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Are You Up For It?Mature
Phyllis and Kolby were on their way back from walking around and talking all day. The two had become good friends by the time the sun was setting and were now on their way back to their room after a long day of flights, unpacking, and tours.
"Welcome back you two." Ryley had spoken as they walked through the doors of their dorm building.
"Wow. How long have you guys been down here playing pool?" asked Phyllis.
"We weren't just playing pool the whole time. There are TVs on the walls and some of us actually like to converse." This time it was Rory that spoke.
"Yeah, what she said, Blonde," said Robin.
Rian with his normal hint of slight envy, said, "I thought you said you were only going out for lunch. The sun is setting now."
"Looks like Blonde doesn't know how to tell time," said Robin, smirking.
"Hey, quit chewing me out." Phyllis was slightly annoyed. "Last time I checked, my mother was dead, my father was on the other side of the country, and my bitch of a stepmom was irrelevant to my life. So why is anyone here on my case? Besides, I just met you all. A few hours ago."
"Ooh, feisty one are we Blonde," chimed in Robin again, this time quietly chuckling. "Maybe she is up for tomorrow night guys. Let's go ahead and get down to it."
"What's tomorrow night?" asked Kolby.
"Nothing. Let's not worry about that right now sweet cheeks," said Rory, elbowing Robin for almost spilling the beans.
"Before you figure out what we're talking about, you have to follow our little ritual first." Rian said, more significantly toward Phyllis than Kolby.
"Oh really." Phyllis raised an eyebrow. "What kind of ritual?"
"To put it simply," started Ryley. "Is anyone up for a couple of shots out in the courtyard?"
Phyllis and Kolby looked at each other with raised eyebrows, then back at the group before them.
"I am!" shouted Phyllis.
"Why not?" added Kolby.
After discussing important detail of the night, they all agreed to meet at 10:00 p.m. in the courtyard. There's a seating area out there near a fire pit. Rian and Robin would bring their stash of alcohol. Rory and Ryley would bring their own special party favors.
By 9:55, Kolby and Phyllis had walked down to the courtyard where they were told to go, only to find that everyone else way already there.
"Welcome welcome welcome!" said Robin, clasping his hands together. "Alright. Blonde and uh… Kid, take a seat. The show is about to start."
"Sure thing Boy Wonder," responded Phyllis. She and Kolby both took a seat. "Okay, what's this about?"
"Before we begin, we bought some things for you guys try if you haven't tried them before. For each thing you have tried, you have to take a shot of this good ol' apple bottom rum." Rian held up the bottle and shook it a little.
"Cool. So uh… what did you bring?" asked Kolby.
"One thing at a time cutie," smiled Rory. "First up…" she reached into a bag that was sitting on the ground beside her. "I hope you're ready to get fucked the fuck up!" She smirked, still digging in the bag. "Ooh. Classic. That good ol' Mary Jane!"
"Go ahead and line up a couple of shots for me. I like to experiment." Laughed Phyllis. "Seriously? Weed is the first thing. I smoke every time I go out."
"Aww Blonde. I didn't know you were such a bad girl." Said Robin pretending to be shocked.
Rian poured a couple of shots and handed her a glass. "Drink up." Everyone else grabbed a glass, including Kolby, and took it quickly.
"Ooh preppy. You've handle the green before?" asked Robin.
"I'm a rich kid that's been left alone too many times with too much money and too much free time." Kolby shrugged. "A lot of times I made my own fun."
"Alright then. By the way would anyone like to take a hit right now?" asked Ryley already rolling it up. "I know I am."
"Go ahead and pass it around." Rory smiled. "You know we all want to."
"You ain't nothing but a word."
"Ok next up is…" Rory dug in her bag again. "Ooh. X. That good boy Adam. After taking one of these, I could get it on all night long. It just gets me going."
"Pour me up another shot." Phyllis held out her glass.
"Same here," added Kolby.
Rian poured another round of shots. Meanwhile, Ryley was taking a couple of hits of the weed he had just rolled up.
"Who wants it next?" Ryley asked. "How about you Phyllis?"
"Pass it over." Phyllis quickly took two hits, handed it to Kolby, and then downed her shot.
"Okay, Blonde. Obviously neither you nor Preppy are sticks in the mud," said Robin.
"Oh my gosh. Was that supposed to be a compliment for once?" laughed Phyllis.
"Shut up and let me finish Tinkerbelle. You guys obviously aren't lames. Share a story with us about and Ecstasy experience."
"Ooh. This ought to be good!" said Rory
Kolby finished taking his last hit and passed the blunt over to Rory. "Okay, I'll go first. Of course my people were out of town for business. Left alone in an empty house, and I hadn't had any in a while. So, I called over a couple of people, and they bring a bag of X with them. Probably about fifty pills in the bag. So, by the end of the night, there was a house full of people and a half empty bag of Ecstasy."
"What happened?" Phyllis asked curiously.
"Basically… sex." Kolby shrugged. "All I remember was leaving the party to go to a more quiet room with two girls. The three of us all began hooking up, and then I blacked out. "When I woke up the next day, we were all sprawled out on my parents' bed, butt ass naked and the whole house was wrecked."
"Bad boy huh?" said Rory. "Me likey." She smirked.
"Oh would you stop it!?" half yelled Ryley. "Okay, Kolby. Rory think you're sexy as all outdoors and eventually plans on fucking your brains out. There."
"Ryley!" Rory yelled.
"Rory!" Ryley yelled back. "You couldn't have been any more obvious dumb ass."
Kolby remained quiet. He didn't know whether to laugh or be embarrassed, so he just sat there.
"Blonde. Your turn." Said Robin. Obviously trying to end that little side conversation.
"Well, I won't elaborate as much as Kolby did. But, the first time I did ecstasy, I found out I liked girls." Phyllis said, seeming to be thinking back as she smiled and nodded her head a little.
"So you're lesbian?" asked Rian, a little disappointed.
"Oh no no no no no. Don't get me wrong. I love guys. What's life without a penis? I don't think I could live in this dimension if guys didn't exist. I just like girls too. They're fun. I found that out thanks to Adam! I go both ways baby."
"That's[i] sexy as hell. She definitely has to come with us tomorrow night," said Robin.
"Agreed!" added Ryley.
"Go with you where?"
"You'll find out tomorrow night Blonde." Said Robin, winking at her and then smirking.
"Alright. Last drug of the night." Said Rory. "Anyone here a fan of bars?"
"I've taken it once actually. Only once though," said Phyllis.
"I take it every now and then. When I'm having a rough day," said Kolby.
"Another round of shots for the table my good man," Robin said to Rian.
Rian poured the shots and everyone gulped them down.
"Alright. Time for the second part of our lovely session." Robin clapped his hands together and smiled in an evil manner. "For this part, everyone will participate. We already know what to do because, well let's face it, we do it for fun every once in a while. So, here's how it goes newbies. A round of shots is poured. Everyone in the circle, one by one, gives a brief story of something either rebellious or out of control that they have done. After you tell the story, you take the shot and look at the person to your right so that they may begin. Got it?"
"Seems easy enough," says Kolby.
"Let it begin!" an anxious Rory said bouncing in her seat.
The round of shots were poured and the game had begun.
"I'll go first," Rory said. "Hmm okay. What's a good story to start off with?" She rested her elbow on her knee and with a finger, tapped her chin in thought. "Ooh okay!" She said jumped up finally figuring it out.
"Okay so, this guy invited me to a hotel party one night about a year ago. And of course I wasn't going to turn it down, it was on the top floor! So I went. When I got off the elevator there were people there handing out X and a tall shot glasses, so I took one of each. About fifteen minutes into the dancing with some guy, I started to get really horny. So I asked him if he wanted to go somewhere a little more private. His version of private was way different from mine, but at that point I didn't care. He fucked on the balcony against the glass doors. Oh my gosh it was such a rush! The next morning, I woke up still there, ass naked! And I'd do it all over again." Rory was smiling, lost in her thoughts. "And that's why I love popping X. It gets me going all night long when I'm in the mood."
"You really are a bad girl," said Kolby smirking, all of a sudden taking a little more interest in Rory.
"Yes sir I am. But only at night." Rory quickly downed her shot and looked to right. Ryley was sitting next to her. "Next!" She slammed her shot glass down and sat back.
"Well, after that story, I don't know if I have anything to tell," said Ryley shaking his head. Everyone laughed. "Now let's see. Okay for my sixteenth birthday, my friends had decided to sneak me out of my own house party and get me drunk and high past the point of no return. They paid for everything, and just me drink after drink, shot after shot, and blunt after blunt. By the end of the night, I didn't know where we were. All I remember was that, I had agreed to go streaking with them, and so we did. I don't know how long we were out, but the next morning we were back at my place, and the house was trashed. My parents walked in yelling and screaming, finding me half asleep wrapped in a sheet."
Everyone laughed as Ryley down his shot and looked to the right.
"Alright. Alright. My turn," said Robin. "Bonfire at the beach. Everyone was a little wasted. There was music. There was weed. There were girls. One specific girl was trying really hard to get with me. But I didn't want her."
"That's a first!" interrupted Rian.
"Shut up." Robin elbowed his brother. "Back to my story. So I figured maybe if I find someone to play the role, she'd go elsewhere. So, I looked around for about five minutes. Found a girl that was obviously uninterested the nimrods that were trying to flirt with her. So I walked up pretending like I was there with her, and they left. Told her that if she pretended to be my girl for the night I'd help her keep every other guy there away from her. So of course we did a damn good job acting. But by the end of the night weren't acting anymore. Sure we made out in front of a couple of people or whatever. But, then I guess all of the drinking got to us and we ended up fucking in the sand that night. I had so much sand up my ass. Lesson learned. Never fuck on the beach." Robin downed his shot and looked to the right. "You're next Preppy."
"Alright," said Kolby starting off his story. "The night started off rather innocently, my cousin, practically my brother and best friend, and I each purchased a 1/5 of alcohol Everclear and a Quart of Fierce Grape Gatorade. Well, maybe that's not so innocent. Regardless, two hours later, my bottle of Everclear is quite gone. Enter the land of blackout. The last thing I remember was ripping the screen out of the window in my room."
"What the hell were you about to do?" Asked Robin, into his story
"Well, apparently I was spotted all over the neighborhood wearing nothing but my boxer shorts and one sock. Mind you, I live in Connecticut and this was in early February, so there was snow on the ground and it was bitter ass cold, but apparently I wasn't feeling it at all. I was seen walking through the neighborhood, and on people's lawns, and attempted to get into a corner store, but it was locked. I apparently was in a cheery mood and was nothing but smiles and laughs to everyone that talked to me. I guess at one point I passed out on a bench outside the store and someone helped me to the general area of my house."
"Oh wow," said Rory.
"I woke up the next day in bed, soaked to the bone, covered in mud, and my feet looked like raw hamburger. I had minor frostbite on my toes, but that was the only extent of my injuries." Kolby took a shot and looked to the right. "Next."
"My turn!" said Rian. "Okay so I was doing body shots at a part once. One of the girls I drunk a shot off of what was trying to get with me. She wanted to fuck on top of the roof, so we went. Of course I didn't even know whose house we were at. I didn't care. A girl wanted to fuck me on the roof. So long story short we started going at it. And as soon as things are getting hot and heavy, she rolls too far and fall off the roof."
"Oh my gosh are fucking serious?" asked Phyllis.
"As a heart attack. She broke her leg." He gulped his shot and looked to the right. "Last but not least. Phyllis."
"Ok." She began. "Mine is pretty basic. It when I took the X and figured out I liked girls. Yeah so, this guy and I were hooking up at a rave. We were sitting in a corned getting touchy feely. This chick walked over asking if she could join in. Of course I was out of my mind so I didn't have any arguments against it. So she kissed him once, and then focused in on me. While me and the guy were making out. She started rubbing on me and I was getting into it. After a while, it went from the three of us about to have a threesome, to just me and the girl pretty much having sex while he watched. Poor guy. He felt so left out." Phyllis laughed and took her shot.
"Alright, I believe that was everyone. It's about time to cast our votes and head up to our rooms. Any other suggestions before we cast the vote?"
"I have one," said Robin. Let's see goldilocks and Rory make out one time since she's so into girls." He smirked.
"Oh don't test me Horny. I may be into girls, but I don't think Rory is." Said Phyllis.
"Not really. Besides, after we vote, I think we'll get to see some of that action soon," responded Rory.
"What exactly are you voting on?" asked Kolby.
"You'll find out if we vote yes for you," said Robin. "K peeps. Are we all pretty much voting yes for them both?"
Rory, Robin, Rian, and Ryley all gave simultaneous "Yes."
"Alright." Robin clapped his hands together. I will knock on you guys door tomorrow night at 11 sharp. Be dressed for a party. Now go get some shut eye ladies."


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New Braunfels Herald Zeitung (Newspaper) - December 10, 1997, New Braunfels, Texas 4A □ Herakj-Zeitung g Wednesday, December 10,1997 ■ To talk with Managing Editor Margaret Edmonson about the Opinion page, call 625-9144, Ext. 220. Hera Z e i t u n g Opinion - Online contect ■ To submit letters aux! guest columns electronically by way of online services or Internet, or to simply contact staff members, the Herald-Zeitung's address is NBHZeitungOAOL.com. QUOTABLE"A biased journalist will lose credibility sad sources, and when you're without credibility and sources, friends, you're not a reporter.'' John Mashek journalistStop singing about it and just do it EDITORIALKudos As exciting as Saturday^ football victory over MacArthur was, there was an awe-inspiring moment before the first play from scrimmage. With heavy traffic trying to get into the stadium, the buses carrying the band, pep squad, cheerleaders and Monoceras were late arriving to the game. As a result only a handful of the Unicom band members were present when the stadium announcer said, "And now the Unicom band will play the New Braunfels alma mater." People around me began saying, "There's no one to play" or "Wheres the band?" and "They can't do that; there's no one here." At that point one lone trumpet player for the band raised his instrument and played the alma mater, by himself, not missing a note. From my location, one could have heard a pin drop. It was truly inspirational and typified the season the Unicorns have experienced. Despite seemingly ov erwhelming circumstances, someone steps up and does what it takes. This lone trumpet players actions are a credit to the school, the community and the parents of this band member, lft also a great lesson: anything is possible, if you believe. R. Fletcher New Braunfels (Editors Note: That lone trumpet player was junior Nick Leifeste. Job well done! See related story' on Fbge I A.) (Kudos is a regular feature of the Herald-Zeitung in w hich readers can recognize the work or support of individuals and organizations in the community'. Send your Kudos to: Herald-Zeitung, 707 Lamia St., New> Braunfels, TX 78130, or fax them to (210) 625-1224).Write us ... The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung welcomes letters on any public issue. The editor reserves the right to correct spelling, style, punctuation and known factual errors. Letters should be kept to 250 w ord*. We publish only original mail addressed to the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung bearing the writer's signature. Also, an address and a telephone number, which are not for publication, must bs included Please ate the page number and date of any article that is mentioned Preference is given to writers who have not been published rn the previous 30 days. Mail letters to: Letters to the Editor co the New Braunfels Herald Zeitung P O Drawer 311328 New Braunfels, Texas 78131-1328 Fax 1830) 625-1224 New BraunfelsHerald -Zeitung Editor and Publisher, Ext 301 ................................. Doug Toney Managing Editor Ext 220 Margaret Edmonson Marketing Director Ext 208 Jason Bor char dt Classified Advertising Manager Ext 214............. Karen Remmger Business Manager, Ext 202 Mary Lee Hall Circulation Director, Ext 228 Carol Ann Avery Published on Sunday mornings and weekday mornings Tuesday through Fnday by the ■MewHruunhrL Herald-/sauna(LSPS 3774*))TOT Linda St, or PO Dialer 311328, New Braunfels, Comal County, TX 78131-1328 Paxnhcal postage paid by the Air* Braunfels Herald-/et nam in New Braunfels, texas Lamer delivered in Comal and Guadalupe counties: three months, $20.50; six months, $37, one year. $66. Senior C itizen Discounts by earner delivery only: ax months, $33; one year, $62 Mail delivery outside Comal County in Texas three months. $30.30; six motahs, SSS; one year. $103 SO. Mail outside Texas: ax months. $78; one year, $118 25 Subscribers *ho have not received a newspaper by 5:30 pm Tuesday through Fnday or by 7:30 am on Sunday may call (830) 625-9144 it by 7 p.m. weekdays or by 11 am on Sunday, PosTMxsTfcX Send address changes to the View Braunfels Herald-/etlung P O Drawer 311328. New Braunfels, Tx. 78131 • 1328. lf I were Colin Powell, I would be insulted that the president of die United States believed I became a general, an advisor to presidents and chairman of the Joint Chiefs because of die Army's affirmative action program instead of merit. Yet that is precisely what Bill Clinton suggested to author Abigail Themstrom at a * town meeting" on race in Akron, Ohio, last week. Themstrom had been added to the program following complaints that the audience was composed exclusively of those favoring affirmative action. The president, returning to his Oprah-Donahue role, continues to focus on the externals of race when he ought to be focusing on the internals of character, diligence, attitude, morality md personal integrity. When minorities and the majority attend to the internal things, die external things usually work out. For example, the successful shun crime, drugs and sexual activity that leads to fatherless kids and single motherhood. lf poor and minority children were allowed to go to the schools of their choice, their education would improve to the level where they Cal Thomas could compete for college admission with everyone else. They wouldn't need a two-track admission system or remedial programs. Unfortunately, the education lobby and its political allies don't want to open themselves to competition because they would lose their political power, and they are willing to sacrifice even the future of children in order to maintain that power. The president continues to emphasize feelings and attitudes rather than virtue and accomplishment. This line of thinking subordinates success to emotions. Ask those in poverty whether they would rather have a sympathetic president or a real job, an intact family and a future. For their part conservative whites are tired of hearing the whining and complaining. They will not be intim idated into continued spending on failed and discriminatory programs by stories about slavery and bigotry by others. Yes, blacks in luxury cars are sometimes wrongly stopped by the police. Yes, some store owners are wary of black customers. And yes, some Macks get greater scrutiny at the bank when cashing checks. These are all wrong and should be corrected. When too much attention is focused on the bad, we get more that is bad. If we focused more on the good — from good black-white relations, successful minority individuals, responsible and loving minority families — we might get more that is good. In 1930, multiracial novelist Jean Toomer wrote a letter to a friend in which he suggested that our tendency to label people might be the cause of our division: "My view of this country sees it composed of people who primarily are Americans, who secondarily are of various stocks or mixed stocks. The matter of descent, and of divisions presumably based on descents, has been given, in my opinion, due emphasis, indeed over emphasis. I aim to stress the fact that we are all Americans. I do not see things in terms of Negro, Anglo-Saxon, Jewish and so on. As for me personally, I see myself an American, simply an American." Toomer wished to "withdraw from all things which emphasize or tend to emphasize racial or cultural divisions. I must align myself with things which stress the experiences, forms and spirit we have in common." He sounds like actress Whoopi Goldberg, who says: "I'm not African-American. I'm an American." Such attitudes might do more to heal racial divirions than the constant nagging, whining and ' 'gimme" syndrome that engulfs the liberal and civil rights establishment. Our country isn't perfect because people aren't perfect. But there's no greater land of opportunity on Earth. Let's stop the songs about overcoming and start overcoming. When that happens, real healing, and real progress, will follow. (Cal Thomas is a syndicated columnist.) Nice qoina Janer.' Nowwiwm canali) j nottinu UK . J. I Remember this when Christmas shopping Dick Thaier, a professor ai the University of Chicago, gave every second student in hts class a $6 coffee mug He then asked those with and without mugs what they'd buy or sell the mugs for. Those without mugs didn 't think much of them and offered just a dollar of two. Those with the mugs, by contrast, valued them and were unwilling to sell them for less than five or six dollars. His research intfccates that $ IOO lost seems to matter to us about twice as much as SI OO gamed. Mott of us have loss aversion We then to cling to our mistakes because we hate to recognize a loss. Perhaps that explains why so few of us are willing to change behavior that is bad for us. lf we change, we have to admit we were wrong So to maintain a feeling of complacency. we keep doing the same things thai harm John Ingram Walker lf we tend to hold on to things, why are so few of us saving and investing money 9 Why ate most of us in debt? Why is the average net worth of an individual rn the wealthiest country in the world less than S3,CKX) Because advertisers, peer pressureToday in History By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Dec. IO, the 344th day of 1997. There are 21 days left in the year. Tedey's Highlight ie Watery: Ob Dee. IO, 1900, President Theodore Roosevelt became the first American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, for helping mediate an end to the Russo-Japanese War. and social habit have taught us a buy-now-pay-later approach to finance. My guess is that if Thaler had allow ed his students to use credit cards to buy the mugs, they would have given $10 for them. I read somewhere recently, I think, (I hate it when I swear to myself that I'll remember an interesting tidbit and. later, am uncertain of the exact facts and figures. Worse yet is writing down the information somewhere and not being able to find my notes) that shoppers don't pay off their Christmas debt until the following summer This might not be true because I can't remember where I read or heard this tidbit Nonetheless, most of us spend more than we should on Christmas girts With that in mind, here are some financial considerations for this Christmas season. Ob this date: la 1520, Martin Luther publicly burned the papal edict demanding that he recant, or face excommunication. la 1017, Mississippi was admitted as the 20lh state. la 1009, women were granted the right to vote in the W yoming Territory la 1090, a treaty was signed in Pans, officially ending the Spamsh- • A luxury once sampled becomes a necessity Those things that we can be happy without before we've bought them — remote controls, microwave ovens — become impossible to do without once we've used them. Pace y ourself when shopping Don't go toto hock to buy an expensive entertainment center when you have no center in which to put it. • W atch what you buy yourself for C hristmas. I once bought myself a pair of golf shoes. For someone who plays golf once a decade, this seems, to retrospect, a little extravagant (Frankly. I was an idiot bul I try not to dwell an it) • Never shop for food items on an empty stomach. • Never make an important buying (or investment decision) on toss than seven hours stoep. • Exploit the difference between frugal, cheap and extravagant. Frugal is turning off the lights when you leave the room, bringing a tool inside so it won't rust and taking long. brisk walks instead of buying treadmills that no one ever uses. Cheap is buying your wife something toss nice than she'd like when you can emily afford American War. la 1931, Jane Addams became a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, the first American woman so honored. la 194t, the U.N. General Assembly adopted its Universal Declaration on Human Rights. la 1959, Ralph J. Bunche was presented the Nobel Peace Prize, the first black American to receive the award. to make her really happy. Extravagant is buying something you can't afford just to impress someone who doesn't care. • Avoid expensive restaurants when shopping. You arc eating your money • Bargain. If you buy two — make certain you need two — you might get IO percent off. A long, thoughtful sigh before you buy might get you a price reduction if the seller really wants the sale. • Yes, Virginia, because politicians enjoy playing Santa Claus (it gets them re-etocted), there always will be Social Security But if Social Security is all Baby Boomers have at retirement, they will be Baby Booers. Why not start your favorite Boomer to a no-load, tow expense stock market index fund*? You might introduce to him/her an interesting concept — saving • Learn the difference between expensive and valuable. Silver coins purchased as an inflation hedge are valuable. A silver-plated coffee mug bought «i credit is expensive. (John Ingram Walker is a psychiatrist, speaker and author.) la 1951, the first domestic passenger jct flight took place to the United States as a National Airlines Boeing 707 flew 111 passengers from New York City to Miami. la 1994, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize during ceremonies to Oslo, Norway. la 1997, ringer Otis Redding died in the crash of his private plane in Wisconsin. ;
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If I'm trying to prove that my husbands native country, Ecuador, has a poor (repressed-# 127 compared to #10 USA) Economy and the education is poor (for myself as I am in College now) What documentation could I use to prove this? (for hardship if I were forced to move to Ecuador)
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There are many sources on the internet that will demonstrate Ecuador's economic struggles, education struggles, and other related difficulties you would face if you had to return to Ecuador with your husband. These are important to include in an I-601A application, and good articles that you find wll be considered by those adjudicating your application.
I strongly suggest you consult with a qualified immigration attorney in order to prepare the I-601A. You need to demonstrate BOTH that you would suffer an extreme hardship here in the US on your own (without him) AND that it would be an extreme hardship for you to relocate to Ecuador. These things can be demonstrated many ways--and to demonstrate them, you need to include more than country conditions.
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Of all the petitions to be filed with USCIS this, and an asylum petition, should always be filed with an attorney. There is no appeal for a 601, and generally economic hardship to the immigrant is not a consideration (but the economic hardship to a Citizen if the citizen had to live without the financial support of a deported spouse might be.)
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It is really in your best interest to hire an attorney to guide you through this process. There is no appeal and you are at a detriment doing this on your own. To get the waiver granted you have to demonstrate two things. 1) You cannot (not don't want to) move to Ecuador to be with your husband and, 2) you cannot (again, not don't want to) live here without him. It is not easy to do, especially in young marriages. The economy alone is not going to convince the decider as most of the countries waivers are being applied from are not doing all that well. Think about making a consultation to discuss the process. Good Luck!
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It should be darker now we'd say, but we knew it to be otherwise. Somewhere far away dogs barked at the cold and whined for their frozen water. The air faded from our mouths like the ghosts of friends, the ones we lost and the ones we never had. It was old then, I believe that nothing ever was until I lived, and it aged with me, and when I died, so did the world. What a terrible thing you'd remark, and I could not say a word.
The morning sun barely lit our way but reminded us of the warmth that would come in time. We'd left early that morning, a pack of cigarettes, a comb, and a flask filled with well water; our holy belongings. My clothes hung in places that were no longer easy to gaze upon, and I now preferred the colors that drew little attention. I never had your beauty though. There was a calm about you, a courtesy to the ones who knew no better. How I ever convinced you to love me I will never learn, but I'd ask and you'd say because we had the same soul.
It was rare to have seen you like that. The cold held you higher to the light than the summertime. You were fragile, resilient, finite. Beautiful. My beard had grown as long as I dared, for fear you'd wake to find a madman, and my hair was brittle from the winter, but you'd run your fingers through it and wake some ancient dying forest. Our eyes were tired from the things we'd seen in our dreams and in each other.
I often dreamt of that wall of fire in my later years. I told you of it often. I woke in the basement of my grandmother's house, and walked outside, looking to the field that fell into a hill. And there, behind the first row of slim baby pines, that wall of fire stood. It never moved, but remained in stasis, as if the heat of the sun yielded no warmth or light, but only fear. The world had cracked. It had changed in a way that was unknowable, it burned from the outside, and I gazed upon smolder praying for ignition so that it may exist again, if only to destroy and nothing else. The pines never caught, but cast their shadows onto the dying grain and weeds, and I heard them cry, Take no more, for you have taken everything. I asked to give it back, and only heard them weep. And as I stepped back, for now the heat decided to come for me, I knew that what stood behind me was the worst thing I could imagine. If I turned to meet it, if I had the courage, the world would not give up on me, would forgive me. But I was too weak, and the earth succumbed to the fire. I'd often have trouble describing it to you, and you'd only wait and listen while I fumbled with my words. You'd know when I dreamed that dream, you said that you could see it on my body, that I looked like a boy, ready but scared to die. I am afraid to die.
I see things when I close my eyes and understand that what I knew to be real is now forgotten and the world won't help me remember. Or that the world remembers, and hasn't the heart to show me. I don't think I want to know, my memories are coal that burnt too long, and no amount of fire will ignite them again. They have lost me, and returned to whatever state a forgotten memory can return to, and I continue on now. There are things I don't know about you anymore, and I fear to ask. But the things we experienced, whether intentional or sought after in slumber, have been and will always be, graciously written on the ground we walk upon.
When our daughter was born, I had thought that I understood the ways of life, and I learned that I did. She was beautiful in ways that I cannot fathom. Often I looked upon her sleeping in the last few days before she died and wondered what God wanted from us. To give us something so wonderful, and to take it away one day. The morning I found her, the day was cold and I looked out of my window and saw a black bear walking away from our home. The bear lumbered forward and stopped. Lifting its head, it gazed upon the beehive that hung in the tree next to our well. It stood there for a long time, never moving, only watching. The bear turned and looked back at me, and walked on. I rose from the bed and walked into her room, to wake her and tell her the things I saw. She did not wake for me, and I knew then that God had made a decision and would never explain himself. And I hated him for it, and will always hate him for it. Your brother had said she was in a better place, to trust in God's plan. I hit him. Who does God pray to, I asked. You cried even more, and swore not to speak to me. Later, I understood what he had meant to say, even if he didn't know it. We will always be left alone in this cold, but embers remain deep in the soot, praying to be stoked if only to light our eyes.
My grandfather had said the smell of burning wood lingered on us, that your laugh would be the crackle of bark and my heart was the warmth on a cold man's hands. It was so long ago, we were still almost kids. He was a man that few could imagine, a steadfast creation of a time when life was not as valuable or primarily amazing. He'd often tell us stories of times when the world was familiar only to memory, of his father, the farm that raised him, and the life that only he knew. I imagine that I know what he felt, to gaze upon the earth with eyes on borrowed time. To see creation that is rushing, mutating, forming into patterns and structures incomprehensible to the passing of time. If God is so old, why are we so lost? Why must this forest remain so dark?
Did we leave the comfort of home to die out there? I'd never know why I'd think such a thing, but often times I would. Those early mornings. You'd tell me why we did it, I'd always forget. Forgetting made the lie settle without disturbance, kept me blind, and continued to move my feet long after I knew they shouldn't. Sometimes I lied to you not because I wanted to keep the truth from you, but if only to give what was deserved but could not be provided. There was little to give without staining the meaning, so instead I stained my soul. Ants admiring birds, as they wallow in dirt.
We found an old car in the woods one day, not far from home. The trees had claimed it and the weeds, knee deep, held it like a baby. The paint had rusted off but a few chips stood their ground. You opened the passenger door and we decided the car was a crypt on account of the animal bones. We didn't go back again.
We walked all over those woods, picking up sticks and kicking pine cones. We'd head back when the air got warm and hear the church bells from down the road. Scolded we were for never going. For me, God never resided in the church. You could feel him in those woods though, and I knew he lived there. Little was to be learned behind the doors and walls of the congregation, and having no patience and removed interest, I often found myself leaving as the Spirit entered. You would carry a cross and I asked you once if you believed, you told me fools believe. I was confused, and you said you just knew, and that was good enough.
It was quiet in those twilight days. Beneath the boards ran the veins of our hopes and memories, slowly drying and cracking as we forgot the things we once wanted and never obtained. We had no tv, nor radio. It was an ugly thing, what we had grown up seeing. And I am fortunate enough to know someone who's heart also hurt when gazing into things that were not our business. We often got catalogs and credit offers, and those were good for starting the fire. We had checkers and books, and the value of conversation. It was the worlds way of tucking us in, I think. Don't look, the earth would say, at what I've become.
I'd look out the window some days and swear it looked back at me. The earth talked to me, I'd say to you. You asked what it said. Cold mornings, I'd reply. Nothing truly ever spoke, I am not so foolish or senile to believe it, but what else could it say? No longer could it promise any verification of the aspirations of a man not so young. So it warned me, the perch is crumbling.
We walked further than normal that morning. My cough had gotten worse and I brushed away any concern you had for that. We came to a clearing at the edge of the woods and found an old camp site. The fire pit had long burnt out, but I knew I'd been there before. Or was going to be there. We kept walking a ways and from the top of a grey and old hill, saw the light break within the limbs of oak tree. Sprouts beneath the tree still curled up likes pups near their mother. Shh, she'd say. Your hand touched mine, not to hold or to comfort, but to reassure, that the days would come when hill would grow barren and the sky would only shed its cold skin, but not today. Today, when lost men soak their prayers in shallow ponds and they forget that tomorrow watches from their shoulders, all will remain in its moment and disregard the future.
The beauty we'd found that morning was with me as I laid in bed and your tears dampened the pillow. You never spoke but listened to the things I'd say. I talked about the old camp site often, the circle of logs and the muddied ash. I'd say it was never your fault but that an old man had done what he could. I don't know if you ever believed me. I wished you would. I told you of the tree we saw and felt your smile on my shoulder. My heart shuddered when I thought of never feeling it again, but I prayed you didn't notice.
The candle beside the bed burned down until only a puddle of white wax dripped to the floor. The moon, jealous of his brother, showered us in the cold white glow as I watched your red, wet eyes drift slowly off. I kissed your forehead and looked out of the window and saw the still night filled with that same hanging light. Cold mornings, it said to me. I looked back to you and pulled the covers up and held your shaking body. Closing my eyes, I could see the sprouts open beneath the tree, basking in the slow warmth of the old sun. I heard her sigh as they whimpered and her roots spread further and further, gathering and encompassing all that lay before her dominion. She was weary, as all nature becomes, and the pups began the cycle anew, robbing her of the life she had robbed another of, and all was right and just. To remain is to never be, she knew, and so she settled, and let the earth conspire on her behalf. Virtue cradled in the absence of sentience, beauty and order that man can never obtain, and yet she would still dream. For the earth cannot rob her of that, and she looked to what had always flourished before her and never diminished her existence. And all the while she could never know the name nor the reason, but give herself over to the enigma that filled her thoughts. The soil was her truth, the sky her mystery.


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I've spent a long, long time trying to find a pair of low hikers/trail runners that fit my very narrow, low arch feet. One of the problems I've encountered is that when a shoe seems to fit in the heel and mid-foot, there doesn't seem to be enough toe room. Going up a half size obviously provides more toe room, but then the heel slips and I feel like I'm swimming in the shoe (even with thicker socks). As a general rule, how much space between the end of your big toe and the end of the shoe is desired? I've heard anywhere between 1/4" to 3/4".
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When I jam my foot towards the front of the shoe, I find that if I can put two fingers in the heel portion of the shoe (side by side not front to back), that leaves enough room for my toes and is a great overall fit for me.May 29, 2013 at 7:55 am #1990775
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I offer my experience as, perhaps, the extreme in one direction. I typically buy shoes with a full inch of toe room.
My wife says they look like clown shoes but they work for me.May 29, 2013 at 11:05 am #1990833
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I used to sell athletic shoes when I was younger and we always recommended the width of your thumb between the end of your toes and the end of the toe box. If you have shoes you are currently wearing and are getting heel slip you should consider getting a pair of heel grips, but I would suggest looking for a shoe that is uses a more narrow last to begin with. Some companies like new balance offers a variety of widths for most sizes.May 30, 2013 at 3:28 am #1991182
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Enough is the theoretical answer. Just enough so that your toes ideally never impact on the end of the shoe when you're doing descents. Of course almost everyone experiences some forward foot shift when going downhill for a long period so in practice about a finger's width or about 10mm seems to work for most people. That said, it's often hard to tell just where your toes are in stiff toed hiking shoes/boots so utilise the ramp that many outdoor shops have and really imitate walking downhill.May 30, 2013 at 4:38 pm #1991485
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I follow the thumb rule and the downward ramp walk test to ensure the toes make no contact. I have not yet bought a pair of boots or shoes that have not shrunk a little once they get wet, even with 100% synthetic materials including goretex.
Last year I bought a pair of Five Ten SAR canyoneering boots a full size bigger and they fit fine at first. These boots are designed to get wet and after two days hiking in a river they had contracted enough that my big toes were impacting. It 80K backcountry river hike and I lost a toenail.
I also have a pair of Solomon goretex boots that shrunk when they got wet and hurt my toes.
TipSolution for those with boots that are too small: I bought a set of wooden shoe stretchers with all wood and metal parts (no plastic). Put them in the boots (both pairs) and baked them in the oven for 5 hours at 140F. Then removed them and left stretchers in 2 days. It worked like a charm. I tried to find the level of heat necessary to soften the rubber materials so they would stretch gently but not too much to break down the glues or materials.
The goretex boots are still waterproof and both pairs now fit again!
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I agree with "enough." Don't listen to any rules of thumb, because it just depends on you. I need a *lot* of room down there, mainly because of my ankles–they're about as big around as mop handles, so there's no shoe in the world that will both fit my long feet and hold them from sliding. So consider your feet (width, length, instep, arch, toe taper, volume, etc.), your ankles, and anything else you can think of, and try shoes till you find a pair that makes it impossible to jam your toes into the end. And don't be afraid to look like a clown.
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when is Texas and NH going to get it together??
This is a discussion on Arizona / New Hampshire Sign Reciprocity Agreement! within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Arizona and New Hampshire have signed a reciprocity agreement. It is in effect immediately. Arizona is signing with anyone who will sign with them now. ...
Arizona and New Hampshire have signed a reciprocity agreement. It is in effect immediately. Arizona is signing with anyone who will sign with them now. On 9/21/06 Arizona's new law goes into effect and they will honor all other states permits. In the mean time they are signing agreements with anyone who will sign with them as it benifits Arizona Residents.
You can keep up to date on all the law changes for all the states at Handgunlaw.us .
when is Texas and NH going to get it together??
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If it is not in the US Constitution then the Federal Government should not be doing it.
"Carrying a gun is a social responsibility."
Texas was the hold up but Texas will now sign with anyone. We just have to get them together. Contact both TX DPS and NH Dept of Safety and tell them there is no reason they can't sign an agreement.
God I love this state. Boo-yah Arizona!
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ITFT / Quick Kill Review"It is enough to note, as we have observed, that the American people have considered the handgun to be the quintessential self-defense weapon." - Justice Scalia, SCOTUS - DC v Heller - 26 JUN 2008
Once more gary - thanks for getting us another heads up.
I like all good news - now if only PA had some more states on its reciprocity list. WV would be real handy for me. Wish too when headin' South I didn't have planet MD to go thru!!!
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is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!."
http://www.rkba-2a.com/ - a portal for 2A links, articles and some videos.
In my best Mr. Burns voice: "Excellent!"
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You can make a difference. Contact the Governors below and tell then you would visit their state if they would honor your carry permit.
For contacting the PA Attorney General who handles Reciprocity.
By Mail:
Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General
16th Floor
Strawberry Square
Harrisburg, PA 17120
By Phone:
By Fax:
On Line Email
To contact the West Virginia Governor who has to sign any such agreements
Governors Address
1900 Kanawha Boulevard, E.,
Charleston, WV 25305
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Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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The people in positions in Texas stated they woudl sign with other states that had similar laws etc etc and now Governor Rick Perry is going above and beyond. He is signing Unilateral Proclamations saying Texas will honor a states permit even if that state will not honor a Texas Permit.
The Governor has made Unilateral Proclamations stating that Texas will honor a Rhode Island, New York, Hawaii, Washington, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, California, Connecticut, Iowa and Nevada and none of them will honor a Texas permit. Washington is the only state that has Reciprocity in their law and can sign with Texas. So they are doing all they can to get people to honor their permit now.
They will sign with anyone who will sign with them now. They honor 38 other state permits.
In the past New Hampshire has only honored resident permits - has this changed? The posting did not address this point.
For example, Florida residents with a Florida permit can carry in New Hampshire, but non-residents of Florida with a Florida permit cannot carry in New Hampshire.
Does this reciprocity mean that non-residents of Arizona with an Arizona permit can carry in New Hampshire?
Please clarify.
New Hampshire will only honor permits from residents of the issuing state.


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The Humane Society is pleased to have partnered with the County to re-open a much needed animal shelter. We have made a $50,000 annual commitment as our portion of a financial obligation to a permanently open shelter.
This financial contribution, combined with the enormous time and effort pledged by our volunteers and HSPC board members, helps to support not a pound, but a humane shelter that provides a safe environment and veterinary care for the homeless cats and dogs in Putnam County.
This animal shelter is more than just a holding pen; it's a temporary home, with the goal of finding permanent homes for all adoptable cats and dogs.
We are a private, not for profit 501(c)3 organization, and all donations made to the Humane Society of Putnam County stay inside Putnam County. HSPC does not send money to the Humane Society of the United States, and the board members and store volunteers are not paid for their time and efforts.
Our goal is to place all adoptable animals into permanent homes. We are an advocate for the humane care and treatment of animals and are mindful of the safety of Putnam County's livestock, roads and its people. We will always follow best practices of similar no-kill shelters, with the exceptions requiring humane euthanization in cases of extreme injury, disease or aggression.
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Everyone seems to agree that while this was a boring Budget, it is one which will turn out to be a bonanza for business. It was certainly a good Budget for George Osborne personally, and, if the glowing headlines are to be believed, his passage from pariah to putative prime minister is now complete.
But it is too soon to tell whether the Budget will work. Osborne's measures – cuts in corporation tax, together with tax changes designed to bring self-exiled companies back to the country – will make Britain a more attractive place in which to operate. Taken with a much-needed injection of adrenaline into the life-science industries, plus tax reliefs and allowances for entrepreneurs, angel investors and venture capitalists, the UK should soon see another generation of Bransons and Dysons.
But there's a much bigger question worrying our more thoughtful City figures and industrialists. As Peter Meinertzhagen, one of the foremost corporate brokers, said to me after the Budget: "It's great to see Britain open for business again. But what is the Government doing to make sure present and future companies aren't going to be taken over again by overseas bidders, as we saw in the 1980s? Or with Kraft's bid for Cadbury." Since most of our growth comes from the manufacturing industry – the one foreigners love to gobble up – it's a good question. You only have to look back to the 1980s to see how our manufacturing base was ravaged by foreign takeovers – Pilkington, Rowntree, Jaguar and Leyland were all scooped up either because management were doing a lousy job, or shareholders wanted to make a quick buck, or both. Back then, Britain was still a net predator – taking over more overseas companies than we lost, but that has reversed. Over the past six years, the UK has been a net £160bn down, and, after the Kraft controversy, there are even more questions about the social usefulness of bids per se. Now that we're seeing the renaissance of our industrial base, do we want another rash of bids for some of our best firms? For example, it can't be long before there's a bid for Invensys, right now being eyed up by Chinese and US suitors. There's so much conclusive evidence now that most takeovers do not lead to economic value – either for shareholders or workers, that it seems perverse not to question the process more. As we have seen, Kraft's promise to keep the Somerdale factory open proved as limp as its "processed" cheese.
So is Osborne missing a trick by not addressing this explosive issue? It's one which is now taxing the Italians as they face takeovers by the French – Bulgari, Edison and Parmalat have all recently received Gallic bids. Italy's cabinet is introducing rules to stop strategic sectors, such as food, energy and telecoms, being taken over by foreigners, while Canada is seeking ways to stop its leading stock exchange from merging with the LSE.
Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, takes his own look at takeovers in A Long-Term Focus for Corporate Britain, a report due out in the summer. While I'm not turning protectionist, there is merit in making bids much harder for the predator to win and for shareholders to accept.
If Osborne wants all the good things in his Budget to have a lasting impact, then he should be looking carefully at what the Italians are doing, and getting together with Cable to come up with a more credible plan to keep British firms on side, and at home.
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I fear Marks & Spencer has got its knickers in a twist. Its new collection has just about everything under the sun, from frilly boho-style skirts with ribbons to gaudy turquoise and blue shirts. But try to find the basics, such as a white, long-sleeved T-shirt – a sine qua non for any working woman – and you'll receive an almost amazed response from the sales assistants. "No, we won't be having any of those until later," they told me at Westfield. Why not? If M&S can't stock T-shirts in all shapes and the best cotton, then I don't know what the shop is for any more. And the news last week that Sir Terence Conran is designing a new home-furnishing range for the chain? Well, M&S tried home furnishings before and got it horribly wrong. If you can't get a T-shirt at St Michael, I can't believe anyone would go there for a sofa, even a Conran one.
US dollars, Chinese walls and Britain's Libor rate: A scandal that will run and run
Setting the daily Libor was an accident waiting to happen. The sheer size of the market is mind-boggling; the value of the financial instruments such as short-term interest rate futures contracts, interest rate swaps, floating rates, syndicated loans and currencies, especially the US dollar, is said to be around $350trn.
Among my trader friends, it's been common chat for years that the way the London Interbank Offered Rate is set by a number of key banks was open to rigging and manipulation.
Now it seems that the authorities have caught on, and are investigating Barclays, along with banks such as Citigroup, Bank of America and UBS, for their role in fixing the benchmark inter-bank lending rate between 2006 and 2008. According to reports in the Financial Times, investigators in the UK and US are looking at whether communications between the bank's traders and its treasury team (the ones who set the daily offered rate) broke what's known as the "Chinese walls" which banks operate and which supposedly prevent the passing of confidential information between the various parts of the bank. What happens is that each day a group of banks get together to fix the rate at which banks borrow unsecured funds from other banks in the wholesale market where the banks make an "offer".
One of the main areas which investigators are focusing on is whether there was an improper influence on Barclays' submissions to the daily survey – when the fixing is done. The investigation is looking at the price of the US dollar rate and Barclays is one of 16 banks involved.
Apparently, the Bank of England – which is not involved in the formal setting of Libor – noted in its Financial Stability Report that it was concerned by how much the rate was rising during those critical months in September and October 2007. Barclays has yet to comment on the allegations but you can bet this is going to run and run.
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The girl, who was a passenger in the vehicle, was taken to North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale for non-life threatening injuries.
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SOUTH FULTON COUNTY, Ga. - A south Fulton County woman said she and her pets are being terrorized by a snake invasion.
Channel 2's Jeff Dore went to Carolyn Ellis' home on Cardiz Lane North on Monday.
"I'm nervous. I've seen like 15 snakes," Ellis told Dore.
The snakes even bit her twin Rottweilers, and one of the dogs was bitten twice.
"His nose was bleeding. Then I heard her barking, and I see her across there, and she leaped up in the air, and I saw her get bitten," Ellis said.
In June, Channel 2 crews spotted a snake in a nearby yard after a beaver dam created a swamp in the area. Ellis said she discovered snakes were living under her concrete patio. She said she has seen black snakes, copperhead snakes and others.
"At least five have come out from under there," Ellis said, showing the patio.
Her son has fought them off.
"He's killed them with a rake and then shot them. I had to pour bleach out the window on one that was right there," Ellis said.
She said she's now afraid to leave her home.
"I'm afraid to go out, and I've got to keep my Rottweiler in, meaning at 3 a.m. I've got to walk them out and put on boots to the knees," she said.
Ellis has spread snake-repellent, a type which a wildlife nuisance controller recommended to Dore, but Ellis said it came with great expense and little effect. She called the county for help, but officials declined.
"They said it's the homeowner's responsibility," she said.