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An almost four hour flight from Miami over the Caribbean Sea brings you to the island trident nation of Barbados, home to some 280,000 perpetually smiling people. I love the story of their flag, with blue bands for the sea and sky, and a yellow band for their golden sands - as they have some 60 miles of coastline. Just 133 square miles, about 2.5 times the size of Washington, D.C. means the smell of the sea is always present. Palm trees galore along with coconuts and people at the roundabouts selling fresh coconut water. Neptune's trident is also on their flag, broken to signify their breakaway as a former British Colony, and the fact that I keep going to the "passenger" side only to be asked if I would like to drive.
I am here to finish Phase 3 of our SportsUnited grant helping six NORCECA nations. They all joined Bill Hamiter, Sue Gozansky and me at the FIVB Development Center last year for a week of training, then spent another week in Phoenix at the Volleyball Festival to experience the USA and get more training – including playing with Arizona Special Olympians and playing sitting volleyball with 2 time Paralympic medalist Lora Webster. This final third phase has all the phase 1 and 2 coaches teaching what they were taught to their own nation's coaches and players, while I provide updates on research and immediate feedback on their presentations.
I delayed my flight by a day to ensure things for family and friends were safe from the Waldo Canyon fire. While friends lost their homes, and others had their homes standing right next door to neighbors who lost theirs, only one friend lost most everything, not getting ALL of his 5 P's (passport, papers, pets, pictures, people) taken care of in time. This meant I hit the ground running in Bridgetown, landing at around 3pm and starting my first session Friday at 5pm at the Garfield Sobers Gymnasium. There the first curveball -- or perhaps I should say in this Commonwealth land of cricket and netball, the first spin bowler - had us totally adapting the schedule due to the passing of Sherlock Clement Yarde, a prominent football leader and member of the Barbados Labour Party. Thus the gym slowly shrank from 2 courts to one, then none, as a stage was constructed and the chairs for the congregation to come grew row by row and the Notre Dame Sports Club footballer's practiced their choreographed soccer ball passing drills as part of the next day's service. Nonetheless, the night's session was a big success, and lasted almost two hours over the scheduled ending time, as everyone wanted to know more and ask questions about the topics. There were 20 total coaches in the clinic, with lots of player activity planned through Tuesday, after the course ends.
Saturday we moved to the Barbados Olympic Committee center, for classroom topics then journeyed to the beach to train everyone in those disciplines. They discovered the competitive fun of speedball on the beach, and the national beach teams learned they had been training on 9 meter courts, not the correct beach doubles court size of 8 meters a side. There were other sports coaches and high school teachers in our mix, and the volleyball leaders were amazed to see how those "non-volleyball" participants were the ones who played on long after the clinic officially ended. A good lesson for all in the way the game teaches the game, especially when you add some form of scoring to the mix.
Sunday we got our gym back, and spent the day with more presentations on skills, drills and leadership development. I had brought a 4 nets on a rope for their youth volleyball development, and after they saw how it added four more courts to their training site where just 2 nets were being used, a long discussion ensued on how to grow the game. The gym they use has a wood floor, covered by Sport Court tiles. Apparently some time ago they brought the ice follies to the facility, only to discover their wood floor was permanently damaged by the melting water at the end of the event. Thus Sport Court was the surface now. We played sitting volleyball as well, to much delight of the players, and covered Special Olympic options as well, and the goal was set to get 4 of the coaches to find, or be the players to take a Unified volleyball team to the Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles in 2015. The sport has fallen off a bit lately, but these two years of clinics have energized the coaches in attendance. Their passion is powerful, stronger than their frustrations. Netball for the women is the #1 sport by far, a Commonwealth Games sport – I think some 24 nations from the past British Empire compete in those quadrennial games. The parallel worlds to basketball coaches not allowing players to play any other sport was fascinating. So I told the story of a netball player from Australia which I will share with you here (remember that important proverb – What is truer than truth? – The answer is the story…"
I attended a MiniVolley course in Japan in 1985, and met Jon Dunstan, who was working for volleyball in Australia but from England. He made me aware of a 6'1" lefty netball player from Perth, who also dabbled in volleyball. In the end, Pauline Manser came to the Univ of New Mexico to play volleyball on scholarship. She was amazed that there were crowds, and that she did not have pay to play, starting with her uniform and shoes. In her freshman year we took the team over Labor Day weekend up to Aspen to play in the Motherlode. There, Pauline and her Division 1 university level partner warmed up crushing balls, then played two, under 5'4", wide bodied shall I say, about 40 year old opponents. Pauline lost 15-0, 15-2 as I recall. These varsity players were more than perplexed and frustrated, after such a stellar warm up, and their journey to having better volleyball IQ had really begun. Making a long story short, I spent time with Pauline in Sydney in 2000 at the Olympics, where I was the USA beach team leader and Pauline? She was simply battling to a 7th place finish in the world in the Olympic Games hosted by her home nation…and now? She is the Australian women's national team coach – and it started with netball over 25 years ago… So these Barbados coaches found hope.
Cost is a factor, only one nice indoor gym, cost is $30 a court per hour. Volunteers and kids can't afford that. They need balls and nets more than anything, to bring the game to the schools. So we finished on the concept of a Field of Dreams, build it and they will come… even to have the Beach Volleyball National team demonstrate, as volleyball is even considered an elitist sport. This Sports United program also has resulted in four Trinidad and Tobago teams competing this summer in Phoenix, in the Volleyball Festival, as their coaches came and were stunned by this 70 plus court event for kids all being played under one roof.
So the challenge I have presented to this nation is….can you do the same for at least little kids and/or middle schools for your one big gym. I just measured it, their big place, which we lost for clinic use yesterday due to their beloved football presidents untimely death and funeral, is 35x160 meters. That would allow us to put up 30 mini courts indoors. You would use the sport court tile seam lines to make most the court, just putting down corners and a part of a side line or two, not the whole line, saving time and tape/money. They would need 7 rolls of deer netting, which come 7 foot high by 100 feet long, to be woven on top with cord and used at the divider nets to keep balls from rolling endline wise. Chairs would be the side protectors. Then, using the "date nite" league idea of teams of three, you could have that one evening….with music playing like the Lime Music Festival. Even better, a one day Festival with waves – Start in pools of 3, after 2 hours, top move to one side. Second in the pool go to the middle, and losing teams move to the other side. I have said if they make it happen, I will pay my own way to come celebrate the event the first time they stage it, and help do a coaching clinic for the PE teachers at the same time… I hope I get to return for that very reason…This is the space, with 6 courts up…
It's too bad I don't like coconuts as there are stands everywhere including lots of coconut water options. They used to be known as British Hondurans so they of course drive on the "other side" of the road and so you walk up to the passenger side only be asked if you were offering to drive….There are many options for deep sea fishing but I have no time to pursue my father's deep passion, so instead in his honor I had two meals of flying fish…Late one night after the clinic ended we went to a Lime open air music festival…the beat was infectious and the food stands had plenty to fill me up with local fare. The fields near my residence are filled with small soccer goals, and kids playing 2 on 2, reminding me of how valuable playing "chumash" was, 2 or 3 sided teams on 6 foot tall 18 inch wide goals I used when coaching my kids in lacrosse, and of my friend Peter Vint's postings of his son's 3v3 soccer tournaments. Speaking of small, there is a frog a bit larger than a quarter that from dusk to late in the night sounds like a broken screen door being opened while broadcast on a megaphone set to maximum volume. There was a noise outside our training gym that I had to go investigate and I found about 100 people playing in a very competitive domino tournament, with every single person putting their tile choice down by slamming it onto the table… In the car rides to training sites, it seems as every radio announcer's job is talk over every song with their own comments and even lyrics…Headed one break into old Bridgetown, where their iconic clock tower rises in imitation of London's Big Ben (which is on the USA Volleyball Olympic Team indoor pin for London too!) and the famous West Indies Cricket Oval sits, like a spaceship landed. You see, this is the land of 400 and not out. Indeed, I have a statue of that famous cricketing moment of Brian Lara in my USAV office no less. For more on his great accomplishments in a sport few American's understand, see this link - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Lara and watch the moment here, starting at about 18:30 in this 21 min clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ren37TRhe1o
By the official end of the course, all the coaches who had attended Phases 1 and 2, had spoken on a topic they felt their nation's coaches needed to hear. They each created their own powerpoints, and delivered some great information. All wanted to find more dedicated leaders and to give all they contacted more love for the game. Coaches felt there is a need for a consistent national language.
Cameron's talk I loved as he related to how he teaches karate, similar. That helps. Put the fun in fundamentals. The Commonwealth Game sports of netball and football dominate – volleyball is a new sport. So aggressive netball coaches said I keep all my girls in netball. We addressed ways to get kids to give other sports a shot. Like Bajan Road Tennis, Badminton and of course, Volleyball!
Lauren had since our clinics introduced volleyball to 215 new kids. Janae had an opportunity to play on scholarship in the USA and spoke of when 10 of 12 players who went to Jamaica, went to study in America, and the face that beach doubles is now a scholarship sport. There was a great presentation on warm up as their national team has changed "so the players are getting warm, not the coaches." Troy did a GREAT job on drug abuse, weaving Long Term Athletic Development into the mix and showing a powerful film on steroids, along with flyers and info on the pills and other things available and how to work against them.
Monday and Tuesday I stayed on to work with a large Sports Camp, and the youth national team players, who were both training and helping coach (that which you teach you learn). So from 9 am to 3pm we trained kids and their coaches on the ideas now learned. Six nets were up, not just two, and nearly 100 kids trained. I showed funny and serious videos to the kids and coaches during the lunch break, so the training was pretty much non-stop. I coached until 1pm, then went outside and had the best snow cone I have ever had, tangerine green apple, joining a long line of kids from the sport center (which is named for a famous cricketer by the way), and then I caught my 3pm flight back home to home, in time for celebrating the fourth of July with my kids. I sure hope they get the schools behind the idea and have a great volleyball festival, for all kids deserve a chance to make volleyball their choice… Thanks to John Griffin and the Barbados Volleyball Federation for the chance to share ideas, now on to preparing for London excellence and if that happens, medals too!


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Spry editor Lisa Delaney is one of the rare souls who know what it�s like to be an �after.� This journalist and author of Secrets of a Former Fat Girl shed 70 pounds�and six dress sizes�and has kept it off for 20 years. She answers your questions here each week. DEAR FORMER FAT GIRL: My 16-year-old daughter, who struggles with her weight, wants to buy a book about a diet plan called Thigh Gap Hack. Worth it�or a waste of babysitting money? �Call Me Mom DEAR MOM: Oh, clever, clever Mom�I get what you�re doing here.� Your offspring won�t listen to your opinion, so you�re bringing in the big guns (aka me). Believe me, I have myself invoked the name of everyone from the school principal to the pastor at our church, to countless elected officials to sway my 12-year-old on various points. At least you are really asking me for advice, rather than just faking it, as I do. I know you don�t really need my expert opinion, do you, on a diet plan with such a title? That said, though, I subjected myself to this 147-page implement of intellectual torture for the purposes of this diet plan review. Here goes. RELATED: Diet Review�10 Minutes to Thin?� The diet plan: Thigh Gap Hack, by Camille Hugh The premise: Every woman can get�and should want�a �thigh gap,� says Hugh, the so-called �fitness consultant� whose $30 self-help tome is one of the most painful things I can honestly say I�ve ever read (and that�s saying a lot, as I used to moonlight as a grader for SAT essays). First, there�s the whole idea of the �thigh gap,� a space between the thighs that�s visible when a woman stands with feet firmly together. �Even the tiniest of gaps qualifies you and can make all the difference in how feminine and sexy your legs appear and you feel,� Hugh writes. (Note: actual punctuation�or lack thereof.) Yes, some women do have thigh gaps, but by making them a thing, Hugh just gives girls like your daughter (and grown women like you and me) another body part to feel inadequate about and obsess over. As if muffin tops and bat wings and back fat and saddlebags and cankles aren�t enough! Not only that�using words like �qualifies you� creates a new body-centric pecking order that�s the last thing our society needs. Hugh throws around all kind of pseudo-scientific reasoning in her quest to prove that having a thigh gap has little or nothing to do with how wide-set your hips are (oh, really?), and more to do with pure fat or �over-development� of leg muscles through � gasp � exercise. We�ve been duped, she says, into believing that we should value strength and power over skinny and svelte. No, that little slice of daylight��even just a keyhole��at the convergence of thigh and hip and ladyparts should be among the major goals on every woman�s life lists. 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As the holidays draw closer, many families are getting set to hit the road to celebrate with loved ones. Pet owners often bring their dogs or cats along for the ride, but taking a pet on a plane or in an automobile takes a bit of planning. Here are some tips to remember as you arrange your trip with your animal companion.
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Many canines love traveling by car, but cats - and some dogs too - can be a bit pickier about rides in an automobile. Crate training your pet can make a journey on the road more comfortable, as some animals find it comforting to be in a familiar, confined space when in the car.
Both cats and dogs can be prone to motion sickness, according to VCA Animal Hospitals. It's important to know the signs of car sickness - your pet may seem restless or salivate heavily, and dog or cat vomiting is not uncommon. If you are worried that your pet suffers from extreme motion sickness, then it is probably best to bring him to the vet to ask about prescription medicine that can help ease these symptoms.
If you're going on a long journey, remember to plan in time to stop and give your pet a rest. Your animal companion will need time to get out and stretch his legs and relieve himself. Also, it's important to remember that your pet should never be left alone in the car under any circumstances.
Travel by air
Airplane travel with your dog or cat should be preceded by a visit to the vet to make sure your animal companion is in good shape. After that, you'll need to get in touch with the airline you plan to fly with to make sure you have a good grasp on their regulations regarding the safety of your pet. When buying your plane ticket, it's best to purchase a direct flight to avoid any layovers. It may be easier to book a direct itinerary during the weekdays.
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Well i just installed ruby on rails and all seems to work independently but somehow they are not coordinating with each other i guess.
When i place a hello.rhtml template in the views folder and call http://localhost:3000/salutation/hello , Following messages occurs :
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An electrocardiogram is used to monitor your heart. Each beat of your heart is triggered by an electrical impulse normally generated from special cells in the upper right chamber of your heart. An electrocardiogram — also called an ECG or EKG — records these electrical signals as they travel through your heart.
Your doctor can use an electrocardiogram to look for patterns among these heartbeats and rhythms to diagnose various heart conditions.
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If you have a family history of heart disease, your doctor may suggest an electrocardiogram as an early screening test, even if you have no symptoms. It's unclear how helpful electrocardiograms are in screening people who don't have symptoms.
An electrocardiogram is a safe procedure. You may have minor discomfort, similar to removing a bandage, when the electrodes taped to your chest to measure your heart's electrical signals are removed. Rarely, a reaction to the electrode tape may cause redness or swelling of your skin.
A stress test, in which an ECG is performed while you exercise or after you take medication that mimics the effects of exercise, may cause irregular heartbeats or, rarely, a heart attack. These side effects are caused by the exercise or medication, not the ECG itself.
There isn't any risk of electrocution during an electrocardiogram. The electrodes placed on your body only record the electrical activity of your heart. They don't emit electricity.
No special preparations are necessary. However, tell your doctor about any medications or supplements you're taking. Some medications and supplements may affect the outcome of your electrocardiogram.
An electrocardiogram can be done in the doctor's office or hospital, and is often performed by a technician. After changing into a hospital gown, you'll lie on an examining table or bed.
Electrodes — often 12 to 15 — will be attached to your arms, legs and chest. The electrodes are sticky patches applied with a gel or tape to help detect and conduct the electrical currents of your heart. If you have hair on the parts of your body where the electrodes will be placed, the technician may need to shave the hair so that the electrodes stick properly.
You can breathe normally during the electrocardiogram. Make sure you're warm and ready to lie still, however. Moving, talking or shivering may distort the test results. A standard ECG takes just a few minutes.
As you lie on the examination table or bed, the electrodes will record the impulse that makes your heart beat. The impulses are recorded as waves on a computer monitor or printed on paper. Your doctor will look at the waves to see if the impulses are traveling normally.
If you have a heartbeat irregularity that tends to come and go, it may not be captured during the few minutes a standard ECG is recording. To work around this problem, your doctor may recommend another type of ECG:
Usually, your doctor will be able to tell you the results of your ECG the same day it's performed. If your electrocardiogram is normal, you may not need any other tests. If the results show there's a problem with your heart, you may need a repeat ECG or other diagnostic tests, such as an echocardiogram. Treatment depends on what's causing your signs and symptoms.
You can resume your normal daily activities after your electrocardiogram.
Your doctor will look for a consistent, even heart rhythm and a heart rate between 50 and 100 beats a minute. Having a faster, slower or irregular heartbeat provides clues about your heart health, including:
If your doctor finds any irregularities in your heart's rhythm, he or she may order additional tests to see if treatment is necessary.
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I think short... 16 games... no more.
Yea buddy. 5-11 or 6-10 at best. Many changes coming soon.
If they're only going to win 5 or 6 I'd rather they win 1 or 2 and get a shot at Jadaveon Clowney.
1.25) Artie Burns - CB, Miami
2.58 ) Sean Davis - S/CB, Maryland
3.89) Javon Hargrave - DT, S. Carolina St.
4.123) Jerald Hawkins - OT, LSU
6.220) Travis Feeny - OLB, Wash
7.227) Demarcus Ayers - WR, Hou
7.246) Tyler Matakevich - OLB, Temple
The referee said that you hit Brian Sipe too hard. Did you hit him too hard?
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Look on our schedule. Who are we going to beat? No answers. We cold beat Pitt, maybe two of three.
Round 1, Pick 25 (25): Artie Burns, CB; Miami
Round 2, Pick 27 (58 ): Sean Davis, S; Maryland
Round 3, Pick 26 (89): Javon Hargrave, DT; South Carolina State
Round 4, Pick 25 (123): Jerald Hawkins, OT; LSU
Round 6, Pick 45 (220) (Compensatory Selection): Travis Feeney, OLB; Washington
Round 7, Pick 8 (229) (From Giants): DeMarcus Ayers, WR; Houston
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Farb family attends inaugural ball
(Editor's note: Nathan Farb lives in Jay.)
WASHINGTON – Friday night I went to the second Power and Pride Disability inaugural ball at the National Press Club with my daughter Esme Farb and a few friends.
Four years ago I accompanied Esme, a guy who was crushed out on her, and a couple of other friends to the first Power and Pride Disability Ball. That had been a spectacular first, and the place was awash in joy and pride.
Esme got a good volunteer job at the ball, greeting people and giving them the party program. I took my camera out and went into the main room to check out the scene. There I spotted a deaf-blind man whom I have always wanted to talk to. I have seen him many times at Gallaudet University, which is dedicated to higher education for the deaf.
The deaf-blind have sign language interpreters make the signs directly into their hands to communicate. When you see it, it is very apparent and fascinating, but I have always been a bit shy and intimidated to try to communicate with a deaf-blind person. Once I introduced myself, Steven A. Frank told me he had been a librarian at Gallaudet for 30 years.
After a few moments of chit-chat through the sign language interpreters, I thought about the twin deaf-blind brothers who had chosen assisted suicide in Belgium last week, and I was curious about what his take on that news story had been.
Was it just too painful to live with such limited communication and social interaction with the world? Or was the way social services and the medical community set up just plain inadequate to meet the needs of this group of people, and the easiest way to deal with this population encourage people to seek assisted suicide? Big questions. I have always been a supporter of assisted suicide, but seeing how a large segment of the disability community has been very much against assisted suicide has made me question some of my long-held beliefs.
In any case I thought it would be great to put him together with Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa, who I knew was at the event, and let them have a discussion.
Harkin had a deaf brother who, according to a conversation he had with Esme, is now dead. Tom Harkin has always been one the most compassionate liberals in the Senate and a leading supporter of the disability community. Harkin's speech on the Senate floor just prior to the tax compromise at the beginning of this year can be listened to on the PBS archives.
Steven Frank was definitely up for the meeting, so Frank, three sign language interpreters and I set out to find Harkin on the crowded floor of the Power and Pride Disability Ball. Once I found him, I was able to guide Sen. Harkin to a portion of the room with some light so I could photograph the two of them and record the discussion.
They were thrilled to meet each other, but alas, Harkin was being rushed out to the Iowa inaugural party, so the two leaders agreed to a further communication about the issue.


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My mom eats nothing with ingredients she can't pronounce. It's a good diet to follow actually but it cracks me up.
My son made this for me:
You believe what you read on the box, and believe how they tell you its prepared...but its all on trust...you actually dont know....I suppose unless you prepare everything yourself, from the most basic of ingredients, and where possible, farm it, be it veg, or livestock, you never can.
In England and Europe this has been a huge thing, as one by one, almost every food outlet that has supplied us with Beef is in crisis following the realization, what they thought was Beef...was actually Horse.
It began with suppliers of beef patties, which claimed half of all the major supermarket chains..when it was prooved that their 100Percent Beef Burgers, were actually 60Percent Horse instead. Then it moved on to claim fast food outlets, like Burger King...now its moved into major branded foods, like Findus, whose Beef Lesagna is 100percent Horse Lesagna
In many ways, even the people who write the ingredients on the box dont really know whats in it. They trust what their suppliers tell them. The only people who know are the suppliers...and even they may not know that the Horse would be misslabled as Beef...but all across Europe, it appears that this has been going on, for probably many years now.
In some ways it doesnt matter....Horse isnt inedible...but the point is, that its fraud in retail, because its sold as something different...and underlines an issue...if it can be that an entire continent is slipped Horse under the guise of Beef....how hard would it be to slip something that COULD be dangerous?
The system cant even rule out cross contamination, let alone deliberate deception...so do we trust what we read or not...blah has 20%less saturated fat? who the hell knows? Even if there is a process for that scientifically, how can we be sure they follow that.
Our entire Western Cultures...ALL of them, are built on Trust of something inherently untrustworthy...Its not just the world of Finance....its the world of Retail...especially in the manner of food.
We choose to believe, because if we faced the truth, how would we survive?
Can you even get a job without a bank account? NO because they dont know how to pay you real money! its all done by computer automatically...there is NO movement of material involved in paying you...just a few 00s deducted from one computer, and put onto another computer which represents an account of money, which doesnt physically exist...until its recognised by a banker and exchanged for something physical.
Now...not withstanding, that computers can go wrong, and a single digit in the wrong place could bring the entire system down
We have gotten into a state where we cant even deal in reality any more, we are forced to trust. We have no other choice.
But because we choose out of need, to believe what we are told, and that all parties will honour what we are led to believe is true
We Trust in Banks
We Trust in automatic Computers and a System of off world orbital satalites
We Trust in Manufacturing Authenticity
We Trust in Honnest Retailing particularly surround Food
We Trust in Electricity
if anyone of those systems, which we dont understand and have no control over, were to fail...our whole entire civilization would come crashing down within mere days.
a WEEK of issues with the banks, and we havent recovered after half a decade....that was a WEEK of issues in ONE area of the Market....Saved NOT by changing the system...but by using bigger 00s to restore confidence in little 00s
We didnt have a banking collapse...it just wobbled.
Now imagine what happens if one of those listed above gives out completely. We dont even know what it takes to keep these things running long term...if we did, there would be more worry over the plight of the common bumble bee, which is responsible for polination that keeps our agricultural ability to feed ourselves...they appear to be dying out btw
We say, dont worry, it will never happen...as if that belief equates to an absolute certainty. Let me tell you, there is no such thing as "Too Big to Fail" neither is there any hierachy of needs fulfilled without the smallest cog in the foundation bracket.
i am sure it is bad for ya .. but aspartame tastes soooo good ..
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Skip to comments.Two 11-Year-Olds Receive Threats for Testifying Against Same-Sex Marriage
Posted on 04/01/2013 8:25:35 AM PDT by Maelstorm
In January, Sarah Crank, 14, received death threats after testifying before the Maryland state senate. She testified:
Hi, Im Sarah Crank. Todays my 14th birthday, and it would be the best birthday present ever if you would vote no on gay marriage. I really feel bad for the kids who have two parents of the same gender. Even though some kids think its fine, they have no idea what kind of wonderful experiences they miss out on. I dont want more kids to get confused about whats right and okay. I really dont want to grow up in a world where marriage isnt such a special thing anymore.
Its rather scary to think that when I grow up the legislature or the court can change the definition of any word they want. If they could change the definition of marriage then they could change the definition of any word. People have the choice to be gay, but I dont want to be affected by their choice. People say that they were born that way, but Ive met really nice adults who did change. So please vote no on gay marriage. Thank you.
TFP Student Action, a Roman Catholic organization, recorded some of the threats on the YouTube video of Sarahs speech went viral on homosexual websites. Some of them read:
If I ever see this girl, I will kill her. Thats a promise.
Her parents should be exterminated.
Kill this child and his [sic] parent, for my 11 birthday would be a wonderful gift, thanks.
I hope you? get raped by your married parents.madisonen;
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Well... When you get death threats from the Left, you've won the argument.
Over and out.
So, little Sarah Crank, age 14, has the denezins of Queer Nation feeling (and emailing) a tad on the 'cranky' side?
Well, don't just sit there laughing!
I think the phrase that would enrage most leftists the most would be
"we're not really 'conservative', we're just 'normal'"
Gee, I said the same thing about Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn back in the 60's or 70's...never got the opportunity.
Obamanation Counterculture File.
My doc says the way my health is going I've got six years.they have less.
I would NEVER allow my child to have given such a statement, stand up for your beliefs, yes, but let your kids be kids. Inviting harm onto your own is not a smart move.
As in the days of Lot, and the days of Noah, so will be the time of the return of Christ. Soon, Christians being killed for not going along. Now as a general lesson in life, this is what happens when you compromise morality for freedom. Feed wolves, and you will end up dog manure.
Every time the planet gets like this, it takes God to clean it out.
The adults I know don't even talk about it, much less any kids. What are these kids parents telling them? Most people aren't even concerned about it, it's just that we are getting it crammed down our throat by the media of both sides.
Do you think God is sitting there, thinking about how He will clean things out, but knowing it will all be the same in xxx number of years. Will this be the second or third time?
LOL! Nice! I'm gonna' hafta' cop that one!
What you say by actions, then, is that America is already the land of the not-free. Would you tell them that, outright, as well, so they would know the reason to just keep quiet? Would you tell them that America is too dangerous a place to actually speak the truth?
What I would say is, "this is an issue we as a family care deeply about. Your mother and I will be going to talk to our representatives to discuss it on behalf of the family. We'll let you know how it went when we get home, hang out with Granny and we will see you later tonight." Leave your kids out of it, no good can come to them speaking out on an issue like this.
Same gender sex is unnatural. That is the only argument needed in life or in court.
"Leaving your kids out of it" simply means that as a parent you really don't believe in what you are telling your children about what is right and what is evil. This young girl has more sense and courage than you do. She definitely knows the difference between right and wrong. God bless her.
Second time the plate is wiped clean, Sodom was a surgical strike and does not count as a world wide affair. But Mathew 24 Luke and Mark all speak of the end of the days of Gentiles, and the coming of the day of the Lord's Wrath. Revelation is a pretty interesting picture of the final train wreck. The 7th seal is the beginning of the flood so to speak.
We are watching the sea withdraw from the land, when the sun turns black and the moon turns red will be when the tide returns, with a vengance. That is the point that Gods wrath will begin to clean them out. The interesting thing is that when God turns up the heat He will do it slowly, to give everyone a chance to apologise.
But few will to the bitter end.
Then, a fresh start that will be the best thousand years this tired planet has ever known.
I would NEVER allow my child to have given such a statement, stand up for your beliefs, yes, but let your kids be kids. Inviting harm onto your own is not a smart move.
So you would silence your child?
You would teach them that their personal opinion is not valid? Or because it may engage others to threats that it is not safe and they should not speak out because of that? Or is it that you do not see that a 14 year old can actually have this personal belief?
U r consistent
Someone has to carry the flag now that non sequitur and r9tb are riding the bolt
I teach my kids queerdom is wrong and was best left as a bedroom peccadillo
Are you against that Stu?
U r consistent
Someone has to carry the flag now that non sequitur and r9tb are riding the bolt
I teach my kids queerdom is wrong and was best left as a bedroom peccadillo
Are you against that Stu?
Such lovely individuals these queers. And we want them to adopt children WHY?
We heteros are getting bullied by these perverts. They have more rights than we do.
The adults I know don't even talk about this homosexual march ?
Where do you live?
Where I live folks find it disgusting and believe the whole issue is simply another tool by which to destroy a traditional mostly Christian culture here
Do you have conservative pals?
Christian buds?
What do you think of homosexuality as a perversion?
Or allowing homosexual marriage...to be mandated
I think it has passed peoples vote once maybe....Oregon?
Elsewhere...even Kali voted down
The father of the 11 year-old is quoted in the same article that "we haven't had any physical threats" and the second child is FOURTEEN, not 11. Only one 11 year-old is mentioned in the piece so the Brietbart editor is trolling and engaging in Leftist-style propaganda.
I can't overlook the irony of screeching about higher standards, morality and so forth while using base techniques and subterfuge we supposedly abhor in the other side.
As for the 11 year old's testimony I actually agree with this general sentiment quoted: " this is gross and offensive, and not just to gay people. single mothers, widowers, divorced parents... i mean, just shut the **** up until you until you've seen a little more of the world, puppet child.
That's PRECISELY what she is, a puppet child and I despise the use of children as props when the Left or the Right do it. We all see the children paraded by union thugs at strikes or even protesting in favor of abortion. She's saying my father was nothing because he lost both parents at a young age or my uncle is less of a man because his mother was widowed. Well, little miss know-it-all, who is going to swoop in and force all those children into two heterosexual parent situations for their own good? The State?
The 11 year-old is not offering testimony on relevant first-hand experience. She's not a product of an upbringing in one of those "same sex households. She's a prop. Shame on her father Jeff Evans for exploiting her in this manner.
As for the 14 year-old, she clearly has no idea how far traditional marriage is from "such a special thing" any more. Even before she was born, traditional marriage had become a throw away institution with some 40% of children coming from divorced heterosexual parents. As a People we don't even raise an eyebrow at the Baby Mamma / Baby Daddy culture of our cities.
She's living in the make-believe fantasy world of a child and NOT reality. As such, her naivete has no relevance to the problems of the real world and it's the job of government to act and react to real world.
She too is just another prop exploited by adults who didn't stand against the erosion of the cultural value of marriage during the last few decades and are now aghast when some others want IN instead of, as heterosexuals have done en masse, getting or staying OUT of marriage.
Don't use children in this manner even for what you see as a just cause. If we're going to demand better of our opposition, the ends must not be allowed to justify the means.
I look at some of the arguments tossed out and it's like your house burned down but you won't let somebody help you rebuild because you don't like the car they drive.
That would work fine for something like a legislative hearing, where the parents can represent the family - which is what you were objecting to.
Would you tell them to refrain from commenting about the issue in the contexts it comes up in for them - stuff like classrooms, Facebook, etc, where their identity is known?
Is it the wideness of the audience and public access to the comments, the lack of anonymity, or something else that bothers you about this girl testifying?
God doesn't need to think about it. He knows all, sees all that was and will be for all time. If we accept the reset button on humanity after The Flood and, arguably, again with Christ's Resurrection to happen for the last time with the Second Coming... what are we talking about here?
You certainly have the right to teach your kids anything you want.
I work with a bunch of retired military Christian conservatives, and no one goes around talking about gays and same-sex marriages.
As you said, God knows what will be. Why would He wipe out people that He knows are going to do stuff that will just require His wiping them out again?
I guess you can't speak against something LIBs want... Where is our FREEDOM of SPEECH??
If anything untoward happens to this child, I expect repercussions will be in order. They want to take it to this level? Game on....
THIS is the left. Angry, hateful, vengeful. They destroy good people and promote bad people.
Which is probably why this country is in such a shi**y mess.
Really? You know of a better country to live in?
What gets me is that they dare get offended so often when they as a group tolerate and even justify this kind of offensive behavior. I know that both sides can get offensive but in my experience only one side typically gets browbeaten for it. I mean they have to trump up allegations of racism and extremism at tea party events but they never do an expose on left wing protests where the burn soldiers in effigy and or at pride events that have floats with some of the most obscene stuff on them riding down the street in front of kids. No they have their primary targets, its Christians and conservatives.
I'm glad that the Founders and the generations of soldiers since didn't feel the way you do!!!!
I didn't make up the headline but that is really just splitting hairs. I mean would the headline "threats against children have been better" or "threats against an 11 year old and a 14 year old'? The question is do you think its ok to lob death threats or threats of rape against children for expressing support for children being raised by both a Mom and Dad in a heterosexual relationship rather than having two Mom's and Donor or Two Dad's a surrogate Mom etc.
Do you screech about higher standards for the "other side" which you clearly are on? Hmm maybe I missed the posts. Actually I can't find one criticism of the homosexual thought police by you or their excesses when they claim "to be born that way". Maybe I missed it. Hey I understand you support the homosexual agenda and that's ok, its a free county we don't have to agree on that. My question is do you really want schools teaching kids to wonder about whether they are really a girl or boy inside or whether they like boys while discussing the gonads of dolphins with grade schoolers?
I think the fact that you are so enraged isn't because of the headline but because this exposes the essential threat to liberty of the progressive sex movement of which gay rights and same sex marriage is a part. Hell everyone can offend traditional families and Christians and conservatives all day long but let a homosexual be offended and its like one has committed a cardinal sin which can only be resolved by a public pillorying. It is funny to see sexual radicals who routinely present themselves in the most offensive and obscene fashion in the streets in front of children playing the victim of offense.
That you call these children puppet children exposes you for what you are. I feel sorry for you that you feel the need to support this kind of attack on children because you seem like someone who is fearful that maybe people will wake up and see the threat of the progressive gay movement and ssm marriage and how intolerant it is. Gays have every right to live how they wish but they don't have the right to redefine marriage or the entire culture for everyone but that is exactly what they are trying to do and good people who disagree have an equal right to oppose them.
That sounds quite close to the argument leftists employ to premise their push into the public education realm. REALITY?
What reality are you referring to -is it an objective reality? Is it a reality best defined by the parents of the child or is it one vest defined by YOU?
Is this reality a sex positive reality that provides not only a sexual education but as well sexual training, free contraceptives and abortions with no need for parental consent? Where is the brave new world, this utopian vision of REALITY that you advocate?
You always seem to support the homosexual agenda -one would think that even a neutral bystander such as you would at least oppose the agenda by actions 50% of the time. Maybe your opposition is evidenced by silent reflection?
YOU are the puppet as far as I am concerned -a useful idiot puppet whose useful idiot postings have been read by me here on FR for many years.
I was referring to your comment on the Christian military guys you said "never talked about gay marriage". Anyway, I interpreted that to mean they didn't protest gay "marriage" or much else of the social engineering that goes on in this country. IOW's, perhaps if WE got off our asses a bit more, we wouldn't be in this mess.
No, it's just not much of a priority to anyone.
Actially, it passed the peoples votes FOUR TIMES this past November: Maine, Maryland, Washington, and Minnesota. If Kali had a new vote, it would pass as well. Not a fan, but that's the way the wind is blowing...
It was only 5 years ago in Kali....I would not bank on that
Minnesota did not vote for gay marriage but against a DOMA on the ballot
Young folks have been brainwashed and many folks intimidated
Most of whom are not married anyhow
Poor folks of any color don't bother to marry anymore much
None of which changes the notion of anal sexual fixation between men ,equated with marriage as actually absurd
The left uses this issue to further diminish social or Christian conservatismm
Its a tool in their war chest to make the state, humanism and the earth a deity troika
38 states have laws prohibiting same sex marriage
38 against .....30 of those are now in state constitutions by popular referendum
10 for...and 7 of those by Dem legislatures not popular vote
I don't think anything has changed much
Gay states are flexing muscle and the media is hyping the shit out if it all and running their own polls and squashing negative studies due to it being before the court
My bet is court leaves it to states which baring a constitution amendment is fine
It does bug me how the left often wins by judicial fiat what it lost electorally
My first reaction to this was I remember a time when Obama went on stage with his "Executive Suggestions" after the Sandy Hook massacre, surroounded by 4 children who wrote him about their "feelings" about gun violence and the need to disarm everyone...
What I do not recal was anyone on our side of the issue calling for those kids to be killed, raped or otherwise harmed for their opinion...
Strange that these kids calling for the support of DOMA are being threatened in such a manner...
No one seems to be making a corrolation here that I have seen, so far...
REALLY????? and if san fransissyco had a vote, it would have passed there also.....pathetic.
how many states have rejected it?? 31? 32? maybe more. American people are compassionate....not stupid.
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Oil boom is here to stay
North Dakota's oil boom doesn't appear to be ending anytime soon.
The U.S. Geological Survey's new assessment essentially doubles the amount of recoverable oil in the Bakken and Three Forks formations. A survey in 2008 estimated there were 3.6 billion barrels of recoverable oil, but the latest survey boosts that number to 7.4 billion barrels, with much of the increase coming from the Three Forks formation, which wasn't fully assessed in 2008.
But already some officials believe the new 7.4 billion barrel estimate is low. Lynn Helms, director of the state Department of Mineral Resources, believes the survey's high end estimate of 11 billion recoverable barrels is more realistic, given the constant improvements in technology.
What do all the staggering numbers mean? Consider this: There are 8,500 producing wells in North Dakota right now. Officials estimate as many as another 40,000 wells could be drilled in the next 20 years, meaning the oil boom likely isn't going to slow down anytime soon.
That means cities in or near the boom will continue to strive to meet the needs of the industry and the needs of the increasing population in the area. That means real solutions to crumbling roads and congested highways must be found sooner rather than later. It means more rapid changes to school systems and continued housing shortages. And it means that cities like Williston, Stanley, Tioga and Minot must work quickly to adapt to the ever-changing way of life in western North Dakota.


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Hancock boasts rich hockey heritage
HANCOCK – Houghton is known as the "birthplace of professional hockey," but across the Portage Lake Lift Bridge, Hancock has a rich hockey history of its own, one that will be celebrated at the city's first official sesquicentennial event this Saturday.
Dave Hermanson, a member of the 1963-64 Laurn-Grove Juvenile National Championship team, will guide a free panel discussion at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Wiitanen Room at Houghton County Arena entitled, "Outdoor Hockey in Hancock, an Oral History." He and several others will solicit memories from those in attendance and informally walk through Hancock's rich hockey heritage, which includes Laurn-Grove, Terrace Park and Hillside rinks, the outdoor forerunners of the now-40-year-old Houghton County Arena.
"It's mostly an interactive thing, I'm going to chair the thing to try and keep it going," Hermanson said. "We certainly want to encourage all these people, anybody who skated on these rinks or played on any of these, whether it be the Laurn-Grove teams or any of the outdoor rink teams that can share some of those nuggets. It should be fun."
And there are plenty of stories to share from a very different era of hockey, a period when pickup hockey could prepare Olympians.
"People would be surprised going back to the early days there was always rinks around here," Hermanson said. "It's just very amazing that in 1960, 1964 and 1968 they had a representative from Hancock on those Olympic teams."
Rod Paavola won gold in 1960, and Paul Coppo and Bruce Riutta, both former Michigan Technological University Huskies, played on the 1964 and 1968 U.S.A. teams, respectively.
"There are an awful lot of good hockey players who went on to play college hockey, senior hockey, and of course 'the big three,'" Hermanson said. "Emphasizing just Hancock, there were a lot of good ones."
With Dee Stadium ice time at a premium in Houghton – only Thursday nights were dedicated to junior hockey – and the then-Calumet Armory a dozen miles up the road, outdoor rinks were the only way Hancock kids could get their hockey fix. High school hockey didn't come around until the 1970s, so teams represented locations.
Terrace Park, still located in east Hancock, was once home to a bustling hockey club after Gartner's owner Norbert Kahn donated a shack to help get the rink started in the 1930s. The rink no longer exists, but the memories do, and many will be shared at Saturday's event.
The same is true of Hillside, a rink once located in the mostly empty lot next to the intersection of U.S. 41 and White Street in Hancock. The prosperous Hillside Athletic Club was started in 1930 and was home to a wide array of activities, even besides sports teams, and the rink was started in 1940.
Hillside didn't have boards, but it had plenty of young skaters willing to help clear the rink. While public skating was usually free at the other outdoor establishments, it cost 10 cents at Hillside, and while the rink is a bygone memory, the club still has a lasting contribution very visible today.
"That Hillside rink was in operation for over 50 years and it was a private club, the best organized club around here by far," Hermanson recalls. "When that thing was disbanded in the middle 80s, there was a substantial treasury at that time left in there. Because of that, they donated all that money to (Houghton County Arena) and the Plexiglass out there is what they bought."
While Terrace and Hillside are bygone memories for old-time hockey players, Laurn Grove is still alive and kicking.
The west Hancock outdoor rink was built in 1947 in memory of Hancock natives Alvin Laurn and Robert Grove, who lost their lives at sea during World War II. The first organized team was assembled in 1949-50 and within a few years, state and national juvenile (juniors and seniors in high school) championships started rolling in.
State championships in the Michigan Amateur Hockey Association were won in (at least) 1955, 1959, 1960 and 1961, with the national championship coming in 1963-64. But that championship didn't come so easily against teams from Chicago, Marquette and Sault Ste. Marie – the latter two which, along with Calumet, were the biggest Laurn-Grove rivals.
"We couldn't get a lot of teams from afar to come in here. Hockey wasn't nearly as universal as it is now," Hermanson said.
Laurn-Grove was tied with Marquette going into Sunday and played the always tough Soo in the final game.
"We always had a rough game with the Soo, so we pretty much thought it was over, that we were out of the running," Hermanson said. "We would have to win that game by six or seven goals to get the championship."
But, against all odds forward Dave Witting "went crazy that day," according to Hermanson, scoring seven goals en route to a 9-2 victory for the Joe Houle-coached team.
While several big games were played at the outdoor facility, it was the day-to-day activity that creates the most stark contrast with today. Laurn-Grove is still active and new boards were put up within the last year, but with ice resurfacing machines – let alone roofs – only a dream to many in the '50s and '60s, outdoor rinks were buzzing with activity.
"We used to play hockey on Saturday morning and when the games were over at noon, we'd play pickup hockey all day long," Hermanson said. "We were on the ice probably every day of the week. … The guys that turned out to really be the good players were the ones that were 'rink rats,' that were always on the ice skating around."
And those players certainly existed in the 60s, but yet junior hockey started to wane before high school hockey came in – until 1972, when Houghton County Arena was built, largely with the intent of saving junior hockey.
"Junior hockey would have died if this thing wouldn't have come along with the limited ice time and everything," said Hermanson, who hopes to honor several people who were instrumental in helping build the arena. "Everybody took advantage of it. … But the original objective was to keep junior hockey going."
So, it's only fitting that Saturday's event will take place at Houghton County Arena, now in an attempt not so much to keep the game alive, but keep memories of the game as it once was living on.
Saturday's free 10 a.m. event will be just the start of a busy day of hockey at the arena. At 1 p.m., the Hancock Bulldogs will play Fond du Lac, Wis., followed by the Finlandia University Lions men's team against Concordia at 4, and women's team against St. Scholastica at 7.
This is the first in a series of weekly events to mark the sesquicentennial of the City of Hancock's 150th anniversary.


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Hey everyone,I've been making my dough using the Lehmann dough recipe. The variation I use calls for 0.24 tsp of ADY and makes 22 oz. of dough.In Tony Gemignani's NY dough recipe in his book Pizza, he lists using one package (2¼ tsp) of ADY for 45 oz. of dough, which he says is enough for 3 x 15" pizzas. Also, in the March issue of Bon Appetit, Giada De Laurentiis lists an amount of 2¼ tsp for her recipe.Why so much yeast? I understand that the rising of the dough depends on the amount of yeast and temperature of the water in the dough. In a cold ferment, though, how important are those variables?Thanks to anyone who can help clear this up for me.


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Out After Dark? A Guide To Boating At Night
May 30, 2012
Even with endlessly long summer days, sooner or later you may want to stretch your boating fun past sunset and into the evening. And while there are some things you need to consider before you take this step, you are missing out on half the fun if you only hit the water under blue skies. Here's what you need to know to be safe when the sun goes down.
Cruising under the moonlight can make you feel like you've got the place to yourself. More than likely, you don't. You'll need to be on the lookout for the running lights of other vessels, aids to navigation in the water, and 100 others things that inevitably pop up out of nowhere at night. Since your reaction time will be slower, and your eyes will be working overtime to distinguish all kinds of different shapes, ease up on the throttle. By the way, that creature you see in the water is more than likely not a mermaid: If you're cruising the Intracoastal Waterway down South…it's probably a manatee.
You may be tempted to shut off your running lights sometimes…especially if you're drifting (or at anchor). This is a big mistake if you're anywhere near the channel. Many times you will justify going incognito because there's a decent moon, and once your eyes adjust, you can see just fine. But it's critically important that you leave your lights on when you're out on the water. They are not for you, after all. They're for the other boaters to be able to spot you from a distance. The more reaction time, the better.
Even with the required running lights, your eyes can still play tricks on you. Boats running in your line of sight can confuse your senses at times and convince you that you're seeing something you're not. For that reason, always try to maintain a fairly consistent track at night. Doing donuts, figure eights, and zigzagging across the water is asking for trouble. Plus, any passengers onboard may not be ready for abrupt maneuvers and could be tossed overboard. Since they will they be tougher to spot in dark water, you risk striking them with the boat or propeller.
Music and boating go together like peanut butter and jelly during the day. But after hours, it's more like peanut butter and anchovies. In other words, it's really bad form to blast your tunes above background level. Sound carries extremely well over water, and even a moderate volume can be an annoyance to folks who have already packed it in for the night. Keep your tunes at a level where you can have a normal conversation. You can cut loose again the next day when you break out the watersports gear.
It is a real bummer to run out of gas any time and any place. But when you're out on the water at night, it's an entirely new level of trouble. Being in a position where you can't avoid other objects and get yourself home is bad enough, but it is a long, difficult process for someone else to have to find your position in the dark, down some off-the-beaten-path canal. Make sure you top the tank off before the sun goes down, while the fuel stations are still open and easy to see.
There is something really thrilling about sliding into the water at night. Note the word "sliding." Diving into dark water at night is a really bad idea. Because no matter what that depth finder says, you never know what submerged tree, Pinto fender or ridiculously tall rock lurks beneath the surface. And since you're going into the water at night, don't take a chance that your head will be the first hard object that makes contact. Whatever you do, just go gentle into that good night (swim).
You already know that your reaction time will be diminished because of the darkness. You'll add to those effects exponentially with every cocktail. And if that wasn't bad enough, reduced inhibitions will increase the hey-watch-this instinct that can turn a fun cruise under the stars into an evening that is best avoided. Stay off the booze. It's your responsibility as captain.


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Tonight, as I am standing on the roof terrace of the U.S. Embassy building watching the cheerful crowds of tens of thousands who have come to the Brandenburg Gate despite the pouring rain and wait for the domino stones to fall, all kinds of thoughts reflecting the past 20 years cross my mind.
I clearly remember the moment when the wall came down 20 years ago. At that time, I was 24 years old and pregnant! While watching the TV in my tiny apartment in Prenzlauer Berg, East Berlin, I couldn't believe my ears and eyes: Crowds of East Germans were climbing onto and crossing the wall. It wasn't until the next day, and until we were sure that they would let everybody return home again, that my husband and I crossed the border to West Berlin, where we were met by euphoric West Berliners banging on the roof of our Trabant car and hugging and kissing us through our open car windows. Everyone was so overwhelmed by joy and happiness.
In the days and weeks to follow, we started to realize that nothing was going to be the same again. There were no rules anymore, and we were torn between feelings of disorientation, uncertainty and fear but also big hopes for the future. My husband's and my main concern was: What would the future hold for our unborn child?
This year our son turned 19, and it is hard for him to imagine what life was like in the former G.D.R. We are grateful and relieved that he is growing up in a free, democratic country without travel and other restrictions. He has already been to the United States and many other countries several times and can take many things for granted that we at his age would never have dared to dream.
I was only a few years older than my son is now when the wall came down. At that time, all that I knew about America and the American way of life I basically learned by watching Western TV. It would have never occurred to me that 20 years later, I would – as an employee of the American Embassy in Berlin – meet and shake hands with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who has come to Berlin to celebrate together with the heads of state of the other Allied Powers and with us Germans the anniversary of the unique events in 1989 that set off a domino reaction in many parts of the world.
Related Information: Voices of U.S. Diplomacy and the Berlin Wall Online Exhibition
Brian in California writes:
We as a nation are blessed to have Hillary Rodham Clinton as our U.S. Secretary of State. Madame Secretary Clinton;stay safe and thank you for making us a proud nation, once again.
John in Greece writes:
I was 23 back then. A "kid". I am not sure if I could really understand the importance of this day, at that time. Today I do!
Today, I respect even more this GOOD change of history! A change for FREEDOM!
It was the second time that America was saving Germany. U.S. did it in the WW2. (in fact, U.S.A. saved Germany as a nation from Hitler's paranoia). 20 years ago, U.S. did it once again, by "helping" the "Wall" go down for ever.
Actually, let's be honest: Only U.S.A. cares about global freedom. Sometimes, difficult projects take some time. It's a question of how many the bricks are. But the wall, finally, goes down. (we better remember this paragraph when we analyze today's efforts for global justice)
Hundreds of people, we will never learn about them, died during this "engagement". But they/we made it!
They were heroes!
Donald writes:
I think were all proud of the wall coming down and Freedom emerged on both sides. We all take things for granted, in some countries you do not have the same freedoms or choices. I can still remember going on a trip and passing through in Germany, the people were very polite, smiled and greeted us with kindness. I salute the people of Germany and say we all glad this wall came down. A simple humble story to share while on this trip. We landed in Ramstein, Afb in GE and our family decided to go out and get a meal. I can remember ordering a pizza and had a few drinks. My oldest son at the time was around 7 or 8 years old. A pretty girl about his age came to our table. She gave my son a piece of candy. My son was blushing and thanked the girl. It was another ten or 15 minutes later when the girl came back and gave him another piece of candy. At this time my son was surprised and overwhelmed. He thanked the girl for the sweets. As we finished our meal, I went to the counter to pay for it. I happened to look in the back area, low and behold "It was identical twin girls" which at that point I broke out and laughed. They were very wonderful people, down to earth and we had a great time, Thanks to the people of Germany!
Bobby in Pakistan writes:
All families should stay together, and we must help displaced people yes i agree, i love America and have my heart and faith in the USA, i grew up in North Philadelphia. Spent over 21 years, i can remember sitting near the liberty bell and Pennsylvania was my home.
Currently i am stuck in Pakistan, I wish to be home with my family this Christmas. I am hurt and living in constant fear. I am Christian, with American accent and western. i wish to home this christmas in Philadelphia at my home on
Roosevelt blvd. Please Mrs Clinton if you can read this message. Help me in Pakistan. I believe in democracy and respect your leadership.
Peter in Nigeria writes:
Chancellor Merkel said last week that there were millions of stories wrapped up in the fall of the Berlin Wall. I thank Ms. Reichert for hers and would like to encourage others to tell their tales of 9-10 November 1989. The West Berlin side of the Wall was a great canvas for the wit and and wisdom of pop culture through the Seventies and Eighties. Recollecting where-you-were-when-the-Wall-fell can become a fine archive of ordinary life in last decades of 20th century Germany. Please, more!


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April 5, 2010 WIC Update
SUBJECT 1: Breastfeeding Performance Bonus
SUBJECT 2: WIC Approved Soymilk-Newly Designed Packaging
SUBJECT 3: Income of 2010 Census Workers
SUBJECT 4: PedNSS and PNSS 2008 Data Summaries
- Breastfeeding Performance Bonus: We have exciting news to share! Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced performance awards to states that have done an exceptional job promoting and supporting breastfeeding among mothers participating in the WIC program. Secretary Vilsack's press release is attached. Missouri was selected as one of the ten state agencies with the most improved breastfeeding rates. For specifics on the announcement please see the attached message from Douglas Greenaway, President and CEO of the National WIC Association.
This award could not have happened without the dedication of our local WIC agencies in promoting and supporting breastfeeding. Thank you for all your hard work in assisting our mothers to achieve their breastfeeding goals. Obviously, our work is not done. This funding will be used to continue our breastfeeding efforts and information on how these funds will be utilized is forthcoming.
- WIC Approved Soymilk - Newly Designed Packaging: Launching in May 2010 - Stremicks Heritage Foods is changing the package of the 8th Continent Soymilk – Original. The new packaging will become available at WIC vendors during the first or second week of May, 2010. Please share the attached poster with your staff and participants. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Takako Tagami at firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Income of 2010 Census Workers: A question has been raised regarding whether to count the income received by individuals hired to conduct the 2010 Census when determining income eligibility. The answer is yes; such income must be counted when determining WIC income eligibility. Local agencies should consider the income of the family during the past 12 months and the family's current income to determine which time frame more accurately reflects the family's income. In general, the length of employment for Census workers is most likely no more than a few months.
If you have questions, contact Mark Davis at firstname.lastname@example.com or 573-526-5323 or 800-392-8209.
- PedNSS and PNSS 2008 Data Summaries: The 2008 data summaries for the Pediatric Nutrition and Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance Systems (PedNSS and PNSS) have been posted to the Department web page. These reports summarize key pediatric health indicators of infants and children, age birth to 5 years, participating in the Missouri WIC program in 2008 and key maternal health indicators of women participating in WIC in 2006. These reports can be accessed by clicking WICLWP - Data scrolling to the bottom of the page and clicking on the link to the specific report you want to read, then click on Data and Statistical Reports on the left bar to get the complete report. Both reports include data maps. If you have questions on how you can use this data in your local program, please contact your technical assistance district nutritionist.
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Topic: MiniMagick VS RMagick
I have recently converted from RMagick to MiniMagick because people had told me that it would give me a boost in speed and performance, especially with sites on a shared host. But now it turns out that speed hasn't increased that much (if at all) and that my app still gets killed when trying to upload larger image files (100KB and over).
Has anybody ever gained any benefits from MiniMagick vis-a-vis RMagick... ?
I still wonder if there's ANY decent way of uploading and resizing images when on a shared host...


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UW?Community Campaign deserves support
America is a land filled with compassionate people. This is a nation where charitable giving is a standard feature of community life.
There are many good causes and no shortage of generous souls willing to contribute time and/or money to make the world a better place for those less fortunate than themselves.
Most of us work hard for the dollars we set aside for charity. Making sure that the money we give is used properly is a priority.
In our area, the Fort Dodge Community Foundation and United Way is an especially good choice for charitable giving because it guarantees accountable and efficient use of the money it receives. Most of us don't have the time to investigate and evaluate each program we might support to ascertain how well its goals are thought through and pursued. The Community Foundation does that sorting out for us. That helps ensure that the recipient agencies are worthy of our trust.
This local focal point for charitable activity took on a new look in July 2007. United Way of Greater Fort Dodge and the Community Foundation of Fort Dodge and North Central Iowa merged to form an exciting new organization named United Way and Community Foundation of Northwest Iowa. That entity was subsequently renamed the Fort Dodge Community Foundation and United Way.
The organization is an important philanthropic clearinghouse that connects people who care with causes that matter to improve the local quality of life today and in the future.
Each year, the Fort Dodge Community Foundation and United Way develops a plan that matches the money raised with the needs of the programs with which it partners.
One result of this is to make the year ahead predictable financially for the agencies and programs being supported. This permits long-term planning and, thereby, increases the likelihood that goals will be achieved.
The community benefits from this centralized allocation of funds because priorities are set. Scarce dollars end up being distributed according to a plan designed to achieve the maximum overall impact. This process relies heavily on local volunteers who have an in-depth knowledge of this region.
The 2013 Community Campaign fundraising effort is now under way, chaired by Troy Shaner, who is the Fort Dodge plant manager for Valero Renewables. Over the weeks ahead, the campaign will involve the entire community. The fundraising goal this year is $425,000.
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A collection of stories from individuals with disabilities, families, friends, and disability service providers in Tennessee
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Results related to: Student interview of parent / Religion and Spirituality / 6 to 13 years
"In the community and their social circles, Angie feels that Jesse is generally accepted. They are well-supported through their church community and by other homeschooling families who take all three children to home school PE so Angie has a few hours free.
"There is a huge need for teacher training in educating children with autism, and this training is needed both for special education teachers and especially for general education teachers. Also, the State of Tennessee must start helping serve the needs
of individuals on the autism spectrum. It is shameful how little our State does to help people on the spectrum to live as full participants in their own communities."
"If there won't be an accurate score, then why should he take an IQ test? We didn't want a number on the front of his Individualized Education Program (IEP) plan.* We want someone to flip the page and read all about him and not just assume what their expectations
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Loducca São Paulo has somehow found these really really ancient porn images, and use them to advertise the idea of using condoms. I bet they never had that much fun looking for decent stock. ;)
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Guga Ketzer Copywriter & CD - Cassio Moron & Andre Nassar , Art Directors
Great surprise. Where were those ads (?) published? Seems like that other campaign playing with words (like "penisland") - I never saw that anywhere.
i really like these ones! and their tvc with the chewing gum!!
I love the way the guy keeps his socks on in the top ad.
Gotta love the positioning on that banner. Superb ads. :-D
Stag films and pornographic reels from the turn of the 20th century seem to have established the precedent. I've seen this dealt with by professional researchers (I believe it was the Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise guy), and the real answer is "No one knows."
But the leading explanations include theories like:
—A legal difference between total nudity and partial nudity in obscenity law
—Ease of escape
—So they could walk around off-set
There are also the more modern answers of tradition, fetish and utility (dirty floors), but generally if you see shoes on these days it's because the director wanted to see the performers wearing shoes.
The pictures here seem to be from around 1890-1920.
There are many collections in books documenting these photos, ranging in age from the 1880's until the 1930's.
(** I have books with photo collections dating back to the beginning - i.e. the 1840's, including one from Pre-Boxer Rebellion China).
I would have tried to make the message less vague. Like 'photoshoping' in the guy wearing a condom, or even a condom brand somewhere on the ad..... Without Dabitch's intro, I would have trouble understanding the intended message of the ads.
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