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Eastbound lanes of Interstate 8 in Mission Valley were closed early Monday for several hours after a 27-year-old man was shot on the freeway.
The shooting was reported about 2 a.m. just east of Texas Street, California Highway Patrol Officer Jake Sanchez said.
The victim, who was treated at a hospital and released, was riding in a 2010 red Chevy Cobalt being driven by a 22-year-old woman, Sanchez said.
The driver, who was not hit, pulled over and called 911, Sanchez said. A car tire was punctured and the car was also apparently hit with gunfire.
I-8 was closed between state Route 163 and Texas Street until about 6:30 a.m. as officers looked for evidence.
Investigators didn't have a description of the shooter and no motive for the attack, Sanchez said. It was not determined if the shots came from another car or elsewhere.
Anyone with information is asked to call CHP investigator Ken Jackman at (619) 220-5492.
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Apartment raided in search for stolen property; 1 arrest
Police raided an Escondido apartment early Monday to search for items stolen from another apartment in the complex last month.
The investigation into the June 23 theft led authorities to another residence on Sandalwood Place, said police Lt. Neal Griffin. The SWAT team helped get people out of the apartment because there have been prior police calls at the residence, Griffin said.
Police arrested Ernesto Chavez, 32, on suspicion of burglary and possession of stolen property.
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San Diego firefighters extinguished a blaze Monday in a two-story condominium on Genesee Avenue near Mount Alifan Drive in Clairemont.
The fire was reported at 5:44 p.m. and was between the first and second floors, a San Diego Fire-Rescue Department dispatcher said.
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Three computers were stolen from Ocean Air Elementary School in Carmel Valley on Monday morning.
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Some bike safety courses say for bikes to come to a full stop at signs. I say B.S. It's unreasonable to expect cyclists to do that; We can safely cruise through stops.
So, what's the answer? Should cyclists have the legal right to not stop at stop signs? There are the few who would abuse such a law by proceeding without caution. But that will happen anyway, law or no.
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FLOR story – My New Condo
It thrills us to know that our customers get so excited about designing their homes and we feel so honored when we get to be a part of that design. Check out Jenn's FLOR story and how she ended up choosing the rug that completed her space.
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I LOVE MY FLOR! I just moved into my first condo and I was dying to decorate. FLOR was definitely one of the first things that came to mind. I am not a huge risk taker when it comes to color, but I really wanted a little bit of it in my space. I couldn't decide if I wanted the pillows to pop or if my rug was going to be the focal point. After spending countless hours on your FLOR builder and chatting it up with Colleen ( I think that was her name) from customer service, I came up with my rug. I had some very colorful combinations picked out, but in the end I decided to go with a more subtle color (Oyster). It may not look very exciting in this photo, but it is such a prettier alternative to cream or beige.
And, a huge thank you to Colleen for her great tips. She suggested ordering two different styles of the same color to create some interest. So, my design is made up of Rake Me Over and Feeling Groovy. I had thoughts about putting the tiles in a checkerboard pattern, but after moving them around a few times, I decided on striping them. It's hard to see the texture change in the photo, but in person it really makes a difference. Hope you like it as much as I do. Thanks for all of your help. I'll definitely be ordering more FLOR in the near future.
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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 21, 2012) - EasyMed Services, Inc. (CNSX:EZM)(OTCBB:EMYSF)(MUN:EY6) ("EasyMed" or the "Company"), a leading provider of mobile technology solutions for the healthcare industry, reported today after the successful completion of its Easy SmartCare deployment in IIM clinic (one of the largest radiology clinics in Geneva) outstanding results on absenteeism and clinic management.
As disclosed on March 14th 2012, EasyMed and Medspazio, a market leader providing the management system for radiology clinics in Switzerland, have been collaborating to provide a mobile extension to existing clinic management software installations. In this context, Easy SmartCare product is able to retrieve seamlessly patients' data during the visit booking process without affecting the software in place or modifying in anyway assistants' daily work. Easy SmartCare collects the patient's phone number and identity, as well as the procedure for which the patient has to comply with before the visit. This allows the patient to receive timely reminders in order to accurately prepare the medical exam, remind him of the exact date and time of the visit and enable visit cancelation by text when necessary.
EasyMed's CEO Andrew Ritchie commented: "In the first month after the implementation, we observed a strong decrease of absenteeism from 20 patients monthly to a level near to zero after the completion of the installation. This outstanding result was corroborated by the satisfaction expressed by both patients and the clinic's assistants. The costs savings calculated by summing up the absenteeism suppression and the decrease of administrative tasks for ensuring an appropriate preparation of the patients is estimated at CDN 200K a year. In this context, Easy SmartCare cost is proposed at a small fraction of the figure of the annual cost savings. During the following weeks, a Go to marketing strategy will be fully implemented that will canvas the 80+ hospitals and healthcare providers that are existing clients of EasyMed's partner Medspazio. With the new technology and strong existing rapport with the network this will trigger the dramatic increase in sales and revenue that will finally entrench EasyMed in the Swiss and International markets."
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Emergency Situations Plenary
On June 25, the 4th annual Emergency Situations Working Group (ESWG) meeting took place at the Department of State's George C. Marshall Conference Center in Washington, D.C. ESWG co-chairs U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) W. Craig Fugate and Minister Vladimir A. Puchkov of the Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations (EMERCOM) held a panel discussion on lessons learned from recent international disaster responses, including those to Hurricane Sandy, and the Chelyabinsk meteor impact.
Among the presentations was a summary of the July 2012 symposium on scientific monitoring and forecasting geo-hazards that was co-sponsored by the BPC's Science and Technology and Emergency Situations Working Groups and held in Moscow. Plans were also discussed for the next geo-hazards workshop that will be held in Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska, where geologists, oceanographers, and emergency managers will gather in Spring 2014 to discuss the formalization of mechanisms of exchange and notification regarding shared geo-hazards in the North Pacific.
EMERCOM summarized their successful visit in April to Boston to explore opportunities for exchange and partnership in graduate and undergraduate educational programs in Emergency Management and plans for follow-on discussions between Harvard University and EMERCOM's St. Petersburg Fire University. A proposal was also made to broaden the discussion of educational partnership to include cooperation with U.S. research and scientific institutions focusing on areas such as the development of geo-spacial information systems for the monitoring and prevention of emergency situations.
The director of EMERCOM's Mine Rescue Service proposed collaboration and exchange with the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration. In addition, EMERCOM and FEMA discussed establishing exchanges to study approaches to building volunteer service organizations such as the newly formed FEMA Corps.
One highlight of the gathering was the discussion of plans by EMERCOM and FEMA jointly to produce a documentary film on voluntary firefighting in the United States that will be used as part of a campaign to educate potential volunteers, citizens, and law makers about the alternative approaches to organizing volunteerism in Russia. FEMA's U.S. Fire Administration and the U.S. Forest Service would support EMERCOM's film crew by coordinating participating U.S. local firefighting units and serving as advisors on the use of volunteers in fighting structural and wild fires in the United States.
As a step towards greater operational cooperation in disaster response Minister Puchkov and Administrator Fugate agreed to explore the possibility of exchanging daily disaster watch reports. The ESWG also looks forward to achieving another milestone later this year as FEMA and EMERCOM take the lead in organizing an international workshop on air medical evacuation under the umbrella of the NATO-Russia Council.
16th Meeting of the Joint U.S.-Russia Committee on Cooperation in Emergency Management
The U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission Working Group on Emergency Situations, and the 16th Meeting of the Joint U.S.-Russia Committee on Cooperation in Emergency Management, took place in Vladivostok, Russia on October 8. The meeting brought together Vladimir Puchkov, Minister for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of the Consequences of Natural Disasters, and Timothy Manning, Deputy Administrator for Protection and National Preparedness for the Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) for talks on disaster forecasting, the exchange of best practices, and joint training.
Russia and United States Participate Jointly in NATO Exercise
From August 27 to September 2, both FEMA and EMERCOM sent representatives to observe the NATO Civil Emergency Preparedness Exercise, "CODRII 2011," in and around Chisinau, Moldova. "CODRII 2011" was organized by NATO's Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Center and involved a simulated earthquake with resulting victims, damage to critical infrastructure, chemical accidents, and a radiological incident. Approximately 1,300 civilian and military Moldovan and international participants from over 20 NATO and partner countries participated, making this the largest exercise of its kind that NATO has ever conducted. FEMA and EMERCOM's participation fulfilled a joint work plan goal laid out on July 18 at the Working Group's annual meeting in Boston.
Disaster Management Forum Focuses on Public-Private Partnerships
On September 21-23, the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) held the "Fifth Senior Disaster Management Officials Forum" in San Francisco as part of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Emergency Preparedness Working Group. Over 60 participants from 18 member economies participated in the Forum, which was chaired by FEMA Deputy Administrator Tim Manning and focused on public-private partnerships. The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM) sent a five-member delegation to the APEC event, building upon previous joint efforts with the United States in multilateral organizations. The "Sixth Senior Disaster Management Officials Forum" will be held in Vladivostok, Russia in fall 2012, with a focus on national crisis management centers and their integration into international networks.
FEMA and EMERCOM Discuss Lessons Learned from Recent Disasters
The 15th annual meeting of U.S.-Russia Joint Committee on Emergency Management and the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Bilateral Presidential Commission Working Group on Cooperation in Emergency Management took place in Boston, Massachusetts, July 18-19. The group discussed a whole community approach to disaster preparedness and response and held a panel discussion on lessons learned from recent international disaster responses, including the Haiti and Japan earthquake/tsunami. Additionally, they discussed lessons learned from the 2010 Russian wildfires as well as current trends and opportunities for cooperation in the field of mass transportation security. Read more at the FEMA Blog»
EMERCOM Earns Internationally-recognized INSARAG Status
Short: From June 27-July 1, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM) hosted an international team of disaster relief specialists to observe and assess their live field exercises and disaster relief simulations as they pursued—and earned—the highest United Nation's International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) status. Read more»
EMERCOM Hosts Superintendent Onieal in Russia
On May 19, Dr. Denis Onieal, Superintendent of FEMA's U.S. Fire Academy and Acting Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Fire Administration, travelled to Russia and addressed an EMERCOM conference entitled "Preparing for Disasters." Speaking on the organizational and operational aspects of disaster preparedness and response, Dr. Onieal shared his experience from September 12, 2001, when he led the U.S. Fire Administration's team at the World Trade Center to help the New York City Fire Department re-establish their systems of command, control, and on-site communications.
National Level Exercise 2011
On May 16, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) kicked off the National Level Exercise 2011 (NLE2011), which focused on a scenario involving a catastrophic earthquake in the central United States. Read more»
EMERCOM Hosts U.S. Disaster Assistance Delegation
December 8-10, Acting Director of USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance Mark Ward travelled to Moscow and met with EMERCOM officials to discuss opportunities for cooperation on disaster assistance issues. As a result of these consultations, future exchanges on effective disaster management and joint exercises on cooperative disaster response are being organized. Minister Shoygu of EMERCOM and Administrator Fugate of FEMA are expected to preside over a formal working group meeting in the Spring of 2011.
First Co-Chairs Meeting of the Emergency Situations Working Group
On July 23, 2010, Administrator Craig W. Fugate co-chaired the first co-chairs meeting of the Emergency Situations Working Group of the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission in Moscow with Russian Emergency Situations Minister Sergey K. Shoigu. At the meeting, the U.S. and Russia shared best practices on a variety of emergency response management topics and worked to outline future goals and objectives. Read more and watch a video of Administrator Fugate talk about Emergency Management Cooperation. Press Release and Video»
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My research explores the significance of "nature" - as social imaginary and material reality - in the emergence of the cosmopolitan shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) scene outside Japan. Ideas about nature pervade understanding of this instrument's construction, performance contexts and sound. My work traces the transposition of this problematic trope amongst shakuhachi players in Europe, North America and Australia, where the music's history and geography are open to distinctly contemporary reinterpretation. Here, shakuhachi music increasingly occupies a hybrid space, rooted in landscapes inside and outside Japan and mediated through global travel, virtual communities and music technologies. I examine how connections between the shakuhachi, nature and cosmopolitanism are enacted through discourse, travel, performance, instrument-making, and the creation of recordings and new compositions. My ethnography highlights how this shared imaginary is enacted in diverse ways as musicians incorporate environmental sounds into recordings of traditional pieces, compose new music mimetic of American landscapes and animals, harvest US and Australian bamboo, and redesign instruments for a more "natural" sound.
My work follows moves within cultural geography, post-Latourian Actor Network Theory, anthropology and musicology (Gell, Born and others) to expand theorisation of the social by crediting the social agency of art objects, technologies, institutions and natural entities, as well as people. I draw on recent "environmental ethnomusicology" (Ramnarine, Guy, Post and others), whilst arguing that cosmopolitan musical practices have a crucial and so far neglected place within this emerging sub-field.
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Oakmont senior wins Rotary speech contest
Six Roseville area high school students participated in the Rotary Club of Roseville's 2013 high school speech contest. Each student spoke for five to eight minutes on the topic of "Peace Through Service." Oakmont High School senior Esther Klimkiy won first place, Woodcreek High School senior Kelly Nabaglo won second place and Roseville High School freshman Jackie Solorio won third place.
The three runner-ups were Kelsie Rogers, Jada Devlin and Josephine Kao. Klimkiy now advances to the regional competition. This year's speech topic relates to the Rotary International motto "Service Above Self," and the work Rotary does through Peace Fellowships and the Rotary Centers for International Studies.
Hawthorne to locate in Rocklin
The founders of the soon-to-be-opened Hawthorne Academy of Arts and Sciences have decided to locate the private school in Rocklin, instead of the originally planned location in Roseville. The academy will operate at 2213 Sunset Blvd. (formerly the location of the Phoenix School), and is now enrolling students for the fall semester. For more information, visit www.thehawthorneacademy.com.
Cyber-safety workshops for parents
Roseville Police Department high-tech crime Detective Brent Northrup will host two presentations for parents, teachers and guardians on cyber-safety for teens. He will discuss social networking, cyber-bullying and other Internet safety issues. The first presentation is at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, at Buljan Middle School, 100 Hallissy Drive in Roseville, and the second is at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 9, at Antelope High School, 7801 Titan Drive in Antelope.
GBHS students win ACE Award
A team of Granite Bay High School students won the award for best overall architectural design in the annual Architecture, Construction and Engineering (ACE) competition on March 15. They were mentored by professionals in these industries. The ACE program was established in 2007 to expose high school students to the world of architecture, construction, engineering and building trades.
The Granite Bay team, who competed against 11 schools, selected and planned the construction of an outdoor amphitheater at the capitol mall in Sacramento. The team, led by teacher Steve Dolan, included Kenneth Bell, Lorenzo Burgos, Zachary Chambers, Alexandra Doza, Kaylee Efstathiu, Robert Ellis, Keith Henderson, Kristi Hlawaty, Kinzie Oas, Deven Patel, Lorenzo Rodriguez, Carl Spadorcio, Jeff Williams and Alex Zahn.
Local administrators earn awards
Several local administrators were honored at the Region 2 Association of California School Administrators meeting on March 15, including Cavitt Junior High School Assistant Principal Lisa VandeSteeg as Secondary Co-Administrator of the Year in the Eureka Union School District. Retired Eureka Union Superintendent Ronald L. Feist was recognized as Retired Administrator of the Year and recipient of the Robert E. Kelly Award. The Eureka Schools Foundation earned the Partners in Educational Excellence Award. Ron Warfield, the director of facilities, maintenance, operations and transportation in the Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District, was honored as Classified Leader of the Year. These honorees now qualify for recognition at the state level.
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Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, & Suri Visit Pittsburgh Area Pumpkin Patch Unannounced and Unbothered!TheMommyologist
I may live in Connecticut now, but I was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and I will always consider it to be my hometown. Every time I go there, it is like coming home. It's one of those towns where everyone is outgoing and friendly, and where everyone living there makes you feel welcome in their city.
Judging from a weekend excursion that Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, and their daughter Suri took to a pumpkin patch in Wexford, PA, outside of Pittsburgh, I'd say that even celebrities feel at ease in that town. Tom is currently working on his new movie, "One Shot," which is being filmed in the city.
Tom, Katie, and Suri showed up totally unannounced at Soergel's Orchards for their fall festival. One of the orchard family members, Reed Soergel said, "The little girl (Suri)— she's cute as a button. Most of the customers who were here did not know it because there was no big following."
It sounds like the Cruise clan had a wonderful time at Soergel's! Another family member, Katie Morrison said, "Suri had her face painted. She played in our little straw pile that the kids were all playing in jumping around in straw and then they took a horse drawn wagon ride with my husband and I."
Supposedly Tom, Katie, and Suri did have bodyguards with them, but they stayed behind them and let them enjoy the day.
Honestly, there aren't very many cities in the United States where people as high profile as Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes could enjoy a "normal" day of fall fun as a family.
It just makes me even more proud to say that I'm from Pittsburgh.
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In the month of October, the average number of Days on Market for all homes sold in the 52 surveyed markets was 66. This is one day higher than the average seen in September, but is 16 days lower than the average seen in October 2012. October marks the 17th consecutive month with an average Days on Market below 90. A low Days on Market average, like 66 seen in October, is the direct result of continued high demand and a reduced inventory of homes for sale.
According to the report, the housing market has been plagued by a low inventory environment, but for 7 consecutive months, inventory has declined at a slower rate than during the same month of the previous year. While not yet adding inventory, the situation is improving. In October, there were 5.1% fewer homes for sale than in September, and 12.2% fewer than in October 2012. At the rate of home sales in October, the Months' Supply of inventory was 4.9.
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Trenton, NJ +32.5%
Anchorage, AK +24.2%
Philadelphia, PA +18.2%
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Honolulu, HI: 2.8
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YES: This ban was a Depression-era reform, the Glass-Steagall Act, which separated commercial banking from investment banking: An institution could either take deposits or trade securities, but not both. The act prevented deposits from being used to fund risky investments and to provide deposit insurance. So, as long as taxpayers are on the hook for banking losses, stemming from risky investments, rules are required. Today, six banks collectively hold assets equal to 66 percent of GDP and current regulations only take action after the financial institution is failing. Some economists view the separations enacted by Glass-Steagall as pre-emptive measures against "too big to fail."
YES: Although I would usually argue for more privatization, deregulation and freer markets over greater regulation and intrusion by the federal government, the present U.S. banking industry does not operate in a truly free-market system. Reinstating the Glass-Steagall Act will not prevent financial instability as long as the central bank continues to enable fractional-reserve banking, essentially generating credit out of thin air. So long as the central bank exists, it makes sense to impose tighter controls on banks to minimize the damage the Federal Reserve's policies inflict. More controls will simply suppress banking's capabilities of further amplifying the Fed's pumping.
YES: While it is convenient and more profitable for the banks to be involved in a wide range of activities, the combination of federally insured deposits and the risk involved in investment banking creates a serious moral hazard issue. Banks could undertake highly risky activities with depositors' funds knowing that, if the investments go bad, the federal government would come in and reimburse the depositors for the losses. The combination of commercial and investment banking allowed banks to become "too big to fail," which made the moral hazard worse as the government would bail out the banks if their investments go bad.
NO: This is standard grandstanding by politicians, pretending to do something about some real problems but in fact accomplishing nothing. The financial crisis of 2008 did not arise from investment banks raising funds through conventional deposits. Instead, the problem came from off-balance-sheet entities that raised funds through repos on mortgage-related securities and through commercial paper issued directly against those securities. This had nothing to do with Glass-Steagall. "Too big too fail" is another real problem that needs to be addressed, but again Glass-Steagall has nothing to do with this.
YES: It depends: Federally insured deposits should be regulated and protected by the government, which insures the deposits. However, investment is critical to banks in order to make money. If traditional banks are allowed to act like Goldman Sachs or Morgan Stanley, their trading activities should be bifurcated from their insured deposit activities. Banks should be able to bet their own capital without risk to insured deposits. If they win on their bets, swell. If they lose, it should be at their peril, not the taxpayers.
NO: Investment banks can already act like bankers, so traditional banks need the ability to compete with global financial services firms. The problem is really one of disparate reserve requirements. Defunct firms like Lehman did not need to hold nearly as much reserve capital as a bank and this created an incentive to take on more risk. What needs to happen is that investment banks need to be required to hold more reserve capital. Then the playing field would be more equal and the riskiness of the system would be lower. Simply keeping traditional banks safer does not ensure investment banks won't be too big to fail.
YES: While reinstating the firewalls between commercial banks and investment firms might not prevent a new financial crisis, it could help. Investment firms should not be prevented from assuming some risk, but such actions should not be protected by deposit insurance. Banks of all sizes have to pay premiums for that insurance, which ultimately are passed on to consumers. These consumers should not have to subsidize the activities of investment banks. Taxpayers, who could also be tapped should deposit funds be depleted, should also not be required to again bail out large or complex Wall Street firms.


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Keeping the FaithA large dose of gullibility and desperation must be needed before reasonable adults become hooked on the opium of the people. But once they are, a regular diet of religious hogwash is also required it seems, to keep them in a state of faith-fuelled stupor.
One website that doles this out by the bucketful is The Christian Post. Typical articles currently on offer complain of an 'attack' by the media when they dare to ask questions like 'Can we trust the bible?' or make programmes questioning 'the true story of Christmas' etc. This is exactly what the media ought to be doing you may think, but the true believer disagrees. After all, if God had intended us to think for ourselves he wouldn't have sent Jesus would he?
Socialists are hostile to all religions. Yet there is a difference between the socialist attitude towards religion and that of the secularist or atheist. The secularist tends to treat religion simply as a set of beliefs which he seeks to demolish by rational and logical criticism. To the socialist this seems a pointless exercise (as pointless as religion itself). Like the atheist we think that religion is irrational and unscientific, but we also think that the important thing is not simply to subject it to abstract criticism but to attempt to show why it arose and what its role in society is. To do this we apply the materialist conception of history.
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August 30: This Day in Black History
FEATURED: Chris Lighty
1901: Roy Wilkins was born. He was a prominent civil rights activist and Executive Director of the NAACP. He passed away in 1981 at age 80.
1948: Fred Hampton was born. He was an activist and deputy chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party. He was assassinated while sleeping in his apartment during a raid of the SAO, Chicago PD and the FBI. He was 21 years old.
1953: Robert Parish was born. He is a retired NBA Hall of Famer. He turns 60 today.
1963: New York disc jockey Murray the K held his annual Labor Day spectacular at the Brooklyn Fox Theater, featuring the Miracles, the Chiffons, the Shirelles, the Tymes, the Drifters, Ben E. King, Little Stevie Wonder, jay & the Americans, Randy & the Rainbows, and many others.
1963: After six years of weekday shows, Dick Clark's American Bandstand held its last weekday shindig and became a Saturday-only affair. The show had been in the forefront of promoting Black artists and their music since its 1957 inception.
1966: Michael Michele was born. She is an actress of film and television. She turns 47 today.
1967: Thurgood Marshall was confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
1970: Jimi Hendrix performed at what would be his last British concert when he appeared on-stage at 3:00 a.m. at the Isle of Wright Festival.
1972: Stevie Wonder performed at a benefit for Willowbank Hospital at Madison Square Garden in New York with John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
1975: Natalie Cole bounced onto the Hot 100 with "This Will Be" (#6 pop), her first of eighteen hits through 1997.
1983: Lt. Col. Guion S. Bluford, Jr. became the first Black astronaut.
1986: 'Love Zone' by Billy Ocean was the Number One Song this day.
1988: Papa Dee Allen passed away. He was a member of the group War and was a pianist, vibist and soprano saxophonist. He was 57 years old.
1990: The Neville Brothers performed as guests of their longtime fan Linda Rondstat at her concert at Jones Beach Theater in Long Island, NY.
1994: Gangsta rapper, former member of N.W.A. (Niggaz With Attitude), and all-around bad influence Dr. Dre (born Andre Young) was sentenced to five months in a Los Angeles jail for violating his probation in a 1992 assault on a TV show host during a brawl.
1997: James Brown performed in Beirut, Lebanon, at the Hotel Albustan. Soon after he would leave for Moscow to perform at the Kremlin Palace.
2012: Chris Lighty was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He was a hip-hop manager who helped Sean ("Diddy") Combs, 50 Cent, and Mariah Carey attain hit records and successful careers outside music. He was 44 years old.
2012: Lucimarian Roberts passed away at age 88. She was the mother of Good Morning America co-host Robin Roberts and the first black to head Mississippi's board of education.


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ELKHART — The tenants of four Elkhart apartments were temporarily displaced because of a fire that started underneath the apartments Tuesday afternoon.
The Elkhart Fire Department was called around 1 p.m. to 636 Moody Ave. at Rivercrest Apartments for a fire that started in a crawl space under the complex. A subcontractor working near the area hit some phone lines, sparking the fire, said fire investigator Kent Stouder. No one was injured, the fire was under control within minutes and it was contained to the crawlspace, but two apartments were damaged by smoke, and electricity was cut from all four apartments in building D.
The residents in all four apartments were temporarily displaced while the electric company worked to restore their power. The Red Cross was on the scene, providing aid to the families while they waited outside, according to a press release. They also offered overnight shelter to three families. The residents of the fourth apartment stayed with family, said Stouder.


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Hi Ladies,
I just had my 6th loss two days after Christmas. I was 14 weeks along. I dso much hope that this was going to be our baby we would get to know and hold.
I was on so much medication for my clotting disorders, and was getting weekly ultrasounds. Everything looked 'perfect' until the day he died.
My first 2 losses were in 2010, at 12 weeks and 16 weeks, both boys.
In 2011, I lost twin girls, at 20 weeks.
I was really hoping that 2012 would be our year. I have had two losses this year, 12 weeks and now 14 weeks - both boys.
I feel so hopelesss and empty. It just isn't fair. I am heartbrokn.
I am so, so sorry for all of your losses. As terrible as it is, It is helpful to know that I am not the only one in this world who is suffering in this unbearable way. I just don't know anyone personally that has ever gone through recurrent loss. It is so lonely.
God bless you all as you start the New Year. Hopefully, we will all have miracles this year.
Cath-Wow. You have really been through a rough road. Your losses were so far along, I am so sorry to read that. Did they ever find anything wrong after having later losses? You are understandably heartbroken. It is such a terribly difficult thing to go through and you have 'known' every one of your losses well--knowing gender and seeing sonos further along. So hard. Are you part of a local support group? Therapist? Close friends who have gone through rough times too? Hang in there..its really hard.
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How can the CFPB be raging out of control when it hasn't done anything yet?
On March 16 the House Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee held an oversight hearing about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Committee Chair Shelley Moore Capito, R.-W.Va., called it "one of the most important hearings this subcommittee will hold this Congress." Its urgency was underscored by a Wall Street Journal editorial that appeared that same morning calling the CFPB "a bureaucratic rogue." Members of Congress complained that the CFPB was unaccountable to the congressional appropriations process; too heavily influenced by politics; indifferent to the "safety and soundness" (i.e., solvency) of financial institutions; and an all-around bureaucratic nuisance. Sitting in the press section, I began to feel guilty that I'd never before written about this regulatory monster
Then I remembered: The CFPB hasn't done anything yet.
I don't mean that as a criticism of the CFPB, which was created by last year's Dodd-Frank financial reform law. The CFPB doesn't open for business until July 21. That isn't some self-protective gimmick, like the way the producers of Spider Man: Turn Off The Dark keep postponing opening night even as the show continues to play before live audiences. The CFPB isn't allowed to play before live audiences—which is to say, start regulating—until July 21, the opening night assigned it by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner (following guidelines laid down in Dodd-Frank). That's the "transfer date" when regulatory authority currently held by seven existing agencies is turned over to the CFPB. By then Elizabeth Warren, the consumer advocate much-loathed by the GOP who is currently setting up the CFPB in her capacity as special adviser to Geithner (she is also an assistant to the president), may have gone the way of Julie Taymor. (Here's Warren's opening statement.)
I also don't mean to suggest that Warren hasn't been working very hard. She's been running all over the country giving speeches and meeting with bankers and consumer groups. She's been hiring people for the agency. She's been "laying the groundwork for the Bureau to write new rules required by the Dodd-Frank Act," according to a Treasury document. She's created an agency Web site.
Curiously, though, none of the House subcommittee Republicans wanted to ask her about any of that. They just wanted to yammer about how terrible the CFPB was, by which they really meant how terrible the Dodd-Frank legislation creating the CFPB was. Warren, much to her credit, refrained from uttering what struck me as the logical response: "Dude, I didn't write Dodd-Frank." (Though I suppose the Republicans could have answered, in turn, that its provision creating the CFPB was originally her idea. Rep. Barney Frank, D.-Mass., wasn't present to hear criticism of his handiwork because, though former chairman and current ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, he does not sit on this subcommittee.)
One substantive action Warren has taken in her capacity as non-director of the CFPB (the Republicans were correct to point out that President Obama would have made her director if he thought she could win Senate confirmation) was to recommend how to settle with the banks over foreclosuregate. Warren did this at Geithner's request. Reportedly a $20 billion figure is in play. The subcommittee Republicans wanted to know what Warren had recommended. Was the $20 billion her idea? Was she trying to sell that to the banks? "We are not negotiating with anyone," she answered. "This is a law enforcement matter that is headed by the Department of Justice." Oh, come on, said Rep. Scott Garrett, R.-N.J. Aren't we talking about "mere paperwork violations"? Warren: "It would not be appropriate for any member of the government, me or anyone else, to comment on what's involved in those negotiations. It would just not be right."
The rest of the hearing consisted mainly of House subcommittee Republicans lecturing Warren about what a vicious marauding beast Congress created in the CFPB (with the occasional Democrat chiming in to say he or she hoped Warren gets installed as CFPB director).
The biggest Republican complaint was that the CFPB doesn't receive appropriations directly from Congress. Instead, it gets its money via "authorized transfers" from the Fed, its parent agency. That does seem a little strange. But Warren explained that four other banking agencies (the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the soon-to-be-defunct Office of Thrift Supervision, and the Fed itself) are similarly funded outside the congressional appropriations process, and that this is done to preserve their independence from, well, banks.
Moreover, Warren said, the CFPB is the only federal agency that can be overruled by other agencies. That was a slight exaggeration (other agencies that are part of larger cabinet departments can sometimes be overridden by cabinet chiefs), but the CFPB will be uniquely hamstrung. The Dodd-Frank bill created a Financial Stability Oversight Council whose members represent nine agencies (Treasury, the Fed, the CFPB, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the FDIC, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and the National Credit Union Administration). The FSOC will be able to overrule any CFPB regulation it doesn't like. Most or all of its other member agencies are, by law, required to help preserve the banks' "safety and soundness" (again: solvency), even if the CFPB itself is not. Yes, answered Rep. Edward Royce, R.-Calif. (who last year tried and failed to insert "safety and soundness" language directly into Dodd-Frank), but there's a "very high threshold" to override. (It takes a two-thirds majority vote.) Warren answered that the FSOC veto is "something that exists literally nowhere else in government."
These colloquies, though pointless, were at least about real issues. Others ... not so much.


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Shellie Perkins had no intention of being denied again.
After failing to score a point for the first time in her four-year varsity career last week in a 58-11 loss to No. 5 ranked Edison, Perkins scored a game-high 13 points and five steals to lead the Coyotes (11- 9, 2-1) to a landslide 59-23 win over Sanger (5-14, 0-3) on Tuesday in Joe Flores Gym.
"We played a very complete game and executed in all phases of the game," said Madera head coach Jason Smith. "We played our game without paying attention to the score and got after it all game getting contributions from every player."
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Standing On Satellites are an unsigned five piece metalcore outfit based out of Portland, Oregon. They recently premiered their debut single, and it may be one worth giving a listen if you're interested in that genre of music. The song is titled "Baring Bones," and it features guest vocals by Michael Swank, of Myka, Relocate. You can give the song a listen below the jump.
I imagine this won't be the last time we hear from these guys, so be sure to keep an eye out for them in the future. If you'd like to stay up to speed on what they're working on, you can hit them up on Facebook.


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As new legislative sessions begin, policy-makers are asked to make sense of an increasingly polarized debate among historic -- and sometimes competing -- values of security, secrecy, privacy and openness. Each is a public good, but there is no clear agreement on how they fit together. The challenge is not choosing sides, it's reconciling friends.
Progressive thinkers of an earlier time set a high standard for privacy. Early last century, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis argued, "privacy is the right to be left alone." The conclusion echoed the polemic of journalist E.L. Godkin that, "privacy is a distinctly modern product, one of the luxuries of civilization."
A small number of communities -- Ann Arbor, Mich.; Cambridge, Mass.; Berkeley, Calif.; Portland and Eugene, Ore. -- attempted to defend such luxuries by prohibiting the use of local funds to implement the USA Patriot Act, the provisions of which principally expand latitude of authorized governmental surveillance. Less attention has been paid to attempts in at least 17 states to narrow the definition of governmental records subject to disclosure since the terrorist attacks.
Almost a decade ago, Beth Givens of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse predicted, "The Internet will show us what happens when public records are truly public." Indeed, government's default reliance on privacy by obscurity -- in shielding paper records from disclosure -- was shaken by efficiency of digits, which Nicholas Negroponte, co-founder and chairman of MIT Media Laboratory, said, "commingle effortlessly."
The federal government is counting on such commingling in its efforts to secure the homeland, which is evident in the new Total Information Awareness (TIA) program -- a counter-terrorism initiative implemented this year by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
DARPA, which gave us the Internet, is worth taking seriously when promising a system that "increases information coverage by an order of magnitude." As envisioned, TIA is built around a comprehensive surveillance architecture that uses "novel methods for populating the database from existing sources, create[s] innovative new sources, and invent[s] new algorithms for mining, combining and refining information for subsequent inclusion into the database."
The idea behind TIA is to play offense with personally identifiable information to find patterns otherwise unnoticed, and use that insight to preempt threats. TIA picks up where existing intelligence, law enforcement and analytic data leave off, adding identity and a wide swath of transactional records -- financial, education, travel, medical, immigration, transportation, accommodation and communications.
The secondary use of public records suggests state and local government privacy policies and practices are due for a test. Historically, the public-sector IT community tended to see privacy as the purview of the "policy shop," and has gone about its business. Privacy is now IT's business. There is precedent for taking the lead on complex policy and management issues in both year 2000 remediation and cyber-security programs.
It follows that those who care about technology and public service would have something to say about safeguarding this civilized luxury. It is a stewardship responsibility unique to government because of the type of records held. Government alone can compel people to provide personal information, and holds unique authoritative records to which all others refer -- a particular issue in vouching for an individual's identity in a transient society.
That starting point, coupled with the problem-solving orientation of IT professionals and common sense suggests a path forward:
-Real people: As the subject and owner of personal data, they know what they prefer. Ask them.
-Point person: Chief privacy officers have been slower to catch on than their security counterparts, but their issue is about to become at least as urgent.
-Record-centric: Focus on nature and sensitivity of records or record types, not technology used to collect or deliver.


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Usually when I tell people that I still play Doom, they for some reason think I'm talking about Doom 3, and usually their response is "Oh, that's cool."
I almost WISH I'd get that "OMG HOW CAN YOU PLAY SUCH AN OLD SHITTY GAME SGPIOSDJGPIOJG" type of response.
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Might have introduced a new guy to the Doomworld community
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It's not something I usually bring up at parties or anything, but on the occasions where people do find out about my dooming it's been my experience that they find it to be a super cool old school hobby rather than something to be ashamed of. It's a video game, and people play those I think. You'd have to be pretty pea brained to make fun of somebody for it, especially these days.
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People play old music...what's wrong with old games? C:
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how do u no where all teh secretz r thatz just sadddd
*obnoxious tone* u run like rly fast
teh graphcs on dis game r sht
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Sonic the Hedgehog, Vector Man, Star Fox, Super Mario World 2, Commander Keen 4, Duke Nukem 2 and Samurai Showdown 4 all still look gorgeous, which most of Doom's dissenters will agree with because they're strictly 2D.
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Even my girlfriend finds it intriguing, and considers the pinky her favorite enemy
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She doesn't like Doom. She wants you to pay more attention to pinky.
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Her clitoris. :P
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Does it bite too?
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"You play Doom?"
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After three seasons, Isiah Thomas fired as FIU men's basketball coach
Florida International fired men's basketball coach Isiah Thomas on Friday, after the Hall of Fame player went 26-65 in three seasons.
Thomas took over at FIU in a surprising move in 2009, one that gave the former New York Knicks coach and president a chance to restore the reputation he tarnished through a series of embarrassments in New York.
Under Thomas, FIU never won more than 11 games in a season.
Minnesota linebacker Gary Tinsley was found dead in his campus apartment Friday morning, university officials said.
Tinsley, 22, was found unresponsive in his apartment on the Minneapolis campus. The cause of death wasn't immediately released.
College basketball
Deshaun Thomas will not be joining Ohio State teammate Jared Sullinger in the NBA — yet, saying he will return for his junior season.
•Alabama forward Tony Mitchell left the team after ending his junior season on suspension.
College football
Moments after their motorcycle accident, Bobby Petrino and a female employee told a passer-by not to call 911, then got a ride back to Fayetteville where the Arkansas football coach was met by a state trooper who provides his personal security during the season.
New details of the immediate aftermath of Petrino's crash were in a 911 call released Friday by the state police. The developments came as Arkansas Athletic Director Jeff Long considered the future of Petrino, who has been put on paid leave.
Japan's Shinsuke Yamanaka successfully defended his WBC bantamweight title with a unanimous decision over Australia's Vic Darchinyan in Tokyo.
Yamanaka overpowered his opponent in the late rounds in his first defense of the title he won by beating Mexico's Christian Esquivel in November 2011.
Local colleges
Louie Lechich went 2-for-5 with an RBI as 19th-ranked USD beat visiting Gonzaga 5-2 in a West Coast Conference baseball game.
•San Diego State senior golfer J.J. Spaun was named the Southern Golf Association's National Amateur of the Month for March after winning three tournaments in 11 days.
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Okay should i go to the drs. Im light headed right now and yesterday i had the worst headache but ive had a headache for 2 weeks and it still hasnt gone away it lighten up one day then be horrible the next. the last couple of days my lungs hurts so bad in my back and it hurts. Im also loosing weight and im not trying i eat everything i just dont know what to do....
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definatly call and talk to a nurse or doc. if you have any kind of illness they will let you know and give you treatment that we cant offer here. best of luck to you.posted 08/16/2011 by babayOnTheWay
sounds as tho it could be toxemia. is there swelling in your hands and face? call your docs office and ask to speak to a nurse and tell them your symptoms. they may tell you to go to the hospital to be evaluated. dont feel bad! that is what they r there for. better safe than sorry. good luck!posted 08/16/2011 by mamakristi31406
im not pregnant. i mean i dont really eat like a bunch i eat little portions through out the day. i just really dont understand it all. i mean i took some med so i think that made me light headed but im just scared that i could have cancer or annomonyaposted 08/16/2011 by MSE0915
how far along are you? do you smoke or did you smoke? do you drink caffien? have you been staying hydrated? dont just eat everything. you have to portion control and eat lots of small meals/snacks, because its easier for you to digest small meals.posted 08/16/2011 by babayOnTheWay
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Anyone have early pregnancy symptoms at only 5dpo that ended in BFP?
The last couple of days I have been having what seems like every symptom in the book of pregnancy. I'm only 5dpo and so I'm quite skeptical of this. I had a miscarriage about 3 months ago and this seems very similar to the last time I was pregnant. Here are my symptoms: ~cramps ~sneezing and congestion (which I had with my last pregnancy) ~headache ~backache ~nausea ~vomiting (I have thrown up every time I've eaten since dinner last night) ~cm (very wet and watery and much more than before, sometimes I even feel like I've started) ~VERY tired Do you think it's possible that these are signs that I'm pregnant or is it too early for this to mean anything?
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5dpo is too soon as you might haven't implanted yet. The same hormone responsible for many pregnancy symptoms is the same for pms.posted 02/24/2013 by praktclmagik
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Last Thursday I made an emergency appointment because I was afraid I had genital warts. They did a routine pregnancy test before agreeing to give me treatment. I wasn't worried even though my period this month was late because I hadn't had sex in 4 months. It came back positive. I had my blood drawn, second urine test came back positive, as did the blood results. Less than 8 weeks. The only person I could have possibly had sex with was an older guy from work who I made out with for the first time, but was far too drunk to remember much of the encounter. I recently tried to contact him through a mutual friend, but he told me he's married with 2 kids. I'm scared that if I try to put the baby up for adoption my parents will interfere and take the baby back. I had a very abusive childhood. I'm scared that by not being financially stable the baby will go to my parents. I feel like I have to abort, but I don't feel comfortable doing so. It's scheduled for Tuesday, I feel like it's too soon.
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I feel I can ease your mind just a bit with the adoption, My best friend just went through a similiar situation with not having a support system. She went through one adoptive family who bailed on her at the beginning but then found a wonderful family of two other adopted little boys. They stayed with her through her entire pregnancy and were basically her only support throughout the entire thing. It's been 2 months since the adoption was finalized. And she is totally in love with her baby's family. There are good people out there i promise. and if you have doubts of abortion don't do it, I am pro choice but i feel if you have an abortion it may hurt you if you really don't want to anyway. i'm praying for you in this tough time and am so sorry you're having to face these decisions. But just put your heart soul and mind into your decision and make sure you are ready for the emotions it will leave with to abort the baby. If you feel it's your only choice, then noone can blame you darlin'posted 05/20/2012 by AudreyPerson
I wish I could help you more, but I'm no expert on this at all. I just would hate for you to have an abortion and regret your decision. Now knowing that your 23, do you think that you have the means to raise this baby on your own? Parenting is defiantely not easy, ecspecially if you don't have a support system. Do you have a church that you could turn to? A Pastor or someone you trust that you could talk too? Prayers for you as you make a very difficult decision. I can see why your view on adoption would be spoiled from past experiences, and I pray that if you choose adoption, you can find a loving family for your baby.posted 05/20/2012 by jacobsmom45
I don't know your whole situation, but please don't have an abortion. I know you don't want your baby to be in an abusive sitatuion and I wouldn't either. Are you a minor? That would make a difference on if your parents could take the baby back. Don't feel like you have to abort. If you already feel uncomfortable with the idea of it, you will regret it for the rest of your life. I would do more research on adoption. I'm sure someone out there who can't have children would love to care for your child. Prayers for you as you make your decision. Sounds like a tough situation.posted 05/20/2012 by jacobsmom45
Yes, I would be doing this on my own. My parents kicked me out when I was 18, and I've had little support since then. I've been putting myself through college but I developed an eating disorder and severe depression and took time off to recover, so I still have some time in school left. I've become more financially stable, but I don't have the extra $2000 a month to raise a kid. If I go through with the pregnancy, the birth father would have to give up his rights, and what if he refuses? I'm scared that if his wife knows it could rip up his entire family. That's three young kids I would be ripping away from their parents. Also, I can't hide the pregnancy from my parents around the holidays, and I'll be in my third trimester by then, I won't be able to hide it. Once my parents hear the word adoption they'll take the kid. I don't want a family to wait in line for a kid and then have it ripped back from them. It's mean to even try when you know that they'll never get the baby.posted 05/21/2012 by sapphirefrost
I'm 23, but grandparents can step in and take a baby back from the adoptive parents. I know this because it's happened twice in my family, both from paternal grandparents. If paternal grandparents can do it I know that maternal grandparents can as well. I also know my childhood friend's mom put her second daughter up for adoption, but the family decided after a couple months that they didn't want her and wanted a different baby. So she was in a foster home for several months before her birth mother was able to get her back. If that would have been a closed adoption she would have never known. I grew up around section 8 and foster homes, I've seen the damage that it can cause first hand. I feel like I have an obligation to protect this baby, I can't do that if I hand it off to someone I know for less than a year. I really don't want it to be in anybody's hands but mine or God's.posted 05/20/2012 by sapphirefrost
I believe in a woman's right to choose, however if you don't want to have an abortion, there are several options I hope you consider before jumping to that decision. Local governments offer services for young, single women which may make it feasible for you to keep and care for your child. Do some research online to see what services your state or county offer; you may need to make a few phone calls for them to get you pointed in the right direction. They can also put you in touch with an office to provide you with more information on what the laws are regarding your parents ability to take custody. Also, the birthing center at your local hospital should be able to suggest places in your area that offer assistance and support. If you are in school, talk to your school counselor to see what services they can recommend. There is also adoption, many women are unable to conceive and would be eternally grateful for the opportunity to give a home to a newborn child.posted 05/20/2012 by jdoll82
Think about it very hard. You will probably think about it everyday for the rest of your life if you have an abortion. But it is your decision. Just make sure you make the decision on your own. many woman are single parents so you wont be the first to struggle. You can get child support, and help from the state. There are lots of programs out there for single parents. Once you see your baby you will not regret not having an abortion, but if you have one you may regret it forever. Just think about itposted 05/20/2012 by a BabyCenter Member
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