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Photographer Jared Leeds believes that good photography of real people and real objects is always effective and always gets attention. So much work today is generic, just "good enough as a place holder" and missing a lack of emphasis. Leeds believes that the investment in strong, original photography is well worth it and adds business value. One can tell a story of a person, culture, place, service or product with original photography that could never be accomplished with generic stock imagery.
With that in mind, Emerson Hospital in Concord, MA and ad agency Small Army in Boston, MA found just the style they needed in Leeds' imagery for their latest campaign Small Army was looking through various photographers' Web sites when they came across the strong, fresh, original portraiture of Leeds and felt his work had the very style they needed for the client. Leeds worked with Small Army team of Creative Director Steve Kolander, VP Account Management Melissa Dowler, Design Director Sam Pitino and Assistant Account Executive Michael Cerundolo on the Emerson Hospital account.
The concept was to show real doctors in their working environments with the intention of driving traffic to the Emerson Hospital Web site. Each print ad focused on a specialized type of care and had a Web element within the imagery to show a search field, a drop- down menu or a video screen as on a Web site with accompanying text. Because each ad showed a different kind of care, the tag for the campaign became "See what else you don't know about us at the new emersonhospital.org."
Since Leeds was photographing real doctors in their work environments, he had very limited time with them. "We had to be flexible because we were working within their schedules. Also, at one point, we were working in a section of the hospital where cancer patients were getting treatment, so we had to be sensitive to their needs," adds Leeds. The actual l locations where shooting had to be done also presented another challenge. One ad to be captured was that of a pediatrician doing a check up with a young child. The room for shooting was intended for children and was very small with very busy murals on the walls. They had to photograph the rooms with murals included and then dealt with them in post production, where they were removed in favor of a cleaner background. One shot Leeds got was in an operating room, so every piece of equipment he was bringing in had to be scrubbed down. It worked out for him though, as he had clean equipment at the end of the day.
Says Design Director Pitino of the work, "It's important for a good photographer to hang in there and get the shot. It's not always an easy thing to do under extreme circumstances, like those present in an acute patient-care facility. Jared understood those conditions going into each shoot and made them work to his advantage; he also understood the overall vision of what we were trying to achieve with the photography."
The end result drove home the client's overall message of personalized care and authenticity. The final Emerson Hospital images have been used in regional print ads in newspapers and on buses in the suburbs north and west of Boston.
"Attention must be paid" and so it has been to Leeds and his client — the most desirable result for their investment in the real stuff. You can see more of Jared Leeds and his real people at www.jaredleeds.com.
Client: Emerson Hospital, Concord, MA
Ad Agency: Small Army
Creative Director Steve Kolander
VP Account Management Melissa Dowler
Design Director Sam Pitino
Assistant Account Exec. Michael Cerundolo
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May 16th, 2013 - 5:36am
(Port Angeles) -- A Port Angeles man has been arrested after a teenager died from what police say is a heroin overdose.
Tuesday afternoon, PA police and fire crews responded to a 911 call at a house in the 700 block of South Ennis Street.
17-year-old Maceo X. Niehaus had not been breathing for up to 45 minutes. Medics were unable to resuscitate Niehaus and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
But police say Niehaus took heroin earlier in the day provided to him by 18-year-old David Zavodny. Zavodny was arrested for controlled substance homicide and delivering drug paraphernalia to a minor.
In the last ten days, Port Angeles Fire and Police personnel have responded to five reported heroin overdoses.
Two other unrelated instances also occurred Tuesday and in three of the five instances paramedics found the patients in full cardio-respiratory arrest.
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Rwanda | BCR to reward best SME's in Rwanda
The management of Commercial Bank of Rwanda (BCR) has announced a new way of motivating best performing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).BCR will reward institutions which have excelled implementation of the capacity building programs conducted by the bank.
At least 160 to 200 SME personnel are annually trained in a programme sponsored by BCR and The German Development Cooperation (GIZ) as part of the public private partnership programme.
The programme seeks to enhance SME skills in areas of essentials of accounting, booking-keeping, financial reporting and management, human resource, cash flow management and tax return filing.
These trainings are facilitated by professional bankers and financial experts- who are also BCR bank officials and hired experts in the banking and finance management sector.
The competition is due to start next month (May, 2012) and will involve all SME's in the race for the lucrative prize which will see the winners get a special training programme in Kenya or South Africa.
"SME's are the back bone of Rwanda's progress, if this country is to progress, we must make SME's strong and competitive. This will enable the SME's to manage their businesses and more business will grow in the process. This in turn will also increase the government's tax revenue and enable banks to recover money" BCR's Managing Director, Sanjeev Anand explained.
Anand insisted that financial management and accounting are very essential for all business especially for SME's, saying that the growth of all businesses must be based on a profound financial system of accounting.
BCR ha has also made a commitment to build that capacity of SME's in Rwanda and on April 3, the bank launched a four day training programme to enhance the accounting skills drawn from Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) countrywide.
Anand said that the trainings will enable the SME's to survive and manage their business, and reduce on the problems of most SME's not being able to survive for long or even close due to lack of capacity and skills of management.
The Government of Rwanda has a vision to become a middle-income country In order to achieve this goal the medium term Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy
(EDPRS) states that it must achieve an annual GDP growth rate of 8.1% and increase off-farm employment to 30% by 2012.
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and micro enterprises in Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries account for over 95% of all firms, 60-70% of
Employment and 55% of GDP and create the majority of new jobs, indicating the impact SMEs have on employment. In contrast, currently over 80% of Rwandans are engaged in agricultural production. The SME sector, including formal and informal businesses, comprises 98% of the businesses in Rwanda and 41% of all private sector employment — though the formalized sector has much growth potential with only 300,000 currently employed. Most micro and small enterprises employ up to four people, showing that growth in the sector would create significant private sector non-agricultural employment opportunities.


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Cordova, J. V. (2014). The marriage checkup practitioner's guide: Promoting lifelong relationship health. Washington, DC, US: American Psychological Association.
Cordova, J. V., Fleming, C. J. E., Morrill, M. I., Hawrilenko, M., Sollenberger, J. W., Harp, A. G., . . . Wachs, K. (2014). The Marriage Checkup: A randomized controlled trial of annual relationship health checkups. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 82(4), 592-604.
Sollenberger, J. W., Fleming, C. E., Darling, E. V., Morrill, M. I., Gray, T. D., Hawrilenko, M., & Cordova, J. V. (2014). The Marriage Checkup: A public health approach to marital wellbeing. The Behavior Therapist, 36(8), 197-203.
Fleming, C.E. & Cordova, J.C. (2014). Emerging Approaches to Empirically-Based Couple Interventions. In K. Sullivan & E. Lawrence (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Couple Dysfunction.
Fleming, C. E., & Cordova, J. V. (2012). Predicting relationship help seeking prior to a Marriage Checkup. Family Relations, 61, 90-100.
Morrill, M. I., Eubanks-Fleming, CJ, Harp, Amanda G., Sollenberger, Julia W., Darling, Ellen V., & Córdova, J. V. (2011). The marriage checkup: Increasing access to marital health care. Family Process, 50, 471-485.
Morrill, M. I., & Córdova, J. V. (2010). Building intimacy bridges: From the Marriage Checkup to integrative behavioral couple therapy. In A. Gerson (Ed.) Clinical Casebook of Couple Therapy. New York: Guilford Press.
Morrill, M. I., Mahmood, S., Hines, D. A., & Cordova, J. V. (2010). Pathways between marriage and parenting for wives and husbands: The role of coparenting. Family Process, 49(1), 59-73.
Wachs, K., & Cordova, J. V. (2007). Mindful relating: Exploring mindfulness and emotion repertoires in intimate relationships. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.
Mirgain, S., & Cordova, J. V. (2007). Emotion skills and marital health: The association between observed and self-reported emotion skills, intimacy, and marital satisfaction. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology.
Cordova, J.V., Cautilli, J., Simon, C., Axelrod-Sabag, R. (2006). Behavior analysis of forgiveness in couples therapy. International Journal of Behavioral and Consultation Therapy, 2, 192-214.
Cordova, J. V., Scott, R. L., Dorian, M., Mirgain, S., Yaeger, D., & Groot, A. (2005). The marriage checkup: A motivational interviewing approach to the promotion of marital health with couples at-risk for relationship deterioration. Behavior Therapy 301-310.
Cordova, J. V., Gee, C. G., & Warren, L. Z. (2005). Emotional Skillfulness in Marriage: Intimacy as a Mediator of the Relationship Between Emotional Skillfulness and Marital Satisfaction. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 24218-235.
Mansfield, A. K., & Cordova, J. V. (2005). A contemporary behavioral perspective on adult intimacy disorders. Invited chapter in D. Woods & J. Kanter (Eds.), Understanding behavior disorders: A contemporary behavioral perspective. Reno, NV: Context Press.
Fals-Stewart, W., O'Farrell, T. J., Birchler, G. R., Cordova, J.,& Kelley, M. L. (2005). Behavioral couples therapy for alcoholism and drug abuse: Where we've been, where we are, and we're going. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy.
Cordova, J. V., & Dorian, M. (2004). Observing intimacy in couples' interactions. Invited chapter in P. K. Kerig & D. Baucom (Eds.), Couple observational coding systems. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Cordova, J. V., & Mirgain, S. (2004). Social problem solving training with couples. Invited book chapter to appear in Chang, E. C., D'Zurilla, T. J., & Sanna, L. J. (Eds.), Social problem solving: Theory, research, and training. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Cordova, J. V. (2003). Behavior analysis and the scientific study of couples. Behavior Analyst Today, 3, 412-420.
Scott, R., & Cordova, J. V. (2002). The influence of adult attachment styles on the association between marital adjustment and depressive symptoms. Journal of Family Psychology, 16, 199-208.
Gee, C. B., Scott, R. L., Castellani, A. M. & Cordova, J. V. (2002). Predicting 2-year marital satisfaction from partners' reaction to a marriage checkup. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 28, 399-408.
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MORGANTOWN -When West Virginia left the Big East for the greener pastures offered by the Big 12 Conference, fans complained about the loss of rivalry games the Mountaineers would suffer.
One of those will be relived at 7 p.m. today as WVU (17-15) takes on Georgetown (17-14) in the nation's capital in an opening round game of the National Invitational Tournament (NIT).
"We're happy to be able to continue to play in the postseason," West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said.
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West Virginia's Juwan Staten (3) gets past Texas' Demarcus Holland (2) to dunk the ball during the first half of a Big 12 quarterfinal game on Thursday. WVU meets Georgetown today in the NIT.
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Georgetown guard Jabril Trawick (55) runs the ball up the court during the first half against DePaul in the first round of the Big East tournament at Madison Square Garden, Wednesday in New York.
Both teams are coming off of disappointing first round losses in conference tournament play. WVU fell behind early in dropping a 66-49 loss to Texas in the Big 12 Tournament while the Hoyas were ousted from the 'new' Big East tournament by DePaul.
The game will feature the top point guards in both conferences as Georgetown's Markel Starks was selected first team all-Big East after leading the Hoyas in points (17.1 ppg) and assists (124).
Those numbers are similar to those posted by WVU junior Juwan Staten, who missed much of the second half of the Texas game with a sprained ankle. He still leads the Mountaineers in scoring at 18 points per game.
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* Who: West Virginia (17-15) at Georgetown (17-14)
* What: First Round NIT?game
* When: 7 p.m. today
Sophomore D'Vaunt Smith-Rivera (17.0 ppg) will join Starks in Georgetown's starting five as will juniors Jabril Trawick (8.8), and Mikael Hopkins and senior Nate Lubick (5.1 ppg, 5.5 rpg).


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MTi's END-OF SERIES PLAY OF THE MONTH!!: MTi Sports Forecasting has a team on today's card that is on a 19-0 run in the last game of a series when they are off a particular performance. You get the SDQL text to query the situation yourself with your purchase. Only $25.
Game: Detroit Tigers at Chicago White Sox Apr 15 2012 2:10PM
Prediction: Detroit Tigers
Grade: Winner (100)
Reason: The Tigers have the right starter going here. Detroit is 7-0 when Rick Porcello starts on the road when they won his last start and their line is within 20 cents of pickem. In these seven starts, Porcello has allowed an average of 1.86 runs in 6.24 innings. The average final score has been Detroit 7.3 runs, opponent 2.3 runs.
Also, Porcello loves the challenge of a team on a streak. Detroit is 6-0 when Rick Porcello starts vs a team that has won at least their last two games � with EVERY start of the quality variety.
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Obama Campaign Out to Define Romney
Define your opponent before he defines himself. It's a basic rule of politics, and one that President Barack Obama's re-election campaign has set out to employ in recent months against Mitt Romney in the expectation that he would win the Republican nomination.
With the GOP primary season now at an unofficial end, the Obama campaign is pushing again to remind voters of things Mr. Romney has said to Republican voters that might be viewed warily by the broader electorate.
In a web video, the Obama team pulled together a set of Romney clips that includes these quotes:
"Corporations are people, my friend," as Mr. Romney said at the Iowa State Fair last summer.
"I like being able to fire people that provide services to me," which he said January in New Hampshire.
"Planned Parenthood, we're going to get rid of that," a line the former Massachusetts governor offered in a March TV interview.
The video is a political attack piece, so it of course lacks context. Mr. Romney was talking about picking health care providers when he said he liked to "fire" people and was referring to blocking federal funding for Planned Parenthood when he suggested shuttering the health group and abortion provider.
But the comments are meant to suggest a more pro-corporate candidate than independent voters might be comfortable with, and a man who went to get great lengths to convince conservative voters he is one of them.
(Among other quotes, the video includes Mr. Romney's ad lib at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference: "I was a severely conservative Republican governor.")
The Romney campaign said Mr. Obama was trying to distract voters from the president's own record. "It's no surprise with the worst job creation record in modern history and a platform of raising taxes that President Obama would try to distract Americans from the real issues," Andrea Saul, Mr. Romney's spokeswoman, said in an email.


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Epidemic and pandemic are used to describe widespread outbreaks of a disease, but there are subtle differences between the two words.
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An epidemic (from Greek epi- upon + demos people) is a classification of a disease that appears as new cases in a given human population, during a given period, at a rate that substantially exceeds what is "expected," based on recent experience (the number of new cases in the population during a specified period of time is called the "incidence rate").
A pandemic (from Greek πᾶν (pan, "all") + + δῆμος (dēmos, "the people") is an epidemic that spreads across a large region (for example a continent), or even worldwide.
Differences Between an Epidemic and a Pandemic
Simply put, when an epidemic gets out of hand, it is called a pandemic. This has 2 nuances:
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- An epidemic that is not localized to a city or a small region but spans a larger geographical area can be called a pandemic.
- Incidence rate
- An epidemic may be localized to a small region but the number of people affected may be very, very large compared to what is "expected". In this case, it can be called a pandemic even if its geographical spread is not very large. For example, let us say that a disease has an "expected" rate of infection of 15%. When 40% of the population of a state is infected, we have an epidemic on our hands. When 75% of the population is infected, it has reached pandemic proportions.
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In this video, Dr. Kenneth Alexander, chief of pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Chicago Medical Center, explains the differences between an outbreak, an epidemic, and a pandemic, and answers questions about the swine flu outbreak.


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1.1Money set aside or given for the management of household affairs: writing barely pays my part of the housekeeping
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Ben Wittes, an employee of the Brookings think tank, had this to say about my post showing how disingenuous his buddy Jonathan Fredman's defense of his statements at Gitmo in 2002 is.
Responding to her in detail is difficult, because her account is so weedy;
His entire piece is worth reading, because in key ways it reinforces my argument (though Wittes, the think tank employee, appears not to understand that). His refutation consists of:
Wittes claims Fredman tried to refute his perception comment, not his dead detainee comment
Wittes deems it "bizarre" that I would expect a lawyer to deny a statement explicitly if he were really denying it, especially if he were going to spend 6 pages purportedly denying it. That, in spite of that fact that he admits that Carl Levin and other Senators at the hearing to which Fredman responded referenced a number of other things Fredman allegedly said at the meeting.
Yes, Levin and other senators also quoted a few other alleged Fredman comments from the minutes.
As I noted in my post, several of the things Fredman allegedly said at the Gitmo meeting — claiming the CIA decided which torture techniques to use for most techniques and discussing the use of extreme weather in torture — would have been far more legally troubling in light of Gul Rahman's subsequent death, by freezing to death after CIA used unapproved water dousing on him, than the "if a detainee dies" comment.
And the "perception … detainee dies" wasn't even the first quote from Fredman that Levin mentioned at the hearing (which Ben obscures with an ellipsis). First, he raised Fredman's alleged support for exploiting phobias, including insects which — in 2008 we didn't know but we now do — appears in the list of techniques approved by DOJ. He also raised Fredman's description of how waterboarding worked before the "detainee dies" comment.
Claire McCaskill (and Hillary Clinton) focused on Fredman's alleged comment about hiding detainees from ICRC. McCaskill also raised Fredman's alleged comment that videotaping interrogations would be ugly (the latter of which, considering someone in Fredman's immediate vicinity altered the record of a Congressional briefing just as CIA decided to destroy their tapes, might have been particularly damning given the then ongoing John Durham investigation into that destruction). So in fact, the focus on Fredman at the hearing wasn't at all exclusively on that detainee dies comment, nor was it the most legally dangerous one for him.
But Ben insists — and he may know this from talking to Fredman personally — that Fredman wrote the memo specifically in response to these comments from Levin, and therefore we shouldn't expect him to specify that directly:
And Mr. Fredman presented the following disturbing perspective [on] our legal obligations under our anti-torture laws, saying, quote, "It is basically subject to perception. If the detainee dies, you're doing it wrong." "If the detainee dies, you're doing it wrong." How on earth did we get to the point where a senior U.S. Government lawyer would say that whether or not an interrogation technique is torture is, quote, "subject to perception," and that, if, quote, "the detainee dies, you're doing it wrong"?
Look, however, at how Wittes summarizes Fredman's response:
In that memo, Fredman described the comments he provided at the Guantanamo meeting. And he described them in specific response to these alleged quotations. Far from saying that torture is "subject to perception," as he described his remarks, he "emphasized that all interrogation practices and legal guidance must not be based on anyone's subjective perception; rather, they must be based upon definitive and binding legal analysis from the Department of Justice." And he then went on to flatly deny the statements attributed to him: "I did not say the obscene things that were falsely attributed to me at the Senate hearing. . . . The so-called minutes misstate the substance, content, and meaning of my remarks." His denial could hardly be clearer. [my emphasis]
Note, first of all, that Wittes uses the plural, "quotations," in this passage. That's interesting, because at least some of the journalists Ben wants to shut up shut up shut up used the "if the detainee dies, you're doing it wrong" quotation without the "subject to perception" bit. The two sentences appear together in the notes and I agree they can be treated as one, but the truly shocking quote — the one Ben wants everyone to stop using — is the "if the detainee dies" one, which is utterly consistent with everything Fredman says in his disingenuous memo, which says repeatedly that detainee deaths are bad things.
More interesting though is that Wittes lays out very clearly what he says Fredman was refuting: that he said torture is subject to perception. And his response to that — Ben's evidence the memo should be accepted as refutation of that comment — is Fredman's claim that all torture must be based on definitive and binding legal analysis from DOJ.
Wittes seems to accept that Fredman did not base torture on definitive and binding legal analysis from DOJ
Here's where Ben's professed difficulty with weeds seems to have utterly sunk his efforts to defend his buddy. Because if it can be proved that Fredman did not, in his actions, ensure that torture be limited by definitive and binding legal analysis from DOJ, then it is clear that his memo is false, a lie, issued to refute some very damning evidence made worse by subsequent events, but not in any way an honest reflection of what Fredman believed or how he acted.
For any think tank employees or others who have difficulty with weeds, here's what the evidence I laid out showed:
There are at least four pieces of evidence in the public record that Fredman authorized torture in ways outside of DOJ's definitive and binding legal analysis. Now, Ben doesn't refute a single one of these points. Indeed, he actually uses the Yoo fax in his response (he doesn't, however, mention the retroactive effort to snooker OLC, perhaps because his blogmate was involved in refusing to be snookered).
From which I take it that Ben accepts that Fredman's office, and Fredman personally, repeatedly found ways around relying on the definitive and binding legal analysis DOJ developed. Continue reading
Scott Horton's revelation that the detainee described as "CAPTUS" in Glenn Carle's book, The Interrogator, is an Afghan named Pacha Wazir reveals something else: in spite of the fact that Carle realized the CIA had been mistaken about Wazir's ties to al Qaeda sometime in 2002, Wazir was not released from US custody until February 24, 2010.
We held Wazir for over seven years after the time Carle first figured out the CIA had made a mistake.
Of particular concern, however, are the decisions the government made to prevent Wazir from getting any kind of review of his detention.
Rather than move Wazir from the Salt Pit to Gitmo–where he would have received a Combatant Status Review Tribunal–he was instead moved to Bagram in 2003 or 2004. At Bagram–as John Bates summarized in his opinion regarding habeas petitions for three other Bagram detainees–the review was much less stringent.
The initial "enemy combatant" determination is made "in the field." Tennison Decl. ¶¶ 11-12. For detainees at Bagram, the initial determination is reviewed within 75 days, and then every six months thereafter.19 Id. ¶ 13. The reviewing body is the Unlawful Enemy Combatant Review Board ("UECRB"), a panel of three commissioned officers. The UECRB reviews "all relevant information reasonably available," and detainees have the opportunity to make a written statement.20 Id. ¶¶ 12-13. The UECRB then makes a recommendation by majority vote to the Commanding General as to the detainee's status. Id. ¶ 13. There is no recourse to a neutral decision-maker.
Respondents concede, as they must, that the process used for status determinations at Bagram is less comprehensive than the CSRT process used for the Guantanamo detainees. Tr. at 53. Focusing the inquiry on the flaws Boumediene identified in the CSRT process, the UECRB process is plainly less sophisticated and more error-prone. Unlike a CSRT, where a petitioner has access to a "personal representative," Bagram detainees represent themselves. Obvious obstacles, including language and cultural differences, obstruct effective self-representation by petitioners such as these. Detainees cannot even speak for themselves; they are only permitted to submit a written statement. But in submitting that statement, detainees do not know what evidence the United States relies upon to justify an "enemy combatant" designation — so they lack a meaningful opportunity to rebut that evidence. Respondents' far-reaching and everchanging definition of enemy combatant, coupled with the uncertain evidentiary standards, further undercut the reliability of the UECRB review. And, unlike the CSRT process, Bagram detainees receive no review beyond the UECRB itself.
In September 2006, Wazir did file a habeas petition–his suit was ultimately consolidated with the three Bagram detainees whose DC Circuit habeas denial remains the relevant decision denying Bagram detainees habeas. But Wazir's petition was denied in spite of the fact that a former Bagram detainee revealed that Wazir had been told some time in June or July 2008 there was no evidence against him.
About four months ago, in June or July of this year, one of the investigators in Bagram told Haji Wazir that there was no incriminating evidence against him.
More troubling, Wazir's petition was denied on jurisdictional grounds because he's an Afghan citizen. Yet even before that decision, Afghan prosecutors determined on June 26, 2008 that coalition forces had no evidence of collaboration with al Qaeda, so Wazir should be freed.
In the documents from coalition forces, it has been mentioned that evidence, physical supporting material and pictures do not exist to prove the accusations, he has not been arrested in a face to face battle, has not performed any terrorism related actions, polygraph tests show that there are no evidence of deception.
Based on the requirements of his job and business he has performed currency exchange activities in all parts and corners of the world legally to earn his livelihood.
Therefore, the commission believe that there are no documents in his file that would support the allegations against this person and he has already spent more than five years in prison. Thus, it is considered appropriate if the suspect is released from prison, introduced to National Independent Commission on Peace and Reconciliation and a report be delivered to the President of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
Nevertheless, several weeks after the Afghan determination that coalition forces had no evidence against Wazir, a DOD UECRB determined that he was an unlawful enemy combatant.
Petitioner Wazir is a detainee at BTIF. See id. ¶ 19. DoD's records reflect that he was captured in Karachi, Pakistan, and was determined to be an unlawful enemy combatant both when he was first brought under DoD custody and in subsequent reviews. See id. ¶ 20. The UECRB's most recent reevaluation of his status was on July 17, 2008. Id. Following that review, his status as an unlawful enemy combatants was reaffirmed. Id.
So ultimately, John Bates denied his petition on jurisdictional grounds to prevent tensions between the US and Afghans. But the US recertified Wazir as an unlawful enemy combatant even after the Afghans had determined there was no evidence to support such a designation.
Now, there's a lot else that's funky about the government's treatment of Wazir. For example, they claimed he had been arrested November 13, 2003 in Karachi, even while it was clear he had been arrested a year earlier in Dubai. Then, the US sent paperwork transferring custody of Wazir to an Afghan prison, but did not transfer Wazir himself (and then went on to to reaffirm his enemy combatant status).
But ultimately, there's also the question of why they left someone of such purported import in Afghanistan, rather than Gitmo. And while the government insists they don't make detention decisions to avoid giving detainees access to habeas, the three other detainees whose habeas petitions were denied recently submitted new evidence, including two WikiLeaks documents disproving a government claim that it had never moved detainees from Gitmo to Bagram. Of particular note is the detainee who–according to an Afghan War Log cable–was transferred from Gitmo to Bagram on January 18, 2009, just two days before Obama would become President.
Of course, even if they had granted jurisdiction for Wazir to file a habeas peittion, two key pieces of evidence had already been disappeared: the two cables Carle wrote in late 2002 or early 2003 documenting that Wazir was not the al Qaeda banker the CIA had made him out to be.
For much of the time the CIA was fighting with Glenn Carle over how much detail he could write about Wazir, Wazir was stuck in Bagram, having already been cleared for release by the Afghans yet still–in spite of the lack of evidence–claimed to be an enemy combatant by the US.
That's the kind of injustice our refusal to offer habeas corpus to Bagram detainees permits.
As we've noted a couple times at EW, I will be hosting Glenn Carle to discuss his book, The Interrogator, at Saturday's FDL Book Salon. As you no doubt know, his book describes his interrogation of what was described as a high level al Qaeda figure (the detainee wasn't) and his objections to the government's use of dislocation and other torture methods with him.
But Carle's book doesn't reveal the locations at which these interrogations took place, nor the detainee's identity. So I wanted to make sure you had seen Scott Horton's posts yesterday revealing those details.
As Horton describes, the detainee called CAPTUS in Carle's book is actually a businessman by the name of Pacha Wazir who ran a hawala al Qaeda used.
As The Interrogator: An Education details, in the fall of 2002, Carle was the CIA case officer for a man identified as CAPTUS — but who was clearly Pacha Wazir — who had operated an informal money-changing and transfer business, known as a hawala system, that may have had customers with terrorist ties.
And the two locations described in the book are a location outside of Rabat, Morocco and Afghanistan's Salt Pit.
As for the location of the initial rendition, the opening chapters of Carle's book play out in an unnamed desert country where French and Arabic are spoken interchangeably, and where domestic intelligence services were holding terrorism suspects for CIA interrogation under a program a New York City Bar Association Report described as "torture by proxy." "There is no doubt that Carle is talking about Morocco," said John Sifton, an attorney who studied the CIA detentions program on behalf of Human Rights Watch and other organizations, and who travelled to Morocco in early 2006 to look into reports that the CIA was holding terrorism suspects there. "Most of the events described in the early chapters occurred in and around Rabat, which is where it appears the CIA detention arrangements were being carried out."
In my interview with him, Sifton pointed to flight records from CIA aircraft used for detainee transport, which detailed several flights from Rabat to Afghanistan that matched the flight described by Carle in a chapter entitled "Methane Breathers" (a term he used to describe the CIA officers clad as ninjas who roughed up and humiliated Pacha Wazir on a Moroccan airstrip). The prisoner was then transferred to a CIA-run prison near Kabul. The description in Carle's book perfectly matches existing accounts of the Salt Pit, a prison maintained by the CIA in an abandoned brick factory north of Kabul.
Horton has one of his "six question" interviews with Carle here. (If you haven't already read Spencer's interview with Carle, that's well worth your time, too.)
In his posts, Horton also reminds readers that Wazir was first profiled in Ron Suskind's One Percent Doctrine. Suskind describes how the CIA picked up Wazir just as he was attempting to meet with the FBI to explain his business.
The UAE's central bank had done its job–too well. They'd gone ahead on their own and frozen Wazir's assets. That was just the start. Wazir, seeing that his millions were frozen, called up the central bank, indignant. The head of the central bank told Wazir that he was under investigation by the FBI.
Cool customer that he was, Wazir expressed outrage. "Are there FBI agents in the country?" he asked the banker, who said, yes, right here in Dubai. "Well then, I'll meet with them, and explain everything," Wazir said. "I'm sure it's just a mistake."
The next morning, a plump Emirates financier, in his white gown, vest, kufi cap, and fastidiously trimmed beard, left his palatial home in Dubai to travel downtown for his meeting with the FBI. In his driveway, he was greeted by a team of agents from the CIA. He went without a struggle.
After rendering Wazir, Suskind explains, the CIA reopened his hawala and used it to round up al Qaeda figures who had used the facility.
I will probably do a follow-up post next week to talk about some of the secondary implications of Carle's book (I suspect Carle will be unable to address many of these issues):
But in the interim, for those of you reading the book in anticipation of the Book Salon, I wanted to make sure you had seen these details.
The US government has a long history of refusing to turn over evidence on its torture program, most recently when DOJ refused to cooperate with a Polish inquiry into the black site at which Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was waterboarded 183 times.
So it's no surprise that they are refusing to turn over the remains of Gul Rahman–the detainee whom the CIA killed in the Salt Pit in 2002–to his family. (h/t Mary) The FBI is also refusing to turn over the autopsy report on Rahman's death to the AP on account of the probably "pretend" investigation they're conducting on it.
In addition to reporting that news, the AP reports the excuse the CIA is now giving for having killed Rahman in the first place.
Former CIA officials say Rahman was acting as a conduit between Hekmatyar and al-Qaida. Hekmatyar's insurgent group is believed to be allied to al-Qaida. The former officials said the CIA had been tracking Rahman's cell phone at the time of his capture and were hoping the suspected militant would provide information about Hekmatyar's whereabouts.
But Rahman never cracked under questioning, refusing to help the CIA find Hekmatyar. Former CIA officials described him as one of the toughest detainees to pass through the CIA's network of secret prisons.
Note the logic of this argument? For some reason, they couldn't find Hekmatyar by tracking Rahman's cell phone (Rahman was picked up long before Afghans got more aggressive about hiding their cell phone locations).
But if they couldn't find Hekmatyar by tracking Rahman's calls to him, then why were they so sure he knew where Hekmatyar was?
So now they've got to explain away his death because he was "one of the toughest detainees to pass through the CIA's network of secret prisons," and not because maybe he didn't know the answer to the question they were asking, the location of Hekmatyar himself.
Of course, there's a history of using the worst kinds of torture on detainees who don't know or wouldn't reveal the whereabouts of others, too. The location of Osama bin Laden, after all, is one of the things that KSM has said he lied about in response to his brutal torture.
And while we're on the subject of lying, let's return to what KSM has said he lied about while being tortured during his 2007 Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
… I make up stories just location UBL. Where is he? I don't know. Then he torture me. Then I said yes, he is in this area of this is al Qaida which I don't him.
Mind you, in KSM's case, at least, Ali Soufan believes KSM could have been persuaded to reveal OBL's location if only real interrogators had interviewed him.
KSM should consider himself lucky, I guess, that the government's brutal torture in hopes of learning the location of top extremist leaders got slightly safer between the time they killed Rahman and wateboarded him a mere 183 times.
The AP story on the Salt Pit death makes it clear that–at a time when Dusty Foggo was Executive Director of CIA–he was involved in an internal review of the death.
The current U.S. official insisted that the case was adequately scrutinized. The official also said a CIA accountability review board was held in connection with the death.
The CIA declined to discuss whether the two agency officers cited in the inspector general's report were punished.
But when the case was put before Kyle D. Foggo, the CIA's third-ranking officer at the time, no formal administrative action was taken against the two men, said two former intelligence officials with knowledge of the case.
This review must have happened some time after fall 2004, when Foggo started in the ExDir position (it seems to have been a follow-on to the CIA IG Report). That means that Foggo's decision not to act against any of the people in the Salt Pit killing came at around the same time that his girlfriend was hired at CIA's Office of General Counsel over the objections of staffers within OGC. That's significant because among the people in the chain of authorization between the Bybee Memo and the torture was then OGC head John Rizzo, who intervened to make sure Foggo's girlfriend got and stayed hired.
Details of how Foggo got his girlfriend hired appeared in the sentencing documents for his conviction in the Brent Wilkes/Duke Cunningham case (they were included not just to show Foggo's corruption, but also because, over the course of the case, Foggo had repeatedly claimed to be happily and faithfully married).
As William Mitchell of the CIA Inspector General's office described, Foggo's girlfriend, ER, was at first rejected by OGC because she had previously been investigated for having an affair with her boss (elsewhere the sentencing materials include Foggo's claim that "she didn't fuck him"), and then destroyed evidence to cover up the affair. But after OGC rejected her application, Foggo harassed the Managing Associate General Counsel of CIA, who then passed on Foggo's concern to then Acting General Counsel John Rizzo.


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The Texas Ethics Commission has fined a small Eastland company $500 for making a corporate contribution to a state legislator representing the western reaches of the Metroplex, but so far the legislator has kept the money.
In an order dated Oct. 4, the commission fined Eagle Supply & Manufacturing $500 — the same amount it donated to state Rep. Jim Keffer, R-Eastland, in December last year.
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In 2009 a landmark survey captured and benchmarked the state of the mapping and modeling tool market. In the summer of 2012 we conducted a new survey designed to identify trends, changes and areas for improvement. In this report we present the result of this latest survey, based on the inputs of over 500 process practitioners from around the globe. We invite you to join us as we share the findings from 2012 and provide insight into how things have changed in the last three years.
A summary of the original 2009 survey results can be found in the report Mapping and modeling tool usage and approaches 2009: a survey retrospective (free to download with a free MWD Advisors account).
Maps, models and pictures
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The difference between mapping and modeling
The current state of the mapping and modeling tools market
Mapping is becoming more popular
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A mature modeling tool market, but still some change – with ARIS taking a significant hit
The role of bundled tools – and Minitab's Quality Companion
Mapping activity is still dominated by use of general drawing tools
A continuing mismatch between methods and tools
Dedicated followers of fashion?
Do you really get what you pay for?
Perceptions and adoption issues
Digging into the survey data
Survey demographics
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A Yahoo! User Jul 4, 2011 17:01 Flag
Diego Godin
Atletico Madrid defender Diego Godin has shown interest in a move to Chelsea Football Club.
Apparently, Godin would jump at the chance to join the Blues and hopes that an offer is forthcoming.
"In January, Atletico received an offer but the transfer did not happen," Godin revealed. "They had already sold other players and did not want to weaken the team further then.
"For Chelsea to still be interested in having me is an honour and means I must be playing well. Who would not want to play there? To do so would be a step up."
Ironic that we are spoiled when it comes to central defenders now - Terry, Alex, Luiz, Ivanovic - all world class players and now Godin, an Uruguay international, and to think, that was the reason Jose left us because of a falling out with Roman over not buying him a defender in January as he requested! Do you think we really need Godin?Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
A Yahoo! User Jul 4, 2011 17:33 Flag
we don't need any more defenders...... terry, luiz, alex, ivanovic, cole, ferreira, bosingwa, zhyrkov, vananholt, bruma...... that's more than enough.... if there's any athletico player we could use it's that little git aguero... saw him put two past us at the bridge in the cl group stages a few seasons ago.......
A Yahoo! User Jul 14, 2011 19:21 Flag
up the blues!!
Agree with Frank here Heidi. I'm not sure why we need another defender. The agent is most likely trying to get a bigger wage packet for Godin.
A Yahoo! User Jul 26, 2011 17:27 Flag
Anyone know the latest on this? Apparently we'd bid for him in January.


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one hour runner
Greetings, all, and Happy New Year. This thread is intended for people who are or have been over 200 pounds and are doing the One Hour Runner program. Some of us, like me, are crashing here even though we aren't quite up to 1-hr-runner.
The story today is that I'm starting a switch over to Galloway, which includes walk breaks throughout running (and not just in the first few weeks). I still intend to finish the final two weeks of C25K at some point, but my endurance is really not up there at this point. I'm awaiting a new watch with stopwatch timer function. Meanwhile on my most recent two runs I have started a run-walk-run-walk pattern, slowing down enough to recover (like in the early days of C25K) and then resuming. It is sooooo cold outside that I'm not entirely sure all my panting is due solely to the running effort.
Back later, and I hope we have some thread takers.
~~~~~Newbie Jogger~~~~~~~
Regular Walker
Never-before Runner
On injured list. Switching to swimming until leg muscles are healed.
"Hey Chunky Monkey, how long have you been running and what kind of distance are you doing? I began week 1, Day 1 of the C25K yesterday. It felt good to run. I did it on a treadmill because of the weather where I am. I was at a 1 incline and at 4 mph when I ran, and 2.5 mph during the walking portion, does this sound about average for a beginner? Anyone have any advice for me?"
Hi Nichole. As promised, here's my answer for you. I've been running off and on for about 4 yrs. now. I go through periods of available time to run and I go through others where there is no time to run or I'm just too exhausted, but I do what I can. I started by walking for 30 mins. at a comfortable pace to get used to the motions eventually moving up to an hour. Long story short: I started walking (strolling) for 30 mins. and at the height of my training my long run was 18 mi. because I was training for a marathon that I never got to run. My pace for that long run was about a 13 min. mile and I do my long runs on a treadmill.
At the time I was almost 250 and I have degenitive arthritis. My knees were so bad that when I was 35 I went to several doctors, all who wanted to do at least one knee replacement if not both. I even had handicap parking. To be honest, that was pretty embarrassing. I had to lose weight and strengthen my self. I figured out that in the long run, buying a good quality treadmill was a better move than signing up for the gym because of lower cost, greater availability and convenience. Running on a TM can get a little tedious and it is certainly different than running on the road, but the impact on my body is much easier, I can modify my distance/time if I want to and not have to worry about how far from home I am, I don't have to worry about traffic or weather and on the longer runs it provides me with an excuse to watch an entire football game untinerrupted w/ the "honey-do" list. :^) I have predetermined routes around the house for various distances and I go out about 1x/wk to maintain familiarity w/ the road running and to enjoy the outdoors. When I run outside on the pre-determined routes I don't use my watch to time - I just run. I think someone called that "zen running". My goal is to enjoy the surroundings as much as possible and the residual effect is I get a nice run.
I really don't like to run but I truly enjoy doing the races so that's what keeps me going. I'm not running just to run or whatever; my personal trick is that I logically figured out the best way to keep running for my health is not just "because it's the right thing to do" because I have to run until the day I die. To do something I really don't like that much for that long is not in my makeup. So what I DO do is train for races because they have a definite end date. Short, sweet, and done. After I finish running one race I immediately start training for my next race and that's how I keep myself running as much as possible. Works for me.
When I run, I usually run for time and not distance and I usually target 45 mins. If I'm feeling good and everything is clicking, I go for an hour. If it's a real struggle and I have to fight for every step I'll pare it down to 30 mins. Usually I go for the full hour and have only had to dial it back to 30 mins. a few times. When I run I do what's comfortable and I vary my speed. If I feel good I'll pick up the pace. If I get a little too ambitious too early I'll bring it down until I can recover and then I'll pick it up again but to a lower pace and just inch my way up. My target is level of intensity.
When I race I am just one big tourist and I love running in areas I get to look at stuff I normally would not see either because I don't live in the area or I'm in the car and concentrate more on the traffic than my surroundings. I take my happy butt back to the "I'll get there when I get there" min. per mile pace of the starting corral and I have two race goals: 1) don't stop running; and, 2) don't finish last. I get passed a lot and it's a little disappointing I have to admit, but then there's those people who start too fast and flame out and I eventually catch and pass them. I like that because it means I trained well and I ran a smart race.
I run all kinds of races when I get a chance but for some reason I enjoy the longer distances. I guess it's because they are more demanding and I know I have to train seriously for them which keeps me motivated to run. 5Ks are fun to do, 10Ks are ok and a good training run for the longer ones. 10 milers are challenging and the half marathons are a real test. I also enjoy doing the relay races where teams of 12 people will run an approximate 200 mi. course over 24 hrs. THOSE races are a great challenge and an incredible confidence boost. The half marathons and relays award finisher medals and I keep every race bib from every race out in the open so every time I walk into a particular room in my house I see them. They remind me of what I'm training for and that I can indeed achieve these goals.
Even though I have lost weight, for whatever reason my natural equalibrium keeps me right around 200 lbs. I've tried but just can't seem to get under and stay 200 and I'm ok w/ it now. Before it frustrated the daylights out of me but I'm healthy, my body doesn't hurt when I run and from what I hear I carry it fairly well. I'm ok w/ what I see in the mirror. I'm a big boy. I always will be. What can I do? I'm naturally built for football and hockey, not cross country. This is why I like this thread. Even though I'm not working on my first 5K I'm among people who share my same challenges and frustrations. I read the posts here and think, "yep....yep...uh-huh.....eewww.....do that too......". For me, training for every race is like training for my first because I run into roadblocks, I run into setbacks, every day I face challenges to lose and keep weight off, to keep my training up, to remain positive and keep focused on the big picture when I experience setbacks and failures. If I look at posts and threads where people complain about only being able to do a 6 min. mile on a 20 mi. training run (and they do) - I'm screwed and I'll quit before I even start. Personally, If I ever break a 10 min./mi. pace I'll be as giddy as a school girl, and don't even get me started on finishing a marathon in less than 6 hrs. This is my ultimate goal.
So did that answer any of your questions or was it once again simply a narcissitic ramble on my part?
Thanks for starting the new thread. I haven't run since New Year's Day, but plan on running today. Unfortunately I have to run on the TM today because we got snow again yesterday (fourth time in two weeks!) and the roads are not so good. The wind chill is also in the single digits, so I feel like going into hibernation right about now. I also have a 5K this Sunday, so I'm hoping for good weather, but I don't have a good feeling about it. Anyway, I'll check in later.
Happy running!
OK, so I bought some new shoes, and went running in them this weekend. I also tried running after eating lunch. Overall, I had a really crappy run yesterday. But, you have good days and you have bad ones. I am running a 5k this Saturday, and the forecast temp is supposed to be in the mid 20s... what fun. Have a good week running!
Jeff H.
12/2/2008 - 399 lbs. - 11/2/2009 - 289 lbs.
Just fur Fun 5K, College Station, TX 11/21/09 - 42:11
Jingle Bell Fun Run 2 miles, College Station, TX 12/6/09 - 25:55
New Year's Resolution 5K, College Station, TX 1/9/10 - 37:38
Ovenfried, Turtle, Jasmine - Thanks for the Welcome Back! I didnt really think of it as my first "winter" .... thats a really good point... except for the fact that I live in So Cal and we have no winter... it was 75 degrees the day of the Rose Parade. Ya know - it was just a plain good ol' fashioned combination of lazy, exhausted, xmas, traffic, weirdos, and more exhaustion... Thanks for the suggestion of just run- dont worry about time. That's a great idea... except for the fact that I WILL LOOK at my time, simply cause I cannot help it. But its still a great suggestion. Thanks everybody.... next 5K is at the end of Feb... gotta get my best time ever!! I hope....
Started C25K 09/07/09
Dinosaur Dash 5K 11/01/09 40:12
Turkey Trot 5K 11/26/09 44:02
Buffalo Run 02/27/10
You are so lucky that it's 75 degrees in Jan. My husband and I actually went to the 2009 Rose Parade and we had a great time. The weather was fantastic, I wish I was a runner then, I would have loved it. This year, I would be happy with 45 degrees, even 35 degrees in NY. Tried running on the treadmill yesterday and couldn't finish my 32 minutes. Horrible, horrible, horrible!! I doesn't help that I have a lower end treadmill from 15 years ago that you have minimal control over. I'd like to get a new one, but my budget doesn't allow for that right now. So, I guess it's back out into the tundra for me. Think warm thoughts for me.
Talk to you later.
Turtle - yeah my budget doesnt allow for a treadmill either... darn. If fact, my budget is a state of cardiac arrest since I'm saving for a wedding... I'm this close to ramen noodles I tell ya! Now that I think about it squeezing into a wedding dress should MAKE ME get out there... hello!
Ok - dumb question: Has anyone slacked off a little bit (or alot) and been afraid to run again for fear that they will see if they have lost everything?? All that training and work? Is that totally dumb?
Started C25K 09/07/09
Dinosaur Dash 5K 11/01/09 40:12
Turkey Trot 5K 11/26/09 44:02
Buffalo Run 02/27/10
"Has anyone slacked off a little bit (or alot) and been afraid to run again for fear that they will see if they have lost everything
?? All that training and work? Is that totally dumb?"
NO! It's not totally dumb. I'm in a serious fitness slump right now. The gym is right around the corner, but most mornings now the wind chill is near 0, and I don't want to walk that short distance. My apartment is cold enough now that I have to wear a hat and jacket inside, so getting even colder is not very appetizing. Plus I can't stand the track at the gym. It's like 90 years old and almost a literal rectangle.
Excuses, excuses, I know. And yeah I'm afraid that when I do go run next time, I will be screaming at 15 minutes.
OH, and to add to the lack-of-running motivation, I'm starting a new job in less than 2 weeks that will actually be 40+ hours. I have never worked that much in a job before, which is why I've been able to juggle my own bead business (I make them myself, so that takes a lot of time and sitting down) as well as a new fitness program that is working. I've considered seeing if there is a gym near my new job where I can go on my hour long break, or before or after work.
But yeah I'm really unmotivated....I hibernate in the winter. Only thing I can think is that when the outside temp is above 32, I will be out there. But that may be a while.
My internet connection is back...thanks for starting the new one!
Started C25K: September 10, 2009
Finished C25K: November 22, 2009
Dec. 5, 2009: Jingle Bell Run, Cincinnati, OH 35:43
April 10, 2010: Aruna 5k, Cincinnati, OH 39.06 (after not running for several months)
May 22, 2010: GO/OTR 5K, Cincinnati, OH approx 34:30. (route was changed at last minute, and about .2 mile was shaved off. boo!)
Hi, Ovenfried. I get the whole winter hibernation thing. I am the same. It has snowed 2-4 inches every day this week, which is beautiful, but not practical for outside work. I just heard this morning that the sun will not be out until Sunday at the earliest.
I lost 100+ lbs 7 years ago by walking, jogging, and then running up to a 26.2 marathon. Since then, I have been in school. I graduate at end of April with my master's and do not want to graduate a biggie fatty, which is what I am. In 5 yrs, I gained 30 lbs, this year alone, I gained another 20lb. Food was ALWAYS my destresser and I relearned all my bad habits in school.
So, really looking forward to getting back into a healthier routine - before I graduate.
p.s. Ovenfried, a cheap box heater at Kmart in my bathroom makes for a warmer start to my mornings. I turn it on when I wake up and off when I go to school. Also, I bought a couple lights at Walmart and find that lighting my apartment during the winter makes me much more cheery and motivated.
"Ok - dumb question: Has anyone slacked off a little bit (or alot) and been afraid to run again for fear that they will see if they have lost everything?? All that training and work? Is that totally dumb?"
I'm in the 'slacked off ALOT camp'. I lost 121 pounds, more than half of which was a direct result of running. Last year, I didn't train consistently, and while I did manage to complete 2 half marathons, I struggled with fitness and diet and gained a considerable amount of weight back. I am back up over the 200 mark. To date, I have not run AT ALL in approximately 2 months. I'm not sure why I chose to do this to myself after all the hard work it took to lose that 121 pounds, but I did it, and now it's back to work.
I am also planning a wedding right now (it'll be in April of this year), and while I would have thought that fitting into the dress would have been a huge motivator, so far, it hasn't been (I'm guessing once it actually arrives, it'll be a great incentive). Having to dig out some of my old "fat clothes" however, has been a real wake up call. I'm on the verge of having to go back to women's sizes (instead of misses), and I'll be darned if I'm going to let that happen.
I wouldn't say that I am afraid to run again, although I certainly understand what you're saying. I just recognize that I am going to have to start over with my training, but that's OK. I know that I am in considerably better shape now than I was when I started my weight loss journey in the first place (I seriously couldn't even do a real sit-up back then), so that makes starting the running training over from scratch a little less daunting. I KNOW that I can do it this time around . . . before, I hadn't ever run more than a block before having to stop to catch my breath.
The way I see it, fitness is an on-going challenge that we will always have to work at. What we did in the past was not wasted even if we slacked off. Slacking off was not the best decision to make, but now it's just a matter of getting back to work. Have no fear! Remember what it was like to be in shape and use it as inspiration to get there again . . that's my plan anyway :-)
Happy trails!
Hi Chunky Monkey, thanks for your post. I am like you because I need to be on some kind of plan as well, have something to strive for otherwise I lose motivation. I don't expect to lose a bunch of weight running, but I would like to tone my body and I can already see that happening and I am only in week 2. I have decided that I definately like running outside better because of the scenery, but I can try to find ways to distracte myself on the treadmill. I will also be following your advice and looking for other events in my area to keep me focused on a particular goal. Keep on posting, you are a great help!
Nichole C.
It certainly has been difficult to maintain a training routine through the holiday season, and I don't even have extreme cold and snow to use as an excuse. Last year I used to cope well on the treadmill, but now, I've started to walk at a faster pace on the T-mill (at a speed I used to recover run at) and today it was difficult to stay transitioned as a runner at the faster pace. It was so much easier to just walk fast. It is probably all mental, because I have a lot of things on my mind.
However, I did break my mental barrier to running outside while here in CA (where it is warm). On Sunday, I went out for my first 6 mi run in decades, over the streets of my hometown where I used to run and bike 20 years ago as a younger and slimmer (slow) triathlete. I completed it at a 16 min/mi pace, which translates to 96 mins. I am continuing to use the "Y" here for swimming and spin cycle workouts, and I'm looking forward to going home soon and resuming a normal workout routine.
For those of you worried about time off affecting your fitness, I was unable to workout for 10 days near Christmas, which gave my body a complete rest. I usually do one or two workouts 6 days a week. I was worried about "losing it", but I found that I had really great runs and swims right after coming back, because of the total rest. So maybe, if you jump back in, even after a moderate delay, you won't have lost everything and can re-start at a higher level of fitness that the first time.
Jo Ann C
Started Walking 7/15/09 Weight = 265#; C25K Grad 11/6/09
6/27/10 IronGirl, Atlanta Tri S 1/3m/B 18m/R 3m (2:42:10) 207#; 5/15/11 - (2:34:08 200)#
9/25/10 Women's HM, Nashville (3:27:10) 209#, 11/13/10 Huntsville HM (3:17:27) 203#
2/13/11 Mercedes HM, B'ham (3:02:02) 203#; 3/19/11 Rocket 10mi (2:13:37) PR
4/30/11 RnR HM Nashville (3:10:12); 5/15/11 5/30/11 Cotton Row 10K (84:36) ;
6/11/11 Mt. Mania 15K (2:17:12); 7/16/11 Wet Dog Tri (98:56);
8/13/11 Mtn Lakes Tri; (2:13:32); 8/28 Rocketman Oly Tri; 9/10 Frantic Frog Tri (1:52:35)
9/24/11 Womens HM (2:54:28) 195# PR; 10/1 Toray 5K (35:35 PR);
10/15/11 Liz Hurley 5K (36:24); 10/22 Book-it 10K (74:51 PR) 197#;
11/12/11 Huntsville HM - Target 2:50
Jo Ann....I found out last night that I haven't lost much, if anything, since my last workout. I did use the treadmill first, after a week of no runs. I ran for 15 minutes at about a 5-5.3 mph pace, then walked for a minute, then jacked the speed up to about 6mph and just bolted it for a minute, then slowed down back to about 5, then walked, then sprinted again. I found the sprinting to be the most enjoyable part of the whole experience. When I run at the 5-5.3 mph pace, I feel heavy and sluggish, but when I was up near 6mph (which is about a 10mm), I felt like I was flying and it was almost like the endorphins just kicked way in. My heart rate shot up too, so that's why I did the fast running as sprints and not prolonged. I look forward to doing sprint intervals when I'm back on the street. I'm not going to count it toward my week 4 run though, because tecnically I didn't run nonstop for 30 minutes.
After the TM I hit the weight machines, and even though I hadn't touched them since December 10, I could start right up like not a day had passed.
So I guess you could say I got my motivation back! I got used to not working out regularly, and started feeling pretty shitty, then made myself go...(I mean I MADE myself go last night, I didn't WANT to) and I'm sooo glad I did!
Have a great day folks!
Thanks for the great posts.
Started C25K: September 10, 2009
Finished C25K: November 22, 2009
Dec. 5, 2009: Jingle Bell Run, Cincinnati, OH 35:43
April 10, 2010: Aruna 5k, Cincinnati, OH 39.06 (after not running for several months)
May 22, 2010: GO/OTR 5K, Cincinnati, OH approx 34:30. (route was changed at last minute, and about .2 mile was shaved off. boo!)
Jasmine, it's good to see you again.
I have my first running injury! I felt it on the way home on my Monday run, near the very end of my workout. It's a pull of [something I'll have to look up] in my hip. It's definitely only used for running, though, because Tuesday I walked for an hour on the treadmill and then yesterday I warmed up for five minutes before taking my first running step, and OUCH as soon as my foot left the ground!
So today will be a rest day, I suppose, and tomorrow likely back to walking rather than running. I am not taking any chances and want this to heal quickly!
~~~~~Newbie Jogger~~~~~~~
Regular Walker
Never-before Runner
On injured list. Switching to swimming until leg muscles are healed.
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It wouldn't be a Garden without tons of prizes, and Oronge continues to be a generous supporter of the scene with thousands of dollars in prizes to be won this year for the ski and snowboard entrants who are killing it!
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Lawyers for the goldminers had appealed against the original genocide ruling by a federal judge, which was upheld by Brazil's highest tribunal. Now finally the matter can be laid to rest.
The massacre of 16 Yanomami of Haximú community in Venezuela, was carried out by 22 Brazilian goldminers working illegally in the area. In a savage attack, the miners shot old people, women, and children and slashed a baby with a machete.
Four goldminers received sentences of between 19 and 20 years for the crime of genocide and are still serving their sentences in jail. The UN convention on genocide, ratified by Brazil, states that the killing with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group' is genocide.
The Supreme Court's ruling is highly significant and sends an important warning to those who continue to commit crimes against indigenous peoples in Brazil.
Act now to help the Yanomami
Your support will help the Yanomami keep control of their lands, lives and futures. There are many ways you can help.
- Writing a letter to the Brazilian government can make a real difference.
- Donate to the Yanomami campaign (and other Survival campaigns).
- Write to your MP or MEP (UK) or Senators and members of Congress (US).
- Write to your local Brazilian embassy.
- If you want to get more involved, contact Survival…