Subject: Mark Coyle's funeral arrangements
Date: Saturday, April 11, 2009, 10:02 PM
Our dear brother LTC(Ret) Mark Coyle passed away on Thursday, April 9 at his home in Arlington. The funeral service for Mark Coyle will be held on Saturday, April 18 at 11:00am at the McLean Stake Center. The family will receive friends in the Relief Society Room at 10:00am prior to the funeral service. The burial service will be at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, June 29th at 9:00am. Mark served two terms in the Viet Nam War and will be buried will full honors which will also include the dedication of his grave.
Mark most recently was a member of the Arlington 1st Ward but was baptized in the McLean 1st Ward and spent most of his time as a member of the church in the McLean 1st Ward. Mark and his family requested that the services be held in the McLean 1st Ward and Bishop Haraguchi and I have been coordinating between wards. Tippy is very grateful for all of the expressions of love that have been offered to her and her family. Please keep Tippy and their family in your prayers. This is indeed a very special season for us to be reminded about our faith and our knowledge of the reality of our Savior's resurrection and the atonement and the significance that these glorious miracles bring to each of our lives.
Zoo keepers saved the life of a German woman who jumped into a polar bear enclosure at Berlin Zoo by pushing away of one of the animals when it attacked her.
The keepers' bravery was praised after they dragged the 32-year-old out of a moat for the animals. They had to shove the animal out of the way after one of four polar bears dived into the water and attacked her, inflicting serious bites to her legs and arms.
Knut, the zoo's baby bear that became an international celebrity in 2007 after it was hand-reared by a keeper, was in the enclosure at the time. Germany went polar bear crazy after the birth of the cute animal.
Police did not say why the woman jumped into the enclosure. She had to climb over a fence, a line of prickly hedges and a wall to get in.
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The Berlin Zoo ought to have its eisbär permit yanked by whichever governing body is in charge of issuing those tpes of permit. The BZ's stewardship of its bears has been absolutely dismal, possibly even criminal.
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You have to wonder if someone could make a fortune on some isolated island, by having a zoo full of critters, and letting insane people and drunks jump into their pits, to be torn up and eaten by them.
Then selling the videos. How many would do if just for the celebrity? Do it as the open act to gladiatorial combat.
A Saudi mother is expected to appeal a judge's ruling after he once again refused to let her 8-year-old daughter divorce a 47-year-old man, a relative said.
Sheikh Habib Al-Habib made the ruling Saturday in the Saudi city of Onaiza. Late last year, he rejected a petition to annul the marriage.
The case, which has drawn criticism from local and international rights groups, came to light in December when Al-Habib declined to annul the marriage on a legal technicality. His dismissal of the mother's petition sparked outrage and made headlines around the world.
The judge said the mother, who is separated from the girl's father, was not the legal guardian and therefore could not represent her daughter, the mother's lawyer, Abdullah al-Jutaili, said at the time. Maybe, just maybe, the state should have a say in this?
The girl's husband pledged not to consummate the marriage until the girl reaches puberty, according to al-Jutaili, who added that the girl's father arranged the marriage to settle his debts with the man, who is considered "a close friend." Whew! And for a minute there I was entertaining the thought that the guy might be a p3dophile!
In March, an appeals court in the Saudi capital of Riyadh declined to certify the original ruling, in essence rejecting al-Habib's verdict, and sent the case back to al-Habib for reconsideration. Apparently al-Habib didn't get the message.
Under the Saudi legal process, the appeals court ruling meant that the marriage was still in effect, but that a challenge to the marriage was still ongoing. Carry on. Hope she doesn't hit "puberty" before they manage to wade through all the legal complexities involved here.
The relative, who said the girl's mother will continue to pursue a divorce, told CNN the judge "stuck by his earlier verdict and insisted that the girl could petition the court for a divorce once she reached puberty." Dipshits. Didn't Jackie Gleason manage to finagle a divorce by similar reasoning?
The appeals court in Riyadh will take up the case again and a hearing is scheduled for next month, according to the relative.
Child marriages have made news in Saudi Arabia in the past year.
In a statement issued shortly after the original verdict, the Society of Defending Women's Rights in Saudi Arabia said the judge's decision went against children's "basic rights."
Marrying children makes them "lose their sense of security and safety," the group said. "Also, it destroys their feeling of being loved and nurtured. It causes them a lifetime of psychological problems and severe depression." Only matters if they're males, not sperm receptacles. /sarc
Zuhair al-Harithi, a spokesman for the Saudi Human Rights Commission, a government-run group, told CNN that his organization was fighting child marriages.
"Child marriages violate international agreements that have been signed by Saudi Arabia and should not be allowed," al-Harithi said.
Child marriage is not unusual, said Christoph Wilcke, a Saudi Arabian researcher for the international group Human Rights Watch, after the initial verdict.
"We've been hearing about these types of cases once every four or five months because the Saudi public is now able to express this kind of anger, especially so when girls are traded off to older men," Wilcke told CNN. Suppose maybe that's why the Taliban and other forces for Moderate Islam(TM) are soooo against the internet?
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Make everyone back home proud G(r)om. Take a bow to the Suds but make certain it's videotaped. Then have your press spokesperson categorically deny you did it.
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Why is this disgusting country a friend of the USA? The pedofiles ,Taliban forces and Al-Qaida ruling this backward country. Oil! Everything wat is criminal in the Us is supported in that country. The breeders of Al-qaeda. Pedofiles: Ok if there is Oil!
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We are not friends with Saudi Arabia. We are allies of convenience and customers, although less of the latter than many of our traditional allies. Remember, it is because of our internet, television, music and films that Saudi commoners are aware that there is an alternative to what has been done for the last three or four thousand years.
American President Barack Obama's half brother was refused a visa to enter the UK because he had been accused of a serious crime on a previous visit, it emerged this evening.
Samson Obama was on his way to Washington for the President's inauguration in January but was stopped by immigration officials at East Midlands Airport, central England. Biometric tests discovered the Kenyan mobile phone shop manager was linked to a serious incident in the UK last November, the News of the World will report tomorrow.
In its early edition tonight, the newspaper said Samson was arrested by police in Berkshire after an alleged sex attack on a British girl but he was never charged. A Home Office spokesman confirmed Samson Obama was refused a visa after immigration officers noticed one of the documents he supplied with his visa application was false which led them to make further inquiries.
A UK Border Agency spokesmantur said: "We consider all visa applications based on their merits. We will oppose the entry of individuals to the UK where we believe their presence is not conducive to the public good. The UK's border controls are among the toughest in the world. All visa applicants are fingerprinted and checked against watch lists.
"Using this hi-tech system we have detected more than 5,600 attempts to use false identities since December 2007. Our officers in 135 countries around the world are working with law enforcement agencies and airlines to clamp down on forged passports and visas, creating an offshore ring of steel to protect the UK." Samson is one of President Obama's half brothers and sisters by his father. Samson's mother Kezia, 67, has reportedly lived in Bracknell for six years.
The News of the World said that Samson took a connecting flight to Washington after being refused entry at East Midlands.
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I guess that DVD thing, and pawing the Queen, bothers the Brits more than they let out. Which is funny---they are perfectly willing to bend over and spreed it for ROPers.
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Samson Obama was refused a visa after immigration officers noticed one of the documents he supplied with his visa application was false which led them to make further inquiries.
Hopefully they will learn more about Samson's documents than we have about his brother's.
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How nice that he was able to catch a flight to Washington so he could crash with his other set of folks. Ol' Barry's got a sweeter setup anyway than Kezia.
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1) The half-Obama was accused, but not charged.
2) Inappropriate s*x with young interns has already been found acceptable for politicians in DC.
3) Lots of kin to politicians have been a little 'off' in their behavior (Billy Carter comes to mind.)
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News of the World: Obamabrother accused of UK sex assault The hi-tech database revealed that Samson - who manages a mobile phone shop just outside Nairobi - was the same man arrested by British police after he approached a group of young girls, including a 13 year-old, and allegedly tried to sexually assault one of them.
He then followed them into a cafe where he became aggressive and was asked to leave by the owner. That's when police were called and Samson was arrested.
He supplied officers with his mother's address in Bracknell but gave them a false ID, claiming to be Henry Aloo, believed to be a genuine asylum seeker.
Mum Kezia, 67, has lived in Bracknell for six years. She married the US president's father Barack Obama Snr in Kenya when she was a teenager.
Following Samson's arrest he was fingerprinted but not charged, then left the country.
Not charged. Should have been 20 years.
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Samson - who manages a mobile phone shop just outside Nairobi
A mooslim cellie shop manager in Kenya? A highly comforting thought, as we continue to deal with the IED/VBID threat in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Mr. Barack Obama, Sr. scattered little Obamas all over the landscape with quite a few women, it seems. As one of those spawned and deserted by the gentleman in question, it seems to me unfair to hold President Obama, Jr. in any way responsible for the others similarly treated. Blame Daddy Dearest, if you must blame anyone other than the vicious idiot, himself.
Riot police have been sent into a prison to regain control after 400 inmates went on the rampage, setting fire to buildings in a protest over privileges. More than two-thirds of the prisoners at HMP Ashwell in Rutland were involved in the violence, which spread quickly when a riot in one wing led to a "total loss of control" by prison officers.
Police surrounded the open prison, which is a mile and a half from the town of Oakham, while riot squads with dogs tried to end a series of sieges in each block.
The Prison Officers Association (POA) said the inmates had barricaded themselves into buildings and were defending themselves with makeshift weapons. The union warned the riot would be "the first of many" because of a shortage of suitable cells in the penal system.
The riot began at midnight on Friday night after several prisoners lost their special privileges, such as better pay for work or access to sports facilities.
One inmate began a violent protest that spread quickly to other wings of the Category C jail, which houses prisoners deemed low-risk. Amid the chaos, prisoners ran from one wing to another, spreading the protest and looting kitchens and storage rooms for ladders, tools, and petrol that could be used to make weapons. They also stole food and drugs and started a string of fires.
Nearby residents, woken by police helicopters with infrared search cameras, described the scene as "like a war".
It was not until Saturday afternoon -- more than twelve hours after the violence began -- that the first of at least 150 prisoners were taken away from the facility in vans.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has condemned Commodore Frank Bainimarama's reappointment as Fiji's Prime Minister, saying the country is now "virtually a military dictatorship".
Commodore Frank Bainimarama was sworn in again as Prime Minister in Fiji, after the country's President abolished the constitution and sacked the country's judiciary over a court ruling which found the 2006 military coup was illegal.
"Australia condemns unequivocally this action by the military ruler of Fiji to turn this great country into virtually a military dictatorship, with the suspension of freedom of the press and actions which undermine prosperity for the ordinary people," Mr Rudd said.
The Federal Government is mulling sanctions on the country, which says it will now not hold elections for another five years.
Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Crean says democracy must be returned to the country as soon as possible. "This will not help the economy of Fiji [which] has been suffering ever since the military took over a couple of years ago," Mr Crean said. "All the President's done is tear up the Constitution - clearly he's acting in defiance of the law.
"It is getting to the stage of simply determining things day by day and this can't be good for stability, it can't be good for the future of Fiji, it can't be good for its people."
Mr Crean says Fiji may face expulsion from the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum, of which Australia is part.
Fiji's newly reappointed Government, led by military leader Commodore Frank Bainimarama, has ordered tougher censorship of the local media. The Permanent Secretary for Information has been given near total control over what is printed or broadcast in Fiji.
On Friday, Major Neumi Leweni sent his Information Officers, police and soldiers into the newsrooms of the Suva's local media to check on the stories they were intending to run. He has now extended that control, informing the local media in a letter that they should refrain from publishing and broadcasting any news item that is negative in nature relating to recent political developments.
This includes the President's assumption of executive authority on Good Friday and yesterday's appointment of Commodore Bainimarama as Fiji's Prime Minister for five years.
Commodore Bainimarama says he hopes everyone will follow the restrictions. "We must all be loyal to Fiji - we must be patriotic," he said. "The necessary regulations are in force. I'm sure we will all, including the media, cooperate with the relevant agencies."
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The Federal Government is mulling sanctions on the country
The latest, hip tranzi-speak for mental masterbation.
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates last week declared the F-22 Raptor, built in Marietta, dead. The Pentagon will buy only four more of the supersonic, super-expensive jets.
The death knell had barely sounded before the howls of protest rolled forth from Congress and beyond. Gates, a former intelligence officer and CIA director, was prepared. "My hope," he said Monday at a Pentagon briefing, "is that the members of Congress will rise above parochial interests and consider what is in the best interest of the nation as a whole."
U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), echoing comments from solons across the country and across the political divide, vowed later in the week "to fight as hard as I can" to keep the Raptor -- and 2,000 Georgia jobs -- alive. Chambliss and others want another 60 jets built, enough planes to keep production lines humming through 2014 -- when a new administration, new customers or new conflicts might keep the Raptor flying indefinitely.
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Put your money on those who have the most to lose...
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"But the recession reframes the F-22 argument."
Remember this episode the next time you hear about Sen. Chambliss or Rep. Gingrey pounding their fists demanding fiscal discipline. Their argument is not about the merits of a particular defense system its only about jobs in their State.
Conservative poseurs the lot of em.
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this is short sighted at it's worst..which plays right into the undeserving one's attempt to destroy america...yes this plane is not needed in our current wars but procurement is for future needs not now..just what did the 'new comrade' discuss with medev?? this is the plane we would need when we have to fight the chinese (with russian backing) in the future...we are doomed as a nation if we do not get some balls fast...
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PATTAYA, Thailand - A summit of Asian leaders in Thailand was cancelled on Saturday after anti-government protesters swarmed into the meetings venue, renewing doubts about the durability of the government.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva imposed a state of emergency for a few hours in Pattaya, a resort about 150 kms (90 miles) south of Bangkok best known for its racy nightlife and as a port of call for U.S. sailors, which was to host the East Asia Summit. He lifted it after the foreign leaders had left the country. About half of them had had to be evacuated by helicopter from the venue to a nearby military airbase.
The summit fiasco is a huge embarrassment for Abhisits government, which came to power in December through parliamentary defections that the opposition says were engineered by the army. The weekends events will also raise questions about how enduring his government can be.
Four prime ministers over the past 15 months have failed to resolve Thailands deep political rift between the royalist, military and business elite on the one hand, and a rural majority loyal to ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on the other.
Asked by Reuters if he planned to resign, Abhisit said simply: We have to restore law and order.
On Saturday, hundreds of red-shirted Thaksin supporters broke through lines of soldiers and invaded the media centre adjacent to the summit venue, the Royal Cliff hotel, blowing whistles, waving flags and shouting Abhisit Out. Troops tried to stop them, but red shirts and soldiers came hurtling through a huge picture window at the media centre in a furious scrum. Soldiers then bolted down the road to protect the hotel where Asian leaders were to hold a lunch.
After rampaging about the media centre, an elderly woman in a wheelchair among them, the red shirts were soon huddled with reporters in impromptu news conferences around the conference centre, denouncing Abhisits government as anti-poor. We are leaving for Government House to continue fighting, said protester Kittisak Chimplewanasom. We won this time, as we were able to show ASEAN that we dont need this prime minister.
Kongkiat Opaswongkarn, chief executive of Asia Plus Securities in Bangkok, called it a huge, huge embarrassment. The economy is already bad and after such an event, its pretty obvious business sectors like tourism will really fall off the cliff, he said.
The disorder may mean losses worth no less than the estimated $3.7 billion caused by the closure of Bangkoks two main airports late last year during previous unrest, said Kongkrit Hiranyakij, president of the Tourism Council of Thailand.
Thaksin, who lives in self-imposed exile to avoid jail on a corruption conviction and is thought to be bankrolling the protests, phoned in to his red shirts at Government House in the evening. Less rabble-rousing than on some occasions, he thanked them for their sacrifice at this holiday time and asked them to be patient for a few more days as they were on the point of achieving something. If our people in Bangkok and all the provinces unite, ... I think this time we can change the country. We will see real democracy with the king as the head of state, he said.
He is aiming to force Abhisit out and get new elections, which his supporters would most likely win. The billionaire was ousted in a 2006 coup, but his reconstituted party regained power after elections, sparking months of protests last year by yellow-shirted opponents.
The red shirts say they had intended to protest peacefully but became infuriated when blue-shirted, pro-government vigilantes arrived, armed with clubs, bricks and slingshots. Thaksin alleged these were police and soldiers in disguise.
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They are just copying the tactics of the anti-Thaksin protestors.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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A Saudi mother is expected to appeal a judge's ruling after he once again refused to let her 8-year-old daughter divorce a 47-year-old man, a relative said.
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates last week declared the F-22 Raptor, built in Marietta, dead. The Pentagon will buy only four more of the supersonic, super-expensive jets. 
