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NEW YORK (AP) - A lawyer for Don Imus said Friday that the former radio host's bosses could have edited the on-air comments that got him fired—and the fact that they didn't meant they saw his remarks as routine for his often provocative show.CBS Radio and MSNBC had delay buttons, but didn't use them when Imus made racist and sexist comments about the Rutgers women's basketball team, lawyer Martin Garbus said on ABC's "Good Morning America."

"That means CBS and MSNBC both knew the language that was going out, and both knew the language complied with (Imus') contract. ... It was consistent with many of the things he had done," Garbus said.

Mr. Imus, you cannot (on one hand) "take responsibility" for your words and (on the other hand) blame the networks for not stopping you.


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There's a park in our city that is more like a 2-track over the river and through the woods.

Or sometimes through the river...

Anyway, Saturday I did the walk (according to my pedometer it's a shade over 3 miles - 5K) in 56 minutes (of walking time, along with some time out to take photos of a couple of critters). Today I did it in 52.

(click to see the critter)

Next week Saturday I'm registered for my very first 5K walk - there's a 45 minute time limit - but it's on level city sidewalks.  And most likely no critters.

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Thirteen Things about COUCH TO 5K

    1. it's easy to understand
    3. there are free downloads (MP3's) to help you time your walking and running
    4. it's doing something healthy for your body
    5. it starts out slow
    6. it's hard enough so that it gives you a real feeling of accomplishment
    7. it doesn't go too fast
    8. I can do it! (week one, first day)
    9. I can do it again (Wednesday was my second day
    10. there were bad parts
    11. I feel like I'm out of place to be attempting to run (overweight)
    12. I've had some significant pain in my lower legs - hopefully just muscles doing their thing
    13.  I'm doing so well that I'm going to need more running clothes!  (ok, that could be a good thing...

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    There are a few entries today for the Carnival of Beauty; "the Beauty of Flowers"

    Blair at Scribblings gives us a photo Blair snapped, from under the blossom tree in her front yard, led her to Scribblings of a poetic nature in "from under the blossom tree".

    Veracity, at Veracity - The Way, gives a feast of flowers to enjoy in a wonderful photo post, "Fragrance".
    Barbera at Bestsister,  writes about being belonging, even when broken in "Connected"
    Leslie of Lux Venit brings us "The Beauty of Flowers, in which she shares the beauty of knowing that even though the ground seems lifeless, God is working where we cannot see.  She also shares the poem, Rhodora, by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
    As she has followed an unknown path, Amanda has captured several snapshots that capture the splendor of flowers; she shares them with us in her carnival entry this week.
    And
    I consider our love/hate relationship with the lowly but cheerful dandelion - and apply what I see to people around me in It’s a flower…no, it’s an herb…no, it’s a WEED!

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    "By perseverance the snail reached the ark."
    ~ Charles Spurgeon ~
    It took me 6 years. I had wonderful encouragement (thank you). I wasn't going to walk but was told that it's not about me - my kids need to see the value of perseverance. I may have been the "snail" and I'll continue to be a "snail". But I've gotten to the halfway point.

    Visit "Sting My Heart" to read her take
    on the quote and to leave your link
    along with the other participants.

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    pesky little things, aren't they?

    But I see dandelions and I remember good things.  When I was a kid, my grandma used to tell us that as soon as the dandelions came out, we could go outdoors barefoot.  Dandelions, for good or bad, will always be associated with my grandma and the feeling of walking in tall grass barefoot.

    When I see dandelions I'm also reminded that beauty and usefulness are in the eyes of the beholder.

    Most people want to kill these weeds - eradicate them from their yards in order to maintain an ocean of perfect green-ness.

    Others see them as a food source.  My local supermarket sells dandelion greens in the salad section.  Tea from this herb settles an upset stomach.  The blossoms can be made into wine.

    Some also see this plant as a cheerful and triumphant announcer of summer.  It's hard to be cranky when you look at such a cheerful yellow (and persistent) blossom.

    We need to remember that about people also.  The student population that I work with - many people would choose to not give birth if they knew they would be having a child with this level of disability - but like the dandelion, they are part of God's creation.

    My job is to teach these people to do jobs - "employment training specialist" - we go to job sites and learn skills.  How many people know that at a particular hospital in our town, when they preregister for surgery the packet of paperwork is collated and  stapled by either the students I work with or others like them?  Or a few churches - does the congregation know who cleans their church (in the case of my classroom, I know that they do and appreciate).

    For the most part, the students I work with are a joy (like all of us, they have good days and bad days).  They are cheerful and triumphant announcers of the strength of the human spirit.

    In some ways, we are all dandelions - sometimes we're unappreciated, other times we're valued for who we are and always, we have the opportunity to spread brightness and cheer to our little corner of the world.