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Banking regulators are close to a $10 billion settlement with 14 banks that would end the government's efforts to hold lenders responsible for foreclosure abuses like faulty paperwork and excessive fees that may have led to evictions, according to people with knowledge of the discussions.
Under the settlement, a significant amount of the money, $3.75 billion, would go to people who have already lost their homes, making it potentially more generous to former homeowners than a broad-reaching pact in February between state attorneys general and five large banks. That set aside $1.5 billion in cash relief for Americans.
Most of the relief in both agreements is meant for people who are struggling to stay in their homes and need the banks to reduce their payments or lower the amount of principal they owe.
The $10 billion pact would be the latest in a series of settlements that regulators and law enforcement officials have reached with banks to hold them accountable for their role in the 2008 financial crisis, which sent the housing market into the deepest slump since the Great Depression. As of early 2012, about 4 million Americans had been foreclosed upon since the beginning of 2007, and a huge number of abandoned homes swamped many states, including California, Florida, and Arizona.
Federal agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission and Justice Department, are still pursuing banks for their packaging and sale of mortgage securities that imploded in the financial �crisis.
Housing advocates were largely unaware of the latest rounds of secret talks, which have been occurring for roughly a month. But some have criticized the government for not dealing more harshly with bankers in light of their lax standards for making loans and packaging them as investments, as well as their problems with modifying loans and processing foreclosures.
A deal could be reached by the end of the week between the 14 banks and the nation's top banking regulators, led by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, four people with knowledge of the negotiations said. It was unclear how many current and former homeowners would receive money or when it would be distributed.
Told on Sunday night of the imminent settlement, Lynn Drysdale, a lawyer at Jacksonville Area Legal Aid and a former cochairwoman of the National Association of Consumer Advocates, said: ''It's certainly a victory for consumers and could help entire neighborhoods. But the devil, as they say, is in the details, and for those people who have had to totally uproot their lives because of eviction it may still not be enough.''
Representative of banking regulators did not return calls for comment on Sunday.
The biggest action against the banks for foreclosure-related abuses has been the $26 billion settlement between the five largest mortgage servicers and the state attorneys general, Justice Department, and Department of Housing and Urban Development. That deal cleared allegations that arose in 2010 that bank employees were churning daily through hundreds of documents used in foreclosures without properly reviewing them for accuracy.


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An Indian student displays "NO RAPE" message painted on her hands during a demonstration to demand death sentence for four men convicted of rape and murder of a student on a moving bus in New Delhi bus last year, in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. A judge on Friday ordered all four to the gallows for a brutal attack that left the young woman with such severe internal injuries that she died two weeks later. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
By Sanjeev Miglani and Anurag Kotoky
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Four men were convicted on Tuesday of the "cold-blooded" murder of a woman who was raped and tortured on a bus in New Delhi, a crime that shook India and forced the country to confront sexual violence in a society undergoing wrenching change.
The four - a bus cleaner, gym instructor, fruit seller and an unemployed man - face hanging, the maximum penalty for murder. The trial judge will hear prosecution and defense arguments on sentencing on Wednesday, when he could deliver his ruling.
The minimum sentence the men could get is life imprisonment, two defense lawyers said.
"She has got justice today. We are very happy," said the father of the 23-year-old trainee physiotherapist who was attacked on December 16. "We are very confident that all of them will be hanged."
Judge Yogesh Khanna said he had relied in part on the dying declaration of the victim in finding the men guilty.
As he read the verdict, the mother of the victim sat with tears in her eyes, just a few feet from the four men who stood flanked by policemen against a wall in the court.
The victim, who came from a lower-middle class family and worked in a call center while she studied, cannot be named for legal reasons, but Indian media have dubbed her Nirbhaya, a Hindi word meaning fearless.
She became a symbol of the daily dangers women face in a country where a rape is reported on average every 21 minutes and acid attacks and incidents of molestation are common.
The case has resonated with thousands of urban Indians who took to the streets in fury after the attack. The victim's path through education onto the first rungs of middle-class life seemed to epitomize the aspirations of millions of young women in a society where many men believe women should stay at home.
Bus cleaner Akshay Kumar Singh, gym instructor Vinay Sharma, fruit-seller Pawan Gupta, and unemployed Mukesh Singh lured the woman and a male friend onto the bus as the pair returned home from watching a movie at a shopping mall.
As the bus drove through the streets of the capital, the men repeatedly raped and tortured the victim with a metal bar before dumping her and her friend, naked and semi-conscious, on the road. She died in a Singapore hospital two weeks later of internal injuries.
In his 240-page judgment, Judge Khanna slammed the "inconsistent" defense. Three of the men said they were never on the bus, and another said he was driving and knew nothing of the crime, despite DNA evidence and bite marks on the women's body that placed them at the scene.
Khanna said the attackers pulled the woman's intestines from her body with metal rods and their bare hands. He accused the men of cold-bloodedly killing their "helpless victim".
Police constable Naresh Chand, who led the four men away from the court after the verdict, said they were subdued. "It was not like normal today. They are usually whispering among themselves, even smiling. Today they were quiet."
The verdict capped a seven-month trial, often held behind closed doors, that was punctuated dramatically by a fifth defendant hanging himself in his jail cell. A sixth, who was under 18 at the time of the attack, was earlier sentenced to three years detention, the maximum allowed under juvenile law.
After the verdict, Mukesh Singh's mother, a frail woman in a peach and pink sari, fell to the floor crying outside the court and clutched the feet of his lawyer, V.K. Anand.
Gupta's lawyer said his client was tearful as the verdict was read out, while Sharma's mother said her son was innocent. The lawyers representing Mukesh Singh, Akshay Kumar Singh and Vinay Sharma said they would appeal.
In the narrow-laned slum where the men met to drink alcohol and eat chicken before setting off in the bus to find the victim on the night of the attack, neighbors and relatives were glued to television sets awaiting the ruling.
"Now that they are proven guilty, they must be hanged. There cannot be any other option," said student Rajesh Singh, a resident who complained the name of the Ravidass Camp slum had become synonymous with criminals.
Beyond the court, the case cemented India's reputation as unsafe for women, even after parliament passed laws against sexual crimes. Nine months on, the conversation about gender crime is still prominent in television debates, social media and even Bollywood.
This has not translated into women feeling any safer in India, say activists, although it has helped in breaking the silence around such crimes. Several other rape cases have become national issues, most recently an attack in August on a photographer in Mumbai, a city previously seen as safe.
Police in New Delhi believe a rise in rape reports is partly due to an increased willingness by victims to come forward. There were 1,036 cases of rape reported in the capital this year to August 15, against 433 over the same period last year, according to police data.
Still, many in the deeply patriarchal society blame the increasing visibility of women in public life, and their clothing choices, for such attacks.
"I am from a village, but I think 70 percent of the mistake is of girls. The dressing style is so dirty. Just yesterday I saw girls wearing skimpy clothes, there was one boy with them. Even boys are at fault," said Sudhir, 58-year-old man travelling on the Delhi Metro system.
(Writing by Frank Jack Daniel; additional reporting by Sruthi Gottipati, Shyamantha Asokan, Suchitra Mohanty, Nita Bhalla, Anurag Kotoky, Aditya Kalra and Anuja Jaiman; Editing by Ross Colvin and Robert Birsel)


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Here's the deal. Things are tough for a lot of people and we happen to fall in that category.
Disabled husband hasn't had a raise in social security for the twenty-two years he has been considered permanently disabled. Raises in Medicare or our personal insurance have always eaten them up.
He smoked for one month, as a teen, but his lungs (and apparently several people in his family have problems) are shot. He has COPD; with emphysema and chronic bronchitis. His body also produces way too many histamines, so he has reactions to many things everything.
We had put off going to the food bank as long as we could, but with Thanksgiving this month, it was time.
What I didn't expect was my reaction to going to the food bank.
I read the article in the paper wrong, first. So, we went during the two hours they were closed. The doors were open so I thought I could get the paperwork to fill out at home and come back.
So, instead of thirty-five people going through a line of "take one from shelf A, two from shelf B, etc. the woman had me sign a paper that our
income fit the Federal criteria, which it definitely does, and then she handed us a bag for food. Then, a box and some more bags as we threaded through the food shelf maze.
I was fine until she handed me a frozen turkey, I just broke out in tears. A grown woman, crying over a frozen turkey.
I don't know why? I guess relief that we would be able to have a normal Thanksgiving for our boys, but, then I also cry at all of CNN's reports of people who make a difference.
Things I have learned about food banks:
1. The people who work at them really care. Sometimes, it is hard to believe that anyone cares, but they do.
2. They are making the best of the world that they can. They run around and gather canned goods and whatever else local businesses will spare. They are so grateful for the donation of a freezer, they want our 19 year old to be sure and have a Christmas gift. They care that we have warm coats and chairs to sit on.
3. But, if I ever get wealthy, I'm making some specific donations that are along the line of if you teach a man to fish, only this is if you give him food to cook, he can serve more meals at home.
4. Things you don't see at the food bank are staples of cooking:
a. Flour
b. Sugar
c. Butter/margarine
d. Spices
e. Cheese: although we did get an industrial sized jalapeno cheese that has our nineteen year old eating nothing but tortilla chips and cheese this week. And, I do know that cheese is not generally considered a staple.
f. Ground Turkey would be a good alternative for meat.
g. Eggs
h. Oats
But, I cannot tell you how thankful I am for these wonderful people who go out of their way for others.
P.S. I am still working on my vegan diet. I have some wheat flour left and picked up some black beans for black bean burgers, and I'm searching for new recipes for all the other beans I have collected.


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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Gerontius - that is a sublime masterpiece
On 29 September 1958 John Barbirolli conducted Part 1 of Gerontius with the Dublin Choir in the presence of Pope Pius XII at Castel Gandolfo, only a few days before the Pope's death. 'I have often wondered', he wrote, 'what the feelings of Newman and Elgar would be if they could know that the last music [the Pope] heard had been Elgar's setting of Newman's words "Go forth upon thy journey, Christian soul". As Barbirolli knelt before him, the Pope said: 'Figlio mio, questo e un capolavoro sublime' ('My son, that is a sublime masterpiece').
The header photo shows Sir John Barbirolli recording The Dream of Gerontius in 1964 in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester. No CD collection is complete without Barbirolli's Manchester account or Benjamin Britten's version which was recorded in Snape Maltings, the latter is now, thankfully, back in the catalogue - grab it while you can. Also noteworthy is the recent first-ever CD release of Barbirolli conducting Gerontius in Rome in 1957 with the RAI Rome Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. This super-budget version from Archipel has come available because the original recording issued on LP is now out of copyright. Despite the poor quality of the RAI sound the Rome recording is an important historical document as it is the only version with the incomparable Jon Vickers in the title role (the Hallé version has Richard Lewis). But Barbirolli's Manchester version is the one to have, as the Holy Father said 'that is a sublime masterpiece'.
Now read about Glorious John in New York.
Quotation from Barbirolli, the Authorised Biography by Michael Kennedy. The Dublin Choir was from Our Lady's Choral Society. Any copyrighted material on these pages is included as "fair use", for the purpose of study, review or critical analysis only, and will be removed at the request of copyright owner(s). Report broken links, missing images and errors to - overgrownpath at hotmail dot co dot uk
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- Scott said...
Just unearthed and am listening to my mono LP set of the Barbirolli recording. Still sounds just fine.
A historical sidelight (mentioned in the booklet) is that Barbirolli used a copy of the score which had belonged to General Gordon (Chinese Gordon ... Gordon of Khartoum) in which Gordon had marked his favourite passages.
Richard Lewis is excellent, but I can imagine Vickers in the part, and you may have pushed me to buy the Archipel recording, poor and inconsistent sound notwithstanding.
Thanks for this post!
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- Pliable said...
'As early as 1888/89 Elgar was considering a sort of Eroica Symphony about General Gordon, the colourful and eccentric hero who had been martyred in the Sudan. Elgar had received a copy of Cardinal Newman's The Dream of Gerontius as a wedding present in 1889. In it were reproduced underlinings and markings that General Gordon had made in his own copy at Khartoum five years earlier. The Gordon Symphony was never to be, but Elgar returned to Gerontius ten years later and produced a masterpiece'.
- 9:42 pm
- Scott said...
Elgar was considering a sort of Eroica Symphony about General Gordon
Wasn't aware of this. And speaking of other paths (overgrown or otherwise) - listening to the Barbirolli Gerontius reminds me that if I have a Janet Baker recording that is less than excellent, I don't know what it might be.
Now listening to her Philips LP of Handel arias with ECO/Leppard. I'm no expert, but if I were asked for an example of singing that transcended considerations of authenticity, I might well choose the final cut from this LP - O had I Jubal's lyre from Joshua.
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- Pliable said...
Scott, talking of authenticity -
'You can't be both authentic and convincing' - Gustav Leonhardt
And talking of Janet Baker and being convincing her autobiography Full Circle is well worth searching out as an example of the rapidly vanishing art of personal integrity -
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- Pliable said...
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I join many in preferring the 1964 Barbirolli studio recording of this, but, when last I heard much of it, found the Britten a bit rigid, and one wonders why the composer who reputedly insisted that his music go _EXACTLY_ as he prescribed decided to add a couple of percussion crescendi in the Prelude to _Gerontius_. I have heard it said that Mr. Lewis had a cold when he recorded this work with Sir John, and some suggest that his account with Sir Malcolm is better. I have not heard much of that earlier recording, but, despite his light voice, I personally feel he gets the expression _JUST_ right in the Barbirolli, and hope that Elgar, had he been able to hear it, would have found his performance passionate enough! It would be at least interesting to hear Mr. Vickers in that role, but maybe the flaws could prove a significant-enough factor against having a go, that is unless this label is a budget one.
By the bye, I personally find Sir John's way with the opening of "Be Merciful, Be Gracious" especially effective as per phrasing. At least virtually every other conductor I have heard in this passage phrases it legato, though they let the phrases rise and fall in dynamics. I again personally feel that Sir John's break between the first two and last two words works _MUCH_ better, and wonder if there is any authority in the score for so treating this passage. Yet, despite his frequently-detailed markings, it is said that Elgar was prepared to allow, if not embrace, interpretations differing from his own, so maybe this deviation, if deviation it is, could have been sanctioned by the composer had he lived long enough to hear it. Something similar happens in the "Meditation" from _The_ _Light_ _Of_ _Life_ where virtually everyone, the composer included, phrases the passage shortly to be associated with the blind man's "O Thou in Heaven's Dome, Heaven's Dome" and "All all is dark to me, dark to me" nearly legato, whereas Sir Charles Groves, on his 1981 recording of the complete oratorio, has the horns phrase it as it eventually will be sung. It may just be that this is how I first came to know it, but again I think having the horns conform to the rhythm of the words makes more sense. Yet further, when this passage occurs for the first time in the "Meditation," the first horn is doubled by a clarinet, even in Elgar's own recording, whereas Sir Charles omits this, though maybe I should recheck this passage in his earlier recording of the "Meditation" on its own.
Returning to _Gerontius_ to close for now, I further think that Sir John gets more out of the first "most surely" in "Praise To The Holiest" than any other conductor I have yet heard, also including the composer if I am not mistaken.
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- DanseDePuck said...
No one mentions HEEDLE NASH here in the role of Gerontius. Granted, he never sang it under Sir John, but he is most certainly the "owner" of the part if anyone.
I lost all I had written here when I tried to post! too long... when I logged in, I lost it all.
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Workers at Holyoke City Hall are asking that the bathrooms in the building's basement be locked because people are using the facilities to bathe, as a place to meet to have sex and use drugs.
Thirteen employees in a petition submitted to the City Council Public Safety Committee on Wednesday said things have "gotten out of hand."
They are asking that the bathrooms be locked, employees be given their own keys, while members of the public who want to use the facilities must ask to borrow a key.
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What is the position of the OPC regarding the use of grape juice in administering the sacrament of the Lord's Supper?
The OPC does not have a declared position on whether grape juice or fermented wine is served in the Lord's Supper. Some congregations use fermented wine, though I would judge that the majority of churches are content to serve grape juice.
The common word for wine in the New Testament is oinos (οἶνος). As we know, in Bible times there was no means of keeping grape juice unfermented, so grape juice inevitably turned into wine as we know it today. There was another Greek word, gleukos (γλεῦκος), which means sweet wine, or new wine. It occurs only once in the New Testament (Acts 2:13).
In Matthew 26:29 and Mark 14:25, our Lord refers to the sacramental cup as "the fruit of the vine." That could be understood as allowing the use of either fresh grape juice or fermented wine, but, to my knowledge, the matter has never come before any General Assembly. Apparently the choice is left to sessional decision.
As to why the predominant practice is on the side of grape juice, I can only suggest that tradition is the reason.
Can a biblical case be made for the exclusive use of wine as we know it today? I doubt that it can be sustained. Gleukos appears but once in the NT. That is not strong enough to justify a clear distinction between oinos as uniformly fermented grape juice and gleukos as fresh or sweet wine.
I hope that answers your question, but feel free to write again if you have further questions.
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SkyBear wrote:Why would it be deleted, and why would any of you be offended. Are these your ancestors? Did the time of the Native affect you?
SkyBear wrote:Imp... I would not go as far as saying it is offensive, no more so than your comment about the Apache's. There were many more of them, far more than you have read about.
I suggest you read about the Apache some more...
Georgia was in the snow at one time, remember, we have been in global warming for 20'000 + years.
not when the Cherokee settled there
Of course you will not find many aunthentic photes of the Natives in their time, atleast not any happy photo's. So, pictures have been created to paint a beautiful picture of the Native culture, good, because before the photographers came around, it was quite beautiful.
lies have been told by white conquerors to assuage their guilt and invented by environmentalist totalitarians to sell their politics.
No, this is not an authentic video, however, it was obviously made by someone with good intention.
SkyBear wrote:Imp, perhaps you will want to check out the source for your link, I am assuming that it is written by a white man. We are back to square one.
assumption is the mother of all fuck ups
The Apache you speak of were Warriors, kill or be killed mentality... hence the word War. Welcome to your world.
what does the word "Apache" mean? pacifist environmentalist?!?
There was more to the Apache then the Warriors, there were Women, Children, and Elders. Be careful not to bunch them all together.
You said there was no snow in Georgia when the Cherokee settled. That is easily disputed, but either way, the Natives settled in North America during the Ice Age, they tracked through snow for Thousands of years before they reached their destination, so, stories with snow will be part of all our ancestors past.
tell us of the origins and meanings of tribal languages...
Lies are nothing new to any of us right, Welcome.
If we spend all of our time angry about the lies, we will not learn the truth.
Impenitent wrote:to blanket all 550+ DISTINCT AND SEPARATE nations under the moniker "native american" and think that they all thought the same thoughts is offensive.
SkyBear wrote:Liteninbolt, curious, did you create this slide show, or did you radomly discover it on youtube? If so, why were you drawn to it, enough to post it on here?
Kriswest wrote:You know this could all be resolved by finding a certified historian specializing in the Indian nations. I bet one could be found by googling. I grew up in Arizona, I went to school with kids from different Indian nations,, guess what??? They were no different then the rest of us. Dressed like us , talked like us, liked and disliked the same things, had pain in the butt parents, watched the same TV shows etc , etc, etc,. Some spent part of thier lives on the Reservations, some did not.
other than skin color they were your average everyday kids and they grew up to be average everyday people. some were idiots some were not, some were assholes some were not. Some went on to higher education some did not. No different than anyone else in this country.
Genocide?????? Really? Humans have been killing each other for the stupidest reasons since the beginning and now we are supposed to be the ones to suddenly feel guilty for something we did not do like wipe a whole group of people out? Thats like reperations for blacks because someone in their bloodline happened to be a slave. Got news for ya,, we all are descendents of slaves. Every single one of us has had ancestors that were enslaved at some point. Humans have been enslaving enemies and weaker humans since the beginning too. Worry about the slavery and genocides that are occuring now not what happened then.
SkyBear wrote:Some where I became lost in this thread, are you who disagree, want the Natives to represent the "Save the Planet" campaign.
Are you angry because you feel bad that the Planet has gone to crap and you want to apoligise to the Native.
I know the question seems sarcastic, but I am serious, because I still do not understand why anyone would have been offended by this slide show.
Or, was this a thread to increase post total?
capslockf9 wrote:
The enemy is taken as slaves in manny epochs. Never never nobody else just went and took people from other parts of the world for the purpose of useing them as slaves.
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I'm starting to suspect that the New York Times is giving increasingly ill-considered and poorly written conservatives column space in an effort to undermine the idea that Republican ideology has any intellectual validity.
Otherwise, I don't really see what the papers' editors are thinking, between hiring neocon idiot Bill Kristol and then replacing him with slut-shaming, supposedly new-idea-having former Atlantic blogger Ross Douthat. Having already definitively determined that feminism makes women unhappy by reading one study abstract, today, Douthat turns his attention to late-term abortion.
You see, Douthat totally understands why late term abortions might be necessary, and the courage it took for Dr. George Tiller to continue performing this vital health service for women...he just thinks the late doctor was an amoral baby-killer who didn't understand God. As for all the women who have written testimonials about their experiences with late-term abortions, Mr. Douthat read them, and he thinks they're all assholes.
They help explain why Tiller thought he was doing the Lord's work, even though that work involved destroying something that we wouldn't hesitate to call a baby if we saw it struggling for life in a hospital bed.
And let's not forget the amoral part: Douthat's been listening to the very people who advocated violence against Tiller, his patients, his staff and the clinic, and so he knows that Tiller was just willy-nilly performing late term abortions on perfectly healthy fetuses and mothers all the time. How does he know? Because the anti-abortion movement told him and the state government, over and over again, to try to get Tiller jailed.
But his critics were convinced that he performed them not only in truly desperate situations, but in many other cases as well. Over the years, they cobbled together a considerable amount of evidence - drawn from the state's abortion statistics, from Tiller's own comments, and from a 2006 investigation - suggesting that Tiller abused the state's mental-health exemption to justify late-term abortions in almost any situation.
This evidence is persuasive, but not dispositive. We may never know how many of George Tiller's abortions were performed on healthy mothers and healthy fetuses.
Well, I mean, the courts found it "dispositive," which is why on what few charges the anti-abortion movement managed to gin up against him, Tiller was acquitted. But, by all means, lets continue to smear Tiller as an amoral baby-killer. It'll help strengthen Douthat's argument!
Douthat also understands why, having read the real stories of women who endured the sorts of pregnancies that needfully ended in late term terminations, why pro-choice types think abortions should remain legal. He just thinks we're wrong, i.e. causing needless social strife and even violence. I mean, most abortions are elective, Douthat says! (And even most late-term ones, he additionally asserts without evidence!)
The same is true of the more than 100,000 abortions that are performed after the first trimester: Very few involve medical complications of any kind. Even the now-outlawed "partial-birth" procedure, which abortion-rights supporters initially argued was only employed in the direst of dire situations, turned out to be used primarily for purely elective abortions.
Now that last bit is a careful bit of language on Douthat's part. Because, in reality, there's no evidence even in the Slate article that Douthat links to that the abortions were elective; the best that the article's author Franklin Foer can muster is that the procedure known as "intact dilation and extraction" was "safer and more convenient" than alternative methods (because, really, why would you want to use the method least likely to cause the death of the mother?) and that two newspapers concluded, after speaking to a couple doctors, that second-trimester intact dilation and extractions were "mostly" performed on poor women who were unable to get into a practitioner in time for a first trimester abortion — which doesn't necessarily make them "elective."
Douthat then sets up his pro-choice strawman to knock down: as far as he's concerned, pro-choicers people deny that a fetus has a "claim to life" — i.e., is already a human being — and that's why we don't care whether a fetus is healthy or the mother was simply too lazy to use birth control. And in our zeal to protect the right of every woman to make the best choices for her (and, yes, in some cases, the fetus she is carrying), it's our fault that we've made abortion politics so controversial.
If anything, by enshrining a near-absolute right to abortion in the Constitution, the pro-choice side has ensured that the hard cases are more controversial than they otherwise would be. One reason there's so much fierce argument about the latest of late-term abortions - Should there be a health exemption? A fetal deformity exemption? How broad should those exemptions be? - is that Americans aren't permitted to debate anything else. Under current law, if you want to restrict abortion, post-viability procedures are the only kind you're allowed to even regulate.
In other words, since Roe v. Wade protects women's right to any abortion pre-viability, the "debate" over late term abortions — as epitomized in Douthat's own column by one George Tiller — is so "fierce" because poor anti-abortion activists have nothing else to fight about. Apparently, Douthat has missed the efforts by South Dakota to make abortion illegal, the efforts by Colorado to pass a personhood amendment, the efforts activists in states like Mississippi to drive all clinics out of business (thus, eliminating abortion in the state) through over-regulation and all the other various things anti-abortion activists are actively doing to overturn Roe v. Wade in addition to fueling hate-filled and violent rhetoric against all abortion providers, including late-term providers like George Tiller.
Douthat's final argument is — I swear — that pro-choice people who want to prevent violence against abortion providers should simply accept the end of Roe v. Wade and allow states to make abortion illegal. I wish I was kidding.
If abortion were returned to the democratic process, this landscape would change dramatically. Arguments about whether and how to restrict abortions in the second trimester - as many advanced democracies already do – would replace protests over the scope of third-trimester medical exemptions.
The result would be laws with more respect for human life, a culture less inflamed by a small number of tragic cases - and a political debate, God willing, unmarred by crimes like George Tiller's murder.
To sum up: if we just roll over, accept the end of abortion access, and let them teach us about respect for human life, they won't kill any more abortion providers. Good to know whose hands Douthat thinks Tiller's blood is really on.
Not All Abortions Are Equal [NY Times]
Related: Bill Kristol Spews, America Heaves [Wonkette]
Faerie Tales And TheModern Neo-Con [Wonkette]
Fear Of Reese Witherspoon Look-Alikes On the Pill [Brad DeLong]
Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class And Save The American Dream
Ross Douthat [The Atlantic]
Abortion Apostate [Slate]
Antiabortion Efforts Move To The State Level [Washington Post]


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Benidorm is a coastal town in Valencia and municipality located in the comarca of Marina Baixa, in the province of Alicante, Spain, by the Mediterranean Sea. According to the 2004 census, Benidorm has a permanent population of 64,956 inhabitants, ranking as the fifth most populous town in the Alicante province, although the population exceeds half a million in the summer, since it is one of the most important holiday resorts in Spain. It has an area of 38.5 km² and a population density of 1,593.56 inhabitans/km²
Benidorm famous for its nightlife and hotel industry
Benidorm is popular with working class British tourists. Due to the package holiday explosion its popularity continues thanks to the year round night-life centred around the central concentration of bars and clubs. It's the large number of free cabaret acts that start around 9pm and continue into the early hours that set Benidorm apart from other similar resorts. Until the tourist industry began in the 1960s, Benidorm was a small village. Today it stands out for its hotel industry, beaches and skyscrapers, which were built as a result of its tourist-oriented economy.
Levante beach, Poniente beach and Mal Pas beach
Benidorm has three major beaches: Levante beach, Poniente beach and Mal Pas beach; all of them have a blue flag, the maximum quality standard recognised by the European Union. Previously the tallest building in Spain, the Gran Hotel Bali is a 4-star hotel standing 186 meters high, is located in this city.
The green city
In 1954 Pedro Zaragoza Orts, the then young Mayor of Benidorm, created the Plan General de Ordenación (city building plan) that ensured, via a complex construction formula, every building would have an area of 'leisure' land, guaranteeing a future free of the excesses of cramped construction seen in other areas of Spain. It is the only city in Spain that still adheres to this rigid rule, and if you climb to the top of the Sierra Helada, the promontory at the end of the Rincon de Loix, you get a stunning view of how green the city is and just how close it is to the mountains.
Benidorm celebrities
Each summer, since 1959, the city celebrates the Benidorm International Song Festival, a song contest where international or Spanish celebrities like Julio Iglesias, Raphael or El Dúo Dinámico became famous.
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Benidorm also has several theme parks, for instance Terra Mítica and Terra Natura which are located just outside Benidorm, at the foot of the mountain. Other Theme Parks include Aqualandia and Mundomar located on the outskirts of the city on the Levante side.


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How to Get Certified as a CFI Secular Celebrant and Be Listed in the CFI Celebrant Directory
- Be a CFI Member (Planet level or above).
- Attend a CFI Secular Celebrant training.
- Present a letter of recommendation from local CFI director or branch leader. If there is no local branch, two letters of recommendation are required: one from a previous employer and one from another person who is not a relative.
- Submit an essay describing your worldview.
- Be interviewed in person or by phone by organizers of the CFI Secular Celebrant Program.
- Approval of a CFI executive.
- Pay an initial and yearly fee of $49.
Once you are certified by CFI, your information will be listed in CFI's Secular Celebrant Directory, which will be available publicly for people searching for secular celebrants in their area. You may set your own fees, do additional advertising on your own, etc.
CFI is not a religious organization, so the management of CFI does not allow anyone acting as a CFI Secular Celebrant to solemnize a marriage under any religious designation or pretense, or using the certification of any religious organization. This includes but is not limited to The Humanist Society, The Ethical Union, the Society for Humanistic Judaism, traditional religions, and so called "mail order" ordinations such as the Universal Life Church. Accordingly, in almost all states, people who conduct marriage ceremonies as CFI Secular Celebrants cannot solemnize a marriage (i.e, cannot sign a marriage license) unless they are also certified by their state to solemnize a marriage under a civil, secular designation, such as "notary." If the CFI Secular Celebrant does not have a civil license to solemnize marriages, couples will need to find an individual licensed by the state to legally sign the marriage license, either a civil official or a religious leader.
CFI certified Secular Celebrants may now solemnize marriages in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Oregon, and Washington, DC.
On July 14, 2014, the 7th Circuit ruled that Secular Celebrants are legal to solemnize marriages in Indiana. Here is the link to the ruling: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-7th-circuit/1672800.html
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- Anyone may "officiate" at a marriage ceremony. However, only those authorized by an individual state may "solemnize" the marriage, that is legally sign the marriage license. (Consult your state's official website for your state's law concerning who can solemnize a marriage.) In almost all states, only religious leaders or civil officials may "solemnize" a marriage. Since the Center for Inquiry is not a religious organization, your CFI certification will not qualify you to solemnize a marriage in most of the states. Some states have ways of getting around this such as the couple themselves being deputized for a day or being a notary. Regardless of this, some couples still want a ceremony conducted by someone who has an official title as representing a secular organization and are willing to get the license signed (solemnized) by an appropriate official. Remember, however, that the management of CFI does not allow anyone acting on behalf of CFI to solemnize a marriage under any religious designation or under the certification of any religious organization.
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Supposedly 'primitive' reflexes may involve more sophisticated brain function than previously thought, according to researchers at Imperial College London.
The vestibular-ocular reflex (or VOR), common to most vertebrates, is what allows us to keep our eyes focused on a fixed point even while our heads are moving. Up until now, scientists had assumed this reflex was controlled by the lower brainstem, which regulates eating, sleeping and other low-level tasks.
Researchers at Imperial's Division of Brain Sciences conducted tests to examine this reflex in left- and right-handed subjects, revealing that handedness plays a key role in the way it operates. This suggests that higher-level functions in the cortex, which govern handedness, are involved in the control of primitive reflexes such as the VOR.
he research, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, involved seating volunteers in a motorised chair which was then spun around at a speed of one revolution every four seconds. This allowed the experimenters to study the VOR by measuring the time it took for the eyes to adjust to the spinning motion. The subjects were then presented with what are known as bistable visual phenomena, optical illusions which appear to flip between two images. Famous examples include the duck which resembles a rabbit, and the cube outline which appears to come out of and go into the page simultaneously.
Scientists already know that this bistable perception is controlled by a part of the cortex which governs more complex, decision-based tasks. Because of this, researcher Qadeer Arshad and his colleagues did not expect to find any link between the two processes.
They were surprised to find that processing bistable phenomena disrupted people's ability to stabilise their gaze, following rightward rotation in right handers and leftward rotation in left handers. Arshad said "This is the first time that anything of this kind has been shown. Up until now, the vestibular-ocular reflex was considered a low-level reflex, not even approaching higher-order brain function. Now it seems that this primitive reflex was specialised into the cortex, the part of the brain which governs our sense of direction."
This study could help scientists understand why some people become dizzy through experiencing purely visual stimuli, such as flickering lights or busy supermarket aisles. Professor Adolfo Bronstein, a co-author on the paper, said "Most causes of dizziness start with an inner ear (or vestibular) disorder but this initial phase tends to settle quite rapidly. In some patients, however, dizziness becomes a problematic long term problem and their dizziness becomes visually induced. The experimental set-up we used would be ideally suited to help us understand how visual stimuli could lead to long-term dizziness. In fact, we have already carried out research at Imperial around using complex visual stimuli to treat patients with long-term dizziness"
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The research was funded by the UK Medical Research Council.
Contact: Qadeer Arshad – Imperial College London
Source: Imperial College London press release
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Original Research: Abstract for "Handedness-Related Cortical Modulation of the Vestibular-Ocular Reflex" by Qadeer Arshad, Yuliya Nigmatullina and Adolfo M. Bronstein in Journal of Neuroscience. Published online February 13 2013 doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2054-12.2013


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Joe Coffee: The New Roaster to Watch in Philly and Beyond
A coffee chain opening their first cafe outside of their hometown isn't always a game-changer. But looking at the likes of Intelligentsia and Stumptown: sometimes it is. Enter New York's City's Joe, then—who last week opened their first-ever out-of-state cafe in the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood of Philadelphia. Their entry into this growing coffee-literate city—until recently rather dominated by local roaster La Colombe, with a little Counter Culture and Stumptown thrown in the mix—isn't shocking at first. But throw into the mix that it's part of Joe's gradual transition to roasting their own coffees exclusively and the Northeast will soon have another major roasting force on its hands.
While some people weren't looking, the now nine-store chain gradually began roasting a portion of its own coffee last year, borrowing unused time on vintage roasting equipment —a growing trend as more and more nascent roasters get themselves up and running—from the folks at Dallis Bros. Coffee in Queens. Though the popular cafe still gets the majority of its beans from Chicago-based Intelligentsia, the Philadelphia Joe will be the first of their locations to feature all Joe-roasted brewed coffee, using only espresso from Intelligentsia until the full transition to all-self-roasted coffees this summer, when the company begins roasting full time in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
The company will start first with single-origin coffees roasted for filter brewing, curating the flavor profiles and constituent beans for their house drip blend for the very first time. To start with, the house coffee will be a single origin coffee from Peru.
Why'd they start the changeover with filter coffee? "It's a lot to go from 0 to 100, even 10 to 100," said Jonathan Rubinstein, co-owner of Joe, about beginning to build their own coffees. "Espresso is tricky, and we're talking about a lot more components than filter coffee—and espresso is about building flavor profiles that have a lot to do with what people are expecting. I think we felt that we should take our time and curate it, and not rush it."
Once Joe does fully begin to roast for all their shops—though the NYC Joe Pro Shop will continue to feature a variety of roasters—they expect to be roasting 5000 to 6000 pounds of coffee a week. Which will suddenly make them a significant player in the roasting landscape. Can wholesaling coffee to other cafes, and restaurants—growing beyond their own cafes—be far behind?
Again, Rubinstein stresses that they're starting slowly. "We'd love to have a handful of select clients, we're currently working with Joyride and a couple office-coffee customers. I don't think in the first year of roasting we want to start selling to cafes, but a few restaurants and a couple little accounts, by all means."
For now, the company's focused on their first out-of-state store, which accommodates far more seating than their New York City cafes and delivers espresso out of a shiny new La Marzocco Strada. Is Philly ready to see past La Colombe, and the grudges against its neighbor to the north? Time will tell.
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Republican Martha Dean withdraws from Connecticut governor's race
Republican Martha Dean announced Friday in an email from her campaign that she has withdrawn from the Connecticut governor's race.
Dean, an attorney from Avon, said she made the decision after the release of the latest Quinnipiac Poll results Friday morning. Only 5 percent of registered Republicans polled said they would vote for Dean in a Republican primary.
"My focus has always been on moving Connecticut in a better direction, one where freedom and government limited by the Constitution prevail; but today's polling made clear to me that I can best assist in achieving this goal by means other than running for Governor and by helping whoever is the GOP nominee win in November," Dean said in the emailed statement.
Dean, a two-time Republican nominee for attorney general, was a strong supporter of gun rights' advocates and an opponent of the gun laws passed in Connecticut last year following the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Dean also said she was running to stop the state's out-of-control spending and to fight for the rights of parents.
Dean entered the race on March 11.
Dean's departure from the race leaves five Republican candidates vying for the party's nomination: Tom Foley, of Greenwich, who ran unsuccessfully against incumbent Gov. Dannel P. Malloy four years ago; Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton; Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti; Fairfield State Sen. John McKinney; and former West Hartford town councilman Joe Visconti.
Republicans are set to nominate a candidate for governor at the party's convention May 17 at Mohegan Sun.
"If it takes a GOP primary to decide who we, as Republicans, think is our strongest candidate, so be it," Dean said in the statement. "We have excellent Republican candidates this year, and so it is especially important that Republicans avoid tactics that destroy those in our own party who represent Connecticut's best hope in 2014 for correcting course."
The Quinnipiac Poll results released Friday morning showed that 39 percent of registered Republicans polled would vote for Foley in a primary. 9 percent said they would vote for Boughton and 8 percent for McKinney. Four percent of the Republican voters said they would pick Visconti and 3 percent said they would vote for Lauretti.
Foley remains deadlocked with Malloy in a general election, according to the poll, at 43 percent each. Malloy would beat McKinney by 4 percent, and the other candidates by at least 5 percent, the poll results show. Malloy would beat Dean by 8 percent, according to the poll.


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GSK Case A 'Warning' To All Foreign Firms In China: Xinhua
Corruption charges against GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK.L) executives in China are a warning to other foreign firms and could do irreparable damage to the British drugmaker's Chinese operations, the official Xinhua news agency said on Friday.
Chinese police charged GSK's former China boss, Briton Mark Reilly, and two other colleagues with corruption on Wednesday after a 10-month probe found the firm made billions of yuan from bribing doctors and hospitals.
Healthcare is a highly sensitive area in China and has become a focal point for President Xi Jinping's attack on corporate graft, with a number of global and Chinese drugmakers coming under the spotlight for corruption.
'GSK's practices eroded its corporate integrity and could cause irreparable damage to the company in China and elsewhere. The case is a warning to other multinationals in China that ethics matter,' Xinhua said in an English-language editorial.
Xinhua's commentaries are often seen as reflective of the government's thinking.
Officials at GSK in China did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Britain's biggest drugmaker so far has not been charged with any crime although lawyers said that by charging Reilly, who was GSK's legal representative in the country, authorities were leaving the door open for a charge against the firm.
Any bribery charges against GSK could mean the cancellation of its business licenses, crippling its operations in a major growth market for Western pharmaceutical giants.
GSK could also incur huge fines, while Reilly himself - who sources say was caught off-guard by the allegations - faces decades in jail if the charges are upheld as expected.
Lawyers said the charges were the most serious corruption case against a major multinational firm and a senior expatriate executive in China's history, and are a wake-up call for other foreign firms in the country.
Foreign firms in China are firming up compliance efforts in the wake of the GSK investigation, executives and lawyers said.
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One Entrepreneur's Musings on Business Travel
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Peripatetic entrepreneur Karl Maier, CEO and founder of Market Force Information, a customer intelligence firm in Boulder, Colo., reveals the benefit of early-morning flights and explains why he prefers maps to his GPS.
I'm on the road half the time, visiting clients, companies we might acquire, operations. I'm working hard, I'm not with my family--it's a sacrifice. So I try to do something on each trip to make me feel better about it.
I get excited about trying different restaurants. I look for off-the-wall, even hole-in-the-wall places, something authentic in each city. I'll go to In-N-Out Burger in California, eat barbecue in North Carolina. Makes me feel like I've been somewhere.
I'm perfectly happy going to dinner alone. I'll sit at the bar at a steak house, watch a sports event, have a glass of good red wine. It's something I'd never do at home.
We don't stay in fancy hotels. Whatever's close to the meeting, whatever's cheap. But for $150 a night in most places, you can get a nice experience. That's a big change from just a few years ago.
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What makes me angry? Paying for internet in a hotel. Or when I can't control the temperature in my room. A hot and stuffy hotel room, I know the minute I walk in that I won't sleep.
Even though I travel all the time, I hate to fly. It scares me. That's why I take 6 a.m. flights. When you fly early in the morning, there's less turbulence. The air is calmer.
I don't check a bag. Period. Can't afford to lose it.
Having elite status on an airline is critical. I board first so I don't need to worry about space in the overhead bin. I get an aisle seat in the exit row or even an upgrade. This week I flew Delta from Atlanta to L.A. Nothing wrong with Delta, but I have no status. I ended up gate-checking my bag, and I sat in the back by the window. Couldn't get anything done, and then it took me forever to get off the plane.
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Flight time is my most productive time all week. No e-mails, no calls, no distractions. That's the only bad part of traveling with colleagues--they like to talk.
Last week I had Wi-Fi on a flight. I was aggravated because I didn't have the discipline not to buy it. And then the e-mails started coming in and I had to deal with them. Cell phones on a flight? Don't even talk about it. That would be a disaster.
I landed at a different terminal than I normally do in Atlanta. I got off and there was a Brooks Brothers store. I bought four pairs of boxer shorts. To me, that's a great use of my time.
I rent with Hertz almost exclusively. I get there, my name's on the screen, the car is ready. Once I saved a few dollars on an off-airport rental. Took an hour. I'll never do it again.
I have a GPS, but I still have my assistant print out maps. Recently I was in Costa Mesa, Calif., and without the map I wouldn't have known how close we were to Newport Beach. I thought, "I should go to the beach for an hour." I didn't end up having the time to do it, but at least I knew it was there.
I always hope I'll be able to go to a museum, see a baseball game. Rarely happens. I pack workout shorts and running shoes every trip, but only have time to use them maybe 30 percent of the time. I come home, unpack them, then pack them again.
If I could run the company without leaving home? I wouldn't like it. I love the variety of being somewhere, seeing a new place, interacting with new people. On the road, for better or worse, no two days are the same.
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Brady stays calm after shaky performance
New England plays New York Sunday
The shaking that Tom Brady felt was an earthquake, not the New England Patriots' season falling apart.
The hard-to-rattle quarterback was turning in early when the tremor centered in southern Maine struck at 7:12 p.m. on Tuesday. He said he was asleep soon after, catching up on his rest after returning Monday morning from the Patriots' stunning loss in Seattle.
The northern California native is used to earthquakes hitting the West Coast.
"The big one, '89. How could I forget that?" Brady said on Wednesday, the 23rd anniversary of that Bay Area 'quake. "But we don't get them back here. It's a pretty rare occurrence."
Just like a .500 record for the three-time Super Bowl champions. That's what the Patriots have now, their worst mark six games into a season since 2005.
But Brady remains confident that they will bounce back.
"I don't think six games defines a season," he said. "I think that what will define our season is what we do over the course of the next 10 weeks."
The Patriots dropped to 3-3 when they blew a 13-point lead in the fourth quarter and lost to the Seahawks 24-23 last Sunday. He threw two interceptions, one into the end zone, and was called for two intentional grounding penalties. The first came on the last play of the first half and required a 10-second runoff that cost the Patriots a shot at a field goal.
Brady said the chance to rebound from a subpar performance doesn't provide extra motivation — and neither does the opportunity to do it against the Patriots intense AFC rivals, the New York Jets, on Sunday.
"I would say the focus is always the same for me, to try to be consistent and dependable and to be a good leader for this team, and certainly go out and execute the plays," he said. "No one expects to go out there and not play their best, but we don't go 16-0 every year. So you're going to have to deal with some ups and downs and learning curves and not doing your best and finding some mental toughness to move on and go out there and play your best the next week."
The Patriots were 16-0 in 2007 then won two playoff games before their perfect season was ruined by a 17-14 Super Bowl loss to the New York Giants.
Last Sunday, Brady's performance was just one of the Patriots' problems. Their secondary gave up big plays, their pass rush was minimal and their running game unproductive.
But they try to ignore outside talk about all that.
"You've got to have that focus and I know we have it," wide receiver Deion Branch said. "I don't think we're sitting back worried about the negative talk about our team because we can only control what we can control. The media's going to say what they're going to say and we have to just worry about the Patriots."
All four AFC East teams are 3-3 — the Patriots, Jets, Miami Dolphins and Buffalo Bills. On paper, the Patriots have the best team and should be favored to win the division.
But they've lacked consistency, winning their first game losing the next two, winning two more, then losing to the Seahawks.
Fans get excited then disappointed, over and over again.
"It's because we only play once a week and there's a lot to talk ... over the course of those seven days," Brady said. "I think it's important for us players not to ride the roller coaster of emotions that your family may have or your friends may have or the questions that we get.
"I think the important thing is to keep trying to improve and get better and focus on the opponent and not what's being said or what you hear. You just try to say, 'This is where we're at. This is what my coach thinks. This is what we're going to try to do and this is how we're going to try to win this game.'"
The Patriots nearly won all six this season. The three losses were decided in the final minute with two losses by one point and one by two.
But a loss is a loss.
Might it be easier to follow that by playing a familiar team, like the Jets, who face the Patriots twice a year during the regular season?
"I don't know," left tackle Nate Solder said. "I'd rather not come off a loss, I guess."
Brady isn't sure it matters either.
"Every week the preparation is probably a little bit different based on the scheme you're playing," he said. "When you play a team you don't play very often, you try to get up to speed as quickly as you can and understand their strengths and weaknesses.
"Certainly (with) a team like the Jets, we know what they do well and we try to find ways to exploit the things that we don't think they do very well. We probably know these guys better than just about anybody."
The Patriots themselves are tough to figure out with their shaky defense and inability to take control with their strong offense late in the game.
One thing they do know is that they must keep their emotions in check, no matter if they're in the Super Bowl, as they were last season, or in the middle of the pack, as they are now.
"You just rely on your experience and you rely on your coaches and you try to convey the message to the younger players that we're not 0-6," Brady said. "There are other teams that are in worse positions than we are."
Just not as many as usual.


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Memories of the Hindenburg and its nightmarishly igneous end have, for decades now, haunted the airship industry. Floating aircraft are regarded by many as unsafe, and by more still as impractical. But at least one company is attempting to do away with these perceptions, while breathing life back into the deflating enterprise of dirigible aircraft. That company calls itself Worldwide Aeros Corp, and its new Aeroscraft rigid airships may be just what the industry — and the future — needs.
Over at TechnoBuffalo, Brandon Russel has assembled a great feature on the game-changing potential of the company's Aeroscraft, in light of the airship's tempestuous history:
It may seem like something of another age, but the company's new dirigible prototype is being considered a game changer, an innovation of the highest order. If executed correctly, the Aeroscraft may be what our children see filling the skies in the years to come. Not only can the technology alter the future of aviation, but it has the potential to improve the entire planet in a hugely significant way – it's the reason Pasternak, whose curly mop and European descent fit the description of a Bond movie character, is excited to realize the Aeroscraft's potential. And it's exactly why the company managed to secure over $35 million in funding in Pentagon and NASA contracts.
"This is literally a flying submarine; it's never been proven before," [said Munir Jojo-Verge, the company's Lead Flight Systems Control Engineer]. "In one hand you have airships, which are pressurized balloons basically, full of helium, that use that lightness of the helium to lift the weight. On the other side you the back history of the Hindenburg, which is a rigid airship. The Aeroscraft combines the airship world with the rigid structures of the past, and brings technology of the submarine into the equation." This, in essence, creates a new and compelling segment of aviation. "It's never been done."
For more check out Technobuffalo, where you'll find tons of jaw-dropping photo and video of the recently unveiled, 36,000-pound prototype: "Out of the Ashes: The Rebirth of the Airship"


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Must See HDTV (January 28th - February 3rd)
There's a football game this week, in case you hadn't heard -- but that's not all. Netflix is debuting the series that it claims will change internet TV, and there's also a few other new options to keep an eye out for. Look below for the highlights this week, followed after the break by our weekly listing of what to look out for in TV, Blu-ray and videogames.
The Americans
Add another basic cable series to your watchlist this week, as FX debuts The Americans. Based in 1981, it focuses on a family of Soviet spies living in the US during the Cold War. The show already has a two year commitment to air in the UK, so it's unlikely to face a quick hook -- feel free to settle in.
(FX, January 20th, 10PM)
Super Bowl XLVII
It's the Super Bowl. All other Sunday night programing has been pushed aside, so you'll either be huddled around the flatscreen watching 49ers/Ravens or... we're not sure what.
(CBS, February 2nd, 6:30PM)
House of Cards
Netflix's next venture into the world of original programming begins Friday morning, when it will make the entire first season of its series House of Cards available for streaming. Starring Kevin Spacey, it has all the trademarks of a well produced cable series, it's just not on cable -- it's on the internet.
(Netflix, February 1st)
Blu-ray & Games
- Downton Abbey (S3)
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Part 2)
- Hotel Transylvania (3D)
- Seven Psychopaths
- Paranormal Activity 4
- Amazing Ocean (3D)
- Fascination Coral Reef (3D)
- Dallas (season premiere), TNT, 9 & 10PM
- The Bachelor, ABC, 8PM
- Bones, Fox, 8PM
- Continuum, Syfy, 8PM
- The Carrie Diaries, CW, 8PM
- Switched at Birth, ABC Family, 8PM
- WWE Raw, USA, 8PM
- The Following, Fox, 9PM
- Being Human, Syfy, 9PM
- Bunheads, ABC Family, 9PM
- Lost Girl, Syfy, 10PM
- Deception, NBC, 10PM
- Castle, ABC, 10PM
- Catfish, MTV, 11PM
- The Taste, ABC, 8PM
- Raising Hope, Fox, 8PM
- Betty White's Off Their Rockers, NBC, 8 & 8:30PM
- Hart of Dixie, CW, 8PM
- Pretty Little Liars, ABC Family, 8PM
- Go On, NBC, 9PM
- The Lying Game, CW, 9PM
- New Girl, Fox, 9PM
- Happy Endings, ABC, 9PM
- Emily Owens M.D., CW, 9PM
- Dual Survival, Discovery, 9PM
- The Ultimate Fighter, FX, 9PM
- Top Gear (US) (winter premiere), History, 9PM
- Happy Endings, ABC, 9 & 9:30PM
- The Mindy Project, Fox, 9:30PM
- The New Normal , NBC, 9:30PM
- White Collar, USA, 10PM
- Africa, Discovery, 10PM
- Vegas, CBS, 10PM
- Cougar Town, TBS, 10PM
- Justified, FX, 10PM
- The Burn with Jeff Ross, Comedy Central, 10:30PM
- The Americans (series premiere), FX, 10PM
- American Idol, Fox, 8PM
- Arrow, CW, 8PM
- Whitney, NBC, 8PM
- WWE Main Event, Ion, 8PM
- The Neighbors, ABC, 8:30PM
- Guys With Kids, NBC, 8:30PM
- Supernatural CW, 9PM
- Modern Family, ABC, 9PM
- Inside the NFL, Showtime, 9PM
- Suburgatory, ABC, 9:30PM
- Workaholics, Comedy Central, 10PM
- Necessary Roughness, USA, 10PM
- NFL Turning Point, NBC Sports Network, 10PM
- Nashville, ABC, 10PM
- Unsung: Midnight Star, TV One, 10PM
- The Kroll Show, Comedy Central, 10:30PM
- 30 Rock (series finale), NBC, 8PM
- Do No Harm (series premiere), NBC, 10PM
- Impact Wrestling, Spike TV, 8PM
- The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 8PM
- The Vampire Diaries, CW, 8PM
- Grizzlies/Thunder, TNT, 8PM
- American Idol, Fox, 8PM
- Two and a Half Men, CBS, 8:30PM
- Person of Interest, CBS, 9PM
- Beauty & the Beast, CW, 9PM
- Glee, Fox, 9PM
- Grey's Anatomy, ABC, 9PM
- The Office, NBC, 9PM
- The Office, NBC, 9:30PM
- Anger Management, FX, 9:30PM
- King of the Nerds, TBS, 10PM
- Archer, FX, 10PM
- Elementary, CBS, 10PM
- Scandal, ABC, 10PM
- Bellator MMA Live, Spike TV, 10PM
- Suits, USA, 10PM
- Legit, FX, 10:30PM
- Mavericks/Warriors, TNT, 10:30PM
- Totally Biased with W Kamau Bell, FX, 11PM
- House of Cards, Netflix
- Heat/Pacers, ESPN, 8PM
- Nikita, CW, 8PM
- WWE SmackDown, Syfy, 8PM
- Malibu Country, ABC, 8:30PM
- Spartacus: War of the Damned, Starz, 9PM
- Friday Night Fights, ESPN2, 9PM
- Lakers/Timberwolves, ESPN, 9:30PM
- Real Time with Bill Maher, HBO, 10PM
- Banshee, Cinemax, 10PM
- Merlin, Syfy, 10PM
- Portlandia, IFC, 10PM
- Victorious (series finale), Nickelodeon, 8PM
- Cops, Fox, 8 & 8:30PM
- NFL Honors, CBS, 9PM
- Girls, HBO, 10:05PM
- Enlightened, HBO, 10:35PM
- Super Bowl XLVII, CBS, 6:30PM
- Downton Abbey, PBS, 9PM
- Elementary, CBS, 10PM
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|Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake
|Nickname(s): The Loveliest Town in Canada
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|• Lord Mayor
|Patrick Darte
|• Governing body
|Town Council
|Rob Nicholson
|Wayne Gates
|• Land
|132.83 km2 (51.29 sq mi)
|82.3 m (270.0 ft)
|Population (2011)
|• Total
|• Density
|115.9/km2 (300/sq mi)
|Time zone
|Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
|• Summer (DST)
|Eastern Daylight (EDT) (UTC-4)
|Postal code
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Niagara-on-the-Lake (Cayuga: Tganawai:ˀ[2]) (2011 population 15,400) is a Canadian town located in Southern Ontario where the Niagara River meets Lake Ontario in the Niagara Region of the southern part of the province of Ontario. It is located across the Niagara River from Youngstown, New York, US. It is the only town in Canada that has a Lord Mayor.[3]
The settlement, known from about 1781 as Butlersburg, in honour of Colonel John Butler, the commander of Butler's Rangers, was renamed West Niagara to distinguish it from Fort Niagara.[4] It was a British military base and haven for pro-British loyalists fleeing the United States during the volatile aftermath of the American Revolution.[5] Renamed Newark by Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe in 1792, he made it the first capital of Upper Canada (now the province of Ontario), The first provincial parliament was convened at the Navy Hall on September 17, 1792.[5] Due to Newark's close proximity to the American border, Simcoe moved the capital in 1797 to York and Newark was officially renamed 'Niagara' in 1798.[4]
Niagara played a central role in the War of 1812. Niagara was taken in the Battle of Fort George by American forces after a two-day bombardment by cannons from Fort Niagara and the American Fleet, followed by a fierce battle. Later in the war the town was razed and burnt to the ground by American soldiers as they withdrew to Fort Niagara. Undaunted by this setback, often referred to as the "burning of Newark," the citizens rebuilt the town after the war, with the residential quarter around Queen Street and toward King Street, where the new Court House was rebuilt using material from the firing range of the cannons at Fort Niagara.[5] In 1859 the town built its first public school, Niagara Public School.[6]
The town's present name was adopted around 1880 as a Postal Address to distinguish the town from Niagara Falls. The name was not officially adopted until 1970, when the Town of Niagara and the Township of Niagara were merged.[5]
Historic sites
Most of the former military sites, such as Fort George, Navy Hall, and Butler's Barracks, have been restored. Fort George's restoration was done as a "Make Work Project", guided by plans from the Royal Engineers, during the Great Depression of the 1930s, an early example of historic preservation. Fort George National Historic Site is a focal point in a collection of War of 1812 sites which, collectively, are managed by Parks Canada under the name Niagara National Historic Sites. That administrative name includes several national historic sites: Fort Mississauga, Mississauga Point Lighthouse (1804, the first on the Great Lakes), Navy Hall, Butler's Barracks, and Queenston Heights.
Niagara-on-the-Lake teems with historical plaques, many national and provincial, reflecting its significance in the establishment of many of the province's institutions. Among these were its first newspaper, lending library, parliament, historical museum, and governing body for the legal profession. Critical battles in the defence of Upper Canada took place here, at Queenston, including one in which heroine Laura Secord gained her fame. The town gave many black Americans their first taste of freedom, both as a stop on the Underground railroad for those travelling further into Upper Canada, and as a refuge in its own right. Its stock of Regency and Classical Revival buildings, considered the best in the country from the post-War of 1812 period, led the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada to recommend that the town's historic district be designated a National Historic Site of Canada, a designation which was approved in 2003.[7][8] The historic centre had already been designated as a provincial Heritage Conservation District under the Ontario Heritage Act in 1986. And, although it did not make the final list, the Historic District was considered for nomination as a World Heritage Site.[9]
Other significant sites in Niagara-on-the-Lake (NOTL):
- The town contains other National Historic Sites of Canada within its boundaries: the Battlefield of Fort George[10] and nearby Fort George,[11] Butler's Barracks,[12] Fort Drummond,[13] Fort Mississauga,[14] the site of the Mississauga Point Lighthouse,[15] the Niagara Apothecary (the oldest apothecary in Canada),[16] the Niagara District Court House,[17] Queenston Heights,[18][19] Queenston-Chippawa Hydro-electric Plant,[20][21] Willowbank[22][23] and Vrooman's Battery.[24]
- Old Court House Theatre 1847
- St. Mark's Church 1791 - oldest Anglican Church in Ontario
- St. Vincent de Paul 1826 - oldest Catholic Church in Ontario
- McFarland House, built ca. 1800, is the oldest surviving building in Niagara-on-the-Lake. During the War of 1812 the house was used as both a hospital and Officers' Quarters, therefore it survived the Burning on Newark in December 1813. It is now open to the public for guided tours, as well as a tea patio and mini cafe.
Niagara-on-the-Lake is located within the federal electoral district of Niagara Falls, currently represented in the Canadian House of Commons by Rob Nicholson, and the provincial electoral district of Niagara Falls, currently represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario by Wayne Gates.
It is the only municipality in Canada whose elected leader is designated as Lord Mayor, a title more common in the United Kingdom.[3] Popular legend suggests that Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn bestowed the title on the mayor of Niagara during a visit to the town in the early 1800s, in recognition of the town's history as the first capital of Upper Canada;[3] however, there is no historical record of a mayor actually using it until Jerry Mussen in the early 1920s, and even after him the title was used only irregularly until the Regional Municipality of Niagara Act of 1969 officially legislated that "The mayor of the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake shall be known as the Lord Mayor."[3] The town's current Lord Mayor is Patrick Darte, who was first elected in the 2014 municipal election; previous Lord Mayors have included Dave Eke, Gary Burroughs, Art Viola, Mike Dietsch, Stan Ignatczyk, Jim Marino, Wilbert Dick, Jake Froese and Fred Goring.[3]
The town is home to the Shaw Festival, a series of theatrical productions featuring the works of George Bernard Shaw, his contemporaries, or plays about his era (1856–1950), running from April to November. The festival operates three theatres in the centre of town: the Festival, Royal George, and Court House theatres, and features one of a repertory acting company, scenic staff, and collection of resident and guest directors considered some of the best in the English-speaking world.
Along the Niagara Parkway is RiverBrink Art Museum, a popular tourist destination in Queenston. It is home to a unique collection of over 1,400 artworks and artefacts by Canadian and international artists, assembled by Samuel E. Weir. Completed in 1970, the building features Georgian-style architecture, including a mansard roof and gabled windows. It served as Weir's country residence, and was converted into an art museum following his death in 1981.
The surrounding region enjoys a comparatively mild climate thanks to the adjoining lakes, and excellent soil for fruit production, for which it has become one of Canada's centres. In particular, NOTL has grown into a major viticultural region. Visitors flock to dozens of nearby wineries, including those making the world's largest volumes of ice wine. The town is also known for its gardens, art galleries, antique shops, and golf courses. There are many hotels, inns, bed and breakfasts, vacation rentals and spas in the area.
Location shooting
Several popular films and TV shows have been shot on location in the NOTL Old Town, including:
- When Michael Calls, also released as Shattered Silence (1972), which starred Michael Douglas, Ben Gazzara and Elizabeth Ashley
- The Dead Zone (1983), which starred Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Brooke Adams and Tom Skerritt
- Samuel Lount (1985)
- The Experts (1989), which starred John Travolta, Arye Gross and Kelly Preston
- Trapped in Paradise (1994), which starred Nicolas Cage, Dana Carvey and Jon Lovitz
- The Ref (1994), which starred Denis Leary, Judy Davis and Kevin Spacey
- Canadian Bacon (1995), which starred John Candy, Alan Alda and Rhea Perlman
- That Old Feeling (1997)
- An All American Fairytale (2001)
- Amelia (2009), which starred Richard Gere, Hilary Swank, and Ewan McGregor
Only 15% of the population is under 14 years of age. Those over 65 years of age number 22.6% and constitute a fast-growing population. The town has seen growth of almost 1% yearly, partially due to a large number of retirees moving to the town.
Awards and recognition
The Town of Niagara was the site of the 8th World Scout Jamboree in 1955. Over 11,000 Scouts from 71 countries attended the Jamboree. It was the first to be held outside Europe and had the theme "Jamboree of New Horizons". Niagara-on-the-Lake was named the Prettiest Town in Canada in 1996 by Communities in Bloom, a nationwide beautification programme.[25] The town is now a popular tourist destination, located at the northern terminus of the Niagara Parkway, a scenic drive and biking/walking path.
In addition to the primary town site of Niagara-on-the-Lake, the Old Town, the town also includes the villages of Glendale, Homer, McNab, Queenston, St. Davids, Niagara-on-the-Green and Virgil.
Glendale is located near the junction of the Queen Elizabeth Way QEW, Highway 405, and Highway 55, and adjacent to the Welland Canal. It is home to the Niagara-on-the-Lake campus of Niagara College.
Virgil is located just south-west of the Old Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, where most of the tourism takes place. The community has a large Mennonite community, who originally settled the area in the early to mid 20th-century from Russia. Virgil has a large sports park, serving as the centre of Niagara-on-the-Lake's bustling hockey, softball, lacrosse and soccer leagues, two arenas, three baseball diamonds and a skate park. Once a year, on the Victoria Day weekend in May, the community holds its annual "Virgil Stampede". The festival includes rides, attractions and its annual soccer start-up tournament. Virgil's educational institutions are St. Michael's Elementary School and Crossroads Public School, which opened in September 2011, amalgamating the now-closed Virgil and Colonel John Butler Public Schools. The town's only secondary school, Niagara District, was closed by the District School Board of Niagara in 2010.
The Old Town also had an elementary school, located on King Street: Parliament Oak Public School. It was located on the site of the signing of the Act Against Slavery of 1793, by the first legislative session of the parliament of Upper Canada.[26]The school was closed on June 25, 2015.[27]
St. Davids Public School serves Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8 students in the southern part of the municipality. St. Michael Catholic elementary school serves Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8 students in the southern part of the municipality. Crossroads Elementary School serves Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8 students in the southern part of the municipality. High school students now take a bus to Laura Secord in St. Catharines, or to A.N. Myer in Niagara Falls.
See also
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario (Code 3526047) census profile". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-02-24.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Cayuga: Our Oral Legacy - Home. Cayuga Digital Dictionary". Retrieved 2012-05-27.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Oh, Lordy!; Niagara-on-the-Lake's mayor is the only one in Canada referred to as 'lord,' but as reporter Monique Beech discovered, the title's official status isn't clear". St. Catharines Standard, August 4, 2007.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River, by Barlow Cumberland, 1911
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 InfoNiagara.com
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Niagara-on-the-Lake, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ↑ Niagara-on-the-Lake. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ↑ Parks Canada Tentative List for World Heritage Sites, 2004.
- ↑ Battlefield of Fort George. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ↑ Fort George. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ↑ Butler's Barracks. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ↑ Fort Drummond. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ↑ Fort Mississauga. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ↑ Mississauga Point Lighthouse. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ↑ Niagara Apothecary. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ↑ Niagara District Court House. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ↑ Queenston Heights, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ↑ Queenston Heights. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ↑ Queenston-Chippawa Hydro-electric Plant, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ↑ Queenston-Chippawa Hydro-electric Plant. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ↑ Willowbank, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ↑ Willowbank. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ↑ Vrooman's Battery. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ↑ Washington Times, 23 July 2004
- ↑ Act Against Slavery
- ↑ http://m.niagarathisweek.com/community-story/5682260-community-says-farewell-to-parliament-oak/
External links
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
- Niagara-on-the-Lake official site
- Niagara-on-the-Lake Chamber of Commerce Web Site
- Niagara-on-the-Lake Bed and Breakfast Association
- Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum Web Site
- The Friends of Fort George
- Niagara On The Lake Surf Club
- Images from the Historic Niagara Digital Collections at the Niagara Falls Public Library
- Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, from The Canadian Encyclopedia
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|St. Catharines
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The pay, disclosed in a corporate filing, was up 24 percent from the previous year's total of $77.6 million. Most of Ellison's pay came from stock options that were valued at $90.7 million when they were granted in June 2011.
Those options, to buy 7 million shares at $32.43 a share, have value only if the stock is trading above that price. The options have been under water for most of the time since they were granted. But on Friday, Oracle stock rose 21 cents to close at $32.47.
The company cut Ellison's performance-based bonus to $3.9 million, down from $13.3 million a year earlier. Other senior executives endured similar cuts. That was because Oracle's profit growth for the year came in below its goals, according to the yearly filing it made Friday.
Oracle's net income rose 17 percent to $9.98 billion for the year that ended May 31. Revenue rose 4 percent to $37.12 billion.
The company said compensation was $51.7 million for both Safra A. Catz, its president and chief financial officer, and Mark Hurd, its president. Nearly all their pay was also in stock options that had little value as of Friday.
Oracle said its compensation committee recognizes that Ellison, 68, already "has a significant equity interest in Oracle, but believes he should still be eligible for an annual compensation package because of his active and vital role in our operations, strategy and growth."
Ellison's salary was only $1 for the year that ended May 31, 2012, unchanged from the previous year.
Forbes this week estimated Ellison's net worth at $41 billion. That ranked him as the sixth-richest person in the world and the third-richest in the United States, behind Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and investor Warren Buffett, head of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
The Associated Press' calculation isolates the value the company's board placed on the executive's total compensation package in the last fiscal year. It includes salary, bonus, performance-related bonuses, perks, above-market returns on deferred compensation and the estimated value of stock options and awards granted.
The calculation doesn't include changes in the present value of pension benefits. And they sometimes differ from the totals that companies list in the summary compensation table of proxy statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The statements to the SEC reflect accounting charges taken for the executive's compensation in the previous fiscal year.
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Yesterday, I got in trouble again. Twice.
I went to visit my mom at The Club and saw a snazzy guy grabbing her butt. I pointed and yelled "Reacher! Reacher!" Dan Lazar, the manager, made me leave.
Things were better later. At home. Mom wore her robe with the red griffin. I massaged her feet, and we drank tea.
But at night, a moonbeam followed me, so I snuck into the old folk's home again. I took off my pants and got into an empty bed. Helicopters flew by, and I started making helicopter noises as loud as I could.
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Boot Camp?
Right now my kids are in public school, but I am considering homeschooling. Recently, a 4th grade boy in my Cub Scout Pack came in wearing a name tag type thing around his neck. I asked him about it and he said it was for "Boot Camp" and when questioned further he said, "Oh, it's just some after school thing." A few days later I was talking to a friend with a 4th grade son and she mentioned boot camp. Guess what it is? It's a special free tutoring session offered to the fourth graders specifically to help them pass the state achievement tests. I wonder how much actual teaching time is lost while they're "teaching to the test".
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My son 13y.o used to attend boot camp for bad kids and with my son's experience it was really worth it. Teen boot camps are one of the most widely known alternatives for kids who are struggling in life.
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I haven't really heard of homeschool kids getting in trouble, however. The only exceptions are in the few instances where the family is extremely repressive, and that sort of family is not going to send their kids away.
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