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Harper looks good in first rehab appearance
Harper hangs out with a few of his 'heroes'
Woodbridge, Va. -- Bryce Harper made his first rehab assignment with the Single-A Potomac Nationals on Tuesday as he continues his return from left knee bursitis. Harper played three innings and had two at-bats, going 1-for-1 with a double, a walk, and a run against the Myrtle Beach Pelicans.
In Harper's first at-bat against pitcher Alec Asher, he took a ball before hitting a pop fly to shallow left field. Normally a routine out, shortstop Edwin Garcia dropped it out of his glove on the play. Harper reached second and looked smooth on the base path, it was ruled a double.
While at second, Harper took a significant lead with right fielder Michael Taylor up at the plate. After throwing several pitches, Asher threw behind Harper and got him on the pickoff attempt. Harper slid head first into the bag, but looked fine trotting back to the dugout after getting up.
Baserunning is a key focus for the Nats at this point in Harper's recovery and he passed his first test with no issue.
"Running the bases, he looked good," Potomac manager Brian Daubach said. "The double he hit, the bloop down the left field line, he was flying. It was as good as I've seen him run."
Daubach was Harper's manager with the Hagerstown Suns in 2011.
"He looks like the same old Harp," he said.
Harper came up for his second at-bat in the bottom of the third with a man on first and one out. Asher began with a 3-1 count before getting Harper to swing and miss on a pitch high and outside. Harper fouled off the next pitch before taking a walk.
Two batters later, Potomac shortstop Jason Martinson hit a single to right field that saw Harper go from first base all the way to third. While running into third his helmet flew off behind him, putting a stamp on how normal he looked running the bases. Harper would score moments later on a double by catcher Adrian Nieto.
Daubach noted how Harper's patience at the plate was unusual for a player seeing live action for the first time in a month.
"It was good to see this early. I know he's been out a while," Daubach said. "Most rehab guys, the more at-bats they get it back. But to have his second at-bat be a long at-bat and to lay off some pitches was a good sign."
Tuesday was Harper's first appearance with Potomac after skipping them on his way to the majors. He played Single-A ball at Hagerstown before going straight to Double-A to play with the Harrisburg Senators. From there he began the 2012 season with the Syracuse Chiefs.
Because this was Harper's first appearance at Pfitzner Stadium, and given his star power, it was a soldout crowd in Woodbridge, Va. Two hours before the game there were long lines with people ready to get a rare glimpse at the young superstar.
Harper took batting practice at 6:30 p.m. before the game in a cage behind the bleachers in right field. It produced quite the scene with police officers clearing space as he walked in and out.
Around 50 people stood and watched as he took practice swings including dozens of local kids. Young baseball players - many wearing his Nationals jersey - commented on his swing and routine, admiring how methodical he was before each pitch. Teenage girls screamed as he walked past.
Daubach was watching Harper's batting practice session and said he's never seen anything like it.
"Any time you got a rehab guy, but especially Harp, you get a lot of buzz in the crowd," he said. "On a Tuesday night it can get slow around here, but it wasn't a normal Tuesday night. That's for sure."
Harper has been out with the knee injury since May 26 after aggravating in a game against the Philadelphia Phillies. He wore a knee brace in the game that was visible up close, making his left knee look larger than his right.
Harper is expected to play at least two more games with Potomac before eying a potential weekend return when the Nationals travel to New York to play the Mets.
Nats manager Davey Johnson was asked before the team's game on Tuesday whether facing the Mets was possible for Harper and said it is unlikely. The Nats play New York Friday through Sunday and then host the Brewers on Monday.
"I doubt if he'll be able to make it that quick," Johnson said. "He only has one gear: 150 percent. Even if it's just three innings, he ain't going to be babying it. He doesn't know how to do that. I'm hopeful the knee doesn't react to him playing, and hopefully he'll be back vs. Milwaukee."
Harper looked his usual self from a distance on Tuesday. He was not, however, permitted to speak to the media about the game.


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Martin Scorsese Trying to Edit Kenneth Lonergan's 'Margaret' Out of Limbo
This year, movies like Battle: Los Angeles, I Am Number Four, Hoodwinked 2 (did anyone even see the first one?), another Tyler Perry movie, Red Riding Hood, and the Justin Bieber documentary all easily made their way into theaters. Know what hasn't come out this year (or the past couple) while films like Something Borrowed get their big studio pushes?
Kenneth Lonergan's follow-up to his brilliant debut, You Can Count on Me, has had a notoriously rough time making it to theaters, both due to legal issues and a dispute over final cut.
The film was shot almost six years ago. The editing process has been called a nightmare. Lonergan has a three-hour cut that Fox Searchlight isn't too keen on releasing. Why? Because they won't release a version over two hours long. Lonergan has final cut, which hasn't made the situation any easier. Great talents such as Thelma Schoonmaker, Martin Scorsese, Scott Rudin, and Sydney Pollack did passes on the film to get it down to a shorter length.
And right now, Scorsese is doing another edit of the film with Lonergan.
I was lucky enough to speak with the movie's co-star Mark Ruffalo yesterday for his directorial debut, Sympathy for Delicious, and of course, I had to ask about Margaret. Ruffalo described the three-hour cut he saw as a "masterpiece" and explained that "it's a love letter to a post-9/11 America and New York City."
You'd think a film of that possible caliber and with a cast including Matt Damon, Anna Paquin, Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Kieran Culkin, Olivia Thirlby, and Ruffalo would be a sure thing for awards season, but sadly, that's been proven incorrect over the past few years. The reality that a bold talent like Lonergan has to fight this hard to get this film released is a truly sad commentary on commerce kicking art's ass.
Here's part of my exchange with Ruffalo on the status of Lonergan's long-awaited film:
When will we actually be able to see Margaret?
Ruffalo: [Sighs] Oh, it's so… I don't know. Marty Scorsese has come on now to do a pass on it with Kenneth. It was a movie that started at 186 pages. It was just a very, very finely interwoven piece of material and it's so beautiful. When he tried to cut it down, he had a very hard time. The studio was saying they wanted no more than two hours, and the rough cut I saw was a little bit over three hours long. It was absolutely incredible. It was beautiful, moving, and such a fine piece of work on so many levels. It was beautifully shot, beautifully acted, and the writing is incredible. It's a love story to a post-9/11 America and New York City.
He couldn't get it cut down. He had a really hard time. The studio, basically, said they weren't going to release it. That's where it's been. It got tied up in lawsuits with Gary Gilbert, who tried to take the movie away and have someone else edit it behind Kenny's back. It was a surreal, big, ugly thing. Now Kenny has got it and Marty is kinda arbitrating his cut. Hopefully, we'll be seeing it soon.
Made in NY Awards
May 10, 2011 – Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Mayor's Office of Media & Entertainment Commissioner Katherine L. Oliver will host the sixth annual "Made in NY" Awards on June 6th at 7:30 PM at Gracie Mansion. The awards are given to individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to the City's entertainment and new media industries. At this year's event, Mayor Bloomberg will present the first-ever "Made in NY" Mayor's Award for Lifetime Achievement posthumously to director Sidney Lumet, which will be accepted on his behalf by his daughter, Jenny Lumet. The other 2011 "Made in NY" honorees will be Academy Award winner Matt Damon, location-based mobile platform foursquare, actor John Leguizamo who is currently starring on Broadway in Ghetto Klown, founder of the Urbanworld Film Festival & CEO of MoviePass Stacy Spikes, commercial production company Smuggler and Lauren Zalaznick, chairman, NBC Universal Entertainment & Digital Networks and Integrated Media.
"New York City is the entertainment capital of the world and is poised to be the digital media capital of the world. The annual 'Made in NY' Awards offer us a chance to honor some of those who have advanced these industries in our City," said Mayor Bloomberg. "Sidney Lumet was one of the great chroniclers of our City and a consummate New Yorker. When I spoke with Sidney in March before his passing, he graciously agreed to be the first recipient of the 'Made in NY' Mayor's Award for Lifetime Achievement. I will be proud to present it to his daughter on his behalf."
"The 'Made in NY' Awards are a special time for us each year, and even more so this year," said Commissioner Oliver. "This year's awards include a few firsts for us as we bestow the first Lifetime Achievement Award to Sidney Lumet and honor a digital media company for the first time. We're thrilled to have such esteemed honorees to accept the awards this year. It is a true celebration for the industry."
The Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment consists of the Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting, NYC Digital and NYC Media, the official TV, radio and online network of the City of New York. The agency's mission is to streamline government communications by making information accessible, leveraging technology to aid in the transparency of government and by supporting relevant media and entertainment industries in New York City.
Matt Damon to Make His Directorial Debut with Father Daughter Time?
First time you hear Father Daugher Time, it sounds like one of those titles on posts where they are shooting big projects at everyday locations (remember Rory's First Kiss?). But alas, this title is true to its name and is already considered a huge project. Father Daughter Time: A Tale of Armed Robbery and Eskimo Kisses, written by Matthew Alrdich, is about a man who goes on the lam with his daughter on a three-state crime spree. This film is already under the watchful eye of various studios with one ahead of the four.
Deadline is reporting that Warner Brothers, Paramount Pictures, Relativity Media, Walter Parkes, and Matt Damon and Chris Moore have made offers to buy the script. But Warner Brothers has already made the moves to be the one studio with the exclusive rights to produce the pic, with Matt Damon likely to star in and make his directorial debut.
According to the site, Alrdich wasn't looking for making a deal and just wanted to make a movie. With five parties vying for the rights of the film, it looks as though he got more than he bargined for. But the scribe said that "The script is not high concept, it's a smallish, very personal, dark but playful road movie about a father and daughter."
Intially Alrdich was worried that his script would become a big budget film and he wants to keep it in the spirit of the indie film. But with the possibility of Matt Damon being involved in both an acting and directing capacity, there is a chance that it could stay true to Alrdich's vision.
"When one of the biggest movie stars in the world, who also happens to be an Academy Award-winning screenwriter, gets on the phone with your client and offers to protect the writer's vision and opens his hand to be a creative partner, it's hard to say no," Ross said. "The money becomes secondary. This script is not the obvious studio movie. There are no explosions. It will require delicate handling. Avoiding years of development hell was our goal."
Considering that Damon has starred in some of the biggest and smallest projects with some of the best directors in Hollywood, one has to wonder what we can expect from the actor should he decide to direct. It's possible that we could see some Coen Brothers, George Clooney, and Clint Eastwood influences on this film, and I think this small indie film is perfect way for the actor to to possible kick start his directing career.


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Malala Yousafzai
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Malala Yousafzai (born 12 July 1997) is a Pakistani human rights and education activist who was jointly awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize with Kailash Satyarthi, becoming its youngest recipient ever, at the age of 17.
- 1 Quotes
- 1.1 Malala's diary, 2009
- 1.2 Interview with a Pakistani Television network, 2011-12
- 1.3 UN speech (2013)
- 1.4 Inauguration of Library of Birmingham (2013)
- 1.5 Statement to the 32nd congress of Pakistani Marxists
- 1.6 Interview on CNN with Christiane Amanpour (October 11, 2013)
- 1.7 Statements during conversation with the World Bank
- 1.8 Statements in PBS interview with Margaret Warner (October 11, 2013)
- 1.9 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Speech (October 10, 2014)
- 1.10 Other quotes
- 2 Quotes about Yousafzai
- 3 External links
Malala's diary, 2009[edit]
- I had a terrible dream yesterday with military helicopters and the Taliban. I have had such dreams since the launch of the military operation in Swat. My mother made me breakfast and I went off to school. I was afraid going to school because the Taliban had issued an edict banning all girls from attending schools. Only 11 students attended the class out of 27. The number decreased because of Taliban's edict.
- Malala. "I am afraid", Saturday 3 January 2009; Cited in: Malala Yousafzai: Portrait of the girl blogger, bbc.co.uk, 10 October 2012
- On my way from school to home I heard a man saying "I will kill you." I hastened my pace and after a while I looked back if the man was still coming behind me. But to my utter relief he was talking on his mobile and must have been threatening someone else over the phone.
- Malala. "I am afraid", Saturday 3 January 2009; Cited in: Diary of a Pakistani schoolgirl at news.bbc.co.uk. 19 January 2009
Interview with a Pakistani Television network, 2011-12[edit]
- Malala in Interview with a Pakistani Television network, 2011-12; Cited in: The girl who wanted to go to school." The New Yorker by Basharat Peer, posted October 10, 2012
- In a situation where a lifelong school break was being imposed upon us by the terrorists, rising up against that became very important, essential.
- I think of it often and imagine the scene clearly. Even if they come to kill me, I will tell them what they are trying to do is wrong, that education is our basic right.
UN speech (2013)[edit]
- As quoted in The full text: Malala Yousafzai delivers defiant riposte to Taliban militants with speech to the UN General Assembly, The Independent, (12 July, 2013)
- I don't know where to begin my speech. I don't know what people would be expecting me to say, but first of all thank you to God for whom we are equal and thank you to every person who has prayed for my fast recovery and new life.
- Dear brothers and sisters, do remember one thing: Malala Day is not my day. Today is the day of every woman, every boy and every girl who have raised their voice for their rights.
- Thousands of people have been killed by the terrorists and millions have been injured. I am just one of them. So here I stand, one girl among many. I speak not for myself, but so those without a voice can be heard. Those who have fought for their rights. Their right to live in peace. Their right to be treated with dignity. Their right to equality of opportunity. Their right to be educated.
- Dear friends, on 9 October 2012, the Taliban shot me on the left side of my forehead. They shot my friends, too. They thought that the bullets would silence us, but they failed. And out of that silence came thousands of voices. The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions. But nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born. I am the same Malala. My ambitions are the same. My hopes are the same. And my dreams are the same. Dear sisters and brothers, I am not against anyone. Neither am I here to speak in terms of personal revenge against the Taliban or any other terrorist group. I am here to speak for the right of education for every child. I want education for the sons and daughters of the Taliban and all the terrorists and extremists. I do not even hate the Talib who shot me.
- Even if there was a gun in my hand and he was standing in front of me, I would not shoot him. This is the compassion I have learned from Mohamed, the prophet of mercy, Jesus Christ and Lord Buddha. This the legacy of change I have inherited from Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and Mohammed Ali Jinnah. This is the philosophy of nonviolence that I have learned from Gandhi, Bacha Khan and Mother Teresa. And this is the forgiveness that I have learned from my father and from my mother. This is what my soul is telling me: be peaceful and love everyone.
- The extremists are afraid of books and pens. The power of education frightens them. They are afraid of women. The power of the voice of women frightens them. This is why they killed 14 innocent students in the recent attack in Quetta. And that is why they kill female teachers. That is why they are blasting schools every day because they were and they are afraid of change and equality that we will bring to our society. And I remember that there was a boy in our school who was asked by a journalist: "Why are the Taliban against education?"He answered very simply by pointing to his book, he said: "A Talib doesn't know what is written inside this book."
- They think that God is a tiny, little conservative being who would point guns at people's heads just for going to school. These terrorists are misusing the name of Islam for their own personal benefit. Pakistan is a peace-loving, democratic country. Pashtuns want education for their daughters and sons. Islam is a religion of peace, humanity and brotherhood. It is the duty and responsibility to get education for each child, that is what it says. Peace is a necessity for education. In many parts of the world, especially Pakistan and Afghanistan, terrorism, war and conflicts stop children from going to schools. We are really tired of these wars. Women and children are suffering in many ways in many parts of the world.
- There was a time when women activists asked men to stand up for their rights. But this time we will do it by ourselves. I am not telling men to step away from speaking for women's rights, but I am focusing on women to be independent and fight for themselves. So dear sisters and brothers, now it's time to speak up. So today, we call upon the world leaders to change their strategic policies in favour of peace and prosperity. We call upon the world leaders that all of these deals must protect women and children's rights. A deal that goes against the rights of women is unacceptable.
- We call upon all governments to ensure free, compulsory education all over the world for every child. We call upon all the governments to fight against terrorism and violence. To protect children from brutality and harm. We call upon the developed nations to support the expansion of education opportunities for girls in the developing world. We call upon all communities to be tolerant, to reject prejudice based on caste, creed, sect, colour, religion or agenda to ensure freedom and equality for women so they can flourish. We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back. We call upon our sisters around the world to be brave, to embrace the strength within themselves and realise their full potential.
- Dear brothers and sisters, we want schools and education for every child's bright future. We will continue our journey to our destination of peace and education. No one can stop us. We will speak up for our rights and we will bring change to our voice. We believe in the power and the strength of our words. Our words can change the whole world because we are all together, united for the cause of education. And if we want to achieve our goal, then let us empower ourselves with the weapon of knowledge and let us shield ourselves with unity and togetherness.
- So let us wage a glorious struggle against illiteracy, poverty and terrorism, let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world. Education is the only solution. Education first. Thank you.
Inauguration of Library of Birmingham (2013)[edit]
- As quoted in 'I'm a Brummie now', says Malala, the schoolgirl shot by the Taliban, as she opens huge new library in her adopted home city, Mail Online, (3 January, 2013)
- It is my dream that one day, great buildings like this one will exist in every corner of the world so every child can grow up with the opportunity to succeed.
- The content of a book holds the power of education and it is with this power that we can shape our future and change lives.
- There is no greater weapon than knowledge and no greater source of knowledge than the written word.
- Birmingham is very special for me because it is here that I found myself alive, seven days after I was shot... It is now my second home, after my beloved Pakistan.
- We must speak up for the children of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan who are suffering from terrorism, poverty, child labour and child trafficking. Let us help them through our voice, action and charity. Let us help them to read books and go to school. And let us not forget that even one book, one pen, one child and one teacher can change the world.
Statement to the 32nd congress of Pakistani Marxists[edit]
- As quoted on the website of the IMT:
- First of all I'd like to thank The Struggle and the IMT for giving me a chance to speak last year at their Summer Marxist School in Swat and also for introducing me to Marxism and Socialism. I just want to say that in terms of education, as well as other problems in Pakistan, it is high time that we did something to tackle them ourselves. It's important to take the initiative. We cannot wait around for any one else to come and do it. Why are we waiting for someone else to come and fix things? Why aren't we doing it ourselves? I would like to send my heartfelt greetings to the congress. I am convinced Socialism is the only answer and I urge all comrades to take this struggle to a victorious conclusion. Only this will free us from the chains of bigotry and exploitation.
Interview on CNN with Christiane Amanpour (October 11, 2013)[edit]
- As noted in a CNN article. The full video of the interview is [1] here:
- I think that it's really an early age...I would feel proud, when I would work for education, when I would have done something, when I would be feeling confident to tell people, 'Yes! I have built that school; I have done that teachers' training, I have sent that (many) children to school'...Then if I get the Nobel Peace Prize, I will be saying, Yeah, I deserve it, somehow...I want to become a Prime Minister of Pakistan, and I think it's really good. Because through politics I can serve my whole county. I can be the doctor of the whole country...I can spend much of the money from the budget on education," she told It appears that becoming prime minister is a means to the end she has dedicated her life to...[in recalling when she got shot] He asked, 'Who is Malala?' He did not give me time to answer his question...He fired three bullets...One bullet hit me in the left side of my forehead, just above here, and it went down through my neck and into my shoulder...But still if I look at (it), it's a miracle...A Nobel Peace Prize would help me to begin this campaign for girls' education...But the real call, the most precious call, that I want to get and for which I'm thirsting and for which I want to struggle hard, that is the award to see every child to go to school, that is the award of peace and education for every child. And for that, I will struggle and I will work hard.
Statements during conversation with the World Bank[edit]
- The best way to fight terrorism is not through guns. It's through pens, books, teachers and schools
- I am proud to be a girl. We girls can change the world!
- Everyday is our day and we are going to speak for ourselves and for our rights.
- I believe in the power of the voice of women.
- If you educate a child, there will be no poverty.
- I believe that today's dreams become tomorrow's reality. And let us make our dreams become tomorrow's reality.
- If we work together, it is easy for us to achieve our goal. Now millions of girls are raising their voices for education.
Statements in PBS interview with Margaret Warner (October 11, 2013)[edit]
- As noted on numerous posts on a PBS blog, the transcript itself and another section of the transcript:
- I think I have more plans for my future from now and I think we must start work for a campaign now so we have set up a Malala foundation. And through Malala fund we are going to educate girls and we want to do work on the ground: building schools, teachers, training, trying to motivate parents of the children to send their children to school. We also want to recognize those girls who are fighting for their rights. In the future when I grow older, much older I want to do politics. I want to serve my country for politics. I want to help my people and I want to help in education.
- First of all, my father inspired me...he is a great social activist and women's rights activist...he spoke out. And he spoke for women's rights...that hard situation, he inspired me, because he spoke. And that's what I learned from him.
- I think....living in such a hard situation when there are terrorists and they slaughter people every night is still hard -- is still a threat. So it's a better idea to speak out for your rights and then die...we will speak out for our rights. This is what we can do, and we tried our best.
- In 2009, there was a military operation against the Taliban, and that military operation became successful, because the people of Swat spoke for their rights, and they said that we want to see peace in our valley. And after that, girls started going to school. Our life was getting normal; women were allowed to go to markets, and a change was coming in our society. And many schools were then rebuilt as well. But later on, I was shot, and then I had to be in U.K. because of my treatment...Many girls do not go to school because of poverty. Some girls can't go to school because of the child labor and child trafficking. Some parents don't send their children to school, because they don't know its importance at all, and some girls don't go to school because of the cultural norms and taboos. So there are still many issues that are stopping girls to go to school.
- The first thing is that the Taliban have misunderstood Islam....I think they have not read Quran, even, because in Islam it is said that it is the right of every girl and every boy to get education, to get knowledge. Islam says about equality, there's no difference between a man and a woman. Islam tells us to respect each other, don't judge either other on the basis of religion. Respect each other, be kind to each other, and this is brotherhood that we have learned from Islam. So I think the terrorists have forgotten that.
- The first thing is that it's one's right to express his feeling or her feelings. When I look at the group that speak against me in Pakistan, or anywhere, it's a very small group, a very tiny group....So I think I must not lose hope, and I must not look at the small group.
- I think the Taliban did not threaten me. He just reminded me the threats, that - remember....they have already threatened me when I was in Swat, and then later on they attacked me. But the thing is, that now I'm living a second life. And God has given me this new life for the cause of education, and I believe that even death is supporting the cause of education, even death does not want to kill me, so how can those Taliban kill me then? And I think that I must not be afraid of death....I have seen death already. So now I'm more powerful. Now I'm more courageous. And I will continue my campaign.
- But it's the love of people, and I think it's just a great honor for me that now people -- now I can reach people. So this is such a great heart that God has given me to reach people, and I'm thankful to God, and I'm thankful to people as -- for their love and support.
- Pakistan is the country where I was born, and I am a patriotic citizen of Pakistan, and I love my country. And I want to be sincere to my country.....And I have chosen politics, because through politics, I can serve the whole country.
- If we just forget about the decision that was taken about the Nobel Peace Prize, I think people gave me their prize. They nominated me. And that is the great prize for me....I'll serve my whole life for that, for that is the prize that I want to get in my life.
- Let us pick up our books and our pens. They are our most powerful weapons.
- One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world. Education is the only solution, education first.
- We can fight war through dialogue, peace and education.
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Speech (October 10, 2014)[edit]
- I'm feeling honored that I am being chosen as a Nobel laureate and I have been honored with this – this precious award, the Nobel Peace Prize. And I'm proud that I'm the first Pakistani and the first young woman or the first young person who is getting this award. It's a great honor for me. And I'm also really happy that I'm sharing this award with a person – with a person from India whose name is Kailash Satyarthi and his great work for child's right, his great work against – against child slavery.
- Totally inspires me and I am really happy that there are so many people who are working for children's right and I'm not alone. And he totally deserved this award. So I am feeling honored that I'm sharing this award with him. He recieved this award and we both are the two Nobel award receivers, one is from Pakistan, one is from India, one believes in Hinduism, one strongly believes in Islam. And it gives a message to people – it gives a message to people of love between Pakistan and India and between – between different religions and we both support each other.
- It does not matter what's the color of your skin, what language do you speak, what religion you believe in. It is that we should all consider each other as human beings and we should respect each other and we should all fight for our rights, for the rights of children, for the rights of women and for the rights of every human being.
- First of all, I would like to thank my family, my dear father, my dear mother for their love, for their support. As my father always say, he did not give me something extra, but what he did Dad, he did not clip my wings. So I'm thankful to my father for not clipping my wings, for – for letting me to fly and achieve my goals, for showing to the world that a girl is not supposed to be the – a slave.
- A girl has the power to go forward in her life. And she's not only a mother, she's not only a sister, she's not only a wife. But a girl has the – she should have an identity. She should be recognized and she has equal rights as a boy.
- I felt more powerful and more courageous because this award is not just a piece of metal or a medal that you would wear, or an award that you would keep in your room, but this is really an encouragement for me to go forward and to believe in myself. To know that there are people who are supporting me in this campaign. And we are standing together. We all want to make sure that every child gets quality education. So this is really — this is really something – something great for me.
- I want to see every child going to school and getting – getting education because I have – I have myself suffered through the same situation when I was in swat valley and you all may know that in swat there was Talibanization and because of that no girl was allowed to go to school. At that time I stood up for my rights and I said I would speak up. I do not wait for someone else. I do not wait for someone else. I had really two options. One was not to speak and wait to be killed. And the second was – and the second was to speak up and then be killed and I chose the second one because at that time there was terrorism, women were not allowed to go outside of their houses because education was totally banned, people were killed. At that time I needed to raise my voice because I wanted to go back to school. I was also one of those girls who could not get education.
- [T]hrough my story I want to tell other children all around the world that they should stand up for their rights. They should not wait for someone else and their voices are more powerful. Their voices – it would seem that they are weak, but at the time when no one speak, your voice gets so loud that everyone has to listen to it. Everyone has to hear it. So it's my message to children all around the world that they should stand up for their rights.
- And the award that I have received uh…Nobel Peace Prize. I believe that the Nobel Committee, they – they haven't given this just to me. But this award is for all those children who are voiceless, whose voices need to be heard. And I speak for them and I stand up with them and I join them in their campaign, that their voices should be heard and they should be listened and they have rights. They have rights. They have the right to receive quality education. They have the right not to suffer from child labor, not to suffer from child trafficking. They have the right to live a happy life. So I stand up with – with all those children and this award is especially for them. It gives them courage.
- I used to say that I think I do not deserve the Nobel Peace Prize. I still believe that. But I believe that it is not only an award for what I have done but also an encouragement for giving me hope, for giving me the courage to go and continue this campaign, to believe in myself and to know that I'm not alone, there are hundreds and thousands and millions who are supporting me.
Other quotes[edit]
As quoted by AFP:
- "My father says that education is neither Eastern or Western. Education is education: it's the right of everyone. The thing is that the people of Pakistan have supported me. They don't think of me as Western. I am a daughter of Pakistan and I am proud that I am a Pakistani. On the day when I was shot, and on the next day, people raised the banners of 'I am Malala'. They did not say 'I am Taliban'. They support me and they are encouraging me to move forward and to continue my campaign for girls' education...We want to help every child in every country that we can. We will start from Pakistan and Afghanistan and Syria now, especially because they are suffering the most and they are on the top that need our help. Later on in my life I want to do politics and I want to become a leader and to bring the change in Pakistan. I want to be a politician in Pakistan because I don't want to be a politician in a country which is already developed."
As quoted by Business Insider and from an interview on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart:
- I started thinking about that, and I used to think that the Talib would come, and he would just kill me. But then I said, 'If he comes, what would you do Malala?' then I would reply to myself, 'Malala, just take a shoe and hit him.' But then I said, 'If you hit a Talib with your shoe, then there would be no difference between you and the Talib. You must not treat others with cruelty and that much harshly, you must fight others but through peace and through dialogue and through education.' Then I said I will tell him how important education is and that 'I even want education for your children as well.' And I will tell him, 'That's what I want to tell you, now do what you want.'
As quoted across the media, including in The Telegraph, a statement after meeting with President Obama:
- I thanked President Obama for the United States' work in supporting education in Pakistan and Afghanistan and for Syrian refugees. I also expressed my concerns that drone attacks are fueling terrorism. Innocent victims are killed in these acts, and they lead to resentment among the Pakistani people. If we refocus efforts on education it will make a big impact.
Statement on the Noble Prize as noted on twitter
- Congratulations [on the] @OPCW on winning the #Nobelpeaceprize and your wonderful work for humanity. Honoured to have been nominated @Nobelprize_org
Quotes about Yousafzai[edit]
- The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 is to be awarded to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzay for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education. … Despite her youth, Malala Yousafzay has already fought for several years for the right of girls to education, and has shown by example that children and young people, too, can contribute to improving their own situations. This she has done under the most dangerous circumstances. Through her heroic struggle she has become a leading spokesperson for girls' rights to education. … The Nobel Committee regards it as an important point for a Hindu and a Muslim, an Indian and a Pakistani, to join in a common struggle for education and against extremism. … The struggle against suppression and for the rights of children and adolescents contributes to the realization of the "fraternity between nations" that Alfred Nobel mentions in his will as one of the criteria for the Nobel Peace Prize.
- The Norwegian Nobel Committee, in the official announcement of The Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 (10 October 2014)
- Malala is a brave and gentle advocate of peace who through the simple act of going to school became a global teacher. She said one pen can change the world – and proved how one young woman can lead the way. With her courage and determination, Malala has shown what terrorists fear most: a girl with a book.
Malala is a daughter of the United Nations, from participating in UNICEF events years ago to marking the 500-day countdown to the Millennium Development Goals with us at UN headquarters this summer. The United Nations will continue to stand with her against extremism and for the right of girls everywhere to be free of violence, to go to school and to enjoy their right to an education. … I congratulate both leaders for this well-deserved recognition. The true winners today are the world's children.
- I want to congratulate Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi on winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Today's announcement is a victory for all who strive to uphold the dignity of every human being. In recognizing Malala and Kailash, the Nobel Committee reminds us of the urgency of their work to protect the rights and freedoms of all our young people and to ensure they have the chance to fulfill their God-given potential, regardless of their background, or gender, or station in life.
At just 17 years old, Malala Yousafzai has inspired people around the world with her passion and determination to make sure girls everywhere can get an education. When the Taliban tried to silence her, Malala answered their brutality with strength and resolve. Michelle and I were proud to welcome this remarkable young woman to the Oval Office last year. We were awe-struck by her courage and filled with hope knowing this is only the beginning of her extraordinary efforts to make the world a better place. … Malala and Kailash have faced down threats and intimidation, risking their own lives to save others and build a better world for future generations. They come from different countries, religious backgrounds, and generations — a Muslim and a Hindu, a Pakistani and an Indian – but they share an unyielding commitment to justice and an unshakeable belief in the basic dignity of every girl and boy. Even as we celebrate their achievements, we must recommit ourselves to the world that they seek – one in which our daughters have the right and opportunity to get an education; and in which all children are treated equally. Today, we honor Malala and Kailash's achievements, and reaffirm that the United States will always stand with those who defend our universal human rights.
- Every child has the right to an education.
That is the simple but powerful message that Malala Yousafzai, a 17-year-old girl from Pakistan, is bringing to millions across the world. It is the message that the Pakistani Taliban tried to stop her from sharing. It is a message that no bullet can silence.
Today, for her unwavering courage to champion education for all children anywhere, Malala won the Nobel Peace Prize. She shares that honor with Kailash Satyarthi, a human rights activist who is working tirelessly to bring an end to child slavery in India and across the globe.
- She was pro-West, she was speaking against the Taliban and she was calling President Obama her idol... She was young but she was promoting Western culture in Pashtun areas.
- Current spokesman of the Taliban, Ehsanullah Ehsan, as quoted in The Girl who wanted to go to school, The New Yorker (10 October 2012)
- "Yesterday Malala Yousafzai was brutally shot by gunmen as she was returning home from school...Malala was on the side of the oppressed people of Pakistan and Afghanistan and every other country. She was an enemy of imperialism, landlordism and capitalism. She stood for the cause of freedom, progress and socialism. And for that they have tried to take her young and innocent life...The Taliban leaders put out false information, accusing her of being pro-Obama and pro-Western. That is a lie. Although she was fundamentally opposed to the counterrevolutionary Taliban, comrade Malala was also opposed to US imperialism and the corrupt bourgeois regime in Pakistan. Her sympathies lay in a different direction altogether: with revolutionary socialism and internationalism...she was a sympathiser of the IMT. This is not hard to understand. At the present time, the Pakistan section of the IMT is the only organized Left force that exists in Swat...Malala is one of the many outstanding young comrades who are looking for a way out of the present infernal impasse by taking the revolutionary road. In so doing she was well aware of the risks. She was prepared to put her life at hazard to fight for such basic human rights as education. And she has paid a heavy price."
- Political theorist Alan Woods on the site of the International Marxist Tendency
- "I think there is lot of confusion on the international recognition given to Malala. The Taliban and their allies are visibly irritated because Malala's message was carried around the world effectively...On the other hand there are some confused liberals/left extremists who are criticising Malala for playing in the hands of the west, whom they detest...The stupid political formulations that support what the enemy opposes and oppose what the enemy supports is being extended by the argumentative critics of Malala. Their stance is an extension of this political formulation, which is neither logical nor Marxist as they want us to believe."
- Beyer Ayaz writing on the website of the Pakistani Press Foundation
- "Malala was lucky to find timely help and survive. Meantime, global and sections of local media have catapulted her into an iconic status while strategically concealing her progressive background...Malala's father held progressive left-wing views. He was ideologically educated by Faiz Mohammad, Malala's maternal uncle. Comrade Faiz Muhammad is a committed communist and has been struggling to organise the youth and the workers, in Swat and Malakand, against the fundamentalist as well as state repression...Ironically, Malala started her struggle for education with a progressive aim. Her fight is now being appropriated by imperial institutions and individuals directly responsible for commodifying education. And this commodity is beyond the reach of working class children...Malala was a young girl when she attended a Marxist school in Swat. She was going through her formative phase, learning and drawing lessons from her personal experience in Swat. She had a thirst for new ideas. She was also embracing Marxism as a scientific tool to understand and fight back violence, repression and exploitation. It is not clear yet if Malala and her family have indeed been won over by the imperial agents."
- Lal Khan writing on the site of Bargad
- "Malala Yousufzai, a young feminist and socialist activist who was shot by the Taliban...Predictably, the mainstream media was silent on these attacks, only focusing on the horrors perpetrated by the Taliban while ignoring the destruction wrought by U.S. imperialism. They were similarly quiet about Malala Yousufzai's political affiliations. Yousufzai is not only a women's rights activist but also a revolutionary socialist, sympathizing with the International Marxist Tendency in Pakistan. She spoke at a Marxist educational conference in Swat earlier in the summer. She stood up against the reactionary Taliban as well as U.S. imperialism, whose drone strikes have wreaked untold havoc in the tribal regions of Pakistan. Socialist Action sends our comradely regards to Malala Yousufzai and her family and wishes her a full and speedy recovery. She is a brave social justice and anti-imperialist activist who has earned the praise of many in her fight for a better world."
- Daniel Xavier writing on the blog of Socialist Action
- "Was Majaaz, separated by decades from the battle of Maiwand, inspired by the legend of Malalai to pen his clarion call to his beloved, and thereby to all women? It is hard to tell. But he did sway a generation of Indian women to crop their veils into flags to fight foreign occupation. Maiwand's battle cry has inspired generations of Afghan women. According to an interview Malala Yousufzai gave a couple of years ago, she is a fan of Malalai of Maiwand and was named after her...We have been told of Malala's blogs and interviews with global news groups, but her involvement with the Marxists of Swat (of all the places) tends to be ignored. As an IMT release suggests, Malala Yousufzai attended its National Marxist Youth School in Swat in July this year. Scores of participants came from across distant provinces of Pakistan. The scale of their commitment is heart-warming. The irony is stark. The spectacle of mighty politicians in Islamabad, running scared of lurking assassins despite layers of security jostles with the rising star (Imran Khan) on Pakistan's political firmament whose desire to visit the troubled areas becomes heavy weather... Clearly, Malala's battle plan was pinned on a simple ground assault of an alternate worldview. It had no room for inhuman drones or gun-toting fanatics. Malala's kindred spirits are legion. One person she has a striking resemblance to, in my view, is Rachel Corrie, the American girl who single-handedly unnerved the Israeli army by not being afraid to be crushed by their bulldozers for a just cause."
- Jawed Naqvi as noted by Andy Newman in Socialist Unity
- "...Wouldn't it be nice if the EU and Nobel committee would agree to transfer the prize to the truly heroic Malala Yousafzai? She has deeply earned it—perhaps (hopefully not) with the ultimate sacrifice, of her life. And giving her the Peace Prize would make a real statement to totalitarians, thugs and violent fundamentalists of every stripe around the planet"
- Bill Weinberg as quoted in WW4 Report (16 October 2012)
- "This is a story of a native girl being saved by the white man...The truth is that there are hundreds and thousands of other Malalas."
- Assed Baig in the Huffington Post
- "No child should have to die for going to school, Nowhere should teachers fear to teach or children fear to learn. Together, we can change this picture. … And together let us follow the lead of this brave young girl, Malala. Let us put education first."
- Ban Ki-moon, as quoted in Malala celebrates 16th birthday with UN adress, Big Story (12 July 2013)
- "The barbarity of the terrorist attacks killing and maiming thousands of innocent people by the Taliban with the latest brutal assassination attempt on the 14 year old girl Malala Yousafzai blatantly lays bare the bestial nature of these Islamic bigots."
- Lal Khan, as quoted on the site of the International Marxist Tendency
- "In Malala's frank prose is proof that feminism, or the desire for equality through education and empowerment, is not the terrain of any one culture or faith...In the renunciation narrative of ex-Muslim women like Hirsi Ali, persecution is a justification for abandoning culture and homeland, deeming those contexts too stubbornly patriarchal to be the venue of empowerment. Malala's story exposes the error of these assumptions; with confidence, she not only embraces faith and culture but also critiques them...Yousafzai's story reveals the everyday details of a battle that millions of Muslim girls around the world are fighting every day...In Yousafzai, we have a teenage Pakistani girl who looked straight in the face of terror and came back to tell her story."
- Rafia Zakaria as quoted on Al-Jazeera America
- "Her fame highlights Pakistan's most negative aspect (rampant militancy); her education campaign echoes Western agendas; and the West's admiration of her is hypocritical because it overlooks the plight of other innocent victims, like the casualties of U.S. drone strikes."
- Dawn Columnist Huma Yusuf as noted in a piece for The New York Times
- "She did her job splendidly...Those were the most terrible days – the darkest in our history. We spared no efforts to speak up against terrorism and that struggle brought us into the limelight...[Malala]...got influenced by what was going on and gradually she joined me in our struggle against extremism"
- Malala's father Ziauddin Yousafzai as quoted on the Institute for War & Peace Reporting
Adnan Rasheed's letter (2013)[edit]
- As quoted in 'Dear Malala, this is why we tried to kill you': Taliban chief's astonishing letter to Pakistani girl, 16, shot for demanding education for women, Mail Online, (17 July, 2013)
- Taliban attacked you, was it islamically correct or wrong, or you were deserved to be killed or not, I will not go in this argument now, let's we leave it to Allah All mighty, He is the best judge.
- … please mind that Taliban never attacked you because of going to school or you were education lover, also please mind that Taliban or Mujahideen are not against the education of any men or women or girl. Taliban believe that you were intentionally writing against them and running a smearing campaign to malign their efforts to establish Islamic system in swat and your writings were provocative.
- You have said in your [United Nations] speech yesterday that pen is mightier than sword, so they attacked you for your sword not for your books or school.
- There were thousands of girls who were going to school and college before and after the Taliban insurgency in swat, would you explain why were only you on their hit list???
- At the end I advise you to come back home, adopt the Islamic and pushtoon culture, join any female Islamic madrassa near your home town, study and learn the book of Allah, use your pen for Islam and plight of Muslim ummah and reveal the conspiracy of tiny elite who want to enslave the whole humanity for their evil agendas in the name of new world order.
External links[edit]
- A World At School. (United Nations petition in Yousafzai's name)
- Malala Yousafzai at the Internet Movie Database
- Profile: Malala Yousafzai, BBC News with links to related stories
- "Swat: Diary of a Pakistani schoolgirl – BBC Urdu". (Yousafzai's BBC Urdu blog, containing 9/10 parts)
- After the Taliban: Swat women on changing life. (BBC piece from 2011 with quote from Yousafzai)
- "Class Dismissed". (2009 New York Times documentary about Yousafzai, in English)
- Child Assembly ensures a voice for youth affected by crises in Swat, Pakistan. (UNICEF video of Yousafzai)
- Site of the Malala Fund
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Status Updates on Malala
- Malala Yousafzai, We and Our Enemies


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18,534 days.
Apparently, without even trying, I keep shocking everybody.
I didn't know living to be 50 was such a big deal — or something to be despised or ridiculed. Of course, not many former WWF, or even today's WWE, wrestlers hang around alive long enough to celebrate their 50th birthday.
I always thought, though, that the mindless misfits and useful idiots charged with commentating on the industry could at least have started and continued that whole posthumous birthday homage media and entertainment pay to all their dead criminal heroes and OD'ed drug addicts. You know, like when they say, "Che Guevara would be 125 today if he wasn't a thug and murderer who deserved to be executed…long live the revolution!" or, "If Elvis had never left the building and choked to death on his own puke while passed out on his toilet, ladies and gentlemen, he'd be 93 today." I guess this kind of thing doesn't go over too well for dead wrestlers though when the Memorial Wrestlefest held in their name craps out after the first year. Still, just a thought.
I really don't know what my problem is. I guess it's just that I really enjoy being alive. All of us have our little idiosyncrasies, you know. One of mine is getting myself out of bed each morning instead of putting the coroner through the hassle. Even with all the support, guidance, insight and marketing that's been done, I just haven't been able to pull this self-destruction thing off, get it to work right like all the others have.
This video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO1Yn2V8TCw) came close to pushing me into that absolute zero zone you need to enter to get the job done right. But by its end my urge was gone and a peacefulness came over me like I never felt before. Serious…even if the Dalai Lama had walked into the room his presence could not have deepened the tranquility I was experiencing at the moment. This excellently produced piece of footage made me feel so good to be alive — and living with my head in the present, not up my ass.
Maybe I'm just not trying hard enough. I don't know. And sad as all my failure at this is, to make matters even worse, I just can't find it in myself to even apologize. I simply have no remorse. I'm so not sorry for letting so many down. The only thing I have to offer, I suppose, is that I will keep on living. I know, it's shameful.
Alright, let's shelve the sarcasm.
For you self-thinkers, who make the effort and do the work yourselves to find out the truths about me and all other things that truly make your lives work, next week I've got another Warrior's Journal coming on line and also a substantive, meaningful post about what's going through my mind here as I look back at the now gone 18,534 days of my life. In the Warrior's Journal I will be profiling Marcus Aurelius's classic, "Meditations." I believe you'll enjoy it.
Your Founding Father of Ring Intensity and Life Motivation,
Always Believe,
All right already…relax Warrior junkies. I'm working on your fix.
Apparently, if you aren't on or can't be found on the internet, you might not be doing well. According to expert wrestling fans with no other interests and too much wasted time on their fingers poking at their keyboards or their many other "mind-dumbing" techno gadgets, you may even be self-destructing. Even when your absence and silence is otherwise generating NO perverse gossip, police reports or obituaries, you are still pestered by kooks and goofs and nutjobs believing your lack of presence on the internet means something must obviously be wrong in your life.
It seems that many believe it is no longer reasonable that a man can live a productive, fulfilling and happy life if he does not engage the infinite void of cyberspace. No, not today, not in these 21st century times of now, now, now and more, more, more. It's simply impossible today that a man can devote his time to enjoying his own life, his own thoughts and his own company or the lives, friendship and interaction of his own family without others thinking he must be wasting his time and wasting away physically, mentally and spiritually while he's at it.
Of course, I am accustomed to disappointing people. So it is that I can only report that all is over-the-top well here in Warriorland. Healthy, happy, alive — you know, the same ol' traditional and exciting routine. Plenty of smiles and silliness — and serious attitude about using life, not squandering it. Things couldn't be more beautiful than they are. And, no, let me reassure you, my time away from your cheers, high praise and ass-kissing has NOT lowered my self-confidence or testosterone levels one single bit. In fact, I've always been rather self-sufficient in that regard, as you know if you've been coming around over the years. My huge, healthy, vigorous and potent ego is still large and loud; maybe even more so after this good rest I've had away from the nothingness of the internet. Scratch your monitor and you can even smell it. If you rub it real hard with a stiff scrub brush you can even forgo those cheap smelling pine tree and peppermint holiday candles everyone uses to aromatize the air. Tell others it's your gift to them, that you're letting them have a whiff of the real thing, the Warrior thing.
Anyway, I was chopping some wood today to burn in the 8 fireplaces we have in our humble, little Warrior abode and all of sudden I became overwhelmed by a huge rush of emotion. I was thinking about how great my life was and how sad it is that so many waste theirs on the internet trying to desperately figure out the lives of others, or worse, trying to figure out who they themselves are and what their own lives are all about to begin with. Then I almost fell into tears thinking about that recent Teddy Bear/ Mohammed incident. Just tragic how it turned out the way it did. Really scary. Sure, I agree the lady should be killed, but for insulting the good, decent and reverent name of Teddy Bear, not Mohammed. I mean, is the World mad or what? *
A dozen cords of lumber into my manly task it hit me that I needed to be more thankful and show my appreciation more often than I have been, no matter the serious risk I could potentially be subjecting myself to by engaging the lifelessness and emptiness of the internet again. So since many of you have been jones-ing for a good bit of time, and even many more of you can't make up your own minds about important things without knowing what is on my mind first (I know my absence has been the hardest on those of you who can't think for yourselves), it hit me that that for the sake of humanity, and many's sanity, I reckon I can make a little time here during the holidays to enliven your existences. After all, it is the season for jolly spirits and Always Believing, right? God, I am such a sucker for the less fortunate in body, mind and soul. I should really consider starting a church of some kind. Sometimes I really do think I missed my calling.
Ah, it's going to be a great Christmas season. Isn't it? I can already tell it is. In fact, I've noticed that the hair on back is already unusually thick here at the beginning of December. It usually never begins to mat-up before the middle of January, and the texture…unbelievably soft, more like Mink this year, not Raccoon as in years before. There's so much of it I am almost positive that after shaving off what is necessary to make coats for my girls, my wife may even get that fur coat she's been dreaming of.
Must be that steroid study I've been conducting on myself since July. I was in the Carolinas just after the Benoit incident, you know. And I stumbled across that huge extra stash of steroids he had stockpiled. Yeah, weirdly enough, I found them at one those indian souvenir shops, sitting right next to a bunch of firecrackers. The indian running the joint said one day a big black semi-truck with huge scrawled white letters all down the side of the trailer (he couldn't make out the word or the letters because he went to a local American public school where they were only taught Cherokee) came through town on its way to a larger city and stopped out front and opened the rear doors up and the whole 53′ truck was full. He said the driver, a skinny, nervous, super-jittery guy, was practically giving the stuff away.
He didn't know what the stuff was but he bought it all because on the reservations they can sell anything legally and he figured eventually some white man would come through and know what it all was, buy it and he'd make a huge profit. Well, I knew what it was, but he also knew who I was. And, naturally, he was more impressed by who I was than I was by what he had. He also believed we had this whole cosmic "You're a warrior, I'm a warrior…" connection thing going on. And he was so into it I just didn't have it in me to disappoint him and tell him we really didn't have a connection thing going on because Ultimate Warrior, as a persona, was never created around his being an indian in the classic cowboys and indians sense. The truth is, I side with the cowboys not the indians, and I consider myself a Native American in the accurate sense. Moreover, I don't really appreciate that the indians, the bow and arrow kind, use the term in the misleading way that they for too long have. I mean, I was born here, in America, so I, too, am a Native American. I don't have to say my ancestors lived in a teepee and wore feathers in their hair, or yelp like a hyena or weave blankets or burn smudge sticks and smoke tax-free cigarettes to know I am one. Neither do you if you were born here. But we'll save that politically-incorrect discussion for another time. So, anyway, I went along with the roleplaying he was doing and used his belief to my advantage and negotiated with him until he took a pair of my underwear that I agreed to draw my Ultimate Warrior logo on, which he knew would always thereafter hold special powers. Funny, huh? Be back a little later to discuss my experiment — and many other things.
Your Founding Father of Ring Intensity,
Always Believe,
*(Neither has my wonderful, sarcastic, politically-incorrect sense of humor suffered in any way. It is still very much in intact.)
"Ho" Free. Good, Decent Summer Fun for Little Ones in the Hood….
I was searching for some MMA fighting instruction and I found this classic piece.
No Sweat. Iron Sheik's Ass Kicked by Warrior's Mind.
On May 6, I made a rare appearance at a sports memorabilia/autograph show. Not only was the production first-class, so was the professionalism of the young gentleman, Mr. Bernie Gernay, who contacted, negotiated and worked with me to make the event happen. I can't say enough about the mature, professional conduct of this young man and how his efforts squashed much of the built up skepticism and cynicism I'd acquired over the years while working with incompetent con-artists who rarely ever delivered on what they'd promised to do. His company, Pro Sports Investments, and he have a bright, successful future ahead of them and I am proud to have worked with him on this event and am positively looking forward to working with him in the future. I also want to thank his family, his wife Fran, his brother Dean, his sister Diana and her fiancé Brian for their hard work and making me feel welcome. There are other friends of Bernie's who helped and I thank them, as well.
Of course, there'd been no reason for me to thank these people if there weren't, first, the other people: the Ultimate Warrior fans. In YOUR case, it is not so much that I can't say enough, it's more that there are no words to describe the emotions I have when it comes to all of you. You were the best and you still are. One of the expressions I created many years ago still fits today: "Created by Destiny. Bonded by Belief." How true it still is.
The Ultimate Warrior persona impacted all our lives in a positive and inspiring way and even as the years go by our affections for the experience and the bond that was built never fades away. Our lives are still powerfully influenced and our hearts are still warmed by the memories of Ultimate Warrior's energy and determination and the statement he made. You drove hours from others cities, brought your own young children who were not yet even born when I was active in the business but have been turned onto Ultimate Warrior through the pictures, videos and stories you cherish, and you even flew from other countries to just smile, say hello, shake a hand, snap a few pictures, grab a couple of autographs. As many of you witnessed for yourself, you tugged at my heart until I was, often with moist eyes, wearing it on my sleeve.
Not just now as I write this but that whole day, there were several instances were there were not words to tell you how much it meant. I know you came to see me, but I need you ALL to know the honor of meeting you made an equal heartfelt and lasting impression. The only words to describe the fondness you shared is to tell you that you are the best — and you are better. You were better fans and you are better people. I will never forget what you meant to the success of the Ultimate Warrior and how much that experience we "lived" together still means to the living and learning I get to do in my everyday life. Thank you for being who you are. I know our paths are destined to cross again.
Further poignant commentary about this video and this incident is forthcoming late tonight my time, plus some news about what has been going…what hasn't been going…what is going to be going on…
Your Founding Father of Ring Intensity,
Always Believe,
Being a man of good manners, I want to somewhat apologize for not being able to provide some kind of preliminary warning about the video clip, even better yet, some kind of password authorization for it to be played, but I don't know how to set something like that up yet. I post the clip here only for the reason that I want what I have to say about the event to be understood in the proper context and that would be more difficult to achieve if the video has not been seen. It does contain "vulgar use" of adult language and it does bother me that young kids will potentially view it without proper adult supervision to explain why I've posted it here and what I have to say about it. If you have some type of parental control, please use it.
Let me assure you right now, as I move forward with posting audio and video clips of my OWN you will never find me using graphic adult language in the tactless, vulgar way the Iron Sheik does here.
The video clip, you would think, is pretty self-explanatory: there ARE former pro-wrestling talent who are "self-destructing," but not yours truly. Unfortunately, this obvious conclusion is not the one many of today's unmannered, mindless miscreants — spawned by today's degenerate culture — arrive at. It seems that "self-explanatory" to these crackpots means not what you actually see and hear but what your hallucinations induce you to deliriously believe.


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It was an odd sight when the Denver Broncos took to the field in hosting the San Diego Chargers in a key AFC West battle in mid-November. Instead of a somewhat typical November day with cold, possible snow and other inclement weather, the temperature at game time was 62 degrees and sunny. For Denver, they wanted to extend their winning streak to five and take complete control in the AFC West race, but San Diego was hoping for the win to keep their playoff hopes alive and keep the Broncos from winning their seventh game of the year.The first half of the game was filled with some uneven play as both Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning and Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers both threw key interceptions. For Manning, his pick was taken back for a touchdown by Chargers defensive back Eric Weddle to put San Diego up 7-0 early. Denver, though, held tough and got a Manning pass to Demaryius Thomas to level the score. Rivers was then intercepted by Broncos linebacker Wesley Woodyard in their ...
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LPIC-2 Qualification Valid for HP Blades and Proliants
Hewlett-Packard is now accepting Linux Professional Institute (LPI) level 2 qualifications as entry-level credits for training to HP's Accredited System Engineer standard.
The Linux Professional Institute has announced that Hewlett-Packard will accept the LPIC-2 as evidence of sufficient operating system skills for HP Accredited System Engineer (ASE) level qualifications. The LPI certificate will be accepted for Proliant server and HP blade systems.
Hewlett Packard awards system engineer status if applicants have certain qualifications and additionally pass various HP exams. To qualify as a system engineer for Proliant and Blade servers the hardware vendor has previously required Novell or Red Hat certification. LPIC-2 has now been added.
Due to this LPIC-2 accreditation has been added to the HP's catalog of qualifications for Accredited Integration Specialists (AIS); AIS accreditation is a requirement for ASE level. LPIC-1 was accepted previously as AIS accreditation for the storage series.
Hewlett Packard also offers Linux training in preparation for LPI exams.
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NoScript Flaw
Mozilla's script blocker add-on could be putting malware sites on the whitelist.
RIP SSLv3
The Internet community officially banishes the notoriously unsafe Secure Sockets Layer protocol.
Mate 1.1 Arrives
Popular desktop environment continues the Gnome 2 legacy – with new support for the Gnome 3 toolkit.
US Government Requires HTTPS
The Obama White House has issued a memorandum telling all US government agencies they must use HTTPS for all websites and web communication.
Mozilla Signs Firefox Add-Ons
New program will dial up security for the Firefox browser.
Fedora 22 Arrives
Red Hat's community distro embraces the cloud.
Code.org and College Board Team Reach Out for Talented High School Coders
New partnership will bring more and better CS training to US schools
A Peek Inside TeslaCrypt Ransomware
Criminals offer online help over Tor network
Mumblehard Still Spams
Sophisticated malware is still present on Joomla and WordPress sites around the world.
Launchpad Gets Git
Future versions of Ubuntu's code service will support the popular Git version control system used with Linux and other open source projects.


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LOGAN COUNTY, Okla. – Officials have released new details on the natural gas explosion that rocked rural Logan County Thursday night.
Three families evacuated their homes and firefighters said one employee narrowly escaped the blaze.
The fire was still burning 24 hours later.
"Whenever it went off, I felt it in the house," William Savory said. "I felt it shake. I told my wife, 'Did you feel that?'"
One mile from Savory's home, DCP Mainstream's natural gas compressor station was in flames.
Firefighters said an employee was blowing off excess pressure built up in the gas line when it exploded.
The man ran for his life.
The shell of his truck sitting near the pipe is evidence of just how close to death he was; it's incredible he survived.
"He didn't have a scratch on him but you could tell he was shook up pretty bad," Savory said.
Still, he went from home to home warning others of the danger.
When the complex was on fire, it was so dangerous, firefighters couldn't even get close.
They had to stay two miles down this road for two hours just watching it burn.
"You feel kind of helpless but knowing the nature of gas and petroleum industry, sometimes it's what you have to do is let it burn off," Fire Chief Eric Harlow said.
Once the gas died down, fire crews were able to go in and fight the flames that engulfed the employee's truck and surrounding trees.
Now Savory looks back, thankful the worker he's come to know in his neighborhood is alive.
"The good Lord was watching over him, you know," Savory said.


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CME Group Hires Schultz as Executive Director and Counsel to the Executive Chairman and President; and Appoints Rich to Management Team Role
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
CME Group Hires Schultz as Executive Director and Counsel to the Executive Chairman and President; and Appoints Rich to Management Team Role12:00 EDT Tuesday, May 22, 2012CHICAGO, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that it has appointed Susan M. Schultz to the newly created position of Executive Director and counsel to the Executive Chairman and President. Reporting to Terry Duffy, CME Group's Executive Chairman and President, Schultz will be responsible for advising on legal matters related to the company's government relations, public relations and corporate marketing activities. She also will serve as a liaison to the Legal Department on matters related to the execution of Duffy's duties and responsibilities.Prior to joining CME Group, Schultz gained more than 30 years of legal and regulatory experience in the derivatives industry. She most recently served as Managing Director, Group Deputy General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer of the LCA Division of Newedge Group. She also worked for Newedge as Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel, and Deputy General Counsel and Global Head of Compliance. Her background also includes General Counsel and Associate General Counsel roles with Calyon Financial. She began her career with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), serving as Staff Attorney, In-house Counsel, Assistant Corporate Secretary and Director, Memberships during her 10-year tenure. Schultz holds a bachelor's degree in political science, magna cum laude, from John Carroll University and a JD, with distinction, from The John Marshall Law School. Additionally, CME Group appointed Linda Rich, Senior Managing Director, Government Relations and Legislative Affairs, to the company's Management Team. Rich also reports to Duffy. Before joining the company in 2010, Rich gained 20 years of experience in financial services and legislative policy roles. She most recently served as Senior Vice President, Government Relations for NYSE Euronext. Her background also includes serving as senior counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services and as counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Commerce. She holds a bachelor's degree from Brown University and a JD degree from the National Law Center at George Washington University. As the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) is where the world comes to manage risk. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities, metals, weather and real estate. CME Group brings buyers and sellers together through its CME Globex® electronic trading platform and its trading facilities in New York and Chicago. CME Group also operates CME Clearing, one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, which offers clearing and settlement services for exchange-traded contracts, as well as for over-the-counter derivatives transactions through CME ClearPort®. These products and services ensure that businesses everywhere can substantially mitigate counterparty credit risk in both listed and over-the-counter derivatives markets.CME Group is a trademark of CME Group Inc. The Globe Logo, CME, Globex and Chicago Mercantile Exchange are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT and the Chicago Board of Trade are trademarks of the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. NYMEX, New York Mercantile Exchange and ClearPort are registered trademarks of New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. COMEX is a trademark of Commodity Exchange, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Further information about CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) and its products can be found at www.cmegroup.com. CME-GSOURCE CME GroupFor further information: Media, Michael Shore, +1-312-930-2363, or Laurie Bischel, +1-312-648-8698, email@example.com, www.cmegroup.mediaroom.com, or Investors, John Peschier, +1-312-930-8491, all of CME Group


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Climate Change Talks Reignite Cold War-Era Conflicts
Thursday, November 21, 2013
United Nations-sponsored climate talks in Warsaw have reopened old wounds this week. Representatives from some of the world's poorest countries staged a walk-out yesterday as the United States, the European Union, Australia and other developed nations refused to discuss payment for extreme environmental damage until after 2015. Isaac Valero, the European Union's spokesman for Climate Action, explains where the E.U. stands and what's in store going forward.
New Program Arms Immigrants Facing Deportation with Legal Aid
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Immigrants facing detention or deportation have no right to a court-appointed attorney. The New York Immigrant Family Unity Project aims to change that. The Project—the first of its kind in the country—provides indigent immigrants representation in detention and deportation proceedings, regardless of whether they can pay. The Project is the result of a task force of attorneys, activists and experts, chaired by Judge Robert Katzman, chief judge of the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
Putting Together the Puzzle Pieces of JFK's Legacy
Monday, November 11, 2013
On November 22, the nation will pause to reflect on the 50 years since the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. As historian Robert Caro says in "American Experience: JFK," a new documentary by Takeaway partner WGBH, "We will never know whether he would have been a great president—I'd bet on him, but we didn't have that chance." In the wake of Kennedy's untimely death, we are left with puzzle pieces that do not make a complete picture of a presidency.
On Veterans Day, Advice for Veterans From Veterans
Monday, November 11, 2013
Veterans face a myriad of challenges when they return from service, and no one better understands these barriers—and how to overcome them—than veterans themselves. Jason Wasieleski, a former Army medic who served in Afghanistan in 2012, and David Retske, a former UAV pilot who served in Iraq from 2004 to 2005, share their advice for returning veterans and discuss what they wish they had known when they returned from service.
One Woman's Quest to Recover Her Family's Artwork Stolen by the Nazis
Friday, November 08, 2013
A close friend of Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso, art dealer Paul Rosenberg once dominated Paris's art scene. Nazi forces confiscated much of Rosenberg's collection, at least 400 artworks worth millions of dollars. Marianne Rosenberg, Paul's granddaughter and Alexandre's son, continues her family's quest to recover their stolen art. This week, Marianne confirmed that one of her family's Matisse paintings was in the trove of Nazi-confiscated art recently discovered in Munich.
For Veterans Day, Advice for Veterans from Veterans
Thursday, November 07, 2013
This Veterans Day, we're teaming up with the Center for Investigative Reporting to hear from veterans about how they've tackled the obstacles of coming home. We want to know: What advice do you have for veterans who have recently returned? What advice do you wish you'd been given after your service? We also want to hear from veterans who have recently returned: What questions do you have? What advice are you seeking?
Detroit's New Mayor Inherits Host of Problems
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
With its list of lengthy problems, people are wondering: Who would want to be the mayor of Detroit? The city's dwindling population elected Mike Duggan, a former hospital executive known for rehabilitating troubled institutions. Quinn Klinefelter, reporter for WDET in Detroit, discusses his city's new mayor, and the long list of problems the city's new leader will inherit.
Church, State & the Supreme Court
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
The small town of Greece, New York is thrust into the national spotlight this week as the Supreme Court hears arguments on whether the town's council can open its meetings with Christian prayers. Sarah Barringer Gordon, professor of law and history at the University of Pennsylvania, examines the Greece case and the historical role of religion in public life.
The Woman Without A Memory, And What She Says About All of Us
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
Lonni Sue Johnson suffers from what's called profound amnesia. She can't form new memories or bring up old memories. But while her brain doesn't work the way it should, it does give us profound clues about how our brains work and can be improved. Michael Lemonick is a contributor to Time Magazine, where his piece about Johnson "The Muse of Memory" is published this week.
Virginia Governor's Race: A GOP Referendum?
Tuesday, November 05, 2013
Once a Republican stronghold, the state of Virginia might be straying from its roots. Thanks to rapidly changing demographics and a strident GOP candidate, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe leads Republican Ken Cuccinelli by seven points. Daniel Palazzolo, professor of political science at the University of Richmond, examines what the implications could be if McAuliffe wins.
ENDA and the State of the GOP
Monday, November 04, 2013
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid plans to bring the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) to a vote tonight. ENDA would ban workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and while the bill has little support in the House, advocates are hopeful about its prospects in the Senate, as it's already gained support from several Republican Senators. Sarah Longwell, the treasurer for the Log Cabin Republicans, discusses the GOP interest in ENDA and examines what these crossover votes say about the future of the Republican Party.
The Significance of Mehsud's Death
Monday, November 04, 2013
On Friday, US fired missiles killed Hakimullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, in what may be a huge development in the war against the Taliban in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Madiha Tahir is a documentary filmmaker whose film, "Wounds of Waziristan," looks at the impact of drone strikes close to the Afghanistan border. She discusses the significance of Mehsud's death.
Courts and the Constitution: Stop-and-Frisk and Abortion Restrictions
Friday, November 01, 2013
Yesterday brought two major legal decisions with big implications in two states. In Texas, a Federal Appeals Court reversed a ruling by a federal judge made just three days prior that would block key components of the state's new restrictive abortion law In New York City, a Federal Appeals Court halted a major decision from August that had deemed stop-and-frisk practices by New York City Police unconstitutional and in violation in the 4th and 14th Amendments. Jeffrey Toobin, legal analyst for The New Yorker, discusses these rulings.
From the Institution to the Community, JFK's Mental Health Legacy
Friday, November 01, 2013
Americans suffering from mental illness have long faced barriers to treatment, including stigma from their friends, family and peers.
Fifty years ago, President John F. Kennedy sought to change all of that. On October 31, 1963, he signed his last piece of legislation, the Community Mental Health Act, a law that aimed to transform the way mental illness is treated in this country. According to Dr. Paul Appelbaum, a practicing psychiatrist and professor of law, medicine and psychiatry at Columbia University, fifty years later, the Act has a mixed legacy.
HUD Secretary Donovan Reflects On Sandy's First Anniversary
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
One year ago this week, Sandy devastated the Eastern Seaboard, leaving at least 117 dead, thousands homeless and an estimated $65 billion in damage. President Barack Obama appointed Shaun Donovan, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to lead the federal response to Sandy. Secretary Donovan examines Sandy's impact, and discusses the state of the recovery effort one year later.
Science Friday's Ira Flatow on Extreme Weather One Year After Sandy
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
While the science behind climate change may still be controversial in some circles, it's come increasingly difficult to deny that the planet is growing warmer. And though scientists are cautious when it comes to cause and effect, most experts agree there is a link between climate change and storms like Hurricane Sandy. Science Friday's Ira Flatow examines the lessons learned, and the link between climate change and extreme weather.
Britain Seeks to Prevent The Publishing of Snowden's Leaks
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
British Prime Minister David Cameron appears ready to crack down on The Guardian, the news organization at the center of the former NSA contractor Edward Snowden's leaks. Louise Mensch is a former conservative member of Parliament. She's called for the government to crack down on The Guardian from the beginning. She explains her stance against The Guardian, and how she hopes the Snowden saga will finally end.
Mikhail Khodorkovsky: The Case that Defines Russian Justice
Friday, October 25, 2013
Yesterday marked 10 years since former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky's arrest, in October 2003. Khodorkovsky maintains that his subsequent trial and sentencing were politically motivated, serving as punishment for his vocal opposition to what he saw as corruption in the Russian government. Pavel Khodorkovsky, Mikhail's son, joins The Takeaway.
'Genetic Republican' John G. Taft on the Future of the GOP
Thursday, October 24, 2013
The Tea Party and its allies may have propelled the Republicans to victory in the 2010 midterm elections, but John G. Taft, great-grandson of 27th President William Howard Taft, is worried about the state of the GOP in the wake of the government shutdown. Taft, the author of "Stewardship: Lessons Learned from the Lost Culture of Wall Street" and CEO of RBC Management USA, examines the GOP's past and present, and shares his hopes for the party's future.
Federal Health Care Policy: Past, Present and Future
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Since 1965, the federal government has redesigned its health policy several times with varying degrees of success. Helen Levy, research associate professor of economics at the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan and former senior economist to the President's Council of Economic Advisers, compares the ACA rollout to past, present and future federal overhauls.