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Camp Delta Standard Operation Procedures - 28 March 2003
(henceforth CDSOP/03) is a 238-page document issued at Headquarters, Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO), Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by Major General Geoffrey Miller, Commander, JTF-GTMO. CDSOP/03 describes itself as "a revised update to JTF-GTMO standard operating procedures for Camp Delta" (p. ii), and provides "policy, procedures, and responsibilities for the security, administration, and treatment of detainees in custody at Camp Delta" (1-1.a). CDSOP/03 is marked UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY on every page, and is "limited to those requiring operational and procedural knowledge in the direct performance of their duties as well as those directly associated with JTF-GTMO" (p. ii). Unsuccessfully requested through Freedom of Information Act litigation by the ACLU since October 2003, CDSOP/03 was submitted to Wikileaks, which released it on November 7, 2007. According to the Miami Herald, military spokesmen have confirmed the authenticity of this document.

CSHRA has extracted the testimony of prisoner abuse found in this document and posted it below. These extracts are followed by an analysis of this abuse in terms of international humanitarian law.

(CD0301) Blocks are categorized as maximum security (individual cells) or medium security (twelve person rooms). Several maximum security blocks are designated as Maximum Security Units (MSU), that are designed for segregation and isolation of detainees for disciplinary or intelligence gathering purposes (CDSOP/03, section 2-2c).

(CD0302) [Upon arrival at Guantanamo] [e]scorts remove earmuffs and black boxes from the detainees. Black boxes are staged outside of holding area pending return to Air Force (CDSOP 3-5.h) […] Escorts remove uniform off of detainee […] Goggles will be lowered and placed around the detainee's neck. [Surgical] [m]ask remains on (CDSOP 3-5.i.1) […] Once all processing is complete, MPs will insure that all handcuffs, goggles, earmuffs, leg irons, black boxes, and belly chains are accounted for and assembled for return to the Air Force (CDSOP 3-5.m) […] Once in the holding area, seat the detainees; legs folded and head down with their backs to the processing trailer door. Remove the earmuffs and leather mitts and put surgical masks in place after seating and securing all detainees (CDSOP 4-6.d) […] Detainee remains shackled while clothing is cut off and disposed of (CDSOP/03, section 4-8).

(CD0303) Instruct the detainee that if he removes the ID bracelet, he will not be fed until another is made for him (CDSOP/03, section 4-15.e).

(CD0304) Behavior Management Plan a. Phase One Behavior Management Plan (First thirty days or as directed by JIG). The purpose of the Behavior Management Plan is to enhance and exploit the disorientation and disorganization felt by a newly arrived detainee in the interrogation process. It concentrates on isolating the detainee and fostering dependence of the detainee on his interrogator. During the first two weeks at Camp Delta, classify the detainees as Level 5 and house in a Maximum Security Unit (MSU) Block.1 During this time, the following conditions will apply:

        (1) Restricted contact: No ICRC [or International Committee of the Red Cross] or Chaplain contact.2
        (2) No books or mail privileges.
        (3) MREs [or Meals Ready to Eat] for all meals.
        (4) Basic comfort items only: (a) ISO Mat (b) One blanket (c) One towel (d) Toothpaste/finger toothbrush (e) One
             Styrofoam cup (f) Bar of soap (g) No Koran, prayer beads, prayer cap.
        (5) Mail writing and delivery will be at the direction of the J-2.

b. Phase Two Behavior Management Plan. The two-week period following Phase 1 will continue the process of isolating the detainee and fostering dependence on the interrogator. Until the JIG Commander changes his classification, the detainee will remain a Level 5 with the following:

        (1) Continued MSU
        (2) Koran, prayer beads and prayer cap distributed by interrogator
        (3) Contacts decided by interrogator
        (4) Interrogator decides when to move the detainee to general population (CDSOP/03, section 4-20).

(CD0305) Do not use OC [=Oleoresin Capsicum or Pepper Spray] to respond to spitters or urinators (CDSOP/03, section 5-10.a).5

(CD0306) Administer OC by aiming at the eyes, nose, [m]outh when possible. Use a 1/2 to 1 second burst from a distance of 36 to 72 inches away (CDSOP/03, section 5-10.b).

(CD0307) Searching will be done technically correct [sic] and professionally at all times. The intent is to search for safety, not harass or invade dignity (CDSOP/03, section 6-3.a).

(CD0308) [L]ibrary books that have an id that start with an "I" are intelligence directed reading material (CDSOP/03, section 6-13.f).

(CD0309) Do not use any of the following phrases in [information] pass-on books or block logs:

        (a) Suicide attempt
        (b) Suicide gesture
        (c) Suicide ideation

Use the phrase "self-injurious behavior" in all documentation (CDSOP/03, section 6-15.c.2.j).

(CD0310) The CJDOG [or Commander, Joint Detention Operations Group], DCJDOG, or JDOG S-3 must approve any discipline that includes movement to MSU [or Maximum Security Unit] by signing as the Authenticating Officer on the DD Form 508. This does not apply to moves to MSU by the JIG [or Joint Intelligence Group] (for intelligence purposes). JIG moves will be coordinated through the Detention Operations Branch and do no need any further approval (CDSOP/03, section 8-3.d).

(CD0311) Classification Level 3. All detainees start at this level, following an initial period of segregation upon arrival at Camp Delta [see (CD0303)]; the length of time of this initial segregation will be determined by the JIG [or Joint Intelligence Group] (CDSOP/03, section 8-7.a.3).

(CD0312) Detainees can be housed in MSU [or Maximum Security Unit] up to 90 days (CDSOP/03, section 8-7.a.4).1

(CD0313) Classification Level 5 (Intel Level). JIG [or Joint Intelligence Group] directed segregation, for intelligence gathering purposes. Detainees will be segregated at the direction of the JIG [see (CD0313)] through the Detentions Operation Branch.

        (a) Housed in a group on an Intel block.
        (b) Housed in MSU [or Maximum Security Unit] for Intel purposes.
        (c) Receive Reward Level (1-4) privileges as recommended by JIG.

        (CDSOP/03, section 8-7.a.5).

(CD0314) Detainees on Level 5 Blocks will be segregated based on the individual's reward level as determined by the JIG [or Joint Intelligence Group] […] JIG personnel will issue and confiscate all non-expendable items […] The Positive Behavior Reward Program will supplement the work of the JIG. As the detainee works with the JIG, his conduct will earn him more or less privileges (CDSOP/03, section 8-9.a-b).

(CD0315) Additional Toilet Paper. The detainee normally receives a set amount of toilet paper per shift at specific times. This privilege allows the detainee to get toilet paper as required. The detainee is responsible for asking for the additional toilet paper. Guards need to ensure that the detainee doesn't receive [sic] (CDSOP/03, section 8-10.m.1).

(CD0316) Intel Directed Reading Material. This material, which may be magazines, books, etc.; will be labeled with an id that starts with the letter "I". All intelligence reading material will not be counted against the number of items that the detainee has from the Detainee Library. All intelligence reading material will be turned into the JIG [or Joint Intelligence Group] when the detainee is disciplined and not the Detainee Library (CDSOP/03, section 8-10.m.3).

(CD0317) New detainees will be placed in MSU for processing for up to thirty days (CDSOP/03, section 9-1.a.1).1

(CD0318) Placement [in MSU or Maximum Security Units] for Interrogation Purposes. a. Request by interrogation to place detainees [in MSU] will be coordinated with the Interrogation Sections Chief and the Interrogation Control Element (ICE) OIC [or Officer in Charge] or JIG to ensure there is a valid reason for detainee placement in MSU. b. After concurrence by the ICE OIC, requestor or section chief will indicate on the MSU transfer Request Form the specific reasons for placement in the MSU and the proposal level of detainee's access allowed to ICRC representatives. The request form is then forwarded to the JIG Commander or his designated representative for approval. The initial period of time, which a detainee may be placed in the Maximum Security unit without ICRC,2 access or restricted access shall be 30 days. Unless the JIG approves of a detainee placement in segregation, such placement is not permitted […] d. When it is determined that military necessity justifies continued detention beyond this initial 30 days period the J-3 will prepare a notification memorandum for Commander JTF-GTMO signature to commander US SOUTHCOM. This notification memorandum […] will include justification for the extended MSU Detention (CDSOP/03, section 9-2).

(CD0319) Detainees will receive two 20-minute recreation periods a week. The recreation period will take place inside the NAVSTA [or Naval Station] Brig day room or recreation yard. If the exercise yard is used, one detainee at a time will be allowed to exercise in the yard adjacent to the Brig […] Shackles will not be removed […] The detainee will be allowed to walk the entire yard however the interrogator must be with him at all times […] Only one detainee will be out of his cell at a time (CDSOP/03, section 10-6).

(CD0320) Detainees are not authorized to receive anything other than flat letters weighing less than one ounce. All postal units have been told any other items will be immediately returned to the sender (CDSOP/03, section 13-2.b).4

(CD0321) Redacted Mail. This is mail that is not appropriate to be mailed out or given to detainee. This would include […] [m]ail containing complaints or criticism of any governmental agency or official (CDSOP 13-8.d) | Any detainee mail that is not addressed to family (incoming and outgoing) (to include mail addressed to fellow detainees) needs to be held/filed [i.e. neither sent out or given to the detainee] IAW [or in accordance with] SECDEF [or Secretary of Defense] guidance (CDSOP/03, section 13-8.g).

(CD0322) Religious items [Koran, Prayer Cap, Prayer Beads, Islamic Oils, Religious Books] are distributed in accordance with detainee Rewards Program (CDSOP/03, section 16-13.b).

(CD0323) Detainees will be secured to the eyebolt in the floor of the interrogation room. Detainees may be unshackled at the request of the Interrogators (CDSOP/03, section 14-12.d).

(CD0324) There will be four ICRC [or International Committee of the Red Cross] teams consisting of two MPs […] There will be one ICRC monitor located in Juliet Block […] ICRC escort teams or the ICRC monitor will escort all ICRC personnel at all times while in Camp Delta2 […] The physical security of U.S. Forces and detainees in U.S. is paramount. Safety and security of U.S. Forces and detainees will not be compromised in an effort to conform to the wishes and requests of the ICRC that are not covered in this SOP […] All ICRC personnel and detainees will be escorted by MPs and detainees will be in three-piece suites [sic] while they are out of their cell. At no time will the detainee be unaccompanied by MPs […] While in the interview block, only one hand may be unshackled to allow the detainee to write (CDSOP/03, sections 17-1 and 17-2).

(CD0325) Levels of Visitation. All detainees will have a level of ICRC [or International Committee of the Red Cross] contact designated for them. These different levels are as follows:

        a. No Access: No contact of any kind with the ICRC. This includes the delivery of ICRC mail.
        b. Restricted: ICRC is allowed to ask the detainee about health and welfare only. No prolonged questions.
        c. Unrestricted: ICRC is allowed full access to talk to the detainee.
        d. Visual: Access is restricted to visual inspection of the detainee's physical condition. No form of communication is
            permitted. No delivery of ICRC mail.

        (CDSOP/03, section 17-4).2

(CD0326) Restraint types:

        (1) Three-piece Suit: Hand-irons, Leg-irons, connecting chain, and belly chains.
        (2) Four/Five Point Position: Arms, head, and legs are secured.

        (CDSOP/03, section 19-1.c).

(CD0327) After a detainee has refused to consume nine consecutive meals, ensure the Health Clinic begins the Hunger Strike Protocol […] Consider supplemental feeding when the detainee's body weight reaches 85-90% of ideal body weight, when incapacitated, or ordered by a Medical Officer. The detainee will be admitted to Naval Station Hospital if supplemental feeding is necessary (CDSOP/03, section 19-8).6

(CD0328) IRF [or Immediate Reaction Force] teams consist of five MPs […] The Number One Man is also the shield man […] Upon entry [into a detainee's cell], the number one man is responsible to pin the detainee with the shield with the minimum amount of force necessary. The number one man is also responsible for securing the head […] The Number Two Man is responsible for securing the detainee's right arm with the minimal amount of force necessary. He will also have the handcuffs and keys for the cuffs. He is responsible for proper shackling of the detainee's wrist […] The Number Three Man is responsible for securing the detainee's left arm with the minimal amount of force necessary. He will assist the Number Two man in shackling of the detainee's wrist […] The Number Four Man is responsible for securing the detainee's right leg. He is responsible for proper shackling of the detainee's ankles […] The Number Five Man […] is responsible for securing the detainee's left leg. He will assist the Number Four Man in shackling the detainee's ankles. He is responsible for ensuring all shackles are double locked and that medical personnel checks the detainee (CDSOP/03, section 24-1).

(CD0329) The five-man IRF [or Immediate Reaction Force] team will use the following equipment: (1) Riot Helmet or Kevlar Helmet with ballistic visor (2) Shin protectors (3) Ballistic vest or Flak Vest (4) Latex or Similar gloves (5) Additional leather gloves are optional (6) Lexan Shield (7) Handcuffs (8) Leg Irons (CDSOP/03, section 24-2).

(CD0330) Training for the IRF [or Immediate Reaction Force] Team members should occur during every shift and in each camp […] During the IRF team brief, the team will be told that it is a drill […] A brevity code word will be used to stop the drill in the event of a safety concern or accidental injury […] at no time will the soldier portraying a detainee be in any uniform other than BDUs [or Battle Dress Uniform; but see Testimony of a Military Policeman] (CDSOP/03, section 24-4).

(CD0331) The IRF [or Immediate Reaction Force] Team is intended to be used primarily as a forced cell extraction team, specializing in the extraction of a detainee who is combative, resistive, or if the possibility of a weapon is in the cell at the time of the extraction […] use of the IRF Team and levels of force are not to be used as a method of punishment5 […] Prior to the use of the IRF Team, an interpreter will be used to tell the detainee of the discipline measures to be taken against him and ask whether he intends to resist […] If the detainee does not compy, the PL or SOG will tell the detainee to face the back of the cell, get on his knees and place his hands on top of his head. The PL or SOG will restate their orders […] show the detainee his can of OC [= Oleoresin Capsicum or Pepper Spray], as a show of force and restate his orders and tell the detainee that if he does not comply he will be strayed and removed from the cell by the IRF Team […] The PL or SOG will administer a one to three second burst of OC into the face of the detainee if the detainee fails to comply […] If he fails to compy, the PL or SOG may administer another burst of OC into the face of the detainee […] If he fails to comply, the Block NCO will open the cell door to allow the IRF Team entry into the cell (CDSOP/03, section 24-6 and 24-7).

(CD0332) The [MWD or Military Working Dog] teams […] will be employed as follows […] Psychological deterrence. MWD will walk "Main Street" in Camp Delta during shift to demonstrate physical presence to detainees. MWD will not be walked through the blocks unless directed by the JDOG [or Joint Detention Operations Group] (CDSOP/03, section 26-2.a.1).

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1. According to the Geneva Conventions, confinement for thirty days is a maximum disciplinary punishment, not a preliminary to interrogation to be applied to every prisoner of war or internee upon arrival (see Articles 89 and 90 of the Third Geneva Convention and Article 119 of the Fourth Geneva Convention). There is testimony from a CIA asset that thirty-day solitary confinement under abusive conditions was standard practice at the time CDSOP was issued:

And then we landed in Cuba. Again we sat on the ground for four, five hours. Then they took us into the clinic. We were checked up and everything and then we were put in isolation for a month. Everybody, anybody who comes to Cuba or into Bagram, in Bagram it is forty-eight hours, in Cuba it is thirty days. For whatever reason, it might be nothing, you will have to spend a month in isolation […] So you are in this room alone. You can't talk to anybody. Again, they use this room to torture us. So they put the heat up or they put it too low so we are freezing or we are suffocating because there is no air. They put the music on so you cannot sleep. They throw rocks in the block so you can't sleep. They keep on throwing big rocks. There is a hallway in the block and it is a metal block so you hear these loud noises. This is pretty much the treatment in isolation. After a month in isolation, I was moved to the general population (See Court Testimony of Abdulrahman Khadr).

2. According to the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC shall be able to go to all places where prisoners of war or other protected persons may be detained and interview them without witnesses (see Article 126 of the Third Geneva Convention and Article 143 of the Fourth Geneva Convention).

3. According to the Geneva Conventions, prisoners of war and internees awarded disciplinary punishment shall be allowed to exercise and to stay in the open air at least two hours daily (see Article 98 of the Third Geneva Convention and Article 125 of the Fourth Geneva Convention).

4. According to the Geneva Conventions, prisoners of war and other internees shall be allowed to receive by post or by any other means individual parcels or collective shipments containing, in particular, foodstuffs, clothing, medical supplies and articles of a religious, educational or recreational character which may meet their needs, including books, devotional articles, scientific equipment, examination papers, musical instruments, sports outfits and materials allowing prisoners of war to pursue their studies or their cultural activities (see Article 72 of the Third Geneva Convention and Article 108 of the Fourth Geneva Convention).

5. There is testimony from Erik Saar, a military translator at Guantánamo, that IRFs (and hence pepper sprayings) were used punitively against detainees, and that one offense calling for IRFs was hurling urine at the guards:

The treatment of the detainees by the MPs had been degenerating. The IRF process had evolved over time with the help of the Connecticut 902nd. It was widely known that IRFs now were being used punitively, not just as a way to get detainees to comply with commands, which was their original purpose. Now, if an MP walked down the cellblock and someone threw a cup of water or urine on him, he’d report it to the NCOIC, who would request an IRF team. And the IRF team would cast its net wide, going into the cells of three or four men nearest to where the incident had occurred (see Testimony of a Translator, ES6).

6. Worldwide medical consensus unequivocally forbids force-feeding prisoners (see Testimony of Military Physicians).

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NU Football BIO
Mathew May
Player Profile:
Mathew May 139103
Position: Linebacker
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 215
Year: Junior
City/State: Imperial, Neb.
High School: Chase County

Honors & Awards

  • Second-Team Academic All-Big 12 (2009)
  • Big 12 Commissioner's Fall Academic Honor Roll (2008, 2009, 2010)
  • Big 12 Commissioner's Spring Academic Honor Roll (2008)
  • Brook Berringer Citizenship Team (2011)

Senior Mathew May continued to provide depth at linebacker for Nebraska in 2011, while also playing a key role on Nebraska's outstanding special teams units. May was a strong contributor on the Huskers' kickoff coverage unit, helping Nebraska rank among the Big Ten's best in that category in 2011.

The 6-1, 215-pound May was a core special teams player throughout his career, and played in a total of 49 games, including every game his final three seasons. May completed his degree work in business administration/marketing in December of 2011.

2011 (Senior)
May played in all 13 games and finished the season with eight tackles, including five on special teams. May made his biggest play of the year against Washington, when he recovered a fumbled kickoff at the Husky 1 in the third quarter. NU scored one play later to extend its lead to 17 points. May had a career-high three tackles at Minnesota when he saw extensive action at linebacker, and made two tackles at Wisconsin, both on special teams.

2010 (Junior)
May was a reserve linebacker behind Lavonte David and Will Compton and was also a special teams standout. May played in all 14 games and finished with 10 tackles, including five solo stops, and had a season-high three tackles at Kansas State. Five of his tackles came on Nebraska's special teams units. He was the special teams captain in NU's win over Missouri.

2009 (Sophomore)
May saw action in every game, and finished the year with 10 tackles, and was among the team leaders with nine special teams stops. May had a career-best four tackles in the Huskers' win over Missouri in Columbia.

2008 (Redshirt Freshman)
May played in eight games, and moved from the secondary to linebacker for the final three games. He finished with six tackles, including three at Kansas State, when he was credited for a forced fumble and sack of KSU quarterback Josh Freeman. He also recovered a fumble against Colorado, and was a special teams contributor.

2007 (Redshirt)
May sat out as a redshirt and worked with the scout team.

Before Nebraska (Chase County HS)
May had a standout senior season as a linebacker for Chase County High School. He tallied 104 tackles and four interceptions as a senior to earn Class C-1 all-state honors from both the Lincoln Journal Star and Omaha World-Herald. He was also the team's leading rusher with nearly 1,400 yards and 21 touchdowns, as the Longhorns reached the Class C-1 state quarterfinals one year after an appearance in the state championship game.

May ran the 100-, 200- and 400-meter dashes for the track team, as well as a leg on the 4x400 relay team, which finished with a silver medal in Class B at the state track meet in 2007.

Mathew is the son of Tim May and Tammy May and was born on March 18, 1988. He was a second-team academic All-Big 12 selection in 2009, and a four-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll. He earned his bachelor's degree in business administration/marketing from Nebraska in December of 2011. May was selected to the 2011 Brook Berringer Citizenship Team for his outreach work. He volunteered his time with Nebraska's local hospital visits, elementary school visits and School is Cool Week.

May's Career Statistics

2008 8/0 5 1 6 1-8 1-8 1-1 0 0 0 0
2009 14/0 1 9 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0
2010 14/0 5 5 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0
2011 13/0 5 3 8 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 0

Single-Game Highs
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4 at Missouri (2009)

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The single “Clint Eastwood” from Gorillaz is over 15 years old this year. Once you’ve let that sink in a bit, check out this Carlos Serrano mash-up of the classic track with that of Neon Indian’s track “Fallout.” The San Diego producer calls the hybrid track “Fallwood,” which brings a significantly ‘cooler’ and wavy vibe to the late-nineties smash hit. You can check out more of Carlos Serrano’s interesting mash-ups here, including a recent track blending tunes from Jay-Z and Lana Del Rey.

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[FT] 10 DEEP/random tees/other things for sale or trade

October 10, 2012 @ 20:43:28
I'm looking to trade (for other crews/hoodies) or sell everything below. I have a bit of ocd so even though many were worn, everything was taken care of amazingly and have no stains, holes, etc. I love my little 10 deep collection but I've recently decided to go for a more fit look, which is the reason I'm trying to get rid of it. If you aren't interested in trading, just make an offer!

black clae russell shoes, size 12, like new, was $130 // good wood necklace, like new, was $50

left: never warn, all large
right: top 3 tees have been worn once or twice, rest of the tees have been worn/washed but still in pretty good condition, all large

all xl, letters on two crews are kind of "crackly" i guess you would say but that's how it's supposed to be

xl, condition is ok

xl, never worn

xl, good condition

l, good condition
October 10, 2012 @ 21:19:06
1. All items must be shown to be in your possession, with a LEGIBLE written or 'non-photoshopped/watermark' screen/user name tag
2. All SELLERS must been members for MINIMUM 1 MONTH and have at least 50 POSTS.
3. NO EBAY listings in any way, shape, or form.
4. If your listing is deleted OR you have any questions, please PRIVATE MESSAGE me first to discuss.
5. 1 bump per 24 hours.
6. BuyItNow prices must be listed, This is not a Best Offer marketplace.

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sister act: high tea with mrs woo

With the sun shining and the bulbs sprouting in London, I feel like it’s safe to cast my mind back to those last few heady days I spent in Sydney in January – before now it’s been too grey and depressing.

One Saturday in particular comes to mind. My sister, Jen, and I caught the Manly Ferry and headed up to Paddington to mooch around the markets and to check out the new shops on Oxford Street (well, new to me, anyway…).

It was a feast for my homesick eyes. We each scored a pair of Sass & Bide jeans from the sale section of their flagship store. And we popped into Aussie label du jour Romance was born to be assaulted with colour. It was in High tea with Mrs Woo, though, that we really got excited.

It’s rare that I walk into a shop and fall in lust with everything on offer. Created by Rowena, Juliana and Angela Foong, three sisters from Newcastle (the New South Wales kind, not the Geordie sort), High tea with Mrs Woo boasts a carefully-edited, beautiful collection of homeware, trinkets, gifts, books and clothing.

Unfortunately, I didn’t take my proper camera out with me on the day (I’m still giving myself the occasional wrist slap for this oversight), but hopefully these pictures will do it justice. Otherwise, you can always visit the website, or if you’re in Sydney, you can pop in.

High tea with Mrs Woo, 72B Oxford Street, Paddington 2021, Australia, +61 2 8065 5345

Note: all these pictures were taken by me. If you’d like to use one, please ask.

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Weight Watchers Hint #2

Best thing to eat at Sonic that's not a salad with no dressing and isn't a side item like small'll never guess what it is! I couldn't believe it when I saw it. Are you ready for it?

It's a CORN DOG! Coming in at 6 PointsPlus value.

Small tater tots are 6 PointsPlus
Small french fries are 5 PointsPlus

Or you can do like me and order a small tots with cheese for 5 PointsPlus.

Why is the small tater tots with cheese less PointsPlus value than just the plain old taters tots? I have no earthly idea, but I'll take it!

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I Am Nacho Mama said...

I guess I should have said the best thing to eat @ Sonic as far as PointsPlus values are concerned is the corn dog.


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old style cartoons that date back from 1930's to 1960. Directiors include charles m jones, frank tashlin, friz feling, robert mckimson, and bob clampet. Best cartoons ever
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Verb. The act of giving a monologue before killing someone. Also, the act of giving a monologue before being killed. In both instances, this is used to dramatic effect in movies.

The name is taken from the actor Samuel L. Jackson who has made extensive use of this effect.
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A Vet’s Perspective on the Afghan Massacre

Now that Staff Sergeant Robert Bales faces 17 counts of murder, it's time to reopen the debate on mental-health screening for our soldiers, says a veteran who suffered from post-traumatic stress

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Staff Sgt. Robert Bales (L) at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California, August 23, 2011.

Sweat poured down my face as I heard the cracking of bullets over my head. My platoon was making its way back to our remote outpost in the middle of a Taliban-controlled district in Kandahar when machine-gun fire rang out from the east. My soldiers dove behind trees and compounds to take cover and return fire. I slid feverishly into a ditch and called up to headquarters, rolling my eyes at a day that just would not end. As I finished my radio transmission, I saw a little girl about 7 years old kneeling 10 yards down from me. She wore a red shawl over her head with her fingernails digging into her lips, crying frantically. With my left hand on my radio, I took my right hand out of my trigger well and held the girl’s shoulder gently. The fight ended, and I motioned for the girl to run home while she had soldiers out to protect her.

When I read about Staff Sergeant Robert Bales’ alleged massacre in Panjwai, just a few kilometers from that firefight, I thought about that little girl. I wonder how any grown man — an American soldier nonetheless — could stare down 11 children and even consider pulling a trigger. It pains me to think that perhaps even some of the children I helped in Kandahar would have been among the victims. My heart fills with hate toward this man, as do most Americans’.

(PHOTOSThe Afghan Massacre)

But our generation of fighters is lucky enough to live in a society that is at least tolerant of our service members, if not passionately enthusiastic about us. Our military has had several soldiers engage in inhumane acts in combat over the past decade. But for the most part, our culture understands that these isolated incidents don’t represent the 99% of soldiers who are good-hearted people that have served honorably. And if we solely analyze this as an issue of character, then of course I wholeheartedly agree. But the problem is that this incident, and the ones that may occur in the future, are not simply issues of character, but of post-traumatic stress. And through this lens, I fear the “isolated incident” argument may leave several soldiers neglected.

Since I came home from Afghanistan, I’ve personally struggled through life-altering post-traumatic stress. I went through phases of nightmares, severe temper problems and antisocial behavior. I distanced myself from my parents and neglected my health. My outlook on life became cynical and toxic. I was an angry person to be around. And I did only one tour. More important, I’ve had plenty of time to realign my life, and I’m finally taking better care of myself. Had I stayed on the traditional Army career path, I would have been back on a plane to Afghanistan a few months ago, undoing months of progress and deepening the crevices in my emotional life.

(MORETiming and Location of an Afghan Massacre Threatens U.S. Strategy)

Robert Bales was on his fourth tour in combat. I know the gravity of this commitment does not register with most people. It’s not simply a “one year on, one year off” arrangement. When you come home, some units get 30 days leave; some units in 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Bales’ unit) received only two weeks when they came home in 2010 according to a colleague who served in Iraq with them. When work starts again, NCOs like Bales show up to their American posts between 5:30 and 6:00 a.m. Then come the battalion field exercises and brigade field exercises that each require weeks of training away from home. Then most units will spend a month at Fort Irwin, Calif., or Fort Polk, La., for a final pre-deployment exercise. That whole “one-year off” is not much of a break for any soldier or their families. With so much time away from home and focused on war, spouses leave, children suffer and mental health deteriorates.

(MORE: Afghan Massacre: Base Allegations)

Is it possible for a man or woman to endure a decade’s worth of deployment cycles and not commit such terrible crimes? Of course, and plenty have. But can we say the same of the hundreds of thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans coming home over the next five years? Our service members are not machines. They are a cross-section of American society, a cross-section of humanity. The question is, what are we as American society going to do to care for our veterans’ mental health to make sure something like this doesn’t happen again? What will we do to channel the anger inside the hearts and souls of our veterans through healthy outlets, so their rage is not directed at civilians in theater, nor their friends and families back home?

If there is any good that can come from this horrible tragedy, I hope that it is a reinvigorated debate on the mental-health screening our soldiers undergo upon return. During my first week back from combat, I sat through a dozen PowerPoint lectures on substance abuse, aggressive driving and services on post. I’m confident most of my soldiers and I were playing with our new smart phones and texting our families during most of the briefings as our attention spans were still in combat mode. I took about eight different surveys asking me questions like, “Did you experience lethal fire in theater? Did you see fellow service members or local nationals injured or killed in combat?” On my fourth day back, I sat down for 15 minutes of actual counseling. It was the first time a real human being had asked me how I was feeling. And I said whatever I needed to get back to my unit. I had slipped through the cracks, as did many of my peers and soldiers.

Had my girlfriend and mother not stepped in, I’d still be in a dark place in my life. You cannot screen for mental health with surveys or PowerPoint briefs alone; you need a personal and local touch. This means getting trained mental-health specialists at the company or even platoon level, so a trusting relationship can grow between the counselor and the soldier over time. This also means empowering friends and family to encourage their service members into seeking help. It means fighting against the alpha-male currents of traditional combat and having junior officers and senior NCOs allow and encourage their soldiers to get the treatment they need.

But at the end of the day, there is only so much the military can do. There are already hundreds of thousands of veterans who are discharged, spread out across the country. Although these vets have no commanding officer to influence them, their families and communities can still make a change in their lives. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were fought with our institutions, but the fight for veteran welfare will be won at home.

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Burden, D.J.H. ; Severn Trent Syst., UK

Whilst the history of the utility industry's involvement in radio communications does not stretch back 100 years, it does date back for nearly half that. In that time the utility industry has been a champion and pioneer of many significant developments in the use of radio. Radio has been and is essential to the industry, and it is inconceivable that the industry could now survive without it. The industry needs radio to efficiently control a mobile workforce, provide quick responses to emergencies, provide telemetry links to remote locations and increasingly to deliver high levels of customer service. The paper looks at: how the use of radio has evolved within the utility industry, considering mobile radio, telemetry and fixed links, and frequency management, at the use of radio in a typical utility, and finally at the trends for the future

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How To Reduce The Acidity In Eggplant

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Who hasn’t heard of eggplant or aubergine or brinjal? But how many are aware of the acidity in eggplant? The answer is very few.

Native to India, eggplant belongs to the nightshade family of plants.

It is a rich source of potassium, folic acid, vitamins, minerals and phenolic compound known as chlorogenic acid, which is responsible for acidity in eggplants.

In fact, a cut eggplant turns brown because of the presence of phenolic acids in it.

Though we’ve been using it in our day-to-day cooking for years, hardly many are aware that the acidity in eggplant renders it a bitter taste.

Reducing acidity in eggplant is not a herculean task and neither is it a complicated one.

By following these simple steps, you can easily get rid of acidity in eggplant.

How to reduce the acidity in eggplant:

  • First of all, select good quality eggplants. Go for the ones which are shiny, smooth and firm—all indictors of the fact that it is a good quality eggplant.
  • Wash and slice the eggplant in desirable size and sprinkle some salt over the slices to reduce acidity in eggplant.
  • Keep the eggplants aside for around 15-20 minutes so that the water drains from it, taking away the acids present in it, hence reducing acidity in eggplant.
  • After the stipulated time, pick up the eggplants and again squeeze a little to drain out the remaining water and the acidity in eggplant.

Now, after reducing the acidity in eggplant, go ahead and cook up any way you want to, in fact certain dishes made from eggplant like-- ratatouille, baba ghanoush, parmigiana di melanzane are famous across the world and you can try them at home to surprise your family!

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After writing hundreds of stories ' including covering the 2008 presidential campaign for The Washington Post; profiling Al Gore for Rolling Stone and Mark Zuckerberg for The New Yorker; writing and producing a documentary on the AIDS epidemic in the nation's capital; and winning a Pulitzer Prize for helping cover the Virginia Tech massacre ' Jose wrote an essay in the New York Times Sunday Magazine that revealed he is an "undocumented immigrant". Since then, he founded Define American and has worked to facilitate dialogue about the DREAM Act and immigration issues.

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Jason Harris is the sort of criminal who seems incapable of telling the truth, his penchant for lying certified by a perjury conviction.

On matters large and small, he lied and lied and lied again to police more than three years ago as they made a murder case against his older brother Christopher Harris, who stands accused of killing a family of five with a tire iron and leaving a three-year-old girl for dead. Arrested himself on suspicion of murder after police found a laptop from the bloody home in the bed of his pickup truck, Jason Harris instantly agreed to help police. But he kept spinning yarns during 14 hours of questioning over the course of three days following his arrest.

As a liar, Jason Harris was more prolific than proficient. Today, he says that his brother showed him a blister on his hand allegedly caused by the tire iron while the two were burning the defendant’s clothes shortly after the killings. After his arrest, he told the cops that the conversation happened outside a relative’s home. What difference, defense attorney Daniel Fultz asked on Thursday, could the location of the conversation possibly make?

Shortly after his arrest, Jason Harris told police that he had yelled for his brother to stop during the killings at the Beason home where Raymond “Rick” Gee, his wife Ruth and three of their children lost their lives. But that would have been impossible, given that Harris, who admits accompanying his brother to the home that night, had told the cops that he was as far as a half-mile up the road leading out of town, having run from the scene at the first sign of trouble. He also says that he made up the part about his brother going to Beason because he wanted to have sex with 16-year-old Justina Constant, Ruth Gee’s daughter by a prior relationship.

“Do you remember them (police) telling you to not swear to God anymore?” Fultz asked during a cross examination that stretched more than five hours over Wednesday and Thursday. By contrast, questioning by assistant attorney general Steven Nate lasted slightly more than three hours.

One by one, Fultz on Thursday went through Jason Harris’ lies with the help of a three-ring  binder about six inches thick that held transcripts of fib-filled interviews with police, with dozens, if not hundreds, of colored tabs marking spots where he had lied. Recounting the lies for the jury took all morning and into the afternoon. What about a letter you wrote to your brother after his arrest, saying that you knew that he was innocent, Fultz asked in an attempt to undermine Jason’s statements that Christopher was a killer. The letter, never sent, was a lie, too, Jason testified – he knew that all mail sent to inmates is read by jailers, and so he had hoped to throw authorities off track.

On several occasions on Thursday, Harris said that he had told so many mistruths that he couldn’t recall what he had told authorities after his own arrest one week after his brother was taken into custody. And it may not matter.

Under a plea agreement with prosecutors, Harris, who was facing life in prison for murder, will receive a 20-year sentence on reduced charges and be out of prison in slightly more than six years if he behaves himself behind bars. All he had to do was testify truthfully against his brother, and given that he freely admitted that he lied like a warehouse of rugs after his arrest, he needed only keep his story straight on the stand. By and large, he succeeded.

The defense nearly poked a hole in Harris’ account of the killings when he said that he saw children standing in the Gee living room through a crack in the front door. Under questioning by Fultz, it became clear that the door would have had to have been open significantly wider than a crack for Harris to have seen into the living room. Aside from that, Harris’ story, albeit hard to believe, remained consistent.

He said that there was just one scream. He said that Dillen Constant, Ruth Gee’s 14-year-old son, came out of the house twice after that blood-curdling scream that marked the start of the carnage. The first time, Dillen was uninjured as he approached Harris in the dark and uttered his name in a hushed tone, the convicted perjurer testified, but he never yelled or screamed or asked for help or even ran before going back into the house. The second time Dillen emerged, he was pursued by the accused murderer, who beat him with a tire iron as he lay helpless on the ground, Jason Harris testified, but he still didn’t scream. Rather, Jason Harris told the jury, Dillen said “Stop, Chris, please stop.”

Aside from a sound like a bowling ball hitting the floor that preceded the first and only scream, Jason Harris said he heard no sounds or other signs of distress from inside the house for 10 or 15 minutes during a five-on-one massacre, with the alleged killer emerging with nary a scratch save a small blister on his hand that wasn’t serious enough to merit his arrest when police first noticed it after matching Christopher’s shoes to prints found inside the house and just one day before his palm print was linked to a bloody print found in the home. After coming out of the house 15 minutes or so after the first thump, Jason testified that his brother went back in, tire iron in hand, and he then heard a long series of loud thumps.

After Fultz finished, Nate questioned Jason for just 35 minutes. While Jason no longer says that his brother told him that he wanted to have sex with Justina – he now says that the accused killer said that he wanted to talk to the girl -- Nate resurrected the possibility of a sexual motive by noting that Christopher Harris had tried contacting three different women that night but struck out. He noted that Jason had testified that Christopher, just minutes before arriving at the Gee house, told him that Justina had hit on him.

“Was it fair to say the defendant was making a lot of attempts to find women to hook up with?” Nate asked. “Knowing what the defendant had been trying to do all evening, what did you think the defendant wanted to do when he said he wanted to talk to Justina?”

“I took it as the same as he wanted to do with the other females,” Jason answered.

Near the end, the brothers’ stepfather appeared near tears as he watched Jason testify against Christopher, with their legs shackled and each under watch of guards who sat close by. Lies aside, Nate established that the central point had remained the same since Jason was arrested: He had consistently told authorities that his brother had killed the Gee family. Any lies were told to protect his brother and himself.

“You do love your brother?” Nate asked.

“Yes, I do,” Jason Harris testified in an emotionless monotone that never changed during more than eight hours on the stand.

Nate in his final questions may have made a minor mistake when he asked Jason whether he lied to minimize his own involvement and because he didn’t want to get into more trouble.

“I was trying to protect my brother and protect myself at the same time,” Jason testified.

By asking Jason about his past lies told to benefit himself, the prosecutor had opened the door for the defense to remind jurors what was now at stake for the witness who had once faced a life sentence but had cut a deal.

“The lying you were doing to protect him (Christopher) was to keep him out of hot water, and the lying to protect you was to keep you out of hot water,” Fultz said in what was both a question and a statement. “And you’re here today to keep yourself out of hot water.”

“Objection,” Nate said.

“Overruled,” the judge said.

“I’m here today to tell the truth,” Jason responded.

And those were the final words before a guard, outside the presence of jurors, cuffed the witness and led him out of the courtroom. Not once did he look back at his brother or relatives who sat in the gallery.

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I would mostly like to recommend Theory of Elasticity (Timoshenko and Goodier), basically the Bible for all mechanicians, as a complementary to Solid Mechanics course. This textbook is especially suitable for the students with foundamental feelings of solid mechanics. It starts from introduction of basic assumptions in elasticity, components of stress, strain, equilibrium equation and constitutive equation in chapter1. Chapter2-6 are on two-dimentional problems, i.e., plane stress and plane strain, and their application to rectangular, polar and curvilinear coordinate systems. Chapter7-12 are the general theorems in three dimentions and elementary problems, i.e., torsion, bending and axisymmetric deformation. Though the treatment is in classic framework, the considered problems are still modern and we can always find their applications nowdays. This book also includes a brief introduction to thermal stress and waves propagation in solid states media. Timoshenko's book is always easy to read. For students in ES240, we can always find the similar problems in the homework, which may be mostly helpful for finishing the homeworkCool.

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Back to the Future In Real Life – Movies In Real Life (Episode 5)

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Created and Directed by Charlie Todd / Produced by: Deverge / Music by Tyler Walker

For our latest mission we brought the movie Back To The Future to life in a public plaza near the Met Life Clock Tower in Manhattan. A time traveling Delorean suddenly appeared, and Doctor Emmett Brown leaped from the vehicle to warn Marty McFly and Jennifer Parker that they were about to see themselves from ten minutes in the future, the consequences of which could be disastrous. Moments later a second Marty and Jennifer (played by identical twin actors) arrived on the scene.

This project is part of our new series, Movies in Real Life. Every Tuesday, we’re releasing a new video that brings an iconic movie moment to life in the real world.

Here’s a behind-the-scenes video that shows how we actually created a real time loop by doing the prank several times in a row:

Enjoy the videos first and then go behind the scenes with our mission report and photos below.

Created and Directed by: Charlie Todd
Produced by: Deverge
Music: Tyler Walker
Producers: Alan Aisenberg, Andrew Soltys
Director of Photography: Ilya Smelansky
Editor: Denis Cardineau
Camera: Myo Campbell, Denis Cardineau, Ilya Smelansky, Chloe Smolkin, Spencer Thielmann, Justin Ayers
Sound: Ken Barbera
Photography: Arin Sang-urai (photo credit for all photos on this page.)
Props and Costumes: Aleks Arcabascio
Production Assistants: Juan Cocuy, Michael Tannenbaum
Cast: Terry Withers (Doc), Matthew Brown (Marty), Mike Brown (Marty 2), Kimberly Tarpey Leonardi (Jennifer), Megan Tarpey Drinkwater (Jennifer 2), Cody Lindquist (Clock Tower Lady)
Delorean Owner: Bob Collick

The Brown and Tarpey Twins

Back in 2008 we staged our Human Mirror mission with fifteen pairs of identical twins on a subway car. For this project, I got back in touch with two of those pairs, the Brown and Tarpey twins.

Agent Ilya Smelansky goes over the plan for the day

The mission started with Marty and Jennifer sitting casually at a table together near the clock tower.

Agent Cody Lindquist played the Clock Tower Lady. She walked around the plaza asking strangers for donations to Clock Tower Fund and handed out flyers. Surprisingly she got a few donations from random people.

Agent Terry Withers played Doc Brown and had the difficult job of driving the Delorean into a public plaza. We found Delorean owner Bob Collick on Craigslist. He had the car up for sale and we hired him to bring it in to the city from Long Island for the afternoon.

A crowd started forming as soon as the Delorean arrived.

Doc warns Marty and Jennifer that they are about to see themselves from ten minutes in the future!

The second set of Marty and Jennifer twins were hiding behind the Flatiron building, waiting for their cue to enter the scene. The crowd gasped when the twins appeared.

Doc convinced the original Marty and Jennifer to hop in the Delorean and told the “future” Marty and Jennifer to “forget this ever happened.” Doc and the original pair then quickly drove off.

This left the future Marty and Jennifer by themselves at the same table where their siblings started the mission. A few random people sat down with them, trying find out what was going on, but Marty and Jennifer wouldn’t break character. We staged the mission three consecutive times, with about 20 minutes in between each performance. Fittingly, we created an actual time loop where the same thing kept happening!

Come back next Tuesday for the next installment of Movies in Real Life. Sign up for our email list or subscribe on YouTube to be notified when the next one is posted!

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Watch the full series– all 10 episodes in one playlist:

– Episode 1: Rocky In Real Life
– Episode 2: Indiana Jones In Real Life
– Episode 3: Lord of the Rings In Real Life
– Episode 4: The Matrix In Real Life
– Episode 5: Back to the Future In Real Life
– Episode 6: Jurassic Park In Real Life
– Episode 7: When Harry Met Sally In Real Life
– Episode 8: Harry Potter In Real Life
– Episode 9: Spartacus In Real Life
– Episode 10: A Christmas Story In Real Life

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