Some pictures from druid hill park, baltimore md

Lately I have been running and bicycling in the park as an adjunct to my exercise training. I also got a fanny pack to lighten my load. As a result, I am experiencing much less back pain. My old cross-country running 180/min stride rate returned to me very quickly, and I am expecting steady improvement in endurance.

This is my first time running in decades, but I am managing a steady running pace in 2km.  It is a very gratifying experience to do this at age 50+.

Regards,
proclus
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Disgusting

Friends,

Disgusting. Check out this ad the Recording Industry Association, the Motion Picture Association, and others just took out as they try to push their Internet censorship legislation -- They think their customers should be treated like criminal suspects:

http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/pipa_letter/?referring_akid=858.45919.3-NY...

Under the Internet Blacklist Bill -- S.968, formally called the PROTECT IP Act -- the Department of Justice would force search engines, browsers, and service providers to block users' access to websites that have been accused of copyright infringement -- without even giving them a day in court. Will you urge your lawmakers to to oppose the Internet Blacklist Bill? Just click here:

http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/pipa_letter/?referring_akid=858.45919.3-NY...

Thanks!

Michael L. Love (proclus) - Identi.ca - #bodybuilding #hiv #fed #ndnz #murdoch #nhs #bmx http://ping.fm/gvuFs

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proclus - FriendFeed - #cablegate #history #leakspin #oilspill #psilocybin #wikileaks

proclus - FriendFeed - cablegate history leakspin oilspill psilocybin wikileaks
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Michael L. Love (proclus) - Identi.ca - #bodybuilding #hiv #fed #ndnz #murdoch #nhs #bmx

Michael L. Love (proclus) - Identi.ca - bodybuilding hiv fed ndnz murdoch nhs bmx

Sept. 11: The main lesson of 9/11 is that we should never ever let the US do this again.

Over 1 million people have died in South Asia defending their home countries from greedy and ruthless invaders. They are South Asians. This is the meaning that the US has made out of 9/11. When the US finally realizes the enormity of their mistake, this is the meaning that will be remembered. The number might as well include the dead US soldiers as well. It is sufficiently large.

Another attack on US soil would be no surprise at all. Fortunately, we will be wise to US exploitation of the memory of the dead next time. We will honor the 9/11 dead by preventing our country from making the same mistakes next time. Next time we will be ready to oppose greedy bellicose strategies that only make matters worse.

US actions in South Asia are not protecting our freedoms. Far from it. They are endangering our freedoms, and all of our lives. 9/11 is not at all significant compared to the harm that the US has done in South Asia, and the people there are rightly outraged by the actions of the US government. I am outraged that the people of this country continue to tolerate such things.

End the war now is the only 9/11 lesson that really matters. Perhaps there are still bloodthirsty and greedy men who want more dead South Asians. 1 million dead is not enough? US out of South Asia!


Regards,
proclus
http://www.gnu-darwin.org/

Sept. 11: The 9/11 lesson is that the war should be ended now. 1 million dead in South Asia not enough? US out of South Asia!

Sept. 11: The 9/11 lesson is that the war should be ended now. 1 million dead in South Asia not enough? US out of South Asia!

Why is a #Monsanto lobbyist serving as the #FDA #Food Safety Czar? - #gmo

Dear Friend,

While factory farm operators are getting away with serious food safety violations, raw milk dairy farmers and distributors across the country have been subjected to armed raids and hauled away in handcuffs.

Not surprisingly, the person responsible for prioritizing armed raids on small dairies over holding agribusiness accountable is a former Monsanto attorney and chief super lobbyist. Monsanto's Michael Taylor is the second highest-ranking official at the FDA, and as Food Safety Czar is responsible for implementing the day-to-day policies that govern the food safety laws for the U.S.

Join Food Democracy Now! and CREDO in asking President Obama to fire FDA Food Safety Czar and former Monsanto lobbyist Michael Taylor. Click here to sign the petition.

http://ping.fm/Y3cbc

: #Bowflex #training lesson number 5 - #strength #fitness #weightlifting #health

If you have questions about this gear, please feel free to ask.

Regards,
proclus@gnu-darwin.org
http://www.gnu-darwin.org/

Syria: What Kind of Revolution?

Syria: What Kind of Revolution?

via Al Akhbar English by Adel on 9/7/11

Unlike the Egyptian or Tunisian revolutions, the uprising in Syria has created a great deal of controversy among activists here in Lebanon.

Unlike the Egyptian or Tunisian revolutions, the uprising in Syria has created a great deal of controversy among activists here in Lebanon.

The Syrian uprising which erupted nearly six months ago seems to be settling into a dangerous deadlock with neither side—the regime or the opposition—willing to budge from its stated position. The daily toll of deaths and injuries climb ever higher with no resolution in sight. The regime seems insistent on going all the way with its crackdown, fearing that if it concedes any city or town to the protesters, it will lead to a repeat of the Libyan scenario. For the protesters, the regime lost all legitimacy from the moment it decided to use bullets and tanks to besiege and kill its own citizens.

Bilal El-Amine

Discovered Files Show U.S., Britain Had Extensive Ties with Gaddafi Regime o...

Discovered Files Show U.S., Britain Had Extensive Ties with Gaddafi Regime on Rendition, Torture

via Democracy Now! by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) on 9/7/11

Human Rights Watch has uncovered hundreds of letters in the Libyan foreign ministry proving the Gaddafi government directly aided the extraordinary rendition program carried out by the CIA and the MI6 in Britain after the 9/11 attacks. The documents expose how the CIA rendered suspects to Libyan authorities knowing they would be tortured. One of the most prominent suspects rendered to Libya was an Islamic militant named Abdelhakim Belhaj, who is now the military commander for the Libyan rebels. At the time of his capture in 2004, Belhaj was a member of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, a group that had ties to al-Qaeda. We speak to Peter Bouckaert, the emergencies director at Human Rights Watch, who helped find the documents in Tripoli; and Gareth Peirce, a well-known British human rights attorney who has represented numerous Guantánamo prisoners as well as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. [Transcript to come. Check back soon.]

Anonymous success frightens Homeland Security

Anonymous success frightens Homeland Security

via Examiner National Edition Articles by Michael Stone, National Anonymous Examiner on 9/5/11

The Department of Homeland Security is frightened by the success of the notorious and nebulous international Internet hacktivist collective known as Anonymous. DHS worries Anonymous hacktivism has “the potential to result in serious harm,...

In Defense Of WikiLeaks: Looking At Cables On Pharmaceutical Drugs And Trade Pressures #wlfind http://ping.fm/oYfj6

In Defense Of WikiLeaks: Looking At Cables On Pharmaceutical Drugs And Trade Pressures wlfind http://ping.fm/oYfj6

Tell President Obama: Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline

Dear Friend,

"Essentially game over" for the climate.

That's what climate scientist James Hansen calls the proposed Keystone XL pipeline -- which would carry oil out of Canada's vast tar sands oil fields to Texas, where it will be refined, then burned across the globe, dealing a catastrophic blow to our chance of returning earth to a stable climate.

This project requires a presidential permit to start building -- and it is President Obama's decision alone to grant or deny that permit.

I just signed a petition to President Obama asking him to deny the permit for the disastrous Keystone XL pipeline.

This is a fight we can not lose. Please join me in taking action now:

http://ping.fm/DXGyk

In Defense Of WikiLeaks: Looking At Cables On Pharmaceutical Drugs And Trade Pressures

#wlfind - I have been eagerly awaiting the release of the full uncensored cables. Other than that, I think you were right on target, and I always appreciate your insights on drug related patent abuse. It is lovely to see this topic getting the attention that it deserves with respect to the cables. Thanks for this article.



Regards,

proclus

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WikiLeaks: Iraqi Children in U.S. Raid Shot in Head, U.N. Says

WikiLeaks: Iraqi Children in U.S. Raid Shot in Head, U.N. Says

via (title unknown) by andrea on 9/1/11

A U.S. diplomatic cable made public by WikiLeaks provides evidence that U.S. troops executed at least 10 Iraqi civilians, including a woman in her 70s and a 5-month-old infant, then called in an airstrike to destroy the evidence, during a controversial 2006 incident in the central Iraqi town of Ishaqi.

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250.000 fortrolige Wikileaks-dokumenter lækket

250.000 fortrolige Wikileaks-dokumenter lækket

via Politiken.dk Seneste nyt by on 9/1/11

Uforsigtighed hos Wikileaks bringer diplomater verden over i fare.

WikiLeaks documents circulate freely

WikiLeaks-dokumenter sirkulerer fritt

via Aftenposten Nettutgaven - Wikileaks on 8/31/11

WikiLeaks sier at alle de lekkede dokumentene fra det amerikanske utenriksdepartementet har lekket ut på Internett i uredigert versjon, skriver nyhetsbyrået AP.

WikiLeaks blames Guardian newspaper for leaks

WikiLeaks blames Guardian newspaper for leaks

via AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE) on 8/31/11

Whistleblowing website says unfiltered US cables available online in security breach blamed on UK newspaper's reporters.

WikiLeaks: Iraqi Children in U.S. Raid Shot in Head, U.N. Says

WikiLeaks: Iraqi Children in U.S. Raid Shot in Head, U.N. Says

via (title unknown) by andrea on 9/1/11

A U.S. diplomatic cable made public by WikiLeaks provides evidence that U.S. troops executed at least 10 Iraqi civilians, including a woman in her 70s and a 5-month-old infant, then called in an airstrike to destroy the evidence, during a controversial 2006 incident in the central Iraqi town of Ishaqi.

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