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TBILISI, Georgia (AP) ? Georgia's Culture Ministry says that a monument to Soviet dictator and native son Josef Stalin taken down three years ago will be restored.
The ministry's spokeswoman, Elena Samkharadze, said Tuesday that the monument in Stalin's birthplace of Gori will be restored by Dec. 21, his birthdate.
The statue was torn down in 2010 amid a crackdown on Soviet-era monuments launched by pro-Western President Mikhail Saakashvili.
Its restoration is part of a rollback of Saakashvili's legacy after last fall's parliamentary vote that his party lost to a coalition headed by Russia-friendly billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, who became the prime minister.
Saakashvili's presidential term does not end until October, but his authority has been further weakened by a constitutional reform that has shifted powers from the presidency to Parliament and the prime minister.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/georgia-restore-monument-stalin-110412964.html
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ATLANTA (AP) ? Jason Heyward might be staying in the leadoff spot.
Heyward homered and drove in two runs to help the Atlanta Braves beat St. Louis 5-2 on Sunday night, capping their first three-game sweep of the Cardinals at home in 10 years.
Heyward hit leadoff for the second straight night and only the third time this season. He has nine homers, including two in the series between NL division leaders.
"I'm getting more comfortable in general," Heyward said. "The more you move, it is hard to get comfortable."
When he moved Heyward to the leadoff spot on Saturday, Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said he was "just tinkering." After Sunday night's game, Gonzalez said he's sticking with Heyward atop the lineup "right now, the way we set up."
Gonzalez said the "common denominator" in the three-game sweep was dominant starting pitching.
Following strong starts by Mike Minor and Julio Teheran, Kris Medlen (7-10) allowed two runs on eight hits and a walk in six innings to snap his three-game losing streak.
The three wins came after Tim Hudson, the leader of the staff, sustained a season-ending broken right ankle Wednesday night in New York.
"Nobody needs to be Huddy," Gonzalez said. "Nobody needs to be the ace or that kind of label. Believe me, I'm going to fight that the next two months when we're pitching well. Collectively, I think, as a unit you circle the wagons, you go out there and you get those three performances that we had."
The Cardinals, who lead the NL in batting average and scoring, were held to three runs in the series.
"Obviously, going in we had confidence that we could control their lineup, but knowing the kind of lineup that they have, I'm trying to avoid saying that we were surprised they scored only three runs in the series," Medlen said. "I just think it's how good we are as a staff and as a bullpen. Mike Minor and Julio did a great job and I just wanted to continue that."
The Cardinals aren't accustomed to such meager offense.
"Their guys threw well," manager Mike Matheny said. "I think we probably weren't as locked in as we've been a good portion of this season either, so that makes for a tough combination."
The Braves broke a 2-all tie with two runs in the sixth inning off rookie Shelby Miller (10-7) and two relievers. Pinch-hitter Joey Terdoslavich drove in Chris Johnson with the go-ahead run. Heyward added another run-scoring single.
Miller allowed three runs, two earned, on six hits and two walks in 5 2-3 innings.
The Cardinals were swept in a road series for the first time this season.
"You never want to go into a place and get swept," Miller said. "We were battling the whole time. I don't think we had a terrible series, we just didn't come out on top in any of the games."
The Braves finished their first three-game sweep of the Cardinals at Turner Field since April 2003.
Atlanta relievers Luis Avilan, Jordan Walden and Craig Kimbrel combined for three scoreless innings. Kimbrel pitched a perfect ninth to take the NL lead with his 31st save.
Johnson singled with two outs in the second, moved to third when the ball bounced past Carlos Beltran in right field for an error, and scored on a single by Andrelton Simmons. Heyward's line-drive homer to the front row in right field pushed the lead to 2-0 in the third.
The Cardinals pulled even with two runs in the fifth. Back-to-back doubles by Pete Kozma and Miller produced the first run.
With two outs, Beltran hit a fly-ball single to left field that fell between Evan Gattis and Simmons, who sprinted into the outfield from his shortstop position. Gattis, a natural catcher, was playing deep for the power-hitting Beltran and was slow to break on the ball.
The Braves' two-run sixth began with two outs. Johnson, who entered the night tied with Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina for the NL lead with a .332 batting average, singled for his second hit and moved to third on Simmons' second single. Terdoslavich and Heyward followed with run-scoring hits.
Johnson added his third hit, a double, off Fernando Salas in the eighth to push his average to .338. Reed Johnson reached on an infield single, and Chris Johnson scored on a throwing error by Kozma from shortstop.
Reed Johnson pulled up with an apparent injury after running to first and was replaced by pinch-runner Jose Constanza.
The Braves made two strong defensive plays. Simmons went to his right, falling to his knees, to snag a grounder by David Freese before throwing to second to start a double play in the second. Freddie Freeman leaned over the railing in front of the Atlanta dugout to catch a foul popup by Matt Holliday to end the eighth.
NOTES: Cardinals GM John Mozeliak said the team is "not close to doing anything" before Wednesday's trade deadline. Mozeliak said he is reluctant to trade prospects "for short-term gain." ... Molina had two hits, leaving his average at .334. ... The Braves' last three-game sweep of the Cardinals was May 11-13, 2012, in St. Louis. ... Braves RHP Brandon Beachy, returning from Tommy John surgery, will make his first start of the season Monday night when he faces Colorado's Jorge De La Rosa. The Cardinals open an important NL Central series at Pittsburgh when Jake Westbrook faces Francisco Liriano.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/heywards-homer-helps-braves-sweep-cardinals-5-2-031641981.html
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Female Marine recruits stand in line before getting lunch in the chow hall during boot camp on February 26, 2013 at MCRD Parris Island, South Carolina. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
What began as a united front by women senators to end military sexual assault is turning into a political battle of wills with Democratic lawmakers forcing colleagues to pick sides amid heated rhetoric.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Claire McCaskill of Missouri have staked out competing positions as they court allies in the Senate and within the Pentagon for separate plans aimed at halting what has become an epidemic for the military.
Adding to the pressure is growing discord among former military prosecutors, senior Pentagon officials and victims of sexual assault who have taken sides against one another in their allegiance with congressional opponents. For all involved, the stakes are high. The Pentagon is eager to show that it is responsive, lawmakers are determined to fix what they see as a broken system and survivors want guarantees that the risks they took to speak out were worth it. And time is running out as Congress completes debate on the defense spending bill where real changes can be implemented.
Earlier this year, all 20 women senators?the highest number ever serving in that chamber?spoke with pride of working together, across partisan lines, to end what President Obama has called ?a scourge.? But amid the politicking and lobbying, that unity has begun to unravel. Without action after the August recess, military women may have to wait another year for the chance at Congress relief.
Gillibrand has gathered the support of 44 Senators?Republicans and Democrats?for her Military Justice Improvement Act. The bill would remove the prosecution of serious crimes, such as sexual assault, from the chain of command. Servicewomen have long argued that having a commanding officer preside over a complaint of abuse between two subordinates has often favored the attacker over the victim.
As Gillibrand gets closer to the 51 votes she would need to add the MJIA as an amendment to this defense spending bill, advocates for a competing plan championed by McCaskill have pushed back hard. At a press conference Thursday, McCaskill appeared with several retired female commanders, non-commissioned officers, and members of the Judge Advocate General?s office who all support retaining the current system.
John LaBombard, a spokesperson for McCaskill, told MSNBC that Gillibrand and McCaskill both support a wide range of reforms that are included in McCaskill?s proposal, including ending retaliation against those who report and requiring a dishonorable discharge for those convicted of sex crimes. While both senators have vowed to continue fighting for survivors of military sexual assault?regardless of which reforms end up in the spending bill?the fundamental disagreement over how to fix the system remains.
McCaskill isn?t Gillibrand?s only foe. At an Armed Services Committee hearing in June, at which Democrats were responsible for determining the lion?s share of the witnesses, a dozen members of the military?s top brass testified against the fundamental elements of Gillibrand?s proposal regarding chain of command.
Carl Levin of Michigan, the Democratic chair of the Armed Services Committee chair, made clear where he stood. He killed Gillibrand?s ideas and had McCaskill?s measure approved. Then on Tuesday, Levin went further, releasing two letters from top military officers in an attempt to discredit Gillibrand?s argument that commander involvement in prosecutions prevents cases from being pursued. ?The power to initiate a court martial is perhaps the strongest weapon commanders have to back up efforts to change climate in their units,? Levin said in releasing the letters to the public, a move that was widely seen as undermining Gillibrand.
As Gillibrand has long stressed, the defense department?s own statistics show that the vast majority of unwanted sexual contact in the military is not even reported, perhaps for fear of retribution. Of an estimated 26,000 incidents in 2012, fewer than 3,000 were reported, and only 302 were prosecuted. McCaskill and her supporters have argued that commanders must retain the authority to be involved in investigations and convene courts martial in order to ensure accountability and to protect against retaliation. Her, and Levin?s position, is exactly what the Pentagon leadership is pushing for.
Such voices have long held sway over much of the Armed Services Committee which is tasked with oversight, and not accommodation, of the military?s top brass.
But Gillibrand has the backing of servicemember groups that strongly disagree with the Pentagon view supported by McCaskill and Levin. Taryn Meeks, Executive Director of Protect Our Defenders and a former member of the Navy JAG corps, noted in an interview that a commander is accountable for far more than just prosecuting criminal offenses. Unit cohesion?the concept of maintaining a positive atmosphere within a unit?can trump the desire to punish one member of the unit over another.
?Commanders are responsible for maintaining a healthy ?command climate,? which includes all sorts of matters from physical readiness, to professional development, to a workplace free of hostility and harassment,? Meeks said.
Meeks? group, Protect Our Defenders, sharply criticized McCaskill in an open letter from an assault survivor printed in a Missouri paper earlier this week. The Service Women?s Action Network has also backed Gillibrand?s plan as the only way to start solving the problem.
On a conference call with survivors of military sexual assault held Wednesday, Gillibrand once again compared the fight against military sexual assault to the fight to end Don?t Ask Don?t Tell, the law that prevented gays and lesbians from serving openly. ?We?re hearing a lot of the same excuses? for a lack of progress, Gillibrand said, but added that she was ?hopeful? that change is possible. Yet if her measure fails when the Senate debates the defense authorization after the August recess, the next best chance for serious reform won?t come again until next year?s bill.
In a hearing in the House last week on how to improve care for veterans who suffer from military sexual trauma, Gillibrand found extra support from a longtime House ally. Rep. Jackie Speier, the California Democrat who tried to move a companion bill to Gillibrand?s in the House, asked four assault survivors testifying if they believed prosecution should be removed from the chain of command. All four raised their hands immediately.
Source: http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/07/25/democratic-unity-splinters-in-debate-over-military-sexual-assault/
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Here are some things that will give whatever might be on your mind at the moment a little perspective.
You?ve probably seen these images plastered all over the Internet already. But seeing as I blogged about the new pale blue dot before it was taken, here they are:
That?s Saturn, the Earth and moon as they were last Friday evening. I quite like this raw version too:
On the topic of space images, there was a great blog post this week about the term ?false colour? and why we all really need to stop saying it. Dr Robert Hurt explains why he doesn?t like the connotations of deliberate misrepresentation that come with the term, and how ?false? colour images are actually pretty useful in helping us appreciate, for example, the haze of Neptune that we wouldn?t see with our own eyes.
I especially like his point that it?s rather arrogant to call what we see ?true? colour, and visual representations of the rest of the electromagnetic spectrum ?false?:
The idea that out of the entire vast spectrum of light, from gamma rays through radio, only the tiny sliver of light seen by our eyes, sliced into the three filters shared by most humans represent the true colors in the universe is? almost unspeakably arrogant.
There is wonderment to be found in the colors accessible to human eyesight, a fantastic three-dimensional color space of hue and value. I just think it is good to remember a little humility and acknowledge that the particulars of our vision are shaped by a number of accidents of evolution and are no more a ?true? representation of the universe than myriad other possibilities.
(Go read it in full.)
So remember ? we?re on a tiny dot of a planet, and our eyes only allow us to see a tiny slice of the universe. Happy Saturday?
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