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14-year-old Onamia girl killed when struck by vehicle
14-year-old Onamia girl killed when struck by vehicle
ONAMIA — A 14-year-old Onamia student was killed Friday after she was struck by a vehicle while walking with friends to a football game, the Mille Lacs County Sheriff's Department reported.
The victim was walking west on 350th Street toward Onamia school when she was struck from behind by a motorist who also was travelling westbound on 350th Street between Highway 169 and 125th Avenue.
Mille Lacs County Sheriff Brent C. Lindgren reported that the girl was transported by ambulance to the Mille Lacs Hospital in Onamia, where she died. Her identity is being withheld until family notifications can be completed. The driver of the vehicle, Michal Kunesh, 37 of rural Onamia, was not injured.
An off-duty Mille Lacs County deputy and a Mille Lacs Health System Emergency Medical Technician happened to be driving on the same roadway going to the same football game and stopped and administered first aid at the scene, Lindgren said.
The incident was reported at 7:14 p.m.
Assisting the sheriff's office on scene were the Onamia Fire Department, Mille Lacs Ambulance Service, Minnesota State Patrol and the Mille Lacs Tribal Police Department.
The fatal is still under investigation at this time by the Mille Lacs County Sheriff's Office and the Minnesota State Patrol. Alcohol does not appear to be a factor.
In a press release, Lindgren said he extended heartfelt condolences of the Mille Lacs County Sheriff's Office to the family and friends of the victim.


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Finally released details just days after the saloon. Europeans will get an initial choice of 1.6 and 2.0 litre petrol units, the existing 1.6 litre turbodiesel and a new 2.2 litre turbodiesel in two versions (148bhp and 182bhp), both launched very recently in the European Mazda 6. It'll debut next month at the Bologna Motor Show.
I was waiting for someone to post this...from the looks of the few spyshots, I like it A LOT!Mazda knows how to build attractive 5 doors.
-----------------how does it stay so small and skinny when it has single handedly eaten all those fat muscle cars?"I don't want the world, I only want what I deserve!"
The rear looks better on the new hatch than the new sedan. The face is still stupid.From the color in the prerelease shot, I'm afraid a darker blue color will disappear.Looks like an '09 hatch or upgrading to a midsize for me.:facepalm:
Looks too much liek the first generation Matrix. All of Mazda's new designs are terrible. Too bad, just 2 years ago they were on top.
I like it. The blue helps with the front end better. My preference would be a darker color.It may look like Matrix (bullcoughshcoughit)but it will out corner and outrun it.
I think the color makes this look a bit matrixy, but put a dark grey on it and you would still be able to see that it is a Mazda. Now if Mazda could just get one of those diesels and the 2 to our border somehow.
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i like the upwards curve to the lower swage line. i think the darker colors will help the grille area too. i like the curves around the front wheels though-not cartoon-like and they easily could have been. good job of evolutionary design.


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Missourian Managing Editor
Bids were opened last week for the long-awaited Highway A improvement project and all are far below the initial projected cost.
The 2014-18 State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) has $3,965,000 allocated for construction of the Highway A project. That amount does not include the cost of engineering and design work.
Construction bids were opened Friday and N.B. West Contracting Company was the apparent low bidder at $2,408,357.26, Judy Wagner, MoDOT area engineer, said Monday.
There were five bidders on the project and all the bids were very close, Wagner told members of the Washington Area Highway Transportation Committee.
If the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission votes next week to accept the bid from West, work on the project could begin in April, Wagner said.
She said it's likely it will take two construction seasons to complete all the work on the 7.23-mile stretch of roadway.
The project will be divided into two phases. The first segment will be from Union, just north of the Independence Drive intersection, to Highway YY. The second will be from Route YY to the Washington city limits.
"This will involve a lot of utility (relocation) work," Wagner said. "Hopefully, we can finish up in two years."
The plan is to construct 2-foot shoulders, resurface the highway from Chamber Drive at Washington to just north of Independence Drive in Union and make other safety improvements, including adding guardrails in certain areas and improved stormwater drainage facilities.
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Wagner said Monday that the decision has been made to add interactive speed limit signs south and west of Highway YY at Krakow. The signs will show the speed limit and below that will be an indicator that displays an approaching vehicle's actual speed.
The purpose is to alert drivers to slow down as they approach the intersection, which is highly congested at times.
The signs likely will be installed near the end of the project, Wagner said.
Other Bidders
Other companies that submitted bids on the projects and their price quotes were:
Pace Construction Company LLC, $2,587,500; K.J. Unnerstall Construction, $2,957,808; APAC-Missouri Inc., $3,039,370.33; and Millstone Bangert Inc., $3,059,748.37,
The current 11-foot-wide driving lanes will be maintained but resurfaced and the shoulders will be added. There are three areas along the route where curves will be improved.
No changes are planned at the Highway A/Route YY intersection at this time.
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Looking for a good 120mm variable speed system fan. My board has a plug for it, so I might as well use it. Thanks!
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Shipping will cost more than fan.
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that is about it. Not looking for LEDS or anything fancy. I just want a good one to get the job done quietly.
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Your case probably has several brackets for more than (1) fan.
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It's been some time since I posted so I thought I would give you a quick update and let you know I am still alive. It's been the most crazy couple of months, so here is a quick run down.
I bought a fireplace about a month ago, couldn't wait to decorate the tree and hang stockings....been so busy the only thing that has changed in this picture is the vase of flowers. Yeah the tree is still not decorated, mantle not done and stockings not yet hung.
My Elizabeth graduated primary school last night, I am so proud of her and she is very excited to be starting high school next year. I can't believe she is going to high school it makes me feel like she's growing up too quickly.
We've done some fun end of year activities with these two little rug rats. Max was hilarious, after this picture he tried to unwrap the faux presents, yep we were those parents, the ones dragging their kid off the tree. Honestly though, it is kind of funny.
Why am I so busy, because of this, for those who don't know I am selling Tupperware, I started back in October and it's just gone gang busters. I seem to be constantly out of the house. I've found it to be the best fun I have ever had while making money and it just keeps growing. Which for me is a good thing. I want to redo my floors and have that extra pocket money to do all the things I have wanted to do in the house that have just been out of reach.
However, it has left me with exactly zero crafting time, between my parties and the housework I haven't done a single thing. I've hardly read any blogs and done absolutely nothing on my own, so I have decided to take a Summer holiday. The boys have already finished for the year and Elizabeth finishes at the end of the week and come February I hope to have a better idea of how I am going to manage my time.
I'll see you all after Christmas, so have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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The More He Talks, The More No One Listens: Go Get 'Em, W!
Bush Begins Five-Day Push to Defend Iraq War
By NEDRA PICKLER, AP
CRAWFORD, Texas (Aug. 20) - With anti-war protesters continuing their vigil outside President Bush's ranch, the commander in chief began a five-day push Saturday to tell Americans why he thinks U.S. troops must continue the fight in Iraq.
In his weekly radio address, Bush argued that the war in Iraq will keep Americans safe for generations to come. He'll try to drive the point home with speeches in upcoming days in Utah and Idaho.
"Our troops know that they're fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere to protect their fellow Americans from a savage enemy,'' the president said in the recorded broadcast.
"They know that if we do not confront these evil men abroad, we will have to face them one day in our own cities and streets, and they know that the safety and security of every American is at stake in this war, and they know we will prevail.''
Bush is making a sell to a skeptical public. According to recent polls, a majority of Americans do not approve of his handling of the war.
"We need a strategy to win in Iraq or an exit strategy to leave,'' former Sen. Max Cleland of Georgia said in the Democratic radio address. "The present course will lead us to disaster. More of the same just means more precious blood spilled in the desert.''
Cleland, who noted that he lost three limbs serving in Vietnam, ticked off numbers indicating this war's toll - nearly 2,000 service members killed, more than 15,000 wounded and some soldiers returning for their third tour in Iraq. "Iraq is still not secure and we don't have the forces there to make it secure,'' he said.
Dozens of the disillusioned remain outside his ranch as their inspiration, grieved mother Cindy Sheehan, left to tend to her hospitalized mother in her home state of California. Sheehan started the protests by traveling to Crawford to ask Bush why her soldier son, Casey, had to die in what she calls a senseless war.
Although he didn't mention him specifically, Bush spoke of the soldiers who have died. "We offer their families our heartfelt condolences and prayers,'' he said.
"Now we must finish the task that our troops have given their lives for and honor their sacrifice by completing their mission,'' he said. "We can be confident in the ultimate triumph of our cause, because we know that freedom is the future of every nation and that the side of freedom is the side of victory.''
The protesters at "Camp Casey'' can claim some victory for forcing Bush to talk so extensively about the military deaths when he'd rather focus on indictors of progress in Iraq. The campers' call to bring the troops home now dominated news coverage out of Crawford this week while Bush stayed on his ranch with no public events.
Next week, the president will regain some of the spotlight with scheduled speeches to the Veterans of Foreign Wars on Monday and a National Guard group on Wednesday.
As he has before when he has been challenged, Bush invoked the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in his radio address.
"On that day, we learned that vast oceans and friendly neighbors no longer protect us from those who wish to harm our people,'' he said. "And since that day, we have taken the fight to the enemy.''
In the Democratic address, Cleland also brought up the Sept. 11 attacks - to remind Americans that al-Qaida terror group leader Osama bin Laden has yet to be captured.
The president has been able to rally Americans behind him before by reminding them of the horror of Sept. 11, most pivotally in last year's close election.
He used the radio address to make the case again that Iraq is a critical part of the war against terrorists.
"We're spreading the hope of freedom across the broader Middle East,'' Bush said. "By advancing the cause of liberty in a troubled region, we are bringing security to our own citizens and laying the foundations of peace for our children and grandchildren.''
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Why can't we capture the two most prominent terrorists on earth - Bush and Bin Laden???? Isn't it amazing how they both deliver their recorded messages from their places of hiding???
I know Bush is a drug store cowboy but he is sure an expert on what comes out of the back end of a bull.
If his lips are moving.......HE'S LYING!
He still isn't saying anything:
"Bush argued that the war in Iraq will keep Americans safe for generations to come." What does this mean? I've been reading about how Iraq is now a terrorist training camp where new terrorist recruits are sent for real combat hands-on training. Bush and his administration are so out of touch with reality, it's alarming to say the least.
If Bush keeps it up, there will not be 'generations to come'. He'd better get those twins busy repopulating the country! We will run out of soldiers, and some day, even poor aliens will stop coming across the border to sign up for our Iraq war and die....
...is more George Bush. When this chimp speaks, more monkeys jump off his banana boat. God, what an absolute humiliation this sockmonkey is to our nation.
Yes, those savages sure are pesky critters when you invade their land and steal their resources.
Luckily for us, our crude weapons and smallpox blankets have improved considerably since the days of their nasty attack on General Custer. Now we have cluster bombs and "depleted" uranium to fry their ungrateful hides. Even so, unfortunately for our troops, they still seem to insist on fighting back.
Things really haven't changed much since the Revolutionary War. A small, but determined, band of patriots/insurgents/rebels can still whip the mightiest power on earth if they're willing to die for their cause.
"Give me liberty, or give me...heartburn."
Yesterday PBS had a program extolling all the whiz bang technology used in the initial invasion of Iraq, very impressive; they also noted how useless this technology is in the ocupation. Seeing all this high tech, highly expensive, billion dollar gadegtry the thought occured to me that we have a mutli billion dollar military being run by dime store leaders. We went to Tiffanys to buy the hardware and then meandered over to WalMart for a dime store president with five cent leadership. Wow what a bargain, is there any wonder we are in the mess we are in?
This really is Vietnam all over again. In Vietnam a rag tag army of peasants with no air force, no navy, no high tech weapons, defeated the worlds greatest military power. I am sure this lesson is well learned by Al Queda and the Iraqi insurgents, those in Washington from the WalMart school of leadership are still brain dead.
It's a guerilla war stupid, and the guerillas do not have to win any battles, all they have to do is keep fighting, keep spilling blood until the invaders leave, which they will, which we will. Little George "shit for brains" Bush can spin this any way he wants, but the truth is we are the bad guys, we are the agressors.
Yes, we will leave, eventually; and just like Vietnam the only question left unanswered is how many more will die in this insanely stupid war before we do leave! And what will have been accomplished by all this, just as in Vietnam absolutely nothing, except death, destruction and suffering.
Impeach little George "shit for brains" Bush and Dick "in the last throes" Cheney.


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Here is the problem, every month this year, 2009; my loan has pretty much maintained the balance of owing over $3000.00 as of Dec. 2009. I contacted Wachovia, who was formerly WFS, to resolve this difference in my loan balance and I have constantly received the run a round or the explanation of my loan payment being late on numerous occasions had caused fees to my account, lack of Insurance coverage (I never had a agreement to furnish Insurance with WFS or Wachovia) and, anything else they could think of short of a full explanation of why my loan hasnt matured. I responded to them according to the contract I agreed upon, I have 10 business days from the official due date to get my payment in before incurring a late fee of 5% of the part late. But as you will see on my payment histories I was charged late fees within 10 business days of my payment regardless of what the contract stated. Also my payments are being spread out to incur interest past the last scheduled payment, nowhere in my contract did it say the loan is compounded daily or annually according to the original loan at this rate I would never get from under this loan. I have a Car cost & cost of financing the loan which included interest. At the beginning of my loan there was a discrepancy with when received payment was received, but on June14thth, 2005 my payment date had changed to the 25th of every month up, and late fees shouldnt have been an issue, but it continued until May 2007.
With regard to Insurance, I was unaware that I was making the CPI insurance payments to Wachovia and this insurance was incurring interest. At the time of original loan, the Insurance agreement was with American Honda Fin., which became void when a new contract was signed. I never signed an agreement to furnish Insurance with WFS when the loan transferred and new contract paper work was signed.
At the point of not getting a satisfying answer or explanation as to why my payments have not made my loan balance change significantly, I called again on April27th 2009 and requested a copy of my Contract with Wachovia and was sent the contract from Honda, as I had never had an official contract signed with Wachovia or WFS. Also, one week after that May 5, 2009. I called Wachovia customer service and requested a copy of my Payment history. So when I received my payment history which I requested because of the balance never changing although I was making payments, I noticed CPI insurance and interest incurred I was disturbed and contacted Wachovia (former WFS) I was told I didnt have valid insurance coverage so we covered you at your expense, I was told Id get a letter in the mail explaining it. However this has been being deducted since 2005, to date I have not received such letter. As for the Loan payments, interest and lack of closing date, I was told my questions and concerns will be turned over to my local office and I would be getting called by the signing agent, however the company changed from WFS to Wachovia and the office I previously had contact with closed, I have not received this call as of yet either.
I am certain I have over paid them in large amounts. As I am sure I am not the only person being taken advantage of, their contracts/accounting policy needs great reviewing.
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Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund - President and CEO Report
September 25, 2009 Board Meeting
The summer months were full of activity at LCCREF as our DTV team criss-crossed the country to complete its work on the DTV campaign, debrief with local partners and begin an evaluation process. At the same time our DTV campaign was coming to a successful conclusion, our census campaign was completing work on a new report, Counting in the Wake of a Catastrophe: Challenges and Recommendations for the 2010 Census in the Gulf Coast Region. The report which provides a fresh assessment of the demographic and socioeconomic conditions along the Gulf Coast that pose challenges to achieving a complete census count, was released in New Orleans the week preceding the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. LCCREF also continued to serve as the coalition hub for communications efforts to educate about the record of Judge Sonia Sotomayor and to provide updates on her appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The summer months also found staff saying good by to two of its key members: Mistique Cano, Vice President for Communications, who has joined Google where she will be handling the daily press relations around Google's legislative and public policy work; and Paul Edenfield, Senior Counsel, who has accepted a job at the U.S. Dept. of Labor, where he will be handling federal appeals of labor law cases.
At the same time we welcomed Jeff Miller as our new deputy communications director and with Mistique leaving he has moved into the position of Interim Vice President for Communications. Jeff comes to LCCR/EF with a background in journalism, politics and nonprofit advocacy. He was the Washington correspondent for The Morning Call of Allentown, Pa., The Evansville Courier of Indiana, and The Ventura County Star of California. Since leaving journalism in 2006, Jeff has been a communications director for U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., and for The Justice Project, which works to increase fairness and accuracy in the criminal justice system.
The challenges we face ahead in an increasingly polarized and uncivil environment got a little more daunting with the loss of our field general in the fight for civil rights. From the Civil Rights Act of 1964 through the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, the cause of civil and human rights had no better friend than Senator Edward M. Kennedy. We miss him deeply, but his words and his passion will continue to inspire us and we feel a special obligation to keep his legacy alive.
Policy Updates
Below are summaries of the work undertaken on our policy initiatives primarily during the third quarter organized under our team structure, with support from the policy, communications, field, and development departments:
Affirmative Action/Educational Equity (Anjali Thakur and David Goldberg, Team Leaders)
Equal Opportunity
In May, LCCREF/AFC, in co-sponsorship with the Fulfilling the Dream Fund, convened the third national strategy meeting on equal opportunity. The convening provided an opportunity for key state and national allies to share updates on the status of equal opportunity at the national and state levels, and to discuss the communications/messaging/framing, legal, legislative, field, and fundraising strategies that could be part of a pro-active agenda advancing equal opportunity. In August, the Leadership Conference hosted a meeting for the Asian American Justice Center and the Minority Business Legal Defense and Educational Fund to brief LCCR members on the current state of affirmative action litigation in the contracting arena. As members of the Unity Group (a new coalition of minority and women contractors), their presentation was timely as both houses of Congress and the Obama administration will soon be considering ways to defend and improve various programs aimed at encouraging equal opportunity for women and minority contractors. There was a full discussion of the status of the cases and their impact on other areas of civil rights, equal opportunity, and education law. A working group was formed to keep LCCR members in closer contact with the groups working on contracting cases and develop joint strategies for helping the administration combat these cases. A larger meeting with the broader LCCR community is being planned for this fall.
The Leadership Conference continues to work with coalitions in Colorado and Nebraska to determine next steps to advance the fight for equal opportunity, as well as to identify ways to sustain each state coalition. LCCREF will be co-convening, along with Colorado Unity, a strategy meeting to take place this fall during which opportunities for advancing equal opportunity in the state will be identified. In Arizona, where Ward Connerly's anti- equal opportunity initiative was referred to the 2010 ballot by the state legislature, LCCREF is working in a consultative manner with Arizona organizations on an overall strategy for conducting public education messaging and grassroots outreach around the initiative.
LCCREF staff are participating in planning meetings/discussions to assist the Fulfilling the Dream Fund in developing the agenda for their 3rd annual national convening of their grantees and donors, scheduled to take place in October. Following up on the national strategy meeting LCCR/EF co-sponsored with the Dream Fund in May, the Dream Fund's national convening will provide an opportunity to continue the conversations and discussions started in May which focused on various sets of strategies.
Educational Equity
In July, LCCREF's Campaign for High School Equity (CHSE) project held a panel discussion on health and nutrition and the disparate impact of health problems like childhood obesity and diabetes on educational achievement. The event brought health researchers together with education advocates to discuss effective strategies for promoting health care and better nutrition in schools serving lower-income families and communities of color. In August, CHSE sponsored a Capitol Hill briefing on common standards and their impact on communities of color. CHSE, LCCREF, and staff from other LCCR members who are partners in the CHSE project also met with representatives of the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers who are drafting the common standards to discuss the need for input and review of the standards by representatives of communities of color. We also discussed the need for resources to ensure proper implementation of the standards in our communities.
The Realize the Dream: Quality Education is a Civil Right project's video project is designed to tell the story of effective education reform from the students' perspectives and with a filmmaker's eye — instead of using a policy perspective — and to deliver the stories through new, creative multimedia channels. The project's pilot video, which focused on the Higher Achievement program, has proven to be a very effective fundraising and recruitment tool and has had a great impact on Higher Achievement's efforts to replicate their program and expand to new cities. LCCREF is working closely with Higher Achievement to ensure the successful opening of its first two Achievement Centers in Baltimore. Drawing on the lessons learned from the success of the Higher Achievement project, Realize the Dream is now producing similar videos of three more education programs
Census (Corrine Yu, Team Leader)
The Census 2010 campaign is being carried out through a collaborative of national civil rights groups with expertise in the census. LCCREF serves as the campaign's overall coordinator/driver, organizing internal meetings, keeping track of internal deadlines, tasks, and assignments, and coordinating and driving overall public awareness, research and materials development, field outreach, and communications activities.
In the week preceding the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, LCCREF, together with local advocates and Gulf Coast residents, held a press conference and press call to release a new report, Counting in the Wake of a Catastrophe: Challenges and Recommendations for the 2010 Census in the Gulf Coast Region. The report provides a fresh assessment of the demographic and socioeconomic conditions along the Gulf Coast that pose challenges to achieving a complete census count. It also makes practical recommendations for policymakers and the Census Bureau designed to ensure the most accurate count possible. LCCREF held a press conference on August 24 in New Orleans followed by a telephone press conference the same day. LCCREF Counselor and LCCR President Wade Henderson was joined by the leaders of our local Gulf Coast census partners, Moving Forward Gulf Coast and the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance, to talk about the report's findings and recommendations and the importance of a fair and accurate count to the Gulf Coast. The press conferences attracted strong local and national media coverage, including the Times-Picayune, The Associated Press, National Journal, BET Television, three local television stations and three radio stations. The report was also picked up by several blogs. The report is available on LCCREF's web site, http://www.civilrights.org/counting-in-the-wake-of-a-catastrophe-lccref.pdf, along with video of Wade Henderson and residents of LA and MS discussing the challenges facing the Gulf: http://www.civilrights.org/archives/2009/06/counting-the-gulf-coast-4.html.
We have conducted two trainings (in Biloxi on July 11 and a workshop in Chicago on July 28 that was part of the NCLR annual conference) and have solidified local partnerships in Atlanta, Milwaukee, the Gulf Coast, and San Francisco as well as developed a major city strategy with mayors' offices in New York City, Houston, LA and Chicago. We have developed a "pitch" letter to local groups about how they can get involved in 2010 census efforts, including LCCREF's campaign. Moving forward, we will develop a promotional packet on LCCREF campaign for outreach to local groups. We also met with Census Bureau officials on July 10 about the ways The civil rights coalition can be helpful in making the 2010 count a success.
LCCREF initiated an early awareness bus ad campaign in five of our target cities: Atlanta, Detroit, Milwaukee, San Francisco and Seattle. The ads—created in-house—focused on how a fair and accurate census will benefit communities in areas such as job creation and housing. The ads were printed in English, Spanish and Chinese and will run October 7 to December 28.
We also produced a first round of banners, podium signs, posters, t-shirts and other materials to help our local partners begin to do census outreach to hard-to-count populations in their communities.
DTV/Media and Telecommunications (Erica Swanson, Team Leader)
LCCREF's November 2008 – August 2009 campaign to assist underserved communities on the analog to digital television transition has come to a successful close. LCCREF's DTV Assistance Campaign developed a grassroots, hands-on outreach and support program in seven markets nationwide and, through partnerships with approximately 100 local community based organizations and the guidance of local coordinators, provided direct assistance to nearly a quarter million people most in need.
Importantly, this campaign created local grassroots and media expertise on an issue that for many was technical and difficult to grasp; and helped to frame the DTV transition as an issue affecting communities of color, low-income families, people who speak languages other than English, people with disabilities, and seniors.
LCCREF continued to play a vital role in shaping national and local news coverage on the issue, focusing the lens on vulnerable communities that would be most affected by the transition. On a daily basis, LCCREF provided press support for 20 local partners and assistance centers in the seven cities, helping partners think about press opportunities, and driving press to coupon donation drives, local assistance forums and other events. LCCREF also took the lead on drafting press materials, advising, pitching, and scripting events. Post-transition, LCCREF drafted several press releases notifying local and national press about DTV information such as the coupon program deadline, where to mail in donated coupons, how to get help on antenna issues, and other "news you can use."
LCCREF is working with an independent evaluator to assess the campaign; a full report will be available in fall 2009.
Judicial Nominations—Sotomayor
LCCREF continued to serve as the coalition hub for communications efforts to educate about the record of Judge Sotomayor and to provide updates on her appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. Our efforts included a rally in Upper Senate Park the day before the final Senate confirmation vote and watch parties across the country and in Washington, D.C., New York City, and Puerto Rico.
These events attracted positive and prominent coverage in major daily newspapers, on radio, and on broadcast and cable networks.
Half in Ten
The U.S. Census Bureau recently released its annual poverty numbers, revealing that 39.8 million people, or 13.2 percent of the population, lived in poverty during 2008. This is 2.5 million more people than the previous year. The Leadership Conference is working through the Half in Ten campaign, a collaborative effort with ACORN, the Center for American Progress, and the Coalition on Human Needs, www.halfinten.org, to help turn the tide against poverty.
Half in Ten is working to increase the attention of policymakers to a number of proposals, including the extension of unemployment benefits, increasing investments in federal safety net programs, and modernizing the federal poverty measure.
Workers' Rights
LCCREF's public education project is designed to shed light on the importance of workers' rights and the right to unionize, and how a broad pro-worker agenda advances civil rights and the pursuit of economic equality. LCCREF will provide research support to LCCR as it re-releases an updated report on the importance of unions and workers' rights to the civil rights movement. The release of the report, entitled Let All Voices Be Heard: Restoring the Right of Workers to Form Unions, is expected later this month. LCCREF continues to monitor other workers' rights issues, including the issue of whether FedEx Express's drivers and other ground workers should be covered by the Railway Labor Act (RLA), a law designed to cover rail and airline workers. Under the RLA, it is more difficult for workers to unionize than under the other private sector labor relations statute, the National Labor Relations Act, which typically covers non-airline, non-railway workers. The Leadership Conference is also preparing a report on the issue of FedEx Express's RLA coverage, which we plan to release this month.
Health Care
On September 15, LCCREF participated in a major health care conference, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's annual conference. Wade Henderson delivered remarks and participated in a panel discussion on the need to address health disparities and improve health care. The speech can be downloaded here: http://www.civilrights.org/about/speeches/health-care.html.
Housing Media Campaign (Lisa Haywood, Project Director)
LCCREF continues to work with the National Fair Housing Alliance to promote its National Media Campaign targeted at renters and homeowners struggling to carry their mortgages, facing eviction, or in danger of foreclosure, or families ready to purchase a home. Final Products include: :15, :30, and :60 second TV PSAs in English and Spanish titled "Struggle" which depicts everyday folks struggling to lift various houses. Tagline: "If You're struggling to carry your mortgage, we can help – Foreclosure is not a foregone conclusion"; and directs you to the website makinghomeaffordable.gov; and rental Print Ads of "Struggle"and "Now Renting" which informs the public about recognizing housing discrimination and gives an 800# -- 1-800-669-9777 (voice), 1-800-927-9275 (TTY) -- and website www.hud.gov/fairhousing to report discrimination so HUD can investigate. Additional products are expected to be released at a NFHA press conference shortly. LCCREF will promote the final products through its website, LCCR member organizations, the civil rights monitor and events and conferences.
We continue to seek out opportunities to use the web to disseminate our messages. For example, as discussed above, when we released our report on the Gulf Coast and the census, we also released a video featuring residents from the Gulf Coast—a librarian, a firefighter, and a community advocate – who see the impact of the census in their professions and everyday lives. The video, circulated in press releases and on YouTube, explained why the census is important to communities. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC27JxK2e5s&feature=channel_page
Similarly, as the DTV campaign came to a close, the Leadership Conference traveled out into the field to capture our impact on communities through photos and video. Throughout the week of the transition, we launched and updated a photo blog where we loaded photos from canvassing, in-home installations, and community events. For Judge Sotomayor's confirmation hearing, we sent out our first ever video action alert, and circulated a support video virally on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfFPddDkf6Q
The Leadership Conference continues to be more strategic in reaching out to new media and blogs to promote the work of the coalition and advance our issues. LCCR regularly invites bloggers to join its standard press conference calls and continues to send press releases, civilrights.org website posts, and action items to bloggers and listservs with prominent bloggers. As a result of this work, LCCREF has been mentioned or been hyperlinked in more than 300 blog posts in the past quarter on a range of issues from the Sotomayor nomination to census related issues in the Gulf Coast.
Re-energizing LCCR/EF's Brand
We have recently completed an examination and update Brand identity. The new brand identity is the result of a long-term strategic planning project that included significant research by GFK-Roper and Beveridge Seay and many conversations with civil rights coalition members and other progressive activists, including a convening in January 2009 of a cross-section of the entire community with a stake in the Leadership Conference and the broader civil and human rights coalition. We will share the results of our brand examination at the next board meeting.
In the words of Senator Kennedy, "the work continues," and "the dream lives on." The LCCREF is better positioned than ever to assist with the challenges ahead and the dedicated and tremendously skilled staff works every day to help make the dream a reality. Thank you for your assistance and for allowing me to serve as LCCREF's President and CEO.


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Rendering via The Eisen Group
We last spoke about the old Ontario Theater back in Nov. 2011. Thanks to a reader for sending the rendering and other zoning documents:
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1700 Columbia Rd, NW
Rendering via The Eisen Group
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1700 Columbia Rd, NW
Oh good, another condo building. Maybe they'll put in a Cheesecake Factory, too.
You like abandoned buildings better?
Yes, finally someone who notices that replacing blight with condo buildings has swamped the city with Cheesecake Factories! The redevelopment of 14th Street, for example, has resulted in three Cheesecake Factories and zero quality local restaurants. We must preserve blight at all costs.
In defense of Eli, I suspect "Cheesecake Factory" was a metaphor for all the crap, generic shit going up around the neighborhood, and not a literal reference to the restaurant of the same name.
No… But I would prefer, i don't know… oh yeah, A THEATER!!!!!!!!!
Yeah… But there, i don't know… oh yeah, no market for A THEATER!!!!!!!!!
There is, however, one for condos.
Condos, by the why, bring resident and vitality to a neighborhood like a theater doesn't
Why do I have the feeling you haven't written or read one market study about whether a theater would be feasible at that location. No? Okay.
I don't know how long you've been in D.C., but those of us who saw Visions Cinema (on Florida Avenue near the "Hinckley Hilton") come and go would likely view its tale as sufficient evidence.
I love independent theaters and music venues at least as much as the next person… but it appears that these days, multiplex theaters are the only ones that can make it. The Uptown is an exception, but I'm assuming it can get by because it's enormous and shows very popular films. The Avalon is another exception, but it's a community-supported/subsidized theater.
Is there no vitality in Adams Morgan?
Yeah, what textdoc said. The cinema industry has changed a lot since the original theater building was constructed. It would be impossible to be profitable with a huge single-screen in a ultra-prime location when the vast majority of DC ticket sales are at the big megaplexes in town. Don't believe it? Look at the failure of Visions, the Janus on CT Ave, the second-run places in G'town, etc….
I think this mockup looks awesome. So much outdoor space for every unit, it appears. I would love a balcony on my apt.
West End Cinema is always packed, despite the tiny screens and lousy sound, and E St always seems busy when I go. So I wouldn't say there's no market for an independent theater in DC. I haven't done any market research or focus group studies, but would think that Adams Morgan/Columbia Hts might have some ability to fill theater seats.
Hmm, West End definitely wasn't packed the one time I went there (and discovered that it was exactly the same theater layout/flaws as when it had been the Cineplex Odeon Inner Circle).
A lot of D.C. theaters that used to show art-house films have closed in the past 15 or so years. Nobody much mourned the Cineplex Odeon Dupont Circle 5 or the Cineplex Odeon Janus (often referred to as the "heinous Janus") because they were chain-owned and — although they showed good films — the theaters themselves were small, had sight obstructions, etc.
There was also a Cineplex Odeon Outer Circle on Wisconsin Avenue (I think with 2 or 3 screens); that's gone. And there was a Cineplex Odeon at 4000 Wisconsin Avenue that's gone too. (It had 6 or 8 screens, but was old and didn't have stadium-style seating.)
E Street seems to be doing good business, but I think that's because it's a multi-screen theater. (And it seems to have been offering increasingly mainstream films over the past few years alongside its original art-house/foreign fare.) It doesn't occupy much street-level space; it's mostly below ground.
As for West End, I don't know how it stays in business. It does have a niche as far as showing more experimental/obscure films that Landmark E Street and Landmark Bethesda don't show, and occasionally showing a more mainstream indie film after it's finished showing at one of the Landmark theaters.
I love film and independent theaters, but if I were looking to open a business I wouldn't risk my money on a theater.
I use to run the Ontario. Movie Sound of Music ran for two years, but times have changed. Theatre became outdated and the public stopped attending. Multi-screen houses make much more financial success. The Ontario survived because it ran first run movies on an exclusive basis. That is no longer an option. One needs to look forward and not backwards.
Whoa whoa whoa, back up off the Cheesecake Factory. DC would be so lucky to get another one. The current one may as well be in MD. Nothing ever wrong with broadening the tax base and keeping people from leaving DC to go to the Cheesecake Factory. Love me some Cashew Chicken.
your post makes me sad.
What's a cheesecake factory? Is it like Chuck-e-cheese's? And where on 14th Street is it?
And pretty much most of it is a matter-of-right project. They need a curb cut and relief from parking requirements and I think that's about it. The "Committee of No" (Kalorama Citizens Assoc. and a handful of crazy neighbors) won't really have much to fight on this project.
Does the reach of the Kalorama Upright Citizens Brigade really stretch this far east of 18th Street? I thought those folks kept to themselves beyond the boundaries of gentrification.
I like the balconies, but the building is ugly. Something about it screams Chinatown.
Wow! I like it. It's too bad the theater, or some other use, didn't work out, but this is going to really change this corner.
It was a success, in its time.
I think its awesome. Will be great to get rid of that blight and get something nice on that corner. Terrific news.
I used to live in an apartment across the street and could see that building from my window. Heard a guy get shot, saw him bleeding on the ground, saw the police (quickly) arrive. I still loved the neighborhood! Is the Amarylis restaurant still on the next block up? They might have changed it, but for a long time it was among my collection of businesses with different spellings of their names on their signs (my current favorite being Quickie/y Becky's child care up Georgia Avenue). (Sorry for the digression.)
Quickie Becky's! My husband and I laugh every time we pass by this place. I always wonder who entrusts their child to a woman who proudly calls herself Quickie Becky…
I still miss the movie theater.
The building is ok. I hope they get good retail.
I still miss a lot of our old movie theaters. We used to have good theaters. So few remain now.
Damn, I'm old.
Hey at least it's not becoming a cvs!!!
So true. CVS is almost akin to having a McDonalds -kinda. But I am all for redevelopment of this corner. Yes, that rendering isn't wonderful, but it's certainly better than the squalor that's there now. It would just be nice to see something that looks a little more thoughtful, rather than typical Orange line schlop. We don't need Northern Virginia in our city.
If you're looking for old theaters: My church has taken over an old theater on Barracks Row (formerly the Peoples Church) and sometime this year will actually start playing movies. Still has original seats from 1929 and similar decor – beautiful!
The balconies over the street is interesting… but the balcony in the front doesn't seem like it would work very well- not sure how you'd make curved doors? I have always daydreamed about the renovation of this site. I really wish that it stayed with the art deco feel a bit more…
Curvilinear windows are prohibitively expensive for a condo building in this part of town. The curved look is achieved by stacking regular flat glass at slight angles. Looks curved from afar, while in reality it's just a several flat panes side by side.
What part of town are they affordable?
Something needs to be done with the theater, preferably just using it as a theater, although of course that's easier said than done. Although given a choice of more bland DC architecture, it's hard to say which is better. Can we at least pick a different color besides "Dockers brown"?
The city has too many theaters that need programming as is (see: Lincoln). And if urban movie theaters were profitable for the square footage required, then there would be more of them. It's housing that the city needs more of – that's why it gets built.
They make it work all over the place in Portland:
I had always thought that concept would work perfectly in this location.
Portland is an awesome town – but hugely different in terms of demographics and property value per sq ft than DC.
Did anyone snicker at "The Coffee Shop"? Talk about pandering.
To Turks? Yeah, tell me about it.
awful. does the same hack of an architect design all the new buildings in DC? this depresses me.
Yes, it's ugly.
…but for anyone that actually lives over there, a vast improvement over the creepy old squatter-fodder that's presently occupied by a gang of loogey-hocking drunkards.
Meh, but let's face it–anything more than meh won't get through DC's soul-sucking approval process. It seems the architects here just decided to give up before they started. Can't say that I blame them.
What approval process? Like someone else said, it is largely a matter of right project, and no one is reviewing the architecture. Poor architecture (and I'm not saying anything about this example) is the result of either 1) bad architects, 2) cheap developers, or 3) lenders who need a higher ROR than a developer would get by spending a little more on design/materials/labor.
You must be new here. It's amazing how quickly "concerned citizens groups" form whenever an architect in this town tries to do something beyond even the most remotely ordinary. Even on a rights project, it still immensely slow down the process and add costs.
Meh, I like Adams Morgan, but that stretch is kind of an eyesore. DC needs more housing as well. I'm in favor of it.
Why do 80% of the new buildings in DC use these same bricks? It was fine at first, but now it's getting tired.
I always kind of hoped it was architects paying homage to the bricks that local kilns turned out around the turn of the century (those bunker-like structures on NY Ave inside the Arboretum fence? Brick kilns.) The particular local clay composition gave them the tan/yellow color that many "Wardman style" townhouses have. Now I'm just assuming it's because tan bricks are cheaper than red. I'm sick of it, too.
Any revamping of this corner will be good for the neighborhood. Maybe the ground floor can be the location for Eataly DC….
Good use of this space. If the market demanded and supported a theater – it would be there already.
The brick color is ugly but the ornamentation on the cornices looks nice. I wish the balconies could be a bit less boring – but yeah for apartments with balconies.
Overall – I'd give it a B+
ditto on all points (I'm too lazy to write my own comment, apparently…)
I do have one question – if the proposed hotel ever gets the go ahead down the street would that change the equation for what should go here?
If the neighborhood ANC/Kalorama Citizenz Assoc. were for the hotel then I say a decent strategy would be to stall on this – let the hotel go up and then let the developer revise their plans. But since they aren't – "Hey Mrs. Developer – factor in the future hotel into your plans."
Why should/would the hotel make any difference in relation to this project? I'm not clear what you're implying.
Frankly, I think both projects will be good for the area.
Current development/zoning decisions are made based on current zoning & regulations. The construction of the hotel would not result in any immediate change to the zoning or regs. Not to mention – you have described an underhanded approach to the public process.
I imagine once they get through their first round of construction estimates much of the ornamentation will be gone in the name of meeting their proforma.
Much better for this corner. It's currently an eyesore, and most of the back of the old theater was gutted for the old CVS anyway. Good riddance.
Looks good to me.
For those that don't know, this theater was a key venue in DC's punk scene in the 80's. Minor Threat, Black Flag, etc all played there as well national acts like Blondie, U2, REM, The Clash, and more.
Yes, please, let's get it built!
But something is better than nothing, I suppose. I wish they would do more interesting loft residences, like those around Harris Teeter. Super cool buildings, inside and out.
The nice thing about Adams Morgan is it's uniqueness and limited commercial stores. I think this space could be greatly utilized as a public market. Helping local vendors and adding more character to the already fantastic neighborhood.
Looks good and will bring needed residential units to the area. Building is kind of generic and I'm sure many will criticize it, but I think it looks fine.
The Ontario theatre was a key venue in DC's punk scene in the 80's and even hosted national acts like U2, REM, Blondie, and The Clash.
Sure, the design is somewhat generic but it's definitely an improvement over the sorry neglected structure that's there now.
The 1700 block of Columbia Road NW has remained somewhat downtrodden-looking even as other blocks in D.C. became more attractive. Maybe this project can help change that.
don't conflate "generic" with "ugly".
awesome. hopefully the people reflexively opposed to any and all change won't be able to hold this development up for too long.
They should bring it back! I'd see movies there:
Agree that more housing is needed and that building it is better than having blight. In this case they are just replacing blight with something like this rather than designing something that is well designed and in sharp contrast to the neighborhood or something that is designed to blend with and reflect the surrounding architecture. Buildings like this just leads to further "blandization" of the city and makes it look ever more like Bethesda or Clarendon or any other interchangeable suburban architecture found outside most North American cities.
so many of the new developments scream "Clarendon" IMO
Bleh. I like that stretch of Columbia Road (yeah, I know, yell at me all you want–but I do). Prefer something there over a vacant theater, sure, but would also prefer something a little more in keeping with the character of the surrounding area.
However, if a place with really, really good bagels moved in I'd welcome absolutely any development there. GIVE ME MY BAGELS, neighborhood.
So's Your Mom is 1.5 blocks away with the best bagels in the city.
Removing the eyesore sounds great, but I sincerely hope that the building includes enough parking for six stories of residents. Heck, even include rentable parking spaces for it's neighbors! 🙂
If I remember correctly, this project was trying to get a variance to provide 25 parking spaces rather than the required 35.
IMO, people need to get over the idea that an apartment building in a high-density area needs to provide a parking space for every single resident, and that everyone in a high-density area well-served by bus (if not all that well by Metrorail) needs a car.
And in that part of the neighborhood, the Green line is really only four longish blocks away.
Car ownership in the city is trending down. With bus, bike-rental, and ZipCars so near, the number of parking spaces required by regulations is too many.
And yeah, this thing is ugly.
Where then, will all those people urinate?
Sure, the architecture is more 14th St. than Adams Morgan, but the people who live in that area have to be happy with this. The owner had been holding out, and from what I hear buying adjacent properties, in order for this to come through. He'd even been paying the 10% blight tax and probably wouldn't settle for any less than the return condos bring. A theater or public market were never an option.
Although another anonymous condo/apt building is coming, the derelict building should go. I walk by it and its gathered denizens many times in a week. I welcome the improvement and tax revenue.
I really had hoped for a neighborhood (not Lucky Strike) bowling alley/music venue.
This is welcome news… except for those of us downstream on the 42.
WOO HOO!!! I own at the corner of 16th/Columbia and lament this stretch every time I walk home from AdMo or Dupont. Agree on the parking (and the cramping on the 42 – put the streetcar back in!), design, desire for a theater (in principle – in practice, I imagine it would get real sketchy real fast) and lots of other things.
But come on: the block is an eyesore that generally features a few shady characters on the corner; an empty, dingy, always half-lit old CVS and pigeon guano dripping from the rafters. Which of you is going to shell out the cash to give the theater a reprise? … hearing the silence of three years of empty storefronts, I'll take that as none of you. It's always easier to poke holes in someone else's investment when you don't have any skin in the game.
I say bring it.
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To be honest, I kind of miss the discount store that was in there. The wonderfully diverse Adams Morgan that I loved is dying a slow death, but there's really nothing anybody can do about it.
like another suit-case store?
I like it! – – It incorporates the classic look of the old theater entrance. A-ok in my book.
This is the first I've heard about the property after SO many years empty. I've always wondered what was going to happen to it. A movie theater would be nice since there are none in the Adams Morgan-Mt. Pleasant-Columbia Heights-Shaw area. Other than the Tivoli, which was a movie theater in the 1960's before the riots. It was a movie theater, the Ontario, over 40 years ago. Saw Mary Poppins there & it also showed Spanish cinema.
I say develop something. Anything is better than that blight! It's an eyesore and just an extension of the stoop from Euclid and 17th. Mixed use is a great idea and I know it's not practical but a year-round indoor framers market would be great there. Maybe put in a small art-house theater like West End if that's profitable for an owner. A coffee shop that serves as a music venue/open mic spot could be great too if we want to keep the legacy of music going.
also, in case anyone cares, 2920 Ontario down the street looks like it's getting rehabbed to. It was also a vacant blight for the more residential part of the neighborhood.
I don't live in AM anymore so it makes no diff to me. But if you think what's there now is "blight", you really need to get out more.
I would love a movie theater, but anything is better use of land than what we have in place.
someone put in a brew pub
I would love a movie theater that re-shows old moving on the big screen. But let's face it. For such a theater to be successful, people need to be able to park, which is already a serious issue in the neighborhood.
I also think the city should be strict on the 42 parking spaces in the building, rather than letting them get away with 35. A lot of neigborhood residents use public transportation, but still have a car that is parked on the street for occasional visits to mom and dad or to Home Depot. Especially when it snows, you can see cars that are parked for weeks without moving, but still take up parking space.
I don't think any new building should be allowed in AM without providing underground parking.
All in all, though, virtually any building would be better than the ugly, abandoned detritus that is there now.
I agree – I live in the neighborhood (and love it), but I have to have a car for my job and parking is a nightmare. Not everyone can use public transportation for their work – especially if you have to haul things around on a daily basis. There are upsides to not working in an office, but I've found that car ownership isn't one of them.
The fact is that we need more density in AM to attract better retail. The problem with the design is that it does not speak to the unique character of the neighborhood. It looks as though it could be located in Rockville, Clarendon or on 14th Street. Our community should set higher expectations for developers — they usually respond to aesthetic concerns.
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So several weeks after sending Chewy's cheek swab to the makers of the Canine Heritage Breed Test, the mailman brought me a lovely certificate with a photo of Chewy's equally lovely face printed right on it. And while 50% of the results were somewhat expected the other 50% were quite surprising!
First, there was no clear primary breed — meaning neither of Chewy's parents was purebred.
Corgi popped up as a secondary breed. Given Chewy's pointy ears and some
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I have gotten a hundred different names for this stupid harness but I don't know the right one so I can't buy one...
On my ECM the lower 2 plugs have horribly spliced wires (B135 and B136 I believe)
I just want to replace the whole harness since I'm tired of messing with it but no one can give me the correct name. I've been told main engine harness, bulkhead wiring harness, front engine harness, main harness, and probably a lot more by all the different mechanics who have taken all my money and still failed to diagnose my problem.
Anyone with good '06 knowledge know the name of this stupid thing? My IAT wire coming off the MAF sensor was also cut and spliced but I don't know why.
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When you are paying someone to build a car, that labor isn't free. The money spent on a better body could end being a SAVINGS of money over what the shop would have charged to fine tune the cheaper body.
It isn't only about how firewalls are glued in and such, it's about how the doors and trunk are hung, are they straight, are they finished off nice or will they need a bunch of work to fit them nice enough for your expectations?
Is the body REALLY ready to paint or will it have pin holes and messed up boidy lines that need to be fine tuned, this all adds up to body labor that costs a lot of money.
I would still build some other (cheaper) car that was steel before I built a glass car but that's just me.
Brian, Your so right.
Labor is $$$$$
The N&N's are straight, Minor pin holes (as with all fiberglass
bodies and the mold seams).
Usually takes me less than 1 day to get a roadster up in epoxy.
Next dat block and prep.
3rd day - Pull the trigger.
Door and deck lids line up great on N&N's
Add 1 1/2 days labor for a coupe.
I'm speaking from 40 + years experiance.
Done many steel 32's over the years.
The last STEEL Brookville roadster I did (a year ago)
I had over 20 hrs in each 1/4 panel, and around 6 -8 hrs in each door and decklid,(the black 1 below)
Just buildin what the buying public wants and can afford.
Ya ever build a glass car?
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Roenicke meets with players
"He just tried to keep it on the positive side," Aramis Ramirez says
St. Louis - In the wake of the Milwaukee Brewers' sixth loss in seven road games and 12th loss in their last 14, manager Ron Roenicke called an impromptu team meeting late Thursday night in the visiting clubhouse at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.
The message?
"Just a discussion I needed to have with the guys, from what's going on," said Roenicke, who was initially hesitant to discuss the meeting.
Third baseman Aramis Ramirez shed a little more light on the proceedings, which he said didn't include any players taking the floor.
"He just tried to keep it on the positive side," Ramirez said. "You never want to get used to losing. You've got to try and turn it around one way or another."
Centerfielder Carlos Gomez talked Thursday night of the team being angry as a whole with how it has performed.
Ramirez agreed with his teammate.
"We know we're better than we've been playing," he said. "We've lost 12 out of the 14 games - we know we're better than that. Even though we're playing some good teams and facing some good pitching, it's not going to get any easier.
"We've got to get it done. It doesn't matter who we play."
The Brewers did have a few meetings last season as well, Roenicke and Ramirez both confirmed.
"I'm not a big fan of meetings and I'm sure Ron isn't, either," Ramirez said. "But sometimes you've got to let the players know, 'You're better than what you're doing out there.' And we know we're better than that.
"We proved it last year - we didn't start the way we wanted but we played good the last two months, but that wasn't enough. That's why you don't want to get so far behind. Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and St. Louis, they're really good. They're really good teams.
"You don't want to fall too far behind those guys."
Roenicke is not a fan of letting things stew, which is why he'll call meetings when he feels the time is appropriate.
"It gets to a time when I feel like it's right," he said. "Maybe it's something I feel like I need to say. It may not even be going that bad; it may just be something I see that I need to address.
"I always have a chance to talk to them that first day on the road, but we're going home for a long home stand (so) it may be 2½ weeks or so until I can say something. Sometimes I don't want to let it go that long."
The Brewers face the tough task of having to turn it around this weekend at Busch Stadium against a St. Louis Cardinals team that has now beaten them 22 out of 30 times and seven of eight times so far this season after a 7-6 setback Friday.
The Brewers endured a 32-inning scoreless streak that ended at Busch Stadium with a 10-inning victory over the Cardinals on April 14.
They went into Friday having scored just three runs in their last 23 innings in dropping three straight to the Pittsburgh Pirates, and having not managed an extra-base hit since Rickie Weeks' solo home run in the seventh inning Wednesday.
Ramirez matched those three runs and also snapped the streak of no extra-base hits in the fourth inning Friday when he blasted the first of two three-run home runs.
"Every series is a big series for us," Ramirez said. "We've got to win games. It doesn't matter who we play - we've got to win games, and that's it."
Getting closer: Reliever Chris Narveson, on the disabled list with a sprained middle finger on his left hand since April 8, is scheduled to throw his second bullpen session Saturday at Busch Stadium as he begins eyeing a return to the active roster.
Narveson said his best guess was he'll throw one additional bullpen session and then a simulated game when the Brewers return to Miller Park next week before finally being ready to go out on a minor-league rehab assignment.
He took a big step forward in Thursday's bullpen session in Pittsburgh by throwing breaking balls for the first time. He'll increase the number of throws from around 35 Thursday to about 45 Saturday.
"Everything's going great," he said. "We just want to make sure it's completely healed. We don't want to take it to this point and then take a step back. But it feels good."
Narveson said he's done enough work that it probably won't take too much time in the minors before he's ready to rejoin the Brewers.
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The marvellous Chilean film called "No" tells the true story of how an advertising campaign helped topple Pinochet's dictatorship.
Pinochet held a referendum in 1988 asking for several more years' rule by voting "yes." Heavily out-resourced the opposition had to convince the population to make a leap from a comfort zone (albeit with considerable impositions on freedom) to democracy.
While many Chileans had experienced torture and lost relatives and had wanted to paint the regime in the black colours it deserved, the advertising campaign took a different tack.
It painted a vision of how things could be.
This was highly controversial amongst the "No" camp and counter intuitive.
However it worked with its slogan replete with singing, happy Chileans: "Chile, happiness is coming."
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