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US freedom of navigation operations targeted China

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WASHINGTON - The U.S. military carried out freedom of navigation operations challenging the maritime claims of China, Iran and 10 other nations last year, asserting its right to use the seas in defiance of their restrictions, a Pentagon report said Thursday.

The Defense Department's annual Freedom of Navigation Report to Congress for the 2013 fiscal year showed the U.S. military targeted not only countries such as Iran, with whom it has no formal relations, but treaty allies like the Philippines, too.

The U.S. military conducted multiple operations targeting China over what Washington believes are "excessive" claims about its maritime boundaries and its effort to force foreign warships to obtain permission before peacefully transiting its territorial seas.

U.S. operations challenged Iran for trying to restrict the use of the Strait of Hormuz to ships from countries that have signed the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, an accord the United States has not formally adopted but treats as generally accepted customary law.

The report covers activity in the 2013 fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, before the latest tensions over an incident between U.S. and Chinese warships in the South China Sea and Beijing's declaration of an air defense identification zone over the East China Sea, which Washington rejected.

The United States carries out freedom of navigation operations by sending Navy ships into disputed areas in an effort to show that the international community has not accepted claims made by one or more countries.

The operations, which began in 1979, are coordinated by the State and Defense departments and are meant to be consistent with the U.N. Law of the Sea Convention, even though Washington has not formally adopted the agreement.

A U.S. defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the country whose laws are being challenged often are not even aware a U.S. ship has been there, which is one reason for issuing an annual report after the fact to note the complaint.

"There are times that coastal states detect us executing the operation and we respond (with a) bridge-to-bridge query and they tend to be professional," the official said.

Incidents like the 1988 bumping of two U.S. ships by Soviet vessels during a freedom of navigation operation in the Black Sea are uncommon, he said. That incident led the two countries to reach a bilateral understanding on the rights warships have in transiting the territorial seas of other states.

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Eyes of Freedom Memorial arrives in Lynchburg

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LYNCHBURG, Va. -

It's called the Eyes of Freedom and you have to see it with your own eyes to realize how special it is.

Veterans gather every Friday at Monument Terrace in Lynchburg but on this Friday something different was going on.

As the veterans gathered, the Eyes of Freedom Memorial rolled in. Life sized portraits arrived of 22 young Marines and one Navy Corpsman - all from Ohio- all who lost their lives in Iraq.

Mike Strahle served with those men. "I was injured in one of the blasts that took six of these guys," Strahle said. "It's just dumb luck that I'm here and able to do this."

Strahle now travels the nation helping tell their story.

"We help a lot of veterans everywhere and I always tell people 'it's helped me the most,'" Strahle said.

Perhaps it's therapeutic, helping him deal with the loss by keeping their memory alive.

"It's done wonders for me and my family and I've seen it do wonders for veterans all over the country," Strahle said. "It's a really powerful thing."

The portrait artist from Ohio, Anita Miller, was inspired to paint these men even though she never knew them. She visited each family to learn their story.

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Freedom Laser Therapy Exposes the Ins and Outs of Smoking on Sexual Performance

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Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) March 07, 2014

Panayiotis M. Zavos, PhD., Director of the Andrology Institute of America and professor of reproductive physiology and andrology at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, stated in an April 2nd, 2011 WebMD report that, "Smoking has a direct, negative effect on the sexuality of a man on every level. Zavos and his fellow researchers who are conducting an ongoing federally funded study found, that men's smoking not only had a significant and negative effect on the ability to conceive, but they also turned up a surprise: Smoking significantly diminishes a man's sexual desire and satisfaction -- even for young men in their 20s and 30s.

"Sexual performance is more than just erectile function; it involves many of the systems of the body," says Zavos. "When a man's ability to perform decreases, his overall desire will greatly diminish soon thereafter." Freedom Laser Therapy puts forth, "There are enough issues that complicate one's ability to perform sexually that we seem to have little if any control over, why accelerate the aging process with smoking?"

In addition to the fact that smoking is widely accepted as being a cause of impotence, there's some evidence that smoking actually affects erection size as well. In a Men's Health study researchers found that smokers' penises are significantly smaller than nonsmokers'. "In addition to damaging blood vessels, smoking may cause damage to penile tissue itself, making it less elastic and preventing it from stretching," says Irwin Goldstein, M.D., a urologist at the Boston University Medical Center.

In an article released on September 26, 2010 http://www.reclaimyoursexuality, Madeleine Castellanos, MD, Sexual Health, Stated "Dont think that men are the only ones affected. Nicotine has the same effect on the arterial flow to the genitals in women as it does in men. For women, this translates into less engorgement of the erectile tissue of the clitoris and the spongy erectile tissue that fills up in front of the G-spot and over the U-spot. This results in less sensitivity in these areas, less vasocongestion, less pleasure, and a longer time to lubricate. And since the body works on the use it or lose it principle, these effects get worse over time as a person continues to smoke or use nicotine."

Freedom Laser Therapy says, "The long and the short of it, if sexual performance and pleasure are important to you- Dont Smoke!"

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Freedom Laser Therapy established in April 2003 has treated 10,000+ smokers for nicotine addiction. After a decade of research and clinical experience of helping smokers quit, Founder Craig Nabat invented the new Freedom Quit Smoking System, a 10-day nicotine free and all natural at home program developed to free smokers from the addictive grip of nicotine.

Freedom Laser Therapy is presently testing a nationwide direct response television commercial to place their As Seen on TV product, the new Freedom Quit Smoking System in 30,000 retail outlets such as CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens, Target, GNC, Vitamin Shoppe, Kmart, Walmart, and specific Bed Bath Beyond Stores. The short form infomercial DRTV campaign and retail rollout will be conducted over a six to nine month time period. A nationwide leading rep firm has been secured to assist with domestic retail placement for the Freedom Quit Smoking System.

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Freedom Through Truth-Kimberly Parkway Church of God – Part Two Can’t afford to lose one – Video

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Freedom Through Truth-Kimberly Parkway Church of God - Part Two Can #39;t afford to lose one
Part Two...Pastor Iran E Watson, is bringing a major word to families, parents and grandparents regarding the need to reach our children and grandchildren fo...

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What Every Teen Should Know About Dating, Hope Alive Freedom Church – Video

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What Every Teen Should Know About Dating, Hope Alive Freedom Church
Pastor Bobby and Pastor Shannon Richard answer the question "What I wish I had Been Told About Dation When I Was A Teen" to the Youth of Hope Alive Freedom C...

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US Freedom of Navigation ops in 2013 targeted PHL, China, Iran

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WASHINGTON - The US military carried out freedom of navigation operations challenging the maritime claims of China, Iran and 10 other nations last year, asserting its right to use the seas in defiance of their restrictions, a Pentagon report said Thursday.

The Defense Department's annual Freedom of Navigation Report to Congress for the 2013 fiscal year showed the US military targeted not only countries such as Iran, with whom it has no formal relations, but treaty allies like the Philippines, too.

The US military conducted multiple operations targeting China over what Washington believes are "excessive" claims about its maritime boundaries and its effort to force foreign warships to obtain permission before peacefully transiting its territorial seas.

US operations challenged Iran for trying to restrict the use of the Strait of Hormuz to ships from countries that have signed the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, an accord the United States has not formally adopted but treats as generally accepted customary law.

The report covers activity in the 2013 fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, before the latest tensions over an incident between US and Chinese warships in the South China Sea and Beijing's declaration of an air defense identification zone over the East China Sea, which Washington rejected.

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