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Anyone who wants to be one of ‘The Few, The Proud’ must first get past a Marine Corps drill instructor. ‘DI’s,’ famous for Smokey Bear hats and bad attitudes, are charged with taking raw recruits, and in 12 weeks, transforming them into America’s elite warriors. Drill instructors hold a prestigious position in the Corps. Standards for physical fitness and leadership skills are high, and a near-spotless military record is required. A stable family life is preferred, and over 80% of DI’s are married. DI’s have one of the most demanding jobs imaginable. Rising at ‘0430 hours’ most days and working late into the night, drill instructors work up to 120 hours per week, and often get only a few hours of sleep at night for weeks on end. Since they set the pace for the difficult recruit training regimen, DI’s must be in exceptional physical condition. They also receive extensive training in first aid and CPR. While any fitness trainer can whip soft bodies into shape, Marine DI’s must also instill the basic values of the Corps into their recruits, and help them master of a broad range of military skills. During the 12-week training period, instructors teach marching drills, marksmanship, swimming, military history, martial arts, and numerous other military skills and life lessons. The psychological and cultural transformation recruits undergo requires an extraordinarily skilled, and tough, teacher. There is no ‘I’ in ‘platoon’ Recruits do nearly everything as a unit, on command. These recruits were just instructed in how to properly angle the elbow while drinking from their canteen. One was later scolded for replacing the canteen cap without being told to do so. The hardest phase of boot camp for both recruits and instructors is the first three weeks. That’s the period when recruits must embrace the concept of being part of a unit and accept the responsibility for the actions of their fellow recruits. It can be a tough transition for young people raised in the ‘me first’ culture of America. Staff Sergeant Joseflynn Rodel, a veteran drill instructor from Lake City, S.C., said that the overriding goal is to build a sense of team. ‘We want recruits to learn that their individual actions affect not just themselves, but the whole platoon, the whole unit. When they leave boot camp, they need to have the strong confidence and trust that they can rely on each other when they go out to defend our country,’ said Rodel. DIs, cont’d. on Page 21
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A primary goal of boot camp is to strip away individuality. As new recruits arrive at Parris Island, personal possessions and civilian clothing are handed over. Hair is cut down to the skin. Each recruit is issued the same items, and only those essentials the Marine Corps feels they should have. First person pronouns are forbidden. Recruits must refer to themselves only as ‘this recruit,’ and they may not look their drill instructor in the eye. Many recruits wear a permanently stunned look on their face their first few weeks on Parris Island. Black Belt Daddies There are four drill instructors as-
signed to each platoon. Three assistant DI’s are known as the ‘green belts,’ and the Senior Drill Instructor (SDI) wears a black belt. These belts are not related to the colored belts earned in the martial arts. The SDI, informally known as the platoon’s ‘daddy,’ has a unique role. While the green belts are focused on the nuts and bolts of daily training, the SDI directs the training schedule and has primary responsibility for recruits’ well being. The SDI listens to recruits’ problems, sees that injuries receive medical care, and decides which recruits move on to the next phase of training. Smokey Cover Staff Sgt. Joseflynn Rodel is a drill
instructor at Parris Island Marine Corps Recruit Depot, South Carolina. The trademark of the DI is the famous Smokey hat, or in military parlance, the ‘campaign cover.’ The distinctive hat is worn only by DI’s and Primary Marksmanship Instructors, and it’s a universal symbol of authority among all Marines, since even future officers are trained by DI’s. The campaign cover screams authority to a Marine as much as a general’s stars. That aura of authority is illustrated by traffic safety banners posted along the streets of some Marine bases. They feature the image of a drill instructor barking commands such as ‘SLOW DOWN, MARINE’ and ‘I’M WATCHING YOU, PUT ON THAT SEAT BELT.’ Somehow, the image of the base’s fatherly commanding officer delivering the same
orders would not seem as effective. ‘There’s a certain attitude you take on when you wear the campaign cover,’ said Staff Sgt. Rodel. ‘It’s worn with pride, of course, and it also comes with a big responsibility.’ Rodel added that the angle at which the campaign cover is worn is all-important. Cocked slightly forward, it comes at recruits at a menacing angle, and often hides the DI’s eyes from the recruit. Forward March If the symbol of the drill instructor is the campaign cover, the trademark of the individual DI is his cadence. Drill instructors are taught the basics of calling cadence in DI school, such as ‘left-rightleft.’ But from there, cadence becomes a form of personal expression. One of the most important objectives of Marine basic training is teaching recruits to operate as a team.
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No two DI’s use the exact same cadence, and some adopt a musical ‘sing-song’ cadence. ‘Recruits really appreciate their drill instructor’s cadence. It’s actually used as a motivational tool. They respond to their drill instructor’s unique cadence,’ said Staff Sgt. Rodel, who added that the style of cadence often depends on the DI’s role. ‘The green belts’ job is just to get the recruits from point A to point B. Recruits may hate it if he uses just ‘left, right left,’ but it doesn’t matter, that’s the Assistant DI’s job. The Senior Drill Instructor, wearing the black belt, can sing to them and motivate them because that’s his job. The recruits are going to love him for that because he gives them more, whereas the green belts don’t give them a thing,’ said Rodel. There are other parallels between music and marching cadence, which after all is primarily a matter of tempo. DI’s are taught that marching cadence should be at 120 beats per minute, while running cadence is 160. ‘Running cadence is more musical and has more rhymes,’ said Rodel.
Often the verses are amusing, patriotic, or borderline bawdy, and recruits loudly sing back each line to the DI, no doubt motivating the trainees to keep up the pace for another mile. Frog Voice Boot camp involves a lot of yelling. In addition to calling cadence during runs and marching, DI’s constantly yell commands at recruits, and recruits are usually expected to reply with an equally loud ‘Aye, sir.’ All that yelling can take a brutal toll on the DI’s voice. Many adopt a peculiar, menacing growl known as the DIs, cont’d. on Page 21
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prisoners presently on death row will face a firing squad, there are a few plausible justifications the state has to support the method of taking a man’s life by firing bullets at him. It’s near-impossible to get the lethal drugs: Utah, Texas, Oklahoma, and the 29 other states where the practice is legal, are finding it really difficult to restock the lethal injection drugs. Over the past few years, an acute and mysterious shortage of sodium thiopental, a key drug in lethal injections, has left states scrambling for alternative ways to execute prisoners. Since 2010, drug suppliers around the world, including the U.S., have been refusing to supply drugs for the injections. While the exact reasons aren’t exactly clear, few have voiced their displeasure about the death penalty, others are more concerned about FIRING SQUADS, cont’d. on Next Page
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My ’Nam buddy died yesterday (Sent to the Editor on Thursday, March 19, 2015) Yesterday, Wednesday, March 18, 2015, my close Vietnam veteran buddy Edward Crawford finally passed away from a very long battle, over many years, with several heal issues derived from the evil Agent Orange. Eddie was a living miracle to have lasted this long. We were both assigned to the 3rd SPS, Bien Hoa airbase, Vietnam. He was told by his doctor, years ago, that he would not last past his 40th birthday. He died at age 67. Eddie was a fighter, and a survivor. All during this time, he suffered with severe daily pain, severe PTSD, flashbacks, and several seizures per week the majority of his adult life! Yes, Eddie was a fighter!
There wasn’t much I could do for my ’Nam buddy except be a good listener when we spoke on the phone. I told him, “Eddie you can always call me, 24/7.” And he did. I always made time for Eddie, no matter what. THAT was the least I could do. In 1969, I had to fly back to the states on Emergency Leave for my dad’s funeral. My dad died of a heart attack at age 45. He was a combat veteran of WWII, and Korea, as a U.S. Marine. While I was at home stateside, back in Vietnam Eddie was recruited by U.S. Army Special Forces to fill in TDY for a member of their unit who was killed — a scout dog handler with Crypto and Top Secret clearances. BUDDY, cont’d. on Page 22
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states. This is because doctors, who can correctly administer the lethal injections, refuse to do so as it violates their professional ethics. Combine that with states using unreliable and notthoroughly-tested drugs, makes a very dangerous combination that has horrible results, but not a painless death. Looking at the mess these lethal injections, which promise a painless death, have caused in the past, perhaps the firing squad seems like a more humane option.
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their products earning the notoriety of being associated with executions, or being labeled as the “angels of death.” Such is the shortage, some states imported sodium thiopental from shadier overseas sources, forcing courts to issue bans on imports of these lethal drugs. The situation did not alleviate when states turned to other European companies for alternative drugs, such as phenobarbital and propofol, which are typically used as sedatives for surgeries. Firing-squads are way better than botched-up executions: During a firingsquad execution, a prisoner is seated in a chair that’s stacked with sandbags to prevent bullets from ricocheting. Five precision shooters, hand-picked from a pool of skilled and trained volunteers, aim their rifles through slots on a wall and target the prisoner’s chest (because it’s a larger target than the head). If the shooters hit their mark correctly, the prisoner’s heart ruptures and causes a relatively quick death from blood loss. Lethal injections, on the other hand, have been a hit-and-miss, with many botched executions still haunting the
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News briefs... PTSD workshop in Oceanside The School for Imagery and Health’s Randy Kasper and Phyllis Kahaney will offer a workshop for families and friends of military suffering from PTSD on Tuesday, April 4 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Oceanside Library (Mission Branch), 3861B Mission Ave., Oceanside. RSVP before April 12, 213-434-0700. The fee is $5 and payable at the workshop. If you are a family member or close friend of someone who is active duty military or a combat veteran, you may find yourself dealing with anger, hypervigilance, insomnia, guilt, anxiety and depression. If these sound like some of things that you and/or your loved one
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Leave Act includes same-sex spouses The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 gives eligible employees of covered employers the right to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid time off for specific family and medical reasons. Eligible employees who need time off to care for a service member who becomes ill or injured in the line of duty may take up to 26 weeks of unpaid leave. On Feb. 25, the Department of Labor (DOL) amended the definition of “spouse” to include legally married same-sex
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Navy self-serve personnel procedures The U.S. Navy’s Pay and Personnel Administrative Support System (PASS) program has created more than 30 standard operating procedures (SOP) to help Sailors perform their day-to-day personnel activities like travel claims and updating records. The SOPs are accessed through the Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education (MPT&E) intranet on any command access cardenabled computer. A fact sheet is available to show Sailors how to access the SOPs as part of Navy Personnel Command’s Plain Talk series at www. npc.navy.mil/career/toolbox/Pages/ PlainTalk(series).aspx. Travel claims
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Washington’s spies conspire in second season Talking with Craig Silverstein, executive producer, about the upcoming season on AMC By Jeri Jacquin Movie Maven It is 1776 in Setauket, New York, and the small town is surrounded by the British. They are looking for insurgents who are doing everything they can to declare war on the Crown. General George Washington’s army is in trouble as he needs information about the whereabouts of the British. The rebels are in the woods as New York City is now the base of operations for the British. Abraham Woodhull (Jamie Bell) sees what is going on around him and with the murder of his own cousin, makes a decision that will change his life. Woodhull becomes a member of the Culper Spy Ring and does what he must to ensure the safety of his family and his nation. All around him decisions are being to be made that are dangerous. This AMC series was brought about by the book Washington’s Spies: The Story of America’s First Spy Ring by Alexander Rose. An author and historian, Rose has written other books such as Kings of the North: The House of Percy in British History, as well as American Rifle: A Biography which is about military firearms and how they shaped American history. Washington’s Spies: The Story of America’s First Spy Ring caught the attention of creator Craig Silverstein. I had the wonderful opportunity to talk with him about the ending of last season, fans who are waiting, and what we can expect in season
two, entitled TURN: Washington’s Spies. Good morning and thank you for talking with us today about the next season of TURN Craig. Of course. Can you tell us what drew you to the project initially? For me it was after reading Alexander Roses’ book. I knew immediately it would be a television show unlike anything that was on at the time. I couldn’t remember a show that was set during the Revolutionary War and at the time I read the book I was doing various projects. I thought it would be so different. That was my first attraction to it but after reading his book I realized there were pretty unique and untold stories about American’s first spies that was just cool. That is our response to it as well. TURN is amazingly original and I hope you are proud of that. Did you think it would be hard to shoot because it is so intense with so many storylines? We try to make it as intense as possible. That’s what I really hoped for and that is to make it very immediate and very visceral and not empty or feel like a history lesson. Instead we wanted it to feel like you were there with the people of the times not knowing if they would win or not. It was a very chaotic time and we wanted to reflect that.
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Jamie Bell, talk about an intense actor! I feel like when he is on screen he knows so much more with that look about him. Did you expect that when he was cast for the role of Abraham Woodhull? It surprised me because Jamie is a star and what that phrase really means. There is a white hot center of a star with certain energy that comes up that is magnetic. He puts himself 110% into the role. A lot of actors do it but I feel he’s a star because he burns that much hotter. I’m not sure where that comes from in certain people but he definitely has that. In addition to his intensity, one of the qualities you look for is an intangible quality that you like and root for that person no matter what questionable thing they may be doing. He seems to have that as well. There is a believability about him. Yes, you know he’s trying to find the reality of any given moment and it’s difficult for him to play into something he doesn’t think is real. We talk about those moments and tweak them on the set before we shoot them as much as possible.
You have managed to put together such an amazing cast. Did it surprise even you? It’s definitely one of the best casts I’ve ever worked with. I think we cast a lot of people that weren’t familiar to audiences and tries to hold the mandate of who best fit the character. I think that’s how we wound up with this particular cast that is so great. If you turn to any of them they are good and it made it difficult for me to manage sometimes because it all gets bigger in the second season with our new additions to the cast. At some point I know I’m going to have to start killing people off the cast to make it all fit <laughing>. You could always do a running poll to see who the audience wants to see get the ax. Have the audience decide! There you go! Leaving off in season one, all I know that fans wanted to know when season two would come. You had the audience immediately! The excitement is there and without giving too much away, what can you tell fans to look forward to in this season? They can look forward to an even more active and thriller of a season. In season two we are meeting a lot of people, like Abe, before they got into the spy world and really pulled into it. Now Abe is completely inside it and the spy game that is being played is more front and center from the very first episode all the way through. We have our shocking TURN, cont’d. on Page 20
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The truth has come back: X-Files returns Agents Scully and Mulder will be back on TV for six new episodes of The X-Files. Fox has agreed to the short run, which will reunite stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, along with creator Chris Carter, reports theWrap. “I think of it as a 13-year commercial break,” says Carter. “The good news is the world has only gotten that much stranger, a perfect time to tell these
six stories.” Production is supposed to begin this summer, but there’s no word yet on when the new episodes will air. What’s behind the move? Fans can tell themselves it’s about their clamoring for more shows, and perhaps a satisfying ending, but this is really about the lucrative new world of streaming rights, says Merrill Barr at Forbes. “Fox doesn’t actually care that people want
a new season of The X-Files, but they do care that Netflix would pay big money to stream the show exclusively in order to allow people the chance to catch-up beforehand,” he writes. Those old shows suddenly have more worth, and the six new ones will surely make for a rich payday, too. For Fox, it’s “found money.”
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Vin Disel thinks Furious 7 is Oscar-worthy
Mr. T is the latest celebrity to get his own home improvement show, and it’s called—obviously—I Pity the Tool. It’s slated to debut sometime this year on the DIY Network, and it will feature the tough guy actor helping people in need by doing renovation work on their homes. “I am tough, but deep inside my toughness, I like to let people know I’m an old-fashioned mama’s boy,” Mr. T explains toVariety. “I’m really a marshmallow in my heart.” He’ll help people like military veterans or those going through tough times; in the premiere, he helps a man he first met back when the man was a teen and had just broken his neck. Other celebrities who’ve had their own shows on the DIY Network include Daryl Hall, William Shatner, and of course, Vanilla Ice. “These people have built-in fanbases that come to see their heroes do things that they didn’t really know they could,” explains a network exec. In Mr. T’s case, he got his experience working on demolition jobs before he became famous, and his skills include brick masonry and cabinetmaking, which he learned in high school.
The sixth season of Downton Abbey, now in production, will be the last, the producers announced today. “Our feeling is it’s good to quit while we’re ahead,” says one of them, Gareth Neame. But fans can take heart, because reporters wasted no time in asking him about a movie, and the answer is promising, reports USA Today. “Our position is that we would be very interested in that,” he says. “I can’t confirm it’s definitely going to happen but we shall see.” The final season will begin airing in the US in early 2016.
The latest Fast & Furious film deserves a best picture Oscar but has two strikes against it when it comes to the Academy—it’s an action flick and it’s a sequel. That’s according to Vin Diesel, who told the AP today that “we all know that there’s a little stigma towards action films, we know it, we’ve heard people complain about it, we’ve heard Marvel complain about it, we’ve heard DC complain about it, and [how] Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Batman has never gotten a shot at that,” he said while in Beijing to promote Fast & Furious 7, which opens April 3 in the US. Alluding to the fact that many of the recent Oscar best picture FURIOUS 7, cont’d. on Page 20
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• The FDA approves anti-AIDS drug AZT • The first criminal is convicted using DNA evidence • Clive Sinclair launches the Z88 Portable Computer weighing under 2 pounds • 1987 is shortened by 1 second to adjust to the Gregorian calendar
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• Prozac makes its debut • Televangelist Jim Bakker scandal • The Simpsons debuts • Search for Nessie reveals no evidence after1.6 million dollar investment.
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Sports briefs... UNC coach’s will leaves $200 to each player By John Johnson, Newser Before longtime North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith died last month, he made an unusual arrangement in his will: All of his former players are getting $200 to go out to dinner, reports ESPN. The letter to one such player, Dante Calabria, surfaced today on Twitter. “Enjoy a dinner out,
compliments of Coach Dean Smith,” it reads. The check is enclosed. FoxSports reports that Smith sent letters to about 175 explayers, meaning he shelled out about $35,000. “It put a tear in my eye,” says former team member Serge Zwikker. “Even after he passed, he was still all about his players.”
NFL player is an accomplished math whiz By Jenn Gildman, Newser You can throw the “dumb jock” stereotype right out the window when it comes to John Urschel. The Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman has penned a paper titled “A Cascadic Multigrid Algorithm for Computing the Fiedler Vector of Graph Laplacians” and published it in the Journal of Computational Mathematics, per Bloomberg. He also has a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in math (both achieved with a 4.0 GPA), does research in his spare time in the fields of “numerical linear algebra, multigrid methods, spectral graph theory, and machine learning,” and has “aspirations of eventually being a titled [chess] player one day,” he noted last week on the Players’ Tribune site. He also says his family and friends are baffled why he’d risk brain injury in the NFL when he could jump into his intellectual pursuits full time. He acknowledges he doesn’t do it for
the money. “I already have more money in my bank account than I know what to do with,” he writes for the Tribune. “I drive a used hatchback Nissan Versa and live on less than $25k a year … because the things I love the most in this world (reading math, doing research, playing chess) are very, very inexpensive.” His reasoning is actually more straightforward than that: “I play because I love the game. I love hitting people. There’s a rush you get when you go out on the field, lay everything on the line, and physically dominate the player across from you.” Football, he can’t quit you—which is why he ends his essay with “And for that reason, I truly envy Chris Borland,” the rookie who just retired from the NFL. Check out Urschel’s Twitter feed for updates on chess tourneys he’s competed in and math jokes.
Get ready for Romney vs. Holyfield By Evann Gastaldo, Newser This is, apparently, not a joke: Mitt Romney will fight boxer Evander Holyfield. In the Salt Lake Tribune, Paul Rolly calls it the “marquee event” of a black-tie evening involving several other bouts on May 15 in Salt Lake City, meant to raise money for Charity Vision. The humanitarian organization was founded by a fellow Mormon who
happens to be friends with Romney. “It will either be a very short fight, or I will be knocked unconscious,” Romney, 68, said recently of his boxing debut. “It won’t be much of a fight. We’ll both suit up and get in the ring and spar around a little bit.”
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B-ball player’s last name is the (F) bomb By John Johnson, Newser For the record, it’s pronounced “Foo-key.” It’s the spelling of the last name, however, that’s drawing attention: Meet Guy Carbagiale Fuck, a talented basketball player for Medicine Hat College. For a while, his school shied away from using his surname publicly, but that changed this month when the team made it to the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association men’s basketball championships and finished seventh, reports the CBC. From here on out, Fuck is in the box score. The local paper—the Medicine Hat News—is using it, too. “We’re at the point of, this is the
guy’s name, he’s an all-Canadian. We shouldn’t be avoiding it, he’s proud of being a Rattler and we want to support him,” says Fuck’s coach. “It’s my last name, I’m proud of it,” adds Fuck, who was born in Brazil and moved to Canada in 2014. “Doesn’t matter if it means something bad.” He explains that the name has German origins and means “fox,” and while he understands the English connotations, he has no plans to change it. “No, no, no. I want to have kids,” he says. “I want to spread the Fuck last name.” (This woman’s last name was problematic in a different way.)
NFL rookie retiring over brain injury fears By Jenn Gidman, Newser It’s a move that Dan Diamond, writing forForbes, frames as what could be “the beginning of the beginning of the end … for the NFL’s reign as the nation’s most popular sport.” San Francisco 49ers rookie linebacker Chris
Borland yesterday told ESPN’s Outside the Lines that he’s retiring from football due to fears of the long-term effects of head trauma. The 24-yearold said he came to his decision after talking to family, friends, teammates, and concussion experts, making a play he ultimately believes is “best for my health.” “From what I’ve researched and what I’ve experienced, I don’t think it’s worth the risk,” he said. Borland said he’s never felt better but simply wanted to take a “proactive” move to protect himself in a league where brain damage, depression, and progressive neurological issues have been linked to those who’ve suffered repeated head injuries while playing, ESPN notes. The 49ers issued a statement, per ESPN, that said, “While unexpected, we certainly respect Chris’ decision. … We will always consider him a 49er.” Borland’s retirement is a particular blow to San Francisco because he was expected to replace Patrick Willis as linebacker and play a key part in the team’s defense; Willis retired last week at age 30. Dozens of players reacted via Twitter, notes NBC Sports, with reactions ranging from surprise to keep calm and carry on. “No offense to anyone but I’m playing until I can’t anymore. I love this game to much,” tweeted Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner. At Forbes, Diamond notes that fan reaction was largely supportive of Borland’s move and that it’s “the shifting of norms” that should terrify the NFL. “When your own fans readily accept the data that your product is a killer ... at some point, the morality questions around football will be too embarrassing to ignore,” he writes.
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Ex-NBA player who made $66 million is now a Columbia student with a 3.8 GPA After playing 12 seasons in the NBA and earning close to $70 million, you wouldn’t blame Troy Murphy if he wanted to relax for a while and enjoy retirement at age 34. But Murphy had some unfinished business. Andrew Keh of the New York Times recently caught up with the 6’11” Murphy, who is now a full-time student at Columbia University nearing a degree in sociology. Murphy, who was a twotime Big East player of the year at Notre Dame, left college after his junior year without a degree. He then
had a nice career in the NBA with six teams, averaging 13.0 points and 9.3 rebounds per game during one 8-year stretch. But according to Keh, Murphy always wanted to finish school and get his degree. So now, Murphy, who made $66 million in his career according to BasketballReference. com, has channeled the competitiveness that helped make him a good basketball player and is now directing it at Columbia professors. “For me it was: I’m going to
prove I can beat this guy. I’m going to shut him down or outscore him or outrebound him,” Murphy told the Times. “Now, you have these professors who are some of the best, and you want to test yourself. You want to prove you can get an A in the class.” It’s working. In the fall semester, Murphy took four classes, got a 3.8 GPA and made the Dean’s List. While Murphy was a good student in high school, the biggest challenge may have been getting into Columbia. The decision to apply came after playing a pick-up basketball game at Columbia shortly after his final season in the
NBA: “In August 2013, Murphy’s memory of that brief visit factored into his decision to apply to the university. But nothing was guaranteed; he needed to take an entrance exam. So he hired a tutor and worked with her three times a week. He went to Barnes & Noble and bought every SAT book at the store. He got flashcards to practice vocabulary. He estimated he studied 25 hours a week for two months and took more than 20 practice exams. He wrote his application essay about how he could apply the lessons learned in the N.B.A. to the challenges of college life.”
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San Marcos townhomes ready to buy Level Fifteen — a new community of 63 townhomes situated in the heart of North County between San Marcos and Escondido — debuted to rave reviews earlier this month at its grand opening and is now selling Phase II, with nine homes already sold. Built by Zephyr, the residences feature modern finishes, large kitchen islands with granite countertops, private patios and balconies for relaxation, and an ideal location just minutes away from dining, shopping, outdoor activities and more. “Buyers have already fallen in love with Level Fifteen,” said Brad Termini, Zephyr’s co-CEO. “Anyone familiar with the market knows the homes’ superior design, features and location can’t be matched.” The three floorplans range from 1,690 to 1,918 square feet and offer three to four bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths
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said Margaret Atmore, Level Fifteen’s sales manager. “We’ve heard from buyers who plan on turning them into their own personal man caves. Some even say they’ll be able to get rid of their
storage units because the garages are so large.” Additional features include spacious walk-in closets in every master suite, recessed lighting and cultured marble countertops with integrated sinks. Environmentally-conscience homeowners will appreciate the residences’ energy-efficient windows, low-flow toilets and shower heads, and temperature-balancing shower valves. Three new model homes are now open for viewing at the Level Fifteen sales center, open Monday, 12 to 5 p.m., and Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is located at 1310 Montiel Rd., Escondido, CA 92026, and can be reached at 858-342-3560. To join the interest list or to prequalify for exclusive access to first selections and best pricing, visit www. level15townhomes.com.
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Where have all the leaders gone? What Lee Iacocca, former chairman of Chrysler Corporation, said about our government eight years ago stands true today. Am I the only guy in this country who’s fed up with what’s happening? Where the hell is our outrage? We should be screaming bloody murder. We’ve got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over a cliff, we’ve got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we can’t even clean up after a hurricane much less build a hybrid car. But instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and nods their heads when the politicians say, “Stay the course.”
Stay the course? You’ve got to be kidding. This is America, not the damned Titanic. I’ll give you a sound bite: Throw the bums out!
SOME WOUNDS LEAVE NO SCARS.
You might think I’m getting senile, that I’ve gone off my rocker, and maybe I have. But someone has to speak up. I hardly recognize this country anymore. The President of the United States is given a free pass to ignore the Constitution, tap our phones, and lead us to war on a pack of lies. Congress responds to record deficits by passing a huge tax cut for the wealthy (thanks, but I don’t need it). The most famous business leaders are not the innovators but the guys in handcuffs. While we’re fiddling in Iraq, the Middle East is burning and nobody seems to know what to do. And the press is waving pompoms instead of asking hard questions. That’s not the promise of America my parents and yours traveled across the ocean for. I’ve had enough. How about you?
I’ll go a step further. You can’t call yourself a patriot if you’re not outraged. This is a fight I’m ready and willing to have. My friends tell me to calm down. They say, “Lee, you’re eighty-two years old. Leave the rage to the young people.” I’d love to — as soon as I can pry them away from their iPods for five seconds and get them to pay attention. I’m going to speak up because it’s my patriotic duty. I think people will listen to me. They say I have a reputation as a straight shooter. So I’ll tell you how I see it, and it’s not pretty, but at least it’s real. I’m hoping to strike a nerve in those young folks who say they don’t vote because they don’t trust politicians to represent their interests. Hey, America, wake up. These guys work for us.
Who Are These Guys, Anyway? Why are we in this mess? How did we end up with this crowd in Washington? Well, we voted for them — or at least some of us did. But I’ll tell you what we didn’t do. We didn’t agree to suspend the Constitution. We didn’t agree to stop asking questions or demanding answers. Some of us are sick and tired of people who call free speech treason. Where I come from that’s a dictatorship, not a democracy. And don’t tell me it’s all the fault of right-wing Republicans or liberal Democrats. That’s an intellectually lazy argument, and it’s part of the rea-
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just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the wife said, “Just wait a minute!’ She had a box with her, she came over with the box and put it in the casket. Then the undertakers then locked the casket down, and they rolled it away. So her friend said, “Girl, I know you weren’t fool enough to put all that money in there with that man. “ She said, “Listen, I’m a Christian, I can’t lie. I promised him that I would put all his money in the casket with him.” “You mean to tell me you put that money in the casket with that man?” “I sure did,” said the wife,”I wrote him a cheque. “
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There was this man who had worked all of his life and had saved all of his money and he was a real miser when it came to his money. He loved money more than just about anything, and just before he died, he said to his wife,” Now listen. When I die, I want you to take all my money and put it in the casket with me. Because I wanna take my money to the afterlife with me.” And so he got his wife to promise him with all of her heart and to swear on a stack of Bibles that when he died, she would put all of the money in the casket with him. Well one day he died. He was stretched out in the casket, his wife was sitting there in black, and her friend was sitting next to her. When they finished the ceremony,
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Juan comes up to the Mexican border on his bicycle. He’s got 2 large bags over his shoulders. The guard stops him and says, “What’s in the bags?” “Sand,” answered Juan. The guard says, “We’ll just see about that. Get off the bike.” The guard takes the bags and rips them apart; he empties them out and finds nothing in them but sand. He detains Juan overnight and has the sand analysed, only to discover that there is nothing but pure sand in the bags. The guard releases Juan, puts the sand into new bags, hefts them onto the man’s shoulders, and lets him cross the border.
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A week later, the same thing happens. The guard asks, “What have you got?” “Sand,” says Juan. The guard does his thorough examination and discovers that the bags contain nothing but sand. He gives the sand back to Juan, and Juan crosses the border on his bicycle. This sequence of events if repeated every day for 3 years. Finally, Juan doesn’t show up one day and the guard meets him in a Cantina in Mexico by coincidence. “Hey buddy,” says the guard, “I know you are smuggling something. It’s driving me crazy. It’s all I think about and I can’t sleep. Just between you and me, what are you smuggling?” Juan sips his beer and says, “Bicycles.”
Excuse for speeding
This Middle aged man was going through his mid-life crisis so he went out and bought him a new bright red BMW. So he decided to take his new BMW on a test drive down the interstate one day. He got up to about 85 mph and all of a sudden he saw this highway patrolman with his blue lights and siren blaring coming toward him. He decided he and his new BMW would outrun the officer. So the man sped up to 95 mph,and then to 105 mph, but the patrolman was still coming. The man finally came to his senses and said to himself, “This is crazy, I could go to jail for this,” so he pulled over.
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The patrolman came to the car and told the man, “It has been a long day and I am tired. If you can give me an excuse no one else has ever given me I will let you go.” So the man told the officer, “Last night my wife ran off with a patrolman and when I seen you chasing me I thought you were trying to bring her back.” The officer looked at the man and said, “Have a nice day.”
When I mean business, I mean business!
A company, feeling it was time for a shake-up, hires a new CEO. This new boss is determined to rid the company of all slackers. On a tour of the facilities, the CEO notices a guy leaning on a wall. The room is full of workers and he thinks this is his chance to show everyone he means business! The CEO walks up the guy and asks, “And how much money do you make a week?” Undaunted, the young fellow looks at him and replies, “I make $200.00 a week. Why?” The CEO then hands the guy $200 in cash and screams, “Here’s a week’s pay, now GET OUT and don’t come back!” Feeling pretty good about his first firing, the CEO looks around the room and asks, “Does anyone want to tell me what that slacker did here?” With a sheepish grin, one of the other workers mutters... “He’s the pizza delivery guy!”
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6 CHILLING CHILDHOOD PHOTOS OF HISTORY'S MOST INFAMOUSLY EVIL HUMANS PART ONE: It’s hard to fathom that some of the most evil humans in history entered this world as innocent infants. These chilling photos remind us that, while they are known universally as some of the world’s most hated and brutal individuals, they all started off as chaste and innocent youths. All though they descended into evil over the years, their childhood photos will send a chill down your spine. Little did these photographers know that they were capturing some of the most infamous men of all time. Jeffrey Dahmer
Dahmer was an American serial killer and sex offender, who committed the rape, murder and dismemberment of 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. Many of his later murders also involved cannibalism to some extent. Dahmer was beat to death in prison, but his childhood photo is chilling to look at.
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Osama bin Laden
Bin Laden is known for founding al-Qaeda, the militant organization that claimed responsibility for the September 11 attacks on the United States, in addition to many other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets. Can you tell from this childhood photo what future he had in store?
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Alexander Pichushkin
Known as “the Chessboard Killer,” Pichushkin murdered nearly 50 elderly homeless men in and around Moscow, Russia. According to him, he murdered people because he was competing with another killer. Could you tell from his childhood picture what future awaited him?
Ted Bundy
The most infamous serial killer of all time, Theodore Robert Bundy is estimated to have killed anywhere from 40 to 100 women in unspeakably gruesome ways. It’s heartbreaking to know the future that awaits this seemingly normal child.
John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
Nicknamed the Killer Clown, Gacy was an American serial killer and r apist who was convicted of the sexual assault and murder of at least 33 teenage boys and young men in a series of killings committed between 1972 and 1978 in Chicago. From his childhood photo, however, he just looks like a standard troublemaker. Eerie. For advertising information, call (858) 537-2280 • advertising@militarypress.com
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Cont’d. from Page 10 moments like in the finale but they come a little bit earlier this season. We also have some bigger scale battles and a lot more spy craft this season – more gadgets and techniques. Speaking of that, how was the continuing research for the show? We researched a lot for last year but wasn’t able to implement everything until this year. There are clues and hints in the opening credits and title sequence to the show and you can spot some strange gadgets that we weren’t able to use until this season.
Was that a cool part for you to watch the technology change so rapidly then? Yes, they become more sophisticated versions of the techniques of the time. The cryptography and the idea of the armed submersible and certain concealed weapons. It’s all the same basic principles of war, its just become more refined and it kept the soldiers safer as the technology got better. What made you decide to call the second season Washington’s Spies? I think there are two reasons; 1) Washington is a central character and we kind of held off a bit but made a few appearances in season one. He’s really a main cast member in season two. Now that the Culper ring has officially been used heavily, he is much more a character because they truly are his spies. If you put that title in the first season it probably wouldn’t have made much sense because he wasn’t in it much. The second reason is to send a clearer message to those that are fans of military history and historical fiction that this is
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what the show is! The message is made very clear. When I first started watching the show, every time I thought I had it figured out, you twisted it up [laughing]. We will keep that up for you! I’m going back to watch season one before the new season begins, it’s great to revisit the season. I agree with you. When you get to that last episode of season one, viewers become totally hooked. I so appreciate you talking to us today. You have done an amazing job with authenticity in costuming and how scenes are shot. You are doing a great job. That’s great to hear! The tension left at the end of season one adds to the excitement of the series return. The cast brings depth to a storyline that keeps your eyes riveted to the screen. If you thought last season’s cast was amazing, wait until the new cast members bring their characters in. I am a stickler for period pieces and want to experience whatever era is being represented. TURN offers so much detail; from the clothing and mannerisms to the sets filled with spinning wheels and grandfather clocks of
the time. Just so well done adding all of this to the believability that brings TURN to life. Reading Roses’ book, Silverstein has done an incredible job and fans are thrilled. The second season of TURN: Washington’s Spies will begin April 13th at 9/8 Central with a two-hour premier on AMC. In the end – it’s the untold story of America’s first spy ring!
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Cont’d. from Page 5 ‘frog voice.’ Think of the late disc jockey Wolfman Jack in an extremely foul mood. You’d assume that DI’s talk in this manner because the yelling has damaged their vocal cords. While this is sometimes the case, experienced drill instructors say the frog voice is also a means of protecting the vocal cords so they can withstand the stress of nearly constant yelling, 16 hours a day for weeks on end. Some DI’s use throat lozenges and drink hot tea, but in DI school, instructors are taught that the preferred method of preserving the voice is by talking from the diaphragm rather than the throat. ‘People destroy their vocal cords talking from their throat,’ said Staff Sgt. Rodel. ‘No matter how you use your voice, it’s going to wear out from the repetitiveness of yelling day in and day out. But you’ll have a lot more of your voice left after boot camp if you talk from your diaphragm.’ For whatever reason it’s used, the DI frog voice will no doubt echo in the recruits’ brains for decades.
From recruit to Marine Drill Instructors are the constant driving force in recruits’ lives for all 12 grueling weeks of basic training. Recruits are told when and where to stand, sit, eat, drink, talk, walk, and run. The DI tells recruits what to wear, when to wear it, when to go to the ‘head,’ and how long to stay there. Recruits quickly understand that their main job is gaining the approval of their DI’s. Yet for the first few weeks of boot camp, no action they take and no answer they give seems to be correct. However, over the course of boot camp, approval gradually comes, and recruits build confidence as they master the phases of training. Gunnery Sgt. Adrian Tagliere instructs a recruit who has just completed an event in the Leatherneck Square confidence course. The recruit is in his 15th day of training. During the Crucible, which amounts to a grueling ‘final exam’ for basic training, DI’s begin to relate to the recruits in a different manner. For the first time, recruits are not given orders in minute detail, but instead are given tactical challenges which they are expected to solve as a team with their fellow recruits. DI’s begin to instruct the recruits with slight-
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ly less ferocity, and act more as mentors. The transformation culminates a few days later in the Eagle Globe and Anchor Ceremony, held one day before graduation, when the DI for the first time calls recruits by their name, and by their new title, Unites States Marines. It’s a safe bet that no Marine will ever forget his or her drill instructor. ‘I’ve had several former recruits who have e-mailed me back, a couple of them from Iraq and Afghanistan, and they said, ‘We didn’t understand it when we were in recruit training, but we get it now,’’ said Staff Sgt. Rodel. ‘But you don’t do it for that. You do it because you’re taking a kid from society and turning him in to somebody that the country respects. The rewards are longterm.’ Nice guys. Really. While recruits might initially think of their DI’s as raving maniacs, drill instructors encountered away from their platoons are almost always exceedingly polite and pleasant company. Perhaps it’s because they’ve expended all their negative energy on their platoons, but it’s a side of a DI which would no doubt amaze their young recruits. Occasionally, the Corps requires drill instructors to perform special duties for
the good of the service. For one decorated DI recently, this included escorting a group of civilian educators from Virginia and Ohio on a tour of Parris Island and the nearby Marine Corps Air Station in Beaufort. When a matronly teacher from Ohio needed help, she assumed correctly that she could depend on the kindness of this Marine. ‘Excuse me, sergeant,’ she said to Staff Sergeant Dan Ryley, ‘I think I’ve left the lens cap to my camera where we were taking pictures down by the river. Can you please go down there and look for it?’ Ryley, tough as nails warrior, supervisor of senior drill instructors, and the Marine Corps’ Drill Instructor of the Year, did not hesitate to go above and beyond the call of duty. As far as we know, the Marines don’t award medals for manners and patience, but if they start, Ryley surely earned a spot at the front of the line.
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son we’re in this stew. We’re not just a Cont’d. from Page 7 nation of factions. We’re a people. We That unit was involved with Operashare common principles and ideals. tion Phoenix, a very secret operation. And we rise and fall together. Where are the voices of leaders who By the time I arrived back to Bien Hoa can inspire us to action and make us airbase, during TET 69, Eddie was alstand taller? What happened to the ready back from his secret TDY. It strong and resolute party of Lincoln? was during that TDY mission with the What happened to the courageous, Army, that Eddie thinks he came conpopulist party of FDR and Truman? tact with Agent Orange, in big doses, There was a time in this country when out in the bush. Plus, Bien Hoa airthe voices of great leaders lifted us up base housed hundreds of leaky Agent and made us want to do better. Where Orange barrels (drums) stacked up 22 April 1, 2015 THE MILITARY PRESS
behind the C-123 hangar. During TET 69, our own base aircraft dropped Napalm and agent orange just outside the fence-line because of all the VC, NVA and elements of Red Chinese out there. Yes, TET 68 was the most famous , and rightfully so, but,during TET 69, there was plenty of shooting going on. So now, my dear friend Ed Crawford is gone, but not forgotten.The last time we spoke, was last Tuesday night, St. Patrick’s Day, while he was in the hospital, in Bradenton, Florida, waiting to go into surgery for a pacemaker. Eddie told me, “I am not afraid to die, just afraid of how I will die.” He knew the
end was near. I told him he was tough for lasting all these years. Eddie said, “That’s right! I am tough! I am an Air Force Security Policeman!” He died the next day. Eddie is survived by his wife Wendy, and daughters April and Tricia, and several grand children. Eddie was a member of AFSFA, VSPA & VVA. Defensor Fortis, my friend. Larry Breazeale. Msgt., USAFR Security Forces (Ret.) 3rd SPS, Bien Hoa airbase, Vietnam, class of 68-69
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