That's what the crew of the USS Carl Vinson, moored at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, was told Wednesday. I had to listen to a man tell me that he was putting salt in my oats to make me thirsty for God's word. Commanders had planned the seminar for the Middle East-bound crew to promote spiritual health and respect for other religions and cultures. They invited Muslim, Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant leaders to speak. There was no way out of the makeshift chapel for the non-sermon inclined.
Crew members say that the military police guarded all doors and even monitored bathroom breaks.
In the study, the strain showed resistance to five anti-malarial drugs. This is bad news in developing nations, where malaria not only takes a heavy human toll but is also a major economic drain. Read the AP story here. Rajesh is one of about half a million high-tech foreign workers who have surged into the US over the past decade under a program created by Congress in 1990. The SUN found that visa holders often collect a small fraction of the salaries they've been promised.