So very true…..
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This is the Memo That Killed Osama Bin Laden
If you can manage to decipher Leon Panetta’s chicken scratch, you too can read the final memo that launched the raid that killed America’s most hated enemy. The memo is part of Peter Bergen’s Time cover story on Osama bin Laden’s last days and Obama’s call to go ahead, despite Joe Biden and Robert Gates’ disapproval, with the Navy SEAL raid on bin Laden’s Abottabad complex. Here’s the transcription:
Received phone call from Tom Donilon who stated that the President made a decision with regard to AC1 [Abbottabad Compound 1]. The decision is to proceed with the assault. The timing, operational decision making and control are in Admiral McRaven’s hands. The approval is provided on the risk profile presented to the President. Any additional risks are to be brought back to the President for his consideration. The direction is to go in and get bin Laden and if he is not there, to get out. Those instructions were conveyed to Admiral McRaven at approximately 10:45 am.
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This is the Memo That Killed Osama Bin Laden
If you can manage to decipher Leon Panetta’s chicken scratch, you too can read the final memo that launched the raid that killed America’s most hated enemy. The memo is part of Peter Bergen’s Time cover story on Osama bin Laden’s last days and Obama’s call to go ahead, despite Joe Biden and Robert Gates’ disapproval, with the Navy SEAL raid on bin Laden’s Abottabad complex. Here’s the transcription:
Received phone call from Tom Donilon who stated that the President made a decision with regard to AC1 [Abbottabad Compound 1]. The decision is to proceed with the assault. The timing, operational decision making and control are in Admiral McRaven’s hands. The approval is provided on the risk profile presented to the President. Any additional risks are to be brought back to the President for his consideration. The direction is to go in and get bin Laden and if he is not there, to get out. Those instructions were conveyed to Admiral McRaven at approximately 10:45 am.
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Lichtenberg figures may also appear on the skin of lightning strike victims. These are reddish, fernlike patterns that may persist for hours or days. They are also a useful indicator for medical examiners when determining the cause of death. Lichtenberg figures appearing on people are sometimes called lightning flowers, and they are thought to be caused by the rupture of small capillaries under the skin due to the passage of the lightning current or the shock wave from the lightning discharge as it flashes over the skin. A lightning strike can also create a large Lichtenberg Figure in grass surrounding the point struck. These are sometimes found on golf courses or in grassy meadows. Fulgurites may also be created as sand and soil is fused into glassy tubes by the intense heat of the current.
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The Prize.
How I ended up a mother at 39 is beyond me.
It’s not like we were trying or anything. As a matter of fact I stopped using any birth control when I was 34, and we just let the chips fall.
We had our dogs, we travelled and we worked. And we were happy doing it. Children were a “if it happens, it happens, if not we will continue being happy”. And we were.
Working in health care has exposed me to lots of other’s anguish. The injured, the sick, the scared, the sad and the desperate.
I have seen people spend thousands of dollars on fertility medications. I have seen few successes, lots of failures and more than one relationship implode under the stress. Often I have wondered how can having a child be so important that people would spend so much money and time on what, for most, will be a lost cause. Surely people must know how very low the success rate is for fertility procedures. Do they really think that they will be the ones to hit the baby jackpot? And how can they not see when it is time to stop? More than once I have heard “We are trying just one last time” only to see more prescriptions come through. More medications, more money, more time spent chasing a dream that will never turn into reality. It makes me sad.
Lest you think I am judging others, I am not. I just don’t understand. Perhaps I never will.
As my pregnancy became more noticeable at work I began to hate seeing the repeat prescriptions for IVF patients come through. This meant they would be coming in to pick them up.
And they would see me. Pregnant.
A few asked “Is this your first?” usually followed by “How long have you been trying?” It was almost like a reflex. The question asked before they even knew it came out of their mouths.
Normally answering my personal health questions at work is something I avoid. This time I chose to give honest answers to the questions. “Yes, this is my first” and “We weren’t trying, it just happened”.
All of them smiled, and offered their congratulations and best wishes. And I am pretty sure walked away a bit saddened. Maybe I should have lied and said we had been trying for years. Might that have made it easier to take?
My son was born a month premature and spent some time in the ICU. But, now everything is fine. He’s two months old, and laying on his new jungle play mat, batting at what I think is a butterfly hanging over his head. Not sure. These baby toys I find a bit confusing.
He has turned our lives end for end and has become the centre of our world and our greatest joy.
I hit the jackpot in the baby lottery.
I didn’t even know I was playing the game, but have taken home the big prize so many others are chasing.
A.
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I just had a good idea
