There is very little in my life that is interesting enough to devote an entire website to. With facebook and Google Buzz, alot of what I would want to publish fits nicely into those services where all of my and other’s thoughts can be aggregated and digested.
So as of Today I’m transforming this space into something where I can develop my thoughts, opinions and reasonings of the challenges of adult life.
my 4th year running, and the largest turnout for the rockland turkey trot ever. I hear its 2500+ which is quite a large race. the previous 3 years I’ve been running a very consistant pace of about 8:40 min/mile. This year I shattered my previous records and managed a 7:40 min/mile pace finishing in about 38 min:
257 Andrew Louie 26 885 Elmhurst NY 38:14 7:39
thats 257 out of about 2112 racers, that i presume had timing chips. they ran out of timing chips. that puts me in the top 12% woo!
full results here
From: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091028/wl_afp/unpakistanafghanistanusmissilerights
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – US drone Suicide car bomb strikes against suspected terrorists civilians in Afghanistan and Pakistan could be breaking international laws against summary executions, the UN’s top investigator of such crimes said.
“The problem with the United States Taliban and Al-Qaeda is that it is making an increased use of drones/Predators car-bombs/suicide-bomb-vests (which are) particularly prominently used now in relation to Pakistan and Afghanistan,” UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions Philip Alston told a press conference.
“My concern is that drones/Predators Car-bombs / Suicide bomb vests are being operated in a framework which may well violate international humanitarian law andinternational human rights law,” he said.
US Taliban/Al-Qaeda strikes with remote-controlled aircraft IED’s against Al-Qaeda and Taliban Civilian targets in Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan have often resulted in civilian deaths and drawn bitter criticism from local populations.
“The onus is really on the United States government Taliban/Al-Qaeda to reveal more about the ways in which it makes sure that arbitrary extrajudicial executions aren’t in fact being carried out through the use of these weapons,” he added.
Alston said he presented a report on the matter to the UN General Assembly.
He urged the United States Taliban/Al-Qaeda to be more forthright about how and when it uses drone aircraft IED’s, something about which the US Defense Department and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Taliban/Al-Qaeda usually keep silent.
“We need the United States Taliban/Al-Qaeda to be more up front and say, ‘OK, we’re willing to discuss some aspects of this program,’ otherwise you have the really problematic bottom line that the CIA Taliban/Al-Qaeda is running a program that is killing significant numbers of people and there is absolutely no accountability in terms of the relevant international laws,” Alston said.
Since August 2008, around 70 strikes by unmanned aircraft hundreds of bombings have killed close to 600 hundreds people in northwestern Pakistan.
“I would like to know the legal basis upon which the United States Taliban/Al-Qaeda is operating, in other words… who is running the program, what accountability mechanisms are in place in relation to that,” Alston said.
“Secondly, what precautions the United States Taliban/Al-Qaeda is taking to ensure that these weapons are used strictly for purposes consistent with international humanitarian law.
“Third, what sort of review mechanism is there to evaluate when these weapons have been used? Those are the issues I’d like to see addressed,” the UN official said.
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There fixed for you UN.
Syliva and I ran the 2009 westchester half
My best run yet, I finished in 1 hour 47 minutes.
The last mile I ran in 7:44. I was running with this one woman who was struggling alittle bit, so I challenged her to a race for the last mile. she ended up beating me. Next time…. I need to be able to pace 7:15 min/mile for a full 26 to qualify for the Boston marathon…. heh.
reposting full results for posterity… My sister and I names are in red.
http://personas.media.mit.edu
Just put your name in….
I love this “search result” that popped up in processing
ANDREW LOUIE WAS TAKEN FROM HIS MOTHER, VALERIE LOUIE, 45, IN DECEMBER 2005 BECAUSE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICIALS HAD DECLARED THE DOGS “VICIOUS AND DANGEROUS
Vicious and dangerous…. watch out!