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If you are a high school student, you are probably dreaming of college life: Ultimate Frisbee on the quad and late-night study sessions over coffee. When your parents think of college, they are likely seeing dollar signs and wondering how to afford higher education costs. In order to receive any form of financial aid, completing the FAFSA, or the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, is the first step. It can be a complex form, so we're answering the most common questions.
Most common FAFSA Questions - Answered:
Where do you complete the FAFSA?
You can find the FAFSA application at FAFSA.ed.gov. You will need a Federal Student Aid ID and password. (If you have previously filled out a FAFSA, you already have those in the system; if this is your first time you will need your Social Security Number.) Completing the FAFSA is the first step to take in order to receive financial aid.
What information do I need to complete the FAFSA?
Planning ahead and gathering the necessary paperwork ahead of time will make it easier to complete the FAFSA. Nerdwallet has compiled a checklist of documents you will need, based on your situation.
There are some tricky questions – what does it all mean?
The FAFSA includes several confusing questions. With more than 100 questions on the form, pay special attention to these questions, according to this advice from Time:
- Questions 24 -25: These questions ask about your parent's education. Be sure to read the question carefully: The question asks about completed education. Even if your parents are just a credit or two shy of earning their degree, use that to your advantage. There is a lot of aid to students with parents who don't have a college degree.
- Question 31: This question pertains to work study, a program that allows students to work on campus to earn money to pay for education expenses. Even if you don't think you will want to work during school, check "yes" here, because it keeps you in the running for several on-campus opportunities, and are a great way to earn extra money while in school. (You don't have to accept work study, even if it is part of your financial aid award.)
- Questions 61-64: These questions ask about your parents – easy enough. Parents who live in the same household need to provide financial information to the FAFSA (whether or not they will be contributing to help pay for education). If parents are divorced or separated, the parent that the student lives with the most (even 51 percent of the time) should be considered the primary parent if they claim the student as a dependent.
- Question 90-91: These questions ask about assets. Be sure you are only reporting the family and savings assets once (preferably as assets of the parents). This is the spot where you would list family assets, which include taxable investment accounts and 529 savings plans, but exclude the value of the home you live in and retirement accounts.
When is the FAFSA application deadline?
That depends on where you live, and which school you would like to share information with. You can find deadlines here based on where you live and when you are requesting the aid (which school year). But don't wait to complete – often, colleges award financial aid on a first come, first served basis. The earlier you submit your information, the more likely you will receive a solid financial aid package.
Where should I send completed FAFSA information?
Even if you haven't decided on a college yet, be sure you complete and send your FAFSA information to the top 10 colleges you are considering. If you change your mind on schools after you complete it, simply log into the FAFSA website and click the link to "make corrections." Here you can replace some of the schools with the new school of your choice.
What happens after I complete the FAFSA?
After completing the FAFSA, you'll receive a Student Aid Report (SAR), which summarizes the financial data you submitted. Be sure to review the SAR for accuracy, and make any changes necessary. The SAR will be sent to the schools you chose to receive the data, and they will use this information to compile a financial aid package. The school will put together a financial aid package that will have a combination of grants, scholarships, loans and work study jobs that help you meet the tuition requirements.
What is the difference between subsidized and unsubsidized loans?
When you receive your financial aid package from your school, you may see a mixture of subsidized and unsubsidized loans. Subsidized loans are loans that the government pay your interest (or subsidize) the interest on your loan while you are in school. If you borrow $2000 with a subsidized loan your first year, you will only owe $2,000 when you graduate. Typically these loans are awarded to people with a financial need (based on the information in your SAR). On the other hand, an unsubsidized loan is a loan that will accrue interest as soon as the loan is taken out. Using the same example, if you borrow $2,000 your freshman year, you will owe $2,400 when you graduate after four years (with a 4-percent growth rate and fees and interest charges.)
The FAFSA is complex document, but is a vital part of the financial aid process. Both students and parents should take an active part in completing this, and planning for the future. Luckily, your Farm Bureau agent can help with smart budgeting tools and information on tax-advantaged college savings plans.


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NextGenAviator necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 35 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
A new online service for consumers and small businesses that breaks the mold, that breaks through the existing clutter, to offer a new service. Business, but not corporate. Consumers, but solid and trustworthy.
We need a logo for a new Web site. This is a new site for a new service around online rewards specifically and loyalty systems generally.
It's aimed at consumers and small businesses (e.g., local merchants). So it's business, but not corporate, so we don't need to be too conservative.
And it's for consumers as well, so it should be solid and trustworthy.
But it should be FUN as well.
The name has potential - "Smash". As in, breaking the mold or old world order, breakthroughs, etc. But it shouldn't be too "violent". I don't know if "Rewards" has any visual connotations or denotations, but feel free to try.
As for colors, no preference. They should be bright, maybe "Web 2.0"ish, but not too saturated. Again, business-y, consumer-y, not too serious, but not outlandish or garish.
Logo has to work on a Web site as well as stationery, so nothing too complicated. We don't have a Web site to show you because we'll build the site based on the color scheme you come up with.
- Something that small business and consumers will take seriously
- Something that's also playful, has some element of fun in it
- Something that'll work on the site as well as on paper (business cards, etc.)
- Anything too stodgy, dull, typical corporate blue and gray.
- Anything too wild or outlandish, or garish.
- Anything too "violent" ("smash" can mean a lot of things, so there has to be some element of "breaking", just not too overboard).
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"In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility." –Eleanor Roosevelt
I've always been a big fan of personal freedom, which includes the freedom to speak your mind, say what you think, ask questions, be wrong, and learn. This is, after all, how we've all improved ourselves over our lives, as none of us were born knowing all that we've managed to acquire over our lifetimes.
And I've never had to have an official comment policy for all the years I've been blogging; the most I've ever had to give was some gentle guidance many years ago. But as much as I both hate moderating comments and arguing on the internet, the time has come to address a growing problem that many of you have noticed: a few bad apples spoiling the comments section for the bunch. So let's lay down what is and isn't okay here, and empower all of you to make this the forum and community you want it to be. For this page, therefore, the song can be nothing other than The Prodigy's
First off, I'm going to continue to disallow all the things I've disallowed in the past. The following things are completely off-limits on my blog, and will get you permanently banned:
- Threats of harm — physical or non-physical — to any person or group of people.
- Hate speech, including racist, sexist and anti-semitic speech, and especially including anything that can be construed as encouraging or inciting violence against a group of people.
- Spam, including trying to promote your business or direct web traffic from the comments of this blog.
All of that is obvious to me, and that will continue to be enforced. But there's more to it than that: there's how we treat each other. On this blog, that means with our words to one another. Consider this image for a moment, if you will.
We all say things — sometimes quite confidently — that turn out to be wrong. It's not surprising: we are limited in how much information we have, in our experiences, and in how we've put it all together. This is simultaneously one of the best things about science, because it's always learning and always self-correcting, and also one of the hardest things about being a scientifically-minded and kind human, because we both are sometimes wrong and need to change our worldview in order to be consistent, and also because when others need to be corrected, we want to set them on the right course.
I will always encourage everyone, when faced with the last of those tasks, to work from as high up on the pyramid as is possible. And believe me, I know it's hard, particularly when you feel like the following is in order:
Which — I'm not going to lie — sometimes is in order.
Because sometimes, arguments are not genuine.
Sometimes, people leave comments and state opinions for reasons other than to honestly attempt to learn, educate, or otherwise exchange information.
And when that happens here, it can hijack a very good community that is committed to sharing what we know about the Universe and how we know it, and turn the comments section into an indecipherable mess.
I've been very, very patient with giving people the benefit of the doubt. Some people do come here curious about the Universe, but with some very deep misconceptions about how things work. People with this mindset are often willing to change their minds if the right evidence comes along. I (sometimes naïvely) initially think that everyone who comes here is like this, particularly when a comment or question appears on a relevant post.
For example, when talking about how we know that the Earth moves.
There are plenty of hints that show us the Earth is rotating, but — from the perspective of an observer on Earth — it is completely indistinguishable whether it is the Earth that rotates on its axis every 24 hours or whether the entire Universe and everything in it rotates ones every 24 hours around the Earth. That much is true.
However, these two perspectives are not equivalent for everything else in the Universe. Every naked-eye star in the night sky — including Polaris, by the way — would be breaking the speed of light if they were moving around the Earth. The slowing of the Earth's rotation — due to the frictional torque of the Sun-Moon-Earth system — would not exist, and thus there would be no explanation for the gradual but measurable changes in the length of the day. And, on cosmological scales, a rotating Universe (which is an interesting toy model) is constrained to be less than one rotation of the Universe about any axis over the entire history of the Universe.
And that is what I'd consider a fair explanation. At this point, the reasonable person may have follow-up questions, but would presumably have been confronted with evidence they didn't consider, and the discussion would evolve. But the unreasonable person would shift the goalposts, bring up a new argument, point to some misinterpreted piece of evidence, etc., in some never-ending game of cat-and-mouse.
I feel like that's what's been going on in the comments of this blog, and that ends now.
Because from here on out, you are no longer free to promote your own, personal, anti-scientific screed here. Not on this blog, not on any old posts, not on any new posts. It's wrong, it's distracting, it's deleterious to the community and it's damaging to the good people who come here for the same purposes I do: to share the story of what we know about the Universe and how we know it with one another.
From here on out — and I'd encourage the honest attempt before doing this — you can send the offending commenter here, to this page. This page is — I hereby declare — the only place on Starts With A Bang where scientifically disingenuous comments are not going to be deleted immediately. If you said your piece of mind and were properly informed, and you continue to plow ahead and promote your anti-scientific nonsense, you get one warning to take it to this page.
That is what I need you, my readers, to do: if you catch someone doing this, warn them to either cut it out or take it here, and if you warn them, and they violate this policy, I will contact them personally, and — if necessary — ban them.
And I'm telling everyone right now, because I want to be very, very clear:
I don't want to have to ban anybody!
You are free to speak however you like, but you are responsible for what you say. Your speech is your privilege here, so respect the blog, respect your community, and respect yourself with how you use it.
All structure formation simulations (including the beautiful cluster-formation one, below) do this when they're presented visually; this is well-known and taken into account. I should know, it's my area of expertise!


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By Kevin Siembieda
I wanted to save the big news for this Weekly Update . . .
Rifts® Lemuria is DONE and at the printer!
It went to 224 pages, it is epic, and all three versions of the book are being prepped for printing:
We don't have release dates yet from the printer, but should by next week's Update. However, the printer said they will try to put a rush on them. That means the soft cover edition should be available early April (I told 'em in time for my birthday, April 2!) and the two hardcovers should be ready 2-4 weeks after the soft cover. Reminder: The two hardcovers are "limited editions" with under 200 copies of each. They were available only as pre-orders via the Megaverse Insider offer, so they are no longer available for purchase, though we may offer a few of each at the Palladium Open House and Gen Con Indy (from Palladium's small number of extras).
Rifts® Lemuria is an outstanding book. All of us – Greg, Matthew, Chuck, Mike, Nick, Amy, Kent, Wayne, Alex and I – put our hearts and souls into this book. Heck, we even ended up adding what amounts to an additional 64 page sourcebook. We thought about chopping a hunk of the book out as a separate sourcebook in order to get Rifts® Lemuria finished sooner at the original 160 page size, but it didn't feel right. We felt all the material belonged in one, epic book. Our expansions of Greg Diaczyk's inspired manuscript caused some delays and cash issues, but I think you will find our labor of love to be well worth the wait.
I'm thrilled to report that everyone who has seen Rifts® Lemuria has been wowed by it. And I mean "wowed" as in blown away. I must say, there is just one cool and useful bit of source material in page after page in Rifts® Lemuria, be it magic spells, Biomancy weapons, symbiotes, weird plants, Bio-Armor, War Steeds, Hydro-Psionic abilities, O.C.C.s, R.C.C.s, exotic animals, Sea Dragons, new skills, new adventure ideas, new bad guys and new realms to explore. And most of that material can be used ANYWHERE – in land-based and underwater campaigns. Almost everything presented in Rifts® Lemuria can be ported to just about any Rifts® setting or locale.
You'll see for yourself very soon. Meanwhile, you can get some advance looks at Rifts® Lemuria to whet your appetite until the book ships. Also see the new, updated description elsewhere in this Weekly Update.
UPDATE: Rifts® Lemuria "Sneak Preview" on DriveThruRPG.com – is available right now! You can see the cover, contents pages and enticing snippets from several different sections of the book as a FREE pdf download. Including one of the Bio-Armors, one War Steed, a few new Biomancy spells, and other good stuff. Don't forget, there are 90+ back stock titles, including back issues of The Rifter®, and first edition rule books for Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy RPG®, Heroes Unlimited™, The Mechanoid Invasion® Trilogy, and lots of other good things, one of which is the Rifts® Game Master Kit. ALL available as PDF downloads at reasonable prices on DriveThruRPG.com. And there is MORE coming. The Palladium Fantasy Game Master Kit, The Rifter® #0.1 and #0.2, maybe some PDF only sourcebooks, an Endless Dead™ Sneak Preview and other sneak previews and fun stuff are all coming your way.
UPDATE: Rifts® Lemuria "First Look" Video Review. Carmen Bellaire and William Johnson have were given the unfinished (War Steeds and Sea Dragons were only partially written and not fully developed yet) manuscript files and a small selection of artwork – in advance – so they could do a First Look Video Review of Rifts® Lemuria. There is so much source material to talk about in Rifts® Lemuria that the guys had to do two episodes to cover it all. Carmen's favorite new O.C.C./R.C.C.? The Junk Crab. The reviews are on YouTube for your viewing enjoyment right now.
Click these links to see Part One and Part Two.
UPDATE: Online sales. Ugly. You don't want to know how ugly. Hopefully, with the cavalcade of impressive new releases in the pipeline, that will change quickly.
UPDATE: Murmurs from the Megaverse® and Facebook. I've been posting regularly at both locations and will step it up now that Rifts® Lemuria is at the printer.
UPDATE: The Rifter® #58. Wayne is working on it tomorrow and over the weekend. It will be released in April as usual.
UPDATE: Dead Reign™ Sourcebook 3: Endless Dead™. I have already gotten back to working on the writing since Rifts® Lemuria went to the printer. This is another sourcebook that I think will delight and surprise gamers. More about it next week. It will be released in April.
UPDATE: Rifts® Vampires Soucebook. As soon as I'm done with Endless Dead™ I dive into the completion of the book. I'll be trying hard to have it done in time for release at the Palladium Open House (May 4-6), but no promises.
UPDATE: Rifts® Miniatures. We should be offering the first batch of re-released Rifts® miniatures (Glitter Boy, CS Soldiers, Cyborgs, Kydian Overlord, etc.) as individual figures at new prices starting next Thursday.
UPDATE: Robotech® Miniatures. There seems to be a fair amount of interest from fans in Palladium doing Robotech® miniatures. We also have been approached by, I think, four different gentlemen interested in doing Robotech® miniatures with us. I hope to start giving these guys a call next week to see what they have to offer. We may also be doing a new poll in the next week or two to get a clearer idea of what gamers would like to see. We're getting excited about the idea, but we have a long way to go, including talking to Harmony Gold about the restrictions and costs of the license. That probably means keeping the figures small, but the one sample we've seen from one of these gents is impressive to say the least. Looking into it, but the release of new game books is priority number at the moment.
UPDATE: Robotech®: The Genesis Pits Sourcebook. Author Irvin Jackson has been putting the final tweaks on it for a while now. He insists the delay has made it a superior book. We're probably looking at a June release.
WHAT COMES AFTER THAT? A lot.
Something of possible interest. Palladium artist Brian Manning is trying to start a business creating specialized artist products and accessories. He has co-designed their very first item, a "flat" LED, 10x13 inch, portable lightboard they are calling the FireFly Artist Light Board. To develop the product, they have launched a crowdsource funding offer and presentation through the well known and reputable company, Kickstarter.
Brian asked me to mention it in my Weekly Update, so that's what I'm doing. If you think you might be interested in the product or in helping the guys start their new business venture, here are the links you need to do so.
I, for one, still use a lightboard for a lot of things, and I have a number of local artists who drop by the office to use the one here. I always hated the 3 inch thickness of the old-style portable lightboards, so I love the idea of a nice, flat, portable one like the FireFly that can also be used as a portable drawing-board. If I didn't already have a light table and a couple of old-style lightboards, I'd think about buying one myself. The price point is good too. All of us at Palladium Books wish Brian and his partners great success in their new venture. (And see, everyone is using crowdsource funding. It's the new way of doing things.)
REMINDER: Palladium Bookmarks, Set Two is available now. The new bookmarks arrived last Wednesday and look every bit as good as Set One. They feature Chaos Earth™, Phase World®, Nightbane® and Beyond the Supernatural™. The entire set is only $5. See the description elsewhere in this Weekly Update.
Gaming at the Westland Library – March 31, 2012 – Saturday from 1-4 PM. I think we are about full up. I've been told 20 people have pre-registered and I think that's about all Julius and I can handle between the two of us (especially if half have never played before). Don't know if we'll be able to find any other local G.M.s to pitch in. Thanks for registering early. Sign up by calling the library at (734) 326-6123 or online at http://www.westlandlibrary.org/node/3089. The gaming is from 1-4 PM, Saturday, March 31, 2012. The library is located on Central City Parkway between Ford Road and Warren. If you can't get in, don't forget there is the Palladium Open House May 4-6. It's not free, but it's worth the price of admission. I'm considering a half price at the door ticket for gamers who can't make it till after 6:00 PM Friday or Saturday night. Seems like a cool thing to offer. So if you are in the local area (and that includes Ohio and Windsor, Canada), come on down and join the fun. Meet the Palladium crew, game with the creators of our games, enjoy panel talks, and, heck, you know the drill. Come on over! This event is like nothing you've ever attended.
Open House Game Masters, get us your game descriptions! If you have any questions and Wayne isn't getting back to you, contact Alex or call the office. We need your games. And reserve your hotel rooms as soon as you can. Your credit card does not get charged till the day of the event and you can cancel up to a week before. The hotel is inexpensive and excellent ($69.95 for two double beds or one king) and there will be two conference rooms (one small, one large) for all-night gaming at the hotel. NOTE: It helps Palladium if you reserve your hotel room BEFORE March 31. Thanks.
UPDATE: Kevin's Online Toy & Collectibles Store. Alex and I have been adding all kinds of new toys and action figures to my online store. More Palladium collectibles will be added every few days, too. We'll try to add more new items a couple times a week, every week. Right now, they include Palladium gold editions, some artwork, art prints, The Rifter® #20, and various out of print books – most of them signed. We'll keep them coming if you keep buying them.
I hope everyone is as fired up about the upcoming book and miniature releases as we are. Check out the Rifts® Lemuria Sneak Preview and have a great weekend.
– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Writer and Game Designer
January 2012 Releases
March 2012 Releases
April 2012 Releases
May 2012 Releases
June 2012 Releases
All of Palladium's Core Game Lines to be Supported in 2012
The following are in development.
Rifts® Lemuria is packed with new magic, weapons, living power armor, monstrous war steeds, weapons, and gear suitable for landlubbers and aquatic adventurers alike.
The Lemurians are an amphibious people with floating cities and magic-based technology that allows for land and underwater adventures alike. Discover the secrets and people of this lost and forgotten civilization of magic and wonder. Add amphibious capabilities to your Rifts® campaigns and discover new menaces under the sea. Amphibious in nature, Lemurians wage war against the demonic on dry land and under the waves. Their exotic riding animals, weapons, armor and magic are suitable for use on land and underwater.
"I think this book is going to amaze people." – Kevin Siembieda
They look great. A set of four, 2 x 6 inch bookmarks, printed on both sides, each depicting a different Palladium game line: Chaos Earth™, Phase World®, Nightbane® and Beyond the Supernatural™. They are attractive, useful and make a fun collectible. The first set has been so popular, we had to do a second.
"I love the Palladium bookmarks and use three of the first set all the time." – Kevin Siembieda
A set of four, 2 x 6 inch bookmarks, each depicting a different Palladium game line: Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy®, Heroes Unlimited™ and Dead Reign™. They are attractive, useful and make a fun collectible.
This popular, fan-favorite Phase World® sourcebook presents a dynamic overview of the Anvil Galaxy™ and its many alien races, technologies, conflicts and secrets. A great resource for any Phase World® fan and valuable addition for campaigns involving the Minion War™.
Rifts® Mindwerks™ is a companion to Triax & The NGR™ and Triax™ 2. It details the techno-horrors of the Mindwerks Corporation and its insane mastermind, the Angel of Death, as well as providing more information on the NGR, the Gargoyle and Brodkil Empires, robots and equipment, plus the Gene-Splicers, a dozen D-Bee races, an evil Millennium Tree, mind-altering cybernetic implants and a few notable kingdoms.
The Rifter® #57 is an extravaganza of monsters and mayhem to surprise your players and spice up your games.
Endless Dead says it all. The zombie hordes grow in number and strangeness. Can humankind survive? Where is the military? What's next for the survivors of the zombie apocalypse?
This book contains horrifying new zombies to haunt your player characters along with new O.C.C.s and tons of tables for detailing Survivors' Hideouts, Safe Haven Communities, Death Cults and more. Survival is not enough. Now is the time for the war against the Endless Dead™. This book is epic.
Unknown to most humans, deep within Mexico the vampires have established entire kingdoms. There they live like tyrants and gods, dominating an underclass of cattle people used as slaves and food stock. Learn more about the vampires, their rivals, allies and the humans who willingly serve their supernatural masters for a chance to join the undead. A must-have guide for those who wish to travel deeper into the Vampire Kingdoms or play as vampires and their human minions.
On Rifts® Earth, the Black Market is the most prevalent trader in weapons, contraband and magic items outlawed by the Coalition. Explore the day to day business of the market along with its smuggling routes, practices, policies and nefarious products. Encounter the five major Black Market factions in North America and foreign groups like the Yakuza, Green Scarf Sect and the Underground Railroads of Atlantis and the Vampire Kingdoms.
The largest independent manufacturer of weapons, robots and adventure gear in North America is Northern Gun™. Located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, they have been the premier outfitter of mercenaries and adventurers for decades, and are a major hub for hiring military contractors. With a whole new product line to offer their customers, the future looks bright for Northern Gun™.
An in-depth look at the Invid Genesis Pits, their purpose, function and the creatures they create.
The Minion War spills across Rifts Earth, where demons and infernals hope to recruit allies and use the Rifts as gateways of destruction. Their influence shakes things up across the planet, especially at locations where demons and Deevils already have a strong presence. More details to follow, but for now, 'nuff said.
This is a great resource for getting out of print Palladium titles and other select books. We've made 90 titles available as PDF digital downloads from DriveThruRPG.com. This is a great way to try Palladium products and get access to out of print RPG source material. Some notable titles include:
© Copyright 2012 Palladium Books Inc. All rights reserved.
Rifts®, The Rifter®, RECON®, Splicers®, Palladium Books®, The Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game®, Phase World®, Nightbane®, Megaverse®, The Mechanoids®, The Mechanoid Invasion®, Coalition Wars® and After the Bomb® are Registered Trademarks of Palladium Books Inc. Beyond the Supernatural™, Chaos Earth, Coalition States, Dead Reign, Heroes Unlimited, Ninjas & Superspies, Minion War, Mysteries of Magic, SAMAS, Thundercloud Galaxy, Three Galaxies, Vampire Kingdoms, Warpath, and other published book titles, names, slogans and likenesses are trademarks of Palladium Books Inc., and Kevin Siembieda.
Robotech® and Robotech® The Shadow Chronicles® are Registered Trademarks of Harmony Gold USA, Inc.
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|I crown you Audrey's new mother.
Hmph. Fine.
It so happens that Aimee has two special needs children already, so as a potential future guardian for Audrey she has her pluses and minuses. On one hand, her plate is already kinda full; on the other, she's a well-lubricated (*makes bottoms-up drunky thumb gesture*) special needs machine. What's one more IEP kid in the house...there's got to be some kind of economies of scale, right?
It does bring up the sticky question that I try not to think about but actually do think about almost every second of every day of who will take care of Audrey when I'm gone. I don't think that she can really smoosh me to death with her feet, but there are lots of satellites falling out of the sky lately and what if one has my name on it? And what if I happen to be standing next to my husband at the time and it picks up a spare?
Actually that's pretty unlikely because my husband and I operate very much like the President and Vice-President in that we are never in the same place at the same time just for this very reason. Yes. That is exactly why we are never in the same place at the same time. Uh huh.
I'm constantly running down the list in my head. Audrey has no siblings, so that's out. I have two sisters, but they're both older than me. Audrey has two cousins that are teenagers now, but, assuming I can hang on for a few more years, they could be candidates later in life. They're good girls now, but...and this is where my imagination runs wild...how do I know that after I'm gone they won't develop some kind of atrocious taste in men and end up marrying Diddly Pete here?
Seems the only good answer is living forever. Which means I should probably put down this bag of Halloween candy and whip myself up a turnip-carrot-kale-beet-garlic-celery-cucumber-ginger juice. This one's for you, Audrey.


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Jamie Keefe is a life-long baseball man who can now add juggling to his resume.
The 39-year-old Rochester native, who was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates back in 1992, has been back in the Seacoast area the past three or four months. He has a new job (three of them, actually) and is currently juggling the three as he settles into the new year.
Keefe's current positions include Director of Operations for the Seacoast Mavericks, assistant coach for the UMass-Lowell NCAA Division II baseball team and manager of the Rockland (N.Y.) Boulders of the independent CanAm League.
"It's going to be a busy schedule," said Keefe, who will see as many as 160 games on the field this year. "I've got my hands in everything."
Keefe had spent the past three seasons in Pittsfield, Mass., last year as the coach of the Suns, a team in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL), the same league that the Mavericks also play in. The previous two years were spent managing Pittsfield's entry in the CanAm League, but the team ran into financial problems and was dropped from the league. Keefe helped a group that has partial ownership in the New York Yankees (and owns five minor league teams outright) get the Suns started and was asked to manage the team in 2012.
Keefe's ultimate decision to move on was family related. His two sons live in Marblehead, Mass., with his ex-wife, and the three-hour drive every week was just too far for Keefe.
"It just got to be too much," he said. "That was the deciding factor."
The opportunity opened up at Lowell and Keefe knew it would bring him closer to his boys: Brigham, 11, and Brooks, 7.
He called Dave Hoyt, the principal owner in the Mavericks and another Rochester guy, and knowing they were making the move to Portsmouth from Rochester offered his services.
"Growing up in the area, you always want to see a minor league team," Keefe said. "That's the way we're treating it as a minor league team."
Keefe spent nine years as a player in the minor leagues, rising as high as Triple A Las Vegas in 1997, and has been a manager every year but one since 2001.
This past summer he managed the Suns in Rochester at Bert George Field against the Mavericks, the first time he'd been back to his old high school and Legion baseball park in 20 years.
"It was just awesome," Keefe said. "I knew (how it would) help my infielders because I know every hop and every bounce and where they go."
Keefe feels the move to Portsmouth is a good one because it brings the team closer to the Seacoast.
"I look forward to continuing to help them," he said. "It's great for the Futures League. It's bringing bigger teams into the league. It's great."
Keefe said the FCBL is at nine teams now, but is hoping for a 10th.
"The NECBL (New England Collegiate Baseball League) has done well for years, but now they know they've got some stiff competition," he added. "We're pretty excited to be that competition."
Keefe described his current positions as a juggling act. He works on the business side of things during the day for the Mavericks in sales and reaching out to corporate sponsors. During the fall season, he was spending five to six days at UMass-Lowell later in the day, driving the 40 minutes to their practices from Portsmouth.
Keefe was named Rockland's manager in early December, piling on the extra duties with a smile. He's looking forward to that challenge as well, and has found a comfort zone with independent league teams where he likes the idea of helping players either return to the major leagues or get there for the first time, as well as trying to put out a winning team. He was named CanAm Manager of the Year in 2011.
Something that has particularly piqued Keefe's interest is the college game. Managing the Suns in 2012, he gained an affinity for the young players that is drawing him to the college level.
"They're hungry," he said. "They want to learn so much. So many of these kids are playing at great D-I, D-II or D-III baseball schools. They just want to get better. Guys I've had on the pro side, who have been in the circuit for a while, you try to break down their swings and it's a little tougher. They've had success already and they're used to hitting the way they hit.
"These younger guys at the college level are like sponges," Keefe said. "They want to learn. They want to get better every single day, which is great. To go to Lowell was just a no-brainer."
Keefe is hoping eventually to become a fulltime college coach. He needs to take care of his education, which he hopes to do at Lowell.
"If I get my bachelors (degree) that could open doors for a head job somewhere," he said. "That would be good a couple years down the line. (Lowell) is fulltime once the season starts, but as far as right now, I'm able to do a couple different things."
Keefe added he's lucky enough to be able to manage on the pro side in the summer to supplement his income.
There will be some overlap with Lowell and the Boulders in May (a week or so) and Keefe laughs when he recalls what Lowell head coach and friend Ken Herring said when Keefe took the job: "You know what's going to happen? We're going to go to the World Series."
Keefe is excited about the prospect of working with younger players, especially the opportunity to do so for three or four years.
"I've never experienced that before," he said. "To get two, three or four years with one player, especially if I can get them at 18 years old."
Keefe said there is even a chance after his kids have grown up that he may get back into major league baseball after coaching college ball.
"I need more," he said. "It's either step into affiliated ball and work for a major league organization or get my education and work at the college level for as long as I want and when the kids grow up make some other decisions for myself. I feel like someday if that's the way I want to go next, I could (open) the door."
Keefe smiles, adding, "The game has come full circle for me. I left 21 years ago. I graduated on a Sunday and flew out Monday morning to start a professional career. Here we are 21 years later and I'm looking at the college game with a different set of eyes now."
At life, too.
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Higher gasoline prices might not be good for the travel industry, but it sure seems to be good for corn fundamentals.
USDA projected U.S. old crop corn ending stocks at 50 million bushels lower in its March 11 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates and Crop Production Report.
The report said that higher ethanol use is expected to more than offset a reduction in U.S. exports. Corn use for ethanol is projected 100 million bushels higher on indications of improving blender incentives and higher ethanol use.
Blender margins have become increasingly favorable since late February as gasoline prices have risen relative to those for ethanol, USDA says. A continuing recovery in weekly production of gasoline blends with ethanol is also supportive of ethanol demand.
On the downside, corn exports are projected 50 million bushels lower based on sales and shipments to date, and pressure from increased foreign supplies of corn and wheat.
World old crop corn production was raised 600,000 tons, while global sorghum production was lowered 500,000 tons. Global corn ending stocks are projected 8 million tons higher with the largest increase for China where stocks are projected 6 million tons higher.
USDA did not change its cotton production estimate from last month, but reduced domestic mill use by 150,000 bales to 3.75 million bales. However, exports were raised 500,000 bales to 12 million bales, as recent export sales indicate a stronger U.S. share of world trade than previously projected. U.S. ending stocks were reduced 5 percent to 7.3 million bales.
USDA reduced world cotton production slightly, due mainly to reductions for China and Pakistan. World consumption was cut by 1.4 percent from last month to 111.1 million bales. World ending stocks were raised slightly to 62.5 million bales.
U.S. soybean ending stocks for 2008-09 were projected at 185 million bushels, down 25 million bushels. Soybean exports were raised 35 million bushels to 1.185 billion bushels reflecting record sales to China and reduced export competition from Argentina.
Soybean oil used for biodiesel was reduced to 2.2 billion pounds as biodiesel producers face poor margins, reduced export prospects, and strong competition from other feedstocks.
Global soybean production was reduced 900,000 tons to 223.3 million tons. Soybean production for Argentina is projected at 43 million tons, down 800,000 tones from last month due to lower harvested area. Soybean production for Brazil is projected at 57 million tons, unchanged from last month.
U.S. wheat ending stocks for 2008-09 were projected 57 million bushels higher this month. Imports were raised 10 million bushels reflecting the strong pace to date. Food use is projected 25 million bushels lower.
Global 2008-09 wheat production was projected 1.6 million tons higher this month to a record 684.4 million. Production was raised 1.4 million tons for Australia on higher harvested area and better-than-expected yields.
Projected world wheat consumption for 2008-09 was lowered 3.7 million tons, mostly reflecting lower expected feed use in Russia and reduced food use in the United States.
Global ending stocks were raised 5.9 million tons with larger stocks in Russia, the United States, Iran, and China accounting for most of the increase. At 155.9 million tons, world ending stocks are projected at a 6-year high.
Rice exports for 2008-09 were lowered 4 million hundredweight to 94 million hundredweight. Rough and combined milled and brown exports (on a rough- equivalent basis) were each lowered 2 million hundredweight. All rice ending stocks are projected at 30.2 million hundredweight, 4 million above last month, but less than 1 million above 2007-08.
Global rice production is estimated at a record 441 million tons, up 2 percent from the previous year due mostly to an increase in India. World consumption is projected at a record 433.4 million tons, down 700,000 tons from last month, but up 1 percent from 2007-08.
Global rice ending stocks were raised mostly due to an increase in India. India's ending stocks are estimated at 17 million tons, the largest stocks since 2001-02.
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As I've said many times, I am a supporter of the individual rights interpretation of the Second Amendment. I do think it confers an individual right to bear arms. But that doesn't mean there can't be any limitations on that right, just as we have libel, perjury and fraud exceptions to free speech. And it certainly doesn't mean what David Barton claims it means, which is that an individual can own any weapons that the government has:
The Second Amendment is not to arm you less than it is to arm the government. Because what specifically happened was if the Americans had not been able to go home and grab their guns off the mantel over the fireplace, they could not have taken on the British coming after them.
The British was their government and the Americans had to have equal firepower with whoever was coming after them and that's why they went to Fort Ticonderoga and got all the British cannons and came back and used those. That was just individual citizens doing that.So the purpose of the Second Amendment was you have got to be able to defend yourself, your rights, period against anybody and that sometimes means it may be your government coming after you. So if the government has got AR-15s, guess what? The people can have AR-15s … Whatever the government's got, you've got to be able to defend yourself against. So there was no limitation on what you could or couldn't do with the Second Amendment; it was a self-defense amendment and if everybody is coming at you AR-15s, you don't defend yourself with BB guns, you get AR-15s.
By this "reasoning," any individual could own anything from RPGs to tanks to tactical nuclear weapons. That is twilight zone thinking.


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The Khaleesi and another wedding
The Khaleesi is back in Croatia to shoot Season 4 of Game Of Thrones. HBO has yet to announce a premiere date but it can't be more than 6 months away, right? In fact, it should be LESS than 6 months away. That doesn't help, I know, but 6 months is better than 9 months. I guess.
So there's to be another wedding in Season 4 – the Purple Wedding. Margaery has to marry that sick f-ck Joffrey. How is Joffrey still alive? It's time, non? It's TIME.
And stop yelling at me about reading the books. I tried, a chapter, and, as much affection as I have for George R R Martin, I can't with the writing. Since the television show is so great, this is one of those rare cases where we'll stick with the tv, clearly superior.


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The F-Bomb is a half-sized (digest) with a full-color cardstock cover. Content varies from lists, letters, fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, art, collages, comics, and more. As of October 1st, 2011 it is solely a cut and paste zine.
The F-Bomb has had a few non-themed issues, but for the most part they have a theme to every issue. Previous themes have included Storytelling, Music (with a full CD of local artists from the Tacoma area included) Macabre, Sex, Holidays, Gender, and Food. The Secrets issue is due out in November of 2011.
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There seems there is a lot in common between British actress Keira Knightley and her latest cinematic incarnation, Georgiana, The Duchess of Devonshire. Both are fashion icons, celebrities and compelling in their own way.
The truer story of the 18th century superstar of sorts who ended up living with both her husband and his mistress, gives the actress a chance to shine. This very reluctant star who clearly hates publicity, talked to the media at this year's Toronto Film Festival. PAUL FISCHER was there.
Question: This is one of those great roles, where practically every scene you get to go through the whole gamut of stuff. What was your response when you first read the script? Did you know anything about The Duchess?
Knightley: I'd never heard of her before, no. So the script came through my door with three very large huge white ostrich feathers attached, with a gold ribbon. And I thought, "Oh, I don't care what it is. That's fantastic." Then I read it and I know I just thought that she was fabulous and a fascinating character, this idea of this woman who's politically so influential, this huge fashion icon, such a force of nature, and yet privately is somebody who is so intensely vulnerable and incredibly lonely. I thought, the combination of those two things were sort of fascinating.
Question: Were you worried at all that you'd be able to pull it off?
Knightley: Oh, yeah. I mean, I think there's always that worry. I think – you know, you have to face failure. And particularly if you're an actress or an actor – you know, sometimes things aren't gonna go the way that you hoped they will. But that's part of what's so exciting about the job, you know? And I don't really want to do things that I don't find challenging. So yes, there's always a huge fear that it's going to be awful, and I'm going to be crap, and all the rest of it. But you might as well go for it anyway.
Question: Could you identify with the notion that even in the 1700s, it appeared that the public was obsessed with so-called celebrities. Do you identify with the kind of parallels that this film is making with today? Especially you, being in the public eye?
Knightley: I certainly don't look for autobiographical work, so I wasn't looking to draw any parallels with myself whatsoever. I thought, yes, it was interesting. I thought that celebrity culture was a modern phenomenon. It's fascinating to find out that it was around 300 years ago. I sort of thought it was kind of the least interesting aspect of the story, in a funny kind of way, though. I mean, I thought that the way that she used it, the manipulation of image and everything, I thought that was very interesting. What it was saying about the kind of mental state–that as the marriage started collapsing, she needed more and more and more attention from complete strangers, was an interesting sort of – this sounds like a psychological aspect to the character. But no, I wasn't trying to draw any parallels to myself.
Question: I'd like to know, what was your reaction to playing a woman that has to encounter the kinds of things she goes through like living with the other woman, in the same house.
Knightley: Yeah, I thought it was very interesting dynamics between the characters, definitely. You know, the idea of living with a husband that you absolutely don't understand. Almost like two magnets repelling each other. That there is no point of comfort between two people. It was really interesting with Ralph to kind of explore that. The betrayal of your best friend, and then having to sort of live with this woman, and go from a very intense friendship into hatred, and back to a kind of mutual kind of respect for one another. I thought that that was an interesting journey, as far as a friendship between two women go. I mean, yes, it's a horrendous situation that she finds herself in. But what I sort of found quite inspiring was the fact that she survives. She doesn't survive without scars, but she does actually get through it. I thought that was an extraordinary thing.
Question: So she's not a victim.
Knightley: I didn't like to think of her as a victim. I don't think victims are particularly attractive, in that kind of–as a character trait, you know? But what happens to her is horrendous. So, I think what both Ralph and I were very conscious of is not making it into a victim-villain storyline. And yes, she's horrendously oppressed, and all the rest of it. But I think actually, fundamentally, she's a survivor.
Question: Right at the beginning of the film, there's the first energy as the Duchess, and there's the speech that Fox gives, and they have that conversation where she describes freedom as an absolute. That there can't be scales of it and the film – or the theme seems to belie that. In fact, all the characters in the film spend most of the time encountering the scales of freedom that they're allowed to have. I'm just wondering how it was to have to play that
Knightley: I'd never actually thought of that. You're completely right. It's all about freedom in moderation. You're completely right. And I think it's a wonderful kind of engine to propel a character through a storyline, when you have somebody who's constantly trying to break out of boxes, and constantly being pushed back into them. I think that that was very much sort of the motion, if you like, of this character and a lot of the characters around the way through.
Question: The last few times you and I spoke has been for a period drama. You always get asked about your affinity for period dramas. Are you at the point at where you want to try to do something more modern?
Knightley: What, just because people keep asking me about period films?
Question: Well, just for your own personal GRATIFICATION
Knightley: No. No, I think it would – you'd be cutting your nose off to spite your face if you turned down a fantastic script and a fantastic character simply because it was set 200 years ago. I mean, apart from, I think period films now means anything from ten years ago to the beginning of time. So – you know. I mean, no. I do love period films, personally. I love the fact that you can escape into a completely different reality. I think for me, what I love about film is that it's complete escapism. And I find personally that seeing these costumes, these weird societies, helps me to forget my life, and actually just dive into the story. So I think that's why as an actress, I like being in them, as well. It's a way into a fantastic fantasy world.
Question: I just wanted to ask a bit about Georgina. Obviously she was like a progressive woman, and the world owes a bit to her today. I want to know, like, how you think things have changed for women today because of her, and how you think things are the same today, the way that they were back then.
Knightley: I don't know if it's changed because of her.
Question: Well, like – do you think she kind of influenced, like, the women's right to vote kind of thing?
Knightley: No. I mean, it came up – what, 200 years later? So, no. I mean, no. But I think she was an impressive woman. And I think that it was fascinating that in a point where women were very much – you know, sort of the property of their fathers and then their husbands, that she actually managed to – and obviously didn't have the right to vote – that she did get so passionately involved in politics. You know, it's a kind of fascinating thing, of somebody who actually has no power, and no kind of – no – very few freedoms, if you're going back to that, that she was actually so, so passionate about it.
Question: And are things today the same as they were back then?
Knightley: Well, I mean, I think if you're going back to the celebrity thing, then it's quite interesting that – you know, what we still do today, is we put women up on a pedestal, and we pick apart exactly what they wear and what they look like. The fact that we haven't moved on from that is quite interesting, I suppose.
Question: Speaking of what you wear, you mentioned the costumes as being an element to that.
Knightley: Yeah.
Question: How did they effect how the characters interact? Because I don't know what those hip extensions are called, that are under –
Knightley: Panniers.
Question: Panniers? But you can't whisper in somebody's ear.
Knightley: [LAUGHTER] No.
Question: You can't even get close enough. So that – it creates a whole different dynamic, in terms of just how you move through a room.
Knightley: Oh, yeah, definitely.
Question: How does that create the interaction, or affect the interaction of the characters?
Knightley: I don't know. They do completely change the way you hold yourself. The way you walk, the way you breathe, therefore the way you talk. You know, they change everything about you. So it's sort of a fabulous way to get into character if you've got such an extreme costume. You know, it's amazing. I mean, as far as interaction goes. I'm not quite sure – it's quite obvious why we were called the weaker sex. Because it's – you know, you can't breathe. So, a lack of oxygen to the brain was obviously quite a difficult thing.
Question: The press materials go to length to link this to Princess Diana, and it's subtle through the pages of the book. Did it inform your understanding of the character at all? What kind of parallels do you draw between this strong woman, who was –
Knightley: I really didn't – I didn't. I mean, I think I was about 11 when she died. And, you know, I'm very aware of the images, but not really aware of exactly what her story is. And certainly not enough to be able to draw direct parallels. I mean, I didn't look into her as any sort of – I suppose "inspiration" for the character, partly because we were basing it on such a wonderful biography. So all the information that we had was – was right there. So – I mean, we very definitely did intend to make a film about Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire, not Diana.
Question: It's a compelling story in its own right. But given the people who are promoting the film are beating that message over our head, but no one involved in the film seems to be talking about it.
Knightley: Well, then there, you see the difference between marketing people and the people that made the film. [LAUGHTER]
Question: Keira, what are the kinds of challenge you face in finding really good characters for you to sink your teeth into, and what is coming out next?
Knightley: Coming up next, I don't know. I've got Edge of Love coming out in America soon. As far as challenges – could be anything. You know. I mean, I think actually doing a contemporary piece will be a challenge. I think what I love is escaping into characters. Like I said, I'm not looking for a form of self-expression, and I'm not looking for autobiographical material. I feel much more comfortable and able to kind of relax into a character if they're as far away from me as possible. So I suppose the closer a character comes to me, the more challenging I'm actually – in a funny kind of way, I think I'd find it. So maybe doing something contemporary, and in the same – I don't know, something that's quite close to me might be actually quite difficult.


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Join Natalie and Briton for the season finale of Were You Even Listening? On this episode, they roast the Grammys and come up with their own award show, which has mildly better categories.
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The hosts discuss their picks dramatically over a draft system to celebrate the launch of "Pokémon Let's Go: Eevee" and "Pokémon Let's Go: Pikachu."
The sounds of "A Celtic Holiday Celebration" will soon fill the air in Edinboro, and it's all for a good cause.
The Edinboro University Student Government Association (EUSGA) held their holiday party before the bi-weekly meeting on Monday, Dec. 3.


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We have next-door neighbors that we've had for over 20 years. We are both 45, and they are both around 65. We could NOT be more different from each other. We are Atheists and Liberal Democrats, and they are born-again and VERY right-wing. But they are really good neighbors. Bring us baked-goods, nice to us, etc. We do the same. But every once-in-a-while the wife says something bad about President Obama, or worse, something racist, etc. Once she asked me to sign a petition to help get abortion made illegal. I said I would never sign something like that. She HAS to know we are Democrats, we've seen each other @ the polls and she's seen signs in our yard, etc. SO. I just stepped over there today to tell them (and be friendly, because they are always complimenting our kids) that our daughter, 20, got a paid internship (YAY!), and our son who has been homeschooled (our daughter never was) got his GED on the first try (he got it because there is no diploma for homeschoolers in IL). I was proud and knew they'd be happy for them.
Anyway, to make a short-story long, she brings up President Obama and how he's a Socialist,drank and snorted cocaine (I pointed out that even if he did, which I don't know, so did her precious George W and she ignored that) and instead of just changing the subject, I decided to not be quiet. I just said well I am voting for Obama again, and we'll just have to agree to disagree. She just sort-of mumbled something and stepped over by her husband. Before THIS conversation, she said her pastors daughter was married to a , and she WHISPERED IT, black man. She is very racist. How 'christian' of her! She also has said everyone shouldn't get healthcare because if 'they' get it, it will take away from 'us'. WHAT? I said to her then "Well that doesn't seem very christian", and then she back-tracked.
I don't think she knows we're Atheists and I KNOW she doesn't know my daughter is bi-sexual or she would just die! I know they already wonder how such heathens raised two great young-adults.
I am NOT keeping my mouth shut anymore. Anything racist or stupid-religious (like when she said'god' sends the tsunamis because he's mad, etc. I am going to be very ladylike, but firm in saying that that is AWFUL. I will not just change the subject to avoid controversy with a neighbor that is literally a few feet from our house.
Thanks for letting me rant!
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I've felt the urge to do the same rant. I have relatives and other people where everything is cordial and they are really nice people in a lot of ways - but - you hear some dumb prejudiced stuff come out and it is a problem - because you want to take a stand. I have done that occasionally and really soured the relationship and then had it recovered. Then you have to pick your spots in the future. No one is going to change the others attitude, but you have to push back occasionally.
You sound cool to me.
I live in an apartment block and it's just all the usual things with neighbours. You know, a smile, good morning, the weather or the cat that lives in the garden. I avoid getting close with them.
I called my college age neighbor boys (they are really into loving the lord) over to help me with something the other day, and they invited me to a party they were having later. They tried to coax me into it by telling me that there would be no drinking or smoking, but there would be songs of praise. I instantly said, "Well, that is a shame, because drinking and smoking are my two favorite things. And abortion." I couldn't resist.
LOL, but you left your shirt on?
Haha, yes. Until they come to my door with a bible, I'll keep my shirt on.
I applaud your standing up. I feel people get away with this crap because they have no one to challenge their unwillingness to accept others. I find it hard to understand how anyone wouldnt want people to have healthcare. This healthcare issue really has polarized this nation and I really dont know why. There was a time I didnt have healthcare and it sucked. When I finally found a job that offered healthcare it was life changing. I want everyone to have access to facilities that could save their life. Offices that will allow them to live more healthy, productive lives. I think its selfish to keep healthcare amongst a certain group of people because of race, income, or nationality. If these people who feel this way had their precious healthcare taken away maybe they would understand how important it is to the advancement of society.
You think I can win an award for using "healthcare" so many times in a response?...:)
Melinda, sounds like the relationship i have with my mother and her new husband. he has turned her into an Obama birther, and i fear a racist. and she voted for Obama in 2008!
as for you situation, i say good for you. it sounds like you don't bring up these subjects, so i see no reason that you should keep quiet. just remember, lock you doors. many of these types own guns - lots of them.
Melinda, I have a brother who is a birther and though he denies it, is also a racist. Every time he brings it up, I call him on it. He's not going to change his bigotry, but he now knows he's not going to get away with it with me, either. He emails me with right wing, racist nonsense. My response usually starts out with something "I see you watched the most recent episode of Right Wing Bat Shit Insane Theater."
I don't start the shit, but I won't back down either.
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Hardware & Equipment
- 17 networked computer workstations with printer access
- Paper copier
- 10 microfilm readers
- 2 microfiche readers
- 2 microfiche/film scanner
- 1 flatbed scanners
Class/Training Rooms
- Classroom has seating for 15 students plus a computer, projector and teaching station for the instructor.
Multimedia Center
Las VegasFamily History Center has a copier/scanner where you have the ability to:
- Scan photos and transfer them to a flash drive.
- You can also make printed copies.
Databases & Software
- Genealogy database software (Ancestral Quest, Family Insight, Family Tree Maker, Legacy, PAF, RootsMagic)
- Word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software such as Word, WordPerfect and OpenOffice (on selected machines)
- Pedigree Resource File (complete on server)
- Free access to several subscription sites through the FamilySearch Portal such as Ancestry.com, British Newspapers, Find-My-Past (UK), Footnote, Genline (Swedish), Heritage Quest, World Vital Records and others.
- Free internet access to the New England Historical and Genealogical Society (NEGHS) website
- Research aids such as Animap and Parish Locator
- Research databases such as Acadian-Cajun Family Trees, Austrailian Vital Records and Mormon Immigration Index.


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Thursday night's bid for absolution by cyclist Lance Armstrong over his use of performance-enhancing drugs — set to continue Friday as OWN founder and TV high priestess Oprah Winfrey seeks to bless her struggling network with ratings points — is, depending on the beholder, either a scoundrel's disgraceful and far-too-late effort to salvage his career or the last gasp of a hero aiming to silence the critics who have unfairly singled him out.
Our view leans slightly to the former, although we believe the man who was once the world's most successful cyclist has achieved at least one worthwhile and inspiring thing: his Livestrong cancer foundation. If a couple of appearances with Oprah can keep the donations flowing to a worthy cause, chat away.
But what matters more than our view on Armstrong is the way he and his actions are seen by millions of other athletes — young and old, amateur and professional — who might be tempted to follow in his footsteps. Investigators have long tended to focus on landing big fish to discourage those who might want to imitate them. Armstrong, because of his massive endorsement deals, seemingly impossible achievements and enormous fame as the man who almost single-handedly put cycling on the American sports radar screen, may be the biggest fish ever caught by doping officials. Will that be enough to help put this chemical-abuse era behind us?


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Multicultural Student Affairs
The Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (MSA) is committed to fostering and enriching campus diversity by developing and implementing educational, cultural and social programs that will assist Widener University in the recruitment, orientation, retention and the graduation of multi-cultural and international students.
The Office of Multicultural Student Affairs promotes cultural understanding, an accepting and inclusive climate for all students and seeks to cultivate within the Widener University community a respect for individual differences.
Mission and Vision
- To improve the overall quality of life for all students, particularly students of color on campus by developing and implementing educational, cultural and social programs that will assist Widener University in recruiting, retaining and graduating multi-cultural and international students.
- Committed to creative leadership that fosters and enriches campus diversity with a goal of promoting cultural understanding and positive relationships that support students' success.
- Seek to cultivate a climate within Widener University where everyone "values the humanity in each person regardless of specific individual differences.
- Works in partnership with university schools, colleges and departments to conduct programs related to recruitment, orientation, retention and graduation in addition to academic, personal, professional and cultural development; to foster skills and strategies for being successful at Widener University.
- Host events that share and educate the campus community regarding various traditions, customs and beliefs.
- Assist in promoting an accepting and inclusive climate for all students.
- Assist in fostering an appreciation for each of our unique human differences.
The Multicultural Student Affairs Office addresses issues relating to racial/ethnic, age, sexual, gender, physical disabilities, socio-economic status, political viewpoints, religious/spiritual and/or philosophical beliefs.
The Office for Multicultural Student Affairs is located in the Multicultural and International Student Services Office Suite located on the upper level of the University Center.
- Diversity Planning, Implementation and/or Support of Events: In partnership with the schools, colleges and departments of Widener University that support the university's commitment to diversity.
- Student Volunteers/Interns: Recruit students that seek experience in program development, implementation and marketing; students will learn to work across cultural differences.
- Referral Services: Refer students who need counseling, academic and career counseling to appropriate university departments.
- Advising and Support of Multicultural Student Organizations: Assist students with leadership, making sound fiscal decisions, programs and activities and organizational operations.


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Tottenham midfielder Andros Townsend joins QPR on loan for rest of season
QPR capped a hectic transfer deadline day with the signing of midfielder Andros Townsend on loan from Tottenham.
Last Updated: 01/02/13 12:33am
Shortly after raiding his former club for Jermaine Jenas, QPR boss Harry Redknapp has also lured England U21 international Townsend for the remainder of the season.
The 21-year-old has found first-team football hard to come by under Andre Villas-Boas, and has made only 10 appearances in all competitions this season.
"Andros is a kid with a fantastic future," said Redknapp. "I like Andros an awful lot. He's a winger, he's strong, he's quick, he's brave and he scores goals.
"He's unlucky that he's got Gareth Bale and Aaron Lennon keeping him out of the team. I think eventually he'll become a big player."
Townsend added: "I worked with Harry at Spurs - he gave me my debut - so it was a no-brainer when QPR came in for me.
"Harry has brought me in to do a job for him. I'm confident in my own ability and I want to repay him.
"I live for pressure games. I'm looking forward to the challenge. I've learnt a lot through my loan spells in the past and now I'm at a massive club like QPR and I'm confident I'll do well.
"I'm relieved the deal is over the line. It's all happened quite quickly, so I'm just excited about the weeks and months ahead."


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Dr. Alveda King: Her Family History, Civil Rights and Pro-Life
Rachel Miles
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February 13, 2014
On Monday February 12th, Dr. Alveda King came to the Roanoke campus to speak to the students about her family, social justice, and her pro-life cause. Alumni Gym quickly filled with students, faculty, staff, and many members from the local community, particularly members of the congregations of local churches. The evening was sponsored by Students for Life, Black Students Alliance, the Office of Multi-cultural Affairs, the Interfaith Council at RC, Peace and Justice Studies, St. John Lutheran Church and Catholic Campus Ministries.
The night began with a small group of student's recital of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" by James Weldon Johnson, the Black national anthem. Following them, freshman Bridget Rose introduced the speaker, Dr. Alveda King. Dr. King is the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior and daughter of his brother, Civil Rights activist, Rev. A.D. King. She is a mother and a grandmother, as well as a published author.
Dr. King thanked everyone for coming and then began detailing her family history. She told stories, both humorous and tragic, enlightening the audience of her experience growing up in such a religious and socially active home. She told us about her uncle and father's difficulty growing up in a society that did not accept all races, in a country that did not recognize their contributions. As an example, she brought up how Paul Revere had a black man with him on his famous ride who was never given credit for his part in that night. A second example was how her uncle, who had done so much for our nation, was killed for his work. However, the most important thing she learned from her family was to use no weapons but instead use love. There is only one race, the human race, and every member of it is entitled to equal rights.
In Dr. Alveda King's time, abortion was a part of social equality. In the name of feminism, women had an equal right not to be penalized for sexual behavior as men were. Alveda shared that she was a baby who was almost aborted, and that she herself had two abortions. However, she was coerced into both, and she now firmly believes that social justice extends to every human, including those who have not yet been born.
After her speech, Dr. King had a question and answer session in which audience members were encouraged to write their questions in a provided space, tear them out of the program and send them anonymously to the front of the room. Dr. King answered questions about her abortions, about her beliefs on abortion in the cases of rape and poverty, the horrible history of sterilization, as well as touching on the issue of gay rights.
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." This was a quote by Martin Luther King Jr. that formed the foundation of Alveda's beliefs, along with her own personal quote, "Forsake all violence of human weaponry, words and deeds. Rather, apply the force of unfailing agape love. The regard for the human personality demands no less." Dr. Alveda King's message was a message of love and a message of hope for social justice in the twenty-first century.
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Europe's Week Ahead: U.S. Housing and Mark Carney
With tapering talk keeping U.S. Treasury yields high, investors will be keeping a close eye on the U.S. housing market next week, while Mark Carney makes his first public speech as Bank of England governor following his "forward guidance" press conference.
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In this hands-on activity, students create a model soil profile in a two-liter beverage bottle, time the movement of water through different soils and observe the amount of water held in these soils. They observe the filtering ability of soils by... (View More) noting the clarity of the water before and after it passes through the soil. The activity is supported by a student data sheet. This is a learning activity associated with the GLOBE soil investigations and is supported by the Soils chapter of the GLOBE Teacher's Guide. GLOBE (Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment) is a worldwide, hands-on, K-12 school-based science education program. (View Less)
Keywords: Soil characterization; Soil profile; Percolation
Audience: Elementary school, Middle school, High school
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