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Palestinians emptied Israeli dairy produce into the streets of Ramallah on Monday February 2 to highlight the call for a boycott of Israeli goods.
Activists from "Boycott Israeli Goods" delivered a truckload of Israeli milk and yogurts to Ramallah's central al-Manara square at around 5 pm as people were leaving work. Dozens of onlookers spontaneously began to pour the milk and yogurts out on the ground, although a few local youth made away with cheese and chocolate yogurts.
"This is the way we're going to use Israeli produce from now on," one onlooker told the Palestine Monitor. "These products help Israel to hurt Gaza," he said in reference to Israel's periodic assaults on the besieged coastal enclave, the most recent of which left 2205 Palestinians and 71 Israelis dead according to OCHA.
Since Israel's Operation Protective Edge last summer, a 50-day onslaught during which the Palestinian Ministry of Interior in Gaza claims Israel dropped the equivalent of six nuclear bombs on the captive population of Gaza, there has been a sharp upturn in BDS activism across the occupied West Bank.
Many Palestinian businesses and supermarkets in the West Bank were pushed to finally initiate a boycott of Israeli products due to Israel's mass indiscriminate killings in Gaza. However, due to the difficulties in finding alternative products and customer demand, the boycott was largely reversed within a month or two of the end of hostilities. The supermarket chain Bravo, has been a notable exception in continuing to boycott Israel.
The wider boycott campaign was reinvigorated in recent weeks though, when the Palestinian Authority (PA) announced an official boycott of six major Israeli producers. This move was instigated not so much out of concern for the ongoing suffering of Palestinians in Gaza, but rather as a retaliatory political move for Israel's continued withholding of Palestinian tax revenue.
Israel has withheld the tax money for three months now, in an effort to force the PA to renounce their accession to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Participants in Monday's action told the Palestine Monitor of their frustration over the freezing of tax revenue, as it has led to PA employees going on reduced pay or without salaries entirely for almost three months. Around 170,000 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza are employed by the PA in some capacity.
Boycott activist Abdullah Kmail told AP of Monday's action in Ramallah: "We entered the second phase of the campaign which is confiscating and damaging these goods." He went on to say that activists plan on visiting Palestinian businesses in the coming days in an attempt to build the boycott across the West Bank.
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Describing "Katamari" to anyone who hasn't played it is a difficult task, since it's so fundamentally different from other videogames. There's no shooting, no enemies, no destinations to reach, and not even any buttons to push. Players use the two analog sticks on a controller to steer a sticky ball that's being pushed by an alien prince. The ball picks up everything it rolls over and grows in size in the process. A typical level could see the ball start off rolling up thumbtacks and end devouring elephants.
"Beautiful Katamari" follows the exact same formula, but kicks it up a notch. As the first installment on a next-gen platform, it features dazzlingly bright graphics, which fit perfectly into the franchise's Crayola-esque palette. Surround-sound lets players hear amusing sound effects, like braying animals and cops futilely firing their guns.
The biggest improvement in "Beautiful Katamari," however, is the scope. While the final level of the last game, "We Love Katamari," had players rolling up mountains and the Great Wall of China, this one goes much further. By the end, players will be rolling up major cities, continents and, finally, entire planets. It's truly trippy — in the best sense of the word — to start off the size of a shoe and end up bigger than Jupiter.
It also continues the insane, yet uniquely Japanese, plot of its predecessors. The prince is sent to roll up items on Earth by his father, the King of All Cosmos, who in "Beautiful Katamari" accidentally ripped a hole in space with a tennis ball and needs his son to roll up new planets in order to fix his mistake. Despite his penchant for wearing tights and shooting rainbows out of his mouth, the king is a stern taskmaster. Even when players succeed at a mission, he asks "Is this all you want out of life? Mediocrity?" Fail at a level and the king says, "We get it. It's a slacker thing. What's next? Videostore clerk? Screenwriter?"
But "Beautiful Katamari" is short on new ideas. Many levels, in fact, are just identical maps populated with different items. The J-Pop soundtrack, while still peppy, has some of the same songs already used in "We Love Katamari." On- or offline competitive play is a welcome addition, but it would be much better if there were more than just a handful of maps from which to choose.
Now that it has online capabilities, the "Katamari" games are screaming for the kind of customization and sharing options Microsoft put into "Halo 3." If they were given the tools, players would undoubtedly design an endless array of amazing maps with crazy items to roll up, from replicas of real places to new worlds populated only with whales, scotch tape and hamburgers.
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Knowledge of past European Championships will not guarantee winning bets, but what an awareness of the history of the tournament can do is better inform your betting decisions. It's worth considering the most successful countries, what's required to be the top scorer and when historic upsets occurred.
Euro 2016 was the 15th European Championship since the tournament began with a Soviet Union victory in 1960. Since then, there have been three wins each for Germany and Spain and two for France. Out of 15 championships, these teams have combined to claim eight.
For Euro 2016, Ladbrokes priced France as 16/5 favourites to win the tournament, with Germany at 9/2 and Spain at 5/1. Based on history, the merits of each must be considered before backing a team outside of the trio.
Qualifying for Euro 1992 was much tougher than it is today, as only eight teams could participate in the tournament. It originally meant that talented teams would often miss out. Today, Euro 2016 has been expanded from 16 teams to 24.
A prime example of unfairness is when the Denmark team finished second to Yugoslavia in qualifying. For perspective, this was a Danish generation with Peter Schmeichel and Laudrup brothers Michael and Brian. There were other supporting talents in the squad, but none expected to play in Euro 1992.
There was a dramatic change in fortunes when Yugoslavia were removed from the tournament for being in a state of civil war. This resulted in the Danes being called back from their holidays at a week's notice before the competition began.
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Over the course of the game, Portugal had 16 total attempts at a goal compared to Greece's three. Ultimately, the Greeks only needed a single shot on target to win the game 1-0. For the many punters who doubted the Greeks, they missed out on considerable winnings.
Each European Championship provides a stage for new stars to emerge. Brian Laudrup is remembered as Denmark's creative force at Euro 92, Karel Poborský is still revered for his magnificent lob at Euro 96 and Wayne Rooney's global breakout came at Euro 2004, when he scored four goals at 18 years of age.
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A walk across the sun: a novel by Corban Addison — Teen-age sisters Ahalya and Sita are left orphaned after a tsunami destroys their coastal town. Destitute and alone, they plan to seek refuge in a convent miles away. A driver agrees to take them, but instead he sells the girls to human traffickers. On the other side of the world, Washington lawyer Thomas Clarke takes a sabbatical to escape his own heartache. He volunteers at an international anti-trafficking group in India where he meets Ahalya and Sita and makes it his personal mission to save them.
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6 chief information security officers share how they plan to keep government data and computers safe in the face of constantly changing risks, red tape and tight budgets
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When the CISO title first started appearing on agency organization charts about seven years ago, the job was largely a paper-pushing exercise, focused on gathering data on the security of agency systems and rolling it into an annual report to Congress, as required by the Federal Information Security Management Act.
Today the CISO's job description covers an expanded — and still expanding — universe of duties, all of which come down to monitoring constantly evolving security dangers and plugging the gaps in an agency's defenses before it's too late. The job requires an almost encyclopedic knowledge of external threats and internal exposures, a thorough grounding in the agency's technology infrastructure and the ability to frame security issues in terms of the agency's core missions.
The CISO's responsibilities — and worries — continue to grow as the more tightly controlled IT systems of the past have given way to a diffuse mix of ubiquitous Internet access, barrier-busting social Web applications, and inexpensive but extremely powerful smart phones and other portable computing devices.
CISOs now take the lead on an often long list of tasks, even though their time-consuming compliance duties remain undiminished. CISOs set, monitor and enforce agency security and data privacy policies. They oversee the planning and day-to-day operation of security systems and deal with the fallout if those resources fail. They also vet a stream of new technologies, from Facebook to BlackBerrys, for possible security liabilities and help agency leaders decide whether that next, great new thing can be used safely.
Meanwhile, the bad guys just keep at it. Early this year, the Conficker worm infected at least 3 million computers, and in July, a spate of cyberattacks — thought to have originated in North Korea — temporarily took down a number of government agency Web sites. Government servers are attacked daily, and the threats aren't going away any time soon.
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C. Ryan Brewer, chief information security officer, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Patricia Titus, chief information security officer, Unisys Federal Systems, and former CISO at the Transportation Security Administration.
Patrick Howard, chief information security officer, Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Marian Cody, chief information security officer, Housing and Urban Development Department.
Phillip Loranger, chief information security officer and acting director for information assurance, Education Department.
Robert Maley, Chief information security officer, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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Brewer: As the senior leader for information security at my organization, I view my primary responsibility as applying resources — technology, people and process — to reduce risk to our systems and sensitive information. I view authority and influence as intangibles that are built over time. All too often, there is an unnecessary conflict between the business and information security. I believe the origins of this to be that information security leaders at times do a poor job at helping the business understand the principle of risk.
Titus: The issue with IT security professionals is that they talk in their own language. They must be able to speak to business leaders in a language that those leaders can understand. They must be able to connect the needs of the security program to the bottom line or mission of the organization.
Brewer: In the end, it is ultimately the business leader's decision on whether or not to accept a risk. The information security leader's job is to properly articulate the risk to the business leader and to assist the business leader in making the best risk-based decision. Once the business leaders begin to notice that the security leader is there to support the business and not to inhibit it, the security leader's authority and influence will begin to grow over time.
Howard: Here at the NRC, the CISO has adequate authority, resources and influence to address most of my cybersecurity needs. However, "addressing the needs" should be carefully considered, because the highest-priority risks are not always addressed according to sound risk management principles, and remediation is not always as complete or correct as necessary. These are ongoing issues that the CISO must continually monitor.
Cody: HUD has a strong record on cybersecurity. The chief information security officer has had direct access to the department's senior-most leaders and has long served as the principal adviser on cybersecurity matters. Budgetary authority has sometimes been constrained. However, the limitations were generally related to the funding allocated for all IT activity rather than directed at cybersecurity specifically.
Loranger: You have to take a look at how the CISO is positioned within the organization with respect to the chain of command to judge whether or not they have the proper authority and influence. Do they have the authority to assess compliance and propose remediation actions, etc.? Is the CISO empowered to propose and establish performance metrics? If not, he/she is not empowered.
FCW: What technology development do you find most perplexing from a security point of view: cloud computing, social networking/Web 2.0, or something else?
Titus: Social networking by far. Recently, I read an article about how the U.S. military was allowing soldiers to use social-networking tools and then prohibited them before they decided to allow them again. This on-again, off-again [approach] highlights the risk versus rewards of social networking. This free and open communication tool is part of the problem. Unsecured and unfiltered communication can potentially expose national security information by, for example, divulging troop movements when a young soldier communicates with his spouse. Training those that use social-networking tools could help lower the exposure. However, the rapid adoption and demand for real-time communication tools that have higher sophistication is putting the trainers behind the curve.
Maley: Web 2.0 is perhaps the most perplexing development. These are technologies that are looked at by our next generation of leaders as integral components of business and life. Yet the risks around using them improperly are significant.
Loranger: Achieving a balance between ensuring that adequate security is in place without hampering the functionality of social networking venues is difficult. This will continue to be a tremendous security challenge, as employees will use social-networking sites such as Facebook or instant messaging, whether sanctioned or not. With each generation of the Web and information sharing in general, we will continuously face security challenges and exposures that we may not be prepared to address as expeditiously as we will need to.
Cody: I believe that cloud computing probably poses the most challenges. The basis for cloud computing is the establishment of a trust relationship with the service provider. I think that mental hurdle is a large one for a federal community that is accustomed to being its own service provider. If you think about the businesses HUD is in — mortgage banking and insurance — would your local bank outsource its information technology? What evidence would the service provider have to provide to assure the department that its information was secure, that its data could not be leaked, that the privacy information related to HUD's stakeholders, business partners and constituents was not subject to inadvertent leakage or modification?
Security challenges abound, including determining encryption requirements, who would be responsible for encryption key management, where encryption would apply — to data at rest as well as in transit — how would user authentication be handled, who is liable in the event of a data breach, how to protect against threats such as man-in-the-middle attacks and Trojans.
Brewer: To me, the most perplexing aspect of new technology development is the lack of information and questions that individuals and organizations sometimes ask before they are ready to sign up and send their personal and organizational sensitive information into the great abyss. I believe this goes back to the security professional's responsibility to articulate to our business leaders the risk involved so they can make a well-informed decision. Cloud computing and social networking/Web 2.0 have a lot of potential, and I believe there are appropriate solutions that will allow them to be implemented securely in the federal space.
However, just as with any new business capability, the business leader will have to understand the appropriate solution may require additional funding and resources.
Howard: Each of these [new] technologies present issues that the CISO must address to ensure that the security of IT resources is not compromised by their implementation. Part of the problem is the response of government executives to get on the bandwagon for the latest new thing and push for implementation without adequate consideration of the security implications. New technology should always be regarded using sound IT governance structures and an enterprise architecture that addresses business needs for security.
FCW: How do you bolster security at a time when budgets are tight?
Cody: HUD has embraced the federal risk management framework to guide security decisions. We have identified an inventory of IT systems and understand which systems are critical to HUD's mission. We prioritize security decisions based on this knowledge. HUD also relies on architectural decisions to consolidate like IT systems and standardize on a limited product suite. This result is a reduction in the number of potentially vulnerable platforms.
Titus: Bolstering your security during tough economic times means being able to look at the mission of your organization and addressing the risks based on the needs of the mission. You'll never have enough funding to do all that you would like to do, so building a prioritized security strategy is important. Avoiding a knee-jerk reaction is another key factor. I've seen all too often that IT security professionals rush to eliminate a security vulnerability by throwing technology at the problem only to discover they have actually created a larger vulnerability by not thinking through the solution and making certain it aligns with their strategy.
Brewer: We are trying to do more with less by pushing the old adage of doing the simple things well. It is not the sexiest topic in information security, but you have to really know exactly what you have on your networks, in as close to real time as possible, before you can succeed at protecting it. We are focusing on that aspect first before we are pursuing potentially more expensive initiatives.
Loranger: As it relates to limited budgets, CISOs certainly have to be creative these days. One of the best ways is through the arrangement of private/public partnerships. You can collaborate with universities and share data about the current threat landscape with their common user pool environments to get valuable feedback.
FCW: Based on changing threats and emerging technologies, how do you see your agency's IT security policies and technical approaches changing during the next 12 to 18 months?
Titus: As we move toward cloud-based services, I believe we'll need to adopt new policies and find ways to be more flexible. I think the advent of cloud and pushing some of the control to the cloud will require a new level of thinking to ensure the CISO can verify that security requirements are being met or exceeded. I also think it will mean new standards and guidelines may be necessary to ensure compliance. Continuous monitoring will be crucial.
Brewer: While we cannot predict the future of the threat landscape, we do know the push to share our vast amounts of health care data will drive our IT security policies. We are currently looking across our information security capabilities to include policies and technical approaches and working on a strategic plan that will outline what needs to change to support increased data-sharing capabilities.
Cody: On the policy front, we are aligning HUD's internal security policy with the latest version of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-53, "Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems." These standards have provided the road map for maturing our information security program.
Technical approaches during the next 12-18 months will include expansion of HUD's automated security management tool suite to more easily capture data related to how well security controls are implemented and working. We are maturing our vulnerability management program and strategically implementing additional tools to provide more visibility into the network operational environment. We also plan to tap into our reservoir of business intelligence tools in order to provide HUD's senior management with a security dashboard.
Howard: The current emphasis on working from anywhere at any time will lead to the growth of remote access to agency IT systems. Current IT security policies and technical solutions must be tuned to support that growing business need.
The nature of the threat requires NRC to develop and implement additional policies and procedures and a comprehensive set of tools that permits detection and/or prevention of both external attacks and compromise — loss or exfiltration of sensitive data by internal, trusted users, whether intentional or inadvertent.
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ANNUAL MANUAL- Government & Economy: Government
The great divide
Unlike every other state, in Virginia, cities and counties are completely separate entities. The downside of that arrangement is that regional issues can involve many players. The upside is that citizens, by their choice of residence within the same general area, get to "choose" between two different governments.
Charlottesville operates under the "council-manager" form of government. That grew out of a national mid-century reform movement to stop patronage and align government with the business model of an elected board of trustees (City Council), which hires a CEO (the city manager) who is insulated from the political rough and tumble. The mayor has no special powers (but earns $12,000 for the position, which will be bumped up in July 2008) and is simply the member of City Council who sets the agenda (and cuts a lot of ribbons). In recent years, there's some buzz about having the mayor directly elected by citizens rather than by fellow councilors (who all get $10,000 annually, and a raise in July 2008). Since city councilors are all officially part-timers, some believe that Jeanne Cox, the City Council clerk, actually runs the city.
Annual operating budget: For fiscal year '07-'08 starting July 1: $123 million
Next election: City Council elections move to November this year to be in sync with traditional election time.
City Council
The five councilors serve four-year terms and choose a mayor every two years among themselves. They're all elected at-large.
David Brown, Mayor (up for re-election in 2007)
On Council since 2004
970-3113 (clerk)
Kendra Hamilton, Vice Mayor (not running for re-election in 2007)
On Council since 2004
970-3113 (clerk)
Kevin Lynch (not running for re-election in 2007)
On Council since 2000
David Norris
On Council since 2006
970-3113 (clerk)
Julian Taliaferro
On Council since 2006
970-3113 (clerk)
City Council meetings
Meets: 7pm on first and third Mondays. Televised live on Channel 10
Where: City Council Chambers in City Hall
Located: Corner of Seventh Street NE and Downtown Mall
Clerk: Jeanne Cox 970-3113
City Manager: Gary O'Connell 970-3101
The Charlottesville Code is available online or can be obtained at the local library or via the City Attorney's Office (970-3131).
The county uses the same basic structure as the city government, but the ordinance-makers are called supervisors, they're chosen by district, and there are six of them. Unlike the city, where regulating Downtown Mall cafés and maintaining architectural purity grabs all the headlines, growth is almost always the biggest issue the county faces. Supervisors earn $14,071 annually for this part-time job, with the chairman getting $15,871.
Annual operating budget: $305.8 million (FY 2007-08)
The Supes
There are six Albemarle County supervisors, one from each magisterial district. Supervisors are elected for four-year terms staggered at two-year intervals. Typically, they deal with one issue: growth.
Lindsay Dorrier (up for re-election in 2007)
Scottsville District
David Slutzky
Rio District
Kenneth C. Boyd, Chairman (up for re-election in 2007)
Rivanna District
Dennis Rooker
Jack Jouett District
Sally Thomas
Samuel Miller District
David C. Wyant, Vice Chairman (up for re-election in 2007)
White Hall District
Board of Supervisors Meetings
Meets: First Wednesday at 9am; second Wednesday at 6pm.
Where: Second floor, County Office Building
Located: Corner of McIntire Road and Preston Avenue
Clerk: Ella Carey, 296-5843
County Executive: Robert W. Tucker Jr. - 296-5841
The main ones you need to worry about are real property taxes and personal property (car) taxes which are due on June 5 and December 5 of each year in both the city and county. The Commonwealth of Virginia levies income taxes.
Charlottesville rates
Property: $0.95 per $100 value (Down from $0.99 last year)
Personal property (cars and boats): $4.20/$100 value (mobile homes: $0.95/$100)
Restaurants: meals tax 4%
Hotels: 6%
Short-Term Rental: 1%
City Treasurer- Jennifer Brown, in City Hall - 970-3146
Albemarle rates
Property: $0.68 per $100 value (Down from $0.74 last year)
Personal property (cars and boats): $4.28/$100 value
Restaurants: meals tax 4%
Hotels: 5%
County Finance Department- Richard Wiggans, Director of Finance, at the County Office Building (complete with a deluxe drive-thru, bill-payin' window) - 296-5855
Planning commissions
In both the city and county, this board takes a look at new building projects and helps guide development. While the commission's vote is merely advisory, it is usually rubber-stamped by the Board of Supervisors in the county.
Albemarle Planning Commission
Bill Edgerton
Eric Strucko
William B. Craddock
Jon Cannon
Calvin Morris (vice chair)
Duane Zobrist
Marcia Joseph (chair)
Meets: Meets Tuesdays at 6pm unless otherwise noted.
Where: Lane Auditorium on the second floor of County Office Building
Contact: Wayne Cilimberg, 296-5832 ext. 3254
Agendas: Available by phone at 296-5824
Charlottesville has a planning commission, too, but the board that gets more ink is the Board of Architectural Review, which is charged with preserving the city's historic character.
Charlottesville Planning Commission
Jon Fink (chair)
Bill Lucy (vice chair)
Michael Osteen
Hosea Mitchell
Mike Farruggio
Jason Pearson
Cheri Lewis
Meets: 2nd Tuesday at 6:30pm
Where: City Council Chambers
Contact: 970-3182
Thanks to the1996 "motor voter" law, you can register to vote at the DMV and by mail. The deadline to register is 29 days before any election. Bring a photo ID when you come to the polls.
Charlottesville held its last May City Council (and other constitutional officers) elections in 2006. Starting in 2007, local elections happen in November with all the others.
Registrar: Sheri Iachetta 970-3250
Elections occur along with the general state and national elections on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Albemarle takes "motor voter" so seriously that it moved its elections office to the DMV.
Registrar: Richard ("Jake") Washburne 951-6798
Circuit- Hears big criminal and civil cases. Located in a classic brick building on East High Street. 970-3766
Presiding Judge: Edward Hogshire
Clerk: Paul C. Garrett
Charlottesville General District Court- Located in that small brick building that also houses the police station at 606 E. Market St. by the parking garage. The clerk can explain the procedures for using this as "small claims court." 970-3388
Presiding Judge: Robert H. Downer
Clerk: Mary Alice Trimble
Circuit- Hears big criminal and civil cases. Located in the same historic courthouse that Mr. Jefferson frequented on "Court Square." 972-4085
Presiding Judge: Cheryl Higgins
Clerk: Shelby J. Marshall (retiring after 2007, Charlottesville votes on her successor in November)
Albemarle General District Court- Located in the Courthouse in Court Square. The clerk can explain the procedures for using this as "small claims court." 972-4167
Presiding Judges: Robert H. Downer, William G. Barkley
Clerk: Phyllis Stewart
Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court- This courts serves Charlottesville, Albemarle, and more in the 16th Judicial District. It hears all cases involving those under 18, from traffic to assault, as well as custody, support and visitation cases. Temporariy located at the Levy Opera House on 350 Park St. while its permanent digs at 411 E. High St. undergo a much needed renovation. Its judges are elected by the General Assembly for six-year terms. 979-7165
Presiding Judges: Dwight Johnson, Susan Whitlock, Edward Berry
Clerk: Jody Ann Shelley
U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia- Located at the top of Vinegar Hill on the corner near the Omni hotel, 255 W. Main St., 296-9284
Judges: James P. Jones (chief district judge)
Clerk: John F. Corcoran
Appeals: 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond. 804-916-2700
Small Claims Courts
See the two "General District courts" above.
Jury Duty
In Virginia, potential jurors are selected randomly by jury commissioners using lists designated by the court, such as the voter registration list and the driver's license list. You are reimbursed $30 for each day you serve.
The jail
The great big pink building facing I-64 and Avon Street is the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail. Trusties wear orange. Other inmates wear blue or good old-fashioned black and white stripes. Superintendent: Ronald Matthews 977-6981
Originally, the county seat was Scottsville, but that was when Albemarle stretched all the way down over what is now Buckingham County. Since 1762, Charlottesville has been the county seat.
Much of UVA, including its Central Grounds, is considered Albemarle turf. When the City initially annexed the land around the University, it couldn't annex the actual University becase it was state property and thus part of Albemarle County and remains so today. Subsequent expansions by UVA (like the UVA Medical Center) are considered City property. (No official UVA property, whether in city or county, pays taxes.) All this can occasionally create population havoc with the U.S. Census Bureau.
For a small town, Charlottesville has had a lot of government-sponsored neighborhood clearing, including the Vinegar Hill (in the '60s) and Garrett (in the '70s) neighborhoods.
In a deal widely seen as a sort of bribe to prevent Charlottesville from annexing county land, Albemarle has agreed since 1983 to give 10 cents per $100 of its property tax revenues to the city.
The Virginia Coalition for Open Government (540-353-8264) helps citizens keep an eye on public records, meetings, and elected officials. It was instrumental in the state's creation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council (better known as the Sunshine Office). They can be reached toll-free at 866-448-4100.
Tips to citizens: The law limits fees for copies of official records to "actual cost." Contact the Sunshine Office if you get a raw deal. In May 2003, the above Council ruled that failure to respond to a FOIA request is deemed a denial of the request and is a violation of FOIA; a person denied rights under FOIA may file a petition for mandamus or injunction.
During the Hook's existence, there have been several Freedom of Information brouhahas; here's one of them: On June 13, 2002, The Albemarle School Board imposed a gag order on itself. By a 5-2 vote (current chair Ken Boyd and former supe Gary Grant dissenting), the board declared that even post-meeting, topics discussed behind closed doors had to stay that way. But there was a curious and contradictory caveat: "Nothing in this policy shall be construed to limit rights protected regarding freedom of expression or freedom of speech."
In 2004, a citizen named Jim Moore filed a FOIA request with Charlottesville to learn the cost breakdown of its new $6.6 million CityLink computer system. The city denied his request, citing a confidential contract with the vendor. Moore appealed to General District Court. The judge upheld his request, and the city threatened to appeal, but then capitulated and turned over the information Moore requested.
Most recently, in 2007 the General Assembly amended the Freedom of Information Act to include not just "state agencies" but all "public bodies." In March, UVA employee Will Shaw tested that law after filing a FOIA request asking UVA to produce a market salary survey for Central Virginia, only to have his job eliminated after filing the request. However, a judge ruled he should have filed in Albemarle County instead of his home county of Louisa.
Like the national Citizen Access Project, a group called The Virginia Public Access Project is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to improving public understanding of money in politics. 804-353-4300
Virginia laws are made every year by the General Assembly, composed of the House of Delegates (whose members serve two-year terms) and the State Senate (whose members serve four-year terms). Their work writing bills usually happens pretty fast– except when the biannual budget is concerned. In 2004, the normal 60-day session stretched an extra 106 days as legislators grappled with a budget. A new governor was in office in 2006, but the outcome was all-too-familiar for weary lawmakers: a session that lasted an extra three months.
In January 2002, the state government began offering a free tracking service that allows citizens to follow up to five bills per session– via email alerts. Five years later, Charlottesville blogger, political commentator, and cyberwunderkind Waldo Jaquith launched Richmond Sunlight, a free bill tracking website that's searchable by keyword and includes podcasts of legislative sessions, RSS feeds for each legislator, and a comments page for every bill.
Your Governor
He is Tim Kaine, who was elected in 2005 and under Virginia law cannot seek a second consecutive four-year term. His win was largely attributed to the popularity of his Democratic predecessor, Mark Warner. In fact, Warner was such a popular governor that many Democrats touted him as a presidential candidate in 2008, until he announced in 2006 that he wouldn't seek the White House. Now, the speculation is he could run for John Warner's Senate seat in 2008 or the Governor's Mansion again in 2009. Stay tuned.
State Legislators
25th House District- The Crozet area in Western Albemarle plus some terrain in the Valley counties of Augusta and Rockingham
Current Delegate: Steve Landes (R-Weyers Cave)
Phone: 540-245-5540
Next election: November 2007
57th House District- All of Charlottesville and much of central Albemarle County
Current Delegate: David Toscano (D-Charlottesville)
Phone: 220-1660
Next election: November 2007. Toscano, a former mayor of Charlottesville, is currently serving his first term as successor to Mitch Van Yahres who served 24 years.
58th House District- Part of Albemarle, the western half of Fluvanna, all of Greene, and part of Orange County
Current Delegate: Rob Bell (R-Orange)
Phone: 245-8900
Next election: November 2007
59th House District- The southwestern chunk of Albemarle, Nelson, Buckingham, Appomattox, and Cumberland Counties and even a little swath of Prince Edward
Current Delegate: Watkins M. Abbitt Jr. (I-Appomattox)
Phone: 434-352-2880
Next election: November 2007
24th Senate District- The Brownsville, Crozet, and Free Union precincts of Albemarle, plus parts of Rockbridge and Rockingham, and all of Augusta, Greene, and Highland Counties, plus the cities of Lexington, Staunton, and Waynesboro
Current Senator: Emmett W. Hanger (R-Mount Solon)
Phone: 540-885-6898
Next election: November 2007, after fending off a near defeat at the hands of Lexington businessman Scott Sayre in this year's Republican primary
25th Senate District- All of Charlottesville, Bath, Buena Vista, Nelson, and parts of Albemarle, Alleghany, Buckingham, and Rockbridge Counties
Current Senator: Creigh Deeds (D-Bath)
Phone: 296-5491
Next election: November 2007. After falling just 323 votes (or .00016 percent) short of becoming Attorney General in 2005, many Democrats have touted deeds as a future candidate for the U.S. Senate or the governorship.
17th Senate District- All of Louisa, Madison, Orange and Culpeper Counties plus parts of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County
Current Senator: R. Edward Houck D-Spotsylvania
Phone: 540-786-2782
Next election: November 2007
Can you believe it #1- Charlottesville/Albemarle are chopped into four different House districts. Can you say gerrymandering?
Can you believe it #2 - Most state senators have no opponent in the elections in November 2007. Why? Most pundits blame gerrymandering for putting so many like-minded folks in the same districts.
Your two U.S. Senators (every state gets two, remember?)
John Warner - R
Elected: 1978 (now in his fifth term)
Next election: November 2008, though many speculate the 80-year-old Warner could call it a before the next campaign. Some speculated GOP successors include former governor and senator George Allen, former governor Jim Gilmore, Fairfax congressman Tom Davis, Richmond congressman Eric Cantor, and former GOP state party chair Kate Obenshain Griffin.
Likely opponent: Though many names are bubbling beneath the surface, the Democrats' unanimous dream candidate is Mark Warner.
Jim Webb - D
Elected: 2006
Next election: November 2012
Likely opponent: After pulling off one of the biggest political upsets in American history in defeating one-time presidential frontrunner George Allen, whichever Republican decides to challenge Webb would be a fool to underestimate him again.
Your Representative in the Fifth District of the House of Representatives:
Virgil Goode (R-Rocky Mount)
Represents: Charlottesville, Albemarle, Greene, Nelson, Fluvanna, and Buckingham Counties, extending all the way down to Danville
Elected: 1996
Next election: 2008
Opponent: Both Chatham businessman and Iraq War veteran Brydon Jackson and former UVA prof David Shreve have announced their candidacies for the Democrats' nomination.
Your Representative in the Sixth District of the House of Representatives:
Bob Goodlatte (R-Roanoke)
Represents: Most of the Shenandoah Valley, including Staunton, Waynesboro, Augusta and Rockingham Counties, extending southwest down to Roanoke
Elected: 1992
Next election: 2008
Opponent: Sam Rasoul, a Roanoke medical supplies distributor, is the only Democrat to have declared his candidacy, though Sixth District Dems say there will be others.
Your Representative in the Seventh District of the House of Representatives:
Eric Cantor (R-Richmond)
Represents: Madison, Orange and Louisa Counties, extending north to Rappahonnock County and southeast to Richmond
Elected: 2002
Next election: 2008
Opponent: As yet unopposed


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Four directors have left controversial ISP adware firm Phorm, including chairman of three months Stephen Heyer. Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont is among their replacements.
Heyer, a former Coca-Cola executive, was appointed non-executive chairman only in August. He replaced Ertugrul, who until then had combined the roles of chairman and CEO.
Non-executive directors David Dorman and Christopher Lawrence, and chief operating officer Virasb Vahidi have also left Phorm today. All the departees "will take this action as a result of differences with Mr Ertugrul as to the management and future direction of the company," it said in a statement.
Investment bankers Stefan Allesch-Taylor and Stephen Partridge-Hicks will take non-executive directorships. Kip Meek, the chairman of the telecoms industry lobby the Broadband Stakeholder Group, will complete Phorm's new board as another non-executive.
Ertugrul said: "I welcome Lord Lamont, Kip, Stefan and Stephen to the Board. They bring extensive experience on government, business, regulatory matters and financial markets. As we move into the next phase of our development, the priority will be to build momentum in the rollout of our strategy."
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Good morning, afternoon or evening depending on where you are and when you are reading this. I am sorry yesterday i messed up with the comments while changing the template. I am much better now, able to enjoy the beautiful Sunday. This day is megnificent. I should be out breathing in some sunlight but i have an appointment in half an hour. My usual problem with my period is back, so i feel a lack of energy since this time is lasting more than two weeks and keeps going. I know i have to check it out in a medical way and fix it, but i can not deny that there is something spiritual behind it.
Our period is the core of our womanhood, even the severity of premenstrual syndrome is sometimes a warning bell. It means it is time to ask ourselves "am i taking good care of myself?", "Do i supress my female side?". Most of us have to, so we can stay on top of things. And most of us are made to because we are bombarded with insane, unnatural information of the way we should be and we should act.
Yesterday i watched an episode of "Who 's the most smartest top model". They had a challenge. If the model answered a question wrong he or she had to eat something with a lot of calories like a piece of chocolate cake or a twinkie. The reactions of the models were similar with the guys in Fear Factor when they had to eat worms or scorpions. They were gagging. A girl denied to do it. Another one kept saying it is too sweet. And a guy afterwards said he was feeling lightheaded and nautious. I swear! After a piece of chocolate cake (that looked yammy by the way). One of the guys there, had a bit of a belly(meaning he was n't as skinny as the others) and he cried! For Pit's shake it is a cake!!! One girl was told she is too thin and she worries the judges and she seemed as thin(as ready to collapse) to me as the rest of them!
We all know that the Media do not promote a healthy body image, but when a piece of cake raises similar reactions with worms, i think there is a bigger problem there. Anorexia and bulimia are tearing apart the youth of the world and every single one of us gets scared in the process. Even if we put logic first, and analyse it as a social phenomenon we are still affected. Those images are being imprinted in our subconscious. I had a weird dream-nightmare that i had to eat a candy last night for the love of Goddess.
With food we nurture ourselves. We learn food is bad. We learn to hate ourselves for needing it. As simple as that. The economy is fueled by low self estim. Pharmaceutical companies, weight loss centers, gyms it is a list never ending. They benefit from this while we lose ourselves, our identities until we are all made to look alike. There is no room for being different. And in the meanwhile the western civilisation grows fatter and fatter. The guilt and shame force us to overeat. The controversies become stronger and more obvious. People do not feel fit enough to go to the gym or to order healthy food as if they are judged!
Men go through that too but women are more affected by this situation.
Feel good in your skin. Love yourself the way you are.
What is wrong with the world?
Good morning, afternoon or evening depending on where you are and when you are reading this. I am sorry yesterday i messed up with the comments while changing the template. I am much better now, able to enjoy the beautiful Sunday. This day is megnificent. I should be out breathing in some sunlight but i have an appointment in half an hour. My usual problem with my period is back, so i feel a lack of energy since this time is lasting more than two weeks and keeps going. I know i have to check it out in a medical way and fix it, but i can not deny that there is something spiritual behind it.
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10 comments:
- Jennifer said...
Last time my period lasted for more than a week... I was pregnant and having a miscarriage without my knowledge. You better get to the doctors, because prolonged bleeding sometimes signifies internal bleeding!
- October 18, 2009 at 8:58 PM
- Sharon Day said...
You are totally right about it. I used to model and do beauty pageants and the women around me did the most horrible things to stay skinny--even eat a tapeworm! I was the only one who didn't smoke, gag myself, starve myself, or do drugs. They wanted to know my secret. My secret was that I had a very busy life and never stopped to eat food, but instead would eat sweets to keep going. I was like a hummingbird. Of course, all those years of not eating real food caught up to me in my late 30s. I started gaining weight and finding it hard to get off. The problem is, I ruined my metabolism. Every time I see a young woman starving herself, I think...boy, that's going to catch up to her later on in a big way. Your body never lets you forget you starved it and it becomes a hoarder! Great post!
- October 18, 2009 at 11:21 PM
- the wandering broom said...
Oh no, I hope your father will be okay. I know he will. I will send positive thoughts your way!
And regarding negative body image - OH HOW I KNOW THIS WELL! I live in NYC! The epicenter of fashion, beauty, and thinness! Sometimes I walk around and I feel like I am among skeletons.
The smartest model show aired here a couple of years ago but it soon got canceled. I also remember those question sessions where they were forced to eat cake if they got it wrong and it was just awful to see how their faces would scrunch up in fear at the sight of something over 100 calories. And then you would see them exercising intensely afterwards. UGHHHH.
I am "average size" but in NYC I am considered fat. *sigh*
- October 19, 2009 at 2:31 AM
- Anonymous said...
I'm glad you're feeling better.
I used to be very self consious about my body when I was younger. I guess I still am but not as much. We should all love ourselves the way we are.
- October 19, 2009 at 3:59 AM
- Wendy said...
Very well said! Models, for the most part, don't look like healthy women to me. They look like skeletons. And they look miserable.
- October 19, 2009 at 7:28 AM
- Shadow said...
outstanding post. yes, people worry about how much they eat instead of what they eat. and being healthy does mean not being stick thin for some, so what, everyone cannot be a supermodel. make the best of what you have. but this is the fault of the media... everyone wants to look like the model on the cover who eats a lettuce leaf a day...
- October 19, 2009 at 11:33 AM
- Lyon said...
I am horrified, I've never heard of this show before. The mind boggles! I say bring on the cake. lol
- October 19, 2009 at 12:44 PM
- ξι said...
Go to the doc.!
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- October 19, 2009 at 2:57 PM
- Magaly Guerrero said...
Sorry about your menstrual issues; I feel your pain. No, really I do, I've been feeling them for a couple of days now as my time of the month approaches. It's funny that you talked about exercise and fitness because my cure for my menstrual cramps is usually a combination of exercise and ginger tea. It does wonder for me.
On the other hand, I do understand your worries. People seem to have forgotten how to enjoy themselves; how to partake in the wonders The Great Mother blesses you with. I exercise quite a bit. I like looking and feeling my best. But dear lady I eat enough chocolate, fried foods and ice cream to support an army of sugar junkies.
I believe that life is about balance. You know, work hard play just as hard kind of mentality. But it is wrong to stop living just to look good in the mirror.
- October 19, 2009 at 5:39 PM
- Bridgett said...
If only more people could think like this.
Every size and shape is beautiful...
But please do take a few hours and get yourself checked out, love.
- October 21, 2009 at 5:03 PM


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For 35 years I've cried at the end of each and every summer. In my teenage years my parents would drive away from Chadwick Beach, New Jersey as I cried with sand still sticking to my toes. This year, my 36th summer was far from any scene Norman Rockwell would have wanted to capture! My kids seemed to take up sibling arguing as their summer hobby, my parent's beach house at the Jersey Shore sat completely gutted and unusable thanks to last October's hurricane, my son broke his arm, and as the lyrics of It's a Small World say it best, our trip to Disney seemed to bring out "A world of tears" in my daughter! TaNTrUmS, ScReAmInG, and BrEaKdOwNs were everyday occurrences for my kids (and sometimes Mommy). On our Disney vacation, the low-point was my daughter Abby while decked out head to toe in her Belle costume screaming at the top of her 4-year-old lungs, "You're a mean Mommy!" Why you might ask? All because I wouldn't let her walk on a ledge that she wanted to use as a balance beam! MeAn MoMmY!!! Where was this kid when her MeAn MoMmY was packing 3 princess dresses complete with tiaras and light up shoes, a Tinker Bell costume with light up wings and shoes that jingle, and countless other Disney "necessities"?!!!
Then the high-point. If you've ever been to Disney World's Hollywood Studios you know you can't top the experience of ridding the Aerosmith Rock 'n' Roller Coaster. I LOVE roller coasters and this one is simply the best. You ride in the dark and go 0 to 60 mph in 2.8 seconds while Aerosmith's LoVe In An EleVaToR and WaLK THiS WaY blast in your ears! Since my kids were way too little to go on this ride and we had no one to watch the kids while my husband and I went on the ride. I did the only thing that made sense. I WENT ON THE RIDE ALL BY MYSELF. I walked up the single riders line and was on the ride within 5 minutes. As like each time I've gone on the Rock 'n' Coaster before, my heart was pounding with anticipation as the limousine coaster pulled back and took off into darkness. Turning upside down and sideways with Aerosmith screaming in my ears was exactly what I needed to recharge and refuel. I walked off that ride like a little kid on Christmas morning. OK, so the ride only lasts 1 minute and 22 seconds, but it was 1 minute and 22 seconds ALL TO MYSELF! There was no fighting over who was going to sit next to Mommy, no crying when "World of tears Abby" was too short to go on the ride when Nicholas made the cut, it was just me and around these parts that is a ReAlLy rare thing! I think there may have been a little skip in my step when I met my husband and kids waiting for me and when the next little crisis broke out…this Mommy was ready to take it on!
I realize that I can't jump on a roller coaster every time I need to get some perspective, but this entire experience made me realize that it is the smallest and silliest things that can turn your day or summer in my case around. If you feel like you are overwhelmed with something whether it be your kids, family, work, etc. take a break and do something that makes you happy. Get your nails done, go shopping, grab coffee with a girlfriend. It might be just what you need!
*Or you can click on this YouTube video I found that someone made of the Aerosmith Rock 'n' Roller Coaster. It pretty much details my entire ride except they had a different music selection…still great though!
Experience the Rock 'n' Coaster!
Great to be back!
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The First Week…
You know most people want to look at numbers or gameday box scores and criticize you when one goes ofer, whether its 0-3, 0-4, 0-5, even 1-4. When you read box scores you dont know what happens. I lined out, flew out deep, had a diving play against me and I am 0-3 and everyone wants to make assumptions. To me here at the AFL it is not just about producing results. Yes, its great to hit 400 in this league or a high 300 but for me being here I need(ed) to work on one thing, to be as patient/aggressive as possible. For those who read these probably know every stat possible, they know that I got hit more than I walked this year. My patience at the plate was questioned because I only had a few walks. The thing that people need to realize, when you are a hitter, a good hitter, you have a certain confidence that you can hit anything. Thats where I ran into problems.
This fall I planned on coming here to prove I can walk, get my hits, but build up my OBP as a good 2 hitter would. Yes its only been a week, but I have only played 3 games and have 4 walks. For me that makes me ecstatic, I am getting on base for those behind me who are the run producers and I'm doing it by being patient. When you put your mind to something your determined to get better at I really feel like results will show.
The first week of this fall league showed a lot about our team and this league. Considering we have only played 5 games you can tell what its going to be like. Clutch hitting, good defense, and very good arms. The Scottsdale Scorpions are loaded with offensive weapons and I feel we have the best arms in the league. These guys throw hard, good movement, and have very good out pitches. The Giants guys are playing great, with Billy Sadler, Pat Misch, and Justin Hedrick dominating out of the pen. Freddy and Travis are playing well and just waiting to get back in that groove of playing everyday. By the end of this thing I feel you guys will see some great things from the Giants and have much to look forward to from the group thats here.
Drop me some questions and hopefully I can write another blog soon and give you all more updates.
AFL Beginning
Hello everyone, I'm here writing in the sunny and always beautiful Arizona. 6 months of baseball has been complete and now 2 more months of fun and intriguing games to be played. Thanks to all for the nice comments throughout my roller coaster year and especialy when I broke my jaw. Always nice to read the comments on everyone I just did not know how or if I should have written about the injury.
In the mean time, I am on the Scottsdale Scorpions just loaded with a ton of great ball players. From my experience last year in this league every team is loaded, but their is something different this year. It seems as though in the week we have been together the team has clicked. Instead of being just comfortable with your organization (Giants, White Sox, Brewers, Angels, and Diamondbacks), all of the guys seemed to have already mixed, making it a feeling of a possible successful team.
I am here not to just be here. I am here to play, to win, and to prove to a lot of people that I can and will play at the next level. I might be the utility guy here but that doesnt mean I am not a forgotten, in the Fall League the organizations draft for positions and I was fortunate to land on a team to even play and get at bats. Over the fall I will be keeping you guys posted on the progress we are making as a team and also my experiences. Thanks again and cant wait to hear back.
From the Ground to the Bigs
Well sorry for the delay in this one, just been waiting for something
interesting to happen in the road through the minors these past few weeks.
Thanks for all of the comments I have read them all and appreciate the feedback.
(minus the lone Dodger fan).
A day after getting hit square in the jaw by a 90+ MPH fastball in Fresno. From
laying on the ground with pain shooting through my mouth and blood being spit
out, I find myself in my own room, in a hotel in downtown San Diego. Well
that?s because for the fourth time I am back up in ?The Show,? and hopefully
this time is for good. This is how the game of a minor leaguer/big leaguer
works, things just happen. I go from wondering if my jaw is broken to being in
the batters box the next night in front of 32,000 in San Diego.
So what have I walked into? Well a team that is struggling, just barely losing
and trying to find something to turn everything around. I am not here to be a
savior or anything of that sort. I know I am here to bring the youthful energy
and fun that needs to be their. I am not here to be the starter, I am here to
be whatever the Giants need and want me to be and they know they will get
everything from me. All I know is I have the Giants jersey back on and the #19
on my back?.(another blog soon to come).
The last few weeks back in Fresno people are always asking when are you going to
go back up? Well it was always the same answer, whenever it is my time to go
up. I am not making decisions I was down in Fresno to play, to become/continue
to be a ball player, to get AB?s, play other positions, and most of all take
what I had learned in my previous three stints in the big leagues and continue
to progress. That?s where I feel I will succeed compared to most, because I am
not looking towards what could be, I needed to get better, practice at that
moment, and play for the moment I was in. The call to get back up in the big
leagues was not even a vision, I had plenty to work on and prove where I was in
For weeks, our manager Shane Turner and I worked on the littlest of things at
second base, whether it was a pivot on a double play, specific footwork in
feeding the shortstop to start a double play, positioning, and most of all just
talking the game and situations that had occurred or will occur during a game.
On the other side, I worked exclusively with Jim Bowie our hitting coach on
trying to become a more patient hitter and use the field that gives me the best
chance to hit, up the middle. It is known I am not a very patient hitter as far
as taking my walks, but I want to hit. That gets me into trouble sometimes and
we really hammered that aspect, and it really paid off the last few weeks.
Boo, myself, and a couple of teammates played a game everyday off the machine in
the batting cage, to see how many line drives we could hit up the middle, off
the screen, without touching the sides or the top of the cage. The competition
was 3 rounds of 5 pitches have to swing at everyth
ing to be able to handle every pitch and take it up the middle. And that game
right there, has landed me where I am tonight, I know for a fact what Boo was
able to do offensively with me and what Shane did with my extra work defensively
has improved me so much and given me yet another opportunity here in the big
So now I am back, the extra work will continue and the game hopefully will be
played to keep me in the right frame of mind at the plate. I want nothing more
than to win here, winning is the world and winning in that Giants uniform is the
goal?..and hopefully it will be the usual dirty uni that I put on.
Finally….My First Blog
So I hope I find everyone in good health and having a great summer as July is near the end and the last few months of the season are near and playoffs are in our sights.
If one were to tell me I would have been traveling and playing in Las Vegas, Tuscon, Tacoma, Portland, Colorado Springs (twice), New Orleans, Oklahoma City, and Salt Lake I would have probably agreed with you. But to tell me I would have had the privilege to play in San Francisco, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, New York, Florida, San Diego, and Denver, hitting off potential Hall of Famers and All Stars, and being in the lineup for one historic home run, I would have laughed in your face.
But that's where I have been this year, 16 different cities, 13 different states, and hopefully many more to come. From getting my first hit off Miguel Bautista, to fouling a batting practice ball off of Barry's forehead, to hours of extra work in Fresno my year has been pretty amazing and hectic.
I can write forever so I am going to try to keep this simple and let the feedback I get let me know what I should write about. I will talk a little about the experience of being an everyday ball player to being a bench player in the Big Leagues.
Now I am in the same shoes as many of the players today or what some of the guys have had to go through throughout their careers, not being an established everyday Major Leaguer. So to say my first call up was a surprise would be an understatement, but to add to that starting everyday would be my role up in the Big Leagues for 15 days would have been beyond my dreams. That's what I was fortunate enough to do play everyday for about 15 days and then got my first "demotion" back down to Fresno. Met up with the team in New Orleans where I caught the same flight and sat next to Saints' first pick Reggie Bush. Was in Fresno for seven days before I got another call-up this time to be a bench player.
Now don't get me wrong when I say bench player in the Major Leagues. I will say it was an honor but also one of the biggest learning experiences of my young baseball career. Without the help and guidance from Todd Greene and Mark Sweeney, I would have been lost. I latched on and tried to pick their brains, even being a little annoying at times to them. But they were the first ones not to turn their heads away. Instead they came at me and taught me so much about the game. Let's be honest here, Mark Sweeney might be the game's best pinch hitter. That's not a knock on him, rather it is a huge compliment, because what he does in my eyes as a pinch hitter is amazing. He is aggressive when he gets that at-bat, but with a plan. He battles against the game's best relievers, he comes up with clutch hits, home runs, walks, whatever it may be consistently. That is the most glaring part of his game, off the bench he never gives in. I was able to pick his brain a bunch to try to gain a little grasp of it, so I would be ready and be ready for those spot starts….
May 28, 2006 — four days after my 24th birthday — I found myself receiving a present from manager Felipe Alou: a start. Now at this time one man, Barry Bonds, was standing at 714 home runs, the ballparks were filled and the fans were electric. Well being one of those fans in that ballpark for years going nuts every time he was up, it was now even more surreal because I was not only in the dugout, but the lineup the same day he hit 715. Byung-Hyun Kim gave up 715 and I will never in my lifetime hear a place louder and crazier than when he hit that line shot to right-center field. (Where, by the way, how do you let a ball hit off your chest and down to someone buying a hot dog? Come on.) The sound off his bat and the roar of the crowd has been embedded in my mind. Champagne, toasts, pictures, and the memory of that day will always give me bragging rights to my buddies back home, all die-hard Giants fans, but I was there, and I was in the lineup.
A few days later the fantasy was over and I was back in Fresno. An eight-day trip to Florida and New York, followed by the demotion and a 14-day road trip left me a little tired. But at the end of the trip I found myself back in the League, as a bench player, but with a little more knowledge of what to do.
So three times I have been up — hopefully more to come. I have met the games best people: Todd Greene, Mike Matheny, Randy Winn, Mark Sweeney, and all the other Giants, to Craig Biggio, Michael Young, and Albert Pujols. I have had great memories and learning experiences that continue to make me a better ball player. I have one goal in mind and that's to be an everyday Big Leaguer, and that will only come with time, patience, and opportunity….and I am very grateful for the opportunity the Giants have given me thus far.


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Bonnie Burton over at StarWars.com points us to this awesome Star Wars Serenity Prayer cross-stitch sampler project from Flickr user Steotch.
Leia's chain is actually a metalic emrboidery thread, crocheted and woven into the design; and Jabba is complete with little tiny knotted warts.
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Using Ground Turkey
I have a lot of ground turkey that I picked up from costco. Eventually, I have to use it.
So far: I've tossed it with wilted greens and carbonara with pasta; lettuce wraps; meatballs; and just yesterday I did a squash casserole.
I'm really not a fan of "substituting" ground turkey for ground beef in things like bolognaise or chili---I find the taste of turkey "really noticeable" in ground turkey and not in a good way.
I'm running out of ideas for how to use it; I thought you folks could shed some of your famous inspiration? Pretty please ? Thanks in advance xo
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Dustin Adams wrote:Emily,
Looking at my post 30 day history for that market, I have a 44 day acceptance, a 49 day rejection, and a 50 day acceptance after having received a similar e-mail.
I've got nothing between 30 and 44 days.
Read: Hang in there!
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