Category: Cause I love my kids

Junior Hackers Unite!

The Stamford Innovation Center has a new Meetup on Tuesday nights 6-8pm called “Junior Hacker Night” directed to children 5-15 years old. Bring a laptop and watch the children program right in front of you. Windows, MAC or Linux laptops welcome, the application they use is available on all platforms: Scratch. Scratch is a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group… Read more →

The American Pedros – No Nonsense Combat Rescuers

I asked Danish journalist Camilla Fuhr Nilsson to write two dispatches about USAF Pedros.  Camilla accompanied me at Camp Bastion.  Here is the first: By Camilla Fuhr Nilsson Published: 27 September 2009 It is the last weekend of August 2009. It is also the last weekend in southern Afghanistan for the currently deployed US Air Force rescue crew 129th .… Read more →

Maqaleh v. Gates Amicus Brief

America in Danger: Important Courtroom Battles

Published: 24 September 2009

Dear Mr. Yon:

It is my pleasure to forward to you the attached copy of the amicus curiae brief which we filed with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on behalf of the Special Operations community on Monday evening.

We believe that this unique brief has the potential to play an important role in the Court of Appeals’ consideration of Maqaleh v. Gates.  We are especially optimistic that the Court will value the insight that only veterans of Special Operations can offer as to the extremely adverse operational consequences that would flow from upholding the District Court’s decision.  Thank you for being an integral part of this effort.

It has been an honor to represent true American heroes in this matter.

Best regards,

David

Please click here to view the entire brief emailed by David Rivkin.

 

 

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United States Constitution Article 1

Article I

Section 1. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

Section 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several states, and the electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislature.

No person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty five years, and been seven years a citizen of the Read more →

Activity Bursts

We all know that 30 minutes per day of strenuous exercise will provide many health benefits. Recent Federal guidelines from the Department of Health and Human Services have even made this official. The real question for most of us is how to find the time to exercise regularly and consistently. All we have is 24 hours each day to get done all the things we need to get done. Exercising often takes a back seat to work, shopping, cooking, cleaning, getting the kids ready for school and ready for bed, and all the other million-and-one little details that demand our attention every day. Read more →

Looking For Food Allergy Symptoms

Watching TV, one might think the only reaction or symptom to a food allergy is immediate onset anaphylactic shock. Television tends to over dramatize things and it is not surprising that food allergies are on the list of melodramatic moments of television. However, not all food allergy symptoms work like they seem to on TV. Here is some info on food allergy symptoms to help you recognize and deal with your possible food allergy. Read more →

Sean Lewis of Nokomis in Duluth, MN

Becca Dilley / Heavy Table B y the shores of Gitche Gumee, By the shining Big-Sea-Water, Stood the wigwam of Nokomis, Daughter of the Moon, Nokomis. Dark behind it rose the forest, Rose the black and gloomy pine-trees, Rose the firs with cones upon them; Bright before it beat the water, Beat the clear and sunny water, Beat the shining Big-Sea-Water. When H.W. Longfellow wrote the epic “Song of Hiawatha” in 1855, he took inspiration from the legends of the Ojibway tribe. Fusing Eu Read more →

The Relationship Between Estrogen And Breast Cancer

For years women were told that Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) offered as Estrogen Therapy (ET) or a combination of Estrogen and Progesterone (Hormone Therapy or HT) was the easy way to avoid any symptoms of the menopause. Women were given either natural or synthetic hormones to reduce hot flashes, headaches, moodiness, insomnia, and vaginal dryness. Read more →