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Super Bowl XLIIThe obvious angle in this

game is the Super Bowl XLII rematch. With the 18-0 Patriots

looking to complete an undefeat-ed season, the Giants, who went 10-6 and didn’t win their own division, won an upset victory in what I feel was the greatest Su-per Bowl ever played.

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Frederick Douglas

FFrederick Augustus Washington Bailey, who later became known as Frederick Douglass, was born

a slave in Talbot County, Maryland, between Hillsboro and Cordova, prob-ably in his grandmother’s shack east of Tappers Corner and west of Tucka-hoe Creek. The exact date of Doug-lass’ birth is unknown. He chose to celebrate it on Feb. 14. The exact year is also unknown (on the first page of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Dou-glass, an American Slave, he stated: “I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it.”)

He was an American social reform-er, orator, writer and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writing. He stood as a living counter-example to slaveholders’ arguments that slaves did not have the intellectual capacity to function as independent American citizens. Many Northerners also found it hard to believe that such a great ora-tor had been a slave.

Douglass wrote several autobiog-raphies, eloquently describing his experiences in slavery in his 1845 autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, which became influential in its sup-port for abolition. He wrote two more autobiographies, with his last, Life and

Times of Frederick Douglass, published in 1881 and covering events through and after the Civil War. After the Civil War, Douglass remained active in the United States’ struggle to reach its potential as a “land of the free.” Dou-glass actively supported women’s suf-frage. Without his approval he became the first African American nominated for Vice President of the United States as the running mate of Victoria Wood-hull on the impracticable and small Equal Rights Party ticket. Douglass held multiple public offices.

Douglass was a firm believer in the equality of all people, whether black, female, Native American, or recent immigrant, famously quoted as say-ing, “I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.”

Life as a slave“The opinion was whispered that

my master was my father; but of the correctness of this opinion I know nothing. My mother and I were sepa-rated when I was but an infant... It [was] common custom, in the part of Maryland from which I ran away, to part children from their mothers at a very early age.

I do not recollect ever seeing my mother by the light of day. She would lie down with me, and get me up in the morning before the sun came up.”

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From slavery to freedomDouglass first tried to escape from

Freeland, who had hired him out from his owner Colonel Lloyd, but was un-successful. In 1836, he tried to escape from his new owner Covey, but failed again. In 1837, Douglass met and fell in love with Anna Murray, a free black in Baltimore about five years older than him. Her freedom strengthened his belief in the possibility of his own.

On September 3, 1838, Douglass successfully escaped by boarding a train to Havre de Grace, Maryland. He was dressed in a sailor’s uniform, pro-vided to him by Murray, who also gave him part of her savings to cover his travel costs, and carried identification papers which he had obtained from a free black seaman. He crossed the Susquehanna River by ferry at Havre de Grace, then continued by train to Wilmington, Delaware. From there he went by steamboat to “Quaker City” (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and con-tinued to the safe house of abolitionist David Ruggles in New York; the whole journey took less than 24 hours.

Frederick Douglass later wrote of his arrival in New York:

I have often been asked, how I felt when first I found myself on free soil. And my readers may share the same curiosity. There is scarcely anything in my experience about which I could not give a more satisfactory answer. A new world had opened upon me. If life is more than breath, and the ‘quick round of blood,’ I lived more in one day than in a year of my slave life. It was a time of joyous excitement which words can but tamely describe. In a letter written to a friend soon after reaching New York, I said: ‘I felt as one might feel upon escape from a den of

hungry lions.’ Anguish and grief, like darkness and rain, may be depicted; but gladness and joy, like the rainbow, defy the skill of pen or pencil.

Once he had arrived, he sent for Murray to follow him to New York; she arrived with the necessary basics for them to set up home. They were mar-ried on September 15, 1838, by a black Presbyterian minister eleven days af-ter his arrival in New York. At first, they adopted Johnson as their married name.

Abolitionist activitiesThe couple settled in New Bed-

ford, Massachusetts. After meeting and staying with Nathan and Mary Johnson, they adopted Douglass as their married name. Douglass joined several organizations, including a black church, and regularly attended abolitionist meetings. He subscribed to William Lloyd Garrison’s weekly journal The Liberator. In 1841 he first heard Garrison speak at a meeting of the Bristol Anti-Slavery Society. At one of these meetings, Douglass was unexpectedly invited to speak.

After he told his story, he was en-couraged to become an anti-slavery lecturer. Douglass was inspired by Garrison and later stated that “no face and form ever impressed me with such sentiments [of the hatred of slavery] as did those of William Lloyd Garri-son.” Garrison was likewise impressed with Douglass and wrote of him in The Liberator. Several days later, Doug-lass delivered his first speech at the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society’s annual convention in Nantucket. Then 23 years old, Douglass conquered his nervousness and gave an eloquent speech about his rough life as a slave.

DeathOn February 20, 1895, Douglass

attended a meeting of the National Council of Women in Washington, D.C. During that meeting, he was brought to the platform and given a standing ovation by the audience. Shortly after he returned home to Washington, D.C., Frederick Douglass died of a massive heart attack or stroke. His funeral was held at the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church where thousands passed by his coffin paying tribute. He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York.

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During the Christmas and Holi-day Season and now with the beginning of a new year, we

often reflect on our life and who we really are and want to be. We take as-sessment of our lives and make new goals and resolution. I think we all have heard that saying that “no man is an island.” However, I often wonder if we know what that statement really implies. I believe that many of us may

not realize it, but we really do need each other.

With the current economic situa-tion and the heavy winter weather, my mom was not able to come to Califor-nia for Christmas this year and was alone for the holidays... or so I thou. She shared with me that others in her neighborhood knew she was going to be alone and so she had a little some-thing at her front door most every

day for several weeks. She had been asked over to a few different homes for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. Driveways were plowed and walks shoveled clear. She shared with me the feeling of love and kindness as she cried in appreciation while she told me of these deeds. This is what I mean. We can all be a gift to another if were looking for the opportunities. Truly “No Man Is An Island.”

With all the ex-citement of the Holiday Season just ended, and the many com-ing home from conflict and deployments, remember, espe-cially in the Navy/ Ma-rine Corps that we don’t leave anyone behind. This applies back here at home as well. Some may not have fam-ily here for them, or things at home may have changed dramatically. Be aware of one another and know that the worth of every soul is great. May-be share some of your holiday bless-ings with another. The time after the holidays can be even more critical.

I would like to share with you one of my favorite poem/stories. A well known poem called “The Touch of the Master’s Hand.”

Twas battered and scarred and the auctioneer Thought it scarcely worth his while

To waste much time on the old violin But held it up with a smile.

“What am I bidden, good folks,” he cried, “Who’ll start the bidding for me?

A dollar, a dollar then two! Only two? Two dollars and who’ll make it three.

Three dollars once. Three dollars twice. Going for three—But no

From the room, far back, a gray haired man Came forward and pick up the bow.

Then wiping the dust from the old violin And tightening the loosened strings He played a melody pure and sweet

As a caroling angel sings.The music ceased, and the auctioneer With a voice that was quiet and low

Said, “What am I bid for the old violin?” And he held it up with the bow.

A thousand dollars, and who’ll make it two. Two thousand and who’ll make it three.

Three thousand once—three thousand twice And going and gone,” said he.

The people cheered but some of them cried We do not quite understand.

What changed its worth? Swift came the reply

The touch of the master’s hand.And many a man with life out of tune

And battered and scarred with sin. Is auctioned cheap to the thoughtless crowd

Much like the old violin.A mess of pottage, a glass of wine,

A game—he travels on. He’s “going” once, and “going” twice

He’s going and almost gone.But the Master comes and the foolish crowd

Never can quite understand The worth of a soul and change that’s

wrought By the touch of the Master’s hand.

Of all of God’s creations, man is the only one created in His image. He blesses us as we strive to treat one an-other as His divine children. Many do this during the Holidays, but maybe we can extend it throughout the year. I hope we can and pray we may remem-ber to do this more in our lives with those we see along our daily paths, those who could use a loving word or kindness given. As always, it is my hope that this mes-sage will help you this week to“mount up as on eagle’s wings,” and renew a little of your strength to keep moving forward and find joy…(Isaiah 40:31) Until next time, may God bless you and continue to bless our great coun-try. SEMPER FI

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On December 1, 2009, U.S. Presi-dent Barack Obama announced that he would deploy an additional 30,000 soldiers over a period of six months. He also set a withdrawal date for the year 2014. The New York Magazine writes that Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s leak-ing of the need for additional troops boxed Obama into a corner about boosting troop levels in Afghanistan, which the magazine refers to as the “McChrystal risk“ (leaking of infor-mation to force presidential action).

On January 26, 2010, at the Inter-national Conference on Afghanistan in London, which brought together some 70 countries and organizations, Afghan President Hamid Karzai told world leaders that he intended to reach out to the top echelons of the Taliban (including Mullah Omar, Siraj Haqqani and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar) with a peace initiative. He called on the group’s leadership to take part in a “loya jirga”—or large assembly of el-ders—to initiate peace talks. Accord-ing to the Wall Street Journal, these steps have been reciprocated so far with an intensification of bombings, assassinations and ambushes. Many Afghan groups (including the former intelligence chief Amrullah Saleh and opposition leader Dr. Abdullah Abdul-lah) believe that Karzai’s plan aims to appease the insurgents’ senior leader-ship at the cost of the democratic con-stitution, the democratic process and progess in the field of human rights especially women’s rights.

On June 22, 2011, President Obama announced that 10,000 U.S. troops would be withdrawn by the end of 2011. An additional 23,000 troops will leave the country by the summer of 2012.

In 2010, the War in Af-ghanistan became the United States’ second longest contin-uous military conflict. Only the Vietnam War (1959–1975) lasted longer.

Cost of warThe cost of the war report-

edly was a major factor as U.S.

officials considered drawing down troops in 2011. A March 2011 Congres-sional Research Service report notes the following about Operation Endur-ing Freedom (OEF) Afghanistan: 1) following the Afghanistan surge an-nouncement in 2009, Defense Depart-ment spending on Afghanistan has in-creased 50%, going from $4.4 billion to $6.7 billion a month. During that time, troop strength has gone from 44,000 to 84,000, and it is expected to be at 102,000 for fiscal year 2011; 2) the total operational cost for Afghani-stan from the beginning of the conflict in 2001 through 2006 only slightly ex-ceeds the amount spent in 2010 alone – $93.8 billion. The projected total cost relating to Afghanistan from incep-tion to the fiscal year 2011 is expected to be $468 billion. The estimate for the cost of deploying one U.S. soldier in Afghanistan is over US$1 million dollars a year.

Increase in U.S. troopsIn January, about 3,000 U.S. sol-

diers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 10th Mountain Division moved into the provinces of Logar and Wardak. Afghan Federal Guards also fought along

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There’s a parallel to be drawn this year. The Patriots were the top seed in the AFC, an obvious contender from Day One. The Giants barely snuck into the playoffs, overcoming a 4-game losing streak and a sweep by Washington, while benefiting from the Cowboys’ collapse and an inexplicable officiating decision that gave them a Week 4 win against Arizona. But when the playoffs started, the Giants came to play. They’re a very real threat to New England, and I suspect most of the Patriots would have rather faced the 49ers in Indianapolis.

These teams met earlier this sea-son, in Week 9, with the Giants win-ning 24-20 at New England. Turnovers and red zone efficiency were critical to the outcome.

NEW ENGLAND ON OFFENSERunningback BenJarvus Green-El-

lis ran very well on Sunday, but the Pa-triots live and die with the pass. They can’t beat the Giants if Brady has an-other off day. This matchup revolves mostly around two things:

1. The Giants’ pass rush2. Rob Gronkowski’s ankleGronkowski creates matchup prob-

lems for every team in the league. He had 8 catches, 101 yards, and a touch-down the first time these teams met, and he was the only New England re-ceiver to give the Ravens serious trou-ble. If he’s unable to play or seriously

limited, that’s a major, major blow to New England’s chances on Super Bowl Sunday. Even if Gronk is healthy, the Giants can still neutralize their op-ponent’s offense with the kind of pass rush they brought four years ago.

The Giants’ defense has played at a very high level over the last month, but it hasn’t faced this kind of offense. I don’t believe the Giants can cover Wes Welker and Gronkowski. But if they can get to Brady quickly enough, they won’t have to. When the Giants get pressure with their front four (or five, including Mathias Kiwanuka), that puts any offense in a tough spot. The Patriots’ ability to protect Brady may well determine the outcome of the game.

I’d look for the Patriots to mix things up on the ground, keeping the Giants off-balance, slowing down their pass rush, and setting up play-action. I think they’ll be more aggressive than they were against the Ravens, taking more deep shots and keeping the of-fense on the field for fourth and short.

But Brady has got to make better de-cisions than he did in the AFC Cham-pionship Game. The Giants have an explosive offense, and turnovers can quickly lead to points.

NEW YORK ON OFFENSEEli Manning played by far his best

season in 2011, and he’s looked great in the playoffs. The Giants are no lon-ger a run-first team, and they look their best when Manning is connect-ing downfield with Hakeem Nicks and Victor Cruz. The Patriots’ secondary is not what it was nine or 10 years ago, so shutting those guys down probably is not realistic. Like the Giants, New England has to bring a nasty pass rush.

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15, Washington sacked and intercept-ed Manning three times each, held the Giants to 10 points, and won. In Week 11, the Eagles sacked Eli three times and picked him off once — Philadel-phia 17, Giants 10. In the season open-er, Washington sacked Eli four times, intercepted him once, and won 28-14. Manning’s Achilles heel has always been turnovers. Put pressure on him, get him making decisions too quickly, rushing throws, and eventually he’ll make a mistake. Vince Wilfork was a monster against the Ravens, and the Patriots need a similar performance for the big game. Mark Anderson is another guy to watch, the pass rusher who stepped up when Andre Carter got hurt.

SPECIAL TEAMSThe edge here has to go to New Eng-

land. I don’t like their return game, but they have good coverage units, Stephen Gostkowski is a solid kicker, and Zoltan Mesko was my choice for All-Pro punter. The Giants have pretty good special teams too — just ask San Francisco — but the Patriots aren’t go-ing to give a game away with mistakes the way the 49ers did. I expect this matchup to be about positive plays, and the Patriots might make a couple more than the Giants do.

THE FORECASTNo one likes a broken record, but

with two offenses this explosive, it’s logical to think this game will come down to turnovers and red zone effi-ciency. You’ve got two pass-oriented offenses with dangerous, diverse re-ceiving corps and Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks. You can’t stop them, you can only hope to contain them in the red zone and force some mistakes along the way.

Who’s more likely to win the turn-over battle? Probably the Giants. May-be I’m overreacting to Brady’s poor game against the best pass defense

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in the NFL, and overlooking Eli Man-ning’s historical fondness for throwing interceptions, but I don’t see Manning giving this game away. In the red zone, however, I like New England. The Pa-triots threaten you so many ways, and this a team which is conditioned not to

accept field goals. The goal is a touch-down.

Thus, the Giants win by forcing turnovers and succeeding in the red zone. The Patriots win by avoiding turnovers and limiting the Giants to field goals. This all comes back to pres-sure on the quarterback. Give Brady time to throw and he’ll embarrass you. Let Manning get comfortable and you can’t win. When everyone is healthy, the Giants have a better pass rush, and that gives them an edge. The Patriots’ defensive failings have been overstat-ed a bit, but this is not a dominant de-fensive team. The Giants, on their good days, play awfully good defense, and not just against Tim Tebow.

PREDICTING THE OUTCOMEThe Giants win this game by ha-

rassing Brady, forcing a couple of turn-overs, and protecting the end zone. On offense, they get a couple of big runs from Ahmad Bradshaw or Brandon Jacobs, and keep the chains moving

with Cruz and Nicks, at least one of whom goes over 100 yards. Eli stays calm, doesn’t take sacks, and plays with controlled aggres-sion, going after the big play when it’s there but always protecting the ball.

The Patriots win with offensive fire-works. Brady plays his best Super Bowl yet, as the Giants struggle to

cover Welker, Gronkowski, Aaron Her-nandez, and Deion Branch while still maintaining some semblance of a pass rush. New England absolutely cannot win without a good game from Brady. Green-Ellis will get his carries, and he’ll have to make some plays, but the passing game is the difference-maker. Special teams impart an advantage at some point, the Giants never get their run game going, and a relentless pass rush forces Manning into several key mistakes.

Either scenario is plausible, and this is a game that could go either way. Momentum is with the Giants, and they take the rematch, 27-20.


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Longstanding tension between Repub-lican Arizona

Gov. Jan Brewer and Democrat-ic President Barack Obama flared into the public spot-light Wednes-day just after Air Force One touched down in Phoenix.

Brewer, who was on the tarmac to greet Obama, hand-delivered a let-ter before engaging the president “intensely” for several minutes, including pointing her finger directly at him, according to Politico’s Carrie Budoff Brown, acting as a pool reporter for other media outlets.

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said the terse talk focused on Brewer’s book - “Scorpions for Breakfast: My Fight Against Special Interests, Lib-eral Media and Cynical Politicos to Secure America’s Border.”

The book, which was released in November, describes a June 2010 Oval Office meeting between Obama and Brewer aimed at diffusing conflicts surrounding Arizona’s controversial state immigration law and the admin-istration’s immigration policy.

At the time, the White House called it a “good meeting,” while Brewer’s staff said it was “cordial.”

But Brewer paints a much different picture in her book.

Brewer complains in “Scorpions for Breakfast” that she and her staff were treated coldly by White House aides, prevented from taking pictures in the holding room outside the Oval Office and that their cell phones and cameras were “confiscated” by Secret Service.

“Too bad we weren’t illegal aliens, or we could have sued them,” she writes.

During her meeting with the president, Brewer said Obama was “condescending” and professorial, “lecturing” on his efforts to promote comprehensive immigration reform.

“It wasn’t long before I realized I was hearing the president’s stump speech,” she said. “Only I was sup-posed to listen without talking. Did he care to hear the view from the actual scene at the border? Did the opinions and observations of the people of Ari-

zona mean anything to him? I didn’t think so.”

“He was patronizing,” she said. “Then it

dawned on me: He’s treating me like

the cop he had over for a beer after he bad-mouthed the Cambridge po-lice, I thought. He thinks he can humor me

and then get rid of me.”

Obama raised his objections to

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governor Wednesday.“He was a little disturbed about

my book,” Brewer told reporters after the meeting broke. “I said to him that I have all the respect in the world for the office of the president. The book is what the book is. I asked him if he

read the book. He said he read the ex-cerpt.”

Obama told Brewer “that he didn’t feel that I had treated him cordially,” Brewer said. “I said I was sorry he felt that way but I didn’t get my sentence finished.

“Anyway, we’re glad he’s here. I’ll regroup,” she added.

A senior administration official later told reporters that Obama’s com-ments were in response to Brewer’s re-quest for another one-on-one meeting.

“The governor handed the presi-dent a letter and said she was inviting him to meet with her. The president said he’d be glad to meet with her again, but did note that after their last meeting, a cordial discussion in the Oval Office, the governor inaccurately described the meeting in her book,” the official told reporters, on condi-tion of anonymity.

Brewer, who said in her letter to Obama that she wanted to discuss “Arizona’s comeback” with him, did not attend the presidential event at a Phoenix factory today. But she did make several subsequent media ap-pearances to talk about her tarmac encounter.

In an interview with KFYI radio in Phoenix, Brewer said Obama was “somewhat thin-skinned and a little tense, to say the least.”

“I was very surprised. I was taken aback. I really was,” she said. “I was shocked by the sternness of it all.”

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A study released by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) estimates that illegal immigration now costs federal and local taxpayers $113 billion a year. The report, The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on U.S. Taxpayers, is the most comprehensive analysis of how much the estimated 13 million illegal aliens and their U.S.-born children cost the federal, state and local governments.

The cost estimates are based on an extensive analysis of federal, state and local spending data. The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on U.S. Taxpayers examines dozens of government pro-grams that are available to illegal aliens and their U.S.-born children, both legally and fraudulently. The report provides detailed analysis of the impact of illegal immigration on education, health care, law enforcement and justice, public assistance, and other government programs.

The report also accounts for taxes paid by ille-gal aliens about $13 billion a year, resulting in a net cost to taxpayers of about $100 billion. However, the study notes that government at all levels would likely have realized significantly greater revenues if jobs held by illegal aliens had been filled by legal U.S. residents instead.

Federal spending on illegal aliens amounts to $29 billion, finds Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on U.S. Taxpayers. The lion’s share of the costs of il-legal immigration is borne by state and local taxpay-ers an estimated $84.2 billion. In 18 states, expen-ditures on illegal aliens exceeded the size of those states’ budget deficits in FY 2009.

Among the key findings of The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on U.S. Taxpayers:

The $113 billion in outlays for services and bene-fits to illegal aliens and their families represents an average cost to native-headed households of $1,117 a year. Because the burdens of illegal immigration are not evenly distributed, the costs are much higher in states with large illegal alien populations.

Education for the children of illegal aliens rep-resents the single largest public expenditure at an annual cost of $52 billion. Nearly all of that cost is absorbed by state and local governments.

The federal government recoups about one-third of its share of the costs of illegal immigration in the form of taxes collected. States, which bear a much greater share of the costs, recoup a mere 5 percent of their expenditures from taxes paid by illegal aliens.

Granting amnesty to illegal aliens, as President Obama and others propose, would not significantly increase tax revenues generated by current illegal aliens. However, over time, amnesty would dramati-cally increase public costs as newly-legalized aliens

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Arizona’s annual cost of illegal immigration is $2.5 billion.

“The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on U.S. Taxpayers provides a definitive response to the question of whether illegal aliens are a net benefit or a net drain on government coffers,” stated Dan Stein president of FAIR. “The report examines vir-tually every federal, state and local government pro-gram to determine the impact of illegal immigration on the bottom line. That bottom line $113 billion a year, and growing makes our nation’s failure to con-trol illegal immigration one of the largest prevent-able burdens borne by American taxpayers.”

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said Moore’s rep in a statement earlier this week.

A flurry of unconfirmed reports suggest her “exhaustion” is code for

substance abuse and malnourishment. An eating disorder, a late-night 911 call, a seizure, a nitrous oxide binge, are the whispers around the web.

There’s less talk about how the very public breakup of her marriage could be at the heart of her health prob-lems. Not surprisingly, the effects of a broken heart take a physical toll. A review released this month by Univer-sity of Arizona researchers found that divorced adults are at a higher risk of an early death than married adults. The effects of a split can be as harm-

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can divorce make you sick?therapist and author of The Breakup Bible. “Sleep and one’s ability to eat may be impacted by the sorrow and stress, [which in turn] may affect your overall health and cause you to get very run down.”

A painful split is also grounds for a relapse of bad habits. Eating disor-ders, long-under control, may resur-face in times of stress. Most notable, substance abuse is found in higher rates for women during a divorce than men, according to a WHO World Men-tal Health study.

Moore has touted her clean living lifestyle in the years after her early ‘80s rehab stint but anyone who has suffered from drug addiction knows the threat of relapse hovers in times of transition.

“Demi Moore is a recovering addict so for someone like her a divorce may indeed produce a relapse,” Sussman tells Shine. “Addicts turn to substanc-es for a variety of reasons including the need to mollify pain. It’s a poor

coping mechanism and will often pro-duce the opposite effect than the one you are looking for.”

While the WHO study found more women using substances as band-aids during divorce, men were more likely to become isolated and depressed. Kutcher might not be the shining ex-ample of that statistic. While Moore battles her demons, Kutcher’s been parading around Brazil’s fashion week and sucking on coconuts for his twitter followers.

“Demi Moore is a recovering addict so for someone like her a divorce may in-deed produce a relapse,” Sussman tells Shine. “Addicts turn to substances for a variety of reasons including the need to mollify pain. It’s a poor coping mecha-nism and will often produce the opposite effect than the one you are looking for.”

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Demi Moore is facing health concerns in the wake of her split. (Photo by Jim Spell-man/WireImage)

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wave of an expected surge of reinforce-ments originally ordered by George W. Bush and increased by Barack Obama.[209]

In mid-February, it was announced that 17,000 additional troops would be deployed to the country in two bri-gades and additional support troops; the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Bri-gade of about 3,500 from the 7,000 Ma-rines, and the 5th Brigade, 2nd Infan-try Division, a Stryker Brigade with about 4,000 of the 7,000 U.S. Army soldiers.[210] The U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General David McKier-nan, had called for as many as 30,000 additional troops, effectively doubling the number of troops currently in the country

History of human rights abuses in Afghanistan

Afghanistan has suffered exten-sive human rights violations over the last twenty years. The subsequent war between foreign-backed militia fac-tions brought extensive abuses by the armed factions vying for power.

When the Taliban controlled Af-ghanistan it was notorious for human rights abuses against women. A U.N. official said the Taliban commit-ted war crimes of the same type as the ones committed in Bosnia in the 1990s. According to a 55-page report by the United Nations, the Taliban, while trying to consolidate control over northern and western Afghani-stan, committed systematic massacres against civilians. U.N. officials stated that there had been “15 massacres” between 1996 and 2001. They also said that “[t]hese have been highly system-atic and they all lead back to the [Tal-iban] Ministry of Defense or to Mullah Omar himself.” The Taliban especial-ly targeted people of Shia religious or Hazara ethnic background. Upon tak-ing Mazar-i-Sharif in 1998, about 4,000 civilians were executed by the Taliban and many more reported tortured. The documents also reveal the role of Arab and Pakistani support troops in these killings. Bin Laden’s so-called 055 Bri-gade was responsible for mass-killings of Afghan civilians. The report by the United Nations quotes eyewitnesses in many villages describing Arab fight-ers carrying long knives used for slit-ting throats and skinning people.

In Afghanistan women and girls to-day suffer high levels of violence and discrimination and have poor access to justice and education, Human Rights Watch concluded in a December 2009 report. One recent nationwide survey of levels of violence against Afghan women found that 52 percent of re-spondents experienced physical vio-lence, and 17 percent reported sexual violence. Yet because of social and legal obstacles to accessing justice, few women and girls report violence to the authorities. These barriers are particularly formidable in rape cases.UNICEF estimates that more than 80 percent of females lack access to edu-cation centers. Female literacy is 10%.

According to a report by the United Nations, the Taliban were responsible for 76% of civilian casualties in Af-ghanistan in 2009. The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Com-mission (AIGRC) called the Taliban’s terrorism against the Afghan civil-ian population a war crime. Religious leaders condemned Taliban terrorist attacks and said these kinds of attacks are against Islamic ethics.

According to Amnesty Internation-al, the Taliban commit war crimes by targeting civilians, including killing teachers, abducting aid workers and burning school buildings. Amnesty International said that up to 756 ci-vilians were killed in 2006 by bombs, mostly on roads or carried by suicide attackers belonging to the Taliban.

During the conflict, NATO has al-leged that the Taliban have used civil-ians as human shields. As an example, NATO pointed to the victims of NATO air strikes in Farah province in May 2009, during which the Afghan govern-ment claims up to 150 civilians were killed. NATO stated that it had evi-dence that the Taliban forced civilians into buildings likely to be targeted by NATO aircraft involved in the battle. US Lieutenant Colonel Greg Julian, a spokesman for General McKiernan, NATO’s Afghanistan commander, said of the Taliban’s tactics, “This was a de-liberate plan by the Taliban to create a civilian casualty crisis. These were not human shields; these were human sacrifices. We have intelligence that points to this.” (NATO has not provid-ed this intelligence to the public.)

The increase in Taliban power has also led to increased human rights vio-lations against women in Afghanistan, according to the U.S. State Depart-ment.

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Edgewood at The Cove in San JacintoFrom the mid $100s• 1,394–2,233 sq. ft.• 3–5 bedrooms, 2–2.5 baths

From I-215, exit Hwy. 74 heading east. Turn left on Warren Rd., left on Cottonwood Ave. and follow signs to sales center. OR: From I-10, exit Hwy. 79 heading south, travel for approx. 10 mi. and turn right on Cottonwood Ave., heading west for approx. 2 mi. to sales center. (951) 487-2887

Sycamore at Hidden Hills in MenifeeFrom the mid $200s• 1,846–2,966 sq. ft.• 3–5 bedrooms, 2–3 baths• solar power system included standard

From I-215, exit Newport Rd. heading west. Turn left on Haun Rd., right on Holland Rd., left on Bradley Rd., right on Craig Ave., left on Evans Rd., then left on Yeoman Pl. to sales center. OR: From I-215, exit Scott Rd. heading west. Turn right on Murrieta Rd., right on Craig Ave., right on Evans Rd., then left on Yeoman Pl. to sales center. (951) 672-8553

Villages at Monument Park in PerrisFrom the high $100s• 1,250–2,530 sq. ft.• 3–6 bedrooms, 2–3 baths

From I-215, exit Ethanac Rd. heading west, travel approx. 2 mi. west, turn right onto Big Bear Dr., right on Yosemite Ave., then right on Yellowstone Ct. to sales center. (951) 443-0859

Manzanita at Paseo del Sol in TemeculaFrom the mid $200s• 1,628–2,224 sq. ft.• 3–5 bedrooms, 2.5–3 baths• solar power system included standard

From I-15 Fwy., exit Temecula Pkwy. (CA-79) heading east. Turn left on Meadows Pkwy., right on Sunny Meadows Pkwy., left on Bingham Dr., then left onto Beamer Ct. to sales center. (951) 225-9860

Fox Hollow at Crown Valley Village in MurrietaFrom the mid $200s• 1,551–2,597 sq. ft.• 4–5 bedrooms, 2–3 baths

From I-15 or I-215, exit Murrieta Hot Springs Rd. heading east and travel approx. 4.5 mi. Turn left onto Pourroy Rd., left onto High Vista Dr. and then left onto Valley Spring Way. (951) 677-4110

Twinbrook at Crown Valley Village in MurrietaFrom the high $200s• 2,595–3,563 sq. ft.• 3–7 bedrooms, 2.5–4 baths• solar power system included standard

From I-15 or I-215, exit Murrieta Hot Springs Rd. heading east and travel approx. 4.5 mi. Turn left onto Pourroy Rd., left onto High Vista Dr. and then left onto Valley Spring Way. (951) 461-4676

Monterey at Otay Ranch in Chula VistaFrom the mid $300s• 1,917–2,175 sq. ft.• 3–5 bedrooms, 2.5 baths• solar power system included standard

From I-805, exit Olympic Pkwy. heading east. Turn right on La Media Rd., then right on Birch Rd./State St. At the roundabout, continue straight on Santa Diana Rd., turn right on Santa Christina Ave., then left onto Pershing Rd. to sales center. (619) 421-4062

Shady Grove in FallbrookFrom the low $400s• 1,968–3,500 sq. ft.• 3–5 bedrooms, 2–4.5 baths• RV and boat storage on-site• no Mello-Roos

From Hwy. 76, head north on Mission Rd. approx. 4 mi. Turn right on Stage Coach Ln., go approx. 3 mi., turn right on Gum Tree Ln., right on Tom McGuinness Jr. Cir., then left on James Gaynor St. to sales center. OR: From I-15, exit E. Mission Rd. At first stop sign, turn right on Mission Rd. and continue toward Fallbrook. Turn left on Stage Coach Ln., left on Gum Tree Ln., right on Tom McGuinness Jr. Cir., then left on James Gaynor St. to sales center. (760) 728-1061

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