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Senate Preps for Soft Money Ban
AP Special Correspondent
Moving swiftly, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle pledged Thursday to seek passage of sweeping legislation to rewrite campaign spending rules "the minute we receive it" from the House. He said any filibuster was doomed.
"This is the year we're finally going to pass campaign finance reform," Daschle, D-S.D., said at a combination news conference and celebration arranged by jubilant supporters of the measure less than eight hours after the House approved it.
White House spokesman Ari Fleischer did not respond directly when asked whether President Bush would sign the bill designed to reduce the influence of money in political campaigns. "The president will wait to be declarative until he sees what the final bill is," Fleischer said, although supporters and opponents alike have predicted for days that Bush's approval was assured.
The developments unfolded as the Senate's principal opponent of the measure, Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he wanted to study the House-passed bill before deciding on a strategy. Either way, he seemed resigned to passage, telling reporters he would be the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit to be filed if the bill became law.
At one point, Daschle and McConnell participated in few moments of scripted Senate theater during the day. The majority leaders sought formal permission to begin work on the bill as soon as the papers arrived in the chamber. McConnell, noting the legislation had cleared the House after 2 a.m. Thursday, objected.
An earlier version of the campaign finance bill, backed by Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz. and Russell Feingold, D-Wis., passed the Senate last year on a vote of 59-41. One lawmaker who voted in opposition then, Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., issued a statement indicating he would support it when it came to the floor. At the same time, Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, disclosed he was withdrawing his support _ meaning it was not clear whether supporters had 60 votes to overcome a filibuster.
"If I were a Republican up for re-election in the Senate, I'd ask myself, `Do you want to be part of a continuing filibuster?'" McCain said.
Supporters say the legislation would help clean up the nation's political campaigns by banning soft money, the unlimited donations that unions, corporations and individuals make to political parties. The bill also would curtail late-campaign "attack ads" that have proliferated in recent years, by prohibiting the use of soft money to pay for them to be broadcast.
Republican critics argue the bill is unconstitutional as well as biased in favor of Democrats.
John Feehery, a spokesman for Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., said the formal paperwork probably would go out from the House in a few days, probably after the start of a weeklong congressional recess beginning Friday.
Under the Senate's rules, opponents have at least two opportunities to derail the bill by forcing supporters to come up with 60 votes, and final passage could consume roughly a week.
Daschle announced his intention to move as quickly as possible came on the heels of a 240-189 vote in the House at 2:30 a.m..
The final roll call came at the end of a 16-hour marathon session in which a bipartisan coalition bent, but never broke, in the face of a series of politically appealing amendments by the GOP leadership.
The closest call for the bill's supporters came on a proposal to lift all advertising restrictions on commercials relating to the Second Amendment right to bear arms. Supported by the powerful National Rifle Association, the amendment failed narrowly, 219-209 following aggressive lobbying by House Democratic leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., as well as Republican supporters of the measure.
McCain, too, spent hours on the House side of the Capitol, monitoring developments and talking with Republican lawmakers from an office one floor beneath the House chamber.
Ironically, he worked from a room just across the hall from a leading House opponent of the bill, Texas Rep. Tom DeLay, the GOP whip.
The thrust of the legislation is to dramatically reduce the amount of money coursing through political campaigns.
The two political parties and their various campaign committees raised more than $500 million combined in soft money in the two years that ended in 2000, and have continued to raise money in large amounts in the months since.
While banning soft money to the national committees, the legislation would permit such donations to state and local parties, so long as the funds were not used in connection with federal campaigns.
Critics of the bill say that a soft money ban to the national parties is futile, and that outside interests would find another avenue for exerting their influence on campaigns.
On the Net:
Information on the bill, H.R. 2356, can be found at http://thomas.loc.gov/


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The Porsche Cayman has claimed some pretty impressive scalps on its way to back-to-back titles as the Best Performance Car over $60,000, like its big brother, the Porsche 911 Carrera S, as well as the HSV GTS and BMW M4 to name a few. But in 2015 it faces a truly all-star field that includes a pair of Mercedes-AMG, the most potent hot hatch on the market today and a homegrown sports sedan.
But the Porsche Cayman GTS is no push-over. Last year our list of criticisms stretched to a lack of rear seating and disappointing cup holders. We couldn't add to that list in 2015.
As one judge without previous experience of the Cayman admitted: "I didn't understand why people go on about Porsches. Now I get it."
Or as another judge put it: "What does this thing do wrong? Nothing."
The 3.8-litre six-cylinder boxer engine delivers a healthy dose of performance - 250kW/380Nm - and is mounted in one of the most well-tuned chassis to ever grace Drive Car of the Year, making it a genuinely enjoyable and accessible performance car to drive in any situation.
"They make an average driver look good," was one judge's summation.
But as good as the Cayman is at the limit it equally impressed with its brilliant manners on the road. Although, if we are being really honest it does have a lot of road noise, the ride isn't uncomfortable even though it is firm.
Questions were raised about the value of the Cayman GTS, which starts at $160,500 and our test car had the expensive (but excellent) $6290 'PDK' seven-speed dual-clutch transmission, as well as $2890 black wheels and $2580 parking sensors.
But as we previously discovered, when considered against its rivals, including the $244,800 (plus on-roads) 911 Carrera S, the Cayman does pack plenty of performance for the money.
As good as the Cayman is it was in competition with a car the packed even more bang for its buck, and came with a back seat - the Mercedes-AMG C63 S.
The boffins at Mercedes' hot rod shop took our reigning Drive Car of the Year, the C-Class, and shoehorned in a 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 engine packing 375kW and 700Nm as well as upgrading every other performance aspect.
"Geez it's got some snot," was one judge's understatement.
But the ability to fry its rear tyres wasn't the C63's only skill. With a sportier and more luxurious take on the C200 inside and adaptable drive modes (which adjust engine response and suspension settings) the C63 is a very liveable performance car.
One judge summed the C63 up as "sophisticated hooliganism" and it is an apt description.
The C63 didn't only have to best the Porsche though, with its big brother, the Mercedes-AMG GT S, also in our final five.
Although equipped with the same 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8, the GT is tuned for 375kW but 'only' 650Nm. And it isn't slow, as the GT set our fastest 0-100km/h time during testing, matching its 3.8-second claim.
Despite its supercar credentials the GT split opinion amongst the judging committee in a number of key areas.
The lightning sharp steering was praised by some but disliked by others. The same went for the GT's long-nosed looks.
"It's like some sort of cartoon hot rod," was how one summed it up.
And while all the judges agreed it was a seriously fast machine on the track it was noisy and lacked composure on the road at times.
"It is less than the sum of its parts," was how one judge put it.
While the GT is impressive in its own right, so is the Audi RS3 Sportback - for different reasons.
At $78,900 (plus on-roads) the RS3 is an expensive hatchback but the engineers at Quattro have really elevated it from its humble origins.
Under the bonnet is a fiesty 270kW/465Nm 2.5-litre five-cylinder turbo that not only helps the little machine sprint from 0-100km/h in 4.2 seconds - faster than the Cayman (4.6secs) and Clubsport (4.5secs) - but also makes a unique bark as it does so.
"It's a supercar that happens to have five-doors," said one judge.
Thanks to its intuitive seven-speed dual-clutch transmission and all-wheel drive system the RS3 was praised as an easy car to drive fast, finding an ideal balance between power and grip.
Last, but by no means least, comes the locally-made HSV Clubsport R8, the final hurrah for the Aussie-made sports sedan that are world-class performance cars.
Now packing a 400kW supercharged 6.2-litre V8 the Clubsport R8 is testament to Holden and HSV's decision to send the Commodore out with a bang, not a whimper.
Making all the right sounds you expect from a V8-powered muscle car the Clubsport impressed the judges on and off the track.
The Clubsport does miss out on the magnetic ride control adjustable dampers from its GTS big brother but the balance between comfort and control is still excellent.
The revamped interior, which does away with the the auxiliary gauges at the bottom of the dashboard, helps give the interior a more polished presentation.
At $83,490 (plus on-roads) the HSV is the most affordable car of this group, which makes its performance per dollar argument strong.
In the end the judging was tight, with only four points separating first and second and a single point between second and third.
But once again it was the Porsche Cayman GTS that triumphed, taking its third consecutive victory ahead of the Mercedes-AMG C63 and the Audi RS3.
The Porsche's all-round performance car credentials was enough to see it best the C63, which put up a very strong case as a liveable performance car - few cars are as at home on the road and track as the AMG.
In the end, with such a strong field it seems the real winners are Australian performance cars buyers because they are spoiled for choice.
Judge's votes
Porsche - 9
Mercedes-AMG C63 - 13
Audi - 14
Mercedes-AMG GT - 24
Porsche Cayman GTS
Price: $166,790 plus on-road costs
Engine: 3.4-litre six-cylinder petrol
Power: 250kW at 7400rpm
Torque: 380Nm at 4750-5800rpm
Transmission: Seven-speed dual-clutch automatic, rear-wheel drive
Fuel use: 8.2L/100km
Mercedes-AMG C63 S
Price: $154,510 plus on-road costs
Engine: 4.0-litre V8 twin-turbo petrol
Power: 375kW at 5500rpm
Torque: 700Nm at 1750rpm
Transmission: Seven-speed dual-clutch automatic, rear-wheel drive
Fuel use: 8.6L/100km
Audi RS3 Sportback
Price: $78,900 plus on-road costs
Engine: 2.5-litre five-cylinder turbo petrol
Power: 270kW at 5550-6800rpm
Torque: 465Nm at 1625-5550rpm
Transmission: Seven-speed dual-clutch automatic, all-wheel drive
Fuel use: 8.3L/100km
Mercedes-AMG GT S
Price: $294,610 plus on-road costs
Engine: 4.0-litre V8 twin-turbo petrol
Power: 375kW at 6250rpm
Torque: 650Nm at 1750rpm
Transmission: Seven-speed dual-clutch automatic, rear-wheel drive
Fuel use: 9.4L/100km
HSV Clubsport R8
Price: $83,490 plus on-road costs
Engine: 6.2-litre supercharged V8 petrol
Power: 400kW at 6150rpm
Torque: 671Nm at 4200rpm
Transmission: Six-speed automatic, rear-wheel drive
Fuel use: 15.0L/100km
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Slothy is so melancholy because there is NO interwebs access at the shack, and as already determined a true-enough addict, she's-like-heroin-to-me, the blogosphere calls a siren-song ever beckoning to the pointy rocks. Master technician Mr. P'Nuttles was even called in to establish some kind of shackwire, but the chokeweed and virginia creeper have snuffed all but the most crackly and fragile thread of a phone connexion with the outside world. This sorry situation results in distracted and sporadic moves in the shack, with bouts of wild hand-wringing and fetal-position napping.
(I wasn't going to tell you this, but when P'Nuttles confessed failure, I tried to murder him. He isn't quite dead, but in need of some serious tech support: flashing wrenches in his eyes.)


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Book Review: The Extra 2% by Jonah KeriPosted: May 16, 2011 Filed under: Book Review Leave a comment
I just finished reading Jonah Keri's first book, The Extra 2% – How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First. As has become vogue for this particular book (seriously, check out extra2percent.com, there are close to a million reviews), I have decided to write a little review of my thoughts on the book.
The book details the history of the Tampa Bay (Devil) Rays franchise and the copious changes that were made by new ownership to make the Rays a competitive team. I was wary of purchasing the book at first, as I had no real connection with the Rays, but decided to go ahead and buy it anyways since I was able to purchase it on Amazon.com for less than a third of the cost of a tank of gas. Plus, Keri told me on twitter (twitter.com/JonahKeri) that the book would be "similar to how Moneyball was nominally about the A's, but really about a lot more." So I took his word for it. As it turns out, in the time between that conversation and today, I have taken a volunteer position at TheProcessReport.com, a Rays-centric site. By the way, Jonah Keri also wrote the forward for TPR 11 which is coming out very soon.
Enough about that, what were my thoughts on the book? I'm going to start out with the cover. It's a hardcover book with a sleeve that is not at all attached. So in the process of reading the book, the cover slides around, which I found to be slightly annoying. I'm just more of a paperback guy. (If I'm griping about the cover slipping on the book, there must not be much to complain about in the content.)
The foreword of the book was written by Mark Cuban. Yes, that Mark Cuban. This fits perfectly within the book, as Cuban has run the Dallas Mavericks franchise in a very similar way as the Rays' ownership has run their franchise.
The book tends to follow a (mostly) chronological order. It begins in Chapter 1 in 1988 with a vote in the Illinois State Senate and follows the history of the franchise up until 2010, leaving a hint of a Matt Garza trade to the Cubs. (It eventually happened.) Personally, I found the history very interesting, as I was between 2-10 years old when a lot of this was happening. Keri provides ample background and it is quickly apparent the amount of research that went into the book. He clearly explains the politics that went into creating the Rays franchise. He also covers the history of the Vince Naimoli ownership years and the changes that led to a new ownership group. Eventually, he gets into a few of the key moves that the Rays have made over the years to become competitive and many of the struggles that they face to stay competitive in an increasingly unfair situation.
It's a very interesting book, to the say the least. There are a few places where the content drifts into Wall Street-speak (it's in the title, after all), especially when describing the history of Stuart Sternberg. I felt the history was a little too deep here, swerving off into the history of how SLK was purchased by Goldman Sachs, etc. My other major critique of the book is that the author tends to repeat himself, nearly verbatim, in quite a few places. The same information may find its way into multiple chapters. It works well to drive the point home, but seems unnecessary.
Overall, the book is a very good read. There are a few places of humor scattered throughout and a plethora of information that permeates nearly every paragraph. It describes very well the history of how the Rays became what they are today. It also gives great insight into the process that the team takes to pursue competitiveness in the toughest division in baseball. It is definitely a must-read for Rays fans, baseball history fans and overall baseball fans alike. If I were to give it a rating on a scale of Jamie Moyer's fastball to Mariano Rivera's cutter, I would give it a…James Shields changeup. Well above average and something any baseball fan can enjoy.


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The Panama Canal is a truly impressive wonder of the world, so why not see it up close and personal? This tour is perfect for passionate canal enthusiasts and includes a high speed boat ride, a full or partial transit tour, a historic train ride along the canal and visiting the Miraflores or Gatun Locks. Now is the perfect time to book your trip and witness the impressive expansion work taking place.
Upon arrival at Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, you will be met by a tour representative and transferred to the Gamboa Rainforest Resort, which is about an hour's drive from the airport. There you will check in to your resort that boasts one of the most unique locations in all of Panama. It's nestled within the Soberania National Park overlooking the Panama Canal. Rest and Relaxation is synonymous with Gamboa and you'll have a comfy hammock on your balcony offering spectacular views of the Chagres River.
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Panama la Vieja
Panama La Vieja, or Old Panama City in English, is situated just northeast of downtown Panama City. The city was founded by Pedrarias Davila in August of 1519, and is the oldest Spanish settlement on the Pacific. At one time a thriving city, Panama La Vieja benefitted from the Portobelo trade fairs and most notably from Spain's great bullion lifeline (shipments were said to pass through Panama while en route from Peru's silver mines to Europe). Quickly, the city became a major center for merchants and landowners, with a population that presumably reached 10,000 by the mid-17th century.
Panama City was destroyed in 1671 during Sir Henry Morgan's invasion and was relocated approximately 8 km (4.8 miles) to what is today known as "The Casco Viejo". Declared a Historic Site in 1976, the ruins or Old Panama enjoy government protection, and have been administered by the foundation Patronato Panama La Vieja since 1995. A new Panama Viejo Museum, situated just east of the ruins, has recently been completed and is now open to the public.
Casco Antiguo
Casco Antiguo is the oldest sector of modern Panama City and was founded in 1673. This beautiful little area has several attractions that tourist shouldn't miss and can easily cover in a walking tour of a few hours. A monument to the French entrepreneurs who began the Panama Canal stands at the bayside end of the Casco Viejo. There is also an adjacent art museum in the converted strong house, known as Las Bovedas, once used for storing gold.
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This classic experience brings you to the very best that Panama has to offer: The Panama Canal. Participants will be able to witness the magnificent Miraflores Locks and most probably, its operation. An expert canal guide will take us back in time to be part of it. What a wonderful way to experience this magnificent architectural masterpiece and to have a breathtaking view of the 8th wonder of the World. This tour will also include a visit to the Miraflores Locks Exhibits.
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You will be picked up at your hotel for the private transfer to Corozal station where you will board the comfortable train for a historical ride alongside the Panama Canal. This railroad, constructed with immense drama, snakes its way past protected rainforests, the river feeding the Canal and the once largest man-made lake in the world, the Gatun Lake. You will have unsurpassed views of the 8th wonder of the world and the giant ships transferring between two seas as well as of the spectacular nature of the isthmus where native Indians still live in the jungles and a vast array of birds and wildlife can be encountered.
Originally completed in 1855, The Panama Railroad became the first transcontinental railroad. The French Panama Canal Company purchased the railroad in 1880 to assist in their attempt to build the Panama Canal. In 1904, the United States purchased the New Panama Canal Company's assets from the French, including the railroad. The United States rebuilt and operated the railroad until 1979, when it was transferred to Panama under the terms of the Panama Canal Treaty. In 1998, Panama privatized the railroad and awarded a 50-year concession to the Panama Canal Company, a joint venture of Kansas City Southern and Mi-Jack Products, to rebuild and operate the line. The new "reborn" railroad began operations in 2000. The visual charms of this train ride will make this an unforgettable trip.
Gatun Locks
Gatun Locks just might might be the most impressive and worthwhile visiting of the three sets of Locks. Gatun Locks is much less crowded than Miraflores which are on the Pacific side and the ships pass by so closely it feels like you can reach out and touch them.
Since all three chambers are connected, you'll have the opportunity to see the entire process completed in one set of locks. On the Pacific side the process is split into two distinct sets of Locks. It takes approximately 1.5 – 2 hours for a vessel to complete the transit at Gatun Locks, regardless of whether it's heading northbound or southbound. As in Miraflores, there are bilingual guides providing a detailed narration of the mammoth ships squeezing through the outdated and narrow chambers. Photo opportunities are excellent! Public bathrooms and bottles of water are available for purchase and there is also a small gift shop at where they sell souvenirs.
Panama Canal Expansion Project
The current Canal Expansion project was approved by the people of Panama via a referendum in October in 2006 at the extraordinary cost of approximately $5.2 billion dollars. The widening of the Panama Canal began in September 2007 as a means for doubling the capacity of the inter-oceanic passageway to meet the world's growing commercial demand. Though slightly delayed, this unprecedented expansion project is due to be completed by the third quarter of 2015.
Due to the girth of Post-Panamax ships being too large to fit through the existing chambers, two new sets of locks are being located alongside the existing ones – one on the Caribbean side at Gatun and one of the Pacific side at Miraflores. The new locks are being constructed in a channel started by the U.S. in 1939 but later cancelled due to World War II breaking out. The new locks will be 30% larger and are intended to accommodate Post-Panamax ships and the increased commercial demands resulting from enhanced global trade.
During this fascinating tour, visitors have the opportunity to witness history in the making by witnessing firsthand the expansion project at Gatun where a new additional set of locks is being constructed. Then enjoy an informative and interesting video about the history and construction of one of the world's greatest man-made wonders – the Panama Canal.
Historic Portobelo
Portobelo is a sleepy bayside town full of colonial history where you will feel transported back in time. Here, you will encounter no less than 5 colonial fortifications where the canons are still pointing their mouths towards the bay they once protected. Portobelo is also home to the statue of the Black Christ, which according to the legend possesses divine powers, that has several times prevented the statue from being removed from here. Other monuments of interest are: The Custom House (counting house) built in 1640 and the Hospital Chapel built in the year 1597.
There is a nice variety of different Caribbean-style restaurants to enjoy lunch at on your own expense before continuing with your sightseeing of Portobelo and eventually heading back along the highway to your hotel in Panama City or the surrounding area.
Night at Country Inn and Suites – Canal View Room
Our trip departs from the Flamenco Marina at 7:30 a.m., and you will travel from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean all in the same day. Once in the Pacific Ocean, you will be able to admire the Bay of Panama and Panama City's spectacular skyline before passing under the Bridge of the Americas.
The vessel will then transit through the first set of locks, the Miraflores Locks, where it will ascend 18 meters in two distinct steps. Next, you will enter Miraflores Lake, which is a small artificial body of fresh water that separates Pedro Miguel Locks from Miraflores Locks. The vessel will transit through Pedro Miguel Locks, which is one of the two sets of locks on the Pacific side, and here the vessel ascends 9 meters in one step.
After exiting Pedro Miguel locks, you will travel through the Gaillard Cut, where the Chagres River flows into the Canal. The Gaillard Cut (also known as Culebra Cut because its curves resemble a snake) is one of the main points of interest for visitors because it was carved through the Continental Divide and this section of the Canal is full of history and geological value. As you transit the Cut you will be able to appreciate the continuous maintenance that this area requires, because it is very susceptible to landslides. In this area you will also be able to observe the work in process for the Panama Canal expansion project.
Next, enjoy a trip through Gatun Lake, which was formed by erecting the Gatun Dam across the Chagres River. During your transit through Gatun Lake you will pass the Smithsonian Research Station at Barro Colorado. You will also experience the Gatun Locks, which are the only set of locks in the Atlantic sector. In the Gatun Locks, the vessel will be lowered a total of 26 meters in three distinct chambers. Upon arrival at Colon, you will disembark at Pier 6, where ground transportation back to Panama City will be provided.
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"It's not that democratic, it's barely a republic, but it is Congo". – Lonely Planet travel guide DRC
My passion for making a difference to the lives of women in the DRC began as a result of my own tumultuous life story. In 2012, I found myself having to cope as a single parent in SA, after leaving an abusive relationship. It was a shock to say the least to find myself solely responsible for caring for myself and my daughter in a country where I had no family and no other financial support, so I had to make my business work, and fast. Once I'd got back on track, I went to the Congo.
Life in the DRC is tough for women. Living in an atmosphere of constant armed conflict (there has been civil war since 1996) means that women are at risk of rape and abuse at the hands of armed militia (DRC has been dubbed "the rape capital of the world") on a daily basis. Rape victims are often shunned by their husbands and families, so not only do they then have to deal with the physical and emotional trauma of what's happened to them, they have to find a way to feed themselves and their children singlehandedly. This task is made doubly difficult by the fact that women in DRC are often uneducated (boys are sent to school as a priority over girls) and that women have an average of six children!
I spent time in Goma and Bukavu during my trips to DRC with two charities – HEAL Africa and Action Kivu – who provide medical assistance to rape victims (take a look at HEAL Africa's website to understand more about this) as well as skills training so women can start to run their own businesses and begin to take care of themselves and their families. Empowering women who have had their lives shattered and then giving them hope for a better future is so powerful, and I'm passionate about doing my bit to help this happen.
Here are just a few of the ladies (and one extraordinary man) that I met:
I met this lady in Goma at HEAL Africa's primary school. She was working in the vegetable garden as a trade exchange so that some of her children could attend classes at the school. As we chatted (via an interpreter) she told us that she had 14 children that she was caring for single handedly because her husband had left.
This lady was living in a HEAL Africa safe house in Goma. She had sustained horrific internal injuries as a result of being raped, which couldn't be fully repaired. I was constantly amazed that despite having been through such terrible experiences, the ladies I met were cheerful and happy to talk and tell their stories.
This lady was at the HEAL Africa hospital in Goma for an operation to repair an internal fistula as a result of post child birth complications. Given her age, she'd probably been living in discomfort for some time. We had a giggle when I asked her how old she was and she didn't actually know. We tend to take for granted being taught to count and having the use of a google calendar!
Meet Amani, the most inspirational man I have ever spent time with. Amani is a campaigner for women's rights in DRC and with the support of Action Kivu, created a women's centre in Bukavu. Women can come to the centre for literacy classes and sewing workshops that give them the skills to take care of themselves. They also have a seed distribution programme that supplies potato and cassava seedlings so that women can grow their own food.
Amani and some of the ladies who had come to collect potato seedlings. They were very happy to pose for photos and share their stories about how having access to the women's centre has changed their lives. One lady told me that the seeds are a source of hope for the future, she knew she had something to look forward to once they started to grow and she would have food.
This lady was repeatedly raped by a friend of her boyfriend (at the boyfriend's request) when he found out that she was pregnant. Despite that, she gave birth to this beautiful little boy. She was at the women's centre attending the sewing workshop.
This lady was learning to write her name during a literacy class. I felt for her a bit as her first name had 14 letters in it, so she had to concentrate very hard to get it right. As a 'first world' educated woman, I cannot begin to imagine not being able to read or write.
Another super happy face in Bukavu after receiving her allocation of seeds.
It is really hard for me to fathom what life would have been like if I hadn't have been able to be financially indepedent, It's something I took entirely for granted before I discovered what life is like for most women living in DRC. One of the HEAL Africa staff told me about a Congolese lady who was in total shock when she saw a woman driving a car because she thought that "only men were allowed to drive cars". So, as an independent woman, I am making it my mission to do what I can to support women living in Congo so they too can be independent.
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Participation, or Speaking & Listening?
We all want student participation. After all, we know that students who are more engaged are more likely to succeed in class.
At a recent Humanities department meeting, this commitment to participation was clear when my colleagues shared their grading schemes. For many, participation weighed somewhere on the order of 10-25% of students' overall grades. Most used a rubric that prioritizes behaviors like eye contact, having materials for class, and active listening. But I wondered: what skills are participation tied to? And how does participation move away from a teacher's subjective impression over the course of a semester, to helping support student growth and engagement?
Thanks to Sandi Novak and Cara Slattery's presentation at the ASCD conference in New Orleans this past summer, my subjective impression of student participation has shifted to a skills-based focus on the skills of Speaking and Listening.
The key to this shift has been disentangling the Common Core standards on speaking and listening into manageable bits, directly teaching key skills, and providing students with plenty of opportunity to practice and to receive immediate feedback.
Now, instead of "Participation" as a grading category, my students are assessed as speakers and listeners, with discernible skills like Challenging Ideas and Presenting & Analyzing Evidence. And, rather than leading most class discussions, I now observe, providing feedback to students with rubrics and checklists that measure their progress. Moreover, students are empowered to measure their own progress, and to reflect on their own growth.


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The Derby Trail is winding down. On Saturday, April 12, Fox Sports 1 will run the Arkansas Derby and the Lexington Stakes starting at 4:30 pm EDT.
As always, check your local listings. FWIW, much of what I've seen on the internet is incorrect, written in the early weeks of the year before racing schedules were firmed up.
The Arkansas Derby is of particular note and much anticipated because early Derby favorite American Pharoah is scheduled to run.
In other news, how do you like our new "paint job?" We're still "moving furniture." Some features of the new layout still elude me, but I'm working on them with Denise Alicea of Moons Stardust Designs when DIY turns into OMG.
Source material for this post from the Kentucky Derby website and my cable channel guide (you think I'm joking.)


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Employment-related securities and options: scope of legislation
Part 7 of ITEPA 2003 contains special rules about cases where:
- securities,
- interests in securities, or
- securities options
are acquired in connection with an employment (ITEPA03/S417) (see ERSM20110)
Other related provisions deal with:
- the charge on "money's worth" received (Chapter 1 Part 3 ITEPA 2003), see ERSM20500
- residual liability to charge (Chapter 10 Part 3 ITEPA 2003 and ITEPA03/S418)
- employment income provided through third parties (Part 7A ITEPA 2003).
Specific employment income
All the charges in Part 7 ITEPA constitute "specific employment income", per ITEPA03/S6 (1) & ITEPA03/S7 (4). The hierarchy of terminology is set out in Chapter 2 as follows:
- Tax is chargeable on employment income which consists of "general earnings" and" specific employment income" - ITEPA03/S6 (1)
- General earnings include "money's worth" charge on acquisition of securities - ITEPA03/S62 (2)(b) - see ERSM20500.
- General earnings are subject to residence and domicile rules in Chapter 4 and 5 Part 2 ITEPA.
- Specific employment income includes all charges within Chapters 1 to 5 of Part 7 ITEPA - ITEPA03/S7 (4) & (6).
- Specific employment income from Part 7 ITEPA is not subject to residence and domicile rules in Chapter 4 and 5 Part 2 ITEPA. Until 5 April 2015 it had its own rules on residence - see ERSM20300. From 6 April 2015, new residence and domicile rules in Chapter 5B Part 2 ITEPA broadly mirror the rules for general earnings in Chapters 4 and 5 of Part 2. See ERSM162000 onwards.
Grandfathering of older provisions
(Grandfathering allows for an exception from the new rules for pre-existing arrangements, despite a change in the rules applied to newer situations)
The following statutory provisions continue to be in force in particular circumstances:
- Conditional shares acquired pre-16 April 2003 continue to be subject to the original Chapter 2 Part 7 ITEPA.
- Notional loans created through shares being acquired for less than their market value before 16 April 2003 continue to be subject to Chapter 8 Part 3 ITEPA, rather than Chapter 3C Part 7.
- Restricted shares acquired before 16 April 2003 continue to be subject to ITEPA03/S449 et seq. as originally enacted and roll-over provisions continue to apply where there is a reorganisation of share capital affecting those shares (ITEPA03/S461 or ITEPA03/S462 as originally enacted).


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Two Allentown men were arrested Tuesday night by Allentown police after they allegedly threw a rock that broke a side window of a LANTA bus near Hamilton and Carlisle streets.
Allentown police said Brian Kemp, 20, of 101 N. 3rd St. and Rafael Velez, 22, of 162 Linden St., both were charged with recklessly endangering, propulsion of a missile into an occupied motor vehicle or roadway, conspiracy and criminal mischief. Both were released on $6,000 recognizance bail.
Richard Duser, director of operations for LANTA, said the incident occurred at about 3 p.m. Tuesday while the bus was traveling west on Hamilton Street. The rock was thrown from a steep area to the north of the street. No injuries resulted, Duser said.


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Title: 마이걸 / Ma-i-geol
Also known as: My Girl
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2005-Dec-14 to 2006-Feb-02
When Gong Chan (Lee Dong Wook) meets the lively and beautiful Yoo Rin (Lee Da Hae), he finds out that she has connections to his missing cousin, whom his grandfather has been searching for. He asks Yoo Rin to lie about being his long missing cousin until he can find his real cousin. She says yes, but soon their feelings for each other get in the way of their plans. Gong Chan's friend, Jung Woo (Lee Jun Ki) falls for Yoo Rin while Gong Chan's ex-girlfriend, Seo Hyun (Park Si Yeon), a pro tennis player, tries to win him back. Will the two ever tell each other how they feel? Will Gong Chan ever find his real cousin?
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The Phoenix (*)Commentary • Author: Özgür R. Nazilli • Sunday, December 7, 2008
From a low of 16th position to 2nd today: this is the story of a legendary bird rising from its ashes.
As usual, Fenerbahçe has put its critics to shame and showed to everyone that even in their worst season, the Canaries will be one of the top contenders for the league title. Even though it is still too early in the league to make a bulletproof statement, Fener players proved what they are capable of by closing down a gap of 10 points to 2, with the leaders Trabzon having a game in hand. The actual arithmetics are not of central concern here; the main lesson of this story is that no one, regardless of how confident they are of their football knowledge, should be too hasty to proclaim that "Fenerbahçe is out of the title race" this early in the season.
The climb to the top that began after the draw with Eskişehirspor in the 9th week of the season has been an impressive one. With 4 wins and 1 draw including a crushing 4-1 defeat of Galatasaray and a 2-1 against Beşiktaş, the run continued comfortably with a 1-0, that should have been a 2-0, in an away game against Denizlispor, a notoriously troublesome opponent that cost Fenerbahçe the league title a couple seasons back.
The more patient critics of Fenerbahçe had almost begged fans to give the team more time, justifying it by pointing to the huge changes that altered the chemistry of Fenerbahçe over the summer. Players left the team and they were replaced with new ones, and the whole managerial staff was renewed with Luis Aragones and company. The logical step would be to give the newcomers a chance to adapt and get comfortable with the Turkish football. However due to several reasons, chief of which is the high bar set by Fenerbahçe's impressive history, Turkish fans, and of course the media, are rarely patient. This naturally is not exclusive to Fenerbahçe; Galatasaray, Beşiktaş, Trabzonspor, as well as the smaller teams of the league, suffer from the same unfortunate intolerance. Nevertheless, despite some recent shortcomings, the Fenerbahçe Board has shown wisdom and self-control yet again and shielded Aragones and the team from criticisms when they needed it the most. In return, the Fenerbahçe engine did not let the Board down and it stoically shouldered its way back in to the title race. Please note that this is not a "pro-Aragones" agreement. Indeed, this is not specific to any one player or manager. Rather, it is to emphasize that no mather what happens, Fenerbahçe is one of the most established and successful clubs of the Turkish football. A few poor weeks can do nothing to change this fact.
I would like to humbly suggest something to all the Fenerbahçe fans, if they would be so kind to let me do so: As one of you, I know the pain of seeing some fan favorites leave the team, when there is no apparent reason for the Board to let them do so. However, our allegiance is to the colors and the concept of Fenerbahçe, not to individual players. Do not be disheartened and always keep faith, even in the face of despair-worthy situations. Support our team, and they will prevail. After all, this is Fenerbahçe.
Two final "honorable mentions" go to both the referee of the Denizlispor-Fenerbahçe game and Deivid himself for his incredible 35 meter "goal":
1) Deivid, please! Not many of our referees are qualified enough to comprehend such extraordinary goals. Try to, as a friend put it, "limit yourself to more humanly possible goals" in the future (!).
2) Mr. Referee, just be glad that the disallowed goal did not cost Fenerbahçe anything. If it had been at a more critical time, you would have had a very sound reason to fear for the future of your career.
Thank you for reading this rather lengthy commentary, and I hope to greet you with another one praising Fenerbahçe's victory over Dynamo Kiev next week.
(*Phoenix: a mythical bird that rises from its own ashes after death, reborn anew to live again.)
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Heard anything from what's his name - Ridvan I think? - lately?
I would imagine that the ref would feel as bad as you if it had cost us anything. I assume that the refs are graded for every call on every one of their performances and that they are ranked based on those reviews. Or maybe they don't do that in the Superlig. On the other hand, I don't think I have ever noticed Turkish refs in international (nonfriendly) matches.
-2 field refs and 1 assistant.
-none have appeared in an international game.
Ah, the quality of Turkish referees :)


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At the NAILTA/NALTEA Joint Conference in Arlington, Virginia, November 11-13, 2018, participants will be able to discover important trends and learn about headlines in the real estate settlement services industry; network with their peers and help influence the continued success of independent small business owners in the title, abstracting, examining, escrow and mortgage lending industries. We will be hearing from industry leaders, regulators and some of the most unique vendors and exhibitors in our field.
Our theme this year is to "Raise the Bar" which is designed to focus the conference on the importance of professionalism and ethics in the title insurance and land record examining industry. Attendees will have up to 6.0 hours of continuing education – pending approval – in a host of jurisdictions and have opportunities to enjoy the sights and sounds of our nation's capital through special event programming.
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Mar 7, 2012
OMG, I Did What?
Oddly, I otherwise have no jitters over doing this. All those Second Sundays I did at the local library with the open mic reading my stories, helped a lot. All the summers I spend up at Pine Mountain Observatory teaching people about stars and the universe, also helped. Maybe there is something to be said for learning to speak to a bunch of strangers in the dark. It's not so scary if you can't see them.
My cats make a great test audience, too. If I don't read with enough spirit, they go back to sleep. If I read with verve, they pay attention with their cutie faces. If I flub a word, they frown and twitch their ears in disapproval. They're a very discerning audience.
So, my advice for nerves: go out and practice. You'll get better. Eventually, you'll slay it.
I'll wrap up by making a few shoutouts today:
Christine Rains has a short story out on A Twist of Noir. Lady Blood. READ HERE
Immortal Desires. For links to Kindle, Nook and Smashwords, see Laura's blog HERE. Here's the exciting description:
After being dumped at the altar, Deanna Cameron seeks a fresh start in life. She gets more than she bargained for after accepting a new job, when an Immortal Guardian sends her five hundred years into the past. She can't return home and a magnificent highland warrior accuses her of being a spy. Ian Mackay knows the beautiful woman that appears in his castle must be a spy. After all, she's a Cameron, a clan he despises. The powerful magic surrounding her obstructs his Druid senses, plus he finds he can't stay away from the temptress. But loving Deanna could come with a price too high to pay. Will she be the downfall of his clan—or its salvation?
Mark Koopmans of Aloha! Mark Koopmans says Hi from HI is hosting the Got Green Bloghop on March 12-16th. St. Patrick's Day inspired posts -- traditions, meals, stories.
Laura of the Daily Dodo is having a One Year Blogaversary Party. Comment on this post, then on March 13th, post the badge with a photo of a clothed body part. Fab prizes will be awarded.
Thanks to Alex J. Cavanaugh for IWSG--Insecure Writers Support Group. It's not too late to sign up and join your fellow insecure writers on the first Wednesday of the month. Have you heard his second novel, CassaFire, is out? :)
So, have you done anything lately to shake up your comfort zone and increase your visibility? Platform exists outside the internet.
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Interest: late payment interest: special provisions: special provisions for start dates: amended assessments and discovery assessments
You must check whether, and from which date, the FA 2009 interest rules apply to the tax or duty you are dealing with. See CH140160 for full details.
A special provision changes the general rule, see CH141120, and applies where
- an assessment or self-assessment is corrected or amended, or
- HMRC issues an assessment in place of, or in addition to, a person's self-assessment, or
- HMRC issues an assessment in place of a self-assessment that a person should have made.
In all these cases, the late payment interest start date for the tax charged by the amendment or assessment is the date on which tax would have been due and payable if the original assessment had been complete and accurate, and made at the correct time.
The extra tax charged that is due and payable because of the correction or amendment is the amount on which late payment interest is calculated.
Where a person's notice to file a self assessment tax return is withdrawn, see CH61700, but they have to notify chargeability to income tax or capital gains tax under section 7(1B) TMA 70, late payment interest starts from the due date for payment that would have applied had the original notice to file not been withdrawn.


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Wow! I can't believe my husband and I have been married for 8 months now. Times flies when you're having fun and living on a farm.
The garden has been a big part of our summer as I have mentioned before. Now that we are harvesting produce from the garden, the question is – How do TWO people eat all that amazing food?
Well, we aren't able to eat all of it now, so we have been sharing it with family and friends. We are also canning and freezing A LOT of the produce so we can enjoy it throughout the year.
I did not grow up as a farm girl as many of you know, so the large garden and everything that comes with it is VERY new to me. Thank you to my husband for being awesome at the gardening and helping me through it.
One of the most fascinating parts for me is watching how all of the vegetables grow. Some things grow below the soil, some on vines and others just as a plant. The one thing I was just in awe of is how brussel sprouts grow (See the picture included.)
This past weekend a few items in the garden were ready to harvest and can – cabbages and beans.
I spent Saturday morning clipping and cleaning beans for Rodney's mom to can for us. Quite the process when you have a large bag of beans to get through. In the end, we brought home 18 quarts of beans.
Saturday night we canned cucumbers that will soon be dill pickles. I cleaned the cucumbers then Rodney cut a little off one end and put them in pint jars.
In each jar, we put half a teaspoon of mustard seed and a couple heads of dill. In the mean times, I put a pan of water, vinegar and pickling salt.
I poured the water mixture in each of the jars and put a lid and band on each. Once all of the jars were full, we boiled the jars for 10 minutes to seal them. Simple as that!
Sunday was spent canning cabbage that in a few weeks will have fermented enough to become sauerkraut. YUMMY!! The
process has several steps but is much simpler than I ever imagined.
Step 1: Pick the cabbages. We had eight large heads and several little heads of cabbage.
Step 2: I was the one or quartered the cabbages. We weighed one of the heads and it was 8 pounds. WOW!!
Step 3: Rodney shredded the cabbage. He used a board with blades in it that I think his mom said was from her grandma, so it has been around for a while.
Step 4: My mother-in-law, Jean, and Rodney stuffed the shredded cabbage into quart and pint jars. They packed the jars
as full as they could get them. Once the jar was about half full, they added a teaspoon of salt and teaspoon of sugar.
Step 5: Once all the jars were packed full, I poured boiling water into the jars till they were full.
Step 6: Rodney and his mom put lids and bands on the jars. Then we waited to hear them POP, so we knew they were sealed.
Quite the process but the end product is something we are able to enjoy all year long.


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Sean Reynolds, an eager television host, on a mission to debunk famed Bigfoot hunter Carl Drybeck, who claims to possess the body of a dead Sasquatch. When the team arrives in Northern California, they are immediately thrilled -- Drybeck's zealous belief in his hoax is going to make for a wildly entertaining episode of campy-paranormal television.
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I've had two days on my own in Heidelberg and too much time to realize how much crap (tasty crap that is) I've consumed from day one. I did lose 4lbs at some point along the way but then proceeded to indulge to levels even the most gluttonous belly would be ashamed of.
Here I am, at 192lbs in the sweltering heat trying to avoid any accidental reflections of myself that may show me that I look just as bad as I feel. That sluggish, lazy, sweaty, chubby girl is sitting right here. But heres the thing. I realize that THIS isn't me. This isn't how I like to feel and I can't wait to get back home and back into my life. I miss everything about home today. The routine of getting ready in the morning and not having to fight for a shower with 5 hung over french dudes that stumbled into the hostel dorm at 1am, the way it feels to push through a 5km jog and get to 10kms, the way it feels to eat fresh healthy foods that have never heard the word 'fried' or 'processed', the kind of sweat that comes from the burn of a good work out opposed to just sitting at a cafe trying to avoid the sun.
Don't get me wrong, I have loved almost every minute of my trip but this single day spent alone allowed me time to really FEEL how much I miss my life. I also thought a lot about what I want to accomplish when I get back and how I'm going to make that happen. Even laid back Europe couldn't make me change my excessive neurotic need to plan and organize. What can I say? I absolutely THRIVE in routine. I love routine, I love knowing what I'm going to do and what to be excited about, I love knowing when to bust my ass and when to simply enjoy a moment.
I've kept a realistic goal of losing 10lbs per month up until I left for Europe but today I decided that I want to lose 30lbs by September 4th. Ambitious! I know. Realistic? Slightly less so. Do-able? With determination, consistency, and hard work, I think YES. I will have 10 weeks to lose 30lbs; 3lbs per week.
Week 1: DETOX – Water water water. Only fresh fruit and veggies, and lean proteins. NO PRESERVATIVES, NO SUGAR, NO CHEATING
Every week after week 1: ROUTINE
Work out – 2 hours 5 times weekly and even go to the gym to start doing weights.
Ride bike home from work every day (also a money saver)
FOOD: Stay on plan every single day. EVERY DAY. Did you hear me? Every single day. Still working out the details but will fill you in when I have it worked out.
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Recent days I was talking to some friends on the philosophy of analyzing data. I conclude that statistics is not the only way to study data but definitely a very useful way. In my opinion, statistics is the analysis of data using probability model. Such a probabilistic formalism has several merits. In this post, I briefly introduce two nice properties for the statistical model.
First, statistical model for data is always in a simple form. In most cases, the data is full of noises and it is often hard to explain the formation of the noises without using the probability. In statistics, we simply model the generating process by using the notion of probability so that we can easily explain the randomness or the uncertainty of the data. For instance, in regression, our data is pairs of (X,Y) and we want to find the relation between Y and X. Generally, it is hard to find a simple function such that Y=f(X) for all points. However, in statistical model, we use Y = f(X)+noise. This is so-called the signal+noise form. In this model, the function f(x) (also called the regression function) can be modeled as a simple function as the noise is very reasonably distributed (reasonably: in terms of probability). The well-known simple linear regression is to use f(X)=a+bX which is very simple and easy to interpret.
The second advantage is that the statistical model provides a population level analysis. The population level analysis means that we can perform lots of analysis given the true population. For instance, we know that given a specific sample size, the sample mean will differ from the population mean due to the randomness of sampling process. However, if we have full information on the true population (usually we assume what the population looks like), we know the strength of randomness in the sample mean. We can compare this to what we observe in the data. Hence, we can check the reasonableness of our assumptions. This leads to the hypothesis test and model checking (model diagnostic) in statistics and is also widely used in scientific studies.
Statistics also has other nice features such as the asymptotic analysis and uncertainty quantification. I will introduce these characteristics later.


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ERH has craved many things in its time - a definitive walk-through of the plot of Highlander II, to one day complete its Boondock Saints commemorative Mickey's Big Mouth beer-glass set, a harmonic cloud of well-being and understanding enveloping Mother Earth and all her offspring - but now all it wants is to be this guy!
It's a slice of double-breasted wonder that exists as a production still from 1971 advertising satire/ill-disguised softcore no-no B.S. I Love You, but all that really matters to us is if this guy can carry off that look, then ERH is going to bust out the brown leather three-quarter-length, owl-print silk neckerchief and Sta-Prest nut-smugglers stat!
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Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the reunification of East and West Germany, the International Film Series showed the 2003 film "Goodbye, Lenin" on Tuesday Oct. 5 in the Library Auditorium
Cynthia Paces, professor of history, Jon Stauff, director of the Center for Global Engagement and participants from the College- Goethe University of Frankfurt exchange program commented on the film. Some issues raised were the "fracture and reunion" of Germany. Paces posed questions for the audience to think about as they watched the film, such as "Is this an anti-East German film? How does it portray the West? How are East Germans portrayed?" Paces discussed the political, critical and comical aspects of the film.
The main action of "Goodbye, Lenin" takes place between 1989 and 1990, as the German Democratic Republic diminished and the Berlin Wall was torn down. The main character, Alexander Kerner, walks in a march to tear down the Berlin Wall as his mother has a heart attack and goes into a coma. She is in this state for eight months in which her hopes and dreams of a Socialistic Germany are demolished.
The Berlin Wall comes down and the borders are extinguished. When Alex's mother finally wakes, Alex and his sister, Ariane, do everything in their power to prevent her from discovering that times have changed. Although, Alex supports the way things are currently in Germany, he still respects his mother's perspective.
The focus of the movie was to depict Germany after its reunification and the cultural, social and political implications of the change.
When asked why this particular movie was chosen, Paces said, "I thought "Goodbye, Lenin" would appeal to students because it is about a young man their age, who is facing issues that all college-age students do — forming his own identity, while learning how to relate to his family as an adult."
According to Paces, the film is one of many that " reexamines the West and East German pasts — the difficult legacy of Communism, but also the downsides of Western capitalism."
Freshman Damian Robles, a linguistics and translation self-designed major, said. "I am interested in different cultures. I learned more about German history and how there were two different views in a country."


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The Mets' long lost offense came to life just before the All Star Game break and continued to purr after it. A Mets rally fell short on Friday, but yesterday a ninth inning rally tied the score. The Mets are scoring, finally, but it may not matter.They extended yesterday's game into the 12th inning before the Phillies scored off reliever Scott Strickland for a 7 6 victory at Shea Stadium, putting the Mets on the brink of hopelessness. The Atlanta Braves' 6 3 loss in Montreal last night kept the Mets' deficit in the National League East at 13 1/2 games, a season high. The Mets, now 44 46, have not had a winning record since they beat the Yankees on June 29. ''We just keep spinning our wheels, it seems like, around that .500 mark,'' Shawn Estes, the Mets' starting pitcher yesterday, said. ''For us to make a move, we need to get above .500 and go from there. It seems like we can't take that next step to be the team we can be.'' Jose Mesa's wild pitch allowed Rey Ord to score the tying run in the ninth inning, but the Mets left two men on that inning and stranded five more in extra innings. They squandered a gift double leading off the 11th, not scoring after an outfield collision allowed John Valentin's fly ball to drop. Jeromy Burnitz, who had three hits after being benched the previous three games, flied out to deep center field to end the inning. After leaving the bases loaded in the 11th, Strickland walked the Phillies slugger Pat Burrell on four pitches to open the 12th. Consecutive singles by Scott Rolen and Travis Lee put the Phillies ahead. ''You don't want to be the guy that goes, 'Here we go again,' '' Strickland said. Strickland has allowed runs in five of his last eight appearances. He is part of a beleaguered bullpen that is starting to show its cracks. Grant Roberts was put on the disabled list yesterday with shoulder tendinitis and expects to need more than 15 days to recover. 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