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What a cool thing to do. I hereby take back most of the mean things I said about AJ when he was with the Twins. Plus I'm sure that upped Joe's confidence.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Mar 7, 2005 -> 05:10 PM) It does seem sad and I'm not trying to sound mean or anything but I almost feel that it's somewhat better that they learn other languages too. It's just too bad that they have to give their own up. I can't believe there is over 6000 lanquages though, too many in my opinion. Would you feel that way if YOU spoke one of the language on the verge of extinction? I honestly feel that language and culture are inseparable--so taking language out of a culture is a pretty devastating blow to that community. In one of my linguistics courses the textbook said that, on average, a language disappears about once every other week... Why are more languages bad? I guess I don't understand that, so I would be grateful for a thoughtful response. I guess I would also be more sympathetic to that viewpoint if we weren't such a monolingual culture--i.e. more people were fluent in more languages.

Languages dying Knowledge Fades As Africa Languages Die By TERRY LEONARD, Associated Press Writer MAPUTO, Mozambique - A U.N. Conference on Trade and Development report on protecting traditional knowledge argues that beyond a devastating impact on culture, the death of a language wipes out centuries of know-how in preserving ecosystems — leading to grave consequences for biodiversity. The United Nations (news - web sites) estimates half of the world's 6,000 languages will disappear in less than a century. Roughly a third of those are spoken in Africa and about 200 already have less than 500 speakers. Experts estimate half the world's people now use one of just eight languages: Chinese, English, Hindi, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Portuguese and French. Villagers in Indonesia's Kayan Mentarang national park, for example, have for centuries practiced a system of forest management called Tanah Ulen, or "forbidden land." On a rotating basis, elders declare parcels of the forest protected, prohibiting hunting and gathering. Along a boulevard lined with flowering acacia trees, young people in designer clothes and high-heeled shoes chatter on the sidewalk struggling to be heard over the driving Latin rhythms spilling from a nightclub. Maputo's vibrant nightlife lets people forget it is the capital of one of the world's poorest countries. Here you can eat Italian, dance like a Brazilian and flirt in Portuguese. One thing that's in ever shorter supply and perhaps even less demand: Mozambique's own indigenous languages, the storehouse for the accumulated knowledge of generations. "Sons no longer speak the language of their fathers ... our culture is dying," laments Paulo Chihale, director of a project that seeks to train Mozambican youths in traditional crafts. While Mozambique has 23 native languages, the only official one is Portuguese — a hand-me-down tongue from colonial times that at once unifies a linguistically diverse country and undermines the African traditions that help make it unique. Chihale looks up from his cluttered desk at MozArte, the U.N.- and government-funded crafts project, and complains bitterly about how his nation's memory is fading away. "Our culture has a rich oral tradition, oral history, stories told from one generation to another. But it is an oral literature our kids will never hear," says Chihale, who speaks the Chopi language at home. Anthropologists speculate that tribal people whose ancestors have lived for tens of thousands of years on India's Andaman and Nicobar islands survived Asia's tsunami catastrophe because of ancient knowledge. They think signs in the wind, the sea and the flight of birds let the tribes know to get to higher ground ahead of the waves. But finding economic reasons to keep tradition alive can be a challenge. In Mozambique, cheap foreign imports have destroyed the market for local crafts beyond what little can be sold to tourists. Horacio Arab, the son of a basket weaver who learned his father's trade, said he improved his skills at MozArte but then abandoned weaving because he could not make a living. Mozambican linguist Rafael Shambela says the pressures from globalization are often too great to resist. To conserve native languages and culture will require societies to find ways to cast them with an inherent value, he argues. On a small campus along a dirt road south of Maputo, Shambela has joined a government effort to write textbooks and curriculums that will allow public school students to learn in 16 of the country's 23 languages. But the program is limited by Mozambique's poverty. "A language is a culture," says Shambela, who works for Mozambique's National Institute for the Development of Education. "It contains the history of a people and all the knowledge they have passed down for generations." The trade-off in settling on Portuguese as a unifying force after independence in 1975 has been an erosion of the rites and rhythms of traditional life. "From dating to mourning, the rules are becoming less clear," Shambela says.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Mar 7, 2005 -> 03:23 PM) I had a buddy named Zoran. Zoran was from what was once Yugoslavia. When Zoran lived in Yugoslavia he was one of the top Soccer players there. He packed up his bags and moved to the US to grind tools so that he could make some real money. According to him, he didn't get paid crap, but he did get to go to the front of the line at the passport check at the airport on his way over. He also got freebies and such, but the pay was not all that great. He was probably thinking of the big Premiereship leagues with teams like Real Madrid, ManU, etc.

Happy Happy Happy Birthday!!!!!!!

Hi guys. I've had a pretty high fever since Friday night (102)--I've been taking acetomphine (about 1000mg per dose), which is supposed to be a fever reducer, but it hasn't been able to touch it. I'm definitely in need of something to take my fever down, anyone have any ideas?

QUOTE(The Bones @ Mar 6, 2005 -> 06:00 PM) ENGLISH, MOTHERf***ER! DO-YOU-SPEAK-IT? Hi-larious.

IwriteCode in the US Cellular White Sox thread: If companies started buying sports teams, tou can come up with some pretty interesting combonations... The Miller Genuine Draft Dodgers The Dodge Chargers The Labatt Blues The Ford Broncos The Gillette Knicks The Visa Bills The Chevy Astros The Clorox White Sox?

QUOTE(winodj @ Mar 6, 2005 -> 10:02 AM) To be fair, that hamster was like HUGE! And it had a gun!!!

Wow, that is insanely cool. But how nice to be able to feel so close to you dad despite him being gone. That must have been a great surprise!

QUOTE(YASNY @ Mar 5, 2005 -> 07:02 AM) Mounties' slayings outrage Canadiens I hate to hear anything like this, but what's up with this? I was under the impression that marijuana was legal in Canada. Iirc, you can have small amounts (less than an ounce) without penalty. But they have tough laws on growing/dealing/having large amount.s

QUOTE(shagar69 @ Mar 4, 2005 -> 08:48 PM) Me? cuz if it is, y dotn u go f*** urself pansy Why, why, why aren't you banned yet?

QUOTE(easyw @ Mar 4, 2005 -> 09:17 PM) Of course, ChiSoxyGirl, if you're up ot it... I could fit you into my busy schedule... Or you could just join us Hmmmmmmmmmmmm (2nd proposition of the night, yessssssss.)

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Mar 4, 2005 -> 09:00 PM) Chisoxy, its central Illinois -- What do you want us to do eat corn and soybeans? Mmmmmmmmm, soy. And no, I expect you to be out there playing "hey pig" like all normal Central Illinoisians. Insert dirty joke re:corn cobs here.

QUOTE(CrimsonWeltall @ Mar 4, 2005 -> 07:44 PM) Chimps don't f*** around. You better bring enough cake for everyone. Sounds like my mom.

QUOTE(easyw @ Mar 4, 2005 -> 08:18 PM) I got laid last night. Missionary style, so not all that much to brag about... And you? Wasn't yesterday your birthday? How do you not get laid on your birthday?

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Mar 4, 2005 -> 11:29 AM) That thread title had me going WTF? at least the pirates aren't in the same division. Last year the same thing could be said of Jetah+any number of yankees of your choosing vs. the D-Rays. I don't know what the D-Rays payroll is gonna be this year, but it can't be much more than last. Not the kind of pirates I thought the article was going with. But that is absolutely silly. I shake my head in disgust.

QUOTE(Be Good @ Mar 4, 2005 -> 11:06 AM) Right now, In Long Island its about 1.95-2.10 for regular Huh, that's really odd. I'm out in Binghamton and it's about the same. I would have thought it would be more closer to the city....

QUOTE(winodj @ Mar 4, 2005 -> 10:39 AM) We are allowed to pay a toll anytime we want to leave the state. Well, that is a pretty big luxury.

Now there's kinky and there's stupid. That falls under the latter.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Mar 3, 2005 -> 03:01 PM) Not to mention that college professors are slanted VERY far to the left. Actually, my stats professor always tells us its much better to be conservative. Less type one errors.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Mar 4, 2005 -> 10:29 AM) Yeah, what's that about? Who's idea was it to start an entire state of people who can't pump their own gas? Do you really want Joe Blow Jersey allowed to be around gasoline unattended?

Glad you're okay. That's definitely scary and awful.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Mar 4, 2005 -> 08:25 AM) Spanish? Mexican? Or am I just way off since I have no idea. Mexican. Yummmmmmmmmmm. I told my parents when I get home for break we are going there first. Before going home.

Taqueria La Cabana in Oswego. Everyday. And twice on tuesdays.