklist.
The flow diagram should be used to report the flow of studies through a systematic review.
The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions (the Handbook) provides guidance to authors for the preparation of Cochrane Intervention reviews (including Cochrane Overviews of reviews).
This version is in E book format, allows PDF viewing/printing of chapters.
These guidelines come from the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination. The core steps and methods for conducting systematic reviews are presented.
In this report, the Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recommends standards for systematic reviews of the comparative effectiveness of medical or surgical interventions.
Based on Chapter 6 of the Cochrane Handbook. From the Campbell Collaboration, 2010.
The enhancing transparency in reporting the synthesis of qualitative research, or ENTREQ, statement is aimed at improving the explicit and comprehensive reporting of the synthesis of qualitative studies.
This checklist contains specifications for reporting of meta-analyses of observational studies in epidemiology. Editors will expect you to follow and cite this checklist. It refers to the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale for assessing the quality of non-randomized studies, a method of rating each observational study in your meta-analysis.
From the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ), April 2012.
PRISMA provides an extension specifically for scoping reviews. The guidance includes a checklist and a statement that includes the checklist and explanation.


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Vivian Piazza, PhD
Dr. Vivian Piazza is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who is committed to using empirically supported, evidence-based treatments with her clients. She has experience using a variety of treatments within a cognitive behavioral framework to treat anxiety and mood disorders and associated symptoms. Dr. Piazza has specific expertise working with clients who have experienced trauma and treating Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. She values being authentic in her clinical interactions and is genuinely invested in her clients' health and in helping her clients achieve their treatment goals.
Dr. Piazza earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Georgia State University. While completing her doctorate degree, she received training in both inpatient and outpatient settings working with a variety of presenting concerns. Following her pre-doctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, she continued there as a psychologist in the Military Sexual Trauma program.
In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Piazza has been actively involved in research. She has published articles in several peer-reviewed journals and has also presented her research at national conferences, earning a student research excellence award from the American Psychological Association while in graduate school. She has completed research in several distinct areas including developmental disabilities, eating disorders, and the impact of trauma on the marital relationship. She also uses research to inform her clinical work in order to ensure she is providing effective treatments.
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Laura Niditch, PhD
Dr. Laura Niditch is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who specializes in psychological assessment for children, adolescents, and adults. She has particular expertise in anxiety disorders, ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, and learning disorders. She uses state-of-the-art psychological tests to provide clear diagnoses and thorough explanations for patients' symptoms. Her assessments include comprehensive, written reports with specific, individually-tailored recommendations. Her mission is to provide each patient with a roadmap to address current concerns and move forward. Her therapeutic style is warm, fun, and collaborative.
Dr. Niditch completed her Ph.D. in school psychology at Tulane University. During graduate school, Dr. Niditch was honored with a prestigious predoctoral fellowship from the National Institute of Mental Health. She received multiple awards and commendations for her achievements and was recognized by the faculty for "the high quality of her academic work, professional accomplishments, research record, and contributions to the field." Dr. Niditch completed her predoctoral internship in school and clinical psychology at FSU's Multidisciplinary Center. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship in adult clinical psychology at the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Center of New Orleans. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Niditch is an accomplished researcher and educator. She has published several original research articles in peer-reviewed journals and serves as an ad hoc peer reviewer for numerous journals. Dr. Niditch has taught both graduate and undergraduate psychology courses at Tulane University, and she maintains an adjunct faculty position in the psychology department.
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Thomas Hallinan, PhD
Dr. Thomas Hallinan is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with a background in insight-oriented psychodynamic treatments and evidence-based cognitive behavioral treatments. He has a wealth of experience in treating trauma, depression, anxiety, difficulties with emotion regulation, and interpersonal problems.
Dr. Hallinan completed his undergraduate degree at Loyola University New Orleans prior to earning his masters and doctoral degrees in clinical psychology at Duquesne University. He completed his internship and post-doctoral fellowship at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System (New Orleans VA) with a focus on cognitive behavioral therapies and trauma work. Since that time, he has continued to work in the general mental health clinic treating a wide range of diagnoses and psychological issues. He has experience and training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Prolonged Exposure (PE), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). He also enjoys mentoring psychiatry residents, psychology interns, and post-doctoral fellows at the VA. Dr. Hallinan currently provides psychotherapy at Atlas Psychiatry during evening hours.
Outside of his clinical work, Dr. Hallinan enjoys attending cultural events in the city, spending time with his family, and staying current with new technology and gadgets.
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Katherine Aucoin, PhD
Dr. Katherine Aucoin is a licensed developmental psychologist. With over 15 years' experience, Dr. Aucoin utilizes a mostly cognitive-behavioral approach to play, individual, and family therapy with children and adolescents and their families. She maintains expertise in treating anxiety, depression, trauma, behavior problems, social difficulties, low self-esteem, parent-child relationships, transgender issues, and various other challenges common to today's developing child. Dr. Aucoin also possesses expertise in the administration and interpretation of various types of psychological testing with children and teens, including diagnostic, educational, and developmental assessments.
A native to the New Orleans area, Dr. Aucoin attended St. Mary's Dominican High School and Loyola University. She received her Master's and Doctorate in Applied Developmental Psychology from the University of New Orleans. During her graduate school career, Dr. Aucoin completed several research studies, primarily focused on the relationship between emotion regulation and behavioral problems in children and adolescents. She also completed a Fellowship in infant and preschool mental health at Tulane University Health Sciences Center while working as manager and lead clinician at a program for young children in Jefferson Parish.
Dr. Aucoin's clinical style, along with her abilities to be empathic, practical, open-minded, and fun, demonstrates her mix of professional and personal qualities that she brings to her work tailored to each client.
Alexandra Sims, PhD
Alexandra Sims, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist who specializes in educational and psychological assessment of children and adolescents. Her expertise lies in the diagnosis of ADHD, learning disorders, anxiety disorders, and stress and trauma-related reactions in children. Dr. Sims is adept at bridging assessment to meaningful intervention, providing families with insight into how to best support their children through the completion of clear and thorough written reports.
Dr. Sims earned a master's degree from New York University before pursuing her Ph.D. from Tulane University. While a student at Tulane, Dr. Sims was active in research, presenting original and collaborative research at local and national conferences. She graduated from Tulane with a specialization in trauma-focused school psychology. Dr. Sims has worked as a school psychologist at several elementary and secondary schools, and served as the Director of Pupil Appraisal and Evaluation at a local charter school for three years. Currently, Dr. Sims is a full-time faculty member at Tulane University, teaching courses on child development, psychopathology, and assessment. She is responsible for training doctoral students in cognitive and academic assessment and provides supervision for post-doctorate professionals seeking licensure. She also continues to work with local schools on the completion of special education evaluations. At Atlas Psychiatry, Dr. Sims provides assessment services for children and adolescents, including psychological testing, psycho-educational testing, gifted testing, and school admissions testing.
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I'm excited to be one of the blog tour stops to celebrate the release of Black Wings Beating by Alex London, which came out yesterday. Woohoo!
This was a super unique, soaring fantasy that I think many readers will be drawn to. It features a m/m romance (that's #ownvoices), twins who have an ever-evolving relationship, hidden political schemes, plenty of action, and the graceful flight of birds of prey that you really grow to appreciate while reading the story. I really urge Young Adult fantasy lovers to pick this book up from your local bookstore or library!
The people of Uztar have long looked to the sky with hope and wonder. Nothing in their world is more revered than the birds of prey and no one more honored than the falconers who call them to their fists. Brysen strives to be a great falconer–while his twin sister, Kylee, rejects her ancient gifts for the sport and wishes to be free of falconry. She's nearly made it out, too, but a war is rolling toward their home in the Six Villages, and no bird or falconer will be safe.Together the twins must journey into the treacherous mountains to trap the Ghost Eagle, the greatest of the Uztari birds and a solitary killer. Brysen goes for the boy he loves and the glory he's long craved, and Kylee to atone for her past and to protect her brother's future. But both are hunted by those who seek one thing: power.
With this graphic, I introduce the two narrators of the story: Brysen and Kylee. Although Brysen is older than Kylee by a couple of heartbeats, his pride gets in the way of most of his actions and goals. Kylee is more responsible, but despite her talents at falconry, she wants nothing to do with it. When circumstances pull them into others' political machinations, who can they trust to have their backs?
I already have this on my TBR and I love the fan art.


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The Year In Old Games, 2018
December 17, 2018 by kotaku Leave a Comment
Year In Review We look back at the highs, lows, surprises, and standouts in and around video games this year. Whether you want to play your classic games on the Switch, the PlayStation 4, the Xbox One, a half-sized wooden arcade cabinet, a tiny PlayStation, or a Genesis controller plugged into your TV, 2018 had you covered. It's time once again for a look back at the year in New Old Games. While the majority of classic games never get officially rereleased, every year a few more are given a new lease on life. Maybe they've been spruced up with added features. Maybe they're straightforward reprints. But they're all old, and that's good enough for me. I, personally, had a pretty great 2018 when it comes to old video games, because I got to launch a new retro show here on Kotaku called Complete In Box. We looked at games from around the world, from weird versions of Street Fighter II to a $30,000 NES game to three different editions of Secret of Mana. If … [Read more...] about The Year In Old Games, 2018
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Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime On Hopes For An N64 Classic, Switch Online, And Sakurai's Smash Roster Tweets
November 15, 2018 by kotaku Leave a Comment
The president of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aime, was in New York this week to sell his company's big holiday line-up. But there was plenty more to talk about, too. A good portion of our conversation involved Fils-Aime's pitch for the newest Switch and 3DS games. You can read about that in the first part of my interview with him. What follows are the other topics we crammed into our chat in which he downplayed expectations for a Nintendo 64 Classic, addressed Nintendo's meager support of its iconic older games on the Switch, boasted of the success of Zelda: Breath of the Wild expansion a and even managed to work a mention of Waluigi into our chat about the new Smash Bros. Hmmm. The Missing N64 Classic Nintendo's holiday line-up does not include a new retro console, a surprise for fans and media who expected the 2016 NES Classic and 2017 SNES Classic retro consoles to be followed by a 2018 Nintendo 64 Classic. Fils-Aime isn't one to announce … [Read more...] about Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime On Hopes For An N64 Classic, Switch Online, And Sakurai's Smash Roster Tweets
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Nintendo's Secret Weapon
April 21, 2014 by kotaku Leave a Comment
On the third floor of Nintendo's U.S. headquarters, next to the conference rooms named after Mario and Donkey Kong, there's a door that you can't open. There's no boss key or warp pipe here—unless you're one of the handful of people with a high-security keycard, you're not getting in. [This article was originally published on September 3, 2013.] If you were to somehow break the seal, you might uncover a treasure trove of Nintendo secrets—scripts and code belonging to unannounced games from the most iconic video game franchises in the world. Maybe you'd stumble upon the Wii U version of Zelda, unfinished and unpolished. Maybe you'd find some hardware revision that hasn't been unveiled yet. You'd probably run into one of the talented writers responsible for many of Nintendo's most memorable moments. This is the Treehouse—the division of Nintendo responsible for shepherding the company's games from Japan … [Read more...] about Nintendo's Secret Weapon
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Vintage Game Retailers Say Nintendo 64 Was Their Hottest Holiday Seller
Should Nintendo be looking at releasing an N64 Classic? Yes, if this year's sales of the original 64-bit hardware are anything to go by. Sellers of vintage gaming hardware said they noticed a boom in Nintendo 64 sales this holiday season, a shift away from the previous generations of consoles that Christmas shoppers had coveted years earlier. Storeowners, online sellers, and repairmen I interviewed said that in the months leading up to Christmas, Nintendo 64s were hot commodities, especially among 25- to 30-year-olds who'd grown up with the system. "We easily sold over a hundred," said Daniel Mastin, general manager of the independent store Video Games New York, as he stood in front of a glass showcase stacked high with Japanese Famicom cartridges and neatly arranged Game Boy Color boxes. Over the last few years, Mastin said he has noticed a slow movement away from the Super Nintendo Entertainment Systems that had dominated Christmas sales years ago at his New … [Read more...] about Vintage Game Retailers Say Nintendo 64 Was Their Hottest Holiday Seller
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30 Games I'd Put On The N64 Classic, Which Will Never Exist
SNES Classic wishlists? So two thousand and late: I'm gonna scoop everybody and write the 30 games I want to see on the Nintendo 64 Classic, which not only doesn't exist, it isn't even rumored to, and probably won't. Check and mate. The release of Nintendo 64 in 1996 was the culmination of an orgy of hype and anticipation that the gaming world had never before experienced prior to the launch of a new console. The honeymoon was over as soon as the thing came out, with expectations paling in the shadow of reality and sales slumping accordingly. PlayStation ruled the roost, but Sony's CD-ROM media and adult-oriented game library made N64 a better choice for kids, and so there's still a lot of nostalgia there. One would think that the tepid reaction of software makers to the N64 would make our job here pretty easy: "Does N64 even have 30 games?" you may be snarkily, if correctly, asking. There are only 21 N64 games on the Wii U Virtual … [Read more...] about 30 Games I'd Put On The N64 Classic, Which Will Never Exist
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Passengers sue Boeing for injuries sustained during Emirates crash landing in Dubai
Wisner Law Firm said it was suing on behalf of passengers for psychological and physical injuries they sustained
by Robert Anderson
US-based Wisner Law Firm is suing plane maker Boeing on behalf of passengers on Emirates flight EK521, which crash landed at Dubai International Airport in August 2016.
In a statement, the firm said it had filed a case against the manufacturer of the 777-300 aircraft involved in the incident at the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, for physical and psychological injuries sustained by passengers during the crash landing.
"Wisner Law Firm contends that the takeoff/go around (TO/GA) switch on this aircraft was defectively designed," the firm said.
It went on to argue that the switch used by pilots to apply power to the engines "when executing a go around" is "inhibited or deactivated for several crucial seconds when the wheels of the aircraft touch the ground or come within a certain distance from the ground".
EK521 "either briefly touched the ground or came within the preset distance of the ground" causing the switch to be deactivated, according to the statement.
"When the pilots applied the switch to apply power to the engines, no power was supplied and the aircraft fell back violently to the ground, injuring passengers and crew," Wisner added.
A Boeing spokesperson said the company "does not comment on pending litigation".
All of the 300 passengers and crew onboard the aircraft were evacuated following the crash landing, but a firefighter died as a result of the explosion of the centre wing fuel tank.
The UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority released an interim investigation report earlier this month stating there were no mechanical issues with the aircraft.
"Analysis of the data downloaded indicates that there were no aircraft systems or engine abnormalities up to the time of the accident," it said.
Read: Emirates crash investigation: No 'engine abnormalities'
An Emirates spokesperson declined to comment.
Robert Anderson August 22, 2017


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Peacekeeping: Dogs Replacing People
April 7, 2006: While European nations were able to clear millions of mines in a few years after World War II, the Cold War left over ten million mines in the ground that have not been taken care of so quickly. Nearly all these mines came from the Soviet Union and its communist allies, which eagerly sold them to anyone with cash, or a need to keep a communist dictatorship going, during and after the Cold War. The countries that still have active mine fields tend to be poor, badly run and unable to rapidly clear mines the way it was done in Europe after World War II. This has provided an opportunity for Western NGOs (non-governmental organizations), which have raised hundreds of millions of dollars from Western governments and charities to set up mine clearing operations. Most of this money has been spent on buying equipment and training local people to clear mines, using methods little changed since World War II. The amount of money devoted to the mine clearing problem has spurred the development of new technologies and techniques. One of the more effective of these is not particularly high tech, but has been very effective, particularly when it comes to finding non-metallic mines. After several years of effort, 800 mine hunting dogs are at work in 25 countries. A dog can search 1,000-1,500 square meters a day, more than three times as much as a human alone. Handlers use a ten meter leash, and moves in when the dog stops and indicates the presence of explosives. Mine clearing technicians then come in and remove the mine, while the dog keeps searching.
It takes four months to train dogs (to use their sense of smell to find the explosives in a mine), then a year to train dogs and handlers in the country where the dog will operate. The training, including buying the dog, costs about $20,000. The dogs can then work for 6-8 years, operating 4-6 days a week during good weather ( 200-300 days a year, depending on the climate).
Despite an international treaty "banning" landmines, the mines are still being manufactured and distributed. The treaty was mostly a feel- good operation by NGOs, as the primary manufacturing countries did not sign the treaty. Moreover, the most dangerous mines, plastic ones, are so easy to build, that outlaw manufacturing operations can provide them to dictators, terrorists and large criminal operations (like drug cartels) that want them. Landmines are widely available from international (illegal) arms dealers as well. The mine hunting dogs are going to be busy for a long time.
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How did the human family's earliest ancestors, weak and arguably helpless, evolve into one of the most successful species on Earth? This 3-part series tells their story, spanning 7 million years and still very much shrouded in mystery, through findings by the latest in paleoanthropology. At crucial junctures, life-like CGI dramatizations by the world's top video game creators take viewers into the prehistoric world on a level rarely seen in a documentary. Witness the great evolutionary journey in this extraordinary visual experience.


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Jeremy Rawls
The Warrior's Oath
The Modern Warrior Emblem
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December 29, 2014 Jeremy Rawls	Leave a comment
The fields are grey and black. Stumps of trees jut up to the sky with broken and charred husks. Their twisted remains look ancient and frail. Fine trails of smoke waft up from the holes in the ground. Small embers can be seen under roots. Bits of metal, burned black, protrude from the soil. It is unclear as to what the objects were. Their function no longer matters. Calm now blankets the land.
Two days ago, this area was a lush forest covering a large hillside. A heat haze can be seen now running the ridgeline towards a cold grey sky. The year's cold looks at odds with the surroundings. Boots step through the dark grey soot and leave light grey footprints in their wake. Ash can still be seen drifting down like snowflakes. The only sounds are the slow wind and the crunch of the march. The only smell is of charred earth and cold air. On and up the hill, they walk. No words are spoken. The big guns were the last to speak here; unleashing fury, their words broke over like an avalanche on the land. Their shells found their mark. The message was clear. Scorched Earth Policy: everything burns.
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A Rough Climb
September 1, 2014 Jeremy Rawls	8 Comments
Depression can be monstrous. It forms like a mountain of impending darkness looming on the horizon. Waking every day to start the climb, it can take a lifetime. Sometimes you can get lost. Some days you may find yourself further down the mountain than you were the day before. The shadows move to block your path. You stumble on the small rocks and debris. The world wishes you to go no further. This can be your daily struggle that no one else sees. You trudge along in hopes of conquering the darkness.
Jimmy Kalitz was a tank mechanic in the Marine Corps in the early 2000's. He left Fort Knox after completing training to be stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. His first place of residence was with Headquarters and Service Company (H&S). He was a rude, obnoxious, overly confident jerk from New Jersey. He would talk to anyone and frequently make them uncomfortable. It was his way of breaking the ice. His abrasiveness eventually made those around him tougher and meaner. These traits were needed in order to survive the lifestyle.
Life in the barracks at this time was very depressing. The young men were paid very little, made to constantly clean, and stood guard duty day and night. The actions on September 11th caused the unit to go into a defensive posture. Roving guards took to the streets with rifles and man-packs. Men were placed at every gate and armed to protect. This posture caused all of the Marines to be on duty or a constant rotation. The monotony of inspections, weapons checks, general order recitation, and cleaning forced the men into a hole. They sank away as war loomed and the world spun on without them.
Kalitz and the other non-rates witnessed the change. The Marine Corps had not seen war at this scale in years. Most of the upper enlisted had not dealt with the actions taking place before. The young Marines looked to their leadership and found some of them wanting. The sergeant that was in charge of the shift change and inspection of the guards was less than noteworthy. It infuriated the men to be led by such a poor example of a Marine. Constant belittlement and monotony led the men to excessive drinking.
Death became an afterthought. The young men craved war. They only wished to prove themselves in the eyes of their leaders. Nothing was ever good enough. Speeches were made and forgotten as soon as the Marines left the drill field. They only cared about the ones beside them. The boots on the ground that would win the war were all that they knew. The expendable men with names that didn't matter. Many of the upper levels of leadership never bothered to learn their names.
War came and went. The young men returned with salt in their veins. They didn't care what their leaders wanted anymore. They had sat long nights in fighting holes with death as their only companion. They had stared out at the lights of cities in flames. Youth was stripped from them. They had been treated like animals, packed in trucks, pushed down the roads, and pointed toward an enemy. They only wished to take their anger and frustration of their lives out on an enemy that rarely ever showed. The pent up rage from ridicule and control faded into anger. Anger at the Corps, their leaders, their homes, their lives, it saturated their bones. The drinking never stopped. They would get together on weekends or weekdays. Each man would drink, fight, dance, and sometimes cry. In the barracks they would tear rooms apart when the beast inside was finally let free. They would bash each other, bruise each other, and then help each other clean up the mess before morning. They plagued Jacksonville, Wilmington, and Myrtle Beach.
The towns were just a distraction. The men came as a volatile mess. Inebriated to the point of blacking out, they would stagger the streets. They didn't go looking for trouble. They didn't start fights. They went out just to feel something. To feel alive. To walk away from the dark mountain. To feel normal. A normal that would never come.
For Kalitz:
Kaltiz was never really a friend in the normal sense to me. We beat on each other at a drop of a hat. We hurt, burned, and scarred each other on a daily basis. I wore a scar on my neck for about three years from Kalitz jabbing me with a hot lighter as a joke while I was trapped working in a driver's hole of a tank. I remember hiding him under his rack one morning. He was too drunk to wake up. I put his shoes in a line in front of him so no one could see him. We all covered for him in formation. He was a funny man. He loved to joke. His morbid humor got us through our days and nights. We all took on a grim aspect after a while. As a motley crew, we took care of each other even though we hurt one another. Through pain we connected. Pain gives us strength but it will wear away at your soul. I can only imagine how weary his soul had become after these many years. He lost his way on his mountain.
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The men from maintenance platoon living the dread life with Kalitz, the darkness is there. You are not expendable. Don't let it consume you. I'm not going to sugarcoat anything about Jim. He was an asshole. He was our asshole. He wouldn't have wanted me to trump him up as a Saint. He was a father and a good man. He tried to help other veterans. He asked me to include him in a story a few months ago. He told me to make him famous. I wrote this just for him. He will be missed and he will always be remembered.
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August 6, 2014 Jeremy Rawls	3 Comments
In the military, the phrase "no one left behind" is used on a daily bases. It's engrained and pounded into the heads of every fighting force. It is a core ideology for conduct. Knowing that we will leave no one behind binds us together and creates one of the building blocks to camaraderie. If the powers-that-be told you that they would leave you on the battlefield, not many people would enlist. No one wants to think of their lifeless body alone in a pool of mud and blood. We don't do that. We stick with each other until the end.
This isn't always the case. When bodies piled up by the hundreds on beaches or in jungles and war raged all around, people were not always tracked. In the past, people did get left behind. The average citizen would think today that due to modern technology we could overcome that obstacle. It simply isn't true. In 2003, there was a single U.S Marine M1A1 tank that was left behind in the push into Iraq. The men survived and this is their story.
The tank was designated 2-1 when it was received from the ships in port. The numbers meant that it was the first tank in second platoon. Each platoon has four tanks. Its real numbers were 587-797 which it will always wear. 2-1 was only a temporary name. The crew assigned to the machine began to make it their home. They packed their gear in tight. They put their pink and orange signal panel on top. They strapped large black fuel bladders to the sides of the turret. They painted their company sign for Alpha Company, 2nd Tanks on the sides over the tracks. It was a green block of steel that stood out in the pale colored sand of Kuwait.
They trained in the tank. It was never clear in the beginning that the troops would actually invade Iraq, so they trained. The battalion set up mock lanes and breach sites. The tanks from each company would line up and perform the breach. Days went by and they kept training. Sand storms came and made it harder for the Marines that were use to trees and woodlands. Their kin in 1st Tanks had no such issues. They came from the deserts of California. Engines were being clogged up with sand, their filters needed to be cleaned more often than anticipated. The Marines quickly adapted. The once clean, new, green tanks were now dirty, dusty, and harder to see.
The day came when training was over. The men were excited to finally put all of their years of preparing and training to the test. They breached into Iraq. As the spear of Regimental Combat Team 5, 2nd Tank Battalion led the way. They were told that there would be around 90 enemy tanks on the other side of the berm. The battalion only had a little over 50 M1A1s. Their casualties were estimated to be 30%. There were not 90 T72 enemy tanks. There wasn't much of anything. Unfortunately there was some unexploded ordinance from the Gulf War that happened to be in the area.
2-1 was the one to find that old explosive device. As the tank ran it over, it blew off the track and destroyed a key component. The forward arm was damaged. The tank could be short-tracked to move and get to a better place to make a full repair but that would need a lifting asset in the form of a recovery vehicle. Each company only had one recovery vehicle. It was decided that the vehicles would not be tied up. The commander of 2-1 was also the officer for the platoon, so he switched places with another vehicle commander and took over that tank and crew. 2-1 now became 2-3 in the food chain. The new commander quickly packed his gear in with his languished crew. The fight was to the front and the crew was told to stay put. A support element would be along shortly with another recovery vehicle and they would be able to do the repair.
The mechanics watched the tank as they were forced to drive away. The crew watched the long train of vehicles plow by them through the churned up sand. The heavy vehicles had now turned the sand into a fine powder. The sun was bright and there were no clouds. The crew began to work on their tank in hopes that the support element would quickly arrive. They desperately wanted to stay in the fight. The support element never came.
They sat there alone. At one point a jet made a pass over them. The crew scrambled to hold up their pink signal panel. The jet moved on. Eventually a British tank unit came upon them. The crew needed food and water at this point. The British helped them out of their bind. They made what repairs they could and the tank moved again. 2-3 was now a lone American tank limping along with the British towards Basra. Alpha Company had already made it to Basra, secured the bridge and moved on.
The tank battalion pushed fast and hard. It screamed up the highways towards the objectives given from higher. With each objective completed, the distance between them and the damaged tank grew. Through the chaos of war, other tanks were taken out. These tanks were repaired on the spot or towed along. By the time they reached Baghdad, each platoon was missing a tank and the crews from those tanks rode in the trucks used by the unit. These homeless tankers packed in with the support personnel. The battalion moved as one big entity with guns blazing. They became short on food, short on ammunition, and short on water at times. Once they went three days with no food supply. The price for speed to reach the enemy cost them but it had to be done.
The weary Marines took over an Iraqi air defense school in Baghdad. They used it as a repair point. The men were finally able to take a shower made from a busted water main. They used scraps of metal piping and hose to erect the shower head. A month of grim washed away as bullets still flew over their heads. The school had a high wall around it to help in the defense. Little towers were at the gates and the Marines used them to watch the streets. The gate closest to Alpha Company was destroyed. They parked a tank in the gap.
2-3 finally caught up to them in that compound. They had battled their way through the logistical nightmare of a support train. They had to stop and ask random units where their battalion was and usually as they reached that point, the battalion had already moved on. Now they found them and they still wanted to be in the fight. The tank parked at the gate was moved and they were put in the gap. Their mechanic set about fixing all of the issues that had compounded on their journey. It was no longer just the track that was damaged. It was a miracle they had kept the machine together.
I was that mechanic. As I replaced the 1W203-9 cable, we took pop shots from a roof not far away. I was use to being shot at and now the crew of 2-3 was back to enjoy the misery of war with the rest of us. It was good to have those jokers back. They told me stories of jumping form unit to unit and what British rations were like. They British had helped them out so much that they renamed their tank. They took their old name off of the bore-evac on the main gun and painted on "USA/UK" in respect to those that aided them. It must have been a strange sight for other units to see that one tank always pushing forward. We had all come over together and we would all leave together now. 2nd Platoon was the only platoon to end the tour with 4 tanks still standing. It was only through sheer determination that the crew of 2-3 made it. The war machine may have left them behind but they refused to die.
This is a perfect example of the logistical end and bigger picture versus the boots on the ground. Far behind, in tents with computers and as far back as buildings in the States, old men counted beans, bullets, and Band-Aids. As the machine of war grinded on, they wouldn't be left out. They wished to fight with their brothers and they did. They had already been marked off of a list somewhere far away. Some one that didn't even know the number of 2-3 or the names of the crew had counted them out. Yet there they were in the middle of Baghdad. We may never know why they didn't get picked up by the support element. These four men trudged it out exemplifying the Marine Corps spirit. Computers and gadgets will never replace the determination and heart put forth by men such as these. I am proud to have served with them
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March 23, 2014 Jeremy Rawls	4 Comments
Everything today has a label or title. We as a society can't seem to get passed the labels. It also seems that many of the labels are not fully functional and lack depth into the true issue. A primary example is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The name in itself brings a certain dislike and labeling onto the person diagnosed but in actuality the title is vague. Media has created a false image of this title and in doing so they have hurt many individuals that deserve better.
Through evaluation, I was told I lived in a heightened state of alertness. When simple tasks of minor confrontations were present, it would trigger the "flight or fight response" which in my case was "fight". I never noticed it because to me I just felt frustrated with things. Anger management classes did nothing to alleviate the problems. Anxiety training provided the most benefits.
If I were to make the thoughts into a tangible object I would be wearing anger armor. I used the anger as fuel and wore it like a protection. I visualized it as actual armor and during the process to help myself I imagined taking it off and putting it on an armor rack. I was told repeatedly that I should not allow others to dictate how I feel. Why should I be angry? It turns out that anger was just a blanket word I had put on my emotions that actually were complex. I felt alone, depressed, betrayed, hurt, weak, and ignored to say a few. I masked these things with anger.
To feel weak was one of my biggest fears so I purged myself constantly by staying hours at the gym or running to burn it out. I pushed myself through injuries and constant pain that I created or from pain that was now going to always be there. Multiple combat tours can leave you with many scars, some you even forget you have until they begin to hurt again. I was told that I may be addicted to pain and that all I was doing was punishing myself for an imagined failure. I believe the process I would routinely go through in hopes to better myself may alone be my real disease
On the outside it would look like I have goals and I am pushing myself to achieve them. It is correct except the goals I set were not achievable. A perfect society does not exist. I cannot run away from the world or think it will all disappear. War had kept me at a heightened state that we called "vigilance". That tool that kept us alive now can become a monster that consumes your days and nights, giving you no rest.
For my anger, I can see it in my mind. Deep in the back through all of the darkness it sits alone on a rack surrounded by a black steel cage. I am not angry anymore but I also know that one day I may need my armor again so I keep it around. When I look through the cage, I can see through the eyes in the helmet and know that it is silently giving an endless war cry. Even though I have taken it off, I always hear the rage screaming in the back of my mind.
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First platoon topped the hill making good speed to their next check point. A small bridge lay ahead with what appeared to be a guard shack. The bridge looked weak so the lead tank radioed to only have one vehicle cross at a time. Once two tanks made it across they were immediately hit from all sides with small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades. Trench holes dug in the berms to either side of the road flew open and enemy troops began to pour lead into the two tanks. Personnel carriers with larger guns began to show themselves further down the road, lining up for a shot. The third tank caught up to its brethren and they formed a wedge.
"Gunner, Heat, Tank," yelled the lead vehicle commander. "Up," "On the way," was the reply and at the same moment, all three dragons breathed fire before another word could be heard. Their 120 millimeter guns erupted with hurricane force. The BMPs were opening up their troops doors as the flames engulfed them. The three tanks began to spew coax and 50 caliber rounds into the ground troops. The enemy realized their mistakes and began to make a tactical withdrawal but they did not see their true mistake until it was too late. Two more platoons of fire breathing death had crossed the bridge and were now engaging anything that moved. Hell had erupted and the ground shook as the tank treads moved on. It took mere seconds for all of this to transpire.
"The tanks hit a speed bump up ahead." said the Staff Sergeant, "So keep your eyes open in case there are any stragglers." The other three men in the four door humvee acknowledged in unison, "Roger." They topped the hill and passed the bridge. Some things were still smoking and bodies were everywhere but nothing could have survived. One Lance Corporal said to another, "I will trade you jalapeño cheese for peanut butter." "Why?" said another. "I have blackberry jam and I want a PB and J but I ate my last peanut butter yesterday." The Staff Sergeant scanned his area with his rifle out of the window of the passenger side front seat saying, "Gunny said the supply line will catch up to us for resupply possibly tonight. We are three days ahead of most of the support and they can't keep up." The convoy passed the burning soviet made transports. Black smoke billowed out of the charred hulls.
The Marines kept quiet as they came upon a turn in the road. Transport trucks were destroyed sporadically down the highway. The road opened up before them, turning into a four lane. The road seemed to go on forever into the horizon. A city must be close or a town. The enemy was not prepared for what the Corps would unleash upon them. The Marines, however, were prepared for the worst and things weren't even close to that yet. By nightfall, the tanks had created a defensive perimeter and the weak aluminum vehicles took shelter in the center.
The troops went about their duties, fixing what was broken, patching what could not be fixed, and setting up a night watch schedule. As some went to sleep, a few kept an eager eye on the distance. Soon they would move again toward the sound of guns. As the enemy feared their arrival, the men smiled for they knew no fear. Tomorrow will bring a new day of obstacles and these men were prepared for the challenge. One day at a time, they pushed forward trusting in each other, fulfilling their purpose. One day at a time, as the world watched, they would make history without even knowing.
(All pictures provided were taken by the Author in Iraq in 2003.)
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Thoughts of a Tanker
It's cold in here. I bet it is colder in here than outside. These metal walls seem to hold in the cold. Moisture trickles down from the hatches and everything feels wet. We had kept the motor running, hoping it would help, but it didn't. Every time I wake up in my seat, I can see my breath mist in front of me. I need to scan the area but my breath has fogged up my lens. I can't move the turret with guys trying to sleep anyway. It's my shift and the loader is coming down out of the commanders' hatch. I tell him I'm good and to get some sleep. It will be dawn soon and we will be rolling. My bones are stiff and ache as I climb up the hatch. The loader is making his way to the back deck to get in his bag. Gunny is back from the battalion briefing and must have just gone to sleep up here too. I was only out for two hours. No sleep tonight and what little sleep I have had in the past three days only makes me feel numb and distant. The radios have traffic coming and going just as they have had for days now. It feels like a dream but I know that this is all dangerous. I pick up the binos and take a look out at the distance. There isn't much you can see at night but the stars are out so there is a little light. I can make out the berms and brush. I put the binos down and hear over the net that a fire for effect is about to take place. The big guns behind us start thumping out rounds. I watch the white trails slice through the night sky. I do not pity what the artillery has targeted. Whatever it is cannot be seen where I am. These days and nights have drug on and all seem the same now. We have pounded them, surprised them, and fought them every step. Yesterday I saw two women walking down the road with bundles on their heads. A man was with them and he asked us for water. I gave it to him and motioned to the women with my water bottle. He had drank most of it but he took it from me again and poured a tiny amount in each of their hands. It angered us all. One Marine snatched it back from him and handed it directly to the oldest lady. They were scared but they drank. We don't speak their language but everyone speaks gun. To think how their culture is compared to ours, crazy it seems. My shift has only been ten minutes and I have two more hours till day break. I need to get these boots off for a while so I tug them off and switch my socks. I put my boots next to the hatch so they can air out. We must smell like death. I don't remember the last time I showered. I keep looking at my watch. Only twelve minutes has passed. Everything is quiet except for the hum radios and the yipping of wild dogs far in the distance. That is good I guess, with dogs out there that means the enemy isn't going to be coming at us from that direction. Some of our support has dug fighting holes and set up a defensive perimeter around our vulnerable assets. I feel bad for those guys sleeping in the dirt every night or in those wheeled vehicles. We are low on food so the First Sergeant has said to ration what we have left. We might not get resupplied for days, who knows? I have a pack of peanut butter in my jacket; maybe it will help me stay awake. My foot is falling asleep sitting here. I need to move around a little. I put my boots back on and climb up higher in the cupola. While I'm standing here I need to put my helmet on to keep hearing the radios. I could care less about battalion tac, company level is where the real orders come from. I bet our driver is passed out snoring. Everybody wishes they had his spot to stretch out and sleep. Sometimes it pays to be the low man on the totem pole. How much longer is this going to go on? Twenty minutes into my watch and I feel like this will be eternity. The wind is picking up. I can smell the hydraulic fluid and grime from the turret. It is probably me I smell. I have fuel and other items staining my suit since before we even rolled out. I can't wait for a shower.
Photo courtesy of: U.S. Marine with Bravo Company, 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, perform preparation checks on their M1A1 Abrams prior to a night movement during Exercise Steel Knight 14 aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, 29 Palms, Calif., Dec. 13, 2013. Exercise Steel Knight 14 is a 1st Marine Division exercise conducted to successfully demonstrate the capability to exercise command and control over forces in a distributed environment with long range movement, while conducting offensive and defensive maneuver and operations integrated with supporting arms. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Luis A. Vega 1st Marine Division Combat Camera/ Released)
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Q: How to run scripts on screen sleep / wake I'm wondering how to run a script when the screen times out and when it wakes. I am not talking about hibernate or suspend, but only when the screen turns off.
The reason is I have a LED keyboard and want to toggle the built-in LEDs on wake.

A: you can use xset -q to check the status of your monitor. so far i have seen DPMS states for the monitor to be "Monitor is On", "Monitor is Off" or "Monitor is in Suspend". you could write a script which you then autostart after xorg starts:
#!/bin/bash
while true; do
    xset -q | grep "Monitor is On"
    if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
        if [ "`cat /tmp/displaystate`" != "off" ]; then
            echo "off" > /tmp/displaystate
            # do something when display is switched off
            /opt/myScreenOffAction.sh
        fi
        sleep 1
    else
        if [ "`cat /tmp/displaystate`" != "on" ]; then
            echo "on" > /tmp/displaystate
            #do something when display is switched on
            /opt/myScreenOffAction.sh
        fi
        sleep 10
    fi
done

to test your script you can use xset dpms force suspend to put your screen into suspend.
I suggest you grep for "Monitor is On" as it seems there are different states for off as mentioned above.

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