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It's Monday morning. A lot is going on for jazz diva Dudu. She is just back from a month-long homecoming tour in her birth city, Bulawayo. On Saturday night she hosted a gig in Harare to mark the last day of the 16 days of activism against gender violence. Sunday she spent with her home congregation where she and her husband sit on the board of deacons. Today the family moves house and she meets me enroute to picking up her four kids from where they have stayed overnight with friends.
She is perfectly turned out as always – dressed in cool green, wearing her trademark turban, high heels and powerhouse smile. "This is the kind of day where if I was a drinker I'd have a beer. Give me one of those" she jokes, pointing to the left over Saturday night cocktail special chalked on the blackboard of the café where we meet.
Her name, 'Duduzile', means 'comforter' in her mother tongue sNdebele, a language which sounds like singing. Music is her essence and she moves conscious of life's varied rhythms. Her walk carries the wide, slow streets and big, open sky of Zimbabwe's second city – the City of Kings - into the faster, not so generous pace of the capital. "I needed that slower pulse of Bulawayo rhythm," she says, " I needed to connect on the ground again."
Connecting is one of the things she does – with her audience, through her church, and with the wider world as an advocate and lobbyist for women's issues and the arts. Inspired by jazz legends of Southern Africa, Dorothy Masuku and Miriam Makeba, she brings social conscience, elegance and grace to her stage act - plus a big sense of fun! She describes herself as a creative entrepreneur, a wife and mother. "I am passion, I am strength, I am love," she says, " I am a person who sees a situation that is wrong – who will not only talk about it, but I will make a change."
That started when Dudu needed to make 'big people' decisions as a little girl. Her father was a violent guy and her mother stayed in the abusive marriage for the sake of the children. By the time she was ten she was determined not to get trapped in her mother's situation and vowed not to marry until she had her own belongings. "When I turned 16 and got my I.D.," says Dudu, "I said to my Mum, 'I am taking the kids' (my other siblings) so she didn't need to stay with him any longer because of us." That's when her mother finally filed for divorce. As a result, she enjoys a close and unusual relationship with her mother. "Hey my mother, my father" calls Dudu. "Hey my sister, my daughter" answers her mother.
None of Dudu's relationships are conventional, including her marriage. At age 19 she found a special kind of man in her husband, Blessing. Within three weeks of meeting - in a recording studio (he's a drummer)- and after talking late through many nights about everything, they moved in together, much to the initial dismay of her mother who wanted Dudu to go to college first.
Ten years and four children later the couple live the change they believe in, sometimes flying in the face of deeply conventional Zimbabwean society. "But the alienation was good for us – it made us closer," states Dudu.
The year of their marriage was also the year she enrolled in Zimbabwe's College of Music and marked the formation of their band Color Blu. A third album is due for release next year. This woman can achieve anything she sets her mind to. (www.dudumanhenga.com).
"If you don't decide, someone else will," is her mantra. "Sure in this country there are external forces – the powers that be have the authority, but we need to work with what is…. The country is like this, so take charge. What are you going to do about it?"
She believes passionately in women's empowerment and in encouragement of the girl child. Recently she went back to her old schools and presented personal prizes to the students to inspire them with the idea that using their imaginations can help make small changes in their lives.
When her Mum couldn't afford a new school uniform, Dudu found a tailor to turn the old one inside out so that the bright colour was displayed. " It was good to have an opportunity to say to the kids that I grew up in a tough situation, but I can change my life."
"I am change," she says. Dudu produces three pink books out of her bag – a planner for 2011, a notebook which is her way of taking stock, her assessment of herself, and her achievements in different areas of her life, and a 'Think Pink' book – her reflections and musings on what it means to be a girl child. She is discovering pink – the realization that as much as pink is soft and sometimes limited, you can put it with anything, so it is a lesson in appreciating the soft femininity as well as the wilder side of woman.
She points to a quotation in the planner:
'The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.' William James
It is what she does – continually reinvents herself and her power. "I want a role in the arts not just as a performing artist. By the time I am in my 50s I expect to perform at special events just a few times a year. Right now my glass ceiling is because of policy issue. I want to change policy."
Dudu wants to leave a legacy, something that will live longer than she will. "I live by the motto – live in such a way that stories of you will be told when you are gone," she says with a giggle. "I love leaving footprints."
This article is part of a writing assignment for Voices of Our Future, which is providing rigorous web 2.0 and new media training for 30 emerging women leaders. We are speaking out for social change from some of the most unheard regions of the world.
Take action! This post was submitted in response to Voices of Our Future 2011 Assignment: Profiles.
Hi Bounce,
I do love reading your profile. Well-done!
Love, Sarvina
Regards, Sarvina from Cambodia VOF 2011 Correspondent
You have captured her so well. You have joyously conveyed her passion, and clearsighted commitment...what a woman! Thanks for introducing all of us to her!
I read your beautiful profile article on Dudu Manhenga and am so inspired I want to hear her music. Thank you for introducing me to such a remarkable woman. Your writing weaves a wonderful story of hope, courage and deep appreciation for the feminine spirit. Warmest wishes for the new year and I look forward to reading your future journal pieces.
Eunice V.
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thank you so much Eunice V. She is indeed remarkable and it was great to profile her. best wishes from me too for the New Year
This turned out so well- as I was reading I could imagine - no- I could see this woman - as you described here- thank you for sharing this with us...as a reminder that we need to "be change".
Bounce, this is an excellent first assignment!
You have created a colorful illustration of your subject: her personality, her look, her attitude. I particularly love that you've discovered and shared the somewhat intimate detail about the notebooks that she keeps and the purposes they serve in her life. This is especially inspirational to me and highlights to all your readers that, no matter our unique circumstances, there is something we all can do to improve our lives and to be a leader-- even in a small way!
Congratulations, Bounce; I can't wait to read your assignments to come!
thank you Kristin. She is a lovely person and really inspirational. I am glad that you can appreciate her too.
Bounce, thank you for introducing us to Dudu. She sounds like a great woman who will succeed at anything she sets her mind on. I will buy her music and listen to her and I hope it is as warm as how you have captured her heart. Thank you for doing such a wonderful job and I am looking forward to reading your next assignment. Well done!
Rudzanimbilu Muthambi
Rudzanimbilu what a lovely name. Ihope you enjoy Dudu's music and that one day you will have a chance to see her on stage. and thanks for your kind words about the assignment
I am yet to buy the music and yes, it will be an honour to see her on stage.....
Rudzanimbilu Muthambi
What a sweet assignment and sweet woman you have found in Dudu. She sounds absolutely amazing in a graceful almost effortless kind of way. Your lyrical writing takes us to the cafe where you are sitting with her. Thank you for such an amazing first assignment!
Kind regards,
"Tell me then, what will you do with your one wild, sweet, and precious life?" -Mary Oliver
thank you Rachel. Really appreciate your comments and support. Yes Dudu is amazing and graceful. I was so privileged to be able to profile her.


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(One day, I'll make a header image for this thing...)
Wow, I haven't done a R&R blog in over a month. But hey, you need time to blog ( or an unhealthy amount of alcohol); these last few weeks have been killer and it's not going to get any better until June. You see, my sister is getting married. It's kind of a big deal.
Anyway, on to games. First up is:
Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of DestructionI've never really been into games with anthropomorphic fuzzy things in them. But I decided to get R&C a while ago while it was on sale. It took me a long time to actually put the disc in the drive, but I'm glad I did. I can see why R&C is such a loved and long-running franchise - good story, intense combat, competent platforming, crazy weapons and gadgets and great graphics. Insomniac sure knows what they're doing. That said, it felt like a game from last generation, not in a bad sense, but more of a nostalgic sense. I can't really explain why, but I can tell R&C's roots are in the PS2 even though I haven't played any of the PS2 R&Cs (for shame). Despite my aforementioned general dislike of these kinds of games, I liked Tools of Destruction enough to get Quest for Booty while it was on sale a while ago. This was, of course, right after sending Hamz a message saying that I couldn't get in to R&C. Silly me.
The reason for the blog title is because of a little issue I bumped into during the last two levels of the game - I couldn't use the weapons vendors or even look at my weapons in the menu because doing so would freeze the game, requiring a hard reset. What made it worse is that I hunted down all of those freaking schematics for the crazy bad-ass gun, and could then never use it because I couldn't modify my already full quick select. Not to mention that I very nearly ran out of all of my ammo during the final boss fight.
Anyway, I finished it. Now onto Quest for booty... eventually.
Legacy of Kain: Soul ReaverWhile we're on the topic of last-gen platformers, this is one I picked up from the PSN store a while ago and have been struggling through ever since. I first saw this game when my friend rented it whenever it came out, and man, I wanted to play it. Even with nostalgia-goggles off, it's still a fun game, it's just that the game design in many spots is... antiquated. For example, I'm lost 90% of the time. Sure, the god-voice-thing gives you verbal directions on where to go while you're in the underworld, but it's usually something like "past something, and beyond something else is another thing. There you'll find one of your brothers - kick the vampire-juice out of him." That would be all well and good if I knew where "something" and "something else" were! Navigation's a bitch.
Still, there's a lot of things about this game that are different, and most are awesome. For instance, the open world and dual-realm stuff is pretty neat. and I like that you can't just punch dudes to death (excepting those puny humans) because they're friggin' vampires. You need to impale them with the sparse weaponry or dangerous things in the environment to kill them dead. Of course, this changes a little later in the game. I don't want to give anything away for those that haven't played it, but I kinda wish they would have expanded the combat in a little different way, because now I feel like I have to have full health all the time. Anyway, I guess I'm not too far in this game because I'm playing it on my PSP and I hardly have a good reason to be playing my PSP over anything else I own unless I'm lying in my bed, unable to sleep for one reason or another - and that rarely happens. Like, ever.
Other StuffI should get my copy of Red Dead Redemption in the mail tomorrow; I'm pretty excited about spending the better part of an otherwise boring birthday in R*'s early 1900's western. And no, I haven't forgotten about my decision to finish Persona 3... I'm just putting it off. Honestly, I'm quite frightened.
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Who is the best BJJ MMA practitioner?
I realise Roger Gracie at this stage is perhaps too early to tell, but included him on the list as he is the most decorated BJJ practitioner to ever step into the Octagon.
Remember, this is the best at MMA BJJ, not simply the best at BJJ.
Well for 'MMA BJJ' as you call it, I think that fast, aggressive jiu jitsu/grappling is most effective, because most of these wrestlers just won't see it coming. Not many can just throw crazy submissions from nowhere like that, but spend too much time trying to set things up and the wrestlers will just beat on you and tire you out.
For example, Rousimar Palhares can have submissions set up before the fight even hits the ground, he may not always showcase minutes of grappling beauty but he's setting up all the time, and the submission rarely fails. And it's usually within the first 2 minutes.
For MMA, I think that's the most effective Jiu Jitsu, especially with all the grinding wrestlers - they won't go for takedowns so often if they think they'll land in a leg lock.
Shinya Aoki
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his standup doesnt get enuff love either.
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Maia, definitely, his BJJ is world class, I know he hasn't subbed his last few, but is BJJ really is awesome.
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Almost a year after its debut at the Cannes Film Festival, Wong Kar Wai's first English-language film, the not-well-received My Blueberry Nights, has a Dallas release date: April 18 at the Angelika Film Center. (Though clips from the film, including the famous final scene and this one featuring Chan Marshall, have been showing up online for months.)
Its local connection, of course, is some former Popolos pianist and Arts Magnet grad by the name of Norah Jones -- who, turns out, will be on The Late Show with David Letterman on April 2 to perform her sole song on the soundtrack, "The Story," which gets its release April 1. Only, if you're dying to hear the song now, well, it's streaming at this very moment on the official site for the soundtrack, which also features the likes of Cat Power, Ry Cooder, Mavis Staples and Amos Lee. The trailer's after the jump. --Robert Wilonsky
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Skip to comments.Rush: I sincerely apologize to Ms. Fluke; Update: Ironic tweet of the day
Posted on 03/03/2012 8:32:15 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Rush Limbaugh has posted a statement on his website this afternoon, forwarded by his brother David (one of my friends on line), apologizing for calling Sandra Fluke an insulting name while discussing her claims. It's impossible to retain the context of his apology by excerpting it, so I hope Rush will not mind me posting it in its entirety:
For over 20 years, I have illustrated the absurd with absurdity, three hours a day, five days a week. In this instance, I chose the wrong words in my analogy of the situation. I did not mean a personal attack on Ms. Fluke.
I think it is absolutely absurd that during these very serious political times, we are discussing personal sexual recreational activities before members of Congress. I personally do not agree that American citizens should pay for these social activities. What happened to personal responsibility and accountability? Where do we draw the line? If this is accepted as the norm, what will follow? Will we be debating if taxpayers should pay for new sneakers for all students that are interested in running to keep fit?In my monologue, I posited that it is not our business whatsoever to know what is going on in anyone's bedroom nor do I think it is a topic that should reach a Presidential level.
My choice of words was not the best, and in the attempt to be humorous, I created a national stir. I sincerely apologize to Ms. Fluke for the insulting word choices.
I think Rush did the right thing in apologizing to Fluke. However, let's keep in mind that it was Fluke who made her sexual activity a matter of national political debate by insisting that the government pass laws and regulations forcing employers and insurers to provide her free contraception, and apparently as much as she and others demand. It's Republicans who believe that contraception should remain a private affair, and that employers and insurers should be free to decide whether to cover contraception for their employees and customers or not. Democrats used Fluke to demand that those choices be stripped from private enterprises and instead be forced by the executive branch to entirely subsidize contraception.
That is the argument we should be making, as Republicans and conservatives. If you want your sexual choices to remain private, don't use the government to force other people to subsidize them. Then we won't have to turn the sex lives of Georgetown law school students into topics for political speculation.
Update: Along those same lines, does Donna Brazile also now oppose the government mandate to force employers and insurers to have a role in the decision to use contraception? She tweeted this message not too long ago (via Keder):
Agree! The government should have no role in contraception, and shouldn't force employers or insurers to have a role in it, either. Keep it between the woman, her sexual partner, and her doctor. Well said.
Oh, wait, Brazile meant this in support of the mandate? She seems just as badly misinformed on the issue as her media colleagues … or as deliberately obtuse.
If she personally spent $3000 on contraceptives (the Pill plus condoms — and what ever happened to expecting the guy to pay for his part?) during a two or three year period in law school, she'd have gotten laid often enough to qualify as a slut. She likely did not do so herself (her manner suggests she's a lesbian, who needs no contraception), but is likely only sympathizing with others who are sluts.
Everything is about money in this world today. Everything.
I want to agree with you, I really do.
But, no one except those of us Rush (former) fans are going to read his apology. No one is going to parse his words except us, looking for the up-side, and his and our enemies, looking for and gleefully finding his weakness.
They find the weakness, and they exploit it. Rush loses, we lose, and the country we love loses.
The only part of this abject, humiliating apology you will EVER hear again on the MSM is the ass-kissing, tea-bagging part.
Rush today lost untold numbers of long-time listeners, true believers, and loyal conservatives. There is no brilliance, there is no up-side. Churchill said never, never, never give up. Today, so that his check did not drop 5%, Rush gave up.
Go ahead, find the "brilliance".
Andrew Breitbart would not have apologized.
Ma'am, it is late. Please read the thread before you sound foolish. Get back to me when you have an informed opinion. I am tired of responding to the ignorant, really tired.
"How. Do. You. Do. It? I had to get out of that place. I couldn't take it anymore."
freeper GOP Poet' was like you and she bolted for Sta Barbara. Couldn't take it too and she resided at the epicenter...West Hollywood/L.A. AKA fag central. Sure, I pass by billboards with fags getting it on and AIDS/HIV billboards on every major intersection.
It actually toughened us up. We rarely let visitors get into our staff area as we have a very large Reagan picture in the "hidden" meeting room..
If our liberals saw it, we would be out of business quickly.
"Come to Texas. We like guys like you here."
We are seriously contemplating it but will wait until after the elections. There is not much movie and media infrastructure in Texas but we have envisioned being one of the first to set up a media division there.
Now, I haven't checked, but I have no idea how anyone could spend $3,000/year on BCPs. I'm not looking any of this up, so corrections invited; however, there surely must be generic BCPs that cost a patient something like a tenth of what Ms. Fluke claims in her ovarian sob saga.
I think that fact checking, and the strict avoidance of name-calling is what's called for, here.
And no mention of Arpaio's report. It's about Rush and the slut.
Someone showed a Wal-mart $4/$10 prescription list. She could get a year's worth of the Pill in 90-day batches for $40, plus whatever it costs to see the doctor (probably nominal, if through the school's health service). If condoms accounted for the rest and if she was personally involved, then yes she would have had to be ludicrously slutty.
Exactly right.
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Rush Surrenders: Truer words were never spoken.
Hmmm...I wonder if this means I can get gov't reparations for all the money I spent on drinks for babes during my "dating years"...?
Rush apologized to not be a distraction for the elections. Was he right to say what he did, yes. Is this girl a slut, well that's a matter of opinion because to liberals her life style is normal. This goes to show there is selective free speech in America. Liberals can say anything, even wish death upon someone, and it's considered free speech. Conservatives, on the other hand, can only say certain things or else be accused of hate speech.
I live in the DFW area. Las Colinas (which is midway between Dallas and Ft. Worth) has a film studio. You should get in on the action when they make a movie of Stephen King's "11-22-63". I think they will have to make that movie here, where it all happened.
Good luck and good fortune, whatever you do.
She never spoke to her own love life, so that leaves it up to speculation. She is a slut sympathizer, though. That is clear.
Best, most pithy statement I've read on this matter.
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Hopefully you eat at The Ivy. Great for lunch
Rush wisely threw the Dems & Leftist's Alinsky tactics off track with this.
His mistake was talking about this nobody Dem activist woman for days. The average person had no clue who she was.
She is Anita Hill Ver. 2.0
I tweeted Rush and David Limbaugh to forget her and focus on Obama. This woman will be discarded like Anita Hill was after the Dems have used her up.
Sort of what I figured.
Even if someone needed a less-than-typical BCP, I can't see the generic equivalent costing more than 300ish/year (a tenth of what was testified too, IIRC). This should be the focus, whether the female student is telling the truth or not; and we should scrupulously avoid the "s" word, it does us no good, and it does us harm.
Take the long view of this:
a) It will all blow over, 2 weeks max. News cycle. The drive by will turn to something else.
b) She will still be a slut.
Ms. Fluke is hypothesizing the average "young lady" who needs that kind of budget to be a slut, or to have morals that would put even alley cats to shame, or whatever. And I still think that's funny, even if Rush fumbled a bit clumsily with the rhetoric.
No gov't role, except to fund it and encourage kids to do it
I love Rush but I hate that he said this. He has made the controversy about him instead of the real issue which is the erosion of our freedoms.
Rush is an important voice. We can't do without him. He is threatened daily by those who hate. I can't imagine how hard it must be for him to keep on keeping on for the cause of freedom and liberty in the face of all that comes against him. I am going to assume he had a good reason to do the apology. He's been solid for so long and I'm not going to dump on him now. This has to be a hard weekend for him... Every day, Rush spends 3 hours speaking for us and doing all he can .. and things continue to slide downhill. I know he must be as angry at the Republican establishment as we are. Some days a person feels like it's no use .. so shoot the wad. What went on in congress with that hearing was a national disgrace... just unbelievable that that hearing went on public television for the whole world to see... when we have much more important items that need fixing in this country. And that woman said all this with a straight face! The dems wanted to get us off track and they did... with help from the media. We are heading into a most important election. Rush isn't about to do anything that hinders the outcome for the conservative cause. There must have been a good reason. I'll still be listening to him on Monday... and I expect the left will be also. Go Rush...GO!!!
If the fairness doctrine applied to ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS and CNN- then maybe we could talk. lol.
It never will, of course.
After all is said and done, I will not abandon Rush Limbaugh. I WILL contact those sponsors listed, and give them hell. We're at war, and we're here to fight. This is not the time to abandon a fellow warrior, if history is any indication...just ask George.
There was no need to press a technical point which was bidding fair to be the spearhead of the Rats' entire thrust. Like in jiu-jitsu, sometimes yielding to an opponent is the best way of getting said opponent to land flat on his face.
Remember the $100 hammers?
Contraceptive companies are salivating at the thought of tripling prices when government becomes the prime buyer.
The left and MSM are for real this time. They want Rush gone.
They always have but they see this as their chance.
Such a faux controversy its not even funny, the left was embracing the s-word less than a year ago.
Agree - despite his high opinion of himself, Rush has always been good about not making himself the story...always the issues.
That did not work out this time...
Pretty much his weakest, post-addiction moment...
The Ivy is great for lunch but one thing I hate are the looks when you enter and they expect you to be "somebody" in the biz. Plus the paparazzi line up Robertson like they own the damn road.
Ms Fluke, if you read this, will you marry me? (Respond via FReepmail, thank you in advance.)
Here is the difference: George Washington never met with his British/American enemies in order to broker an agreement to avoid criticism of his actions. Rush undoubtedly did - that's why he caved.
Had George Washington issued a statement in 1779 saying that he apologized to the British Crown for an inappropriate choice of words when directing his army to defeat the British, he would never have been the father of our country.
Had George Washington repudiated his beliefs and his loyal followers (as Rush did today), he would not have been the General of the Army, he would have been dishonored. He would have been Benedict Arnold.
And here is another difference: George Washington risked his life and all that he held dear. Rush risks a minor drop in advertising revenues. Not his life, not his fortune. His sacred honor? Gone. He bets that you and I will overlook his betrayal. Based on this thread, it appears that he was right.
Like to eat at the table to right just as you enter. you get to see everyone.
At Camponilles I just go all the way to the back.
Or La Orangerie. I hat French food but man! That is wonderful restaurant.
I think, however, my fAvorite is still Patina or that sister restaurant of theirs downtown.
Wait! I'm starting to brag. Stop me!
I have been reading on Facebook. The left is painting all his advertisers as woman haters. They really are insane. This wasn't an attack on all women. It was an insult to ONE woman. I feel hopeless for this country sometimes.
Rush was pretty out of line with his comment, particularly if you read the script of what Sandra Fluke actually said (link is here: http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/what-did-sandra-fluke-really-say/408191)
Whether contraception should be provided under insurance or not, calling Sandra Fluke a slut was not appropriate. Rush (or perhaps his legal team) have realized this.
Given that many married couples use the pill as contraception, does that make the wife some sort of prostitute under this legislation? If the wife doesn't work and the husband does and he pays for contraception, does that make him a john?
Should contraception (such as the pill) be covered if it is used to treat a medical condition (other than avoiding getting knocked up)?
Is Viagra covered under current health insurance? Why shouldn't the pill be treated similarly?
To each his own. We individually must make our own decision on how we will respond. It's safe to say the public has heard from both of us on the subject. We agree to disagree.
"Should contraception (such as the pill) be covered if it is used to treat a medical condition (other than avoiding getting knocked up)?"
If the insurance companies decide to cover it, it should. The government should have nothing to do with it.
"Fluke is a 30 year old democrat activist. Does that matter?"
Nope. Not a damn bit.
The only thing that matters is THE NARRATIVE.
Telling the truth is now a hate crime.
George Orwell made a living writing books about this.
"1984" was supposed to be a WARNING, not an operations manual.!
Rush is just calling them like he seems 'em.
$3,000.00 per year on BC?
$8.33 per day?
That's a girl that "gets around" to put it mildly.
Rush didn't.
I'm sure Rush pays for his Viagra, not you and I like we do for this Fluke girl and her sexual escapades.
This woman Fluke is a cretin and a liar. A paid hack. Rush simply carried her lies to their logical conclusion, figuring that if students needed $1000 to pay for contraception each year, they are getting more sex than minks. He was really calling her out as a liar, and his rant was hysterically funny, and right on point. Bob
The women on the left are always marching with signs stating that the "Government should stay out of their womb" but want the Government to pay for their BC, abortions and the treatment of their sexually transmitted diseases from their bed-hopping.
Can't have it both ways.
It's one or the other.
Pick one and then STFU.
FLUKE stated that some were paying $1000 per year b/c insurance wouldn't cover it. And, oh the embarrassment! Since women can get the pill for under $10 per month at Wal-Mart, she is a liar and a creep. Rush's comments were NOT out of line. These frauds get paraded before Congress all the time, and I'm proud of Rush for ridiculing her prepared spiel. Bob
Not at all. I think that his audience is smart enough to know what he was talking about. It's b/c of weaklings such as Boehner, McConnell and a former recent GOP President that Democrats get away with such bilge passing for argument. THEY should have been challenging her, not Rush.
That we do. Good fortune, and all the best to you.
And to you.
Before Barry Goldwater went completely off the conservative ranch he wrote a book called "With No Apologies". In it he illustrated the political negative associated with apologizing even if you are at fault. Just don't do it.
Is it even possible for entertainers to sincerely apologize?
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In the spring of 1994 the tiny African nation of Rwanda exploded onto the international media stage, as internal strife reached genocidal proportions. But the horror that unfolded before our eyes had been building steadily for years before it captured the attention of the world.
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In the spring of 1994 the tiny African nation of Rwanda exploded onto the international media stage, as internal strife reached genocidal proportions. But the horror that unfolded before our eyes had been building steadily for years before it captured the attention of the world.
In The Rwanda Crisis, journalist and Africa scholar Gérard Prunier provides a historical perspective that Western readers need to understand how and why the brutal massacres of 800,000 Rwandese came to pass. Prunier shows how the events in Rwanda were part of a deadly logic, a plan that served central political and economic interests, rather than a result of ancient tribal hatredsa notion often invoked by the media to dramatize the fighting.
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ForewardMap of Rwanda1. Rwandese Society and the Colonial Impact: The Making of a Cultural Mythology (1894-1959The physical settingThe Tutsi, the Hutu and the AbazunguMyths and realities of pre-colonial Rwandese society- Rwandese society- The dynamics of Rwandese historyThe colonial impact- the Germans- The Belgians- The 'Rwandese ideology'2. The Hutu Republic (1959-1990)The 1959 muyaga and its consequencesThe Kayibanda years (1961-1973)The refugee problem- The question of numbers- Life in the diaspora- The Ugandan factorThe Habyarimana regime- The good years- The atmosphere of the regime- The crisis- The RPF prepares for war3. Civil War and Foreign Intervention (October 1990-July 1991)The RPF strike and the first days of fightingForeign interventionSettling down into a war cultureThe reorganisation of the RDFThe advent of multiparty politics4. Slouching towards Democracy (July 1991-June 1992)The problems of democratisationWar and violence as parts of the political processThe new multiparty cabinet and the opening of peace negotiationsHardlines, democrats and warriors in the Hutu/Tutsi context5. The Arusha Peace Marathon (June 1992-August 1993)The economic situationPeace and its enemiesNegotiations feed the rise of extremismThe February war and its aftermathPeace through exhaustion6. Chronicle of a massacre foretold (4 August 1993-6 April 1994)Waiting for UNAMIRNdadaye's murder: the shock and its exploitationHanging on to the cliff's edge7. Genocide and renewed war (6 April-14 June 1994)The enigma of President Habyarimana's deathThe second week of April 1994The Genocide- Who were the organisers- Who were the killers- Who were the victims- Were there any bystanders- Patterns of killing- The horrors- Complexities of the situation- Unknown heroes- How long did it last- How many were killed- The refugeesThe warFrom the outside looking in8. 'Operation Turquoise' and Gotterdammerung in Central Africa (14 June-21August 1994)Deciding and preparing for the intervention (14-23 June)From the intervention to the fall of Kigali (23 June-4 July)The fall of the northwest and the refugee explosion (4-19 July)The new government and the cholera apocalypse (19 July-1 August)'Turquoise is going away, the problems remain' (1-21 August)9. Aftermath or new beginning? (22 August-31 December 1994)The new refugee problemReconstruction and internal insecurityWhat sort of political structure? The attitude of the international communityTowards a provisional conclusionBibliographyGlossaryAbbreviations
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Funeral service for Michael Stephen Williams, Sr., 59, will be held Friday at 3:00 p.m. at St. Matthews United Methodist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday 6-8 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home.
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Jack Fisher, American steeplechasing's reigning champion trainer, captured both ends of Saratoga Race Course's jump doubleheader last Thursday, Aug. 1, taking a $65,000 optional allowance claimer with veteran All Together and then winning the $100,000 A. P. Smithwick Memorial (Gr. 1) with Gil Johnston's rising star, Mr. Hot Stuff.
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Donkey- a real retard, the person eho picks up the tab & is still a npgmf! Someone who likes to talk about fighting allll day long!
Quit being a retarded donkey duck.....shut up Jeremy!
Jennyannmc tərəfindən 29 Avqust 2009
also see shosky for more information
Shosky alternate definition -Jackass,Donkey
God (accept no substitute) tərəfindən 25 Fevral 2005
An Irish man or woman who just acts really fucking Irish.
That donkey mick bastard had sex with the dog again!
NickiG tərəfindən 05 Fevral 2004
a person who often takes pictures of himself in the mirror. usually a person named chad who has low self-esteem n doesn't know who he is, or where he is going in life. a person who has many goals n didn't accomplish any yet. someone who is secretly gay. someone who is broke,n has no money.
what a donkey that guy!
channing lopez tərəfindən 30 May 2010
the new word to replace Never Been Kissed's "rufus," meaning totally cool, amazing, rocking, groovy, or any other synonym there of.
**after having a moment of pure genius via telekinesis during a game of catch phrase, the team wins the game**
"That's donkey!"
or: "your disco barbie costume is totally donkey"
"That's donkey!"
or: "your disco barbie costume is totally donkey"
gotsoccer? tərəfindən 24 Dekabr 2009
A football (soccer) play with physical presence but little ball control, passing or shooting ability. A donkey typically "hoofs" the ball.
"Emile Heskey couldn't hit a cow's backside with a banjo. He's such a donkey."
madpaddad tərəfindən 06 Aprel 2005
Any girl with short legs, a fat ass and a busted face
Man that girls a donkey
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Skip to comments.Families flee school's sinking scores 'Underperforming' label exacerbates problem in Concord
Posted on 02/01/2005 12:17:40 PM PST by KneelBeforeZod
Oak Grove Middle School has low state test scores, and for many parents -- and teachers -- that's all they need to know.
It doesn't matter that the Concord school once was honored as a California Distinguished School and has classes for gifted and talented students, a state-of-the-art technology program and even a psychologist on campus to support the kids.
What matters is that widely publicized state test scores and the federal No Child Left Behind Act have labeled the school underperforming, giving parents a reason to leave. Enrollment has dropped from 915 last year to 750, and the parents of another 180 students have requested transfers by the fall. The act also has figured in the loss of 40 teachers in recent years, Principal Lorie O'Brien said.
"I'm not prejudiced, (but) the school became English-as-a-second-language, " she said. "You would be taking my kids from a great environment to a ghetto environment where they're struggling with other needs ... The test scores at Oak Grove are terrible."
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Makes me wonder how "outstanding" they really were before accountability standards were imposed.
I love how the writer, who I gamble would NEVER portray any kind of criticism of US actions in Iraq as leading to any actions that would harm our soldiers, seems to be saying that labelling these schools honestly is a bad thing because it stigmatizes them.
And I could once wear size 32 Levis. So what.
Should have spent more on good teachers and fired the psychologist.
I grew up in Concord/Walnut Creek in the 60s. When I visited the area last year I did not recognise it!
The psychologist on campus should have been enough warning!
I don't know whether English immersion or part English/part native language instruction is best for the first couple of years here is the best way. The race pimps "teach them in Spanish until they can get jobs as maids and gardeners" is far worse than the other two.
We have the same problem in Memphis. A lot of the problem lies with the leadership in this city.
LOL so true !!!
I still can..........on one leg......
Sadly, most districts have school psychologists. Talk to any psychologist and they'll tell you, it's one of those jobs which is looked down upon most by those in that profession. Every profession has these bottom-of-the-barrel jobs that others in the profession hope they never have to take.
I went to a HS that was a California Distinguished School... We were tops within 50 miles in SATs, state tests and admits to top schools.
Then a few years later, one of the sketchiest schools in town got the same designation...thats when I knew it had become one of those "berets for the whole army" type programs.
"Some immigrants can't figure it out" because the PC crowd that runs the public school system holds their kids in ESL classes for years upon years. They spend half of every school day in another classroom, away from the mainstream and their native English-speaking peers. And many of the ESL teachers and staff, beyond speaking Spanglish, are NOT subject matter experts. Thus their core subject learning lags and the test scores fall. ESL is a recipe for failure, imho.
BTW- I adopted two non-English speaking kids, mainstreamed them into PreK within 6 weeks, and they were right up there with their peers within two months. Now after 2 years they are more fluent in English and their vocabulary is richer than most of their peers.
Ever notice that most well-learned folks, like diplomats and military officers abroad, when they want their kids to perform in a non-native langauge- go with total immersion and the kids handle it just fine?
Yeah, your points are basically what I sent to the author of this article...
ESL classes are just a way for democrats to control more people (in their minds)
It will take years of failure before the dems stop promoting that crap. Then they'll just abondon it and say repubs caused it to fail
I live in Concord and Monument Street is called little Mexico. I won't even stop at a store around there because the street and parking lots are filled with guys loitering.
Also, the police were stopped from stopping anyone in that neighborhood for expired tags because they were accused of racism.
I want to see the Children who strive for academic excellence get ahead, the rest fall back ACT that gets Government out of Education so that competition can get back in.
Many of the highest performing students at our local high school are immigrants.
"Sometimes the better-educated parents take advantage of the school choice option."
There's a pattern there...parents...involved...educated... If I were planning to move to Mexico, you can make dang sure I would have my children learning Spanish before we moved, not just dumping them off and expecting the school to teach them.
LOL that was my very first thought also.
Did you read the NCLB?
Yeah our schools have been going downhill ever since King Willie stopped being superintendant - NOT
I remember going to summer school at White Station in the late 70's(now supposedly a good school) The teacher was functionally illiterate. I am not kidding. She had trouble reading.
Walnut Creek = VERY expensive real estate.
The phrase "take advantage of" subtly implies that the parents are doing something underhanded, subverting the law for their own fiendish purposes. In fact, the law was expressly designed to give parents the "bail" option.
My college roomie is a high school teacher, and a pretty good one, I think. He tells me that the single most important factor in student success is parental involvement. Race, gender, income... they are all less reliable indicators of student success than parental involvement.
I have nothing to back that up other than his anecdotal stories, but I tend to think it's true.
During my daughter's last few years in private school, a young Indian boy fresh from abroad, joined her class. He was amazed that the school classes were only 6-7 hours/day and only 5 days per week with time off during the summer.
I'm sure it is, but if you have a child who doesn't want to participate in "cooperative learning" where all the work in the class is done in groups for a group grade, and said child has a mind of her own, then said child, no matter the amount of parental involvement, will not get a good grade from that teacher.
Of course, the other kids will get good grades but will learn very little in any case.
Teaching methods matter as well, probably just as much as parental involvement if not more. It's one of the reasons many kids do well one year but may have problems the next in an area of their strength.
Ok you got me. No. I haven't read the ACT. Everything I think I know about it comes from articles like this one. Even if people like the nut in this article misinterpret it something is wrong. Where there's smoke... Language needs to be clear. There is no such thing as no child left behind regardless of how the act reads. All children are different. You hope by pushing them to excel some will but some just can't. Libs who are prone to distorting the intent of words see no child left behind and do things like this. It is as they do with zero tolerance banning chicken legs. If the act is great as it is, fine, but change the name so as not to provoke the stupid to action.
As far as the name thing goes, you're not too far off. The bill was named purely for marketing purposes.
In actuality, NCLB is about accountability. It could also be renamed, "No Educators Get Away With Crap".
It is actually a very good piece of legislation, and when you hear about it being underfunded, you're hearing a spin. Much of the money hasn't been spent because resistance from the teacher's unions and DOE's in many states has resulted in nowhere for the money to go.
Just think of it this way... If the NEA hates it, it must be good.
Sure, "politics" factors in.. but money talks louder. A lot of funds get "underwritten" in state to include a lot of BS, in order for the school to get funding. Gotta keep teacher union members employed, know what I mean?
I know the area. I had to walk two students through the "apartment complex" (in the back, too!). I'd never do it again, unarmed.
Not in the 60s. Our house was a tract house built by Eichler, very lower middle class. Now everything in California is overpriced/valued.
Well, at least they'll have smaller class sizes...
It could also be renamed, "No Educators Get Away With Crap".
Forget marketing! It should literally be named that! I'd love that! The Accountability In Education Act. I like it!
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I did all sorts. Teaching commandos how to use escapology equipment, compasses in brass buttons, secret maps in white cotton handkerchiefs, pipes you could smoke that also fired a .22 bullet. All sorts of incredible things. It suited me perfectly as I have always loved gadgets.John Devon Roland "Jon" Pertwee (1919-1996) was an English actor best known as the Third Doctor in Doctor Who, Pertwee from The Navy Lark and as the title character in Worzel Gummidge. He was also an actual spy, working undercover for Winston Churchill and alongside Ian Fleming, a fact he managed to keep hidden all his life and which finally came to light in 2013. Like his predecessor as the Doctor, Pertwee died of a heart attack while visiting the United States. His last TV appearance was in a Vodafone commercial for the UK, as a Lawyer-Friendly Cameo of the Doctor.He was a huge fanboy of action movies and cool vehicles, which is why his tenure as the Doctor was essentially a serialised action movie. He eventually decided to leave the show after the departures of script editor Terrance Dicks, producer Barry Letts, and Katy Manning (Jo Grant), which happened around the same time as the death of Roger Delgado (The Master). He fulfilled the last year of his contract and developed a good working relationship with new companion Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane), and left at the end of Doctor Who's 11th season in 1974. At 5 Seasons over 4½ years in the role (1970-1974), he is currently the Doctor with the second-longest continuous televised tenure after Tom Baker.He was the only Doctor (so far) who came up with his own sung Theme Song, titled "Who is the Doctor?". He also commissioned the Fan Nicknamed "Whomobile", which was used in two episodes and kept by Pertwee as his private Improbably Cool Car. After the classic series ended, he played the Doctor in the Third Doctor Radio Dramas (one of which actually used the word "Whomobile" in-story). He appeared once more as the Doctor in a fan project called Devious, which has inexplicably been in Development Hell since 1995.
— Talking about his actual real life as a British spy
Tropes associated with this actor include:
- Born Lucky: Early in the war, Pertwee was assigned as a crewman on HMS Hood. He was transferred to officer training right before the ship left for her fatal encounter with the German battleship Bismarck, in which only three crewmen survived.
- Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys: Like many British military men of the time, Pertwee was at best apathetic toward the French. He once met with a French official for an interview toward the end of the War; thinking it was going to be a liaison position with de Gaulle's Free French(whom he actively disliked) he did everything possible to screw up the process. When it turned out that he didn't get the job, Pertwee confessed to Ian Fleming (his superior) that he'd deliberately bollocksed the interview. Fleming, in Pertwee's words, then called him "a blithering idiot", and told him the interview had actually been about a job in Tahiti.
- Cool Car: The Whomobile. Unlike Bessie, the Whomobile was his (as in, Jon Pertwee, the actor) personally customized wheels.
- "I Am" Song: "Who is the Doctor?", which he performed in-character as the Third Doctor.
- Large Ham: Not so much as the Doctor or Worzel Gummidge, but his guest role on The Goodies shows he could munch scenery with the best of them. Chief Petty Officer Pertwee, on the other hand, was, like everyone else on The Navy Lark, a gourmet diner of scenery.
- Look Both Ways: Did an advert for the Green Cross Code, or "Splink".
- One of Us: Always took a chance to show up in public as The Doctor for the fans, and loved the role as much as the audiences did. He was also a major fanboy of action movies and cool vehicles, and, interestingly enough, animation. In fact, shortly before he died, he engaged in arguments with friend and fellow actor Spike Milligan over which one of them was the biggest fan of the Disney animated film Aladdin. His last acting job, ever, was as The Doctor — he had agreed to perform in a fan-film, Devious, which is soon, finally, to be released.
- Parental Substitute: John Levene had grown up in an abusive household, but when he began co-starring with Pertwee in Doctor Who as Sgt. Benton, the older actor became quite fond of Levene and took him under his wing. Shortly before Pertwee's death, Levene told him he'd been more of a father to Levene than Levene's own father had ever been.
- Wag the Director: Positive example. He was a big fan of action movies and cool vehicles, hence why most of his Doctor Who episodes are colored by his personal tastes. Neither the writers nor the fans had a problem with this, the former especially loving to indulge him. In fact, it can be argued that the almost completely gratuitous car/gyrocopter/Whomobile chase that took up nearly the entirety of the second episode of his last serial was a "farewell present" to him from the writers, who knew of his love of fast vehicles and action-movie sequences. He was also surprisingly humble about his characterization as the Doctor, merely asking that the writers give him "a moment or two of charm".


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1. 1. The "What Are YOU Looking At"
Don't even try to mess with this mini horse while he's getting his murder on. You could be next.
2. 2. The Not Worth A Second Glance
Ugh, stupid exercise ball. You disgust this mini horse.
3. 3. The Tiny Versus Tiniest
It doesn't matter how big or small the ball may be, nothing is safe from the mini horse's wrath.
4. 4. The Snacktime
Exercise balls make excellent enemies and chairs to relax on while enjoying a snack. Guess they're not all bad.
5. 5. The Kitty Litter
This mini horse will keep digging until it gets to the bottom of this.
6. 6. The "You Can't Run"
Nope. Not even you, camera operator, can try to protect this ball from meeting its demise.
7. 7. The Slip n' Slide
It's not that, like, the mini horse is embarrassed. He just wanted to, y'know, make sure the ball felt properly terrified.
8. 8. The Scary-Go-Round
Round and round and round it goes, where the horse stops is ON YOUR GRAVE, EXERCISE BALL.
9. 9. The Silencer
Shh, shh, it's okay. This mini horse will just nuzzle you to death.
10. 10. The "No One Will Get In My Way"
Once he gets going, ain't nothin' gonna get in the way of this destructive path.
11. 11. The Roly Poly Bowl-You-Over
If exercise balls had necks, mini horses would be sure to snap them with their artful grips.
12. 12. The Double Team
Two sets of hooves are scarier than one, after all.
13. 13. The One Step Backward, Two Steps Dead
Just, like, give her a minute here. She'll maim you eventually.
14. 14. The Alley-Oop
What goes up, must come down dead.
15. 15. The De-Fence
Sometimes a helpful fence can provide the extra oomph to really go at a ball.
16. 16. Mafi-Oh No
A brief conversation with some powerful people would motivate anyone to kill, probably.
17. 17. The Stomp and Stare
This mini horse just really loves OneRepublic and would be fine without killing anything today.
18. 18. The Front to Back
Kicking your exercise ball to death is a very popular form of murder.
19. 19. The Three Ring Circle-us
If it would just stop rolling for a second, the mini horse could get some work done around here!
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Idalou third baseman Kleat Smith was named first team all-state in Class 2A by the Texas Sports Writers Association.
The 6-foot-1, 190-pound senior hit .544 with six home runs and 70 RBIs in leading the Wildcats to the state tournament. He had a .
Lubbock Wizards coach Charlie Plunket originally got started in coaching for his oldest son.
Ever since, he has enjoyed the opportunity to groom his and other players out on the baseball field.
"I've always been interested in sports," Plunket said.
The Cooper Pirates made a return trip to the state tournament in 2014, although it wasn't nearly as smooth as that might sound.
Idalou won Region I-2A, made it to the state tournament for the first time and finished 32-6
When Idalou's five senior baseball players and their coach, Garrett Heard, left Omaha, Nebraska, on Thursday to come back to West Texas, they came back not just as a team, but as a family.
James Hardberger, a Lubbock Christian High senior this past season, was named the TAPPS District 1-3A baseball MVP.
Ryan Acebedo not only played the game.
He set the tempo.
The Coronado sophomore was named District 2-5A baseball co-newcomer of the year for his excellent play on offense and defense.
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ABILENE - The Monterey Plainsmen have some work to do if they want to go for the fifth baseball state championship in school history.
20-18: At two games over .500, Cooper is one of only four Class 3A baseball teams left standing in the state of Texas as the Pirates head down to Austin for the second straight year.
On average, the other three teams that advanced to state have 29.
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