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After reading How to set and keep your preferred default font in Word, Paul Reitman asked about doing the same thing in the free LibreOffice.
- 23 April 2014
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- 21 April 2014
Opinion: Protect your privacy while you browse
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- 18 April 2014
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- 15 April 2014
Opinion: Microsoft takes fight to Google's home turf with Office Online Apps
Microsoft has adopted a new strategy for its Office productivity tools. Rather than holding Office hostage on Windows devices in an effort to attract customers, it will try and make the suite the default productivity choice no matter what platform or device people are using--including Chrome OS and Chromebooks.
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- 14 April 2014
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- 08 April 2014
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It's not too far-fetched to believe that a billion people have viewed the "Bliss" image that defines the desktop view of Windows XP, the seminal OS that Microsoft is retiring Tuesday. But you'd barely notice the real-world "Bliss" scene if you stepped out of your car, and gazed at it today.
- 07 April 2014
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- 03 April 2014
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- 02 April 2014
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- 01 April 2014
Opinion: Force OneDrive to sort your files in a specific order across all your devices
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- 31 March 2014
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- 27 March 2014
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- 26 March 2014
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- 21 March 2014
Opinion: In the big data breach era, the safety of your personal data is ultimately out of your hands
Each time there's a high-profile data breach, security experts exhort the same best practices: Create unique logins for every service you use, use complex passwords, vigilantly comb your credit card statements for anomalies. The advice is sound. Unfortunately, it obscures the fact that the safety of your personal information is ultimately in the hands of companies you share it with.
- 19 March 2014
Opinion: Twitter reportedly drops plan to encrypt direct messages
End-to-end encryption is widely considered the best defense against a surveillance dragnet, but the tech companies that many of us interact with on a daily basis--Facebook, Google, Twitter--have been slow to offer protections for users. The Verge reported Wednesday that Twitter, which had reportedly planned to encrypt direct messages, has dropped the project to focus on more pressing matters.
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I woke up this morning to discover that Cambridge, the city I have called home for 30 years, was in lockdown. As our city reels from a week of tragedy, I am honoring my home Cambridge and the people who work in our schools.
I have seen a lot during my years in this city, where I work as Director of School Programs at the Cambridge Health Alliance and as a child psychiatrist at Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School. The beloved school where I have consulted for over twenty years is now entangled in the dreadful bombing that rocked our community at the Boston Marathon on Monday.
On the day of the tragedy, I got calls from friends all over the country asking if I was okay. I have run the Boston Marathon 12 times. I ran it when I was in my pediatric internship, doing long training runs after all-nighters in a neonatal intensive care unit. I ran it for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute when my nephew had a rare form of kidney cancer. My daughter and I ran it last year for the Samaritans in memory of my mother who died by suicide and to provide support to those who feel bereft and need a lifeline. I took this year off after the blistering heat last year.

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text: Restaurants Oppose $15 Minimum Wage in SF Print article Send a Tip by William Bigelow 16 Jun 2014 post a comment A November ballot measure put up by San Francisco's Board of Supervisors to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour has restaurant owners in the city determined that they will have to raise their prices as a result. Some estimates range from $7 for a bottle of beer and $9 for a cup of soup. The ballot also approved legislation that would amend the city's universal health care law so employers will not be able to reclaim money targeted for their employees' health care if the funds went unspent. Restaurant owners are furious. Ben Bleiman, the owner of Bullitt, Tonic, Wild Hare, and other bars in the city, said, "It really feels like the city is coming after us. It doesn't seem fair to me that we are being asked to bear this burden." Bar owners have formed the San Francisco Bar Owners Alliance, which boasts 110 members, and has joined the Golden Gate Restaurant association to request a tip credit to be part of a minimum wage compromise, but the city refused. Bleiman explained that waiters and bartenders who are tipped and make the city's minimum wage already between $30-$40 an hour, even without the proposed hike in the minimum wage, which is $10.74. He added that his kitchen workers are already making $15 an hour but are not tipped, and if the minimum wage rises, he will have less to pay the kitchen workers. Bleiman concluded, "It's a fairness issue." California does not allow tip credits, but San Francisco was within its rights to create a minimum-wage proposal where tipped employees would not receive a higher minimum wage, but the city was not interested. Mayor Ed Lee admitted that a tip credit was never considered. He said, "There would be a lot of people who would have a hard time dealing with it because of the way restaurants calculate tips - whether it's shared or not shared, who gets it and who doesn't. It would have been a very complicated issue to have to deal with." Restaurant and bar owners estimate the two changes on the ballot will force their profit margins of 3% to 5% to plummet into the red. Gwyneth Borden, head of the Golden Gate Restaurant Association, said the new measures, combined with the soaring prices of renting commercial space and the higher prices for food because of the state's drought, will force restaurants to start closing. She asserted that there will be higher prices for consumers, surcharges that could rise from 4% to 15% and fewer staffers at the restaurants. She offered, "You'll see more and more migration to Oakland and the South Bay and the Peninsula, where costs are cheaper and labor's cheaper." Supervisor David Campos, the leader of the fight for the ballot measure, called the ideas on the ballot "very modest proposals," accusing the Golden Gate Restaurant Association of "saying the sky is falling for years." He said, "They gave it their best shot at the board, and not a single supervisor agreed with them. They have cried wolf before, and they're not very believable."


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During the week of October 20th -24th, we will be celebrating Friendship Week at Westbrook School! Each day, we will celebrate what it means to be a good friend with different activities.
You are invited to take part in...
The Storybook Pumpkin Display in the Westbrook LRC!
Pumpkins are decorated to represent a book or character from a book.
No carving (toothpicks, pins, etc. may be used to fasten decorations).
One entry per student.
Please bring in pumpkins on Monday, October 27 or Tuesday, October 28.
Pumpkins will be on display until Halloween.
Please pick up pumpkins by the end of the day on Friday, October 31st. *Pumpkins still in the library by the end of
the day on the 31st will be discarded.
We will send home an entry form with your child before the contest begins to be returned with the pumpkin.
Remember—Student Photo orders are due on Tuesday, October 14. Instructions
are on the proof sheet that came home with your child. Please read this info
over carefully. If your child was absent on October 7, a Retake Day will be
scheduled for Wednesday, November 19. Yearbooks will be ordered separately
this year sometime after Winter Break. If you have any questions regarding student photos, please call HR Imaging's Parent Help Line at 815/433-1766.


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Portsmouth condominium blaze now five alarms
A five alarm fire was burning at Harbour Place Condominums in Portsmouth on Friday. (GRETYL MACALASTER/Union Leader Correspondent)
Heavy smoke billowed and flames burst from the roof, which had partially collapsed by about 8 p.m.
Crews were called out to Harbour Place Condominiums at 135 Bow Street shortly before 7 p.m. for reports of a chimney fire that spread into the ceiling.
By about 9 p.m., the fire had been contained to the roof and the third floor, but was not under control, Portsmouth Fire Chief Chris LeClaire said.
Fire crews were fighting the fire from the roof and the third floor of the building. Additional crews were conducting salvage operations on the first and second floor, LeClaire said shortly before 9 p.m.
Two buildings between Bow Street and the condo building made access challenging for crews.
All of the residents were evacuated and no injuries were reported as a result of the fire, LeClaire said.
One woman walking near the scene was injured when she slipped on ice formed by water flowing from the many hoses on scene. Crews dispersed sand onto the ice around the scene throughout the night to keep crews and bystanders in the area safe.
The fire went to five alarms and crews from multiple communities including Dover, Rochester, Newington, Greenland, North Hampton, Hampton, New Castle, Kittery, Maine and York, Maine were on scene to provide extra manpower and support.
A man who said he was familiar with the building said all of the residents had found other accommodations for the night. LeClaire said the American Red Cross had not been called in because he had not received an indication of need.
According to city records, the building was constructed in 1987 and houses 18 condominiums each valued at over $500,000.
Multiple downtown streets have been closed as a result of the fire, including State Street from Pleasant Street, the top of Daniel Street and Bow Street.
A scheduled performance of the Vagina Monologues was cancelled at the Seacoast Repertory Theatre because of the theater's proximity to the blaze.
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Members of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) recently concluded the public hearing sessions on the East African Community (EAC) Co-operative Societies Bill, 2014 across the region.
The Bill, whose enactment is being processed by EALA, is intended to harmonise national co-operative laws in the EAC partner states, and to provide a framework for co-operatives to exploit the EAC regional integration agenda.
The public hearing process kicked off on September 12, and the last one was held in Kampala at the Imperial Royal Hotel.
"EALA is in the process of enacting a law on co-operative societies in the EAC. Therefore, the assembly has held a series of public hearings in each of EAC partner states in a bid to involve East African citizens in the legislation process," said steven Muchiri CEO EAFF.
The Bill, also being advanced by members of the Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF), seeks to realise the engagement of the co-operative movement in the EAC integration process.
According to Stephen MUchiri, the chief executive officer of EAFF, the law will also help the EAC farmers get a broader understanding of the common market protocols, which will ease cross-border trade. The farmers trading in the region account for only 1%.
"The Bill will not only serve farmers, but also enable co-operatives in one EAC country to form joint ventures with those from other member countries," Muchiri said.
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Trinidad and Tobago – Your Stones Will Be Unturned, Again
In what can only be described as uncharacteristic brilliance after a national tragedy, our local police made a prompt arrest of a group of suspected hit men, seized their high tech weapons and two bags of doubles within minutes after the group allegedly carried out a daring assassination of an well-known state prosecutor just after 12:00 am last night. The police was able to make this arrest and interception because of the multitude of working and expensive CCTV cameras along the route were actually working and being monitored for a change. These phenomenally expensive high tech cameras were purchased using taxpayer's money and installed by the usual high-priced government approved contractors, and monitored by an unknown, but strangely intelligent state agency that were not using the cameras to monitor girls with short dresses and low tops on the Avenue.
When the Ag. CoP was asked to comment he repeatedly said in a comforting manner "Not all murders are hits and but all hits are murders." However, the Minister of National Security was relieved that something finally went right after a murder. When asked to comment on the National Security breakthrough the Minister blushed uncontrollably, yet sadly, and said the Prime Minister was planning to once again have every stone unturned. He said the PM was ready to offer a reward, which was less than the lotto, for vital information on the assassination, to anyone who craved sudden death via bullets from high-power rifles at close range. The Minister admitted, though he was the God of National Security, had no clue if the reward would have been tax exempt, delivered via an anonymous wheelbarrow or could be used in the afterlife.
As for the motive for the gruesome murder, the Minister said they (the hit men) thought we were stupid and wanted to make us look bad internationally. When asked if the hit was an attempt to destabilize the country he said no, as the country was already mentally unstable long before this.
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The Latest Cigarette Advertisement in Trinidad and Tobago
According to the Ministry of Health's website:
17. Does the Tobacco Control Act really prohibit advertising? Under which circumstances is advertising of tobacco products allowed?
Indeed, the Tobacco Control Act has placed prohibitions against advertising.
There are, however, some limitations to the prohibitions:
A person may advertise a tobacco product by information advertising or brand preference advertising by way of:
a. A publication that is provided by mail and addressed to an adult smoker who is identified by name.
b. A publication that has an adult readership of not less than eighty –five per cent (85%)
c. Signs in a place where children (under 18 years) are not permitted by law.
Please note that these allowances do not apply to lifestyle advertising* or advertising that could be construed on reasonable grounds to be appealing to children.
The loophole which the eager-for-revenue local newspaper people might use in carrying this cigarette ad is that children don't read much anymore and children see newspapers as a legacy product waiting to become extinct.
I, an adult by age, was drawn to this ad and my initial reaction was "so cheap." No doubt this latest salvo by a clever company had more than the bland informational effect it was supposed to theoretically have. I almost had the urge to run down to the nearest dealer and start my addiction while I still had a few extra dollars. Though cigarettes are at the top of the list of addictions that will quite likely kill you in several ways, so to does alcohol, fried chicken, corn curls, cell phones, fast cars, promiscuous shapely women and political parties.
I don't think this cigarette newspaper ad was necessary and it was in very poor taste. All that was needed was the dealers carry a pamphlet with the new prices which informs the addicted why they are paying more for their own tragic demise. Why should the nonsmoker also have to know about the latest price increase while being tempted to look cool with minty breath? Greed for increased profits at the expense of human life is usually the answer.
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Rhine II – WTF!!
WTF! exclaimed akalol. "$4.3 million US dollars for a photograph!"
I was not complain only surprised that someone paid so much money for a photograph in these uncertain economic times. I also wondered why this photo. Was it the camera – Pentax, Nikon, Canon, Olympus, or Sony that some like to pointlessly argue? Was it taken with film or digitally recorded on a super-fast Sansa SD card bought from Amazon? Was it a scene that can never be captured again? Did the Rhine evaporate since 1999? Was it the 81 x 140 inches size since size does matter despite claims by the unfortunate that it doesn't? Would the answers to any of these questions affect the price? I doubt it. If the photo looked the same but was a picture of the Caroni River and not the Rhine would the photo even fetch a price? It might if the photographer was Andreas Grusky, photographer of Rhine II and who " is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential photographers of his generation." I never heard the name Grusky until this week but thanks to Google I found out he is quite famous despite never doing weddings.
All I can assume is that the photograph called Rhine II fetched that record price since it was considered "art" by those influential ones who know what art is, or at least pretend to know. Works of art are works of creativity and the photo above is creative to some and probably represents more than just bands of grass, road, grass, water, more grass and then dull sky. One can only assume this photo represents something very deep to the buyer and hopefully even the photographer but to the average blogger, looking at this low quality small photo, it simply looks kind-ah-nice.
Long before Anya Ayoung-Chee made Trinidad and Tobago proud for a third time, there was a Trinidad postage stamp from 1847 selling for around US$29,999.00. The stamp features the paddle steamer called the Lady McLeod which sailed between Port of Spain and San Fernando from 1845 to 1854. This rare stamp can be bought on eBay from a seller based in New York if you are interested in boosting your collection. Like all collectibles, its value is based on what collectors are willing to pay which is determined by how rare an item is and the condition of that item. The price of these collectibles are somewhat subjective but not as subjective as the price placed on works of art by those with money.
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RBTT, or is it RBC, is what most customers call the new Public Service and in Trinidad and Tobago this says a lot. By that I mean it is not an organization that cares about its customers. This is why RBTT decided to shut down its electronic banking system over a weekend and as if it wanted to make the public service look good, the disrespectful bank also lied to customers. When I say lie I mean put out an ad saying it was shutting its electronic banking service and in bold say ONLY AT WITHDRAWALS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. That was and is a lie. Most customers were unable to access cash from ANY AMB since Saturday evening and this was still so on Sunday morning. Maybe somebody high up at RBTT is being fed bullshit by the incompetent RBTT IT people just as the AG was fed crap by his investigators. I again say, somebody at RBTT has to be fired for this continuing indifference to customers.
Maybe people were fired the last time a huge fiasco occurred but the public needs to know that the bank is getting rid of its incompetence. To correct this continuing incompetence and indifference by RBTT to customers, people need to show the bank who has the power. Money talks but money also walks.


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Dear Annie: Recently, I invited my best friend, "Evan," and his family of four to join my family at a popular out-of-state theme park. Our children are similar ages, and we have always gotten along well even though we live in different states.
My wife and I are members of a vacation program and offered to use our hotel points to save Evan a great deal of money. We didn't expect anything in return, but we had discussed how much fun we'd have together. This didn't happen. Evan and his family ignored us, made no effort to interact with my wife or children, and had other friends and family join them at the resort and in our shared rooms. They frequently went their own way in the theme park and were distant during the rare times that we were together. The final insult occurred on the last day, when they simply left the resort without saying goodbye or even thanking us for the stay.


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I adore this song. I'm pregnant with my first. Its a boy and this song makes me cry. So cute!!!
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By Daniel Borgen, PQ Monthly "Our members know the pain of difference." Last spring, we wrote about Jayce M., an African-American transgender student at George Fox who wants to live on campus with his friends this year-but he was denied on-campus housing by the university. (The complete story on that is here.)
- Petitioning Robin Baker
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George Fox University: Stop Denying My Transgender Son Appropriate On-Campus Housing
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I am speaking out for my African-American, transgender son, Jayce, and asking for your support. Jayce wants to live with his male friends in on-campus housing next year, but George Fox University recently refused to allow this because Jayce is transgender. As Jayce's mother, I am deeply concerned by George Fox University's decision. The university has also indicated that it is considering a policy for students, which will require that all housing be based on "biological birth sex." In this case, there would be no housing accommodations, at all, that would be allowed for transgender students like my son, to live with their male friends.
I want Jayce to be safe and to feel included in the campus community as he continues his education at George Fox and I want Jayce to be allowed to live in on-campus housing with his male friends. Jayce transitioned socially several years ago and has been under the care of a medical doctor, and on testosterone, for over a year to assist with his transition. He also recently applied for a legal gender change, which will be granted later this month, and I'm helping him change his gender marker on his driver's license and with the Social Security Administration.
Jayce's friends on campus have no problem living with him. They support and respect him. I am hoping that the university will show the same care and respect as Jayce's friends have, and allow Jayce to live with them for the sake of his mental health and well-being. As a concerned parent, I am asking you to join me, on Jayce's behalf, in asking George Fox University to please reverse its decision and allow Jayce to live in on-campus housing with his male friends.
Robin Baker, President, George Fox University
Mark Pothoff, Dean of Community Life
Rob Felton, Director of Marketing Communications
Dear President Baker, Dean Pothoff, and Director Felton,
George Fox University's recent decision to deny Jayce on-campus housing with other male students has put his housing, and his education, in jeopardy, and caused him to feel rejection, rather than the love of Christ.
Jayce wants what...
Dear President Baker, Dean Pothoff, and Director Felton,
George Fox University's recent decision to deny Jayce on-campus housing with other male students has put his housing, and his education, in jeopardy, and caused him to feel rejection, rather than the love of Christ.
Jayce wants what other students want, to live in on-campus housing with his friends. However, the university won't allow this because Jayce is transgender. Instead, the university offered to allow him, for one-year only, to live off-campus with his male friends. This makes it seem like the university is ashamed of him, and willing to sacrifice his mental health and educational goals at the expense of avoiding controversy. It feels like "separate but equal."
The university's motto is "Be known." Jayce let you know who he is but you will not let him be himself on campus, at least not in his home, where he sleeps, socializes and takes refuge.
Being a religiously-affiliated school does not mean having to be unwilling to hear Jayce's story, see past preconceived notions of sex and gender and respect him for who God made him. I'm worried for Jayce and I'm worried for other transgender students who will be impacted by the policy that the university's board of trustees is considering to assign all students housing based on their "biological birth sex," with no provisions to protect transgender students through providing housing consistent with their gender identity, providing gender neutral housing or otherwise.
The reputation of George Fox University has decreased in my eyes. I urge you to provide Jayce and other transgender students with safe and appropriate on-campus housing, to add gender identity and gender expression to the university's non-discrimination policy, and to abandon the discriminatory housing policy currently being considered by the board of trustees.
[Your name]
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Jayce's Struggle for Housing on Cover of PQ Monthly magazine
Guess who is on the cover of this month's PQ Monthly magazine? Our very own Jayce! The magazine covers his ongoing struggle for fair housing for transgender students at George Fox University.
From Jayce: "Not being allowed to live on campus has been difficult for me this year. It's like I'm allowed to be at George Fox but I'm not fully allowed to be at George Fox. It's one thing to choose to live off campus with your friends; it's another thing to be forced to live off campus. It's not something that the other students have to go through."
For the full online story: www.pqmonthly.com/jayce-m-carries-undeterred-george-fox-refuses-change-course
Oregon's Minority Lawyer Associations Urge George Fox University to Treat Jayce and other Transgender Students Better
From their joint letter: "Our members know the emotional, financial, and physical pang of discrimination based on who we are. Our members know the pain of difference. We wholeheartedly support Jayce and his right to be who he is." The letter further states that "as lawyers, business people, and community leaders, [the GFU Board of Trustees] should recognize that George Fox's policy spotlights the school as discriminatory and hurtful."The Oregon Hispanic Bar Association, Oregon Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Oregon Minority Lawyers Association, Oregon Women Lawyers, and the Oregon Gay and Lesbian Law Association submitted a joint letter to George Fox University's board of trustees today.
Read more at: www.pqmonthly.com/jayce-m-update-major-minority-bar-associations-urge-george-fox-change-course/20690
Jayce's Complaint Denied on Heels of Religious Exemption; Call to Act
George Fox University has taken the path of Hobby Lobby and was recently granted a religious exemption from nondiscrimination laws as applied to transgender students. Shortly before Jayce filed his Title IX discrimination complaint, George Fox went behind his back and requested a religious exemption from Title IX's housing, restroom use and athletic regulations designed to protect students from sex and gender identity discrimination. The Department of Education recently granted that exemption request, and on the basis of the exemption, denied Jayce's complaint.
Jayce will appeal the Department of Education's ruling. In the meantime, Jayce needs your help. Please call George Fox President Robin Baker at 503-554-2101 and let him know how you feel about his discriminatory actions. If you don't feel comfortable calling, email him at: email@example.com.
You can read more at the PQ Monthly article below:
Reached 20,000 signatures
The Rally Was a Success! Watch the clip with a message from Jayce.
The rally near the George Fox campus was a huge success. You can watch a clip of the rally and a message from Jayce at this link: http://www.kptv.com/story/25236937/transgender-student-to
Thank you to everyone who came out and supported Jayce. We marched with and then stacked 14 boxes in front of the university to symbolize the 14,000 petitions that had been signed as of yesterday. Our hope is that George Fox will listen to all the support for Jayce and change its decision that denied him appropriate on-campus housing.
Reached 15,000 signatures
Rally for Jayce this Sunday at 1:30 PM near campus!
For more info and to join the rally, check out the Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/381453968660326
Jayce, his pastor, and Jayce's attorney will be speaking and we will be symbolically delivering the petitions to the university president.
4,000 Signatures! Blessed Beyond Belief.
That's nearly 1,000 per day/almost one every minute! Stay tuned for more ways to get involved on the ground.
OneSafetyNet: http://onesafetynet.com/news/housingatgfu/
(informative article)
The Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/07/transgender-dorm-george-fox-university_n_5106075.html?utm_hp_ref=college
Reached 4,000 signatures
2,500 signatures and numerous powerful comments! Plus continuing coverage.
Thank you for your heartfelt comments. They mean the world to Jayce. If you want to follow some of the continuing coverage of Jayce's story, you can find it at the links below. While we have more signatures than we imagined possible, let's make our next goal of 5,000!
KATU News: http://www.katu.com/news/local/Transgender-student-filed-sex-descrimination-complaint-against-Christian-university-254002611.html
Reached 2,500 signatures
Coverage of Jayce's Housing Situation
Reached 1,000 signatures
Reasons for signing
Gail Bumala SANDY, OR
- 7 months ago
- Liked 16
As a student who suffered shame and guilt over my sexual orientation because of Christian bias during my time at GFU, I support Jayce's request and support all efforts to bring U policies around to the 21st century. Seriously, this is an important moment in the life of an important human being. I know what it's like to feel invisible.REPORT THIS COMMENT:
Suzanne Santos CHICAGO, IL
- 7 months ago
- Liked 13
GFU, why are you still pretending that you are committed to diversity? Separate is not equal. You are creating a humiliating experience for another soul. That is not what love, even gospel love, is even about. God bless Jayce and his friends for loving beyond the board's limited perspective on love. Unfortunately, the marketing of "Be known" is nothing but a sad front for the disgusting discrimination that really goes on within GFU's walls.REPORT THIS COMMENT:
Ariel Walter PORTLAND, OR
- 7 months ago
- Liked 11
As a former GFU student, and a friend of Jayce, this is very close to my heart. I left Fox after 2 years because of things like this. GFU's "Be Known" is crap. I'm a straight, cis-gendered ally to the LGBTQ community, and I felt shut out on a daily basis. I can't imagine what Jayce, as well as other LGBTQ students, feel when being shut out by not only their peers, but the people that are supposed to be there to love them and help them grow. It is impossible to help someone grow without first loving them. I've said this before to school officials and I'll say it until the day it is untrue: George Fox does not act like a Quaker school. Being founded on the ideals of loving everyone and embracing their differences, it is exactly the opposite of what this school does. This school discriminates against anyone who doesn't fit the stereotypical Christian mold. And I mean white, upper/middle class, straight, conservative, cross-necklace-wearing college student who spends their Friday nights praying with their roommates. While at Fox, the majority of the people that I found to be loving were those that made up Common Ground. I couldn't tell you how many times I got dirty looks and sneers from my "loving" peers as I walked through campus, while hearing them whisper things along the lines of "it's that girl who hangs out with those gay kids." Yeah, I do, and I'm freaking proud of it. I am thankful that Jayce has friends on campus with whom he feels comfortable living, because I know that that's a very important thing to have. However, I wish that the university would realize that his mental health is at stake here, and protecting that is vastly more important than the school's reputation.REPORT THIS COMMENT:
Robyn Raymond FARMINGTON, ME
- 7 months ago
- Liked 9
As the Assistant Director of Housing and Residence Life, I am appalled that Jayce does not have a say in his own housing accommodations. I'm very sorry to hear this story and I hope that Jayce can find a comfortable living situation where he can be successful in both his academic and personal life.REPORT THIS COMMENT:
Melissa Mock DAKAR, SENEGAL
- 7 months ago
- Liked 7
This young man has shown great courage being a transgendered student at a christian university and the very least GFU can do is show the same courage and support Jayce by allowing him to live with other boys.REPORT THIS COMMENT:
Connor Lefevers WORTHINGTON, OH
- 3 days ago
- Liked 0
Who cares if he is transgender, people are people. He is a person, he deserves rights like everybodyREPORT THIS COMMENT:
Karissa Ingram HAGERSTOWN, MD
- 4 days ago
- Liked 0
Because what this school is doing is unfairREPORT THIS COMMENT:
William Donges SHERMANS DALE, PA
- 5 days ago
- Liked 0
As a university associated with the Society of Friends it is unconscionable that they are so backward in their dealings. I expect greater of a school named after George FoxREPORT THIS COMMENT:
Bailey Macejak SARASOTA, FL
- 5 days ago
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Because transgender people are people too and deserve the same basic rights that are awarded to cisgender people.REPORT THIS COMMENT:
Morgan Lutz LACONIA, NH
- 11 days ago
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I am an education major at Keene State College, and I completely agree that equality is extremely important.REPORT THIS COMMENT:


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New Orleans Pelicans' swingman Anthony Morrow is one of the league's elite three-point shooters. Now, as a free agent, he is looking to cash in.
The Portland Trail Blazers are reportedly interested in Morrow in a three-point marksman role. The Detroit Pistons also reportedly scheduled a meeting with Morrow but they have since agreed to a three-year, $19.5 million deal with former Los Angeles Lakers' guard Jodie Meeks and agreed to a one-year deal with former Atlanta Hawks's swingman Cartier Martin. The Chicago Bulls are the latest to reportedly be involved in the chase for Morrow and at least 12 total teams are after him.
Two of the those teams have come to the forefront.
According to Marc Stein of ESPN.com, the Miami Heat are trying to secure an agreement with Morrow, largely because he is a player Heat forward LeBron James would like to play with. Stein reports the Oklahoma City Thunder are also in pursuit. The Orlando Magic were also after Morrow, but they have pulled out of the race after agreeing to a deal with veteran guard Ben Gordon.
Morrow would be a fantastic fit in either situation. He could help spread the floor and knock down open shots when defenses collapse on stars like James, Heat guard Dwyane Wade, Thunder forward Kevin Durant and guard Russell Westbrook. Morrow would likely have to sacrifice money to join either team.
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*planet explodes* *removes one earbud* what
Imagine that at the end of Dumbledore's speech at the beginning of the year, he asks if there are any questions, and one first year muggleborn kid raises his hand, whips out a smart phone and asks for the wifi password.
And then Dumbledore just casually says "Sherbet lemon, with a capital S", and commences the feast like it's no big deal while the non-muggleborns think WIFI is some sort of secret society.
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(All of this Night Vale fanart is more constructive than you might think. I'm learning a LOT about photoshop.)
This is possibly my favorite quote from the show. I wanted something to emphasize it before the green head started to flip.
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The Unspoken Rules Of Sharing Food With Friends
Exactly how many fries is "some"?
Exactly how many fries is "some"?
Tanya Chen 3 months ago 185 responses
You probably shouldn't do these things ever, tbh.
Arielle Calderon 4 months ago 93 responses
"Take a hit, share that shit."
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