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Barack Obama's election has sent the right message to the Middle East.

Quoted: “I suddenly have newfound respect for America’s democracy and ideals.”

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mo you should write the book "on the art of zen and donuts" :)

Check it out, my first blog post for the Seattle editition of the San Francisco Examiner. I'm the New-to-Seattle Examiner!

Quoted: It's easy to feel homesick as a New York-Seattle transplant when you’re looking to chase away those rainy day blues with a delectable deli sandwich. After all, delis are to New York what cafes are to Seattle.

Economist on the genocide / Turkey issue

Quoted: All eight living former secretaries of state, from Henry Kissinger to Madeleine Albright, who lost three grandparents in the Nazi Holocaust, oppose the bill. So does Condoleezza Rice, who holds the post now.

Amazing transformation.

Quoted: In a dozen years since the reemergence of the East Lake community, the numbers are already overwhelmingly positive. Violent crime has been reduced by 95 percent since 1995. All adults receiving government housing assistance are required to either be working or in a job training program. The Drew Charter School boasts an 88-percent rate of students who meet or exceed state standards for reading and 74 percent that meet or exceed in math. In 1995, the number for area students in the math portion was 5 percent. And 100 percent of alumni from Drew Charter School are on course to graduate from their respective high schools. Fewer than a third could say that back in the mid 1990s.

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If you've never seen this video ... it's craaaaaaaaazy. This is why they play the game. The announcers are great, you feel every single moment of this comeback. Make sure you watch all the way through.

Quoted: Amazing ending to a 1994 High School football game, Plano East down 41-17 with 3 minutes to go