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By: Joe Camp
Copyright 2000
Warning: The following story is a work of fiction. It never happened,
except in the author's
imagination. This story contains sex between two men in their twenties.
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In Part 1
{"Oh, Daddy.......... Oh, OH, oooooooooooooooooooooh," I moaned as my
cum jetted into Dan's
hot hungry mouth. I felt three shots run up my dick. That isn't bad for as many times as we have cum
I have to pull my cock from Dan's mouth. He likes
to suck until I go completely soft, but I am too
tender. I sit on the edge of his shower chair and our lips meet. Dan pushes a little of my cum from his
mouth into mine. I greedily suck on his tongue. I had never tasted my own cum until Dan fed it to me
like this the first time. Hell. I had never tasted any cum. }
The Meeting
Part 2
I slip to the floor and cup Daddy Bear's balls as I suck his hard cock into my mouth. I slid his butt forward and Dan grips the handrails as my finger explores inside his ass for his prostate. I touch the mound of his prostate and he moans. It doesn't take long with my finger massaging him and my tongue working the fat swollen head of his dick before I hear,
A gob of cum shoots from his dick and hits the back of my throat. I gulp it down. Another shot. Once more his nuts release more of his wonderful taste. Dan lifts my head from his cock and I don't want to release it. It's Mine. I let his dick slip out of my mouth and we kiss yet again. Dan breaks our kiss.
"I don't want you to leave," he whispers, "but I know you have to. Wash me and you best get on the road."
I soap him up and he uses the shower spray to rinse clean. He playfully spays me as I step from the shower, I try to give him a stern look, but I can't keep from giggling. I pull the towels from the rack and toss one to Dan as I dry myself off.
"Brush your teeth," Dan tells me. "I don't want some guy smelling cum on your breath and getting hot."
I walk over to Dan and kiss him. "Don't worry. No one is getting their dick in me but you."
"Thanks, babe. I just can't stand the thought of your giving yourself to anyone else. The chat room is different. That doesn't bother me."
I stroked my lover's beard and smiled at him.
"Go on. Brush your teeth. I want to get out of this shower," Dan told me.
I moved his chair enough to slip past and then place it back within his reach. I turn on the tap at the sink and find my toothbrush. I watch Dan slide into his chair as I brush my teeth. I have to stoop low as I rinse my mouth. The apartment is designed for someone in a wheelchair and all the counters are low. I rinse my toothbrush out and Dan takes it from my hand.
"That stays here," he informs me. "You will just have to buy a new one. I'm holding this one hostage."
"K," I grinned at him.
I walk from the bath into the bedroom. I rummage in my suitcase for my underwear. I spot a pair of blue checked boxers and slip them on. As I pull them over my butt I hear Dan whistle.
"Nice," Dan comments, "but I like you better with nothing on when we are alone."
"Thanks, Daddy Bear," I respond.
I watch out of the corner of my eye as Dan starts dressing. I want to help him so badly, but he won't let me and I won't insult him by insisting. I slip on my pants and shirt. I tie my shoes and Dan is still putting on his pants.
"You won't forget to call me as soon as you get home," Dan asks for the 30th time.
"I won't forget," I assure him one more time.
"And, you will wear your seat belt and not speed," he questions.
"Yes, Daddy Bear, I will wear the seat belt and I won't speed," I promise.
It is just this kind of worrying that made me start calling Dan, Daddy Bear. His nick in the chat room is D-Bear. Of course the D is for Dan, but I didn't know that at first. He didn't tell me his name is Dan until we got to knew each other a lot better.
Dan is dressed and we head out of the bedroom I now know as well as my own, into his living room. It still seems a strange place to me. I have been in this apartment for four days and I think I've been in the living room 5 or 6 times. I kneel down for a hug and a kiss just before the front door. Dan grips me hard as our lips lock into our last kiss for a while.
"I wish you didn't have to go," Dan whispers.
"Me too," I reply.
I look at Dan's face and know I have to get out of here before we both start crying. Oh, I know I will be doing a lot of crying later, but I don't want to cry in front of Dan. I know he will be crying as soon as the door closes behind me. I break our hug and pick up my suitcase. My eyes are watery as I reach for the doorknob. Three weeks I remind myself. Twenty one days. That isn't so long. We will still see each other in the chat room. Three weeks and I can come back for a weekend.
I am conscious of Dan behind me as I walk down the side walk to the parking lot. It is hard for me not to let my love for him show. We have agreed though. We act straight in public. I unlock the door of my car and throw my suitcase into the back seat. I turn to Dan and want to take him in my arms so bad I ache.
"See ya, Dan."
"Take care, Gary, and call as soon as you get home."
"Will do," I promise.
I slide into the driver's seat and start the engine. I wave to Dan before backing out of the space. Another wave as I drive off. Three weeks, I tell myself yet again. Three weeks and then another weekend together. That is the best we can do right now. Weekends together when he doesn't have to go home. Then in June we can be together for the rest of our lives.
I made a right hand turn onto the ramp for the interstate and started the 7 hour drive home. My mind replayed the holiday weekend and I thought about the last four months that had lead up to our meeting. I settled into the long drive and let my mind wander.
Just four months ago I had finally broken down and got a computer. I didn't know anything about them, but everyone but me seemed to be on the net. The guys at work were always talking about the different porn sites they found. I never said anything because pictures of naked women do nothing for me. I've know all my life that I am gay. I've never told anyone because no one has ever been interested in me. I figured if there were naked women, there must be naked guys. So, I bought a computer and found the love of my life.
I had signed up for AOL as it came with the computer. I tried the gay chat rooms there, but everyone seems so desperate and forceful. I lurked but I never talked to anyone there. It just didn't feel right. The thing I learned there was about the gay story sites. Someone posted the links to www.assgm.com and www.nifty.org.
That first month I was in heaven. I couldn't wait to get off work so I could read the latest story I had found. The stories showed me there are others that feel as I do. I'm not the only guy that has feelings for other guys. I learned you can be gay and still be a man. I didn't really know anyone that was gay. I have hidden my feelings all my life. Now at 25 I know I'm not alone. Yeah, I got lost in the stories. I would read, jack off, eat, sleep and begrudgingly go to work, thinking constantly about getting home to finish the latest story.
One night I was at the nifty story site when I noticed there was a chat room. I don't know what I was expecting when I clicked the link. I think I was expecting it to be like the ones on AOL. I figured I would lurk a while then go find a story to read. Was I ever surprised. I was no sooner in the room than I was greeted by a bunch of different people. I said hi, and settled back to scope the place out. It seemed to be a friendly place with guys talking about everything. There was talk about sports and work, school, and friends. There was also a lot of talk about sex. It didn't have the desperate feel of all the other chat rooms I had been in. Oh sure, I knew there were guys pairing off to chat in private, and they made no secret of the fact they were going to cybersex. But, it was nice they were able to just talk before going private with someone.
It was soon obvious that D-Bear was very popular in the room. It seemed everyone knew him and was his friend. It didn't take long to find out he is 23 and was starting his last year at the University as an English Literature major. He was fun to listen too and very sexy in the way he acted. I couldn't help but wish I had his self assurance. It wasn't long before I found myself drawn right into the middle of the chat. I was really enjoying myself and talking to guys who are gay like me.
At first I was reluctant to tell anything about myself. I figured my age and state were okay, so I told that. I had a lot of offers to go private, but I turned them all down. I wasn't ready for cybersex and most of the offers were from guys in their 40's or 50's. I did notice that going private with the older guys didn't bother D-Bear. There were some requests to go private from guys in their 20's too, but I didn't know what to do in private. I just stayed in the main room and had a blast. I was having so much fun just talking that I was surprised when I noticed it was 1:00am, and I had to be at work at 7:00am. Construction work isn't easy and I needed to get to bed. I reluctantly signed off promising to return the next night.
The next evening as I signed into the room it was like coming home. I recognized some of the nicks from the night before and there were many new people to meet. The ones I had talked to the previous night welcomed me back like an old friend. I was happy when I saw a nick signing in that I knew. When D-Bear entered, the whole room welcomed him and I was really glad to see him. It felt like family. When D-Bear asked me to go private I said yes before I even thought. I reluctantly double clicked his nick to go to our private room. I didn't know what to say.
"Are you here," he asked.
"Yeah," I responded.
"So, what do you like," he asked.
"Errrr, D-Bear, I don't know what to do. I've never done this before," I admitted.
"That's okay. It is the same as real sex. You just tell me what you are doing to me, and how what I am doing to you makes you feel."
Well, I blush now about that first time with D-Bear, but before he finished talking to me, I shot cum up to my neck. I jacked off again when I went to bed thinking about D-Bear. I woke up with a hard on and had to jack off again as I recalled what he had said to me in our private room.
Over the next few months I made what I considered real friends in the chat room. I found I didn't mind going private with an older guy at all. Oh, we didn't all agree on everything. Once someone that said they were 15 showed up in the room. I agreed when one of the guys said that was way too young. As it is an international room, the rules say there is no age limit for the room so he was allowed to stay.
After he left there was a long discussion about it. Several felt someone that young shouldn't be allowed in the room as they would just be taken advantage of by older guys. Someone brought up the fact that in many countries 16 is of legal age, 14 in some. I changed my mind when one of the 20 year olds from Germany spoke up. He admitted he had become sexually active with an older guy when he was 14. Of course we all thought he had been taken advantage of, but he said he had been the seducer. He then went on to ask, "but what about the kid? Does he have the right to chat with someone if he can find someone that will chat with him?" It was finally agreed that everyone would just have to follow their own feelings in the matter.
Yeah, I felt I had a lot of friends in the room. I really was interested in what was happening in their lives, but I started noticing more and more that I was always watching for D-Bear's sign in. If he was late, I would worry. Yeah, I admit my daydreams became more and more about D-Bear. Not just sex, but wondering what he was doing right then. Wondering what he was having for lunch. Okay, it didn't take me long to know I was falling in love with D-Bear. The "I love you," I would tell D-Bear each night as I left the room became more and more heartfelt. His, "I love you, too," was the high point of my day. If he was busy in private with someone else, I would wait no matter how long it took just to hear him say, "I love you, too."
We told each other our most deepest thoughts. Dan knew me better than anyone in the world. Then came the day I became bold. We had just finished a wonderful cyber session. I had squirted my cum all over my chest and D-Bear said he had too.
<gary> I wish I was there and could clean your cum from you chest with my tongue.
<D-Bear> Yeah, me too.
<gary> You know I love you.
<D-Bear> I love you, too.
<gary> Then why can't we meet?
<D-Bear> I can't meet with anyone.
<gary> Why????? There is a long weekend coming up. I'll come to you. I wouldn't out you.
<D-Bear> You are making me cry.
<gary> I know you have to have your folks help right now and they are homophobic.
<D-Bear> It's not just that.
<gary> What???? I thought you loved me. If you love me you would want to meet.
<D-Bear> I do love you. I wish we could be together too. You wouldn't want me if you really saw me.
<gary> I love you, not what you may look like. Beauty isn't everything. It is what is inside.
<D-Bear> I'm not beautiful. Please don't tell the others. I don't want to lose everyone. The room is all I have.
<gary> Tell them what?
<gary> I would never say anything to hurt you. Don't you know that?
<gary> Have you been lying to me?
<D-Bear> I have never lied to you.
<gary> Are you married?
<D-Bear> No I am not married.
<gary> Are you really straight?
<D-Bear> I am gay
<gary> You don't really love me?
<D-Bear> I love you with all my heart. I have to go now.
I sit in front of my computer screen with the tears streaming from my eyes as I watched D-Bear disconnect. I called myself every kind of fool for allowing myself to fall in love with someone on the net. Obviously he didn't feel the same about me as I felt about him. The next day, my soul was tormented between my emotions for D-Bear. I loved him. I wanted nothing more to do with him. I couldn't wait to get back to the room and D-Bear. I was on the computer and waiting in the room when D-Bear came on.
<D-Bear> Hi Gary, private?
<gary> okay
I double clicked on D-Bear to go to our private room.
<D-Bear> Gary, I have never lied to you. I just haven't told you everything. I hope we can still be friends. You mean so much to me and I don't want to ever lose you.
<gary> Dan, I love you. Please, tell me what is going on.
<D-Bear> Gary, please don't tell the others no matter what you think of me. I can't lose everyone! School, the room and my family are all I have. Please don't take the room away from me.
<gary> Dan, you are scaring me.
<D-Bear> I'm sorry. It is hard to type when you are crying.
<gary> Tell me what is wrong and we can fix it.
<D-Bear> No one can fix me. I have Spina Bifida. I'm in a wheelchair.
I was stunned. My first thought was that Dan had deceived me. There had been plenty of times he could have told me. Hell, I didn't even know what Spina Bifida is. Then I knew. It didn't matter. It was Dan that mattered to me. Not his being in a wheelchair. Sure, my daydreams had us playing basketball and running together, but that wasn't why I love Dan.
<gary> I love you. I still want to meet you.
<D-Bear> Don't answer now. Think about it and tell me tomorrow.
<gary> I don't have to think about.
To Be Continued
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Your classroom is a place where students learn how to read, write, and expand all of their language skills, but it is much more. It is a laboratory where they learn how to be confident, self-determined, kind, and democratic members of a community. The design of a classroom supports the building of community. Although the materials and organization of space will vary from grade to grade, here are 6 characteristics of classrooms that build strong communities.
- Welcoming and Inviting. Bright colors, beanbag chairs, and lamp all help to create a welcoming space. The intention is not to fill the room with furniture, but you do want to create a pleasant, comfortable place for students.
- Organized and Tidy. Clutter increases stress. The more organized the classroom, the more independent your students will become, the less of your time they will require, and the more time you will have for teaching. Materials should be clearly organized and labeled, and the work that takes place in each area should be visible at a glance.
- Rich with Materials. Fill your classroom with books, writing tools, art materials, manipulatives, references, computers, tablets, and other technological resources. This can be difficult criterion to meet because it depends on the resources of the school district. But, at least where books are concerned, you can increase their richness by visiting garage sales, checking out books from libraries, asking parents and friends to donate, writing for grants, and appealing to the business and social community.
- Includes Group Meeting Space. If you want to form a community, students must have a place to meet together and talk every day. For young children, a colorful rug with space enough to accommodate the class sitting on the floor in rows or in a circle. Older students can also sit on the floor in a circle or they can move chairs from their tables to make a circle in the same area.
- Includes Personal Space. Instead of individual desks, many teachers use tables or desks that can be combined in flexible ways. But students also need a personal space. If they do not have a desk, they can have a cubby or personal book box where they keep personal documents like a reader's notebook, writer's notebook, independent reading books, etc.
- Shows What is Valued. A classroom must be alive with student work. You can start the year with relatively blank walls because your students are going to fill them with a variety of products that show student input and student work. The greatest motivation you can give your students is to display their work. Change displays as the year progresses. And at the end of the year, let students take them home. You'll be starting again with a new group.
From Guiding Reading: Responsive Teaching Across the Grades by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell. Copyright (c) 2017 by Irene C. Fountas and
Gay Su Pinnell. Published by Heinemann.

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"The Glass Castle: A Memoir" is the story of author Jeanette Walls' life from childhood through college and her career as a journalist. The story focuses on Walls' nomadic and unconventional family and the author's relationships with her parents and four siblings.
The title "The Glass Castle" is a reference to Jeanette Walls' father, Rex Walls. In the early part of the story, Rex is constantly moving the family. He tells his family that they are moving in search of gold and that when he strikes it rich, he plans to build them a glass castle.
Much of the book focuses on Jeanette's parents, Rex and Mary. Rex is portrayed as a very smart and likable man who is an alcoholic. Jeanette's mother, Mary, is shown to be cold toward her children and out of touch with reality. Often the children have no food, running water or appropriate clothing; and, the mother fails to react, instead she tells the children that they are on an adventure. The author's early years are spent running from town to town, to escape her father's creditors.
The story follows the children's lives as they each decide to leave the parents' home and move to New York. Once all of the children arrive in New York, they each find success and stability they never had in their lives with their parents. The author eventually lands a job as a journalist; but, she does not speak about her upbringing, because she is afraid to lose the success she has earned.
Eventually, the parents move to New York and make the choice to live on the streets to be near their children. The author explores why the parents make this choice when they actually had assets; and, she concludes that this is the life they want to live.


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Sunday, July 5, 2009
Happy Belated Fourth!
Been busy working and going through a bit of a down mood. I do believe I am having a mid life crisis. My creativity feels like it had been sucked dry. Now I have a 100 projects going on in my head just waiting to come to fruition.
We went to the Fourth of July celebration at Centennial Park in Waukee . First time we have ever been to the park. Very nice. Food vendors, giant blow-up jumpy things and a band called Standing Hampton. They are really good. Of course they play 70's/80's rock. All us 40 and 50 somethings out there head banging. Then I realized...Oh mah Gawd! This is the oldies!
I closed my eyes for a moment and when I opened them I was taken back 20+ years. There were all the people from back in the day; Sandy, Lori, Dennis, Danny, Theresa, the hair flip boys, Plastic Candy, Lynn Allen, (Oh poop, they played in Eldridge on the Fourth. So bummed), Marge, Dave, Ronnie, Timmy and everyone else that crossed my path in the 80's. Very weird, very surreal.
Those were the best of times, those were the worst of times.
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Welcome to my blog and thanks for visiting! Here you will mostly find stuff about cards - making cards is what I do when I'm not doing my 'proper job'. You are welcome to use any ideas you like, I would appreciate a mention if you copy any cards on here Thank you x There will be stuff about cats (I currently have 4!) most of whom have turned up on the doorstep and moved in!! Coffee is what I will be drinking as I update the blog! I hope you enjoy your visit
Claritystampers East
Sunday, 29 January 2017
Just to say...
Thank you for joining me, these are the other cards we made at the Claritystampers East workshop last weekend. It was a workshop of nice and easy cards......
Using the circle aperture, blend some ink (I used blue and green here), then stamp the Thank you stamp in the same colours, keeping the stencil in place. The aperture stencils are a bit thinner than normal, so you don't get too much gap round the edges if you press hard enough.
Colour a spare piece of card, the stamp the butterflies and cut out.
Add to the card
I also stamped the 'ever so much' for balance.
This is actually a notelet. Fold a piece of 160gsm copy paper to make the base for the notelet, then use another piece cut to size to work on for the front.
On the separate piece of paper, place a mask in the centre, then blend ink round the edge and stamp the grasses.
Remove the mask and stamp the poppy in place, then colour.
Sponge a little ink through a dotty stencil (remember to mask of the edges of your frame first!)
I drew a double fine line round the frame, then coloured that and stamped the 'just to say' in place.
Using Barbra's technique, I edged with a black sharpie pen and attached to the front of the notelet.
Finally, we didn't actually make this at the class, but I just show it because sometimes even something as simple as stamping and colouring can look fab! Just add a strip of masking tape along the bottom of the card and stamp each grass just on the tape, then you know they will all be in a straight row (as long as your masking tape was straight to begin with!!)
Have a great Sunday
Janet xx
Links to stamps and stencils:
Meadow Grasses
Butterfly tree
A Million Thank Yous
Line sentiments
Circle dots stencil
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loving the blue and green of the thank you card. they work so well together, hugs xxReplyDeleteReplies
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These are so beautiful. Xx so unique. They'd look lovely on display around the house too.ReplyDelete
Best wishes.
Keep Calm and start writing -
Thank you Amelia xDelete
Very pretty cards - wow 5 cats I only have two and they are a handful.ReplyDelete
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AHLA Clinical Research Practice Guide (AHLA Members)
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With this important guide from AHLA, those who represent healthcare entities will gain insight into the growing interrelationship between health law and life sciences, as well as the growing risks and compliance issues facing clients involved in this complex area.
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David S. Weinstock (Chapter 3; Chapter 4) is the Corporate Counsel of LifeCell, Inc.
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Table of Contents
About the Coordinating Editor
About the Authors
1 Protection of Human Research Subjects; Melissa L. Markey
1.1 Protection of Human Subjects
1.2 Background of Human Subject Protection and Sources of Ethical Guidance
1.3 Informed Consent and Research
2 Institutional Review Boards: Ensuring the Protection of Human Research Participants; Melissa L. Markey
2.1 The Development of Human Subject Protection in the United States
2.2 Federal Regulation of Research
2.3 Applicability of Federal IRB Regulations
2.4 Composition of the IRB
2.5 The IRB Review Process
2.6 Vulnerable Populations
2.7 Conclusion
3 A Brief Overview of the Federal Regulatory Approval Process for Pharmaceuticals, Biologics, Medical Devices, and Combination Products; David S. Weinstock and Jamie K. Wolszon
3.1 Introduction
3.2 FDA's Role
3.3 The Human Drug Development Process
3.4 Investigational New Drug Application (IND)
3.5 Stages of a Clinical Trial
3.6 New Drug Application (NDA)
3.7 Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA)
3.8 Regulatory Process Relating to Biologics
3.9 Regulation of Medical Devices
3.10 Combination Products
Exhibit A—Drug Review Steps
Exhibit B—Select Glossary/Common Abbreviations
Exhibit C—Useful Citations and Resources
4 Regulatory Oversight and Investigations; David S. Weinstock
4.2 Office for Human Research Protections
4.3 Office of Research Integrity
4.4 National Institutes of Health
4.5 Office of Inspector General
5 An Overview of Intellectual Property for the Healthcare Law Practitioner; Jonathan Holda, E. Scott Johnson, and Christopher F. Lonegro
5.1 Basis of U.S. Intellectual Property Rights
5.2 What is a Patent?
5.3 What is a Trademark?
5.4 What is a Copyright?
5.5 Privacy Policy
5.6 What is a Trade Secret?
5.7 Sample Relevant Legal Developments
Addendum A—Overview of the Patent Application Process
Exhibit A—Patent Claims: A Primer
Addendum B—Sample Patent Claims
Addendum C—Dealing with Allegations of Patent Infringement
Addendum D—Dos and Don'ts of Laboratory Notebooks
Exhibit B—nstitutional Intellectual Property (IP) Checklist and Sample IP Clauses
6 HIPAA, HITECH and Information Management in Clinical Research; Sarah E. Swank and Aaron J. Rabinowitz
6.1 Introduction<
6.2 Federal Laws Governing Information Protection and Management
6.3 Other Legal Considerations
6.4 Conclusion
7 Insurance Coverage for Clinical Trial Services; Lawrence W. Vernaglia, Leeann M. Habte, Monica R. Chmielewski, and Torrey K. Young
7.1 General Concepts and Funding for Clinical Trials
7.2 Medicare Coverage for Clinical Trials
7.3 Specific Criteria for Medicare Coverage of Clinical Trials
7.4 Medicare Coverage for Medical Device Trials
7.5 Medicaid and Commercial Insurance Coverage for Clinical Trials
7.6 Ten Steps to Successful Billing
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Smart Light
Next generation smart technologies have found effective application in the lighting field, enabling light to be connected to domotics and home automation systems, so that it becomes responsive and adaptable according to demand and circumstances, creating the most congenial atmosphere every time.
Ordinary double-sided sticky tape is all that is needed to attach the triangular Nanoleaf Aurora panels to the walls. The LED panels can be smartphone operated and voice controlled and take on the colours and brightness required. In the fullness of time, they will be able to go on and off in response to the rhythm of music in the surrounding atmosphere. It is a system that lends itself to an infinity of possible uses and which, thanks to its fluidity, achieves the perfect fusion of illumination, design and technology.


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Friday, January 08, 2016
WBNG TV Binghamton NY.....Roegester Grays Gets Prison Sentence of up to 47 Years for Fatal Drunk Driving Crash on Route 328 in Bradford County PA
Another drunk driving dirtball kills a young couple and injures their 3 sons, he gets up to 47 years in prison, not enough. Towanda, Pa. (WBNG Binghamton NY) A Bradford County man was sentenced to prison after he was convicted of a drunk driving crash that killed a couple in March 2013. A judge in Bradford County sentenced Roegester Grays, 45, of Lawrenceville, to 21 to 47 years in prison. In November, Grays was found guilty of multiple charges, including driving under the influence, homicide by vehicle with DUI aggravated assault and multiple traffic violations, following a jury trial in Bradford County Court. In 2013, Grays was involved in a head-on crash on Route 328 in Wells Township that killed Karen and Ryan English, both in their early 30's. The couple's three sons were also in the vehicle and were injured in the crash but survived.
Wells Township is located in the northwest corner of Bradford County, along the New York state line. It is bordered by South Creek Township to the east, Columbia Township to the south and Rutland and Jackson townships in Tioga County to the west. To the north, in Chemung County, New York, is the town of Southport.
Bill Warner Private Investigator Sarasota SEX, CRIME CHEATERS & TERRORISM at www.wbipi.com


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I think it was 2007 when this "high pitched ring tone" craze kicked off – the idea being that older people couldn't hear high-pitched frequencies, so younger people would put these high-pitched tones on their cell phones and they'd hear when their phone was ringing – or when they got a text message – but their teachers couldn't. These same high-pitched tones would also be used by some businesses in an attempt to drive off younger people who were loitering in front of their establishments. I listened to one of these tones that I wasn't supposed to be able to hear at my age, and I heard it just fine. I knew there was a scientific basis for this, but I figured since I could hear the tone my hearing was "perfect" – I've always gotten perfect hearing scores when I've had my hearing tested. I found a Web site today that shows how wrong I was about being able to hear tones I thought I could!
I cranked up my speakers and clicked on the preview buttons for each tone: I can hear the 16khz tone, but I can't hear the 17khz tone or anything higher. I'm 34 years old, so the fact that I can hear the "30 and younger" tone means I have slightly better than normal hearing in terms of high-pitched frequencies (according to this scale at least). What about you? Where does your hearing drop off, and how does that relate to your age – are you better or worse than average? And if your hearing is worse than it should be, what band were you a roadie for in the '80s? 😉


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Vincent Price's daughter confirms her father's bisexuality
October 23, 2015
Read More: bisexuals, Vincent Price
By COLIN MURPHY | Boom Magazine
"I am as close to certain as I can be that my dad had physically intimate relationships with men," Victoria Price says. " I know for 100 percent fact that my dad was completely loving and supportive of LGBT people."
In her book, "Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography," Victoria Price explored the many facets of her famous father. The Hollywood legend, who died in 1993, enjoyed a career on stage and screen that spanned some 60 years, and the urbane actor remains the preeminent horror icon of our time.
While the younger Price addressed the persistent rumors surrounding her father's sexuality, she refrained from offering a definitive opinion on the matter. But in an exclusive interview with Boom Magazine promoting her parent's newly re-released cult-classic cookbook, the Hollywood daughter opens up about the speculation.
"Everybody asks me: was your dad bisexual, was he bisexual," said Price. "And it was Roddy McDowall who said to me, you know, we didn't have any idea what bisexuality meant in that sense, and if we didn't know, then how can we know the answer to that question?"
In fact, the out designer, art consultant, author, and public speaker has been wrestling for decades with just how much of her father's private life is public domain, as recounted in this 2012 blog post:
I was standing at the bar in West Hollywood, Calif.'s club of the moment one night in the spring of 1989, talking with a group of hip Hollywood women I hardly knew, when a blond woman with a wry expression came over to me and said, "You're Vincent Price's daughter. Your father's gay, isn't he?" I don't remember my mumbled reply–except that, sadly, it wasn't very witty–"I don't know" or "He was married three times." But I do remember that I was shocked. Not because it was the first time someone had suggested that he might be gay or at the very least bisexual, but because, until that moment, I hadn't really understood the degree to which my 78-year-old father's sexuality, whatever it might be, had become public property to be discussed, analyzed, bandied about, as one might share a recipe or chat about the weather. I found it a discomforting revelation.
Price is well aware of America's fixation with celebrity and the salacious, news-driven, "who had sex with who?" culture in which we live. But she also realizes as a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender(LGBT) community that there remains a deeply rooted yearning for history and heroes and a personal connection to the past.
"To me, it's interesting, because as I've learned more about my dad's sexuality, and more than I knew then about different things, I've had the choice of what to reveal and what not to reveal," Price explained. "Since I didn't hear it from his mouth, I think that everything I hear comes with a measure of hearsay, right?"
"But I would like to say something here because I might as well," she continued. "I am as close to certain as I can be that my dad had physically intimate relationships with men. I know for 100 percent fact that my dad was completely loving and supportive of LGBT people."
Growing up in their Hollywood Hills mansion, Price recalls the constant presence of LGBT folks at family gatherings.
"Now, we lived across the street from Rock Hudson and we had a lot of gay friends growing up," she recalled. "I mean, "Uncle Rupert and Uncle Frank" came to every dinner party and it was very clear that they were together. And while the word [gay] was never mentioned, it was very much the norm."
"I remember at nine-years-old going to drop something off at Rock Hudson's house — of course, I was super excited because I was a huge Rock Hudson fan," Price continued. "So this absolutely beautiful man came to the door and in my nine-year-old mind, I thought, oh, that's – I don't know if I had a word for it – but that's his 'Uncle Frank or Uncle Rupert', right?"
Price recalls her father's 1977 one-man-show where he played the openly gay Oscar Wilde to great acclaim and rebuffed the anti-gay Anita Bryant efforts of the day. In television interviews, Vincent Price said Wilde had already written a play about Ms. Bryant: "A Woman of No Importance." She remembers an early advocate who joined PFLAG as an honorary board member and was one of the first celebrities to do public service announcements quelling public fears of AIDS.
"He married a bisexual woman [British actress Coral Browneand] and everybody assumed their marriage was a fraud," offered Price. "It wasn't a fraud. It was a totally sexual relationship but they were two people with very open-minded approaches as to what life should look like. And that to me – people who lived this truth in all aspects of their lives – they should be heroes to every community."
Yet at the end of the day, what remains important to Victoria Price is how her father loved and the lessons learned from experiencing that first hand.
"The interesting thing for me is that when I came out to him and he said to me, 'you know, I know just how you feel because I have had these deep, loving relationships with men in my life and all my wives were jealous,'" she recalled.
"In a funny way, and I think I'm going to cry, he understood me at 22 better than I understood myself then," Price concluded. "Of course, he was in his 70s and lived a hell of a lot longer than I had, and he understood that at the end of the day it's about who and what and how we love. And I have not been a person who has been very successful at conventional relationships, but loving well and loving deeply has been the most important thing to me."
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Pet peeve time.
On Thursday an analysis was released by the Mayo Clinic Proceedings based on data collected by the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study regarding health effects of drinking coffee. To the credit of the data collectors, this study looked at 40,000 people over 16 years including ages ranging from 20 to 87 years old. Now you may have seen this in your newspapers, morning talk shows, and evening news with the headline "Drinking more than 4 cups of coffee increases mortality rate by 21%."
Now I am fairly skeptical of these types of headlines, and chain emails too for that matter, which is why Factcheck.org and Snopes.com are web page favorites. The problem I have with the media drawing conclusions about data and research is obvious: they need to sensationalize the story, and nothing sensationalizes like fear (greed too). Also, I am not a statistician, but I know enough about statistical analysis to never take a news reader's (yes that's what they are) word on anything. I also, challenge polling and surveys as they are often suffer from study bias. Go ahead and read the questions in certain surveys and you will see how they can be constructed to generate the response the surveyor is HOPING to get.
But what about this study specifically gets my math geek nerd blood boiling? No causation. You see to make a direct link between coffee consumption and mortality rate, there needs to be statistically significant data to support that causation: drinking 4 cups of coffee causes higher mortality rate. What the study may have proven is correlation. Causation is pretty straightforward "Do 'X' and it will lead to 'Y'". Correlation on the other hand states "When 'X' goes up 'Y' goes up or down." The difference is under correlation, there is no connection in tying 'X" as the cause of 'Y'.
An example:
Fact: There are more accidental swimming pool drownings in the summer.
Fact: More ice cream is consumed during the summer.
Conclusion: Eating ice cream can increase the odds of drowning.
Clearly that conclusion is erroneous, there is no causation, but there is correlation. I realize the example is outlandish, but it is to make the point that drawing causality conclusions from data can often be misleading especially in the hands of a newsreader.
Are we drinking too much coffee? I wouldn't be surprised if we are as we seem to be consuming too much of EVERYTHING…right Mayor Bloomberg?
Perhaps after all, four out of five dentists don't recommend Trident Sugarless Gum.


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Event Repository: Relevant Call for Papers, Conferences and Events
Below you will find links to other relevant conferences, call for papers and events organised by other institutions and organisations, as well as job opportunities:
Thu19Feb2015Fri20Feb2015University College London, London
Submission deadline: October 17, 2014
This workshop is intended to advance research into the societal or 'popular' dimension of geopolitics in Russia and post-Soviet Eastern Europe.
Participants are invited to tackle the following interrelated questions:
- How do citizens ('the public') in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and other post-Soviet states perceive 'the West' and its constituent parts (the European Union, the USA and other individual countries), their regional neighbourhood and their place on the geopolitical map?
- How are geopolitical narratives sustained and/or challenged by domestic and transnational media, popular culture, government policies (including education and public diplomacy) and processes outside state control (such as travel and increasing internet use)?
- How do public attitudes reflect, contradict and/or shape official geopolitical rhetoric and policy choices?
- How might theoretical approaches and evidence from different disciplines and geographical areas be combined to further our understanding of such issues?
Contributions are invited from all relevant disciplines, particularly Political Science and International Relations, Geography, Anthropology, Sociology, Education and Media/Communication/Cultural Studies.
→ Call for Papers: Popular Geopolitics in Russia and Post-Soviet Eastern Europe
Sun01Mar2015Tue03Mar2015XXIst Annual Forum of Young Legal Historians 6th Berg Institute International Conference, Tel Aviv
Submission deadline: November 1, 2014
The upcoming XXIst Annual Forum of the Association of Young Legal Historians aims at a comprehensive discussion of law in transition. A wide variety of transitions of historical significance can be explored: political, economic, social, cultural, and more. "Law"—legal symbols, discourses, players, institutions, theories, and texts—has played a significant role in historical transitions, and legal historians have been crucial in exploring its multiple and contradictory effects. The stakes are not just historical, but current: these studies encourage transitions in the way law itself is conceived, theorised, and researched.
We invite young legal historians to present papers dealing with any aspect of law in transition. (Proposals on other topics will also be considered)
Global Studies Institute of the University of Geneva, Geneva
TALKING ABOUT ECONOMICS IN THE SOCIALIST WORLD (1920s – 1980s)
Submission deadline: December 1, 2014
In 1989-1991 many countries in Eastern Europe and Asia, formerly constituents of the socialist world, underwent a profound transition abandoning both the socialist economic and political order as well as rejecting the Marxist-Leninist ideological axioms. Crucially, however, the economics of socialism from their conceptualisation and their first implementation after 1917 up to the 1990s had remained challenged and the subject of political and scientific discussion in the socialist states.
The colloquium will focus on the discourses about the socialist economy and their substantial but often unknown or insufficiently explored contents and the multiple ideas about the economy expressed by contemporaries. Thereby the intensity of debates, different conceptualisations and the abundance of economic reflection in the socialist world will be highlighted. The research focus will lie on the history of concepts and the semantics of economics in socialism and on the actors elaborating socialist economic theory, their networks and milieus. This colloquium intends to challenge both the assumption of a monolithic character of the hypothetical socialist economic model, incapable of reform or adaptation to the changing economic environment as well as the disqualification of "revisionist" economists, rejected from the mainstream in the socialist countries at the time.
→ Call for Papers: Talking About Economics in the Socialist World
Fri08May2015Sat09May2015The 2015 Annual Conference of the Irish Association for Russian, Central and East European Studies, organized by the Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies, the Center for European Studies, the Trinity Long Room Hub, and the Irish Association for Russian, Central and East European Studies, Dublin
Submission deadline: November 14, 2014
The categories 'memory' and 'identity' have enjoyed significant scholarly attention in the past few decades. The upsurge of interest in memory and identity studies has affected a wide range of disciplines, including history, cultural studies, sociology, political science, and so on, and has inspired academic ventures of a truly interdisciplinary character. The 'memory boom' in the humanities triggered the bourgeoning of collaborative research projects, and resulted in numerous publications on the subject. Memories of traumatic events of the recent past—the Holocaust, World War II and Stalinist terror—and their impact on the transformation of individual as well as collective identities have been in the limelight of research, especially since the collapse of communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe. Still, there are many possible ways for raising new questions, and there are several themes that could be explored further, including memories of normality and their impact on the shaping of identities; the influence of postcolonial criticism on memory/identity studies; the transnational circulation of narratives; or the ramifications of the transformation of memory studies.
→ Call for Papers: Memories and Identities in Central and Eastern Europe
Fri15May2015Sun17May2015Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context", Universität Heidelberg, JRG "Transcultural Justice"; in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
Submission deadline: October 20, 2014
The history of every country contains periods of transition: from war to peace, from a previous to a succeeding government, from an autocratic regime to democratic representation, from colonial domination to independence. Turbulent transitions are often times of violence and chaos conducive to violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. A recurring demand in many transitions has been the need to establish a historical record of the events leading to the unrest and to document the reproachable actions committed during the period in question. Truth in this context mainly denotes the act of historical record-setting but more often than not, what "the truth" is, is fiercely contested. In the past, various strategies have been pursued to generate historical narratives for transitional periods; each of these strategies, so it seems, comes with certain problematic aspects attached to it. A very salient example is the attempt to set a historical record through criminal prosecution of those responsible for serious crimes.
This workshop seeks to broaden the discussion by placing special emphasis on the processes of transition that have occurred in both Europa and Asia. To contrast transitional processes in different regions will allow for easier recognition of similarities and differences and challenge the often voiced opinion that the particular historical circumstances found in each nation affected by turmoil make every transition unique to the point where it completely defies comparison.
→ Call for Papers: New Approaches to Transitional Justice
Tue19May2015Thu21May2015Faculty of Letters, University of Lisbon
RETHINKING NEGATIVITY 9th International Conference of the Series Iberian and Slavonic Cultures in Contact and Comparison
Submission deadline: February 15, 2015
The main objective of the Conference is to map the expressions of negation and their cultural meanings within the Iberian-Slavonic perspective. While revisiting Studies on Negation/Negation Studies, there will be a particular focus on two leading aspects of negation: ANTI and CONTRA. An additional goal will be to search for the middle ground between these two poles of negativity, i.e. between ANTI, understood as a more aggressive and pro-destructive attitude, and CONTRA, seen as a kind of rationale for the process of negation, more readily ending in a compromise and in a conflict solution. Thus, the transition from ANTI to CONTRA will be our main focus this year.
These two objectives will make our debate complement the current CLEPUL-FLUL international project "Culture(s) in the Negative", accessible at http://www.culturasemnegativo.net/Ptg/ViewContent/1, so we welcome all Iberian, Portuguese, Lusophone, Hispanic, Ibero-American and Slavonic case studies, above all (although not limited to) Iberian-Slavonic interactions resulting in attitudes of negation and processes of their overcoming.
→ Call for Papers: Rethinking Negativity (pdf)
→ Paper Proposal Form (doc)
Sun31May2015Wed03Jun2015Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies, Miami University Cuma, Italy
Submission deadline: Abstracts October 1, 2014; Papers April 15, 2015
This conference will focus on the region of Russia, Eastern Europe and/or Eurasia and will include discussion on memory and history, remembering and forgetting, commemoration, institutionalization and marketing of memory in the context of various social and political processes such as migration and lustration, and comprise genres from memoirs to laws to investigative journalism to textbooks, film, and novels. The conference will feature two keynote speakers, Grigorii Chkhartishvili and Alexander Etkind, and will be organized by panels suggested and put together by the Havighurst Center Faculty.
Fri19Jun2015Sat20Jun2015Lucca, Italy
Deadline for Paper Proposals: 15 May 2015
Identity is one of the crown jeweleries in the kingdom of 'contested concepts'. The idea of identity is conceived to provide some unity and recognition while it also exists by separation and differentiation. Few concepts were used as much as identity for contradictory purposes. From the fragile individual identities as self-solidifying frameworks to layered in-group identifications in families, orders, organizations, religions, ethnic groups, regions, nation-states, supra-national entities or any other social entities, the idea of identity always shows up in the core of debates and makes everything either too dangerously simple or too complicated. Constructivist and de-constructivist strategies have led to the same result: the eternal return of the topic. Some say we should drop the concept, some say we should keep it and refine it, some say we should look at it in a dynamic fashion while some say it's the reason for resistance to change.
Fri03Jul2015Sat04Jul2015Universität Tübingen
Submission deadline: February 28, 2015
Socialism is one of the paradigms that shaped the global 20th century. While it is characterized by a transcultural, universalizing utopia, socialism has actually manifested itself in a large variety of local concepts that modify, alter, adapt and localize its universalisms in time and space (e.g.Soviet-style communism, Western socialist movements, African socialism or its North Korean and Chinese versions). Socialism as an idea has been spread all over the world, regardless of whether a given society has defined itself as socialist or not, whether it was a real life experiment in society or a cultural counter concept to local or transnational power structures (such as
imperialism and colonialism).
The workshop aims to bring together scholars from different disciplinary contexts such as film, art, literature or intellectual history in order to ask for possible routes of transnational entanglements as a result of socialism.
Leading questions could be:
- How are socialisms formed locally theoretically or discursively and expressed aesthetically?
- Which concepts, texts, aesthetics and discursive formations were exchanged, and which were the routes of exchange? Which local concepts were shaped or reinterpreted such as for instance 'protosocialist' ones which are thus brought into a dialogue with the rest of the world?
- What about the vexed question of representation and othering within socialisms and their global entanglements?
- How can we sketch the range of the socialist paradigm not from an ideological point of view, but from one of cultural studies both on transnational and local levels?
- To what degree did the socialist experiment of the Soviet Union and the concepts it developed (e.g., Gor'kijs project of world literature, manifestations of multinationality in literature, film and the arts or aesthetic concepts such as socialist realism) impact global socialisms?
- Which other points of contact, routes of exchange and/or possibilities for comparison can be found (e.g., the non-aligned movement, questions of language and translation or the liberation movements)?
- Which other models can be traced apart from the Soviet Union?
- Where are points of (aesthetic) resistance to be found, either for or against socialisms?
- How is worldwide socialism connected with questions of mediality (cf. R. Debray, who situates socialism in the "graphosphere")?
- What are the legacies of all these dynamics in contemporary societies?
→ Call for Papers: Writing and Screening Socialisms in an Entangled World
Thu27Aug2015Sat29Aug2015Vilnius University
ORIENTALISM, COLONIAL THINKING AND THE FORMER SOVIET PERIPHERY Exploring Bias and Stereotype Representations of Eastern and Central Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia
Submission deadline: April 10, 2015
The Ukrainian crisis has placed the entire post-communist world back at the very centre of global debates in the media, politics and academia. Concepts such as sovereignty of post-Soviet and post-communist states have been brought into question once again, alongside the historical development, international alignment and aspirations of state actors in the region.
In this context, a narrative of "Russian interests versus Western interests/values" seems to have gained currency in Western media and political discourses. Smaller actors of Eastern and Central Europe, Central Asia, the Baltics and the Caucasus see their perspectives ignored or put on a secondary level. This has led some scholars to suggest the existence among Western and Russian commentators of a "colonial", "Orientalist" bias that favours the former imperial "centre" and sees formerly subaltern actors as passive entities in a greater game, giving a stereotypical and demeaning image of such countries and their people. This in turn leaves countries of the former Czarist and Soviet peripheries unable to influence the mainstream debate and to present a self-centred approach in a world in which perceptions and narratives more and more legitimize actions in international relations.
The purpose of the conference is to provide an academic framework for the discussion of these ideas and put them to the test of peer debate. The goal is to discuss the relevance of Post-Colonial Studies to Post-Communist Studies and hopefully open an innovative chapter in the academic understanding of the Post-Communist World.
→ Call for Papers: Orientalism, Colonial Thinking and the Former Soviet Periphery
Tue01Sep2015Thu03Sep2015University of Winchester
Submission deadline: March 31, 2015
The 20th & 21st centuries have borne witness to mass killings, political violence & genocide. As we move into the new millennium the people who have orchestrated & participated in such acts remain figures of fascination & of revulsion in Western society. Yet despite this enduring fascination, and the importance of understanding the dynamics of violence, there is a reluctance in the public sphere and in education to address the complexities of engaging with or representing these perpetrators.
This reluctance poses the question of just how much is known or understood about those who commit such acts. This interdisciplinary conference aims to confront difficult questions about perpetrators through an exploration of the topic in a variety of memory spaces including literature, film, museums, education, trials & the media.
Thu03Sep2015Sun06Sep2015International Postgraduate Conference organised by Universities of Basel and Bern Schloss Munchenwiler, near Bern
Submission deadline: January 31, 2015
Twenty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the history of socialism and communism still presents itself as one of the most polarizing and controversial themes in Europe's culture of memory. While some countries of the former Eastern Bloc utilise their socialist past in the formation of national identities, others tend to construct nostalgic memories of their lived experiences in socialist times.
This international postgraduate conference will discuss Europe's diverging cultures of memory of socialism and communism from the late nineteenth until the early twenty-first century in a comparative perspective. It will analyse "realms" or "sites of memory" (in the sense of Pierre Nora's concept of lieux de mémoire) in Western and Eastern Europe as symbolic representations of the memory of socialism and communism.
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Thu08Oct2015Fri09Oct2015The Institute of National Remembrance – Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation, Warsaw, Poland
Submission deadline: March 21, 2015
International terrorism paralyzed the societies of Western Europe in the 70's and 80's. Aircraft hijackings, bombings, and assassinations were part of daily, brutal reality. The hostile acts were organized by separatist movements, leftists, rightists, and Middle-Eastern terrorist organizations. The Communist mass media propaganda often alleged that international terrorism was a result of social inequality and instability in capitalist states. In contrast to Western Europe, the countries ruled by Communist parties were presented as oases of calm where the threat of terrorism did not exist.
The 25th anniversary of the Autumn of Nations (1989) provides a great opportunity to analyze the phenomenon of international terrorism during the Cold War period.
Why did countries ruled by the Communists cooperate with terrorist organizations? Were their secret ties based on ideological, geopolitical or economic grounds? What was the role of the USSR in such collaborations? Did the authorities in Moscow recommend contacts with terrorists, or was it left as an individual matter for every government? Was terrorism perceived as a useful tool to destabilize Western countries? The least known aspects are related to the extreme manifestations of social resistance to the Communist authorities, which could be interpreted as domestic terrorism.
Wed14Oct2015Sat17Oct2015International Scientific Thematic Conference, EAHN 2015 Belgrade, Serbia
Submission deadline: February 2015
The EAHN 2015 Belgrade Conference: Entangled Histories, Multiple Geographies aims to explore how different discourses emerged within architectural historiography and have both constructed and reproduced multiple identities, histories and perspectives on culture, nature and society. It also aims to apprehend the complex hierarchic articulation of these discourses, in terms of dominancy and peripherality, normativity and transfers.
The principal aim of the conference is to shed light on how different interpretations of architecture and the built environment have contributed to different readings of history, culture, nature and society, either simultaneously or in alternation.
Special attention will be given to addressing conflicting and complementary views, explanatory systems and theories that stem from understanding and interpreting the past by means of architecture. By "entangled histories" we mean architecture as both a prerequisite to and an instrument in shaping and understanding different or even competing histories of the peoples and places, while "multiple geographies" refers to the roles of the built environment in constructing and interpreting time frames and spatial scales, as well as cultural and political entities in which these histories unfold.
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Shakti 12th April 2017 Written Episode Update
Shakti 12th April 2017 Written Episode Update and Shakti 12th April 2017 Watch online Episode on teleshowupdates.com
The Episode starts with Kareena and other kinnars coming to see Saya's dead body. They are shocked. Harman asks Soumya why she is sad? Soumya says first Maa left me and now….she says I saw Maa's reflection in Mallika didi, but she also left me. Saya gets up alive and shocks Kareena. Saya slaps Kareena hard on her cheeks and says revenge fire have made you inhuman which I haven't thought. She apologizes to her community and says I have no other way to call you. She says you people are doing anarth/wrong. She says you thought that you had killed me and says I can't die as Mata Rani gave me Soumya's safety responsibility and that's why someone saved me and got me treated. She says I started keeping eye on you and didn't meet anyone so that you don't know that I am alive. She says you are supporting her, who didn't hesitate to take my life to take revenge from Soumya. She says when Soumya is happy there, then why do you want to bring her back, and wants to suffocate her and bring her back to us. She says we are God's made human and is answerable to him. She says same God have written Harman and Soumya's love story and may be he wants to rise hope in our lives that doors are not closed for us, and asks them to change their perception. He says Harman have accepted Soumya truly and we don't have any right to come in between them.
The kinnars thank Mallika for opening her eyes. Kareena tries to provoke them, but kinnars refuse to listen to her. Kareena says I am your Guru Maa. Kinnar asks her to have shame and says from today our Guru Maa is Mallika didi. Inspector arrests Kareena. Kinnar asks Mallika to come home. Saya smiles. Harman tells Soumya that even he is sad knowing her gone and says she has helped us much. Soumya prays to God to give her peace and not to make her kinnar in any birth. Harman tells Soumya that he wants to fulfill her wish and asks her to make call to mallika didi and says he dialed on God's number. Soumya asks him not to joke. Harman asks her to talk. Soumya takes the phone and says hello. Mallika says yes Soumya, I am alive. Soumya gets happy and asks how are you? She says I didn't believe that you are no more. Saya says your believe is true and nothing can happen to me as I have your responsibility. She says although I have not given birth to you, but you are my daughter. Soumya says I know, and tells that you have given me motherly love since mum left and tells about the happenings. Saya assures her that she will search Surbhi. Saya says she wants to meet baby. Soumya smiles happily. She ends the call.
Soumya asks why did you do this? Harman tells that he thought to fulfill her wish. Soumya gets touched by his gesture and prays to God that he becomes his wife in next birth and completes their marriage. Harman tells her that she is complete wife for him in this birth.
Harak Singh calls Chintu and tells about the puja. Chintu says it will be fun. Raavi and Balwinder smile. Harak Singh asks him to call everyone. Chintu calls everyone. Preeto comes and says she is ready. Viren tells that Shanno will take time and says he will bring her. Chintu asks about Harman and Soumya. Raavi says they must be sleeping and asks him to go. Preeto looks at Harman's room and tells that Harman used to take villagers in his car to Puja's place, but today he didn't know that today is Puja. Harak Singh says that they will pray to God to return their son.
Harman tells Soumya that he used to be happy with today's puja and says that is because of two reasons and says he wanted to see all villagers together and girls also. Soumya asks him to go. Harman says my family is infront of me and why I will see girls, as my Gulabo is with me. He says I won't go to any place where my wife and son is not allowed. Tu Mera Khuda plays….Soumya says but mummy ji. Harman says she is a problem and will taunt me. Let her be happy in her world and I will be happy in my world. Shanno gets ready for the puja and tells Viren that she is happy as Soumya's reality will be exposed to villagers now and dances happily. She then feels labour pains. Harman and Soumya hears her screams.
Shakti 13th April 2017 Written Episode Update Precap :Soumya delivers the baby and tells Preeto that son is born. They worry why he is not crying. Preeto saysheis dead. Shanno is shocked.
Shakti Details
Shakti — Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki is an Indian Hindi family drama television series, which premiered 30 May 2016 and is broadcast on Colors TV. The series is produced by Rashmi Sharma Telefilms Limited of Rashmi Sharma. The series is aired on weekdays. Vivian Dsena, Rubina Dilaik, Lakshya Handa, Roshni Sahota are playing the lead roles in the series. In Pakistan it airs on A-Plus TV
Seasons : 1 | Channel : Colors TV| Picture Format : 576i , 1080i | Run Time : 24 Min


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These articles were published in the Spectacular Slovakia travel guide, published annually by The Slovak Spectator since 1996. The latest editions can be obtained from our online shop.
By James Thomson
It is not on the UNESCO list, or even on Slovakia's list of National Cultural Monuments, because a restoration in 2002 was deemed not to have followed strict rules (the Ruthenian parishioners say a complete reconstruction proved necessary as beetles had infested the original structure).
Whatever its historical credentials, its romantic setting is enhanced by the trees around it, which are as old as the original church.Peter Kováč contributed to this article.
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This week, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to announce its ruling on the constitutionality of the health care reform law that Democrats in Congress passed in 2010. This is widely considered to be the court's most important ruling since it upheld the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and decided Bush v. Gore in 2000.
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to announce its ruling on the constitutionality of the health care reform law that Democrats in Congress passed in 2010. This is widely considered to be the court's most important ruling since it upheld the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and decided Bush v. Gore in 2000.
It's difficult to remember a court case in which the issues were more complicated. Here's a reminder of what the federal law says, with a few predictions about what the court will do and some of the consequences of the ruling, whatever it may be.
The heart of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — or Obamacare, as its critics call it — is the individual mandate, a requirement that most Americans buy health insurance coverage by 2014 or pay a penalty.
Several other aspects of the law also haven't taken effect yet, and that's one factor that the justices are expected to consider.
Among many other things, the law expands Medicare benefits; enlarges the number of people eligible for Medicaid; allows young people to remain on their parents' health plans until age 26; and requires insurers to cover people with pre-existing conditions and to insure them for the same cost charged other policyholders.
The law was destined for the high court once the government was sued by 26 states, including Ohio, and the National Federation of Independent Business on the grounds that the Constitution doesn't allow the federal government to require Americans to buy any product. The Obama administration defended the law — its biggest legislative success — by arguing that health care is a unique product because everyone needs it at some point.
"Legal insiders are convinced the Supreme Court will strike down all or part of President Obama's healthcare law, according to a new survey of former Supreme Court clerks and attorneys who have argued before the court.
"The survey was conducted by Purple Strategies on behalf of the conservative American Action Forum. The results show big changes since a similar AAF poll before the court heard oral arguments in the healthcare case.
"Fifty-seven percent of the attorneys and former clerks now say they expect the court to strike down the law's individual mandate — compared with just 35 percent who thought that was likely in March.
"Respondents were clearly swayed by the justices' aggressive questioning during oral arguments, during which they seemed deeply skeptical of the mandate and the Justice Department's defense of the policy. ... Thirty-one percent said they expect the entire law to fall, while 48 percent said they expect the justices to 'sever' the mandate from other parts of the law."
The Hill
The newspaper of Capitol Hill
"Ultimately, I'm confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress.
"And I'd just remind conservative commentators that for years what we've heard is, the biggest problem on the bench was judicial activism or a lack of judicial restraint — that an unelected group of people would somehow overturn a duly constituted and passed law. Well, this is a good example. And I'm pretty confident that this Court will recognize that and not take that step."
President Obama
Speaking soon after the court heard oral arguments
"There's 'a fairly plausible argument on either side' that the Supreme Court could use the Anti-Injunction Act to avoid ruling on the individual mandate, Dellinger argued. It's not likely, he said, but if the justices decide it's too dangerous to rule in an election year, 'The court might decide, "You know, it might not be such a good idea for us to decide this in an election year — let me look at those arguments again" ' on the Anti-Injunction Act. That would put a ruling off until after the mandate and its penalties go into effect."
Quoting Walter Dellinger, acting solicitor general under President Bill Clinton
The court upholds the entire law:
"An estimated 26 million U.S. residents will remain without coverage — a population that's roughly the size of Texas and includes illegal immigrants and those who can't afford to pay out-of-pocket for health insurance."
The Associated Press
"Under the health-care reform law, (Medicaid) eligibility will become simpler in 2014: Every American with household income below 133 percent of the federal poverty level — about $31,000 for a family of four — would qualify.
"The federal government would pay the full cost for those newly eligible for Medicaid through 2016, then the states would gradually assume some costs, topping out at 10 percent after 2019. Those costs are now more evenly split, with the federal government picking up approximately 57 percent and states paying the rest.
"To help ensure enough doctors are willing to treat Medicaid patients, the health law also increases pay to primary care doctors to Medicare levels in 2013 and 2014 — an average reimbursement increase of about 34 percent, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians.
" 'If the law survives, Medicaid will grow and look much different in 2014 than it does today,' said Alan Weil, executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy. 'If the law goes, states would begin looking at rollbacks in eligibility.' "
The Washington Post
The court strikes down the entire law:
" 'Democrats would not be able to resist the temptation to attack the court as an instrument of a conservative effort to undo not just the Obama administration but 75 years of American history dating back to the New Deal,' said William Galston of the Brookings Institution."
"States for the first time since 2009 would be free to tighten (Medicaid) eligibility and make it more difficult for people to apply. The law had barred such changes. "
The Washington Post
"If the Supreme Court strikes down the health law, 49 million Medicare beneficiaries could lose a variety of benefits that have already kicked in. They include:
"Prescription savings: Beneficiaries get discounts of 50 percent on brand-name drugs when they are in the so-called doughnut hole, or coverage gap where beneficiaries have no insurance help with the cost of their medications. The law phases out the gap by 2020.
"Preventive services: Beneficiaries in the traditional, government-run Medicare program receive preventive services such as mammograms and colonoscopies with no copayment or deductible.
"Wellness visits: Enrollees can see their doctor once a year to assess their health status and risks for disease, and develop a personalized prevention plan, with no copayment or deductible."
PBS Newshour
The court invalidates portions of the law but upholds others:
"We're going to take a bill to the floor that calls for the total repeal of Obamacare ... so that we can start over and we can tell the American people: we're on your side. We care about your health care, we want quality care and affordable prices for as many Americans that are there looking for that to happen."
REP. Eric Cantor, R-VA., House Majority Leader
Speaking at a press conference
"Republicans will not repeat the Democrats' mistakes. We won't rush to pass a massive bill the American people don't support."
House Speaker John A. Boehner, R-Ohio
In talking points for GOP members of the House
"If the justices declare unconstitutional just the law's expansion of Medicaid, the entire program enacted in 1965 as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society agenda could be threatened, health experts say.
"Twenty-six states challenged the expansion, arguing that it was 'unduly coercive' because they would lose all their federal Medicaid funding if they refused to expand the program."
The Washington Post
Regardless of the ruling:
"Whatever the ruling, the nation would be well-served by a 'cooling-off period' that would allow elected leaders to fully consider their options. The economic implications of the court's ruling and subsequent legislation could be enormous, coming at a time when our economy is struggling and unemployment remains unacceptably high.
"We just don't think if something is struck down, that there should be a bidding war to put it back, and if something is upheld, that there should be a bidding war to undo it. Our point is, let's take a deep breath. … It's the kind of thing that I think most good business leaders would do. When you get a big decision, you don't rush out and react in the heat of the moment."
John Engler, President, Business Roundtable and Republican former governor of Michigan
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But if the way John McCain has waged his campaign for the White House is any indication of how he would wage war, you can bet we'll spend another 100 years in Iraq.
And, while I sat transfixed earlier today watching footage of a television anchorwoman in Orlando, Florida quote Marx to Joe Biden, insisting that the quote provides further evidence that Obama is a "socialist," it was hard to forget which party gave us progressive income taxes, as well as the earned income credit.
It is hard to forget, too, whose idea it was to nationalize the banks, which party has given us record deficits, and the greatest income disparity since the 1920's. It's hard to imagine a candidate who probably thinks Karl Marx is "the one with the curly hair" twisting Economics 101 such that Obama is the one who raises taxes, not McCain.
Somehow, I suspect that suggesting to Sarah Palin that she bone up on economic theory would be like telling Napoleon to take a water pill.
But, make no mistake, the Republican party has it all wrong this year if they think that they can win the White House, and the Senate race, by triage in key states. It is the issues that they need to triage, not the states. It is the values that folks like John McCain are running on that are in are in need of urgent care---the illusion that the former prisoner of war's policies will ensure that returning veterans will be better off in four years from now than they are today; the illusion that his sidekick, the Alaska governor, is a proponent of ethics reform, and a maverick.
Tell me, what kind of maverick suggests that her opposition is a socialist, un-American, and consorts with "domestic terrorists?" If that kind of rhetoric qualifies one to be a "maverick," then Joe McCarthy got there first. More importantly, with this kind of fear and hate-mongering, is it any surprise that the feds stopped today what was the third plot to assassinate Barack Obama ?
So, what needs triage here? The red states that are hanging in balance for McCain, or the ugly truth that race is still a four letter word in America, and the one that is insulating itself with terms like "socialist," and "un-American." Yes, we not only have racism, in this country, we have career racism. We have people who have devoted their lives to seeing to it that diversity is something that happens behind closed doors.
Anyone who thinks, for a minute, that questioning Obama's patriotism has anything to do with Bill Ayers, or the Reverend Wright, is kidding themselves. It's about race, plain and simple. The irony, of course, is that it's not like we don't have prominent African-Americans a heartbeat away from the presidency----Condoleezza Rice, and Colin Powell.
Nobody ever questioned Powell or Rice's worthiness to be third after the vice president in the line of succession. While many may have found their position on key issues like weapons of mass destruction, and detainee interrogation techniques to be less than wholesome, nobody ever questioned their policies based on the color of their skin. But, then, of course, they were Bush appointees.
No one, for that matter, brought up race as an issue when Powell and Rice were nominated. Why would anyone want to make it an issue now?
But, now the party of Abraham Lincoln has stumbled on a major fault line. The party that has pulled off the biggest bloodless coup since Stalin took the reins in Moscow has been blind sided into devoting its limited resources into trying to resuscitate the neo-conservative agenda, as well as trying to secure those states that once waved the confederate flag, only to find that the flag proudly displayed throughout the south, the midwest, to the north, and the east, has been triaged, and no longer exists in black or white any more than it consists, as Barack Obama says, of red states or blue states, but only the United States.


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Starbucks joins a list of companies in the U.S. that are offering a decent living wage. A number of corporations have made the decision on what their employees make and not waiting around for Congress to decide for them.
Advocates to raise the minimum wage claim a boost would help families and may contrast the income gap in America. There are critics who fear it would cause prices to jump and lead to job losses. Next year several large companies plan to dish out more money to employees claiming better pay will keep employees for the long haul.
Back in March, Starbucks CEO, Howard Schultz said he supported raising the federal minimum wage, which is $7.25 an hour. The average employee at Starbucks makes $9.32 an hour. The company currently employs 200,000 people. Schultz also said in March, "I do not think it would change the price of a customers cup of coffee."
More companies are starting to offer decent wages and Starbucks joining that list tells it's employees that they matter. Walmart chief executive, Douglas McMillion said on Wednesday that Walmart would start paying it's employees an above minimum wage as well. There is no word on when the company would start offering the increased pay. Walmart employs 1.3 million people in America. Brooke Buchanan, a Walmart spokeswomen said, "Around 6,000 of their employees are currently making minimum wage."
The Gap was praised earlier this year when it announced the company would start paying it's employees an hourly rate of $10.00 starting next year. In February the company bumped employees to $9.00 an hour. Art Peck, Gap Inc's new CEO, said the increase reflects what is expected of the companies employees. Paying higher wages improves recruitment and retention.
Ikea also raised their minimum wage in America. Instead of setting a fixed amount across the board, the company decided to look at the location of their 38 stores in the U.S. and base the amount on what it what it costs to live in each local area. The company has used information from a living wage calculator that Massachusetts Institute of Technology created. It lets users find out how much it cost to live based on any location in the U.S.
Starbucks also stated that employees will get a free food item during their working shift. Earlier this year the company paired up with Arizona State University to offer a generous discount on online classes. Though the tuitions benefits are only offered to employees in the U.S., Cliff Burrows, head of Americas for Starbucks, said the company plans to offer something similar overseas.
Minimum wage has become a national debate in the U.S. Many companies are feeling backlash from the public. McDonald's employees have held protests and walk-outs throughout the country in the name of higher pay. Workers at fast food restaurants are demanding 15 dollars an hour. The movement is growing. Seattle, Washington announced that by 2018 they would raise the the minimum wage to $15. Next Month Los Angels is looking at a similar proposal. With more companies like Starbucks joining the decent wage list and offering better pay, companies like McDonald's might have to come terms with offering a higher wage.
By Paul Sears
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Jan 19, 2011
President Barack Obama will soon lay out his vision for federal spending when he releases his annual budget, setting in motion months of debate over the size and scope of government.
Rand Paul is doing the same thing.
The tea party hero is at the bottom of the Senate in seniority and was sworn in as Kentucky's junior Republican senator only two weeks ago, but he's about to unveil his own sweeping budget plan that would result in a $500 billion cut in just one year — about five times more than what the House GOP has promised to do.
It's an unusual move — a rookie senator releasing his own version of the federal budget — but it says a lot about how Paul is trying to carve an unconventional identity in the stodgy Senate. As he tries to navigate Senate politics, Paul faces a key question: Will he use his national profile to paint himself as a conservative firebrand and perennial outsider, or will he work within the system and with senators across the ideological spectrum to settle for less ambitious deals?
So far, he's showing signs he'll do a little of both.


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The Bizarre Honour – 13 Jan
Dates and Times:
13 Jan Friday 6.30pm - 9pm
14 Jan Saturday 10am - 8pm
15 Jan Sunday 10am - 8pm
20 Jan Friday 6.30pm - 9pm
21 Jan Saturday 10am - 8pm
22 Jan Sunday 10am - 8pm
Duration: 30 minutes
Capacity: up to 2 pax per slot only
Location: A 2-storey house in Chip Bee Gardens. Exact address to be revealed.
Ticket price: $45 (excluding ticketing fees) per person.
LATE POLICY: We encourage all guests to arrive early for your chosen time slot. Timing will start and end strictly as indicated. There will be no extension of time for latecomers and/or early birds. Latecomers can still enter the space but you will be asked to leave promptly at the end of your time slot.
REFUNDS: All tickets sold are not refundable or exchangeable for other dates and/or timings.
PARKING: Guests are encouraged to park at Raffles Medical Centre Holland Village.
Please contact us at +65 86572013 or firstname.lastname@example.com if you have any questions.
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