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Starting this week, we're handing over the wheel and letting you — our faithful readers — write about what's on your mind in a new series called (appropriately enough) "Speak Your Mind."
Inasmuch as the Web is an open democracy, the range of topics is totally unrestricted. But remember, all submissions have to adhere to our guidelines. So help us help you "Speak Your Mind."
We start the series with Dan Tres Omi (a.k.a. "Brother Omi") of Norfolk, Va.:
"My wife and I have plenty of single male and female friends. The number one complaint we hear is "there aren't any good black men/women around." Of course we find this notion to be absurd and unfounded. What disturbs me however is the sheer rudeness we display towards one another. Despite the fact that I was born and raised in New York City, I still greet people I pass on and off the street. Of course when I return to my home town, people look at me as if I just arrived from Mars.
Being stationed down south has opened my eyes to the idea that it is okay to greet people. Yet each day I notice that in the small city of Norfolk, Va., which I now call home that people are breaking the wonderful habit of greeting one another. Yet let me take it to another level. When I greet a sister with the word "peace," I am usually rebuffed by looks of disdain. When I hold the door open for a young lady, I am not even acknowledged. I am pelted with rude looks and proverbial rolling of the eyes. When I give a sister a compliment, I am treated as if I was trying to flash her. Sometimes I can hear teeth being sucked. I will admit that I am no Denzel Washington and never claimed to be. I have to point out that my flirting days are way over.
I have to lay blame on the brothers as well. As I give the universal head nod followed by the word "peace," I am greeted with steely eyes. Quite a few act as if I never even said a word. I will say that I do make sure that my voice has a deep baritone to not come off as "fake." I also throw a peace sign onto my heart as I was taught in the Universal Zulu Nation (UZN). When I give a brother a compliment on his parenting skills or the shirt he is wearing, I am treated like a leper. What happened to our cordialness? When I try to transmit positive energy, I am receiving nothing but confusion.
Before we can even discuss the failing relationships of our community, I think that we need to address how we interact with one another on a day to day basis. How can we respect one another on a deeper level of interaction if we don't even say 'hi' or 'wassup' to one another? I can hear the complaints now: "Some of you brothers get upset when someone doesn't reply" or "He might be trying to get me" or several other excuses.
Well, not all of us are trying to sleep with you sister. Not all of us are trying to stick you up for whatever valuable item you possess, brother. It is important however, that we provide a solution to this problem. We can't call ourselves a community if we don't even speak to one another on the street. So I challenge everyone reading this entry to try and meet someone new at least once a week. I don't mean going on Myspace or a chat room to do it either.
I mean when you get on the bus, L train, lunch room, or office building. I challenge everyone to greet at least one person each day. It does not have to be someone of the opposite sex either. I am sure that many of you can come up with better ideas than this. I look forward to greeting one of you on the street one day. Of course, we will have one of those infamous building sessions of mine." — Dan Tres Omi
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As I read Brother Omi's post, I thought to myself "well that's a unique perspectative!" This is due to the fact that I've seen opposite views from Brothers who think being nice comes with a catch. Case in point: Over two years ago, I had a job in a very diverse work environment that the "minority" employees were really the majority. As I headed out the lobby area one afternoon to lunch, I saw one of my colleagues (an African-American guy), let's just call him Joe with a couple of guys that looked to be his friends. I said hello to the three of them with a smile and I was out but I wondered why the two guys had a funny look on their faces and I caught one of them out of the corner of my eye as I waited for the elevator nudging my colleague.
A few hours later just before the end of the day, I was in a co-worker and friend's office when Joe walked in and expressed disappointment in me from a scenario that took place hours ago. I asked him what he was talking about because I've completely forgot the lunch time "guests" he had. He reminded me then and said "my friend was trying to talk to you. He wanted me to hook him up with you." I was like "is he in Junior High or something to need your help? And how am I supposed to know that?" Without missing a beat, Joe said "why do you think he was being nice to you?" I looked at him as if he's grown two heads,then I said "I expect all guys to be nice to me." Joe who should be about a decade older than me was shocked as if I just made a profound statement by saying "Oh." My lady friend couldn't believe the theatre taking place in her office as she looked from one face to the other. Later that night as I hung out with some of my girlfriends, I told them my experience that day at the office. They were laughing but said it was a sad commentary that the "Brothas" don't know how to relate to the "Sisters" with no ulterior motives. The disappointing thing is that scenario with my colleague and his friends isn't the lone experience and sometimes I wonder why bother to be nice as my parents taught me when the Brothers think is a chance for a relationship when I'm just expressing "common" courtesy.
Not all sisters will roll their eyes at you when you hold the door open!
I for one am always pleasantly surprised and thankful when a brother holds a door open for me, because it happens RARELY. My friend gets a kick out of it because I act like I just got an early christmas gift!
thanks for the love, chi chi...(that's my aunt's nick name... you aren't her by the way, are you? )
Listening to you interview of Billy Wayne Fowler on last week, I thought that Iwas in a time warp when he said that the siuation in Jena La.would work itself out if the rest of us would leave it alone.That's also what a guy that abuses his wife or children would say.And you sat there and let that remark slip by without much of a response.I guess you did'nt want to be in danger of calling this bigot out for who he really was.You pet him and was more accommdating than Hattie McDaniels could 've ever been.Are you lazy or just plain old Sceered?(scared)You were holding back on that neck and it could'nt have been more obvious if you had puncuated your words with a "Ye su Massa" or two.I've heard you ask way more probing questions and throw darts when interviewing black men.Are you by some chance a member of the Mo Tea Su tribe?(Mo tea su ?)You new breed of black so called journalist are working both sides of the street.Please grow some overies.
That bunch of faux intelectuals you had on the show on wednesday was about as useful as breast on a bull.Hell for one minute there I thought I was listening to Billy Wayne Fowler of Shaun Hannity when one of those corprate jigs misrepresented the situation in Jena La.He faild to mention the white boys jumping the black kid,but in true Uncle Remus fashion,he accused the black kids of jumping the white kid.Classic battered slave syndrome,insinctly deflect anything bad that ole Massa does or says and play up or just plain lie about what black people do or say.And if the situation in Dunbar Village is so important to you double agents then don't wait for Revs Al and Jessie,start your own movement.You agent provocateurs only care about protecting the oppressor.Thank god Moses did'nt let a little something like being next to and possibly becoming Pharaoh get in the way of speaking truth to power.Are you guys CIA or just plain old mammies and pappies?Aiding and abetting the enemy,you have no honor.Paper tigers.
If your child is that tired then, for the sake of the child, he should be sleeping somewhere quiet and comfortable. Proper sleep along with proper nutrition is one of the most important things for a child's mental and physical development. If we are not looking after our children's most basic needs then how can we preach about solving more complicated issues? I have a hard time looking beyond the small things and hearing the intended message.
The Black Political Card
The Black Political Card consists of 10 Questions to be asked by Black People to any politician who wants their support, vote or attention. Politicians must answer these 10 Questions with a YES or NO Response without clarification, before they are allowed to speak to you individually or as a group every time they present themselves to you, your church, business, civic, fraternal or sorority group, or organization. They can clarify their answers during their presentation.
1. Would you propose and vote for any form of Reparation for Black People? Yes or No
2. Have you ever proposed or support any Economic Empowerment Program specifically for Black People? Yes or No
3. Do you understand the history and legacy of Black African Enslavement? Yes or No
4. Would you vote to change Criminal Laws that have led to the incarceration of a disproportionate number of Black Men? Yes or No
5. Would you support an Educational Curriculum that empowers Black Students with their Ancient Pre-Enslavement History? Yes or No
6. Have your ever supported any laws or policies that negatively impact Black People at any level of government? Yes or No
7. Would you propose and vote for equal Haitian and African Immigrations Laws similar to European and Hispanics Laws? Yes or No
8. Can you name 5 Ancient African Civilizations that predates European and Arab Civilization? Yes or No
9. Did Black Ancient Egyptians build the Pyramids, start Medicine and Science? Yes or No
10. Are you aware of the 1921terrorist attack and massacre of Black People in Tulsa, Oklahoma that destroy their Black Wall Street? Yes or No
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Isn't this wonderful news !!!
NEW YORK -- Don Imus will return to the airwaves Dec. 3 on New York's WABC- AM, only nine months after the cantankerous shock jock's career seemed doomed over his racist, sexist remark about a women's college basketball team.
It proves that market forces still work in this great capitalistic society that is America. Intimidation, Political Correctness and the ???Race Card??? together did not win this time.
Are you there Jessie and Al??????..
Maybe this is the beginning of a trend. (?)
concerning the recent much publisized study on the current state of race relations in the united states. it should have been called "the triupmh of the ideology of white supremacy in 21st century america". it is quite apparent that as usual, most immigrants seem to be in lockstep the basic tenents of white racism.
i don't think that many american born blacks were surprised by the fact that a hostile anti-black concensus has been reached between native born whites and members of various other immigrant groups. this "unity" based upon a shared animosity has been in place here since slavery. america needs the enemy within and the enemy without to enable it to pacify the many factions who live here yet have nothing in common. it also needs to justify its massive injustices and its inequities while claiming a refuge for everyone on the planet, something which it has never been for black americans. the vast majority of adult immigrants come here knowing how race in this society works, whom it works for, whom it works against, and which side they are on. "ignorance" has nothing to do with the existence or maintenance of the american, brazilian, south african, or any other racial system. people know exactly what they are doing, why they are doing it, and who they are doing it to, no matter how emphatic and frequent their denials are.
after all, in a so-called "nation of immigrants" how would the structures of white supremacy have been maintained decade after decade and century after century, if generations of new immigrants and their offspring didn't eagarly embrace and partcipate in them?. many if not most immigrants arrive here predisposed to embrace and to excuse all of white america's racist pathologies when it serves their purposes while simultaneously condeming all native born blacks for their alleged cultural and personal failures. black americans should not be suckered into a one sided outreach mentality by the results of this poll, by so-called progressives or by any alleged majority concensus. the best defense against the racism of many immigrants and many whites is is for blacks to use a combination of self-love, unity, and cooperation to shift the balance of power in this country by leveraging our intellectual and economic resources. blacks need to finally learn that we are really on our own and we do not need to seek inclusion at any cost with those who have no intention of ever including most of us. america's record speaks for itself, blacks do not need to waste time and effort debating with whites and immigrants about whose american expereriences are valid and whose are not. that gap is not bridgeable you can feel an experience that you have not lived.


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Roasted Vegetable & Feta Sandwiches
From EatingWell: May/June 1995, EatingWell Serves Two, The Essential EatingWell Cookbook (2004)
Inspired by that famous New Orleans sandwich, the muffaletta, this jazzy vegetarian version is actually good for you.
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- 1 medium eggplant, (about 1 pound)
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- 1 7-ounce jar roasted red peppers, rinsed and chopped
- Salt & freshly ground pepper, to taste
- 4 ounces feta cheese
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- Pinch of crushed red pepper
- 1 round loaf whole-wheat country bread, (about 9 inches across)
- Preheat a grill or the broiler. Cut eggplant crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices. If using a grill, oil the grill rack (see Tip). Brush 1/2 tablespoon oil over both sides of the slices. Grill or broil the eggplant until lightly browned and tender, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Let cool slightly. Chop the eggplant coarsely and mix with red peppers. Season with salt and pepper.
- Mash feta with a fork in a small bowl. Add lemon juice, oregano, crushed red pepper and the remaining 1/2 tablespoon oil; blend until smooth and spreadable. Season with pepper.
- Slice loaf in half horizontally and scoop out about 1 inch of the soft interior from each half. (Reserve for another use, such as breadcrumbs.) Spread the seasoned feta in the bottom half of the loaf. Spoon the chopped eggplant and peppers over the cheese and replace the bread top firmly. Cut into wedges.
Tips & Notes
- Make Ahead Tip: Store well wrapped in the refrigerator or a cooler with a cold pack for up to 8 hours.
- To oil a grill rack: Oil a folded paper towel, hold it with tongs and rub it over the rack. (Do not use cooking spray on a hot grill.)
Per serving: 226 calories; 5 g fat (2 g sat, 2 g mono); 7 mg cholesterol; 34 g carbohydrates; 8 g protein; 3 g fiber; 613 mg sodium; 171 mg potassium.
Nutrition Bonus: Vitamin A (20% daily value).
Carbohydrate Servings: 2
Exchanges: 2 starch, 2 vegetable, 1/2 high-fat meat
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Van Horn is in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas. It is the county seat of Culbertson County.
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VA Health Care:
VA's Efforts to Maintain Services for Veterans With Special Disabilities
T-HEHS-98-220: Published: Jul 23, 1998. Publicly Released: Jul 23, 1998.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed its ongoing work on the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) efforts to comply with section 104 of the Veterans Health Care Eligibility Reform Act of 1996, focusing on whether VA: (1) is maintaining capacity with reasonable access to specialized care; and (2) has data that are sufficiently reliable to monitor and report on compliance.
GAO noted that: (1) its work to date suggests that much more information and analyses are needed to support VA's conclusion that it is maintaining its national capacity to treat special disability groups; (2) for example, while VA's data indicate that from fiscal year (FY) 1996 to FY 1997, the number of veterans served increased by 6,000, the data also show that spending for specialized disability programs decreased by $52 million; (3) VA attributes the decreased spending to reducing unnecessary duplicative services and replacing more expensive hospital inpatient treatment with outpatient care; (4) such aggregate data and assertions may, however, mask potential adverse effects on specific programs and locations; (5) for example, VA data also show that the number of veterans treated systemwide in FY 1997 decreased for amputees, and expenditures were reduced for veterans with amputations, serious mental illness, and post-traumatic stress disorder; (6) in addition, for substance abuse patients with serious mental illness, VA data show that about 3,000 fewer veterans were served and $112 million less was spent; (7) consistent with the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, VA plans to develop outcome measures over the next 2 to 3 years to track whether, among other things, the care provided to disabled veterans is effective as a result of its shift from inpatient to outpatient care; (8) VA intends to replace expenditure data with outcome measures when they become available; (9) while outcome measures are a valuable tool to evaluate program effectiveness and to help monitor physical, psychological, and social services, retaining current measures, such as dollars spent serving VA's special needs population, are also important to measure legislative compliance; (10) beyond the issue of how VA chooses to measure its capacity to serve veterans with special disabilities, there are also questions regarding the reliability of VA's data; (11) for example, in 1998, VA reduced its reported 1996 baseline expenditure data in all six specialized programs and services by as much as 50 percent without explaining in its report the basis for such changes; (12) VA's two advisory committees have also raised questions about anomalies in the capacity data; and (13) VA has acknowledged the need to improve its data systems and has several efforts under way to do so.
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Adaptive Sports Grant Program:VA Has Taken Steps toward Better Grantee Selection and Oversight, but Additional Actions NeededGAO-15-791: Published: Sep 28, 2015. Publicly Released: Sep 28, 2015.
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Veterans Benefits Management System:Ongoing Development and Implementation Can Be Improved; Goals Are Needed to Promote Increased User SatisfactionGAO-15-582: Published: Sep 1, 2015. Publicly Released: Sep 15, 2015.
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VA Health Care:Actions Needed to Assess Decrease in Root Cause Analyses of Adverse EventsGAO-15-643: Published: Jul 29, 2015. Publicly Released: Aug 28, 2015.
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Veterans Affairs Contracting:Improved Oversight Needed for Certain Contractual ArrangementsGAO-15-770T: Published: Jul 21, 2015. Publicly Released: Jul 21, 2015.
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Veterans' Employment:Need for Further Workshops Should Be Considered before Making Decisions on Their FutureGAO-15-518: Published: Jul 16, 2015. Publicly Released: Jul 16, 2015.
Veterans Affairs Contracting:Improved Oversight Needed for Certain Contractual ArrangementsGAO-15-581: Published: Jul 2, 2015. Publicly Released: Jul 16, 2015.
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Veterans' Disability Benefits:Improvements Needed to Better Ensure VA Unemployability Decisions Are Well SupportedGAO-15-735T: Published: Jul 15, 2015. Publicly Released: Jul 15, 2015.
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Veterans' Disability Benefits:VA Can Better Ensure Unemployability Decisions Are Well SupportedGAO-15-464: Published: Jun 2, 2015. Publicly Released: Jul 2, 2015.
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VA Real Property:Actions Underway to Improve the Leasing of Outpatient ClinicsGAO-15-723T: Published: Jun 25, 2015. Publicly Released: Jun 25, 2015.
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The Copyrights play a stripped-down version of pop-punk in the tradition of fellow Illinois bands like Screeching Weasel and the Methadones, with old-school punk and pop influences ranging from the Ramones and the Undertones to Sound Affects-vintage Jam and the first couple of Cheap Trick albums. Formed in the small southern Illinois city of Carbondale (much closer to St. Louis, MO, than Chicago) in 2002, the Copyrights originally consisted of bassist and primary lead singer Adam Fletcher, guitarists/vocalists Brett Hunter and Ken Clifford, and drummer Luke McNeill. Signed to the Washington, D.C., indie Insubordination Records, the Copyrights released their debut album, We Didn't Come Here to Die (produced by Illinois pop-punk legend Mass Giorgini), in 2003. It was subsequently followed by two EPs, 2004's Button Smasher and 2005's Nowhere Near Chicago (both through It's Alive Records). Replacing the departed Clifford with new guitarist Nick O'Neil, the Copyrights returned with their second album, Mutiny Pop, in May 2006. Not wasting any time, various shows followed before the guys (now with Jeff Funburg on board in place of O'Neil) were back in the studio by the start of 2007 to commence recording their next album; Make Sound surfaced that spring via Red Scare. ~ Stewart Mason, Rovi
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The tea party is is made up of puppets being run by an elite group to serve their needs and not the needs of the people
By: SayNoToTea , 4:51 PM GMT on September 27, 2012
Oh it's great to be back! A little vacation, a little extra work and a very busy schedule kept me away but now I can focus on the end of this election cycle.
I see our resident right wing nutjob has left the building. Funny, but it seems the announcement came after some very good posts detailing how full of crap his article were or maybe it was embarrassment that another of his cited sources that he used to convince himself that climate change was hocus pocus declared that they were wrong and climate change is indeed a scientific fact. Of course the fact that Obama is indeed a US citizen and quite likely to continue as President made it easier to run and hide. Not to mention that the tea party is collapsing and being ridiculed daily. The rat is leaving the sinking ship and I say good riddance to bad trash.
There was quite an article detailing how and why the moderates may once again take over the GOP after Romney loses this election and I and many others are ecstatic over the possibility. Wouldn't it be nice to have a GOP that stands for fiscal responsibility and is also morally responsible?
So yes, it's very evident the fat lady is warming up and if it does spell the collapse of the old school far right, then let me tell you, I am so ready to enjoy every note of her song!
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Super Hero/Comic Book Movies« on: May 5, 2008, 10:42 PM »
I think I read that somewhere...
Hey, not all of us can read every thread posted in JD. I mean, its not like that was just written ten posts prior in the same thread or something. Geez!


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To Chicago (verb) means to ingest a hit of marijuana, specifically dank kush, and directly afterwards consuming a 1 oz. shot of Maker's Mark whiskey before exhaling the smoke.
E: dude, lets get fucked up?
R: yea definitely
E: Lets Chicago, man.
R: What's that?
E: Take a hit of this weed and then a shot of whiskey before you blow it out.
R: I'm down.
R: yea definitely
E: Lets Chicago, man.
R: What's that?
E: Take a hit of this weed and then a shot of whiskey before you blow it out.
R: I'm down.
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How an Assyrian Boater pronounces Chicago; a female in Chicago on the go
hi im new to chic-a-go. lookit at the chic-a-go
by Tena Love Less Zaia January 03, 2012
A awesome city located in Illinois. It has the world famous Sears Tower and it also has the Hancock building. Many people say it has many gangs, but it really doesn't. Chicago actually has the most nicest people.
John: Chicago has a lot of gangs!
Jeff: Have you ever even been to Chicago? There is barely any gangs and they have very nice people.
Jeff: Have you ever even been to Chicago? There is barely any gangs and they have very nice people.
by ChicagoCitizen June 02, 2009
3rd largest city in america,16th Richest city in the world. New multi-million dollar pent houses and condos being built(see Chicago spire & waldrof astoria) milwaukee has some odd complex with chicago but cant compete (milwaukees lame dont ever go thier!!!) saw its far share of crime and population loss during the 80's an 90s but is on the rise again. I would say a cleaner version of new york, downtown is never dead, u can go at 3:00am and still have fun. 24 hour city with the most agressive drivers i have ever seen( and im from boston)World Class shoipping just to name a few, Prada, louis vitton,gucci,hugo boss,fendi,and more..big city lots of fun and great pizza and hot dogs,nice historic homes brown stones huge victorian homes on the south side, 24 hour rail system and bus. (No more Projects!!!) good clubs,great bars,nice homes go to chicago and i'll graruntee you will love it.
Milwaukeean: i hate chiago drivers
Chicagoan: well thats because your drunk,dumb and from wisconsin
Milwaukeean: o we wish we were you!
Chicagoan: well thats because your drunk,dumb and from wisconsin
Milwaukeean: o we wish we were you!
by Move out the way! December 20, 2008
A city in the state of Illinois. It is the largest city in Illinois, the largest in the Midwest, and the third largest in the United States. A very impressive skyline, and home to many fortune 500 companies. Although parts of the city are impoverished, what city DOESN'T have places like that? The most expensive inland city in the US. Upscale areas by far dominate the low scale areas. One of the best cities in the country, and in the world. Extremely diverse, although many people believe Chicago is segregated still because of it's past. If you haven't been there before, please stfu like you actually know something.
Chicago has something for everyone.
by DONOVANN November 03, 2006
When there are two joints or blunts in a circle of friends; one is passed clockwise, the other counterclockwise. When two arrive at your doorstep you have to "chicago;" hit both of them simultaneously, preferably in the manner of inserting each between two different sets of knuckles of the same hand, making a chamber with your fist and inhaling deeply through the pipe created by your thumb and forefinger.
Yo, bitch, you just got hit. CHICAGO!
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Kansas City (21-29) at Boston (28-23)
After putting 16 runs on the board in the first two games of their weekend series against the Boston Red Sox, the Kansas City Royals' bats suddenly went silent.
It won't be easy for them to make any noise Sunday.
Jon Lester(notes) seeks to earn his sixth straight win overall, continue his mastery of the Royals and help the Red Sox salvage a four-game split at Fenway Park.
Kansas City (21-29) began this series in brilliant fashion, following a 4-3 victory in the opener with a 12-5 rout Friday in which it had a season-high 20 hits. The outcome was far different Saturday night, when Boston starter Clay Buchholz(notes) tossed seven innings of a 1-0 victory to outduel Royals ace Zack Greinke(notes). The only run scored in the fourth, when Mike Lowell's(notes) groundout brought home Adrian Beltre(notes).
Boston second baseman Dustin Pedroia(notes) went hitless for the third straight game, but saved a run in the eighth with a backhanded stop of a David DeJesus(notes) grounder.
"He helps you win. He always does," Red Sox manager Terry Francona said. "We talk about how good he is defensively, but with the game on the line he's even better."
With a victory, the Royals can still win a series against the Red Sox (28-23) for the first time since taking two of three at Fenway from July 16-18, 2007, but on Saturday they had to tip their collective caps to Buchholz.
"We matched up against a guy who was on top of his game and is one of the best pitchers in the American League," Kansas City manager Ned Yost said.
Yost's club will face another pitcher fitting that description in the series finale.
Lester (5-2, 3.15 ERA) has been phenomenal for more than a month now, going 5-0 with a 1.45 ERA and a .152 opponent batting average over his last seven starts. He issued five walks Tuesday at Tampa Bay, but limited the major league-leading Rays to one hit and struck out nine over six innings of a 1-0 win.
The left-hander has also been virtually unhittable against the Royals. Lester is 3-1 with a 1.20 ERA in four starts against them and has thrown 17 scoreless innings to win his last two, including a no-hitter at Fenway on May 19, 2008.
Kansas City slugger Jose Guillen(notes), who is 1 for 9 through the first two games of this series, is 0 for 11 with five strikeouts versus Lester.
Gil Meche(notes) had been scheduled to oppose Lester, but the veteran right-hander landed on the 15-day disabled list Friday with bursitis in his pitching shoulder. In his place, Kansas City will summon Bruce Chen(notes) (1-0, 2.89) out of the bullpen to make his first start of 2010, after 10 relief appearances.
Chen, who was briefly a member of the Red Sox during the 2003 season, is 28-40 with a 4.70 ERA in 121 starts for eight different teams. He went 1-6 with a 5.81 ERA in nine starts for the Royals in 2009, the shortest of which was a three-inning stint in a 6-0 loss at Boston on July 12.
The left-hander is 3-5 with a 4.84 ERA in 14 appearances - seven starts - versus the Red Sox.
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Transit Lines Shouldn't Be Named After Political Slogans
There's a lot to like in the H Street/Benning Road Streetcar line, newly captured in virtual reality. The District Department of Transportation explained its plans last night for a car barn next to Spingarn High School that would train people how to maintain the vehicles, as well as three power substations that you'll hardly even notice. Once the line's up and running, they're going to have to call it something.
But the "One City Line," as they're now calling the route that will eventually extend from Benning Road to Washington Circle? * Give me a break.
There are three main problems with that moniker.
One: It says nothing about where the line starts and ends. Sure, neither do Metro's colors, but the move in recent years has been towards more useful naming systems, like the Circulator's different routes. D.C. residents may know what the H Street/Benning Road/K Street line is after years of watching it get built, but a tourist who's looking for things to do from Union Station will have no idea where the "One City" line will take them.
Two: There's no way to build a system of names out from that beginning. What's the logical name for the one up Georgia Avenue, or out on Rhode Island Avenue? Will they also be named after nebulous concepts?
Three: The most distasteful thing about the "One City" tagline is that, as much as Mayor Vince Gray would like to say otherwise, the phrase is still a political slogan. It's what he campaigned on, and it's how he'd like people to think about his legacy. But Gray can't even claim credit for making the streetcar happen. Although he's been a stalwart supporter since he came into office, his predecessors were really the ones who kicked it off—let's not forget, Gray would have cut funding for construction entirely had last-minute political pressure not forced him to restore it. Pinning the first operational streetcar line to a mayor's political ascent—especially when that rise could be cut short by an all-too-serious investigation—is unfair and shortsighted.
So please, please, please think of something else.
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The Kaskaskia College Community Education Office will offer an intermediate digital photography class at the KC Vandalia Campus.
The class will be held on Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 6-7, from 6-8 p.m. The registration number for the class is COED 5428 VA03E.
Students will get to know their digital cameras a little better as they learn to take superior images and learn techniques to improve action, portrait, scenic, travel, outdoor and wildlife portraits.
Shown here are the students in grades kindergarten-third at Brownstown Elementary School who participated in Red Ribbon Week activities. The school totaled 5,786 gym laps and 3,185 track laps; together, that totaled 796 miles.
The New Approach Alternative High School for Bond and Fayette County students has announced honor roll for the first quarter.
The following students have maintained a "B" average or better for the term:
Keli Atwood, Kayla Bell, Lucrisha Eddy, Darlene Knolhoff, Devin Manning, Sara McGee, Jacklyn Pearson, Sheyanne Stevens, Marina Tate, Cheyenne Tinker, Becky Wattles, Jessica Wright and Dustin Wuehler.
Atmos Energy Corporation said it expects that most of its utility customers in Illinois could pay lower natural gas bills this coming winter, compared to last year.
"Everybody has the right to see well, and we strive to make that available to everyone," said Kim Stief, office manager of the new Marion Eye Centers & Optical facility in Vandalia.
"Seeing is very important, and we want to make sure everyone can afford it."
Marion Eye Centers, which was founded by Maqbool Ahmad in Marion, now has 37 locations and offers a full line of eye-care services – including eye exams, glasses, contacts and cataract surgery.
The company accepts all insurance programs and offers senior discounts.
Robbi Meade's pet name for her children is "Sweet Peas." So when she decided to launch a consignment store for children, the term of endearment seemed to be a natural choice for the name.
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Leaders from around Europe are arriving in Brussels for what promises to be a turbulent summit on the budget for the 27-country European Union. And for once, Britain will be at the heart of the debate.
In a battle pitting several wealthy member states against those seeking a bigger aid budget on Thursday, UK Prime Minister David Cameron is seeking to reduce the financial clout - and political sway - of the EU's institutions.
As he arrived for a preliminary meeting with Herman Van Rompuy, president of the European Council of the 27 heads of state and government, Cameron said he was not happy with the latest budget proposals.
"These are very important negotiations," Cameron said. "And clearly, at a time when we're making difficult decisions at home over public spending, it would be quite wrong - it is quite wrong - for there to be proposals for this increased extra spending in the EU. So we're going to be negotiating very hard for a good deal for Britain's taxpayers and for Europe's taxpayers, and to keep the British rebate."
Facing an ever more vocal Euroskeptic electorate at home, Cameron is under huge pressure to veto any seven-year deal at the summit opening on Thursday which would exceed the old 2007-2013 $1.28 trillion budget by as much as a euro.
Those opposing cuts to the budget say that European institutions need the means to implement their policies, which include creating jobs and economic growth, helping development in many southern and eastern nations, and closing the wealth gap between member states.
"Certain countries want to make drastic reductions in the budget. That's a big mistake," said Elio Di Rupo, Belgium's prime minister.
The budget primarily funds programmes to spur growth in the bloc less developed regions and farming and amounts to about 1 per cent of the EU's gross domestic product.
Deal unlikely
Manos Tzafalias, a Greek journalist, told Al Jazeera it was unlikely that a firm deal would emerge from the summit.
"It's very rare that we have clear-cut deals within limited timeframes," he said.
If the negotiations stall, he said, the union could potentially be stuck in a situation where it had little ability to plan for the mid- or longterm future.
"If by 2014, when the budget is supposed to kick in, they will just keep the old one and renew it every month," he said.
The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, backs more spending, arguing that cross-border initiatives will help to create the economic growth and jobs that the bloc of a half-billion people needs.
Cameron is set to do the talking for some of the other member states - such as the Netherlands, Sweden and, to a certain extent Germany - who also want limits on EU spending when he opens a session of bilateral talks with EU President Herman Van Rompuy.
He will demand a real cut in the EU budget, claiming that is the only justifiable outcome at a time when almost every member state has to cut its budget to lower debt.
"It would not be acceptable to see some huge increase in EU spending when other budgets are being cut," Cameron said in the run-up to the summit.
Poland and Spain, on the other side, will head a group of nations imploring for more funds to be committed to help economic development in many southern and eastern nations and close the wealth gap in the EU and boost jobs and growth.
Going into the open-ended summit which might well stretch into Saturday, Van Rompuy made a first compromise proposal that leaned toward Cameron's demands. It proposes a cut of between $4bn and $31bn, depending on how the figures are read.
"With less money, we cannot do the same as before," Van Rompuy wrote in the invitation letter he sent to the 27 leaders.
Veto power
Since each of the 27 member states has veto power over the budget, the outcome is a cliffhanger.
"If necessary, we will have to meet again at the beginning of next year," German Chancellor Angela Merkel told the country's parliament on Wednesday.
Leaders from Denmark up north to Spain and Italy down south are already threatening vetoes, sometimes for opposing reasons.
If the summit fails to find a compromise, the issue could spill over into a new meeting next month, or into next year.
There is no set deadline for a deal but the closer it gets to 2014, the tougher it will be for a smooth introduction of new programmes.
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Great hotel AND location
I stayed here for business April 13th. The hotel itself is very nice and the restaurant is good as well. The rooms are very clean and well appointed.
The work out facility has new cardio machines, dumbells and a couple of weight machines. One thing that surprised me is that the hotel does not provide water in the fitness center.
It is a 5 minute walk to the Pittsburgh Airport - you can't get a more convenient location. My only complaint is that there is not a gift shop at the hotel to purchase snacks, magazines, etc. I would stay here again and recommend it for anyone needing to be close to the airport.
Great hotel choice for travel
A little late, but better than never:
We stayed at the Hyatt on our wedding night in August 2005. The service was very pleasant. We were very pleased with our room. Good size, wonderful shower with two heads, nice bedding.
We were however disappointed with the noise level. There were children on the floor banging around. (Slamming doors, running up and down the hallway, yelling.) This was less than romantic and admittedly not the hotel's fault. I was however suprised that the room wasn't better sound-proofed. We probably should have complained, but it seemed like more effort than it was worth since the banging began after we had gone to bed.
We needed to arrive at the airport at 5:30 a.m., so the location couldn't be beat. I actually was disappointed we were leaving so early that we couldn't have breakfast delivered to the room!
We are staying again in May before an early trip. This time we won't hestitate to complain about noisy neighbors!
Oh, and a great tip -- try hotwire(-). We got a our room for $66 -- you can tell it's the Hyatt by the tax on the room!
Superb Experience at PBurgh Hyatt
Stayed for two nights. Very quiet, exceptionally clean and well-maintained. It think the T-Mobile hot spot is expensive for $10 a day, but that's the only issue I had. My two room service experiences were ABOSLUTLEY wonderful. I'd forgotten that room service can be a good experience rather than a grim experience. I gave extra gratuity to both servers, they were that nice and glowing.
Prices for dinner entrees a bit prohibitive, but my "step down" choices, burgers and salads were great.
Desk staff were very pleasant, very helpful. Bed was very comfy, as were the other appointments to the room; the bathroom was sparkling.
All in all, as others have said, this is the best choice for the airport area. Other PBurgh airport hotels,even the pricey ones,have that shabby "hey, buddy, you're stuck with us" attitude (Yes, YOU Wyndham).
HIGHLY recommended.
Hyatt Pittsburgh - None better than this!
Best Hotel in Airport Area. Only Hotel within 6 miles of the airport. I have stayed at all of them. Food - Excellent, Service - Excellent, Location - Excellent. I would not stay anywhere else. I travel 20 - 30 times a year and I stay at the Hyatt the night before all my trips. I never have to worry about missing my flight or traffic and weather. You are located 200 yards from check in. No shuttle to wait for! I can get up in the morning and use the extensive fitness center (free to Hotel guests) 24 hour access or sleep an extra hour or two. I recommend this Hyatt to anyone who has an early morning flight.
Great airport hotel
This hotel exceeds my expectations every time I stay there. The rooms are spotless, very nicely decorated, and have very nice furnishings and linens. Of course, there's the added luxury of leaving your door and getting to the airport within 5 minutes.
This is the nicest Hyatt I've ever stayed in. The only drawback is that the beds are hard. It doesn't matter whether you get 2 doubles or a king. I've tried both.
Another ferfect stay
Stayed the night of June 22. I have been a a guest at the Hyatt several times before, finding it the perfect place to spend the night when one has a long early morning flight ahead of you. I would not recommend it for the vacationer, since it far from anything entertaining. But for business meetings and staying a night prior to flight departure, I think this the the perfect place to stay. To get to the main terminal, you never have to encounter the weather since it is connected to the airport and moving walkways speed you along nicely. One always feels fresh and rested for the hassles of modern air travel.
The staff are great, always making it seem like a pleasure to help you. The rooms are adequate and comfortable. The hotel resturant is a bit pricey, but the food is good. My steak was grilled to perfection.
The bar is the happening place and after 10:30 PM, the bar area is open to us cigar affectionatos. The cigar selection is small and expensive, so bring your own. There is nothing like a cigar and brandy before bed.
The HR at Pittsburgh International remains my favorite airport hotel in the USA.
Convenient Location
I attended a confernece/business meeting at this hotel recently. If you don't mind being out at the airport, this is a great hotel. If it takes you more than 15 minutes to get from the plane to your room you must of gotten lost. You don't have to set foot outside to get to the hotel. You're indoors from your plane seat to your bed. The hotel and rooms were very clean. Rooms were large, appointed nicely and had high speed and wireless internet access. Staff was very friendly and accommodating. About the only downside I could find to this place is that it only has a single restaurant/bar, so there is only one place to go for breakfast, lunch, dinner and drinks. But the food was very good, so it really wasn't that big a deal. I would definitely use this hotel again for a business meeting.
Good deal at the Hyatt
Reasonable rates. Large rooms. Located on the airport grounds. My room faced the active runway for the day. I was surprised, very little noise could be heard in the room from the jets. Only disapointment was Sunday breakfast buffet. Service was slow and choices were limited.
Great hotel--easy to find
This hotel has an excellent staff. They were very friendly and helpful from the waiters to the concierge . They offered us insider local advice that saved us an hour of waiting in a line to enter the Post Gazette Pavilion. ( use the left hand lane because ALL three of the lanes can make a right into the pavilion for a concert ) We just sailed by all of the people waiting in line!
It was also easy to find your hotel--just follow the signs to the airport. I do agree with another writer--the steak and crab cakes are excellent and the chef substituted a second veggie instead of the potato for an Akins dieter.
The one drawback to this hotel is that parking was not included in our rate.. Near the hotel in airport parking is almost 10 dollars a night so add that into your projected cost.
A Great Place to stay
this is a really great place to stay , the room price is in the good deal rate, the service is unserpassed, and the food is very good and compairable to most fine dining if you stay there you have to try the steak and the crab cakes ...wonderful to say the least .
i did manage to leave my trusty old Zippo lighter there at the bar , and called when i returmed home and they had it and are shipping it back to me !! and i want to say thanks to Deborah Owens for taking the time to look for it and get it shipped to me ! All the staff wen't out of their way to make my stay there real pleasent the rooms were very nice and clean , the only gimmic there in the room was a $4.00 bottle of water they had when you came in !!drink it and they will charge your room !!
i will recomend this hotel to anyone who asks truly worth the money and i will stay again !!
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Tacking Into the Wind
is one of my favourite episodes. I love the way in which the Klingon and Cardassian stories mirror each other while also standing in such fascinating contrast to one another. The Klingon plot is about Worf finally taking steps to restore honour and glory to the empire, and hopefully setting the Klingons onto a better path; one in which they finally walk the walk as well as talk the talk, so to speak. The Cardassian story then has something that is at once very similar to this but is also a bit of an inversion of it - Russot mirrors the comments we hear from Klingons about "restoring the glory of the empire", but Damar rejects that vision and makes progress by accepting that the old Cardassia wasn't glorious at all. It's wonderful writing when we hear the same goal proposed twice, but we get two different answers to it, answers that despite being almost exact opposites both manage to be uplifting and satisfying, and both offering hope for a troubled society. Well played, writers, especially as it seemed so natural and uncontrived.
One thing I will say: I think that, in a sense, the Cardassians have fallen further than the Klingons, but thanks to this they've also progressed further, and made (or are now equipped to make ) the bigger step forward. The Klingons were falling apart - as Dax said so well, they were dying and she could no longer even sympathise - but Worf took the step to "restore" them, hopefully to something more in keeping with his idealistic view of what the Klingon culture is "supposed" to be. In other words, the "true" Klingon Empire has a chance to come back. Worf managed - just - to start the process of reversing that long decline, driving out that rot. Cardassia by contrast can't come back. It wasn't just dying, it's actually dead. But in realizing that, and realizing that maybe the old Cardassia
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So much has been lost, so much forgotten. So much pain, so much blood. And for what, I wonder. The past tempts us, the present confuses us, and the future frightens us. And our lives slip away, moment by moment, lost in that vast, terrible inbetween. But there is still time to seize that one last fragile moment. To choose something better, to make a difference, as you say. And I intend to do just that".
Damar is G'Kar of Narn, having already reached the end and gone past the point that it can be reversed, but seeing now opportunity for rebirth:
You have the opportunity, here and now, to choose. To become something greater,
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ore. The universe does not offer such chances often, G'kar..."
Having the Cardassian arc (which has been running since Season Two, when we were first given insight into the politics and gradual decline of Cardassia) and the Klingon arc (which, as
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Omg that fork makes me cringe, its a pretty little bike but it looks like it would snap off if you hit the slightest crack in the road. I know their bikes are renowned as the highest quality and I'm sure its fine but I would be afraid to ride that.
cherubim cri road bike:
a week or so ago i was inadvertently derailing a thread about a downtube 9fs with moustache wax when i came across this pic of dali on a folding bike.
i'd seen this pic many times but, finally i became curious about the make of the bike.
as it happens, the bike in the pic with dali is the italian made Graziella folding bike.
i have no idea, but perhaps it was the original of the "U" shaped folding bikes?
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and a fairly elegant folded package (note that because of the angle of this pic, the kickstand is hidden from view. the bike is not actually floating).
Don't forget the vintage folders like Raleigh twentys etc, there is a bit of a cult following on old English folders and non folding 20 inch wheelers!
Yeah small wheeler, put some effort in to contributing some photo postings on this thread you started , and only complied 90per cent of the 20 pages of carefully selected hard to find photos........
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Bikes; dual drive Mezzo X2 bullbar previously owned brompton with mods. Also 3 birdies + downtube FS
That chrome one is nice,but that gold is just gaudy.
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Last two are proper desirable bromptoms imo.
Bikes; dual drive Mezzo X2 bullbar previously owned brompton with mods. Also 3 birdies + downtube FS
schwar's mini.
"I built it because I thought I could build a better bike than the Moulton(s) I used to own."
lovely bike, though. the head tube design is very cool.
You would need to be in the slipstream of a truck to peddle a chainring of that size. Other than that, very tasty.
Mezzo I4 (converted to dual drive), Whyte PRST-1, Trek 1200, Dahon Jack, Bickerton Portable (upgraded).