Hank Williams Jr. Clarifies Obama 'Hitler' Remark

?uestlove tweets about controversial comment country singer made on Fox News.
By Gil Kaufman


Hank Williams Jr.
Photo: Getty Images

Country star Hank Williams Jr. spent Monday afternoon in damage-control mode, backtracking from statements he made that morning in which he compared President Obama to reviled Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. The comments got Williams' traditional "Monday Night Football" opening song, with its famous "Are you ready for some football?" refrain, yanked from the night's Indianapolis/Tampa Bay game.

"Some of us have strong opinions and are often misunderstood," Williams said in a statement released Monday afternoon. "My analogy was extreme — but it was to make a point."

On Monday morning, Williams appeared on Fox News and referred to Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner's June golf outing with Obama as one of the "biggest political mistakes ever" by the Ohio politician.

"It's like Hitler playing golf with [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu," the country singer said of the bipartisan golf game. The hosts of the conservative network's "Fox & Friends" morning program seemed surprised by the comment, with co-anchor Gretchen Carlson asking Williams to clarify what he meant by the inflammatory statement, saying, "You used the name of one of the most-hated people in all the world to describe, I think, the president."

Williams responded, "That's true ... but I'm telling you like it is."

In his follow-up statement, posted on his website, Williams explained his sentiments on the Obama/Boehner pairing: "I was simply trying to explain how stupid it seemed to me — how ludicrous that pairing was. They're polar opposites, and it made no sense," he said. "They don't see eye-to-eye and never will. I have always respected the office of the President."

ESPN announced that it was dropping Williams' theme song from Monday night's program but didn't say whether it would re-appear at a later date. "While Hank Williams Jr. is not an ESPN employee, we recognize that he is closely linked to our company through the open to 'Monday Night Football,' " the network said in a statement. "We are extremely disappointed with his comments, and as a result, we have decided to pull the open from tonight's telecast."

Roots drummer ?uestlove commented on the flap on Twitter, writing, "Every 'HITLER' outburst i hear in the news shows me that people in fact do NOT know the evil Hitler committed ... I'm borderline certain those who are (NOW) quick to use HITLER so carelessly, were probably part of the '60 years ago never happened' crew."

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1671936/hank-williams-jr-president-obama-adolf-hitler.jhtml

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Certain biofuel mandates unlikely to be met by 2022; unless new technologies, policies developed

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Contact: Jennifer Walsh
news@nas.edu
202-334-2138
National Academy of Sciences

WASHINGTON It is unlikely the United States will meet some specific biofuel mandates under the current Renewable Fuel Standard by 2022 unless innovative technologies are developed or policies change, says a new congressionally requested report from the National Research Council, which adds that the standard may be an ineffective policy for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. Achieving this standard would likely increase federal budget outlays as well as have mixed economic and environmental effects.

In 2005, Congress enacted the Renewable Fuel Standard as part of the Energy Policy Act and amended it in the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act. The amended standard mandated that by 2022 the consumption volume of the renewable fuels should consist of:

  • 15 billion gallons of conventional biofuels, mainly corn-grain ethanol;
  • 1 billion gallons of biomass-based diesel fuel;
  • 4 billion gallons of advanced renewable biofuels, other than ethanol derived from cornstarch, that achieve a life-cycle greenhouse gas threshold of at least 50 percent; and
  • 16 billion gallons of cellulosic biofuels produced from wood, grasses, or non-edible plant parts -- such as from corn stalks and wheat straw. Except for biodiesel, these volumes are measured in ethanol units.

The committee that wrote the report said that production of adequate volumes of biofuels are expected to meet consumption mandates for conventional biofuels and biomass-based diesel fuel. However, whether and how the mandate for cellulosic biofuels will be met is uncertain. Currently, no commercially viable biorefineries exist for converting cellulosic biomass to fuel. The capacity to meet the renewable fuel mandate for cellulosic biofuels will not be available unless the production process is unexpectedly improved and technologies are scaled up and undergo several commercial-scale demonstrations in the next few years. Additionally, policy uncertainties and high costs of production may deter investors from aggressive deployment, even though the government guarantees a market for cellulosic biofuels up to the level of the consumption mandate, regardless of price.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The extent to which using biofuels rather than petroleum will reduce greenhouse gas emissions is uncertain, the report says. How biofuels are produced and the changes in land use or land cover that occur in the process affect biofuels' impact on such emissions. Dedicated energy crops will have to be grown to meet the mandate, which will probably require conversion of uncultivated land or the displacement of commodity crops and pastures. If the expanded production involves removing perennial vegetation on a piece of land and replacing it with an annual commodity crop, then the land-use change would incur a one-time greenhouse gas emission from biomass and soil that could be large enough to offset benefits gained by displacing petroleum-based fuels with biofuels over subsequent years. Such land conversion may disrupt any future potential for storing carbon in biomass and soil. In addition, the renewable fuel standard can neither prevent market-mediated effects nor control land-use or land-cover changes in other countries.

Economic Effects

Only in an economic environment characterized by high oil prices, technological breakthroughs, and a high implicit or actual carbon price would biofuels be cost-competitive with petroleum-based fuels, the committee concluded. The best cost estimates of cellulosic biofuel are not economical compared with fossil fuels when crude oil's price is $111 per barrel. Furthermore, absent major increases in agricultural yields and improved efficiency in converting biomass to fuels, additional cropland will be required for growing cellulosic feedstock. This could create competition among different land uses and, in turn, raise cropland prices.

In addition, achieving the renewable fuel standard would increase the federal budget outlays, mostly as a result of increased spending on grants, loans, loan guarantees, and other payments to support the development of cellulosic biofuels and foregone revenue as a result of biofuel tax credits. Moreover, nutritional and other income assistance programs are often adjusted for changes in the general price level. If food retail prices go up, expenses could increase for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Special Supplemental Assistance Program for Women, Infants, and Children, as well as for much larger income assistance programs, such as Social Security, military and civilian retirement programs, and Supplemental Security Income Program. Nevertheless, given that biofuels are only one of many factors affecting food retail prices, it will be hard to attribute any future increases in program costs to the standard alone.

Environmental Effects

Although biofuels hold potential for providing net environmental benefits compared with using petroleum-based fuels, specific environmental outcomes from increasing biofuels production to meet the renewable fuel consumption mandate cannot be guaranteed. The type of feedstocks produced, management practices used, land-use changes that feedstock production might incur, and such site-specific details as prior land use and regional water availability will determine the mandate's environmental effects, the report says. Biofuels production has been shown to have both positive and negative effects on water quality, soil, and biodiversity. However, air-quality modeling suggests that production and use of ethanol to displace gasoline is likely to increase air pollutants such as particulate matter, ozone, and sulfur oxides. In addition, published estimates of water use over the life cycle of corn-grain ethanol are higher than petroleum-based fuels.

Barriers and Opportunities

Key barriers to achieving the renewable fuel mandate are the high cost of producing cellulosic biofuels compared with petroleum-based fuels and uncertainties in future biofuel markets, the report finds. Biofuel production is contingent on subsidies, the nature of the mandate, and similar policies. Although the mandate guarantees a market for the cellulosic biofuels produced, even at costs considerably higher than fossil fuels, uncertainties in enforcement and implementation of the mandated levels affect investors' confidence and discourage investment. To reduce costs of biofuels, the committee suggested carrying out research and development to improve feedstock yield and increasing the conversion yield from biomass to fuels.

###

The study was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Energy, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council make up the National Academies. They are independent, nonprofit institutions that provide science, technology, and health policy advice under an 1863 congressional charter. Panel members, who serve pro bono as volunteers, are chosen by the Academies for each study based on their expertise and experience and must satisfy the Academies' conflict-of-interest standards. The resulting consensus reports undergo external peer review before completion. For more information, visit http://national-academies.org/studycommitteprocess.pdf. A panel roster follows.

Contacts:
Jennifer Walsh, Media Relations Officer
Shaquanna Shields, Media Relations Assistant
Office of News and Public Information
202-334-2138; e-mail news@nas.edu

Pre-publication copies of Renewable Fuel Standard: Potential Economic and Environmental Effects of U.S. Biofuel Policy are available from the National Academies Press; tel. 202-334-3313 or 1-800-624-6242 or on the Internet at http://www.nap.edu. Reporters may obtain a copy from the Office of News and Public Information (contacts listed above).

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
Division on Earth and Life Studies
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources
Board on Energy and Environmental Systems

Committee on Economic and Environmental Impacts of Increasing Biofuels Production

Lester B. Lave1 (chair, deceased)
Professor and Director
Tepper School of Business
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh

Ingrid C. Burke (co-chair)
Director
Haub School and Ruckelshaus Institute of
Environment and Natural Resources, and
Professor
Department of Botany
University of Wyoming
Laramie

Wallace E. Tyner (co-chair)
James and Lois Ackerman Professor of Agricultural Economics, and
Co-director
Center for Research on Energy Systems and Policy
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Ind.

Virginia H. Dale
Director
Center for Bioenergy Sustainability, and
Corporate Fellow
Environmental Sciences Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, Tenn.

Kathleen E. Halvorsen
Associate Professor of Natural Resource Policy
Michigan Technological University
Houghton

Jason D. Hill
Assistant Professor
Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering
University of Minnesota
St. Paul

Stephen R. Kaffka
Director
California Biomass Collaborative, and
Extension Specialist
Department of Plant Sciences
University of California
Davis

Kirk C. Klasing
Professor of Animal Nutrition
Department of Animal Science
University of California
Davis

Stephen J. McGovern
Consultant
PetroTech Consultants
Mantua, N.J.

John A. Miranowski
Professor of Economics
Iowa State University
Ames

Aristides A.N. Patrinos
President
Synthetic Genomics Inc.
La Jolla, Calif.

Jerald L. Schnoor 2
Allen S. Henry Chair in Engineering and Co-director
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Iowa
Iowa City

David Schweikhardt
Professor
Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics
Michigan State University
East Lansing

Theresa L. Selfa
Assistant Professor
Department of Environmental Studies
State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Syracuse

Brent L. Sohngen
Professor
Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
Ohio State University
Columbus

J. Andres Soria
Assistant Professor of Wood Chemistry
School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Science
University of Alaska
Palmer

RESEARCH COUNCIL STAFF

Kara Laney
Study Co-director

Evonne Tang
Study Co-director

1 Member, Institute of Medicine

2 Member, National Academy of Engineering


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Contact: Jennifer Walsh
news@nas.edu
202-334-2138
National Academy of Sciences

WASHINGTON It is unlikely the United States will meet some specific biofuel mandates under the current Renewable Fuel Standard by 2022 unless innovative technologies are developed or policies change, says a new congressionally requested report from the National Research Council, which adds that the standard may be an ineffective policy for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. Achieving this standard would likely increase federal budget outlays as well as have mixed economic and environmental effects.

In 2005, Congress enacted the Renewable Fuel Standard as part of the Energy Policy Act and amended it in the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act. The amended standard mandated that by 2022 the consumption volume of the renewable fuels should consist of:

  • 15 billion gallons of conventional biofuels, mainly corn-grain ethanol;
  • 1 billion gallons of biomass-based diesel fuel;
  • 4 billion gallons of advanced renewable biofuels, other than ethanol derived from cornstarch, that achieve a life-cycle greenhouse gas threshold of at least 50 percent; and
  • 16 billion gallons of cellulosic biofuels produced from wood, grasses, or non-edible plant parts -- such as from corn stalks and wheat straw. Except for biodiesel, these volumes are measured in ethanol units.

The committee that wrote the report said that production of adequate volumes of biofuels are expected to meet consumption mandates for conventional biofuels and biomass-based diesel fuel. However, whether and how the mandate for cellulosic biofuels will be met is uncertain. Currently, no commercially viable biorefineries exist for converting cellulosic biomass to fuel. The capacity to meet the renewable fuel mandate for cellulosic biofuels will not be available unless the production process is unexpectedly improved and technologies are scaled up and undergo several commercial-scale demonstrations in the next few years. Additionally, policy uncertainties and high costs of production may deter investors from aggressive deployment, even though the government guarantees a market for cellulosic biofuels up to the level of the consumption mandate, regardless of price.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The extent to which using biofuels rather than petroleum will reduce greenhouse gas emissions is uncertain, the report says. How biofuels are produced and the changes in land use or land cover that occur in the process affect biofuels' impact on such emissions. Dedicated energy crops will have to be grown to meet the mandate, which will probably require conversion of uncultivated land or the displacement of commodity crops and pastures. If the expanded production involves removing perennial vegetation on a piece of land and replacing it with an annual commodity crop, then the land-use change would incur a one-time greenhouse gas emission from biomass and soil that could be large enough to offset benefits gained by displacing petroleum-based fuels with biofuels over subsequent years. Such land conversion may disrupt any future potential for storing carbon in biomass and soil. In addition, the renewable fuel standard can neither prevent market-mediated effects nor control land-use or land-cover changes in other countries.

Economic Effects

Only in an economic environment characterized by high oil prices, technological breakthroughs, and a high implicit or actual carbon price would biofuels be cost-competitive with petroleum-based fuels, the committee concluded. The best cost estimates of cellulosic biofuel are not economical compared with fossil fuels when crude oil's price is $111 per barrel. Furthermore, absent major increases in agricultural yields and improved efficiency in converting biomass to fuels, additional cropland will be required for growing cellulosic feedstock. This could create competition among different land uses and, in turn, raise cropland prices.

In addition, achieving the renewable fuel standard would increase the federal budget outlays, mostly as a result of increased spending on grants, loans, loan guarantees, and other payments to support the development of cellulosic biofuels and foregone revenue as a result of biofuel tax credits. Moreover, nutritional and other income assistance programs are often adjusted for changes in the general price level. If food retail prices go up, expenses could increase for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Special Supplemental Assistance Program for Women, Infants, and Children, as well as for much larger income assistance programs, such as Social Security, military and civilian retirement programs, and Supplemental Security Income Program. Nevertheless, given that biofuels are only one of many factors affecting food retail prices, it will be hard to attribute any future increases in program costs to the standard alone.

Environmental Effects

Although biofuels hold potential for providing net environmental benefits compared with using petroleum-based fuels, specific environmental outcomes from increasing biofuels production to meet the renewable fuel consumption mandate cannot be guaranteed. The type of feedstocks produced, management practices used, land-use changes that feedstock production might incur, and such site-specific details as prior land use and regional water availability will determine the mandate's environmental effects, the report says. Biofuels production has been shown to have both positive and negative effects on water quality, soil, and biodiversity. However, air-quality modeling suggests that production and use of ethanol to displace gasoline is likely to increase air pollutants such as particulate matter, ozone, and sulfur oxides. In addition, published estimates of water use over the life cycle of corn-grain ethanol are higher than petroleum-based fuels.

Barriers and Opportunities

Key barriers to achieving the renewable fuel mandate are the high cost of producing cellulosic biofuels compared with petroleum-based fuels and uncertainties in future biofuel markets, the report finds. Biofuel production is contingent on subsidies, the nature of the mandate, and similar policies. Although the mandate guarantees a market for the cellulosic biofuels produced, even at costs considerably higher than fossil fuels, uncertainties in enforcement and implementation of the mandated levels affect investors' confidence and discourage investment. To reduce costs of biofuels, the committee suggested carrying out research and development to improve feedstock yield and increasing the conversion yield from biomass to fuels.

###

The study was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Energy, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council make up the National Academies. They are independent, nonprofit institutions that provide science, technology, and health policy advice under an 1863 congressional charter. Panel members, who serve pro bono as volunteers, are chosen by the Academies for each study based on their expertise and experience and must satisfy the Academies' conflict-of-interest standards. The resulting consensus reports undergo external peer review before completion. For more information, visit http://national-academies.org/studycommitteprocess.pdf. A panel roster follows.

Contacts:
Jennifer Walsh, Media Relations Officer
Shaquanna Shields, Media Relations Assistant
Office of News and Public Information
202-334-2138; e-mail news@nas.edu

Pre-publication copies of Renewable Fuel Standard: Potential Economic and Environmental Effects of U.S. Biofuel Policy are available from the National Academies Press; tel. 202-334-3313 or 1-800-624-6242 or on the Internet at http://www.nap.edu. Reporters may obtain a copy from the Office of News and Public Information (contacts listed above).

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
Division on Earth and Life Studies
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources
Board on Energy and Environmental Systems

Committee on Economic and Environmental Impacts of Increasing Biofuels Production

Lester B. Lave1 (chair, deceased)
Professor and Director
Tepper School of Business
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh

Ingrid C. Burke (co-chair)
Director
Haub School and Ruckelshaus Institute of
Environment and Natural Resources, and
Professor
Department of Botany
University of Wyoming
Laramie

Wallace E. Tyner (co-chair)
James and Lois Ackerman Professor of Agricultural Economics, and
Co-director
Center for Research on Energy Systems and Policy
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Ind.

Virginia H. Dale
Director
Center for Bioenergy Sustainability, and
Corporate Fellow
Environmental Sciences Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, Tenn.

Kathleen E. Halvorsen
Associate Professor of Natural Resource Policy
Michigan Technological University
Houghton

Jason D. Hill
Assistant Professor
Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering
University of Minnesota
St. Paul

Stephen R. Kaffka
Director
California Biomass Collaborative, and
Extension Specialist
Department of Plant Sciences
University of California
Davis

Kirk C. Klasing
Professor of Animal Nutrition
Department of Animal Science
University of California
Davis

Stephen J. McGovern
Consultant
PetroTech Consultants
Mantua, N.J.

John A. Miranowski
Professor of Economics
Iowa State University
Ames

Aristides A.N. Patrinos
President
Synthetic Genomics Inc.
La Jolla, Calif.

Jerald L. Schnoor 2
Allen S. Henry Chair in Engineering and Co-director
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Iowa
Iowa City

David Schweikhardt
Professor
Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics
Michigan State University
East Lansing

Theresa L. Selfa
Assistant Professor
Department of Environmental Studies
State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Syracuse

Brent L. Sohngen
Professor
Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
Ohio State University
Columbus

J. Andres Soria
Assistant Professor of Wood Chemistry
School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Science
University of Alaska
Palmer

RESEARCH COUNCIL STAFF

Kara Laney
Study Co-director

Evonne Tang
Study Co-director

1 Member, Institute of Medicine

2 Member, National Academy of Engineering


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Woody Pitkat Ends Season Rolling At Stafford Speedway With Third ...

STAFFORD - Bittersweet was the taste of the day for Woody Pitkat Sund Woody Pitkat Mug 9-11-11.jpgay at the CarQuest Fall Final at Stafford Motor Speedway.

Pitkat closed out the season at Stafford with his third consecutive victory in the 30-lap Late Model feature but came up far short in his chase for a second championship in the division.

Pitkat's team overcame two disqualifications and a wreck in three of the first four events of the season to claw back into title contention.

"It hurts, but what are you going to do?" Pitkat said. "We had two disqualifications and a [did not finish]. Anybody else that had that, it would have probably devastated their whole team and they probably wouldn't have even finished in the top-five in points.

?To be able to come back and still have a chance at winning it just shows how much hard work and dedication my guys put into it."

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Ryan Posocco, by virtue of a fourth place finish after the Moltz disqualification, clinched his sixth Late Model division championship, finishing the season 18 points ahead of Pitkat.

Pitkat had a division high six victories in 2011, Posocco had two wins.

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APNewsBreak: Navy explores longer sub deployments (AP)

GROTON, Conn. ? The Navy is considering lengthening the standard deployment of attack submarines beyond six months as it faces rising demands with a fleet that has been shrinking since the end of the Cold War, the commander of American submarine forces told The Associated Press in an interview.

Already, attack submarines are at times asked to stay out longer than six months ? extensions that can be trying for sailors who serve in tightly confined spaces with limited outside communication as members of the "silent service."

Vice Adm. John Richardson told the AP this week that keeping subs out longer is one of several options the Navy is considering as the number of attack subs is projected to continue dropping in the next decade and beyond.

"I think we're looking at all the options," he said. "As you try and maintain the same presence with fewer hulls, there are all sorts of variables in that equation. One would be extending deployment lengths. So that's certainly on the table."

Submariners are not alone in seeing deployments extended periodically, as two wars and evolving threats strain the entire U.S. military. A spokeswoman for the admiral, Navy Cmdr. Monica Rousselow, said it is impossible to say how long sub deployments might become because so many factors are involved.

Extending deployments permanently would save resources because the Navy could complete more missions with the nuclear-powered submarines that it has available. The fast-attack subs travel to far-flung corners of the globe for missions including intelligence gathering and firing missiles, but they can maintain a presence only for so long before making the time-consuming journey back to U.S. bases.

Navy contractors began stepping up submarine production this year, but pressure on the defense budget has raised uncertainty about future procurement. While some critics describe the multibillion-dollar vessels as costly relics of a different era, Richardson says submarines remain integral to America's nuclear deterrence strategy and the security of a nation that conducts the vast majority of its trade by maritime channels.

Enlisted crew members on the attack subs sleep six to a room, stacked in bunk areas barely larger than a closet, and navigate corridors so narrow only one person can pass at a time. The deployments are typically broken up by port calls, but they can remain at sea for weeks or months at a time. The bigger, roomier ballistic missile subs generally stay closer to their home ports and have shorter deployments.

Sailors in the elite, all-volunteer submarine force go through psychological screening to make sure they can cope with the tight quarters and extended time beneath the ocean's surface. Nobody with claustrophobic tendencies is allowed on board.

But retired submariners say the time at sea does take a physical and emotional toll, particularly when a mission is suddenly extended.

"You establish a battle rhythm in your mind where `Six months is how long I'll be' and then, if it becomes seven months, you have to shift your mind a bit," said retired Rear Adm. John Padgett III, who remembers a particularly grueling 7 1/2-month submarine deployment during the Vietnam War. "You get a little tired of it."

Deployments longer than six months are unlikely to cause problems for specially trained sailors, but they would probably entail challenges for their families, said Army Col. Tom Kolditz, a psychologist at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

"You can probably find business decisions in the community based on that six-month cycle. You can find various kinds of financial planning done on that six-month cycle. If you take something like that that people are used to and change it, it can create problems," said Kolditz, director of the military academy's Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership.

One submariner's wife, Marie Hobson, said in an e-mail to the AP that longer deployments would make it harder on families, who are discouraged from writing or talking with sailors about anything stressful, to avoid affecting morale.

"As a wife, I don't know my breaking point. I can't tell you the magic number that a deployment would have to pass for me to throw my hands up and say, `I'm done.' The stress comes from the limited contact," said Hobson, who writes a blog about her experiences as a military wife.

At Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, support services are available to help sailors' families deal with prolonged deployments, said Beth Darius, a services facilitator for the base's Fleet and Family Support Center.

"We honestly try to tell them, `Yes, you have a fixed date, but remember that date can always change,'" she said. "We try to help them not cement that date, but I personally know how easy it is to get that date and count down, and then have it change on you."

Richardson said in the interview Wednesday that constraints on communication are part of the nature of submarining, but that the Navy is working to improve bandwidth on the vessels. He said sailors will be able to communicate with family members more than ever, although e-mail will remain available only when it can be sent without the risk of giving up the sub's location.

Beyond the strain on sailors and their families, U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney said, the longer deployments reflect an increasingly acute security problem. Although Navy contractors received approval this year to double production of Virginia-class attack subs to two a year, he said that will only slow the decline in the size of the fleet and will not fully replace older ships as they are taken out of commission.

The number of nuclear-powered attack submarines in the U.S. force has fallen from a peak of 98 in the late 1980s to 53 at the end of fiscal year 2010, a decline that roughly matches a drop in the overall size of the Navy since the end of the Cold War. Each Virginia-class attack submarine costs about $2.6 billion and carries a crew of roughly 135 officers and sailors.

Courtney, who is pushing for an increase in attack sub procurement, said they are unmatched in their ability to deliver firepower and do surveillance without being detected.

"Look at Libya. When President Obama said `unique capabilities,' what he was really referring to was the USS Scranton, the Providence and the Florida, which in a matter of an hour obliterated Gadhafi's air defenses," said Courtney, a Democrat whose eastern Connecticut district includes the sub base and the Groton headquarters of the Navy's primary submarine contractor, General Dynamics' Electric Boat.

Currently, the submarine force can accommodate only about half the support requests from combatant commanders, according to Richardson, who said sub deployments are currently extended a month or more to meet demands on a case-by-case basis. He noted that surface ships also face extended deployments, as all branches of the military contend with increased demands.

As the Navy deals with rising security demands and budget pressures, he said, the force is also looking into repositioning submarines around the globe to reduce transit times and pressing builders to reduce maintenance periods and wring more deployments from aging vessels.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110930/ap_on_re_us/us_submarine_deployments

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Oklahoma Workers Compensation Laws

The Commissioner of Labor was given the authority from Oklahoma Legislature in early 1900?s to enforce mandatory laws in Oklahoma regarding workers compensation. The Commissioner of Labor also received the authority to enforce and authorize the charge of civil penalties in fines up to ,000 as well as the power to file charges of criminal intent with the District Attorney?s office. These laws put into place are noted within the Oklahoma Statutes, specifically Title 85. The Oklahoma Workers? Compensation Laws have been enacted to indicate the specific rights and responsibilities of both the employer as well as the employee in regards to workplace injuries.

The Workers? Compensation Act does not apply to all employers, please see Oklahoma Statutes 2.1 ? 2.7,11, but for those employers in which the Act does apply the employer must comply with the law otherwise will be cited. There are also employees that may be excluded from the Law, please refer to Oklahoma Statutes beginning with 2.1.

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For employers in which the Law does apply, the employers can obtain workers? compensation insurance from either CompSource or an approved self-insured group association. Employers should not deduct worker?s compensation premiums from employee?s wages and employees should not pay any of the employer?s workers? compensation premiums or waive their rights to workers? compensation insurance.

The Law implements standards to assist with payment of medical costs for work related injuries of the employee if injured while actively working for their employer and the employee is unable to return to work. Compensation, upon final determination, can be for temporary or permanent disability. The Law also assists the employer as it gives protection from possible financial liabilities if the employer is sued by the employee.

If an injury occurs, it is the employee?s responsibility to immediately inform their employer of the injury and the circumstances that caused the injury. If the employer does not receive oral or written notice within 30 days of the injury, the employee?s claim can be denied. The employer is also responsible at the time of an injury as they must provide appropriate medical care and/or other necessary services that the employee requires. The employer must also file a workers? compensation claim and if the employee receives medical attention away from work, the employer must file a Form 2, Employer?s First Notice of Injury, with the Worker?s Compensation Court as well as the employer?s provider of insurance within ten days of the date they received notice of the employee?s injury.

The Oklahoma Workers? Compensation Laws have been initiated to protect both the employer as well as the employee. If fraud is suspected, please contact the Workers? Compensation Fraud Unit at the Oklahoma Attorney General?s office. If legal council is needed, contact a law office specializing with Oklahoma Workers? Compensation Laws.

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