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Posted by geri
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Thursday, 01 June 2006 |
Never let the label of autism be associated in your mind with failure.
A high school basketball coach in Rochester, NY, for the last game of the  season, let somebody play who'd never even suited up before -- the team's autistic manager. Not only had the boy the ability to churn out team spirit all year while working as the lowly "team manager", he absolutely caught fire as a player on the court, launching 3-pointers through the net, one after another. Thanks to GNN-i user Jeff who sent this "very inspiring" CBS video. Steve Hartman's reporting is just right.
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Posted by DSJohnson
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Tuesday, 30 May 2006 |
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Last year, Afleet Alex made our hearts skip a beat and then leap for
joy when he fell to his knees and then miraculously sprang back
into action to win the Preakness. This year, Barbaro has touched
our hearts after breaking his leg in the opening furlongs of the same
race. And, perhaps because horses, like humans themselves,
possess both majesty and fatal frailties, both Alex and
Barbaro have made us want
to believe in miracles. (It might be remembered that team
Afleet Alex gave a percentage of his winnings to Alex's Lemonade Stand,
a charity that raises money to fight children's cancer, further
endearing him to all.)
I read a letter to the editor of The Baltimore Sun admonishing
those concerned with the injured racehorse and chastising the
newspaper itself for spilling so much ink over the recent
crisis. "It's just a horse that broke its leg," the writer
insisted.
But, fans of all ages, backgrounds and degrees of knowledge
concerning horseracing see it differently, and their sentiments are
being delivered in a deluge to the Hospital for Large Animals at the
University of Pennsylvania. . .
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Read more... [Barbaro: More Inspiring Than If He'd Won Triple Crown]
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Posted by geri
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Sunday, 28 May 2006 |
Angelina Jolie gave birth to a baby girl, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt in a
hospital in Namibia, Africa. There is no word on the condition of
mother and daughter, or father, Bradd Pitt, but one piece of good news
is, according to some reports, the parents have already sold the rights
to the
first baby pictures for $5.4 million dollars and will give all the
money to charity. (more on the birth in people )
UPDATE: May 30 - Following the birth of their daughter, Jolie and Pitt
donated $300,000 to help other mothers to safely deliver babies in
public hospitals around
impoverished Namibia. The couple also pledged
$15,000 for a school and community center in Swakopmund a place they'd
visited. A doctor in the private hospital where Jolie delivered said
the baby was healthy and mother too.
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Posted by geri
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Wednesday, 24 May 2006 |
The unbeaten horse that won the Kentucky Derby then shocked the crowd
at Pimlico last weekend by fractured its leg in three places is gaining
in the race that counts the most now. The chief surgeon reports that
Barbaro is a good patient and showing consistent progress. Most
horses with such severe injuries are euthanized, but the owners are
betting he will win again -- in the race to heal his fracture. The
Star-Telegram includes a photo, quotes one of the horse's owners and describes the
compassion bestowed on the patient from caring fans:
"Owners and trainers and jockeys care. It's not about money, and it's not about limelight. It's about
the horse."
"Hundreds of people have sent Barbaro messages of
sympathy and hope, often in the form of carrots or apples or
flowers...and there is no shortage of volunteers to go out and hand-pick grass so the injured horse can graze 'at a distance.'"
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Posted by geri
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Tuesday, 23 May 2006 |
 BBC
reports on the settlement of lawsuits brought against Sony after their
copy protection "root kits" installed on music cd's turned out to be
terribly invasive -- as well as sneakily evasive -- when played on
people's PC's. Worst of all, it left listeners' computers vulnerable to
hackers.
"Millions of music fans will be given free music
downloads or money to compensate for flawed anti-piracy software on CDs
from label Sony BMG. The final approval to the settlement for lawsuits against the music giant was granted by a US judge on Monday.
For questions about the settlement, see the honorable EFF Settlement FAQ's, Electronic Frontier Foundation, which is a group of lawers and technologists defending our digital freedoms in court.
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