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[Aesop Rock]
I burn a coma candle.
When the flame fades, consider my flat line a soldier sample.
We them cats talking noise behind that New York trash heap where the stench of commuter briefcase replaces a bad sleep.
And it's the work of zig-zaggers versus piggy badge flashers training generation fallout.
Waterfall, bricklayer, pincushion crawl out.
There's smoke in my iris, but I painted a sunny day on the insides of my eyelids so I'm ready now.
(What you ready for?)
I'm ready for life in this city and my wings have grown almost enough to lift me.
I'm a dinosaur with Jones Beach in my hourglass passing the time with serial killer coloring books and bags of marbles.
Don't tell me you ain't the droid that held the match to the charcoals.
Don't tell me Lucifer and God don't carpool.
(This is our school)
I'm not trying to graduate to life with a personalized barstool,
Head in a jar on the desk, feet dangling in a shark pool.
(Man please) Man please
My name stands for my being and my being stands for the woman who stood and braved the storm to raise the seedling.
(Brother sun, sister moon, mother beautiful)
Yeah, middle sibling suitable but far from son of excellence.
Beckoned a long time ago I was, to where the wishers wish but missers miss, I slept through my appointment.
Saw the liquid dreams of a thousand babies solidify and picked a rose.
It wilted the second I introduced myself as nervous.
Well, it appears the scars of learning have spoken.
Some are burning, some are frozen.
Some deserve tall tales, some wrote 'em.
Some are just a brutal reprecussion of devotion.
Mine are all of the above 'cause everything leads to erosion.
Now where I live there's a homeless man.
He sits upon a crate
Yeah, He makes a rusty trumpet sound like the music that angels make.
Now if you ever come and visit me, I suggest you watch the show
Tell him Aesop Rock sent ya just to hear his horn blow like this
*Horn samples*
[Aesop Rock]
And I ain't getting any younger.
My knuckles wear their bruises well.
I've yet to lose that hunger, but only time can tell.
Prodigal sun with a prodigal wish to sew that prodigal stitch and crucify bigot voodoo doll on two Popsicle sticks.
See, your name is ambiguity.
My name is something hands can't hold but hearts part ocean scapes just to watch the starlet unfold
It's like sketching a circle in the dirt with a pointed stick knowing the wind'll kill it some day, still it calms my burning wits for now.
And if I plow the fields, that don't guarantee plentiful harvest but starving artists die, so I set my alarm for five o'clock
Idols block survival crops, the cycle stops for nothing
The Bible squawks revival as winos flock by the hundreds to the opening.
Scarlet carpets greeting the duel, leading the stubborn mule to cruel rugburn but y'all numb from gut fuel.
I administer eclispe.
Ain't know motor like a martyr made motor 'cause a martyr made motor don't quit.
I am an epiphany.
I am webbed foot mammal channel surfing my way to the top.
Tugboat in a bottle with no holes poked in the nozzle
I fed 'em bedlam diluted in limelight till that rookie boogie graduated hostile.
Now the vehicle is grandeur and it veered over the median the second my halo ran outta helium.
Demoted to thorn crown.
Damn, talk about numbskull.
I was born bound to a stencil called symmetry but my energy's a rental.
So I take this now to say, thank you senorita for holding a flame to a lost wick.
Thank you James Anthony for the band-aids on my ego, y'all are family for life, I'll take that bullet to preserve you.
I wanna be something spectacular on the day the sun runs outta batteries.
Attach my fashion to the casualties of anarchy.
Save my nickels up to buy that homeless man a brand new horn, then sit up on his crate as a witness to beauty born like this...
(I ain't gettin any younger)
*Horn samples to end*
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Album: Labor Days
Artista: Aesop Rock
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Today I am honored to turn over my blog to a guest writer - Felix Gil. Felix is an educational leader in New Jersey and a classmate of mine at the University of Pennsylvania where we are entering the final year of our doctoral studies. Felix took this opportunity to share his perspectives on the issues in Fergusson as they relate to our roles as educators and leaders...
I believe the US should adopt a common set of standards, and general recommendations for when those standards should be met in the course of a student's K-12 career. Clarity of instructional goals supports improved instruction, as such I believe adoption of the Common Core can improve educational outcomes. However, it can't be standards alone that is expected to improve how much our students learn. I support the standards, but I do not believe they are the solution many hope. They will not be a balm for what ails public education in areas of concentrated poverty and – in many settings – racial isolation. I argue that that – poverty and racial isolation - is the root cause of the all too referenced "crisis" in American schools. Here I echo thinkers like Diane Ravitch, who has powerfully argued aspects of this point.
None of the most noted educational reforms proposed and executed since "A Nation at Risk" was authored in 1983, including that very report, has meaningfully addressed poverty and racial isolation. Until we as a nation tackle this concern I fear we will continue our sad march, with occasional respites as we celebrate a small success here or there. I think it's high time that as a profession we debate the issue of poverty and racial isolation, and as profession begin to advocate for systemic reforms that extend beyond the classroom, rather than passively accepting the reform du jour.
If we accept the simple reforms without speaking the truth, its so easy for politicians to blame us for the "failure" of our schools when they are courting votes and need a wedge issue. Moreover, we will be contributing to a system of that has done and continues to do real and lasting damage to whole swaths of our country; a system that oppresses the poor and many racial minorities. I would argue that the police in Ferguson, MO, are part of that system. Are schools part of the system too?
Eventually we may understand what actually led to the recent shooting in Ferguson, a shooting that as we all know has given rise to demonstrations and, unfortunately, violent action. However, the emotions unleashed by this shooting respond to generational grievances and practices that still disadvantage many minorities and specifically, in the case of Ferguson, blacks. These are practices that are systemic, cruel, and are ultimately a form of violence. Overzealous policing is part of that system. Courts that routinely sentence minorities more harshly than whites for the same crime are part of that system. The dismantling of affirmative action programs, even though we know discrimination exists is part of that system.
By accepting weak-willed, incomplete efforts, like the Common Core (#CCSS), as the "solution" to educations' problems, without speaking the truth, I fear that as educators we may unintentionally be part of the system as well. It does not matter if as an educator you are in a public or independent school, urban, suburban, or rural district, rich or poor – as educators we have a responsibility to raise our voice.
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Finding It Support In Bournemouth, 3 useful tips
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Police in the Cayman Islands are on the look out for a local woman's tooth. They may well find it still stuck in the hand of the man who "stole" it from her.
What had happened is the woman awoke early Friday morning to find a burglar in her house. The thief tried to silence her screams by putting his hand over her mouth. And that's when she used her chompers to her advantage.
Her bite was vicious enough that it chased the invader out of the house. But it was also so vicious that he left with one of her teeth still lodged in his skin.
The woman was treated at the hospital and released. Even if the police do find the missing tooth they won't be able to reattach it because too much time has passed.
Oh well, at least she'll always have a good story about when she took a bite out of crime!
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A new U.S. registry put together by two universities highlights more than 2,000 innocents who were falsely convicted of serious crimes since 1989. A closer look demonstrates that half of those exonerated were African American.
The University of Michigan Law School and Northwestern University School of Law worked together to compile the data, for which they collected detailed information on 873 exonerations. Nearly 1,200 additional exonerations were identified by the researchers, although there is less data for those.
Breaking down the numbers on the 873 exonerations, researchers found that five of out ten defendants were African Americans; nine out of ten were men. More than 100 of the 873 exonerations were prisoners that had been facing death sentences.
Out of the false convictions for homicides and sex crimes examined by the Big Ten university researchers, DNA evidence proved to be the kicker. Among the 305 charged with sexual assaults, about two-thirds of exonerations came by DNA testing. Nearly one-third of the 416 false homicide convictions were exonerated by genetic testing.


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Finger Scrolling
From Openmoko
I've implemented drag-scrolling on my Freerunner (drag on the touchscreen to generate scrolling, instead of dragging events). By placing this code into the X mouse driver, all applications that support the mouse wheel (the vast majority do) automatically become finger-scrolling enabled.
With this patch, scroll events are generated by pressing on the touchscreen, and dragging in the desired scroll direction. Dragging can still happen, by pressing the touchscreen, and not moving the finger for a short time (200ms currently). This is useful for selecting text, for example.
xglamo patch: Media:tslib_scrolling.patch
bitbake recipe including the patch: Media:xserver-kdrive-glamo_126.96.36.199+git.bb
precompiled package (works with SHR): Media:xserver-kdrive-glamo_18.104.22.168+gitr9b28d998424c77fbc057dd3a022ccbb122793a52-r4_armv4t.ipk
This makes applications not specifically designed for touchscreen devices work much better, since scrolling can happen by touching the screen anywhere, not just on the scrollbars at the edges of the windows. Apps designed for touchscreen devices (like illume and anything built with elementary) don't work as well, since some of the scrolling functionality is implemented at a higher level, and potentially conflicts with the new code.
I have patched the Xglamo touchscreen mouse driver, and the most important SHR app that requires dragging: the Illume keyboard. Let me know if these patches work for you.


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Premier Jiang Yi-huah (江宜樺) yesterday defended the bloody crackdown on student protesters occupying the Executive Yuan from Sunday evening through early Monday morning as a necessary measure, while rejecting the protesters' call to withdraw the cross-strait service trade pact or suspend its review until legislation to monitor cross-strait agreements is set up.
While expressing regret over the injuries suffered by both protesters and police, Jiang defended the police action as "necessary."
"As the protesters were trying to take over the Executive Yuan, we had to ask the police to take harsh measures to disperse them. Officers and protesters were injured and, according to data provided by the National Police Agency, a total of 174 officers and protesters were injured, with more officers than protesters being hurt," Jiang told a press conference at the Executive Yuan yesterday morning.
"I would like to express my deep regret about the protest that got out of control, and the ensuing forced eviction, which was necessary," he said.
The premier said he was open to the idea of setting up legislation that would monitor cross-strait agreements, but he would not withdraw the service trade agreement from the legislature or suspend its legislative review.
Responding to Jiang's comments, a representative of the student protests, Shih I-lun (施懿倫), said the premier's remarks were "meaningless" and "insincere."
"Jiang has been making similar meaningless comments for a week, since he came to the Legislative Yuan on Saturday [to talk to the protesters]. It doesn't make any sense to me when he says that he supports legislation to monitor cross-strait agreements, but also says that the service trade pact should not be monitored by the law," Shih said.
As for Jiang's defense of the violent crackdown, Shih said that President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) and Jiang should take full responsibility for the incident.
"The occupation was largely peaceful, with demonstrators staging a sit-in, chanting slogans. Violence only broke out when police, following Jiang's order, starting the heavy crackdown on peaceful demonstrators," Shih said.
Jiang held the press conference after the student-led occupation movement earlier called on the public to attend an open-ended rally in front of the Presidential Office tomorrow afternoon.
According to Taipei City Zhongzheng First Precinct Police Chief Fang Yang-ning (方仰寧), the event organizers have applied for a permit for a rally of 100,000 people and the application has been approved. However, participants are required to disperse by midnight, he added.
Meanwhile, although a number of images, video clips and witness accounts have surfaced about police officers beating up protesters and reporters with batons and shields, Deputy Minister of the Interior Chen Chun-ching (陳純敬) and National Police Agency Deputy Director-General Tsai Chun-chang (蔡俊章) insisted yesterday that the police "gently" removed protesters occupying the Executive Yuan.
"It is true that 55 protesters were wounded, but the injuries were caused by the pulling and shoving that occurred when they resisted officers' attempts to remove them," Tsai said.
Asked about reports of police forcing reporters to leave and beating them, Chen said they asked members of the media to leave to protect them.
"If there is evidence that the police attacked reporters, we will launch an investigation," he said.


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The Bundeswehr Military History Museum in Dresden is one of Europe's most important history museums.
Over time, Hamburg port saw over five million people set sail to try their luck in the New World.
Situated in authentic surroundings, the Speicherstadt Museum in Hamburg houses typical goods and equipment from the storage and trading companies that used to operate in the city's warehouse district.
This exhibition stands on the ground occupied, from 1933 to 1945, by the Gestapo building and its built-in prison.
The Berlin Wall Memorial runs along the Bernauer Strasse section of the former no man's land between East and West Berlin.
In the old Mitte district of Berlin , the German Historical Museum provides a fascinating view of German history in an international context.
The City Museum Simeonstift Trier houses art and artefacts from the early modern era to the 21st century.
Nowhere is Trier's ancient history more vividly depicted than in the city's Rhenish State Museum.
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I'm using asus A8E for business with ubuntu 8.10 and it's running just fine, one curious thing: the laptop is much less noisy running linux, still it appears faster compared to pre-installed Windows Vista.
I just get one "bad" message in dmesg, after a couple of hours running:
ACPI: EC: missing confirmations, switch off interrupt mode.
But I'm still looking around to understand what it means, apprentely everything is working fine.


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High blood cholesterol, a serious hereditary disease, is far more common than previously recognised and not treated sufficiently. This is shown in new research from the University of Copenhagen and Herlev Hospital, and the results have recently been published in the well-reputed American scientific journal, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
A group of scientists from the University of Copenhagen has recently shown that far more Danes than expected suffer from high blood cholesterol. The study also shows that the serious hereditary disease is not treated effectively.
Dr Børge Nordestgaard, clinical professor at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, and senior physician at Herlev Hospital is surprised at the findings.
"We have now investigated 69,000 Danes to see how many have hereditary high blood cholesterol and have undergone sufficient treatment for the disease. We can see that out of 137 people in Denmark 1 has hereditary high blood cholesterol. That corresponds to 40,000 people with the disease in the Danish population of 5.5 million," states Børge Nordestgaard.
The study also shows that very few families and individuals with this serious disease have been identified and treated effectively with statins, a type of drug for treating high cholesterol. In Holland, by comparison, early detection of patients and their families has almost eliminated the increased risk of coronary disease, because effective treatment to reduce cholesterol levels was implemented quickly.
"Never before anywhere in the world has the ordinary population been studied to see how many people and families with hereditary high blood cholesterol there actually are. It was previously assumed that only 1 out of every 500 people had it, so it was quite a surprise for us suddenly to find 3 ½ times as many people with this serious disease. At the same time, it was also startling to discover that a disease that can easily be prevented by treatment to reduce blood cholesterol has not been treated sufficiently," says Dr. Marianne Benn, senior physician, also from the University of Copenhagen.
Underdiagnosis and undertreatment
Of those Danes shown to have hereditary high blood cholesterol, one-third already had coronary disease, and only half were being treated with statins. People with hereditary high blood cholesterol not undergoing treatment with statins have a 1,200 per cent higher risk of developing coronary disease. Even more surprising: people with hereditary high blood cholesterol who are being treated with statins still have a 900 per cent higher risk of incurring coronary disease. In total, the study documents massive underdiagnosis and undertreatment of these high-risk individuals and their families in Denmark.
Researchers used the internationally recognised Dutch criteria for hereditary high blood cholesterol based on very high blood cholesterol level and early-onset coronary disease in the test person and his/her family, and on the finding of mutations that directly lead to hereditary high blood cholesterol. The increased risks appear even when figures are adjusted for several other factors that also contribute to coronary disease. Researchers use this method to eliminate biased results.
50 million people with hereditary high blood cholesterol
These new figures mean that there are about 50 million people worldwide with hereditary high blood cholesterol. Today most of these people are undiagnosed, untreated and therefore at serious risk of dying early from coronary disease. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), coronary disease is the most common cause of death in adults worldwide. WHO estimates that at least 17 million people die from coronary disease annually. A considerable number of these deaths are due to hereditary high blood cholesterol.
"We have known for decades about high blood cholesterol and how to prevent it. Nonetheless the disease is massively underdiagnosed and undertreated. This means that many people unnecessarily develop early-onset coronary disease and die far earlier than normal," says Børge Nordestgaard.
Now scientists are continuing their work to determine how many of the people with hereditary high blood cholesterol can be demonstrated to have a mutation that causes the disease, so that it will be easier to trace the families with this problem.
Read the scientific article "Familial Hypercholesterolemia in the Danish General Population: Prevalence, Coronary Artery Disease, and Cholesterol-Lowering Medication" in the reputed journal, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
Professor Børge Nordestgaard
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Related article: African Seduction Indigestion, caused by a second helping of my friend's delightful lasagne last night, caused a lack of sleep in the second half of the night, and with it the unexpected benefit of the words for a recently much-enjoyed fantasy, sparked by a beautiful African adolescent boy I met sometime. If there are things in the story that puzzle you, check out the introduction to Adam-from-Zimbali in Gay:Adult/Youth. Yes, that and Okizo are STILL unfinished works. Comments welcome, flames ignored. Peace. wet0blanketyahoo.co.uk No persons or things were hurt, injured or damaged in the making of this story. It's about a sexual relationship between a man and a teenage boy, if it is illegal for you to read it at your age or in the country where you are, or you are offended by such, please don't read it. If you don't like stories in the first person, I do! If you think it is unbelievable, well, it IS a fantasy! Mb, oral/anal Sent by a small international NGO to assess the success of re-settlement programmes after a war, I had stayed the previous two nights in a hotel in the main regional town. Going into the villages I had done my work while noticing the beautiful young males. Untouchable, unprofessional, no place to make contact, not in this hotel. Now this smaller town, a few hours journey along the new tarmac road; I had been recommended a visit to a certain lady, well known for her ability to galvanise the community into self-help. I had called her, she knew of my organisation, happy to give an informal interview "and don't even think of staying in that dreadful hotel, I have a guest room with it's own bathroom, you must stay with us". Well thank you ma'am, I've had my fill of dreadful hotels in small towns with their pseudo-European food. Perhaps I would get some local cuisine, always interesting, if occasionally producing the unexpected. I remember when ... no, that is another story. My driver found the place and, having ascertained he was no longer needed, informed me he would be staying with a relative, and off he went. It was a typical bungalow house from the colonial period, had seen better days, but was clean. Probably three bedrooms. Mrs Sentua showed me my room at the far end of the house. Obviously designed to keep visitors comfortable in their privacy: the door from the main corridor led to another mini-corridor with two doors, one of which led to the bedroom, medium sized room with a small-sized double bed already made up with a tied-up mosquito net hanging above. She indicated other door. "The bathroom and toilet are there. I hope you will be comfortable enough. As soon as you are finished here, come through for lunch." "Thank you every much". I washed up and went back to the living room where Mrs S provided a light lunch, European-style with Hot Preteens fresh white bread with a locally-produced peanut butter, a little cheese (which I knew was a luxury), followed by local fresh fruits and coffee. "You can taste our local dishes in the evening – they take the who-ole day to prepare." "I look forward to that". My note-pad ever-ready, lunch drifted into stories of the war, reconciliation and re-building. Sure enough she was a fount of information and offered to take me to a local craft workshop in the morning before I left. The afternoon drifted on, tea served at 5pm and, soon after, children of different ages began drifting in from school, all girls. I must have looked slightly surprised – she was not young, after all and, I presumed, a widow. "You know these wars produce many casualties. I have my grandchildren here, educating in the town while the parents that remain are trying to get their homes and farms up and running after those years when people could not dig the land for fear of the rebels. Then they always have needy friends. So somehow, I have a houseful. The bigger boys are helping their parents, they walk or bike to school and back to the village in the evening, the girls I keep here, some primary-level boys stay with my sister. But I have one boy (smiles), his parents were killed and he was always my favourite, so he stays here with me. Around the house he does as much work as the girls, he can cook and clean, even mend clothes." "He doesn't mind being the only boy?" I ask. "Maybe, I'm not sure, but he loves me so much, and his Hot Preteens friends visit from time to time." "I look forward to meeting him", guessing he must be a teenager. "You will." As we took several cups of sweet spiced tea in succession (I was not given an option), I also received a succession of pretty and not-so-pretty girls who came and curtsied as they shook my hand. "Perhaps you would like to take a shower," Mrs Sentua offered. 6 pm, always a good time to take a shower in the tropics, just before sundown. I had a feeling I might not get the potable sundowner I liked. "Or more tea?". "Thanks Ma'am, I'll take my shower now". But no sign of the boy, ah well. "There is a towel in the bathroom." "Thank you very much". I luxuriated in the lukewarm water, washing off the dust and sweat of the day, making sure everywhere was thoroughly washed. Slacks and a V-neck polo shirt would be sufficient for the evening I decided. Coming back into the darkening living room, I was offered a chair on the verandah, "you can watch the sunset". Yeah, why not, I've seen plenty, but I don't tire of African sunsets. "Good evening, Sir." A vision? No, a beautiful adolescent boy, medium height, immaculately turned out in grey slacks and light blue short sleeved shirt, with hardly a speck of dust. (Not for the first time I wondered, how do they manage that?). I grasped the strong hand, taking in the modest-but-evident arm muscles as my gaze moved to back to the face. I guessed he would be tall in a few years. "I am called Kula, you are welcome to our house." "Thank you Kula, I am called Steven." "Thank you sir" "No need to call me sir." "Thank you, uncle." I can live with that I decided, once again appraising the handsome Nilotic face. Dare I hope for a closer contact? I wonder where he sleeps, no I am a guest, I should behave, and he probably sleeps in an outhouse, well away from the girls. Not that I can see an outhouse ... So you can guess the conclusion? I can sign off here after my lesson in African good manners? No? Well, ok. Dusk is so short in the tropics and it was well dark when a dim light came on above my head and one of the girls materialised in front of me, informing me that I should come in to eat. I entered to find the large dining table laden with different different covered dishes, and my palate longing for the coming revelation. That one too. "Please take a seat". I did, and so did Mrs S, Kula, and four of the bigger girls. And Kula. The smaller girls were arranged on the sitting room chairs and on mats on the floor. Grace was said, and covers were removed: plantain, sticky millet "bread", rice; a dish of fowl in a thin sauce (probably free-range chicken from Mrs Sentua' garden I decided), some fried meat chunks, and the ubiquitous kidney beans fried with onions and tomatoes. There was also a small dish of fried termites. Haha, anyone want to leave here? "Please help yourself." I took a little of everything, everyone making sure everything I needed was near to hand. The only eyes that met mine were Mrs Sentua's and Kula's, and his were sparkling. He was sitting opposite me and handed me the termites. "Do you eat these Uncle?" It had been known, they are vaguely reminiscent of crunchy peanut butter if you don't look. "Yes I do, thank you." That produced a smile with gleaming white teeth revealed behind the perfectly shaped dark, full lips. I could not help thinking about where I would wish those lips to be later, if only it could be possible. Some boys just seem to ask for attention. It's the plantain that takes the whole day, first boiled and beaten into a mash, then, after being steamed in its own leaves for some hours, a uniform soft-but-firm consistency is achieved. Tastes vary, but it is often quite pleasant to eat with a good sauce. The smaller girls walked out to the kitchen and came back with their plates full of the same things we had at the table. All was delightful, the girls, perhaps shy, left the conversation with me to Mrs S and Kula. We talked about the food (me making appreciative noises), about the country, the recovery from the war, about the villages. I did not want to remind Kula about his parents by asking him about his village, so I began to ask him about school and what he was learning. As I did so, I shifted my feet towards his. The children and teenagers had bare feet, while Mrs Sentua and I were wearing the customary flip flops (thongs). I slipped mine off as I gently sought the young man's feet, trying to appear just to be casually adjusting my feet. Bingo! I tried not to look as excited as I felt as I made light contact. In my culture I would probably mumble or glance an apology and move the foot away. But the Africans I have met do not shun physical contact between those of the same sex, so I did not move my foot away. There was a brief glance from Kula and that was all. For the rest of the meal we had that contact, occasionally shifting, but always ending up touching. For all I knew, that was the only touching I would get. After dinner was over, and appropriate noises made we left the table and the smaller girls vacated and smoothed the sitting room chairs for me and Mrs S, whom they all addressed as either "Auntie" or "Mama Jonnie". Apparently her first born child was called by that name and, according to the culture, that was how she was formally addressed thereafter, although calling her Mrs Sentua was fine for visitors. By now it was 9.30 pm and Mrs S turned on her somewhat old and battered TV to get the national news. After 10 minutes I was thoroughly bored and, having no hope of any other entertainment, made my excuses saying I would like to sleep. Mrs S stood up to escort me to my room and as we walked down the corridor she called: "Kula" "Yes Auntie" "Come and collect your mat from Mr Steven's room so you don't disturb him later." Oh but Ma'am, I would love to be disturbed. To me: "He sleeps there when we have no visitors, but he can sleep on his mat in the kitchen". "Well .." The boy was now behind us and we had reached the door of the room, so I knew it was strike now in haste or regret later at leisure. "I'm sure he would be more comfortable in his usual room, there is enough space, isn't there? It would be no trouble to me at all and maybe in the morning he might have some stories from home to tell me." I glanced at Kula, whose eyes were indecipherable in the dimly lit corridor, but there was a definite smile on his face. "Oh, I don't think ... I mean we always think you whites like to have your privacy and he is just a boy." Meaning he is not my Hot Preteens age-mate. "Oh I like some company, if he is not shy ..." "Well ... Kula, I know sleeping in the kitchen with the pots and pans ..." "Auntie, I don't mind." Mind what? The kitchen or me? "If Uncle Steven is happy for me to sleep here, I think it is ok". More than OK sweetie. By now we were all in my bedroom. "Well ..." (to me) "if you are sure you don't mind, he doesn't have a man here to talk to and maybe you can have things to talk about." "Yes it's good, a young man needs an older man sometimes." And how ... "I think you don't need to collect you mat, Kula, you can sort it out when you come to sleep". "Thank you Uncle, I will come soon." I hope so, baby, I sure hope so. "Very well, I wish you a good night" said Mrs S with a brief smile. They went out and closed the door behind them. Wow, sometimes I manage to think quickly and, to be honest, just having Kula's company would be nice, though frustrating Hot Preteens if he did not allow more. I was sure that they both still expected him to sleep on the mat alongside the bed, but I would have to see how I could change that when he arrived. I used the bathroom. I was already feeling a little aroused as I undressed to my boxers, got my own large towel out of my suitcase and laid it in the middle of the bed, untied the mosquito net and tucked it in. I switched on the small light by the bed which looked Hot Preteens rather like an old office desk-lamp, the low-wattage bulb almost entirely covered by the metal shade, so I directed it away from the bed onto the wall; when I switched off the main light there was gentle subdued light which I thought was just right. Romantic huh? I got in the bed and, having observed before the fascination of male African youths with even moderately endowed hairy chests such as mine, I covered myself with the sheet up to my belly. I picked up from the bedside table the novel I had begun whilst bored in the hotel room the previous night. I tried to concentrate. Not many minutes had passed before I heard the door between the corridors open and close, then the bathroom door. I hoped and presumed it was Kula, not one of the big girls with funny ideas – such things have been known, but that is not my story! I heard the toilet flush and the water from the tap then, sure enough, there was a gentle tap on the bedroom door and there was my boy – I hoped he would be my boy very soon. He was dressed in tee shirt and shorts and appeared to be freshly clean. I guess he had just showered somewhere, probably in an outside bathing shelter, scooping the water up with his hands. "Good evening, Uncle." "Good evening Kula. You are welcome." "Thank you." He squatted down to get his mat from under the bed. "Uh, Kula?" "Yes, Uncle?" "Uh, I don't think you need the mat, the bed is big enough of both of us." His expression was uncertain. "You want me to sleep with you there?" "Yes please, if you are not too shy, but I don't allow clothes in my bed (because of the dust of course) only underpants, I mean." Through the net, he appeared to be looking at my chest. "Er, maybe I am shy, but thank you uncle ..." Just call me lover. "So get yourself ready and I am sure we will be comfortable." Making sure he was on my wavelength. Kula turned his back as he removed his tee-shirt and shorts. His back and legs smooth, his buttocks and calf muscles high. I was happy to see he had only Y-fronts underneath the shorts, not the decidedly un-sexy athletics shorts that so many young Africans wear as well. "In you get then." He untucked the net, looking across at me as he entered, putting his legs under the sheet; I was lying half on my side, towards him. "Shall I switch off the light, uncle?" "Maybe you first want to look more closely where you already looked? I don't mind if you want to stroke the hairs on my chest. And I want to see you properly too." There's nothing like cutting to the quick. "Oh, Uncle ... I ..." I stretched out my nearer arm above the pillow where his head now lay, leaning across and taking hold of his hand and bringing it to my chest; there was not much resistance. "There," I said, "stroke them for me.""Uncle, they are so smooth."I moved my arm and tucked it under his head so my hand was on his shoulder, applying a gentle pull towards me and Kula shifted his body closer, still stroking me. "I like your smooth chest, can I stroke it for you?" I asked. "If you want Uncle". I did so and I took care to find his nipples and rub them, eventually turning my hand and grazing them with my finger nails. He tensed briefly and looked at my eyes. "Does it feel good?"Quietly, "yes". "You can do like that to me too. Yes, like that, it's nice, yes, thank you. You have beautiful eyes Kula." "Do I, Uncle? Uncle I have never felt like this before. I mean ..." I pulled him towards me and we moved into an embrace. "A man and a boy can have a special love, and that is what you are feeling." We held each other tightly and I moved my lower half closer to his, kissing his forehead. "Are you feeling nice?" "Yes, very nice, oh ... Uncle." We hugged tighter and I pushed against him, hoping he would not be scared when he felt my erection. "I did not know you could ... we could ..." I shifted my head and brushed his full lips with mine. "Kiss me, Kula," He opened his lips a little and brushed mine, I pushed and kissed. He broke away. "Open your mouth a little more." We met again, this time I pushed my tongue in his mouth and found his, we jostled, our whole bodies now pushing. "Uncle I have never done that!" "I hope you like it." I moved towards him again and his mouth welcomed me. "But my ... I ..." "I think your body likes me as much as mine likes you. Can I move my hand like this?" putting my had between us and lightly grazing the front of his Y-fronts, his arousal was unmistakeable. "Oh Uncle, is it ... it feels nice but ..." "No 'buts' my boy, it feels good loving each other doesn't it?" Hugging tighter again and planting a kiss on his (face)cheek. "Yes, it does." "So enjoy it and don't fear. See, put your hand here, I am the same as you." "Uncle, I touched another boy there once and he touched me, but otherwise I only touch myself." "When you masturbate." "Yes, is it good?" "Does it feel good?" "Yes, but being here with you makes me want it more.""So it is good. I think we should remove our underpants so we can release our hard things." Kula looked at me slightly nervously then reached down and pulled his legs up to remove his Y-fronts. I did the same with my boxers. We hurriedly embraced again, moving close and intertwining our legs, our cocks now pushing against each other's stomachs. We kissed and clutched and groaned as our desire increased, thrusting against each other. I kissed around his face, his ears his eyes, down to his neck, around his nipples, kissing them too, licking them, teasing them, taking one gently between my teeth. He groaned. "Uncle ... I didn't know that could be ..." "Shhh! Just enjoy it." I was sure he did not know what was still to come. As I kissed his nipples I felt down with my hand and gently took hold of his cock. It felt average sized, maybe a bit long and a bit thin, uncircumcised, but definitely that of a boy come into maturity. I stroked a little. More groaning. "Shhh, don't make too much noise, dear." "Mm." I let go and moved on down, kissing and licking. Kula's pubes were smooth, newly shaved, as is their custom. Lovely. I nuzzled his cock. His balls too were smooth, and average sized. I was now folding my legs to stay in the bed, I pushed his legs up so he lay on his back as I lay on my stomach, supporting myself on my arms. I licked around his pubes, down to his balls, reached up and took hold of his very firm cock. I sucked on his balls on by one. He moaned again. I adjusted my position so I could be over him and lowered my head towards his beautiful black cock - uniform in width, the glans being slightly prominent and his foreskin naturally retracted. Good boy, you washed properly everywhere too! I licked around his glans and he shuddered. "Uncle ... I ... you shouldn't ..." "Does it feel good?" "Yes ... but ...""Then hush, sweet boy, enjoy it, I want to give you a wonderful experience." Once again I licked around his glans then lowered my head until that glorious African-boy-cock touched the roof of my mouth. I drew my lips against my teeth and closed my mouth, starting to move up and down, licking as much as I was able. I balanced on one elbow so I could tease his smooth balls with the fingers of the other hand. He was moaning again. Faster I went, I think neither of us wanted this to last much longer, it was now an urgent matter. I felt his balls become tight. "Uncle my sperms ..." he tried to move away, I pressed him down. I stopped the up and down movements and concentrated my tongue around his glans. His whole body tensed, he arched his back, bringing his cock further into my mouth as a he shot, 1 2 3 4 5 shots in rapid succession, his sweet boy-sperm filling my mouth as he relaxed into occasional after-spasms and I swallowed most of it. I pulled him onto his side and hoisted myself up so we could hug and kiss, Hot Preteens he opened his mouth and our tongues jostled and he tasted his own sperms. "Uncle, that was so ... you ... you swallowed my ... ?" "Yes I did, it is good, sweet boy and sweet sperms""I have never tasted but, it is ok I think.""Yes. Now can you do the same for me my sweet boy?""I have never ... but it felt so wonderful ... even when I masturbate it is not like that. But is it ... ?""I bathed just as you did, sweetie.""Yes of course.""Just do like I did, lick around the head and make it go in and out." I showed him how to cover his teeth and we each took the other's previous position. I don't shave there which must have been a surprise for him, and I have hair on my balls, but he gallantly licked around them and up to my glans, soon bringing it back to full erection. "Yes sweetie, like that ... now lick all around ... yes, that is so nice, yes ... now Hot Preteens with your lips, up and down, yes, oh sweet ..." fingering my own nipples, knees bent and legs spread, it did not take long before I was getting near. Holding his lovely head now. "Yes baby, so sweet .... now soon, lick hard around the head ... yes ... yes ... soon my sperms are cumming ... yes baby, yes, ooh sweet, oh yeeess" my body arched, forcing my dick up against the roof do his mouth as I shot my load 1 2 3 before he could move away. He spluttered a little but I saw his Adam's apple move as he swallowed, good boy! "Good boy, thank you so much, come, slide up here on top of me, yes, like that, ooh, you did so well, thank you, oohh, you made me feel so good." Tight hugs as we kiss slowly and I taste my own cum as I still get after-spasms. "I love having you on top of me like this. Did you enjoy it?""Uncle I have never known this love. I liked licking and sucking your ... your penis.""And yours is already hard again."Giggles, "yes!" He is now wriggling against me a little, the natural thrusting of new arousal. "I know you want to bring your sperms again.""Yes Uncle, will you put it in your mouth again?""Would you like to fuck my anus?""Fuck ... ? your anus ... ?""Yes, I would like you to enjoy that experience too.""I have heard of boys doing that in boarding school, it seems it is bad, but you make me feel so good, is it also a kind of loving?" "Yes it is, if boys or men or a man and a boy love each other then they can do that if they both agree. Please do it for me, I know you will enjoy.""Uncle, if you want, then I want. How shall we be?""Let me get this oil from the table here ... now, I put this pillow under my buttocks. Yes, put the towel underneath properly. Put some oil on your penis and smear on my anus also, push your finger inside, yes all the way if you want, it is not dirty, oh yes ... that's right, can you put in two fingers? Yes, like that ... push, uh ... no, it's ok ... you can take them out. Now, come in between my legs and put your penis at the opening. Yes, now push gently, very slowly, let just the head enter, aahh, yes, now wait ... ok, now, slowly, push very slowly all the way in ... uunnhh ... yes, all the way? Good, now rest ... how do you feel? "Uncle I feel very ...""Sexy?""Yes! Uncle I love you.""Sweet boy, I love you too. Now you can gently pull back until you are near to the opening, but don't let it come out, that's it, stop, ok now you can push back in slowly, and keep repeating in and out like that. Yes, it's good ... yeeess ... how does it feel?""ah ... ah ... Uncle, it is soo good!" he is gradually getting faster and I am feeling good as his sweet African-boy-cock thrusts against my hot-spot. I let him take his own speed, after his first cum there is a natural pace for him; I can't keep my legs like this for too long though ... "Pull yourself up a little and kiss me, sweetie, I love this, mmmm, ok Hot Preteens I can feel you are getting bigger inside me.""Uncle, soon, I think my ... sperms will come.""I want to feel them cum inside me, sweet boy, I want you to fuck me hard so they cum." "Oh .. Uncle, aah ... aah ... aah ... aah ... aah ... aah ... aah ... aah ... they are coming, oh .. oh .. ooohhhh, oh Uncle ..." I feel him spurting his cum into me and he collapses on my chest as I still feel his cock twitching inside. "Oh Uncle, thank you ... thank you ... I feel soooo gooooood." "Me too, sweet boy, me too," though I had not cum. "Uncle, you ... you need to bring your sperms too? Do you want ... to ... ?""No, precious boy, I am just fine now, I just want you to kiss me some more and keep your penis inside me for as long as you can."Eventually of course Hot Preteens he must come out, switch off the light, and we fall asleep in a cuddle. In the morning there is little time, school begins early. We hug, as we wake, I reassure Kula that what we have done is a good thing, no-one should say loving is bad. We exchange addresses. We have time for quick shower together, Kula is shy at first in the daylight, but we just get on with our showers, touching little, though we have erections. After drying we have a quick naked hug, our cocks hard against our stomachs, there is no time for more. Kula dresses, he will have breakfast at school he says, we hug again, kiss briefly, and off he goes, into his world. A little later I dress and go to the living room where Mrs Sentua has a light breakfast ready for me – tea and bread. We then go to the craft workshop where I see many talented and good-looking young people and after that – I warmly thank Mrs Sentua thrusting a few banks notes into her hand "for the children", not allowing her to refuse, and the driver takes me to my next destination. What happens there, and whether I ever meet Kula again, these are other stories.
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"Growing Pains" actor Andrew Koenig committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree in Vancouver's Stanley Park about a mile from downtown Vancouver, a source "close to the investigation" told E! News.
"My son took his own life," said Walter Koenig.
His father, actor Walter Koenig, who starred as Pavel Chekov in the television series "Star Trek," said Thursday that his son took his own life.
"Andrew had some very close friends here in Vancouver. As I've said before, he really felt this was home," said Walter Koenig.
"Ten of them decided today to do yet another sweep of Stanley Park, and invited me to join them," he said.
The search party broke up into teams. Shortly before noon, one of the teams discovered the body, according to E! News.
Koenig was discovered in a densely wooded area of native pines and brush, so deep into the forest off Stanely Park's Bridle Path, one of dozens of trails in the 1,000-acre area, that it appeared to the search party that "Andrew didn't want to be found," the source said.
The person who found him then alerted the other searchers via cell phone, after which Koenig's father, Walter, came to what was described as a "grisly" scene and identified his son.
"We've already said what a great guy he was and good human being. He was obviously in a lot of pain," said Walter Koenig.
Walter Koenig made a tearful plea to anyone considering suicide:
"The only other thing I want to say is, because I've received an awful lot of e-mails -- hundreds of e-mails from people who said they were depressed or had … contemplated the same course of action, or from families who said they had somebody in their family who showed signs of this kind of behavior or had in fact, lost members of their families because of this.
"The only thing want to say is if you're one of those people who really cant feel it, if you can't handle it anymore, you know, if you can learn anything from this it's that there are people out there who really care. You may not think so, and ultimately it may not be enough. But there are people who really, really care.
"And before you make that final decision, check it out again. Talk to somebody. And for those families who have members who they fear are susceptible to this kind of behavior, don't ignore it. Don't rationalize it. Extend a hand."
Andrew Koenig, 41, was in Vancouver visiting friends. He was last seen alive on Feb. 14. The Venice, Calif., resident is best remembered for portraying Richard "Boner" Stabone, the friend of Kirk Cameron's character in the 1980s sitcom "Growing Pains."
At Thursday's news conference, the actor's mother, Judy Levin-Koenig, begged people to get help for depression.
"For both the families and people who are suffering from depression, they don't realize that there is help, and they need help," Levin-Koenig said.
She added that Thursday's news conference will be the only statement the family makes.
"(Andrew) was much loved and had much to contribute in this world," Levin-Koenig said.


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A trip to Kutna Hora is a great escape from the hustle and bustle of Prague, and a chance to see the Czech countryside. After one hour drive you will find yourself in a sleepy atmosphere of a picturesque medieval town. Kutna Hora owes its origin to its silver mines, making it at one time the second richest town of the Czech Kingdom. Times of mining fever are over, but it left us with beautiful architectural jewels, such as the Gothic cathedral of St. Barbara, a unique 15th century stone well and numerous burgher houses. You will also visit the neighbouring village Sedlec, famous for its weirdly fascinating Ossuary (Church of Bones).
Terezin was established in the late 18th centrury as a fortress on a strategic location near the confluence of the rivers Labe and Ohre. The surrounding ramparts always remind people of its military past. Although it became sadly famous for its dark part in history, when during WWII, Terezin (at that time better known as Theresienstadt) was used as a ghetto. Here were concentrated Jews from Czechoslovakia and other European states, the majority of these were deported to extermination camps, others died here from the appaling conditions in place. The Small Fortress served as a Gestapo prison, nowadays it is a memorial. The tour can be extended by visiting nearby Litomerice. This outstanding historical town, suprisingly forgotten among tourists, is definitely worth exploring.


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Obamacare repeal now about the IRS
Republicans have hated Obamacare for years, and on their 37th repeal vote Thursday, they found a reason to hate it even more: the IRS.
They've warned about its role in Obamacare before, but this time, they used its targeting of conservative groups as a fresh warning about how it might apply the law to the rest of the country.
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It's the IRS, after all, that will enforce the individual mandate that most of the country already hates. And if the IRS can't shake its image as a political tool of the White House, any conservatives who get hit with an Obamacare penalty are certain to cry foul.
( PHOTOS: 10 slams on the IRS)
The House passed the repeal bill Thursday on a 229-195 vote. While the vote outcome was never in doubt — and the Senate's collective shrug ensures that the repeal effort will go nowhere — the GOP's efforts to link the law to the latest political firestorm demonstrates the real-world peril of perhaps the worst political week of Barack Obama's presidency.
On top of slamming Obamacare as a red-tape laden, small-business job killer, Republicans mounted an offense that questioned whether the federal government should be counted on to handle such a large expansion of power.
( PHOTOS: 8 GOP govs who said yes to Medicaid expansion)
"I didn't trust them before last week and I damn sure don't trust them now," Rep. Michael Burgess of Texas told POLITICO.
And the theme isn't likely to go away anytime soon. Top Republicans quickly circulated an ABC News report late Thursday that Sarah Hall Ingram, who directed the IRS unit that deals with tax-exempt organizations at the time when it was targeting tea party groups, is now the director of the IRS office that's implementing the health care law.
Sen. John Cornyn responded with a bill that would prohibit the Treasury Department — including the IRS — from enforcing the health care law. Rep. Tom Price had already filed a similar bill in the House.
Democrats mocked the Republicans for trying to tie the repeal vote to the IRS, and said the whole exercise was a waste of time.
"Are they going to refuse to pay their taxes because somebody in the IRS appears to have mishandled the certification of groups who give tax-exempt status when it appears that many of them are involved in politics?" asked Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), the ranking member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and a lead author of the original law.
But Republicans moved ahead anyway — realizing the timing of the various Obama scandals works to their advantage.
The timing of the vote, Burgess said, has nothing to do with the outbreak of Obama scandals — which also include the Benghazi attacks and Justice Department's snooping on The Association Press. But for Republicans, another repeal vote on Obamacare just serves as the cherry on top.
"In a lot of ways the decision was made to go ahead with this [repeal vote] before all of these stories broke. But the fortuitous confluence of events is one that I think we should certainly try to use to our advantage," Burgess said.
In terms of substance, the IRS scandal has nothing to do with its implementation of Obamacare. It happened because IRS employees that grant tax-exempt status were singling out conservative groups for harsh scrutiny — which is a separate issue from verifying health insurance coverage.
But symbolically, it couldn't have come at a worse moment for the Obama administration, which is already trying to fight the narrative that its agencies won't be able to implement the law's enormous changes without big mistakes.
The GOP questions linking Obamacare with the IRS scandal stretched from members of the party's leadership to its moderates and tea party firebrands.


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Glossary of Terms
Financial aid is often a complicated and confusing process. For most of our students, applying for funds at Berklee is their first experience with financial aid. Here is a list of terms that many of our students and parents often do not understand. As always, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us at any time.
Allows the borrower to simplify loan payments by combining many different loans into one monthly payment. Take some time to learn more about how to consolidate your federal loans. Most private companies are not offering loan consolidation at this time.
Continuing Students
Students who have attended at least one semester at Berklee and are continuing their education. This does not include students who have left the college (even for one semester) and are now resuming their studies.
Cost of Attendance (COA)
The total cost of a student's education at Berklee. This is not the student's bill. COA includes both the direct costs, tuition, and other charges billed by Berklee, and indirect costs such as living expenses and books. This figure is the maximum amount of aid (federal, institutional, private) that a student may receive in one academic year.
Credited Aid
Funds that have disbursed to a student's account.
Occurs with a debtor who has not met their legal obligations according to the debt contract (MPN). This may include failing to make a scheduled payment or violating a condition of the loan.
The process by which your financial aid is credited to your student account.
Domestic Students
Students who are legal residents (with a green card) or citizens of the United States.
Entering Students
Students who are coming to Berklee for the first time, including transfer students.
Entrance Counseling Session
Both Stafford and Perkins loans require you to complete entrance counseling. Your entrance counseling session is a short quiz designed to teach you about the terms of your loan in order to better prepare you for repayment once you graduate. You must complete this quiz for each of your loans before they may be disbursed to your student account.
Estimated Family Contribution (EFC)
The amount of money, as determined by the FAFSA, that a student and their family can pay towards a Berklee education. This is not the amount of money that it will cost for a student to attend Berklee.
Exit Counseling Session
Both Stafford and Perkins loans require you to complete exit counseling once you graduate or are no longer enrolled at Berklee at least half-time. This short session is designed to prepare you for loan repayment. It also includes collecting references in case you default on the loan.
Domestic students interested in applying for financial aid must fill out this document each academic year. The FAFSA is available online at fafsa.ed.gov. FAFSA is an acronym that stands for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. This is a document annually prepared by the United States Department of Education. This information is used to review students for aid eligibility.
Federal Aid
Financial funds awarded by the United States through the Department of Education. Only U.S. citizens and permanent residents are eligible for these funds.
Grace Period
The time after graduation when students are not yet required to make loan payments. This period exists to allow students to find employment after graduating or leaving the college.
Need-based funds that are not required to be paid back. Grants do not carry interest rates.
Institutional Aid
Financial aid funds awarded by Berklee.
Interest Rate
Annual percentage rate that is charged for the use of loan funds.
International Students
Students who are not U.S. citizens.
Funds that must be paid back. Most loans carry an annual interest rate.
Loan Fee/Origination Fee
A one-time fee associated with the processing of loan funds. This is deducted from the loan amount prior to disbursement.
Master Promissory Note (MPN)
This is your loan contract. All federal and private loans require you to sign an MPN before the loan can be disbursed.
A student's cost of attendance minus their estimated family contribution. This is how much money a student requires in order to have their entire Berklee education paid for (including both direct and indirect costs).
Pell Grant
A grant awarded by the federal government based on a student's FAFSA eligibility.
Pending Aid
Financial aid in a pending status is not yet ready to be disbursed and has not been subtracted from a student's tuition bill. Further steps may need to be taken to verify these awards.
PLUS Loan
A federal supplemental loan for parents of domestic dependent students.
The process of repairing a defaulted loan or loans. For information on how to rehabilitate a defaulted private loan, please contact your lender directly.
Returning Students
Students who have left the college (even for one semester) and are now resuming their education at Berklee.
Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)
Students must be deemed as making satisfactory academic progress in their program of study before they can receive financial aid. This requirement includes maintaining the minimum standards for grade-point-average (GPA) and credits earned each semester.
Merit-based funds from Berklee that are not required to be paid back. Scholarships do not carry interest rates.
Stafford Loan
Low-interest federal student loan awarded based on a student's FAFSA eligibility.
Student Aid Report (SAR)
A summary of a student's FAFSA information. Additionally, this document flags any problems, alerting the student to any potential changes that may need to be made on the FAFSA (available online at fafsa.ed.gov once a student has filed their FAFSA)
Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG)
A grant awarded by the federal government based on a student's FAFSA eligibility.
Supplemental (Private) Loan
A loan that is not a part of a student's federal financial aid package. Students or parents may apply for these loans with private lenders.
The federal process requiring the school to confirm information found on the FAFSA through review of student and parent taxes and income information.
Verified Aid
Financial aid that is ready to be disbursed to a student's account.


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- Portree Harbour, Isle of Skye. Breakfast on the stillest water on earth. A sneeze would cause a tsunami.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Travels in the country's storybook-perfect wild north.
I had been here before. A deep breath of ocean air, a taste of mist, and I was in some beautiful place from my dreams – on the edge of water so still, I forbade myself to blink should an eyelash fall and disturb the sheet of glass before me.
After an unintended ten hours or so of travel by train and ferry, and a refusal to sleep due to the adrenaline cooked up by eternal childishness and lack of plans, I'd arrived in Neverland.
I just had to get through Hogwarts first.
For all of you adults out there, let me put this in different terms. My ten hours of travel led me to one of Britain's great secret treasures: the Isle of Skye in Scotland.
Before you cringe over the length of this journey: the train ride is only about four to five hours from Glasgow. I happened to have been based out of Dublin and took, perhaps, not the most logical path, resulting in a ten-hour "scenic route" through the Lake District.
Then again, how logical is a journey with no plans in the first place?
I could go on and on about the glorious madness of getting out of Dublin and the wonders of going through Wales and the Lake District, but I'll just pick up from my landing in Glasgow.
I arrived at Glasgow Central Station with no accommodation and no plans. I eventually found the Charing Cross Guest House. I had to walk about a mile to it, but I had my own room, my own bathroom, WiFi, a television, and a full Scottish breakfast in the morning ¬ all for only £25.
The luxurious living would end there.
I walked down to Glasgow's Queen Street Station (a block away from Glasgow Central) past the Royal Conservatoire and kilted windows in pea-soup fog.
I hopped the early (and deserted train) bound for Mallaig, the town at the northernmost point of the Western Highlands, for a meager £30 return. It only took about a half hour on the train for the terrain to begin to look unlike anything I'd ever imagined: great valleys and ancient, chilling, looming mountains swallowed by fog. It's a slow, winding train ride, and the stillness of everything from the trees to the lochs (lakes) is certainly some sort of contrived, thought-provoking painting. Not reality.
And suddenly, I was on my way to Hogwarts. My acceptance letter simply came a decade late, I suppose. The latter end of the route from Fort Williams to Mallaig is the Hogwarts Express' track in all the Harry Potter movies. The actual train is still in use, in fact. Had I gone when the weather was warmer, I would have taken it.
Regardless, this little train was doing its job beautifully. It passed over the Glenfinnan Viaduct where, among other scenes, Harry and Ron chase the train with their flying car in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. It also passes by the beautiful Loch Eilt, or Hogwarts Lake. This, of course, is where Hagrid skips stones that go on forever. My eyes may be bad with distance, but I'm sure there was also some beautiful creature flying with its wings brushing the loch's still waters. A hippogriff, no doubt.
And then I saw it. Neverland.
The train came to a halt at the edge of the earth. Across the water was a different world. In February, the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry to Armadale, the town on the southern tip of the Isle of Skye, only goes twice a day. I took the last one of the day across water so still it could have been a glass mirror. I managed to get to Portree, the capital on the north side of Skye. I stayed in the colorful and deserted Portree Independent Hostel and woke up to otherworldly beauty. From every window was a glimpse into an indescribable landscape. If a unicorn had run by me, I would not have been surprised.
I can imagine the Isle of Skye is an outdoorsman's paradise, but I saw no activity necessary except to sit and observe. To go to MacKenzie's Bakery in the square, get a bit of "Flies Cemetery" (a pastry with cinnamon, apples and sultanas), and to simply be.
I spent a couple of days there. I met some wonderful people, and then, unfortunately, I was to go back. I hitchhiked on a schoolbus back to Armadale to catch the ferry back to Mallaig. The children on the bus erupted in song: Adele's "Skyfall." Convenient.
I managed to miss the second and last ferry of the day. It was getting dark, and I went searching for lodging. Armadale was desolate and, as it was February, there was no accommodation available. I found a tethered rowboat with fishing nets that had been beached by the low tide. I figured I'd sleep in that.
That is, until a camping French couple found me and let me stay with them in their tent nearby. We made a fire on the beach of the still water, and as my French couple gazed into each other's eyes, I gazed around me at the stars reflected in the sea. Where the Skye stopped and the sky began, I couldn't tell.
I don't think I ever left the Isle of Skye. There I remain until this day. Time stood still, and I'd like to think I'm there always.
This all does not sound very real, does it? That's Neverland for you. Bring your kids (and some sweets), take the journey, and watch their storybook imaginations soar with the dramatic horizons outside the train window.


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Product Details
Titanium's strength, durability and light-weight nature make it a popular metal choice for jewelry. Its versatile properties make it a superb choice for those with sensitive skin. Titanium is hypo-allergenic, yet has the highest strength-to-weight ratio of any known element. It can be anodized to produce various colors and can be engraved with personal sentiments.
Product Information
msrp: $100
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- Product Type: Jewelry
- Jewelry Type: Rings
- Ring Type: Wedding Bands
- Material: Primary: Titanium
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- Sold By Unit: Each
- Band Width: 6 mm
- Edge Type: Beaded
- Engravable: Yes
- Finish: Polished
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- Ring Fit: Comfort
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- Texture: Grooved
- Thickness: >2 mm
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Kid's viral bullying video shows how frustrated parents can get
Kelly Wallace, (CNN) — Sarah Cymbaluk of Fosston, Minnesota, is a frustrated mom who took matters into her own hands. After claiming that her daughter was repeatedly bullied on the school bus and the school did nothing about it, she posted a video on Facebook.
In the video, Cymbaluk asked her crying daughter, "Tell me how it makes you feel."
Her daughter, who turned 9 on Tuesday, responded, "It makes me feel sad and scared, and I don't like it."
"She's been called into the principal's (office) and made to feel like it's her fault," Cymbaluk told CNN affiliate KXJB, claiming the bullying has gone on since December. "She's been told to ignore it. She's been told to disregard it. Basically she's been told to stuff her emotions and get on with life."
Fosston Schools Superintendent Mark Nohner, who said he thinks the situation could have been resolved without going to Facebook, said he learned about this issue only recently but conceded "somewhere along the line" the case "fell through the cracks."
"And so we need to review our procedures and policies and maybe do a better job of articulating to the parents what we're doing," said Nohner.
While Cymbaluk has come under some fire for posting the video of her tearful daughter, this case demonstrates how angry and helpless parents can feel when they believe their child is being bullied and that nothing is being done to stop it.
'You want to do something to help your child'
Becki Cohn-Vargas, a parent of three grown children, is a former principal, superintendent and teacher with more than two decades of experience in education. She is now director of Not in Our School, a program that works to create networks of schools that are free of bullying and offers a guide to parents on how to deal with bullying behavior.
"Without knowing all the details of the case, what I can say is that I can understand a parent's frustration because I, as a parent, have moved my child from a school … so I know that you feel desperate," said Cohn-Vargas, who transferred her own daughter to another high school years ago because of a bullying incident. "You want to do something to help your child."
The key is focusing on the most effective methods to make sure your child feels safe. That begins with talking with your child and determining whether they have, in fact, been bullied, she says.
"It isn't supportive to your child to just jump in and defend when you don't know exactly what happened," said Cohn-Vargas, co-author of the book "Identity Safe Classrooms: Places to Belong and Learn," who says she's had her share of experiences as a principal with parents coming in with "guns blazing."
"I had so many cases where parents … felt like they had to defend their child because they thought that was support."
Parents might first encourage children to try and handle the situation by standing up for themselves and telling the bully to stop. If that doesn't work, the next stage would be working up through the chain of command, said Cohn-Vargas, beginning with the person closest to where the alleged bullying took place, such as a teacher if it took place in the classroom or a bus driver if the incident happened on a bus and then moving on to the principal and the school district.
"I am not trying to underestimate that it's hard because school districts sometimes put their head in the sand, they don't want to see what's happening, but I think more and more school districts are very pro-active," said Cohn-Vargas.
'Document, document, document'
Nancy Willard, director of the group Embrace Civility in the Digital Age, which works on combating cyberbullying and author of "Positive Relations @ School (& Elsewhere)," doesn't totally agree.
She says she hears from far too many parents who say schools are rationalizing bullying behavior, saying things like "It wasn't that big of a deal" or "You're overreacting" or "Your kid needs to learn how to deal with it."
Willard, who has created her own empowerment guide for parents, says her first advice is to "document, document, document."
Parents should chronicle what happens, what staff were around and what they did, what the impact has been in terms of emotional distress, how the alleged bullying behavior may be interfering with the child's education and after-school activities and what the school response has been, said Willard.
If the school is not responding, a parent can go the person charged with responsibility for ensuring safe schools at the district level, she said. "If you don't get help at the district level, then you go to the State Department of Education."
If a child is being bullied and there is a civil rights violation, a parent can file a civil rights complaint either at the state or federal level, she added.
"Parents need to know that they have more power," said Willard.
A focus on reconciliation, not punishment
She said parents should not be focused on punishment, which could lead to retaliation and more pain for the bullied child. Instead, they should ask the school to see that the person responsible for the hurtful behavior gets help since other problems may be pushing them to bully and work with the school to create an opportunity, at some point, for the child who caused the pain to make amends.
Cohn-Vargas adds that parents should refrain from immediately trying to schedule a meeting with the parents of the child doing the bullying.
"It's because it can turn into conflict between adults," she said. "It just can get ugly really fast."
Willard said part of the reason why she created her parent guide in the first place is because she believes parents can help schools make positive change.
"If we've got 1.4 million kids who are experiencing hurtful acts at school each week, that's a fair number of parents who if they got motivated could encourage and empower change," she said, citing numbers from a 2011 Youth Voice project on bullying.
Cohn-Vargas believes schools and school districts are "in the beginning stages of addressing bullying effectively." She believes only a multifaceted approach will succeed — one that includes empowering students to identify issues and solutions, teaching bystanders to stand up against bullying and looking at bullying as a learning experience where kids can move on and change.
She cited a recent case involving a middle school, which worked with her program, Not in Our School. Three boys photoshopped a picture of an eighth- grade girl, adding a swastika, a naked image and an anti-gay slur, and circulated the photo.
School officials identified three students were responsible, including one Jewish student, and wanted the children to really learn from the incident. They came up with the idea of having the students do research on the topics involved including the history of the swastika, said Cohn-Vargas.
"So what does the school do to handle it right? They take it seriously, they investigate. They look at it as a learning experience," she said.
"All children at some point end up being either a victim, a bystander or someone who does the bullying and so it's a matter of creating a learning opportunity for the kids."
Do you think schools are doing enough to stop bullying? Chime in in the comments below or tell Kelly Wallace on Twitter and CNN Living on Facebook.


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John Wilson was born in 1973, in Kitimat, BC. His favourite medium is wood, but he also does acrylics and prints. John has had commissions with the Spirits of the Kitlope Dance Group from the Haisla Nation. In 2008, has was part of the "Masks and Panels" group exhibition in Seattle, WA.
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Welcome! I am so glad you're here.. because I am here to inspire you with easy recipes, personal thoughts about health & wellness, motivation and how I live a healthy lifestyle while still staying balanced.
I am a Certified Holistic Health Coach from Integrated Institute of Nutrition, Food Photographer and Health/Wellness blogger focusing on eating Real Food
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text: The crowded scene on "Black Friday" at Macy's in Manhattan. The U.S. population is projected to hit 400 million in 2051, Census says, up from 321 million in 2015. Stan Honda /AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stan Honda /AFP/Getty Images The Two-Way Census: U.S. Continues To Get Older And More Diverse; Though More Slowly December 12, 2012 The nation's population is now projected to become "majority-minority" in 2043, the Census Bureau says. Meanwhile, the average age will continue to rise as Americans live longer, birth rates continue to decline and immigration slows.


text: Awaken by Amazon was one of 5 big winners in the 2013 Future Lions competition at Cannes this year. It's an idea for good, that provides a platform to share your old books with people in India who can't read (780,000,000 of them). When you buy a book on Amazon, you'll now be able to re-use the box the books come delivered in, and ship your old books to people they'll really make a different for… So what's the trade off? For every book you share, you'll get that book back on your Kindle free, to keep forever. Love to know what do you guys think? Thanks again to AKQA for hosting.


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S29h necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 79 diseños de 28 diseñadores freelance.
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We are an integrative health and wellness company. One of our specialties is sports training. We have come up with a new organic sports drink being tested in markets right now with AMAZING success. People want to buy this to go, so we need a logo for our bottles. Our drinks are to replace the lattes and muffins that we see people grab at the club cafes.
We presently sell in health and tennis clubs. This drink is aimed towards the fitness / athletic markets where we see moms, dads and teens buying this drink. They are on the go and the drink and name are the nutrition they need.
The name of the drink is Power2Go Nutrition. we want to emphasize 'power2go' with 'nutrition' smaller (but are open to suggestions). The name is being trademarked so please add the TM in small type to the name.
We want:
- something edgy and crisp, but simple like the logos: starbucks, nike and gatorade. Don't let these logos limit your imagination.
- like the idea of the logo health.com that is previewed on this site with someone running - again, don't let that limit your imagination - maybe more abstract
- no pastel colors
- Nothing 'cute' or cartoonish.
- typeface should be clear, simple and sophisticated.
- no stock art or clip art
Not sure if we want it to be two colors or full color.
Feel free to experiment.
we need the file in rgb and cmyk
layers in psd format
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hughR necesitaba un nuevo diseño de camiseta y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 206 diseños de 47 diseñadores freelance.
kore - http://www.kore.net
Kore Virtual Machines is a startup that sells a software component to the video-games industry. Our product allows designers to work at a high level, make better games and also hopefully make the process of making games a little less painful. Under the hood it's all a hell of lot "techier" that that but we want design to be #1.
As a high level concept we want the shirts to say, "yes we're doing something difficult/complicated/edgy but we're making it look fun and effortless - if you work with us you will be cool too..."
We would like to have two visually related collectible t-shirts for our staff and/or gifts to customers. The prize is for both designs as they need to work together. We'd like to see the pair submitted as one. We reckon it is best if the same designer creates both at the same time.
If you can come up with designs that can make the best creative folk in the games industry go "wow I want that cool shirt" then you've done really well (plus we'll be happy to let people know who does our designs....)
We will be giving lots of feedback!
The target audience are professional game developers age 24-34. We deal with everyone from people doing fine Art pre-game concepts to folks doing very technical software implementations.
The industry is very visual and very smart (and 95% male!). We want the shirts to be well enough designed for someone to wear at an informal social event. It should not be immediately corporate or immediately branded - they should be cool... The games industry tends to have an edgy feel to it so humor especially black humor tends to work well. We're definitely not thinking heavy metal and large chest-ed dungeon and dragons type vamps! Our audience is way hipper than that.
More what we'd expect a hip design guy to be wearing for a casual night out with their buddies
Some influences
1950's, pop-art, Roy Lichtenstein type image
Gorillaz-ish art
Tim Burton-ish art
Design must be high resolution.
Design should ideally work well on a dark t-shirt
Your design is limited to 4 colors including black and white.
Please include both designs in a single submission - we will ask the winning designer to provide two separate submissions at the end to help with printing shirts.
Ideally no stock photos or images please. If any are used they should be flagged so we all understand the implications and make sure we're clear.
Some Key words/concepts/phrases to spark ideas - could be the main theme or just a detail on the shirt.. comments are in [square brackets]
"extensible" [All descriptions of the Language we support]
"Cold hard cache" [Poor pun... cache hits or misses are what makes a proram run fast (or slow) as the case may be]
"Save The Environment"
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Require "kore"
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"real men don't worry about typing"
[A reference to an aspect of the language we support]