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AUSTIN - Top education leaders in the Texas Senate on Friday debated offering state-funded vouchers for private schools and expanding the number of charter schools statewide, an opening salvo in what should be a long fight over the future of public education when the Legislature reconvenes in January.
Members of the Senate Education Committee heard from advocates for programs that allow parents to take a portion of what the state would spend to educate their children in public schools and use it to cover tuition at private ones. They also listened to groups wanting to ease the current cap of a maximum 215 charter schools licensed to operate in Texas.
"We need to look at this as more of a free-market system," said Andrew Erben, president of the Texas Institute for Education Reform, who compared today's schools to a ball bearing factory where authorities establish a single set of regulations.
Erben, whose group represents business interests, added: "We need to let parents and students decide by giving them more options."
Sen. Royce West, a Dallas Democrat, noted that Erben's institute has called for an end to bilingual education programs and scrapping a state-imposed maximum of 22 students per elementary school classroom, and believes Texas already spends more than enough on public education. Erben replied that "spending nearly $50 billion in the aggregate is more than adequate," to which Royce shot back, "We cut about $5 billion from our school fiance system. You still think it's adequate?"
In 2011, state lawmakers cut $4 billion from public school funding and $1.4 billion from grant programs, even though Texas' booming population means enrollment is surging.
Fellow Democratic Sen. Wendy Davis of Fort Worth said private schools can pick which students they want to accept, meaning greater school choice may ensure that the only students left in traditional schools are those who will be rejected by private ones or whose parents are too poor to help pay for schooling.
Sen. Dan Patrick, a Houston Republican, supports legislation to expand charter schools and programs allowing students to attend private schools with some state funding. He ran Friday's meeting and may become Education Committee chairman during the 2013 session because the current chairwoman, Republican Sen. Florence Shapiro, is retiring.
"I would argue that now, people with money can just move to another neighborhood for a better school," Patrick said.
Joseph Bast, president of the Heartland Institute, a conservative, Chicago-based think tank, said an unsuccessful bill introduced in Texas in 2011 would have allowed parents to be reimbursed up to 60 percent of what the state spends educating their child in public schools, or around $5,200, on private school tuition.
He said that under such a program, about 6 percent of the 5 million Texas children currently enrolled in public schools would likely jump to private ones in first two years alone, saving the state about $2 billion.
Bast said the program would provide enough money for elementary school students to attend private schools free, but that the parents of older kids would have to pay thousands out-of-pocket. He said perhaps private foundations could help sponsor low-income students.
Proponents of applying free-market principles to public education also support charter schools, arguing they are more efficient and cost-effective than their traditional counterparts and that, while they aren't subject to the same state accountability requirements, poorly performing charters go out of business because parents stop sending their children there.
David Dunn, executive director of the Texas Charter Schools Association, said tens of thousands of students statewide are languishing on charter school waiting lists. Dunn called for easing the state's cap to allow 20 new schools per year.
But critics point to existing charter schools that have underperformed. Greg Richmond, president of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, said that while nationwide 400 to 500 new charter schools now open per year, only about 7 percent of those up for renewal close, meaning many sub-par schools continue to operate.
Rita Haecker, president of the Texas State Teachers Association said, "so-called 'choice' programs offer no real choice for the overwhelming majority of students."
"Voucher plans benefit only a few students while enriching profiteers at the expense of public schools," Haecker said in a statement.
In written testimony to the committee, Kathy Miller, president of Texas Freedom Network, said ideas on restoring funding to cash-starved state public schools "must once again take a back seat to a political experiment that has failed to deliver on any of its promises."


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GARGRAVE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WOUNDCHEK™ Laboratories announced today that it has successfully secured new financing to take the business forward. As part of the deal ownership of WOUNDCHEK™ Laboratories has transferred from One Equity Partners (OEP) to the newly formed WOUNDCHEK™ Laboratories Holdings Inc., which is owned by several external investors and company management.
Jack Wilkens, CEO and president of WOUNDCHEK™ Laboratories, commented: "Our vision is to provide clinicians with better, accurate, timely, actionable, and easy to access information, leading to improved therapeutic outcomes and more cost effective care through point of care wound diagnostics. We are actively working on our second wound diagnostic product for 'active infection'. Our first two products address critical questions, identified by clinical experts as pieces of diagnostic information needed to direct treatment pathways in the majority of chronic wounds: 'Does the wound have elevated protease activity?' and 'Is there an active infection?"
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WOUNDCHEK™ Protease Status is not currently cleared by FDA for sale within the US market.
1. Serena, T. et al., Protease activity levels associated with healing status of chronic wounds, Wounds UK 2011
2. Duteille, F., Evaluation of the use of point-of-care test for proteases to identify patients with increased risk of skin graft failure, EWMA 2013
3. Uccioli, L. et al., Matrix Metalloproteinases levels influence the integration of dermal grafts in diabetic foot ulcers., DFCON 2014
4. International Consensus. The role of proteases in wound diagnostics. An expert working group review. London: Wounds International, 2011
5. Strohal, R. et al., The Role of a point-of-care protease test in wound diagnostics, Wund Management 2012

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Fine dining is a trend that has slowly taken hold of the Kenyan people. One will find that more people are choosing to have a nice dinner out with friends instead of staying in and having the same meal they did the previous night, and restaurants have noticed this. You will find a plethora of them lining up the streets of Nairobi. But when one is a true foodie there is more to the fine dining experience than just what meets the palette.
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Emblems and Harmonizers, unite! Why? Because Emblem3 and Fifth Harmony did! These groups — who were pals when they both competed on the X Factor last year — had quite the happy reunion last night. We bet they're probably so happy for each other's success. After all, E3 is headlining their own tour and 5H is opening up for Little Mix, Cher Lloyd, and Demi Lovato!
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JSandBox - Japanese Input - FREE
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Package name: jp.chai.android.JSandBox , Last Update: 2012-09-09 04:45:08
272 ratings (3.967 average)
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This small application helps you to input Japanese text with ajaxime.chasen.org through the network.
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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. One that inhibits, as a substance that retards or stops a chemical reaction.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. Any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific chemical reaction.
- n. Any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific biological process
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. That which causes inhibitory action; esp., an inhibitory nerve.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. See inhibiter.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a substance that retards or stops an activity
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Yes, indeed, guns are fired before leaving the factory and a rust inhibitor is often applied to the exterior and the bore after testfire.
At a given signal, the APC labels an inhibitor of a certain protein-degrading enzyme, whereupon the inhibitor is carried to the proteasome and destroyed.
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In 1970, I had begun work on the basic pancreatic trypsin inhibitor which has later become the model compound for the development of protein NMR, molecular dynamics, and experimental folding studies in other laboratories.
Steigemann (also one of Huber's Ph.D. students at that time) on the crystallographic refinement of the structure of bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor was a success, and our 1975 paper in
Although some of the ribozymes exhibited high levels of cleavage activity in vitro, none appears to be a potential long term inhibitor in cellulo.
In an attempt to copy the Ultra Hair Away process, some of these low cost imitators have tried to combine a hair removal depilatory with a so-called "inhibitor" - in these cases the "inhibitor" does not work because of the harmful effects of the depilatory.
(although the proprietary Kindle format might be a short-term inhibitor).
Saxagliptin is a DPP-4 inhibitor, which is designed to work by increasing the level of so-called incretin hormones in the body that help lower blood-glucose levels.
Earlier this year, a regulatory panel voted against the approval of Arcoxia, Merck's follow-on Cox-2 inhibitor, which is sold abroad.
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The following biography was originally published in European Theories of the Drama. Cincinnati: Stewart & Kidd Company, 1918.
The following biography was originally published in European Theories of the Drama. Cincinnati: Stewart & Kidd Company, 1918.
BORN in Dublin in 1871, Synge studied music before going to Paris to write. There he was saved for his native ireland by William
Butler Yeats in 1899 and persuaded that he must write about
his own land. He went off on a second trip to the isolated Aran
Islands, where he studied the local dialects, characters, and
folklore. He began to write plays of peasant life, employing
the natural speech which he had learned. His first play, In
the Shadow of the Glen, was performed in 1903 by the Irish
National Theatre, of which Yeats and Lady Gregory were co-founders.
In 1904, Synge's brief peasant tragedy, Riders to the Sea,
was staged at this company's new home, the Abbey Theatre, and
Synge became the Abbey's literary adviser. Other folk plays followed,
including his comedy about a mock-hero, The Playboy of the
Western World (1907), which caused patriots to riot at the theatre. Synge died in 1909.
The following biography was originally published in The British and American Drama of Today. Barrett H. Clark. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1915. pp. 188-9.
The following biography was originally published in The British and American Drama of Today. Barrett H. Clark. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1915. pp. 188-9.
John Millington Synge was born at Newtown Little, in the vicinity of Dublin, in 1871. Not much is known of his early life, except that he lived at home until he was nearly twenty, that he entered Trinity College, Dublin, in 1888, and was graduated four years later. His predilection was for languages and music, although he was ever an ardent nature-lover. For many years he wandered about the Continent, writing a little and allowing impressions of men and nature to gather in his receptive mind. He went first to Germany, with the intention of pursuing his musical studies; after a year, he abandoned the idea and went to Paris, in order to do literary criticism. Still uncertain of his true calling, he made various though unsuccessful attempts to write poetry and essays. He did not "find himself" until he was discovered by another young enthusiast from Ireland, W.B. Yeats, who, in 1898, induced him to leave Paris and return to Ireland and devote himself to a study of the people, and write real Irish plays for the recently-founded Irish Theater. In the Aran Islands, in Wicklow and Kerry and Connemara, Synge found the necessary material and inspiration for his plays. He died of cancer at Dublin in 1909.
Synge was quiet, introspective, reticent, yet he allowed his true temperament -- with all its wild vagarious longings, its furious exultations -- to find expression in his plays. "He loves," said Yeats, "all that has edge, all that is salt in the mouth, all that is rough to the hand, all that heightens the emotions by contest, all that stings into life the sense of tragedy.... The food of the spiritual-minded is sweet, an Indian scripture says, but passionate minds love bitter food." His interest was in humanity, in everyday life, especially in those manifestations of primitive life which he knew so well how to seek out and use to advantage.


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The WCC is really two things. The first is the Wasteland Communication Club. We are an amateur radio club dedicated to introducing fans of postapocalyptic fiction to wireless communication. The second thing is the Wasteland Communication Corporation, which is our tribe at the Wasteland Weekend event in Southern California.
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TEL AVIV (May. 15)
Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin and northern area commander Lt. Gen. Uri Orr said Thursday there was no evidence that Syria intended attacking Israel at present, though both stressed that a potential for an escalation existed.
Rabin told the Labor Party convention in Tel Aviv that Damascus had been implicated in terrorist attacks in London, Vienna, Rome and possibly in the West Berlin nightclub attack as well. The abortive attack on an EI AI plane in London resulted from intelligence planning in Damascus, he said.
Israel has no wish to attack Syria, Rabin said, as Israel knows the terrible cost of war. "Our supreme aim as regards Syria is maximum awareness and preparedness, not to escalate but to prevent a clash," he stressed.
"Today, Syria represents the only potential and I stress potential and not more than that — of being the only country (that could) make a mistake–I believe and hope it will not happen–of any sort of military confrontation," Rabin said. he said that since January, Israel had noted increased Syrian preparations in Lebanon, but not more than before June 1982.
Northern area commander Orr told Galilee residents during a visit to the area hit by Katyusha rockets just before Independence Day that there were no signs at present of any immediate Syrian war preparations. He said that tank and gun positions prepared by the Syrians for the defense of Damascus were not manned at present.


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Connacht eager to win last home match
It will be an emotional game as several line out for final time at the Sportsground
Connacht's Gavin Duffy is expected to play his final game at the Sportsground against Cardiff. Photograph: Huw Evans/Inpho
Pat Lam has made just one change to his Connacht team to take on Cardiff Blues in the last home game of the season. Lock Aly Muldowney slots into the second row alongside Mick Kearney with Andrew Browne giving way.
The Welsh side are three points ahead of Connacht in eighth place on the league table. It's a match where several players in the Connacht squad will be playing for the last time in the Sportsground including the now venerable Gavin Duffy, Frank Murphy and former Scotland international Dan Parks. All three players start the game from the bench.
Connacht Players' Player and Back of the Year Kieran Marmion will begin the match at scrumhalf for his 25th start this season, partnering Miah Nikora at half back with Robbie Henshaw named at outside centre. Henshaw links up with Eoin Griffin, who will also be playing his final home game at the Galway ground before departing for London Irish next season.
"Cardiff are confident coming off the back of three good wins and in contrast we're after three straight losses," said Lam.
" We're both fighting for strong finishes to the season and I've no doubt it will be a hard-fought game.
"There is of course a lot of emotion attached to this game and it's the last time a lot of guys will get the chance to play in front of the home crowd. It's a great opportunity for us all to acknowledge the contribution of these true Connacht servants.
"As a team, we've spoken a lot this week about channelling all that emotion into doing our jobs well and putting ourselves in a position to finish where no Connacht team has finished before."
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The original Half Marathon took place in 1984 and over the last 29 years, it has grown into a major event for Budapest. In 2013 there were 13 000 runners, including 8500 individual 21 km runners and a staggering 1330 relay teams. The event has also developed into a real international event, with 1600 international participants from 65 countries. This amount of runners has necessitated a staggered starting system where runners start in 3 different groups after each other, with the last runner in a zone leaving the start zone 13 minutes after the first one. The race will get going at 9:30 in the morning and will comprise the now-familiar mix of fun-runners, relay teams and hard-core 21km marathoners. Price for participation is 45€.
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This bread is so festive! Cranberries are so bright and pretty to cook with, and I love the tart contrast they provide to the sweetness of the bread. Our mom used to read us a book called Cranberry Thanksgiving every year around Thanksgiving (and probably much more often than that). I read it to my little boy this year, and I was thoroughly delighted that he loved Mr Whiskers as much as I did (you'll have to get this book!) . Anyway, the grandmother in the book has a wonderful and secret cranberry bread recipe… which of course they disclose at the end of the book. My mom would always make it for us, and we loved it! So I thought I would pass along the oh-so-secret recipe so you could enjoy it, too!
Grandmother's Famous Cranberry Bread
Submitted by Mindy ~ The Sisters Cafe
Printable recipe here
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup butter
1 egg, beaten
1 teaspoon grated orange peel
3/4 cup orange juice
1 1/2 cups light raisins (I never include these – not a fan of raisins in my bread)
1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen cranberries, chopped
Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda into a large bowl. Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly. Add egg, orange peel, and orange juice all at once; stir until mixture is evenly moist. Fold in raisins and cranberries. Spoon into a greased 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from pan; cool on wire rack.


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Valentine Inn is located just 200m off the main round-a-bout in Petra (Wadi Musa). I was there only for a change in scenery as my hotel had none and was nicely surprised.
The grounds and building are well taken care of and I was warmly greeted and invited to enjoy their space. The inn is perched with great views of Petra down below. They have free wi-fi, free transport to AND from Petra (a much needed thing if you don't want to try and haggle with the taxi drivers) and a great deal for dinner, all you can eat for 5JD. The view, dinner, and transport, never mind selling beer, were enough for me to change hotels had I been staying any longer in Wadi Musa.
They also had something else that many places seemed to be lacking, PEOPLE. After talking with Adel at the front desk for some time I was convinced to take his offer for accommodations at the Meditation Camp in Wadi Rum, and very glad that I did.
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The Valentine Inn is perfectly located for both business and leisure guests to Petra / Wadi Musa. All hotel's guestrooms have all the conveniences expected in a hotel in its class to suit guests' utmost comforts. Each guestroom is tastefully appointed with air conditioning, bathtub, shower, mini bar, satellite/cable TV.Services and amenities available for guests at this Petra / Wadi Musa accommodation consist of bar/pub, laundry service/dry cleaning, restaurant, room service, safety deposit boxes, hotel/airport transfer, tours, bicycle rental. For guests to unwind, the hotel offers a variety of facilities and services including garden. Being one of the good quality hotels in Petra / Wadi Musa, guests staying at this hotel will find its convenient location and tranquil atmosphere pleasurable. Make your reservation at the Valentine Inn Petra / Wadi Musa now by selecting your chosen dates of stay and submitting our secure online booking form.
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JERUSALEM (May. 22)
A Jewish Agency official from Israel lectured on the ideals and practical achievements of Zionism before an international congress on regional economics, held in the Palace of Culture in Warsaw several days ago, a Jewish Agency spokesman disclosed today. Avraham Rosenmann, deputy director of the Jewish Agency's agricultural settlement department, said the Zionist approach to problems of land and society created progressive social forms which have no parallel in the world.
Rosenmann's audience consisted of 350 participants in the congress from 18 nations representing the East and the West. He spoke at the closing session, in Polish, which was apparently appreciated by the Polish hosts and delegates. Rosenmann placed a wreath on the memorial to the Warsaw Ghetto fighters and, with the other delegates, visited the site of the Auschwitz death camp.


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No, you aren't emotionless for not caring about a girl whom you have nothing invested in. The girl made stupid decisions and will have to simply deal with the consequences. Her threats of suicide are an empty cry for attention, just like her photos were. Don't give her the attention she desperately wants.
You are not a bad person for not caring about an idiot. You are a normal person.
If she does off herself, it's simply Darwinism in action. Weeding out the emotionally/mentally/physically weak, one person at a time.
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I remember that I found a picture of a very hot girl in my school on a porn site. I showed it one friend of mine but it never became a big topic.
Borderline Personality Disorder.
Not always, of course. Most suicides (and suicide attempts) are for other reasons, like depression. I'm going to bet that the last thing this girl wants right now is more attention, so her suicide threat is probably more desperation than attention-seeking.
I know that you are reading this, and I approve.
this is everything thats wrong with the world... people saying its attention seeking, or that you dont care.. this is what is wrong with everything.
you SHOULD care when your fellow people are distressed, be they friends, family, or complete strangers.. why wouldnt you care for others? sure, in this day and age there ARE some who throw out the 'imma kill myself' card alot, but hell, Id rather fall for it and try talking to them, then risk going 'pff, whatever' and risk some poor soul actually taking their own life when I couldve intervened.
There are some seriously damaged and sad individuals in this thread.
I think you'd care if she actually committed suicide; I think what you're trying to say is you disapprove of her extreme reaction to these pictures.
good riddence to bad rubbish. You are not a bad person, you know how I know - because you were worried you might be. Bad people don't give a shit if they are bad or hurting someone's feelings. This bitch got what she deserves.. and her empty suicide threats are just another way to get attention. Good luck to all the real students at your school in your 10th grade year, study hard!
And to all the people on this thread that say this attitude is what's wrong with humanity, you and this Kim Kardasian attention seeking whore wanna-be can go **** yourselves. I say your ultra caring mommying of everything in society has made it soft and weak, and now full of plastic fake people that do shit just to make everyone look at them. Or kids running wild because their parents could be sent to jail for smacking them or disciplining them to put a little fear of repercussions into them, maybe a little respect for others, maybe even some respect for themselves and their bodies. You've F'ed up society, stop trying to brainwash people that take responsibilty for their actions and mistakes. If this bitch actually killed herself I might regain a tiny bit of respect for her... for now she is nothing but a little kimmie kardasian in training - which I personally could do without.
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wth...? In 7th grade we didn't even dare to kiss someone. Let alone sending nude or semi nude pictures to other students.
What has become of this youth?
Anyway... no, I think you are perfectly fine. What should you do anyways? Become her friend and save her? How? You can't make those pictures disappear.
It's to an extent her own fault in my eyes, now she's gotta deal with it. Threatening to commit suicide because of this is nothing but a cry for attention anyway. It's not like she's being hardcore stalked like Amanda Todd.
She has her friends and family to take care of her.. no need to have sleepless nights because of a stranger.
Who should we care if somebody wants to kill them self?
It's their life. If they don't want to live, who are we to tell them otherwise?
But on topic no you are not emotionless and while I do feel that she was stupid for sending pictures to a guy that is nothing for her to kill herself about. If you know her just tell her it is nothing for her to kill herself about. Just look at all the sex tapes out their are those people are still living and happy.
Apperantly, it's become almost cultural for some groups with boyfriends and girlfriends who swap naked pictures with each other via instant communications. As ever, this blurs everything if you consider that an equivalent practice in previous decades would be swapping poloroid photos, probably a more intimate and private thing. I guess the sympathy ultimately lies with victims, and I don't like being on the side of the smirking majority, but this culture shift to sharing everything and anything across the internet can distort people's sense of perspective. I sometimes think both sides are idiots, the smirkers (for want of a better word) and the victims.
You're right StayTuned. She isn't being stalked afaik. Apparently this whole thing were going on for a week before i even heard of the pictures and stuff. I never hear people make fun of her or bully her about it.
About her sending nudes in 7th grade, yea... i dont know wtf was up with that. in 7th grade i barely could tell a girl i liked her. I guess girls just mature faster and want to do more daring stuff, and the few boys who mature as fast as them will take advantage like the guy who made her shoot the pictures did.
"When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you'll be successful"
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I expect she will keep doing stuff like this for years and years, end up making some peoples lives very miserable or worse.
Yea... I don't think you are a bad person for not caring. You are not associated with her, so why should you? If you are actively being a part of the problem, that is a different story. But if I am understanding correctly, you are not doing that.
I do kinda feel sorry for this girl, though. She made a mistake as a kid, and now it has come back to bite her in the ass. Hopefully she will get past it and learn from it. Maybe not send pictures to boys over the internet anymore. I do think the whole suicide thing is a bit of an overreaction, but I think that about almost anyone who thinks suicide is the solution to anything. Unless you have a terminal illness that will kill you slowly and painfully, or your whole family has been killed, or something drastic like that, I feel like suicide is a crappy option for anything.


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Two centuries prior to the story, a werewolf stole the left eye of the Grand Witch Mabaa and endured her wrath as he is immortal. However, Mabaa decides to imprison the werewolf for all eternity in Witch Prison, stripped of his name and referred to as "the Man with the Magic Eye" since. Though Mabaa kept the key to the werewolf's cell on her at all times, it was secretly stolen by Medusa with the intent to free the werewolf when a chance presents itself. That chance came in the form of Soul Eater being infected with Crona's Black Blood, with Medusa entrusting the otherwise unforgivable act of releasing Prisoner #13 to Eruka Frog after forcing her into her service.By the time Eruka arrived, despite acting tough, the werewolf accepts Eruka's help due to his inability to effectively plan an escape. Meeting Medusa, calling himself "Free" to reflect his current status, the werewolf offers his services to repay his debt to her. Upon learning that he is go after Soul and his Meister Maka, unaware he is to test the Black Blood's effect on them, Free accepts as he feels contempt for Death and the rules he establishes. Confronting his targets at London Bridge, his opponents unable to work together at the time while his magic is still rusty, Free has the upper hand until the Meister/Weapon team are able to use Witch Hunter with Maka pushing Free off the bridge. Though he intended to drag Maka into a watery grave, Free's hand is sliced off by Black Star and the werewolf's attempt to get back on the bridge ends with him frozen and sinking into the sea.
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Bennett said in a news release the opinion was "extremely gratifying and reassuring" because the court said it was proper for him to press the issue even though the trial court judge questioned his actions.
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Pedersen said she wasn't surprised by the opinion and called Bennett's appeal unnecessary.
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The 12th century Castillo de la Mota standing at the top of the hill was key in defending the city, and around it we can still see the canons and arrow slits used to defend it. It is also home to the Casa de la Historia museum which will take you on a tour through audio-visuals, models, objects and scenographies describing the features that defined the lives of people in San Sebastián thanks to a narration covering the more than 800 years of a young and lively city. The English Cemetery, on the north side of the hill, testifies to the time spent by the English in San Sebastián.
Guarding the city from the top of Monte Urgull, the Sacred Heart statue (Cristo de la Mota) blends with the landscape of San Sebastián. The work, sculpted by the artist Federico Coullaut in 1950, measures over 12 metres in height and can be seen from 4 miles out to sea.
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In the westernmost part of the Paseo Nuevo, defying the strength of the sea, is the imposing sculpture Construcción Vacía (Empty Construction), by the artist Jorge Oteiza. The work, winner of an award at the Sao Paulo Biennale 50 years ago, has become a reference in the world of contemporary art; a true treasure there to be enjoyed by everyone.
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"Wh... Who are you?" he managed to stammer. Vyse could feel her smile even before she lifted off the oversized helmet common to Valuan soldiers, a helmet to match the bulky armor she currently wore.
The helmet hit the steel decking of the Valuan Cruiser with a resounding clang, causing the defeated Captain to twitch yet again as the wind caught her pale blonde hair, whipping it about her victorious expression.
"I'm Fina," she said simply, "and I think I just passed my final exam."
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They didn't say a word, merely watched the stars as a warm breeze blew over them from the south, bringing with it echos of grit and exotic spices.
"When the Little Jack went down... when we lost you... I looked up at this moon and wondered if you were looking at it too." Fina pulled the gauntlets off of her hands and folded them on her stomach, her head contentedly resting on an uncomfortable chest plate. Vyse fumbled above his head, finally ridding his own hands of the armored gloves. Carefully, almost tentatively, he lowered his left hand to hers, lacing nervous fingers together with a shivering charge of electricity.
"I'm glad we're not as far apart as we were then," Vyse said, his voice carrying lightly to her ears, bringing heat to her face as a heart that had just started to rest jumped within her. She sighed and squeezed his hand, closing her eyes with a smile that she would wear for days.
Time ceased to be. It didn't stop or slow, it simply wasn't relevant to the two that lay there under the stars, their breathing shallow despite the tightness each felt in their chests. Neither slept. These frozen moments were beyond value and to be savored, minds both fuzzy and alert with the excitement of possibility and yearning.
It was Fina who shifted first, her hand breaking away from Vyse's, allowing him a brief moment of disappointment before her hand found his cheek and her lips found his lips and then not only time is gone but everything everywhere. It is only them.
An unspoken promise is made.
These are yours.
Only yours.


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Top United Liberation Front of Asom leader Paresh Baruah has taken seriously ill and will not be in a position to remain in contact with Gyanpith awarded Indira Roysom Goswami who has been attempting to get the insurgent outfit to hold talks with the Centre, the outfit's chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa said in Guwahati on Friday.
In an e-mail to a section of the media, Rajkhowa said Baruah had to undergo an emergency surgical operation. Hence, heĀhad to be moved to a place were advanced medical facilities were available.
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Polling booth selfies sweep the Netherlands
Thursday March 20 2014
Dutch citizens and politicians united on Wednesday in posting voting booth selfie photos, an increasingly popular phenomenon that could threaten the principle of the secret ballot but also encourages people to vote.
Alexander Pechtold, who heads the centrist D66 party, was among the many Dutch voting in Wednesday's local elections who tweeted a #stemfie, a combination of "stemmen", the Dutch word for voting, and selfie.
The photos, often of voters posing with the red pencil used to make their democratic choice or the candidate list, spread over Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, with the #stemfie hashtag trending.
Interior Minister Ronald Plasterk tweeted: "I'm not calling on people to take a #stemfie, but it is allowed."
"You cannot affect the confidentiality of the voting process by taking pictures of other people, but if you want to take a photo of yourself, you can," Plasterk told Dutch television channel RTL.
The phenomenon of the polling booth selfie is sweeping the world, forcing countries to take a position.
Some US states forbid polling booth selfies, some allow it, while it is expressly forbidden in South Africa and the Philippines.
"We had quite a few questions from municipalities in the run-up to the elections about whether selfies were allowed in the voting booth, because selfies are in fashion," interior ministry spokesman Tijs Manten told AFP.
"We looked at the electoral law and there was nothing saying we should forbid it: as long as people are just taking a photo of themselves and no one else, as long as people's right to cast a vote in secret is respected and voting procedures are not disturbed, there's no problem," Manten said.
The interior ministry in January sent a memo to municipalities informing them that 'stemfies' were officially authorised.
"We thought it could even be a good way of getting people to go out and vote," said Manten.


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One of the biggest strengths of Google+ is the photo management features that have been implemented. Comparing it to Facebook, because we must, working with pictures and photos in Google+ is much smoother and more versatile.
This article will cover the main aspects of photo management in Google Plus. I will cover the positive aspects and I will also cover some of the concerns that Google+ users have had when working with photos in Google+ thus far.
I am also in the middle of creating a slew of tutorials for photo management in Google+ and would love to hear your suggestions in the comments section below.
Positive Aspects of Google+ Photos:
Gallery View is Incredibly Smooth and Aesthetically Pleasing
Uploading Photos from Mobile Devices is Easier Than Ever
Google+ Features a Built-In Image Editor
Integration with Picasa
The Google+ Photo Gallery was the first thing I noticed when I started using Google+ a couple weeks ago. It is accessed by clicking on the "Photos" tab at the top of your screen.
It displays the latest photo uploads from your friends. If you've just started using Google+ and aren't following that many people yet, the gallery may seem a little empty. As soon has you have 15+ friends who have uploaded photos, you'll see what I'm talking about.
If you want to look at photos from a particular friend, you can view the photos section of their profile.
Google+ users have reacted positively in regards to the location of photo comments. Facebook, as you may know, displays photo comments underneath the photo. Google, on the other hand, displays the comments section to the right of the photo in the form of chat bubbles. So far, users have tended to prefer the placement of photo comments in Google+.
In terms of aesthetics, I think the gallery feature in Google+ is great. It runs fast and fits as many photos into the space as possible while maintaining organization and clarity. Good job Google!
Although Google is still waiting for Apple to approve the Google+ app for the IPhone, the Android app has had great a reception so far!
When you first sign up for Google+, you have the option to sync all of your phone's photos to your Google+ account. If you decide to do this, photos from your mobile phone will be automatically uploaded to a private album until you decide to share the photos individually, or move them to an album that others can view.
There have been some complaints with the mobile app which I will touch upon in the "concerns section" below. Overall however, users feel that the app is much more user friendly than the mobile app for Facebook.
Unlike in the Facebook photo app, you can upload 8 pictures at a time with the Andorid Google+ app. Facebook users complain about uploading 1 photo at a time because it is very tedious. You don't have to worry about that with Google+.
Google Plus offers some very basic, yet fun, photo editing options within the Google+ interface. I think the most useful feature is the ability to rotate images. If you take a photo sideways with your Android, you can rotate the picture in Google+ without having to use an external editor.
Google+ also gives you some customization options in terms of lighting adjustments. Along with a few other techniques, you can turn your photos black and white or adjust the contrast of them.
The built in editing features aren't spectacular but as I will mention in the next section, I believe Google has plans to integrate Picasa and Google+ together which will result in the most innovative rich media sharing tool to date.
Another great feature of working with photos in Google+ is the fact that your Google Plus photos are accessible within Picasa and vise versa.
Although Google gives you some power to manage your images in the Google+ client, if you want even more control, you can log in to Picasa and further customize your pictures and albums.
I have heard rumors that Google is going to rename Picasa "Google Images" and that they will increase its integration with Google+. I hope this is true because I think it is a little counter intuitive that you must go to an external site to customize your Google Plus photos.
User Concerns About Photos Google+:
Image Tagging Features Need to be Tweaked
Picasa and Google+ Need More Integration
Apple Needs to Approve the Google+ App!
I have heard a lot of concerns about the privacy aspects of image tagging Google+.
Many users complain that, although you can control who is allowed to tag you in Google+, once somebody does tag you, there is no way to control the privacy of that photo within your own photos section. Of course, you could untag yourself, but then nobody would be able to see the picture. Its like friends in Facebook- all or nothing.
I think that this was just an oversight on Google's part and I expect this feature to fixed in the near future. I will provide an update this when that occurs.
Although it is nice that Picasa and Google+ are linked together, it would make it a lot easier if the features currently available Picasa, were also natively available within Google+.
As I stated earlier, I think this is something that Google is working on and will release to the public in the near future.
The response from Android users is overwhelmingly positive in regards to uploading photos from the mobile app. The problem is that Apple is yet to approve the Google+ app for IOS, leaving IPhone users in the dark.
I'm sure this will work its way out but if Google+ is to really be adopted fully, it needs to have integration with IOS.
Early Conclusion of Photos in Google+
It is important to note that Google Plus is still technically in its limited test phase. That being said, photo management and display in Google Plus is very polished and impressive.
It is visually beautiful, intuitive and robust. Just the gallery view alone is enough to prefer viewing photos in Google+ over viewing photos in any other social sharing service.
As Google receives more feedback the company will hopefully improve the integration between Google+ and Picasa to create a seamless photograph management system all in one place.
I would love to hear what your experiences you have had working with photos in Google+ so please leave feedback in the comments section below. As I stated earlier, I will be posting multiple tutorials related to working with photos in Google Plus and I would like your input as to which ones are most needed!
If you're looking for more general tutorials regarding Google+, take a look at my Complete Google+ Setup Guide!


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What would you do with 30 extra years of life? Give those 30 years back?
If you are like some of the older adults in the Forever Fit Cardio fitness classes I teach, you don't necessarily want 30 years added to your lifespan. And these are active adults in their 60s-80s, so imagine what inactive people might say to living to 100 and beyond. And yet, it is possible to greet such an offer with delight, not dread, especially if you embrace healthy aging and dispel some common misconceptions.
Redefine How You Age?
The worry about adding years to life without adding life to those years is well-founded. When we interviewed highly recognized active aging expert, Colin Milner, founder of the International Council on Active Aging (ICAA), he laid out some interesting stats and scenarios facing our baby boomer population.
According to Milner, the US and Canada have shoveled out trillions of dollars to increase longevity. And that effort has been quite successful: we North American humans have added an average of 30 additional years to our lives in just one century. That jump is bigger than the one my sister did when a tick landed on her during a dog walk the other day. The problem with the lifespan jump is that those added years are not proving to be healthy ones. Suuuuuu-prise, suuuu-prise. Or not really a surprise at all to those of us who work with or are older adults.
Basically, as we age, we baby boomers and our parents face 5 key challenges. Can you guess what they are?
Super Sensible Solutions for the Projected Problems
For each problem, Colin Milner offers a corresponding suggestion. (Could be why his nickname is "the Colonizer.") While he confesses that his advice may seem simple, he stresses that putting it into practice takes effort and focus. Making a plan to age in a healthy, "new thinking" way is hard. Yet aging inactively is harder.
In fact, as a generation, we are NOT aging healthfully. Read about it here: Women Over 50: We are NOT aging healthfullyTop 5 things you can do to age well (even after a lifetime of yuck, blah, & bad habits Click To Tweet
All in all, the key is to be proactive in order to age actively. Whew! That's a lot of action. But not yet enough, as what we ultimately need to do is create a plan for today and the added tomorrows. We can redefine how we age, writing a new and better ending for ourselves and history. As Colin asks, "What is your plan?" What expectations do you have — of yourself, your health, your future, your present? In short, what will you do with your 30 added years?
Want to be an active aging superstar? How? Read this post: What Do You Enjoy About Aging?
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Kymberly Williams-Evans, MA and Alexandra Williams, MA
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For every minute you walk briskly, you can reap a potential gain of one to seven extra minutes of life! Midlifers especially benefit from putting in at least 150 minutes a week of moderate exercise (such as brisk walking or a cardio class). If you increase your intensity to a strenuous level, you can double the effect, according to a recent study on exercise and lifespan.
Holy smokes, but that is fairly astounding and under your control! For instance, if 150 minutes of a Low Impact group fitness class can offer you a 1-7 return, then a 75 minute high intensity run or elliptical workout would give you 14 minutes of extended lifespan for every minute you huff and puff your sweaty, baby boomer way to long life!
Kymberly: Let's imagine you are like one of the women in my older adult classes who protested when I shared this Fun Fit Fact in the Forever Fit Cardio class I teach: "I don't want to live longer. What if those extra years are dependent, lonely ones?" Understandable fear and question.
No doubt you have heard the adage that exercise adds life to your years, not just years to your life. You know Alexandra and I HAVE to git on up on our high hossies to extol the many benefits of moving on a regular basis, such as countering depression, enhancing mood, improving optimism and self-image. In other words, active, fit people tend to be happy, engaged people since quality of life goes up along with those added years.
Let's look at another huge cause of weight gain and health risk that has been getting a lot of attention lately — prolonged sitting. (Oops, I think I will now stand up to type this post. Ok, my hiney has gone vertical now). Ready to be motivated? If you reduce your sitting to fewer than three hours per day, you increase longevity by two years. I know I want to be around to see my future grandchildren grow up, visit me, and try to out walk me! Nevah! Well, maybe one day, but by 90 years old I will be ok to be out-exercised by whippersnapper rellies.
Wait, there's more! If you cut back your tv watching time to fewer than two hours per day, you have an estimated life span increase of just over a year. We know, we know – such study results are no guarantees for individuals and are statistical averages only. Still, don't you have loved ones and a bucket list and things left to do in life that make less sitting, more moving, and more quality years just a little tempting? Why not tip the odds in your favor?
What if you die youngish like-ish despite your best, healthiest efforts? (Remember this post is sponsored by Royal Neighbors of America, a life insurance company with a difference — the organization's philanthropic efforts are dedicated to changing women's lives through its national programs.) While we women outlive men on average, is your family protected financially if you can no longer contribute to the household income? Women tend to be underinsured. I know I carry far less life insurance than does my husband. And I am several years younger and a trophy wife! Just agree and keep reading, will ya?
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Alexandra: A few years ago I received a call that Kymberly had been in a serious car accident. Luckily, the phone call started with, "Don't worry, she's going to be okay," so I didn't panic…too much. And she was okay (You know, as much as she'll ever be! Notice I didn't say "normal"). It was a bit of a wake-up call for me, though, as I have the mindset that my exceptionally good health will protect me from everything, including zombies and locusts.
Back in the parallel universe that is reality, I realized that I needed to add life insurance to the list of steps I've taken to protect my sons in case I'm hit by a bus (in clean undies of course). Even though I don't make a lot of money, every bit counts, and I don't want my kids to be stuck with my mortgage, car payment, the school loans we took out for my eldest, or COD (cost of death – funeral or cremation). I jumped at the chance to write this post (jumping is good for you), because I think I'm the typical boomer woman — has income, doesn't have life insurance. And I like the way Royal Neighbors is doing business. What about you; Have your protected YOUR income?
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text: John wrote: > [...] Kkollins thinks he is the process of some grand synthesis across various > disciplines. FWIW, the only goal that I've ever set for myself was the Full-Disclosure of the Biological roots of Prejudice. Everything else that I've done was Required of me by other folks who "attacked" the Reification of Prejudice from the perspectives of that which was Familiar to them. Such has gone-on, in an ad-infinitum way, but the only thing that I've ever been doing is that which was Required of me with respect to the Reification of the Biological roots of Prejudice that's been in AoK all along. I'll continue to try to do what's Required of me, but my goal will remain Communicating the Reification of the Biological roots of Prejudice that's been in AoK all along. There's been so much B. S. that's displaced that which is the Responsibility of Science, in this matter, that I realized, long-ago, that things must be dealt-with in an in-person, before Fair Witnesses, way. If such is an "unreasonable" expectation, I wish someone would substantiate that "unreasonableness", because, having Experienced what I have, in fact, Experienced, I can see no "unreasonableness" in what I ask of Community of Neuroscience Reseachers... all I'm doing is Neuroscience, after all. ken collins


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He was only 51 ?! Oh my God.
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Rip big guy...
Sure do wish ya got around to makin a Sopranos wrap up kinda movie.... Now we will never know...
Originally posted by Baddogma
Another probable victim of too little vit C.
I met him in 2003 on the set of the Ben Affleck movie Surviving Christmas in which he also starred. I was Ben Affleck's double, but unlike him James Gandolfini actually spoke to me. He was down to earth and friendly to everyone on the crew, every bit as garrulous as the great character he played, Tony Soprano. He actually bought everyone on the crew a jacket out of his own money.
I remember him telling me that he once dated a girl from Glasgow. I also remember he used to smoke these huge cigars and when he wasn't on set shooting his scenes he would sit outside his trailer playing with these big electric model cars and trucks for hours like a big kid.
My most vivid memory of him on the movie was when he came up to me early one morning at the start of another day, just before he was about go on on set to shoot his first scene. He looked around before leaning into my ear and saying, 'Could I have a quick word with you?' It was like a scene out of the Sopranos. As I walked over to the side with him, I thought maybe he was going to pull me up about some transgression or other. I'm fairly big but he was a big man and dwarfed me. Anyway, he turned around and said with a furrowed brow and in a serious voice, 'Did I see you in Ralph's last night on Beverly and Fairfax?" Ralph's is a supermarket chain in California. I shook my head and told him, no, it wasn't me. "Okay," he said. "I wasn't sure. I just didn't want you to think I was being ignorant, cause I didn't say hi."
Think about it. This guy was a major Hollywood star and just before shooting a scene on a movie he was in, he'd gone out of his way to make sure he hadn't been ignorant to someone who in the scheme of things was a complete nobody. He didn't know me and didn't have to do that. I didn't realize he was only 51. A class act and a genuinely nice man.


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Alrighty theenn... I will TRY to write this with some common niceness and without bein' a smart-ass... but no promises ;)
I'm Mutt. I'm 17, I'm female and I'm slightly Bi (yes, that means I have chesticles. No, that does not mean I care about your feelings or want to date you... so yea). I wear tee shirts and pants (shoes are optional). I personally dislike supernatural stuff- used to be a fanatic though. You know those "Don't do this and that or bad stuffs might happen?" stories and warnings you here. Well.... I never listened. Now I see, hear and dream stuff you would NEVER want to. So what am I? Psychic? No. Gifted? Not really. Talented? Maybe in the art of messing things up!
I'm a seventeen year old aquarius mutt with a mouth like a sailor and a knack for trouble.
I'm Mutt the Mutt, who the hell are you?


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How many times do you meet people in life that are not only "Great and Amazing" people, but become the greatest friends to you for all time?
Jesse Rodriguez is one of those gents who are not only great and amazing, but one who became and always will be one of the greatest friends ever known in my lifetime and will be missed always; however, he will always remain very close in my heart to being one of the most intelligent and amazing gents ever met. Jesse was a man of great integrity and a man who would give his shirt off his back for anyone. It was very tragic to hear that he had passed just days ago.
Here is a few memories I would love to share with you today…
Why is Life so Hard a Review of Kevin McCarthy – By Jesse Rodriguez:
Laziness – Review of Brian Tracy's Conserving Energy – By Jesse Rodriguez:
I hope you enjoy the two videos I selected today from such a great and amazing man who was taken from us who will be always missed in this lifetime.
If you have not made a video of yourself, please do so as it be a legacy in your life today, forever, and a day.
Philip J. Mutrie


text: Antti Kantee writes: > > Hmmh, I remember using sup through a firewall once. IIRC sup uses port > 871 and is quite strict about it. If you can trick it somehow, this > shouldn't be a problem. I had something like the following: > localhost:871 -> outsidefirewall:80 > outsidefirewall:80 -> supserver:871 > > The downside is that it requires one box outside the firewall for > redirect. And of course the firewall has to be a fly-through one, not a > proxy thingie. Ok, information is power. So they say. If you want to "tunnel" a full ip stack, do the following: 1. Hack the 'socket' command to always connect to your proxy server at port XXX and issue: (and read the response) "CONNECT <the remote machine>:443 HTTP/1.0\n\n" This is easy, though I don't have diff's as I haven't updated to use the latest IPv6 socket patches. 2. Install a server out on the Internet with 'sshd -p 443' running. 3. Use 'ssh-ip-tunnel' on both ends, adding the following to .ssh/config. Host my.tunnel.server ProxyCommand /path/to/socket my.tunnel.server 8080 Then 'ssh my.tunnel.server' should work, by connecting via "HTTPS" support on your proxy. After this, ssh-ip-tunnel will give you a full IP stack outside, and inside. You've just totally defeated your very expensive firewall and overpaid security administrators. :-) Until they block your site at the proxy, (moving target), or make the proxy verify there is SSL on the HTTPS link. (then you get a SSL version of socket or something) Anyway, if you have a machine inside *and* outside, you will pretty much always have whatever access you want if your company/school/whatever allows HTTPS CONNECT commands. Most everyone does, or e-commerce would be DOA. I have a hacked version of socket that uses the following syntax: % socket -t <remote host> <your proxy> <your proxy port> This always connects to <remote host> port 443, which things like Squid consider to be "safe ports" for CONNECT support. This 'socket' is 5642 bytes gzipped, so I can send it to someone if they want it, otherwise I have my sources around somewhere. -Andrew -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Gillham | This space left blank email@example.com | inadvertently. I speak for myself, not for my employer. | Contact the publisher.


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In April, Chicago's The Right Now released their second album of sultry retro-soul, Gets Over You. Produced by Sergio Rios (of Orgone), the album is 9 tunes that drip with emotion both unleashed and restrained. Around the same time they released a RSD-exclusive 7″, and last week they debuted the above video from that 7″ that showcases the warm, horn-laced production and the pipes of lead singer Stefanie Berecz. Along with JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound (among many others), ample raw soul is pouring out of Chicago these days.
Columbus will get two chances to see The Right Now this summer: Thursday, July 19th @ Columbus Commons (paired with The Floorwalkers in the Downtown Live "Midwest Rising Stars" feature), and Friday, July 20th at The Jazz & Rib Fest. The band's full summer schedule is below:
July 13 Windy City Ribfest – Chicago, IL
July 20 Columbus Jazz & Rib Fest – Columbus, OH
July 21 Painesville Party in the Park – Painesville, OH
July 28 Why Not Wausau – Wausau, WI
Aug 18 Der Rathskellar – Madison, WI
Aug 23 Jazz in the Park – Milwaukee, WI
Aug 25 St Helen's Carnival – Chicago, IL


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Even the most experienced pro-life activist can benefit from this project. Ongoing education on life issues, strategies and how we can better communicate our life-affirming message is beneficial to everyone.
The Pro-Life Movement will succeed only to the extent that pro-life people are willing to be inconvenienced."
- Douglas R. Scott, Jr., Bad Choices: A Look Inside Planned Parenthood, p. 246
The Corporate Funding Project (CFP) is a program focusing on the education of corporate officials about the agenda of Planned Parenthood in an effort to convince them to deny support to this dangerous group. A boycott of corporations that support Planned Parenthood is advocated so those who care about life are not funding its deadly agenda — directly or indirectly.
LDI publishes a list of boycott targets that is updated at least twice per year. The list includes corporate names, subsidiaries, products, services and how to contact each company. In addition, LDI publishes a list of boycott targets that operate on a local or regional level. This information is organized by state/province and may be accessed here.
The CFP has been remarkably successful, thanks to the prayers and commitment of pro-life advocates. To date, at least 345 corporations have agreed to stop funding Planned Parenthood's deadly empire, which has kept an estimated $21.5 million out of its coffers. Best of all, those corporate officials who continue to fund the world's chief pro-abortion advocacy group will be doing so without your cooperation.
Please click any of the following links to learn more about the CFP:
CFP Frequently Asked Questions
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Emergency Nursing in Northern VA
I am thinking of relocating to the Northern VA, Fairfax County area and was wondering if anyone knows anything about working in Emergency nursing at Inova Fairfax or any of the other hospitals there. I have 2 years of nursing experience in an Emergency Department at a Community Hospital, but would really enjoy trauma nursing (we occasionally get them). I have ACLS, PALS, TNCC and ENPC as well as ABLS. What is the starting rate for a nurse with 2 years experience and what are the working conditions?