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The Christmas Story: A Breath of Heaven

On this Christmas Eve, I want to dedicate this blog to the “Greatest Story” ever told. On that first Christmas, God gave us the greatest gift of all, His son Jesus. I hope you will take time this Christmas to share the story of the Manger , the story of salvation, with your family and friends.

On this Christmas Eve, I want to dedicate this blog to the “Greatest Story” ever told.

On that first Christmas, God gave us the greatest gift of all, His son Jesus. I hope you will take time this Christmas to share the story of the Manger, the story of salvation, with your family and friends.

I want to share three posts I found on All Pro Dad.  Tony Dungy, the former head coach for the Indianapolis Colts, helped launch the website in 1997.

Watch this moving video of the nativity story and remember tomorrow the gift God has given us.

Linus and the Christmas story

Did you know that more people have heard the Christmas story from Linus, the character in Peanuts, than from anybody else.  And as you watch Linus share the greatest story of all, notice that he puts aside his ever-present security blanket… the only time in the comic strip he ever does so.  From Linus, and all of us here at All Pro Dad, Merry Christmas!

Huddle up with your kids tonight and ask:  Why do you think Linus let go of his security blanket in this scene?

You have a wonderful life

One of the greatest Christmas movies of all time, It's a Wonderful Life, highlights the life of an ordinary man, George Bailey, and paints of picture of what things would be like if he had never existed.  It completely changed his perspective.  If you're a little down during this Christmas season, realize how much you mean to your wife, your children, your other family and friends and how much worse off they would be if you were not in the picture.  Your presence is truly their best present this Christmas.

Watch this classic scene from It's a Wonderful Life.

Huddle up and ask your kids tonight:  What do you think is the greatest gift of all this Christmas?

Here is the story from the Bible.

Luke 1:26-38
(26) In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, (27) to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. (28) And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!” (29) But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. (30) And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. (31) And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. (32) He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, (33) and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.” (34) And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?” (35) And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy–the Son of God. (36) And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. (37) For nothing will be impossible with God.” (38) And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.

Matthew 1:18-25
Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. (19) And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. (20) But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. (21) She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” (22) All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: (23) “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us). (24) When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, (25) but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.

Luke 2:1-20
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. (2) This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. (3) And all went to be registered, each to his own town. (4) And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, (5) to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. (6) And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. (7) And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. (8) And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. (9) And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear. (10) And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy that will be for all the people. (11) For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. (12) And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” (13) And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, (14) “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!” (15) When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” (16) And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. (17) And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child. (18) And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. (19) But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. (20) And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.

Matthew 2:1-15
Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, (2) saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” (3) When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; (4) and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. (5) They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet: (6) “‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’” (7) Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared. (8) And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.” (9) After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was. (10) When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. (11) And going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. (12) And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way. (13) Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” (14) And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt (15) and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”

May the love of God fill you with the joy, hope and peace of Christmas!

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Police Say Taser Saved Man's Life

They've been heavily criticized for their use in several high profile arrests across the country. Some claim they've even killed people.

But police in Georgetown say using a taser on a man Tuesday actually saved his life.

And officials say this is proof that tasers aren't as bad as some might think.

Police say around 3 Tuesday morning, they got a call about a man threatening to jump from a parking garage.

When they responded, officers decided the best way to keep the man from jumping was to shock him with a taser.

The 50,000 volt taser subdued the man, and he was brought to safety.

While some say there's plenty of negatives to using tasers, police say there are plenty of benefits too.

Georgetown police officers have used tasers for 2 years now. Officers say in the past, they've used tasers to save the lives of two other people threatening to commit suicide.

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Spike in Prius complaints may not be all it seems

NEW YORK (AP) - Reports of sudden acceleration in the Toyota
Prius have spiked across the country. But that doesn't mean there's
an epidemic of bad gas pedals in the popular hybrid.
Experts on consumer psychology say the relentless negative media
attention Toyota has received since the fall makes it much more
likely that drivers will mistake anything unexpected - or even a
misplaced foot - for actual danger.
"When people expect problems, they're more likely to find
them," said Lars Perner, a professor of clinical marketing at
Marshall School of Business at University of Southern California.
In just the first 10 weeks of this year, 272 complaints have
been filed nationwide for speed control problems with the Prius,
according to an Associated Press analysis of unverified complaints
received by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
By comparison, only 74 complaints were filed in all of last
year, and just eight the year before that.
For problems with the brakes, rather than the gas, the figures
are even more stark: 1,816 filed so far this year versus just 90 in
all of 2009 and fewer than 20 in every other year of the last
decade. Toyota recalled 440,000 Priuses on Feb. 8 because its
antilock brakes seemed to fail momentarily on bumpy roads.
It's doubtful the Priuses of the past two years suddenly became
more dangerous than those made in years past. After all, Toyota's
own recall for Prius floor mats that can trap gas pedals covers
model years 2004 to 2009.
Earlier this week came one of the most high-profile case of any
Toyota problem so far: A man driving on a Southern California
freeway said his 2008 Prius sped out of control, reaching 94 mph,
before a patrol officer helped him bring it to a stop.
Then, in suburban New York, the owner of a 2005 Prius said his
housekeeper was driving it forward down the driveway when the car
lurched forward, crossed the street and hit a stone wall.
"She appears to have all her faculties," Capt. Anthony
Marraccini of the Harrison, N.Y., police said of the housekeeper
Wednesday. "She didn't appear to be disoriented in any way.
There's nothing at this particular time that would indicate driver
Investigators from the federal government and Toyota are looking
at both cases, and authorities have not suggested either case is
anything but legitimate.
Toyota has continually said it has found nothing wrong with its
electronic throttle controls and that it is confident they work
The automaker has recalled 8.5 million vehicles worldwide - more
than 6 million in the United States - because of acceleration
problems in multiple models and braking issues in the Prius.
Regulators have linked 52 deaths to crashes allegedly caused by
accelerator problems.
Electronics experts say the computers, sensors and wires that
control the throttle can be compromised by electronic interference.
Toyota insists the problems with its cars have been mechanical.
Toyota has a "quite lengthy" procedure for its specialists
when they evaluate cars, including a diagnostic check, an
oscilloscope to test electronics and a checklist of potential
problems, spokesman Brian Lyons said.
The 2008 Prius, the model involved in the California freeway
runaway, would have been equipped with a backup mechanism designed
to cut power to the wheels if the gas and brake pedals are
depressed at the same time, Toyota says.
The driver, James Sikes, said he jammed the brake repeatedly,
even stood on it, before he was able to bring the car under
A Toyota spokesman, John Hanson, said Toyota engineers talked
with Sikes on Tuesday, but he did not know what was said in the
Toyota's engineers, as well as investigators from the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, will check physical evidence
from the Prius and compare that with what Sikes said in the
interviews, Hanson said.
The government does not give statistics on how many of the
reported car problems are actually confirmed. Toyota keeps its own
stats - and, perhaps not surprisingly, does not release them.
So there's no way to know how many runaway cases are for real -
even as the figures pile ever higher.
The phenomenon has plenty of parallels.
In 2003, thanks to a media blitz by the police union, New
Yorkers were convinced the cops were on a ticket-writing spree, for
everything from sitting on a milk crate to resting on the steps of
subway station. It turned out tickets were actually on the decline.
Think of medical students who learn about all sorts of disorders
and then suspect they may be stricken by them. Or muckraking
journalist Lincoln Steffens, who competed for police scoops with
his fellow newspapermen and once wrote: "I enjoy crime waves. I
made one once."
Even the heightened number of complaints is relatively small
compared with how many Priuses are on the road. Toyota sold about
750,000 of them from 2004 to 2009.
But as long as reports of Prius profile keep rolling in - just
look at the extensive coverage given to a single crash in that New
York suburb, something that would have gone utterly unnoticed a
year ago - expect complaints to keep rising.
"We are basically anticipating them happening, and we may be
prone to jump to conclusions," said L.J. Shrum, a marketing
professor who specializes in consumer psychology at University of
Texas at San Antonio.
AP Auto Writer Tom Krisher reported from Detroit. AP Auto Writer
Dan Strumpf in New York and Associated Press writers Jim Fitzgerald
in Harrison, N.Y., Emily Fredrix in New York and Elliot Spagat in
San Diego contributed to this report.

(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Couple more dry and cool days ahead

After a cool day yesterday we are looking at another cool day today...anyone surprised? Seems like we have been dealing with the same story for a year now. Fortunately sunshine will be in full force, which will make our highs in the 40s feel better than having clouds and gusty winds around. We stay dry tomorrow as highs creep just above 50. A system looks to travel just to the south of us come Thursday, which will bring us an increase in moisture. We can expect to see scattered showers most of the day with the best chance being the farther south and east you go.

Keeneland starts on Friday and at the time the doors open it looks dry. It will be during the morning hours that you can expect showers exiting the region. Things look to clear out during the afternoon with a cool 53 degrees expected. Couldn't ask for a better weekend as highs on Saturday hit the mid 60s and Sunday nearing 70 with a slight chance of a shower or two.

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Overnight apartment fire ruled arson

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Investigators are trying to determine what started a late night fire that forced crews to evacuate an apartment complex.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A fire that started in the bottom floor of an apartment complex has been ruled arson.

The fire broke out around 10:30 Sunday night at Hollow Creek Road Apartments. When crews arrived, they could see smoke coming from the building.

Firefighters say they were able to quickly knock out the fire on the first floor, but found the flames had extended to the second floor as well. They were able to contain the fire to both of those levels, but smoke damaged all three apartment floors.

Investigators have now ruled the fire to be arson. They say it started in a closet on the bottom floor. No one lived in the apartment and no utilities were hooked up.

Investigators say whoever set the blaze committed a very serious crime.

“This is a significant crime. As you know, starting a fire in an occupied building is Arson I. It carries a significant penalty and it’s something that we take very seriously. This is a dangerous act,” says Battalion Chief Joe Best, Lexington Fire Department.

Officials say no one who lives inside these apartments was home when the fire started.

If you have any information about this fire, call the arson hotline at (859) 231-5672. You can also e-mail a tip to arsontips@lexingtonky.gov

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Extradition Hearing Today For Murder Suspect

Another extradition hearing is set for today, on a couple accused of fleeing from Kentucky to Wisconsin.

Marlowe Valentine was let out of jail last month on a medical pass.

He and his fiancee, Jessica Fields, were found two days later in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

The two first stated they did not plan to fight extradation, but now they've changed their minds.

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Police Find Murder Victim's Truck

There's new information in the search for a killer.

Late Monday night, police found the truck stolen from a murder victim in Shelby County.

A family member found James Duckett dead in his home off Rockbridge Road early Monday.

Police spent much of the day searching for Duckett's gray, Dodge Ram pickup truck.

It was found in Shelby County late Monday, however police are still looking for a suspect.

An autopsy on Duckett is scheduled for today.

Duckett was a retired military veteran who was living on disability. His friends said that he was a talented artists and chef who often cooked meals for his fellow church members.

They were at a loss for who would want to hurt him.

Investigators aren't releasing how he may have died.

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Children Injured In I-75 Crash Continue To Recover

Two children injured in a crash along Interstate 75 continue to recover.
The kids are listed in critical condition at UK Hospital.

Police say a drunk driver hit them Monday night when he lost control of his truck, crossed the median, and hit three other cars.

An 8-year-old boy from Illinois and a pregnant woman from Cleveland, Ohio died.

45-year-old Raymond Garner faces three counts of murder.

Garner was already driving on a suspended license from a previous DUI conviction.

He's expected to appear in court tomorrow.

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Scott County officials: 'not concerned' with new game time

SCOTT COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - The weather is already impacting a lot of high school football fans. Because of this winter storm the Scott County High School championship game against Meade County has been postponed in Bowling Green.

In a press release Friday the KHSAA said, "After reviewing all of the available data/information and the most educated predictions, the KHSAA is making schedule adjustments for the rest of the weekend, and changes to a few of the event instructions to help with this weekend's weather situation. Though there are dozens of factors that went into the schedule revisions, the first and foremost concerns have been competitor safety, and the travel needs of the entire school communities, especially the evenings when ice is highly anticipated. All 12 schools through their senior administration, have been involved in the lengthy discussions about options and individual situations considered, ranging from those three miles from the facility, to many hours away. In the end, the teams have committed at this time to being able to accommodate the schedule changes."

Today WKYT spoke with officials in Scott County who say they are not only concerned about the safety of the players on the field, but also the hundreds of fans traveling to see them.

The game between Scott County and Meade County has been moved to Saturday afternoon at 6:00 p.m.

Scott County High School Principal Frank Howatt believes the move will be good for the players and fans.

"You just don't know what the weathers going to do. We don't have a crystal ball. We're hoping this is better. It seems by the forecast that this seems to be the best option."

Thursday, Scott County officials announced that if the game stayed with its original kickoff for Friday they wouldn't take the band and likely wouldn't take the cheerleaders or dance team either. For Saturday, the whole crew will be there.

"They've been with us every step of the way this year, so we're really happy to be able to bring them down with us."

There is another round of winter weather coming late Saturday night but Howatt says they should be back in town before it gets here.

"We'll still be arriving back here pretty late, close to midnight or so, but hopefully we'll be ahead of that weather and it's going to be a whole lot more manageable for our team and our fans."

The school had planned to hold a viewing party in the gym if the game had gone on Friday. They don't plan to do that tomorrow since they say more people should be able to make the trip.

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Grand opening ceremony held for pool in Jenkins

JENKINS, Ky. (WYMT) - Though the summer season is reaching it's end, folks in Jenkins now have a new way to keep cool.

Lakeside Center Pool officials hosted their opening ceremony this afternoon even though the pool first opened on Aug. 16th. There are 13 employees at the site and city officials say the new pool will benefit the community.

"It's at a time when we can bring the community together. And it will act as a catalyst for glue for the community. The ladies will use it for sun bathing, and the kids will use it to swim in," said G.C. Kincer, the mayor of Jenkins.

Officials say the rest of the Lakeside Center, including an exercise room, coffee shop, restaurant and internet cafe, should be completed by the fall and at that point more employees will be hired.

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Winning Powerball ticket verified in Missouri

DEARBORN, Mo. (AP) - The Missouri Lottery has verified the state's winning Powerball ticket.

A news conference to reveal who bought the ticket is planned for Friday morning at a high school in Dearborn, the small northwestern Missouri town where the ticket was purchased.

One of the jackpot's two winning tickets was purchased at a gas station in Dearborn, about 30 miles north of Kansas City. The other was bought at a convenience store in suburban Phoenix.

The winners will split the record $588 million Powerball jackpot.

Missouri Lottery chief operations officer Gary Gonder says he can't provide any details, including whether the ticket was bought by someone from Missouri.

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Festival of Nations stays afloat amidst rain

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PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Despite a bit of a washout in Portland on Sunday, the 11th annual Festival of Nations stayed afloat in Deering Oaks Park.

Maine's most ethnically diverse city is celebrating that which makes it unique.

Portland's Festival of Nations is a first for Anthony Sancle. He says the crafts he is selling are from his first home in Kenya.

"I love Portland city. Portland city is one of my favorite cities. I know it's very art friendly, and most of the items that I have... That's the kind of crowd that I want," says Sancle. "I can feel the good vibe already."

Meanwhile across the way...
These people are practicing the meditation technique, Sahaja Yoga.

"It's a mothering energy that's within us. And anybody at home can put their hands out right now and experience this," says Jerry Mayfield from Windham. "And just ask this mothering energy within us. Mother please rise and give me self-realization."

Haven Lindsay says of her experience, "I tingle. He said I may or may not. And I feel good!"

For others the lure here is their sense of taste.

"To get some international foods. Particularly the curry."

Indian Palace keeps shop on Congress Street.

"This is lamb curry. All the spices in here. And this is chicken curry."

Organizers for the Festival of Nations say about half of expected vendors did not attend because of the rain.

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Police: Deadly Evanston shooting caught on tape

Teen's slaying may be part of neighborhood feud

 UPDATED 7:18 PM EST Jan 31, 2013

Police say a deadly shooting Monday evening in Evanston was captured on surveillance camera.

T.J. Womack was shot in the 3500 block of Montgomery Road and later died at a hospital.

The cameras show Womack collapsed in front of the Saint Ledger Apartments as a friend runs for help.

"You're not necessarily going to get that golden nugget that's going to solve the case, but they can definitely be used to show a time frame, a pattern that was used," said Sgt. Bill Hahn, of Cincinnati police.

Detectives said the 16-year-old Womack was not apparently involved in an altercation before the shooting but that the slaying may be part of an ongoing feud in the area.

The video shows a person look out from a store front and another person dressed in orange head toward Womack before quickly turning away.

Police use a network of 65 surveillance cameras to monitor high-crime areas throughout the city.

No arrests have been made in the case, which remains under investigation.

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What's up Sky fans?

During this offseason, I decided to stay in the States for a while so that I could be a part of my sister's wedding and spend some time with loved ones. I am keeping busy with an internship with the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Nevada. They have their big fundraising 5K race coming up on Feb. 6th, so I am manning the Web site for that and making sure everyone that registers is accounted for. It should be a great event with the proceeds being put towards making more wishes come true.

While home for the holidays, I took some time away from basketball to refresh my mind and body. Now, I am hard at work in the weight room and on the court at Impact Basketball here in Vegas. My internship ends in a week. Once it's done, I look forward to focusing solely on basketball. Impact has a great program and I believe with their help, I will be better than ever and ready to help the Sky make the playoffs for the first time!

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Guns bought this year could outfit 2 armies

Posted By Bob Unruh On 04/30/2009 @ 10:55 pm In Front Page | Comments Disabled

Guns purchased legally in the United States this year could outfit two armies – and not just any armies, the armies of China and India, according to new government reports cited by a website for sport-shooting enthusiasts.

The federal National Instant Criminal Background Check System database statistics show there were more than 3.7 million background checks during the first three months of this year, compared to about 8 million annually not even a decade ago, according to the documentation assembled by Ammoland.com.

That’s not individual guns, that’s background checks, the organization pointed out. If a purchaser obtains two, three or even four guns at a time, often there is only one background check.

“You also bought 1,529,635,000 rounds of ammunition in just the month of December. Yeah, that is right, that is billion with a ‘b.’ This number takes no account of reloading or reloaded ammunition,” the report said.

According to the Global Security website, the Indian army is estimated to have about 1 million soldiers. A news report from several years ago estimated the Chinese army at 1.7 million, although recent estimates put that at 2.25 million.

Here is a table documenting the federal gun background checks by month:

Federal statistics on gun background checks

The report cites the quote from Admiral Isoruko Yamamota, a World War II leader for Japan, who said, “You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.”

The report said the evaluation on firearms and ammunition purchases are “based on low end numbers.”

“The numbers presented are only PART of the overall numbers of arms and ammunition that have been sold. The actual numbers are much higher.”

That’s because no private individual-to-individual sales would be included, and there’s no assessment of how many guns are purchased through each background check.

“Law abiding citizens appear to be concerned about our ‘right to own and bear arms,’” said one forum page participant.

The statistics show that U.S consumers sought 3.1 million gun background checks every three months last year, for an annual total of 12.7 million. The annual averages had been about 8.4 million for a number of recent years, but there was a surge starting last October, when check requests rose suddenly from 970,000 a month to nearly 1.2 million. Totals have remained at that higher level.

The answer is finally here to the real reason why guns and church must mix!

Another forum participant added, “It’s logical that gun sales took sharp upturn. The concern is that the super majority of Democrats in Washington will make firearms either harder to obtain or outright contraband. … As for myself, I have all the weapons I could possibly need, so I’ve just been stocking up on ammo because I think ammo will be subject to new regulations and increased taxes under this president and Congress.”

Steve Sanetti, the head of a shooting sports organization, said,

“Americans concerned about their ability to purchase many types of home defense, hunting and target shooting firearms in the future are continuing to purchase these products in record numbers today.”

WND reported that the usually liberal 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms is “deeply rooted in this nation’s history and tradition” and long has been regarded as the “true palladium of liberty,” so it therefore must be applied against state and local government weapon restrictions as well as federal gun limits.

But the decision appears to run counter to the general direction sought by the administration of President Obama three months into his tenure.

He’s already advocated for a treaty that would require a federal license for hunters to reload their ammunition, has expressed a desire to ban “assault” weapons, has seen a plan to require handgun owners to submit to mental health evaluations and sparked a rush on ammunition purchases with his history of anti-gun positions.

Obama also supported the handgun ban in Washington, D.C., before it was tossed out last year by the Supreme Court.

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The Oscar winner, who has vehemently condemned the war in Iraq, made the claims on Sunday during a Q&A session at the Tribeca Film Festival – an 11-day event in New York’s Lower Manhattan.

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Don't Count Out Moderate Republican Jon Huntsman

It would be a mistake to count moderate Republican Jon Huntsman out for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, and even more of a mistake if Republicans don’t give him serious consideration.

To start with the candidate himself, you can’t ignore the X-Factor. Huntsman has it. It's more of a calm charisma than the chummy feel you get with Huckabee, head and shoulders above McCain’s gruffness and much more genuine-feeling than Romney. Add his executive experience as the governor of a deep red state and successful business background, and he’ll be looking pretty good to fiscally-focused Republicans that don’t care as much about social issues.

Huntsman’s family is widely considered to be super-connected within the conservative establishment. If this enables him to out-fundraise his opponents early, and snag some early endorsements, it could be a big boost. If he’s seen as the top moderate in the race, and as the best chance to peel away enough independents to take Obama down in the general, you can expect some mainstream conservatives to move his direction on electability.

The trick will be getting those voters to the primaries and caucuses in enough numbers to at least keep him in the game, and use the open primary states, where independents can vote for him without changing registration, to put him over the top. With no contest going on for the left or moderate independents, those states will be much more likely to make their voices heard for him.

He has some serious problems though. He is going to have to find a way to explain to his party why he took the job with Obama, but this could be made into an advantage if he’s smart, especially for those tired of Washington rancor. His views on civil unions, being Mormon, his statements in support of the stimulus and environmental legislation— these are all problems in a Republican primary,  but he’s more conservative on fiscal issues, education, gun rights and is pro-life.

He’s not going to get the ideologically pure base anyway, so the points that peg him as a staunch moderate might not be as much of a hindrance as people think, if (and this is a big if) there are at least two major candidates splitting the base.

His main worry should be if the more conservative segment of the GOP base coalesces around someone. McCain was able to weather attacks from the right wing of his party, but will Rush and company be more strategic this time around and coalesce behind someone? Or perhaps will the effect of No Labels and the general pushback against partisan extremism grow and be able to help mitigate these far-right forces?

Regardless, some in the party are sure to see the writing on the wall, that someone who can peel independents off of Obama will have the best shot. They want a win badly, and for the mainstream conservative who is no ideological purist, along with more practical minded establishment types, this is a compelling argument.

John Avlon aptly said in a recent CNN segment that he thinks Huntsman is the “first candidate that the White House is genuinely concerned about." They should be. Unlike Obama’s recent rhetorical moderate epiphany, Huntsman has been walking the walk for years. He’s no true centrist by any means, but he’s the only Republican candidate who is clearly going to run that I, along with most of swing voters, am likely to seriously considering voting for. The GOP would do well not to ignore this.

Solomon Kleinsmith is a nonprofit worker, serial social entrepreneur and strident centrist independent blogger from Omaha, Nebraska. His website, Rise of the Center, is the fastest growing blog targeting centrist independents and moderates. He is currently collaborating with other centrist independent and moderate bloggers on a news aggregation and social networking site, and is always looking for ways to help the independent groundswell as more and more people become disaffected with the two major parties.


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NOCO Express Stores, its customers, and employees recently joined forces to support Hospice Foundation of Western New York. Throughout the entire month of June, paper sunflowers were sold for $1 each at all of NOCO Express' 35 locations to benefit Hospice for a total donation of $11,410.

"NOCO is proud of our 80 year tradition of giving back to the Western New York community," said Michael Newman, executive vice president, NOCO. "Thank you to our customers and employees who donated generously to support Hospice Foundation of WNY and the services they provide to individuals and their families in our local communities."

In 2012, NOCO raised $4,770 for Hospice during a two-week campaign at its Express stores. Grand Island is home to a NOCO Express at 1898 Whitehaven Road.

"The Hospice Foundation is proud to be affiliated with NOCO on our annual Sunflower Days promotion," said Katie Whiting, special events manager, Hospice Foundation of WNY. "Thank you NOCO for your dedicated support of Hospice care in our community and helping us to continue to care for those who need us most."

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  • Scarlett Johansson shows a little skin for GQ magazine on the heels of being named GQ's "Babe of the Year."

    GQ explains why Johansson was chose for this honor: "At 26, she remains fresh-faced, curious, trying on new moods and outlets of expression as easily as she changes her hair color. This is what we love about Scarlett: that she's game, that she's good, that she can try on all these guises without seeming to try too hard. And all the while still seem genuinely like the observant, inquisitive (and very cute) girl in transition we fell for in 'Lost in Translation.'"

    Scarlett Johansson talks to GQ about what draws her to get in front of the camera and why acting is so important to her.

    "It just satisfies some part of you," she says. "There's this indescribable thing that happens when you know that something's working, a sense of the timing and everything coming together. Also there is the problem-solving part of it that's interesting. I like taking apart something and trying to figure out what will make this interesting to watch. What's going to make this ... delicious."

    The actress, who first hit the big screen in 1994 in "North" at the age of 9, does admit that acting is her one true passion.

    "I'm still trying to figure out what to do when I'm not making movies," she says. "I just don't do that many things."

    GQ's Men of the Year issue hits stands Nov. 23.

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Xers vs. Boomers Teamwork or Trouble

Baby boomers are staying in the workforce longer-and they're on a collision course with the Generation-X kids now flooding into offices. These two very different groups can start an all-out war-or become the best team players you've ever had.

November 1, 1996
Related Topics: Benefit Design and Communication, Diversity
Remember back in the '60s, when long-haired college kids ran around with buttons saying, "Don't trust anyone over 30," and middle managers pushing 50 responded with scornful frowns, mumbling disdain and disappointment over "today's youth"?

Well, folks, it's back, that dreaded Generation Gap—and this one looks to be a doozy. It's now those same flower kids of the '60s who are pushing 50, and a new Generation—X to be exact—is making them squirm.

No place is the clash between these two groups more evident than in Corporate America. Why? The baby boomers (typically considered as those who were born between 1946 and 1962), 76 million strong, are finally set squarely in middle age. And because of greater financial strain, a limited retirement budget and a youthful ethos, they're going to be staying in the workplace much longer than their parents did. Meanwhile, they're sharing desk space with the new kids—Generation X (born between 1963 and 1981 according to current literature)—of which there are now more than 40 million gainfully employed.

And if the friction is there today, it will only be bigger tomorrow: Each group will expand in the coming years. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, within the next decade, one out of three people in the workforce will be older than 55. And Generation X is awaiting millions more of its members to graduate from college and head to the office.

You think the '60s hosted a culture clash? Wait until you squeeze these two very different groups into adjoining cubicles day after day. How do you keep the situation from bursting into all-out war? How do you harness the best qualities of each segment while downplaying the worst? How do you aid one group without alienating the other? We've got some good news, some bad news and some suggestions.

Be flexible.
The good news first. As different as these two generations may seem on the surface, they have one common need they want their employer to meet, and you may already be supplying it: flexible work arrangements—in forms from part-time jobs and flexible work hours to job sharing and telecommuting.

Flexible work arrangements will help ensure you hold on to experienced boomers—something you need to do given today's low unemployment rate. Also, given this group's youthful orientation, many of these workers scorn retiring at the age their parents did anyway. That magic number, 65, was incarnated back at a time when life expectancy hovered around 70. And many workers today need to work past age 65. A person leaving the workforce at 65 likely has 15 to 20 years of retirement ahead—with only about a decade's worth of living expenses saved.

We [Gen X] are capable of anew kind of loyalty, which managers can easily earn by forging a new workplace bargain.

Despite the need and interest in working, many boomers may crave a little extra free time in their later years—and will go wherever they can to log hours and still have time for golf, the grandkids or developing their own businesses. Part-time work and job sharing just may be the answer for keeping this group on board.

On the part of Generation X, flexible work arrangements are even more of an imperative. Xers entered the workplace after this trend ceased to be novel: To them, it's just a smart way to work. In Bruce Tulgan's book, "Managing Generation X: How To Bring Out the Best in Young Talent" (Merritt Publishing, 1995), quote after quote from twenty-somethings relay the importance of being trusted to get the job done—whether that means working from noon to 8 p.m. (their peak-energy hours), working from home so they can have privacy, or even working while taking a stroll and mulling over a project. "Our generation is the one around which the term latch-key kids was invented," explains Tulgan, who is a member of the X Generation. "We're fiercely independent... Between goal-setting and deadlines, we want to be left alone."

For all these reasons, flexible work arrangements have gone over big—for both Xer and boomer employees—at Framingham, Massachusetts-based Consolidated Group, an employee-benefits administrator. Monica Brunaccini, director of HR, offers a description of the current workforce that reflects what most companies will look like in the next decade: "We have 600 employees, and it's a real split. We have very few people in their 40s and 50s. We have a lot of 20s and 30s and then we have this group that's in their 60s." The company is dabbling with more and more flexible arrangements, and Brunaccini says she sees all segments of the workforce showing interest. "I haven't seen the requests from one group stand out from others," she says. "It's one of those universally popular benefits."

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Speaking of benefits (here's the bad news), this is the area in which Brunaccini also sees the biggest chasm between the two groups. Employees demand benefits that reflect their needs—that's only natural. It's just when you have see-sawing needs that you have a problem. For instance, the Consolidated employees in their 50s and 60s want more focus on retirement: bigger 401(k) contributions and more communications on saving a nest egg. The twenty-somethings present at these communication efforts yawn over retirement lectures. They don't want to fiddle with 401(k)s. "We try to get them to invest in their future and participate in a 401(k)," says Brunaccini. "And they couldn't care less."

But just as retirement talk is lost on many young employees, so too is child care of no particular interest to most older employees. And yet, to keep a happy workforce, HR must balance both. Brunaccini admits it's not easy: "From a communications standpoint, especially when it comes to benefits, it's quite a challenge because you have very different audiences."

Consolidated's solution to all this: Over-communicate rather than under-communicate. Anytime a benefit is changed, added or up for re-enrollment, HR conducts both written and verbal presentations. Brunaccini and her colleagues sit down beforehand for a preparation meeting. "We try to anticipate any question we might get—either from male or female, younger or older, new or tenured," she says. This approach ensures that benefits, and education components, don't get overly skewed to one side or another. If such communications are handled effectively—with an eye toward all workforce segments—Generation Xers may suddenly realize that 401(k)s are for them too, while older employees could use the information on dependent care in their elder-care strategy—or for their grandkids.

Chances are, by talking the right language to these two very different groups, you can make your current benefit offerings work for all. But, can you get these two groups with warring views of each other to work together? It's not as impossible as you may think.

It's a matter of diversity.
In a nutshell: Boomers see Xers as disrespectful of rules, scornful about paying dues and lacking employer loyalty. They "couldn't care less" is a phrase boomers often use to describe them. Xers, of course, have a different view of themselves—and why they act the way they do. "You have to remember that we entered the working world in the post-job-security, post-pension-security era, in the wake of downsizing" says Tulgan. "That means traditional notions of loyalty and dues paying aren't really applicable. That kind of career model isn't even available to us. That doesn't mean we're disloyal. In fact, we're capable of a new kind of loyalty, which managers can easily earn by forging a new workplace bargain based on relationships of short-term mutual benefit." .

And baby boomers also have a different self-identity than the hierarchy-worshipping, over-cautious employees Gen Xers have them pegged for. They were the kids of Depression-era parents, to whom the job—and keeping the job—meant everything. Born into post-war prosperity, they had the luck of being able to sign on with big, healthy companies and stay there for life, which, they'd learned from their parents, was a great thing. Joan Kelly, manager of the Business Partnerships Program for Washington, D.C.-based American Association of Retired People (AARP), recalls her father, a Depression survivor, urging her into teaching—because then she'd always have a job. "If you've been through the Depression, or your parents have been through the Depression, you tend to think very differently about work," she says.

These generational differences are no different than racial or gender differences, and should be treated the same—as a diversity issue. The more a company's leadership talks about the issues of older and younger people and airs them out, the less likely grudges against work styles will fester. It's a theory that Tulgan is working on now with New Haven, Connecticut-based Rainmaker Inc., a strategic think tank that consults companies on better managing their Gen-X employees. A current program revolves around two-way feedback: Rainmaker consultants enter a company and conduct focus groups with Gen Xers one day and boomers the next. "The third day, we bring them all together and say, 'Want to hear something interesting? You all agree about this stuff, but you're on totally different pages when it comes to this other stuff. And did you know what these folks thought about you? Isn't that funny?' It opens up the dialogue," Tulgan says.

Once that dialogue is open—and maintained—HR can focus on the second strategy: managing the groups' differences so they complement rather than clash with each other. It's not an unlikely scenario.

Take, for instance, the technology issue. Although older workers consistently have high marks on attitude, attendance and practical knowledge, they routinely score low on their comfort factor with technology. In an AARP study, for example, 400 companies rated older workers lowest in this category. This isn't unexpected. Baby boomers didn't grow up with computers. But Gen Xers did. So why not pair the two to create a little team spirit? Gen Xers instruct boomers about PCs, gaining some credibility among that audience for their techno know-how, while older workers gain much needed knowledge.

There are similar synergies just waiting to be created. For instance, as Tulgan highlights in his book, most twenty-somethings crave mentors. But there don't seem to be enough to go around in today's strapped business world. Conveniently, older workers have often put in years at the company. They're ideal contact people for any questions new kids may have, about the actual company, its processes or working in general. "[Older people] represent the corporate memory," says Kelly.

It's just such an informal give-and-take that Consolidated nurtures. Brunaccini says there's little conflict between the two groups, thanks to effective management and a sense of mutual respect. "I've seen that some of the older workers tend to be the younger employees' supplemental parents," she says. "Older members tend to be the ones younger people go to when they're having problems or need advice."

Just as those with diverse workforces celebrate the texture a variety of cultures and mindsets offers, so should companies with a strong mix of younger and older employees—because when properly managed, this can be a true blessing. Says Kelly: "Each group brings something to the table, and you need to value them for what they bring. The young people bring some new ideas; the older people bring their experience. I think it's a nice strong match you've got there."

Personnel Journal, November 1996, Vol. 75, No. 11, pp. 86-89.

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The Third Wave of Y2K

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The third wave will be claims by customers and other third parties, ranging from breach of contract to garden-variety torts.

Some commentators suggest that the average citizen plan for the Y2K problem in the same manner as they might plan for a hurricane, blizzard or other natural disaster:

  • Acquire a gasoline-powered generator to make electricity.
  • Store food for a month.
  • Lay in a supply of month's cash and commodities suitable for barter.
  • Generate hard copies of all financial, tax, school, insurance and governmental records.
  • Keep all bank-deposit slips, bank, brokerage and fund statements.
  • Store at least a month's supply of prescription medicines.

While the advice may well be extreme, it isn't irrational. The same sort of contingency planning may be appropriate at work.

After a natural disaster, insurance companies are presented with the types of claims for property damage that one might reasonably expect. However, they're also presented with an increase in general liability claims, which seem to arise when humans do things that they aren't accustomed to doing. It isn't unreasonable to expect that most businesses will face "general liability," simple negligence claims.

Problems may arise from deficiencies in embedded systems. A comprehensive review of the company's insurance and risk-management plan is an important part of the planning process.

The information contained in this article is intended to provide useful information on the topic covered, but should not be construed as legal advice or a legal opinion.

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Washington DC, June 4, 2013—The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors today approved the following project.

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Project Description: To support the Government of Togo’s efforts to rehabilitate roads, drains and other infrastructure, to scale-up urban services, and strengthen the capacity of institutions.


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by Andy Worthington

With the 10th anniversary of the opening of Guantánamo fast approaching (on January 11), I was delighted that, on Sunday, the Observer not only ran a double-page feature about the British ex-prisoners (and Shaker Aamer, the last British prisoner still held), but also that Tracy McVeigh, Chief Reporter for the Observer, spoke to me on the phone, quoted me in the article, and used my phrase “toxic legacy” to describe Guantánamo since outgoing President George W. Bush handed it on to President Obama, who, notoriously, failed to close it within a year, as he promised when he took office three years ago.

Britain's former Guantanamo prisoners: from left, Asif Iqbal, Jamil el-Banna, Jamal al-Harith, Feroz Ali Abbasi, Bisher al-Rawi, Shafiq Rasul, Rhuhel Ahmed and Martin Mubanga (Photo: Andy Hall for the Observer).

As I have been explaining since the 9th anniversary of the opening of Guantánamo a year ago, it is now appropriate to regard most of, if not all of the remaining 171 prisoners as political prisoners, given that the Obama administration, Congress and the judiciary have all made sure that Guantánamo may never close, and that few, if any of the remaining prisoners will ever be released, even though 89 of them were cleared for release (or, technically, “approved for transfer”) by the interagency Guantánamo Review Task Force that President Obama established in January 2009.

The situation is no better for the other 82 prisoners, who are either scheduled to face trials that, in most cases, show no signs of materializing, or, in 46 cases, have been specifically designated as prisoners to be held indefinitely without charge or trial by President Obama, in an executive order last March. Although the President promised periodic reviews for these prisoners, his executive order essentially enshrines the indefensible –  indefinite detention without charge or trial — as an official policy of his administration, even though he and senior officials have been at pains to point out that it applies only to these men, and is not to be construed as lending credibility to indefinite detention in general.

That is a not an entirely convincing argument, of course, but in stepping back and looking at the situation facing all the men still held, it is, I believe, appropriate to focus not only on the injustice specifically facing these 46 men, but, as I mentioned above, to describe all the remaining detainees as political prisoners, because it makes no difference whether they have been cleared or not, as it ends up with the same result — indefinite detention, with no end in sight.

While the stories of the British ex-prisoners — eight of whom came to the Observer‘s offices to be interviewed, and to take part in a photoshoot — are fascinating, as they recall their horrendous experiences in US custody, and their struggles to rebuild their lives, it is Shaker Aamer, the charismatic, eloquent activist for the prisoners’ rights, who hovers over the proceedings, and it is Shaker, of course, who, like the 170 other men still held at Guantánamo, can now be regarded as a political prisoner, unlikely to be freed even though the Obama administration cleared him for release, and even though the British government has asked for him to be returned to the UK, where he has a British wife and four children.

Below, I’m cross-posting Tracy McVeigh’s article about the released prisoners, and an additional Observer article about Shaker, in which, sadly, it is revealed that senior White House sources have said that the Obama administration “will not risk releasing Shaker Aamer” before the Presidential election in November, because, as one said, “We’ve taken enough hits from the right; we can’t risk any more.” The article also notes that the US defence secretary, Leon Panetta — and therefore, by extension, the administration as a whole — has been “unwilling” to secure Shaker’s release by overcoming the main obstacle to the release of cleared prisoners — Congressional demands that the defense secretary certifies that any country to which prisoners are to be released is “safe,” and that released prisoners will not be able to “return to the battlefield.”

Given that this involves the UK, America’s staunchest ally in the “war on terror,” it is depressing that the administration is unwilling to tackle Congress, and it is to be hoped, therefore, that there is genuine reason to be encouraged by the Observer also noting that, with regard to the UK, “it is believed that the foreign secretary, William Hague, has called an urgent meeting early in the new year to discuss what more the British government can do to bring Aamer home.”

Securing Shaker’s return is not only a matter of justice, of course; it may also be a matter of life or death, as his attorney, Clive Stafford Smith, noted after visiting him in November. In the Independent, Paul Cahalan, who has closely followed Shaker’s case, spoke to his father-in-law, Saeed Siddique, who also raised alarm bells about Shaker’s condition. “In the 10 years Shaker has been there he has become old,” he said. “His hair has turned white and he is very ill. His children are growing now and it is difficult for them. The youngest one is nine and has never met his dad. He doesn’t know why, and he tells his mum, ‘My father doesn’t love me because he never sees me.’” He added, “Since Shaker has gone, my daughter has become very ill. She has been treated for depression and hearing voices. When she is very bad, I have to look after her and the children for weeks. It is very hard for her and all the children. When he was captured, Shaker offered to let my daughter divorce him, but she said, ‘No, I will wait for you.’ She is still waiting.”

Britain’s Guantánamo survivors are suffering a toxic legacy
By Tracy McVeigh, The Observer, January 1, 2012

After years of imprisonment, victims of America’s ‘icon of lawlessness’ were released without charge, but their lives have been shattered.

They call each other “brother” and the warmth between them is tangible. Not close friends as such, they come from different walks of life, cultures and backgrounds, but have been thrown together by a shared experience. They are Britain’s survivors of Guantánamo, the detention centre that has been called the “gulag of our times”.

All were imprisoned, interrogated and held without charge or trial; some allege that they were tortured; all have suffered lasting effects to their mental and physical health.

This month marks the 10th anniversary of the first detainees arriving at Guantánamo Bay detention camps, where the open-mesh and barbed-wire cells became synonymous with the abuse of human rights and the scandal of illegal rendition. The camp was called an “icon of lawlessness” by Amnesty International because inside its high-security fences all conventions of international justice, from the Geneva Convention to access to legal representation, were ignored.

Still in operation despite Barack Obama’s pre- and post-election pledges to close it, Guantánamo now houses 171 prisoners, including the last remaining British resident, Shaker Aamer. In total nine British citizens and six British residents were among the 779 adults and children imprisoned in Guantánamo camps, built on a US naval outpost on the southeastern tip of Cuba to house the “enemy combatants” of George Bush’s war on terror.

All bar Aamer were released back to the UK without charge. All were interviewed by the British authorities on their return and allowed to go back to whatever remained salvageable of their lives and were later awarded out-of-court compensation for their extrajudicial ordeal. Four have had their travel outside the UK restricted.

Any involvement the men may or may not have had with the fighting in Afghanistan or with any terror plots has never been proved. Most, says Guantánamo expert and author Andy Worthington, were “a bunch of nobodies”.

“One tries to stay very objective in taking an overview of Guantánamo, but at the end of the day it’s pretty evident that all but a handful of the people caught up in the trawling approach the Americans took post-9/11 in Afghanistan were not terrorists,” he said.

“Some were hanging out in Afghanistan because it was a cheap place to live or study, some young idealistic men might have gone to training camps to get involved in fighting against the Northern Alliance but, not to be too flippant, it was a bunch of boy scouts with AK47s. A combination of drifters and footsoldiers. The Americans were so busy cranking up the significance of what they were doing and hanging on to people they should have let go, it became a colossal waste of resources.”

On 14 February, 43-year-old Aamer will have spent 10 years in Guantánamo, without charge or trial, and two years after he was cleared for release by the US authorities. The day will be the 10th birthday of the youngest of his four children, Faris, who has never met his father. The family, who live in Battersea, south London, have had a difficult time coping. Aamer’s wife, Zin, suffers from depression and the children have been badly bullied because of who their dad is. Faris is struggling at school.

In a recent letter to the outside world from Aamer and six other prisoners, he wrote: “After these years of hardship that we have spent here, we want you to consider our cases as soon as possible and give us the right to a just and a public trial or set us free without restriction.”

Aamer, who worked for an Islamic relief organisation in Bosnia and Afghanistan, claims he was told by MI5 officers he could either spy on jihadists in the UK or stay in American custody. The US has accused Aamer of being Osama bin Laden’s personal interpreter, although he denies ever meeting him. In 2007 he was cleared for release.

His continuing detention is causing great concern among human rights campaigners, MPs and the British government, which has petitioned the US for his immediate release. His lawyer, Clive Stafford-Smith, who visited Aamer in November, has expressed deep concern about his declining health, made worse by several hunger strikes.

As part of the detainees’ financial agreement with the justice secretary, Ken Clarke, a sum is believed to have been set aside for Aamer, Britain’s last link to the discredited detention camp.

“We are all worried about Shaker,” said Asif Iqbal, 40, one of the “Tipton Three” who were among the first wave of British men to be released from Guantánamo in 2004 after two years in custody. All three were accused of visiting training camps for Taliban fighters in Afghanistan and handling weapons. “We know what it is like to be there and there is only so long a man can survive. He was a figure of support to everyone in Guantánamo, he really looked out for people and fought for prisoners’ rights. That is probably why they won’t let him go now.”

Campaign groups such as Reprieve and Cageprisoners and charities such as the Helen Bamber Foundation are working to provide support for the traumatised men who return from Guantánamo.

“Coming back to Britain, you are branded, you live like a guilty man. You assume they are listening to every call, every conversation,” said Feroz Ali Abbasi, 31, from Croydon, who was imprisoned in Guantánamo in 2002 after being picked up in Afghanistan.

The US authorities say he fought alongside al-Qaida and the Taliban and attended training camps. His lawyers argue that Abbasi is one of a small group of idealistic young Muslim men who found themselves caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was released in 2005.

“When 7/7 happened I waited for them to kick down my door. I want to go to university and I’ve to think really carefully about what course I take. Can it be misconstrued, can it be linked to terrorism? When the authorities have behaved without logic, with such stupidness, you still believe they are after us, just waiting for an opportune moment,” he said.

“It’s hard when Britain didn’t look after you. I don’t think we [ex-detainees] are wanted in this country, we’re made not to feel wanted. But they took liberties in Guantánamo Bay, and if we do not speak out they will take liberties with someone else, Muslim or not.”

The experiences of being inside the camps have not left any of the detainees. Several who came to the Observer photoshoot still find it difficult to talk about what happened, including Tarek Dergoul, 34, from east London, who lost an arm and his toes in an US airstrike in Afghanistan where he said he was on a business trip to buy property. He has talked about his torture before, but today says he cannot and politely refused to be photographed. “Sometimes you can talk and sometimes it sticks in your throat,” he said.

Abbasi recognised how Dergoul is feeling: “For me, speaking English broke a lot of barriers, because if you speak to the guards you become a person. I had two years in isolation, so you had to talk to soldiers.

“I spent a lot of time analysing them and realised that for Americans they have to believe they are right. You have to be a terrorist. They assume you are both Taliban and al-Qaida, there is no doubt in their minds, and in their view they have a right to treat you badly, seeking their retribution.

“I remember looking through my cage at another man who had a wife and child and thought how lucky I was to be a single man so I could concentrate on myself surviving. You are on edge 24/7, your senses are tuned to what they will do to you next, a footstep, a bolt opening, the creak of a door. Once I’d left, my mind did strange things. I’d be walking down the street and see buildings on fire, cars on fire. I had this impulse to hit out at people, even my mother. It was very troubling. Over time I’m becoming myself, but I did forget who I was. You are in one consciousness all the time, one survival mode.”

The bonds created between the survivors are strong and all the men are here in order to support the campaign for the release of Shaker Aamer.

“The pain of Guantánamo is made much worse by the pain of people left there,” said Bisher al-Rawi, 44, an Iraqi living in Derby, who was released in 2007 after almost five years. “When Guantánamo started I was living in London and watching all about it on TV. Back then I truly believed that the people in Guantánamo were terrorists. It’s funny, but I did.”

Bisher said he was on a business trip to Gambia with his business partner, Jamil el-Banna, when he was arrested by the Gambian National Intelligence Agency in November 2002. They were later handed on to US authorities, who sent them to Bagram airbase and from there to Guantánamo Bay. US files show they were believed to have been in possession of bomb-making devices.

“It is like being thrown into a very dark grave. The level of fear it is possible to experience and survive is something terrible. I tried very hard to preserve my body and my mind and thought I had done a good job until I was released. The emotions involved are still very personal and overwhelming, there is a real deep pain. I try not to remember the faces of the people who hurt me, so I can concentrate on those who are left behind.”

Al-Rawi said he too was glad he did not have a family. “I’d been really hoping to get married and it didn’t work out; that was something I was very thankful for when I was in Guantánamo. The families suffered so much, I was glad that was not my family.”

The “no smoke without fire” approach has dogged all the survivors back in the UK. Omar Deghayes had to have CCTV fitted at his home by police because of months of racist attacks by local youths.

For Deghayes, 42, six years’ imprisonment in Guantánamo also destroyed his marriage. His wife in East Sussex wrote to him in prison, but her letters were never delivered and neither were his to her. Both believed they had been abandoned and she returned to her family in Afghanistan. It was, he has said, one of the cruellest things that happened to him during his detention.

The other was the loss of sight in one eye after a guard allegedly tried to gouge out his eyeballs with his fingers. Deghayes, a law graduate, fled Libya for the UK as a child after his father was executed by the Gaddafi regime. He had been living in Pakistan with his wife and child when he was picked up by the Americans.

Suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, Deghayes now lives in Brighton and works with human rights group Reprieve and other survivors of Guantánamo on the ongoing court cases against the UK government’s alleged complicity in human rights abuses at Guantánamo and other detention centres around the world.

An inquiry into the involvement of British intelligence services in torture and rendition has opened but is not due to begin calling witnesses until all those cases have concluded. All the British detainees, and charities including Amnesty International, have announced they will boycott the Detainee Inquiry, headed by Sir Peter Gibson, because of concerns that it will not be open and transparent.

“We may never get a public inquiry and examination of what happened at Guantánamo,” said Worthington. “But we do know it has left a toxic legacy. Guantánamo was an aberration.”

Abbasi’s verdict was simple and damning: “Guantánamo was an excuse to take away the rights of ordinary people. It must not happen again.”

Last British resident held in Guantánamo Bay faces another year’s captivity
By Tracy McVeigh, The Observer, January 1, 2012

The last British resident being held in Guantánamo Bay faces at least another year in detention because of wrangling in a US presidential election year. Senior White House sources have said the Obama administration will not risk releasing Shaker Aamer before November. “We’ve taken enough hits from the right; we can’t risk any more,” one said. Another said: “There will be no rocking of boats from now on in.”

As the 10th anniversary of the opening of the detention camp in Cuba approaches, it is believed that the foreign secretary, William Hague, has called an urgent meeting early in the new year to discuss what more the British government can do to bring Aamer home.

He will complete his 10th year in Guantánamo on 14 February, although he has never been charged or faced trial. His British wife, Zin, last saw her husband when she was pregnant with their fourth child. Aamer has never met his son, Faris.

Campaigners are stepping up efforts to draw attention to Aamer’s case, after his British lawyer, Clive Stafford-Smith, found the 43-year-old former charity worker in poor health during a visit to the prison in November.

“I do not think it is stretching matters to say he is dying in Guantánamo Bay,” said Stafford-Smith, director of the human rights charity Reprieve. Although Aamer was cleared for release by the US authorities in 2007 there have been no further moves to return him to the UK. He was first picked up in Afghanistan in 2001 where he said he worked for an Islamic charity. But the US suspected him of both Taliban and al-Qaida connections, accusing him of being a translator for Osama bin Laden.

New US legislation has also proved to be a stumbling block to his release with the US defence secretary, Leon Panetta, now responsible for certifying that Britain is a safe place for him to return to, and that he will commit no crimes there — something Panetta has been unwilling to do.

Stafford-Smith said: “Britain has the best record of any country with former Guantánamo prisoners, with nobody released committing any offence, and Shaker Aamer has never committed a crime of any kind. Why does Britain pretend it has a special relationship if a British resident is still in this shameful position?” He said Aamer had suffered “unfathomable abuse”.

Jane Ellison, Tory MP for Battersea, where Aamer’s wife and children live, is writing to Barack Obama to urge his immediate release. “People forget that behind this is a family in deep distress and a man in poor health,” she said. This is a human tragedy as much as a political embarrassment. The family of Shaker Aamer are hurting and they need him home.”

She has tabled several questions in the Commons drawing attention to Aamer’s plight and believes the UK Government is committed to bringing him home but is up against a lack of political will in the US.

“After 10 years, the bottom line should be that if they aren’t going to charge him, they should release him. That is the way we have conducted ourselves in Britain since the Magna Carta.”

But Aamer’s own campaigning spirit may be working against him. “The irony is that Shaker may be the victim of what he has done inside Guantanámo rather than anything he might be suspected of doing previous to his captivity. He has been a thorn in the side of the prison authorities, organising hunger strikes and fighting for prisoners’ rights. By all accounts he is a charismatic and eloquent man,” said investigative journalist and author Andy Worthington.

The following is also from the double-page feature in the Observer:

The men America freed

Asif Iqbal, 40, of Tipton, West Midlands

Released in March 2004 after two years. On arrival at Guantánamo, a soldier told him: “You killed my family in the towers and now it’s time to get you back.”

Jamil el-Banna, 59, a Palestinian from Jordan

Has UK refugee status. He has five children, the last one born while he was in captivity. Released in 2007.

Jamal al-Harith, 45, from Manchester

A backpacker arrested by the Taliban who ended up in US detention. The web designer was freed in 2004 after two years.

Feroz Ali Abbasi, 31, from Croydon, south London

UK citizen born in Uganda. In 2002 the British Court of Appeal found his detention “legally objectionable”. Freed in 2005.

Bisher al-Rawi, 44, Iraqi-born

British resident living in Derby with wife and two young children. Picked up in Gambia in 2002 and freed in 2007.

Shafiq Rasul, 44, of Tipton, West Midlands

Released March 2004. US supreme court case Rasul vs Bush established detainees could challenge whether their detention is constitutional.

Rhuhel Ahmed [Ruhal Ahmed], 40, of Tipton, West Midlands

Held without trial or charge for more than two years. One of the Tipton Three who released a report detailing abuse and torture.

Martin Mubanga, 38, from Wembley, north London

Victim of extraordinary rendition, held for 33 months accused of al-Qaida links after his passport was found in a Pakistan base.

Moazzam Begg, 43, from Birmingham

After three years in US custody, he is now director of the London-based prisoners’ rights charity Cageprisoners Ltd and an outspoken critic of anti-terror legislation.

Tarek Dergoul, 34, from London

Claims to have gone to Afghanistan to buy up properties from fleeing refugees. Lost an arm and toes in an allied bombing raid. Although he attended the photoshoot to support his fellow detainees, he is deeply shy and politely refused to be photographed.

Omar Deghayes, 42, from Brighton

The Libyan-born British citizen was blinded, beaten and sexually assaulted between 2002 and 2007, despite having never been charged with an offence.

Richard Dean Belmar, 32, from London

Returned to the UK in 2005 after three years imprisonment, first in Pakistan, then Bagram and finally Guantánamo. Converted from Catholicism to Islam and had enrolled in a religious school in Afghanistan.

Binyam Mohamed, 33

An Ethiopian national who moved to the UK in 1994, he spent seven years in custody, four at Guantánamo. He was released in 2009. He is taking the government to court over British alleged complicity in his torture.

Sameur Abdenour [Abdulnour Sameur], 38, from London

Fled persecution from the military dictatorship in his native Algeria and was granted asylum in this country in 2000. He was detained in Guantánamo from 2002 to 2007.

… and one they still hold

Shaker Aamer, 43, Saudi-born

Next month Aamer will mark the 10th anniversary of his detention in Guantánamo. He worked as a legal translator in the UK and married a British woman in 1994. He claims to have been in Afghanistan working for a Saudi charity when he was picked up in 2002 and handed over to the Americans. He is thought to have angered the prison authorities by going on hunger-strike protests. He was cleared for release by the US in 2007 but remains in isolation.

Andy Worthington is the author of The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison. This article originally appeared on his website on January 4, 2012.

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