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Monday, July 13, 2009

Torture, Lying CIA

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In honor of the vacationing blog twins, Elaine and Mike, Ruth and I are grabbing Democracy Now! headlines today.

"Holder Considers Criminal Probe of Bush Administration" (Democracy Now!):
Attorney General Eric Holder is considering whether to appoint a criminal prosecutor to investigate the Bush administration’s interrogation practices involving the CIA. Newsweek reports Holder has become increasingly troubled after reviewing the Bush administration’s interrogation policies. He reportedly told one associate that what he saw in the reports about the treatment of prisoners at the CIA’s black sites “turned my stomach.” Holder is expected to make a decision in the coming weeks and has already discussed several potential candidates to serve as special prosecutor. Holder is considering the probe despite opposition from President Obama, who resisted an effort by congressional Democrats to establish a “truth commission.” Obama has said the nation should be "looking forward and not backwards.” Holder told Newsweek, “I hope that whatever decision I make would not have a negative impact on the President’s agenda. But that can’t be a part of my decision.”

Eric Holder is the first Black (and he really is Black) Attorney General. Surprisingly, the same White radicals who refuse to call Barack out for his policies are happy to blame Eric Holder. Take Ray McGovern who was furious with the decision not to prosecute and trashed Holder on KPFA (Kris Welch's Saturday show a few weeks back). But he didn't trash Barack. And when asked about Barry O, Ray made excuses for him. Big excuses. But Holder? He savaged him.

I have no idea why these White radicals can't hold Barry accountable. That's something they need to take a serious look at. But I do find it interesting how Holder, who takes his orders from the president, has been repeatedly savaged by the likes of Ray McGovern. Be sure to read Ann's "Legal abuses by Bush and Barack" (she filled in for Mike Friday). Support, Ann, support!

"Report: CIA Had Secret Assassination Plan" (Democracy Now!):
The CIA is also coming under increasing criticism for failing to inform Congress about a highly classified targeted assassination program started by the CIA after Sept. 11. According to the Wall Street Journal, the program focused on the CIA’s attempt to capture or assassinate terrorists. The Journal reports the CIA spent money on planning and possibly some training. It was acting on a 2001 presidential legal pronouncement, known as a finding, which authorized the CIA to pursue such efforts even though the Ford administration had banned assassinations in the 1970s. Congress only learned about the program last month when President Obama’s CIA Director Leon Panetta ended the initiative. Senator Dianne Feinstein appeared on Fox News Sunday. She didn’t describe the program but confirmed reports that Vice President Dick Cheney had ordered the CIA to withhold information about the program from Congress.
Dianne Feinstein: “The answer is yes, Congress should have been told. We should have been briefed before the commencement of this kind of sensitive program. Director Panetta did brief us two weeks ago, I believe it was on the 24th of June, said he had just learned about the program, described it to us, indicated that he had canceled it and, as had been reported, did tell us that he was told that the Vice President had ordered that the program not be briefed to the Congress.”
This does not mark the first time the Bush administration has been accused of carrying out targeted assassinations. Earlier this year investigative journalist Seymour Hersh said publicly the Bush administration ran an executive assassination ring that reported directly to Vice President Dick Cheney.
Seymour Hersh: “Congress has no oversight of it. It’s an executive assassination wing, essentially. And it’s been going on and on and on. And just today in the Times there was a story saying that its leader, a three-star admiral named McRaven, ordered a stop to certain activities because there were so many collateral deaths. It’s been going in—under President Bush’s authority, they’ve been going into countries, not talking to the ambassador or to the CIA station chief, and finding people on a list and executing them and leaving.”
According to Hersh, the program was carried out by the Joint Special Operations Command, or JSOC. The former head of JSOC, Stanley McChrystal, is now Obama’s top commander in Afghanistan.

Oh. So the CIA lied to Congress. So Nancy Pelosi was right. And she was right.

When prosectutions come (or if), they should include the head of the CIA because s/he does not take orders from the vice president. S/he cannot lie to Congress or conceal something from Congress and then claim that they have an excuse because a vice president told them not to tell Congress.

These aren't Iraq related items so Ruth and I thought we should grab them because they are important and we just wanted to be sure they got covered in the community.

I'm noting Elaine Brower's "Anti-war Activists Challenge NAACP to Disinvite Military Recruiters at National Convention" (World Can't Wait):

On Saturday, July 11, the NAACP commenced its Centennial Celebration and Convention at the midtown New York Hilton. Thousands of NAACP members from all over the country descended to participate in a weeklong conference which will culminate with the final plenary speech given by President Barack Obama.

With a long history of support and protection for people of color, the NAACP plans to conduct important forums with
speakers such as Attorney General Eric Holder; Governor of New York State David Paterson; Congressman Charles Rangel; and, the Reverend Al Sharpton.

To kick off the convention, there was a Saturday press conference held at the Hilton where the upcoming week’s
events were outlined by Benjamin Jealous, President of the NAACP, Julian Bond, Hazel Dukes and Roslyn Brock. Activists from World Can’t Wait, myself and Iliana Correa, attended.

The background to this whole story started about 3 months ago. After organizing protests at the Army Experience Center in NE Philadelphia, I received a list of about 100 stops that the
“Army Strong” tour had planned over the summer. On that list was the NAACP Centennial Convention in New York City.

As an African-American, I can call out the NAACP without sniping.
Here's C.I.'s "Iraq snapshot:"

Monday, July 13, 2009. Chaos and violence continue, churches are the new targets in Iraq, BBC airs a documentary exploring the assualts on Iraq's LGBT community, Mike Mullens visits Iraq, ABC's Bob Woodruff covers it, and more.

Starting with war resistance. Last week in the US, a group of activists rallied for US war resister Kimberly Rivera, the first female resister to publicly seek asylum in Canada, at the Canadian Consulate in San Francisco. They gathered petitions and rallied outside at noon before presenting the petitions.
Bill Carpenter (Indybay Media) offers a report with video. David Solnit, co-author with Aimee Allison of Army Of None, explains in the reception area that they have signatures for Kimberly "who is a US soldier who's facing deportation" from Canada. From the video, I believe that's Joanne Cherep that approaches them. (I could be wrong.)

David Solnit: Hi. My name's David Solnit, I work with a peace group called Courage to Resist and we have a bunch of folks with peace and human rights groups and we've gathered 6,000 signatures in support of Kimberly Rivera and so we would like to present them.

Except for Adrian Wilson, all present were US citizens. Wilson noted, "I'm a Canadian citizen and I'm here representing unconventional action in the Bay and I just wanted to request that PM [Stephen} Harper grant asylum to any and all Americans who are seeking refuge." Below is the letter 6,000 people signed on to.

Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney Please act immediately to stop the deportation of Kimberly Rivera, her husband and their three children by implementing the Canadian Parliament's resolutions to allow U.S. war resisters to stay in Canada. I am writing from the United States to ask that you abide by the House of Commons resolution -- reaffirmed February 12, 2009 -- to create a program to allow war objectors, including U.S. resisters, to apply for permanent resident status in Canada and to cease all deportation and removal proceedings against them. The recent flurry of deportation orders to war resisters, including Kimberly Rivera, and the forcing out of Robin Long, Cliff Cornell and Chris Teske, flaunted Canada's longstanding tradition of providing sanctuary to war objectors. Upon their forced return from Canada to the U.S. military, Robin and Cliff were sentenced to 15 and 12 months imprisonment respectively. Future resisters face even stiffer sentences. When more than 50,000 Americans refused to fight in Vietnam and emigrated to Canada, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau declared, "[They] have my complete sympathy, and indeed our political approach has been to give them access to Canada. Canada should be a refuge from militarism." On June 3, 2008, the House of Commons first voted to uphold this rich tradition by passing a historic resolution to allow war resisters to apply for permanent residence status in Canada and to halt the deportation of conscientious objectors. In addition to this parliamentary motion, according to a recent poll, nearly two of three Canadians also favor allowing U.S. war resisters to stay. Furthermore, many wonderful Canadians have opened their homes and hearts to U.S. war resisters. I ask that the Canadian government respect the democratic decision of Parliament, the demonstrated opinion of the Canadian citizenry, the view of the United Nations, and millions of Americans by immediately implementing the motion and cease deportation proceedings against Kimberly Rivera, Jeremy Hinzman, Patrick Hart, Dean Walcott and other current and future war resisters.

BBC Radio 5 live broadcast the documentary Gay Life After Saddam. The documentary was supposed to air July 5th; however, the Wimbledon Men's Final ran long and the broadcast was rescheduled. This is a section of the opening:

Aasmah Mir: Since the invasion six years ago a steep rise in sectarian violence has claimed thousands of victims throughout the country but this could just be the tip of the iceberg because murders and attacks against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community are also on the increase but often go unreported. So what is happening to gay people inside Iraq? We've spoken to a range of people -- to those still inside the country and to those who fled to different parts of the world. The names of victims appearing in this program have been changed to protect their identities. Researchers from the US-based
Human Rights Watch recently spent several months investigating the treatment of gay people in Iraq.

Scott Long: Today we're going to look at a new issue for us --

Aasmah Mir: The director of the organization LGBT program, Scott Long, outlined some of their findings at a briefing in New York.

Scott Long: I'm going to start by reading a testimony, or part of a testimony, from a man we spoke to who was 35-years-old. He actually developed a severe speech impediment from strain and grief. This is what he told us: "It was late one night in early April and they came to take my partner at his parent's house. Four armed men barged into the house. they were masked and wearing black. They asked for him by name. They insulted him and they took him in front of his parents. He was found in the neighborhood the day after. They had thrown his corpse in the garbage, his genitals were cut off and a piece of his throat was ripped out. Since then, I've been unable to speak properly. I feel as if my life is pointless now. I don't have friends other than those you see. For years, it's just been my boyfriend and myself in that little bubble by ourselves. I have no family now. I can't go back to them."
Aasmah Mir: Back in Britain, I went to see asylum seeker Ali Hilli who runs a group called
Iraqi LGBT.

Aasmah Mir: Hello Ali.

Ali Hilli: Hello Ashram, how are you?

Aasmah Mir: I'm fine thank you. How are you?
Ali Hilli: Good thank you.

Aasmah Mir: Thanks very much for talking to us.

Aasmah Mir: While I was with him, Ali showed me some of the shocking video evidence of torture his group has been collecting. The images he showed me concerned attacks on transsexuals

Aasmah Mir: People were -- had their heads shaved. In this video we see one of the victims, his name is Ali also, he was a member of our group in Najaf, a trans person lived all his life as a transwoman. They took him away. They had his head shaved. And they distributed this video everywhere in Iraq and we still don't have an idea

Aasmah Mir: And that's what we can actually see right now, he's sitting on a stool, dressed in female clothes, long hair and someone is shaving his head.

Ali Hilli: Yes and uh it's so degrading.

Aasmah Mir: Yeah. How do you feel when you watch this kind of video because obviously you probably see a lot of it. This is the first time I've seen anything like this and, you know, obviously I'm quite shocked by it. But you, you must see this stuff all the time. Do you still feel shocked by it or are you almost becoming -- getting used to it in a kind of way?

Ali Hilli: No, I will never get used to atrocities against humanity. If I see the video for the first time, I'm quite shaken because the only thing that I-I afraid to catch is the moment of death. This is what I-I don't want to see in my life. I-I can - I can bear anything, I can accept anything but to kill a human? I just can't.

Aasmah Mir: We were granted exclusive access to one of the so-called safe houses set up and funded and managed by the London-based Iraqi LGBT group. On the outskirts of Baghdad, in an anonymous street behind heavily curtained windows we found Kassim a man in his late thirties. Kassim describes himself as a woman in a man's body. He's had a lifetime of trouble coming to terms with his gender identity. Kassim's been the victim of violence on several occasions most recently earlier this year

Kassim: One day, um, someone stopped his car by me and he said "Taxi" and I said, "Why? Why taxi?" Where are you going? And I said I was going to this certain place. He took me to an empty house and put a white blindfold on my eyes and then put a gun to my head and I said, "Just give me a time to pray to God before you kill me." And he said, "I won't give you time to pray." And he threatened me and I wasn't moving because I was afraid that he would kill me with the gun and then finally he said, "Okay, I'll let you go for this time but your day will come where you will die

Aasmah Mir: Amil's a young Iraqi man whose seeking asylum in London. A gay friend of his was killed by extremists in Iraq.

Amil: I used to have a friend, he was student with me and they find out he was gay and they kill him and they chop him like a -- like a lamb or I couldn't or I can't - I can't hardly say because it was really awful. They kill him and they chop it him and they put him in front of the institute, the one I was studying, to show and to scare the people to not be gay or homosexual.

Aasmah Mir: Most shocking of the recent reports to emerge from Iraq is a form of torture used on gay men involving glue. Hossein Alizadeh is the Middle East and North Africa researcher for the
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission

Hossein Alizadeh: The most horrendous form of torture that I have heard and seen is what happened during March and April in Iraq. Members of the Iraqi Shi'ite militia al-Mahdi group, they went around posted lists, names of the people who were supposed to be gay and when they arrest them they basically use glue to shut down their digestive system -- the anus. Others who managed to escape go to the hospitals and the hospitals refuse treatment to those people because, again, they look gay or they're perceived to be gay. So we had numerous cases -- I can tell you about fifty or sixty cases I've heard -- that have been tortured in that way.

Aasmah Mir: Rasha Moumneh is the Middle East researcher for Human Rights Watch

Rasha Moumneh: You know some of the gay men have actually talked about internet entrapment, a lot of men would be kidnapped, blackmailed for money. We've talked to people whose partners have been killed in the most brutal of ways.

Aasmah Mir: And it appears that it is not just people who are gay, bi or transsexual who find themselves the target of violence

Ali Hilli: Anyone who's gay, who looks like gay, or have an effeminate behavior, certain Western dress, we've heard of so many examples of people who were, they were even married with children

Aasmah Mir: There seems to have been an increase in violence in recent months but according to the London-based Iraqi LGBT the killings and torture go back a long way. They claim more than 600 people have been executed since 2003.

Ali Hilli: There are so many other areas like villages, little towns, also big cities, we can't have people reach to or investigate about incidents. Also sometimes security situation is quite very complicated, people can't travel often to check or find out what's happening in certain areas. So I believe the number is far more higher than 600.

Aasmah Mir: Gay people are seeking sanctuary from the violence in Iraq in all parts of the world. At a secret location by the banks of the Seine in Paris we met Omar a twenty year old gay man who just weeks earlier had been facing death in Iraq. A small, slightly built young man, who looks younger than his age, told us his story. At times clearly traumatized.

Omar: I was arrested and I was in retention and there I found five other gay persons. We suffered torture. There was the electrical way -- to use electricity to torture us. And there's a position where my head is down through my legs -- and my head is down, it's something horrible. While you have another mean of torture using the belts -- you cannot imagine -- a normal person cannot imagine such torture.

Aasmah Mir: I'm Aasmah Mir and you're listening to Gay Life After Saddam on BBC Radio 5 live. So what was life like for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people before the fall of Saddam Hussein

Scott Long: There was no possibility of leading a particularly public gay life. There are reports from Amnesty International that 2002 as Saddam was attempting to sort of shore up his Islamist credentials, before the invasion, he passed decrees mandating the death penalty for prostitution and for homosexual conduct. We haven't actually seen those decrees and we can't confirm what they contain.

Aasmah Mir: This Iraqi student who wishes to remain anonymous now lives in New York

Anonymous: I had a pretty, you know, reasonable gay lifestyle under the table -- in terms of, you know, circle of friends, gatherings, get-togethers, we'd get together at homes. Before the war, there were a couple of bars, a couple of clubs that on weekends are pretty much publicly gay and everybody knew about it and we used to go and hang out there and that's fine as long as we don't take that out in the streets.

Aasmah Mir: Ali Hilli was a young gay men in Iraq during the 1990s. He has fond memories of the underground gay scene that flourished without much interference in Saddam's Baghdad.

Ali Hilli: Well we had - we had lots of theater actually plays that we were -- people always have to refer to the gay character which is always taken as a sense of humor in shows. We used to go to -- to see lots of theaters and plays. I don't know, for some reason there is always a gay character in these plays and I quite like it because I know some of the actors who are really gay themselves and we enjoy it because they really make the most of it. They camp it up. And there were lots of gay famous singers.

Aasmah Mir: Kassim remembers a better life under Saddam .

Kassim: Life was good, everything was okay. There were clubs, cafeterias and we could choose where we sat. We could choose any place to sit and meet other gays and frankly compared to the current situation the times under Saddam were much better.

Aasmah Mir: Haider is an Iraqi seeking asylum in England. He's been living in Huntersfield. He left Iraq shortly after the US invasion six years ago.

Haider: If you respect yourself and live and you don't cause any problems nobody is going to kill you we didn't hear of anybody being killed because of his sexuality in Saddam's regime. Now after that, everything got worse, everything got fluctuated. I fled from Iraq in 2003 because of one of the worst experiences I've had in my life. I was kidnapped for 9 days, they took me in a small car and they send me about to a place about half an hour. I was. I was eye-folded, they call it. [. . .] on the border of Baghdad. One of the officers there, he raped me. And then he said "if you're going to tell anyone from the rest of the gang, I will kill you directly." I was scared. Just a one meal a day which is not enough. They were always telling us that they were going to kill you.

If you missed it
you have six days to listen online and note that first five minutes of the podcast are headlines and the program starts around 5:42 into the podcast. The next section is where ignorance is really flaunted as 'average' Iraqi men 'explain' 'reality.' Such as it's wrong to have sex with a guy who is a man -- as opposed to a guy who is a woman? You'll hear non-stop ignorance and hatred in that section. After that the issue of responsibility for the violence is raised and then is there a role for the US, UK, etc. It's a powerful program and those who are able to stream it should.

Violence swept through Iraq over the weekend and a new feature,
reported by Iran's Press TV, was the targeting US Ambassador Chris Hill with a roadside bomb in Dhi Qar. Jomana Karadsheh (CNN) explains, "The Shiite Arab-dominated province was among the first handed over to Iraqi security forces, and was the scene of periodic clashes between Iraqi security forces and a militia loyal to anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in 2007." Aamer Madhani (USA Today) adds, "A USA TODAY reporter was traveling in a separate U.S. convoy a few minutes behind Hill's in Nasiriyah, a relatively peaceful city where Hill had just finished meeting with local political leaders." No one was reported wounded or killed in the bombing and no one should bother to even think about if if the US State Dept's reaction is any clue. In a shameful press briefing today Ian Kelly, State Dept spokesmodel, never raised the issue and an increasingly disinterested press corps never asked. Iraq's not one of their 'issues' apparently and Kelly seems to forget that Chris Hill is under the State Dept umbrella.

The bombing targeting Hill wasn't the only one but the State Dept press corps doesn't give a damn about Iraq and Ian Kelly couldn't find it with two hands and a flashing lights illuminating its borders. So the new 'hot' target in Iraq was yet another issue the State Dept didn't tackle. It needs to be noted that this administration repeatedly pushes the previous one's talking point about lack of progress on Iraq's political scene. So why isn't that asked of at each State Dept briefing? Because the reporters just don't give a damn.

Mohammed al Dulaimy (McClatchy Newspapers) reported two Baghdad bombings which damaged a church. By the following day, a pattern would emerge. Liz Sly (Los Angeles Times) explains that "six bombs exploed outside churches around Baghdad" on Sunday "killing four and sowing fears among the country's dwindling Christian minority that they may be subject to a fres round of persecution now that U.S. forces have withdrawn from Iraq's cities." Michael Ware (CNN -- link is for video report, not the text on the page) reported on the bombings:

Naamua Delaney: Michael you also talked about the mass exodus of Christians from Iraq. How many are left at this point? Michael Ware: Well that's very difficult to say. There's no precise figures on what was originally the Christian population in this country; however, most people seem to agree it was around a million Christians in Iraq. Most people now seem to agree that anything from 600,000 to 800,000 of that million have fled. Indeed we know that just say last October there were reports that in the northern city of Mosul which is one of the last urban strongholds of al Qaeda in Iraq as many as a thousand Christian families left the city and left the country at that time after they faced a threat from Islamic militants to convert or to die.

From summer to fall of 2008, Iraqi Christians in and around Mosul were targeted. Yesterday's attack on Iraqi Christians in Baghdad was the most visible attack on Iraqi Christians in months; however, it is a slow and steady trickle of weekly and daily attacks that have gone on since the start of the illegal war.
Steven Lee Myers (New York Times) observed that Sunday's "worst attack" was when "a car bomb exploded just before dusk outside the Church of Mariam Al-Adra, or the Church of the Virgin Mary, part of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Iraq, in central Baghdad. The blast, which reverberated across the city, damaged the church and scorched cards near a park on Palestine Street. The blast killed and wounded Christians and Muslims." Doreen Abi Raad (Catholic News Service) reports, "Chaldean Auxiliary Bishop Shlemon Warduni of Baghdad, Iraq, had just finished celebrating Mass at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Chruch and was talking to parishioners in the courtyard. Moments later, while he was in his office, a bomb exploded on the road that runs alongside the church." Doreen Abi Raad quotes Bishop Warduin stating, "We had been praying for peace during the Mass. [. . .] all the little children (had been) praying in the church. Then they ran outside to see the death, the destruction, to see the war. It was hell. We cry: Why? Why? What is our fault? That we are Christians?" Pope Benedict XVI has called out the assaults on Sunday. L'Osservatore Romano (Italian article, and note the photo the charred car outside the church) reports that the Pope states he "prays for a conversion of the heart of those responsible for the violence and encourages the authorities to do all that is possible to promote peace for all of the Iraqi population." The report notes that since the fall of Saddam's regime, Iraq's Christian community has been the target of a series of attacks with August 2004 being the most serious when there were four attacks in Baghdad and two in Mosul which led to at least ten dead and fifty wounded. October 16, 2004 saw five attacks on houses of worship in Baghdad and surrounding areas. Under Saddam, the report states, the Christians in Iraq enjoyed safety and a reletaive freedom and some held important positions in the government like Tareq Aziz who was the Deputy Prime Minister prior to the start of the illegal war. (Since Marach of this year, he has been serving a fifteen year prison sentece. He had been held by the US military since 2003. In 2007, Cardinal Emmanuel Delly made a Christmas plea for his release.) The most high profile assault on a single Christian individual was probably the kidnapping and murder of Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho. From the March 13, 2008 snapshot:

Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho is dead. He was leaving the Catholic Church in Mosul when he, his driver and two others were stopped on
February 29th and the Archbishop was kidnapped while the three others were shot dead. Throughout the kidnapping, Pope Benedict XVI has issued mutliple appeals for the Archbishop to be released. The kidnappers had requested a ransom and then increased the amount they were asking for. After that contact appeared to break off. Reuters reports that the Archbishop's corpse was discovered in Mosul today "half-buried in an empty lot" and "Police said it was not clear whether Rahho, 65, had been killed or died of other causes. He appeared to have been dead a week and had no bullet wounds, police at the morgue in Mosul said. He was dressed in black trousers and a blue shirt." AP reports, "After two weeks of prayers and searching, officials at the archbishop's church received a phone call from the kidnappers on Wednesday, informing them that he had died and where he was buried, Monsignor Shlemon Warduni, the auxillary bishop of Baghdad, told The Associated Press." Spero News notes, "In a letter to the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, His Beatitude Emmanuel III Delly, Cardinal [Francis] George called today's killing 'callous' and one which 'demonstrates the particularly harsh realities faced by Christians in Iraq and the lack of security faced by all Iraqis'." notes, "The Chaldean community around the world stand numb and in disbelief as news of Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho of Mosul is dead. Outcry from world leaders swayed no influences as fanatical terrorists proved once more that no women, children, medical providers, and now spiritual leaders are safe from their killing spree." They also note that the ransom requests led to requests by the Church to speak to the the Archbishop and that's what led to their being informed he was dead and "had been dead for at least five days before his body was found this morning by some members of the Church, following information provided by the kidnappers themselves." Frances Harrison (BBC) notes, "Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho is thought to be the highest-ranking Chaldean Catholic clergyman to be killed in the violence in Iraq." March 11th, US House Rep Jeff Fortenberry raised the kidnapping of the Archbishop in an open hearing (by two subcommittees, click here).

Today Iraq attempted to 'respond' to the bombings. There's only one response ever, the same response Nouri's done over since being installed by the US in 2006: crackdown.
Aseel Kami, Tim Cocks and Richard Balmforth (Reuters) explain Mosul is now under curfew while, at present, nothing different is taking place in Baghdad. CNN notes that another church has been bombed today, this one in Mosul (the curfew doesn't appear to have helped, now did it?) with three children (possibly more) left injured. Nada Bakri (Washington Post) reports that while Mosul is under crackdown, security has been "tightened" in Baghdad while Tilkaif and Hamdaniyah have a car ban. The United Nations Secretary-General's Special Representative for Iraq, Ad Melkert, stated today that, "This campaign is aimed at terrorizing vulnerable groups and preventing the peaceful coexistence of different religious groups in what is one of the world's cradles of religious and ethnic diversity." Sahar Issa (McClatchy Newspapers) notes that the bombing today in Mosul was between a church and a mosque and that three boys were wounded and a Baghdad roadside bombing left three police officers and four civilians injured.

ABC News notes that Bob Woodruff has returned to Iraq and the "first report will air tonight on World News with Charlie Gibson". In January 2006, Bob Woodward was co-anchor, with Elizabeth Vargas, of ABC's World News Tonight. A roadside bombing severely injured him and he had a very difficult recovery. David Zurawik (Baltimore Sun) explains Woodruff's report won't air tonight due to a sandstorm and that his first report is now expected to air on Tuesday night. Brian Stelter (New York Times) notes Woodruff is with the press corps covering Adm Mike Mullen's trip. Bob Woodruff's recovery was rightly news and his return trip to Iraq is as well. However in the bulk of the reports (I know of at least twenty that we're not linking to) the focus is on Bob Woodruff who, honestly, won't have much time to absorb the trip until he returns due to his schedule (and temperament). If reporters were attempting to cover the stress right now, I would assume the person to call would be Lee Woodruff, author most recently of Perfectly Imperfect: A Life in Progress, who is no doubt proud of her husband but would understandly be more than a little ill at ease as she waits for his return. Again, Bob Woodruff's first report is scheduled to air Tuesday evening on ABC World News Tonight.

Again, he is part of the press corps traveling with the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen whom,
Andrew Gray (Reuters) reports is grounded in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk due to the sandstorms and that he has met with leaders in Kirkuk. Mullen summed up the 'interaction' thusly: "My message to them today was: we're leaving and you'd better figure it out." On the issue of Kirkuk, Waleed Ibrahim (Reuters) reported yesterday that the status of Kirkuk "is now seen as the leading long term threat to Iraq's stability as sectarian violence dies down" and that Kirkuk does not appear likely to be getting a vote anytime soon and cites the Speaker of Parliament, Ayad al-Samarai, declaring that instead of open election, Arab and Turkmen MPs are advocating for a number of seats set aside for each ethnic group in the city.

Moving over to England,
Matthew Weaver (Guardian) notes that Iraqi Baha Mousa's death at the age of 26 while in British custody in September 2003 is the subject of a public inquiry in England which began today and that, "A central issue of the inquiry is why five 'conditioning techniques' -- hooding prisoners, putting them in stress positions, depriving them of sleep, depriving them of food and water, and playing white noise -- were used on Iraq detainees. The techniques, inflicted on IRA suspects, were banned in 1972 by then prime minister, Edward Heath." The Telegraph of London offers that Baha "was beaten to death" while in British custody, "sustaining 93 separate injuires, including fractured ribs and a broken nose." The Telegraph also notes that the inquiry was shown video of Corporal Donald Payne yelling and screaming, "shouting and swearing at the Iraqis as they are force to main painful 'stress position'." Julian Rush (Channel 4) offers a video report of the hearing thus far and what the inquiry is supposed to explore over the next year. BBC explains the Sir William Gage led inquiry will explore four segments:• The history of "conditioning" techniques, like hooding, used by UK troops while questioning prisoners from Northern Ireland in the early 1970s to the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 • What happened to Mr Mousa and other Iraqi detainees • Training and the chain of command • Events since 2003 and any recommendations for the future

Moving to the US, last week, the
US army released their latest suicide data (for the month of June). Gregg Zoroya (USA Today) reports this morning, "Army commanders are failing at the day-to-day task of monitoring troubled young soldiers in their barracks back home, which is helping push suicides to record numbers, the head of the Army's suicide task force [Brig Gen Colleen McGuire] says." James Dao (New York Times) tracks Iraq War veteran Damian J. Todd's attempts to get his claims filled by the VA in order to put a human face on the non-stop, never-ending delays by the VA. Dao notes that the VA's unprocessed claims are "now over 400,000, up from 253,000 six years ago, the agency said." Actually, they're a lot higher. The June 25th snapshot notes that day's House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity hearing on the Post-9-11 GI Bill which requires new payments starting August 1st. [If you qualify or think you may for the new education benefits, you can refer to the VA's GI Bill website as a resource. For those with limited internet access or who would prefer the human interaction, the toll free number is 1-888-GI-BILL-1 or 1-888-442-4551. The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) has a webpage that gives you a historical overview and also allows you to locate a VFW service officer who can assist veterans with the application process.] The VA's Director from the Office of Education Service Keith Wilson testified that, due to the number of applications which had come in up to that point, there might be a last minute crunch of applications as people rushed to put their paperwork through in order to qualify for the fall semester. Dao notes, "Veterans advocates say the actual backlog is nearing one million, if minor claims, educational programs and appeals of denied claims are factored in."

As Winona says to Ethan in Reality Bites, "Where were you?" To draw attention to Iraq on the sixth anniversary,
Rebecca instituted a number of community roundtables in the weeks leading up to the anniversary. They took place each Friday night and were posted at the sites of all participating. One week, Rebecca led us in an additional roundtable. "Selling out the women of Afghanistan," "Afghanistan," "Afghanistan women get forgotten""Afghanistan roundtable," "US designates Gulbuddin Hekmatyar a Terrorist," "afghanistan roundtable," "Afghanistan," "Afghanistan in the Kitchen," "Talking Afghanistan," "The Afghanistan Roundtable," "Roundtabling Afghanistan," "Friday night movie post on Tuesday," "Afghanistan roundtable," "Iraq and Afghanistan," "Afghanistan," "Ron DLC Kirk," "Iraq, Hillary, Isaiah, etc" and "Anti-feminist Barack Obama." From the opening of that roundtable:

Rebecca: [. . .] Why a roundtable? Why now? Middle of the week when we all have things to do. We're doing this on Ava and C.I.'s dinner time, for example. Kat's as well but she's not planning on going back out and speaking about Iraq tonight. Kat, Ava and C.I. are on the road -- with Wally of
The Daily Jot -- speaking out against the illegal war in and on Iraq. Ruth's been taking care of her grandson all day, Trina's been taken care of her granddaughter, I've been taking care of my daughter, Betty worked all day and has three children, Dona was in classes all day, Elaine was seeing patients all day, Marcia was working hard -- and almost had a heart attack, as Ava and C.I. always say, "we'll get to it." The point being -- and I hope I didn't leave anyone out -- we're all busy. We all have other things to do. Ava and C.I. are taking notes, therefore unable to really eat dinner. Elaine said she'd type this up and she's tired. We're all tired. But we're doing a roundtable because it's become necessary. On Sunday, Little Barry Obam-bam could be found in the New York Times floating diplomatic ties between the US and the Taliban. That's what it was, get serious. Third Estate Sunday Review addressed it with "Editorial: Ms. magazine gets punked" and that was written by Jim, Jess, Wally and Ty, who aren't with us, and Dona, Ava, C.I., Kat and Betty, who are with us. It's only getting worse as the week continues, Little Barry's Big Plan to make out with the Taliban. I understand he's going to give it up for them, lose his cherry. But I'm going to toss to Marcia to explain how it just got out of control today. Marcia?
Marcia: As I explained to Rebecca, I was at work when my boss starts screaming for me. At the top of her lungs. I didn't think it was financial -- example, "We're closing!" And my own work hadn't been any problem. Plus my boss isn't a screamer. So I hurry into her office convinced she's just learned that one of her parents have died or that she's got only a few months to live or something. She was on the phone with a friend who had called to tell her about this "disgusting radio show" and how they were pushing the Taliban as a good thing. My boss couldn't believe it but then her friend was trying to remember the name and couldn't.. Finally, she remembered the name of the host, Amy Goodman.
I include all that because (a) if anyone wants to go to town on the highlight we're about to note, do so with my blessing and (b) we need to realize that the time to speak out was in March, not July. And if you're only now speaking out, you should be speaking out even stronger. And if you can't mention Barack -- you know I'm damn tired, DAMN TIRED, of these closeted Communists. I don't know why they love Barry and I don't know who they think they fool by being "out" in political circles but closeted on air and in print. I guess we're supposed to believe Pacifica's just an oasis of "independent" voters? So cowardly craven Sonali Kolhatkar finally wants to speak up for Afghanistan women. FINALLY. And don't give me that s**t about how she's spoken out before. Her ass has been silent since Barack chose to get in bed with the Taliban. She hasn't said a damn word until this month.
With Mariam Rawl, she offers (at ZNet):

As humanitarians and as feminists, it is the welfare of the civilian population in Afghanistan that concerns us most deeply. That is why it was so discouraging to learn that the
Feminist Majority Foundation has lent its good name -- and the good name of feminism in general -- to advocate for further troop escalation and war.

On its foundation Web site, the first stated objective of the Feminist Majority Foundation's "Campaign for Afghan Women and Girls" is to "expand peacekeeping forces."

First of all, coalition troops are combat forces and are there to fight a war, not to preserve peace. Not even the Pentagon uses that language to describe U.S. forces there. More importantly, the tired claim that one of the chief objectives of the military occupation of Afghanistan is to liberate Afghan women is not only absurd, it is offensive.

Waging war does not lead to the liberation of women anywhere. Women always disproportionately suffer the effects of war, and to think that women's rights can be won with bullets and bloodshed is a position dangerous in its naïveté. The Feminist Majority should know this instinctively.

Here are the facts: After the invasion, Americans received reports that newly liberated women had cast off their burquas and gone back to work. Those reports were mythmaking and propaganda. Aside from a small number of women in Kabul , life for Afghan women since the fall of the Taliban has remained the same or become much worse.

Under the Taliban, women were confined to their homes. They were not allowed to work or attend school. They were poor and without rights. They had no access to clean water or medical care, and they were forced into marriages, often as children.

Today, women in the vast majority of Afghanistan live in precisely the same conditions, with one notable difference: they are surrounded by war. The conflict outside their doorsteps endangers their lives and those of their families. It does not bring them rights in the household or in public, and it confines them even further to the prison of their own homes. Military escalation is just going to bring more tragedy to the women of Afghanistan .
You can agree with their essay if you want to be STUPID. If you want to be a FOOL. Feminist Majority Foundation is making a fool of itself, no question. And we've called them out (and I know Eleanor Smeal but that never stops me from calling her out). But what a ridiculous piece of trash column from Sonali. Feminist Majority Foundation is the ultimate target?

Really? You want to play that? Are you telling me that Eleanor Smeal is directing the Afghanistan War? Strange, I thought it was Barack Obama. You know, the man your closeted Communist won't call out for reasons that you need to explain to your listening audience. Sonali, you're a damn joke and you made yourself one. This column where you finally, FINALLY, speak out for Afghanistan women is so damn weak and pathetic it's as if a small toddler wrote it with a crayon. Grow the hell up, you political closet case, you're a damn embarrassment for yourself and others and I don't have the time and the women of Afghanistan damn sure don't have the time. You either grow the hell up and learn to call out the president directing this illegal war of aggression or shut your damn ass because you're not helping anyone. You're just embarrassing yourself. What an idiot. What a coward. What a fool. Closets are for wardrobes, dear. Here's another tip, when you're calling out people getting cozy with the wrong side in Afghanistan and doing it four months late, you need to write a lot more strongly. Get off your knees and stand the hell up, you embarrass us all.

Ron Jacobs hides in no political closet.
At Dissident Voice, he raises an important issue today:

Should the US antiwar movement be attending rallies sponsored by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) claiming to support the opposition movement in Iran? According to the group Stop War on Iran, this is exactly what United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) and other antiwar groups are doing. If so, are they really supporting the leftist and progressive elements of that opposition or are they naively providing cover for those in the United States power elites who would love to see a regime friendly to Washington ruling in Tehran? Recently, UFPJ urged its members to attend rallies called by a group that goes by the name of United for Iran on July 25, 2009. While I believe the intentions of the antiwar organizations calling on folks to join these protests come from a genuine desire to see an end to the Tehran government's repression, the fact that some of the Iranian dissident groups in Iran and in exile take their money and guidance from the NED and other US-propaganda operations compromises the antiwar groups' position.
An even closer connection to the NED funds is that of the apparent US organizer of the United for Iran rallies, Hadi Ghaemi. Mr. Ghaemi is is the director of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. This group is a project of the Dutch Foundation for Human Security in the Middle East. More important as regards his NED connection is Ghaemi's role as a former board member of the National Iranian American Council, which has received over a quarter million dollars in NED grants. While this is not an indictment of the desire for greater freedoms in Iran expressed by Ghaemi and his organization, one would think these connections would give pause to a US antiwar group whose leadership knows only too well the role groups funded by the NED and other US special funds played in the period leading up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

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Last week, she shared with her friends this reflection on her battle with cancer.  As always happens when I read her writing, I laughed a little and cried a lot and wished I could express myself in the same poignant, wise ways.  I also came away with the sense that her thoughts should really be shared with as many people as possible.  So, for the Mamas, sisters, girl friends, husbands, Dads, kids, and whoever else would read this and be inspired, Fran agreed that I could share her experiences with you.  It is an honor for me to do so:

Cancer is such an odd companion.  While I hate my disease, I have grown to embrace the journey.  My friends and family are a constant in my life.  Their support, help and love keep my feet moving forward one step at a time.  It is the occasional stranger that gives me pause to reflect on the true goodness in our lives.  Allow me to tell you about one of my strangers.

Dana Stellar is a former Northwestern Lehigh student that went on to graduate from Lehigh University in 2010.  In addition to her many accomplishments, Dana was a cross country team member for Northwestern and Lehigh University.   Her Mom and biggest fan (sorry Dad) was Debbie Stellar.  Debbie Stellar was a tireless volunteer for her children’s athletic teams and a lifetime member of the Seaside Park Yacht Club.  Tragically, Debbie lost her courageous four year battle to ovarian cancer in March, 2010.

To honor her mother, Dana organized the Steps4Stellar 5K Walk/Run.  The Walk was held at Cedar Beach in Allentown, PA to help raise funds for families who are battling cancer.  A scholarship fund was established in Debbie’s name.  The fund was designed to help student athletes whose family suffers from cancer by fulfilling their dream of a college education.

Two weeks ago, I received an email that my three little athletes were selected to receive one of the scholarships.  Through our local youth organization, Northwestern Youth Athletic Association (NYAA), my children have played a variety of sports.  Hayden plays football, basketball, lacrosse and baseball.  Tess plays field hockey, basketball and softball.  Wyatt plays basketball and baseball.

Last Sunday at a NYAA football game, in the pouring rain, Dana, a friend, and her father waited patiently for me to complete my volunteer duties and walk off the field.  We were meeting, in person, for the first time.   As our eyes meet, we connected and realized…. I reminded her of her mother – volunteering for her children’s athletic team.  Dana was my hope for the future – what I want my children to be.  Our tears were stopped and replaced by laughter with the appearance of a 5 foot, 10 year old, covered in mud (somewhere hidden under there was Hayden) eating a cupcake.  Then, she presented me with the scholarship funds for my kids.   To say I was overwhelmed is an understatement.

According to family and friends, Debbie Stellar considered her job of being “Mom” as the most rewarding.  Sharing her battle, I understand the focus on hopes, dreams and the future, especially for our children.  It is best summed up by this quote:

She has achieved success who has lived well; laughed often and loved much;… who has filled her niche and accomplished her task; … who has always looked for the best in others and given the best she had; whose life was an inspiration.

Debbie Stellar was an inspiration.  We only have to look as far as Dana to realize she accomplished great things in her lifetime.

October ushers in Breast Cancer Awareness.  Fran Ledeboer  was diagnosed with Stage IV breast cancer on June 4, 2010. Nearly half the women diagnosed with Stage IV breast cancer in June, 2010 are now dead (SEER database). Cancer is an insidious disease; crafty, adaptable and uncaring. If you love a woman, please remind her that prevention is our best weapon. Please get a mammogram, ultrasound, MRI or clinical breast exam, if not for yourself, for the ones that you love. Remind all women in your life to do the same. Adversity breeds resilience and hope. Hope does matter.

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Good morning peeps,
it's the start of my night shifts later tonight so I have some time to post again. Plus the sitting down does my old muscles good in the moment ! I have started to add another work-out to my usual program. OK, I cycle almost every day , my legs are just fine and I burn calories. I do Pilates and often use some small weights with it, so my arm are good as well ...nothing flabby there ! But I thought my mid section can do with some toning up and got out an old Abs exercise thing we had for ages. I call it the "torture seat" ...and oh boy, can I feel it ! My stomach muscles even hurt when I laugh or sneeze.
I take it as a good sign that it's working-no pain , no gain,lol.
Then I was getting sweaty in another way, as I told in my post. Candle making. I now have a little collection ready and they will make nice little gifts.Some more of the jar candles still need to be decorated.

And I treated myself to another charm for my leather bracelet....a little silver owl this time.
The owl stands for two things....first we saw an owl at the Eno River Festival, plus it's Reggie's bird.
But journaling.... early in the mornings when I woke up and couldn't go back to sleep I was writing notes while Reggie was sleeping. I got the doc out yesterday and started to do something with them. I will show part of what I'm doing here, but some pages will stay private as they are far too personal. I'm not so much concentrating on a lot of embellishments , for me it's just the writing that counts, it shows my thoughts at the time.These are the first 4 pages and the start of the story book.
I will gradually go trough the notes and carry on making more pages. But for today it's enough. After these night shifts I will upload the next freebie part for you and put the links up , I'm hoping I will get it done over the weekend. So until then again
Hugs Snowy

smiekeltje said...

It's nice to have a journal of your trip. Speially after years it is real fun to read it back. I did those too years ago when we were on holiday, and still have some of them.
Oh what a brave girl, doing extra excersises LOL!
I like your candles, they look fantastic.
Have a great day, good shoft,

Edna B said...

The exercising sounds good, but I don't like the looks of that little exercise gadget. I will pass on that one. lol. Actually, I cant wait to be able to get back on track doing my exercises too. Gotta get back to work now. You have a great day. Hugs, Edna B.

smiekeltje said...

An award is waiting for you on my blog.


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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Awkarward and Awsome Thursday!

~It still took me a few tries to spell "awkward" right..
~Having hiccups at a class then everyone gets real quiet and you hiccuupp
~the fact that i can only think of 2 things right now...
~Waking up and looking out the window and realizing that it has stopped raining for the first time in a couple weeks and is sunny!

~I just sent my sign up thingagamjig for junior lifeguards!! Its a 4-week class(not really a class but i don't know what to call it) on the beach that all my friends says is super hard...i've never done it..i'm scared

~This wetsuit that i want/need

~I think that winter is finally over!

~It is HOT here...well mabye mid 70's...but for were i live thats like a heat wave!! (avg hear is 55-60)

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Saturday, July 12, 2014

#celebratelu Summer Is Here

Ruth Ayres hosts a weekly link up of celebrations here. Join us!

Yesterday I finalized everything I needed to to complete 2 graduate course I took for the summer.  Oh is that a blog post in and of itself.  I'm having an inner struggle with graduate work.  This is not celebratory, so let's save that for another day, shall we?

I tell you that, because I've caught myself this summer moping about what I haven't gotten to do.  Today I wanted to celebrate-mainly in pictures-what I have done to rejuvenate and recharge for the fall!  In no special order, a celebration of summer:

I spent time with family.  While I ran, I was able to look at this each day.

Coach was so gracious to us during basketball camp.  We have Bulldogs for life!

This hat was made by a woman in a small town in Nebraska.  It's amazing, and my little minion loves it and wears it everywhere.

This fish.  Bee, Nebraska.  Population: 191.  Get there to eat this fish.

I'm loving all these kids and the time we've had with them this summer!

There's a frog in the bucket.  At the bottom of the hill is a spring that we let it out in.

#nErDcampmi was amazing!  This is Annie and I after the Nerd Run, where Annie re-reserved us a hotel room while running the 5K(long story, see her post), and where we awarded ourselves winners of the Iowa division of this race.  (We didn't know there were actual awards.  Oops.)

I-80 West Please.  I'm not a great traveler, but #nErDcampmi was worth it, and I'm so thankful that I was able to go on this trip!

So graduate school is no longer hanging over my head. (For now!)  I can't wait to lounge in the pool, read some more books, start training for a half marathon in the fall, and gear up for school.

Let's Celebrate!  Joy!

  1. The pictures didn't load in my browser but I still enjoyed your post. I too tend to get caught up in what needs to be done rather than be grateful for all the things I've been able to accomplish. Have more enjoyable moments ahead!

  2. Pix didn't load for me either :-(. So glad you were able to celebrate the I did's! I often add things to my to do list just so I can cross them off! It seems like we are always doing something it just may not be what we planned! How blessed you are to find those celebrations among the rocks.

  3. Same problem with the pictures. :-( I can still appreciate your celebrations, though, and understand your anxiety about summer tasks. It's going so fast! I can't help but get a little panicky, too, but taking time out to celebrate certainly helps!

  4. Nerdcamp was so amazing, wasn't it? I want to hold that celebration in my heart all year!! And I understand about that feeling of not getting everything done. I try to remind myself (frequently), I know I'm busy and that's a good thing. It's ok. Do what you can. (I might need to go say that to myself again today!) Have a lovely week!


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Pinstripes & Polka Dots – Modest Fashion Moment

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I tend to use the same items of clothing multiple times in as many ways as possible. You will see many of the pieces repeated in upcoming posts. I don’t believe you have to break the bank or your brain to put together a modest outfit that you can feel good about. I try to make the best of what I have. I am not always the most brave or adventurous person, especially when it comes to patterns. However, I thought I’d mix these two patterns in a safe way by staying in the same color family. (okay, okay, so maybe I’m not brave at all…but baby steps are still steps right?)

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The majority of the time, what we wear on the outside is an expression of who we are on the inside. (unless you slept through your alarm and woke up five minutes before your doctors appointment…and in that case, it’s just pajamas and a prayer.) Designer labels and the latest trends are not the most important part of a wardrobe. If you can afford them, that is awesome. If not, it’s okay. Many of us are in the same boat, and even if we could afford them, some of us would opt out. The most important part of your wardrobe is your heart. If your heart is set in the right direction, your wardrobe will follow suit. Before you put on any outfit, polish your heart in prayer and you will always look beautiful to God.

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What are some things that are out of your comfort zone that you could try? Is it something simple like mixing patterns in an outfit? Or, is it something bigger like stepping out and making new friends? Either way, go out and stretch your horizons today. (Baby steps are still steps, remember?) God bless you so very much!

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Jamaica Wedding at Hummingbird Hall by Rebekah J. Murray Photography
June 26, 2012
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When dreams of a big city soirée came up over budget, this DC bride went south (literally!) to plan her dream wedding for 50 at the Hummingbird Hall in Montego Bay, Jamaica.  Guests came from accross the globe to celebrate with the bride and groom, and the tropical locale gave everyone a chance to relax and enjoy the view. Put on some sunscreen and bask in the gorgeousness by Rebekah J. Murray Photography in the full gallery!
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From the Bride... Rob and I met in December 2005 on a cold, snowy evening in Newark, Delaware, at a bar where I was celebrating a friend’s 21st birthday. I was a college senior, and he was a first year grad student. We talked a lot that night, and I ended up giving him a ride home. As he got out of my car, he got my number and thanked me profusely for driving him. “I owe you dinner, or my life!” he said. After that, we were pretty inseparable. He’s from California and I soon moved to DC for grad school, so there were some tough times when it came to tackling the distance. However, meeting a best friend and a soul mate makes any distance worth doing! DC has become our home now, and we got engaged here at the Lincoln Memorial in 2010.

I’d been planning an elaborate DC wedding in my head for ages, but the cost just rendered my dream wedding unfeasible in DC. It made sense to have a destination wedding, as my family is on the East Coast and in England, and Rob’s family is in California — everyone would need to travel somewhere regardless. After doing a lot of research on destination venues, we stumbled upon Hummingbird Hall in Jamaica, and it was our dream come true. Hummingbird Hall made the planning so completely simple, and it made it possible to have my dream wedding in a dream location! I would communicate with them often on design elements that I loved about other weddings, and the team worked with me to create a vision for my day. We also made the decision to bring our amazing photographer with us — no regrets there!

The wedding day was absolutely perfect. We didn’t have a wedding party, as we were only having 50 guests, but we each still had some of our closest friends come with us to get ready. It was such a low-key day; we sat around and laughed, exchanged our gifts, drank champagne, and waited for our ceremony! Rob and I did a first look, which both of our mothers hated, but we really enjoyed having a few calming minutes with each other pre-ceremony. The ceremony was short, informal and sweet, with four readings by close friends (mostly from children’s books!) and our own vows. Guests sat on chairs adorned with ribbon streamers and could pass the time with program fans that had games on the back of them. We had a cocktail hour with a steel drum band, drinks with striped straws (my favorite!), and guests had a chance to sign our guestbook: a vintage map of Jamaica. Our reception featured more ribbons, with ribbon runners on the tables, fresh flower and fruit centerpieces and custom-made ribbon chandeliers on the pool deck. After a traditional Jamaican buffet dinner, there were toasts, lots of dancing, cigar-smoking and even some illicit pool-diving.

I honestly adored my wedding and the planning process. Having a venue that was so hands-on with the planning was fantastic, and they always made me feel like everything would be okay. It gave me the opportunity to concentrate on all the wonderful friends and family who traveled to be with us, which was the best part about having a destination wedding. There is nothing like being surrounded by people who are genuinely happy for you, and who can make your reception a party even in small numbers! Rob and I were so grateful for all of the love and support, and couldn’t have imagined a better start to our life together.

Wedding Photography: Rebekah J. Murray Photography / Wedding Venue: Hummingbird Hall in Montego Bay, Jamaica / Event Coordination, Floral + Event Design, Officiant, Band + DJ: Hummingbird Hall / Wedding Invitations: Wedding Paper Divas / Wedding Dress: Wtoo Brides / Bride's Jewelry: Nadri / Hair Flower: Bella Mia Design / Bride's Makeup: Jessie, A Friend of the Bride


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Monday, May 5, 2014

God Led Us to Chosen People..

Okay...this week was the best that we have had up here in Chivay. It was awesome. God truly came through, and helped us out more than maybe we even deserved. We put all we could into the work, and received countless blessings for our efforts.

We found a family who is SO ready to hear the gospel.  They have two kids, and their daughter is incredible! She and her brother came with us to church on Sunday...(And thanks to my AWESOME Primary class I`m pretty sure he`ll be coming back.) Ha. We`re also still working with the family with the daughter who are members and working with them to get married. (I attached a picture of their family and their cute little twin girls.) God has led us to some chosen people this last week, and I am so happy to be teaching those who need to gospel so much right now.  I don`t doubt for even a moment that the things we teach are true. I love being a missionary!

Yesterday, at church when we sang the opening hymn. We had 4 of the 6 missionaries and one investigator in the congregation. It was definitely like nothing I had ever experienced before. By the end of the 3 hours we had 29 people there...which is the most they have had up here in the last 3 months. Just a little idea of how the church works here.

The work here is hastening. And we as missionaries are growing. My mission is not easy, I can promise you that...but it is worth it. I have been told by many that the last few months of your mission are the best, and most important. I am excited to work as hard as I can until the very end. I know that the Lord will bless me, my companion and our area as we give all of our heart, might, mind and strength to this amazing work.

I love you all! Can`t wait to see you on SUNDAY! Have a lovely week :)

A little companionship haircut time.

Family night with our cute investigators Asunta, and Santos

Got some cool headbands with bows in them. 2 soles…you can’t resist.

Carli after a 14 month backpacking trip through Perù. We laughed pretty hard at this one.
After the buffet…the chocolate cake was so good I couldnt resist! SO FULL!

found some nice alpaca if anyone is hungry. Welcome to the grocery store…Peru style.

  Fast Sunday…we couldn’t help but go to the tourist buffet. WORTH IT!

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Thursday, September 9, 2010

Check Your Inbox.....Cheap Perdur Chicken at Jewels

If you have not signed up to received coupons from Jewels you should do so now here.  I just received the coupon from Jewels for $2.00 off a $4.00 purchase of Perdue Chicken.  Most people think that you can't save on meat with coupons, but they are wrong.  Use the store coupon from Jewel and stack it with the $.75/1 coupon from the 8/29RP to get cheap meat.

I will let you know the deals that I find later on this week.
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Saturday, December 11, 2010

Old navy: $5 Performance Fleece {12.11.2010 Only}

Old Navy is having a One Day Wonder Sale this Saturday, December 11th, from 7AM-9PM! During this time, you can get Performance Fleece Tops for the whole family for only $5! Limit 5 per customer; available in-store only. Click here for more details.

**Don’t forget to head over to Old Navy’s Barker’s Bones where you can “dig” for coupons like $5/$50 or $15/$75!
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Saturday, February 26, 2005

Happy Championship Saturday!

I'm gonna keep it sweet and simple in today's blog...WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS! In Chicago, you don't get anything like this. I wasn't even born when the Bears won the Super Bowl in 1985. I was three in 1989 when the Cubs won the division. I was 6 when the Bulls had the first three-peat. I was in 6th grade sitting in my bed with a broken leg when the Bulls won their sixth and final championship. I was in 7th grade when the Cubs won the Wild Card. I'm not a Sox fan, so I didn't celebrate theie 1993 and 2000 division championships, and hockey what? In 2001, the Cubs tricked me by leading the division all year long and blowing it in September. In 2000-2001, the Bears fooled all of Chicago by going 13-3 with miracle finishes and horshoes inserted in happy places, then collapsing at home against the Eagles in the last game at the original Sodiers Field. 2003 was my best year. Cubs vs. Yankees in June was classic and Cubs vs. Cardinals in September, just the atmosphere was there all year. The first playoff game since 1998 at Wrigley, which I was apart of. The Prior dominance was the greatest thing I had ever been apart of until today. Today, Southern Illinois University @ Cabondale clinched their 4th straight Conference Championship in a 65-55 victory over Wichita State. The atmosphere, electric. Everyone was into the game, we were just all waiting to explode, waiting for revenge against the "Shockers" and finally, the moment was great. As the game went on you just felt the specialness of the moment. "Go home shockers!" (clap clap clap-clap-clap) "Warm up the bus, warm up the bus." "N-I-T! N-I-T!" And finally the countdown, and the rush was on. I actually got to rush the court, tht was the best feeling ever. Once again, you don't get this feeling in Chicago, so yeah I enjoyed it. I celebrated with players, cheered and viewed tehm Cut down the nets. I got a couple of autographs from my favorite players (SHOUT OUT TO D.B., Tatum (The Human Fast Break South), and T.Y.). So it was worth it. I didn't want to leave that moment. This was SIUs 4th straight conference title, I'm hoping for 8 in a row!

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Wednesday, 7 October 2015

Top Ten Tuesday

'Top Ten Tuesday' is a weekly meme that was created by 'The Broke and the Bookish' Go check them out, and join in the fun.

This weeks theme was ten bookish things you want to quit, books you marked as DNF, or tropes you want to quit.

My first 'Top Ten Tuesday' (all-be-it Wednesday) will be:
Ten of the books I didn't finish - DNF

1. The Investigation by Jung Myung Lee
2. Lie Still by Julia Heaberlin
3. Bathing The Lion by Jonathan Carroll
4. Mindbenders by Ted Krever
5. Fractured by Erin Hayes
6. Isolation Door by Amish Mayunder
7. Blood Relatives by Stevan Alcock
8. Ruby by Cynthia Bond
9. Submission by Michel Houellebrecq
10. 13 Minutes by Sarah Pinborough

Now for whatever reason I was unable or unwilling to finish reading these titles, do remember that other readers have enjoyed them. I may even retry reading them sometime.

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A Good Start for Youngsters

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A Good Start for Youngsters

St. Joseph’s Charlestown……………5       Roscommon C.C………………….2

There is an old Irish proverb that goes something like this: tús maith, leath na h oibre and so it was for the St. Joseph’s u15 team as “a good start is definitely half the work” and to have it delivered by our two Polish strikers was an added bonus. We recently had our first Polish student pass his Junior Certificate Irish exam, the first of his nation to do so at our school and it is heartening to see that the East Europeans are assisting us on the sports field as well, integrating into the local community with ease. Sport has no boundaries. Infact this match had a very international feel about it with our visitors themselves fielding players from as far away as Brazil! There was a lot of skill on display at the home of Charlestown Athletic who once again looked after their local school in providing a top class facility to all.

For both teams there was an element of nerves as it was the first time the majority of players on show actually represented their respective schools at soccer. The game started well for the home side with the first goal coming after only 5 minutes. Donny Durkan played a delightful ball into Kacper Gawalkiewicz and the young striker, whose father Jakub is a stalwart of the local team, made no mistake turning the ball beyond the advancing Roscommon ‘keeper. The visitors then found their rhythm and tried to get back on level terms but found Kian Parsons in a no nonsense mood, clearing whatever came at him, be it ball or man! He was ably assisted by captain Darragh Duffy who grew into the role as the game wore on. Marty Beirne had a fine game at left back, with Marty you know what you are going to get always,110% of pure effort. Tomás Goldrick was a revelation at right back and attacked at every opportunity. By this time Durkan had settled into his midfield role brilliantly and even rattled the crossbar after 15 minutes. The home side went further in front after 20 minutes when Pawel Fijak showed great awareness in chasing a ball back to the Roscommon goal and managed to prod it beyond the goal line, a messy goal said Pawel after the game, but a very important one nonetheless.

Soon after Jack Brennan, who gave an outstanding display, running the show in midfield, had a header over the goal. Roscommon attacked immediately and from a corner kick brought the best out of Ruairí Redmond in the Charlestown goal. At this stage it was an end to end game with St. Joes the more clinical. This was very evident when Kacper was upended on his way to goal on 23 minutes. The resultant free kick was dispatched with some aplomb from 20 metres by Brennan, an absolute peach of a goal. With half time approaching Brennan put the game beyond reach when he scored a glancing header from a Goldrick cross. Sean Dunleavy had a number of chances, created from his strong running, but his finishing touch was missing. Keelin Devine made a very encouraging debut on the wing and played some intelligent passes throughout. Roscommon finished the half stronger with their Brazilian midfielder creating many opportunities and taking one, with a fine individual goal, to leave the half time score 4-1 to the home side.

The goal before half time certainly instilled some belief in the visitors and they played some fine football at the start of the second half and reduced the deficit further on 50 minutes with a good long range strike. Substitutions for Charlestown in the form of Gerald Higgins, Nathan Devine, replacing his brother, and Oran Duffy as well as Séamus Doherty gave fresh impetus to the home side to press home their advantage and this they did with a delightful strike from the super fit Doherty stealing in unnoticed to bury a corner in the back of the net and put the game beyond reach with 10 minutes’ left on the clock.

All in all, it was an entertaining match where both sides tried to play football to the best of their ability. Mr John Mulroe refereed the match in a very professional manner, letting the game flow and only intercepting when required. The home side had to line out without Ciarán Honeyman due to injury but Jack Brennan more than stepped up to the plate with a very mature display all-round.


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    [Review] Document Consultants 10-Person Order Review (IDs)

    Seller Info: [Document Consultants] ---docconsultancy99@gmail.com---+1 (704)313-8416

    After nearly 3 weeks, [Document Consultants] came through and delivered. Not bad at all for what I was expecting. I have to give them props for delivering with everything that went down with his CS. I ordered for 10 people but only 09 came. Currently talking with him about making the forgotten person. Not going to do a huge in-depth review but will go over all four states people got in my order.

    Communication: [8/10]

    The first time I placed the order, I would get a response whenever I needed. In August, hit a dead period with no response for about 3 days. Finally responded early September and said they would be remade and rushed.

    Cost: [10/10]

    Worked out a great deal for the amount of people I had. Can't complain at all about the price. Highly recommend.

    Stealth: [9/10]

    Had to go through customs so it was solid.

    Illinois [7/10]

    One of the better NJs I've seen. Fonts and colors look good. DL# correctly formatted. Can be a bit more better with color changes.

    IL Pic: https://imgur.com/Src5hBA

    New Jersey [8/10]

    One of the better NJs I've seen. Fonts and colors look good. DL# correctly formatted. Signature is a bit small.

    NJ Pic: https://imgur.com/c7Z2hFc

    Maryland [6/10]

    Personally I think this job was not done well but I was extremely surprised with the micro on this. Micro is clear down the middle. Overall the ID needs to be lightened for it to be a good ID.

    Maryland Pic: https://imgur.com/lsESQrj

    Tennessee [8.5/10]

    Definitely the best looking of the bunch. Besides missing OVI, this ID is pretty sexy. Not going into much detail but colors, fonts, back, everything looks good.

    Tennessee Pic: https://imgur.com/OoAm8TN

    Photoshop: [9/10]

    This is where I was most impressed. There are ear shadows when there should be (not overdone). A touch of grain on most pictures to give it the DMV feel. Backgrounds on all but the MD are the right shades of blue for the state. Really impressed by the PS work here.

    Scanning: [10/10]

    Scanned a few and they all had correct info.

    Holos/OVI: [6/10]

    MD holos are crooked. OPE is pretty bad on some of them, some IDs more than others. Missing OVI on TN.

    Signature: [8/10]

    He does not generate them so I did them myself. Some should've been blown up depending on the state. Two IDs had the wrong signatures but he is reprinting.

    Shipping: [7/10]

    Even though it took some time to get to my door step but he delivered.

    Conclusion: [8.5/10]

    I've done a ton of orders through the past years and for a group the size of this, it was a job well done. Besides the time it took, I would go through him again. He hooked me up with a free 10-person order for the delay so I really can't complain much. He is willing to work with me on reprints and take care of everything messed up on his end. When I met him he told me he was working in over 100 Countries around the world, I think if he can come through on this then he can do it no matter where your order comes from. Good luck to [Document Consultants] on getting back on track. Thanks again!

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Plugging Your VBScript Brain into PowerShell

It started with diapers and bottles of milk and soft food.  Then cereal and TV dinners in frotn of a real TV.  Then it was on to C, then C++, then I moved into LISP and Scheme, and AutoLISP and Visual Basic.  Then T-SQL and Batch/Cmd scripting.  Then coffee, and on to Javascript and KiXtart and Perl, and after mor coffee: VBscript.  And after the coffee ran out, it was beer and then PowerShell.  Quick tips, based on my self-conversion efforts thus far:

  1. Start naming your Sub and Function items using PowerShell syntax, but keeping in mind to glue the Noun/Verb scheme using an underscore ("_"), since you cannot use a hyphen for such things in VBScript.  Example:

    Function ComputerModel()
    End Function

    Function Get_ComputerModel()
    End Function
  2. Use consistent commenting throughout your code.  If you do that, you can more-easily "port" your code between languages (any language, actually).  It also allows for automated self-documentation.  While that may seem like an impressive phrase to toss around at parties (it is, by the say, haw haw, cough cough...) when you starting stacking up code into more complex "solutions", it will pay off handsomely when the suits come knocking for professional-looking docs.
  3. Eat. Drink. Sleep. Find a reason to laugh.

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