Yes - drop the 2012 Olympic Logo. It's awful!!
And it cost $800,000 ????
Let's do better London.
E-NOTES: WHEN THE NEWS IS NOT ENOUGH. THE BLOG OF E. ETHELBERT MILLER
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Roll Call? Craig's List.
I find it amazing where all those ex-Chicago Bull players are these days. How many are calling games or working in an NBA front office? But what about Craig Hodges? Where is that guy?
Is he still the shooting coach for the Lakers?
Hey - Cleveland Cavaliers - let Craig Ehlo throw out the game ball.
I find it amazing where all those ex-Chicago Bull players are these days. How many are calling games or working in an NBA front office? But what about Craig Hodges? Where is that guy?
Is he still the shooting coach for the Lakers?
Hey - Cleveland Cavaliers - let Craig Ehlo throw out the game ball.
On my summer reading list will be the work of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. She recently won the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction. The award was announced in London. Adichie is the author of HALF OF A YELLOW SUN.
Last week I exchanged a few emails with E# 1. That's Edwidge Danticat. She told me she has a memoir coming out in the fall. An excerpt can be found in the new issue of The New Yorker magazine (June 11 & 18). See "Marie Micheline" on page 96. I plan to read it this afternoon.
Last week I exchanged a few emails with E# 1. That's Edwidge Danticat. She told me she has a memoir coming out in the fall. An excerpt can be found in the new issue of The New Yorker magazine (June 11 & 18). See "Marie Micheline" on page 96. I plan to read it this afternoon.
Possible?
The advance in cell biology is the big news today.
This is what was reported in the NY Times by Nicholas Wade:
"In a surprising advance that could sidestep the ethical debates surrounding stem cell biology, researchers have come much closer to a major goal of regenerative medicine, the conversion of a patient's cells into specialized tissues that might replaace those lost to disease."
Scientists have been working on reprogramming a skin cell of a mouse back to the embryonic state. "Embryonic cells can be induced in the laboratory to develop into many of the body's major tissues."
Everyday seems like Sci-Fi. Look for future conflicts between science and religion. How will religious groups explain ET contact?
The advance in cell biology is the big news today.
This is what was reported in the NY Times by Nicholas Wade:
"In a surprising advance that could sidestep the ethical debates surrounding stem cell biology, researchers have come much closer to a major goal of regenerative medicine, the conversion of a patient's cells into specialized tissues that might replaace those lost to disease."
Scientists have been working on reprogramming a skin cell of a mouse back to the embryonic state. "Embryonic cells can be induced in the laboratory to develop into many of the body's major tissues."
Everyday seems like Sci-Fi. Look for future conflicts between science and religion. How will religious groups explain ET contact?
There is a good article in The Wall Street Journal (today) about parents too often paying their "adult" children's cellular bills. Suggested ways to ease your children off the digital dole:
- Make them start paying for overages.
- Pay for only one year after graduation.
- Require them to manage the family bill.
- Cut them loose once they get a job. (I like this one).
- Make them start paying for overages.
- Pay for only one year after graduation.
- Require them to manage the family bill.
- Cut them loose once they get a job. (I like this one).
Good to see the Humane Society Planning to open a 'State-of the Art Facility' by 2009.
With an increase of dogs in the DC (Dog City?) area, look for lost and abandon pets to be on the rise. The push for more dog parks is another sign of the changing Washington. I remain a cat person. Please don't bark at me when I'm in the streets trying to get around. I'm also trying to turn purrs into love poems.
www.washhumane.org
With an increase of dogs in the DC (Dog City?) area, look for lost and abandon pets to be on the rise. The push for more dog parks is another sign of the changing Washington. I remain a cat person. Please don't bark at me when I'm in the streets trying to get around. I'm also trying to turn purrs into love poems.
www.washhumane.org
Excerpt from my Commencement Address to the Booker T. Washington Public Charter School on June 5, 2007:
How does one continue to navigate the ocean of life? A good education will help you chart the waters. A good education will help you reach the shores of success.
But we seem to be living during a time of terrible storms.
We live during a time of war and violence in our streets.
We live during a time of poverty and unemployment.
We live during a time of dark clouds and heavy rain.
So the challenge at hand is how do you guide your ship- your body- your mind?
How do you learn to look at the raging waters surrounding you and say "Peace Be Still."
How does one continue to navigate the ocean of life? A good education will help you chart the waters. A good education will help you reach the shores of success.
But we seem to be living during a time of terrible storms.
We live during a time of war and violence in our streets.
We live during a time of poverty and unemployment.
We live during a time of dark clouds and heavy rain.
So the challenge at hand is how do you guide your ship- your body- your mind?
How do you learn to look at the raging waters surrounding you and say "Peace Be Still."
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
We Are the World:
The Network of Spiritual Progressives
A Project of the Tikkun Community
Dear Tikkun Ally,
Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the Six-Day War, in which Israel captured the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Golan Heights, and the Gaza Strip, initiating the occupation of those territories and furthering a cycle of violence between Israelis and Palestinians.
Knowing this history, it is easy to feel helpless about the ongoing suffering in the Middle East.
Yet we believe that simply passing along a message that there is hope for peace in Israel and Palestine is important work towards justice and reconciliation. We hope you'll join us in sharing this hopeful message by watching our new video about healing Israel and Palestine and sharing it with people in your network.
You can learn more about our vision for peace in the Middle East by reading Rabbi Lerner’s book Healing Israel/Palestine or giving it to a friend.
In peace,
Nichola TorbettDirector of National Programs
The Network of Spiritual Progressives
A Project of the Tikkun Community
Dear Tikkun Ally,
Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the Six-Day War, in which Israel captured the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Golan Heights, and the Gaza Strip, initiating the occupation of those territories and furthering a cycle of violence between Israelis and Palestinians.
Knowing this history, it is easy to feel helpless about the ongoing suffering in the Middle East.
Yet we believe that simply passing along a message that there is hope for peace in Israel and Palestine is important work towards justice and reconciliation. We hope you'll join us in sharing this hopeful message by watching our new video about healing Israel and Palestine and sharing it with people in your network.
You can learn more about our vision for peace in the Middle East by reading Rabbi Lerner’s book Healing Israel/Palestine or giving it to a friend.
In peace,
Nichola TorbettDirector of National Programs
WHO LET THE DOGS OUT?
A very important statement in today's news:
"The N.F.L. scene has become the puppy mill for pit-bull lore. As the trendiest of bad-boy acessories, the pit bull is the new gun for some players. As a replacement for tired soldier analogies, players are turning to the most mythologized of muscle dogs to define their masculinity."
- Selena Robert, N.Y. Times (6/6-07)
A very important statement in today's news:
"The N.F.L. scene has become the puppy mill for pit-bull lore. As the trendiest of bad-boy acessories, the pit bull is the new gun for some players. As a replacement for tired soldier analogies, players are turning to the most mythologized of muscle dogs to define their masculinity."
- Selena Robert, N.Y. Times (6/6-07)
Save the date:
November 1-4, 2007
Association For Black Culture Centers
17th ABCC National Conference
"Culture Centers and The Shaping of Diversity on Predominantly White Campuses"
University of Missouri- Columbia
For more information: www.ABCC.Net
or WWW.Missouri.EDu/~BCCenter
November 1-4, 2007
Association For Black Culture Centers
17th ABCC National Conference
"Culture Centers and The Shaping of Diversity on Predominantly White Campuses"
University of Missouri- Columbia
For more information: www.ABCC.Net
or WWW.Missouri.EDu/~BCCenter
What would DuBois say about the New Double Consciousness?
This is what confronts Kobe and LeBron. Shoot-first or Pass Later?
Notice how one should be all for the team and not the individual - or so says the media. Is this socialism on the court? Hugo Chavez against the Harlem Globetrotters?
Television viewership of the NBA finals is down 55 percent (see NY Times today). I'm happy for a city like Cleveland. Still I wish folks wouldn't talk about whether LeBron is the next Jordan. Why do we keep going back to Jordan as if he was Ronald Reagan? We can't move forward in sports and we refuse to do the same when it comes to politics. Let's have new images. I like Wade on Miami very much. Wasn't that just last year when we said - wow- Wade? How quickly we forget.
This is what confronts Kobe and LeBron. Shoot-first or Pass Later?
Notice how one should be all for the team and not the individual - or so says the media. Is this socialism on the court? Hugo Chavez against the Harlem Globetrotters?
Television viewership of the NBA finals is down 55 percent (see NY Times today). I'm happy for a city like Cleveland. Still I wish folks wouldn't talk about whether LeBron is the next Jordan. Why do we keep going back to Jordan as if he was Ronald Reagan? We can't move forward in sports and we refuse to do the same when it comes to politics. Let's have new images. I like Wade on Miami very much. Wasn't that just last year when we said - wow- Wade? How quickly we forget.
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
I gave the Commencement Address this morning for the Booker T. Washington Charter School.
The celebration was held at the Lincoln Theater on U Street. Graduations are always fun-crazy. A good turnout of family and friends.
Later in the day - I rested over at Bardia's New Orleans Cafe on 18th Street. This is probably one of my favorite places in DC. When I lived in Adams Morgan I could just walk a few blocks and have a good meal. Bardia's is one of those places that hasn't change. It still feels like home.
It's small and conversations will mix like gumbo and jambalaya. I sat at a table talking to a beautiful woman who is going to open a New Orleans style restaurant in DC in the near future. I met her the last time I was in Bardia's and so her smile greeted me at the door. I no longer felt like a Po'Boy.
After food and a beer I went down to Provisions Library. I need to empty my bag - meet a few deadlines. I wonder what Paris Hilton is doing?
The celebration was held at the Lincoln Theater on U Street. Graduations are always fun-crazy. A good turnout of family and friends.
Later in the day - I rested over at Bardia's New Orleans Cafe on 18th Street. This is probably one of my favorite places in DC. When I lived in Adams Morgan I could just walk a few blocks and have a good meal. Bardia's is one of those places that hasn't change. It still feels like home.
It's small and conversations will mix like gumbo and jambalaya. I sat at a table talking to a beautiful woman who is going to open a New Orleans style restaurant in DC in the near future. I met her the last time I was in Bardia's and so her smile greeted me at the door. I no longer felt like a Po'Boy.
After food and a beer I went down to Provisions Library. I need to empty my bag - meet a few deadlines. I wonder what Paris Hilton is doing?
Clete Boyer dead. Geez. During those days when I pulled the covers over my head so that I didn't have to be dragged to church on Sundays - before I knew how to get down on my knees to pray - I was throwing runners out from my knees at third base - just like Clete. The dive. The stop. The throwing the runner out at first - from YOUR KNEES. Oh...one of the most beautiful plays in baseball. Now - the third baseman - has to jump up and throw. Not Clete. Oh...and when folks asked me back when I was young what I wanted to do in life - it was a quick- easy- response. I wanted to take Boyer's place at third. Oh - the joy of it. Baltimore had Brooks but Boyer was the best in the Bronx.