I was pleased with the immediate response from DHS and welcomed the opportunity to sit down with Deputy Secretary Jackson, ... He indicated a desire to work with NTEU in the future and listened to my suggestions on how to proceed. NTEU will continue our efforts to achieve a personnel process that helps accomplish the multiple missions of the department while respecting the rights of federal employees. |
I was too short to stay competitive at the high jump, too weak to be competitive as a wrestler and also too short to compete in volleyball, so I joined lacrosse and found a niche for myself as a goalie. You can be shorter or not as strong, and it doesn't matter. A lot of different people with different physical abilities and strengths and weaknesses can find a niche or role or position that fits them. |
I was very, very pleased with the first 55 minutes. We had crisp passing. We were challenging all over the field. We played strong on the ball and scored two nice goals. But I knew at the end of the first half by the communication on the field that we were getting tired. We were starting to be late on tackles and starting to hesitate. Birgit started winning a lot of balls on the air and on the ground. |
I'm really pretty happy with my outing. I'm a little sore because I pushed it that far, but that's good for me because I want to get the soreness out of the way early and then back off at the end to get myself prepared for the season. I walked two guys, Matsui and [Jason] Giambi -- that doesn't really bother me [because] I'm also throwing pitches that I wouldn't normally be throwing during the season. |
I've been talking with that particular section for some time and wanted to do something to be remembered and have fun. ... I told them, if we win on Senior Night and after I slap everyone's hand when the game is over, I would jump in. After the game they were all waving me over, so I ran over and jumped up. They started bringing me up, and I got so high. I was like, 'Bring me back down.' I enjoyed it. |
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If those train wrecks and if that gamesmanship is being driven by broad political forces, narrow margins in the House and the Senate, divided party government, difficult decisions that have to be made, genuine differences that exist, mobilization of interest groups — if all of those things are true, you are going to find vehicles to have those fights, whether you have a two-year budget cycle or not. |
If you never done it the way Kirk does it, it's hard to explain how hard it is to chase some of the game's best players around 2, 3, 4 screens sometimes in the same possession and almost always taller than him, sometimes stronger also, so he does such a good job of it. I thought it wore him down a little bit, but he really responded late in the game. I thought overall it was (one) Kirk's better games. |
If you're supposed to be on a certain place on the floor defensively, you've got to get there. You can't just go crazy. And if you've got a certain assignment on the offensive end of the floor, that all remains the same. But if we break it down because we've got something else in mind, then the other four guys don't have any idea what we're doing. It's just basketball. But we have to play it together. |
In December 2003, after pulling their heads out of the sand, the Department of Agriculture closed the barn door after the mad cow had already escaped, ... This bill will ensure that the door is never opened again to abusing sick animals, jeopardizing the public health, threatening the American consumer's confidence in the safety of our meat and potentially undermining a valuable sector of our economy. |
In Dixie Youth, everybody plays no matter what, ... You play tournament ball, and you don't. I really think kids realize that and know they've got to get better. In Dixie Youth, there's really no incentive to bust your butt, work hard and get better. You're going to play no matter what. I don't disagree with that, but I do think a kid needs to realize 'I'm not as good as Joe, so I need to get better.' |
In economic news, the Federal Reserve said that manufacturing output was down for the northeast with the Empire state off 20.1 from 26.3 in December. Industrial output nationally increased by 0.6% nationally while capacity utilization was at 80.7%. These numbers are important as the FOMC looks at them closely in determining inflationary trends. These numbers are still pointing to an expanding economy. |
In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, / Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying, / If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No. |
In these days of an increasingly powerful music industry, authors' societies represent creators' unique collective bargaining power for securing a fair remuneration for the use of their works anywhere in the world. At the bottom of the value chain, creators are even more vulnerable in the digital age. Authors' societies remain the only safeguard for protecting our rights and accessing the marketplace. |
India has been and continues to be a strategic market for Cisco both in terms of business opportunities and as a base for outstanding engineering talent, ... With the launch of our new campus in Bangalore today, Cisco will be well placed to continue building our presence in India as a critical part of our R&D efforts and as the domestic market for networking products and solutions continues to expand. |