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it's a bluebell day
a springtime celebration
let's not change a thing
Word of the week –
whistle (noun) –
A clear, high-pitched sound made by forcing breath through a small hole between partly closed lips, or between one's teeth. A shrill, high-pitched sound.
synonyms – trilling, birdsong, cry, song, cheeping, tweeting, chatter, chirping, peeping, calling.
whistle (noun) –
An instrument used to produce a shrill, high-pitched sound, especially for giving a signal.
synonyms – siren, alarm signal, distress signal, alert.
Some love to roam o'er the dark sea's foam, Where the shrill winds whistle free. – Charles Mackay
no time to write an epistle
while irked by life's gristle
we tend to scowl and bristle
maybe send a guided missile
into melancholy thistle
if judgment of dismissal,
can we still blow the whistle
or even pack a pistol
best left to ponder or this'll
will make one a fizzle
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TORONTO - When a baby monkey in a little shearling coat made international news by hopping around an Ikea parking lot, it would have been hard to predict he would become such a polarizing primate.
Darwin the macaque was taken to Toronto Animal Services that December day and sent to Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary, where he has resided ever since.
Yasmin Nakhuda, the self-professed "Monkey Mom," is trying to get him back and an Ontario Superior Court judge in Oshawa is set to hear arguments Thursday on where Darwin should live until the case can be fully heard at a trial. After an interim motion in December the judge ruled that Darwin would stay at the sanctuary for the time being.
The already heated fight over Darwin, which sanctuary staffers say has resulted in threats against them, intensified when the sanctuary filed allegations with the court that Darwin was abused. Nakhuda vehemently denies the allegations, which have not been proven in court.
Meanwhile, a fierce debate has been raging online between supporters of the sanctuary, who argue that's where Darwin will receive the best care, and Nakhuda's supporters, who argue he belongs with the woman who obviously loves him.
Nakhuda — who refers to Darwin as her "monkid" — has become the target for much derision and scorn but also compassion.
She has posted numerous videos on YouTube of her cuddling in bed with Darwin, brushing her teeth with Darwin, at the gym with Darwin and changing Darwin's diaper.
Pictures and videos abound on a Facebook page of Darwin wearing overalls, polo shirts and his trademark coat, playing at her office, drinking from a baby bottle and splashing around in a bathtub.
Her newest video is a photo montage set to Phil Collins' song "Against All Odds." It ends with footage of Darwin wearing that famous coat, hopping up on a bed and over to Nakhuda, who hugs him.
The comments on that video speak volumes about how polarized — and acrimonious — the debate over Darwin has become.
"Wow. You people are seriously disturbed," reads the comment that received the most positive votes.
"She is not his mother...The pictures of that poor creature in clothing, being dressed up, moved around like some kind of toy is revolting. Let the monkey be a monkey."
Others, though, are far more sympathetic to Nakhuda and her fight to get the monkey back.
"My heart aches for what's being done to this family and to sweet little...Darwin," writes one user who says she cried watching the photo montage video. "The love between this woman and her baby is obvious. Stay strong Yasmin!!!"
The sanctuary has also taken to the Internet to boost support. It set up a fundraising campaign using pictures of Darwin and its website notes that Ikea Canada made a "generous contribution."
The debate rages in even hotter language over on the "Darling Darwin Monkey" Facebook page.
Supporters and opponents of Nakhuda trade barbs and long diatribes arguing over where the monkey belongs.
Nakhuda uses the Facebook page to directly hit back at some of the sanctuary's more incendiary allegations. In documents filed with the court in advance of Thursday's hearing the sanctuary alleges Nakhuda and her family "strangled" Darwin and otherwise mistreated him.
A video posted to the Facebook page shows Nakhuda bathing Darwin in the sink while holding him around the shoulders and neck. The post suggests that is what the sanctuary believes is choking.
The source of the sanctuary's allegations is not clear from its court documents.
Nakhuda appears particularly incensed that the sanctuary's allegations were directed at her two sons — aged 11 and 16 — as well as her.
"I can understand you throwing dirt on me," she writes on the Facebook page. "But you have gone too far. Accusing my children of animal cruelty and abuse??!! You are hereby being put on notice that you will be sued for slander and defamation."
Nakhuda's lawyer, Ted Charney, has previously said that those claims are an attempt to discredit his client. Anything can be claimed in such court documents, he said.
Darwin was biting the family to protect himself, which prompted them to make plans to have his teeth removed, the sanctuary also alleges. The sanctuary suggests animal cruelty laws were broken.
Charney recently interviewed the two animal control officers who got Nakhuda to surrender Darwin and said neither reported signs of abuse.
Nakhuda maintains that she signed a surrender form at animal services because she was told if she did she would not face criminal charges for owning an illegal animal. One of the officers gave evidence in advance of Thursday's hearing that he suggested there could be repercussions for Nakhuda under provincial laws if she didn't sign a form surrendering Darwin.
At the last court hearing in December, Nakhuda's husband suggested improprieties with the sanctuary's licence. Sanctuary lawyer Kevin Toyne said at the time that Brock Township, where the sanctuary is located, passed a bylaw in 2012 to deal with certain types of animals and the sanctuary was just waiting for its paperwork to be approved.
On Monday, the township issued the sanctuary a prohibited animals licence.


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Rabbi Michael Strassfeld (born February 8, 1950) is an American Reconstructionist Rabbi. Raised in a Orthodox Jewish household, Strassfeld was profoundly influenced by the burgeoning Jewish anti-establishment movement in the Boston area in the 1960s and early 1970s. The Michael Strassfeld papers contain the records of the his education and life's work. Represented are elements of his Orthodox upbringing, traditional Jewish education, influence of the Jewish anti-establishment and countercultural movements of the 1960s and early 1970s, and his training and practice as a Reconstructionist Rabbi.


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Visa Alert: Ask USCIS to Improve the Visa Process! - (July 15, 2010)
Ask USCIS to Improve the Visa Process!
Orchestras experiencing difficulty obtaining artist visas have a new opportunity to weigh in with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) as the agency proposes an across-the-board fee increase. The USCIS proposes a $5 increase in the fee for the regular I-129 visa processing form (which would bring the fee to $325), and a $225 increase in the Premium Processing fee (bringing the total fee to $1,225). The performing arts community is urging USCIS to immediately make long-overdue improvements to the regular artist visa process and to refrain from increasing the already-unaffordable Premium Processing fee. Comments to USCIS are due by July 26. The League will submit detailed comments on behalf of orchestras, in collaboration with our national colleagues in the Performing Arts Visa Working Group: American Federation of Musicians, Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Dance/USA, North American Performing Arts Managers and Agents, OPERA America, Performing Arts Alliance, and Theatre Communications Group.
Please note: Until the USCIS issues a final rule regarding the proposed fee change, the filing fee for the I-129 form remains $320 and the fee for Premium Processing Service remains $1,000. We will inform you immediately when and if fee changes are made. In the meantime, do not adjust the fees that accompany your petition, as overpayment will result in serious delays.
Sample Message to Personalize
If your orchestra has recently encountered a visa challenge, please participate in the USCIS comment process. We have prepared sample comments that should be personalized with details of your orchestra's experience, along with some background information you may find helpful. Personalizing your message is extremely important. Each comment is read and documented by the agency, and "cookie cutter" messages have less impact than those including specific details. Remember to include the first line noting the DHS docket number!
Re: DHS Docket No. USCIS–2009–0033
The following comments are in response to the proposed rule to adjust the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) immigration and naturalization benefit application and petition fee schedule.
- We call upon USCIS to make immediate and long-overdue improvements to the regular visa process, including meeting the current 14-day statutory requirement for processing times of regularly-filed O and P petitions, and improving the quality of petition adjudication. Any increase in the regular processing fee must be accompanied by these improvements.
- USCIS failure to make improvements in the regular petition process has resulted in delays and unwarranted requests for evidence or denials, which force some orchestras to pay the $1,000 Premium Processing Service (PPS) fee. This $1,000 fee is already unaffordable, therefore we oppose the USCIS proposal to increase the PPS fee to $1,225. Given the harmful inefficiencies of the regular petition process, this increase in Premium Processing would impose an extreme burden on nonprofit orchestra petitioners.
By inviting foreign musicians to perform, orchestras provide American audiences the opportunity to experience a diversity of musical talent and encourage a supportive climate for U.S. orchestras to perform abroad. Arts organizations in every area of the country must rely on the U.S. visa process to be affordable, reliable, and efficient.
How to Submit Comments
Comments may be filed by the July 26 deadline through the federal government's regulation web portal. Visit http://www.regulations.gov/. Follow the instructions for submitting comments and double-check that comments are in response to "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Fee Schedule."
Submit Your Personalized Comments to USCIS Today!
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Ava Thursday: Going to Mema's house
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Since Ava got back from visiting her grandparents, I thought I'd post a drawing that she had done back in January of this year, that seems appropriate. It's quite an elaborate piece, and it's actually on the backside of another drawing that I've posted earlier. This was post-cousin Matt visit, so there's certainly some details going on here.
Ava tells me that she and I are going to Mema's house (Andrea's mom) in a car, and that there are cats around and a squirrel, too. There are trees lining the road, all the way up to the house, as Mema and Pawpaw wait for us to arrive. The squirrel is just to the left of the car, with a nut. Looks like he's putting it in the tree there. There's also a bee flying around, as well.
I really love how Ava drew the car, as well as the way she drew the cats. The trees alongside the road are a nice touch, as I'm sure that that's what she remembers when she goes and visits her grandparents. It's what she sees outside her window the entire trip (we drive up to Illinois each time we visit). What is especially cool for me to see here is her use of perspective, as the road seems to go back in space, all the way up the page. The house looks very far away, and Ava drew the road getting smaller, it seems. Not sure what that that bizarre contraption is on top of the car. Antennae, perhaps? Looks cool, though.
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yeah, this is a wild little drawing. after our crazy marathon road trips, I'd probably be drawing pictures like this, too.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 14, 2005 11:55 AM
This is the coolest drawing ever! It has a kind of sequential narrative quality to it, like it's meant to be read, not just looked at. Looks like Ava just invented the comic strip! :-)ReplyDelete
It also reminds me of Chris Hinton's brilliant short, Flux, which was based on children's drawings. Have you seen it?
how cool! ava rocks :)ReplyDelete
like it all ! but especially the terrific shape of the cats and how they're stacked one atop the other. I'm so glad you do this every week, I love it.ReplyDelete
Whoah, this is one crazy drawing: a spaceship with a face (!) journeys through a bizarre landscape with giant (mice?) appearing from nowhere to attack the poor ship! And the city is under constant attack from a latest wave of invasion! Will the ship be able to save the day? Will he??ReplyDelete
OK, that's not what Ava has in mind but it's great to draw stuff like this based on one's experiences!
- Glen!
this is one of my favorites! i like all the detail - and yes the cats are very unique - i really like the way she drew them. and the happy faces everywhere - or happiness is showing through. what i like about these drawings is it's her very own interpretation with no real influences yet. that is a great thing to capture for her.ReplyDelete
My favorite part of this drawing is the way the trees turn upsidedown and sideways as the road curves upward. Why doesn't my brain work like that anymore??ReplyDelete


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The GET DATA command with TYPE=TXT and ARRANGEMENT=DELIMITED reads input data from text files in delimited format, where fields are separated by a set of user-specified delimiters. Its capabilities are similar to those of DATA LIST FREE (see DATA LIST FREE), with a few enhancements.
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subcommands are described above (see GET DATA /TYPE=TXT).
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may separate fields. Each character in the string specified on
DELIMITERS separates one field from the next. The end of a line also
separates fields, regardless of
DELIMITERS. Two consecutive
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consecutive spaces do not yield an empty field and neither does any
number of spaces at the end of a line.
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delimiter, immediately following '\t'. To read a data file in
which each field appears on a separate line, specify the empty string
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matching quote. Intervening delimiters become part of the field,
instead of terminating it. The ability to specify more than one quote
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contained on a single line, specify VARIABLES n_variables, where
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Specify the name of each variable and its input format (see Input and Output Formats) in the order they should be read from the input
On a Unix-like system, the '/etc/passwd' file has a format similar to this:
root:$1$nyeSP5gD$pDq/:0:0:,,,:/root:/bin/bash blp:$1$BrP/pFg4$g7OG:1000:1000:Ben Pfaff,,,:/home/blp:/bin/bash john:$1$JBuq/Fioq$g4A:1001:1001:John Darrington,,,:/home/john:/bin/bash jhs:$1$D3li4hPL$88X1:1002:1002:Jason Stover,,,:/home/jhs:/bin/csh
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GET DATA /TYPE=TXT /FILE='/etc/passwd' /DELIMITERS=':' /VARIABLES=username A20 password A40 uid F10 gid F10 gecos A40 home A40 shell A40.
Consider the following data on used cars:
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The following syntax can be used to read the used car data:
GET DATA /TYPE=TXT /FILE='cars.data' /DELIMITERS=' ' /FIRSTCASE=2 /VARIABLES=model A8 year F4 mileage F6 price F5 type A4 age F2.
Consider the following information on animals in a pet store:
'Pet''s Name', "Age", "Color", "Date Received", "Price", "Height", "Type" , (Years), , , (Dollars), , "Rover", 4.5, Brown, "12 Feb 2004", 80, '1''4"', "Dog" "Charlie", , Gold, "5 Apr 2007", 12.3, "3""", "Fish" "Molly", 2, Black, "12 Dec 2006", 25, '5"', "Cat" "Gilly", , White, "10 Apr 2007", 10, "3""", "Guinea Pig"
The following syntax can be used to read the pet store data:
GET DATA /TYPE=TXT /FILE='pets.data' /DELIMITERS=', ' /QUALIFIER='''"' /ESCAPE /FIRSTCASE=3 /VARIABLES=name A10 age F3.1 color A5 received EDATE10 price F5.2 height a5 type a10.
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STURBRIDGE � A motorcycle rider was seriously hurt in a crash on Route 20 Wednesday evening.
Police said the motorcycle was traveling west when it struck an Oldsmobile that pulled out of Picker Road about 5:10 p.m. to head east on Route 20.
The front driver's side of the car appeared to have sustained heavy damage; the driver's side wheel was pushed in and there was heavy damage to the fender, hood and windshield. The motorcycle was on its side next to the car as members of the Central Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council accident reconstruction team investigated.
Traffic snarled on Route 20 as both lanes were blocked by the accident in the immediate area of Picker Road. Police directed traffic through the intersection for more than two hours.
Police said the driver of the Oldsmobile was taken to Harrington Hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
No further information was available Wednesday night.


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It's been an exciting week in WordPress news with the launch of WordPress 3.0. I'm sure many of you are just now getting around to upgrading your WordPress blogs to the newest version, making plans to upgrade your site, or even interested in using WordPress for the first time with all the upgrade buzz going around.
I'd like to direct you to some of the videos hosted here on WordPress.tv that contain information on WordPress 3.0 to help you out.
The first place to stop is—of course—the announcement video that went up last week, with a quick overview of the new features and changes in WordPress 3.0. Take a look (if you haven't already) and learn what's coming when you click that Upgrade button in your Dashboard.
Next, there are a pair of videos from a recent WordPressNYC meetup: one from Steve Bruner, discussing some of the new customization techniques available in WordPress 3.0 and specifically the new Twenty Ten theme, and another from Boone Gorges about the new Multisite functionality baked in to core WordPress starting with 3.0.
For another take on the changes occurring in WordPress 3.0, Jane Wells' keynote from Orange County WordCamp covers some of the changes made in 3.0 from another perspective—but also includes some notes on how you can get involved contributing to the greater WordPress project, and the goals of the new WordPress Foundation.
Lastly, if you'd like a peek into the future of WordPress, as mentioned in the announcement video, Matt Mullenweg's keynote from WordCamp San Francisco on the State of the Word is a great look at where WordPress is now and where it's headed.
Notice something missing? We're in need of tutorial screencasts for WordPress 3.0 to help users new to WordPress or new to the features in 3.0 learn how to use them. If you've created a screencast to help users of WordPress 3.0, or are thinking about doing so, please contact us here at WordPress.tv! We'd be very happy to look at your tutorial and consider it for publication here on WordPress.tv with the best of the best.
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June 22, 2010 at 2:22 am
I have upgraded all but 1 one of my sites so far. 3.0 seems pretty much the same as 2.9x with a few extras. I figured out all the mew stuff in now time at all. That is what I love about WordPress! =)
BTW I watched all the above videos already just in case I missed something.
February 26, 2011 at 7:33 pm
I dont know, but this latest version (3.1) makes me so frustrated, because of many plugins couldn't work properly, when I changed to 2.9.2 it seems more good then ever.
February 28, 2011 at 6:24 am
I like the latest version, but when I save my draft, it's not always saving my draft. Sometimes it takes 4 or 5 times before it will save my latest changes. I'm glad I noticed it wasn't saving… I'm sure many people hit save and assume it was. Maybe it's just my comp, but it kind of seemed like a glitch… Not sure though.
March 12, 2012 at 8:14 pm
are any of the changes makes it easier to handle SEO tasks for the blog?
like – are things that usually were part of plugins – are they getting in to the product? (I don't trust plugins)


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LANCASTER, Wis. — A 16-year-old Lancaster girl could be charged as an adult with homicide by negligent use of a motor vehicle after a crash that killed a 15-year-old girl.
The Grant County Sheriff's Office said it is recommending charges against Morgan Hoehne, who was driving the vehicle involved in a crash that killed Makayla Hore and injured three other teens.
The crash occurred on Liberty Ridge Road between County Road E and Hill Road in Liberty Township the afternoon of Nov. 21.
The other passengers were identified as Jena Hore, 17, Nathaniel Tranel, 15, and Kindra Yoose, 14.
Hoehne could also face three counts of reckless driving causing great bodily harm and additional traffic citations. Sheriff's officials said the recommended charges are based on physical evidence and witness statements.
"We've had other crashes in years past with teenagers where they've been seriously hurt doing similar-type behaviors and we want to stay consistent," said Grant County Sheriff Nate Dreckman.
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Dreckman said he believes the teens were "hill jumping," going over roller-coaster type hills at a high rate of speed to catch air.
"I think that's the reason they were out there is to experience that," Dreckman said. "(We believe it was) an inexperienced driver going too fast."
The news is sure to rock the small community of Lancaster and it's high school, where the students involved are just starting to return to class.
"We're trying to keep everybody united, keep everybody together and keep them focused on education and healing," said Mark Uppena, principal at Lancaster High School.
Possible homicide charges against one of the students may not help that, but the school and Sheriff's Office said they hope the incident can bring more awareness to the dangers of hill jumping. They said the practice has been going on in Grant County for years.
"Obviously you hope that through generations people would talk and say, 'This isn't a good idea,'" Dreckman said. "But we know it happens, and are we trying to use this as a deterrent for the future? Yeah, we are."
Sheriff's officials said it's also a reminder of why graduated driver's license rules only allow one other person in the car with a 16-year-old driver. In this case there were five people in the car.
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A new OfficeTeam survey of 1,000 managers has found that bosses don't look down on their employees caught up in the hype of March Madness.
Specifically, managers were asked, "Do you feel March Madness activities in the workplace have a positive or negative impact on employee productivity?" A whopping 75% said they felt they had no impact whatsoever, while 5% actually felt there's a "very positive" impact. A Scrooge-like 1% said the impact is "very negative." We can only guess their alma maters didn't even make the NIT.
Managers were also asked, "Do you feel NCAA basketball tournament activities in the workplace, such as watching games or participating in pools that don't involve money, have a positive or negative impact on employee morale?" Seventy-five percent also claimed there was no impact. Of course, that's with no money involved. You can bet the answer would be different if Ted from payroll punched his fist through the vending machine because the #8 seed upset the #1 seed that he had winning it all in the second round in his pool.
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LE MANS, France - "The car's a lap down, but we can make that up," said Corvette Racing team manager Gary Pratt with six hours remaining in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Pratt's words proved prophetic as the No. 73 Compuware Corvette C6.R driven by Olivier Beretta, Tommy Milner and Antonio Garcia relentlessly pursued the class-leading No. 51 Ferrari 458 Italia, cutting the margin by seconds every lap. American driver Tommy Milner overtook Ferrari driver Toni Vilander with two hours and 10 minutes to go, and steadily increased his lead as he completed his double stint. Garcia then took over the yellow and black car for the final hour and the run to the finish.
The No. 73 Corvette C6.R completed 314 laps and finished two minutes and 29 seconds ahead of the runner-up Ferrari. Today's victory was the seventh class win at Le Mans for Corvette Racing, and its first in the GTE Pro category. It came as Chevrolet celebrates its 100th anniversary and the 10th anniversary of the team's first Le Mans victory in 2001. It was the sixth Le Mans title for Beretta, the third for Garcia, and the first for Milner.
"This is my first time at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but I've watched Corvettes race here my whole life," said Mark Reuss, President GM North America. "To come here for the first time on the 100th anniversary of Chevrolet and to have another Corvette victory is beyond words."
The contest was a dramatic one, as the No. 74 Corvette C6.R of Oliver Gavin, Jan Magnussen, and Richard Westbrook suffered a stunning reversal of fortune. After leading for nearly 16 hours, the car was extensively damaged in a crash in the 17th hour. Although Magnussen was uninjured in the high-speed shunt, the car was retired on the spot.
The No. 73 Corvette C6.R had been running steadily in the top five, and the No. 74's misfortune moved it to second in the GTE standings. More than a lap behind the No. 51 Ferrari 458 Italia at the time of the accident, the No. 73 Corvette drivers chased down the class leader. As rain began to fall in the 20th hour, Garcia was gaining 1.5 seconds per lap. Milner took over at the 21st hour and continued to reel in the Ferrari, gaining as much as six seconds per lap during his stint.
Milner made the pass for the lead on the Mulsanne Straight on lap 283. "That was the hardest drive of my life," said the 25-year-old racer. "It would have been a lot easier if it hadn't been sprinkling, raining, not raining, and then wet - all that plus the pressure of the situation. I'd been super comfortable in the car all day long, but I was certainly not comfortable then. I was just trying to drive the car to what the track would allow. Every lap it changed, every corner it changed.
"When you start racing, you hope that one day you can compete for a win," Milner noted. "To get one here at Le Mans in my first year with Corvette Racing is very cool."
"I was very happy with how the race turned out, even though it did not always go our way," said Garcia. "We had ups and downs - we didn't get a break with the first safety car, we had punctured tires, and so on. Every time I was in the car, I tried to go as fast as possible and stay out of trouble. You have to never give up here, and just keep pushing. Today it paid off.
"In the final minutes, everything comes into your mind," the Spaniard added. "It went perfectly, a real easy last stint compared to all the ones before it. This was the first time I drove a car at the finish at Le Mans, and it was very special. There is no better time to win this race than in the centennial year for Chevrolet. Now I'm already thinking about next year."
Beretta became ill after driving behind the safety car during an extended caution period, and drove a limited time in the second half of the race.
"Today was not my sixth win, but a win for the team, Tommy, Antonio, and all of the engineers and crew who did a wonderful job," Beretta said. "I was sick in the middle of the night from following the pace car, but I recovered. I'm very happy for the entire team."
Corvette Racing scored six wins in the GTS/GT1 class at Le Mans (2001-02, 2004-06, and 2009). The team moved to the GT2 class in 2010, which was renamed GTE Pro in 2011.
"If I were to write a script to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Chevrolet and the 10th anniversary of Corvette Racing's first win at Le Mans, this would undoubtedly be it," said Corvette Racing program manager Doug Fehan. "Louis Chevrolet was himself a racer, and his motto, 'Never give up!' is a philosophy we embraced from our first visit here. I think the result today embodied the spirit of Chevrolet's co-founder and of that iconic phrase."
24 Hours of Le Mans GTE Pro Top Five Finishers after 24 Hours:
Pos./Car No./Drivers/Car/Laps
1. 73 Beretta/Milner/Garcia, Corvette C6.R, 314
2. 51 Fisichella/Bruni/Vilander, Ferrari F458 Italia, 314
3. 56 Priaulx/Muller/Hand, BMW M3 GT, 313
4. 77 Lieb/Lietz/Henzler, Porsche 997 GT3 RSR, 312
5. 76 Narac/Pilet/Armindo, Porsche 997 GT3 RSR, 311


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The post-2015 discussion on what should succeed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is picking up steam, with barely a day going by without some new paper, consultation or high level meeting. So I, along with Stephen Hale and Matthew Lockwood, have decided to add to the growing slush-pile with a new discussion paper. We want you to read the draft (see right) and help us improve it. Contributions by 5 November please, either as comments on the blog, or emailed to research[at]oxfam.org.uk.
The paper argues that there's an urgent need to bring power and politics into the centre of the post-2015 discussion. To have impact, any post-2015 arrangement has to take into account the lessons of over a decade of implementing the existing MDGs, and be shaped by the profound global change since the MDGs were debated over the course of the 1990s and early noughties. We're hoping that this will be at the centre of this week's discussions in London linked to the High Level Panel and in Berlin at the Berlin Civil Society Center on Development post 2015.
The most significant shift is that the new arrangements have to be designed to influence governments, whereas the main impact of the MDGs was on the aid system. Why the shift? Because aid is becoming less important, both because it is likely to decline in volume over the next few years, and because governments' dependence on aid as a percentage of revenues is falling even faster than aid itself. In any case, aid is a pretty ineffective way of influencing government behaviour, beyond the actual expenditure of donor dollars.
So if influencing governments is the goal, what can we learn from the experience of the MDGs? The first thing to note is a startling lack of research. Many reviews blur the distinction between 'MDGs' and 'MDG policies'/'MDG planning' (in effect, social welfare). Analysis of the data on improvements in health, education, and other key sectors largely ignores the vital question of how much of that improvement can be plausibly attributed to the MDGs, rather than to other factors such as national politics, economic growth, or technological innovation. Given the substantial political and financial investment in the MDGs, and the need to design an effective post-2015 framework, being unable to attribute – with any certainty – progress due to the MDGs is a truly lamentable gap in our knowledge.
There is even less research on (and less anecdotal or circumstantial evidence for) the impact of the MDGs on the policies and behaviours of rich countries, beyond changes in their aid budgets. There is scant evidence that MDG 8's commitment to a 'global partnership for development' has had any impact on rich country behaviour. Understanding this failure is vital, given that many proposals for the post-2015 regime seek to place more obligations on rich countries in areas such as climate change and resource consumption.
What we know is that some governments have adopted the language of the MDGs and have customized them to fit national priorities, while civil society groups have increasingly used them as advocacy tools.
Beyond that, many post-2015 participants seem to think it is not possible to give a more complete answer to the traction question because of the missing counterfactual (how can we know what would have happened without the MDGs?). Not so. It is certainly possible to know much more than we do about attribution through more rigorous qualitative research. For example, in-depth interviews with policymakers could investigate the traction exerted by a range of external and domestic forces on their decisions (avoiding any leading questions on the MDGs). We have yet to locate such research.
So much for the MDGs, what about whatever comes next? International instruments can exert influence in three key ways:
- By changing national norms in areas such as women's rights. However intangible, norms matter, leading to long-term changes in what society considers acceptable or deplorable, which then leads to changes to laws, policies and behaviours.
- By directly influencing government decision making, through any of a number of possible carrots (aid, contracts, acceptance, approval) or sticks (sanctions, disapproval).
- By giving civil society organisations and other domestic actors more tools with which to lobby, campaign, and secure action by their governments.
In most cases, the main drivers of change will be domestic – the result of national politics and culture. But international initiatives are second-order factors that can nudge things along. We identify six kinds of instrument at global and regional levels.
Big global norms: rallying cries intended to influence the underlying attitudes of decision makers and citizens, such as 'zero poverty' or 'zero hunger'.
Global goals and targets: as encapsulated by the MDGs.
Regional goals and targets: the African Union has been particularly energetic in agreeing regional targets, setting out what its member governments should be aiming for on the Rights of Women (AU Protocol, 2003),or their allocation of spending to agriculture (Maputo Agreement 2003), health (Abuja Declaration 2001) and similar commitments on social protection, and water and sanitation.
Global league tables: the international community and/or civil society can simply collect and publish data allowing a comparison between different countries' absolute situation and rate of progress, as in the UNDP's Human Development Index. Anecdotal evidence (and long NGO experience) suggests that league tables can be effective both in attracting public and media interest, and in goading politicians into action – there is nothing a leader likes less than to be seen to lose out to a rival nation.
Data transparency: according to some architects of the MDGs, perhaps their greatest legacy will be the improved quality, collection and dissemination of social data. One option would be to make this the centrepiece of a post-2015 arrangement, and leave it to others (national or regional bodies, international institutions) to 'mash up' the data into different indices and use it to advocate for progressive policies.
International law: Most governments are already signatories to dozens, if not hundreds, of international conventions and the role and influence of international law appears to be on an inexorable upward curve, steadily encroaching on previously untouchable areas of state sovereignty.
What are the strengths and weaknesses of these options in influencing norms, decision making or civil society activism? Here we are basically into guesswork/gut feeling, captured in the table below. We'd be interested to hear your views, and very grateful for links to any relevant research.
Possible options for international instruments to drive change post-2015
|Influence on national norms
|On decision making
|Civil society take-up
|Big global norms
|Sometimes strong, but often disappear without trace
|Long-term influence (e.g. shaping future leaders' world views)
|Strong, if resonate with national reality
|Global goals and targets
|Transmission via aid system, otherwise likely to be partial
|Yes, when resonate with national reality
Far stronger if accompanied by national goals, civil society commitment to these, and clear national accountability mechanisms
|Regional goals and targets
|More influence where regional identity is stronger (e.g. African Union)
|Especially if governments have to ratify and legislate. Rivalry can also be effective
|Can provide a valuable advocacy tool, especially where regional identity is strong
|Global league tables
|Effective if builds on regional rivalries
|Can provide a valuable advocacy tool
|Data transparency
|Depends how data are picked up by national actors
|Depends on civil society capacity to use data for advocacy purposes, alliances with academics, etc.
|International law
|Strong, but slow osmosis into national common sense (e.g. children have rights)
|Especially if governments have to ratify and legislate, or report publicly on their performance (as with the UNCRC or CEDAW)
|Depends on civil society capacity to use legal system (and responsiveness of legal system)
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For most of us the cost of commuting between home and work isn't a deductible expense. But some lucky folks are indeed able to do this. If you're self-employed with a home office, then you just might be able to write off the cost of traveling between your residence and any other location where you conducted work-related business last year.
To take advantage of this tax break on your 2012 return, you must have a home office that qualifies for write-offs because it was your "principal place of business." This means that your home office was used regularly and exclusively as the scene for most of your income-earning activities last year. Alternatively, it would also qualify as your principal place of business if it was used regularly and exclusively for management and administrative functions provided you didn't make substantial use of any other fixed location for such activities last year. (Administrative and management activities are things like preparing client proposals and invoices, strategic planning, market research, keeping up with professional literature and so forth.)
For example, say your home office was used regularly and exclusively for administrative and management functions mainly during evening hours. During the day, you also had a "regular office" downtown, which you used for client meetings and as your base for daily operations (but, again, not for administrative chores). Because your home office qualifies as your principal place of business, you can deduct all the costs of commuting between there and your downtown office.
Regardless of whether you had another permanent office location (like the downtown office in our example), you can also always deduct the cost of commuting between your home office and any temporary work locations. These temporary work locations can include the office-supply store, the bank where you keep your business accounts, client sites and so on.
If you commuted between your home office and work locations by car, you can write off the actual expenses (including depreciation) or claim the standard business mileage allowance (55.5 cents per mile for 2012). And if you commuted by cab or public transportation, those costs are deductible, too.
Your commuting-expense deductions belong on Schedule C (if you're a sole proprietor or single-member LLC owner) or on Schedule E (if you're a partner or member of a multimember LLC). And keep in mind, write-offs claimed on those business tax schedules are double tax savers, because they reduce both your income and self-employment tax bills. Gotta love that.


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Thursday, May 20, 2010
Digi Doodle Shop's Best Challenge #8
I adore glitter, messy but fun! This week I used the Old Well Digi Stamp available at the Digi Doodle Shop. It is so pretty and the details are amazing!
Here is my card:
I used Copics to color my image. I used Spellbinder Nestabilities, Stickles, Prima Roses, and Cosmo Cricket patterned paper. I added glitter glue around my die cut and added chunky glitter to it. I topped it off with a PTI stamp and buttons.
Visit Digi Doodle Shop's Best Challenge Blog to see the DT's darling creations! And visit the Digi Doodle Shop to see their beautiful digi images!!!
15 comments:
- Katja said...
I wish.....???? Really great choice of stamp you use. Like the colors and coloring! Great job.
- May 20, 2010 at 8:19 AM
- Alyssa S said...
Wow...such a beautiful stamp! Love your coloring, layout and all the bling! :o)
- May 20, 2010 at 9:18 AM
- Harriet H said...
Beautiful card...absolutely beautiful..... I love that stamp and the way you used it and colored it is fantastic......
- May 20, 2010 at 9:41 AM
- Unknown said...
Oh Amber, this is one of my all time favorites. Love that old well. Your coloring is so good makes it look like a real picture.
- May 20, 2010 at 9:48 AM
- Monika Reeck said...
Hi Amber this card is so lovely..love the flowers you have used and lovely button too...great coloring the Images...Awesome card dear...I hope you see my card too in my Blog...miss your lovely comment last week (cause the computer problem last week :) ) hugs, Monika
- May 20, 2010 at 10:27 AM
- LollyChops said...
Love this card (and that blue bg paper is awesome!!!). What is that????
- May 20, 2010 at 11:44 AM
- Judy said...
Hi Amber,
This card just looks darling! Love the flowers, your colors and how you used the glitter. Totally love it hun.
- May 20, 2010 at 1:33 PM
- Vera Yates (Ling) said...
Such a great card, Amber!
- May 20, 2010 at 2:37 PM
- Karen Howard said...
Wow, this is really stunning! I love the image by itself but the gitter around it and the scallop really make it stand out!
- May 20, 2010 at 9:05 PM
- Jayne Hayward said...
Love the image used and the colours. Great card.
Jayne xx
- May 21, 2010 at 8:13 AM
- KymKreates said...
That wishing well is glitzy and glamorous with all your marvelous details!! Bravo!
- May 21, 2010 at 8:47 AM
- Sheri Gilson said...
Wonderful card!! Love the pretty little rose embelli's!!
- May 21, 2010 at 10:43 AM
- Michelle B said...
Amber the wishing well is so cute! Perfect, for the sparkle theme... Great job as always!
Michelle B.
- May 21, 2010 at 1:49 PM
- JoAnn V. (http://joboogie.typepad.com) said...
Very cute! I love how you colored the well!
- May 22, 2010 at 1:46 AM
- Stampin Mindy said...
Beautiful card. The well is gorgeous. Beautiful flowers too.
- May 22, 2010 at 3:13 PM


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Christian Siriano: The Business of Fashion
Ahead of New York fashion week, American fashion designer Christian Siriano joins Lunch Break's Tanya Rivero to preview his new fragrance, talk about his inspiration for his upcoming collection and explain how he diversifies his business to maintain success. Photo: Christian Siriano Fragrances
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He was wrong. Instead, he became a performance poet and writer.
"Surprisingly, I got through it," said the father of one. "I was terrified of the darkness of the streets that I saw."
Born in Harlem but now residing in Brooklyn, Alladice attended The City College of New York and it was there, due to passion and mentorship, that he caught the writing bug.
Alladice performs in bars, cafes and clubs around the city. He touches all the popular topics: humor, love, sex – but there is one other topic he touches that really hits home with him – sickle cell anemia.
Alladice was diagnosed with the blood disease at the age of three. Doctors told him he wouldn't live past the age of 33, but he surprised them.
For a while, he never wrote about the disease, but soon he hit a wall and realized he had to come out of the closet and face the disease with his words.
"I was talking about everything but that," he said. "But once you start writing, you start writing the truth."
And the truth came pouring out. A year and a half ago, Alladice published a collection of poems entitled, "Jaundice." In it, he talks candidly in prose and rhyme about his experience with the disease. Using humor, often directed at himself, he aims to make people aware of the disease through his poems.
"Sickle cell is part of my work, but not all of my work," he said. Although true, Alladice dedicates time to raising awareness about the disease by attending events such as the annual Sickle Cell Anemia Walk-a-thon at Roy Wilkins Park in Queens.
He also reads poems in hospitals – not to those who suffer, but to doctors and medical professionals because often times, "they need to see what it's like for someone suffering from the disease."
"There is a misunderstanding in the medical community about this," he said. "They tend to see it from their lens only, but it should be a partnership."
He also advocates on behalf of men who are often afraid to share their health experiences with other men, and is now working on a second collection of poems dealing with the loss of his mother two years ago. "I call them release poems," he said. "It's a continuum, it's one big story."


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The gestural interface that looked so shiny in Minority Report has turned up everywhere since then, and now it's cheap enough that it's in the FBI's war room, on Castle. Allowing Nathan Fillion to have too much fun bursting windows.
Remember when that gestural interface was new and fancy? Based on a concept developed by MIT's Tangible Media Group, it was developed for Minority Report by production designer Alex McDowell, among others. (McDowell's so into gestural interfaces, he's actually using them to make movies, rather than just showing them in movies now. He's taught a class on how to use gestural interfaces for "immersive" film-making, at USC.) And designer Mark Coleran put similar gestural interfaces into The Island, Blade II and lots of other movies. Even James Bond had one, in Quantum Of Solace.
But you know the future has arrived when Rick Castle can enjoy spinning windows with his finger. Also in last night's Castle: a scuzzy perp called Nathan Fillion "Captain America." (Randomly, this aired on the same day the real Captain America, Chris Evans, was cast.) And we learned that Castle's mom was previously married to the Incredible Hulk. [thanks Matt!]


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Over on Best Week Ever's blog, they've got Pink's new video, "So What." Writes Sara Schaefer: "If I was 14, I would be completely obsessed with this video. In it, she shows all the things one might do when trying to get revenge or pretend you're totally FINE after breaking up with someone, even though you're actually falling apart." Example: There's a tree with "Carey+ Alecia" carved into it. (Alecia is Pink's real name.) Pink tries to cut it down but winds up sobbing on her chain saw. Pink also does stuff like drink and drive, throw stuff at newlyweds and try to smash a brand new guitar — at Guitar Center. But what's really interesting is that Pink's ex, Carey Hart, the man she is singing about, is in the video.Cut between the shots of Pink acting out are shots of Pink singing to Carey. Sometimes he ignores her, sometimes he rolls his eyes, sometimes they're at each other's throats. And, for a moment, he embraces her. Schaefer claims this adds an "element of 'no really, we're actually handling this in a freakishly mature way.'" I don't know what you call it, but I love Pink. Love her. Clip below. P!nk's New Video Shows You How To Deal With A Breakup In A Totally Mature Way [BWE] Click to view
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Are you okay? Is New York getting to you? Are things not going according to plan?
Stop whining. For fuck's sake.
The plan you don't plan for isn't the plan you planned but it's usually more original. Isn't that why you moved to New York? To be original?
God, you didn't move to play make-believe, did you?
Because New York is a penal colony. Part Troy, part mall. The rivers and oceans are natural moats keeping the maniacs in, and the rest of the country relatively safe
It's overcrowded, noisy, and in the summer it smells like a mass grave.
Men masturbate on subway trains. Everybody is in a hurry to get somewhere important always at all times. Money is Jesus.
Winter and New York have been at war for centuries.
The only personal journey New York is interested in is the one that ends with you paying your yearly city income tax.
New York is being too broke to afford furniture and fighting over a discarded table left out on the street at 5AM with an ancient grandmother who could bench press a compact car. You lose.
New York is getting laid off, and then getting laid off again. A few years later, the day of yet another layoff, New York is your credit card getting declined at CVS. You were buying a personal ointment and Cup O' Noodles.
New York is getting mugged and then, later, at an Irish bar having a Serbian, a Moroccan, and a Turk drunkenly swearing they'll break the legs of whoever stole your iPod full of shitty indie music that all sounds like a little boy singing sad songs from the bottom of a well.
New York isn't your fantasy. You're the fantasy in New York's imagination. One day the fever will break and every New Yorker will immediately cease to be.
If New York were a cat, it would eat your face after you collapsed in the kitchen from a heart attack.
New York is Galactus. New York is Cthulhu. New York doesn't change; it mutates. Evolves. In two hundred years it will have a hundred thousand centipede legs and the entire mass will migrate south before the first arctic blast.
When did you think you were the center of New York's universe? Why did you think that? Shame on you. Your Instagrams aren't that great.
No one "wins" New York. Ha, ha.
You will lose. Everyone loses. The point is losing in the most unexpected, poignant way possible for as long as you can.
Jay Z and Beyonce are doing okay.
Struggle, motherfucker. Hustle. Fail, fail again, fail until you forget what succeeding is, and then, on your deathbed, as you're full of rotten phlegm and regret, you can look back and crack a smile that you almost won a couple, and survived everything else.
Hell, maybe your kin will survive the apocalypse and sing mighty ballads of your tragic battles by a roaring bonfire.
But until then — accept that your umbrellas will turn themselves inside out. That your rent is a tumor in the guts of your bank account. Complain that you deserve a raise, that the N train never, ever, ever runs when you need it to run (and that it's probably personal,) and that New York is a giant meat grinder extruding tons of chewed up dreams.
Complaining is the only right you have as a New Yorker. Whining is what children do. To complain is to tell the truth. People who refuse to complain, and insist on having a positive outlook, are monsters. Their optimism is a poison. If given the chance they will sell you out.
New York will kick you in the hole, but it will never stab you in the back. It will, however, stab you multiple times right in your face.
I'm not saying give up the battle. Just know that, sometimes, it's okay to flip off the cold, indifferent universe. The universe is not "The Force" from Star Wars. The universe is an endless cosmic ocean of fire and ice and violence and suffocating nothing.
Just avoid people who smile too much. Especially when smiling is not the appropriate emotional response to a situation.
Avoid the romantics who suggest strolling ethnic neighborhoods like they're inspiration zoos.
It took ten years before the Greeks and the Bangladeshis in my neighborhood stopped sneering when I spent my money in their crappy corner groceries and made eye contact with me. But once I had grudgingly earned their respect, you know what? They turned out to be wise, jolly, lovable scamps who taught me to love life to its fullest, while speaking broken English.
That's a lie, of course. They were all assholes. Just cranky, angry people.
We got along. I am honest with myself.
I am an asshole.
Avoid the cool kids who hate tourists because this is a port city, not some provincial backwater. Only tourists hate other tourists.
A tourist is, after all, a mark. New York loves an easy dollar. That old slogan "I Love New York" was just part of a long con.
New York City does not lie. Its honesty is the only thing that makes this cold chunk of over-developed concrete special. Complain. Life can suck. It really can.
Just when you think your heart can't be broken into enough pieces, those tiny shards break into thousands of more splinters that break into millions of flecks of glitter.
It's cold. You're broke. Dad's dead. It hurts.
Money only buys two things: lavish self-deceptions and comfortable suffering.
If you can afford either, then I say go for it.
But the overwhelming majority of us can't, so sing the blues. Bitch and moan when it hurts and frustrates.
Complaining is the natural opera of New York. The arias spill out onto the streets, over tablecloth, between smartphones.
That's all you get.
New York City doesn't love you. Why would you think you're in a relationship with New York? It's not a boyfriend or a parent. New York will never give you its approval because New York City is too busy being New York City to care about you.
New York's indifference to your plight makes you strong. Fall to your knees and thank New York for making you strong.
New York doesn't miss me. I don't even think New York knows I'm gone.
I thought about writing one of those "Why I Left New York" essays on the off chance that New York would notice. I knew better.
Why did I leave New York?
For a job. I took a job. A good job.
Also, let's be honest, because I am a wimp.
L.A. smells like flowers all the fucking time and I think that smell is pumped in from kind of secret reservoir of perfume. But I didn't leave New York because I fell out of love with the city.
If New York had voice mail I would leave it insane messages day and night. I would tell it how much I love and miss it. The energy. The culture. The Jamaican meat pies.
There would be sobbing.
I would text it "hi" and "sup" and "r u ok" constantly.
I love New York. My love is strong. My love is psycho.
If I ever move back, if I'm even allowed to return, New York will briefly study my face and mutter "Who the fuck are you?"
If not, I will always look back on getting my ass kicked fondly because that pain is proof that I had a relationship with New York's steel-toed boot.
My back once went out on my way to work, and New York did nothing as I squirmed in unbelievable agony on the streets of Queens. I dragged myself by my bloody fingertips five blocks back to my apartment.
Isn't that beautiful?
If you love something, let it go. If it doesn't come back, boo-hoo, write an essay.
There are plenty of great reasons to live on the West Coast. Tacos. Fish tacos. I can spend my days literally staring directly into the warm Southern California sun.
New York doesn't get jealous. New York doesn't care about Los Angeles.
But I am starting to care. Just a teensy bit. I just wish more people out here on the fringe of our civilization would complain more about traffic, flip-flops, and kale.
You know, the fact that L.A. is universally despised by the rest of the country is almost endearing. New Yorkers love an underdog.
Or they should.
[PHOTO CREDIT: This is a view out of my old apartment window in Astoria, Queens. I lived there for 165 years. Queens is great because it isn't Brooklyn.]


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Manager implementing lessons of the past in Rangers clubhouse
CHICAGO -- Rangers manager Ron Washington spent Saturday morning at Chicago's Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile on Michigan Avenue for the Beacon Awards Luncheon as part of the events for Saturday's Civil Rights Game.
Among those at the event included Hall of Famers Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson, former Tigers great Willie Horton and Bo Jackson, who received the Beacon of Life award. Legendary singer Aretha Franklin, who was unable to attend the luncheon due to health issues, received the Beacon of Change award.
"I loved it," Washington said afterward from U.S. Cellular Field. "It was quite an experience, being around those Hall of Famers and listening to the stories they tell."
The seventh annual Civil Rights Game is the highlight of a weekend-long tribute to all of those who fought on and off the field for equal rights for all Americans. Washington said Major League Baseball has done well in promoting the issues that many within the game experienced in the past.
"I think Major League Baseball has been doing a great job trying to put progress in, and here we are in a Civil Rights event and we are playing baseball," Washington said at the event. "It's something that I think everybody involved grew up loving and hoping that one day they could be a part of, and here I am a manager of a Major League club."
That club happens to have players from nine different countries, so Washington knows first-hand how the game has grown -- but also of the new challenges that face today's clubhouses.
"I think the biggest challenge is making them understand that we are a family, and a lot of times the way the game is constructed today, that they are here in a situation where all they have is each other and they have to get along," Washington said of managing players who come from so many different backgrounds. "And I think that we in Texas have done a good job doing that. That is the reason why we have such a vast culture on our team."


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One of the best loved children's books of all time, Dr. Seuss' Cat in the Hat is coming to the big screen this year with Mike 'Austin Powers' Myers in the starring role as the madcap moggy. As well as bursting to life in cinemas, the Cat's peculiar brand of adventures are also heading to PS2 courtesy of Vivendi Universal Games, giving younger players and Dr. Seuss fans everywhere the chance to explore the off beat world of the book and film, and interact with characters such as Thing 1, Thing 2 and the Fish.
The game follows the plot of the film, in which a young lad named Conrad is tricked by his neighbour into opening the Cat's big red box of magic. This allows said magic to run riot and cause havoc in the real world, and it's up to the Cat to help Conrad and his sister Sally return the magic to its box and retrieve the three pieces of the "Crab Lock" so they can keep it there for good. To help him in his quest, the Cat has a range of whacky abilities at his disposal, including the Umbrella Glide, the Hat-Shield Bounce and the Bubble Goo Gadget. Although it's based closely on the film, the game actually goes further, letting you explore rooms of the house that don't feature in the movie, making it a must for Dr. Seuss fans of all ages.
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that's the point i don't understand these were all civilians, if you have an issue with the governing body address them and not the innocents, much like 9-11, they hit civilian monitary targets, over 3k dead needlessly not including the passengers on the planes, but all the usa did is knock the head off the snake we did nothing other than wipe out another 3rd world county ( and the funny part we bombed them at say 9am then at 11:30 we dropped them food packets, what's with that ? ) like they said in the batman with jack nickleson, " this town needs an enima "
Hopefully the can find the bombers. From the sounds of it the bombs were relatively crude. Hopefully that means it's someone local (as in not to fuel the fire of international tensions), and there they somehow left evidence that can be tracked.
It's been kinda rough lately. I really need to hear something good in the news.
anyone ever see the movie " Blown Away ? " My guess the terrorists did too1 Reply
It's been taken seriously as an act of terrorism, but if no one will step forward and make the claim, who to blame? Al Queada? The Taliban? Some domestic group? That's where a lot of the frustration is, an unknown party.
We need to at least support the injured and the families of the three dead with our prayers and best wishes. We can do that much.
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