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Can PISA results predict predict the quality of a labour force one decade later? To find out we compared some of the results from the PISA 2000 and PISA 2003 tests with results from the OECD's 2012 Survey of Adult Skills. As we explain in this month's PISA in Focus we found that those countries where 15-year-old students achieved high scores in PISA were also the countries whose populations of young adults scored at high levels of proficiency in literacy and numeracy a decade after they had participated in PISA.
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Who has more up-to-date textbooks: students in wealthier schools or students in poorer schools? Actually, it depends where you live. As this month's PISA in Focus explains, no only are some countries better than others in allocating their educational resources more equitably across schoos, but students in these countries generally perform better in mathematics.
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Successive rounds of PISA have found that grade repetition shows no clear benefit, either for individual students or for school systems as a whole. It is also an expensive way of handling underachievement, since the students who are left back are more likely to drop out of school entirely, or stay longer in the school system and so spend less time in the labour force.
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Would you rather choose where to send your child to school or have the decision made for you based on where you live? Many parents would rather choose, in the belief that with choice comes the chance of getting a better education for their child. But results from PISA find that education systems do not necessarily benefit as a result.
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Find out how the 65 participating economies fared in the latest PISA survey in 2012 which focused on mathematics. Discover which education systems have improved over time, how equitable they are and how boys compare to girls, both in their performance and in their attitudes towards learning maths.
More than 510,000 students took part in this latest PISA survey, representing about 28 million 15-year-olds globally.
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Tuesday, 28 July 2009
Sarah Palin's amazing pregnancy
18 comments:
That was great, Regina! Loved it. I really like the song, too. Buttercup in pictures with the dates!! Great job!
Keep up the good work!
- 29 July 2009 01:23
- LisanTX said...
Excellent!! I hope this video is spread far and wide. I'll do my part in sending this gem out and around. I also,too liked your choice of music.
Thanks for doing this video!
- 29 July 2009 01:32
Now it's hitting mainstream, thanks to Pat Buchanan. Thanks, Pat! Let's see if the MSM follows up.
- 29 July 2009 01:52
Great job!
- 29 July 2009 02:20
Does anyone have any photos of her other pregnancies for comparison? just wonderin, also too
- 29 July 2009 02:48
Excellent work--the only thing missing is a picture of Bree from Desperate Housewives with a fork in her fake pregnancy belly. I'd put that at the end, with the title "Stick a Fork in Palin, She's DONE!"
- 29 July 2009 03:13
Palin's Deceptions has pictures of her carrying Track and Piper. It would be interesting to include those for comparison purposes.
- 29 July 2009 03:13
Stay on it, Regina. Don't give up. Can't wait to see how her supporters spin it when the truth finally comes out. Great video!
- 29 July 2009 03:19
Great job!
(One little suggestion: At the end, could you mention that the airline attendants did not see 'what stage of pregnancy she was on April 17 - i.e. she had 'forgotten' her fake belly?
- 29 July 2009 03:22
- basheert said...
Go girl, go!
- 29 July 2009 03:52
- teal said...
...there is no way that SP could have gotten into a plane...
1st she'll have to past thru TSA...believe me post 911, she and her belly would have been noticed.
The fact that no one noticed or remembers speaks to the fact that the belly was not the size shown in 'that' BIG OLD BELLY picture, the one she tried to force feed us.
Its not like a plane full of big belly women were traveling on Alaska Air.
Maybe now, that she has ran away from the hard work, the media will follow thru....it is about time.
YES regina, repeat this [photo] mantra often!
- 29 July 2009 04:33
So...what about the Elan vidoe where she was so smug about how she had hid it cuz her abs wer so tight? If she had gone through airport security looking like the one and only photo where she actually looks pregnant someone would have noticed. I am of the belief that that photo was manufactured after there were many questions about her being Trig's mother. It's the only photo without a coat or a scarf and THE ONLY one where she actually looks pregnant. The rest all look too flat and to small. Give it up Palin. We are on to your LIE.
- 29 July 2009 05:34
- Patrick said...
Thanks to Pat Buchanan, people become interested again in "Babygate":
- 29 July 2009 12:35
- Kat said...
Loved the video Regina! Great job! Don't I remember seeing a picture you had up of Palin when she was pregnant with Track? She had a red top and was HUGE.
That would be a revealing add to the video. Showing that when she was in her twenties, her abs were MUCH looser than in her forties and after having four other children. Great ab work.
Yup, this pregnancy WAS truly amazing. LOL!
- 29 July 2009 13:19
- Dianne said...
Brilliant. Now we all must pull together and see that Regina's video gets as many viewings as possible. The more viewings the more likely MSM will pick it up.
- 29 July 2009 14:30
- BLOW-POP-PALIN said...
Love it, ROTFL buttercup! I don't know how you do it all, Regina, keep on keepin' on.
- 29 July 2009 18:27
Excellent post Regina! You know, I think this is the only thing old Pat Buchanan ever did that I approved of!
I sure hope Rachael and KO pick this up and run with it. Rupert may have to buy Sarah her own island to get away from all this. I am loving it!!
- 29 July 2009 20:16
Loved the video! Yours and BreePalin's are exactly what we need to get out there.
- 29 July 2009 21:05


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What to do with Too Much Basil?
- Funwithfood Jul 20, 2006 03:14 PM
I want to make a whole bunch of pesto at the end of summer, so I planted (from seed) my favorite varietal; Genovese.
The "problem" is, because I have about 16 plants, just pinching off the flowers (must do this or plants begin to die) yields me a whole bunch of basil.
You can only add so much basil to salads, etc. Last night I tried placing the leaves in a Ziploc bag with olive oil, hoping to preserve them until I decide what to do with them.
Any ideas for using large quantities of basil, in a form that can be frozen (as my pesto is at summer's end)?
Even when you buy fresh basil there is too much of it. I pinch off all the leaves and put them in a sealed plastic container in the freezer. When I make a sauce from tomatoes I take a handful of frozen basil leaves and quickly crush them. They shatter into small pieces which I drop in my sauce.
Granted, this is not long term storage but it works for getting five or six meals out of one purchase.
I try to get basil not covered with sand. Rinsing the basil presents problems with freezing, although I have had to do it.
I would appreciate any other tips on how to store basil.
re: Brian W
Does your basil turn black in the freezer?
(My coating the basil with olive oil was an attempt to keep it green.)
re: Funwithfood
No. It does turn black if I try keeping it in the refrigerator. I first tried the Tupperware solution about a year or so ago and I now keep basil in the freezer for a month or more and only use it about once a week or so. So far no black leaves, but I also discard any black leaves when I buy it fresh just to make sure.
re: Brian W
i've always had problems with basil and pesto turning black. Looking around the net, it seems many people swear by the following process...
Blanch your basil leaves in boiling water for 10-15 seconds. Immediately transfer the leaves to an ice-water bath to cool quickly. Towel dry completely.
Your pesto will now stay bright green.
Aparently, the blanching leeches out the chemicals that cause basil to blacken.
re: thorzdad
Yes, my basil would turn black when I just left it open in the fridge or the freezer but what I do now is strip the leaves and put them in a sealed plastic container (Tupperware or equiv) and they last indefinitely in the freezer. They do tend to stain the container so use the same one all the time.
Make pesto (leaving out the cheese) and freeze it. That'll concentrate a LOT of basil. I use those small round deli containers that hold about one cup. The pesto has a high enough fat content that you can cut it while frozen. 1/4 of a round is what I use for a 2-person serving of pasta.
You can add parmesan when you cook it, but I've come to prefer pesto without it. Much as I adore parmesan, the basil flavor is brighter without the cheese.
re: Karen_Schaffer
Oh sorry, I see you said you make pesto at the end of summer. You could still make just a basil paste (basil, olive oil, a little salt, maybe garlic) and freeze that.
re: Karen_Schaffer
Why wait until the end of summer? If you have the basil now, make it now and freeze it now.
I turn all leftover basil into pesto which I store in the freezer. It's not as intensely aromatic as freshly made pesto, but it's a way to have pesto most of the year. I crush the leaves with garlic and salt, then puree with olive oil. That's it. After it's been turned into a freezer container, I make sure it's covered in oil which helps to keep it from freezer burn. When I'm ready to use, I let it defrost, add it to pasta and top with grated cheese.
I've also kept some leaves in oil in the freezer, but they seem to lose too much fragrance to be a good substitute for fresh basil. JMO of course.
re: cheryl_h
I've found that leaving out the garlic before freezing makes for brighter flavor. Pesto base, or a good base to use for lots of stuff.
Last year, I froze two quarts of pesto base, defrosted about a week before Christmas, then added the nuts, garlic, cheese, and a little extra oil to make the final product (about doubled in volume). Everybody got pesto this year. :)
re: mrsmegawatt
It's an annual, though if you're religious about deadheading, you can keep it going for a while. That said, the stems get woody and the summer leaves drop in the fall only to be replaced by smaller, less flavourful ones.
re: carswell
I always bring in one plant in a pot and put it in a sunny window. It does get quite leggy and the stem gets woody, but it's awfully nice to have a few leaves available at any time during the winter. It generally gets through the winter and spring until I can have them in the garden again (I live in NY).
Storing it, I can't add to what others have said. But in immediate uses, a change of pace is to use it in Thai food. Make a Thai style fried rice and toss in a handful of basil leaves right at the end. The residual heat will be enough to wilt them and the aroma will be wonderful. Also the same with stir fried spicy basil chicken, recipe link below.
re: Louise
This is one of my favorite Thai dishes and so easy to make. Dont forget the fried egg
Agree with the basil purée suggestions. The purée can later be morphed into pesto or added to sauces. One of Montreal's most celebrated Italian cooks (featured in last March's Gourmet) insists that basil purée, whether pestoed or not, should never be frozen but kept in the fridge in a glass jar under a layer of olive oil; fwiw, I usually freeze mine.
Another idea is basil syrup. Make a simple syrup from equal quantities of water and sugar (combine in a saucepan, bring to a boil and stir until the sugar has dissovled). Cool to room temp. Add rinsed basil leaves in the ratio of 1 bunch to 1.5 cups of syrup and blend into a purée. Allow to macerate 20-30 minutes, then strain through a fine mesh sieve and refrigerate (I assume it could also be frozen). Taking a cue from Brunoise restaurant ( www.brunoise.ca ), I pour it on vanilla panna cotta and garnish with passion fruit pulp, but I'm sure you could come up with other summery desserts and drinks where it'd be an inspired addition.
re: carswell
Yes, the basil puree option does allow for lots of flexibility.
Basil syrup sounds interesting.
I wonder how basil sorbet would be--let's say spooned atop tomato soup. (Anyone have a recipe?)
(Pesto oil is fantastic over tomato soup BTW.)
P.S. Love your term "pestoed"! (something I would say :)
re: Funwithfood
The basil syrup is indeed interesting. The panna cotta is Brunoise's flagship dish and is an inspired combination of flavours: surprising yet natural, as though it had always existed.
Basil sorbet is great. Here's a recipe (makes 1 1⁄2 cups):
- In a food processor purée 3/4 cup tightly pack basil leaves, 1 clove garlic, 1 1⁄2 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, 2 tablespoons olive oil and 3 tablespoons dry white wine.
- Add 2/3 cup water and 1 slightly beaten egg white. Pour into a metal container and freeze until slushy.
- Process unitl light and fluffy. Return to the freezer to harden.
The recipe comes from James Murcko (at the time chef at SF's Cafe Bedford) and was published in 1984 in the prophetic *New American Chefs and Their Recipes*. Chef Bedford served a scoop of the sorbet in his cold tomato bisque.
I use my extra basil to make infused olive oil. Fill a pot with as much basil as you can pack in(stems and all), pour in olive oil(EVO or pure your choice)to just cover the basil and put on a very low flame. Let it simmer until there is no more moisture coming from the basil, and then strain through a fine mesh sieve. If you end up making big amounts, store the bottled oil in the fridge to keep it for a longer time. It is fantastic to blend into mashed potatoes.
I've been seeing lots of mixed drinks with basil this summer, yesterday it was gin and muddled basil - sort of a basil julip I guess.
sounds like you are waiting too long to pinch and then taking off too much with your flowers. You should pinch out just the tip as soon as you see the bud starting to form. Once it starts to form the flowering structure, with the smaller leaves, etc, it will tend to get bitter.
You might want to consider doing a major pruning and making some of your pesto now - then feed the plants and they will have a chance to regrow lushly. that would probably slow down further flower formation.
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I like to pinch them hard, the plants get more bushy that way (which is probably why I have so much basil to trim flowers from!) I never let them actually flower--pinch them when the flower is just beginning to form.
Yes, I might need to do two rounds of "pesto making" this year...
A friend used equal amounts fresh basil & fresh spinach to wilt for a dinner veg and it was delicious! Smashed garlic in EVOO, wilt both greens and topped w/ toasted pine nuts. She said she saw it in some publication, couldn't remember the name. Served w/ salmon cakes and polenta - made a great meal.
Once upon a time, I ate at Hiro Sushi in Toronto and he served a really lovely basil ice cream at the end of the meal. I can only guess that you use a standard vanilla recipe but sub basil for the vanilla, but I can't be sure since ice cream is not one of those things I endeavour to make (though I would reconsider that if I got my hands on a recipe for this basil ice cream I'm talking about!). It gave the ice cream a lovely and delicate floral flavour... so good.
I went back to Hiro to have the ice cream again recently, but I think he tinkered with the formula. This time, the ice cream wasn't really "creamy" but was more like an "ice". The ice was no where near as good as the ice cream.
although this is more gardening related.. than cooking... but it does ensure fresh basil all summer.... but plant your basil 4-6 plants at time (or from seed) and stagger the start every 3-4 weeks. then you always have basil in some form of growth... then when the more mature plants get woody, you can rip them out and start some more. that and pinch off any flowers frequently.
too much basil is a wonderful problem to have. we make tons of pesto and freeze it. (i add a little lemon juice or vinegar to keep the flavor & color bright). we use it on sandwhiches, on pasta... everywhere.
This is slightly off-topic, but you might find it useful: Sarah Moulton said to store fresh basil: don't wash it, put it in a plastic bag, blow it up with air, seal with a twistie, and keep it at room temp. I didn't believe this until I tried it - the basil stayed green and fresh for over 2 weeks (it would have kept longer, but I used it all up!).
re: Claudette
Never heard of that one, I'll give it a try and report back if it works.
re: Funwithfood
Please DO report back. Fascinating.
Chop roughly and freeze in ice cube trays..with water of course. When you need basil for sauce...just throw a cube in the pan.
Picked my basil in the early morning hours, then went to the market to purchase all I needed to make both basil ice cream and basil sorbet. Then the electricity went out...for 60 HOURS!!!!
(I will report my findings after I re-hydrate here in SoCal, then re-purchase all my now-spoiled ingredients...)


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France has put off plans to force Google and other web giants to help build broadband networks. The nation has instead handed off the controversial issue to a governmental panel described by activists as "an obscure committee". Fleur Pellerin, France's junior minister for the digital economy, told a roundtable on net neutrality …
"France's government wants big web firms with high volume traffic to contribute to investment in high-speed internet, which is currently funded by telcos."
So presumably those internet firms will then receive a hefty portion of the profit that the telcos make by selling access to that high-speed internet?
Oh look, un cochon volant.
Surely those big web firms already make huge profits. Maybe they should think about paying some tax for a change.
Backwards people?
I knew there was always something funny with the Frogs, all arse backwards based on this bit
"French broadband provider Iliad already tried to get the attention of web firms by launching a feature that blocks all online ads after Google continued to refuse to pay for the traffic it sends to customers in the country."
Google sends traffic to customers? In the rest of the world customers *request* traffic from Google, we dont have it forced down our intertubes.
Re: Backwards people?
FFS. Maybe they should also get mac donalds to contribute to building roads for all the people driving to their drive throughs to buy a royale with cheese.
Re: Backwards people?
You mean, like, make McDonald's PAY TAXES IN THE COUNTRY IN WHICH THEY OPERATE? The horror!
Oh wait.
They do.
Unlike Google.
What was your point, again?
Re: Backwards people?
What have existing taxes got to with this? I was implying that something like a drive through places extra demand on road surfaces, ok not to the extent of the amount of internet traffic google service. You really think that just because a web site is popular it should start paying specifically for this purpose to ISPs? Censoring a website because they've not bunged somebody some cash and not backed up by law? Surely that is called extortion which I thought would have been illegal?
If you are referring to google and other international companies doing legal tax evasion that is not the point of my comment, the comment I was replying to nor directly related to the article. What was your point again?
Governments, whether the french, uk or where ever, should sort out their tax laws and stop blaming companies for trying to improve their profits, thats why they exist. I personally blame the the UK government for failing to get the taxes it thinks it should have. Make the tax system simpler for SMEs, free up time and resources for those companies and the tax depts then concentrate for effort on large/huge companies.
Re: Backwards people?
You request ads? Bizzare.
Re: Backwards people?
Yes Google *does* send unwanted traffic to customers, *and* makes money out of it: It's called advertising.
Re: Backwards people?
You request ads? Bizzare.
If you use Google then I am afraid, yes, yes you do.
There are alternatives out there that do not have adverts on their pages. They are not as good but the option is there. Yet if you still use Google then you are requesting the ads and it is up to you to block them.
Re: You request ads? Bizzare.
Using googles search I do. Same way when I read a newspaper or magazine, plenty of ads in those. Unlike a newspaper _I_ can choose if I want the ads with a blocker. Notice the emphasis, I don't want anyone in between filtering my traffic.
Sometimes I do want the ads, when I'm looking to buy something.
Re: Backwards people?
This is not a snarky comment.
In just what sense do Google "operate" in a country? Is it by having a datacenter there? Is it enough that residents of the country type the Google URL into their browsers? Is it only by having a "headquarters" of some kind in a country?
We can expect that international companies, Google and others, will analyze the tax laws of all the countries in which they have a presence and make placements and adjustments to improve profits, which is very likely to mean reduce their tax total across all countries. The also will petition or agitate otherwise to have laws that don't work too heavily against their profit objective. Those who expect otherwise are dreamers and are likely to be disappointed and angry. If the French are unhappy about the tax revenue they get from Google their legislators can change their tax laws, to the extent they are not constrained by treaty agreements, or negotiate with other nation-states to change matters. Whining about bad google not paying its "rightful" share of taxes, however that might be defined, is unlikely to be useful.
Re: Backwards people?
The implication was that Google were forcing data to the client PCs, rather than the reality that the site the user HAS CHOSEN to visit uses adverts to keep itself running etc.
Those arent forced or unwanted, theyre necessary and/or wanted by the site operators. Its free choice, if you dont like having adverts "shoved" at you, dont go to those websites.
That said, maybe it is time to change things, make every website advert free or subscription only, pay your $2 a year to get access to a site and no more adverts, yay!
Telcos already get paid twice for the same traffic, now they want more? they're taking the fliss
Next step
Carrefour forced to buy all French citizens a new car.
"web companies naturally don't want to pay"
There is no 'funding gap', that's just a complete fabrication.
Web companies pay their own telcos for connectivity. No one gets a free ride.
If French ISPs claim they are not getting enough money for carrying web traffic, they are free to renegotiate interconnect fees and peering agreements with the source of the traffic.
They don't, because they haven't got a jambe to stand on.
Only in the ISP industry is excess demand considered a problem. In any other industry on earth it would be called an 'opportunity', and priced accordingly.
(ps, see this; https://www.dephormation.org.uk/?page=47).
If only there was a way to get the users to pay...
It's these crazy users wanting access to google's shiny services.
There should be some way to make them pay for all the infrastructure required to deliver content to them.
How about some kind of monthly payment for using the service? That could go directly to the ISP.
If the user wanted to use more stuff on the web, then they could pay for faster access at a higher price.
that way, the ISP would be fairly compensated for the use of their infrastructure.
It's possibly a controversial approach for France - but they could set it up so that the ISP made the decision about the amount they need to charge for access at various speeds.
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[Throsby] Halloughton or Hawton.
This makes a prebend in Southwell, as in that place is shown: it was called the lay
prebend, having nothing spiritual but the tyrhes of its own lands.
(fn. 1) John Forest, gent. son and heir of Richard Forest, brother of Roger Forest,
esquire, who died 10 May, 1 Mariæ, seised of the manor of Fleton in Huntingdonshire,
and the manor of Halloughton or Haughton in this county, was under age at the death of
his said uncle: he had both land and tythes.
(fn. 2) Sir Charles Owseley or Wolseley had it in lease lately, and I think still hath.—
The prebend of Halton was 10l. 'Tis now 8l. 17s. 6d. value in the king's books.
Here is a chapel dedicated to St. James. This is a prebendary in Southwell college. Propr. and Patron 10l. certified value. It has been conjectured that here was
a religious foundation, belonging to Thurgarton Monastery, and that the establishment
was for females.
The mansion house, in its original state, which stood upon the prebendal estate, was
large and gloomy, and stood near the chapel. In making some alterations in this building (for now it is very unlike what it has been) in taking up the kitchen floor, some
time since, was found a large stone about the size of a mill stone, under which was a
large key; and which had the appearance of being laid there by design. Some time
after this place was more minutely examined, and it proved to be the mouth of a cavity enclosed by a circular wall. This was traced a considerable length till the workmen found water; the search in consequence was discontinued. There is an old tradition in Southwell that a subterraneous passage had a communication thence to Thurgarton.
It is further remarkable that in taking down a stack of chimnies in the same house
there was found, in the middle of them, a large recess, in which were found many
human skeletons quite entire and uncovered with earth: they were chiefly those of
children. (fn. 3)
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"Thank God," my sister-in-law exclaimed. She told me about a single friend who got pregnant with artificial insemination and was considering aborting one of the fetuses. "Can you imagine? It's like there will always be this secret from the remaining one."
"Well, can you blame her?" I snapped. "It'd be hard enough to have one on your own, but two?" What I wanted to add but didn't was that despite working part-time and having a full-time nanny and a relatively helpful husband, my sister-in-law complained incessantly about how exhausted she was caring for two kids, two kids who were three years apart. I was taken aback by the ferocity of her judgmentparticularly since I'd heard her argue just as fervently for a woman's right to choose. But I'd begun to realize that people viewed selective reduction in its own category: You weren't terminating an unwanted accidental pregnancy; you were making a "Sophie's Choice" between siblings, something a good mother would do only with a gun to her head.
My husband told me he'd support whatever choice I made, but for him, there really was no choice. Our twins weren't part of God's plan, he reasoned (or rationalized?). They were the product of artificial insemination. If we'd become pregnant with twins naturally, would we be making the same decision? I didn't know. All I knew was that ultimately, I didn't think we could have twins and remain an intact, happy-enough family. Perversely, I held out hope that the CVS would show that one of the fetuses had an abnormality. But when the genetic counselor called with the results, she informed me, in the chipper voice of a weatherwoman reporting sunny skies, that both my babies were healthy.
My mother came into town to watch our son while my husband and I traveled to a neighboring state for the reduction. She was one of the few people I'd confided in. Initially, she'd offered to help take care of the twins if we kept them. "Maybe you could move closer, or I could move there...." And then the conversation trailed off, as we both realized the unlikelihood of either option. Just as my husband and I weren't the types who could easily roll with however many babies came our way, my mother wasn't the type to uproot her existence to care for her grown daughter's children. (I couldn't imagine accepting my mother's offer, anyway. For better or worse, people in my family take care of themselves.) Now, as my husband and I headed out the door, my mother briefly hugged me and assured me that we were doing the right thing, which unleashed the tears I'd been fighting back all morning. "Bye, sweetie!" I called over my shoulder to my son in a wobbly voice.
"Bye, Mommy," he replied, happily building a block tower with Grandma.
My husband and I passed the hour-and-a-half car ride mostly in silence. Every once in a while, he'd reach over and squeeze my hand. "It's going to be okay," he said a few times.
After another stretch of silence, I asked, "Could you say a prayer when they're doing it?"
He glanced at me, looking slightly surprised. "Sure. Of course." Neither of us is very religious, but I wanted God to know that he or she, or whatever form God took, hadn't been forgotten.
There was a long wait. I worked on a complicated cable-knit sweater I was making for our son, happy my hands and brain were engaged. After the first hour, my husband said he wished he had some knitting too. Occasionally, I'd scan the faces of the other women in the crowded waiting room. Though the coffee tables here were also piled with copies of Fit Pregnancy and Parenting, hardly anyone was looking at them. Instead, they watched a TV tuned to a talk show or chatted quietly with a companion.
"Bettina Paige?" called a nurse.
Clutching the knitting needles, my hands froze. I could just not answer, I thought. We could get back in the car and drive home. We could keep both babies and make it work, just like we'd absorb and face all the other challenges that were bound to arise: the death of our parents, financial struggles, our own mortality. Instead, I took a deep breath and reached for my husband's hand. "Here," I said.
Our doctor told us that she'd take into account any gender preference if the CVS determined that both babies were equally healthy. Now as she examined the ultrasound, she asked whether gender mattered to us. "Well, we have a boy at home, so I guess we'd prefer a girl," I said, realizing with a start that since she gave us a choice, I must be carrying a boy and a girl, and I'd just chosen to terminate a boy. I had a vision of what our son's brother might have looked likethe same dimples, slender back, and full lips. I felt a rush of nausea, as if I was eliminating a bit of him, tooor at least his DNA.
What I couldn't foresee, lying there on the table, was how guilty I'd feel watching my son struggle with having to share his mother with only one sibling: the girl I'd give birth to seven months later. Nor could I anticipate the number of times that I'd think to myselfas I stumbled out of bed to breast-feed in the middle of the night, or yelled "No!" to my son as he threw a ball too close to the baby, or harangued my husband with the tally of how many diapers each of us had changedthank God we didn't have twins. We'd made the right decision, for us.
The doctor spoke quietly to the ultrasound technician, instructing her to shift the wand this way and that. "I'm inserting the needle now," she said. "You'll feel a pinch." My husband moved to the head of the bed, just as he had during our son's birth. I stared up at him as he closed his eyes and his lips started to move in silent prayer.


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For me he's been one of the constants that's helped the team progress. He played a lot of games last season and saved/gained a fair few points. Danny's nickname should be "off the line": he's always making last-ditch blocks! I really hope Danny and the club can come to an agreement soon over his contract.
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That game sucked. Seattle will bounce in the next round. Neither the Cowboys or Seattle belonged while in the playoffs. The only real reason Seattle was there may be since their division sucks. The Dallas coaching staff has long been calling horrible games ever since the New Orleans game whilst still being out unquestionably Seahawks. As soon as your opponent doesn possess any of these starting corners you don throw a stupid wide receiver screen. You throw it down field. A punt would have been better in this situation than just a safety. Romo screwing up the field goal was just icing around the cake for that season that just tortured all Cowboys fans. I like the Cowboys nevertheless they really have numerous operate in the off season to achieve. after which finding a pass rusher and also a new safety. Roy Williams has developed into big liablity with his coverage skills. He definitely can lay the wood to the people but lately he crushes his or her own teammates. Good game Hawks, see you on the lake as well as green after this weekend. Even though Grossman sucks he gonna carve your swiss cheese secondary apart.
Seattle pressured Romo, which have been in a very mistake anyone coulda raked up. Seattle was collapsing on Romo so because of this Romo selected the ball and began running, that has been a sensible activity. Jennings pulled Romo from the legs (before Romo could redeem himself which includes a rushing TD). Seattle had all odds opting for them. That it was an amazing win then one of your top playoff games in NFL history.
I believe the concept Dallas had it wrapped is utterly untrue. Additionally, the other notion i read in here that this Cowgirls outplayed the Hawks couldn be further away from the facts. Both of them had golden opportunities and couldn capitalize. it was an evenly played game, while in the much less common sense. However the best clutch kicker from the NFL this current year would oftentimes also have to be able to win it for your hawks had Romo not blown that hold anyways. usually are not knows. on the grounds that was the video game on that play is very untrue.
Plus even though Thomas Jones Jersey Romo blew it. all that they had to accomplish was stop Alexanders run and they would currently have the ball back with 45 seconds left and ten yards from field goal range. so its possible to blame Dallas defense at the same time.
Well I am a fan of Dallas and that i was so upset about precisely how Glenn, the top receiver, could lose the ball that adheres to that. And so i feel bad for Romo. As soon as the ball slipped and he couldnt end up in the endzone after recovering looking to create a run for doing it, individuals were like "booo romo sucks!! he shouldnt end up being the QB next year" all this after everyone fell crazy about him. now one little mistake and sucks?? I really like romo a lot. look how far he got us. sure he made a mistake but hey the ball is slick, it is just not a normal ball its a special one for kicking its kinda slick now and then. i simply feel really damaging to him exactly what so dissapointed likely gone now. nonetheless hate the friggen seahawks!! theyve been barely making it with field goals to the win and stuff i really hope the bears tear them the latest azz!!!!!


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Controversy aside, The Kite Runner just won�t fly.
Angelina Jolie kidnaps Daniel Pearl�s movie.
Michael Winterbottom puts a face -- and a hood -- on the suffering at Guantanamo.
Midnight Madness at the Esquire
Michael Winterbottom's adaptation of a classic loads on the Bull.
Michael Winterbottom delivers the sex, and not much else.
Code 46 paints a plausibly problematic tomorrow.
Richard Price has made writing pay.
Shirley Henderson juggles a love triangle in the Midlands.
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Grace Foundation's legal battle continues
The Grace Foundation of Northern California continues its financial fight with the banks they say put them in dire straits.
Grace, an equine rescue facility, has been temporarily closed since October as it wages a fight against Wells Fargo and Bank of America in the hopes of recouping more than $900,000 that has been spent on the care and feeding of 70 neglected horses rescued by the foundation last year from a ranch in Susanville.
The El Dorado Hills based non-profit has taken the fight to court, claiming they were deceived by Wells Fargo and Bank of America when the foundation was entrusted with the care of the horses.
The banks that foreclosed on the Whispering Pines Ranch in Susanville owned by Dwight Bennett were allegedly supposed to provide money to help care for the neglected animals, many who have since given birth.
Beth DeCaprio, founder of Grace Foundation, continues the legal battle.
Following a November court hearing in Lassen County, DeCaprio said the ranch was "blindsided to find out minutes before court, that Wells Fargo and Bank of America had been working on a deal with a Lassen County rancher to remove the horses from Grace and take the horses and their foals back to Lassen County.
"The banks presented this as their option to the courts because Grace had expressed concern over continuing to provide care for the horses if the banks would not help."
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NEW YORK (AP) - A Staten Island jury has awarded $1 million to a family that sued New York City after learning that their dead son's brain was on display at the city morgue.
Relatives of 17-year-old Jesse Jerome Shipley say they learned through a macabre coincidence in 2005 that the medical examiner's office had kept his brain and other organ parts for testing.
According to the Staten Island Advance (http://bit.ly/vHO1I0), classmates of the victim's sister went on a field trip to the Richmond County Mortuary. They saw a specimen jar containing a brain labeled with Jesse's name.
The next day, the classmates told Jesse's 14-year-old sister. She was a passenger in the car crash that had claimed his life two months earlier.
The family said it had to conduct a second burial.
City lawyer Sheila Rossi expressed sympathy for the family's "tragic loss."
Information from: Staten Island Advance, http://www.silive.com
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Duns RFC Colts 16 Berwick RFC Colts 27
Duns welcomed Berwick to the New High School pitches for the teams 3rd meeting of the season to play the 1st round of the Border Cup. The home team were looking to avenge their two earlier defeats to Berwick in the league this season. Duns kicked off with the wind in their favour but as with many games this season found themselves behind early on. Berwick's first score came from a scrum on the home 22 when woeful tackling allowed the visitors to cross the line. The second score on 5 minutes came from an interception as the Duns backs tried to run the ball from their own line. The Colts narrowed the gap on ten minutes when Dom Gin slotted a penalty award when the Berwick pack were found guilty of entering the ruck from the side. The gap was narrowed further when after a good spell of pressure the ball found it's way out to Iain Sim who did well to score in the corner as he was almost decapitated by a high tackle in the process of scoring. Gin reduced the Berwick lead to a single point when he converted his second penalty as the visiting forwards went off their feet at a ruck, something they were guilty of all match but weren't always penalised. The last fifteen minutes of the half saw Duns try to take the lead but errors cost them at the crucial moment. Half time Duns 11 Berwick 12.
Berwick started the second half well and put the home side under pressure, they elected to kick a penalty on ten minutes but it went wide. From the restart the Duns pack switched off and as they had the chance to pressure their opponents, who made a hash of fielding the kick, Berwick ran the ball back from the half way to score almost unopposed. Three tries conceded from poor defence, which in the end cost Duns the match. A glimmer of hope came from some outstanding play by Greg Gillan on fifteen minutes, Duns started an attack from their own 22, the ball was fed out to Angus Webster on the wing, and just when he seemed to be tied up he slipped the ball to Gillan who set of from his own ten yard line and as the defender showed him the outside, with only a couple of yards to work in he stepped round his flailing arms and scored beside the posts. Gin had the chance to take the lead with the conversion but his attempt was blown wide by the strong wind. The home side tried to get the winning score and with ten minutes left to play were given a numerical advantage when, just as Berwick looked to be going over to score, the referee penalised them for foul play and sent one of their pack to the sin bin. Any thoughts of a win were dashed two minutes later when the Berwick pack again found themselves near the home line and from a penalty the quick tap allowed them to go over, again all too easy. Berwick ended the match with another score to win 27 to 16.
Duns now face Langholm at home this Saturday in the consolation competition. No doubt the players will be keen to get a win under their belts before the season ends and should need no motivation after Langholm had called off the league fixture as the bus was about to leave Duns a few weeks ago.
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Burton Abrams on KKSF's Bob Zadek Radio Show
Recorded: Sunday, March 30, 2014
Research Fellow Burton A. Abrams appeared on the "Bob Zadek Radio Show" on KKSF in San Francisco. Abrams talks about the MyGovCost calculator and his book The Terrible 10 and the top ten economic blunders in the last century.
Experts: Burton A. AbramsType: RadioIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Economic History and Development (U.S.), Economic Policy, Government Waste/Pork, Political Ideology and Philosophy
John R. Graham on WTPL radios Bulldog Live Show
Recorded: Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Senior Fellow John R. Graham appeared on WTPL radios "Bulldog Live" to talk about the "Healthcare Contract with America" which would replace Obamacare with a free market system. Graham also talks about the "6 Reasons why Obamacare will fail" pointing out the short comings of the current so-called Affordable Care Act.
Experts: John R. GrahamType: RadioIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Business, Health Care, Political Ideology and Philosophy
Lawrence McQuillan appears on KIDO radios Kevin Miller Show
Recorded: Friday, October 11, 2013
Senior Fellow Lawrence McQuillan appears on KIDO radios Kevin Miller Show, talking about alternatives to Obamacare and John C. Goodmans book Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis.
Type: RadioIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Economic Policy, Free Market Economics, Health Care, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Public Health/ Consumer Protection
Mary Theroux on ARNNSnowden and the Surveillance State
Recorded: Monday, July 22, 2013
Mary Theroux, Senior Vice President at the Independent Institute, is interviewed by host Ernie Brown on the topic of Edward Snowden and the US Governments Surveillance State.
Experts: Mary L. G. TherouxType: RadioIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Defense and Foreign Policy, Government Power, Government Secrecy, Technology, Terrorism and National Crises
Ivan Eland Discusses NSA Surveillance Program and Edward Snowden on ARNN
Recorded: Monday, June 24, 2013
Ivan Eland, Independent Institute Senior Fellow, discusses the NSA surveillance program and the fate of Edward Snowden on the nationally syndicated Americas Radio News Network.
Experts: Ivan ElandType: RadioIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Culture/ Society, Government Power, Government Secrecy, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Privacy
Anthony Gregory on Jason Lewis Show
Recorded: Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Anthony Gregory, Research Fellow and author of The Power of Habeas Corpus in America: From the Kings Prerogative to the War on Terror appeared on the nationally syndicated Jason Lewis Radio Show. Jason and Anthony discuss Gregory's new book, the police reaction to the Boston Marathon bombing, and the growing police state in America today.
Type: RadioIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Law Enforcement, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Terrorism and National Crises
Robert Higgs on Scott Horton Show
Recorded: Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Senior Fellow Robert Higgs talks with Scott Horton about the growth of government during the war on terror, economic recession and domestic emergencies. Check out some of Robert Higgs books mentioned on the program.
Experts: Robert HiggsType: RadioIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Defense and Foreign Policy, Economic History and Development (U.S.), Economic Policy, Political Ideology and Philosophy
State, War and Economy
Recorded: Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Senior Fellow Robert Higgs, author of Delusions of Power, is interviewed on The Lew Rockwell Show, about the delusions of government power and U.S. interventionism.
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|London St. Paul's, a photo by david.bank (www.david-bank.com) on Flickr.
There are hundreds of things to see and do in London, but if you're not careful costs can quickly rocket. However, by budgeting carefully and making the most of the city's ample free charms, you can enjoy a holiday on a budget in the UK capital.
|London is your Oyster!, a photo by amandabhslater on Flickr.
Check out toptable.com for good deals on dining out. You can search and book directly online, and choose from deals such as 2 for 1 or 50% off. You also earn points every time you make a booking, which can be redeemed for a free meal in future.
Samuel Smith pubs from Tadcaster have numerous branches throughout the city and, because they have phased out branding in their establishments and only stock Samuel Smith ciders, bitters, lagers and spirits, everything is incredibly cheap. Here, you can still get a decent pint of ale in Soho for around £2, which is half what you'd pay in most other pubs.
Central Hall, Natural History Museum, a photo by Frame Focus
Enjoy the free museums. Unlike many other European cities, London's main museums are largely free to enter. Eschew Madam Tussauds and the Tower of London, and instead head to the world-renowned British Museum, Victoria and Albert, Natural History and Tate Modern. Also, St Paul's cathedral normally costs £15 for a sightseeing ticket, but to attend a service on a Sunday entrance is free.
|Picnic in Battersea Park, a photo by Rev Stan on Flickr.
For accommodation, there are plenty of budget hotels in London. Alternatively, hostels are often excellently located and many offer private rooms if you don't fancy sharing a dorm. There are also a number of quirky boutique hotels, which offer a stylish and unique base from which to explore this fascinating city.
-This guest post was written by Jamie Monteath


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"Lobbyists won't find a job in my White House." President Obama assured us with this claim upon inauguration. And yet he just nominated to two key posts "Big Ag" industry power brokers, who come straight from the chemical pesticide and biotechnology sectors. While they may not be registered as lobbyists, both men come from organizations representing powerful agribusiness interests, which every year spend millions of dollars in lobbying to advance their companies' chemical and transgenic products.
Islam Siddiqui, currently the VP of Science and Regulatory Affairs at CropLife USA, has been nominated to the post of Chief Agricultural Negotiator for the U.S. Trade Representative's office. Why the president would nominate someone from the group that infamously chided the First Lady for refusing to use pesticides on the White House garden is a bit of a mystery, but perhaps it has something to do with all the money and work as a fundraiser that Siddiqui put into Obama's campaign. This critical position is designed to use free trade agreements to open up foreign markets for U.S. agriculture goods -- mostly to promote chemical-intensive, genetically modified products that undermine local food cultures in developing countries.
It's crucial that the Senate Finance Committee hears from public witnesses while investigating his past roles. At CropLife International, Siddiqui led an initiative to weaken restrictions against fertilizers and pesticides, as part of the World Trade Organization's Doha Round of negotiations. He also served as the senior agricultural trade adviser during the Clinton administration, and pressed for getting genetically modified crops and seeds approved for commercial use in the United States.
Now the United States will continue its efforts to export the worst aspects of U.S. agriculture to other countries, many of which are deeply wary of genetically modified seeds and the impacts of toxic pesticides on their communities. Mirroring those concerns, a landmark comprehensive United Nations and World Bank- sponsored International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology for Development (IAASTD) has said that one of the best ways to feed the world is to increase investments in agro-ecological science and farming.
We don't need more genetically modified seeds. What we need is enforcement of antitrust laws to break up monopoly control of the global food system, and fairer -- not "freer" -- trade arrangements to overcome poverty and hunger around the world.
The Obama administration has made tremendous strides towards encouraging the growth of the local food movement, and its connections to human health and ecological impacts. The White House organic garden and the farmers market spearheaded by Michelle Obama are important symbolic gestures, as is the USDA's new "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food" initiative. However, these latest appointments of industry insiders to two of the most influential offices that will shape U.S. food and agricultural policy at home and abroad call into question just how committed the Obama administration is to promoting sustainable agriculture and reducing hunger in the developing world.
We must also question how prepared the president is to break with past administrations' track record of coddling special interests.
Kathy Ozer is the executive director of the National Family Farm Coalition, and Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, PhD, is the senior scientist at the Pesticide Action Network North America and a lead author on the UN-sponsored International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology for Development (IAASTD). The National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) is a national link for grassroots organizations working on family farm issues. www.nffc.net. Pesticide Action Network North America works to replace the use of hazardous pesticides with ecologically sound and socially just alternatives. http://www.panna.org


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PULSAR offers a straightforward programming model, based on a few simple abstractions. The main abstraction in PULSAR is the Virtual Systolic Array (VSA), which is a connection of Virtual Data Processors (VDPs), identified by tuples, connected with channels and communicating with data packets.
The VDP is the main building block of the VSA, a direct descendant of the Processing Element (PE) in the traditional systolic array nomenclature. The VDP contains executable code, read-only global parameters, read/write, persistent, local store, a set of input channels and a set of output channels. Each VDP is uniquely identified by a tuple (a string of integers), and has a counter defining its life span.
When all input channels of a VDP contain data packets, the VDP can be fired, i.e., scheduled for execution by the runtime. When fired, the VDP can pop packets from its input channels, invoke any kind of computational kernels, and push the results to its output channels. At each firing, the counter is decremented, and when it goes to zero, the VDP is destroyed.
A channel is a static unidirectional connection between a pair of VDPs, in principle a First In First Out (FIFO) queue containing packets, where the source VDP pushes packets to the channel and the destination VDP pops packets from the channel. Input and output channels of each VDP are assigned slots, i.e., consecutive numbers starting at zero.
In order to implement an algorithm, one needs to build the VSA, by defining all the VDPs and their connections, and subsequently launch the VSA, i.e., pass the control to the runtime, which propagates the data through the VSA and dynamically schedules VDPs for execution.
In order to define a VDP, one needs to implement its processing cycle. The VDP code can invoke any kind of computational kernels, access global parameters in read-only mode, use local store for persistent storage of data between firing, read from input channels and write to output channels.
The PULSAR Runtime (PRT) is a lightweight layer that maps the abstractions described in the previous section to a distributed memory system with multicore nodes, where the Message Passing Interface (MPI) is the mechanism for inter-node communication and POSIX Threads (Pthreads) is the mechanism for intra-node multithreading. In its 1.0 rendition, released in August 2013, the system only supports classic multicore processors, and does not yet provide support for GPU accelerators or Xeon Phi co-processors.
The VSA is executed by a collection of processes, each process containing a number of worker threads and a thread dedicated to handling inter-node communication, referred to here as the proxy. Usually, one process is mapped to one distributed memory node, one thread is mapped to one core, and the proxy runs on a dedicated core. Other mappings are possible, such as placing one process in each socket of a multi-socket system, or launching more threads than cores (oversubscribing).
Each thread continuously sweeps its list of VDPs in search of VDPs that are ready to launch, i.e., have at least one packet in each active channel. Two scheduling modes are available: lazy and aggressive. In the lazy mode, a ready VDP is fired once, and the sweep moves on to other VDPs. In the aggressive mode, a VDP is repeatedly fired for as long as it is ready.
Each local (intra-node) channel, i.e., a channel within the same shared-memory node, is a simple First In First Out (FIFO) queue, connected to a source VDP on one end and a destination VDP on the other, with mutual exclusion enforced by a mutex. Each non-local (inter-node) channel is only connected to a VDP on one end, with the other end managed by the proxy.
The proxy contains one queue for all incoming packets from all nodes, and one queue per thread for outgoing packets. Upon reception of an incoming packet, the appropriate local channel is located and the packet is moved from the incoming queue to that channel. An outgoing packet is sent by moving the packet from its channel to the outgoing queue of the thread and posting a send. Upon completion of the send, the packet is removed from the outgoing queue.
The proxy follows the cycle of serving communication requests until no more requests are pending and no more VDPs are operating. Thanks to the simplicity of the underlying abstractions, the proxy is implemented using a total of six MPI functions, and spends most of its time cycling through the three basic functions: MPI_Isend, MPI_Irecv, and MPI_Test. Also, because the proxy is implemented as a separate process, it does not require the underlying MPI implementation to be thread safe.
In principle, the proxy implements the abstraction of VDP-to-VDP communication. The routing of packets to appropriate channels is accomplished by assigning consecutive numbers to all channels connecting a pair of processes. These numbers are placed in the message tag and combined with the sender rank to identify the destination channel on the receiving side. Since the channel numbering is applied independently to each pair of nodes, the minimum guaranteed range of MPI tag values of 16K should be more than enough for the foreseeable future.
Overall, the PULSAR runtime provides the benefits of:
At the same time, the runtime introduces minimal scheduling overheads, and assures portability by relying only on the rudimentary set of MPI calls and a small set of Pthreads functions.


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Posted Friday -- November 23, 2007 -- 3:15pm
A rash of injuries to key players has dampened the Green Bay Packers' latest victory.
The injuries could affect the team during its showdown with Dallas next week.
The injured players include receiver Donald Driver, cornerback Charles Woodson, right tackle Mark Tauscher and defensive linemen Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, Ryan Pickett and Colin Cole.
All were hurt Thursday during the Packers' 37-26 win at Detroit.
Coach Mike McCarthy is giving his players Friday off, but some were at the team's Lambeau Field headquarters for examination and treatment.
McCarthy says he won't know until early next week which players will be available for Thursday's game in Dallas.
But Cole is definitely out after he fractured a forearm.
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Helping the Hopeline
Earlier this month, a fellow social media producer from another corner of the blogosphere shared with this editor a draft of a video he was working on to bring attention to the 10th anniversary of 1-800-SUICIDE, also known as the Hopeline. The final version came out earlier this week, and in it, Kristin Brooks Hope Center founder Reese Butler talks about why he created the Hopeline, and some of the challenges the organization now faces as a privately funded charity operation entering its second decade of connecting callers with, as he puts it, help and hope.
But despite several years of government support in the form of a grant that ended in 2004, the Hopeline is running into funding issues that are partly a result of the government's subsequent decision to create its own hotline rather than support a private one. Among Butler's concerns about the "new" hotline: There's no transparency or explicit policy about what the national hotline does with the data it gets from its calls, and instead of connecting callers to trained, empathetic mental health professionals, the national hotline is more apt to call the police. Frank Warren of PostSecret, a Hopeline volunteer, also contributes to the video asking for viewers' support, with several postcard/art submissions that have come in to his site bearing witness to support they have received from 1-800-SUICIDE.
Learn more about the Kristin Brooks Hope Center and the Hopeline here.