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Genealogists in Second Life took virtual reality to a new level last night as we met in the Secret Garden at Just Genealogy. Perhaps you'd like to participate in the same scavenger hunt? Here's how I set it up last night:
SCAVENGER HUNTWe're going on a different type of scavenger hunt tonight, where your avatar will STAY HERE in Second Life.
We're going to open our web browsers to explore a website that I'll be blogging about tomorrow... The post is scheduled to go live immediately after the DearMYRTLE Workshop Webinar (c). The website I'm blogging about is http://americanheritage.com
This latest issue of the magazine, Spring 2011, just arrived today announcing the revamping of their website. (I practically had to tear it out of Mr. Myrt's grip!)
I was SURPRISED that all 60 years of issues (sans maps and other graphics) are available free online.
Now BEFORE YOU GO THERE....and go exploring....
I'd like to explain WHY I am having you do this...
We often attend lectures where websites are mentioned but we never get a chance to visit them during the discussion without losing our place in the presentation.Periodically I send us out on these "scavenger hunts" to find info from websites.
Sometimes I don't specify which site to use, but tonight we'll use this one: http://americanheritage.com
Make a Second Life Notecard or keep your word processor open so you can make notes and be prepared to share your findings with the group.
You will have 15 minutes to visit the site in search of answers that satisfy these goals:
A. FIND INFO about a specific HISTORIC PLACE at http://americanheritage.com, give us the URL for it, and two tidbits of information....
B. FIND INFO about an EVENT IN HISTORY at http://americanheritage.com, give us the URL for it, and two tidbits of information...
C. List one of the TOP TEN GOALS of the "National Portal to Historic Collections" a service provided by American Heritage and American Association for State and Local History.
These are several items Ol' Myrt discovered on this site.
There is a PONY EXPRESS section on the American Heritage Website: http://americanheritage.com/content/pony-express with a map showing various points on the road. I was interested in this because our RL home in Utah is along the Pony Express Route. Also, Leonard and I have visited the Pony Express Station at Gothenburg, Nebraska, which is linked from the American Heritage website: http://www.ci.gothenburg.ne.us .
There is a PONY EXPRESS section on the American Heritage Website: http://americanheritage.com/content/pony-express with a map showing various points on the road. I was interested in this because our RL home in Utah is along the Pony Express Route. Also, Leonard and I have visited the Pony Express Station at Gothenburg, Nebraska, which is linked from the American Heritage website: http://www.ci.gothenburg.ne.us .
In an Article from the February/March 2007 | Volume 58, Issue 1 American Heritage Magazine titled "The Trial Of General Homma: Was he the Beast of Bataan, or was his true war crime defeating Douglas MacArthur? A troubling look at the problems of military justice" author Hampton Sides explains war crime criminals are usually tried in the country where the crime took place. Yet in General Homma's case, "in mid-September 1945, shortly after the Japanese surrender, American forces apprehended Homma in Japan and flew him in secrecy to Manila to stand trial."
"Widely referred to as the Beast of Bataan, Homma was the man thought responsible for the deaths of nearly 10,000 starving American and Filipino prisoners who were marched in sweltering heat from Bataan to squalid concentration camps in central Luzon. This catastrophic relocation of POWs had become universally known as the Bataan Death March."
Top 10 Goals For The National Portal
Source: http://americanheritage.com/about/portal
"There is widespread agreement in the American museum community that there should be greater online access to historical collections. Only about 2% of history museums have their collections online, and data in most of these systems cannot be seen by search engines."
- Create a National Database for Locating Items in "Hidden" Collections
- Facilitate Affordable Migration of Museum Collection Data to the Internet
- Raise the Visibility of Historical Museums and their Resources
- Effect Agreements on Common Metadata Standards for Museum Collections and Other Issues
- Automate Tools for Metadata Harvesting
- Encourage Adoption of Industry-Standard Nomenclature for Collections
- Promulgate Uniform Resource Identifiers for Museum Artifacts
- Increase Community Involvement with Historic Collections
- Provide Internet Access to Museum Information for Individuals with Disabilities
- Assist in the Recovery of Stolen or Missing Property
This morning I received communication from one of last night's attendees who writes:
"Tuesday's activity with American Heritage magazine has been nagging me.
- How do we assess this source's reliability and usefulness?
- My comments about WHO published the magazine, was there a peer review process, etc. were going in that direction but the session ended before I could clarify my thoughts.
I looked again this morning at the very, very interesting article I used
about Ethan Allen:
No notes. No sources cited. I looked up the author bio, no evaluative information there either. So, this article would be a horrible source for me to use in my research because I have no way to determine whether it's fact or fiction without trying to figure out what sources support the author's statements. Seems not to be a good way to spend my time and energy.
This step of evaluating a source's reliability is critical, applying to ALL sources that we seek and use in our research."
Ol' Myrt's question for her DearREADERS becomes --
Is there no room for lighter reading in our world as genealogists or does a publication such as American Heritage put our foot on the path to discovering more about historic times and places?
Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt :)
Your friend in genealogy.


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Library Services desk.
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LOS ANGELES -- Police say a former Los Angeles policeman has gone on a murderous rampage, and is now a threat to all law enforcement in southern California. They are using all available manpower to hunt down former policeman Christopher Dorner, who is suspected of killing three people and injuring two others.
The massive man hunt spans across several southern California police jurisdictions.
It began when Dorner recently filed a manifesto on Facebook, where he claimed he was treated unfairly when he was fired from the Los Angeles Police Department in 2008 for making false statements.
"He communicated in this manifesto that police were fair game, and their families," says Riverside Police Chief Sergio Diaz.
On Sunday the daughter of Dorner's attorney in his dismissal was murdered, along with her fiance.
Dorner is the prime suspect in the killings.
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Shortly after that police say he ambushed two Riverside officers as they stopped at a traffic light.
One officer was killed, the other critically injured.
"He knows what he's doing," warns LAPD Chief Charlie Beck. "We trained him and he was also in the armed forces. It is extremely worrisome and scary."
Dorner's police and military training have police on high alert and taking no chances.
"We're going to find him," Diaz promised. "You can't have this many people looking for you and not be found".
Police say they have more than a thousand officers involved in the manhunt.
Dorner was last seen driving a dark gray, four-door Nissan Titan pickup.
Police say if Dorner or his vehicle is spotted the public should call 911, but do not approach him.


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Everybody's eagerly awaiting the release of the new LEGO Hobbit sets, and now there's a http://thehobbit.lego.com/en-us/products/79000/' target='offsite'>teaser site to tide us over. The main page features a map detailing Bilbo's big adventure, and each week a new portion of the journey is revealed in set form. You can check out descriptions and images of the sets already revealed, as well as read up on the character bios from Thorin Oakenshield to Yazneg the Hunter Orc.. And there's still more to be unveiled in the coming weeks! Check it out!View the full article
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WEC Denmark hosts national discussion on smart grids
The WEC's recently published smart grids report was the subject of a keynote presentation at a meeting on smart grids organised by WEC Denmark, the Danish Energy Association and the Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Building on 18 December 2012. At the meeting Laura Marretta, a member of the WEC Knowledge Network on Smart […]
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WEC speaks at Baltic market integration conference
Einari Kisel, WEC Senior Fellow, commented on European energy market policies and discussed the role of the World Energy Council in a presentation at the Conference on the Baltic Energy Market Integration Plan (BEMIP) on 14 September in Vilnius, Lithuania. The BEMIP aims to connect the electricity and gas markets of the Baltic states (Lithuania, […]
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WEC presents global energy issues at Danish policy seminar
On 12 April, the WEC presented its recent findings on global and European energy issues at a seminar on the newly agreed Danish Energy Agreement. The new Danish Energy Agreement maps out the country's energy policy objectives and measures. According to the agreement, Denmark is planning, by 2020, to decrease its energy consumption by 12% […]
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A man has been arrested for attempting to smuggle over 10% of one of the world's most endangered tortoise populations into Thailand just a day after the conclusion of a CITES meeting where delegates resolved to clamp down on illegal wildlife trade.
Two wildlife smugglers have been arrested at Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Thailand, for attempting to bring 54 ploughshare tortoises (Astrochelys yniphora) and 21 radiated tortoises (Astrochelys radiata) illegally into the country. Both species are listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, and occur only in Madagascar. Wrapped up alive and hidden in suitcases, the tortoises were flown from Madagascar to Bangkok via Nairobi.
Chris Shepherd of TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, commented, "The criminals behind this shipment of ploughshare tortoises have effectively stolen over 10 percent of the estimated population in the wild."
The beautiful appearance and rarity of these species has driven their demand in the black market pet trade. Both species are listed on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), which means that their trade is only permitted in exceptional circumstances. The radiated tortoise has suffered an immense decline in numbers due to habitat loss, hunting and collection for the pet trade, and is at risk from extinction within the century if further conservation action is not taken.
The 38-year-old Thai man was arrested as he attempted to collect the suitcases from the baggage carousel. However, the bags were registered to a Malagasy woman who was also arrested on site. The same man was arrested earlier in the year on a similar smuggling charge. Both felons are to face charges in Thailand.
"We encourage the authorities to throw the book at these two. Making an example of them will hopefully serve as a deterrent for other smugglers," said Shepherd.
The seizure was made hours after 300 Indian star tortoises (Geochelone elegans) and 10 black pond turtles (Geoclemys hamiltonii) were found in abandoned luggage at the same airport. Although listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, Indian star tortoises are protected within their range (India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan), from which commercial export has been banned due to the high demand for this species in the pet trade. Black pond turtles are listed on CITES Appendix I.
Thailand seized over 4,300 tortoises and freshwater turtles between 2010 and 2012, and half of these were Indian star tortoises. The Conference of the Parties meeting saw a decision by delegates from Thailand and Madagascar to cooperate in an attempt to control wildlife smuggling between the two countries.
"We urge authorities to go after the criminal masterminds behind these shipments and break the trade chains that threaten these incredibly rare animals," Shepherd concluded.
The seized animals are currently being held in the Bang Pra Breeding Centre, a government rescue centre in Chonburi, Thailand. It is hoped that they will soon be able to be returned to Madagascar, where conditions and climate are more suitable for their survival.
Read more on this story at The Guardian – Over 10% of a single tortoise species' population found in smuggler's bag and TRAFFIC – Largest seizure of Critically Endangered ploughshare tortoises made in Thailand.
Read more about the ploughshare tortoise, radiated tortoise, and the black pond turtle on ARKive.
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I always like the vintage pics....thanksSo by 79 besides the dent, they had already swapped out the drivers door mirror? :-\Seems funny to get a new camaro now, look at the whole car and think "I gotta get rid of that mirror!" What were they thinking back then guys? I mean was it that hard to go to a chevy dealer and have him grab one off the shelf or order one? I see funky antennas, mirrors, guys swapping out seats, and makes me wish I could of slapped those guys up side the head sometimes. Think of all the motor swaps that led to a real 67, 68, or 69 Z/28 turning into a orphan.... tragic!!!
The "bullet mirror" change out was very popular along with "Grant GT" steering wheels, "slot mags" or "Krager SS" rims, door and rear deck speakers, diamond tuck interior, "Hurst" shifters,"Gabrial Hi-Jackers", "Hooker Headers", "Moroso" chrome for under the hood and removing anything attached to the motor not needed for power. All added"improvements" for cruising town. Unfortunately a lot of the original parts went straight to the trash. Oh did I mention if you could afford paint and body work, adding rear fender flairs and removing those "hideous" factory stripes was a plus. And don't forget the "Isky" cam and "Holley" carb that came with endless adjustments and power valve changes.


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Home > Improve Your Health > Health Library > Type 1 Diabetes in Children: Emotional Issues
A diagnosis of
type 1 diabetes can be difficult to deal with at any
age, but it can be particularly hard for a child. Children face special
emotional and physical challenges in dealing with their disease. Your child
will probably experience a wide range of emotions, which may change from minute
to minute. Be sure you are as supportive as possible as your child learns how to manage the disease and cope with feeling
A child's diabetes diagnosis can also be very hard
for parents to accept. And many parents have feelings of guilt or anger.
Your child may perceive these emotions as being directed at him or her rather
than at the disease. You may need to tell your child that your
frustration lies with the situation.
Your child's diagnosis will
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diabetes has completely taken over your family life, affecting the entire
family's eating habits and lifestyle. Feelings of resentment are not uncommon.
But for your child to have the most effective treatment and achieve the
greatest level of control over diabetes, it's important that you play a
supportive role in his or her treatment. This can be a difficult balancing act,
because children need support and help but also need to develop
Because children are still developing emotionally, a
diagnosis of diabetes often affects the way they think of themselves in
relation to their peers. It may help for your child to explain to classmates
what diabetes is and to show them how a blood glucose meter works. Insulin
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have to explain to them why insulin is needed.
It is important
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If your child develops
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your teen every moment to make sure he or she is following the diabetes
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during the teenage years isn't easy. But your teen is at an excellent age
to understand the disease and its treatment and to take over some of the
responsibilities of his or her care.
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NWSB Insider and Seattle Mariners blogger Clinton Bell weighs in with his overview of the top ten players selected in the 2012 MLB first player draft by the Seatlle Mariners. Don't expect many of these players to make it to the show, especially the way that Jack Zduriencik likes to deal prospects. Mike Zunino, a catcher who hits a ton, and calls a mean game as well, is heir apparent for the M's starting catching duties as soon as he is available.
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Will's last Olympic days
Prince William told CTV's Brian Williams during their interview on Friday - click here to watch - that he didn't have much more time to enjoy the Olympics as he's back to work this week. What? No Royal Employment Pass during the Games? Of course not. That would be a setting a bad example. And he knows better. From what I've heard, he's surrounded by people who know better.
When Will and Harry visited the international broadcast centre on Friday for their interviews with the BCC and CTV, it was a study in proper celebrity behaviour. They were gracious and considerate and thoughtful. And, even more surprising, they were managed by people who are gracious and considerate and thoughtful. At one point, during a group photo, wanting all the crew and everyone around to be able to participate, Will and Harry's "person", a senior staffer, offered to hold the camera and take the picture. "No, no, everyone, get in, get in, yes, everyone! That's it! Let me take another one, just to make sure! There we go, that should be a good one."
Afterwards several of my colleagues emailed to tell the story, to be all like...
You know why?
It's because we are conditioned by degenerate Hollywood assholes. It's because people like Snooki and the Kardashians and Ashley Greene and almost all the other ones and their teams throw a long list of demands at you for an appearance and work you like dogs when they arrive at your studio because they're doing you a favour.
Meanwhile, the second and third in line to the throne of England walk in like they're ordinary townsfolk grateful for your audience as opposed to the other way around.
Anyway, before heading back to Wales, Will and Kate watched Jessica Ennis win gold on Saturday night. Kate hit up the event finals in gymnastics yesterday while Will was playing polo to cheer on Louis Smith. Shortly after McKayla Maroney threw around her mega bitch face after falling on her vault, Kate was seen chatting in the stands with the other members of Team USA. She's wearing her hair looser and wilder, isn't she? Or is it just the humidity?
She and Will hooked up later at Olympic Stadium to watch Usain Bolt but today she was on her own again for sailing though... well... look how handsome those sailing athletes are to distract her. Like they actually just stepped out of a magazine ad.
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A Buffalo man faces several charges after police were called to a Niagara Street bar early Sunday for the report of a man with a gun.
Jose R. Santos, 30, of Hinman Avenue, was arrested at about 2:30 a.m. inside Klub Karaoke, 2081 Niagara, according to a Buffalo police report.
When Santos was approached by police inside the bar, he started pulling out the gun, according to the report. He was subsequently tackled by officers. The .38-caliber revolver, which was loaded, was stolen in November 2000, said police, who added that a folded-up dollar bill with cocaine in it was found in Santos' pocket.
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Google is hosting their "Android gathering" next week, but it looks like we have now learned the pricing info we were looking for. Gizmodo has received an early look at the online site where the phone will be sold and has details on pricing and plans.
Gizmodo is saying that only one plan (Even More 500) will be offered, but I have a hard time believing T-Mobile won't let you spend the extra cash to upgrade. Customers will also be able to purchase the phone unlocked and hopefully use it with the no-contract Even More Plus plans.
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- Yeah, it's $530 unsubsidized. Google's not going to be selling the phone at cost, like so many people considered. They're not going to save us from the "making money off of hardware" culture we've got right now, so this is basically just another Android handset, albeit a really good one
- If you want it subsidized, you'll have to sign up for a 2 year mandatory contract and pay $180 for the phone
- There's only one rate plan: $39.99 Even More + Text + Web for $79.99 total
- Existing customers cannot keep their plan if they want a subsidized phone; they have to change to the one plan, and this only applies to accounts with one single line
- If that doesn't fly with you, you have to buy the $530 unlocked version–this actually might save you money over two years if you already have a cheap plan
- Family plans, Flexpay, SmartAccess and KidConnect subscribers must buy the phone unlocked and unsubsidized for $530
- You can only buy five Nexus One phones per Google account
- There is language in the agreement of shipping outside the US
- Google will sell it at google.com/phone, which explains what they were doing with that page a few weeks ago
- Google will still call it the Nexus One apparently, and not the Google Phone
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Volume 16 Issue 41 | March 12 - 18, 2004
St. Patrick reflections now that Im Irish-American
By Alphie McCourt
I loved Saint Patricks Day when I was growing up. I havent always loved Saint Patricks Day in New York. Too many people, professional Irishmen among them, use the day as an excuse to get drunk. The parade itself is spectacular, the music stirring and the school children are joyful, full of enthusiasm, stepping proudly up Fifth Avenue.
Early in the fifth century, Saint Patrick was brought to Ireland as a slave. By 1832, according to William Styron, in his book on Nat Turner, the slaves of Virginia were better housed and better fed than were the peasants of Ireland and England. Only 1,300 years separated the Irish from owning slaves to being, themselves, enslaved.
In this leap year we will elect a new president and this year, for the first time, I can say we. After many years of living in the United States, even as a Vietnam-era veteran, I am a citizen, sworn in this Jan. 16. Why so long? Thats a story for another time. Sometimes, early in the morning, as I prepare to go to work, it comes to me: I am a citizen.
I cant explain the feeling. I suppose that becoming a citizen feels so good because Ive been living the faith for so long that it is part of me. Now I can profess it without being contradicted. Yes, I swore allegiance on Jan. 16. And I had sworn allegiance many years before. I could have sworn allegiance when I was a boy. I always knew that I would come here.
So I dont have to change my belief in order to become fully of the faith, to be legitimate. No conversion is necessary. Thats good. I dont trust converts. Too often they become zealots. I dont care for zealots: born-again Christians, right-wing Catholics, Jewish extremists or Islamic fundamentalists. But I do argue in favor of the essential goodness of the great religions.
Sometimes, though not a practicing Catholic, I complain that Catholicism has strayed too far from Christianity, that the Church has lost the true spirit of Christianity and is interested, solely, in self-preservation and promotion. Lynn, my wife, from her Jewish perspective, has heard this diatribe before. Patient she is but sometimes she cant resist. Anyway, your Lord was one of us, she will say, quietly and with an impish grin. And so was His mother. I cant argue that.
And, over the years, in the middle of a heated political argument, Lynn would remind me of my status. With a wicked chuckle she would say, Why are you getting so hot? Youre not even a citizen. If you feel so strongly why dont you become a citizen and vote? Thats what you should do. She knew why I hadnt done it but she couldnt resist the chance to score a point. I could only assert my belief in the essence of Democracy and tell her that in the United States, my freedom of speech is guaranteed. But that was a poor argument.
Jesus was Jewish and so was his mother. Even my becoming a citizen doesnt change that. And who would want to? Lynn still holds those two cards. But, now that I am a citizen, she can no longer shoot me down in the middle of a political argument. My citizenship has taken away half of her ammunition.
Recently I received a further seal of approval. I was invited, by the Mulholland family, to attend the 50-year anniversary showing of the movie, Shane, at Lincoln Center. I first saw it when I was 13. Somewhere, somehow, my friends and I found mouth organs. For months after seeing the movie, we played our mouth organs, some well, some not so well. But we all played it, the theme from the movie. And sang the words, Hear the call of the prairie. Lingering, haunting, the tune was always just ahead, or trailing behind us, waiting, around every corner, above us and below, in the streets and lanes of Limerick.
My father had always been gone and all my brothers had departed for the United States. Well versed I was, in saying goodbye. Shane, come back Shane. I knew it well. I hadnt seen Shane since that first time. I couldnt watch it on TV. I waited for it to come round. The other night it came round.
At the end I cried. Men dont cry but I couldnt help myself. Furtively I wiped away tears. The lights went up and a man approached me. You look familiar he said and introduced himself. Did you like the movie?
Yes, I did.
In my choked-up state, my state of verbal constipation, I couldnt talk, didnt want to talk. Talking would take away the mood, the remembering. Talking would separate me from my brief communion with the boy I had been and with the boys who had been my friends and talking would shatter the illusion.
In Shane the men were heroic; their behavior was the gold standard for heroism. That was how men should be. Jack Palance was the most menacing bad guy that ever was. Sibilant in speech, he was even more sinuous in his movements. Sibilant, sinuous and evil though he was, even he had his moment. In the end he stood up, stood, out in the open. Like a man he faced the man who would kill him.
We worshipped gunfighters, their courage, their speed and, above all, their straight-shooting ways. Seeing Shane again brought it all together: boyhood, manhood and, now, full citizenship, all on the eve of Saint Patricks Day.
And Saint Patricks Day will often prompt a discussion of ancestry and family antecedents. One evening, at a gathering in New York, the subject of ancestry came up. To begin with, the man had been obnoxious and condescending. Smug and self-satisfied, he had boasted, My family came here in 1792. We go back. Heh, heh, do we go back.
Thats good. Im impressed.
You know, my family ran the saloon on the Mayflower, I told him.
But there was no saloon on the Mayflower, he protested.
Oh yeah? Thats what you think. Little do you know about your ancestors ancestors.
Perplexed, he shook his head and walked away.
The next boor wont bother me as much. This year I will celebrate Saint Patricks Day as a citizen of the United States. And I am more aware than ever that Saint Patrick does not belong exclusively to Catholics. As the patron saint of all of Ireland, he could gather Catholics and Protestants together, under his flag. But they wont march.
Last week, in the course of my workday, I boarded an elevator. There were already a few people on the elevator. One of the women I knew by sight. So, hows your brother? she asked, referring, as many people do, to my brother Frank, the most eminent of my three older brothers.
Hes fine, I said. I spoke to him a few days ago. He is going to Israel.
Oh, did he marry a Jewish girl? she asked.
No, I said. I did.
She chewed on the logic of that for about thirty seconds. Hes going to Israel to speak to Palestinian youth, I told her. He plans to convert them to Irish Catholicism. Hes bringing them over here to march in the Saint Patricks Day Parade. Just to simplify matters.
The other people laughed. Get outta here said the woman.
I will, said I. The elevator door opened. And I got out of there.
Then there is the question of gay and lesbian participation. There may be a better chance that gays and lesbians will march in the parade than that Catholics and Protestants will ever be united. Is the religious divide greater, wider, deeper, than the sexual divide? Who knows? Maybe they will compromise and open the parade to gays and lesbians. As long as they are Catholics, of course. Or maybe theyll give up marching and take up dancing. Instead.
It will all work out, now that Ive arrived. And the only thing that would even come close to being a citizen of the United States would be to hold citizenship of Brooklyn. Im working on it. Just give me time.
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Driver: So where are you from ?
Humble blogger: From India
D: Ah, so are you a student (this was in Philadelphia) ?
HB: No, I work here, at AT&T
D: Oh, so what do you do ?
HB: I'm a computer scientist...
D: So do you do programming ?
HB: Not exactly, I do research. It's slightly more mathematically oriented.
D: Oh, so you mean algorithms ?
HB (slightly surprised): Yes, actually. That's right.
D: All this P vs NP stuff ?
HB (even more amazed): Yes, that kind of stuff.
D: Yeah, you know some years ago, three Indians showed how to find prime numbers efficiently.
HB (at this point on the edge of his seat): Yup ! So do you have a computer science background ?
D: Yes, I took a class at Brooklyn College
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President Bush signed the Afghan Freedom Support Act yesterday. The Act, approved by both houses of Congress last month, authorizes $2.3 billion in aid to Afghanistan over four years and $1 billion to expand international peacekeeping troops. The Act also includes language by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) that makes Afghan women a funding priority, earmarking $15 million each year for the Ministry of Women's Affairs and $5 million each year for the Independent Human Rights Commission.
The version of the Afghan Freedom Support Act that was signed into law was the product of bipartisan support, and the leadership of Senators Joseph Biden (D-DE), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), and Richard Lugar (R-IN), along with Boxer.
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A 127-year-old car, built decades before Detroit rolled out the Model T, has sold at auction for a record $4.6 million.
The steam-powered De Dion Bouton et Trepardoux Dos-a-Dos Steam Runabout doubled the expected price at the auction, held last week in Hershey, Pa., by RM Auctions. It is the world's oldest running motor car, and drew a standing ovation from the audience as it drove onto RM's Hershey auction stage.
"We were honored to have been entrusted with the sale of this most important motor car from the renowned collection of the late Mr. John O'Quinn," said RM Chairman Rob Myers. "The world's leading automotive collectors recognized the incredibly rare opportunity the sale represented, as was reflected in the spirited bidding and impressive result."
The car can reach speeds of 38 miles per hour, and its steam engine requires a water refill every 20 miles. The four-eater averaged 16 miles per hour in the first ever auto race, in 1887.
The new owner, who was not identified, is now one of just five collectors to have claimed ownership of La Marquise.


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