Lots of times, people don't understand the sacrifices that parents make for their children. Worse, some people just don't care about the challenges that others are experiencing for what ever reason. Even if neither of our Olympians didn't get one dime of endorsement money, it is worth having the house foreclosed and filing of Bankruptcy. Nothing would ever be able to replace their accomplishments at the 2012 Olympics. Sounds like a familiar tune with reporters - always focusing on the negative.
Anyways, there is no season like the Olympic Season and those athletes show a tremendous amount of class and appreciation for other Olympians. It was truly nice to see Phelps appreciating tweets from Lil Wayne and Jeezy when prompted to recognize important tweets that he was receiving.
Rob
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 1:10 PM, KPW <WKPW3@aol.com> wrote:
Someone said that Gabby is going to get big bucks from her endorsements, so I am sure that she will take care of her mother. This is quite a success story!
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To: ward5 <ward5@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Mon, Aug 6, 2012 12:37 pm
Subject: [ward5] Re: Gymnastic Feats, August 5, 2012 TheMail--DCWatch.com
Gabby Douglas has a very bright future ahead of her, both inside and outside the gym, and I look forward to seeing more of her in the years to come.
I'm disgusted that the media has seen fit to dig up her mother's financial problems. The day before posting articles about Gabby's mom filing for bankruptcy, NBC ran an article about foreclosure proceedings against swimmer Ryan Lochte's mother. Our Olympians train hard to represent our country and in return the press digs up dirt on their parents. Just disgusting.
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> I don’t care much, if at all, about sports. But nothing else in the past week has been as impressive as Gabrielle Douglas’ performance in the Olympic women’s gymnastics competition. And there is a Washington connection, even if it’s a bit of a stretch, since Douglas is from Virginia Beach, which is just a couple hundred miles down the road. For a closer connection to our home town, even though it’s a bit more of a stretch, Douglas cites her inspiration as being Dominique Dawes, and Dawes is from Silver Spring (http://www.gabrielledouglas.com andhttp://www.dominiquedawes.com). Don’t be distracted by the manufactured controversies surrounding Douglas’ incredible feat; just enjoy it, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqj4kGXTQW8.
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> Dial 211
> Susie Cambria, susie.cambria@...
> 211 is the District’s social services referral system available by phone and Internet. Anyone can call any time to find out about health services, government programs, help for families, and much more.
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> Have you called 211 from your cell phone? If you have used a cell phone to call 211 (also known as Answers, Please) to get information about a service you or someone else needs, the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services wants to hear about your experience. The responses will help the District improve its system.
> Please take â€" and if you’re a service provider, have your clients take â€" this brief and confidential survey. It’s available in English, Spanish, French, Amharic, Vietnamese, and Chinese. All surveys are available here: http://dmhhs.dc.gov/event/take-211-cell-phone-survey . Note that English and Spanish are available online and in PDF (scroll down), but DMHHS encourages you to use the online version! The survey closes September 14.
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> DC Budget Crisis
> Susie Cambria, susie.cambria@...
> What do you want to know about the DC budget process? Over the years, individuals, nonprofits, and the government have explained the DC budget process. Two of my explanations are the DC Budget Process (PDF), http://tinyurl.com/chwewmg, and DC Budget Quarterly Timelines (PDF), http://tinyurl.com/c5gotrx. Both attempt to link the government process and advocacy opportunities.
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> Fan favorite DCFPI’s explanation is Overview and Timeline of the DC Budget Process (PDF), http://tinyurl.com/bq5z73b, part of the organization’s budget toolkit,http://www.dcfpi.org/fy13-budget-toolkit. The government’s explanation from the FY 2009 budget proposal, http://tinyurl.com/bmjo7cz, is similar to DCFPI’s in that it is all narrative.
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> Underground Electric Service in the District
> Ann Loikow, aloikow@...
> [An open letter to Mayor Gray and Councilmembers]: Citizens have been urging the District Government to comprehensively plan for undergrounding aerial wiring for over a decade. ANCs and citizen and civic associations from all over town have urged the District government to actually do some real planning on where, whether for reliability, safety, historic preservation, tree preservation or other reasons, undergrounding of aerial wiring should be required and then to implement such plans as part of major street reconstruction. Some of these resolutions are printed below. However, nothing has happened, other than that service reliability has plummeted, our street trees are hacked and dying, and many residential areas look like railroad yards.
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> Elegant Density
> Diane Schulz, Harbour Square, dihi.cobra@...
> Thank you so much for writing the elegant density article [themail, July 29]. Too bad you couldn’t have testified at one of the zoning hearings for 11-03a, the PN Hoffman, et al., development being foisted upon the people of the SW Waterfront. The traffic alone will bring our neighborhood to a standstill. I still fail to understand how putting a phalanx of twelve and thirteen story buildings is going to tie the city to the waterfront.
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