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PGGM, the €128bn Dutch pension-fund manager, has completed its takeover of the €7.5bn fund for the country's doctors, expanding its asset-management services as a result, as consolidation in the Netherlands' €800bn pensions sector continues.
PGGM said today it was taking full 100% ownership of Doctors Pension Fund Services, the administrator and asset manager of the Stichting Pensioenfonds voor Huisartsen, or SPH, which caters to 16,000 general practitioners.
DPFS had been co-owned by PGGM and SPH since late 2011, when the two first said they would work together. PGGM has been increasing its stake gradually since then.
Parts of SPH's portfolio, such as its investments in property, infrastructure and private equity, were transferred to PGGM's management during 2012.
Today the pension funds said a newly-formed PGGM department, to be known as External Segregated Mandates, will take over responsibility for SPH's investments in liquid markets such as stocks and bonds, and oversee its relationships with underlying asset managers.
A spokeswoman for PGGM said: "The new department will be responsible for selection and monitoring of external asset managers in liquid markets (equities and debt) for segregated mandates. SPH is the first customer for this service."
She said that in the future, PGGM planned to roll out the service to other pension funds.
In a statement this morning, Dick Willemse, chairman of the SPH, said the deal was "a collaboration between the knowledge and experience of DPFS as an executive for occupational pensions, embedded in the robustness and scalability of a large public administrator such as PGGM." He said SPH was now "much more future-proof".
Arjen van Amerongen, the chief executive of DPFS, said: "The pension world is becoming increasingly complex, and maintaining expertise is becoming increasingly important. Now that the employees of DPFS are becoming part of PGGM, this is easier."
The takeover completes a process begun in 2009, when SPH parted company with the €5.6bn pension scheme for medical consultants, SPMS. The two schemes were formerly co-owners of DPFS, but SPMS sold out of the pension-fund management company and employed BlackRock as an external 'fiduciary manager'.
In the wake of that deal, SPH said it needed to find a "strong strategic partner", and unveiled the collaboration with PGGM in October of 2011.
PGGM Investments is the in-house fund manager for the €124bn healthcare workers' scheme, known as Pensioenfonds Zorg en Weljin, which is the Netherlands' second largest. It also manages four other smaller pension schemes.
In October, it announced a formal merger with the €535m pension fund for artists and theatre performers, Stichting Pensioenfonds Cultuur, a move that helped minimise planned cuts to members' pensions. PGGM had been managing its assets since 2010.
Dutch pension funds, under pressure from low interest rates, have been merging and consolidating to cut costs and win efficiencies of scale. Last month, the €150m fund for the concrete-processing industry, known as BpfMortel, said it would merge with the €35bn pension fund for the Dutch building industry BpfBOUW.


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We've talked about the benefits of exercise before. However, this time even more research supports the idea that people with a cancer diagnosis should be active throughout all stages of survivorship.
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I keep hearing about people exercising during treatment. While I'm sure that exercise would be beneficial, I am so exhausted by chemo that I cannot begin. Most days simply walking up a flight of stairs wears me out. Might anyone have some advice?
Just returned from walking all four Disney Theme Parks at Disney World, Florida, in four days with my grandson's and their parents. I have metastatic breast cancer w mets to the lung,bone, and abdomen. It's been 8 1/2 years since the cancer returned. I pop in an exercise DVD 4-5 times a week, aerobic exercise with stretching and toning. It's a great way to work on the weight issue and get the "good body cells" fully oxygenated. Without a doubt I could not have enjoyed the sparkle in my grandsons' eyes as we walked and rode the rides without a commitment to staying strong w a regular exercise routine.
Hi, I'm seven months after chemo for ovarian cancer on warfarin and gained thirty pounds. Chemo left me with neuropathy. I can barely walk sometimes. I am determined to lose the weight so i just started using my treadmill five minutes a day along with diet changes. I feel good and can see the benefits from the little I am doing. On a mission:-)
One needs to be unorthodox in one's conception of 'exercises'.Very recently,my mom taught my father some yogic exercises called 'Mudras',which are done sitting in one place-with no strnuous physical movement.She suspects that the recent improvements in his blood reports is linked to these.Even I started doing these 'mudras' today for healing sleeplessness.
I believe exercise has been one of the best medicines for fighting my metastatic breast cancer.
Having already been a fitness enthusiast, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer 10 years ago. So, two months before having mascectomy and tram reconstruction, I amped it up to get my obliques as strong as possible. I had an amazingly easy recovery.
Two years later, 8 years ago, I was diagnosed with bone mets. It attacked my right humerous, and I have since had 5 open arm/shoulder surgeries. This has left my arm with quite limited use. Exercising techniques have now changed and as the years have passed, my routine has been more challenging. The intensity I exercise at and my abilities has changed but I would not give it up.
I continue to exercise as much as possible.
i am fortunate to have a treadmill, stair climber, Pilates reformer and weight system set up in our home and I make it my happy place with twinkle lights along the ceiling. I sometimes take my kindle on the treadmill and before I know it I've walked 5 miles!
It makes me feel in control, which makes my mind and body feel 'normal'.
It is about time the medical world starts to recognize the be fits of exercise and fitness for cancer patients. Especially with breast cancer patients who often gain weight during treatment. It doesn't come off easily afterward, as often the thyroid is compromised.
Nutrition counseling and fitness training should be a standard prescription.
I have stage 4 breast cancer, my pelvic area, all the long bones and ribs, sternum and my scull bone infiltrated. I walk for exercise, and believe me it works wonders. I am not allowed to bend nor lift heavy things.
Some facilities have chemo/radiation and
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I have just passed the 5 year anniversary of completion of 8 months of chemo for metastasized breast cancer to the stomach lining(inoperable). During treatment, I walked daily for 45 minutes with the exception of only 5 occasions. Sometimes I felt I could not make it back to my house especially in the first few days when I would feel 30 years older than I am! I feel that the exercise helped my mind and body to keep going during the treatments. Once finished treatment, I have kept up an hour of exercise a minimum of 3X per week in addition to doing yardwork. I am convinced that this has made my body stronger and more able to cope in continuing to fight the cancer. I always feel better after a session.I would strongly encourage keeping up an exercise regimen if one feels up to it.
Both my radiation oncologist and medical oncologist and GP suggested that exercise would help after surgery and radiation for melanoma/lymphedema. It worked, keeping the swelling down and controlling the nerve pain. I would recommend this advice to everyone who has cancer followed by treatment.
I have always exercised. Usually a two to three time a week aerobics class that includes cardio, weights, bands, stability balls anda little yoga. I have recently started adding some yoga classes since I have read that that may prevent pain. For the past 3 1/2 years I have had metastatic breast cancer to bones and lungs. I am pain free for the most part and attribute that to Aredia and to all the exercising I do. The oncologist supports this. I am 81 years old.
Exercise was not prescribed for me, however, since I am a retired PT, I know how important exercise is for healing of any kind. After my 2 lung cancer surgeries and chemo, I started a slow conditioning program consisting of walking and gentle stretching. Now on the eve of 5 years since my initial diagnosis, I just completed a hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon (and back up!) It took determination to regain my strength and endurance, and my love is hiking, but any exercise program definitely makes you feel better, mentally and physically.
I find that oncologists have little advice to offer as far as encouragement to exercise or eating properly. Whatever I have done was on my own instincts and from reading and studying what others experienced.
I was asked by my Dr to try to exercise. For me that is a four letter word,but I have started to exercise. I am wondering what I should be eating since I do not seem to be losing any weight and I was told I needed to lose 30 lbs. I am on Tamoxifen and warfarin.
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- Brother and sister eager to return to family farm
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- Whitney Bell and her brother Austin White are exceptions to the youthful exodus from Rural America.
- Austin and Whitney welcome the opportunities and the challenges.
- Whitney and Austin understand the realities of a family farm.
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In 1945 the average age of the United States farmer was 39 years old. By 1974 that average had risen to 45 years. In 2007, our average farmer was 58, according to USDA figures. The trend continues as young people leave the farm to attend college and then pursue other careers—often looking for jobs with less risk, less stress and more financial reward.
It's not always the child that encourages the break. Farmers often push their children to consider other options before committing to life on the farm and the constant struggles with weather, capricious markets and voracious pests. Many insist that their sons and daughters get a degree before coming back to the home place.
Some do.
Whitney Bell and her brother Austin White are exceptions to the youthful exodus from Rural America and are anxious to carry on a family tradition that has persisted through several generations near Frederick, Okla.
Whitney earned a degree in animal science from Oklahoma State University in 2010 and is already back on the farm, improving a herd of Angus cattle and building a commercial cattle operation. She also works for Sesaco as a field representative, encouraging farmers to plant sesame as a rotation option in traditional cotton and wheat country.
Austin has just started his junior year at OSU, majoring in agriculture business and taking as many economics and marketing courses as he can, "for my own benefit." He spent his summer break working on his parents'—Joe D. and Gayle White's—peanut, cotton and grain farm.
Austin and Whitney welcome the opportunities and the challenges. Neither is afraid of hard work or long hours.
Whitney could wrangle cattle in the morning, set up a planter in the afternoon and be the prettiest girl at the dance that evening—until she gets bored and decides to shoot wild hogs in the peanut field with her husband Brandon, a deputy sheriff. She takes care of stray kittens and orphaned wild critters, a raccoon being the latest rescue.
Austin worked all summer on the farm, loading out peanut seed in early summer, plowing, planting cotton and then monitoring irrigation systems. He was anxious to get back to college but also misses the early mornings—6:30 every day—and checking on crops and "keeping the water going."
Both say tradition has much to do with their desire to return to their roots.
"I didn't always want to come back and farm," Austin says. "When I was younger, I thought I would do something else, something in agriculture, but not back on the farm."
That changed when he went away to college. "I wanted to get back to the production side of agriculture," he says. "It's a pretty sight watching crops come up out of the ground. And I want to continue to build on what dad started."


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Ian Hannam, the former chairman of capital markets at JP Morgan in London and one of the bankers most associated with the London's mining takeover boom, has failed in his attempt to overturn a ruling that he engaged in market abuse.
The ruling is a boost for the UK's regulators who have sometimes lagged behind their counterparts in the US when trying to take action against high-profile financial figures.
The case centred around two emails Hannam sent in 2008 relating to a potential bid for Hannam's client, Heritage Oil PLC, whose chief executive at the time was Anthony Buckingham, and Heritage's oil exploration efforts. The regulator said they improperly disclosed insider information.
One of the emails finished with "PS – Tony has just found oil and it is looking good."
Hannam resigned from JP Morgan in April 2012 to fight the ruling by the Financial Services Authority, now replaced by the Financial Conduct Authority. Hannam has since set up his own advisory boutique, Strand Partners.
Hannam said the emails didn't disclose inside information and that they were sent in the course of his job assisting Heritage.
All of Hannam's arguments were dismissed by a tribunal in London which heard his appeal. The decision was made public Wednesday.
Hannam was originally fined £450,000. The tribunal said it will decide later what penalty he should now pay.
In a statement Hannam said: "I am obviously disappointed that the tribunal has rejected the explanation as to why the two emails sent in the course of advising and assisting my client did not contravene the rules, but I do appreciate the full consideration that has been given to the issues."
Hannam, often referred to as in the London press as "King of mining M&A", is able to appeal the latest judgment. However, in his statement he said: "Launching an appeal is not a decision to be taken lightly and will require careful thought."


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Taipei, August 13, 2013 - Cirque du Soleil is thrilled to return to Taiwan with its critically-acclaimed and family-friendly big top production OVO. Since its world premiere in Montreal, Canada in April 2009, OVO has visited more than 20 cities in Canada, United States, Mexico and Australia, delighting over 2.5 million spectators. This will be the first visit of OVO in Asia.
Starting August 14, 2013, tickets for OVO will be available with a special Early Bird discount. For more information, please visit www.cirquedusoleil.com.tw .
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OVO, meaning "egg" in Portuguese, is a headlong rush into a colorful ecosystem teeming with life, where insects work, eat, crawl, flutter, play, fight and look for love in a non-stop riot of energy and movement.
When a mysterious egg appears in their midst, the insects are awestruck and intensely curious about this iconic object that represents the enigma and cycles of their lives. It is love at first sight when a gawky, quirky insect arrives in this bustling community and a fabulous ladybug catches his eye – and the feeling is mutual.
The cast of OVO is comprised of 54 performing artists from 15 countries specializing in many acrobatic acts. One highlight of OVO is the stunning Flying Act in which a group of scarabs soar high above the stage, from both edges to the middle landing on a platform. This breathtaking act combines many circus disciplines: banquine, Russian swing and swinging chair.
The Creative Team behind the world of OVO is: Artistic Guides Guy Laliberté and Gilles Ste-Croix; Writer, Director and Choreographer Deborah Colker (first female director at Cirque du Soleil); Director of Creation Chantal Tremblay; Set and props Designer Gringo Cardia; Costume Designer Liz Vandal; Composer and Musical Director Berna Ceppas; Lighting Designer Éric Champoux; Sound Designer Jonathan Deans; Acrobatic Equipment and Rigging Designer Fred Gérard; Acrobatic Performance Designer Philippe Aubertin; and Makeup Designer Julie Bégin.
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Backblaze has two interesting blog posts about enterprise vs consumer drives. Their conclusions are that drives fail either when they're young, or when they're old, but not when they're in mid-life. They also found no real difference failure rates between the two classes. http://blog.backblaze.com/2013/11/12/how-long-do-disk-drives-last/ http://blog.backblaze.com/2013/12/04/enterprise-drive-reliability/


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Listener Email: Religion and Thelema
Here are my 2 cents regarding podcast 43. I am a firm believer in spirituality free from religion. Unfortunatly religion has been a part of our human history. So going from religion to a religion free spirituality, is easier said than done. I think Thelema is a good bridge between religion and religion free spirituality. Thelema is the only major religious(if you can call it that) system that has Gods major law as a core tenet. I feel that free will is at the top of Gods list. Additionally Thelema has enough religious elements to satisfy peoples needs/wants for religion. I am not free from religion, but Thelema serves as a step in that direction.
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By William P. Thompson: Freedom Newspapers
Tuition increases at universities throughout the nation have become an annual rite of passage for college students, and Eastern New Mexico University offers no exception. The university's board of regents approved a measure Monday to raise undergraduate tuition by $72, graduate tuition by $81 and fees by $18 for the 2006-2007 school year.
ENMU President Steven Gamble said that despite the increases, ENMU consistently has the lowest in-state tuition among more than 70 similar institutions throughout New Mexico, Colorado, Texas and Oklahoma.
"We do everything we can to keep it (tuition) down," Gamble said.
Gamble and some ENMU regents spoke of increases in utility costs as one of the factors contributing to a need to raise tuition.
"Our expenses are rising," Gamble said. "Our forecasted utility bill for next year is up $350,000. Our medical quote is $275,000 higher for next year. Our property taxes are expected to be up $145,000 next year."
The board of regents also approved increases in student housing rates of 4 to 6 percent for the 2006-2007 school year, depending on type of housing. There is no increase in board rates.
Stephanie McClary, ENMU housing director, sent a memorandum in March to Gary Musgrave, vice president of student affairs, outlining reasons behind the housing rate boost.
"Increases in housing rates will be necessary to offset increases in expenses such as salaries and utilities," McClary stated in her memo. "I have no reason to anticipate a significant increase in our occupancy for the upcoming year."
ENMU sophomore Anthony Lacy said he's pretty much resigned to annual tuition hikes, and it's not affecting his finances yet.
"I've got loans, so I'll eventually have to pay it all back," he said. "I won't notice it (the increase) until I have to pay my loans."
Sophomore Dakota Helphenstine said he wishes the administration would distribute a document to students explaining in simple terms where all their tuition money and student fees go and why tuition needs to go up.
"The (university) bookstore did that before. They showed us exactly why our textbooks cost so much. I just wish they (the administration) would explain to us why."
Gamble said he will furnish details about where the tuition money will go at the next board of regents meeting, and he will also furnish a detailed list of university expenditures and how tuition money is spent to the student body president, Kori Totten.
Helphenstine said he hasn't had to take out any loans yet, but every time the tuition goes up, it puts more financial stress upon him.
In other board of regents news, Totten made a slide presentation explaining why the student fees board, which is comprised of students, was unhappy with large yearly increases in the amount of student fees going to "infrastructure."
The board of regents voted Monday to put $631,000 of collected fees into infrastructure funding, more than the $600,000 recommended by the student fees board.
"When the infrastructure (student fee budget category) was created in 2003-2004, there was $230,000 in it," Totten said. "Now there is $631,000. It was 10.71 percent of total student fees, and now it's 23 percent."
Gamble responded by saying that putting more of student fees into the "infrastructure" category is a budget-balancing measure.
"There is not more or less money going to students," he said. "We could have dropped all the money into tuition, but if we did 3 percent of every dollar would go back to the state (as required by state law). When we put it in student fees (for infrastructure), we don't have to give it back to the state."
Gamble said "infrastructure" was a name for a budget category for which the administration would have complete discretion over the use of the funds in that category.
Scott Smart, vice president of business affairs, said the university would be able to spend "infrastructure" money collected from student fees on anything needed at the university, not just on such traditional infrastructure as building repairs.
Gamble agreed to meet with student fees board members before next month's board of regents meeting to hammer out a plan whereby the infrastructure fee will no longer be labeled a "student fee." It will continue to be a separate infrastructure fee, although it will still be assessed to students.
Totten said there has been confusion on the part of many students who mistakenly believed that the student fees board has discretion over the infrastructure fee money when in fact it does not.
Gamble said high infrastructure fee increases were necessary to have money set aside for high utility-rate hikes or any emergencies that might arise in the future.
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ENMU tuition and fee increases per semester
2005-2006 2006-2007
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• fees $396 $414
• tuition $3,774 $3,846
• fees $396 $414
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With an official IOU from Stryker, Desert Punk might finally land the big stack of dough he's always longed for - until a gang of creeps comes and messes it all up. It's a dog eat dog world.
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The 30-member instrumental group will be led by Mercury Morris, a UMES alumnus, teacher at Purnell Music Studio of Salisbury and former Somerset County music educator. The group is comprised of community musicians, alumni and faculty members Brian Perez and Patrick McHenry, along with university music education majors.
Wind Ensemble arrangements and holiday favorites fill the program.
"We are performing pieces from 'Fanfare' and 'Allegro' by Clifton Williams, 'But Joy comes…' by Williams Owens and traditional Christmas music done in an overture style," Morris said.
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Republicans on Tuesday charged that the IRS has lost emails of a half dozen of its employees involved in the tea party targeting controversy, including a top aide to the now-fired acting IRS commissioner.
In addition to losing two years worth of emails sent and received by Lois Lerner, the central figure in the scandal, the IRS cannot produce records from six other IRS employees involved in the targeting of conservative groups, Ways and Means Republicans said in a release. That includes Nikole Flax, who was the chief of staff for Steven Miller, the acting IRS commissioner who was fired by President Barack Obama after an inspector general blasted the agency for the inappropriate scrutiny of tax-exempt applications. The IRS did not respond to repeated requests for comment, but at least one top Democrat decried a rush to judgment by Republicans.
It is unfortunate that the IRS experienced equipment failure that resulted in several computers crashing and some email data being lost from Lois Lerners hard drive between 2009 and 2011, Sander Levin, the top Democrat on Ways and Means said. But every equipment failure is not a conspiracy.
The revelation is the latest turn in a scandal that Democrats had hoped would have gone away months ago, but instead continues to be fueled by new accusations that Republicans, and some nonpartisan observers, say require further probe in the run up to the midterm elections.
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Sander Levin must the same guy in the Phillipines you get when you call Dell tech support.
Just the Commie-in-Chief's way of saying, "What you gonna do bout it?"
We all know the answer.
I better rush home so that I can see this lead off the evening news at NBC/CBS/ABC etc. This is the part that is the most unreal....
How convenient...
One person said they read a Peggy Noonan article today which comparies this to Nixon and he said he is leaning that way also.
There are the usual defenders who are saying everybody has to deal with computer crashes but they are getting shot down as many know this is irrelevant.
The really big issue here is not the missing emails. It is: What is the GOP going to do about it?
They haven't lost squat. They're hiding them.
"The really big issue here is not the missing emails. It is: What is the GOP going to do about it?"
No, go after the missing emails. Ignore the DOJ. An IRS government contractor is responsible for disaster recovery and the ability to recover emails. Find out who that was and initiate an Inspector General investigation into them for malicious breach of contract and fraud. They will squeal.
What is the GOP going to do about it?
Are you kidding?
They will CONTINUE to impose RomneyCARE/ObamaCARE,
gay marriage, polygamy, bestiality, open borders,
continue to pass Laws only for others,
continue to profit by their EXEMPTIONS,
and continue to ignore criminal behavior and treason.
Past time to build the gallows. They had their chance.
It appears that those "low level IRS employees in Cincinnati" are still running amok.
That's right, and the GOP should stop saying lost. Call it just what it is to anyone who asks.
Claiming the emails are lost seems like a very dangerous strategy. This data may have been saved redundantly along the way -unofficially. Imagine some technician being told a server was backup and needs to be replaced, they takes it upon themselves to make a copy -just in case.
Otherwise, if an Edward Snowden emerges from the IRS they nuke whatever country he flees too.
If I remember correctly from a Grand Jury stint if the IRS audits you and you cannot find your records they just assume that you are guilty because you can't prove them wrong, I wonder if the door swings both ways.
And if they find you did something wrong during the audit and they go back several years and you did it wrong in those years they can just assume you have done it wrong for all the years you've been paying taxes and no longer have records because they say you only have to keep them 3 years.
at least we know theres at least 6 criminals working at IRS
And how many are saying they don't care if it's illegal and a coverup as long as the targets were conservatives?
Some are saying it's the rule of law and if that broke down we'd be in trouble.
Bizarro world, Obama's government is lawless.
I guess they don't understand whom they are supporting then.
Ad Hoc rule is part and parcel of leftism.
But I was surprised by the number of people who don't like what's happening with this scandal.
Well, those "don't care"s are the guys that want the gov't to be used against their "enemies" regardless of whether it's lawful to do it or not.
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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi meets with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left in Tripoli, Libya, in Sept. 2008. Human Rights Watch on Thursday released a report painting a more complete picture of Washington's close cooperation with the regime of Libya's former dictator in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.
A human rights organization says it has collected evidence of two previously unreported cases in which U.S. agents used waterboarding or a similar harsh interrogation technique on Libyan militants held by American forces in Afghanistan.
The 154-page report by Human Rights Watch also paints a more complete picture of Washington's close cooperation with the regime of Libya's former dictator Moammar Gadhafi in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. The U.S. handed over to Libya the Islamist opponents of Gadhafi that it detained abroad with only thin "diplomatic assurances" that they would not be mistreated, and several of them were subsequently tortured in prison, Human Rights Watch said.
The report features interviews by the New York-based group with 14 Libyan dissident exiles. They describe systematic abuses while they were held in U.S.-led detention centers in Afghanistan -- some for as long as two years -- or in U.S.-led interrogations in Pakistan, Morocco, Thailand, Sudan and elsewhere before the Americans handed them over to Libya.
"Not only did the U.S. deliver his (Gadhafi's) enemies on a silver platter, but it seems the CIA tortured many of them first," said Laura Pitter, counterterrorism adviser at Human Rights Watch and author of the report.
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney discusses his memoir, "In My Time," with TODAY's Matt Lauer. In the exclusive interview, Cheney defends the Iraq war, says waterboarding "worked" and tells Lauer the greatest achievement of the Bush administration was preventing further attacks on U.S. soil after 9/11.
They illustrate how, between late 2003 when Gadhafi agreed to give up his weapons of mass destruction programs, and the 2011 Libyan revolution, Gadhafi and Western intelligence agencies quietly cooperated in battling Islamic militants.
Waterboarding is a form of simulated drowning that President Barack Obama and human rights activists have condemned as torture.
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U.S. and British officials defended their governments' actions.
"It can't come as a surprise that the Central Intelligence Agency works with foreign governments to help protect our country from terrorism and other deadly threats. That is exactly what we are expected to do," said Jennifer Youngblood, a CIA spokeswoman.
The former Libyan Foreign Minister - now being debriefed in Britain - will not be given immunity from prosecution, according to the Government. Scottish lawyers have asked to interview Musa Kusa in connection with the Lockerbie bombing. As a senior member of Colonel Gadhafi's regime he could provide important information for the coalition. ITV's Tom Bradby reports.
"The context here is worth revisiting. For example, by 2004, the U.S. government had convinced Gadhafi to renounce Libya's WMD programs and to help stop those terrorists who were actively targeting Americans," Youngblood said.
A spokesman for Britain's Foreign Office said: "The government has been clear that it stands firmly against torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment. We do not condone it, nor do we ask others to do it on our behalf.
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Some of the other nations that Human Rights Watch alleged to be U.S. collaborators in these operations are the Netherlands, Pakistan, China, Malaysia, Morocco and Sudan.
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Senator John McCain, R-Ariz, says enhanced interrogation measures, such as waterboarding, were not a factor in tracking down 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden.
Human Rights Watch said that testimony from former detainee Mohammed Shoroeiya about how he was allegedly waterboarded repeatedly by U.S. interrogators was "detailed and credible."
Shoroeiya claimed he had been waterboarded while in U.S. custody in Afghanistan, and that a doctor was present during the interrogation sessions, the group said.
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Human Rights Watch said both detainees claimed that they were hooded and had ice water poured over their noses and mouths until they felt like they were suffocating -- the sensation associated with waterboarding.
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The accounts by the Libyan detainees, one-time members of a militant faction called the Libyan Islamist Fighting Group, contradict claims by former President George W. Bush, former CIA director Michael Hayden and other U.S. officials that waterboarding was only used on three militants in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks -- none of them Libyan.
U.S. officials expressed skepticism about the waterboarding allegations. And there are apparent differences in how the Libyans describe their treatment and the waterboarding procedures used in three cases that U.S. authorities have confirmed -- those of alleged al-Qaida militants Abu Zubaydah, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri.
In those cases, official investigations reported, the interrogation subjects were doused repeatedly, but in short bursts, with bottled water.
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"The agency has been on the record that there are three substantiated cases in which detainees were subjected to the waterboarding technique," the CIA's Youngblood said.
"Although we cannot comment on these specific allegations, the Department of Justice has exhaustively reviewed the treatment of more than 100 detainees in the post-9/11 period -- including allegations involving unauthorized interrogation techniques — and it declined prosecution in every case," she added.
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Christie the former contenderMarch 15,2014
With Republicans having an eye on 2016 out front, making believe they care about the poor by punishing them for not being rich, Chris Christie continues desperately ducking for cover. Unfortunately for the New Jersey governor, with 18 new subpoenas in the last couple of weeks, his troubles are growing exponentially larger than himself, no small feat.
By now everyone knows about the delicious, Sopranos-worthy retribution-gone-bad debacle of a four-day traffic jam in a Jersey town at the entrance to the George Washington Bridge. Initiated by top Christie staffers ostensibly as a traffic study, the gridlock was payback for Fort Lees mayor failing to endorse the governors re-election in November. Why this was important enough to risk Christies ascending political fortunes is anyones guess, especially considering Mayor Mark Sokolich is a Democrat and a landslide victory was never in doubt.
Christies cringe-worthy assertion that he wasnt a bully at a two-hour news conference, reminiscent of Nixons Im not a crook fiasco back in 1973, was far from the most mind-boggling declaration during his time at the podium. The governors claim that he was clueless about his inner circles dirty tricks, learning about it when everyone else did the day before suggested he was either being less than honest or had spent the previous 90 days on Pluto.
The traffic jam happened in early September, emerging as a political issue almost immediately. Inquiries were made, and a couple of Christie-appointed Port Authority heads rolled as the governors office issued a tsunami of denials, perceiving the situation sufficiently stonewalled for the governor to joke about it, suggesting in early December that he was the guy in the overalls... I actually was the guy working the cones out there.
In both his State of the State address and inaugural speech in January, the governor seemed fresh out of the swagger that has marked his rapid political rise, timidly suggesting mistakes were made, insisting he was in charge without being responsible; he was misled and he was sad but committed to putting this incident behind him and moving on with the states business.
But more distractions were waiting in the wings, as another mayor, this time Dawn Zimmer of Hoboken, claimed shed been told that desperately needed money to address her citys Hurricane Sandy devastation would be withheld until she endorsed a politically connected Christie development project. As outrage, recrimination and denial deluged the NYC media, Republican bagmen began quaking in their Gucci loafers as federal investigators headed for Sunday brunch in Hoboken.
Although rush hour traffic on a bridge between New York and New Jersey means nothing to most of the country, the larger political implications of the fiasco have the GOPs contributor-elite re-evaluating their savior. Christie was largely seen as a legitimate challenger to odds-on Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, the primary means to wrest control from knuckle-draggers, committed to dragging Republicans back into the primordial ooze.
But politics is a funny thing. While you have strength and unlimited trajectory, grudges albeit grudgingly are buried in the shadows but never completely eradicated. Rather they are waiting, like opportunistic infections, for even a slight hiccup in the immune system. And all indications point to this infection gaining a foothold, spreading rapidly and threatening to morph into a full-blown epidemic.
Christies invulnerability, the resilience to weather any storm on the horizon, was further eroded when blizzard conditions and a foot of snow forced cancellation of his inaugural ball on Ellis Island, the location a symbolic gesture toward both his bipartisanship and comprehensive immigration reform. But the winter storm dubbed Janus was eerily portentous in its own right. The Roman god of beginnings and transitions is usually depicted as having two faces.
Its not so difficult at this point to see a hazy vision of Christies future. Late November 2016. Two people are sharing the back seat of a black Lincoln, going nowhere on the rain-slicked twilight streets of a north Jersey port city, lamenting what might have been.
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The woman believes the note may be from a neighbor who has complained about parking in the past.
Seattle police are asking neighbors to find productive solutions. In fact, Seattle police say anyone really interested in parking should pursue a career in its parking enforcement division, cheekily adding the qualifications for working in the department include "remaining calm and emotionally detached in tough situations, and be a tactful, courteous communicator who has not smoked Angel Dust within the last five years. Must like dogs."
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James Bond debuts in theaters, the Beatles release their first single, PBS is founded, and Tylenol capsules are recalled amid seven deaths from tampering, all on this day.
1965: Hockey Hall of Fame goalie Patrick Roy, who led the Montreal Canadiens and the Colorado Avalanche to two Stanley Cup titles each and is generally considered one of the best NHL goalies of all time, is born in Quebec City, Canada. He is the only player in NHL history to win the Conn Smythe Trophy (awarded to the most valuable player in the Stanley Cup playoffs) three times, in different decades, and for two different teams.


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Blueberries are bursting with flavor this time of year. Don't let the season escape you without indulging in at least a few of these crave-worthy dessert recipes.
Wrap up a summertime meal with a delightful—and easy to make—blueberry crisp. Ripe, fresh blueberries are perfect for this dish, though frozen berries will also work. But keep them frozen, and bake the crisp 10 or 15 minutes longer as needed. Thawed berries are too fragile to toss and give off lots of liquid.


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Almost all spiders are capable of producing venomous bites. However, there are very few species of spiders in the United States and South Carolina that produce harmful bites. The U. S. Public Health Service reports that poisonous bites are a very minor cause of death in the U. S. Annually, venomous animals produce deaths as follows: Bees, 12; wasps and other hymenoptera, 10; snakes, 14; spiders, six; and scorpions, one. In South Carolina, two groups of spiders, the widow and the recluse spiders, are of most concern and will be discussed in detail. Two other species, Chirocanthium inclusum (a common running spider) and Argiope aurantia (the black and yellow garden spider), have occasionally been reported as producing serious human spider bites. None of these bites produced death or prolonged illness.
The widow spiders (Theridiidae: Lactrodectus species)
The widow spiders are large with mature females measuring 1 1/2 inches with legs extended. Most people are familiar with the Southern Black Widow (Lactrodectus mactans), a glossy black spider with a complete red hourglass marking on the underside of its abdomen. The Northern Black Widow (Lactrodectus variolus) has the same general appearance as the Southern Black Widow except that it has a broken hourglass on its underside and a row of red spots running down the top side of its abdomen. The smaller male widow spiders can be distinguished from the females by the swollen (knob like) palpal organs projecting from the front of the head. The widow spiders have eight eyes clustered on the front of the head. Male black widows and immatures and other widow spiders (red and brown widows) pose little health threat and will not be discussed.
The black widow requires about four months from egg to maturity. The females require 6 9 molts. Egg laying is restricted to the warm months. The females produce several egg sacs (containing hundreds of eggs) during their 1 2 year life span.
The female black widow usually spins a silken web in protected places such as under stones, house steps, decks, etc. The spider is rarely found inside houses. The widow spider is most apt to bite when her eggs are threatened. The black widow bite produces a sharp pain that may persist for hours. Local muscular cramps may develop. The pain may become severe and spread to the abdomen and be accompanied by weakness and tremor. Spasmodic breathing, a feeble pulse, cold clammy skin and delirium may be noted. Intravenous injection of 10% calcium gluconate to relieve the muscle spasms has proven effective. A black widow antiserum is available and effective in treatment.
The recluse spiders (Scytodidae: Loxosceles species)
The brown recluse (Loxosceles reclusa) was confirmed in South Carolina in 1976 at Goose Creek. Since that time, the spiders have been found at Liberty, S.C. (14 in one house) and on the campus of Clemson University and other areas of the state. The brown recluse is a small, light brown to yellow, quite harmless appearing spider. Its slim body is about 3/8" long with long legs which extend its length to more than one inch. The primary key to identification are the three pairs of eyes. The "fiddle" or violin outline on the back is not a dependable character since many brown spiders have similar markings. The male brown recluse is similar in appearance to the female except it has a smaller abdomen and large knob like palpi on the front of the head.
The brown recluse is a relatively long lived spider sometimes living for two years. Mating usually occurs in June and July. One mating is sufficient for the female to produce several egg masses. An egg mass (which is surrounded by a silken case) may contain 40 or more spiderlings. A single female may produce from 30 300 offspring in one season. The young spiderlings molt (shed their skin) several times as they grow to maturity. Mortality of the spiderlings is quite high during molting.
The brown recluse is a shy spider and searches for its insect prey primarily at night. During the day it rests in closets, boxes, under furniture, in attics under insulation, and in ceiling light fixtures. People typically are bitten accidentally while putting on clothes in which the spider is hiding or rolling on to them while in bed.
The bite of the brown recluse usually produces a necrotic (death of tissue) condition followed by deep scaring of tissue. Lesions are slow healing and often require skin grafts. The bite may also produce a systemic reaction causing the destruction of red blood cells resulting in kidney failure and death.
Effective spider control requires good sanitation and elimination of insect prey as well as chemical treatment. The following control program is suggested.


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Shaun Coles took down the ad after realizing it violated eBay policy, and insisted the listing was just a joke.
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When we last left off, you were still reeling from your out-of-body-transcendental-info-session experience, during which you learned about the cosmic wonder that is the Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities Student Seminars Program. One semester later, one semester wiser, you now find your yourself having declared a major, secured some kind of skill-building summer internship, and contemplating…Junior and Senior years.
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Sweep, then Dodgers!!
After losing the series to Atlanta, we went into Pittsburgh, which was a really good move by the schedule makers. We needed to get back on track, and we did this weekend with a sweep of the Pirates.
Kevin Correia started the game on Friday, which was sweet. We got four runs in the top of the second, a great team effort. K-Cor allowed three runs, but it wasn't a problem. Our pitching was super solid, so we won the game 5-3. Ernesto Frieri, Luke Gregerson, and Heath Bell threw three scoreless hittless innings. Amazing!
The second game was REALLY great because Mat Latos was back. He was put on the DL right before the All-Star game because of a side strain of some sort, but it was more of a roster move than a serious injury. It was really good to have him back! I love this guy🙂 He went six innings, allowing two runs on seven hits with seven strikeouts. The two runs were actually solo home runs, which did break a pretty long streak of Mat's without home runs, but that's okay. It's not the end of the world. Great outing by Mat.
Now the question is, how much longer can he pitch? The Padres really want to conserve his innings so that he doesn't burn out to quickly. We want this guy to be our ace for a long time. But at the same time, we might be making a playoff run pretty soon. Do we let him keep pitching until then, or do we hold him back and wait until we really need him? I think if I were the Padres, I would let him keep pitching every fifth day, but give him an inning or pitch count limit. If he only went say, five innings every start, he could still stay sharp pitching-wise while saving some for later at the same time. I don't think we can just shut him down and then start him up again when we go into the stretch. Anyways, it will be very interesting to see how the Padres deal with this.
'Cause if you think about it, I want this guy when we're in the playoffs. It's definitely not like he's the only starter who can actually pitch, but I like our chances when he's out on the mound. Guys like Kevin Correia, Jon Garland, and Wade LeBlanc are doing their jobs very well, but having Mat is a huge bonus. If we're going to win the NL West, I want Mat Latos on that roster. Make it happen, Padres.
The offense in that second game was great. We got nine runs, but they were all scored on singles, doubles, ground outs, or sac-flies. No big blast here. Adrian Gonzalez and Chase Headley each had two hits. Will Venable was walked twice and scored twice. Everth Cabrera and Oscar Salazar each drove in two runs.
We had a 42-minute rain delay. It was kind of funny because it was in the top of the eighth and we had the bases loaded with no outs. Talk about a threat. We ended up scoring five runs that inning.
We won the game 9-2, which was great. Especially after the Braves series, it was good to get the next series won right away.
The third game was great too. Wade LeBlanc started, going six innings, allowing three runs on eight hits. He didn't walk any, though, and got two strikeouts.
The Pirates got two runs in the bottom of the second on a Ronny Cedeno home run. But in the top of the third, we struck back.
After Everth Cabrera lined out, Wade LeBlanc and Jerry Hairston Jr. singled. Chris Denorfia, who I'll talk about later, doubled to drive them both in. Tie game. Adrian Gonzalez hit a two-run homer, his 21st of the year. An out later, Yorvit Torrealba walked, stole second while Will Venable was batting, and scored on Will's single. 5-2 Padres.
The Pirates got another run, but then we got another run. Chris Denorfia home run. That was all we needed. The offense, paired with amazing relief performances by Ryan Webb, Luke Gregerson, and Heath Bell, was enough for the sweep. Heath Bell got his 29th save of the year.
One thing I've really noticed this year is that our starting pitchers are not that bad with the bats. Kevin Correia drove in a run the other night, and Wade LeBlanc had two hits yesterday.
Kevin Correia: Four hits, three RBIs, four runs scored.
Jon Garland: Seven hits, one RBI, three runs scored.
Mat Latos: Six hits (including two doubles and a home run), three RBIs, three runs scored.
Wade LeBlanc: Nine hits, zero RBI, one run scored.
Clayton Richard: Six hits, five RBIs, three runs scored.
I don't know about you, but these numbers really surprised me. I realized that they had done quite a bit of hitting, but I didn't realize that it was this much. Amazing. Wow.
Now, Chris Denorfia. This guy has been seriously overlooked. I haven't heard that much about him at all, but he's been absolutely amazing for us this year. He's hitting .287 with 39 hits and 23 RBIs. He's contributed so much. I don't think we would be here without him. Whoever decided to invite this guy to Spring Training is a genius.
Now we are coming home to face the Dodgers for three huge games. We're actually playing them seven times in two weeks, which is going to be crazy. Never mind that the Dodgers are six games behind us. It's the Dodgers. Petco Park is going to be crazy for the next three days.
Even though the Dodgers are like a million games behind us, I think this series is very essential. It's not like they're right on our heels and it's a do-or-die series, but we've still gotta beat these guys. They're our biggest rivals, and we need to beat the teams in our division. I don't know if we'll be able to sweep them, but two out of three sounds good. We need it.
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Very nice summary of the Pirates series! I'm concerned as well about Latos and how we'll be using him for the next two months, because I too want to see him in the playoffs (NLDS Game 1 starter?).
And good job gathering the stats on our pitchers recent hitting prowess! I didn't know they had compiled all those hits and RBIs.
Meanwhile, it's time for us to face the Dodgers, and I'm pumped to be there tonight! Though like you said, this isn't a do-or-die series and the stakes aren't that high, Petco will be a playoff-like atmosphere, and I'm soooo ready to do my part in helping the boys out!
I was at PetCo last night. The game was disappointing to be at but it was classic N.L. style baseball & there is a lot of 2nd guessing of Bud Black . A lot of people will wonder why they left Garland in to pitch to Ethier . IN the end it is a situatoin you would not have had in an A.L. game. We are 1-6 vs. the Dodgers this yr. & I am not liking that very much .
As for the "Beat LA " thing ,its lame. Stick w/ Go Padres, can the "Beat LA", makes us look very small town minded . I am still disappointed that our fans are not very supportive . This wk. we will draw great crowds because the Dodger fans care to drive and be where ever thier team is , but our fans wont show up even though weve been in 1st place most of the season . After the series is over we will be back to the low to mid 20,000s crowds. Very sad .
By past experience I think it is important to not write them off as a "millioin" games behind us because it was only 4 yrs. ago in 2006 when they were in 3rd place middle of summer and came back to tie us on the last day of the season for 1st . 6 games is not far back & worse yet 2.5 for the Giants isnt , either. I am pleased where we are & that weve lasted so long but I will not take the other teams lightly . And last I do agree w/ you about Denorfia , where would we be w/out him ? very valuable to this team
Congrats on having such a great season. Being a Pirate fan I'm a big fan of small market teams like the Padres. I've also been to PETCO Park and it was placed in my top five, So beautiful. Anyways, I read your bio and I honestly can relate to you on all of it (except the fav team)


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May 11, 2000: Through an extraordinary chance alignment, the Hubble telescope has captured a view of a face-on spiral galaxy lying precisely in front of another larger spiral. The unique pair is called NGC 3314. This line-up provides astronomers with the rare chance to see the dark material within the foreground galaxy, seen only because it is silhouetted against the light from the object behind it. NGC 3314 lies about 140 million light-years from Earth in the direction of the southern hemisphere constellation Hydra. This picture is one of many produced by the Hubble Heritage Program, created 1-1/2 years ago to publicly release some of the best celestial views taken by the telescope's visible-light camera. Now, the International Center of Photography in New York City has rewarded the program for its work with the annual Infinity Award for Applied Photography.See the rest:
The spiral arms of the foreground galaxy appear dark where the dust is silhouetted against the light from the more distant galaxy. The bright blue stars forming a pinwheel shape near the center of the foreground galaxy have formed recently from interstellar gas and dust.
A small, red patch near the center of the image is the bright nucleus of the background galaxy. It is reddened for the same reason the setting sun looks red. When light passes through a volume containing small particles (molecules in the Earth's atmosphere or interstellar dust particles in galaxies), its color becomes redder.


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Putting assets in joint tenancy is an easy way to arrange for assets to pass to people you choose upon your death without having a will. It may work too, but be aware of some facts about joint tenancy.
1. Joint tenancies may not avoid probate—it may just postpone it. In a worst-case scenario, if your assets are held in joint tenancy with your spouse and neither you nor your spouse has a will, the assets will be subject to probate.
2. If you pass away first, you will never know what ultimately happens to the asset. Because the joint owner becomes the sole owner of those assets upon your death, he or she can choose who inherits, regardless of your wishes. You could unintentionally cause the problems that you were trying to avoid in the first place.
3. If your co-owner becomes incapacitated, the court could end up being your new co-owner. This means you could end up having to ask the court for permission to use your own money! When a person becomes incapacitated, often a guardian of the estate is appointed to manage that person's assets—including those held in joint tenancy.
4. Removing a co-owner from the title of an account is not as easy as adding one. If your co-owner doesn't agree with being removed, you could end up in court. In some instances, the co-owner must also agree before you can withdraw funds from the account or even change the address.
5. If your joint owner is sued over an accident, the jointly owned asset could end up as part of the lawsuit. Likewise, if your co-owner has debts, your joint asset could be seized as settlement.
You may also think that if you name beneficiaries on accounts, you have a solid estate plan. That may not be true. If your named beneficiaries are your minor children, a guardian of that minor child's estate is appointed by the court to manage that child's assets until he or she reaches legal age. Further, your beneficiaries are only entitled to the assets when you die. Thus, if you become incapacitated, your beneficiaries will not have access to those accounts. Unless there is also a joint tenant, your beneficiaries may find themselves in court asking for permission to access money to pay your bills.


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What's this Obama Drama?
Ok, I've kept my mouth shut on all of this Inauguration hoopla because the current bandwagon is bursting at the seams.
I can't figure out what the big freggin deal is. Are you celebrating the man, or the color of the mans' skin.
As usual, before you start to judge read on a bit.
Color doesn't mean diddly doo to me.
Besides what's the big deal, Clinton was black right?
I've been reading a lot about all this subject and it seems to me people are writing what they think should be written and not how they really feel about the subject matter.
Big F'n deal, we now have a black President. It could just as easily have been a female president. I'm ok with that too.
What matters to me is how he goes about beginning to fix the damage in this country. You should care too.
The whole system needs to be revamped.
People are saying and writing, "I'm just so overcome with emotion", or "I cant explain these feelings", I don't buy any of it. Tell me, are you really overcome with emotion or does that sound good when you read it back to yourself?
Wanna be overcome with real emotion?
Watch "Nine Innings from Ground Zero " on the MLB Channel, that'll get your emotional juices flowing. If not, you're a freggin alien.
Tell me, do you really feel safer, more secure and have a more optimistic outlook on life, or are you saying that because that's what you think I want to hear? Or possibly, did the sensation of the moment sweep you in?
It's ok it happens, just recognize it as being that.
It might make for some good reading fluff, but this young president is not the messiah. Get over being starstruck, I have faith that your smarter than that. Remember if you write what you think people what to hear and not how you really feel, then it's just fiction.
Fiction posing as non-fiction has no place in the blogosphere.
I'm not here to tell you that Obama is no good or that he'll be a bad president. In fact, I hope that's not the case at all. I'm here to tell you to get over the immediate novelty of this and lets see what the man can do.
People didn't immediately follow Jesus, he had to build his fellowship (that was a rare Ranter biblical quote).
Here's some non-fiction for you, I'm scared. I didn't vote for President this time because in good conscience I couldn't vote for either of these dudes.
They both lacked substance. Honestly I'm scared Obama might be too inexperienced to handle this job, I'm scared some redneck might try to assassinate him, I'm scared of the Unions who will be soon working their way into my state, I'm scared because I don't know and neither do you.
C'mon let's be honest here, tell me exactly what are you in awe of?
OK, fast forward a year and the economy is on track, jobs are being created, unemployment is down and the general demeanor of the country is positive and bright.
From where we sit right now, doing that would be something to be in awe of. Let's not jump the gun here folks or you might be sorry…I'm just saying.
I hate the fact that my Country is filled with so many phonies. Actions speak louder than words in my watchful eyes, and I'll be paying close attention to his actions not his ethnicity, and so should you…nuff said on that subject.
(This is not the Mobile Blogging Unit, I'm not even sure it's mobile)
I'd like to say thank you to some of you. every now and then I catch a little piece of someone else's blog mentioning the Mobile Blogging Unit. I really appreciate it when I see that. Hopefully MLBlogs.com will see fit to give us some love.
Some MBU props would be cool as it would make us really visible when we're down in Tucson. If not, I guess I'll have to write a book about it🙂,…… I kid because I love.
I'm going to ask this question again, will anyone who reads the Rant be in Tucson on February 25th for the opening Rockies Spring Training game against the D-backs?
I'm just curious.
Two more days until Rockies Fest. I can't tell you how excited I am about going to this event. I can't say for sure, but I just have a feeling I'm going to get to meet Todd Helton this time.
Let me put how much I respect Helton in perspective for you.
If someone said to me, "we're going to let you have a beer with Todd Helton but in turn you have to give up blogging forever"…
"Bartender..two drafts over here please, make it a couple of "Fat Tires".
Now that will never happen so I can make a bold statement like that, but I meant what I said.
Dan and his daughter Emily will be there, Robert, Danny, Tom, all the first row regulars. I know for sure my favorite non-blogging reader and commenter R-Luv will be there. If my timing is good I might get to see Mark and Baby Paul.
Mark you ready to do some BP snaggin?
Missy, you ready for this, what level do you normally work on?
R-Luv, have you bought that 10 pack of tickets yet?
Emily, tickets go on sale soon, better snap up a few Rockpile tickets to the good games.
What are the rest of you doing to get ready? Have you been studying up on your team? Are you shopping for that special jersey? Have you mapped out the games that are "must see".
Do you have a routine on game day? I do, but it changes depending on if I'm going alone or with just Hunter, or with both kids.
We like to bring food with us because it fits our budget a little better and I hate missing the game while waiting in line for food.
However, I have been known to do some serious damage to a Rockies dog, and every now and then a cold beer on a hot day is mandatory (gotta keep Captain Earthman green <——–right?).
(Photo props to Robert Harmon)
You think I'm wound up now, tune in during spring training. We're going to have so much fun I wouldn't be surprised if some of the Rockies wandered over to the MBU just to see what's going on.
Don't worry, I'll take care of you. I'll make you feel like your sitting there right beside me,……because that's what I do,……free of charge🙂
Happy freggin Wednesday to you all. I'm still smoke free, but I'm at that point where I realize how bad the sh*t smells and I smell it everywhere. I don't know why non-smokers put up with that crap. Oops, I said I wasn't going to be one of those hypocrite quitters. I've got plenty to bitch about already.
Congrats go out to our new President…
My hopes are that in the future the color of our children's eyes are more important to us than the color of the person sitting behind the desk in the Oval Office. Think about that.
Sometimes I feel like I'm a cigarette butt in a world full of air fresheners…Peace to you my friends…D
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I understand where you're coming from with all the Obama-mania. I'd like to think I'm a little different than most people regarding Obama because I'm from Chicago, and I've seen for years what he has done and what he's capable of. I don't mean to hold that over anyone's head like an "I'm better than you" statement. I'm not like that at all. Yes, it's true Obama hasn't been in national government very long, but everything he's done for Chicago, everything he's done for the state of Illinois. That shows me that he's ready to lead this country. I sure hope he doesn't fail. All that said, I'm looking forward to the Mobile Blogging Unit! Spring Training is oh so close, and I can't wait! I think I'll be heading out to Phoenix for a weekend at the end of March! Have fun at Rockies Fest. If it's at all like SoxFest was for me last year, I know how much fun you'll be having! And continued congrats on quitting smoking!
JEN-Thanks, I hope readers dont take this entry as an Obama slam, it wasn't meant to be…D
D — You raised some excellent points. I think it's wrong that we vote for someone just based on color. We should vote based on qualifications. And just ONCE I would like to vote FOR someone in a Presidential election and not just AGAINST someone else. I share your concerns that President Obama might not have enough experience to handle this job. I am encouraged by the fact that he seems to understand his limitations and that he is surrounding himself with people who have that experience. He is our President so I will support him. I just hope that people realize that it is going to take a LOT of time to solve our country's problems. Don't expect miracles. Have a great time at Rockies Fest.
All the Obama worship is driving me crazy. I don't know how I survived school yesterday especially when my teacher said none of the big events would have happened if somebody else had won. It's nice to hear (or read) from somebody who doesn't get all the people who are acting like Obama is the Messiah.
Ugh! Now I have to work on a research paper. Does anybody know anything about the Sui Dyanasty?
and by the 'big events' I mean what was planned at my school
Hey D,
Yeah, the unfortunate thing about quitting is finding out how bad the world smells these days.
I'm in the process of selecting game dates right now (can only do a 5 pack, T fn F = 5 pack, where T=time and F=finances). I might try and pick up more games during the season.
Yeah, it's almost time to dig out my game bag and get a bigger glove for the son unit. We always bring our own peanuts and sometimes pack food, just depends on how organized (lazy) we are before the game.
Keep on not smoking. (what day are you at?)
D- I think for me, writing about the inauguration was big because, well… it was the first inauguration I watched. Before this, I had Bush still in office, and now a new President, so, that's my stand point. However, I do feel that you and Julia are right in the belief that we should vote based on qualifications. For me, a lot of it also came down to the vice presidential candidate as well. Keep up the not smoking! We're all very proud of you!
JULIA-Thanks, your part of that. Congrats as well on holding your ground at number four, very impressive.
ELLIE-Thank you, I logged on and your comment was the first one I saw. I had no idea of # 6 until I saw your comment.
Thanks to all who read my rantings on a regular basis. It's good to know I'm not the only one of my kind out there…D