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Wasn't impressed by Happiness Forgets - the bartender was rude to us, and the place looks just like every other bar in Shoreditch. Nightjar just up the road is a nicer bar if you like this sort of thing.
Secret bars and nights out in London
Find secret bars, hidden nightclubs and more of the capital's best underground nightlife in the Time Out guide to hidden bars and nights out
Britta Jaschinski / Time Out
Enjoy a night out somewhere different this weekend and discover the capital's best hidden bars and nightlife. Sink a drink in one of London's secret drinking dens or spend an evening at an underground event. Check out our guide to hidden bars and nights out in London.
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Happiness Forgets
- Rated as: 5/5
This cosy cocktail cavern, surreptitiously situated beneath a Thai restaurant on the west side of Hoxton Square, is small, subterranean and clearly slung together on a shoestring. But never mind all that, because it's really good. Unlike other drinking destinations, there's none of that secretive speakeasy nonsense, It's just a bar with down-to-earth decor, extremely well-crafted cocktails, switched-on staff and good music.
- 8-9 Hoxton Square, N1 6NU
Experimental Cocktail Club
- Rated as: 4/5
With speakeasies all the rage in London, the Experimental Cocktail Club is perhaps the closest we have to a genuine hidden drinking den. The bar's two floors are a tasteful blend of fin-de-siecle opulence and antique shop chic. And did we mention the sensational cocktails?
- 13A Gerrard Street, W1D 5PS
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- Rated as: 3/5
This dimly-lit, basement cocktail bar beneath the new Breakfast Club in Spitalfields is reminiscent of a Twin Peaks cabin with moose heads, mirror balls and retro wallpaper.The cocktails, consisting of classics and house specials, are well-crafted on the whole and the beer list is also better than some.
- 12-16 Artillery Lane, E1 7LS
As one would expect from a lavishly refitted public convenience, CellarDoor laces its glamour with a compelling seediness. Laying on the snuff and cabaret, this decadent hang-out hides underground at a suitably enigmatic address: 'Zero Aldwych'.
- Zero Aldwych, WC2E 7DN
Ye Olde Mitre Tavern
- Rated as: 3/5
- Critics choice
Tiny, crooked and quaint, it was originally built to serve an area controlled by the Bishops of Ely, who had a nearby palace. Visitors are transported to a parallel pub universe where the clientele are disconcertingly friendly and the staff briskly efficient. A Monday-to-Friday joint, it opens for just one weekend a year to coincide with the British Beer Festival.
- 1 Ely Court, (Ely Place side of 8 Hatton Garden), EC1N 6SJ
Secret Cinema
Less joyless multiplex, more 'experiences inspired by cinema', when Secret Cinema says 'secret' it means secret. You don't even know where you're going until a few days beforehand. You don't know what the film is till you turn up.
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Phoenix Artist Club
- Rated as: 3/5
Kitsch, louche and very late-night, the Phoenix attracts a regular crowd of debauched luvvies and miscreants to its basement den. Decked out in framed handbills, publicity shots and gaudy art, this is a reliably upbeat and lively space.
- 1 Phoenix Street, WC2H 8BU
Bourne & Hollingsworth
- Rated as: 3/5
Dinky, chintzy and hidden down a flight of steps, this single-room bar is like going back in time. It has the delightful ambience of a 1920s tearoom, complete with tablecloths and flowery wallpaper. Not that this place is twee by any stretch – their cocktails menu sees that the tone stays the right (or should that be the wrong?) side of Prohibition-era chic.
- 28 Rathbone Place, W1T 1JF
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There are two ways to look at Michael Jordan's staying power at 50.
1. The NBA players who came after him have been worthless and weak and should be ashamed of themselves.
2. There will never be another MJ.
Let's go with No. 2 because it's true and because it's no fun picking on the defenseless, even though Jordan made a Hall of Fame career out of. It's not the fault of the post-Michael players that they were born without the basketball-transcendence gene or the you-will-buy-my-Nikes-even-though-another-pair-of-shoes-is-the-last-thing-you-need gene. The man turns 50 on Sunday and is as revered now as he was when he walked away from the game.
Nike's Jordan Brand accounted for 58 percent of the U.S. basketball shoe market in 2012, according to SportsOneSource.com analyst Matt Powell. The rest of Nike held 33.7 percent. Of shoes costing more than $100, the market share of Jordan's shoes jumped to 62.6 percent. That, friends, is truly insane, especially in an era in which consumers want the latest in everything.
Jordan's not even so yesterday. He's so 1998, the last time he played meaningful basketball (sorry, Washington Wizards).
Kobe Bryant tried to be the next MJ. He's a great player, but when you've patterned your entire game and on-court presence after Jordan — when you've stood in front of a mirror and practiced talking like him! — you can't be better than him if it's a tie. And it's not.
LeBron James is every bit as talented as MJ and, who knows, might get those ''not five, not six, not seven'' titles he predicted. But he hasn't gotten them yet. And he doesn't have Jordan's ''it.''
What is ''it''? The fact that we're still discussing it 15 years after his sixth and final NBA title with the Bulls is a tribute to the sway he has over so many people.
What is "it''? It's the way his body moved as a player. You can talk all you want about his will to win and his dominating, domineering personality, and you wouldn't be wrong. But there was something about the way he swept across a basketball court that had never been seen before and hasn't been seen since. Even the way he walked, with a rhythmic hitch in his step as he worked over a wad of gum in his mouth, was unique. It spoke volumes. It said, ''There's a very good chance I'm going to dunk on you in a humiliating fashion.''
Physicists tell us that there is no such thing as hang time, that gravity is gravity. Try telling that to the hundreds of defenders who thought they were going to block his shot and then fell away like wounded ducks while he soared some more, pondered where he was going to eat that night and then made a basket.
Jordan moved with an athleticism that combined power and grace in a way that hadn't been seen before. Julius Erving? Just as fluid, but he didn't have that angry explosiveness. Other players had a higher vertical leap than Michael did. But they couldn't move in the air like he did, and they didn't seem to jump as high with a ball in their hands. He was controlled ridiculousness in flight.
Early in his career, before his body became thicker, his moves were especially striking — all elbows, knees, tongue and high socks. He grew up in North Carolina, but his game seemed to emanate from every outdoor court in every gritty urban neighborhood in America. People from Brooklyn, where he spent the first 18 months of his life, would like to take some credit, but unless he was crossing over defenders while he was in diapers, it's hard to believe they played a role. Sorry, Spike Lee.
Everybody wants to claim MJ. Wherever he has been — Wilmington, N.C., Chapel Hill, N.C. or Chicago — people have thought of him as theirs. But here's the thing about Jordan: The world owns him. He's not ours, hasn't been for a long time. Somewhere in those six NBA titles and five MVP awards, the rest of the world moved in on us Chicagoans. He took his talents to Planet Earth.
And now it's hard to know where he starts and the endorsement deals end. A whole generation of people never saw him play, and it doesn't matter in the least. He's as popular as ever. Nike did $1.25 billion a year in sales through Jordan's brand in 2012. Forbes magazine estimated he made $85 million last year, mostly through endorsements.
Whether it's ''Space Jam'' or a Hanes ad, he plays the same role — eyebrows raised, a look of bemusement on his face at the silly, lesser people populating the planet. It's not exactly method acting, but people eat it up, drink it up and buy it up, no matter what he's selling.
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7th Fundamental Rights Platform meeting
In this year's FRP meeting, FRA invites civil society organisations to identify concrete suggestions that should inform decision-makers when shaping the future of justice and home affairs in the EU. The 2014 FRP meeting will focus on 'Future fundamental rights priorities in the area of freedom, security and justice – The contribution of civil society'.
The plenary sessions of the meeting and the presentation of candidates standing for the Advisory Panel elections can be viewed live from 13.00 CET Thursday 10 April.
The meeting aims to
- inform and raise awareness about current EU-level discussions on future fundamental rights developments in the area of freedom, security and justice;
- encourage a debate on the role of civil society in future justice and home affairs policies. The meeting should come up with concrete suggestions in order to inform policy makers on key priorities, concerns and proposals for contributions of civil society in this area;
- enable the exchange of promising practices, in particular related to a strengthened role of civil society in making fundamental rights a reality;
- provide a platform where civil society organisations can exchange views with policy makers, with FRA, and with other civil society organisations.
This year, the Stockholm Programme which sets out the European Union's priorities for the area of "freedom, security and justice" during 2010–14, will come to an end. The EU institutions are currently discussing key priorities that should shape the Union's policies in this area for the years to come by taking stock of the achievements and developments so far.
Key concerns in this area include:
- how trust in Member States' legal systems can be enhanced in parallel with the increasing cross-border nature of justice in the EU;
- how the common asylum system can be improved;
- how security issues could be addressed;
- how extremism should best be addressed;
- and overall how the EU acquis is applied on the ground.
An essential component in this area is fundamental rights.
The 7th FRP meeting will bring together around 200 civil society organisations from among those participating in the Fundamental Rights Platform.
Representatives from EU institutions and bodies (including EU agencies working in the area of freedom, security and justice), as well as from national level human rights structures will also be invited.
Open day at FRA premises
The FRA will organise an Open Door morning at the FRA premises just before the beginning of the FRP meeting. Registered FRP participants will get an up-close look at the Agency's work.
Format and programme outline
The FRP meeting will start at 1pm on Thursday 10 April and end at 3.30 pm on Friday 11 April.
The meeting will consist of:
- two keynote speeches;
- one high level panel debate;
- workshops and knowledge and promising practice exchange at 'The floor is yours'
FRP 2014 Programme
Thursday, 10 April
09.30 -12.00 |
OPEN DAY AT THE EU FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AGENCY (Schwarzenbergplatz 11, 1040 Vienna) Registered FRP participants will have the chance to learn about FRA's work and to explore possibilities for cooperation with FRA experts and project managers. |
Moderator: |
12.00 – 13.00 |
REGISTRATION and sandwich lunch |
13.00 – 13.15 |
WELCOME and INTRODUCTION Maija Sakslin, Chairperson of FRA Management Board [ Read speech ] |
13.15 – 13.30 |
ONE EXAMPLE OF MANY Max Schrems, "Europe vs Facebook" - What can civil society contribute? [ Download presentation ] |
13.30 – 14.00 |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS Morten Kjaerum, Director, FRA: "Fundamental Rights – the way ahead." [ Read speech ] Questions from the floor |
14.00 – 15.15 |
PANEL DEBATE – What's next for fundamental rights in the EU? Outlook on EU strategic guidelines in the area of freedom, security and justice and the role of civil society This panel will outline what the different EU institutions aim to achieve in the medium- and long-term in the area of freedom, security and justice area in the EU. There will be a specific focus on the role and possible contribution of civil society, focusing on what works well, what are the obstacles to the effective involvement of civil society, and what else does civil society need to be able to contribute (more) successfully? Kosmas Boskovits, FREMP Chair of the Greek Presidency of the Council of the EU (Working Party on Fundamental Rights, Citizens Rights and Free Movement of Persons) Salla Saastamoinen, Head of Unit DG Justice Fundamental Rights and Union Citizenship Natacha Kazatchkine, Senior Executive Officer, European Institutions Office, Amnesty International Rosemary Byrne, Associate Professor of International and Human Rights Law, Trinity College Dublin and Chairperson of the FRA Scientific Committee |
15.15 – 15.45 |
15.45 – 18.15 |
WORKING GROUPS: Two rounds of six working groups each. The topics will be based on what meeting participants see as key challenges, as collected ahead of the meeting via an online survey. Key questions: |
15.45 – 17.00 |
Round 1 |
17.00 – 18.15 |
Round 2 |
18.15 – 19.00 |
Presentation of candidates standing for the Advisory Panel elections |
19.00 |
EVENING RECEPTION (Wien Messe) |
Friday, 11 April
08.45 – 09.45 |
Voting for the Advisory Panel elections and welcome coffee In parallel: "Exhbition" on working group outcomes from Day 1 |
09.45 – 10.00 |
Recap of Day 1 |
10.00 – 13.30 |
THE FLOOR IS YOURS: What ideas and promising practices can you share from civil society involvement in making fundamental rights a reality? The 'Floor is yours' invites participants to bring together and share their practices of making fundamental rights a reality. This should result in a 'catalogue of practices', to be provided to EU institutions and Member States. |
10.00 – 11.00 |
Round 1 |
11.00 – 11.25 |
11.25 – 12.25 |
Round 2 |
12.30 – 13.30 |
Round 3 |
13.30 – 14.30 |
14.30 – 15.00 |
FRP ADVISORY PANEL – Handover Member(s) of outgoing FRP Advisory Panel Announcement of the six newly-elected Members of the Advisory Panel |
15.00 – 15.30 |
CLOSING REMARKS and next steps Morten Kjaerum, Director, FRA [ Read speech ] |
15.45 – 17.00 |
Meeting of the new Advisory Panel |
There will be interpretation from and into English/French during the plenary sessions. |
Speakers FRP 2014
(In order of appearance)
Maija Sakslin is the Chairperson of the FRA Management Board and Finland's Deputy Parliamentary Ombudsman. She is an expert in constitutional and EU law, especially social rights. Previously, Ms Sakslin was a researcher at the Social Insurance Institution in Finland and at the University of Helsinki's Institute of International Economic Law. She participated as an expert in a number of working groups on reforming the Finnish constitution. She also took part in various EU research projects, among them the Observatory for Migrant workers and Training and reporting on social security coordination. [ Read speech ]
Morten Kjaerum has served as Director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights since June 2008. Before joining the FRA, Mr Kjaerum served as the founding Director of the Danish Institute for Human Rights. Over 17 years in top executive roles, Mr Kjaerum built the Institute, Denmark's national human rights institution, into an internationally recognised institution. An expert in human rights implementation, Mr Kjaerum has been a member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the President of the International Coordination Committee for National Human Rights Institutions, a network coordinating relations between the United Nations and national institutions. Mr Kaerum has written extensively on issues relating to human rights, in particular on refugee law, the prohibition against racial discrimination, and the role of national human rights institutions. [ Read keynote speech & closing speech ]
Max Schrems is an Austrian PhD student at the University of Vienna, School of Law. In 2011, he worked as a researcher on the EU "SMART" Project concerning International Data Exchange by Law Enforcement. The same year he has founded the data protection NGO "Europe vs. Facebook" of which he is the Chairperson. Prior to this, he has written a book on private video surveillance. He also gives numerous lectures and talks on Privacy Law (University of Vienna, Zürich, Amsterdam, Santa Clara, Linz, Brno, TU Vienna, European Lawyers Conference, Swiss DPC Conference). [ Download presentation ]
Kosmas Boskovits is currently Deputy Legal Counsellor at the Legal Service of the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Under the Hellenic Presidency of the Council of the European Union, he chairs the Working Party on Fundamental Rights, Citizens' Rights and Free Movement of Persons (FREMP). He holds a post-graduate decree (LLM) and a PhD in European Law from the University of Strasbourg. He has published extensively on issues relating to European integration, mainly on institutional issues. His recent publications include: "The growth of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: shifts of power, institutional models and individual protection, Ευρωπαίων Πολιτεία, 2011/1, (with Professor Skandamis) Rival Securities in Europe and Beyond, Athens, EPLO, 2013, The Greek programmes as an institutional experiment (forthcoming). |
Salla Saastamoinen is the Head of Unit of Fundamental Rights and Rights of the Child in the Directorate General Justice of the European Commission. The core responsibilities of this unit include ensuring effective implementation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, promoting the fight against racism and xenophobia as well as the fight against homophobia. In this capacity, Ms Saastamoinen represents the European Commission in the Management Board of the FRA. Ms Saastamoinen has worked for the European Commission for the for the past 17 years, where she has held several positions, including the Head of Unit Civil Justice Policy
Natacha Kazatchkine is Senior Executive Officer, European Institutions Office, Amnesty International. She joined the EU office of Amnesty International in 2005 where she is now Senior Executive Officer, leading on legal affairs, justice and human rights in the EU. Natacha is the coordinator of the Human Rights and Democracy Network's (Brusselsbased coalition of human rights NGOs) working group on EU internal human rights' policy. She holds a Master in European law and criminal policy from Paris Sorbonne University and has previously worked as legal adviser for asylum seekers in the UK and as programme coordinator on prison reform in Africa. In 2012, she took leave from Amnesty to assist with the drafting of the European Parliament's report on the CIA rendition and secret detention programmes in Europe. |
Rosemary Byrne is the Chairperson of the FRA Scientific Committee. She teaches international and human rights law at Trinity College Dublin where she was the founding director of the centre for Post-conflict Justice. She has served a five-year term as a Human Rights Commissioner for the Irish Human Rights Commission, which is the national human right institution established in the aftermath of the Good Friday Agreement. She has worked extensively in the area of European refugee and asylum rights, as well as in the field of international criminal justice. She is also a Research Fellow and a member of the governing Executive committee of the Institute for International Integration Studies, on the Board of Advisors for the South Asia Democratic Forum, a Visiting professor of International Law at the Paris School of International Affairs, Science Po and at the China-EU School of Law, China University of Political Science and Law. |
Friso Roscam Abbing has served as Head of Communication Department at FRA since 2009. Prior to this, Mr Roscam Abbing was a Member of Cabinet of the European Commission Vice-President Jacques Barrot, the Commissioner for Freedom, Security and Justice. From 2004–2008, he was the spokesman of European Commission Vice President Franco Frattini, the Commissioner responsible for Freedom, Security and Justice issues. Between 2000 and 2004, he headed the EU Asylum Polices sector at the European Commission's DG Justice, Freedom and Security. Before this, he led the EU Office of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE, 1994-2000) after starting his career as Head of the Legal Department at the Dutch Refugee Council (1986-1994).
FRP 2014 Live
The plenary sessions of the FRP meeting can be viewed live on this page from 13.00 CET Thursday 10 April to 15.30 CET Friday 11 April.
Background reading FRP 2014
- What to expect after Stockholm: fundamental rights in the future of the European Union's Justice and Home Affairs
- Fundamental rights in the future of the European Union's Justice and Home Affairs
- The European Union as a Community of values: safeguarding fundamental rights in times of crisis
- Fundamental rights: challenges and achievements in 2012
- Access to justice in cases of discrimination in the EU – Steps to further equality
- Annual Activity Report 2012
- Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic aand social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - An open and secure Europe: making it happen COM(2014)154 final, 11.03.2014
- The future of EU justice policy and the rule of law, European Commission - DG Justice Newsroom 11.03.2014
- Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council - A new EU Framework to strengthen the Rule of Law COM(2014) 158 final, 11.03.2014
- The Stockholm programme: what's next?, European Policy Centre (EPC), 11.07.2013
- Putting the worker back at the heart of future strategic guidelines in terms of freedom, security and justice, European Confederation of Independent Trade Union (CESI), 18.09.2013
- 2014-2019: Strengthening defence rights in the European Union co-written by JUSTICE, Fair Trials International, JUSTICIA European Rights Network, Open Society Justice Initiative and The Irish Council for Civil Liberties, last update: 03.02.2014
- Contribution to the EU Public Consultation on the future of home affairs policies, European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI), January 2014
- Contributions received to the open call for contributions to the reflection on future agenda for Home Affairs on the European Commission Home Affairs webpage, last update: 03.02.2014
- Assises de la Justice – Call for contributions - ILGA-Europe's contribution, December 2013
'The floor is yours': What ideas and promising practices can you share, from civil society involvement in making fundamental rights a reality?
Now available: FRP 2014 Brochure Floor is Yours
Floor is Yours Invitation to submit requests
If you have an inquiry, an idea, a role model or a promising practice that you would like to share and discuss with other participants, please sign up for your own 'Floor is yours' session during the 7th Fundamental Rights Platform meeting.
'The Floor is yours' is an open space for you, as a participant at the Fundamental Rights Platform (FRP), to share ideas and promising practices, and to ask questions that are important to you and discuss them with colleagues from across the EU.
The aim of this session is to develop a 'catalogue of ideas and existing practices', presenting how civil society is, or could/should be, involved in making fundamental rights a reality. In this sense, this session also allows for cross-fertilisation of ideas between different civil society organisations and with other meeting participants.
Any FRP participant can sign up to host a session. This session really IS YOURS!
FRP organisations are entirely responsible for the workshop's content. The quality of the discussions depends on the preparation, engagement and responsibility of the host and of each participant.
In order to ensure that session outcomes can feed into the overall meeting report, it is important that key messages are noted down, and reported back to FRA. A template to this effect will be made available to session hosts.
If you are interested in hosting a session, please complete the registration form below and send it to firstname.lastname@example.com by 14 March 2014.
Please note: registrations sent after the deadline will not be accepted.
Before submitting your registration form, please consult the guidelines for 'The floor is yours'. Information about the workshops will be published in due course.
The floor is yours - documents
- The floor is yours - Registration form
- The floor is yours - Guidelines
- The floor is yours - Harvesting template
Open Day
Ahead of the annual FRP meeting, FRA again invites all FRP participants to visit its premises
in Vienna, to get an up-close look at its work and identify synergies.
The aim of the Open Day is to:
- Provide an opportunity for FRP participants to visit FRA premises and meet our experts face-to-face;
- Inform FRP organisations about the agency's work in specific thematic areas;
- Exchange views and ideas on issues of joint concern.
The timeframe dedicated to the Open Door event will be from 9.30 to 12:00 on 10 April 2014.
The registration for the FRP meeting will then start from 12:00 at the Wien Messe and will last one hour, during which a sandwich lunch will be served. The start of the FRP meeting will be at 13h sharp.
Welcome and introduction
The Open Day will start with a half-hour welcome session in the conference room, where all guests will be offered a general introduction into the agency's mandate and scope of activities.
Then, there will be 2 consecutive rounds of meetings, covering each 6 topics from among the FRA's current projects. FRA experts and project managers will meet FRP participants. The aim of each roundtable includes:
- to provide information about FRA work in this specific subject area;
- to hear about FRP organisations' work in this area – exploring common synergies.
09:30 – 10:00 Introduction into FRA's mandate and scope of activities with Questions & Answers
10:05 – 11:00 First round of 6 meetings
11:05 – 12:00 Second round of 6 meetings
Entrance checks
You will need to present yourself at the FRA entrance with your ID. Please make sure you are registered for the Open door Day!
Advisory Panel 2014
The Advisory Panel is currently composed of the following FRP members:
Tove Linnea Brandvik
Nominated by the European Network on Independent Living (ENIL), my experience from politics has shown me that the mechanisms underlying discrimination are the same, regardless of the grounds for discrimination. Human rights must be safeguarded at several levels of society; legislators must ensure that they are enshrined in law and that anti-discrimination measures are implemented at all levels of society. This work cannot take place exclusively in national forums. International agreements are necessary in order to ensure democratic rights for all inhabitants are in line with human rights. I wish to use my political experience to help to develop international cooperation and dialogue. My experience as a member of the Norwegian parliament, the Storting, has given me important knowledge about the significant role played by legislators in human rights matters. Clear laws and budgetary priorities are necessary if we are to achieve a truly inclusive society. |
Valentín González
Nominated by the European Network Against Racism (ENAR), I am standing for the election of the FRA Advisory Panel because I firmly believe that this is a historic moment in which it is more important than ever to strengthen the defence of fundamental rights in Europe. I have 20 years of continuous service in activism for strengthening democracy in Spain, European integration, raising awareness against racism, antisemitism, and intolerance, and legal and social help for victims of discrimination and hate crime. These 20 years of continuous service for fundamental rights offer me a fairly complete view of the reality and the challenges we face, particularly in the midst of this economic crisis that threatens to sweep aside the basic principles that constitute the essence of the European social model. So let's work harder than ever for the fundamental rights cause. |
Pablo Rojas Coppari
I have been working in the area of fundamental rights and strategic advocacy for the past 7 years with migrants, asylum seekers and ethnic minorities. I currently coordinate the research and policy portfolio of the MRCI, a Solidar Silver Rose winner. My commitment to fundamental rights stems from my own personal experience as a migrant and as a member of a sexual minority. The support of the Platform for International Cooperation for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) reflects my knowledge and skills in the area of rights for undocumented migrants, advocacy and labour migration. I have been awarded an Irish Research Council scholarship to conduct doctoral research in labour market policy and socio-economic integration of migrants. I have a range of language skills and an appreciation for detail; I am energetic and committed to advancing rights for minority groups. I would be delighted to increase my commitment to FRA through contributing my time, knowledge, analysis and passion to the work of the Advisory Panel. |
Sanja Sarnavka
I am a human rights defender. I have been professionally engaged with B.a.B.e since 2000. In 2008 I became a president of the Board of the Human Right House Zagreb, and in 2010 a member of the Advisory Board of the Human Rights House Network. Albeit working on very different issues, I am perceived as an expert for gender equality and freedom of expression. I am the author of several books, and produced fourteen documentaries on human rights. As a member of the FRA Advisory Board, I may have the opportunity to learn and share knowledge on gains and losses in the area of protection and promotion of human rights. I strongly believe that the respect for human rights of all EU citizens may eventually be achieved only with joint efforts of many experienced and dedicated actors, and I am willing to participate actively in this challenging, but rewarding process. |
Luciano Scagliotti
I was born in Asmara (Eritrea) in 1949, an Italian citizen by birth. I am an expert in the fields of racism and ethnic discrimination. I'm Chair of Centro d'Iniziativa per l'Europa, an NGO based in Turin and member of the European Network Against Racism (ENAR). I am also an independent advisor for equality, antidiscrimination and migration. I think that there is a clear, actual and imminent danger that both national governments, and EU and international/global institutions choose to privilege economic, financial and business interests jeopardizing the access of any person to the actual enjoyment of fundamental rights. A balance can only be found by a stronger and, if needed, renewed action of both the NGO community and those agencies which have the mission and the means to defend civil, political, cultural and social rights for both individuals and groups. The FRP can have an important role in this process; that's why I'm standing for the FRP elections. |
Marianne Schulze
A member of the board of the Austrian League for Human Rights for five years, I have had the opportunity to realign Austrian NGOs ahead of the Universal Periodic Review into a 270 member strong alliance: www.menschenrechte-jetzt.at. This engagement complements, informs and enriches my work as a freelance human rights expert over the last eight years. Covering various thematic fields and spanning a diverse range of policy levels, enabling civil society engagement and strengthening the rights of persons with disabilities are core topics. Having covered national implementation from a policy and law perspective but also from the vantage point of strengthening institutional human rights protection, I regularly engage with regional and international fora to foster the meaningful application of human rights standards. I would hope that the kaleidoscopic nature of my professional and pro bono work would strengthen the civil society engagement of the European Union Fundamental Rights Agency further. |
frp past editions
Plenary at the 6th FRP eeting
6th Fundamental Rights Platform meeting
Vienna, 25-26 April 2012
The 6th FRP meeting in 2013 focused on two topics: non-discrimination and hate crime. A panel debate on the first day will consider how civil society organisations together with other actors can contribute to further advancing anti-discrimination policies in the EU. On the second day, victim support organisations and other practitioners will share their experiences helping victims of hate crime and together look for promising practices in the field.
2013 Programme [EN] [FR] (pdf)
2013 Harvesting letter (pdf)
Questions and answers at the 5th FRP meeting
5th Fundamental Rights Platform meeting
Vienna, 19-20 April 2012
The 5th FRP meeting in 2012 focused on two topics: Cooperation between national human rights institutions, equality bodies and civil society protecting victims' rights and addressing under-reporting; and "Multiple discrimination: mainstreaming intersectionality into fundamental rights work". The event taking place in Vienna attracted participants from about 180 civil society organisations who took the opportunity for networking and good practice exchange. With interactive sessions like 'The Floor is yours ' where participants presented ideas and Thematic workshops with FRA experts the 5th FRP meeting was a dynamic and interactive event where all participants contributed to discussions and together shaped the meeting's outcomes.
2012 Programme [EN] [FR] (pdf)
2011 Meeting report (pdf)
Audience at the 4th FRP meeting
4th Fundamental Rights Platform meeting
Vienna, 14-15 April 2011
In 2011 the FRP meeting focused on three themes – access to justice: how civil society organisations can help victims to claim their rights; cooperation between civil society and the FRA; and participation of civil society organisations in the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Besides plenary discussions, the FRP meetings are also an opportunity for knowledge exchange and networking. During 'The floor is yours', FRP participants hosted over 30 interactive workshops on a variety of fundamental rights issues. 'Talking Tables' provided an opportunity to meet FRA experts and give feedback to ongoing FRA projects.
2011 Programme [EN] [FR] (pdf 89KB)
2011 Meeting report (pdf 1332KB)
Plenary discussion at the 3rd FRP Meeting
3rd Fundamental Rights Platform meeting
Vienna, 15-16 April 2010
The meeting addressed the human rights dimension of poverty and social exclusion and the implication of the Lisbon Treaty on the protection of fundamental rights. The meeting also provided feedback and suggestions for the Agency's Annual Work Programme 2012.
2010 Programme (pdf 89KB)
2010 Meeting report (pdf 635KB)
Working Groups at the 2nd FRP Meeting
2nd Fundamental Rights Platform meeting
Vienna, 5-6 May 2009
In 2009 the meeting discussed the impact of the economic crisis on human rights and looked for solutions addressing under-reporting by victims of fundamental rights violations. FRA's Annual Work Programmes 2010 and 2011 were also discussed during the meeting.
2009 Programme (pdf 87KB)
2009 Meeting report (pdf 174KB)
1st Fundamental Rights Platform meeting
Vienna, 7-8 October 2008
For the first time the Fundamental Rights Platform gathered in 2008 with an objective to provide feedback and suggestions for the Agency's work. The first meeting focused on the FRA's Annual Work Programme 2009, Annual Report 2008; and discussed the means of effective cooperation between the Agency's and civil society in the future.
2008 Programme (pdf 53KB)
2008 Meeting report (pdf 50KB)


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Oh. Kim women here just wear `ats like that for Royal stuff, weddings, and certain horse racing things. Let us know what the dr says on the 6th. The funny, not really thing is, there is nothing in the Koran about covering up to that extent. It's the nutty men who take it to the extreme.
I love lyres. I have a zither. I lent it to a music teacher and she broke one of the strings and then stated she couldn't find a replacement string. Aarrgghh.
Wait wait. Who makes challah besides me Kim?
Whew. Thankfully Laureen stepped in in the last thread to slap the sisters down. Good work.
Have a good day.
Good morning, Carola! I figure it is the Challahdays because of all the many celebrations taking place this time of year. I've never actually made Challah, but I can sure eat it.
My theory proved true. It's the lack of running. I ran yesterday enough to make sure it was aerobic for a half hour. It did nothing to the glucose level YESTERDAY, but this morning, I am down to 165. That's 40 below what I was just yesterday. So it is time to reassume old habits; i.e., I run every day, no matter whether the work gets done or not. No more computer-sitting for so many hours that my blood turns to sugary jam I know that is not a cure-all and that at least for now, I have to take meds again, but it is definitely part of the solution. That and eating properly, which is not as difficult as finding the time to run. But I quit working away from home just so that I could!
So gloomy out today .... very grey. I will have a van full of people at 12:30. There will be my daughter and her three, plus we'll need to retrieve my other grandson, Kabil, to take him home to my son, Jake. Kabil is loud and theatric ... the ride will be interesting, as always.
Happy Sunday, all. I hope you have a great week, full of blessings and unexpected joys.
Good Morning, Damp day here. We haven't been anywhere, well went to Murfreesboro to take a coat back to Belk's that DH ordered too large. Already ordered the Med one. We shopped around a little but didn't find anything we wanted except at Sam's (more food).
Kim, I like the sound of blue interior kitchen cabinets. Lovely!
Carol, have you tried searching for a zither string online? Perhaps Ebay? Oliver will most likely have us getting up and letting him have our chairs soon. He is one rambunctious kitten! He teases chubby Smokey to get him started then takes off through the house with Smokey trotting after him.
Nat, has the snow melted? Winter sure started early!
Doris, make sure your plumber checks the anoide rod in your point of service water heater. They are supposed to be changed every 2 yrs but if they wear out it ruins the heater & it has to be replaced.
Laurene, LOVED the pictures. The gks had a fabulous time, didn't they! Have a safe trip home.
Sharon, LOVED the picture of you & Andrea as well. Have the volcano and earthquakes settled down for awhile? Is the music group still practicing on Sundays? If they make a video, be sure to post it. Maybe they could post one of youtube and become famous!
Getting late. BBL, well, unless I start the 2nd book DS#2 gave me for Christmas. Catching Fire and Mockingjay.
Mornin everyone....grey and gloomy here, and COLD..... fanks Carola...
Hey, nobody ain't gonna slap us sistes down..nobody, including Laureen...
Laureen nice pictures, who is that skinny lady betwixt the boys with dem skinny legs???
See Kimmie, listen to Carola, and dem glucose levels will go down.
Where is everybody??? there you are Virginia, ya snucked in.....lot of the snow has melted, but it is cold.
Hi to all, I have been reading posts but no time to comment until now. Hubby made breakfast of blueberry pancakes w/bacon and while he is cleaning kitchen I grabbed my coffee mug, and here I am!!!
I had a wonderful birthday and a great Christmas. Since my birthday falls on Christmas Eve I always tell my kids to not worry about seeing me on my birthday, if they are busy with Christmas last minute stuff. I talked to all about 8:15 a.m. and planned to be with them on Christmas day. About 10:30 my daughter stopped down to spend time with me (her hubby was working) and wanted to know if I wanted to go to lunch. About that time, the door bell rang, and there was my son & family!! Surprise! The little ones knew they were going to surprise me when I talked to them earlier, and they kept the secret!! We had a great lunch and visited before they headed home.
I had prepared a spaghetti casserole on Monday so I could put in the oven for Eve dinner. Mom joined us and then the 3 of us went to church.
Laureen - your family vacation sounds like it was wonderful. Lucky you!! What great memories you created.
Carol - pictures of Belle? Did I miss them???
Sharon - nice pic of you & your hubby.
Kim - I hope you continue to be able to control your diabetes with running.
Virginia - I enjoy reading about your Oliver and Smokey.
Doris & Karen - You are having warm temps - could you send some to N IL?
Everyone have a great Sunday. GO BEARS!! beat the Packers but I am holding my breath!! LOL
Until Next Time, S
A BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SUSAN. Sounds like a fun day.
I'm afraid our warm temps are leaving us today but it shouldn't be too long before it warms up again.
Need to get ready for church so can't stay on here for long.
Not much going on around here - just lazy days that seem to be over before I get started. My DGD asked for some gloves and I talked her into the fingerless ones because I'm not about to knit the others without knowing the size of her hands.
Dee, have you finished your masterpiece yet? I want a picture so I might get inspired too.
Happy Belated Birthday, sounds like you had a great time.
Happy Belated Birthday Susan!
All is quiet here. I heard that we got rain. It is suppose to be a cold day.
Susan I was up north for Christmas. Boy was it cold there. I am glad that I am home.
Diva D I am having lazy days too that is over before I can do anything.
Diva N if anybody is going to do the slapping around of your sis it will be done by you! lol
Carol I am sure she could have taken it to a music store to get the string repaired. Shame!
Kimmie enjoy your ride in your van with theatrical and loud people! I could not make your pic bigger. I couldn't see you guys.
Virginia enjoy your books. I have read the first Hunger Games and loved it.
Laureen I enjoyed your pics. Glad you had a wonderful time.
Have a good one,
Doris, Karen said I could slap you around...
tried 10 times to get into the thread, and could not, then all of a sudden viola, got in.....very strange.
Hey the people in charge of this place listened to me when I said we were all tired of Nat and didn't want her to have access anymore. Wonder why they changed their mind. Grrr.
Have nice day.
It's raining ... a beautiful, constant slow and drizzly rain. I am going to put on one of Jeff's baseball caps and then my shower cap, and go running. That will keep my hair dry and the water out of my eyes. I don't mind the other part.
Great pictures, Laureen! I can't believe the kids ... I remember when Gavin was not even born. He sure grew into a fine boy!
And a good Sunday to yall.
Now you guys need to rest and recover from all the action of the last week.
I read thru and caught up with all the posts. You guys are so much fun and just make me laugh.
I'm signed up to start the YMCA Livestrong program on 1/21/14. I missed the last one as I couldn't get the radiologist to release me medically. Just as well considering the time it has taken to get some energy back. It's the free six week 2 day a week program for those that are trying to regain strength after fighting cancer. It will be some cardio and strength training and some yoga, etc. Looking forward to it, I think (lols)
There is a nice recipe on Prevention for Eggplant and Tomato Pasta Bake and it suggested quinoa pasta if wanted (which is gluten free). I think I will try it.
Evening ladies. Thanks Carol for starting us up!! Well we made it home about 4 PM today safe and sound and with no more car trouble. Rained the entire drive again except for probably the last 3 hours. Came home to temps in the mid 30s so wasn't too bad unloading the car. Not as much snow as I expected. Like at Nat's, guess the warm temps and rain melted it. Looks like the artic front got delayed and won't hit now till Tuesday. Nice to have my first day back to work not be a frigid one! Fion was happy to see us once he came out and realized who it was. Think he was sad to see BeeBee go though. They finally became friends while we were gone. Now to put everything away! Glad I have Wednesday off. DH said we might be going to a NY Eve party Tuesday night at the country club where he's been redoing the kitchen. (Please remember this country club is an old remodeled barn for a club house and they play golf. That's it! Not high faluting at all!)
Happy belated birthday Susan. Sounds like you had a wonderful day. It is so wonderful when the kids surprise you like that! That happened to me a couple of years ago when I turned 60. Just warms your heart! We sure did make a lot of memories with the grandkids this past week. I do think it is something they will remember for a long time.
Kimmy glad to hear you have found something to help that BS! I have the same problem and that is finding the time to exercise and here in the cold how to exercise. New Years resolution is to just do it!
Marlene that sounds like a good program. Never heard of it. Glad you are taking advantage of it.
Kim, they have both grown up good. I couldn't believe the whole week we didn't really have any temper tantrums, very little crying, no whining and no begging! At the end I told them both how proud I was of their behavior and DDIL#2 agreed cause she spent Thanksgiving weekend with kids that did all of the above and it made her even a little happy she didn't have kids. So you can all imagine what they were like.
Well best be getting the clothes put away and go through the mail etc. Have 2 Christmas gifts to open from DS#2 and wife that they had shipped here, and we have to order theirs and have them shipped still.
Hope you all have a wonderful day tomorrow! Be back tomorrow night. Just determined I'm going to have a good frame of mind about going back to work! LOL!
Doris and Kimmie, did ya read that Laureen is now high falutin with dem country clubs.... Kimmie, did you teach her those thingies?
Marlene , good for you for joining the Livestrong program, isn't that the one that Lance Armstrong started? I have heard good things about it... you go girl.
rainy, dreary and cold here, and I can't eat anything today, only clear liquids....if I pulverize a steak in Doris' vitamix, is that considered a clear liquid? up periscope tomorrow.
Could have sworn I posted earlier.
Marlene, the Y`s program sounds wonderful.
Welcome back Laureen! Did you buy your furry kids anything?
I gots a cold. Never sit in a car where your BFF is sneezing her head off.
I did the Nigel Slater recipe. Lovely. Oops, sorry Nat, twas tasty. It's all leftovers. You get equal amounts of already cooked Brussels sprouts and parsnips. Chop up the sprouts and add them to the parsnips you've smooshed. Combine the 2 and add salt and pepper. He then made a little space and added a cheese that would melt. Make patties, then dip them carefully in a little flour, or breadcrumbs, matzoh meal, or polenta, and then fry until both sides are golden brown. Really nice. Today I baked the other 2 patties in the oven, 30 minutes, turning after 15minutes. Still good. I think next time I might add some chopped cooked chestnuts.
More rain and wind here. It's supposed to rain tomorrow night which might be nice.. No loud firecrackers all night going off.
Wednesday we are supposed to get in thousands of people from Romania and Bulgaria. Since they are members of the EU they can move here and go on benefits and get free healthcare.
Was watching the news about free vacationer and immigrant healthcare in the UK. The same goes here..vacationers get free care. What is the attraction about Wed?? New Year?? Take care of your cold.
I have been sick in the bed for a couple days. Feeling better today. One of Andy's cousins died yesterday and he is at the funeral right now. I decided not to go. He can circulate with his relatives better without me...no translating.
Marlene...Windows 8 has a Livestrong app where you can log in progress.
Happy Birthday late greetings to Susan.
Good morning ladies,
Carol I think I caught your cold. I don't know why I always get a cold after coming from my dd's house. Hope you feel better soon. I think I will fix soup.
Marlene hope you enjoy the YMCA Livestrong program.
Laureen you have two fine dgks. It is so nice when they behave. Hope you have an easy work day!
Diva N please do not slap your sis!
Diva D be nice to your sis!
Kimmie have a good run.
Sharon that is nice that vacationers get free healthcare. Hope you feel better too.
Morning, everyone! I have been reading the posts too, like Dee, but no time to post. Things are getting back to normal here now and I can relax. We had a wonderful Christmas with my son and his wife.
They actually came to church with Roger and me on Christmas Eve, and I sang my solo. Paul (my son) said it was amazing and he was proud of me. He is not a church-goer even though he has a strong set of moral values. I asked him what he thought of it, and he said he actually enjoyed it, and there was nothing wrong with something that makes you feel good. None of our family were church-goers but I went back to it six years ago, as I went when I was a child and so did Roger. I just felt the pull of it every time I passed our lovely little church.
Anyway, Happy Birthday, Dee! Better late than never.
Kimmie, you are so right about the exercise! I can't run, but I am going out walking again starting today. Roger finds the same thing, exercise brings his glucose down even though his is well controlled.
I do have a video to post, but I am having trouble getting it right on YouTube. Roger video'd it in widescreen and when I put it on the computer it is too wide and makes me look short and fat. The sound is very good, though, so maybe I'll put it on my blog and you all have to ignore the way I look, lol! It is of the rehearsal, not the actual church service.
Well, I enjoyed your banter, Kim, Nat, and Doris. Doris glad you washed your hair so you don't have to wear the burka.
OK, I better go. I haven't had breakfast yet and then we have to go to Costco and exchange my sweater that I received for Christmas. It is very pretty, but has wool in it, and it's kind of scratchy and makes my neck itch.
Bye for now.
Happy Birthday. Susan! Good to see you posting.
Joanie, anxious to hear your solo. Glad your son and DIL were able to come to the service. Your voice is such a beautiful gift, it would be a shame not to share it.
Rags; computer has a very bad virus attack. She hopes to be back online by the first of the week. Have you visited the diagalogs recently?
Ragsie has been having a lot of problems with the computer....
And Joanie, just so you know, I am the good sister.... good for you for going back to church. Bet Paul was real proud of his mama...
going for up periscope tomorrow, they just called, and I have to be there at 7 am...shesshh
Nat, think positive. You may have a problem getting the final prep and drive to get there by 7:00 but at least you will be home early and able to eat. Best thoughts go with you.
A periscope!?! You are cracking me up with THAT visual! I am sorry you have to get it done, but glad you're doing it ... I don't need you getting sick with that kind of disease.
Joanie, I love that your son came to hear you sing. That means a lot ... my sister also sings in church, and she never complained, but I know she wanted her family to come sometimes not just because it's the best thing to do, but to share in her gift. So I am glad he came and gave you your compliments. None better than from a son!Glad to know Ragsie's okay and it's just the computer ailing ... that's annoying but fixable.
Didn't get a chance to read everything yet ... it's been a whackadoodle day. We had to take Kailey to get a Z-pack for the respiratory infection, and to Nola's doc to interpret the sonograms to see how her stuff's doing (from the Celiac). She's got a little bit of fatty liver going on, but it's better than it was before. The gastro guy didn't seem too concerned and said she's doing GREAT because she refuses to cheat. Then, the van had a dead battery and me son-in-law had to come with his ginormous service truck to give us a jump.Got home fine and have been working on payrolls ever since. Now my eyeballs are spinning and I gotta stop it 'til tomorrow.I hope you guys have a great night, and if I don't get back to reading in the morning, I'll check in tomorrow eve.
Okay, I got my video posted on my blog. The picture is in widescreen, so it is distorted but the sound is good.
My blog address is http://joaniedee.blogspot.ca
Quick pop in!
Posted my samplers on FB if one of you smart women can figure out how to post it here i would be grateful. i is no techno girl1 DEE OFF TO LISTEN TO JOANIE.
WOW! Joanie, that was beautiful. You are so talented. Thank you for posting! Dee
Evening. It's late. Deleting stuff off the phones we are turning back into Sprint. Switched to Verizon cause Sprint had lousy coverage. Seems to always be something.
Work went okay. Just kind of got caught up as my boss is off tomorrow and Thursday. May be on my own Thursday. I anticipate it is going to be another crazy week cause of the holiday. Glad I missed last week.
Joanie will look at your video tomorrow night when I can really enjoy it. Dee if Carol can't get the picture on, I'll see what I can do tomorrow night.
Good luck tomorrow Nat. Hopefully after this one you won't ever need one again! That's what I'm hoping for. LOL!
Kimmy, thanks for reminding me I have to look at payroll and approve it which happened last week when I was gone. How many people "work for you"? Sorry to hear you lost that one contract.
Well it's 11 PM and have to be up at 5:30 so best get going. Have a great day tomorrow and I'll be back in the evening. Not doing anything special after all tomorrow night. What about the rest of you?
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing and big thanks to Roger for taping so we could listen.
Would love to have been there for the whole program! You are so talented!
Karen, apologies for the cold. I feel like I am the Queen of mucus. No, it is NOT nice that people get free healthcare. No no no. Women get fake doctor notes saying that they are not as far in their pregnancy so they can deliver free here. That isn't cheap.
Condolences to Andy.
Joanie, it's nice that your son and DIL came to church with you.
Nat, good luck today.
Have a happy and healthy new year.
Joanie - that was absolutely beautiful and heart-warming. Thank you so much for sharing. That is one lucky church the day you moved there and joined it.
Let us know when you get back, Nat. I'm sure that all went great!
Supposed to be a little warmer today so I'm going to try to get outside and walk some. If not, I'll get on the bike and dust off that seat. I'm tired of winter already.
Hey Karen - remember we have a lunch date in January. As soon as things calm down a bit we can pick a day. Let's see you top that, Kim and Laureen. So there.
I think I just did it! Dee testing lol!
Thank you, everyone, for the compliments. I'm glad you liked it.
Dee, beautiful cross stitch! I like cross stitch but it bothers my eyes, so I've given it up. I might get some prescription reading glasses as my eyes are different strengths and the eye doctor said they might help. The effort of focusing on it now makes my eyesight blurry for a while. Same for knitting. Oddly enough, reading doesn't bother me.
Laureen, do you think that glucosamine does any good for osteo-arthritis in the joints? I have some MSM and some glucosamine tablets and I'm wondering which are best. My right hip joint has been bothering me and I can't sleep on that side without it getting sore. I know I have osteo-arthritis in my lower back and my knees, so probably have it in other joints as well. I'm just falling apart, Lol!
Anyway, I hope everyone has a wonderful New Year. Anybody doing anything special tonight? We're not.
Joanie, from the world's most boring couple…no we are not doing anything special. I would try and talk hubby into a movie but I really just want to stay in. It is so cold here today that being out is not pleasant at all. So probably something on Netflix or Comedy Central if they have anyone not very offensive on. I will have a glass of wine and hubby will have his diet Coke and a kiss at the ball drop! Happy New Year from the party animals! Dee PS in the past we have gone out to dinner and the crowds here are just terrible too!
I'm staying home in my snug house and think of all the idiots who are out trying to fight the crowds and drunks. To me it is a night for amateur drinkers and partyers. Do people even have as many big parties or such like they used to on N.Y eve?
Love the cross stitch, Dee. It is just beautiful - you are loaded with patience and good eyes.
Joanie - my DD told me that the glucosamine helps about half the people. I tried it a couple of times and I couldn't tell a difference. As a man who is over 100 told me the other day - "The golden years aren't what they are cracked up to be". I agree. He is still out and around and going strong.
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I fixed another rum cake for tomorrow at Aunt Nellie's New Year's Day dinner. She will have chitterlings, greens, black eye peas, yams, chicken & dressing, spaghetti with meat sauce, chicken & dumplings, rolls, pies, cakes, cookies, etc. Elisabeth will bring half the food.
We are not doing anything tonight either. We haven't done NYE out for a long time. It is just another day.
Joanie you have such a lovely voice. I really enjoyed your solo Silent Night.
Dee you did a marvelous job on the stitch work.
Diva N hope they find nothing when they put in the periscope!
Diva D I am ready for those ribs at 17th Street. I can't wait for our lunch date.
Kimmie didn't you know that you will be doing twice the work and running around now that you are based at home! Hope you get some "me time".
Laureen your time at work is always crazy! Hope you don't have too much when you are there by yourself!
Carol I guess some people would anything to get free medical attention. My cold is not getting worse thank goodness. I hope you are better!
up periscope done...no problem, thank God... am really tired, slept for 2 hours this afternoon....
Wow Dee you iz talented...beautiful
didn't watch your video yet. I am sure it is beautiful....
Doris and Karen, you are not meeting up in January.
Paul and I are going to pinch each other to stay awake for midnight...
Joanie and Dee - such talented ladies! I love the solo, Joanie...Silent Night is my favorite Christmas song.
Dee ~ The samplers AND the photo are so pretty and inviting! Kind of like you.
Evening. Nothing going on here either. Doubt that DH will make it to midnight unless he naps and then I wake him up just before 12! Wasn't a horrid day at work either. I'm determined to not let it get to me. They said I can have the new girl on Thursday to take phone calls etc while I deal with everything else. They won't need her for month end. That was nice.
Joanie I watched your practice. It was beautiful. No way could I hit those high notes! So glad your son came to the service and got to see you. Always nice when the kids complement you! As to the glucosamine, I've heard it works for some and some it doesn't. Don't think it helped DH much. I haven't had to take it so can't tell you how it affected me. You can try it for awhile and see if it does help.
Dee you know I liked the samplers. Maybe someday when I'm retired, but last time I had to thread a needle I needed a magnifying glass! LOL!
Nat glad the periscope is back in it's case and that it didn't find anything. Should be able to go another 10 years! Glad you rested. Those tests take a lot out of someone in addition to the medicine they give. Was Paul able to take you and pick you up? Don't pinch Paul too hard, you don't want to leave bruises which is easy to do with the Coumadin! May get you for abuse! LOL!
Karen there you go partying and eating again. I'd look like a beached whale if I went to all those dinners with all that good food.
Carol I agree about free health care. People don't respect what they get for free. Talked with a doctor's office nurse today who asked m if I'd noticed how selfish people are and how they want everything now and for free. They have no respect for the physician's time. I know just what she's talking about. I think many are going to be disappointed in the Health Care Reform system too.
Virginia did you get your walk in? Here it was 15 degrees when I came home. Just a few snow showers that come and go. Had more this morning but it went okay getting into work. Think it's suppose to be cold the remainder of the week going into next week. Where's my sunshine and 84 degrees???
Well best get going and get the bills paid. Always something to do. Hope you have a wonder New Years Eve. See you next year!!!
Happy New Year Greetings....
We love your video Joanie. Went back for seconds this morning. You are a talented lady.
We did not do much for NYE. Today we are invited for lunch, but decided not to go until coffee time. I swear the grocery stores must do half of their business between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day.
Happy and sweet things to all of us this year.
Doris, did ya notice that no one says anything about us and the wonderful things we do, not even the bratty younger sister. shesshh
Wow Joanie, that was beautiful, love the changing of the keys...terrific....
Laureen, what is in that gallon that they make you take, I was gagging..I remember you had to drink 2 small bottles of something, and they also were terrible...that was a lot of drinking in such a small period of time... We had that done at an ambulatory center, they were terrific, from beginning to end, they even call in the afternoon, to check on me.
Well all the pinching did not help, I fell asleep.
May all joys and contentment come to you in the new year and you find peace and happiness in your lives.
Yea, you can lose weight too.
I stayed awake to see the ball drop but the view was blocked by some big ad or something. I'll admit, I was about to turn off the light at 11:00 and saw I had 2 minutes so I turned on the TV, saw it drop, and I dropped into bed too.
What's with Nat saying Joanie changed keys. Is she the new expert?? Of course she changed - didn't want the same note all thru the song. Remember the song about Johnny One Note - well she isn't Joanie One Note.
What are you taking to today's meal, Karen?
HAPPY NEW YEAR, Doris


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Cubs second baseman Darwin Barney has Brewers baserunner Rickie Weeks in a rundown during a steal attempt while Starlin Castro keeps an eye on Norichika Aoki who scored from third on the play in the eighth inning of the Chicago Cubs-Milwaukee Brewers game Tuesday August 28, 2012 at Wrigley Field. | Tom Cruze~Sun-Times
The facts: 1:20 p.m., CSN, 720-AM.
The pitchers: Scott Feldman (0-1, 7.71) vs. Ryan Vogelsong (0-1, 8.44).
tHE REST OF THE SERIES
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Sunday: 1:20 p.m., Ch. 9, 720-AM. Edwin Jackson (0-2, 5.73) vs. Tim Lincecum (1-0, 4.91).
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Cubs' prospect Jorge Soler was ejected from the Daytona Cubs game Wednesday night after charging the opponent's dugout with a bat after a bench-clearing incident, according to several reports from the game.
"It was kind of a nightmare," Daytona manager Dave Keller told the Daytona Beach News-Journal after the 14-9 loss to Clearwater in the Class A Florida State League game.
Soler, the 21-year-old Cuban defector who signed a nine-year, $30-million contract with the Cubs last summer, did not swing the bat, according to the newspaper, and teammates and at least one coach pulled him back to his own dugout.
"I think that he was frustrated by some things, and there was some emotional things he was fighting with," Keller told the paper, without elaboration. "Why he did that, I don't know."
Soler is expected to be suspended by the league. It was not immediately clear what actions the Cubs would take.
Cubs officials were still gathering information Wednesday night and had no comment, a team spokesman said.
The incident began on the bases, where the Soler may have been spiked by second baseman Carlos Alonso while turning a double play in the seventh inning.
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"I think he was frustrated by what happened," Keller told the paper. "When he slid into second base, [Alonso] ended up laying on top of him. So [Soler] pushed with his arm to get him off, and I think the second baseman interpreted that the wrong way like he wanted to fight or something.
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The "most likely out'' from Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau usually means no chance, no how, so with both Luol Deng (complications from spinal tap) and Kirk Hinrich (bruised left calf) categorized like that after the Monday morning shootaround, it appears the Bulls will once again be short-handed for tonight's Game 4 at the United Center.
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"You've got to be more efficient, you've got to be a 48-minute team,'' Thibodeau said, when asked about what his team faces in the Eastern Conference semifinals moving forward. "There's always you add a wrinkle, they add a wrinkle, but the core of what they're doing is not going to change, the core of what we're doing is not going to change. And when you have great players, I don't think you can give them a steady diet of anything.
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Thibodeau did say that there was no call from the NBA as far as taking further punishment on Nazr Mohammed, after the reserve big man was ejected in Game 3 for shoving James to the court. And as far as the $35,000 fine he received for his comments about the officials after Game 3, Thibodeau didn't want to go down that road.
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Looking ahead toward Game 5, Thibodeau did say that there was improvement from both Hinrich and Deng, but speculating on their availability when the series goes back to Miami was also something he stayed away from.
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Not a slow news day! Huff was resigned to a two year deal, with option for 2013 and Josh Hamilton won the AL MVP Award. Huge congratulations to him. I am totally wearing my antlers around town today.
The (sort of) eternal optimist that I am, I decided to come up with 10 Things I Love About the Offseason. It was actually surprisingly easy. I've discovered there are plenty of things to love about the offseason. Optimism is good. And the offseason isn't too bad either.
10. The promise of the coming season. I mean, the Pirates could go to the World Series next year. Even just a few weeks into season, some hopes start to disappear. Obviously for Giants fans, we didn't really want that season to end, but if your team finished anything short of a championship win, the promise of the new season is beautiful.
9. I don't go through gum as fast, because I'm less on edge. Being a gum addict for half the year, but it's nice to have a little respite.
8. I'm a bit of a player transaction geek, so I love reading about the GM meetings and the Winter Meetings. I also love to "oogle the player in his new jersey!" press conferences.
7. I get to slip into the glazed-over-eyes-I-don't-get-sports-give-me-a-Gucci-handbag-please mode when people are talking about football, basketball or worst, boxing. I do not get boxing at all. I would rather shop at The Gap than hear about boxing and I really hate The Gap. I started hated them even more after the new logo thing. Graphic designer nightmare.
6. Bandwagon fans start to disappear a few weeks into the offseason. Which is a relief for hardcore people.
5. I also come across as a semi (believe me, only semi) normal person when I wear my antlers. It's almost Christmas time, so I can pass as a Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer enthusiast. Do those even exist?
4. A new Giants calendar comes out. The one I currently have has Fred Lewis and other so-pre-Championship-era people on it and I've been waiting for the updated, 2011 one to come out. The old one does, however, feature Wilson sans beard which is a lovely thing. You win some, you lose some.
3. All the award announcements rule. As lamely as they're announced, it's still a fun and interesting time of year. We do really need a red carpet award show for MLB, though, as I've discussed previously. I think Bumgarner should go after a Taylor Lautner look- traditional with some hip flair.
And Jon Daniels should rock a tough look, like Justin Timberlake at the VMA's.
And when I open the show, I would, of course, be wearing Carey-Mulligan-similar Prada (2010 Oscars). Or something vintage, like Penelope Cruz (2009 Oscars).
Would I lose all my blog readers if I did a whole post on what baseball players should wear to a potential MLB red carpet event?
2. Anyway! Onwards from clothes! Well, actually… another good thing about the offseason is that I can go back to wearing colors that compliment my complexion more. A.K.A., not orange. I show my pride more subtly in black this time of year.
1. And last but not least, I love how it makes me appreciate the season. The season wouldn't be special without the offseason. So I'm relishing this for all the reasons above and catching snowflakes on my tongue. (Well, I would be if it snowed in the Bay Area. More like catching raindrops on my tongue which is not a superior experience to drinking water, so…)
So what am I missing on this list? What do you love about the offseason?
Wishing everyone in the MLBlogs community a lovely Thanksgiving. No, I will not be hitting the shops on Black Friday. As much as I love to shop, I hate crowds and can never find anything that fits me even when the stores are totally stocked. Cyber Monday is more my style. I'm a Gen Z-er through and through!
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It's been awhile since I stole the Best and Worst gimmick from someone else (since the good times in fact,) but I felt this particular season was in more need of it than any before. After all, what season could be in need of some positivity more than this one? Put it this way, I debated with myself all morning on whether or not it should be called 'the Worst and Worst.' It's been that kind of season. So, without much further adieu let's get into this thing.
BEST: Jean Segura and Carlos Gomez
That's it. That's all the bests I have.
Okay, maybe not, but that is certainly how this season has felt at times. Nothing has really been great and these two have provided somewhere between 94 and 98 percent of all 2013 positive Brewers memories and I feel like that is a low estimate. They've been just plain fun to watch which is kind of funny because they play exactly the kind of baseball that the manager we don't care for loves to play. That's not to say that their style of baseball is wr0ng or that Roenicke's strategy is right, but these two have proven themselves time and again to be the exceptions that prove the rule. While simultaneously proving that they, as players, rule.
Jean Segura is young and probably not this good with his high BABIP and all, but he has made that Greinke trade look like an absolute steal (even while Johnny Hellweg gives up a homerun on eight out of every ten pitches thrown) and shortstop looks solidified for some time to come. He probably won't be an All-Star again, but he won't be Yuniesky Betancourt ever so he's basically the greatest shortstop in Brewers history. (White guys not included.)
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