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Hey there. Um, maybe I guess I should tell you a few things about myself. My name is Marianne Williams, but I go by Mac. There is no way in hell I was going to be known as Marianne to anyone. You see my mom went through a Jane Austen phase right before I was born, so lucky me. Anyway, my older brother has always been my form of parenthood. God, what a screwed up "dad" he was. He knocked up his girlfriend when he was 17 (I was 12) and moved out to "take care of the baby." So getting on with it, my mom's a workaholic, and my dad, well he left right after I was born. I think mom would rather be at work than have to spend time with me. I had my dad's green eyes. So, there's not much more to say, other than the fact that my mom's sending me away because of my school expulsion. But maybe I should start from the beginning.
Chapter 1
Honk honk! I looked out my room window and saw my badass boyfriend, Max, in his Camaro. I grabbed my bag and headed down for the car. Mom wasn't home. Not surprising. I locked the front door behind me and ran to get into Max's car. I shut the door of his car behind me and faced him.
"Hey babe." He said, grabbing me in a lip lock. I returned the favor, and giggled when he started kissing my neck.
"Max, stop it!" I laughed all the while, lightly smacking his shoulder. He rested his head on my shoulder.
"Babe, I'm getting restless." I sighed. Of course he couldn't just let it go. He'd been trying to sleep with me since we started going out a year ago.
"Max, you know how I feel. I love you and all, but I'm waiting until I'm married before I do that."
"Why?" Because my mother didn't and clearly she has had such a great life. But I didn't say that.
"I don't know. It's just something I believe." He gave me a disbelieving look.
"So you'll drink like a guy, and smoke, but you won't sleep with me?" Okay, so I indulged in bad behavior, but that doesn't mean I'm a cheap whore.
"Yes Max, I won't. And I'm leaving it at that. We always get in a fight after this happens, and I just want to have a good night at the party." He shrugged.
"Fine. Let's go." He shoved the car into drive and skidded away from the curb. Poor camaro. Max pulled through our school's gates (yeah, only cool people break into school to have a party) and parked in the prinicpal's parking spot. We got out of his car and headed toward the math building. Yeah. We were having a party in the math building at school. Only the cool kids do it.
So we walked up to the building and snuck in through the back janitor doors, and I could already smell the smoke and hear the music.
I grabbed Max's hand and pulled him out of the closet and toward our destination: Ms. Winklemeyer's freshman math class.
We walked down the hall and got into the classroom fairly quitely. I looked around the room and saw a few people I knew. Most of them were stoners, though. Max grabbed a beer for him and handed me a shot of vodka. He knew me well.
I banged it on the table and swiftly swallowed it down. Mmm. Good vodka.
I headed over to say hello to a couple of my friends while Max went over to his buddies. My best friend Ashley grabbed me and pulled me over to say hello to everyone else.
"Hey Mac, isn't this a great party?" Her words slurred together. Poor girl couldn't hold her alcohol.
"Yep, Ash, it's great. Hey have you seen Jake?" Jake was the local stoner with a fake ID, so he always bought the alcohol.
"Yeah." She said clinging to a random guy standing next to her. "He's over in Shingle's room." I nodded. I really needed some whiskey.
"I'll be back later." She nodded and started making out with the random guy.
Mr. Shingle was my sophomore math teacher who was still out to get me even after a year.
I walked down the hallway and made it to his room. It was unlocked. I opened the door and saw Jake waiting around, smoking a joint.
"Hey Jake." He lazily turned his head and faced me.
"Sup Mac."
"Do you have the whiskey I asked for?" He nodded.
"Sure. You got the money?"
"Yeah." I grabbed two twenties out of my wallet and handed them to him. He stuck them in his pocket and handed me a bottle of Jack. I opened the cap and took a deep swig. Burned like hell, but wasn't that the point of it all? I walked out into the hallway and sat down against the lockers. After I drank a third of the bottle, I was feeling a major buzz. I stood up and dragged my hand against the lockers as I walked. I was in too deep to go back to the party now.
Making my way through the school, I passed most of the math classes when I heard a door opening and suddenly had a bright light on my face.
"She was found in the hallway of the math building." I was currently sitting in the prinicipal's office with my mom, and the principal.
"She had a bottle of whiskey in her hand, a third empty, and was roaming alone." My mom nodded.
"Well, I don't know what would cause her to do something like this. What do you suggest?" My mother asked the principal. Traitor.
"Well, I hate to say this but she's going to be expelled. Her behavior this time has been too extreme." Mom nodded.
"Will you call the cops?" The principal shook his head.
"I understand it's against the law, but she and I have come to an agreement. She tells me the name of who gave her the alcohol, and I'd arrange for her to attend a new school."
"Alright." Mother said.
"So, Marianne, who bought you the alcohol?" Like hell I'd rat out Jake.
"I got some random guy at a mini mart to buy me a bottle of whiskey." The principal shook his head and sighed.
"Very well. You want to play like that? Okay. I've made some calls, and you've been arranged to go to Forester Academy in Michigan."
"Michigan!" I yelled, standing up.
"Darling, be glad a school accepted you with your record." Mom said.
"Shut up mother. Don't you dare even call me 'darling', pretending like you care." I said, seething. She stood up.
"Well thank you Mr. Wilson. We'll call the school and arrange everything." Mom shook my principal's (well, ex-principal's) hand.
"Very well, Ms. Williams. Goodbye Marianne." He said to me. It was all I could do to not give him the bird. I stalked out of the principal's office, followed by my mom. I waited outside of mom's car until she let me in and got in. She sat in the driver's seat and drove home.
I jumped out of the car and ran inside, without saying a thing to her. I called Max and he picked up after the first ring.
"Hello?" He sounded half asleep. Oh yeah, because he's sleeping off his hangover, unlike me.
"Max? It's me. I really need to talk to you. Can you pick me up?"
"Sure babe. I'll be over in twenty." He hung up without saying goodbye. I quickly changed out of last night's get up, tight skinny jeans and tank top, and slipped into a cotton t-shirt, shorts, fishnets and my high tops.
After about fifteen minutes, I heard Max pull up outside.I rushed through the house and was stopped by mom.
"Where do you think you're going?" She screeched. Okay, I'm exaggerating but she's just so annoying.
"No you're not."
"Don't you dare spend all of my life not caring, and all of a sudden take an intrest. I'm 17 years old. I'm going out."
"Marianne, you know I care about you."
"No, mom, you don't. So get out of my damn way." She moved a little and I pushed pass her. I got out of the house and got in Max's car.
"So what's wrong?" He asked.
"Just drive to our spot. I can't talk right now. I'm too angry."
"Alright." He started driving to 'our spot', basically an abandoned warehouse we found and shared our first kiss in.
When we got there, we got out and walked into the building. Max leaned up against a pillar and looked down at me.
"So what's up?" Instead of answering, I rushed into his arms, and started kissing him. He quickly opened his mouth and deepened the kiss. I groaned in response and his hand slid up under my shirt. As much as I was enjoying it, I needed to get a hold on myself. I pushed lightly on his chest.
"Max, we need to stop." He gripped my hips.
"God Mac, you're such a tease. Do you really think I can just stop?" I really didn't want any drama.
"Max, I know I'm being kind of horrible, but I don't know. As much as I don't want to, I think it's best we stop."
"Then stop thinking." I wagered my possibilities. Leave Max right now, and probably regret it, or finally have sex, and be with Max.
Screw it. For once, I gave into Max and kept kissing him. "You're right Max." He smiled and pulled out a condom. God, why did I have such a bad feeling about this?
Max and I were redressing when I realized I had completely avoided what I needed to tell him.
"Max?" I said at the same time he said my name. I smiled. "Go ahead." I said.
"Alright, um. I think we should break up." What?
"Why?" I asked.
"I don't think this is working." He said. He's kidding right?
"What do you mean?" I didn't seriously just give him everything for him to break up with me, did I?
"Babe, you never seemed like the groveling type of girl, so I think we should just leave it at that." Oh he's kidding right?
"Don't you dare call me 'babe'. I'm not your babe. And trust me, I'm not groveling. Get a hold of yourself." He seemed surprised.
"Okay, Mac. Well either way I'm breaking up with you. This isn't working. Sorry. I'll give you a ride back to your house-" I cut him off with a knee to the balls. He keeled over.
"Shut up you asshole. I'll walk." I headed out of the building, and heard his car pulling up behind me.
"Fine. Do what you want. I always knew you were a whore." He peeled out after that. God! I hate him! Why the hell did I sleep with him? Oh right, because I thought I loved him. Well that worked out. Damn! I was so close to notgiving in, but I had a moment of weakness!
I pulled out a cigarette and lit it up, taking a long drag. I had a little to walk, considering my house was about two miles away. I took another drag on the cigarette. I finally made it into a suburban neighborhood and knew I was only about a mile from my house. I was already on my third cigarette when I heard a familiar obnoxious voice.
"Tsk, tsk Marianne. Smoking is a very bad habit." I turned to face the very biggest asshole ever: Aaron Michaels, your typical jock.
"Screw you Aaron." I kept walking past him.
"Gee, Marianne, lovely language." I dropped my cigarette and stomped it out.
"Aaron, I want nothing to do with you, not now, not ever, so back the fuck off."
"Sounds like someone's had a bad day." I swear, I wanted to punch him in the face so badly. So I did just that. It made a lovely crunching sound. "Oh my god! You bitch! You need major help!"
"Maybe I do, Aaron. So maybe you should just leave me alone." I kept walking, leaving a bloody-faced Aaron behind me. Good riddance.
Having the comfort of the previously smoked cigarettes, I ran all the way home, more pissed than upset. By the time I got home, mom was gone. Not surprising. What was surprising was the company that was currently sitting on my couch.
"Nate?" He stood up from the couch and smiled.
"Hey Mac."
"Nate!" I rushed to my big brother and gave him a huge hug. "Oh Nate it's been way too long!" He picked me up and swung me around.
"Same here." He chuckled. He set me down and looked me over. "Mac, what the hell are you wearing?' Whoops. Guess he wasn't used to seeing me like this. "And why do you smell like smoke?" Shit.
"No reason."
"Mac, do you think I'm mom? I'm not going to give up that easily."
"Well why are you here?" I asked changing the subject. He looked kind of sad.
"Well, Kelly's gone." Kelly was the girl he got pregnant.
"She took Will and left. She told me she wasn't happy and wanted nothing to do with me." Oh no. I hugged him again.
"Nate I'm so sorry. I know how much she meant to you. And clearly Will meant a lot to you, I mean he is your son."
"He's not." This was news.
"Kelly lied to me. Will isn't even my son." I hugged him again.
"Nate! You're staying here, right?" He nodded. We sat down on the couch.
"So what's this I hear of you getting expelled?" He asked. Of course mom told him. She just doesn't know when to keep her mouth shut, and when to open it.
"It's nothing." He shook his head.
"Clearly it's not nothing. I mean come on Mac! Even I didn't get expelled in high school! What did you do?" Well, I guess it's time to tell him the truth.
"Okay, so you know how I've been dating Max?" He nodded. "Well we went to a party last night on campus, but got into a fight before we got there-"
"Did he hurt you?"
"No, Nate, just let me finish the story. Okay, so we got into a fight, and you know how I solve problems. I drink. So I did. We got to the party, and we both left to say hello to our friends, and I went to get a bottle of whiskey-"
"Whiskey? Come on Mac-"
"Nate shut up! Do you want to hear or not?" He pretended to lock his lips with a keys. "Okay. So I had a little more than a third of the bottle when a night guard found me. Don't really remember the rest, I was too drunk, but the principal told mom that he wouldn't rat me out to the cops, but he arranged for me to go to a boarding school in Michigan. Michigan, Nate! Is that not crazy! I mean, that's like a bagillion miles away from here." Nate rolled his eyes.
"Mac, how many actually?"
"Around 2,000." Okay, so I was great at memorizing random facts.
"Good job Mac." I looked up at Nate.
"So you're not mad?"
"No. Trust me Mac, I'm pissed off, I mean how could you do something so stupid?" I cringed back a little. Just wait until I told him about today. Nate and I were always very honest with each other.
"There's more." He looked back at me. "I did something stupid. Like, really really stupid." He groaned a little.
"You didn't." I nodded.
"Yeah. I did. And it was dumb. And stupid. And I was angry. And I wanted to finally have something that wasn't worthless. And guess what? He dumped me. He used me and dumped me." Nate put his arm over my shoulder and pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Well, Mac, I'm not surprised this happened. I mean, I never want to think of my baby sister having sex, but clearly it's already happened. But anyway, do you want me to chase the punk down and hurt him?" I shook my head.
"I think I already took care of that. I kneed him so hard I don't think he's ever going to have kids." Nate laughed and glanced down. He furrowed his brow and lifted my hand up. My knuckles were a little swollen and red.
"Did you punch him too?"
"No, I punched someone on the way home who was bothering me. I think I broke his nose." Nate rolled his eyes.
"Well at least I don't have to worry about you getting mugged or hurt. Let me get you some ice." He stood up and went into the kitchen. My big bro. Perfect dad. Stupid Kelly. She's not good enough for him.
He came back with a bag of ice and set it on my hand. It was soothing. We talked for a while, and stayed up watching scary movies with the lights all off, but when it came down to things, it was almost two in the morning, and mom wasn't home.
"Where do you think she is?" I asked Nate. He shrugged. Just then we heard the key in the door.
"I think they're asleep." We heard mom say. I gave Nate a weird look and he looked just as confused as I. We pretended to be asleep as we heard two pairs of footsteps approaching.
"They're cute." We heard a deep male voice say. "Seem like good siblings."
"Yeah." Mom responded. "Nate always did take care of Marianne while I was at work." Like hell! He took care of me even when she was here! And who the hell was mom talking to? "Well, I guess I can leave them a note and go back over to your place for the night." Oh hell no! She was not going to be such a slut, right? Wrong.
After the note was written and the door was locked again, I got up from the couch and walked upstairs to my room.
"Shut it Nate. I don't want to hear it." He didn't say a thing as I shut my bedroom door. I could use a cigarette really badly, but I had none left. So my second best option was sleep. And so I changed into pajamas, and crawled into bed.
What a day.


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The Honorable Susan B. Carbon Director Office of Violence Against Women U.S. Department of Justice Washington, DC
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Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey Philadelphia Police Department Philadelphia, PA
Sara R. Reedy Butler, PA
Carol E. Tracy Women's Law Project Philadelphia, PA
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Scott Berkowitz President & Founder, Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network Washington, DC
Panel III Lawanda Ravoira Director NCCD Center for Girls and Young Women Jacksonville, FL
Dean G. Kilpatrick, Ph.D. Distinguished University Professor Vice-Chair for Education, Department of Psychiatry Director, National Crime Victims Research & Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC
Eleanor Smeal Feminist Majority Foundation Arlington, VA
Michelle Madden Dempsey Associate Professor of Law Villanova University School of Law Villanova, PA

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The ocean shipping industry faces two overriding challenges: improving cost efficiencies and improving customer experiences.
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It is well documented that U.S. West Coast ports face a number of competitive challenges.
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Unlike McDonald's, where a Big Mac is the same wherever you go, services provided by ocean carriers are anything but uniform, and that leads to much of the chaos we see today at terminals and inland points when it comes to first- and last-mile operations.
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Nursing Group Offers Support to Low-Income First-Time Moms
An innovative new program in New York City is offering nurses special training to offer support and guidance to low-income, first-time moms who may be uneducated on how to give their babies–and themselves–the crucial care that can keep them healthy and thriving. The New York Times reports:
"The program, which was started in upstate New York in the 1970s and has been adopted in 42 states, is one of the rare public initiatives that have shown consistent and rigorously tested benefits for the mothers and children, as well as significant savings for taxpayers.
In different studies on different demographic groups, women in the program have had fewer premature deliveries, smoked less during pregnancy, spent less time on public assistance, waited longer to have subsequent children, had fewer arrests and convictions, and maintained longer contact with their baby's fathers. Their children have had fewer language delays and reported less abuse and neglect, slightly higher I.Q. scores, fewer arrests and convictions by age 19, and less depression and anxiety.
A 2011 study of New York City's Nurse-Family Partnership program, which currently has 91 nurses serving 1,940 families, projected that by the time a child in the program turns 12, the city, state and federal governments will have saved a combined $27,895, with additional savings thereafter — more than twice the program's cost per child. The study was conducted by the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation using data from the Nurse-Family Partnership's research at three locations, then extrapolated to New York.
This fall, I attended a dozen home visits, all in the Bronx, with five nurses — three from the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, which contracts with the city to provide service in the Bronx, and two, including Ms. Schmidt, with the health department's Targeted Citywide Initiative, which tackles the most at-risk cases. The nurses' styles and backgrounds varied; the families' needs and challenges even more so. Each mother participated voluntarily and at no cost.
The problems were many: violence on the street, abuse in the women's past, illness, anger, obesity, insecure housing or financial circumstances. Most of the women had the poor luck to have been born in poverty. Like their middle-class counterparts, none came into the world knowing how to raise a baby."
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There is no denying the fact that injustice will be done to Andhra Pradesh as a result of bifurcation, but there seems to be no escape from it now. While keeping the State united will be the best solution to the problem, people of Seemandhra can demand better packages for their respective regions if bifurcation is imminent.
This seemed to be the broad idea of most of the speakers at the roundtable on 'Political solution to the prevailing uncertainty in the State in the wake of bifurcation' organised by the Andhra Pradesh Journalists' Forum (APJF) here on Wednesday.
APNGO, Vidyut, RTC JAC leaders, Youth JAC leader Adari Kishore, however, wanted nothing short of united Andhra Pradesh and expressed their readiness to launch another struggle towards achieving that end.
Minister for Tribal Affairs P. Balaraju, while describing the Samaikyandhra agitation as a "people's movement," wondered as to how long the people of Seemandhra would have to be at the mercy of Telangana leaders, when there was immense potential for development of Seemandhra region. Referring to the issue of neglect of Seemandhra region by successive governments and concentrating only on development of Hyderabad, Mr. Balaraju said though there were definite policies, the problem lay in their implementation.
He recalled that lands valued at Rs.13,000 crore were sold in Visakhapatnam for utilising the money elsewhere. On discrimination to Seemandhra in the allocation of power, IT development, and creation of assets for RTC, he said all these had been happening since decades. He recalled that the Wanchoo Committee had said long ago that in the event of division of the State, Visakhapatnam was best suited to become the capital. Despite having inherent advantages, Visakhapatnam had remained neglected for long.
The King George Hospital and Andhra University were started during the British time, but their growth post-Independence was far from satisfactory. The only major development was the construction of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant in the post-Independent era in the city. The creation of a new railway zone with headquarters in Visakhapatnam could end the injustice to Waltair Division, he felt. CII (Vizag) Chairman G. Sambasiva Rao and CITU leader Mani spoke.
A journalist from Hyderabad Karunakar felt that both Telangana and Seemandhra regions would suffer after bifurcation. TDP leader and former Minister Bandaru Satyanarayana Murthy, Vizag Journalists' Forum president Gantla Srinu Babu, APJF honorary president Kandula Ramesh and president Chevula Krishnanjaneyulu were among those who attended.
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my 2 cents. Bottom starts out with really easy boulder type sequence, don't stick clip 2nd clip (I know it's temping since, if you blow it, you'll hit the boulder) but the holds are so good it ain't no thing. Cool moves on polished rock. then the traverse on slope(ish) deceiving holds with high feet. If you don't second up your belay, cleaning is a workout, expect a really big swing when you unclip that last draw (fun but probably wasn't safe). keep an eye on the bolts, they spin a lot. |


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Chris Brokaw: Incredible Love
Best known for the bands he has been in, Chris Brokaw breaks free and asserts compelling individuality on his fifth solo release.


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We recently moved into a new house.
With that has come many changes, not the least of which has been this: my sons each have their own bedroom for the first time in their lives. As they've gotten a little older and started having friends spend time at our house, I've witnessed a strange new phenomenon— instead of spending time with their friends in my home's common areas, they're wanting to spend more time playing in their rooms.
Until now, they've been content to play on the carpet with LEGOS or other toys, but their legs are getting longer and their games are increasingly of the screen variety. They need more seating for all of these changes, and I've rounded up my favorite options for both boys and girls.
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"Rob, we have a blog now," John tells me. "Great", I say, "but what are we supposed to do with a blog?" John thoughtfully puts his finger on his chin and says, "Well we write about what we are thinking, feeling or whatever random thoughts we might have. Everybody is doing it and it's really cool, like polyester used to be." "So I write about whatever is on my mind?", I ask trepidatiously. "Pretty much." John says. "So I could talk about what it's like to be such a babe magnet?" suggests Rob.
"Well that is not exactly what I had in mind, I was thinking more along the lines of new products & behind the scenes info about AtomicMods.com," counters John. "Well that is all well and good, but I am sure our customers would like to hear about proper wood selection for a babe-beat-back-stick so it doesn't splinter on you," insists Rob. "Maybe we should stick to topics such as new and upcoming products as well as special projects we are working on." says John. "Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's great, but I am sure our customers want to know how to work out so you don't get tired of swinging your babe-beat-back-stick for hours on end", persists Rob. "That sounds very interesting Rob, but I am pretty sure they would rather hear about more relevant topics, like the 2008 PN Racing Mini-Z World Cup that you just got back from and served as announcer." pleads John. Rob grins wide and says, "Oh yeah, that was a sweet event, babes were everywhere!" "Smack!" John slaps his forehead in frustration.


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Mirfin out for two months
Defender David Mirfin is not expected to return from a leg injury until 2013.
The centre-back damaged ligament in a leg during Tuesday night's 4-1 win at Walsall, and scans have put his recovery time at a minimum of six weeks.
Brian Laws, the Iron manager, is not expecting to have him available again for another eight weeks - which would put him out until January.
"We have had the scan results and it is not looking good," he said.
"It looks like it could be a minimum of six weeks, but maybe nearer eight.
"He has tweaked his ligament and unfortunately that's the time this injury takes."
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Are the rears two different lengths? What is different about them that they have different part numbers?
Reason I ask is I think mine are on the wrong sides. Checking right now. |
Well I literally just checked and they are backwards. Let's hope 15000km wasn't enough to wreck anything. Didn't do off road, service roads a few times.
Haha, easy mistake to make on 1st gens. Shorter shock to drivers rear
Longer shock to pass. rear
lowest 2 numbers at end of part # = shorter shock, etc;.....


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Obama says he wants to see the US create 1 million new manufacturing jobs by the end of 2016. The lead item on his agenda here is corporate tax reform (cutting rates, while offsetting that revenue loss by closing loopholes in the current tax code). The president calls for a new tax credit "for companies that bring jobs home."
He also urges training 2 million workers through new partnerships between community colleges and employers, and creating a network of business-university "manufacturing innovation institutes" to keep US industries on the cutting edge.
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"Trade that works for America," is one of Romney's agenda items. Like Obama, he says he'd seek to curtail "unfair trade practices" by China and other nations. Where Obama has an enforcement effort under way, Romney implies he'd go further in getting tough on China – naming that country a currency "manipulator" on Day 1 of his administration.
Where Obama emphasizes willingness for government to make strategic investments, Romney says that investing in companies is "the wrong way to go." He supports basic science research, but isn't backing Obama-style innovation institutes. He calls for streamlining some 47 US job-training programs, while focusing them "on building valuable skills that align [job seekers] with opportunities."


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Brighton manager Gus Poyet is certain his men can avoid relegation providing they continue to produce the kind of form that pushed Huddersfield all the way in a 0-0 draw at the Withdean Stadium.The Seagulls were unfortunate not to have taken maximum points against their promotion-chasing opponents and Poyet is predicting their fortunes will soon change.Brighton have still to win a home league match in six attempts under Poyet but the Uruguayan said: "Very soon this will change. Our performance had everything apart from a goal. You can't ask for more."Football is about finishing and it's one touch, one penalty, one decision from the referee. These are the things that will change the situation."Poyet chose to freshen up his strike force with Liam Dickinson partnering Chris Holroyd, and he was delighted with the way Glenn Murray responded after coming off the bench.He added: "I'm really pleased with the reaction from Glenn Murray. We need that bit of competition. We've held the division's second highest scorers, got a clean sheet and in the end I'm very pleased with the performance."
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Prussia X Reader
Somebody That I Used To Know.
Flashback Teutonic Knights.
"Gilly?" The small albino boy's head popped up at the sound of your voice.
"Yes (NAME)?" He answered nodding for you to continue.
"Will we be together always?"
"Of course (NAME)! You're the only one as awesome as me! On the Teutonic Knights I swear to be with you always!" You quickly hugged Gilbert pushing him into the soft green grass of the meadow.
"I promise the same. Thank you Gilbert, always." You whispered to him, even though there was not a moving soul for miles it was something that was meant for his ears only.
Your helper tightened the silver lace corset that encased your chest. The pressure was suffocating, like a prison of pure fabric that you couldn't escape from. Your wedding was something you couldn't wait for, you had planned everything but now your nerves were
making it feel so wrong.
Flashback End of Prussia Third Person.
"(NAME)!" Desperation was thick in his voice "(NAME) WHERE ARE YOU? ANSWER ME!" The recent bombings had made the house unstable and now it had collapsed. Gilbert's hands clenched tightly around a small box as he stumbled through the rubble of the house "(NAME), come on where are you!" He scrambled over the remaining debris to find (NAME) with her left leg caught under part of the old house wall. Her face twisted in pain trying hard not to black out. Tears had formed streams down her dirt covered face. Gilbert ran to her side and gently embraced her, shielding her body with his.
"G-Gilbert" Her words broken by waves of tears flowing down her face. Gilbert's strong arms pushed the debris trapping her obliviously broken leg. He lifted her up bridal-style "Gilbert where can we go? The Allies can find you anywhere." Her voice was getting
quieter with every word she spoke.
"I know darling, but my part in this war is over. Prussia has been lost; I've let all my people down." (NAME) was going to tell him that he was wrong but was cut off. "I can't do anything anymore, if we can get to the edge of Germany that you will be safe. I did promise to be with you always didn't I?" He leant down and kissed her forehead "please open the box, Ich liebe dich (NAME), please marry me." He whispered softly in her ear. (NAME) opened the small box to find a glistening square cut diamond on a silver band. She nodded enthusiastically, not being able to speak. She notice a fine engraving on the metal but finally passed out from the pain before she could ask what it said.
The thick heavy veil was passed over your head, a small emerald crown held it in place. The emeralds that adorned it were beautiful but their shine was dull compared to the ring hanging from a chain around your neck. Its beauty had lasted through out time.
Flashback weeks after last one Gilbert's POV
"Arthur, I need your help" My voice was only a whisper, (NAME) was asleep and this was the only chance I had.
"Beilschmidt you wanker what are you calling me for! We're still at war!" Arthur's voice was loud through the speaker.
"Shut it limey, I'm not in the war and you know it, so shut up." Gilbert could imagine the smirk on Arthur's face right at this moment. "I need your help"
"Why?" His voice made the question feel demanding.
"Because I know you'll keep her safe." Gilberts hand ran through (Name)'s (length) (colour) hair. "Please Arthur; please do this for me before I dissolve."
"Ok Gilbert" Arthur's voice had changed from a mocking tone to one of sadness, maybe the realisation that Gilbert was dyeing along with Prussia had struck him.
"We're in France; ask Francis where he should be able to tell".
"Do you Arthur Kirkland take (Name) (Last Name) as your wife?"
"I do"
"And do you (Name) (Last Name) take Arthur Kirkland as your husband?"
"I do"
"Well then I know pronounce you husband and wife."
Timeskip Reception.
You look at the room you sat in; it was decorated in white a green fabric and everyone was dancing in a space made in the middle of the room. Feliciano had ever convinced Romano to come and dance. You looked to the gardens visible from the open doors; the green grass and red roses glowing in the moonlight. It just looked peaceful. You turned to your new husband next to you; he was trying to keep his very energetic best man under control.
"I'm just going for a walk honey. Ok?"
"OK, are you alright?
"I'm fine Arthur, just need some fresh air that's all" His facial expressions showed that he still wasn't sure. "I'm fine Arthur! I'll be back in fifteen minutes, if I'm not back by then, you can come looking for me ok?"
"Ok." You stood from your set at the head table and walked towards the open doors where
Ludwig now stood staring into the gardens.
"Are you ok Ludwig?" You seemed to catch mine off guard which what normally not an easy task. As he turned to you the slight shock was removed from his face.
"Ja, fine (Name)" Then Feliciano came and dragged Ludwig from you back to the centre of the room.
The garden amazed you, the crimson red of the roses and the green of the grass contrasted with each other in the moonlight
You found your way to the old stone statue surrounded by a small pond. The statue was an angel, her hands covering her face as she wept. You rounded the statue and froze in your steps. You gained enough courage to say these few words; "You promised to stay with me always."
The man with platinum white hair turned to face you, his eyes bloodshot from obvious crying.
"No one came keep their promises forever (Name)" You felt betrayed and angry, you had trusted him for centuries, ever since you were children. He stood up slowly and walked towards you. When he came within striking range, you slapped him hard across the face.
"Why. Why bastard?!"
"If you were with me when Ludwig fell then Ivan would of taken you so I made sure it was me, not you" He cupped the side of your face, his own starting to swell "so that you were safe." You pulled away from the warmth of his hand and turn your back to him, a silver tear running down your face. His engagement ring to you had worked its way from under you shirt and you knew Gilbert had seen it. "Did you ever find out what the engraving meant?" Your response was a quick shake of your head "Das Letzle Stück Von Preußen. Mein Herz. It means; The Last Piece of Prussia, My Heart."
"I'm sorry Gilbert but none of that matters anymore." You voice was weak at the start but as you continued it only got stronger.
"Now and then I think of when we were together
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
Told myself that you were right for me
But felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and it's an ache I still remember
You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
Like resignation to the end, always the end
So when we found that we could not make sense
Well you said that we would still be friends
But I'll admit that I was glad it was over
But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
No you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
Part of me believing it was always something that I'd done
But I don't wanna live that way
Reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know
But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
No you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
I used to know
That I used to know
I used to know
"Sorry Gilbert" Without any more of a conversation you walked away from him, leaving him by the angel that wept with him. You could only imagine the that shock, grief and sadness on his face. You made your way back to the reception hall, Arthur standing by the door way.
"I was just coming-" He stopped when his eyes saw the ring around your neck, his hands touched it gently "what's this?"
Your hand grabbed onto it, pulling to down making the clip at the back release. "It belonged to someone that I used to know" Your voice held no expression at all. You slowly walked over to Ludwig who now was sat down at one of the tables, you place the ring and chain in his hand. He looked up to meet your eyes.
"For someone that I used to know."
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A different slot in the calendar, unusual weather conditions and a lack of testing at the track means the famous Nurburgring circuit could hold a few surprises for Formula One tyre suppliers Bridgestone at this weekends European Grand Prix.
The race is taking place later in the year than usual, running in late July, compared to its more normal May date. This should mean hotter temperatures (although the current weather in the region does not support that theory), but that hasnt stopped Bridgestone opting for tyre compounds from the softer end of their range - soft and medium.
The biggest challenge is our decision to bring the soft compound Bridgestone Potenza, as all our experience is based on this circuit in the spring, explained head of track engineering, Kees van de Grint.
We will have to see if our predictions are correct. The Eifel region can produce unpredictable weather, so it's a little bit of an unknown for us. I believe we've made the right choice, but you never know with the Nurburgring!"
Adding to the unknowns is the fact that the Formula One teams rarely run at the Nurburgring outside a race weekend. BMW Sauber were there earlier this year, but that was for a special one-off around the famous Nordschleife layout, rather than the contemporary Grand Prix circuit.
Any data collected from Nick Heidfeld's laps on the 20.8 km Nordschleife is not very useful for the forthcoming race, joked van de Grint. It would make me worry if Heidfeld took eight minutes to complete a lap for the Grand Prix!
"I can't remember the last time we tested at the Nurburgring, and this means that our only chance to confirm our tyre choice is at the race itself. It means that teams also have less data to work from.
The focus of Bridgestones European Grand Prix preparations will hence be their knowledge and experience of previous races at the track. We know this circuit pretty well - tyre grip, traction and braking performance are all of great importance, especially in sectors one and three, concluded van de Grint.