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How to Understand Why People Use Drugs
If there are people around, then there are drug users around. It is simple as that, people have been using drugs to get high since prehistoric times, and they aren't going to stop anytime soon. Chances are you might be addicted to a drug, like nicotine or caffeine.
1Understand that every drug user has his or her own motives and reasons for doing what they do. While some motives are common, there is no single explanation. Some of the reasons why people take drugs could be:
- People going through bad times.
- People who want to have fun.
- Those who love the euphoria of being high.
- Those who are afraid of or don't like reality.
2Consider the socially reinforcing nature of drug use. People use drugs socially because it's a shared activity and makes them part of a group.
3Understand that some people use drugs such as LSD, DMT, Mescaline, Mushrooms, Salvia and so on for spiritual or intellectual reasons. It's generally not a good thing to persecute someone else's spirituality.
4Don't discount the effects of the drugs. People enjoy the sensations they get from smoking marijuana or using cocaine. The reactions must please these people or else they wouldn't be using the drugs. Using drugs in moderation can be good since it helps arouse the flow of ideas. Many good ideas have come while under the influence of drugs.
6Chalk it up to rebellious youth. Many use drugs to attempt to define themselves and resist authority. This explains why many sheltered private school kids use drugs because it makes them feel like they have control of their lives and that they are getting revenge on their parents.
7Remember that drug users, no matter how unintelligent or evil they may seem, are still human. In fact, you probably know somebody who uses drugs without you knowing. You must try to see things from their perspective and understand that while they do make choices you disagree with, they still deserve respect.
8Understand addiction. Almost all drugs are addictive in some manner, even coffee. Generally there are two kinds of addiction: chemical addiction and psychological addiction. Powerful drugs, both legal and illegal, tend to be chemically addictive. Heroin is a powerful chemically addictive illegal drug while nicotine, found in cigarettes, is a similarly powerful legal drug. If somebody is suffering from a drug problem with a chemically addictive drug, understand that it is a disease -- not a part of them. The same is true for alcoholics, for example.
9Understand that, legality aside, alcohol and nicotine and even caffeine are 'drugs'. If you partake of any of these substances, whether occasionally or habitually, do not be quick to judge drug users -- you are one yourself.
11Learn not to judge people based on their life decisions. Drug use has been long recorded throughout the history of humankind; there is no such thing as a stereotypical drug user. Famous 'users' include: Salvador Dali, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Ben Franklin, Jimi Hendrix, Albert Hoffman, Pope Leo XIII - learn to accept that while drug use may not be healthy, it is a common feature of modern and ancient society.
12Fight ignorance. Knowing urban myth from reality will help you understand why people make a conscious decision to start using drugs. Use sites like erowid.org to read 'trip reports' and help expand your knowledge.
13Understand that people who use drugs see you in a way you cannot imagine. When we were born, nobody had used drugs, so we all know what it is like to be 'clean'. But once a person has used drugs it completely changes their world view - they have seen both sides of the coin, and it seems crazy that someone who has only seen one side could ever condemn the other side.
14When a drug user feels safe talking with you, they may explain honestly about what compels them to use their drug. There is such a variety of the types or classes of drugs. Some are stimulants while others help one relax. Some produce various states of euphoria; yet others produce hallucinations.Ad
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- If you do choose to do drugs for any reason, understand the risks involved. You may not notice damage from drugs immediately, but some substances will have long term effects that could seriously harm your life.
- Remember to do the research. Some drugs are more harmful than others, and many have hidden health risks. Look through erowid.org for balanced information.
- All of the reasons mentioned should not convince you to use drugs as well. Just because others do it does not make it right for you.
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mandabear The hostel was very cool, felt like we were in the middle of the forest. The tv and common areas were good. Our room was basic but comfortable. The location was good- an easy walk from the bus station. The restaurant upstairs was expensive but very very good (compared to other overpriced restaurants in Mexico. The staff were very friendly. The only thing was that the shared bathroom was a bit uncomfortable - required some skill to get into the shower without anyone seeing you. With a private bathroom would be way better.
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TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Friday updates; ramp-closure reminderFebruary 15, 2013 at 6:43 am | In West Seattle news, West Seattle traffic alerts | 8 Comments
(Live view from the east-facing WS Bridge camera; see other cameras on the WSB Traffic page)
The Friday morning commute is off and rolling. But there's a big closure all weekend – details below our 99 view …
The I-5 Spokane St. Interchange Bridge Repair will close the eastbound Spokane Street Viaduct after the 4th Avenue S. ramp starting at 10 pm tonight, scheduled to continue until early TUESDAY morning, so you won't be able to get to I-5 or Beacon Hill from the eastbound West Seattle Bridge; detours are listed here.
Two more notes: The Delridge/Trenton intersection closure has been postponed; Seattle Public Schools are out today for their newly shortened mid-winter break; they are also off Monday.
10:09 AM UPDATE: Thanks to Ivy for the tip – a crash blocking traffic at 35th and 102nd in Arbor Heights.
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We have had the continuing question as to why all of these fixes were not done when construction was in progress on the West Seattle bridge.
Comment by Faith4 — 9:48 am February 15, 2013 #
That cool graphic of the closed ramps has a confusing error in the text box labeled "What's closed". It correctly states the dates of the closure (15-19), but it says it ends "Monday" instead of "Tuesday".
Even though Monday 2/18 might be a holiday for some, I predict it will be "one for the ages" trying to get out of West Seattle for the morning commute.
Comment by Eddie — 12:54 pm February 15, 2013 #
Eddie, I suspect you're right. I'll see if WSDOT is fixing the error or has any chance to. There is also another map I can substitute for this – but two more stories have to be written first … semibreaking … thank you.
That graphic/top view is awesome and so helpful! Thanks for posting!
Comment by Krystal — 2:19 pm February 15, 2013 #
on Komo this morning they said the closures lasted til 5 am TUESDAY morning. hopefully they were wrong. not every-one has the day off on Monday…
Comment by sam-c — 8:19 am February 16, 2013 #
Yes, it's till Tuesday morning. We also noted that more than a week ago.
I wasn't sure due to the discussion of the typos in the comments above.
Comment by sam-c — 8:37 am February 16, 2013 #
I meant to remove that and just have. The only mistake WSDOT made was in one spot saying MONDAY 2/19 when it should have been TUESDAY 2/19. But bad enough. Here's hoping they finish early – there's always a chance …
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Matt Cutts, head of search webspam for Google, was recently asked about SocialSpark in an interview of with Eric Enge of StoneTemple.com. I am please to say that our efforts to set a clear code of ethics, including no-follow on all inks, has been positively received by Matt and the Google team. Here is a brief outtake from the interview. View the whole thing here.
Eric Enge: Would you like to talk a little bit about IZEA?
Matt Cutts: Actually yes, I would. I meant to talk about this in the You&A, because Google has made its policies pretty clear on paid posts, about the fact that they should be disclosed not only for humans, but also for machines. We feel the same way.
And, it's interesting, because whenever I looked at the latest thing from IZEA Socialspark, I noticed that they were very good about shutting that down. I went and I checked it out, and I wouldn't say that it is one hundred percent perfect as far as completely watertight, you might see one or two advertisers, but it was still good.
Eric Enge: So, the links were all NoFollowed?
Matt Cutts: Yeah. All the links were supposed to be NoFollowed, and I saw one or two instances when they weren't. But whenever I mentioned that they took care of it very quickly. So, as far as I can tell IZEA and SocialSpark do a much better job of disclosure. It looks like that would comply with our Google webmaster guidelines.
Because, it is machine readable disclosure and you are not selling links to pass PageRank. And so, whenever I see somebody who is moving forward and trying to adjust, I want to send out props. And so, I thought that was a good sign of progress and I thought they did a good job on that.
Eric Enge: Well, the other thing I wanted to know is when I spoke to him last, he told me that it was never his intent for PayPerPost to be a paid links market place.
Matt Cutts: Yeah.
Eric Enge: What he found is that major brands wouldn't go into it, because of the stigma associated with that. And, the reason for SocialSpark was to build something that brands could engage in the way they want to engage in the market. I think it's something for everybody to think about.
Matt Cutts: Yes.
Eric Enge: If you are trying to deal with major brands or become one, than you have to start thinking like them.
Matt Cutts: Yes. And, whenever I see progress I want to call it out and give props where it's deserved. And so, I think SocialSpark has definitely progressed compared to PayPerPost. Google continues its policy on paid links in general, so just yesterday we put out a new call for any paid link spam reports, and we continue to act on this. We are willing to act not only manually, but also algorithmically. So, if people know of other networks that are not disclosing, we would be interested in hearing about that. But, I thought it was good to see that SocialSpark was using NoFollow.
Matt and I have been conversing about the topic for quite some time now. While we don't always agree on everything, I find him to be open, fair and constructive. Thank you for the words of encouragement Matt. I am sure that the Posties will be glad to hear that SocialSpark is doing things right in the eyes of Google.
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Wow! This is really cool. Thanks for sharing with us.
Nice to see that your hard work at being one of the most if not THE most transparent service for online advertising and user generated content is being recognized.
Whoopee! That's great news for SocialSpark and posties!
Thank you for all the opportunities you're creating for people around the globe. You've been putting bread on my table for breakfast every morning. Just so you know. :)
This has always been a concern of mine becoming involved in paid posting. It's good to see that Google and other SEs find value in clear disclosure of advertisers.
Too little, too late after the "great shaft" of 2007. It sickens me to see anyone from Izea saying anything kind about Google after how badly they screwed over huge numbers of posties in 2007. For many of us; Google's behavior has made PPP type posting uneconomic and unrewarding.
BTW can the SocialSpark site be any less user friendly? Finding rewarding posts on the ole' site was so easy; now you have to trawl through loads of rubbish to get the info you want (if you can find it).
I would have to agree a bit with Andrew. It is all nice and good that Google is NOW coming around, but it is always easier to commit a crime like they did and ask forgiveness later.
Plus, for all the progress that Matt Cutts see's in Izea, that progress has almost nothing to do with Google or Google's attempts to better the industry or the web for that matter.
Something about Matt Cutt's response, reminds me a great deal of Scott McClellan...
Would it mean that even if you are into SocialSpark Google would not slap anyone with their PR. And anynewbie would be able to have a PR from the big G. By the way SocialSpark to me seems better than the old PPP. Opps there for me as a newbie is hard to come by unlike SocialSpark it rocks.
@Andrew: The core of this post is about GOOG saying kind things about SocialSpark, not the other way around. I'm sure a lot of bloggers and advertisers appreciate more clarity from GOOG rather than less. Remaining silent about SocialSpark's gold-standard disclosure/nofollow policies would have been a mistake on GOOG's part IMHO.
@Heisan: I doubt GOOG would give SocialSpark members a pass on their actions with competing networks, however Matt's SocialSpark kudos sounds like a blogger working exclusively with SocialSpark would have nothing to fear from GOOG. To the contrary, GOOG has an incentive to reward SocialSpark bloggers and advertisers with the maximum PR/SERPs they are due.


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Ideal Church of God is to make you solitary with high intrinsic Values in Christ Jesus - 2. Now, Jesus hired twelve Labourers called the twelve close-circle disciples by the once born people. They were twelve because they had to teach the rectified moral laws of Moses in honour of John, the Baptist, an ideal Levi priest of Moses. Moses' moral laws are concerned with seven types of works that are represented by the seven candles of Menorah. The remaining five are related to the five temptations of heart that are lust for sex or immorality, anger, greed, worldly temptations and haughtiness, which were also the five husbands of the Samaritan woman at the well (John 4) that she had overpowered i.e. they were living with her but dominating or husbanding her no more.
The character or nature of these five is also stated in Luk.12.52: "For from henceforth there shall be five in one house (body) divided, three against two, and two against three". The first "three" are related to the once-born simpletons of "flesh", which are:- (1). "Ego" of 'seed', of 'physical skill or prowess' such as wrestling, football, etc., which makes a person big-headed, (2). "Anger", through which the simpletons resent when they cannot understand the matters of spirit and (3). "Haughtiness†of the knowledge of the 'letters' as the Pharisees had of the written Torah and the university theologians of to-day have of the New Testament letters as well. The second "two" are related to the twice-born clever people, who are dominated by "evil mind" or "evil spirit" such as of the type of Judas Iscariot and they are:- (4). 'Greed' and (5). 'Worldly temptations' - Matt.4.8-10. In the house (body), which is dominated by the "wisdom" of Christ Jesus, the Gospel, all the above five are not only under control but they are also at "Peace" making the person a "Royal King".


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Twitter worth $1 billion. Yup, you read right. The little company that can't seem to nail down how exactly it's going to make money and that employed just 14 people when Inc. wrote about it last year, is raising $50 million at a $1 billion valuation. It may be time for Twitter's critics to concede that cofounders Evan Williams and Biz Stone have a real business on their hands. AllThingsD says the fund-raising round is evidence that Twitter is trying to be the next Google, not sell itself to the current one.
Google buys Carnegie Mellon start-up. Speaking of which, Google has acquired ReCaptcha, a Carnegie Mellon University start-up whose innovative service helps deter spamming bots from infiltrating websites, while simultaneously digitizing books, the Associated Press reports. So how does the service do both things at once? It first identifies snippets of old books that cannot be digitized automatically because digitization-helping software cannot recognize the old text. It then breaks the snippet into single words, and sends them to subscribing websites to be used as the squiggly test images users need to identify to access given parts of sites. When enough web users decipher a given word correctly, it is sent back to ReCaptcha, which is then able to digitize the word. Cool, right? (Via the New York Times.)
Why you need more than a good idea. Panelists like Netscape founder and venture capitalist Marc Andreessen and Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh had some salient advice for start-ups in search of VC-backing this week at the TechCrunch50 conference, reports GigaOm. "There's been a lack of focus on distribution," Andreessen said after hearing the start-ups' demos. "The typical path a lot of start-ups take is they launch their product and no one finds out about it." Hsieh was similarly underwhelmed. "I didn't see anything where I thought, 'Oh wow, I think this will change the world," he said. A tall order, perhaps, but winning big with VCs means convincing them that your product or service will shake up whatever industry you're in. For more on Hsieh's philosophy, check out this story on Zappos, the most blissed-out businesses in America.
Skype founders suing eBay. You have to appreciate the deal-making savvy of Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom. Not only did they manage to sell their online phone company to eBay for $2.6 billion, but they managed to retain control of the core technology behind the phone service, a company called Joltid. Now, with a majority interest in Skype slated to be sold to a collection of private investors, they're using their stake in Joltid to try to block the sale and recover millions of dollars in what they say are lost profits. The Wall Street Journal has the news. EBay says the suit is without merit and promises that the sale will go through.
How to get your money's worth at conferences. No, that doesn't mean stuffing your swag bag with all the free pens and stress-relief balls you can carry. Fresh from TechCrunch50, tech entrepreneur and blogger Neil Patel has posted his Beginner's Guide to Attending Conferences. Good news for party animals, Patel says the biggest value of a conference is the after parties. According to him, "When people are loose (have a bit of alcohol in them) they'll end up talking and sharing almost anything." For the teetotalers, Patel also has a number of good tips for making the most of your time during the conference's daylight hours as well. Perfect timing for anyone planning on attending our Inc. 500|5000 Conference next week.
M&A an "empty exercise"? Disney and Marvel. Kraft and Cadbury. Adobe and Omniture. The business press, of late, has been dripping with new M&A deals, but it's a fat farce according to David Weidner at the Wall Street Journal. He says, "Companies almost always overpay for their targets, hurting their shareholders and enriching few except the CEOs who do deals and the investment bankers who goad them into the next must-have merger." But if you're still considering a merger or acquisition, here are some elementary mistakes to avoid, or perhaps you'd rather go IPO.
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Rooms are a decent size, the decor is maintained, its clean and has very comfy beds. Heating or air con that you can control. Its not a high end hotel, but its one of the better business hotels I've tried so far. The kind of room where you walk in and sigh with relief, unlike some London hotels.
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Clean, comfortable bed, great shower, BBC (unlike the other ibis in Earl's Court) and above all QUIET (top floor).
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We were travelling with a dog and the staff were very helpful. The hotel is busy but the staff were always pleasant and helpful. The bedrooms are compact but very clean. Location handy for Chelsea FC and Earl's Court. Parking on site but headroom not enough for our Landrover Discovery. We were allowed to park outside for a reasonable charge. Bars and restaurants nearby. Altogether was a good overnight stay.
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David Kocieniewski is a business reporter covering the nation's tax system for The New York Times since 2010. Before that, Mr. Kocieniewski was a reporter on The Times's Metro desk since 1995 where he focused on law enforcement, corruption and its offshoot, and the New Jersey government.
Mr. Kocieniewski joined The New York Times in 1995. He worked at The Detroit News from 1986 to 1990, and New York Newsday from 1990 to 1995. He has covered criminal justice and politics for most of his career.
While at New York Newsday he wrote a series of articles about N.Y.P.D. police corruption that led to Mollen Commission hearings and won several awards, including from the New York State Bar Association and the National Association of Black Journalists.
Mr. Kocieniewski co-wrote a book, "Two Seconds Under the World," about the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center and the F.B.I.'s failure to takes steps that might have prevented it. He also wrote "The Brass Wall," an exposé about N.Y.P.D. corruption in the Internal Affairs Bureau that nearly cost a hero undercover detective his life; the book was cited as one of the top 10 nonfiction books of 2003.
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Worst Game: Plenty to choose from, but the topper was a 49-17 loss at New Orleans. The Cowboys gave up an NFL-record 40 first downs and couldn't move the ball against the defense of Rob Ryan, who was fired by Dallas after last season.
Best Play: Tony Romo's fourth-down touchdown pass to Murray in the final 2 minutes at Washington kept Dallas' playoff hopes alive, and came after Romo had sustained a back injury that required surgery five days later.
Worst Play: Romo threw an interception when he switched out of a running play with Dallas in position to run out most of the clock with a 36-31 lead against the Packers. Green Bay went 50 yards for a touchdown.
Biggest Surprise: DT Jason Hatcher had journeyman-like numbers his first seven years in Dallas but led the team and more than doubled his career high with 11 sacks.
Biggest Disappointment: DE DeMarcus Ware had a career-low six sacks and missed games because of injury for the first time in his nine seasons.
What's Next: Romo is expected to be ready for offseason workouts in May. But he had two back surgeries in eight months and will be 34 when he takes his next snap.


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|An investigation into the influence of phytates on the in situ absorption of amino acids (lysine, glutamate and leucine) and glucose from the intestinal lumen of 3-week-old chickens was carried out. Birds were anaesthetised and the intestines exteriorised. Uptake of 5 mM of each nutrient over a 4-min period was measured in the presence of four phytate concentrations (0, 50, 250 and 500 mM). Five birds were used for each nutrient at each concentration of phytate tested. Leucine uptake decreased linearly (P < 0.001) and that of glutamate showed a tendency to decrease (P = 0.055) as the phytate concentration increased. Absorption of lysine and glucose were unaffected by the presence of phytate. In conclusion, phytate in the small intestinal lumen exerted a depressive effect on the absorption of specific free amino acids from the lumen. Its depressive effect was greatest for leucine followed by glutamate, and phytate had little effect on the absorption of lysine.
|Edward M Onyango; Elikplimi K Asem; Olayiwola Adeola
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|Title: Acta veterinaria Hungarica Volume: 56 ISSN: 0236-6290 ISO Abbreviation: Acta Vet. Hung. Publication Date: 2008 Dec
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|Created Date: 2009-01-19 Completed Date: 2009-02-19 Revised Date: -
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The 2014 Newtown Arts Festival Committee plans to host its first public planning meeting on Tuesday, February 18, at 7 pm. It will be in the HealingNewtown Arts Center, located on the lower level of Newtown Congregational Church at 14 West Street.
The 2014 event is planned to offer nine days of cultural activities commencing on Saturday, September 6, and culminating in the outdoor onsite event at Fairfield Hills on Saturday and Sunday, September 13-14. The committee is also planning to host the Second Annual Rooster Ball dinner dance on Friday evening, September 12, in the entertainment tent at Fairfield Hills.
"The 2014 Newtown Arts Festival will continue to build on the foundation of the week-long format we established last year," said the event's chairman, Terry Sagedy.
"We sought to bring the best possible cultural offerings to the community as we navigated our ambitious agenda in 2013. With that success behind us, we are collaborating with a number of local and regional arts groups in an effort to continue to establish the event as an important component of the cultural life of Newtown," Mr Sagedy continued.
The committee is seeking volunteers to help in a variety of positions including subcommittee chairs and individuals to support them.
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The Newtown Arts Festival was introduced to the community by the Newtown Cultural Arts Commission in 2012 with a two-day outdoor event at Fairfield Hills. In September 2013, the festival was expanded to a nine-day format including five days of cultural programming and the Rooster Ball followed by the two-day outdoor event at Fairfield Hills.
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I sniffled, sounding like an idiot. I looked up, terrified of seeing the burning red thing again, but I did it anyway because holy mother of Jesus, the driveway we'd just pulled into led to a huge, beautiful house. No, no. I could only call it a mansion.
Three stories of beauty. The house was white with a dozen windows framed in dark green shutters. The grass was perfectly cut and green and everything was just perfect. There were colorful flowers lining the house and green vines wrapping around the rails on the stairs. It was there on purpose, obviously.
A car was already parked outside. It was a red convertible. I wasn't sure what it was called but it looked shiny and expensive.
"Thanks, Nico," Carter said, handing who I guessed was Nico a couple of fives. Before I knew it, I was out of the taxi and walking really fast toward the mansion.
Carter was following behind me very quickly. "What are you doing, Wendi?"
I stopped at the bottom of the stairs and gasped. It was even better up close. "Carter, why didn't I know you were rich? It would have been very nice to know that earlier this morning when I was talking to you on the phone, you were sitting somewhere in a mansion."
He came up beside me and grimaced. "I just moved here. This place is much smaller than my old house, so, it's not much to brag about. Besides, I didn't feel like you'd be too impressed at this house. It's just a house." He looked at me. "We should just go in." He reached for my arm and I flinched a little. I guess I was a little paranoid. But I let him grab my arm anyway.
This time there was no tingling in my arm. I didn't feel like fire was being inserted into my arm. I just felt Carter pulling me gently up the stairs. And into the house. The huge, huge house.
He pulled me through the house, rushing now, almost as if he were trying to avoid someone. And I believe that someone might've been his mom, because he sighed wearily when she saw us going through the living room.
"Hey, Carter," she said slowly, eyeing me. "Who's your friend here?"
Carter looked at me and bit his lip. My heart sped up a little. "This is Wendi, Mom. She came over to study for our history exam coming up tomorrow so we decided to come here."
His mother nodded and gave me an uncomfortable smile. "Welcome to our home, dear," she said as politely as it seemed she could manage. "Help yourself to anything you'd like, and I mean anything, including makeup remov-"
"Well," Carter interrupted, casting a hostile glance at his own mom. "Time is precious and we don't have much of it to study so I'll see you around, Mom." He pulled me out of the living room and up a set of stairs.
I looked at the pictures on the wall as we went up the stairs. There was Carter, in most of them, standing apart from his mother, and I guessed his father and his two siblings. In each one. It confused me, but I didn't have much time to be confused at the pace we were going.
He pulled me into a room on the third floor-man, a third floor seemed luxurious-and closed the door quickly behind us. "Thank God," he said, letting go of my arm and leaning against the door. "I can't stand them sometimes. They just go on and on."
That reminded me-his mother had mentioned makeup remover, and I remembered my mascara. I'd made two mistakes so far today: one was crying in public, and the second was forgetting that makeup runs. I slapped myself in the forehead. "Carter, can I possibly visit the bathroom?"
He smirked and pointed at a door on the other side of his impossibly huge room-really, I mean impossibly huge; it was as big as the living room at my own house. "There it is. Oh, and my sister tends to keep her stuff in my bathroom, so if you see any pink stuff or perfume, just remember that it isn't mine and I'm not weird."
Right. Not weird.
I thanked him and fought the urge to cover my face as I rushed to the bathroom. I probably looked scary with streaks of black running down my face. And my fears were confirmed when I looked in the mirror.
Shutting the door behind me, I decided I was going to have to get to work. This whole gothic streaks thing wasn't going to work. I went through his drawers and cabinets-yeah, I get that it was wrong, but his sister's stuff was in here, maybe makeup. But all I could find was remover.
Five minutes later, I walked out, feeling naked. I had no makeup whatsoever. And the way Carter was gawking at me, I probably looked pretty bad. I had put my hair in a ponytail, too, so it wouldn't get wet when I washed my face, so yeah.
I probably looked pretty bad.
I looked around the gigantic room. There was a huge bed with a black comforter. The carpet was grey. There was an enormous stereo against the wall. A massive flat screen T.V. A few iPods on a colossal black dresser, along with notebooks and notepads.
No posters or picture frames hung on the wall. But there were formulas and equations written in red all over the walls. I recognized the quadratic formula. And a few others I won't mention for reasons of boredom.
"So," I said, not quite sure how to react to the room. "How about you teach me a little about this whole seeing thing, huh?"
Carter didn't seem as eager now to teach as he was before I'd started crying earlier. I realized I ruined that, but I couldn't help it. The thing was being tortured, it had a look of such intensifying pain that I couldn't help but cry.
I was such a wimp.
He didn't answer my suggestion, so I sighed. "I'm sorry about earlier," I said softly. "I shouldn't have even cared about that burning guy. He was just in pain, and I hate to see pain on anyone's face, you know? Especially pain like that. It was too much to see. I didn't understand it. But since I saw it, I've been bracing myself for more. I can't avoid it forever. I have to face my fears sometime or I'll never-"
Carter held a finger up to shush me. "Are you really apologizing for having a soul, Wendi?" His face was red. "You're apologizing for having a heart?" He narrowed his eyes at me. "Never, ever, apologize for being a kind-hearted angel." He looked away.
I hid my smile. An angel? That was hardly true. But I didn't argue with him because he looked a little miffed now. I felt bad. I shouldn't have brought it up. "Sorry," I said quietly.
He sighed wearily and ran his fingers through his hair. My heart pounded. You'll have to remember, Carter was amazingly hot, not in a beach boy way, but in a movie star/singer way. You wouldn't understand unless you saw him. "You know," he breathed, "maybe I should start this whole teaching deal."
We both sat on the floor against the wall in his room, side by side, watching a transparent figure walk across his room. It stooped at one point and fiddled with its foot, and I guessed in its world, it was tying its shoe.
I glanced at Carter, who watched the see-through figure, deep in thought. His hazel eyes seemed distance, the corners of his lips pulled downward.
Well, this was fun. Just sitting here next to someone not fully present. I let my mind wander.
What if you can talk to them? I thought.
What would they say?
Do they act like humans?
Can they even talk?
Question after question echoed through my mind. Maybe I should try to talk to them, I thought. It wasn't a bad idea. What could possibly go wrong? The very worst was not being able to touch them. Right?
I stood up and walked over to the clear figure. It watched me, or at least faced me, so I knew it saw me. I heard Carter say, "Wendi? Wendi, what are you doing? That's not safe!" But I ignored him and muttered, "It'll be fine." And I continued walking.
Carter was further explaining why it would be totally unsafe to try to come in contact with the figure, but I tuned him out. How much could he possibly know about this? He was as old as I was, he couldn't be that experienced in something.
So I kept walking.
And soon, I a foot away from this creature. I slowly reached out to it. It mirrored my actions and I grabbed its hand. To my astonishment, it was solid. And the being's hand was just as warm as I was.
As I watched, it seemed that it really was mirroring me, because instead of seeing right through a faint outline of a human-shaped thing, I was now seeing myself, staring at me in wonder.
Carter's yells became somewhat distant. I could still hear the warnings, but they were muffled now. I wasn't sure what had happened-that is, until I looked at where my hand touched the other me's hand.
My hand was transparent. As was the rest of my body.
I stood there and gawked at the other me, as it did the same. Maybe it hadn't realized that this could happen before now.
Then I looked back over my see-through shoulder at Carter, whose eyes were wide with horror. His lips were moving and I just made out these words: "...may never go back..."
I started to panic. May never go back? I tried to speak, but my voice was gone and I no longer had a mouth. I didn't know how the hell I was even seeing, much less breathing.
Carter made his way over to where the other me and I stood. I wanted to reach out, I really did, I needed support, but I didn't want to suck him into this scary world I was apparently trapped in. What was scarier, if that was possible, was that he looked straight through me. He couldn't even look me in the eye.
I wanted to cry now but no tears would come. I had nothing on my face. There were no features. I was totally useless.
Carter watched me with panic in his eyes. His voice was louder, now, but still muffled. "Just let go of its hand," he said, sounding like he was under layers of covers trying to talk. "Then, I think you grab it's hands again, just like before."
I looked at the other me, and it looked at me. It backed away, but before it could learn to use my human body, I grabbed its hands and cringed as I felt myself being pushed back into the barriers of my own body. Once I had total control over myself, I ran across the room and sat against the wall, trying to calm myself. I was shaking violently.
"If you'd just listen to me-" Carter started to say, but saw my condition. He came over, sat next to me. He held me for a while, talking softly as he tried to calm me down.
My mind was going insane. It was trying to comprehend what had just happened but it ended up drawing a huge question mark and scribbling nonsense from confusion.
I had to stop thinking about it. I just listened to Carter, hoping it would help me calm down. "...It was as scared as you were. I tried it once, when I was little, and it scared me senseless, but..."
It wasn't working. I was still shaking and my heart was still racing. Something in Carter's voice was raking itself across my screwed-up mind. I was desperate, but strangely, Carter seemed more anxious than myself. It was just another secret he was keeping. Just another fact I didn't know.
For a while, I just sat there in his arms, listening to Carter's voice, but not his words. He talked, but I found that there was no meaning to what he said. To him, maybe there was. To me, I found refuge in the vibration of his voice from his chest.
I wasn't sure what time it was. I opened my eyes, and I found myself, still wrapped in Carter's arms. He was asleep.
Apparently, this kid didn't have a clock in his room. But I remembered that I had a phone, so I pulled it out. My stomach hit the ground. It was 1 A.M. And there were 7 missed calls. I scrolled down the list of missed calls and my heart sank.
I was so screwed. She probably had already called the police, the S.W.A.T. team, and the military to look for me. I figured I should probably go call her, even if it meant hearing her yell at me over 1: not coming home when I said I would, 2: not calling her, 3: worrying her to death.
Carter snored a little. I gently moved his arm and got up, slowly and quietly walked to the bathroom, and dialed my mom's number.
The phone barely even rang before I heard a frantic, "Wendi?"
"Yeah, Mom, it's me."
And that was the reply to trigger the bomb. I tuned in and out of her little tirade, only catching some of the stuff she said, like, "Do you know how worried I've been? It's one in the morning, Wendi!" and, "Probably out smoking and doing drugs and getting drunk with your friends, right?" and, "God, Wendi, did you at least wear protection?"
After a good ten minutes of asking me questions that she wouldn't let me answer, she calmed down. "Just tell me where you are, and you might as well stay there the rest of the night, if I approve."
Yes, that is something to say to your hormone-crazed teenage daughter. But I wasn't like that, really. "I'm still at my friend's house, Mom. I fell asleep while we were studying, I swear, and so did he-"
That was a mistake. She was suddenly interrupting me, yelling again. "He? He? You never told me he was a he! What have you really been doing, Wendi? Huh? Are you going to answer me? I bet I know what you've been doing, and I am not happy with you! Do you know that even with protection-"
"Mom!" I shouted, which wasn't a good idea seeing as it was 1 in the morning and most likely everyone was asleep. But it shut her up. "First off, he's new at school. He didn't have any friends, and I decided that I'd be his friend. We're both pretty friendless, Mom. Secondly, as I've mentioned before, we were studying." I dragged the word out so she's understand, since she thought that maybe it meant getting drunk and having sex all night. "Besides, even if I did want to-and believe you me, I don't-don't you think I have enough dignity to do it with someone special? Or maybe when his mom, brother, and sister weren't home? You can't just look over these important facts, Mom."
She was laughing. Why was she laughing? "God, you take after your dad way too much, child," she giggled. This whole mood swing stuff was really confusing me. "So his family is home?"
"Then stay there. I trust you. But you'd better believe I'm meeting this 'friend' of yours myself, do you understand me?"
"Yeah," I repeated.
We said our goodbyes, and I hung up and slid the phone back in my pocket. God, these things she made up. They were seriously ridiculous.
I checked my reflection, and I was surprised at how I didn't look like I'd just waken up, save for faint lines under my eyes. As I glanced in the mirror, I saw the reflection of a clear figure walking across the bathroom, and almost screamed.
Could I ever turn this power off just for a while? I found it intriguing, I did, but seeing what the world calls a ghost at 1 in the morning, well, it was a bit unnerving.
As you can probably guess, I hightailed it out of the bathroom and back into Carter's bedroom, where he was now laid out on the floor. I smirked and sat on his bed. What was I supposed to do now? I played a game on my phone for a few minutes, but it got boring. I tried counting the number of colors in Carter's room. I counted six.
Then, Carter started mumbling in his sleep. "No, she's innocent," he sighed. I smirked, but I had to wonder who he was talking about and what made her innocent. And who was he talking to?
Carter's face was tranquil. I envied him, being able to sleep without waking himself with worries and stress. He probably had nothing to worry about. He could see past the barriers the Earth put up, and he didn't even freak out when he saw them.
I wondered what he was like when he first saw one of those beings. How he reacted when he first came across a demon.
If there were demons, shouldn't there be something good to balance the scales? There weredemons and Neutrals-that's what I'd call them-so the scale would be tipping to the evil side.
"She doesn't know what she's doing," Carter sighed in his sleep. His face was no longer calm, but now he wore a pained expression. He was suddenly cringing, like someone had punched him.
I was about to get up and wake him to see if he was okay, but right then I saw a burning figure towering over him. Suddenly my heart was racing. The demon was glaring down at him with its black eyes. Then it turned and looked at me.
Its face was contorted in pain. Years and years of pain and torture, and everlasting burning, engulfed in the flame of punishment. It was a tortured soul, it wrenched my heart. But I looked into its cold, dead eyes. And I saw that it was tortured itself because it tormented others for its entertainment. Just as it was doing to me. Now. Brutalizing me with its own pain.
I realized I was crying. God, why was I crying? My mouth let out a loud sob, my body curled itself into a ball. And the demon kept watching, a smirk on its burning face.
It was happy to see my pain. It didn't deserve happiness. But it didn't change the fact that it was burning and destined to burn forever. To live-or whatever you could call it-in pain. For all of eternity. Did anyone -no matter how evil they were-truly deserve such a horrible fate?
I watched the demon closely and suddenly not only was fear and pity rising inside of me, but also pain. I didn't know where it was coming from. Maybe I was having a heart attack. But I didn't have any symptoms-
My entire body felt like it was engulfed in flames. The pain, it was blinding. I couldn't see.
I closed my eyes and yelped. The pain was gone as soon as my eyes were closed.
Was I dead?
No, no, I couldn't be. There were voices, and a hand on my forehead. The warmth of the touch made me shiver because I was freezing now, like I had never known or felt warmth.
"God, Carter. She's burning up! Do you know what happened?" It was a woman talking.
Carter hesitated. "No," he said, but I was pretty sure he knew.
"Why is she crying? No, better yet, why is she still here at 3 in the morning?"
I opened my eyes, confirming to myself that I wasn't dead. I knew where this conversation was going. Carter's mother was interrogating him, though I could've guessing that without seeing it.
Carter saw my eyes open, but his mom didn't. "Well," he said, "we were studying, and I started telling this story about the Civil War, and I guess she got really bored and fell asleep." God, I wished my lies were as thorough and thought-out as his.
"Oh, and you expect me to belive that you two didn't-"
"Look, Mom!" Carter said quickly. "She's awake!"
"I'm sorry, Mrs. Cates," I said. "I was supposed to go home in time for dinner, but I fell asleep. Poor Carter was just trying to tell me about the Civil War, but I guess I got tired and dozed off. I'm incredibly sorry." We were sitting in their huge livingroom.
Carter's mom's angry expression softened. "Yes," she said with a smile, "my son can sometimes get so caught up in telling a story that he'll completely leave our world and he'll be talking to the people in that story. Some years he'll spend weeks living in them and daydreaming and-"
"Mom," Carter groaned.
I smiled.
Mrs. Cates rolled her eyes. "Wendi, does your mom know where you are?"
"Yes, actually," I said. "I explained the whole situation to her already." I grimaced, remembering her assumptions.
She smirked at my expression. She probably already liked my mom, just because they both thought alike. "Alrighty then. I'm going back to bed, now, because tomorrow is Friday and I need enough energy to make it to Saturday. Like I said before, Wendi, help yourself to anything in the house and," she looked pointedly at Carter, "no funny business."
He rolled his eyes as she walked up the stairs. Then he turned to me. "What happened?"
So I started explaining from the beginning.
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Romeo's Perfect Wake up Set up
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Today's wake up strategy was absolutely PRICELESS.
We were all sleeping around 5 a.m. - male staff, Pugsley, female staff and little old me.
Pugsley was snoring superloud.
The male staff reached over to female staff, poked her and said, "HEY, QUIT SNORING!"
It was hard not to laugh.
She poked him back and said, "It's NOT ME, DUDE. IT'S YOUR CAT."
While the male staff fell back asleep, the female was wide awake, tossing and turning now. I could have taken pity on her but, well, why would I do that when BREAKFAST is within paw's reach?
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Family pleads to keep suspected killer in prison
VANCOUVER, Wash. – Nearly forty years ago Jamie Grissim of Vancouver disappeared without a trace. Detectives suspected she was murdered, but they've never found her body.
After all these years, the evidence points to one man: Warren Forrest.
Investigators think Forrest killed Grissim and other teenage girls; however, prosecutors could only make one case stick. In the 1970s Forrest was convicted of murdering 19-year-old Krista Blake in the woods of Tukes Mountain just east of Battle Ground.
Now Forrest is up for parole. He went before the parole board on Tuesday in a closed-door meeting at the Stafford Creek Corrections Center in Aberdeen, Wash.
It's a day that Grissim's little sister Starr Lara of Hillsboro, didn't think she'd have to deal with for three more years. Forrest isn't eligible for parole until 2014, but the board is going to make their decision in the next few weeks.
Lara said she was stunned to learn the decision was going to be made three years in advance.
Jamie's Disappearance
Lara was 14 years old, when her then 16-year-old sister went missing on December 7, 1971.
"When I got home I noticed she wasn't home and I said 'where's Jamie?'", Lara told the four member parole board at its offices near Olympia, WA on Monday afternoon.
The last time Lara saw her sister, she had left their foster home for Fort Vancouver High School. Jamie attended classes but never came back. At the time, Starr was told that her sister had simply run away.
Then five months later Grissim's student ID and other belongings were found near Sunset Falls Campground in remote Clark County.
The bodies of two other women were later found nearby.
"I think of my sister every day, especially when I get up and when I go to bed," Lara told the parole board.
Three years went by before Forrest was arrested for kidnapping, raping, stabbing and leaving for dead a different 20-year-old woman at Lacamas Lake Park near Camas.
Forrest was working for the Clark County Parks department at the time. In high school he was captain of the track team. He then served in Vietnam with the Army. He was married and the father of two young children.
He pleaded guilty by way of insanity and was sent to the state mental hospital near Tacoma for five years.
The same year as the Lacamas Lake kidnapping, detectives say Forrest lured a 15-year-old Ridgefield girl into his blue van and drove her to the same stand of trees that he took Krista Blake to near Battle Ground.
According to a Columbian article at the time, the girl testified in court he "tied her head to one tree and her legs to another. Later, she chewed through the twine and struggled out of a loop holding her legs. With hands and ankles still tied, she hopped away."
It was just 169 feet away from where hikers found Blake's body. She had been hogtied and killed.
Near the end of his treatment at the mental hospital, Forrest was convicted for Blake's murder and sent to prison in 1979.
"He tortured her, shot her with a dart gun and cut her throat and then he buried her in a very shallow grave," said Blake's sister Zela, who did not want her full name used in this article.
Zela and Blake's other sister Valerie both lobbied the parole board to keep Forrest behind bars.
"Warren Forrest is a monster and no amount of time in prison will change that," said Valerie, who also didn't want her last name published.
Trying to solve Jamie's murder
A Clark County Sheriff's Office document from 1978 formally links Forrest to Grissim's disappearance, as well as murders or attacks on six other women.
In a 2006 email, a Clark County detective wrote, "it's suspected that Jamie Grissim is the first victim of Warren Leslie Forrest, who is suspected of killing eight women Clark County." | Read the documents (warning: graphic content)
"The story of Warren Forrest is a horrible story," said Denny Hunter, a retired Clark County deputy prosecutor, when it was his turn to speak to the parole board.
Hunter was the prosecutor who put Forrest in prison.
"What he did to them was probably the most cruel behavior I've probably ever experienced," he said.
Grissim's sister Starr Lara still hopes there is some humanity left inside of Forrest. Now that he's 61 years old and up for parole, she hopes he'll reveal the location of her sister's body, though doing so could open him up to being prosecuted for Jamie's murder.
"What happened to her, the not knowing is the hardest part," she said. "Where is she? And he knows, I know he knows."
Family members didn't get to talk face-to-face with Forrest during the parole hearing, but he will get copies of statements from them.
The parole board will take four to six weeks to make their decision. If he is granted parole, Forrest will spend the next three years before his release learning how to live on the outside – things like how to use a cell phone.
It's hard to say how the board will rule, but board member Dennis Thaut said, "this is a very, very serious history to overcome."
Clark County Sheriff's Detectives hope they will still get a tip that will lead them to Jamie Grissim's body.
KATU.com producer John Tierney contributed to this report


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The Correct Stance of Every Muslim on the Film about Muhammed (peace be upon him) – Shaykh Saalih as-Suhaymee
Published on 20 Sep 2012 by DaarusSunnah
Shaykh Saalih as-Suhaymee – Teacher at the Prophet's Masjid in Madeenah
Bismillaah Al-Hamdulillaah wa salatu wa salaamu 'ala rasulullaah
Shaikh Saalih as-Suhaymee (hafidhahullaah Ta'aala) said:
"Firstly, there is no doubt that abusing the Prophets is not tolerated by any religion or intellect, and I do not think those intellectuals in those non-Islaamic countries accept this (film) either. And Allaah has raised the mention of our Prophet (salallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam), so we are not in need of anyone to clarify his status for us after (what has been stated) about his mention in the Qur`an and Sunnah.
[Allaah said to His Messenger ('alayhi as-salatu wa salaam:]
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ
And (have We not) raised high your fame? (Ash-Sharh, ayah 4)
No one approves of this behavior, and I do not think that even those countries would approve of such acts as this. The Mufti has issued a clarification in the Kingdom of Sa'udia Arabia, denouncing that vile film – which does not harm anyone except those who produced it. It does not harm the Prophet (salallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) at all, for indeed Allaah Tabarak wa Ta'aala has honored him and revered him.
Therefore, if anyone abuses the Prophets (such as Muhammad, Jesus, Moses, Abraham, Noah, etc…), then that does not mean the Prophets are harmed due to it; rather the person (who abuses them) is harmed and he will receive the evil repercussions. So it is upon us as Muslims to deal with such events according to the Islaamic legislation.
Therefore, the demonstrations and the storming of the embassies or the killing of innocent people – who are not involved in these affairs – is an evil deed according to us Muslims. We do not approve of this in any circumstance, and this is not from our religion and it is not from our legislation. Thus, the storming of the embassies is not from our religion nor is the killing of so and so ambassador nor is assaulting others a part of our Religion, al-Haneef (The [only] Monotheistic Religion [Islaam]).
Our religion is a religion of peace; our religion is a religion of goodness. Our religion prohibits assaulting others. Our religion prohibits abusing others. Our religion gives the due right to its people (whether) Muslim or non-Muslim. And that which we hold to be from our Religion is that these chaotic actions that are carried out by some of the youth do not represent the religion of Islaam or the Muslim population.
Rather, these actions are the result of their emotions and that is not tolerated from them. And we denounce such actions with every kind of denouncing. Just as we have extremely denounced this film and its likes which was produced by those rabbles from those countriesm whom have only harmed themselves before harming the Messenger (salallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam).
The disbelieving Quraish used to abuse the Prophet (salallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam), the would call him blameworthy, a poet, and sorcerer and called him whatever they called him (from the vile nicknames), they wounded his head, they broke his molar tooth, and they placed the intestines of a camel on top of his head. They did what they did, however the Muslims (the companions) did not protest or storm or kill, because this does not serve the Religion of Allaah, Subhanahu wa Ta'aala.
So I want the youth to understand that they should return back to the scholars who are well cultivated in this issue, those who refute the distortion of the extremists and (refute) those who (distort) the text (Qur`an and Sunnah) to suit their desires, and likewise the ignorant who misinterpret the text.
There is no doubt that the killing of the innocent – whether a Muslim or non-Muslim – is prohibited, and our Religion does not tolerate it, especially if there is a treaty between us and them, like peace treaties or an agreement between us and them.
This is the Sunnah of Allaah with His creation. So the ambassador serves as an emissary to another country, and the Prophet (salallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) did not kill (the emissaries) of Caesar and the king of Persia and other than those who were upon the same religion as them. So it is obligatory upon us to understand these affairs. Protests are not from the Religion of Allaah, Subhanahu wa Ta'aala; rather it is a symbol of demagogism which the Religion of Allaah does not tolerate.
And we – by Allaah – love Allaah's Messenger (salallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) more than we love ourselves and our families and our parents and our children and all the people together. However, this love should not cause us to go beyond the boundaries which (Allaah) has laid down for us from the legislated rulings of Islaam. (It should not make us) enter into the religion that which is not part of it.
The Prophet (salallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) warned against killing the one who holds a covenant with the Muslims, or the one who is under the protection of the Muslims, or the one who is under a peace treaty with the Muslims.
The ambassador is considered to be just like the one who is under a peace treaty with the Muslims, and assaulting him is in opposition to the guidance of the Prophet (salallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam), who said: Whoever kills a person under a covenant will not smell the fragrance of Paradise.
And that ruling is also applicable to the one who is under the protection of the Muslims and Dhimee (Jews and Christians who live under the law and protection of the Muslims).
So those people are under our protection in our lands; it is not permissible to violate them with any type of violence. It is obligatory to return to the scholars in this affair as I have said, those who will judge according to the truth and justice. As for dealing with this matter with uncontrolled emotions, then we should place boundaries upon this and free ourselves from it and from its practitioner."
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- Advice In Light Of The Recent Film Degrading The Prophet Muhammad – Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan
- Do not circulate what the disbelievers said about the Prophet – Shaykh Fawzan
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Mayor Nutter officially has a dog in this hunt.
Today he endorsed State Sen. Williams for governor, the Inquirer reports. Williams has been a topic of our conversations lately, what with his SB 99 not getting the attention it deserves from the mainstream media. Nutter hasn't spoken of the jail bill regarding this endorsement.
At a press conference at the Science Center in West Philly, Nutter called Williams a "great public servant" and a "unique individual." He was joined by State Sen. Dwight Evans who added a Williams governorship would be "real change, real leadership."
Moments before the official announcement (though Williams confirmed the endorsement last night to PoliticsPA and overtly hinted to it on his Facebook page) Montgomery County Commissioner Joe Hoeffel released a statement criticizing Williams and Nutter because of the senator's endorsement of school vouchers, which would potentially find taxpayers paying for kids' private school tuition. Hoeffel wrote, with some truly great passive aggression, we might add:
"I understand the realities of Philadelphia politics. But I am surprised that the Mayor would support a candidate whose primary goal, shared by his principal funders, is to use public money for private school vouchers. I believe that using tax dollars for private school vouchers would greatly weaken public education and would be a direct threat to the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania public schools."
Williams was asked about Hoeffel's criticism, which he personally referred to as "scare tactics," and said, "I guess Mr. Hoeffel and others will make their attempts to box me in on where I stand."
Nutter doesn't support vouchers, though said of the issue: "I'm not going to allow that to be some sort of wedge between us."
Like AG Corbett and State Sen. Williams before him, Joe Hoeffel is saying things to get attention in the little-noticed race to replace Fast Eddie.
Mayor Nutter teased us this morning with his big 11:30 press conference concerning the flash mobs.
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