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New trouble for the Leland Police Department. A man police arrested during a June 2011 domestic situation says officers went too far. Now he wants the town to pay up to the tune of $100,000. Full story...»
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Joining forces between two Brunswick County towns may be in the cards. But what would that mean for the Leland and Belville and their residents? Full story...»
ONLY ON 3: Leland mayor proposes unifying police forces in northern Brunswick Co.Submitted by Katie Harden on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 4:52pm.READ MORE:
Some changes could be coming to communities in North Brunswick. One elected leader has suggested combining police department. Leland Mayor Brenda Bozeman says combining police forces would help all of northern Brunswick County. Full story...»
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Nearly five months after WWAY first broke the story of Leland Police officer Sherry Lewis being shot in the crotch during a training exercise, the man at the top is out. Town Manager David Hollis says he fired Police Chief Tim Jayne first thing this morning. Full story...»
FIRST ON 3: Leland residents on Jayne's termination: 'It's about time'Submitted by Marissa Jasek on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 11:23pm.READ MORE:
For months, WWAY has followed the allegations of corruption and officer misconduct at the Leland Police Department. Today, the department's leader was fired. We spoke to a few people in Leland tonight to get their reaction to the news of chief Tim Jayne's termination. Full story...»
FIRST ON 3: Leland reveals Jayne reprimand to start year on right footSubmitted by Katie Harden on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 11:54pm.READ MORE:
At last night's Leland Town Council meeting, Town Manager David Hollis revealed that Police Chief Tim Jayne has been on probation for months. In fact the reprimand came the very same night we first reported on the issues inside the Leland Police Department. Full story...»
FIRST ON 3: Leland Town Council reveals Chief Jayne placed on probation in Sept., forced to pay restitutionSubmitted by WWAY on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 9:22pm.READ MORE:
During a meeting Thursday night, the Leland Town Council announced that Police Chief Tim Jayne has been on probation for months and ordered to pay restitution for use of a town vehicle. Full story...»
ONLY ON 3: As new mayor opens door to public, Leland issues still unresolvedSubmitted by Cliff Pyron on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 6:00pm.READ MORE:
As questions about the handling of the Sherry Lewis situation continue to swirl in Leland, the town's new mayor is opening her doors to the public. It's a chance for residents to have their voices heard on any number of issues. Full story...»
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The Town of Leland settled yet another claim against the town from a Leland Police officer at Thursday night's special council meeting. The settlement says officer Kevin Foss will resign as an employee, the claim he filed will be dismissed and the records concerning the situation will be sealed. Full story...»
ONLY ON 3 & THE LNR: Leland leaders set for big pay hikeSubmitted by Asha Dave on Tue, 11/08/2011 - 9:38am.READ MORE:
Voters in Leland will go to the polls tomorrow to elect a new mayor and two new members of town council. When those three people take office, the town's elected leaders will be getting a significant pay raise. Full story...»
FIRST ON 3: Former Leland officer talks about shooting, harassment within departmentSubmitted by Katie Harden on Thu, 10/27/2011 - 11:59pm.READ MORE:
Former Leland Police officer Sherry Lewis says she has been to hell and back in the last couple of years. For the first time since settling her harassment claim with the town of Leland, Lewis is talking about her experience in the Leland Police Department. Full story...»
ONLY ON 3: Leland Police Chief Jayne withholds info on bank robbery; Councilwoman, town manager apologizeSubmitted by WWAY on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 11:58pm.READ MORE:
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Brunswick County Sheriff John Ingram offered his internal affairs investigator for free to look into a slew of allegations within Leland's police department, including sex at the station house, an officer pulling his gun on a colleague and an alcohol-fueled fight involving the police chief. But at last night's town meeting, council members voted against the plan. Full story...»


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A Natural Eye Master Class: Finding Your Voice with Santa Fe Photographic Workshops / September 23, 2012
There comes a time in the creative journey when it's no longer enough to make nice but unconnected images. Instead, you find yourself looking for a voice, a starting point from which to express a passion, and a way to tie all together. This new landscape master class takes the journey deeper, as you figure out what you want to say and explore ways of saying it.
Our week begins with your presentation of where you are, and where you want to go, photographically. Then you look inside yourself and determine how to bring your vision forward. Using your camera as a sketching tool, you are introduced to many ways of articulating your vision and many outlets for introducing it to the world. Our week includes daily forums, photo diaries, visual exercises, and guest artists who share their own journeys. Throughout, Eddie celebrates the act of seeing and shares his commitment to complete immersion in the landscape. His contagious enthusiasm and invaluable guidance support you as you plunge into deeper commitment.
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What defines perfection?The optimist will say it's winning every game on the schedule. The negative side might call it not losing a game. But to the Seward women's basketball team,it's a way of life... In fact, it's a team motto.
101 consecutive wins spanning 4 seasons, and 4 straight state titles.
"The Passionate Pursuit of Perfection" they call it... Always working, never satisfied.
This year's Seward class returns several starters, a veteran bunch feeling confident. But the odd part about it is no girl on this team, from freshmen to seniors, has ever lost a high school game.
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How To Use Storytelling In Marketing - Part One: The 3 Pillars of Empathy, Emotion and Plot
Storytelling is powerful. We, our clients and our readers know that, and more and more brands are beginning to wake up to this too. Here is data from Google, showing how searches for 'storytelling marketing' have increased over time, more than tripling in two years:
But all too often, there's a lot of discussion about the theory of storytelling and how it's so great without any pointers for businesses as to how to actually use it effectively.
So instead of waffling on about the ideals of using storytelling in business, I wanted to teach the principles that we use ourselves when crafting our stories on Gadabouting.
This will be a three part series: firstly I'll talk about the foundations of sketching out a great story. Then I'll go on to explore the media logistics of producing it, before concluding with how you can build a distribution strategy for it.
So let's get started. (I like a simple pencil and paper for this so you can rip, tear, rearrange and sketch without hindrance, although it's completely up to you).
The Three Pillars
Like anything of solidity and structure, your story has to be built on solid foundations, where all parts complement and reinforce each other. These three pillars are constant over thousands of years of human history: as the psychologist Jonathan Gotschall says, "For as long as there have been humans…the fundamentals of successful storytelling have not changed at all."
Empathy: Make the audience identify with the characters and step into their shoes. The best way to do this is to use a figure that is recognisable to them, such as a familiar family figure of a mother or father. For maximum impact, it's especially powerful to use a grandmother or a grandfather figure, causing your audience to invoke the past which the human brain filters out as being better than it actually was. See Art Markman PhD for more on this cognitive peculiarity.
We love rooting for the underdog: a vulnerable character with flaws. It's one of the oldest tricks in the storytelling book. Think of David vs. Goliath; Aesop's the tortoise and the hare; the bullied kid at school who finally seeks revenge. We want to see them as the victors - they deserve it! We'll use that idea later to build our story.
Plot: Now you have your character(s), it's time to build the world around them. What are they doing? Where are they going? Where have they been? What are their struggles? What do they see, touch, smell, experience? What are their fantasies, desires, aims, goals? Place them in a world and bring that vividly to life.
Emotion: Now this is how you really get into your audience's skin. Make your world so vivid and believable that they laugh or cry (both if you can). Have your characters do silly things, put them into hilarious, farcical situations or situations where life is a daily struggle. Amaze them at the strength of your character, or what they can do.
What doesn't matter so much: the passage of time in the story. We're not concerned as to what day of the week it is or in temporal continuity here - the aim is to utterly immerse the audience in the story and lift them away from day-to-day concerns.
Important: through empathy, plot and emotion, make it so your brand is empowering the characters here. What does it enable them to do and feel? How does it improve their lives?
So, there's the theory. That should give you plenty of ideas to get going on crafting your story. But let's see it in action with an example story, communicated through a video, that I just sketched out:
The business: a big UK energy firm, who has been battered in the media over their latest price increases due to the rising wholesale cost of gas and electricity, needs to tell its story. In reality, it spends millions of pounds per year on helping vulnerable, low-income people to lower their heating bills. But this is not being communicated to the average man on the street.
Empathy: Gladys lives alone in her 1960s bungalow: a snowy-haired, bespectacled lady of around eighty pottering around on the linoleum kitchen floor in two woollen cardigans and a pair of tweed brown slippers. She is slightly hunched. It's a cold winter's day, of which there have been many in the UK over the last few years. She is visibly chilly, moving arthritically.
A picture is painted of a dignified elderly lady struggling to cope in the cold. Sympathy and pity are the feelings created in the audience; extremely primal abilities that mark us out as a caring species. A grandmother figure is evolved: someone who we all know and love, and who we would never wish to come to any harm. It is unfair on her.
Plot: Soft, solo piano music is used to set a quiet scene. After the camera follows her around her home for ten seconds, Gladys is interviewed on camera. Intimate shots are used to bring the audience close to her, with a soft focus shot of the creases in her face. "We bought this house in 1972, so I've lived here for more than forty years now. Of course, growing up before the war we didn't even have central heating - just a fireplace. But when you're younger and more able, it doesn't matter so much. Now though, with Roger gone and my daughter only able to visit now and then, it is harder, yes."
A friendly team from the energy company are then seen knocking on the frosty door. They pop in for a visit and a cup of tea to tell Gladys that she's entitled to help with insulating her home, and also the installation of a smart meter to better help her control her energy usage. The installation team arrive a few days later, and we see them working on her home, installing cavity wall and roof insulation. This is complex stuff, certainly nothing Gladys could have done on her own.
After the work is done, there is another interview with Gladys, with the room lit more warmly and her visibly happier:
"It's just so much better now - the heat doesn't just vanish like it used to and the draughts have all gone as well. It's much more comfortable for me. My friends enjoy visiting me more too, and I can enjoy my home so much more now with Christmas on the way."
There's then a closing voiceover. The tone is humble, and warm. It's not bragging, but instead expressing common humanity with the audience.
"We've helped thousands more like Gladys over the last few years, installing extra insulation for free into their homes to keep them warm and offering them advice on how to use energy. In fact, we've spent over £100m in the last two years alone on low income households, more than any other company. We know that energy price increases are never welcome, and we avoid them as far as we can. But we are doing everything we can to help the most vulnerable in society."
Emotion: The audience is taken on a classic story of the humble and downtrodden finding satisfaction. They are saddened by Gladys' evident suffering and they want her to be happier! This is her home of more than forty years for God's sake!
They warm to her as they identify with her plight, and also to the energy company for helping her. Their attitude changes towards them, now understanding that they are compassionate, caring, and above all, simply human.
Takeaway: Cast yourselves - the business - as the heroes of the saga. The creators of the story; the facilitators of promoting good over hardship and suffering. You're not just a profit making structure like pure economists believe: you are a organisation doing great work in the world, bringing joy to thousands. Storytelling convinces and spreads this message naturally like no other format: all you have to do is follow the three pillars.


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- 1 3/4 cups finely grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 package (14 ounces) frozen puff pastry, thawed
- 2 teaspoons coarse salt
Step 1
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Step 2
Sprinkle work surface with 1/2 cup cheese. Place chilled puff pastry on work surface and roll out until it is about 1/8 inch thick. Trim to a 14-by-16-inch rectangle. Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon salt and 3/4 cup of the cheese.
Step 3
With the long side facing you, fold in half by bringing the top edge down toward you. Sprinkle with remaining teaspoon salt and 1/2 cup cheese. Using a pizza wheel or a very sharp knife, cut the dough horizontally into 1/2-inch-wide strips. Divide strips between two baking sheets, placing them evenly apart. Holding each end of a dough strip with your fingers, carefully stretch and twist the strip in opposite directions. Repeat process with remaining strips.
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Bake until golden brown, 12 to 14 minutes. Let straws cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
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NAPLES, Fla. (BP) -- At Christmas, regardless of what people believe about the birth of Jesus, all boats rise to the occasion of this special day. Thanksgiving rolls by, the November calendar page turns to December, and we sense a change in the air. Gradual at first, then building until full blown on the big morning itself.
Christmas -- the images and words of Jesus Christ's birth -- affects everyone. He's the star of the show. Some try to leave the theater, but there's no escaping Him at this time of year. Because of this, everyone consciously or unconsciously shares Christ at Christmas -- including His attributes. We often behave differently. Softer. Kinder. Thoughtful of others. A little sentimental. More generous.
I was in line at a Panera restaurant the other day when the man in front of me was advised by the cashier that his coffee had been paid for. When he inquired, he was told that someone had "paid it forward" and that it was "a common thing at Christmas." He didn't know what to say. He was caught off-guard. Maybe he paid it forward the next time he got coffee.
I had dinner recently with a friend who's not a Christian. He told me he had been approached by a homeless man as he filled the gas tank of his rental car. To his own surprise, he handed the man $10 and said, "Merry Christmas. Go get yourself a steak dinner." The next morning at breakfast, my friend's server took a liking to him and comped his breakfast. They were all caught off-guard by Christmas.
I'm at a public library as I write this. I see a woman diligently working on a project. She's sifting through a pile of papers, writing notes on some and placing those into envelopes. How will she spend Christmas? I wonder. What's happening in her life? What does her future hold? I don't usually wonder about strangers. Would I care as much if it wasn't this time of year? Maybe not -- but I did just now. I had a heightened sensitivity to her. I'm not alone in this.
It seems there's more of Christ around Christmas. He's somehow more visible, more present in human interactions. More appreciated. Whatever it is, take it. Give and take Christ at Christmas. All the Christ you can -- in as many ways as you can imagine.
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0 0 1 2 4 || 5
0 0 0 0 0 || 0
0 0 0 0 0 || 0
We just learned transposes and matrix multiplication (after a few sections on solving linear systems of equations -- via triangular matrices, row echelon form, and reduced row echelon form).
I applied the consistency theorem for linear systems, and was indeed able to write it as a linear combination of the column vectors of A -- so i know it's solvable.
The answer is given in the back of the book, and is given as the transpose of a row vector b (where Ax = b, and the above augmented matrix is (A | b)
Can anyone nudge me in the right direction? My book has no similar examples or mention of solving a system like this via transposes, and it seems that the transpose plays a roll in how I am SUPPOSED to solve this question...
ps: the answer is b = (8,-7,-1,7)T
maybe they just used this notation to save space...and I'm just supposed to use the method we have already learned for matrices in reduced row echelon form?
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It's just notation to save space.
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Okay, so that clears that up. However, looking at the problem with that in mind, there is no finite solution via the reduced row echelon method (the last two rows are all zero, so there will be two arbitrary constants in the solution). This does not match up with the solution given, which is made up of all real numbers...
So I would still maintain that I am missing something...
Would you agree?
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Can you post the problem as originally stated? Your post has some inconsistencies, like what exactly the vector b equals.
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x1 + 2x2 + 3x4 + x5 = -2
x3 + 2x4 + 4x5 = 5
sum 0*xi = 0
sum 0*xi = 0.
You can solve for some of the variables in terms of the others.
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"Let Ax = b be a linear system whose augmented matrix (A|b) has reduced row echelon form [BLAH].
a) Find all solutions to the system
To Ray: that is sort-of the dilema. They say "find all solutions to the system" and give a non-ambiguous answer made up of only real constants, whereas what you propose will leave two arbitrary constants in the solution (which are not in the solution given by the book).
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Are you sure you're looking at the answer to the correct problem? :wink: Normally, you solve for x, not b, and clearly, b in the augmented matrix doesn't equal b in the answer, so something doesn't make sense here.
By the way, you have a 5-dimensional domain and two independent equations, so you'll have three arbitrary constants in the solution.
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and yes, it is absolutely the same question. I just checked while I was waiting for a response...
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This CANT be solved for x without introducing the arbitrary constants though...right?
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Okay. There was actually a second part to the question on the next page, so the solution in the back must be for that part of the question (though it wasnt labled "b)").
Thanks for helping.
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Why Pregnancy Pacts Exist
The country's leading expert in teen behavior sheds some light on the matter.
The pregnancy pact at Gloucester High School in Massachusetts -- where 17 girls got pregnant this year after making a pact to get pregnant and raise their babies together -- has moms rattled. How could this happen? Momlogic contributor and psychologist Dr. Lisa Boesky, author of When to Worry: How to Tell If Your Teen Needs Help--And What to Do About It, believes there are five major reasons:
⢠We've hit hard financial times. "With the current economic downtown, teen pregnancy rates are likely to rise," she says. "These girls have limited career options and hope for future. In their minds, pregnancy and parenting will provide a direction and a purpose for these teens."
⢠Pregnancy is "cool." "Not only has the social stigma of teen pregnancy been removed, but also pregnancy is actually being glamorized by young celebrities like Jessica Alba, Jamie Lynn Spears, Ashlee Simpson, and Nicole Richie," Dr. Lisa explains. "The media is showing the 'pregnancy bliss' with none of the negative consequences of the realities of pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting."
⢠Pregnancy is "fun." "Teens think of pregnancy as fun," she says. "They see friends getting lots of attention and presents, and watch them dressing their babies up like dolls. Parents, schools, and the media must give them a reality check."
⢠Teens want unconditional love. "Many teens intentionally get pregnant to receive unconditional love from their baby, and nobody is telling them that's ludicrous," Dr. Lisa exclaims. "The ironic part is that having a baby is all about GIVING, not getting." She says teens are in the egocentric developmental phase of "me, me, me," and most are incapable of giving unconditional love anyway.
⢠Teens don't know the realities. "The teenage brain cannot conceptualize the realities of parenting--such as the cost of diapers, food, clothes, and health care, or the enormous time commitment," Dr. Lisa concludes.
When she appeared on The Early Show to discuss pregnancy pacts, she gave moms the following three pointers:
- Send your kids the message that they shouldn't get pregnant in their teenage years, just as you'd tell them not to drink alcohol or do drugs. "There's nothing wrong with saying, 'While you're in school, don't get pregnant,'" she says.
- Don't let your daughters date much older boys, and don't let your sons date much younger girls.
- Above all, stay involved and keep the lines of communication open. "Contrary to popular belief, kids want to talk to you about this stuff," she concludes.
Why do you think the pregnancy pact exists?
"Don't let your daughters date older boys"
I don't get this one. Wouldn't older boys be more likely to practice safe sex, and more likely to avoid getting a girl pregnant, due to increased maturity and having a lot more to lose?
i know. let's have more sex education classes in school. that has really helped over the last forty years. we create many of our own problems when we leave the creator of our lives out of our lives.
"The teenage brain cannot conceptualize the realities of parenting … ."
I would argue that there's not much difference between a teenager's hold on reality versus that of the average "adult" in America. Our education system is so neglected, that sentence just as well could have been written: "The average American's brain cannot conceptualize the realities of ______."
The blank could be filled with many things:
- high credit card balances
- not caring for the environment
- not spending quality time with your children
- the cumulative effects of poor
critical thinking skills on society
Act like an adult and treat your teenager with respect. With strong, responsible families, much of these kind of problems can be avoided.
The problem with "safe sex" is that the whole concept is a lie. "Safer sex" would be a better choice of words. Condoms & adstinence are pretty much the only form of birth control that a young man has at his disposal and many of them are not taught to use condoms correctly. Condoms can be tricky to get on right even for an adult male with experience and many things can cause them to fail… even something as simple as using baby oil or vaseline instead of the more expensive lubricants can cause condom failure. Not to mention the fact that many young men when told by a girl that she is on birth control will usually opt to not use a condom especially if they know the girl is a virgin or just percieve her to be "clean" and so feel safe about not getting a disease.
I think the problems arise when the creators of lives leave the children out of their lives.
right. teaching them about some make-believe man in the sky will prevent teen pregnancy. god is the answer to all our problems.
2 2 = 4 ? …
no 2 2 = GAWD
the fervent religiousity of this country will prove to be it's downfall, ala iraq and iran and israel and afghanistan and pakistan.. the list goes on.
a christian nation = a dying nation.
Being a father of 2 girls, both are grown now….We had a similar situation 7 years ago when my youngest daughter was in 9th grade.
Tremendous peer pressure was placed against her to have sex. "If you haven't had sex yet with a boy…then you must be Gay!"
Would be the response from four of her "friends".
At first, I thought the pressure to have sexual intercourse would come from boys…but I was proven wrong. THE PRESSURE CAME FROM OTHER GIRLS!
The only difference from what I gather from this story is that these girls took it a step further. Actually getting pregnant.
And having a "Pregnancy Pact" is just another form of peer pressure.
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My daughter is now a student (a junior) at the University of Minnesota….those 4 girls who pressured her while they were freshmen in high school. All four have gotten pregnant, 3 dropped out of high school, the other one just received her GED.
Anonymous on June 21, 2008 8:59 AM wrote:
right. teaching them about some make-believe man in the sky will prevent teen pregnancy. god is the answer to all our problems.
2 2 = 4 ? â¦
no 2 2 = GAWD
the fervent religiousity of this country will prove to be itâs downfall, ala iraq and iran and israel and afghanistan and pakistan.. the list goes on.
a christian nation = a dying nation.
Are you saying when our country was born we were already dying? Because this country has always been a Christian nation, and compared to many other countries, is doing very well.
Hey, you, Anonymous!
Keep for yourself the stupid sentence:
A Christian nation = a dying nation.
If you are a non-believer, or you embraced some other faith, this is your choice, live with it!
But do not repeat a stupidity like that to other people!
On the contrary, a true Christian abides some moral norms and does not practice sex until marriage.
And take my advice: learn some grammar. You wrote it's instead of its; also write Iraq, Iran,… instead of iraq, iran,…!
A recent assessment, widely publicized, indicates approximately 48% of black teenager girls 14-17 years old currently have an STD, and 24% of white teenage girls do, as well. With these statistics it is amazing MORE are not getting pregnant. These kids know a great deal about sex and I am not sure education about the nature and risks of sex activity are the best solution. The schools are not and can not be the solution to EVERYTHING and are not equipped, staffed or funded to do everything. Values start in the home and the most functional values do not come from MTV, World Wrestling Entertainment and the internet.
The answer may not be religion but it certainly involves appreciation and protection of the spiritual dimension of life on this planet. To wit about 6% of our children suffer from fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. These are the single cause of preventable mental retardation in this country. (A congressional inquiry indicated the mental health our country are not adequately resourced to deal with this problem. Teachers have been tasked to "make these children whole", in addition to remedying just about every other psychosocial dysfunction afflicting our children.)
I would suggest that taking personal, familial, social responsibility for one's own behavior — to include the responsibility to prepare for, provide for, cherish and raise one's own children, is a spiritual value every individual needs to embrace. There absolutely SHOULD be more personal consequences and sanctions (and not just to the unfortunate babies). (Whereas MTV and WRE are hugely profitable for some, I have questions as to whether they inculcate the values that serve our children and our society well.)
There are huge societial consequences to irresponsible personal behaviors. Without personal responsibility and sound values re-enforced by consequences, this country will certainly continue to suffer, increasingly.
Hey, you have to remember, this is the state that elects Kennedy and Kerry, and leans towards Obama. Good judgment doesn't come easy in MA.
I agree that the media isn't helping at all with their glorification of pregnancy. For every Jamie Lynn Spears there is a dozen un-wed teenagers who can't afford to have babies and take care of them. I saw previews for the new NBC show "Baby Borrowers" and it seems like this show couldn't have come along at a better time.
While dating an older boy may seem to be a "safer" option, one has to wonder what an 18 yr old boy could possibly have in common with a younger 14 or 15 yr old girl. It would certainly cause a red flag to come up in my mind. If he is such a great guy why isn't he with a girl closer to his age? Is something wrong with him? Does he have to step down the age ladder to find a girl who would be interested in him?
In most states if there is more than a 4yr age difference it is illegal until the girl is 16 or 17(depending on the state). The young man needs to realize that even touching a girl under that age in an intimate way is able to charged with a felony, and I'm sure being a registered sex offender for the rest of his life is not a concern in the heat of the moment.
As a mother of 3 daughters it has been my job as the parent to educate my children about moral choices, peer pressure and life skills. I can not rely on the school to reinforce our personal beliefs and unfortunately most churches shy away from controversial topics such as this. Hopefully, as more parents step up and take personal responsibility instead of teaching their children to blame others, America can gain back some of our lost ground and have a future of responsible citizens who will make a difference.
I must have missed the memo where Jessica Alba at age 27 is deemed too young to have a baby. What moron wrote this article?
I think we need to be more active in our parenting! We have children left alone with coaches and being molested - where were the parents?
My mother was involved. She was honest in her advice and about her past. She was a teenage mom and was honest about her struggles to me, my sisters, and my friends. It just so happens that my two friends that had uninvolved parents had babies in 9th grade and never finished school. I have a master's degree and that is mostly possible because I waited until I was mature to make a mature decision. Their parents helped raise their babies who are now graduating high school. I am now able to work from home and raise my little ones my way.
I will repeat to my two little boys one big thing my mother said - "Sex is hereditary, if you parents never had it neither will you so wait don't rush it."
But me being a girl she also said that "once you do it, it will always be expected of you and the true you may get overlooked."
i do agree with the fact that some teens think it is oh so cool to become pregnant because they dont know the reality of it all.teens dont know just how hard it is to support a baby until after its born.and sometimes not even then depending on the amount of help they have at home.if the parents of the teen mother is supporting the teen and the baby financially then that teen still wont be able to find out just how hard it is to be a parent until they have to do everything on their own.i am not saying that a parent should just abandon their teen daughter because she has become pregnant but at least let them take on some of the responsibility so that they can see that being a parent is not an easy job, and maybe it will prevent them from having another baby to soon again.
It annoys the hell out of me when people bring up the whole "undeveloped brain" thing. For starters, I've never seen two people agree on the age that a person's brain developes. Not all teens are this ridiculous; some do have good judgement, some aren't egocentric, and SOME know how to take care of themselves rather than screw up their lives.
I totally agree with Dr. Lisa. I heard one of the fathers was 24 and the girl was only 16. I can guarantee you that I will not allow my 16-year-old to go out with a 24-year-old under any circumstances. Obviously someone in thier 20s is not going to be on a "high school" level, sexually or otherwise. Also, in terms of Jessica Alba, sure SHE is old enough to have a baby, but teen girls look up to her and when pregnancy is made to be "cool" in the media (nicole, jamie lynn, etc), that makes the teens want to be pregnant, too. No one is saying the celebrities shouldn't be pregnant, it just shouldn't be glamorized in the media the way it is.
While there's plenty of things wrong with the media, I don't think glorifying pregnancy is the problem. Parents need to actually, you know, talk to their teens about stuff every once in awhile.


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What do circuit racers and ballet dancers have in common besides tight work clothes?
By March 31, 2003 / Photos by Photo by Paul-Henri Cahier
This idea of super concentration got me talking to quite a variety of people as well: among drivers of note, Stirling Moss, Steve Millen, Eddie Cheever and Gerhard Berger; also Keith Martin, editor and publisher of Sports Car Market and, in an earlier life, Juilliard-trained dancer and founder of Ballet Oregon; two psychologists, Drs. Gordon Scott and Jules Older, the latter, also editor-in-chief, Ski Press USA; and two other professionals, Dr. Jerry Stetz and Debra Boles, whose company, The Mental Edge, teaches race drivers how to exploit this phenomenon.
Here's what I gleaned.
Senna, an Exceptional Person
Drivers who competed with Ayrton Senna agreed that he was exceptional. Said Eddie Cheever, "You're talking about one of the greatest qualifiers of all time, almost to the point that a normal person might say he was a lunatic. Senna was intense; he was so focused. There was a story that he would sit on a couch and run through the whole race in his mind the whole race! then go do something else, then come back and do it again.
"...it is fundamental to concentrate as deep as I can and therefore isolate all outside interference the fans, the people around me." Ayrton Senna
"I'm a great admirer of Winston Churchill," Eddie continued, "and I was told that Churchill had similar intensity in preparing to give a speech. He'd soak in his bathtub and repeat the speech for hours and hours until he got every nuance so his execution would be perfect.
"The beauty of being an athlete is that there's something you have to execute; there's a plan. And it's very repetitive. In qualifying, you're trying to do something a little bit better than what you've done before and what you had just done was the limit of what you and car were capable of doing. So you're peering off into a dark abyss.
"I cannot race if I don't disappear and go by myself for an hour. I learned this from reading Jackie Stewart's book. He said it's like a balloon: All the pressure is in the balloon, and you must take everything out. It's a very good analogy for me. I take everything out of the balloon until all I'm thinking about is the race.
"In a Grand Prix car, it's like you're a juggler running across a tightrope, and there's a gusty wind. So it takes a lot of concentration and a lot of understanding of what is happening.
"And there's nothing else that ever comes into your mind. In Monaco I had a gear lever break. It was okay, I could still change gears, but it was a little rough and my glove was getting wet. I couldn't understand why my glove was getting wet, but later I found I had dug a hole in my palm that took seven stitches. I never felt it; I had too much to do.
"When I stop racing, what I will miss the most is the intensity."
Gerhard Berger, who also raced against Senna, held similar views: "I think Ayrton Senna's biggest advantage was not his way of working the car, it was his unbelievable concentration. He was focused, with a very, very strong mind.
"I had days when I was on," recalled Berger, "and I had days when I knew I was not on. I tried to find a switch for this, but never did. Yet you have guys like Michael Schumacher or like Senna who are able to have it always on.
"Sports specialists have ways to train you, yoga and whatever. I wouldn't be surprised that current drivers are doing this. I tried, but it never worked for me.
"What I always did," Berger said with a smile, "I took an espresso 10 minutes before qualifying started."


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North Carolina primed to win Midwest regional
In assessing the matchups and pairings in this year's NCAA Tournament, the Midwest region struck me as the second strongest of the four regions, behind the South, and ahead of the East and West, in that order.
The third overall seed, North Carolina, may not be faced with a stiff challenge until perhaps the Elite 8 as its half of the region is rather weak. Conversely, the region's bottom half features two teams that can reach the regional final and possibly advance to the Final Four: Kansas and Georgetown.
Despite being ravaged by injuries to wing players, North Carolina features the foursome of Harrison Barnes, John Henson, Kendall Marshall and Tyler Zeller, a group who played together in last year's NCAA Tournament. After they walk past either Lamar or Vermont, they will face the winner of the Midwest's 8 vs. 9 matchup: Creighton-Alabama. In an interesting, but ultimately irrelevant game, I chose Alabama, who has won five of six after a mid-season skid.
Friday games in Nashville feature No. 5-seeded Temple taking on the winner of a play-in game between California and South Florida. While Cal may have been under seeded as a 12, South Florida grabbed the final Big East bid off of what was a relatively soft bubble.
That said, neither will beat Temple, a perennial Atlantic-10 power who was ranked for most of the season. In what looks to be their best team in years, No. 4-seeded Michigan should top MAC champion Ohio.
The region's bottom half has far more depth than does the top half. No. 2-seeded Kansas, on what is not a typical star-studded Jayhawk team, features both size and depth, and is led by Player of the Year candidate Thomas Robinson and crafty guard Tyshawn Taylor. Their first round matchup with Detroit will be followed by a Sunday clash with the winner of the 7 vs. 10 game: St. Mary's-Purdue.
This was among the most difficult first round games to forecast, but I ultimately became comfortable with Purdue, who captured the sixth and final bid from the Big Ten.
With several players who have postseason experience, a Boilermaker bunch led by Robbie Hummel in his final NCAA tournament appearance should have the size and scoring punch to top a St. Mary's team who lost three of their final five regular season games.
Like many other Big East teams in recent years, Georgetown has struggled big time in the "Big Dance," and though critics of Pittsburgh and Notre Dame may argue otherwise, Georgetown has been among the most disappointing Big East teams in recent NCAA Tournaments.
Their first round matchup with Belmont could pose some problems (if you recall, Belmont was on the brink of beating Duke in a 2 vs. 15 game in 2008), but Georgetown couldn't possibly lose two 3 vs. 14 matchups in the last three seasons.
The Steve Fisher-led San Diego State Aztecs aren't quite the No. 2 seed that they were last year, but are certainly formidable as a No. 6. I expect them to handle an average NC State team that was lucky to wind up on the right side of the bubble.
The Midwest's Round of 32 games will take place on Sunday. While Kentucky (vs. UConn), Syracuse (vs. Kansas State) and Michigan State (vs. Memphis) could all face a stiff first-weekend test, North Carolina should handle its second round opponent, and wait until week's end to face the winner of a Michigan-Temple contest.
Temple has some good wins (Duke, Xavier), but Michigan's play in the second half of the season has been too encouraging for me to bounce them in the tournament's first weekend.
Wins over Michigan State, Ohio State, Wisconsin and Indiana speak for themselves, as I expect to see a Sweet 16 bout between UNC and Michigan. Kansas should have no problem with either Purdue or St. Mary's, but perhaps the most compelling Round of 32 matchup in the Midwest will be Georgetown-San Diego State.
If this were a typical Georgetown team or even an underachieving one, I would be hard-pressed to advance them to the regional.
But this Hoya squad has exceeded all preseason expectations and has gotten unexpected contributions, especially from their big man, Henry Sims.
As far as my bracket is concerned, the magic runs out for both Georgetown and Michigan at the regional in St. Louis.
When all is said and done, the Midwest Regional Final may be the best of the four, and I expect it to be a matchup between North Carolina and Kansas. Both teams have played their best basketball down the stretch, and despite neither having won their respective conference tournament, the Tar Heels and Jayhawks are two of the best five or six teams in the nation.
Ultimately, Head Coach Roy Williams (who, let's not forget, coached Kansas to the NCAA National Championship game in 2003 before leaving for UNC) and North Carolina will advance to New Orleans for the Final Four.
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Goodbye Kuala Lumpur on Flickr.
Glad to leave the city…miss the view.
Goodbye Kuala Lumpur on Flickr.
Glad to leave the city…miss the view.
beautiful day on Flickr.
Life is fragile indeed.
Lead me to the right path…. on Flickr.
Lead me to the right path…
Lead me to the right path…. on Flickr.
A red telephone booth on Victoria Embankment on Flickr.
"Artists can color the sky red because they know it's blue. Those of us who aren't artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we're stupid." ~ Jules Feiffer
No Man's Land - Horse Sculpture by Scottish Artist, Laura Antebi. on Flickr.
This sculpture was made entirely with barb wires. I can feel the pain of the horses that got caught by the barb wires in No Man's Land during the war. My heart felt sadness and pain imagining the slow death they had to go through…Bravo Laura.
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The AllSaints Spitafields Store on Portobello Road on Flickr.
The AllSaints Spitafields Store on Portobello Road
This store was opened somewhere December 2009 and created quite a stir among the Portobello traders who are worried that Portobello will slowly lose it's authenticity as an antique market.
AllSaints decorated it's store with Singer sewing machines and I personally love the effort it makes to blend in with the rest of the Portobello market. Not everyone would agree. It is artistically done. Gorgeous!
Fruit thoughts on Flickr.
Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.
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This is a picture of an insect that protected itself by curling itself into a ball when faced with danger. Place: Tasik Banding, Perak, Malaysia.
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We all know the phrase "a cord of 3 strands is not easily broken", but 7 strands? That is surely impossible to break! Team Green Ops, made up of seven Operation Managers from across the U.S., is as strong as that cord. The group first met back in 2012 at a leadership conference and has since met each year in various cities attending additional conventions. Over the years they have become close friends, and look forward to traveling to new parts of the U.S. together.
Last year, Green Ops member Dave Halperin found out his sister, Sarah Horn, was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive type of breast cancer. He was instantly surrounded by these 6 teammates to support him. They realized their next meeting in San Francisco was the same weekend as the Rock-n-Roll Half Marathon. The 7 agreed to sign up and raise donations for The National Breast Cancer Foundation in honor of Sarah.
As the race grew closer, it wasn't only the training that sped up. Donations were soaring in and the support Dave felt was unmeasurable. Sadly, in January of this year, Sarah lost her battle with breast cancer at the young age of 35. Dave's unwavering strength continued as he and the group continued to train and remain strong. On April 6th, with Sarah in mind, all 7 members ran the Rock-n-Roll Half Marathon and crossed the finish line. It was a proud moment for these 7 friends, as they were able to honor Sarah and accomplish their goal together. Green Ops raised a total of $9,220 for women in need!
In any tribulation, it is the people that you surround yourself with that help encourage and sustain your faith. Dave's wonderful support cord of 7 friends was able to graciously honor the life of his sister, Sarah, and create a memory rooted in their brotherhood.
To join this group in the fight against breast cancer and to honor the memory of Sarah Horn, please visit their fundraising page, or start your own fundraiser!
To read Sarah's blog about her journey, visit: http://www.hornlink.blogspot.com/
In 2007, Alison was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Hearing the words, you have cancer is super scary, your life changes in an instant. With the huge support from my family, friends, colleagues, and my rock of a husband – Sam, I got through the most challenging nine months of my life. I was fortunate enough to be able to continue work, which gave me some kind of normality. I lost my hair and eyebrows, which was an experience in itself.
This year, Alison celebrates her fifth year as a breast cancer survivor and being cancer-free. And she decided to celebrate in an unusual way - she signed up for the Pennsylvania half-marathon on October 21st and raised funds for the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
With her two best friends by her side, she completed the half marathon and was able to help raise awareness for breast cancer and exceeded her fundraising goal! That's a lot of accomplishments to celebrate!
Want to help? Donate to Alison's fundraiser or start your own fundraiser.
When Rawson Livezy's sister, Hollis, was diagnosed with breast cancer, he made a pledge to run the October 2012 Atlanta half-marathon in her honor. He started a fundraiser for the National Breast Cancer Foundation to get friends and family involved in the Run for Hollis.
"I will never forget the feeling I got when I heard the news that my sister had been diagnosed with breast cancer. It is a helpless feeling and one that I wouldn't wish upon anybody. My younger sister Rebecca and I have grown up having the best big sister anybody could ask for. Hollis is the nicest and most loving person that I know. I couldn't think of anything I could do for my sister to fix this situation we have been forced to deal with so I decided to commit to running a race in Hollis' name."
- Rawson Livezy
Inspired by Hollis, Rawson and Rebecca, friends and family joined the fundraiser, even creating bracelets with "Holliboo Is My Hero" and "For K-Peasey" in honor of Hollis.
And Rawson won't be running alone. The Run for Hollis team will have over 65 runners in the October 2012 Atlanta half-marathon.
Learn more about the Run for Hollis and get involved at http://breastcan.cr/RunforHollis


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Or they are freedom fighters that became terrorists.
No. That's moral relativism, and it's repulsively dismissive.

Terrorists blowing up innocent people for "allah" will always be terrorists..as blowing up innocent people serves no other purpose than to terrorize. There is no freedom gained.
So all terrorists are muslims ?
No, I was using that as an example.
Too many butthurt people in these answer, geez...the terrorisst are having a 'blast' so let them do what they want
Hahah...yeah I know. Most people in the world just gotta learn to loosen up
yeah in a way. groups in the middle east started as freedom fighters originally to fight the soviets during the 80's when they invaded afganistan and were financed by the united states during that time and supplied weapons so originally they were freedom fighters but later turned against america or so i've been told
Of course:) but that's why we'll never get along:(
Freedom fighter my ***! You don't fight for your freedom by killing innocent bystanders. That's the act of a ******* COWARD.
True... never thought of that... .-.
Hmmm? You may well have never been taught to think..... only accept what your told.
you left out : but his own disaster.
Pretty much
Yeah that's how it work sadly
there where is a winner, there is a loser
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GAMING: Assassin's Creed III Shows Off New Protagonist [UPDATED with Official European Box Art]
Speculation about whether or not the next game will be set during the American Revolution era has now been confirmed! The official Assassin's Creed III Facebook page posted up the official European box art for the new game, which you can check out below.
The original article follows:
We know very little of Unisoft's Assassin's Creed III, expect that it'll be hitting store shelves October 20th. But thanks to one awesome Best Buy Employee, we have an image of what could be the main characters to the next game!
Someone from Best Buy took a snapshot of their employee news section, to which it reveals that Ubisoft will be revealing Assassin's Creed III on March 5th. The worker then emailed Kotaku the image, and now it's all over the internet (that includes us).
There has been a lot of speculation to where the story to the third game would be heading, and many figured it would land somewhere around the American Revolution era. If that's true, then this new image above makes total sense. Also, take a look at the character. He's holding a tomohawk and an old musket, has a quiver of feathered arrows strapped to his back, and there's a Continental flag waving in the background.
Ubisoft says they'll be making an announcement on the 5th, I guess we'll have to wait till Monday to find out what all this is about.
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Provo • Police have arrested a 46-year-old woman accused of attempting to buy methamphetamine from an off-duty police officer and claiming the purchase was a birthday gift for her sister.
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Records say she also told police the pipe was not hers and she was holding it for a friend.
The Daily Herald reports the woman was arrested and booked into the Utah County Jail on several drug charges. Officials at the jail did not know if she had an attorney.
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The Dunbars go to Texas
The Basin Street Queen moved up river and became The Belle of Baton Rouge
I'm pretty sure that Mark Twain was over exaggerating when he called the State Capitol the ugliest building on the Mississippi it looks quite pleasant in a Kryall Castle sort of way.
Baton Rouge is the last time we see the Mississippi, sad to see it go, but hopefully it means the last of the big-ass bridges
Its time to head back to Texas
The sun was shining so at no point were our windshield wipers slapping time but I was blowin' sad all over the place (obviously with my trusty red bandana
And now I'm headed for the train
Riding out of New Orleans we took the River Road. It meant crossing the Mississippi River AGAIN. This time there was a bit of excitement (that didn't include my bridge nerves) a collection of police cars and their accompanying officers both looking at a car and over the side of the bridge made us think that there had been someone on the bridge that was suddenly not on the bridge any more.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that if you are travelling anywhere in the United States, you will have to slow down at some point for road works. This was definitely the case today. We had 1) Road accident 2) bridge incident 3) 10 miles of road works
While the area beside the Mississippi is very pretty, the area they had us slowed down wasn't that interesting, it was all chemical works, not exactly what you imagine when you think about a summer's drive through the Louisiana plantation country.
A few more miles and we managed to hit the more traditional areas and our destination, Oak Alley Plantation.
A couple of mint juleps later (what the hell was I thinking? I haven't drunk bourbon for over 10 years for a reason)
And we went off to tour the grounds
I want to buy these for all my friends
huh! Sometimes it looks like I don't like my friends very much
Paddle steamer time. What trip near the Mississippi River would be complete without a ride on a paddle steamer. We picked one that took up up to the site of The Battle of New Orleans and had a bit of a history tour with it.
Louisiana decided it was going to rain on us again (thanks for that)
Mostly the battlefield is just a big open paddock. But after the battle this small summerhouse was built as a getaway from the city by Beauregard.
This shit is why I refused to do a night time cemetery tour. I did not bring my cricket bat with me
each of those gaps look like it was broken through FROM THE INSIDE
Up and launching ourselves upon Orleans reasonably early this morning.
We started the day with a cheery Cemetery and voodoo tour. It was more cemetery than voodoo, but still very interesting. Entire families stored in something the size of a potting shed (or smaller) I can't imagine most people wanting to spend eternity that close to their family
These are the rental properties (no I'm serious about that, these are temporary digs until you can be shoved in with the rest of your family)
This is a really new tomb in this cemetery despite it being one of the oldest cemeteries in NO. Allegedly this is where Nic Cage is going to be buried once he dies. I personally believe he already is in there and they just reanimate him for movies, Weekend at Bernies style.
It was hot, it was humid and we were sick of walking around. It was time to find a hotel. I quick look though one of the discount brochure we had found indicated 1 hotel within walking distance of the fun with a swimming pool. So we checked in… only to find that renovations were happening and the pool was not accessible. We were not impressed.
A cool down in the air conditioning would have to do. We planned our attack for the next day and then headed back to that pit of sin, Bourbon Street.
I believe that Bourbon Street is the spiritual home of Margarita Monday. Everyone we encountered seemed to be celebrating, right down to the two guys we saw passed out in front of a pub at 7.30pm
We found a girly bar that had an interesting advertising campaign.
But New Orleans sustenance man called me. Here he doesn't just sell pizza by the slice, he also sells alcoholic slushies (seriously these things are my favourite thing about travelling around the US in summer)
mmmm… pizza and pina colada. Food of champions.
For the most part Bourbon Street is disappointingly free of cool jazz. We managed to find one establishment that fit the bill.
So some jazz and a random encounter with some drunken Australians later (they were from Darwin) we decided to call it a night.
Once we got past the seeming endless supply of statues there was quite a lot of pretty architecture going on.
We found this pretty house which at one stage (after the Civil War) was lived in by General Beauregard. Dad is standing in front of a gate where they have an angel locked up


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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration has laid out plans to strip $46 million in state funds from next year's budget, largely from higher education and health services.
Lawmakers required the cuts, but left them to the administration to divvy up.
The Jindal administration released the breakdown late Friday. Higher education leaders, health care providers and agency leaders were deciding Monday how to deal with the reductions.
One of the steepest cuts will fall on higher education, which will have $11 million less to spend next year than anticipated.
Commissioner of Higher Education Jim Purcell's office is working on how to dole out the reduction among campuses, with a plan to be unveiled Wednesday. Jindal said the cut will be more than offset by new campus fee increases set to take effect.
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This is glorious and even thought it doesn't fit in the range of all the paranormal, creepy and science I usually post, I MUST share
It works like this: You tell Kitestring that you're in a dangerous place or situation, and give it a time frame of when to check in on you. If you don't reply back when it checks your status, it'll alert your emergency contacts with a custom message you set up.
It doesn't require you to touch anything (like bSafe) or shake your phone (like Nirbhaya) to send the distress signal. Kitestring is smarter, because it doesn't need an action to alert people, it needs inaction.
I'm so glad someone thought of this. This could save so many lives. Anyone can use this app for their own safety.
Wonderful idea.
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"Situated off of the coast of North Simerica, Elmhurst is a tiny island dominated by Elm trees. With it's small size comes a sense of community and quiet peacefulness that any sim will be sure to enjoy."
As you can tell, Elmhurst is quite small, so it should work perfectly fine on all machines. There's two things located in the .zip, the world itself and the save file. You, of course, don't need the save file, but if you don't quite like building all the homes, then you have all but 3 lots filled, and functionally furnished. As with anything I do, there's a probability that I forget to mention something, so if you have any questions, please do ask!
► There's a total of 27 lots; 12 are community, and 15 are residential. I forgot to add the criminal hideout into the actual world, so that lot is located in the save file, and is the 12th community lot.
► Detailed list of expansion packs you need is here.
► I'm not sure if it'll work if you aren't patched to my patch- which is 1.63.
► There's also very minimal CC with the houses, so I'll place a CC list in the .zip file.
► Download (cc list, world file, save file)
TOU ► Do not re-upload, or claim as your own. Tag me if you post pictures of it.
If people want it, I'd be willing to upload the .world files for CAW, so you can fix it to your needs.
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New address, new server, same old forum! Add www.gardenofshadows.org.uk to your bookmarks, though thanks to some internet voodoo, old bookmarks and links will work just fine.
This makes me so happy!!
It's my birthday and all I want to do is play Sims and watch Buffy.
Sounds like a plan to me :)
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These Women Are About To Tell You Some Things That Are Absolutely None Of Your Business
Holy shit women on fire. This video gave me chills. If you do nothing at all today - watch this!
this shit is fucking A+++++++++++++++++ omg perfection
This is fucking fantastic and every person should watch this.
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On Friday, December 14, Eastern Connecticut State Universtiy '08 alumna Victoria Leigh Soto lost her life protecting her first-grade students at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, from the assailant who shot and killed 20 children and seven adults that day. Victoria is being recognized literally across the world for her heroism that day.
I am proud to announce the creation of the Victoria Leigh Soto Endowed Memorial Scholarship Fund at Eastern to support students studying to be teachers who have unmet financial need. Donations may be directed as follows:
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If you could please pass this on to help spread the word, that would be wonderful. Thank you.
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OK, SO. i tried to make these as close to the originals as possible while still working on lots of different types of textures and controls. not sure if i succeeded but i'm pretty happy with them, personally. i did all the 3.5 neons excluding time bomb (cuz rly pale silver's kind of a no-brainer, i think?) plus a couple of the older colors, and three new ~*~ts3 exclusive colors~*~ which are hexanite, picramide and torpex and kinda round out the pastel palette. they come in both sims3packs and package files. enjoy! OR DON'T? YOUR CALL.
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"The beacons of Minas Tirith! The beacons are lit! Gondor calls for aid."
Takes my breath away every time!
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According to the National Review–100% of women should vote for Mitt Romney because he is a "boss" and not for Obama, because he had daughters (and that like makes him gay and stuff). But in our new diverse, innovative and creative economy, traditional ideas of being a "boss" are changing. For one thing, women actually have jobs now, some of us are even bosses!
So, departing from the mythologies of the right like–the uterus has powers to make rape-sperm blocking patronuses or that all women want to marry rich assholes and produce their male progeny–let's deal with the real world, where women actually have to get jobs and stuff.
There are certain fundamental qualities that make people good bosses and Mitt Romney does not have them:
1. He can't make up his mind for shit. Just read the news. A good boss has a vision, a plan, a strategy. Romney's campaign shows us one thing–he has none of that.
2. He started out rich. He's never known what it is like to actually have to work for something. The best bosses take nothing for granted, they worked their way to the top and can empathize with people along the way. What kind of a boss has never had to truly work for something? Without his massive financial cushion, Mitt Romney wouldn't even make it through Burning Man, let alone real life.
3. He doesn't know if women should get paid the same as men. What woman wants to work for that boss? What kind of a boss doesn't think all their employees should be fairly compensated for their work? Oh, right, a really shitty one.
4. He has foot in mouth syndrome. Which I guess makes sense, when you have no convictions. But a real boss, a good boss, has talking points, knows what they are going to say and does their best to keep their entity out of impending danger or humiliation. Romney is not that dude for that job.
5. He'll say he's the boss, even when he's not working. Seriously.
I don't know what job Kevin Williamson is assessing Romney's skills for, but it's not the POTUS. And the election is actually not a massive rap battle where the candidate that most mimics "gangsta" life makes it to the top (see also: Why conservative writers shouldn't actually listen to the raps).
And even if that is the case, I think Obama got this.