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Skip to comments.Captured US soldier's e-mails suggest he deserted in Afghanistan "I am ashamed to even be American"
Posted on 06/08/2012 7:47:54 AM PDT by dead
HAILEY, Idaho -- E-mails from a US soldier, sent before he was captured by the Taliban in 2009, suggest he was disillusioned with the military and considering deserting.
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, 26, told his parents in e-mails obtained by Rolling Stone magazine that he was disgusted with the US Army and ashamed to be American.
In one, which was not verified, he wrote, "I am sorry for everything here. These people need help, yet what they get is the most conceited country in the world telling them that they are nothing and that they are stupid, that they have no idea how to live... I have seen their ideas and I am ashamed to even be American."
Bergdahl, then a private first class, went missing on June 30, 2009, sparking a manhunt that saw other military missions canceled or diverted.
According to the magazine, his e-mails to his family back home in Idaho began to take on a more somber tone when one of his close friends was killed in Afghanistan.
Initially military officials thought he was captured by the Taliban after walking away from his outpost near the Pakistani border....
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The problem for America is that this is a hotly contested title.
The French spring to mind.
By walking away he did desert.
The military will not forget him and will continue to look for him.
My problem is some may get hurt or killed in the search that was caused by his actions.
The second is that he will be treated as a "HERO" when he gets back and movie deals will be beating down his door.
A bigger reward than those who did their jobs to the end.
Someone shoulda told this poor kid that there are consequences for thinking like a mush-headed campus utopian in the real world.
PFC Robert Garwood redux?
I wonder what the court marshall for him being a traitor will be like?
Uhhhh... that would be "court martial".
All who are ashamed of this guy being an American... say "AYE"!
maybe the story isn't true
No Court Marshall for him - it would be bad press for the DoD.
He'll get to pin on SGT, maybe SSG if they keep him much longer, the POW Medal, maybe a Bronze Star and then shuffle him out the door with 100% VA benefits.
Then the Rock Star tour with all the MSM talking heads - followed by the book and movie deals.
What was he thinking when he enlisted?
When as a soldier, he cashes his checks, enjoyes his benefits and anticipates additional and very generous benefits available to former military personnel..I wonder if he feels the same way!?
If true, Sergeant, ....keep walking.
Only one problem with that theory, a "D" is in the White House. If it were still Bush, I would agree.
I mean, c'mon, it's not like a secret society that only a select few know what they do. "oh!, I didn't know that guns and imposing our will on others would be involved".
I liken it to the lefty numb-nvts I see in the corporate world that bash big business, the evils of corporations and the American capitalistic way while they make a healthy salary working for a globe spanning American corporation.
I put little credence in what one allegedly says or writes while being held prisoner by a bunch of barbarians. Let's learn all the facts before passing judgment.
Agree, but he supposedly wrote these before he walked away.
My post mentioned nothing about what he's done since he was picked up.
He was not left behind and captured in a firefight.
He walked away from his FOB and was picked up.
I'm sure right now he would rather be eating cheeseburgers and fries with his homeboys but his situation was caused by his actions.
As to what he's been doing in the past three years - there are some propaganda clips of him helping the TB with some explosive training. For that he should not be charged with - as you noted. He also did escape for a few days but was recaptured.
Currently, I don't understand our mission in Iraq and Afghanistan . We would be safer in this country if we didn't import Muslims or other people that hate this country and quit trying to nation build other countries with borrowed money.
I would have to read the emails, if they really exist. This could also be a ploy by the family and the military to keep him alive. He has been held for three years. Let the Taliban think that he identifies with their cause. They are using him as a bargaining chip to release some of their own people.
He did it for the education benefits, don'cha know. Never thought he'd have to go to war, his recruiter lied to him, his drill sergeant was mean to him, they made him cover up his self-expression tattoos, made him run (gasp) and carry heavy stuff (shocking).
KMA, Bowe.
Well, let's hope so. Although the Taliban wants Gitmo guys in exchange, and that is not going to happen.
Besides, the Taliban doesn't read Rolling Stone.
When negotiations broke down the parents came forward with the story on the negotiations.
It's been a month or so since then and now the folks are throwing out the e-mails.
I'm sure the folks would like their son back - and he would have been home almost three years ago if he would have just done his job.
My point is that we should not draw conclusions until we get the facts. After the Treyvon Martin shooting, many posters claimed that Zimmerman was guilty of gunning down an unarmed teenager. They bought into the MSM racist stampede.
I will give the benefit of the doubt to someone who volunteered to serve putting his life on the line in defense of this country in a combat zone and being held as a prisoner for three years.
Some of the things I would miss if I were held by the goat fornicators in the desert:
Air conditioning
Central heat (in the winter)
Ice cream
Fresh cut french fries
Fried chicken
Deviled Eggs
Peanut Butter and peach jelly sandwiches on homemade bread
Forks and spoons and napkins
A soft bed with crisp cotton sheets
A straight, clean man who uses deodorant and shaving cream
Vaginal sex
Central vacumning
Air conditioning
A car with air conditioning
Showering with hot and cold water
Toilet paper
My dogs
My girlfriends
Air conditioning
I will bet he is now missing America and all things American.
Let him stay there.
There are always a few.
We had a handful of nutballs who defected to Communist China during the Korean War too.
I agree completely with your post. We have no business being over there.
I started reading you post and was going "Wonder if she lists Toilet Paper?" - And there it was.
But having traveled in the general area a good bit I learned when heading out make sure you have a couple of those MRE TP wraps in your pocket.
I suspect the reason that this has come to light now is because either he has been dispatched along with some Taliban in a drone strike, or they know where he is and do not intend that there will be a body.
So the Taliban, or the Paks, will announce that he was killed by a US air strike, and died a martyr to Islam, or whatever. Case closed.
I'm with you on this one. The left has an agenda for Afghanistan. It is still a Muslim country and is not going to accept that agenda. Could that be what he is talking about? Are we trying to force western values, and even worse, left wing western values on the Afghans? Could that be what the cause of his "shame?" I think the facts are too slim to judge.
Don't forget BACON!!!
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, 26, told his parents in e-mails obtained by Rolling Stone magazine that he was disgusted with the US Army and ashamed to be American.
On June 30, 2009, when he went missing, Berghahl was a Private? But now, at age 26, he's a Sgt? How does that happen?
My son returned from Afghanistan the end of January. He stated to me many times during his deployment that he and his fellow soldiers didn't know what their mission was - that it didn't seem to them their was a true mission. I disagree with the notion that the U.S. has NO business being in Afghanistan. However, I'm of the opinion that, if our soldiers are deployed to Afghanistan (or anywhere else) without a clear mission, then the U.S. has NO business having boots on the ground being served up as human targets. War should only be fought as a war, with WWII style goals - complete and utter destruction of the enemy at ALL costs and damn the collateral damage.
Bring the troops home now. We should end most of our foreign troop deployments and place some of them on our southern border.
What is this fool going to do in the desert? Wait till they chop his head off.
For people like him in similar situations the military will promote them with their peer group.
In his case he has had to time to make E4/SPC and E5/SGT. They keep him much longer and he'll make SSG.
His pay continues and when/if he's released he'll get all his back pay.
Like all those morons who joined the National Guard for the cash then bitched when they were called up for the Iraq war. They never expected to fight in a war when they signed up for the military!!!! Hey,thats what the military does.
When you take the kings shilling,you do the kings bidding.
This douche should be hanged.....
Ironically, I'm ashamed of him, too.
This re-posting might be of some interest now.
Although, just to be sure, the FBI and CIA should pull some people of their Tea Party monitoring and keep an eye on him for a while.
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On the internet, I'm having a hard time coming up with any useful results that aren't poisonous snakes. Of the ten or so species of venomous snakes that live around Israel, two of them look like they might be the ones you've seen.
Atractaspis Engaddensis (couldn't find a more common name than "burrowing asp" and "stiletto snake", both of which are just names for the Atractaspis genus) seems pretty likely to me, mostly because the few pictures I've been able to come up with look pretty similar in hue. And they look sort of like they're going into a burrow of some sort in the first picture.
Walterinnesia Aegyptia (desert black snake) seems somewhat less likely, but mostly because they usually have gray bellies and these ones don't seem to. From what I've seen, they're also less "blue" than these beauties.
Of course, I have no idea about the non-venomous snakes. It could be any one of those as well. :thinking:
They're very pretty snakes. If there's a library within convenient distance of you, you might want to check and see if they have any books about snakes local to your area. That would be more likely to be able to tell you than a nineteen year old with access to Google.
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Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Trader Joe's Scandanavian Swimmers
Trader Joe's Scandanavian Swimmers are billed as soft and chewy gummy candy in sea life shapes.
They're basically Swedish Fish.
The ingredients feature naturally derived flavorings and colorings. They come in four flavors and shapes.
The red flavor of the classic Swedish Fish is rather unique, though now duplicated by other candies and confections. It's most like lingonberry, which is similar to a raspberry and pomegranate mix with a sprinkling of fruit punch.
In the case of the Red Lobster here, the berry flavors are very similar to the Swedish Fish, but has none of the bitter aftertaste of the artificial colors that the North American version have. (The actual Malaco Swedish Fish, if you can find them, use natural colorings.) The flavor here is good, well rounded, floral and lingering with a sort of fresh green note.
The Blue Dolphin is described as huckleberry flavored. I have to say that I'm at a loss to place huckleberry in my memory. In this case, the dolphin is rasbperry, with a light tangy note but much lighter than the lobster, more citrusy.
The Orange Rockfish is orange. It's very plain. The zest notes are pretty pronounced after the chew is over, but it was not terribly interesting. There were very few of them in my bag.
The Yellow Seahorse is mango-peach. This was a really weak flavor. The peach and mango were less than nuanced and were more like a candle scent than a flavoring. The tart bite was the only thing that kept it from being something I'd stick in a drawer to make my towel smell sweet.
The texture of the pieces varied a bit as well. The lobster and rockfish were very soft and smooth. The dolphin and seahorse had a little bit drier and stiffer chew on the outside, which was more like the classic Swedish Fish.
These are not gummi candies, which usually contain gelatin, these are just jelly candies. (Nothin' wrong with that, it just seems like so many jelly candies can't be happy with who they are.)
I'm not sure if anyone needed a Swedish Fish knock-off of a full flavor variety. In this case, I'd say that Trader Joe's could just stick with the Lobsters, or even make a bunch of different red shapes and throw them in a bag.
May contain traces of peanut, almond, cashew & pecan. Also made with sunflower and corn but are gluten free. Though they don't have the vegan symbol on them, there are no animal derived ingredients and they are Kosher. It was interesting to see that these were made in the United States, as so many Trader Joe's candies, especially the naturally flavored sugar candies, are not.
What's Good at Trader Joe's also has a review.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 3:00 pm All Natural • Candy • Review • Trader Joe's • Jelly Candy • Kosher • 7-Worth It • United States • Comments (1)
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
M&Ms "Vote For Your Favorite Peanut"
Late last year I got these preview versions of the new Vote For Your Favorite Peanut varieties. The idea is that during the US Presidential Primary season, Mars would introduce a trio of flavors to choose from, and the public would vote. The three versions are Chili Nut, Honey Nut, Coffee Nut.
The Honey Nut M&Ms are a milk chocolate coating with a whole peanut in the center and a crisp shell. Somewhere in there is also a honey flavor ... in the shell, is it a honey roasted nut? I have no idea.
I pulled a few apart and didn't find any evidence of honey roasting, but they do smell a little bit like maple syrup and vanilla. The shell on this variety also seems crisper. The whole effect is a rather clean, sweet flavor but basically a regular old Peanut M&M.
(Note that the packages I got were not final and the M&Ms were all the same color in each bag, in the final versions released to the public there are actually three colors for each variety.)
The Chili Nut M&Ms are probably the most daring of the bunch. Sure, spicy things are trendy, but the major candy companies have stayed far away from the chili heat, sticking to the pumpkin, ginger and cinnamon spices.
The combination of the peanuts, milky chocolate and mild cayenne pepper is very nice. The heat varies from time to time, but generally has a throat warming appeal that builds the more you eat. But it never gets too hot, which makes for a different experience without alienating folks who can't tolerate a lot of pepper. (I'm afraid I'm one of those, I'm not great with capsaicin, the heat in red peppers, but I love all other spices like mustards, curries, black pepper and ginger).
Coffee Nut M&Ms is such a promising flavor. The roasted flavors of peanuts, coffee and chocolate should be an ideal combination. Added to that, I absolutely loved the winter 2015 Cafe Mocha M&Ms.
The shell is great, the peanuts are large and crunchy ... but the overwhelming flavor isn't necessarily coffee, but it's more of a buttery, woodsy flavor. I wanted to give the candy the benefit of doubt, so I bought a full 10.2 ounce bag at CVS just to be sure. Still, I'm getting this weird buttery coconut note.
I think it's fantastic that Mars is paying a little more attention to the Peanut M&Ms, since most of the flavors we see are for the Milk Chocolate or white varieties. None of these varieties is something I plan to buy again before they disappear.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 3:48 pm Candy • Review • Mars • Chocolate • Coffee • Kosher • Limited Edition • M&Ms • Peanuts • 7-Worth It • United States • Comments (5)
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Malt M&Ms Mini Eggs
Mars has a few seasonal varieties of M&Ms available this year, including the White Strawberry Shortcake and Easter Sundae M&Ms (which are Target and Walmart exclusives, respectively). For the masses who can't shop at those stores or don't want a which chocolate product, there's one other Easter version that's new this year: Malt M&Ms Mini Eggs.
I was very excited about these by the name, since Mars already has a great line of malt products available in Europe under the Malteser name. This is not that, in any way.
The new Malt M&Ms Mini Eggs are Crispy M&Ms in their format and ingredients. The only difference is not the addition of malt in the center, but butter flavor.
I picked up both the regular M&Ms Crispy in their Easter colors and the Malt M&Ms Mini Eggs for comparison, when a reader alerted me that they were no different.
There are some small format differences. As noted in the name, the Malts are mini, and they are slightly smaller than the regular Crispy M&Ms, but not something that you'd notice right away. But then again, the Malts aren't really egg shaped at all, they're just inconsistent so that some of them are kind of egg shaped and others are spherical.
The candies on the left are the Easter colors for the regular Crispy M&Ms and the handful on the right are the new Malt M&Ms Mini Eggs. Slightly different colors, but similar irregular shapes.
The difference isn't inside, either. The ingredients and the structure are the same. The crispy rice center is light and airy, but basically flavorless, it's a little like cereal, a little malty. Outside there's a little hint of chocolate, not much but with a bit of a milky note. The candy shell is crisp. But as I mentioned earlier, this Malt version is not malty, the outside has a butter flavor to it, and I have to emphasize that it's just a flavor.
I've had these two bags for almost a month, I've finished the regular Easter crispy M&Ms but I can't bear to even have the Malt bag open near me. The smell is disgustingly artificial. It's not malt at all. I don't know what Mars was thinking with this product version, but they should definitely consult with other parts of the company that actually make malted items in the future.
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Monday, February 22, 2016
M&Ms White Strawberry Shortcake
Easter is a special time in the candy cycle, because it's really the only time of year that white chocolate is embraced. Fortunately there are some products that are actually good, not just a white confection but actually made with real cocoa butter and lots of milk. (Many white confections are just sugar and tropical oils.)
The new White Strawberry Shortcake M&Ms are a Target exclusive this year, and if you're a fan of the other white chocolate holiday versions like the Candy Corn M&Ms and the White Peppermint M&Ms, these may be just for you.
The pieces are larger than standard M&Ms, they're puffier and a little less regular. They're delicate pastel colors in pleasing creamy pink, eggshell and white, kind of like a strawberry shortcake with a whipped cream dollop. That's about as far as the shortcake theme goes, which is fine with me. (The Dove Strawberry Shortcake Crisp things were weird.)
The package this year holds 8 ounces. Years ago the limited edition flavors came in a 9.9 ounce bag, they're reliably shrinking over time.
The pieces are uncolored in the center and not layered like some. The white chocolate is creamy and sweet and has the floral flavor of fresh strawberries. There are no dried strawberry bits in there, like some previous products have included.
The shell is crunchy and the center is sweet but balanced with the more milky flavors. There's a lot of fat in there, from the cocoa butter, but they didn't have a greasy texture. (But that could be that it's kind of chilly, the Candy Corn version they make in the fall comes along when things are still warm in my area, and the cocoa butter can migrate through the shell in the heat. The flavor in this case reminds me quite a bit of the old Nestle Qwik strawberry milk.
I'm keen on these, but they push all my buttons. They're pretty and not overly colored, they have a good flavor that's not too artificial and the ingredients (though there are artificial colors and flavors) are petty decent. I hope they return next year with a wider release.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Ghiradelli Valentine's Dark and Strawberry Squares
Though strawberry is the hot flavor of the moment, Ghirardelli has been making these Limited Edition Valentine's Dark & Strawberry Squares for a few years.
There's not much of a description on the package, just that the squares are filled with strawberry filling. The filling appears to be made from sugar, high fructose corn syrup, palm oil and freeze dried strawberries and colored with fruit and vegetable juice (very vague). It also has some added TBHQ as a preservative. There's no indication of the cacao content of the chocolate itself, but I'd guess it's somewhere in the low 60% range. Each square is 70 calories.
The squares are elegant and simple. They're 1.75 inches square and sport the Ghirardelli logo in a beveled field. In my experience the packaging protects the pieces well and they usually look stunningly gorgeous.
If there's an issue with the filled squares from Ghirardelli is that they temper their chocolate to be very crisp and snappy ... so the filled pieces can be messy to eat when the chocolate breaks apart upon biting and the filling dribbles out. So, make an effort to bite on the diagonal, or pop the whole thing in your mouth at once.
The chocolate is sweet but with a nice dry woodsy note to it, which goes well with the strawberry flavors. The strawberry filling is quite like a finely pureed strawberry sauce. It's not overly sweet, has a strong tangy note and just a touch of seed flavor to it (and some actual seeds).
Because the edges are so thick and the chocolate in the center is so thin, there's a large variation in the proportion of filling to chocolate in any given bite.
I liked them quite a bit, it was the best imitation of a chocolate covered strawberry that doesn't spoil that I think I've had. Ghirardelli Strawberry Squares contain soy and milk and may also contain traces of tree nuts. There's no statement about gluten.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 2:42 pm Candy • Review • Valentines • Ghirardelli • Chocolate • Kosher • Limited Edition • 8-Tasty • United States • Target • Comments (4)
Monday, January 25, 2016
Dove Milk Chocolate Strawberry Shortcake Crisp Promises
You'll see a theme in the coming weeks: strawberry is the flavor of the moment.
The new Dove Milk Chocolate Strawberry Shortcake Crisp Promises are for Valentine's Day. I picked mine up at Target (and they may be a Target-Exclusive item).
The shortcake part is a little odd, conceptually. For a real strawberry shortcake, berries (often in a sweetened syrup) are ladled over a biscuit type baked good. Some folks prefer a spongecake or poundcake but the key here is that they're all soft and cakey. The cookie pieces in this case are made from tapioca starch, rice flour, sugar, palm oil, baking soda and some salt.
The other odd part of this is that there's milk chocolate ... so if anything, this is an imitation of a chocolate covered strawberry with a few gluten free cookie bits (this is not, however, a gluten free product as it's made in a facility that also uses wheat and peanuts and tree nuts).
The pieces are not a swirl of milk & white chocolate, like some other recent versions. Instead this is a solid milk chocolate piece, flavored with some strawberry and dotted with little cookie inclusions.
The strawberry flavor is very strong, but the milk chocolate holds its own with a creamy dairy note and a little toasty cocoa flavor. The strawberry is floral sweetness, no dried berry bits in this version. The cookie bits are odd, since they're made with starch and not actual wheat flour, they are actually rather starchy, though they don't get sticky-pasty like some gluten free cookies I've had. The overall effect of the crunchy cookie bit is really nice, it aerates the experience because you kind of have to chew it instead of just letting the chocolate melt away, which I think boosts the strawberry notes.
They're pleasant. The strawberry isn't too artificial or plastic (it does say natural flavor on the package, though it's kind of vague). I don't know if I would buy these again, but I appreciated the effort and novelty.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 3:51 pm Candy • Review • Valentines • Mars • Chocolate • Cookie • Kosher • Limited Edition • 7-Worth It • United States • Target • Comments (3)
Friday, January 22, 2016
Moon Pie Bites
Moon Pies are a Tennessee treat, a little marshmallow sandwich featuring round graham crackers and then a thin mockolate coating. They've been around since 1917, though they're a bit of a regional treat and sometimes hard to find. They're something between a candy and a snack, because of the graham cracker element. They're also pretty big, so I can see why it's an appealing idea to morselize them.
Taste of Nature makes Cookie Dough Bites and a variety of other little morsel items sold in theater boxes. The Moon Pie Bites sound pretty good, "Delicious marshmallow & graham in a chocolatey coating." Well, until you get to the coating part.
The pieces actually smell pretty good. They vary in size, but most are between the size of a pea and a garbanzo.
The the description says it's marshmallow, it's actually just marshmallow flavored and there's no gelatin in the list of ingredients. So these are fine for vegetarians and they're Kosher. However, it is a mockolate coating, which is made from sugar and palm oil and whey and some cocoa, among other ingredients. It looks decent, but doesn't really add a chocolate component to this combination candy.
The overwhelming scent of the pieces is graham. It's a pleasant cereal sort of smell, kind of like vanilla and digestive biscuits and maple syrup.
The pieces are a bit crumbly and dry inside. They're grainy and have little crumbly graham cracker bits in them. The mockolate coating is neither waxy or greasy, so that's kind of a blessing. It's a little cool on the tongue but doesn't really ruin the otherwise disappointing candy. All elements are equally bad. The center has little sugary bits, the vanilla flavor is overly fake, the graham bits have little of the crunch of real crackers and the chocolatey coating isn't chocolatey.
Moon Pie Bites contain wheat, milk and soy. They area also made in a facility with peanuts, tree nuts and eggs.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 12:47 pm Candy • Morselization • Review • Taste of Nature • Cookie • Kosher • Mockolate • 3-Unappealing • United States • 99 Cent Only Store • Comments (4)
Friday, December 18, 2015
Dove Holiday Mint Cookie Promises
I have a soft spot for Girl Scout Thin Mint Cookies. Mostly the soft spot is in my memory, because I don't find the current day item meets my pickier standards. It shouldn't be that hard to make a chocolate cookie with a minted chocolate coating.
So, if I can't get my itch scratched with Thin Mints, perhaps I should turn it on its end and have something chocolate with cookies, instead of cookies with chocolate. Mars' new Target-exclusive Promises for Christmas are just that: Dove Milk Chocolate Holiday Mint Cookie Promises.
The idea is simple, and certainly not original. They're milk chocolate, lightly flavored with peppermint along with some crunched up chocolate cookie pieces.
The milk chocolate is fudgy and sweet, but definitely smoother than many other brands like Hershey's and Nestle that are on the shelves at the moment. The little cookie bits are sandy and crunchy with a bitter note of charcoal and cocoa. Mostly they just sit in the crevices of my molars. The effect is a nice textural change from the smooth melt of the chocolate and a slight note of salt.
The ratio of chocolate to cookie is very good, definitely more chocolate, but they weren't stingy with the cookie bits, they were in every bite. They were a little on the sweet side, which is really the profile of the Dove Milk Chocolate. Still, I'd love it if someone would do these in dark chocolate.
I hope Target brings these back next year and hopefully they'll get wider distribution so everyone can enjoy them. But now I'd like someone to explain why I can't have them all year, like the long gone Hershey's Cookies 'n' Mint bar.
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I work in Jewish education and am a big bike commuter. I like to hear stories, I like to tell stories. I believe in "story first, safety fourth." I really loved sleep-away camp and fantasize about other worlds where I get to be there all the time. If minimalism were a 1 and consumerism a 10, I'd probably be a 2.8.
I have had some of my dream careers since graduating college. Each was better and worse than dreamed of.
I also lead service learning programs for high school and college students volunteering with grassroots organizations domestically and abroad.
You know how people have a gym buddy with whom they go work out? I have a cleaning buddy. It is the greatest idea ever.
Necessary Losses - Judith Viorst
Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
We Belong to the Land - Elias Chacour
Infidel - Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Omnivores Dilemma - Michael Pollan
The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
Freakonomics - Dubner + Leavitt
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat - Oliver Sacks
Siddhartha - Herman Hesse
Magazine: New York Times Magazine
Movies: Big Lebowski, Office Space, Fight Club, Usual Suspects, Kochavim Shel Shlomi
TV (my apartment no longer has TV but...): Daily Show, Colbert, Seinfeld, Arrested Development, Breaking Bad, Orange is the New Black
I spend too much time on slate and deadspin
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- meaningful interactions
- some sort of jewish identity
- newness
- learning
- teaching
- reminders from children how great things can be
- What trade-offs I would make to be bilingual
- Whether my idea for how to create a system so that no food will go to waste in New York will work
- How to not create any trash
- How to do everything for free
I am also boggled as to why okcupid has me as "less playful." This is pretty much the opposite of what I believe.
- empathize first
- care about marginalized people
- like the idea of biking across some large tract of country
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If you feel strongly about delivering at one particular hospital, then you will have to select a doctor who is affiliated with that particular institution. The OB/GYN department can provide you with a list of doctors for you to select from.
In addition to visiting the hospital yourself, it is important to know that hospital's general procedures. The following is a list of questions you may need to ask:
- Can I bring my own labour support? (i.e. Doula)
- Will my husband and or family be allowed in the delivery room?
- If I chose a drug-free birth, will my request be honoured?
- How much does a vaginal delivery cost?
- How much will a c-section cost?
- I have had a previous c-section performed, will I be allowed to deliver vaginally?
- Will I be permitted to walk the halls during labour?
- Are all maternity patients put on an electronic fetal monitor (EFM)?
- Does this hospital have mandatory prepping procedures? (ie shaving pubic area before birth)
Anai Rhoads is a medical and political researcher/writer with a particular interest in the sanctions on Iraq and the wider effect of racism's influence in the Middle East. A vegan since 2000, she is a dedicated supporter of activities which promote animal and human rights. Originally from Greece, she now resides in Virginia, USA with her husband and their two dogs, Bijou and Eva.
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Hey lovelies, Happy Friday. Here I am with a little CAS card for Dies to Die for. I decided to use another of the new Whimsy images from Time for tea designs - Ponytail (available at Whimsy) and at Dies to Die for.
She is coloured up with copic's to match this cute paper from Cart Bella - Sew Lovely. I just added a little glitter to the grey spots on her shoes and cardigan.
I will be along in a little with another creation in a mo :) xx
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Your card is lovely!!! Your colouring is out of this world, you get such deep rich colours with your markers.
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cte card
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Hi Jenny what a sweet card I love it xx
Debs xx
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Ooh LOVE this! Beautifully coloured, sweet image and what a gorgeous CAS layout. Delish! Hugs, Wends x
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CKY guitarist/vocalist Deron Miller has slammed the "lonely, jealous music fans" who have posted scathingly negative comments about his band on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Writing in response to the comments that accompanied the the latest CKY news story on this web site (dated June 1), Miller said, "I just wanted to say that not one post can go by from any band/artist without a handful of lonely, jealous music fans (?) leaving stupid remarks about EVERY SINGLE BAND that posts. It's obvious that this is blabbermouthers' only time to shine — to show that they can put others down without cause or even knowing anything about the band/artist. Try to find one news post that doesn't have a string of lame, uneducated and closed-minded responses from people that WISH they were the people that they are slagging. It's not just Dave Mustaine, MÖTLEY CRÜE, ROTTING CHRIST, or CKY — it's everyone. And the negative opinions are so lame it's embarassing to read them, so it should be embarrassing to write them."Why don't all of you negative fucks find some friends and power outside of the house? Your slagging remarks are boring, and I'm sure they'll be yet another string of dull crap to follow this post: 'CK-who', 'CKY sucks' (that's an original one). Let me save you the time... I won't be reading them! But you'll do it anyway, because that's just how predictable you are. We don't give a fuck, and neither do the other great bands (or bad bands) on here that are doing what you WISH you were doing. "To the positive people that are in touch with reality... I commend you for trying to put these losers in their place and making Blabbermouth a cool site to visit."
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The largest free music festival ever in Akron is coming your way on Saturday, June 8 from 12-8 p.m. Don't miss it.
The Highland Square Porch Rokr Festival is organized by the Highland Square Neighborhood Association, a non-profit organization that means to celebrate the history, arts and self-described "eclectic" vibe of the Highland Square neighborhood in Akron, Ohio.
The event does not conflict with the association's annual Art in the Square, which will be held in August. This is a second neighborhood day, but one that is taking a wonderful turn, allowing for vendors to hawk merchandise without rental fees and performers to have protection from the weather by playing under covered roofs. The venue even more offers for more bands to participate by taking the festival to a much larger geographical area. That's a ingenious move.
More than 80 bands, ensembles, choirs, solo musicians and the like will appear on porches throughout a 10-block area within the footprint of the Highland Square area.
Drowning in Amnesty will perform at Highland Square Porch Rokr Festival 2013.
Bands are scheduled every hour beginning at noon. The variety of music that will be available is seemingly endless – rock and roll, blues, reggae, gypsy, country, blues, psychedelic and still more. A complete list of performers is available online.
Angie Haze will perform artsy gypsy music at Highland Square Porch Rokr Festival 2013.
The festival also provides all kinds of other good things – a strong sense of neighborhood, a chance for local talent (a lot from within the neighborhood itself) to make its presence known, an opportunity for artists to set out their pieces and hopefully reap some financial reward for their creative efforts, and, maybe more than all else, provide a fun-filled entertaining day at the beginning of summer.
It's an awesome concept, and it's bound to be successful.
Colorblind will perform atmospheric psychedelic rock at HIghland Square Porch Rokr Festival 2013.
Even neighborhood folks who want to jump in on the activity and make a little money are encouraged to hold a yard sale, since so many people will be walking through the streets to see the constant stream of performers. The association even prompts people who want to make food to sell to do so, but to keep the number of meals to be sold to less than 115 to avoid having to apply and pay for a permit from the city. All they have to is print out a form on the organization's website saying that they are abiding within the guidelines – and as a notice to customers who may find the food sellers running out of stuff.
Artists, food vendors and shops around the Square will be giving away free stuff all day on June 8, including food, drinks, artwork and more. To get your share of the free stuff, you need your Square Cards. Five Square Cards ($20) are good for a free item of your choice. Buy 10 Square Card coupons and receive a free "vintage" Art in the Square t-shirt (they are also for sale).
Highland Square Porch Rokr Festival will be held from 12-8 p.m. on Saturday, June 8 in the Highland Square area. For information, visit porchrokr.com. Admission is free.
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Copeland Furniture Monterey Sofa Table
The environmentally conscious Copeland Furniture of Vermont presents a unique take on the traditional sofa table with modern Asian-inspired option that offers extra storage and display capabilities. Crafted with durable cherry hardwood, the Monterey triples the typical surface space in a clean design that incorporates nicely into countless room-design preferences, allowing you to show off knickknacks or book collections in sophisticated, understated style.
- Compact in size yet generous in display and storage space
- Fits in to home or office settings
- Quality craftsmanship of solid, sustainable cherry hardwood from the American Northern Forest
- Unique yet understated shape with a hint of traditional Japanese design
- Works as well on its own as it does with Copeland�s other Monterey pieces
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Height: 30"
Width: 60"
Depth: 18"
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Fired deputy drove recklessly, at high speeds, investigators say
SEBRING - When a former Highlands County deputy transported a juvenile to Tampa, he drove recklessly to the point that a witness thought someone might have stolen the patrol car, according to Internal Affairs records released Monday. "I've never called in a sheriff ever, but this guy I thought wasn't even a sheriff," the man said. "I thought he was driving around in a stolen car, cause he's missing turns left and right...," the man told the Highlands County Sheriff's Office. The deputy was Hiram Obregon, who was arrested last week along with his wife, Lissette Obregon, a couple of months after his house burned down, authorities said. An investigation of the fire, which occurred weeks after Obregon was fired, found evidence of a marijuana-growing operation at the Obregon home, authorities said.Both were charged with growing marijuana, possession of more than 20 grams of marijuana, arson and owning or renting a structure with the purpose of trafficking, selling or manufacturing a controlled substance. Obregon blamed his wife, saying she was growing plants in the house, but he didn't know which type. As for the reasons he was terminated by the Highlands County Sheriff's Office, the report said that in addition to the Tampa incident, an Internal Affairs investigation showed that on numerous occasions Obregon drove his patrol car at more than 90 miles per hour, although his patrol car lights were not flashing. The Tampa incident occurred on April 29 when a Tampa police officer notified the Highlands County Sheriff's Office that Obregon was "driving in excess of 70-75 miles per hour, darting in and out of rush hour traffic. At one point he (the Tampa police officer) stated, he (Obregon) drove on the shoulder and then jumped back into the lane of traffic, cutting off vehicles," the report said. The other witness who stated he suspected the car was stolen also reported that the patrol car was being driven all over the road, cutting people off, and the turn signal was not being used, the report said. The juvenile with him recalled that Obregon was cursing during the trip because the computer telling him where to go was messing up. She also agreed that Obregon drove above the speed limit and that he went off the road at times. She told investigators she had "never ridden like that before," the report said. In other incidents involving speeding, the report says, that Obregon apparently would immediately deactivate a mobile recording system in his car that is activated by speed. The report notes that in these incidents he drove at speeds around 90 miles per hour in areas with speed limits of 60 or 55 miles per hour. In at least one incident, the road was wet, the report said. Obregon, who was described as confrontational during the initial part of the investigation, later wrote a letter pleading to keep his job. "I found law enforcement late in age, but I firmly believe that this is my calling and would be honored to continue working as a (deputy) sheriff of Highlands County," the report said. firstname.lastname@example.com (863) 386-5834


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Published: Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 12:56 a.m.
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For some unexplained reason (rumor says new management), the Hard Rock Casino has elected to stop issuing vouchers to the many folks, mainly seniors, who have been riding the buses from various locations.
Their Social Security will not permit the bus fee without the vouchers, so they are either giving up their gambling pleasure or driving themselves. Not a good idea. Consequently, attendance is down, which certainly does not help management. A lot of bus drivers are out of work, which is not helping the economy.
Please bring back the buses with vouchers or at least tell us why not. It would appear that many bus patrons are disabled and could only travel by bus.
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Definition of esophagitis in English:
Inflammation of the esophagus.
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NEW YORK � �Barring something unforeseen,� Rusney Castillo will play for the Red Sox at the major-league level this month, general manager Ben Cherington said Wednesday. Boston will first try to take advantage of as many minor-league games as it can to prepare Castillo for the bigs.
Castillo played his first game at the Double-A level Wednesday night, going 1-for-3 and playing five innings in center field for Portland in its 8-5 loss to Binghamton. Castillo lined out, flied out and reached on an infield single, eventually stealing third base and scoring.
He did not record a putout in the field.
Cherington said the center fielder will likely stick with the Sea Dogs for the entirety of their five-game first-round series against Binghamton in the Eastern League playoffs.
�What we want to do is try to maximize the number of at-bats he gets and sort of balance that with the transition back to playing, so maybe there will even be off-days mixed in,� Cherington said. �It�s been a while since he�s� had a lot of game activity. He needs at-bats.�
Castillo played in his first two professional games for the Red Sox earlier this week in the Gulf Coast League. He�s slated to play five innings in center field and lead off for Portland on Wednesday. The Red Sox will consider having Castillo play some kind of winter ball, though visa issues may make it difficult for him to play in the Dominican Republic. The Arizona Fall League is always an option, as well.
�He�s working hard, attitude has been great, soaking stuff in,� said Cherington. �We�re more interested in watching him integrate into the daily routine and get comfortable with things we�re asking him, and he�s done that very quickly.�
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Neopets Series -- Xweetok LbNA # 30396
|Placed Date
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|Portland, OR
Directions to the Xweetok box start from the location of the Neopets Blumaroo LB hiding spot.
Continue down the trail until you find a bench. Take a look at the map and see where you are. Go East on Wildwood trail, counting off 27 paces from the map. On your left will be several entangled trees. Behind it is a second clump of trees. Look at the base of the tree on the east side.
The bench is a nice place to stamp in while being discreet. "Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." --L. Brown
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With an impact factor 5.221 and a ranking of 10th out of 126 peer-reviewed psychiatric journals, Bipolar Disorders is the official Journal of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders.
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Heart Rock Mystery Box - Endangered Species #2 LbNA # 28950 (ARCHIVED)
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This letterbox can be found in a beautiful California desert named for a tree that cannot survive without the help of a tiny moth. It is a special place where the Mojave and the Sonoran Deserts merge, and where Captain White built a couple reservoirs to water his cattle long ago. Not far from the campground and seen from the trail that takes you to an arch, is a large heart shaped rock, well off the beaten path.
Find the trail marker titled Dikes for your starting position. Face directly North East, find the enormous boulders in the far distance covered with reddish desert varnish. Look to the east (right) of these and find the boulder covered with pockmarks like the surface of the moon. Count 3 boulders to the left - look closely at the third boulder and you will just be able to make out the shape of a heart. The heart rock is perfectly shaped, standing on its point. That is your destination. How you get there is up to you. Find a sandy wash to wander up, scramble over the fantastic rock formations, just head in the general direction until you get to it. The closer you get, the more obvious the heart shape is. Be discreet- it is not on a regular hiking trail.
Standing in front of the heart rock, facing the campground, look to the left near the point of the heart and notice a small pile of rocks. Carefully turn them over with a stick, you will find the letterbox buried beneath. Enjoy the solitud and the quiet. And don't be seen.
The subject of my stamp is the endangered Desert Tortoise, a regular inhabitant of this area.


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Handloading or reloading is the process of loading firearm cartridges or shotgun shells by putting together the individual components that make up the shell — case/shot shell, primer, powder, and bullet/shot load. There is nothing complicated in doing this. I have often stated handloading cartridges are just about as simple as putting something together with Tinker Toys. Using the proper tools and a good reloading manual, a teenager could figure out how to do it with very little, if any, adult help or supervision.
While modern smokeless powders are differently flammable they are actually safer to have in the house than such things as lacquer sprays, lighter fluid and even rubbing alcohol. Reloading powders are classified as propellants, not explosives like dynamite. When properly used, smokeless powders burn when ignited; they do not detonate or explode.
There are many reasons why people who enjoy shooting may want to take up the hobby of reloading. Economics is one reason. A box of shells purchased from a retail outlet can be reloaded at about one-third of the original cost. In rifle or pistol ammunition, the cartridge case is the most expensive component. The handloads will most likely be just as good as or better than the factory ammunition.
Reloading is also a fascinating hobby because it widens the scope of the shooting sport. The various combinations of available cases, powders, primers and bullets are almost endless for all known cartridges. This includes many that are now obsolete. An obsolete cartridge is one that is no longer factory-made. Here is a hobby that one can choose to keep simple, or they can pursue it with the seriousness of a ballistics engineer.
Benchrest target shooters are constantly seeking the best achievable accuracy as well as the best shot-to-shot consistency or precision. Here is a competitive shooter trying to tailor a certain handload combination that his firearm handles best. This type of shooter would still prefer to handload even if the cost of doing this was higher.
For the person just getting started, reloading manuals are a must. The beginning reloader should never attempt to load any cases until they have studied and fully comprehended what happens with each step that takes place in the reloading process. The Lyman Reloading Manual is one of the best on the market today. This manual explains each step with illustrations that are easy to understand. I have been handloading rifle and pistol cases since 1971, and I still find this particular reloading manual interesting reading.
The basic piece of equipment for handloading is the press. This is a device that uses compound leverage to push the fired cases into the dies that perform the loading operations. They vary from simple, inexpensive, single-stage models to complex, progressive models that are capable of loading cartridges at a rate of ten cartridges per minute.
Dies are sold in sets of two or three dies, depending on the shape of the cartridge. The three-die set is needed for straight-walled cases, and the two-die set is used for bottle-necked cases. Reloading dies are made of hardened steel that requires the case to be lubricated for the resizing operation. Just about all rifle cartridges require lubrication because the resizing process requires a large amount of force.
The first step when reloading cases is to examine each individual casing. Make sure there are no dents or cracks in the case. Next, check the case to make sure of its length with the cartridge length gauge. If it is too long, then it will have to be file trimmed. The sizing die unseats and reseats a new primer. A reloading beginner would do well to invest in a quality powder measure and scale. After the case is resized, a primer inserted, powder measured, insert a seating die into the press. Hold the bullet in front of the cartridge mouth and run it up into the seating die. After you finish loading, be sure to wipe off all the lubricant on the newly reloaded rounds.
I don't have room to explain each step in detail of the reloading process; this is what the reloading manuals are for. In addition to the Lyman, Hornady, Sierra, Speer and the National Rifle Association publish outstanding reloading manuals.
Today, more than 4 million shooters have become reloaders. Each year, they produce as much ammo as all of the major ammunition factories combined. Money is really not the major concern to the reloader seeking a high level of accuracy. This is the type of shooter who wants to practice, practice, practice and practice some more, because this is how marksmen are mode. Reloading makes it possible for a person to enjoy all the pleasures of shooting and enjoy it often.
Handloaders in the United States are indeed the most fortunate in the world. Many countries heavily restrict, even expressively forbid, the civilian possession of firearms, ammunition, ammunition components and even reloading tools. Handloading here has not been subjected to any government regulations, largely because of the NRA and other organizations that defend the right to enjoy shooting sports. However, I do have to admit this is a segment of the shooting sport that is bitterly detested by the gun control fanatics we have in this country. At the present time, no one has to have a federal license to purchase reloading components or to possess reloading tools, and I don't know of any individual state that has such a requirement.


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Last month U.S. employers added 236,000 jobs to non-farm payrolls and unemployment fell to 7.7%. These are positive signs that things are turning around--but a whopping 12 million Americans are still looking for work.
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Delhi HC adjourns Amar Singh's bail hearing
Singh is currently in judicial custody but admitted at AIIMS after his health deteriorated in Tihar jail.
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court adjourned the hearing of the bail plea of former Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh in the 2008 cash for votes scam on Tuesday. It is now set to hear Singh's plea on Wednesday.
Singh had moved the High court after his regular and interim bail were rejected by a lower court.
Singh is currently in judicial custody but admitted at AIIMS after his health deteriorated in Tihar jail.
Singh was arrested on September 6 after he appeared before the court in response to the court summons to him for his alleged involvement in 2008 cash-for-vote scam.
He, however, had to be rushed to All India Medical Sciences (AIIMS) from Tihar jail after a bout of vomiting and diarrhoea on September 12 evening.
Doctors from AIIMS told the Delhi High Court on October 13 that Singh needed constant medical monitoring.
"He needs to be constantly monitored for renal function, infections and if he is travelling he should be under the supervision of nephrologist, a dialysis technician, a nurse and use ambulance/air ambulance for emergency," said a report by Additional Professor Doctor Sanjay Gupta of the AIIMS' Department of Nephrology.
The report was submitted to Justice Ajit Bharihoke who had earlier sought to be apprised of Amar Singh's health condition to decide his bail plea.
The Delhi High Court granted Singh interim bail on October 15.
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by Jonathan Galland
You know exercise is good for you.
Physical activity burns calories, promotes metabolism and weight loss, and helps reduce the risk of many diseases.
Exercise is also a powerful mood booster and helps fight depression.
Now there is even more good news: exercise makes cells younger.
Researchers in the United States and Germany are looking at the benefits of exercise on the cellular level. Their findings indicate that exercise has a potent anti-aging effect on the cells.
When researchers in Germany compared older runners with sedentary people of the same age, the difference was dramatic. The older runners had cells that had stayed much more youthful than those of their less active contemporaries.
In another study from the University of Colorado at Boulder, researchers noted the positive anti-aging effects upon the cells of people maintaining a high level of aerobic fitness. The researchers conclude: "This may represent a novel molecular mechanism underlying the "anti-aging" effects of maintaining high aerobic fitness." (Larocca et. al)
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Circulation. 2009;120:S492.
Beneficial Effects of Long-term Endurance Exercise on Leukocyte Telomere Biology
Christian Werner1; Tobias Fürster1; Cristiana Roggia1; Jürgen Scharhag2; Michael Böhm3; Ulrich Laufs3
1 Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Germany
2 Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany
3 Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Germany
Background: Epidemiological data show that physical activity is associated with reduced cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Age is the major cause of cardiovascular disease. Telomeres and telomere-regulating proteins determine the aging process on the cellular level. This study examines telomere biology and senescence-associated factors in endurance athletes and matched controls without physical activity.
Methods: Leukocytes where isolated from the peripheral blood of professional young track & field athletes (n=32, age 20.4 years, running 73±5 km/week), aged athletes performing regular endurance training (n=25, age 51.1 years, running 80±8 km/week, 35 years training history) and two control groups of age-matched, physically inactive healthy volunteers (26 young and 21 aged subjects).
Results: Telomere repeat amplification protocols revealed an activation of leukocyte telomerase in young athletes to 256±19% and in elderly athletes to 182±11% compared to controls. Western blots showed an up-regulation of the telomere-capping protein TRF2 in young (179±1%) as well as in aged athletes (176±10%). FlowFISH assays and real-time PCR measurements of leukocyte telomere length showed no difference between young athletes and young controls. Sedentary elder controls exhibited a significant reduction of leukocyte telomere length (FF: 53±3%; PCR: 70±8%; vs. young controls). Importantly, there was a striking conservation of telomere length in aged athletes (FF: 88±4%; PCR: 84±7%; vs. young controls). Further analysis of telomere-associated proteins and cellular senescence regulators demonstrated an increase of TRF2, Ku70 and Ku80 mRNA and a reduced protein expression of Chk2, p16 and p53 in aged athletes compared to untrained elder controls.
Conclusions: Our data suggest that beneficial effects of exercise on telomere proteins and senescence-associated factors occur in leukocytes of young track & field athletes. In elderly athletes with a history of long-term continuous exercising we found a potent activation of leukocyte telomerase and conservation of telomere length. These findings improve the molecular understanding of beneficial vascular effects of physical activity and implicate an "anti-aging" effect of physical exercise.
Mech Ageing Dev. 2010 Jan 11.
Leukocyte telomere length is preserved with aging in endurance exercise-trained adults and related to maximal aerobic capacity.
Larocca TJ, Seals DR, Pierce GL.
Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
Telomere length (TL), a measure of replicative senescence, decreases with aging, but the factors involved are incompletely understood. To determine if age-associated reductions in TL are related to habitual endurance exercise and maximal aerobic exercise capacity (maximal oxygen consumption, VO(2)max), we studied groups of young (18-32 years; n=15, 7 male) and older (55-72 years; n=15, 9 male) sedentary and young (n=10, 7 male) and older endurance exercise-trained (n=17, 11 male) healthy adults. Leukocyte TL (LTL) was shorter in the older (7059+/-141bp) vs. young (8407+/-218) sedentary adults (P<0.01). LTL of the older endurance-trained adults (7992+/-169bp) was approximately 900bp greater than their sedentary peers (P<0.01) and was not significantly different (P=0.12) from young exercise-trained adults (8579+/-413). LTL was positively related to VO(2)max due to a significant association in older adults (r=0.44, P<0.01). Stepwise multiple regression analysis revealed that VO(2)max independently explained approximately 60% of the variance in LTL. Our results indicate that LTL is preserved in healthy older adults who perform vigorous aerobic exercise and is positively related to maximal aerobic exercise capacity. This may represent a novel molecular mechanism underlying the "anti-aging" effects of maintaining high aerobic fitness.


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Japan to Hit the Nuclear Restart Button
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Japan looks likely to mark the third anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown by declaring itself unequivocally in favor of atomic energy.
Although the cleanup at the stricken plant is only a short way into a 30- to 40-year project, and there is still uncertainty over the levels of radiation released and the extent of its spread, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's long-term energy plan says that "nuclear power is an important baseload electricity source."
Before the accident, nuclear power represented approximately 30% of Japan's power output and the government had planned to raise the proportion to 50%, The Wall Street Journal's Mari Iwata explains. The strategy was abandoned after Fukushima, and none of the country's reactors are currently operational.
The Journal has an excellent graphic showing where these reactors are and how close each could be to functionality.
Japan's turnabout on atomic energy has as much to do with finances as anything else. Japanese utilities have been making up the shortfall caused by the absence of nuclear energy by buying liquefied natural gas on the international market, just as the price of LNG has hit record highs.
For a country running a record-high trade deficit the cost of decommissioning 48 nuclear reactors doesn't bear thinking about.
On the subject of anniversaries, it's nearly two years since Spanish oil company Repsol was unceremoniously defenestrated in Argentina.
A snap nationalization of Argentine oil producer YPF stripped Respol of half its production capacity, led it to shed assets in order to appease credit-ratings firms and strained relations between Madrid and Buenos Aires.
But all's well that ends well. The Journal's Ilan Brat reports that a complex $5 billion compensation deal has been agreed on that should satisfy both sides.
Repsol can return to concentrating on the business of exploring and producing, while Argentina can hope other companies will see it as a less risky bet.
As big, and not-so-big, oil companies struggle with the demands of maintaining capital investment and shareholder returns, cost-cutting is firmly in the sights.
Nothing, it seems, is off the agenda.
Statoil, the Norwegian energy giant, is among those tightening the purse strings. Feeling the squeeze are workers heading offshore. Free coffee will no longer be served up at heliports.
Brent crude-oil prices continued to slide from multi-week highs Wednesday, but remain firmly in their recent range. You can read the Journal's latest oil-markets report here.