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WASHINGTON–Leaders of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) expressed concern today in advance of the Romanian Senate's consideration of a proposal to change the term used for one of the country's largest ethnic minorities, Roma, to "Tsigan" — a term widely viewed as pejorative by Romani communities, including those in the United States.
"I was stunned to hear that Romania is considering changing the official term used for Roma to 'Tsigan,'" said Commission Chairman Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD). "Ostensibly, this change would prevent people from confusing members of the ethnic Roma minority with members of the ethnic Romanian majority. This makes no sense, especially since the term 'Roma' has become the term most widely used by Romani organizations internationally and is used by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe."
The current legislative proposal comes at a time when Romanian nationals are facing escalating bigotry in some other EU countries. Earlier this year, France targeted Roma from Romania for ethnically-based expulsion.
Co-Chairman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) said, "The change of terms being considered seems to be really about stoking prejudice against Romania's largest and most persecuted minority. The argument that the term Roma is confusing just doesn't hold up. No one in Rome is demanding that Romania change its name because their similar city and country names are 'too confusing.' This proposal would essentially return Romania to a discredited policy of the communist government of Ion Iliescu."
In 1995, a Romanian government decree directed that Roma could not be identified in official documents by the name "Roma" but instead had to be called "Tsigan," a word of Greek origin that is considered offensive to many Roma. Numerous Romani NGOs and the U.S. delegation denounced the decree during a meeting on tolerance convened in Bucharest in May 1995. After the 1996 elections, the decree fell into disuse and, in September 1999, the Minister for National Minorities formally recommended that the government use the term "Rom/Tsigan" in official documents.


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Main Page was "hacked" by a stupid guy: http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=11512 someone should consider taking some actions towards his account.
I would like to say something to that guy: do you really think you are an hacker just because you changed the main page of a wiki that can be edited by whoever wants?
If you just sit down and think you will realize the real hackers here are all those coders here behind who hack inside closed devices and manage to free them through a gpl driver written from scratch.
Instead of abusing open source communities where nobody has got the power because everybody does have the power (for istance I registered just in order to change back the homepage, exactly as you did to destroy it), focus your efforts on big evil corporations websites: there you can fight against a webadmin and maybe eventually win, but never would you win over a linux community, it's simply too big (and does not code for money)!
Categories articles organization
I just added some trivial categories to the ISDB-T devices pages, but, I have a little trouble. Watching the existing scheme in another standard, for example DVB-T, we can find categories like "DVB-T PCI Cards" in the same name page, but in the "DVB-T PCie Cards" we have the "PCIe" category. There are anything "official" about the procedures of Categories? --howl 01:15, 1 October 2009 (UTC)


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TOWARDS UNITY FOR HEALTH IN MEDICAL EDATION: a case from the Philippines
The call for "Health for All" articulated in the Alma Ata Charter is a formidable goal but with great potential for triggering convergence towards "Unity for Health". But 20 years after this charter's inception, the need for health reforms convergence bringing medical schools on board is still in want. Although medical schools have been highly criticized as isolated "ivory towers", lacking in proactive contributions to society's health needs, academic institutions actually have the potential to address the complex issues of health unity and therefore can create synergies between the community, health professionals, health managers, and policy makers towards 'Unity for Health". We report here, the convergence of various stakeholders in establishing an innovative medical school in the Southern Philippines.
Health in our Region:
Nearly one third of the Philippines 72 million people live on Mindanao Island. Zamboanga City (pop.0.5 million) is the hub for services in Western Mindanao and Sulu Archipelago (pop.3.5million), one of the most under served areas of the Southern Pacific. Seventy percent of the people live in rural densely populated shorelines of the islands. Travel is predominantly by boat, access to inland areas is mostly by foot.
Neonatal tetanus, measles, typhoid, cholera, dengue fever, tuberculosis, malaria, diarrhea and respiratory infections are major problems. The fertility rate is about 5 and infant mortality is more than 75 per 1000 births. Safe water, balanced nutrition, prenatal care and full immunization remain long term health goals. There are 28 medical schools in the Philippines but none in this region and few physicians are willing to move to this under resourced area.
Planning a Medical school for unity of health and development:
Against this background and aware of the challenge of starting a new school with very limited resource, consultations between the community, the health professionals, and the academic stakeholders were initiated. As a result of these series of intensive intersectoral meeting, a new, private, not for profit medical school was proposed. This was to be a
collaborative efforts between a local university to share the use of teaching facilities (library, modular rooms) for free; the local doctors as volunteer faculty; the community for the student's community based experiential learning including their entry selection; the local businessmen to do fund raising support; the local Health Department for financial assistance on countryside health researches. A board of 15 members composed of 3 academicians, 5 civic leaders, 7 doctors was established to oversee its governance.
The next issues was to develop an educational program to select and train a new kind of professional: proficient in advanced methods of managing disease, but also with competence to improve the health in the community. We contacted leaders in medical education at WHO (Dr. Charles Boelen), in the U.K. (Dr. Charles Engels), USA (Dr. Arthur Kauffman), Canada (Dr. Clarence Guenter), New Zealand (Dr. John F. Smith) and (Dr. Reynaldo Joson) Philippines. We heard a common call for medical education reform.
Most schools emphasized learning the disciplinary subjects rather than improved health in a community. Students in teaching hospitals worked with patients suffering from complex medical problems. Clinical instruction emphasized complex disorders more than common community health problems. This prepared students to be specialists and to practice hospital medicine in urban centers. (We perform kidney/heart transplants in Manila, but 80% of the rural people of Western Mindanao have no health services). This emphasis on the sick largely ignored disease prevention, health promotion, community development and the social and economic determinants of health. We did not find a model that was ideally suited to our situation, so we crated one.
The Beginnings:
In 1993, we held development seminars on weekends for volunteer faculty, discussing the psychology of learning, problem solving, new methods of evaluating students and curriculum design. The school opened in June 1994 and since then students and faculty learned and modified our new programs together. Mentors from Canada and New Zealand assisted with the faculty development, curriculum planning and some students learning experiences.
Piece by piece we developed an integrated curriculum, with problem based learning, community oriented and based education and competency based evaluations. All basic science and clinical learning is integrated into the problem based approach. Three educational strands are intertwined: a working problem strand, a population strand, and a professional skills strand.
As early as first year, students are exposed to patients both in clinics and communities where the focus on the practice of medicine as applied to a group or population is emphasized (community based). About 18 months are spent studying and working under some supervision in remote rural communities.
As we progressed, two additional dimensions became central in our planning:
i) Faculty Development. We recognized the need to train our faculty , graduates of traditional medical schools, with the tools for this new curriculum. This led to a faculty development program with the option of earning the Master of Medical Educational Degree.
ii) Career Options. Our students needed a career option to medical specialties, which could equip and qualify them to field positions in the Department of Health. This lead to an optional Master of Public Health tract for the fifth (first post graduate) year. This MD-MPH has also become attractive to some members of faculty.
We have enrolled about 15-25 students each year depending on the quality of the applicants. We have seen many changes in some communities where the students work. Ten graduates of the first class (1998) passed the examinations of the Philippine Medical Board in 1999, and majority are now working as physicians in remote regions, equipped in skills of community development.
Dr. Fortunato Cristobal, a Pediatrician, is the founding Dean of Zamboanga Medical School Foundation; ADZ, LRC Bldg, La Purisima Street, Zamboanga City, Philippines 7000.


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Philip Norton
With an expertise in investment properties purposed as vacation rentals, Philip Norton has a unique talent for matching clients with impressive Miami properties that both provide as great investments and as wonderful vacation homes for clients and their family and friends. "The eclectic melting pot of international influence from every corner of the world makes Miami truly one of a kind," says Philip. "The city's vibrant energy, beauty, and culture are endlessly appealing to buyers on a global scale. I pride myself on helping buyers, sellers, and investors all reach their real estate goals."
Philip is also an expert when it comes to marketing and selling homes for owners. He combines his extensive knowledge of Miami's top neighborhoods with cutting-edge photography, 4k drone video, 3D Tour technology, and web site design with property listing websites and landing pages to market and sell homes in record time for top-dollar. Philip also leverages Google Adwords and Social Media Marketing to attract more buyers to properties he represents along with marketing to his extensive database, following up, and closing transactions. Philip's method is essential to his track record for getting things done – even in some of the city's most in-demand markets such as Brickell, Downtown, Edgewater, Coral Gables, Coconut Grove, and South Beach. Such attention to detail and responsiveness is also appreciated by Philip's many investor clients who rely on his expertise in smart buys with excellent cash flow and high potential rates of return in the city's fastest-growing downtown areas (Brickell, Downtown, and Edgewater).
Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, Philip has been a Miami resident since 2011. He previously lived in Cartagena and Manizales, Colombia – the home country of his "smart, beautiful, and awesome" wife. In addition to real estate sales transactions. Philip also has experience in property management and exotic car rentals. Besides being a licensed real estate associate in the State of Florida, Philip also holds a Bachelor's Degree in Spanish and a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration – both from the University of Missouri-Colombia (Mizzou).
Philip is fluent in both English and Spanish.


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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Blimey, Somebody Call 999!
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Regardless, I think that we should celebrate this occasion with our perfectly smashing neighbors across the pond, if only so I can liberally sprinkle what few bits of British slang I know gratuitously throughout. So, with a hi and a ho, and a cheerio, let's go!
Oi! See here, now: This poor sod's not only hit the sleeping policeman of the century, but he was apparently eaten by those dodgy spiders as well. 'Sa right shame, tha' is. The date's quite fitting, though, innit? Pip pip!
Cor! Did you know there's actually a cake kit for car accidents? Straight up. Check it out:
For today, I think I'll call this the "Bangers & Mash Cake." Just take a gander at the ickle bobby wagon! Bent as a bottle of a chips, is what that is. [nodding earnestly]
And here's how you add a bit of jiggery pokery to a car wreck cake:
Say, where IS the accident? This cake is all fur coat and no knickers, if you know what I'm saying. (What, you don't? Oh. Well, that makes two of us.)
And to really throw a spanner in the works, you could add a little fancy man jibber jabber:
Gaw, that's right cheeky, but it's better than a poke in the eye with a blunt stick, eh? Bob's your uncle!
Hey Hunter S., Tara T., Tim G., and Michelle B., if Bob's your uncle, then how's your father?
John's Helpful Index For Ruddy Yanks:
Oi!- Hey there!
Poor Sod- A pitiable fellow
Sleeping policeman- Speed bump
Dodgy- Risky, suspicious
'Sa right shame, tha' is- How unfortunate
Cor!- My goodness!
Straight up- True True
Ickle bobby wagon- Small police car
Bent as a bottle of a chips- Crooked
Jiggery pokery- Deception
All fur coat and no knickers- No substance beneath
Spanner- Wrench
Fancy man jibber jabber- Love talk
Gaw- Exclamation
Right Cheeky- Attractively impudent
Better than a poke in the eye with a blunt stick- Not so bad
Bob's your uncle!- There you have it!
How's your father?- A nudge-nudge wink-wink bit of innuendo
Ruddy Yanks- Americans
Related Wreckage: Transformers Going Down In Flames
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- Wide Awake Wife said...
The second cake reminds me of a video game my daughter plays where you earn points by causing the largest accident at an intersection!
- September 9, 2009 at 9:35 AM
- Terry Lee said...
i'm gobsmacked at the lot of them.
(i wanted to use "arse" in my comment but just couldn't muster the "cheekiness")
terry lee - September 9, 2009 at 9:39 AM
- NYCGirl said...
Yup, nothing says happy birthday like a car crash.
- September 9, 2009 at 9:40 AM
In the first picture, it looks like he hit a hay bale.
- September 9, 2009 at 9:41 AM
- angie said...
Can you translate please? lol
- September 9, 2009 at 9:42 AM
Wreck Cake #1: The man-eating spiders advanced on their monstrously unstoppable way, consuming every life form in their path. Even a Harley couldn't outrun the swift, eight-legged dealers of death know as…THE SPIDER SWARM!!!
Wreck Cake #2: Nothing says "Happy Birthday" like a roll-over car wreck with multiple injuries that requires the help of every early responder in the county.
Wreck Cake #3: The slugs! The slugs!
Wreck Cake #4:
"I love you,
A fire truck and a wreck;
A fire truck and a wreck and a collar 'round your neck,
Collar 'round your neck and couple broken arms!
Couple broken arms and you're stuck in ICU,
I love yooou! Yes, I love you!"
^..^ - September 9, 2009 at 9:48 AM
with the 1st cake, what's w/ 8-8-08? i thought it was 9-9-09... so how is 8-8-08 appropriate? (i understand TODAY is 9/9/09 & it wouldn't be possible to post a cake that wasn't even created till today... but still...)
- September 9, 2009 at 9:51 AM
- Brittanie said...
I laughed so hard at all of the slang! Could there possible be a more drab looking cake than #2? Blah.
- September 9, 2009 at 9:51 AM
- Bethany said...
So what you are trying to say is that they drive on the wrong side of the road in England?
Love the cakes and British slang, even though I understood very little of what you said. :) - September 9, 2009 at 9:52 AM
- Little Lucy said...
Look what those tosspots have gone and done.
British slang FTW! - September 9, 2009 at 9:54 AM
- That Frood said...
Bolly! Human tragedy? What could possibly be more suitable for cake?
- September 9, 2009 at 9:55 AM
I found your usage of British slang particularly amusing during this post.
-Emily - September 9, 2009 at 9:55 AM
- postJazz said...
I'm British...and I still don't understand what you were trying to say.... :-P
- September 9, 2009 at 10:00 AM
- The Gripes of Wrath said...
Dick Van Dyke just called: he'd like his idiom back!
(Nice attempt at using Brit-slang - your next challenge is to master Scots. Your site is pure dead brilliant, btw) - September 9, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Cor i loved your slang, very mixed lots of Northern and Southern slang mixed up just like some of the cake wrecks you've posted. Nah i'm orf down the rub a dub dub, for a few britneys and a sing round the auld jonah.
I'm English and even i struggled with that lol!! - September 9, 2009 at 10:02 AM
LOL at your Britishisms!!!
And what interesting cakes...
Ellen - September 9, 2009 at 10:02 AM
- k-bro said...
These cakes take the "wrecks" in Cake Wrecks to a whole new level.
buh dum bump - September 9, 2009 at 10:03 AM
- St Jude said...
Urm nice try sweetie, but I'm from dear old blighty and I have no idea what on earth you were talking about. I think I would like a translation too please;0}
- September 9, 2009 at 10:04 AM
- Stewart said...
Happy Emergency Services Day!
And I'm impressed you managed to fit in quite a lot of British Slang in there.
for the record:
International Firefighter's Day : 4th May
but I can't find an actual Emergency Services Day.
Stewart C
Wreckie UK devision (I feel now I have got on the site I can say I have passed my training!) - September 9, 2009 at 10:04 AM
- Taylor (My Older Brothers) said...
@Wide Awake Wife...
Burnout! That's what I thought when I saw today's car wreck cake wrecks too! I love those games. - September 9, 2009 at 10:06 AM
- Vickie said...
My eight-year-old son would just love an "accident laden" cake! It would be right up his alley. So stop your "whinging" about it all and let the boy eat cake!
- September 9, 2009 at 10:10 AM
wow! in that first cake, is that a bridge?
- September 9, 2009 at 10:14 AM
Er, you do realise that your last sentance is asking for sex, right?
a confused Brit. - September 9, 2009 at 10:18 AM
"I think I'll call this the "Bangers & Mash Cake.""
eeewww. Having been to England, i can firmly say that bangers and cake DO NOT mix. *shudder*
wv - nodstryo - "nice try though" when you have a bad cold. - September 9, 2009 at 10:21 AM
Love the new template - blog is loading REALLY SLOW for me, like it takes 2-3 minutes? Should that happen?
- September 9, 2009 at 10:23 AM
Jen, you rock! I'm almost peeing my pants over here. And really, thats why I visit Cake Wrecks every day. For a good old fashioned pants peeing.
Krista - September 9, 2009 at 10:33 AM
If you want to go all British with these cakes you should know that the roads have lanes that are too wide to be properly from England.
...and one bit of slang (one of my favorites) that you missed: tinkle, which translates loosely as 'call'. As in "You need a taxi? Give me a moment and I'll give them a tinkle." - September 9, 2009 at 10:34 AM
- Keeley said...
That would be "sod", not "sot". Also, I prefer "Bent as a nine bob note" =D Yer English ain't 'alf bad!
- September 9, 2009 at 10:34 AM
Seems that an Emergency Services Day for the US got hijacked by a bigger event.
Too soon? - September 9, 2009 at 10:39 AM
- john (the hubby of Jen) said...
Anon @ 10:23,
Actually, all the indications we have say it's coming up faster for most folks. It is peak traffic right now though and it is Blogger.
Thanks for heads up though. I'll look into it.
Is that what that means?
john - September 9, 2009 at 10:42 AM
"bobby wagon"? What films have you been watching?!
Incidentally, anything at all uttered by Don Cheadle in Ocean's Eleven is about as far removed from British slang as you can get. He's the least convincing pretend Brit since Dick Van Dyke. - September 9, 2009 at 10:45 AM
- Kat said...
Love the English accent...well written so one could follow! I almost felt I could hear you talking...
- September 9, 2009 at 10:54 AM
- Nathalie said...
Cor, what a cracking read :D
- September 9, 2009 at 10:55 AM
- Leah J. said...
I have no bleedin' idea what most of your slang means (only recognizing some from Austin Powers movies and other bits of pop culture, never having been there myself), but I love it!
I laughed particularly hard at the "jiggery pokery" bit, which brought out my Harry Potter nerd-dom... it's what Harry used to threaten Dudley as a spell in Order of the Phoenix (I think). Couldn't help myself :) - September 9, 2009 at 11:01 AM
Not sure if I laughed harder before or after I knew what it all meant!!!
- September 9, 2009 at 11:01 AM
- bren yule said...
Bloody brilliant...Ahhhh, my mornin' tea and crumpets, cake wreaks that is...great way to start the day, a giggle and a brit lesson. Carry on!
- September 9, 2009 at 11:04 AM
"Throw a spanner in the works" is British? Huh. Maybe the Internet is making it more common to Americans.
- September 9, 2009 at 11:04 AM
All fur coat and no knickers has two meanings - either it's someone/something who appears classy or expensive but isn't really, or its someone who spends money on fripperies rather than substantial things (like buying shoes instead of groceries - you'd have a nice fur coat, but your knickers would be knackered).
- September 9, 2009 at 11:04 AM
Hahaha. I am incapable of commenting on the cakes, which I'll admit received only brief glances from me today, because I was so distracted by the dialogue. I love it!
- September 9, 2009 at 11:07 AM
- Melinda said...
Hilarious post today! And hideous cakes...I don't know how to say that in British. The best I could do is horrible, but, you know, without the H.
- September 9, 2009 at 11:09 AM
- the Provident Woman said...
A little disturbing that anyone would want a crash cake.
- September 9, 2009 at 11:16 AM
Hey, who's that other Keeley that's posting? I was gobsmacked to see her name there--who's she when she's at home?
I'm in love with brit slang, can't you tell? But these cakes, not so much. - September 9, 2009 at 11:21 AM
Jen, have you been watching the Andy Griffith show lately? Andy's English Valet is one of my kids favorites. :)
Gwen - September 9, 2009 at 11:21 AM
- VeggieT said...
I dub the 2nd cake "The Cake-Wreck." I think it's more than appropriate.
- September 9, 2009 at 11:28 AM
- John Jr. said...
Gordon Bennett! You missed a nice opportunity for one of my favorite bits of British terminology. Rather than "speed bump," you could have said: "This poor sod's not only hit the sleeping policeman of the century..."
- September 9, 2009 at 11:32 AM
John -
Oh yes. To have a 'little bit of how's your father' means to have sex. It's an older phrase that's most common in comedies like the Carry On films, but it still keeps its meaning! - September 9, 2009 at 11:39 AM
- Cattledog Manifesto said...
"All fur coat and no knickers"....FTW!
Thank you Jen & John, I have a new phrase to add to my lexicon. I'll be the only person in South Dakota using the word 'knickers' in a phrase. - September 9, 2009 at 11:42 AM
Methinks John would love you to greet him after a long day wearing a fur coat and no knickers!
WV: proluork - I visit this site daily but don't post much. I guess that makes me a proluork-er. - September 9, 2009 at 11:46 AM
Put up some wrecktastic puddings and Bob's Your Uncle!
- September 9, 2009 at 11:47 AM
- Melissa (& Billy) said...
I once had a book about Spanish slang, and they said "To over-use is to sound really silly so use as you do in English--so it sounds natural."
That being said, this post was hilarious. XD
Talk about your literal wrecks! Mmm, nothing says "Happy Birthday" like a re-enactment of "Red Asphalt". - September 9, 2009 at 11:51 AM
- Katzilla said...
I like the UK lingo, but, where did you find those phrases? I've never heard half of them, and I'm from the UK!
Love the cakes though, who wants a car-crash cake?! - September 9, 2009 at 11:51 AM
- Christina said...
Bloody 'ell, overkill, mate!
WV: maligne: These festive birthday cakes has been maligned by tragedy. - September 9, 2009 at 11:53 AM
- Melissa said...
Heh. I understood your slang! I'm an American too - so at least the American idea of Brit slang is consistent, even if it's all wrong!
That said, those cakes look pants. - September 9, 2009 at 12:01 PM
For today, I think I'll call this the "Bangers & Mash Cake."
You have no idea how hard that made me laugh.
Seriously, I...wow. XD
I always was a sucker for bad puns, but that one takes the cake. (Pun not intended, but fully endorsed.) - September 9, 2009 at 12:11 PM
Arrrrrgh the faux British slang hurts my eyes and delicate English sensibilities! I know it's a joke but I can't help but twitch with rage that less than a quarter of those expressions are actually even used!
- September 9, 2009 at 12:17 PM
- Unknown said...
Oh, right bloody good, that!
What, per say is it with the motor-vehicle wrecks and birthdays? Just curious, I am.
~Amy B. - September 9, 2009 at 12:19 PM
@anon9:51--say it out loud with me: ate, ate, oh ate.
The guy got ate by the green spiders. - September 9, 2009 at 12:20 PM
Oh dear, were did those slang tips come from?
Most are unheard by me.Im a 49 year old english woman by the way.
Its a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.An expression that is said rarely unless your me,i use it all the time because my family are hopeless at asking for things.I say what would you like and they say Dunno. so I list options always ending with How about a poke in the eye etc and " or a kick up the backside?"
You might as well add Gor' blimey Gov' its a fair cop.Not.
Try Chav for begginers or Wenglish!
Not bad wreckage though! Talk tidy like man!!, mun. - September 9, 2009 at 12:22 PM
I laughed at the slang as much as the cakes!!! Right smashing it were!! Though I'm grateful for the index - there were a few phrases I wasn't sure of!! *bg*
- born and brung up in the UK - September 9, 2009 at 12:30 PM
- Missy said...
Laughing harder at your commentary today than I have since my first Dave Barry column eons ago.
- September 9, 2009 at 12:41 PM
- Dorian said...
Heh. Loved the faux-Brit commentary. Made me laugh.
On an unrelated note, my verification word today was 'fluffin'. Rofl. - September 9, 2009 at 12:43 PM
hilarious. great post.
- September 9, 2009 at 1:11 PM
Was this post from 1860? Your British slang is almost Dickensian.
- September 9, 2009 at 1:12 PM
also love the mormon.org banner at the top of your site. rock on!!!
sandee - September 9, 2009 at 1:12 PM
I was OMG shocked when I came to cakewrecks today. My hubby and I got into a bad motorcycle crash on Saturday. We wrecked our new white (police edition) harley. I came on here to take my mind off of it. lol! Anyways, the cake is a horrific reminder of my wreck, being airlifted to the hospital, surgery, and follow up of the months to come. yikes.
- September 9, 2009 at 1:14 PM
- clare @ the pretty walrus said...
lol that was quite impressive, i have to say. downright hilarious too :P i'm sure you deserve to be an honorary Brit for a day!
- September 9, 2009 at 1:17 PM
Blimey, it's the Ministry of Silly (Cake) Walks. Very wonky cakes, these. I'm shivering in my trainers. Put all of them in the bin.
WV: Mulfin. (I prefer blueberry.) - September 9, 2009 at 1:20 PM
- ChestyLove said...
I'm an American who spent the last nine years in England (North Yorkshire), and did I ever pick up some turns of phrase.
This one, though, is my fave:
"This lot couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery."
You can also use "pants" for a lot of things. If something's lame or useless or just plain annoying..."that's pants". If someone's bad at something..."You're pants at that, lovey."
"Shirty" means uppity. "No need to get shirty, sunshine...keep yer knickers on."
"Cream crackered" and "knackered" mean the same thing...tired.
Two nations separated by a common tongue. Oi! - September 9, 2009 at 1:31 PM
- JMo said...
This cakes are a riot! Such a clever idea and the cockney accent just sets off the post. Nicely done. I am doing a tribute to our service men and women on my blog. If anyone has recipes created by Firemen/Police Officers/ or EMTs I would love to post in an effort to honor them as we approach 9/11. Please let me know.
www.justchowbella.com - September 9, 2009 at 1:33 PM
lived in the UK for 5 years. got most except the one about a bottle of chips. chips being french fries and all...
- September 9, 2009 at 1:37 PM
- Unknown said...
Lol . . . I can imagine how the Brits are feeling, since I have to deal with people's misconceptions about the Texas accent all the time. I used to have a HUGE crush on Dick Van Dyke, btw, so extra love for this entry because of that. :)
- September 9, 2009 at 1:40 PM
Easily one of the funniest Wreck posts I've read in a while.
- September 9, 2009 at 1:45 PM
- Alice said...
I really love your blog but this is the worst lot of British slang I have ever heard!
I'm British and the only people I hear talk like this are cockneys and builders! I blame Dick van Dyke! :)
And it's bent as a two bob note. Not, bent as a bottle of chips. That one puzzled me the most!
x - September 9, 2009 at 1:57 PM
- Ceili said...
All this post was missing was the town bicycle knocked up by the local fancy man standing up proud and cream crackered, know what I mean, wink, wink, say no more. say no more.
- September 9, 2009 at 2:14 PM
- AllBlueZoo said...
I'm gonna start using "Bob's your uncle!" in my everyday speak and see what happens.
- September 9, 2009 at 2:15 PM
I love ya girl but that was painful. - September 9, 2009 at 2:24 PM
- Little Lovables said...
I feel sorry for the poor blokes who get these cakes!
I really like the second one though, nicely done! Which, we just took the boys on a field trip to the firestation today, so there are people who would like these themes ! - September 9, 2009 at 2:38 PM
- john (the hubby of Jen) said...
Dalek V,
Really? Huh...
john - September 9, 2009 at 2:54 PM
I'm British and have never heard of half the terms you use. Cor Blimey mate, Dick Van Dyke aint arf gort a lot to answer for.
Hospital workers here call motor bike riders 'organ-donors-on-wheels'. - September 9, 2009 at 2:59 PM
- Goof said...
What? No smeg ups in the spelling?
And all these cake "wrecks" makes me remember the song "What a beautiful wreck you are" That could be a fitting slogan on one of those cakes. lol
((((HUGS)))) - September 9, 2009 at 3:03 PM
- Pilgrim said...
I used to want to travel to Europe with a backpack and get all culture-y, but now I've changed my mind. I wouldn't have a clue as to what people were saying.
Thanks bunches :) - September 9, 2009 at 3:09 PM
- The Honorable Mayor of Bethville said...
Well, this almost helps me fulfill my lifelong dream of a Smokey and the Bandit cake.
- September 9, 2009 at 3:26 PM
- ksaldria said...
I love the Brit Slang to Ruddy Yank translator :D
- September 9, 2009 at 3:29 PM
- MoralesVilanova said...
Seems delicious for me! :o)
- September 9, 2009 at 3:40 PM
- terri s said...
my first thought was that these cakes leave me gobsmacked!...but others have said this already.
can't wait to see you in Maryland!
cheerio! - September 9, 2009 at 3:40 PM
Sorry! I love your posts and I adore your blog so please don't think I'm flaming but I just had to look at the Wrecky pictures today because the 'British' slang set off my twitch.
That was all rather odd posh English/ outdated Cockney. Not a single person I've ever met talks like that. There was no Scouse, or Geordie, or Scot, or Welsh...
I found it a bit hard to stomach xD
But giddy-up, gee, golly-gosh wow, dude, yeehah! Those certain'y were some mighty fine wrecks today! Yankee-doodle doo!
A British, and also English, Wreck Fan x - September 9, 2009 at 3:54 PM
Hi Jen! Just wanted to say thanks for giving me laughter and smiles everyday. I'm over in 'Middle Earth' (New Zealand), so with the time delay and all, I open my computer to a new Wreckie post every morning, and everyday it is fantastic!
Also, I really hope that you have a great time on your book tour, and have fun meeting the hundreds of new friends you have face to face. :D
Fellow Geek and CCC avoider - Kate LamSam - September 9, 2009 at 4:06 PM
- MorningStar said...
I have lived in England all my life and I've never heard anybody talk like that! The idea that every British person talks like either a cockney or Lord somebody-or-other is slightly annoying, and seems to be perpetuated by every American TV show going...
Other than that, the cakes were hilarious! - September 9, 2009 at 4:10 PM
- sendingtheclowns said...
I can SEE where there might resonably be an accident in the third cake~~What ho! There are all of those giant white slugs slimping along in every direction, and no traffic lights whatever!
Then (in the last cake), there's your so-called RESCUE heli poking its blade straight through the window of the rescue bus; bloody ridiculous, what? Perhaps it's just a drill...
>^@@^< - September 9, 2009 at 4:21 PM
Fantastic post!! It's luvverly to 'ear a bit 'o proper British on teh interwebs ;)
(Although I personally would say 'better than a poke in the eye with a pointy stick'.)
Oh yeah, the cakes...
Hmm, traffic accidents + cake = birthday fun??! Really? - September 9, 2009 at 4:44 PM
As usually, absolutely hilarious, commentary and all!
And for the gripers: Let's just take the commentary as the American version of British slang and let it go at that, hmm? - September 9, 2009 at 4:48 PM
To Jenny and Morningstar,
I would argue that the slang is perpetuated more by British folks than by Americans. Jen and I read books like Jeeves and Wooster and Harry Potter which are both sprinkled with bits of slang, old and new. And it should be noted that most of the slang used in today's post was taken directly from www.peevish.co.uk which I believe is a British site.
That said, Jen and I know full well that most of our fine British friends speak nothing like this. It's all in fun.
So y'all come back now, y'hear? And don't chu dilly dally neither.
john - September 9, 2009 at 4:53 PM
- 爱乐 said...
so am i the only one that thinks these cakes are taking the "cake wrecks" idea quite literally?
- September 9, 2009 at 5:06 PM
where is my favorite "tiggityboo" ?
- September 9, 2009 at 5:16 PM
- Zoomage said...
Omg that actually made me cry with laughter. And we normal English folk don't use that slang (anymore that is)
It's mainly the cockney's (The people from London :P) who use alot of that slang :P
Thank you so much for making my day tons better! - September 9, 2009 at 5:28 PM
- Alice said...
Oh I'm at HOME now! Thanks for including us brits - brilliant use of the lingo!
- September 9, 2009 at 5:30 PM
- TB Tabby said...
Today's also the day that The Beatles Rock Band is released. Does anybody have any Wrecks involving the Fab Four?
- September 9, 2009 at 6:38 PM
- joyce said...
when my three boys were little, they would have LOVED those cakes. They used to run their matchbox cars over the cookie dough so that the gingerbread man looked like roadkill.
- September 9, 2009 at 6:56 PM
My grandmother was from England, so I got (and loved) most of the slang you used. I have a bunch of fives for anyone who's complaining and doesn't realize it was all in good fun.
WV: oalex. What Elise Keaton said to her son all the time. - September 9, 2009 at 6:56 PM
- Celeste said...
I feel like you got a lot of your slang from watching Doctor Who...and I respect that.
- September 9, 2009 at 7:01 PM
- peewee said...
whoa! That was like being in french class all over again. Like, it was homework. That post was WORK! Good. Now I don't have to go to the gym.
- September 9, 2009 at 7:26 PM
Anon, it's "tickety-boo", although I've heard "that's the ticket" more, and they're supposedly related.
Thanks Jen, I had a good giggle at that. Needed the translation at points too, but then I need the same sometimes for my fellow countrymen (and women)!
Do Americans use the phrase "takes the cake" or "takes the biscuit"? For example: "winning that sports car just takes the cake" means "winning that sports car is the best thing ever". It means being the best at something or that something is the best. The opposite of "takes the piss" basically. - September 9, 2009 at 7:28 PM
- Nil Zed said...
it's a right good post, innit?
- September 9, 2009 at 7:34 PM
your new format is awful. I can't change the text size so that I can read anything. Change it back please so this lady with the coke bottle glasses can read it again!!!!
- September 9, 2009 at 7:45 PM
awright treacle! how's it hanging me old mukka? john bruv, your missis is proper funny innit!
Ha ha ha ha ha!
i've read your blog for ages now and never felt such an urge to comment. But being English and living in south london, i think that was knicker-wettingly funny! i've heard all those phrases used - 'cept for the bottle of chips one - in genuine conversation!
i reckon you should try a bit of the ole cockney rhyming slang, i think you'd get it bang-on! - September 9, 2009 at 7:54 PM
- we took the bait said...
I think we should all be thankful that no one at these bakeries had access to gel icing and red food coloring.
- September 9, 2009 at 8:04 PM
- Kristen said...
You know you're a dork when you read the post in your head with a British accent ;)
- September 9, 2009 at 8:22 PM
- AlexRF said...
whoa boy. as a brit myself, i'm not sure whether to feel amused, ashamed, or irritated. all of the above, perhaps? ruddy yanks indeed! ;)
- September 9, 2009 at 9:10 PM
- Liz said...
This is a funny wreck topic. Kinda strange, this "Holiday" and all. I like the cakes though -
Also - lovin' the new look. (Yes, I've been away awhile). - September 9, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Of course there were all those accidents! No traffic lights, no stop signs - those were collisions waiting to happen!
I couldn't help reading today's post with my "Jim Dale" voice (he narrates all the "Harry Potter" audiobooks, and I've listened to each of them at least a dozen times while I'm at work). Classic lexicon today, Jen. - September 9, 2009 at 9:59 PM
- Jeff Hickmott said...
We don't all talk like we just walked off the set of Mary Poppins, y'know. Some of us are quite well educated.
So stop taking the piss, gobshite.
(Just kidding! Love your stuff.) - September 9, 2009 at 10:01 PM
- Charlotte said...
I'm from the UK, love the blog, and I've heard all of them except 'bobby wagon' and 'bent as a bottle of chips' - it's 'bent as a nine-bob note' in my neck of the woods (since a nine-shilling note would obviously be a forgery). I've even used a few of your phrases, so they're not that unusual.
Fur coat and no knickers is generally used to cast aspersions on a woman's morals. 'All mouth and no trousers' might be more appropriate, meaning that bold claims aren't fulfilled. You can probably work out the derivation of that one yourself :)
Anyway, as they say in Bristol, those are gurt macky wrecks. Thanks for sharing. - September 9, 2009 at 10:34 PM
- eileen pennington said...
first time commenting i believe..though i've been reading for a bit...
enjoyed the cakes and the slang..
but completely broke down laughing at tigerwolf's "song"
(because i recognized the stinkin' thing! lol)
bushel and a peck to y'all for such a great site.
Eileen - September 9, 2009 at 11:23 PM
Had to stick in my 'penorth again LOL its fun and banter,not griping.
Im not clecking on you ,Tidy mun,Chware a teg, Dim upset.
BUT Jeeves and Wooster? comedy stories written 50 years ago? by a comedy englishman who camped it up on purpose? as a guide to the UK?
Thats like using Mark Twain as a guidebook to USA now.or Amos and Andy.
And Engerlund Engerlund |Engerlund for the Cup! our girls playing the Krauts today 10.09.09 !!! - September 10, 2009 at 3:30 AM
- Chaotic Kerri said...
Just a quickie from over the pond -What kinda strange people are you getting your English slang from!!
Thought you might like to add a bit of "Scottish slang" to repertoire - "Fit like Min, Foos yer doos?" translation - "Hello there Sir/Madam, How are things with you?"
Thanks for a great site, our whole family finds it a riot. Kerri x - September 10, 2009 at 4:14 AM
- StuckInABook said...
I didn't know that so many of those expressions weren't used outside the UK... I'm proud to belong to a nation that routinely says 'better than a poke in the eye with a blunt stick'. But I've never met anyone who says 'bent as a bottle of chips' - though I hope to do so soon.
- September 10, 2009 at 4:36 AM
Please never, ever do that again, I've never read anything so painful.
- A Brit - September 10, 2009 at 7:00 AM
- Mort's Mom said...
Long time reader and first time commentator dragged out of the woodwork.
I'm a 50 mumble mumble woman from Shropshire UK. The vast majority of phrases you quoted were instantly recognisable, if not in those exact words, but certainly in words approximating.
Yes, no one but Bertie Wooster says "pip pip", the "Ickle bobby wagon" is a total mystery to me and "Fancy man jibber jabber" sounds like a chat up line from "1984" (the book, not the year). As to the rest, use any of them and you would be as one with both my family and my colleagues!
John, when hearing "Bob's your uncle" the usual response is "Fanny's your Aunt". Another regular greeting is "Ha do cocker - how's your mother off for soap?" meaning is all well in your world. Other than these date back to ITMA, a war time radio programme I can cast no light. I must live in some kind of dialectic bubble, but truly all these and many many more are in regular use. In the most commonly used word of praise in these parts, your blog and the discussions they prompt are all "bostin". - September 10, 2009 at 7:33 AM
Another top post! But...
The cockney slang made my eyes sad, please don't do it again? - September 10, 2009 at 7:37 AM
I always thought the phrase 'jibber-jabber' came from the A-Team. When I was at school, we often told each other to 'quit your jibber-jabber' in a Mr T voice. I've never heard of a 'bobby-wagon' either, as I always thought wagon was a word we got from the US, but bobby is the right term for the police. Our politicians often talk about putting 'more bobbies on the beat' as something they'll do if elected. Sadly this doesn't mean dancing police, but just getting the police out patrolling in public, rather than sat at the station doing paperwork. Telling someone that they're a 'right bobby dazzler' is something completely different though (and is a compliment).
- September 10, 2009 at 8:46 AM
Don't... just, don't.
- September 10, 2009 at 8:50 AM
I knew having some British friends would come in handy someday; didn't have to use the lexicon for most of those. ;)
That was funny. Definitely very literal cake wrecks. :) - September 10, 2009 at 8:55 AM
- Marjorie said...
HehHeh, glad to see we Brits can hold our own in wreckiness stakes. I've got a birthday coming up soon - maybe I should ask for a road-accident cake?
We don't have an official emergency services day. Perhaps we should.
I assume you went to the Dick van Dyke school of English Idiom & Slang.....
I've never heard the expression 'bent as a bottle of chips' - normally it would be 'bent as a nine-bob (or £3, for the post-decimal generations) note'
Your affectionate neighbour - September 10, 2009 at 9:13 AM
- Cannwin said...
all those coloquials (ooh, how do you spell that word?) make me think of Harry Potter when Tonks keeps saying 'Wotcher 'arry' and I had to go online to figure out what the heck 'wotcher' meant.
- September 10, 2009 at 9:58 AM
'''Sa right shame, tha' is. The date's quite fitting, though, innit? Pip pip!''
Congrats on knowing british slang from every class/era/location and then mashing them together into one beautiful sentence... made me laugh out loud!!
Nice one, bruv ;) - September 10, 2009 at 12:14 PM
Fancy man jibber jabber? we do not either say that.
Where did you get all that gaff?
Sort it out luv!
I'm well insulted. - September 10, 2009 at 12:38 PM
- Holly Wilcox said...
LOL! Good attempt at the British slang... but I think it's a few decades old!! I'm British and had to look at your translations hehe!!
- September 10, 2009 at 2:30 PM
- Arwen said...
Reading this entry made me cringe so hard. Please don't do that ever again.
- September 10, 2009 at 2:50 PM
- Jen Huddleston said...
Pip pip, cheerio, Harry Potter!
You are crackin' on this one, you are... I mean, you are the dog's bollocks!
Thanks for the London funny,
www.drewandjengotolondon.com - September 10, 2009 at 4:49 PM
- AlexRF said...
@The Doctor and @ Some Frood
Oh my god, I LOVE finding fellow geeks! Doctor, don't think I missed your Midnight reference, either! :D
oh, and i definitely recognize 'bobby wagon'. dunno what folks in the other commenters' areas are talking about. - September 11, 2009 at 12:00 AM
Did they create these cakes just to be on the 'wreck' blog? Or is this where you got the inspiration for your blog name?
LOL I can't even imagine a place where a wreck would be appropriate for birthday wishes... - September 11, 2009 at 7:00 AM
I need a settler (translation: stomach antacid tablet) after seeing those.
Thanks for trying to put cakes to right, from a Britophile stuck in the northern US (with only Canadian English as a meagre substitute). - September 11, 2009 at 10:19 AM
just to let u know its
bent as a nine bob note
lol as in there is no nine bob note - September 11, 2009 at 5:31 PM
your British slang was hilarious, i think we should see this used in more posts!
- September 11, 2009 at 11:26 PM
- Casey said...
Cor blimey guvna, I larfed like a drain!
Now can anyone confirm, to be a true Cockney you have to be born with bow legs? - September 12, 2009 at 11:52 AM
- Gale said...
My 4 year old says about this post "All those cars in the picture fell down!"
- September 12, 2009 at 2:45 PM
- Unknown said...
Actually the phrase "Bob's your uncle!" has its origin in British Military slang. Its original meaning was more akin to 'you have nothing to worry about' rather than 'there you have it.' It refers to Lord Roberts, a famous Victorian soldier and eventual Field Marshall and commander of all British Forces (until 1904).
His nickname to his troops was 'Bobs' and his favor meant the making of a career as his word was golden in the social circles of the day.
Hence, 'Bob's your uncle' = 'No worries'.
Sullivan013 - September 13, 2009 at 12:32 AM
- The Idol Scribbler said...
He he - I love this post, but your British slang is all London, Mareee Pawpinns.
Yorkshire slang is much more creative. For example you could denfinately describe some cake wrecks as "looking like a bucket of smashed crabs". We also call a mouth a "Cake hole" :-) - September 13, 2009 at 8:39 AM
- laurie pink said...
I've scanned the comments, so do forgive me if I'm posting something that's already been said, but the only way I've ever heard "All fur coat & no knickers" used is to mean "looks classy, but is actually a bit of a dirty ho"
And, for the anonymous commenter - your fave phrase is actually "Tickety-boo", like a nice tick-tock clock working right. Sounds the same as "tiggerty boo", but at least you'll know what you're saying! ;)
It is an excellent phrase, I agree.
I've never ever heard or seen the 'bent as a bottle of chips' phrase, but it make sense, as chips come a bottle, do they? They come in a nice paper parcel.
My eyes are also bleeding, but gor' bless ya, I loves you too much to care. - September 13, 2009 at 2:20 PM
I want to commend you on your correct usage of the English phrases! Though, I don't believe I've ever heard anyone use 'Pip Pip' in conversation, only Americans thinking they are speaking "Briddish" ;-)
- September 13, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Cockney Rhyming Slang - Instead of "Ruddy Yanks" it's "Septic Tanks". Septic for short ;P
- September 14, 2009 at 1:33 AM
- Self said...
I'm british and I was laughing so much at this post. I love America's perception of us. I also have NO idea what a bent bottle of chips is so thanks for the key at the bottom!
- September 14, 2009 at 6:37 AM
Straight up is a new one on me as British slang, I admit.
- September 21, 2009 at 9:03 AM
- Aaron Jackson said...
Shouldn't Ruddy Yanks = United Statians?
I've never heard it used in reference to Canadians, Mexians, Chileans, Brazilians etc.
:-) - October 25, 2009 at 8:06 PM
With reference to your 'British Slang' - the phrase is 'Bent as a none bob note', referring to pre-decimalised currency of pounds shillings and pence - when a shilling was referred to as a 'bob' and clearly a none shilling note would have been a blatant forgery.
Happiefaerie, UK - November 14, 2009 at 9:36 AM
Sorry - it's also a Paddy Wagon, not a Bobby Wagon. The Bobby is the policeman (from Robert Peel who is credited with 'inventing' the police force) and the black vans that they usde to drive were commonly called Black Maria's or Paddy Wagon (as in used to transport the Irish).
- November 14, 2009 at 9:39 AM
haha, your british accent was a true frankensteins monster of all sorts of diferent british accents! This idea that you Yanks seem to have about their actually being A british accent (like there is only one) cracks me up. :P There are actually dozens if not hundreds of wildly varying british accents. It always makes me laugh watching tv shows on the internet made with actors that have various northern accents like brummie or east yorkshire, because the amount of people thinking that the shows aren't made by the british (according to the comments) is amazing. The most internationally known and understood accents tend to be southern british accents, the many London accents in particular.
From a Grimbarian, (not many brits know of that accent, mostly because we are over-shadowed by the ridiculousness of the nearby Hullites, no offense to Hullites intended, I know you make fun of Grimbarians and Cleethespians too, and everyone likes to gang up on Louth anyway!) ;P - February 5, 2010 at 7:23 PM
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A Cake Wreck is any cake that is unintentionally sad, silly, creepy, inappropriate - you name it. A Wreck is not necessarily a poorly-made cake; it's simply one I find funny, for any of a number of reasons. Anyone who has ever smeared frosting on a baked good has made a Wreck at one time or another, so I'm not here to vilify decorators: Cake Wrecks is just about finding the funny in unexpected, sugar-filled places.
Now, don't you have a photo you want to send me? ;)
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- "Will have you laughing so hard you'll forget to eat!"— Washington Post
- "a hilarious winner" — The Oregonian
- "a fantastically gut-busting book"— NPR
- "It's all here, each wreck a disaster of hilarity." — BookPage.com
- "Hysterically funny!"— Epinions.com
- "laugh-out-loud funny"— The Times
- "Yates' sharp humor makes the funny even funnier." — The Dallas Morning News
- "an amazing laugh-out-loud book"— The Book Triblog
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- "I was laughing so hard, I couldn't catch my breath."
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SANFORD, Fla. — In an unusually low-key turn to a high-profile case, George Zimmerman was released without incident around midnight Sunday from a Florida county jail on $150,000 bail as he awaits his second-degree murder trial for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin.
The neighborhood watch volunteer was wearing a brown jacket and blue jeans and carrying a paper bag. He walked out following another man and didn't look over at photographers gathered outside. He then followed the man into a white BMW vehicle and drove away.
Moments before, two Seminole County sheriff's vehicles blocked access to the intake building parking lot where Zimmerman was being released. Zimmerman emerged after two public information officers confirmed the credentials of the photographers outside.
No questions were shouted at Zimmerman, and he gave no statement.
His ultimate destination is being kept secret for his safety and it could be outside Florida.
As with the July 2011 release of Casey Anthony, the Florida woman acquitted of murder in the death of her daughter, Zimmerman was released around midnight. But the similarities end there. Anthony was quickly whisked away by deputy sheriffs armed with semi-automatic rifles as angry protesters jeered her. While news helicopters briefly tracked her SUV through Orlando before she slipped from public view, there was no such pursuit of Zimmerman, who will have to return for trial.
Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester said at a hearing Friday that Zimmerman cannot have any guns and must observe a 7 p.m.-to-6 a.m. curfew. Zimmerman also surrendered his passport.
Zimmerman had to put up 10 percent, or $15,000, to make bail. His father had indicated he might take out a second mortgage.
Zimmerman worked at a mortgage risk-management company at the time of the shooting and his wife is in nursing school. A website was set up to collect donations for Zimmerman's defense fund. It is unclear how much has been raised.
Bail is not unheard of in second-degree murder cases, and legal experts had predicted it would be granted for Zimmerman because of his ties to the community, because he turned himself in after he was charged last week, and because he has never been convicted of a serious crime.
Prosecutors had asked for $1 million bail, citing two previous scrapes Zimmerman had with the law, neither of which resulted in charges. In 2005, he had to take anger management courses after he was accused of attacking an undercover officer who was trying to arrest Zimmerman's friend. In another incident, a girlfriend accused him of attacking her.
Zimmerman, 28, fatally shot Martin, 17, Feb. 26 inside the gated community where Zimmerman lived during an altercation. Martin was unarmed and was walking back to the home of his father's fiancée when Zimmerman saw him, called 911 and began following him. A fight broke out — investigators say it is unknown who started it.
Zimmerman says Martin, who was visiting from Miami, attacked him. Zimmerman says he shot Martin in self-defense, citing Florida's "stand your ground" law, which gives broad legal protection to anyone who says they used deadly force because they feared death or great bodily harm.
Zimmerman was not charged for over six weeks, sparking national protests led by Martin's parents, civil rights groups and the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. Martin was black; Zimmerman's father is white and his mother is from Peru.
Earlier Sunday, Zimmerman's attorney was working to secure the money for bail and a safe place for Zimmerman to stay. But residents in Sanford, where Martin was killed, didn't expect a ruckus once Zimmerman was released.
City commissioners said they hadn't received calls from nervous residents. Protesters didn't show up outside the jail. And talk at one local coffee shop seldom focused on the case.
"It's just kind of a non-issue now," said Michele Church, a server at Mel's Family Diner. "That's pretty much all anybody in Sanford wanted, was an arrest, so it could be sorted out in the court system."
On Friday, a Florida judge agreed to let Zimmerman out on $150,000 bail. Defense attorney Mark O'Mara has said there are several options for where Zimmerman should go, but would not disclose any of them. Lester on Friday indicated Zimmerman would be allowed to leave the state if arrangements with law enforcement could be made for him to be monitored. He will be fitted with an electronic device.
About a half-dozen photographers and cameramen camped outside the Sanford jail Sunday, focused on the door marked "Bonds Rooms," where other people who had been arrested and released on bail exited. Zimmerman had entered the jail about a week earlier after more than a month of nationwide protests calling for his arrest.
"The mood in Sanford has calmed down tremendously," said Sanford Commissioner Patty Mahany, whose district includes the neighborhood where Martin was killed. "I think now that people are able to see the justice system taking place, even though they understand it's going to be quite slow, people are willing to just remain calm and really we're all getting back to our daily routines."
A spokeswoman for the Seminole County Sheriff's Office declined to release any information about whether they were increasing patrols or security.
Defense attorneys for other high-profile clients who awaited trial on bail have said Zimmerman should leave Florida and refrain from going out in public. Sanford residents say they aren't expecting to see him around the neighborhood anytime soon.
"They've already said they're going to move him to a safe place," Church said. "Everyone has calmed down. That's all anyone in Sanford wanted, an arrest."
Meanwhile, Martin's parents published a "Card of Thanks" in The Miami Herald obituary page Sunday. The note says Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin express their appreciation for all the public's support since their son's death. The notice includes a photograph of Trayvon Martin dressed in a hooded sweatshirt, similar to one he was wearing the evening he was killed.
"Words will never express how your love, support and prayers lifted our spirits and continue to give us the strength to march on," the letter says.


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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan was critically injured Saturday after a tractor-trailer rammed into his chauffeured limousine bus, setting off a chain-reaction crash that left one member of his entourage dead and two others seriously hurt, authorities said.
A truck driver from Georgia was charged with death by auto in connection to the crash, prosecutors said. Middlesex County prosecutors said 35-year-old Kevin Roper, of Jonesboro, also faces four counts of assault by auto stemming from the crash. His bail was set at $50,000, and he was expected to turn himself in later Saturday. It wasn't immediately clear if he had an attorney.
Morgan, the former "Saturday Night Live" and "30 Rock" cast member, was returning from a standup comedy show in Delaware when his Mercedes limo bus carrying seven people overturned on the New Jersey Turnpike near Cranbury Township at about 1 a.m., state police Sgt. 1st Class Greg Williams said.
James McNair, 62, of Peekskill, New York, a passenger in the limo bus, died at the scene, Williams said. Morgan, 45, and Jeffrey Millea, 36, of Shelton, Connecticut, were flown from the accident scene to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, where they were in critical condition, hospital spokesman Peter Haigney said.
A fourth passenger, comedian Ardie Fuqua Jr., was also in critical condition, while a fifth passenger, comic Harris Stanton, was treated and released, Haigney said. Two others in the limo were unhurt, including the driver.
Morgan remains in the intensive care unit at the hospital.
"His family is now with him and he is receiving excellent care," spokesman Lewis Kay said in a statement. "We don't anticipate much of a change in his condition today but will provide a further update once more information becomes available."
Williams said the tractor-trailer driver apparently failed to notice slow traffic ahead and swerved at the last minute in a vain attempt to avoid a crash. But it smashed into the back of the limo, prompting a chain-reaction crash with a second tractor-trailer, an SUV and two cars.
The National Transportation Safety Board said it was working with state police to look at any issues in the crash related to commercial trucking and limousine safety.
Morgan's limo was owned by Atlantic Transportation Services, which said it had one employee behind the wheel and a second in the front passenger seat.
"Although the investigation is still pending, we concur with the preliminary reports that the accident was caused by another vehicle traveling behind the Atlantic limo bus," the Rehoboth Beach, Delaware-based company said. "We are grateful that our drivers did not sustain life-threatening injuries."
Walmart President Bill Simon issued a statement that said one of the firm's trucks was involved in the accident. While noting that the crash remains under investigation, Simon said "Walmart will take full responsibility" if authorities determine that the company's truck caused the accident.
"We're praying for the family and friends of the passenger who lost his life in the terrible accident" the statement said. "Our hearts go out to everyone involved and we hope those who were injured get the care that they need and make a full recovery."
Morgan performed comedy standup Friday night at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino. His scheduled appearance at the Fillmore Charlotte in North Carolina on Saturday night was canceled.
Fuqua had tweeted that he was opening for Morgan on Friday. On his Instagram page, Fuqua included a collage of photos from the Delaware show.
"This is what it looks like from the stage to see a standing ovation from 1500 people," Fuqua wrote at around midnight Friday. "Then we traveled back to NYC in style in a luxury Mercedes Sprinter. Road life is a good life!"
Morgan, a New York City native, joined "SNL" in 1996 and was on the sketch-comedy program for seven years before leaving to star in "The Tracy Morgan Show" in 2003. That show lasted just one season. In 2006, Morgan found a long-running role on NBC's hit show "30 Rock," which was created by "SNL" co-star Tina Fey. He received an Emmy nomination for best supporting actor for "30 Rock" in 2009.
Morgan grew up fatherless, one of five siblings, in a blighted section of Brooklyn, where he helped raise and support the family.
He once called his gift for being funny "a defense mechanism" for his miserable circumstances. As a teen, he started doing comedy on the streets to supplement the family's welfare income.
His tough upbringing informed his humor.
"My aunt was a crackhead," he told his Brooklyn audience in a recent special aired on Comedy Central. "I remember one Christmas she bought me a Game Boy. Then she stole it. Then she helped me look for it."
In recent years, he has struggled with alcoholism and drunken driving arrests. He had a successful kidney transplant in late 2010.
Morgan's films include "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back," `'The Longest Yard," `'First Sunday," `'Rio" and "Why Stop Now."
NewsOne will have more on this developing story.
UPDATED: Georgia Truck Driver Charged In Crash That Injured Tracy Morgan was originally published on newsone.com


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Go to www.steampowered.com and click 'login' at the top right corner of the website. After that, press 'Join Steam' in the middle of your screen to create your account.
2. Download Steam
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3. Click 'Games' at the top of your screen and select 'Activate a product on Steam'
4. Open the confirmation e-mail you received from Startselect and copy the code into the 'Product Code' box.
5. Confirm the code and install the game
6. You can access your games by clicking 'Library' at the top of your screen.
7. After the download is completed, you can enjoy your game!
Now on Startselect!
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