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Adrian Peterson isn't in the Pro Football Hall of Fame yet, but his uniform is.
The Hall of Fame is recognizing Peterson for winning the 2012 Associated Press Most Valuable Player Award in an exhibit that also features recent MVPs Peyton Manning and Aaron Rodgers.
Peterson's uniform, which arrived at the Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, on Monday, Feb. 11, will be displayed in the Pro Football Today Gallery, possibly as soon as Feb. 18.
Peterson had the best season of his career and one of the most impressive of any running back. He won the NFL rushing title with 2,097 yards, the second-most in league history behind Eric Dickerson's 2,105 yards, and lifted the Vikings to a 10-6 record and the playoffs.
Here is Jason Aikens, the Hall of Fame collections curator …
On how long Peterson's uniform will be on display: "We have a section with the past three MVP winners (Manning, Rodgers and Peterson). We're getting the captioning written. It should go on display any time soon — probably by early next week. It will be there at least three years. Tom Brady and Manning have won multiple MVPs, and they have been up there awhile. If Adrian Peterson won again next year, he would have another year."
On another Peterson-related exhibit in the Hall of Fame: "We have his uniform from when he broke the single-game rushing record (296 yards, in 2007, his first NFL season). It's actually in the same room (as his MVP uniform will be) — in a display called Rookie Records."
On how long the Hall of Fame has honored league MVP recipients: "We've been doing it since 2008. The uniform will probably be part of other displays, part of our permanent collection, once it is done (being displayed in the MVP exhibit). We had some renovations a few years ago in our Pro Football Today room and decided we wanted to highlight the MVPs."
On other Vikings-related exhibits at the Hall of Fame: "We have Brett Favre's Vikings jersey. And also, when he was deactivated and ended his (NFL-record) streak (for consecutive starts), we have the deactivation sheet. We have Vikings memorabilia from Vikings hall of famers like Fran Tarkenton and Alan Page. We have Jim Marshall's complete uniform because he set the record for most games (started) until Brett Favre broke it. We have the football Paul Krause intercepted to break the league record for interceptions. We have Gary Anderson's shoe from the perfect (regular) season (converting field goals and extra points, in 1998). We have things from (newly elected hall of famer) Cris Carter, too. We have Bud Grant's jacket. These are different things we have on display throughout the museum. We have quite a few Vikings."
On special recognition for Alan Page having grown up in Canton: "There's a street in Canton named after Page, and we have a copy of the street sign on display. It's Alan Page Drive."
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Two members of Likud's central committee are under arrest, after the attorney-general ordered an investigation into allegations that places on the party's list of election candidates were up for sale for thousands of pounds.
The inquiry has prompted other Likud politicians, including several members of the knesset, to approach the police with further allegations.
They include claims of cheques left at bar mitzvahs in return for votes, free nights in hotels and an accusation by a female knesset assistant that she was cajoled to provide sexual favours in exchange for votes.
Among those tainted by the allegations is the prime minister's son, Omri Sharon.
The scandal broke after Inbal Gavrieli, a 27-year-old waitress, unexpectedly won a place on the Likud party list which almost assures her a seat in the knesset, under Israel's system of proportional representation.
She is unknown, but her family is not. Her father, Shoni, runs a hotel and gambling business, and has been the subject of police investigations into organised crime, although he has never been charged.
Ms Gavrieli received more than 15% of the central committee's vote but the party's leadership is at a loss to explain how.
The subsequent appearance of a well-known organised crime figure, Mussa Alperon, at the victory party of a prominent Likud candidate prompted revelations of extensive vote buying and demands for bribes in the selection of the party's candidates by the central committee.
Among those connected to Mr Alperon, who was convicted of racketeering, is Omri Sharon. A Likud member who ran against the younger Sharon and lost, Nahman Shechter, has told police that the election was tainted by organised vote buying.
The prime minister leapt to the defence of his son in a television interview. "I say this with certainty and full confidence: Omri is not connected to this issue, no connection, he's not connected to this at all," he said.
But the leader of the opposition Labour party, Amram Mitzna, said that Likud has fallen into the grip of a mafia.
"There isn't any doubt that organised crime is apparently infiltrating a party, a ruling party, and is trying in this way to win favours. This is the most grave connection between politics and money," he said.
Some Likud members accuse local political bosses of setting prices for blocks of votes. Among those to publicly raise accusations of vote buying, is Akiva Nof, a former Likud knesset member, who failed to win a place on the candidates' list. He has given police the names of several members of the party's central committee who allegedly demanded bribes to support him.
A central committee member, Haim Cohen, has told detectives that a colleague demanded nearly £50,000 for his support.
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SAN FRANCISCO — For Roy Halladay, arthroscopic surgery on his troublesome pitching shoulder became the best-case scenario when he had prepared himself for the worst: an injury that would force his retirement when he's far from ready.
Halladay, 35, will have a procedure in his right shoulder to repair a partially torn rotator cuff and remove a bone spur. He also has some fraying of the labrum.
"I think we did all the right things," Halladay said. "Now I feel I have something to grasp onto, something to move forward with. I don't feel as lost as before. I feel like there's some answers."
On the 15-day disabled list since Monday because of inflammation in the shoulder, the two-time Cy Young Award winner met with Dr. Lewis Yocum in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Halladay said Wednesday that he expects to have surgery next week to give himself the best chance of returning this season.
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A London Community Healthcare trust has been slapped with a fine of £90,000 after the Information Commissioner's Office found it in serious breach of the Data Protection Act.
The watchdog, which had its website hacked last week amid accusations that it didn't protect citizen's privacy enough, first became aware of the NHS Trust's wrong doings back in March 2011.
This was after after patient lists from the Pembridge Palliative Care Unit, intended for St John's Hospice, were faxed to the wrong recipient.
The patient lists were said to contain sensitive personal data relating to 59 individuals. This including medical diagnoses and information relating to their domestic situations and resuscitation instructions.
The individual informed the Trust in June that they had been receiving the patient lists, which consisted of around 45 faxes over a three month period. However, they claimed that to protect privacy, they had shredded them.
The ICO conducted an investigation that found the trust had failed to have sufficient checks in place to ensure sensitive information sent by fax was delivered to the correct recipient. It also barked at the trust for failing to provide robust data protection guidance, and training to the members of staff that had accidentally sent the faxes.
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Two Burnley town centre stores have closed – but shopping centre bosses have said Christmas trade was up from last year.
Toymaster, which was located in the former JD Sports store in the Charter Walk Shopping Centre, has decided not to extend its tenancy taken up last year.
And clothing store Evans, part of the Arcadia Group, which includes several big names, has closed as part of a wider national consolidation programme.
Evans, which had been in the town for around 15 years, had come to the end of its lease.
Charter Walk manager, Mr Chris Gribben, said that while the closures were disappointing most businesses reported a 20% rise in trade from last Christmas.
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About 1,000 people were in line early Wednesday for a special opening of the new Cabela's store in Thornton.
The outdoor chain expected about 3,000 members of its Club Visa rewards program to walk through the doors Wednesday. The store's official grand opening is scheduled for Thursday at 11 a.m., a highly anticipated event among camping and hunting enthusiasts that's expected to draw a crowd of about 5,000.
By midday Wednesday, a few groups were in line for the public opening, with hopes of landing a free $500 gift card. Cabela's is giving away gift cards and other prizes to the first 500 customers Thursday.
"I'm going to go buy the first shotgun from Cabela's, that's the goal," said Broomfield resident Alex Wilson, 18. "That's why we've been out here since 7."
Wilson and a couple of buddies brought several board games to kill time.
"We've got a cooler here with drinks and stuff. We've got snack food like chips in the car," said fellow 18-year-old Jacob Blunn. "We'll just order pizza or Chinese food if we get too hungry."
The third member of the group, Andrew Davies, said they were excited for the opening of a Cabela's in Colorado because they would usually drive to a store in Nebraska a couple of times a year to buy hunting gear.
"I'm here to get some good stuff from Cabela's, a great gift card hopefully," said Arvada resident Katie Paul, 22. I'm going to get some fishing gear and some camping and hunting gear."
Cabela's is also opening a location in Lone Tree on Thursday. The locations will be the chain's 46th and 47th stores.
Customers were not yet lined up at the Lone Tree location because law enforcement in the area won't let people queue up until 8 p.m.
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By JOEL McNEECE
The Calhoun City Wildcats put an exclamation point on their number one ranking in Class 2A Saturday night with a 71-66 win over Okolona.
The Chieftains entered the game as the top ranked team in the state in Class 1A and the toughest opponent remaining on the Wildcats' regular season schedule.
It was a back-and-forth game for much of the night. Calhoun City led by three after the opening period, but Okolona had a 2-point advantage at the half.
The Wildcats' press began working for them in the third period as they rallied to take a four point lead heading into the final period. 'City pushed the lead to 10 early in the fourth behind the play of Demarius How-ard, who scored 21 points on the night.
David Gardner, who led all scorers with 31 points, including seven three-pointers, led the Chieftains' rally as they closed to within three with less than 10 seconds to play.
Gardner's long-range three to tie the game rimmed out and the Wildcats hit Charlie Easley on a break-away layup to put the game away.
"Our defense was the key in the second half," Calhoun City Coach Darren Coffey said. "I really stressed that at halftime. This was a big win for us. Hopefully it will give us the momentum we need heading into the playoffs."
In addition to Howard's 21, other Wildcat scorers were Easley 16, Ricky Whaley 11, and Tabarrius Coffey 11.
Friday night the Wildcats made easy work of East Webster in a 83-52 win. Easley and J.R. Jennings scored 12 points each and Traveous Moore added 10.
Wildcat Head Coach Darren Coffey said the number one ranking is a welcomed reward.
"You've got to have a dream and a goal and ours has been to get to the state championship," Coffey said. "We want the expectations that comes with a number one ranking."
The Lady Wildcats won one of two. They defeated East Webster 45-20 Friday night.
Yasmine Pulliam led with 12 points as the Lady 'Cats outscored East Webster 31-9 in the second half for the blowout win.
Saturday at Okolona the Lady 'Cats opened a lead at the half, but couldn't hold on as the Lady Chieftains won 64-55.
Sarica Coffey led Calhoun City with 17 points. Miesha Armstrong added 16 and Yasmine Pulliam scored 12 points.
Calhoun City's remaining schedule consist of home games with West Lowndes and Vardaman this Tuesday and Friday. The Tuesday game with West Lowndes is the final region game of the season.
Next week they conclude the season with road trips to Vardaman and Houston.
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I have kept my mouth shut for as long as I could on this subject, mostly because I loathe to even write that ugly, over used word: recession. Because a recession is to do with money. And more specifically, not having enough of it to cover the cost of basic daily life.
And why? Well, because of the greedy, nasty, investment wankers (sorry, bankers) getting souped up bonuses for Christmas, of course!
Lucky them!
This year I got a tax bill... Oooh and the promise that my train fare will rise in the New Year. Oh and because I was really, really good this year, they put up the cost of my car insurance. It doesn't really matter though, because I can't afford to fill my car with petrol anymore. There goes the trip to Cheshire to visit my family at Christmas. But it's fine guys, please don't feel sorry for me, I'll be just as happy at home (my mum's, not mine, ROFL you think I can afford to rent? Or BUY?!) wearing many, many layers, so as to avoid the ever-escalataing price of heating the house over the coldest season of the year. Lucky for me I have youth on my side, If I was an old lady I'd probably freeze to death what with the pension schemes being fiddled as we speak!
Well, at least I'm not working, eh?
Yeah! Every cloud has a silver lining! A bit of time off would do me good... Well, it would have done me good, if I hadn't spent the last month not working, desperately scraping the barrell for more freelance jobs because no-one can afford the holiday cover right now...
There must be some good Christmas telly to watch, you know, take my mind of my ever dwindling funds. Perhaps TOWIE's Xmas special... yes, that will make me feel better because AT LEAST I CAN SPELL LONG WORDS. But what is a long word in comparison to a long number on your bank statement?! NOTHING, I tell you! NOTHING! Even the TOWIE bastards are laughing at me!
No, no, I shouldn't blame them, it's not their fault that schools can't afford to pay their teachers (you know, those people that EDUCATE THE YOUTH OF THIS COUNTRY?) a decent enough wage to teach children to be something... anything but a reality TV star, children that will grow up to be aspirational and not just "well jel..."
Please help me, I can't fix this on my own even if I wanted to. I for one don't want to worry anymore, so it would really help, Mr Media, if you could maybe lay off the scary financial chat for a bit and just let me have my cold, lonely, poor Christmas in peace this year. Oh, unless you have some news to report about the bankers finally being brought down a peg for their ridiculous life styles and bachelor pads. Perhaps a Secret Millionaire inverse Christmas special, where some poor bloke from an estate in Newcastle with a family to feed gets to come to London and demand a million or a property or some cars or all three from whichever unsuspecting, smug, suit-wearing bastard he picks?
And then maybe when it's 2012 (yay, the year of the money sucking Olympics!) we can all make a New Year's resolution together...
Stop making everything more expensive please. We can't afford it.
Prioritise. Don't take the money away from the children, or the elderly, take it away from the rich. Put a tax on all of those ridiculous Candy&Candy 1 Hyde Park homes that are owned (but not lived in, oh no, NEVER lived in) by wealthy foreigners looking for somewhere to store a few spare million. And for God's sake, please recognise that we are TRYING, desperately, to be positive and get on with things.
But if you make it impossible to get to work because our earnings don't cover our rent, heating, electricity, gas, food bill or commute, I'm not sure what we're meant to do.
Sleep forever, the lot of us?


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AeSI Schools Outreach Programme26-11-2003 -- Sane, Sudhakar & Arya visit Ashram Shala (School for Adivasis)
Ashram Shala, Shantivan, Neri (A village around 10 km from Panvel) is a residential school for adivasi kids. It has children from class 1 to 7. They come from hamlets in the hills between Kalyan to Karjat. Shantivan is a quiet, serene place. Shantivan in addition runs old age home, leprasorium and health clinic, does agriculture that largely supports its own needs.
Sane, Sudhakar and Arya reached the Ashram Shala by 08:15. Kids of all ages were by then up and waiting for the event. After a quick breakfast and improvised arrangements for projection (this is the most problematic part of all govt schools. The walls are never clean enough to be used for projection. Even if we carry cloth that can be used a screen usually there will be no means of tying the cloth. Tripod and screen may be the answer).
Venue was a small hall (one can never imagine that 300 kids can pack themselves into a room of such size. As they marched in they squatted in a tight pattern as if each kid was a piece of jig-saw puzzle. Not a milli-meter of space was wasted. They sat like that for next hour or so not betraying any feeling of discomfort. It is a lesson on how one can get used to so liitle in life.
This was not a standard programme. Kids were much smaller in age, did not have adequate exposure, had very limited vocabulary, etc. But Prof Sane improvised and launched into an interactive session in Marathi. Every now and then a picture that came up on the wall or some simple thing that was said by Sane about aircraft or flight will brighten their faces. But most of what one would normally cover was beyond their comprehension, but they were making an intense effort to absorb.
Arya was ready with thermocole models and demonstrated a few ideas. When the model flew into the kids there was excitement to touch it and try ones hand.
As the event ended the bag of gift was handed over to the teacher and we shifted to the open ground outside for a flying demo.
By lunch time we were off for a quick lunch at their canteen. Food at the canteen is so simle but very tasty. Much of the ingredients are locally cultivated.
If you ever find the time DO ONE SUCH TRIP.


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You've hit upon a good point, leaving aside you neither approving nor disapproving. When read in another way, Hank Rearden's statement "I created that Metal. It is my moral responsibility to know for what purpose I permit it to be used" can be retooled as, "I earned my dollars. It is my moral responsibility to make sure that my dollars don't encourage slavery [or some other evil]."
Rand was an odd bird, and requires some careful reading to get what she really said. When you consider the above, it's true (albeit ironic) that a liberal Fair Trader or Ethical Fund guy can claim to be a legitimate heir of Henry Rearden!
To me, at least, "going Galt" involves an unplugging of yourself from the workforce, if not society in general. For instance, my father was a contractor. After a certain point, every year, he wound up paying 2 out of every 3 dollars he made to the government. Eventually, he said "This is stupid. My time is worth more than 30 cents on the dollar.", and retired to play with his grandkids. IMHO, that's about as "Galt" as you get, in the real world (and without buying a self-sustaining compound in the Montana wilderness...).
Given the current state of affairs, I re-read Atlas Shrugged awhile back. Wordy. Preachy. If Dagny Taggart spent as much time taking care of business as she did sleeping around (or Endlessly Pondering sleeping around...), then she'd have been better off. :-) But, all of the flaws aside, Rand had some exceptional ideas in the book. Too bad that the only people who read and pay attention to it, don't really need to.


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Pemex Profit-Sharing Mulled in Energy Deal, Diplomat Says
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's administration is weighing profit-sharing contracts for companies that invest in the country's state-controlled oil industry, said Eduardo Medina Mora, the ambassador to the U.S.
Allowing profit-sharing agreements is one of "several routes that could be followed" in the energy overhaul proposal that the government is drafting to submit to Congress in the second half of the year, Medina Mora said today. Opening the industry to more private investors would require changing the constitution, he said.
Pena Nieto, who took office in December, said during the last year's election campaign that he would make opening the oil industry to more private investment his "signature issue." He's pursuing tax and energy overhauls to help wean the government off oil sales that fund a third of the federal budget and restore output at state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos after Mexico's biggest oil discovery, Cantarell, collapsed over the past decade.
"We have to provide certainty to players, to economic agents that would participate in this market," Medina Mora said in an interview at Bloomberg's headquarters in New York. "It would very much help to have a constitutional amendment to do that."
Production Declines
Mexican law currently prohibits Pemex, as Petroleos Mexicanos is known, from profit-sharing agreements with other companies for exploration, extraction and refining. Pemex, which was founded after Mexico expropriated assets from U.K. and U.S. companies and changed its constitution in 1938, is looking to reverse a drop in production that reached an eighth consecutive year in 2012.
Pena Nieto's Institutional Revolutionary Party in March voted to end its opposition to taxing food and medicine, giving the president the option to propose such a strategy in a tax initiative to raise revenue. He already signed a bill to improve education by making teachers more accountable for performance, and last year as president-elect helped pass a labor-system overhaul designed to boost productivity.
The PRI, as the party is known, also worked with major opposition parties earlier this year to approve an initiative increasing competition in telecommunications and broadcasting and strengthening government regulation of the industries.
Political Alliance
The Mexican government, which has sent its biggest legislative proposals to lawmakers through the Pact for Mexico alliance among the nation's three biggest political parties, will also work to reach consensus on the tax-system overhaul, Medina Mora said.
"We are going to do our best to have political agreement around these topics as we have had successfully on other very difficult topics as well," Medina Mora said. "Particular timing and details have to be agreed" among the parties, he said.
More than 6,200 people have been killed in drug-related violence in Mexico since Pena Nieto took office Dec. 1, according to Milenio, a Mexico City-based newspaper. Medina Mora said that the government's efforts "are going to take more time and be long-term driven, because they're based on institutional buildup," and that the number of casualties is already dropping.
Medina Mora said that while the Mexican army will stay on the streets to help fight organized crime, a measure implemented by Pena Nieto's predecessor, Felipe Calderon, it is a "temporary" situation.
Cartel Crackdown
Soldiers will continue to help in the crackdown on cartels "as long as it's needed in terms of recovering the physical and therefore political space for the states to build up their own forces," Medina Mora said. "This is the objective."
Mexico will get $240 million this fiscal year under the Merida Initiative, a $1.6 billion assistance package to fight organized crime originally signed in 2008 by Calderon and then-U.S. President George W. Bush, Medina Mora said.
"We think the initiative is important not for the money involved; it's the commitment around a shared problem," he said.
Before becoming U.S. ambassador, Medina Mora was Mexico's envoy to the U.K. from 2009 through 2012 and the nation's Attorney General from 2006 to 2009 under Calderon. He also served as director general for the National Center of Investigation and Security, or CISEN, the Mexican civil intelligence agency, according the Mexican Embassy website.
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It's Robert's birthday! (Or it was, anyway, a couple days back.) So today we celebrate with some classic Krulwich radio and a backwards peek into the spirit and sensibility that, in many ways, drives our show.
For his birthday surprise we all listened to some old NPR pieces that Robert did in the 70s, 80s and early 90s — a news piece on the dawn of the ATM, a fake opera on interest rates, and the story of a family business splintered into relatives fighting to be first in the phone book. Along the way, we hear some incredible stories from Robert's life …
And, just to celebrate the man whose infectious curiosity draws so many people (including us) to his side … we share with you the kind of gonzo, full-throated Krulwich story we usually can't include in the show … an epic of secret zoos, sewing machines, an alligator farm, a marching band, and a bus full of French tourists that save the day.
A great story, I am just now catching up on all the Radiolab Podcast Episodes. Really liked this story and learning something new every week. I wish there was a video of the alligator story! All I can find online are imposters! Keep up the amazing work!
This was one of the best episodes you've ever done. You should do one every year on Robert's birthday!
I honor your honoring. Thank you. The Bush anecdote is fantastic.
Echoing, in a sense, the theme of your translation episode, I want to say that we should be careful how we use language. Perhaps the use of 'floozie' is meant as a wry attack on the term. Yet whether this is the case remains nebulous. The casual use of phrases like these may have a reinforcing effect. There aren't any equivalents of gender-specific insults. If we really want gender equity, we can't use them. We can't 'take back' gender specific terms any more than racially specific or 'class' referencing terms can be taken back. As people in the media, you hold an amazingly influential position and you can affect or even create cultural trends. I realize that the media and people in the media inevitably reflect culture as well. However, at times, in order to be in good conscience, this reflection must be minimized.
It may sound totally impossible but i find ''backfire'' pretty entertaining!
Could anyone help me finding more of this program?
Happy Birthday Robert!
Your show has accompanied me through some of the most tedious tasks, such as washing dishes or making this detailed pattern for a design in photoshop. But most of all your wit and upbeat tune while questioning some of life's deeper mysteries is one I would like to learn and apply to my own work. Hopi anja mas di bida y salud!
I adore Robert Krulwich. He is a genius storyteller.
This was so amazing. I loved it. Please do crazier stories just like this one ALL THE TIME!
I don't know anybody who hates their birthday but I am glad your coworkers did this for you on your birthday, Robert. This was the most superb podcast I have heard from RadioLab so far. I enjoyed it because of the submersion of his past work with the way he views it today. The stories mixed with explanation and comical commentary made this one so unique. The clips from prior podcasts seemed like a blast from the past and I could make out the excitement in his voice as he described some of the past stories such as the alligator one or the mock opera. The opera about interest rates was my favorite because it was such an interesting way to do an article. Robert proves to be a very curious reporter through his work and how far he traveled with the band for the results with the alligators and the types of things he explored. I loved this podcast very much and I hope you had a great birthday, Robert.
I know I'm late for a comment but I discovered you station online since I moved to the US and I love it! I'm also French and it's the first person (if I don't count my husband who is American as well) who perform the French accent so perfectly! Congratulations, you got it!
Keep being as good as you are…
I work in a factory. I was sitting at my sewing machine today, halfway through sewing a boot when I heard the gator story. I had to stop because I was laughing so hard that I had tears in my eyes and could no longer see the stitches. I'm sure my coworkers thought I'd lost it. Is there a copy of that video anywhere? I'd love to watch it!
Mr. Krulwich,
You are a sweet kiss the gods have given my life.
Your thoughtful joyful sojourn on this shore gives me hope and encourages my over-curious heart.
Your work always inspires and challenges me.
You make me smile and I deeply thank you.
I wish you all the healthy birthdays you want for as long as it is wise to want them.
Stay crazy.
I really enjoyed this episode. It gave me a whole new appreciation for Robert's contributions. Thanks for sharing this retrospective with us!
Here's another vote for wanting Backfire! Great stuff!
I was introduced to Robert by my father, who to this day will not eat a lobster to show respect for these incredible creatures. Thank you, Robert.
I LOVE RadioLab. I wish there were more episodes. Thank you Robert and Jad. You are the best!!!
This is absolutely the most marvelous "look back" on the career of a uniquely creatively funny mind.
Thank you!
Happy birthday, Robert! I'm so happy I live at a time when I can appreciate the great work you do.
Do you keep these digressions that you cut out in the studio? Because they would make a most excellent podcast all on their own - it would be a hit!
First of all Robert, happy birthday.
Secondly, when he talks really fast, esp. In some of the earlier pieces, he ALMOST sounds like and reaches the frantic announcer pitch of William Conrad of Bullwinkle fame.
Happy Belated Birthday Robert!!! Thank you for sharing the Alligator story.
I was jogging when listening to this and was laughing so hard I had to stop and bend over at the side of the bike path. . . . fabulous gator story!
This is art, plain and simple. Art in audio. Wow.
Happy Birthday, Robert! Hee, I can't remember the last time I laughed this hard. I'm with Poppy. The pundit show was freaking hilarious. And Gators! LOL *wipes tears*
That was such a phenomenal story. I loved every piece - especially the early nasal days and the alligator bit. Crazy!
I listened to this (on my iPod) during my commute to work. By the time I got to the 'gators singing high school marching band french tourists, I was laughing so hard, I'm sure my fellow commuters thought I was insane.
This is the most marvelous of all Robert's storytelling.
Thank God there is someone on this Earth as curious as I am about nearly everything!
Happy Birthday sir! I remember getting out of school for the whole day to be your horn and tuba player. FYI...I am now a band teacher...still telling the story to my kids hoping they choose one of those 2 instruments. :-)
Happy Birthday! Thanks for the unique stories and the many ones to come.
I have been a great fan of Robert Krulwich since his days as a business reporter for NPR in het 80s. I still remember the report he did that claimed to test an economic theory on mice, with little squeaky mouse voices to represent the managers of the mouse business responding to the test. I also remember hearing one of the backfire episodes that had me rolling on the floor with laughter.
WE NEED A REPOSITORY FOR ALL HIS PIECES ON NPR! Or maybe a CD (set of CDs?) of his greatest hits? *I* would send in a contribution to get one. Just now I tried searching for "Backfire" on NPR and there was nothing on the show. I knew he was the best business reporter ever, but I didn't realize he did other reports for NPR before Radiolab. Where can one find this stuff now?
Belated happy birthday Robert. And congrats to you and the whole team. Best audio on the Internet imho.
Can you guys post the video of Robert doing the crocodile thing? PLEASE
Loved this, particularly the absurdist science final piece (and Robert's killer French accent!)
Oh my goodness, Robert Krulwich, you are a genius! Thank you so much for very frequently making my afternoons a little bit brighter! and Happy Birthday to you, sir!
Listened to this piece while running. Ended it with a wide smile on my face. Happy birthday, Robert. The work you and Jad do brightens people's lives. Thank you.
That was fantastic! Thank you!
I was in college, studying Math and Computer Science, when the Morris Worm hit the, then, small and slightly-known, Internet. News outlets went wild saying silly and sometimes downright stupid things about what had happened.
Robert's short piece, for NPR, on the worm was nothing short of genius. It was completely accurate, from a technical perspective while still being enjoyable and easy to understand.
To this day, that piece remains an ideal for me. As a technical author, I strive for the insight, clarity and simplicity brought to it.
Happy birthday to us!
Happy Birthday Robert! Gator story made me burst out laughing in my office!! Please post!!
Happy Belated Birthday, Robert! Thank you so much for the great show and the wonderful stories!
Big fan here. LOVED the gator story - went and retold the whole thing to my husband. Roahhhhrrrr and Happy Birthday!
That was lovely and heartwarming and hysterical. I was giggling in my cubical.
I would love to share the ABC story. For a while it was on their server, but it's not there any more, and we don't own it, so I don't think we can just put it up. I will check around, though.
Happy Birthday Robert? Any chance of us getting to see the footage of that ABC alligator story?
So, the golf retrieval story at the and (it's not a spoiler, just listen to it)... how can you not fall in love with this story? It's insanely brilliant...
Happy Birthday Robert.
You just went on my ideal dinner party guestlist, love your work don't stop doing what you do.
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your show!!!!!
In honor of Robert's birthday, I used an ATM while listening to Radiolab listening to Robert reporting about ATMs.
Happy Birthday Mr. Krulwich - double pundit,
I would love to hear the full broadcast of Backfire from 1992 =)
Happy Belated Birthday Robert!!!
Aww, that was lovely!! :) One of my favorites of Radiolab, definitely.
Happy, happy birthday, Robert! Thank you both for fueling my own insatiable curiosity - it's a double edge sword, but so lovely to have fellow "wonderers" driving radio content. I laughed out loud about the beginning of the story regarding the golf balls. We have our own family golf ball story which involved my brother, leeches, a trip to England, and an "impressive" case of epididymitis.
I teach 5th grade and my very favorite resource to use in the classroom is Robert's animated piece on the weight of a hurricane. It's impact is hard to relate, but suffice to say it is not only an informative piece, but "I don't know and I don't care" (with a big grin) is a favorite catch phrase at our team meetings. :)
Here's to many more birthdays and lots more Radiolab!
I was hoping to hear one of the earliest "never heard that on radio before" moments.
It illustrated an economics concept by featuring a chorus of mice chanting "we want mon-ey!".
Happy Birthday, and miss the early NPR before it lost it's whimsy.
Happy Birthday! Wishing you as much joy as Radio Lab brings me!
I loved this episode, and throughout it I kept thinking about Mr. Peabody from the original cartoon. Robert is a dead wringer (voicewise) for Mr. Peabody and has the same intelligent sense of humor (I mean this all as a compliment, I swear!). The recent move was good, but it would have been great with Robert as Mr. Peabody! Just saying . . .
Happy B-Day !!!!!!!!!!
That clip of 1992s Backfire was amazing. I nearly crashed my car laughing. Where can I find the archives?
Happy Birthday Robert!!!
I had just recently realized how much of a fan I was your work. I've been reading your NPR articles for quite a while now and just realized it was you who wrote it! Thank you for existing, you've made my mundane life, our lives, brighter!!!
Happy birthday Robert!
I had the worst day today, but by the time I finished hearing that aligator story I was laughing so hard tears were rolling down my face.
LOVED this cast. Thank you for sharing. Listening to people who have found an outlet for their passion (and getting paid to do it!) are inspiring to me. P.S. Any chance you could post the Gator TV spot? would love to SEE it.
A Very Happy Birthday to you.
A great idea and wonderful show. Thanks for sharing, and happy birthday Robert!
Listening to the gator story, the unfolding of events, being close to failure but happening to get it at the last try by being curious and chasing after the rabbit down its hole wherever it may lead you, that's part of what makes Radiolab my favorite show. Happy birthday Robert!
I "discovered" Robert for myself back in the early 90's and was just mesmerized by his storytelling. I remember searching for any programs where he was involved because they were always so good. And with all due respect to Jad, I came across RL because I was doing another Krulwich Krawl. Happy Birthday!
You're a gem, Robert! I was laughing out loud while listening to this at work. Happy Birthday.
You're the best, Robert! I also like your blog and drawings. It was so great to hear this podcast made especially for you. What a funny guy!
Just awesome. Happy birthday, Robert!
Thank you for your work, and happy birthday. So much good!
Happy Birthday Robert!!!!!
Wishing many, many happy years doing what you love the most.
This episode is historically funny. Thank you for sharing it with us. French ascent and Robert's laugh are hilarious.
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With Thanksgiving just a few days away, we asked Puerto Rican singer Don Omar what he's thankful for this year. "I want to be with my kids," the reggaetonero replied sincerely. "My real, real deseo is to be with my kids."
Omar says he is scheduled to perform in Orlando on Thanksgiving day, but adds that he has half the day free and would love nothing more than to have his kids with him for the holiday. Still, he says that may not be possible, because his ex-girlfriend and baby mama Melissa del Valle Rodriguez, may already have plans with their kids.
"Maybe I'll have some problems with {his ex} because maybe my daughter and her have plans already," says Omar. "And maybe I'm going to screw their plans," he adds with a laugh.
EXCLUSIVE: Don Omar: "It Doesn't Matter How Long We're in the United States—We're Always Going To Be Latinos!"
With the utmost sincerity, the 33-year-old singer added, "If I can be with my kids on Thanksgiving—it would be great!"


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And I've noticed that often, when I'm making small talk, I'm inclined to pass on little tidbits of information I hear about other people. It's so easy to let gossip slip into a discussion it becomes a normal part of "making conversation." But it can do tremendous damage to someone else's reputation, and it's wrong. So I decided to make a concerted effort to eliminate gossip from my conversation. Shortly after I made this decision, I learned that someone has been gossiping about me. And not just in ordinary conversation.
He was gossiping about me to the Pope.
Someone sent me a copy of a small newsletter I'd never seen before. Inside was an excerpt from a very harsh letter which was apparently written to Pope John Paul II describing a talk I recently gave at a parish. The Holy Father was told, among other things, that I gave a "blunt and explicit talk on sex" inside a Catholic Church, within which I sprinkled "minimal Catholic doctrine;" that I spoke about condoms and oral sex; that I "never once" encouraged teens to talk to their parents or to a priest; and that I gave "inaccurate and misleading" medical information.
That would be pretty appalling if it were true. But it wasn't. Most of the information was patently false, and what was true was twisted into a context that made it sound sinister. It was an ugly, gross mischaracterization of what had been a respectful talk on the beauty of God's plan for human sexuality.
Fortunately, the newsletter was sent to me by a woman who had been in the audience that night, and she was as appalled as I was. Along with the newsletter, she enclosed a letter she had written to the editors of the newsletter, clarifying what really happened that evening.
Here is what she said: First of all, the talk was to teens and their parents. This was a deliberate effort to help open the lines of communication between teens and parents an effort the parents were very grateful for. Additionally, the teens were specifically encouraged to talk to their parents about these issues. I also emphatically stressed the importance of talking to a priest about their sins in the sacrament of reconciliation.
The talk itself was not about how sex works, but about living the virtue of chastity. I never discussed (nor do I ever discuss) any of the biological details of human sexual functioning. I spoke about why God created sex, about the meaning of sexual expression, and about the importance of keeping it in the context of marriage. My medical information is all fully documented and available for anyone to see. She didn't ever recall hearing me speak about oral sex. (Nor do I remember discussing it I never do unless specifically asked about it.) I did (gasp!) talk about condoms. I said that they don't work, they can't prevent emotional and spiritual consequences, and they're a bad idea.
But the "minimal Catholic doctrine" part was my favorite. The talk I gave was based completely on John Paul II's own "Theology of the Body."
Was it an honest mistake, or did someone deliberately lie about me? I don't know. And in the end, it doesn't matter. The damage to my reputation is the same either way. Anyone who read (and believed) this article would get a very distorted view of my work. This kind of misinformation could do tremendous damage to me, to my reputation, and to my ministry. Maybe someone who was considering bringing me out to speak would decide against it. Teens who would otherwise hear this message wouldn't. And I don't even want to think about how I'd feel it the Pope believed these lies about me.
I'm not telling you all of this just to defend myself. I'm sure very few people actually read this little newsletter. (And of the few who do, many have called me, laughing at how ludicrous the whole story is to anyone who knows me.)
I tell this story to illustrate a point: gossiping is dangerous. It does damage to another person, and that damage can go on and on through their lives and through the lives of others. That is sinful.
So do me a favor. Don't start gossip. Don't spread gossip. And whatever you do, don't believe gossip when you hear it. I'm sure the Pope doesn't.


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I really like your animations. But I think something went terribly wrong with the quality of the video. all messy, pixely and surrounded by black and white bars. a waste, because the animations themselves look great. You should get the quality fixed and re-upload, or it will be a poor representation of what actually capable of.
thanks yea i made it as a windows media video file and couldnt upload it to ng, so i had to convert it to a swf file and thats were shit got fucked up, id have to w8 for me to get stronger internt so i can dl flash again then ill make it nicer, thanks for the comment tho


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Football legend Didier Drogba urges taking action against malariaJun 10, 2014
Animated video calls for support to end one of the deadliest diseases on earth
Two days ahead of the FIFA World Cup in Brazil, football star and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Goodwill Ambassador Didier Drogba launches an animated video that tells the story of his early life in a malaria-endemic country and calls attention to a disease that continues to take a child life every minute.
While global malaria mortality rates have been slashed by more than 40% since the year 2000, the disease still claims more than half a million lives every year, mostly among pregnant women and young children, living in sub-Saharan Africa.
The video, co-signed by UNDP and the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, shows young Didier Drogba and his friends in Cote d'Ivoire playing football outside their homes and fighting mosquitos that carry the malaria parasite.
"I have been a victim of malaria and have witnessed first-hand the devastating effects it has on individuals and families," said Drogba . "Luckily I was treated in time and that saved my life. Today we have effective and affordable tools to prevent, diagnose and treat malaria. But we have to work together to make sure everyone has access to them."
UNDP and the Roll Back Malaria Partnership have recently released a framework for engaging multiple sectors: education, agriculture, water and land use among others, to ensure sustainability and cost-efficiency in the fight against malaria.
UNDP Administrator Helen Clark said investments in malaria control directly support a country's economic growth and human development. "Reducing and ultimately eliminating malaria will save millions of lives, but it will also have a powerful impact on development in malaria-endemic countries. The returns in human and economic terms will be significant."
Fatoumata Nafo-Traoré, Executive Director of Roll Back Malaria, said the fight against malaria has proven to be among the best buys in global health. "It allows the world's most vulnerable people to live healthier and more productive lives and to build a more prosperous future for themselves and their children," she said.
Didier Drogba is the captain and all-time top scorer of the Côte d'Ivoire national football team. Born in Abidjan, Drogba spent his childhood in his native Côte d'Ivoire and his adopted country, France. Didier Drogba was voted best all time Chelsea FC player by the supporters of the Club and has played until this year with Galatasaray (Istanbul), in the Turkish league.
Since he became a UNDP Goodwill Ambassador in January 2007, he has been actively raising awareness of Africa's challenges and efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
"I am very happy that this video can be shown globally," said Didier Drogba. "Using the popularity of football to increase awareness will help us to win the match against malaria. We hope our fans will join us."
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I think the guy's arm broke when he picked the dude up and at the height of the lift gave the dude an extra jerk before slamming him to the ground. On TV you can hear a crack at that point unless it was just me imagining things.
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that is the worst website I have ever seen.
4/17/2008 12:33pm, #13
T.I. must have said "You can't win from your back" 5 times in that episode. How many MMA fights has T.I. witnessed? Brutal. I hate myself that I even watch this show. The girlfriend of the dude that got his skull crushed was pretty concerned, and the guy next to her is saying "that's what they do, it will be alright". Thanks. I have to take this show off my tivo, but, I won't. I really do hate myself.
4/17/2008 1:20pm, #14
The posturing and condescending "advice" of the rappers disgusts me. And half the trainers seem like TMA morons. But, lol, Shonie! Mr. International makes it all worthwhile.
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By the time I made it to the last video, I had a severe headache from all the annoying yapping those guys keep doing. Someone tell those guys to shut the **** up for even just a second.
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Yeah, that was a sick move. I must say though, this is one of the few instances where I don't feel that you can fault the show/referring for the injuries, as it was stopped right after the slam. A similar move happened in japan recently.
The show is still garbage though...Just in this episode alone you have:
- T.I. telling fighters that you can't win on your back
- The show host telling everyone that the fighter doing the footstomps was doing them wrong because if he had done it right, he would have instantly broken his opponent's foot upon contact.
- The show host continuing to insulting grappling and call it "romancing".
- The show host belittling a white fighter who just went the distance and fought to a draw because he was tired after his fight.
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There's definetly a hint racism every now and then on the show.
- Belittling the white fighter (although gassing out during a 2 round fight you knew about ahead of time is definitly worthy of belittling, just not from the guy that was doing it).
- Shouts of "send that boy back to Japan!" and what felt like a tangibly hostile environment from the refs to the coaches, when a Japanese grappler fought an black striker on the last episode. As I could've predicted, there was an early stoppage and the black dude won by strikes even though it was clear the japanese dude was fully congnizant and working to improve his position.
- The obvious anger and disappointment when that white dude in the 1st or 2nd ep ground & pounded some black guy after they failed to select him for a team. Noone congratulated him at all. I would'a given him madd dap for calling someone out and proving himself after I misjudged him. (Bonus: I think I spotted a little fear in the eyes of the bullshit TMA trained coach when he confronted him after the fight. He tried to cover it up as disdain, but watch it, you'll see it.)
- The generally lower quality of the white competitors showcased (not including light skinned hispanics). So far 2 of the 3 that fought, seemed like rednecks that had no business in the ring (the preacher who fought Diamond and the toothless guy who got beaten cause he gassed out before the first round was up - these are not fighters.)
The case isn't airtight, and some of these instances could be attributed to something else, but the way it's been presented so far, I think a pattern is forming. Ofcourse this isn't 'hang you off a tree' real racism, and I'm sure any white crowd pleaser could easily win everyone over, but I just thought I'd mention what I think I'm picking up.
Also it could be argued that there is a need to be somewhat excessively polemic in order to introduce MMA in a more afrocentric context so that it will be more palatable to potential black consumers. Thus the dashiki-clad ref. Once the market is cracked open, they can dial it down a notch.
Oh also:
Originally Posted by Kintanon
-Most of the fighters are either trained professionals or guys who've been swinging for the fences (the least dangerous group).
-You haven't seen people tap because there haven't been that many submissions aired after editing.
-The refs suck because they've been stopping fights TOO EARLY and are generally too quick on the trigger finger.
- There are a bunch of experienced behind the scenes guys who've been involved in MMA for a while, overseeing the production.
I suspect you're saying this because you've fallen for BETs strategy of repeatedly saying they're street. Or because it's a black show. Whatever, despite the hype, everyone there has shown the fear, respect and nervousness typical of a first foray into making a new MMA show.
EDIT: Also, the fights look more 'street' than they are because the fighters are given an incredibly small amount of time to fight, forcing them to be more aggressive.
After than BET edits the fights and removes most 'working for position' part in order to make the fight look even more intense. I can't count how many times someone's trapped in guard, then it cuts to a picture of Santana's face, then all of a sudden the guy's in side control, punching dude in the face.
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This show straight up sucks. Someone needs to knock TI's bitch ass out.Originally Posted by Goju - joe


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- Both former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders have sought to woo the influential voting bloc ahead of Saturday's Palmetto State primary
- South Carolina's African-American population is 27.8%
Washington (CNN)As the Democratic presidential nomination race turns to South Carolina, African-American voters will take center stage for the first time.
Both former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders have sought to woo the influential voting bloc ahead of Saturday's Palmetto State primary, and with good reason.
South Carolina's African-American population is 27.8%, according to Census Bureau statistics, a vast increase from the previous nominating states: Nevada's African-American population is only 9.1%, followed by Iowa at 3.4% and New Hampshire at 1.5%.
Nationally, the number is about 13%.
"Who can do well between Clinton and Sanders among African-Americans will win South Carolina," said Gibbs Knotts, chair of the College of Charleston political science department.
In a recent CNN/ORC South Carolina poll of African-American voters, Clinton tallied 65% support compared to 28% for Sanders.
An overwhelming majority of African-American voters in South Carolina are Democrats, Knotts said, a fact that bore itself out in exit polls from last week's GOP primary. Just 1% of Republican voters were African-American, according to the polls.
"We used to have white moderates that would get biracial coalitions of whites and blacks supporting them. Those days have really changed," Knotts said.
However, minority candidates have had success in the South Carolina Republican party in recent years.
"This is a state where the two most popular politicians right now are an African-American senator in Tim Scott and an Indian-American female governor in Nikki Haley," Knotts said. "Though two minorities are leading the Republican Party, they draw almost all their support from whites."


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The sailors on the Egyptian flagged ship were earlier expected to reach Pakistan on Monday but due to fuel shortage, they will not be able to do so. "The directorate also examined the possibility of locating an emergency towing vessel in the vicinity. However, no such suitable vessel was readily available," DGS said.The ship owner has been advised to explore the possibility of hiring a tug from Salalah to tow the stranded vessel to the port, it said. MV Suez was hijacked by Somali pirates last October. Last Monday, pirates had released 22 hostages, including six Indians and four Pakistanis. After a brief rest at Salalah, the crewmembers are scheduled to travel to Muscat.


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Shock Machine
March 2000
Released: 1999, Sanctuary Records
Rating: 3.5/5
Reviewer: EvilG
Markus Grosskopf - bassist for Helloween, and driving force behind Shockmachine for TEN YEARS! Although the band has been around for a decade, it has not been a full-time project and there has been downtime when Helloween was busy with touring or recording. Joining Markus in Shockmachine is Rolli Feldmann on lead guitar, Olli Lugosi on bass and rhythm and Uli Kusch (also from Helloween) on drums! Although this features two members of Helloween don't expect this to sound anything like their primary band. This is a whole new beast that is still metal but with more of a dirty hard-rock edge.
This CD has some great moments especially with the two opening tracks "Dreamers" and "Careless Cries." If the entire CD would of had this feel and aggression I would of liked it a lot more. The track "Careless Cries" is clearly the best on the CD. The upbeat thrashy chorus is intense and makes the song for me! There are a couple of moments that stand out leaving me shaking my head like the King's X sounding "Never Exist" and "Running." "Searching For Love" is one of the better more upbeat tracks. This CD has more of a 90's feel to it with rougher yet still melodic vocals. Lead guitars have more of a blues-based hard rock feel than the neo-classical shredding of say Roland Grapow from Helloween. If you strictly like power metal with the high melodic vocals and upbeat tracks then you won't be as happy with Shockmachine. However, if you are open to metal that is played more from the gut than then perhaps the brain, you might want to check this band out. So although it's a decent CD Uli and Markus had better not plan on giving up their day jobs with Helloween for this. Also of note is the CD's very cool artwork which was done by Henjo Richter!!!
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What did you have for breakfast?If you haven't eaten yet, I'd suggest making these mocha muffins to start your day off. Or if you have eaten, I'd still recommend you make them and eat them as a second breakfast.I made these for a coffee-loving friends birthday this week and thought they were pretty darn tasty.
No run to share with y'all today (except for a jog to/fro CrossFit). After snow a couple weeks ago, it is suddenly summer in DC and could reach 90 degrees today. What the heck.Anyways, back to why I took today off from running. I think I might have gone out a bit too hard after my 24-miler on Saturday and my hip is acting up a little bit. I have a bit of history with hip pain so I am taking today off! Better safe than sorry.
And… as TRUE FATE would have it, Runner's World's featured article today is on hip pain. There's a really useful video that goes over the three most common types of hip pain:
- Trochanteric bursitis: achiness on the outside of the hip.
- Femoral neck stress fracture: pain in the front of the hip that hurts when you land.
- Hip tendonitis: muscular pain in the front of the hip, made worse by flexing the knee up.
How can you prevent and treat hip pain? This video recommends that you stretch your hips and strengthen your butt. " A strong butt is the key to a happy life and to key to hip pain prevention," he says. This is pretty much exactly what my physical therapist told me to do a while back, so I'm sure I know what to do!
Act of Fate #2: at CrossFit today, butt-burning squats and shrug pulls were on the menu. (Strength: 3 Position Shrug Pull in Snatch grip; Conditioning: Tabata Mash: Front squat, hollow rocks, hang power snatch, and situps for 16 minutes.)It was a good workout, but it would of been better if Anthony was there! Speaking of which, here is a picture of his breakfast from the Vietnamese hotel restaurant:
It looks pretty good but I have to say I think my muffins are better. Have a good breakfast!
- What did you have for breakfast today?
- Have you ever struggled with hip pain?
- What's your favorite stretch?
Of interest:
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- Greatist: 44 healthy foods under $1
- ESPN: Survival tips for running Boston


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A milestone took place Wednesday that filled me with pride. There will be many such occasions to come, to be sure, but I'll probably always remember the day Grace graduated from Hi Ho Pre-School.
It was a dreary, chilly morning, as everyone around Worthington knows. Zach was up at 5:30 a.m. calling for me, but fortunately he fell back asleep until the much more reasonable time of quarter after six. Grace, as is her way, was just about instantaneously awake when Zach was lifted from his crib. She doesn't dare miss a second of the action.
At about 7:15 a.m. or so, pandemonium took place in our home. Becca's parents pulled into the driveway and called us, asking us to put Grace on the line. Becca's mom went on to congratulate her on her big day, and said they were sorry that they couldn't be there for the graduation and hoped to come next year for kindergarten graduation. (Grace had no idea any of this was coming). Then, Grace was told to look in the driveway, and that's when she started jumping up and down and screaming. Grandma and Papa were here! (Of course, the Z-man was excited, too!)
I went to work, and Becca – along with her parents and Zach – took Grace over to Hi Ho for the pre-school graduation extravaganza, and I met them there in time for the 10 a.m. start. The program was a decidely cute affair – no surprise there. After a few remarks from Tracie Luinenburg (one of the two teachers at the pre-school), the fun started with songs that included the school theme ("Hi Ho, Hi Ho, it's off to school we go, we work and play most every day …" ), "Count to 100," "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," a selection with "rhythm sticks" and more. Grace alternated between beaming ear to ear, singing and shyly sucking on her thumb (I think is a nervous tic of some sort) throughout the proceedings.
After the songs were done, the graduating pre-schoolers were ushered to the front and center, where they were fitted with plastic blue caps with tassels and awarded their certificates. That was followed by a slide show with highlights of the school year, which featured photos of trips to the hospital and much more. And then, the show was over – much to Zach's happiness, as he was great for most of the program but getting a wee bit antsy toward its finale.
We enjoyed a small snack afterward and, naturally, a fair share of photos were taken that I've since posted on my Facebook page. Above all, Grace is truly excited to be heading on to kindergarten, and we're excited for her – though we'd be lying if we said we weren't at all sad about her growing up so quickly.


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I'm a bit tempted to get this phone and broadband package, as it costs less than my current Demon package.
I've checked through the Ts & Cs and can't see any specific mention of a max download figure etc.
I've had a look through the forums and note that some people have had a bad time with virgin, but an equal number, maybe more, have had no problems.
Does anybody have any experience of this broadband / phone package?
Any problems using Apple Airport and Macs with Virgin?
I'll I have to pay BT anything after I move to Virgin?
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I have long been an avid reader of Webster's New World dictionary of the American language. My well-thumbed copy suggests I have done a lot of reading in it. It is the one book within easy reach of my study. Although I enjoy reading it, it does not have much of a plot.
Whenever I get the idea that I know many words, and people can be proud of stupid things like this, I pull down my dictionary and begin reading. Although I have read it many times before, I always run across an unfamiliar word. I cannot tell you how many words there are in my dictionary, but suffice to say there is a lot.
I am always interested in new words. I like to research the history of a new word, what it means and how to use it in conversation and writing. Then, like the egotistical fool I am, I like to mystify some of my friends by dropping this new word casually into the conversation whether it fits or not.
The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage has a word for this, but I am not allowed to repeat it in polite company. Quite often, she will say, "You know what you can do with that new word, don't you?" I really don't, but I don't let on that I don't. It is not that I am at a loss for words; I just have a growing appreciation for life.
Of all the words in my vocabulary, only a few I refuse to use. In fact, some of them have been deleted and defriended from my memory.
The main word I refer to as the "B" word. It is absolutely anathema in my presence. Not only do I refrain from using it, but also I appreciate people around me not using it either. As far as I am concerned, it has no place in the English language.
All was going well until several weeks ago some friends of ours and my wife and I went out for dinner together. My wife and I do not often treat ourselves to a leisurely lunch where we can just enjoy fellowship.
We were seated at a very nice table and the waitress came around and took our drink orders. In the meantime, we set back, relaxed and prepared ourselves for a nice time together of dining and fellowship.
When two preachers get together there just is no way to stop them from talking until somebody says, "I think it's time to take up an offering." That is the key phrase for every pastor to be quiet. It is a well-established phrase in all pastors vocabulary.
It was not long before the waitress came back to take our meal order. Everybody ordered and then my turn came. All I really wanted was a nice roast beef and a salad. However, I needed to order a second side dish with my meal. I did not want anything else.
It was at this time that my wife spoke up. "Order a vegetable medley and I'll eat it." I am not too keen when it comes to vegetable dishes but I decided to go along with the plan. It is important to have a plan. More important is the one who makes up the plan. And since it was my wife, how could I refuse.
Having taken our order, the waitress whirled around and took our order back to the kitchen for preparation. We all went back to our delightful conversation. It is at times like this when I am not too concerned about how fast the meal comes out.
It was not long before the waitress returned with our meals in hand. She gave each one their plates and mine was last. Being too busy talking, I did not realize what she set before me. After all, I knew what I ordered. Then someone prayed.
When I opened my eyes and looked at my plate all I could do was gasp. The "B" word came leaping to my lips and it was all I could do to bite my tongue to keep from pronouncing it in public. When tragedy strikes it usually strikes out with me.
There on my plate next to my roast beef was the vegetable medley. Now, a vegetable medley can be many things. I never stopped to think or even to ask what the vegetable medley was all about. After all, I was not going to eat it.
There on my plate, in plain sight for everybody to see and sneer at, was a mixture of vegetables that included BROCCOLI. The horrid "B" word. To make matters worse, as if they could get any worse, this vegetable medley was actually touching my roast beef.
All I can say is, that vegetable medley was not singing my song. My good wife came to my rescue and removed the entire vegetable medley. Who is the rational-challenged chef who dreamed up such a concoction of vegetables?
At that moment, I needed a word, but not from my dictionary. I needed a word from the Bible. "And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him" (Psalm 37:40 KJV).
Some words have a way of catching up with you, but God's Word has a delightful way of holding us up in the most difficult of times.
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I never would have guessed the B word was an innocent vegetable that never did a bad thing to anyone. So your twist at the end succeeded very well for me. I too admit to being a word freak. It fascinates me that odd-shaped marks on paper arranged in certain patterns have the ability to convey the most complex human thoughts. Like us words have family trees and it is great fun to trace their genealogies.
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I have just completed a book called Shiloh, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. This book made me feel sad and happy, I felt sad because of the way Judd treats his dogs, and how Shiloh got hurt by the big German Shepherd. I felt happy when Marty got Shiloh. I have a connection to my life, it didn't really happen to me, but it's happened to a person in my family, the connection is about my three cousins who live in Beijing buying a dog. My cousin Merrie's friend got a dog from a friend of their's, but her sister was alergic to dogs, so they sold it, and my cousins bought the dog from her, all three of them paid for the dog, Jenny and Katherine payed the same amount, but Merrie payed the most, because she really wanted it. So now the dog is Jenny, Katherine and Merrie's, but it's mostly Merrie. And they named the dog Toto. It relates to the book because Marty work very hard for Shiloh, and Merrie used lots of her own money to buy Toto. This is a just right book because, I can understand the whole book, make connections, and I can really understand the characters feelings.
Marty changed a lot, because at first he told lies to everyone, because he wanted to keep Shiloh alive, so he built a pen for him, and he keeps on bringing Shiloh food from dinner, he changed from not lying, to lying, and then back to not lying. He started to lie because he loved Shiloh so much, and really wanted to keep him alive, and he knew that if he told his parents, they would make him give Shiloh back. Another character that changed was Shiloh, the dog of Judd, Judd treated all his dogs very mean and cruel, and Shiloh keeps on running away, Shiloh changed a lot because, at first, he didn't trust Marty at all, Shiloh was even scared to get close to Marty, but then after he got to know Marty more, Shiloh knew that Marty was nice, he is not mean, so he began to trust Marty and love him. Shiloh changed because of Marty, he found out Marty really loved him by what he does to him, and not eating his meals to save it for him.
The problem of the story is, Marty really wanted Shiloh, but then he can't keep it because it's Judd's. The problem was resolved when Marty made a deal with Judd that if he works for him, for 2 weeks, then he can get Shiloh. Marty worked very hard because he really wanted Shiloh, and he will do anything to get him, and after working 2 weeks for Judd, Marty got Shiloh. I want to change the part when Marty's mom offers to buy Shiloh, because it does not make any difference if she said that or not, so I would change that to something more interesting, instead of her mom offering to buy Shiloh. I think the author's message is, that even though you really want to do something for someone really badly, you can't lie, you always have to be honest.


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Nix finishes 2nd at Ricardo Romo run
The Bandera Boys Cross Country team
finished eighth out of 30 teams at the UTSA
Ricardo Classic on Saturday, Sept. 21, with
Seva Nix finishing second overall with a
time of 16:48 for the 5K.
Nix shaved 26 seconds off of his time.
"It's all in the miles," Nix said. "Consistent
"training has helped me reduce my time at
Jarred Elizondo finished sixth overall with
a time of 17:04 and Ben Lopez finished
34th. All three boys are sophomores.
Freshman Jose Gonzales was the fourth
runner on the team and JR Josh Williams
finished as the fifth runner.
"Our team was missing one of our top
runners, Greg Macias, and we still put on a
great performance," Coach Clifton Tierney
"This is the best boys cross country team to have ever come
through Bandera."
There was no JV meet so the JV team ran with the varsity ran very well. The
team was missing another good freshman, Aidan Keane, who broke his arm
Thursday night playing football.
"It is unfortunate to lose such a competitive athlete, but we all know he will
bounce back even stronger for next season," Tierney said.
Although Bandera faced fierce competition from Boerne, who placed first as a
team, the Bulldogs have definite goals for District.
"I feel like we are stronger than last year with more depth on the team," Nix
said. "We are still young, but know what we want. We plan on working hard to
beat the teams in our district and repeat at Regionals."
Pictured: Standing: James Halsey, Bradley Casada, Maverick Hicks, Josh Williams, Tyler Mayhew,
Frank Lopez, Coach Clifton Tierney. Kneeling: Jose Gonzalez, Brendan Keane, Aidan Keane,
Reilly Butler, Ben Lopez, Jarred Elizondo, Seva Nix.
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Sustainable Conference Venue
Central Hall Westminster is committed to promoting sustainability and we aim to follow and promote good sustainability practice, to reduce our environmental impact and help our clients and service partners to do the same.
Environmental Policy
Central Hall Westminster recognises that its operation has an effect on the local, regional and global environment and is committed to minimising the impact of its operations, and complies with relevant environmental laws. Management objectives and targets are reviewed on a regular basis to implement the environment policy, which is communicated and encouraged to all employees. Our aim is to play a proactive role in contributing to achieving sustainability where we have influence.
Our Environmental Policy is based upon the following principles:
- Monitoring and managing Central Hall Westminster's consumption and use of energy.
- Reduce the consumption of water.
- Reduce amount of waste wherever possible.
- Monitor and work to reduce its contribution to environment emissions from travel undertaken for business purposes.
- Undertaking sustainable procurement actions including using local suppliers, recycled materials, biodegradable chemicals and purchasing fair trade products wherever possible.
- Recognising the responsibility staff have in contributing to good environmental management and channel this enthusiasm by providing information and support so that all staff exercise their environmental responsibility.
- Encouraging clients and visitors to cherish our environment by producing events that are environmentally sensitive and have procedures in place to minimise noise and disturbance to neighbours.
- Promoting environmental good practice to its service partners, encouraging a shared responsibility to protecting the environment.


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