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They say that men crave sex regularly, and women crave sex constantly. And while this may be true for some girls out there, for most girls their cravings to have sex are rather uncontrollable and occur only in certain situations.
In particular, there are 8 situations that make women crave sex the most. Those interested to meet Thai women should take note of the following things that make women crave sex, since they are very passionate in bed, so you might want to learn the psychology behind their sexuality.
After a fight. Sexual desire and aggression are somewhat similar in their nature. During a fight, lots of adrenalin and testosterone is released into the blood, which significantly heightens all sensations in the body.
And women see sex as their way to get rid of that accumulated sensations. In fact, it's long been known that the best way to reconcile with your woman is to have sex with her. And Thai girls are no different in that regard.
However, if you found a girlfriend on a dating website for single Thai ladies and you just had a fight, you'll have to be the one who approaches her with sex to make peace. It's because it is against thailand women's culture to make the first move.
In fact, hot Thai women never make the first move when looking for husband on online dating website. So you'll have to be the one who always makes first moves when dating a Thai girl.
Something good/positive. Women also crave sex when something positive happens in their life: she landed a job she has been looking for, she bought a beautiful pair of shoes, she graduated from her university… There are tons of situations that can make a woman happy, and those positive situations turn their sexual 'button' on.
Stress. In stress situations, women's libido can go crazy, and having sex helps women get rid of their inner doubts and fears while make them feel needed and more confident.
No sex period. Abstaining from sex can be difficult for women. When a woman doesn't have a regular sex partner and she doesn't want to sleep with just anybody to satisfy her needs, she craves sex even more. In fact, the longer she goes without sex, the more she craves to have sex.
Having an orgasm is vital for women's health and its proper psychological and physical functioning. Without sex, women become irritable, quick-tempered and endure serious changes in their temper.
Jealousy. If a woman sees that some other woman pays too much attention to her boyfriend or husband, she immediately gets fueled with the desire to make a statement: have sex with him and let him know that she is the best.
Thai brides for marriage are especially jealous and want to make sure that her boyfriend or husband is faithful to them. So every time she spots her man checking out other ladies or girls of other nationalities, she will likely give him an angry look and then have passionate sex with him later that night.
Ovulation. It's the period when women's sexuality reaches its highest point. So don't ignore your woman's sexual desire at that period because there is a high chance she could make love to someone else.
Partying. A company of good friends, a little of alcohol, lots of fun and (preferably) a slow dance will make any woman melt and crave sex.
Creative outburst. Psychological and sexual natures are tightly intertwined in women. In fact, it's believed that if a woman experiences an outburst of creative ideas, she is likely also having creative plans for you tonight.


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Attorney Jonathan Emord
Author of "The Rise of Tyranny" and
"Global Censorship of Health Information" and
"Restore The Republic"
August 6, 2012
On July 27, United States District Judge John L. Kane granted a motion for preliminary injunction prohibiting the United States government from requiring Colorado corporation Hercules Industries, Inc. to provide through its self-insurance program full coverage for FDA-approved contraceptive methods, sterilization procedures, and patient education and counseling for women with reproductive capacity.
Effective August 1, 2012, every insurer, including faith-based institutions and faith-affiliated employers, is required to include full coverage in insurance plans for contraceptive services. Following receipt of a severe rebuke from religious leaders, the Obama Administration agreed to withhold for one year (but not eliminate) the compliance requirement for objecting universities, hospitals, and social service groups. In recent congressional testimony concerning the contraceptive coverage mandate, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius stated: "All new insurance plans will be required to cover additional services and tests for women, with no out-of-pocket costs, including domestic violence screenings, FDA-approved contraception, breast feeding counseling and supplies, and a well woman visit, where she can sit down and talk with her health care provider."
Catholics and many other Christian denominations oppose contraception and abortion. For them, the Obamacare mandate forces payment for services that violate fundamental tenets of their religions. That, of course, is obvious to any familiar with the bill, which mandates contraception and abortifacent drug coverage in 42 USC 300gg-13(a)(4) and imposes penalties for non-compliance in 26 USC 4980D; 4980H and in 29 USC 1132. Consequently, the President's refusal to grant a blanket exemption if grounded on religious reasons reveals that he values compliance with a one-size fits all government insurance mandate more than he does respect for religious liberty protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution.
The fact that President Obama values social engineering through law more than adherence to constitutional barriers against abridgement of religious liberty comes as no surprise to astute observers, because his entire philosophy of government, which favors regulatory compulsion to dictate the direction of all matters of actual or potential import in society, subverts the very purpose of the Constitution in addition to its specific provisions to the contrary. In short, to Obama the Constitution is an occasionally inconvenient piece of parchment. In his view, the Constitution is not a Supreme Law that binds; it is a quaint relic of a bygone era that from time to time must be rationalized away. Obama's supreme law is Obama's will. In other words, Obama views himself as the law. He views himself as the nation. He views his will as the will of the American people. He is in those respects indistinguishable from the fascist dictators of the 1930's who likewise viewed themselves as the embodiment of all law, of the entire nation, and of all people in the nation. To concisely and accurately summarize: Obama views himself as a dictator and his dictates are the law of the land, the Constitution notwithstanding.
But in steps Judge Kane in Newland v. Sebelius before the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. In Newland, Obamacare's mandate that group health plans cover contraceptive services provoked Hercules Industries, Inc. to sue the government. Hercules Industries makes and sells HVAC products and equipment. Hercules' board of directors consists of four Catholics: William, Paul, and James Newland and Christine Ketterhagen. The board conducts Hercules' business affairs consistent with the board members' religious beliefs, one tenet of which is to reject contraception. Hercules has a self-insurance group plan for its employees and that plan expressly excludes abortifacent drugs, contraception, and sterilization, the very things Obamacare requires be covered.
To comply with the law, Hercules' board members had to violate their religious beliefs or pay a penalty to the federal government (Justice Roberts would call that a tax) to exercise those beliefs. Not willing to violate Catholic doctrine or become a law violator for practicing that doctrine, Hercules' board sued arguing that the mandate violated Hercules' board members' free exercise of religion under the First Amendment. Although Judge Kane recognized that the case presented novel questions, not least of which was whether a corporation is protected by the free exercise clause (consistent with precedent, it should be as the Supreme Court has often held corporations to have First Amendment rights), he found a substantial likelihood of success on the merits, supporting issuance of an injunction. He thereby protected Hercules from having to provide coverage for contraceptive services against the religious tenets of its board of directors and against the stated religious premise for excluding such coverage in the Hercules' self-insurance group plan.
This suit, like the suit pending by U.S. Citizens Association against Sebelius in the Sixth Circuit, reveals that the massive command that all uninsured Americans (regardless of their predilections to the contrary) buy federally qualified health insurance entails not only an extension of power beyond the regulatory limits of Congress in Article I but also a violation of rights to religious freedom, liberty, freedom of association, and privacy protected by the Bill of Rights.
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The painful Supreme Court decision upholding Obamacare on the basis of the tax clause has rendered the Constitution internally inconsistent and a threat to individual liberty. In short, even if Congress lacks regulatory power under Article I to enact a law that compels Americans to expend their after tax dollars to purchase a private good, the Supreme Court has held the tax clause to be a never ending regulatory power expander. So long as a law includes a financial penalty collectible by the IRS, then it may intrude into our lives beyond the limits of all other enumerated powers in Article I, because the penalty is a tax and the tax power is all-consuming. The only question remaining is whether this power to tax which trumps Article I also trumps the Bill of Rights. The federal courts' response to Newland and to U.S. Citizens Association suits will provide that answer. On that answer hinges the last best hope for retaining some constitutional limit on the expansion of federal power.
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2 teaspoons mixed peppercorns
1 pound rigatoni pasta, preferably artisan-style
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
4 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced
1 small Spanish onion, diced
¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, or to taste
½ cup chopped Italian parsley
1½ teaspoons salt, preferably Hibiscus salt, or to taste
1 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest, plus more for garnish
4 ounces Cabot Sharp Cheddar, cut into ¼-inch cubes
1 cup halved cherry tomatoes, preferably mixed orange and red
⅓ cup chopped fresh basil
4 cups loosely packed baby arugula, washed, spun dry and roughly chopped
Get the ingredients you need at a convenient nearby location.
CRACK and mash peppercorns to desired consistency, with mortar and pestle. Alternatively, place peppercorns in zip-close plastic bag and mash with meat mallet. Set aside.
COOK rigatoni according to package directions until al dente. Drain, rinse and set aside. Wash and dry pot.
ADD oil to pot and place over medium-high heat until oil is hot but not smoking. Add garlic and cook, stirring often, until starting to brown, 30 seconds to 1 minute.
ADD onion, and continue cooking, stirring often, until softened and starting to brown, about 2 to 5 minutes.
REDUCE heat to low and add rigatoni, stirring to coat with oil and garlic mixture. Sprinkle with red pepper flakes and reserved peppercorns, stirring just until pasta is warmed through. Remove from heat.
STIR in parsley, salt and lemon zest. Add cheddar, tomatoes and basil. Add arugula and stir to combine. Serve with more lemon zest sprinkled on top.
Grace Potter's recipes are divine. I think I've watched all of her Cabot cooking videos. I just watched this one and it's next on my list to make. She's so fun. I'm a grandmother and I think she's awesome. Can I borrow some of her lingo to make my grandkids think I'm cool? Well, at least, the fam will love her recipes.


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Despite the enormous damage it causes, European terrorism is a failure. In all the countries where it has struck -- mainly West Germany, France, Italy, and Spain -- the targets for disruption have resisted the onslaught.
Terrorists have two main objectives: (1) to disorganize the economy so as to cause its breakdown; (2) to produce such political and social tension that the army and the police will follow the example of Argentina and install a right-wing counterterror.
Once a country has turned to fascism in whatever form, terrorists believe, the enemy becomes clearly identifiable and the struggle acquires an ideological undertone around which to mobilize the masses. The resulting situation would lead to civil war and the subsequent disintegration of the state. Radical communism could then be erected over the state's ruins.
So far, the gamble has proven a losing one. The country most touched by terrorism, Italy, is typical in this respect.
In its effort to disorganize the Italian economy, terrorism is abetted by the inefficiency and corruption of the Christian Democratic administration. With their almost instinctive diffidence towards the state, however, Italians have reacted with all sorts of subterfuges. The most successful is the creation of a parallel economy where industries work, produce, and export. Thanks in good part to it, the Italian balance of payments and gold reserves are in excellent shape. A visit to any large department store in the US, or a walk down Fifth Avenue in New York, shows how extensive and varied Italian inventiveness can be.
The Italian economy is in serious trouble owing to inflation and unemployment.But, despite the strains to which terrorism and government inefficiency contribute in no small measure, it is very far from collapsing. The same can be stated with an even greater emphasis for the other European countries where terrorism is active.
The danger that the military might turn these countries into another Argentina seems equally remote. Thanks to the reforms that followed an attempted coup d'etat in Italy by Army elements some time ago, the Italian military today are fully trusted for their attachment to the Constitution by all political formations, Communists included. The police never have shown any political ambitions. In France, the traumatic experience of the Algerian war split the military very deeply at one time, causing rebellions. Today, however, no such threat exists.
Only Spain is causing some anxiety. So long as the Army remains faithful to the King, no major problem will arise. One cannot forget, however, that a number of generals were staunch supporters of the past Franco regime and that Franco himself was a general who rebelled against the legitimate government of the republic.
Two more reasons contribute to render terrorism ineffective: the role of the labor unions and the coordination among the various European police forces. The workers realize that a disorganization of the economy would hurt them as much as the capitalists. The terrorists are also against the Communist parties, which they cause of following the wrong road to power. The Communist-controlled labor unions, powerful in France and Italy, favor the measures to combat terrorism.
The various terrorist groups support one another across the borders in what the press now refers to as "Euroterrorism." But the police support one another, too, as shown by the success of recent coordinated actions in France and Italy.
Last December, the nine members of the European Community signed a convention at Dublin against terrorism. The ministers of the interior, responsible for the police, meet at regular intervals in places kept secret. The Italian police close both eyes if their French colleagues pursue a criminal for a number of miles inside Italy's own territory, and vice versa. The Germans look elsewhere when the French take a peep at their formidable computerized crime files in Wiesbaden.
This entente among police causes some concern for the future of civil liberties. The fear is being expressed that it may prove at times repressive and arbitrary. Strict regulations are being sought. But at the same time it is being realized that the greatest threat to liberty is terrorism itself. Terrorism today represents a coordinated action requiring a coordinated counteraction. As a Paris newspaper puts it, both sides have chosen the strategy of "all against all."
The basic fact remains, however, that terrorism today is an enormous threat that has failed.


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Charlie was a rare dog. He always wanted to be where you were, whether it was folding laundry with me in the basement or sitting on Christian's lap any chance he could get (including directly after taking a swim in the backyard). He'd kill the stuffed squeaky animals we brought home in a matter of days – slowly and meticulously removing the squeaker. He dismantled his favorite toy of all – mini squeaky tennis balls – with the same fervor… kill the squeaker, remove all the fuzz, shred the rubber. It wasn't uncommon to walk into our house to see a pile of shredded tennis ball on the carpet, or an array of tennis ball fuzz in varying colors strewn about haphazardly.
I think that Charlie was put in my life for a purpose. That purpose may not fully be known, but I can tell you that he and I got through a lot together… Break-ups, my Dad's ongoing health issues, friendship ends, graduation, moving (cough, 12 times), an appendectomy for me and a liver surgery for him… on any given day he'd patiently lay next to me while I cried about this or that, or get excited when something went right, barking and running as I laughed and cheered.


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Din and distraction in Hong Kong
Near midnight one night this summer, I walked through the Ladies Market in Hong Kong's Kowloon district. I say I walked. I hardly moved. Nobody did. The market, even at that late hour, was a crush of people. Families, mostly. But groups of teenagers and elderly couples, too, all out shopping when they should have been sleeping, all out in the street when they should have been in.
It was the middle of the night but it might have been the middle of the day. The market was bathed in the pink and orange and the polychromatic light of stacked neon signs.
It was awful and it was absorbing, a flagrant commercial free-for-all. Tung Choi street, the main pedestrian thoroughfare, was lined with tables of glossy faux-leather wallets purportedly from Coach, Gucci, and Prada. There were stalls crammed with electronic gadgets, trinkets, bags, balls, toys. The big crowd gave the illusion of anonymity. But the hawkers, they had their eyes out for easy sells.
I knew I was inching into a tourist trap, one of the worst in the world, but even so, I wanted, for some inscrutable reason, a souvenir. When my attention fell on a stack of paintings, I was swarmed. "Discount for you," I heard a voice say between snatches of Cantonese.
The art was going for 200 Hong Kong dollars a pop. I offered 150. The woman running the stall shook her head and sighed with great theatricality. I offered 170 and she forked over the canvas, a picture of the Hong Kong skyline and harbor, not beautiful but not bad either. It might have been a rip off but the haggling had made it feel like a bargain. And, besides, who could say in this liminal space and time where everything, even the hour, seemed hazy and askew?
Up ahead of me, I saw a toddler wobbling toward a window full of fancy-looking shoes. Where were the parents? I was having trouble hearing myself think. Along with the hum of the patrons and the persistent calls of the hawkers, tinny Chinese pop music poured from loudspeakers while, down at street level, buskers strummed guitars and pounded on drums.
I shouldered in the direction from whence I had come, passing shop after shop after shop after shop, never less alone in my whole life and yet, for all that, still alone amidst the drumming noise and the bright, bright lights. With ever increasing urgency, I creased through the crowd, anxious to escape with my painting, with my sanity, back out into the Hong Kong night.
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Well it's been 2 days since my first Avastin injection for my POHS. The injection wasn't as scary as I had expected it to be. The rest of the day I felt pretty sleepyyy and mildly uncomfortable in my eye. Yesterday I discovered little floaters that looked like things swimming around in my eye. After some research and asking people with POHS, I found this is normal with Avastin injections. Today I feel much better. I still have some discomfort, && I'm tired, but all in all I'm starting to feel more normal.
I just wanted to pop in and provide an update. I try not to sit at the computer any longer than I have to right now. I'm still sensitive to the light. Have a wonderful weekend!
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Woman, unhappy with sexy Easter mannequins, takes down display with garden shears
The mannequins dressed in sexy lingerie used in an Easter display outside a Clifton dentist's office were offensive to one woman who took the display down with garden shears on Tuesday.
While a local New York City news crew was filming the Grove Street Easter display at 1 p.m., a woman who said her name was Desire Mozek and lives in the area, took the display down.
Clifton police are investigating the vandalism and as of Tuesday afternoon, were still looking for the woman.
WPIX camera operator Andrew Ramos said the woman first walked by with her dog and made a comment that she would return to take it down. Shortly after, she did just that. The mannequins, who had caused some excitement the day before with their lingerie and colorful wigs and bunny ears, now are in piles in the dentist's garage.
Area resident Cheryl Lueddek, said the woman had no right to do that to the display.
"It's absurd," she said. "You can't do that to people."
The mannequins were dressed in fishnet stockings, sexy lingerie and colorful wigs with bunny ears holding Easter baskets on the front lawn of Wayne Gangi's Grove Street dental office. The display had upset some, while many thought it was funny.
Gangi said he thinks the woman who destroyed the display appears to have been seeking attention rather than justice due to moral outrage.
"She curtsied at the end" and her actions were caught on a news reporter's camera, Gangi said.
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The damage, Gangi said, runs between $500 and $1,000. He said he is seeking a restraining order against the woman who lives across the street from his office.
At Desire's home, the door was answered by Tom Mozek. He said Desire is not his wife and her name is Desire Shepstone. She and her son live in the home with him, Mozek said, adding she was not available to speak to the press.
"I told her don't do it," he said, adding she did it anyway. "She has to take responsibility for it."
Mazek said he has never met Gangi and doesn't want to get on his bad side.
"I like the guy," he said. "I don't like what she did."
Mazek agreed with Gangi and said Desire was seeking attention and was not outraged.
The display, which he called a "spoof," will be back up as soon as possible, Gangi said.
He said the idea came to him as he walked around Party City and saw the giant Easter eggs.
Remembering how as a "kid" he liked the Playboy Bunnies, he thought the display would be funny.
"This one came back to bite me," Gangi said in his garage where mannequin legs, arms, heads with colorful wigs and headless torsos were piled in a heap. He said he knew some people were unhappy with the display but didn't anticipate the vandalism. He said he received one "crazy letter" from someone who called him an "ignorant pig."
The five mannequins, which neighbors said first appeared on the grass lawn in front of Wayne Gangi's Grove Street dental office as part of a Valentine's Day display, soon returned dressed in green for St. Patrick's Day. With a wardrobe change and the addition of the pastel-colored wigs and bunny ears, the mannequins returned to celebrate Easter.
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One mannequin was missing an arm, which Gangi said was stolen while they were dressed in green for St. Patrick's Day.
"Someone took it," Gangi said.
About the spider that had been hanging above the Easter display, Gangi said it was up since Halloween. He said he hired people to take the fall display down but they couldn't reach the spider and left it up.
The mannequins, like the spider, were once part of his Halloween displays, but were put away for several years until a patient asked him to bring them back out.
The patient, Gangi said, asked him: "How come you never put the pretty ladies on your lawn anymore?" They returned to the lawn soon after.
The display earned the dentist the nickname "Hugh Hefner" — the founder of Playboy, who often was photographed with Playboy Bunnies.
Gangi's office, at the corner of Robin Hood Road, is no stranger to holiday decoration controversy. In the past, his elaborate Halloween and Christmas decorations have drawn criticism as well as lots of visitors and praise.
In 2012, the dentist's display of bloody corpses, skeletons and furry spiders that covered his building and property at 562 Grove St. attracted lots of visitors as well as a parking-ticket blitz, because Clifton police cracked down on what they called traffic hazards. Gangi was not happy and threatened to put an end to the decorations. He has not.


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It is a well known that it is the Flu season here in Napa County and the surrounding areas. Unfortunately enough for the residents of Bay Area, the death of a person diagnosed with flu increases the alarming risk Flu poses for them. The person diagnosed with flu was a 65 year old man, according to Napa County Public Health Division officials. This was the first death reported in Napa County caused by flu.
Earlier, there have been reports of death from Sonoma County, two in Mateo County, and another in San Francisco. However, they might not be the exact number and it is speculated that the exact number, though unknown, might be a lot more than 5. This is because only death of on or under the age of 65 had been reported till now.
The people of the area and the surrounding as well have been urged to obtain the necessary vaccine from the nearest hospital sources. This is in precaution to the huge steep rise in Flu cases witnessed this year. Every year, there have been reports of hundreds of people across the United States to have been either diagnosed or died because of this deadly disease.
To make sure that this deadly disease remains controlled, Napa County's Public Health Officer, Dr. Karen Smith has urged people to visit to the nearest hospital should they consider themselves or their relatives to have developed conditions of flu. She had also stated that everyone in the household should seriously consider getting a flu vaccine. Moreover,
She also mentions to avoid travelling outdoors if one should be diagnosed with this disease to ensure that it is not spread further in the County. Also, residents of the area should always wash their hands after coming home from outdoors. Such preventive measures would help reduce the risk of flu, if not cure.


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The child sex abuse scandal at Penn State forced the University's hand and they fired long time head-coaching icon Joe Paterno last night. He had agreed to resign at the end of the season but that was not soon enough for PSU. They were right. And to those hundreds of students protesting and chanting "One More Game" for Joe to stay to coach this year's season ending home game against Nebraska, this weekend, I can only say this "What are they teaching you there?" My son who is a senior at PSU and bleeds Nittany Lion blue is devastated over this of course but had told me early on that Joe had to go.
Let's get this straight – Paterno coaches football. He does not cure people, he does not fight fires, he does not lead a nation. He gets very highly paid to a particular job which he does particularly well – he is a legend, no question about it. But he is a coaching legend. Let's keep some perspective here. It is crazy that as an afterthought all the news channels are adding that Graham Spanier,the President of the University, was also asked to step down. The Board of Trustees' decision to end the careers of these two individuals was unanimous. It was also a no brainer.
As lawyers who get involved in representing institutions and individuals facing these kind of situations know, crisis management requires both short term and long term decisions to help get your client back on track. Call it "spin" or 'damage control" or "reputation management" any phrase you like, its important to get public perception back in your favor as much as possible by showing that you are addressing the situation seriously. Been there, done that. But that is not what I am talking about. This decision was a no brainer because of the reprehensible actions of Paterno and others at PSU that turned a deaf ear and blind eye to defensive coordinator's Joseph Sandusky's pattern of child abuse. Back in 1992 (nearly 20 years ago) an assistant coach came upon Sandusky and a 10 year old boy in the PSU locker room shower. The assistant testified before a grand jury that he observed them having anal intercourse. He told his Dad and then told Joe Paterno. Paterno now states that he was only told of "fondling" and "grappling" not sex which is why all he did was tell the Athletic Director at the time. I don't believe Paterno, but lets give him the benefit of the doubt. Your defensive coordinator was naked in the PSU locker with a 10 year old child. He may have been "fondling" and "grappling" with the child. You don't call the police to investigate? You don't follow up with Sandusky personally? You allow him to continue coaching right next to you without explaining his conduct? Ridiculous. Inexcusable. Indefensible. Especially when you consider that Pennsylvania, like most other states, has a mandatory reporting law that requires educators to report suspected child abuse to the appropriate governmental authorities. But who needs a law to tell them you should report someone behaving inappropriately with a 10 year old child. That the person would do so in a public place like the PSU locker room shows how far gone his behavior has gone. This is someone practically begging to be caught or so out of control that his judgment is totally off kilter.
But Paterno's and other's decision to look the other way allowed Sandusky to continue to abuse children. What can PSU ever do to undo that harm? Nothing. Sure they will be sued, but a child abuse victim never fully recovers; its a lifelong scar that often perpetuates similar behavior so the cycle never ends. PSU will be left scarred as well. But these students who are upset that Joe was not allowed to coach the last home football game of the season should put themselves in the place of the abused kids and their parents who undoubtedly think Joe Pa has already coached more games than he should have.
In 1901,Penn State Professor Fred Lewis Pattee wrote the school's official song "Dear Old State." All of the administrators, coaches, staff and students involved in this tragedy would do well to read the last verse of the song:
May no act of ours bring shame
To one heart that loves thy name,
May our lives but swell thy fame,
Dear old State, dear old State.


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Friday, May 20, 2016
Grad card for TE Share the Joy Challenge
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Here are all the Safe and sound 7 little words answers and solutions which was last seen on July 22 2021 7 Little Words Daily Puzzle. Many other players have shown interest in knowing the answer to this clue that is why we have decided to share the solutions below. If something is wrong or missing please do let us know by leaving a comment below.
Clue: Safe and sound
Solution: UNHARMED
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The Latest: Officer named in killing also shot a man in 2017
DALLAS – The Latest on a deadly shooting involving an off-duty Dallas police officer (all times local):
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Court documents show that the Dallas police officer involved in the fatal shooting of a black man earlier this week also shot a man during a confrontation in 2017.
An affidavit says that officer Amber Guyger shot and wounded Uvaldo Perez on May 12, 2017, after a struggle that resulted in Perez taking her Taser.
Police named Guyger Saturday as the off-duty officer who shot and killed Botham Jean Thursday night after she says that she mistakenly went to the wrong apartment and encountered him.
The Texas Rangers are investigating and an attorney for Jean's family has called on the authorities to arrest Guyger. Dallas police say the state police have requested more time to investigate.
In the 2017 confrontation, the affidavit says Guyger was one of two officers called to help another officer. Guyger was trying to assist, when a struggle began with Perez. Guyger fired her Taser at Perez, who then took her Taser from her. Guyger pulled her gun and fired, wounding Perez in the abdomen.
Guyger was not charged in the 2017 shooting.
8:25 p.m.
Dallas police have released the name of the officer involved in the fatal shooting of a black man.
A statement from the Dallas Police Department Saturday says the officer is Amber Guyger, a four-year veteran of the force assigned to the Southeast Patrol Division.
No other details about her were released.
Guyger has told investigators that she was off-duty on Thursday night when she mistakenly went to the wrong apartment and shot Botham Jean.
The Texas Rangers are investigating and say they need more time to determine whether to charged her with a crime.
6:35 p.m.
An attorney for the family of a man fatally shot by an off-duty Dallas police officer says an arrest warrant should be issued for the officer.
Attorney Lee Merritt was speaking following a prayer vigil for Botham Jean, a black man who was shot by an officer who says she mistakenly entered the wrong apartment and encountered Jean.
Dallas Police Chief U. Renee Hall had said Friday that the officer would be charged with manslaughter but on Saturday she said a warrant had not been issued because the Texas Rangers asked her department to wait. She says the Texas Rangers wanted more time to investigate the Thursday night shooting.
The prayer vigil Saturday, attended by dozens of people including Jean's mother, was held at the Dallas West Church of Christ.
2:15 p.m.
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings says the shooting death of a 26-year-old black man by a white off-duty police officer "is a very serious situation for the city of Dallas."
He told reporters Saturday that the Texas Rangers, the top criminal investigative agency in the state, has taken over the probe into the shooting death late Thursday of Botham Jean.
Rawlings says Jean was a young professional who displayed leadership and was a man of faith, and that he was "exactly the sort of citizen we want to have."
He says he spoke Saturday with Gov. Greg Abbott, who promised that the Rangers will ensure "justice will be served."
Jean was shot by an off-duty officer who was returning home after working a shift. The officer told investigators she mistakenly entered the wrong apartment and encountered Jean.
1:35 p.m.
Dallas' police chief says a warrant for manslaughter hasn't been issued for an officer who killed a man in his home because the Texas Rangers asked her department to wait.
Chief U. Renee Hall said Saturday during a panel discussion livestreamed on Facebook by television station WFAA that the state investigators said they needed more time to investigate the Thursday night fatal shooting of 26-year-old Botham Jean.
Police say the officer shot and killed Jean at his home and later said she had mistaken his apartment for her own.
Hall said at a news conference Friday that the officer would be charged with manslaughter, but it's unclear if that will still be the case.
1:30 p.m.
Government leaders of the Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia say the shooting death in Dallas of an island native came as a "shock" and that embassy officials in the U.S. will provide assistance to the victim's family.
Island authorities offered their condolences Friday to Allison Jean, who's held a number of government posts and whose 26-year-old son was killed late Thursday.
Dallas police officials say Botham Jean was shot by an off-duty officer who told investigators that she mistakenly entered the wrong apartment after returning home from a shift.
Jean was taken to a hospital where he died.
The officer has not been identified and police Chief U. Renee Hall says she'll be charged with manslaughter.
But it was not clear Saturday whether the officer has been formally charged or whether she's in custody. A police spokeswoman declined to comment.
11 a.m.
The mother of a black Caribbean man who was fatally shot by a white Dallas police officer who said she mistook his apartment for her own wonders whether her son's race was a factor in his killing.
Allison Jean in comments Friday broadcast by Dallas TV station KXAS questioned whether the off-duty officer would have reacted differently if she encountered a white man.
Jean, who has held government posts in the island nation of St. Lucia, says her son's death "just feels like a nightmare."
Police say the officer shot and killed 26-year-old Botham Jean after she returned home from her shift Thursday night and said she mistook his apartment for her own. Authorities say she will be charged with manslaughter.
Botham Jean attended college in Arkansas and had been living and working in Dallas since 2016.


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A Slut, Like YouAugust 11, 2013 at 6:06 pm | Posted in Relationship Woes | 1 Comment
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This past weekend, I had the opportunity to participate in a march, a protect, against victim blaming, down in our Nation's Capitol. The event was called Slut Walk and it takes place each year in cities across the country to raise awareness around an alarming issue. Back in 2011, a police officer in Toronto suggested that in order for women to remain safe, they should stop dressing like sluts. With this walk, we are taking the word "sluts" back. We need to teach "don't rape", not "don't get raped."
The walk, in many ways, was a culminating event in the life of one of my dearest friendships. My good friend has been involved with domestic violence and related causes for several years now and she got me involved, which only made sense after the violations we both experienced in our lives and still experience to this day.
I can remember very clearly one of the earliest times I was violated. I was in middle school, and there was this boy who would always linger a little too long after hugging me, always sit next to me, touching my thighs, my sides, whatever he could slyly get away with. He was much larger than me, and I was scared so I went along with it, not knowing what to do. He would do this to me in the halls of the school, and even in computer class, and nobody would help me. He would do this to many girls I went to school with, some were better at thwarting his advances than others, but we never talked about it with each other. Together, we were silent victims. And he, a boy turned into perpetrator by what society told him was okay.
The violations continued in different forms in high school and into college, before my intuition kicked in and told me this was wrong and that I needed to do something about it. It was then that I seeked out a safe relationship, someone who would treat me right and keep me away from all the "bad guys". And it worked.
I am lucky that I have never been brutally attacked by a stranger, never was I left for dead in a park as many people picture rape. But rape comes in many forms, and women are sexually violated every day and we very often just take it. Some women confuse it for attention that they badly seek. Some women confuse it with marital responsibilities. Many women trust their offenders. In fact, 7 out of 10 victims of rape know their rapists. So much for stranger danger.
And we, as a society, need to speak up, need to change this. Victims, survivors, should not be held responsible for being abused. It is not their fault. Offenders are the ones to blame, not my skirt. And it's time we start teaching that to our children.
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B: We are B and H, a now-married couple and this is the story of our life in the remote Falkland Islands. In August 2015, I proposed to H then promptly flew down to become the only History teacher in the Falklands' only Secondary school. Originally going for a 2-year term, we ended up staying for nearly 5 incredible years surrounded by wilderness, sheep, penguins and the South Atlantic. Sadly, we had to leave the islands that we love so much, but we kept this record during our time there. This is what we got up to and what life is like there for the benefit of our friends and family (and anyone else who happens to be intrigued by the Islands).
In early 2015, before we left the UK, we wrote this:
B: "I guess I'm the reason we're heading to Stanley: I've been teaching History for two years and have now taken up the post of History teacher for the Falkland Islands Community School (the only Secondary school on the Islands). People keep asking 'why the Falklands?' and the easiest answer is because I wrote my undergraduate dissertation on the Falklands conflict. Since then, it's been on the hit-list and this was an opportunity we couldn't turn down".
Hannah: "I'm studying Physio (finish in September 2015) and heading to the Falklands in October, so hopefully B will have things all set up and unpacked by the time I arrive! With just 3,000 people, I'll be adding to the Irish contingent on the Islands. I can't say the 18 hour flight down is a selling point but I'm sure I'll make some friends on the way (RAF friends!). I will be looking for my very own Monty and Mable. I've had a crash course in Falklands facts and history in the last few months and I think I know more than quite a few British people! Shame on you all".
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Manfredo Massironi
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Manfredo Massironi was born in Padua on June 8, 1937. He graduated in Architecture in Venice and in 1959, along with Edoardo Landi, Toni Costa, Ennio Chiggio, and Alberto Biasi, he founded Gruppo N in Padua. It was the core of Italian Programmed and Kinetic Art and in their manifesto, written in 1961, these artists declared themselves "experimental draftsmen," free from any plans or artistic tendencies and sharing in the search for a new definition of art that would integrate painting, sculpture, architecture, and industrial production. The activities of the group as a whole and of the individual members were strictly connected; many works were in fact produced collectively, thus refuting individuality.
In 1960 the artist took part in the first Gruppo N exhibition in Padua. The show was entitled Nobody Is Invited to Intervene, and it provokingly hinted that the viewer should not to go to the show. The following year, Massironi and Costa presented Struttura Dinamica at the Studio N. This sculpture was a mirror composition that could be moved to reflect and combine light in various ways. In 1962 he took part in Arte Programmata, a show organized by Bruno Munari at the Milan Olivetti showroom that then traveled to Europe and the United States. Two years later he was invited to show at the Venice Biennale.
However, the collective investigation promoted by Gruppo N―in which most of Massironi's art production took place―proved to be very difficult if not utopian, so much so that in 1965 the group split up. The ideological prerequisites necessary to work together had failed because of the discrepancy among the members and the difficulty to sell group works on the contemporary art market. The same year, however, Massironi along with Biasi and Landi founded the new Gruppo ENNE 65. This new artist collective was heavily influenced by Optical and environmental art and used movement and artificial lighting to create stimulating visual and sensory experiences for the viewer. In 1967 Massironi retired from the art scene but continued to produce some work and a series of collages. The artist died in Padua on November 30, 2011.


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Road Games [Collector's Edition]
"A Clever, Eccentric Thriller in the Hitchcock Vein!" – Creature Features Movie Guide
Stacy Keach is Pat Quid, a lone trucker who plays games to keep his sanity on long hauls through the desolate Australian Outback. Jamie Lee Curtis is a free-spirited hitchhiker looking for excitement with a game of her own. And somewhere up ahead is a maniac in a van whose game may be butchering young women along the highway. But when the killer decides to raise the stakes, Quid's game becomes personal ... and the rules of this road are about to take some very deadly turns.
Director Richard Franklin (Psycho II) packs plenty of Hitchcock-like twists and suspense into this sly shocker that was nominated for four Australian Film Institute Awards and remains one of the most surprising thrillers of the '80s.
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- NEW Composer Brian May Music Demos Accompanied By Stills And Poster Gallery
- Audio Commentary With Producer/Director Richard Franklin
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Lanawan Farmers Association: A farmers enterprise set up after Typhoon Yolanda
Typhoon Yolanda struck heavily as it landfalls in the eastern part of Leyte in November 8, 2013 damaging all crops especially coconut (the major crop of eastern Leyte), human lives, properties and infrastructure.
Barangay Lanawan, MacArthur, Leyte, is an upland community of the Municipality of MacArthur with 67 households and the main crops produce are corn, coconut and root crops (cassava, gabi, camote) and banana. It was a tremendous experience we had, we could not imagine what was happening. The wind blew stronger and the roof of our houses were all blown up. We evacuated at the Barangay Hall. After the typhoon, we all saw that our coconut trees were all damaged. Corns, bananas, cassavas were all damaged. We do not have something to eat. Relief good was so scarce because we are at the outskirt and an upland community. Our Barangay Captain, Hon. Michael de Luis, attended all the callings from the donors for us to avail relief goods and other services especially potable water.
It was through the recommendation of Mrs. Lydia Ligahon, whose husband works at the Alternative Indigenous Development Foundation, Inc. that our prayer was answered, the need of a potable water system.
A blessing came to us when the staff of the Alternative Indigenous Development Foundation, Inc. (AIDFI) visited our barangay last January 7, 2014 and surveyed the spring source. The surveyor together with Project Coordinator, Jose Moven Ligahon, called for a barangay assembly and informed the community that the ram pump project is feasible in our community. However, there were some requirements to be fulfilled like the bayanihan and legal documents. These were then prepared and signed by the owners and the Barangay Captain.
AIDFI also organized us into an organization. The Community Facilitators taught us how to manage our project. Leadership Training Seminar, Simple bookkeeping were taught to us. Together with our officers, they registered our association to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
Job opportunity was also embedded in the project wherein our husbands were hired as laborer and the women were also part of the labor force in order to finish the project on time. AIDFI also provided us a seed capital for our livelihood and enterprise project. (AS NARRATED BY CLAIRE DE LUIS, the chairperson of Lanawan Farmers Association).
After three (3) years, the Lanawan Farmers Association had stand up and regain their lives. Today, the association had already bought two hectares of land and developed it into an organic farm supplying high value vegetables in Tacloban City. An organic piggery of seventy five (75) heads, a corn mill and a farm to market road was accessed by the association.


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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Georgia would love to be back at the Superdome next week, playing for the title it really wanted.
Instead, the Bulldogs will have to settle for being Allstate Sugar Bowl champs.
Overpowering the country's last unbeaten team, black-clad Georgia took out its frustration at getting passed over for a shot at the BCS championship with a 41-10 rout of Colt Brennan and the Warriors on Tuesday night.
Next Monday, on the very same Superdome field, Ohio State will meet LSU in the national title game. The Bulldogs (No. 5 BCS, No. 4 AP) feel they're as deserving as either of those teams, and they'll certainly get no argument from Hawaii, which came to the Big Easy with a perfect record and left all beaten up.
"We're No. 1," Georgia safety Kelin Johnson proclaimed. "We're supposed to be in the national championship game. The nation knows it, everyone knows it."
Added linebacker Marcus Washington as he celebrated on the field: "We're the best in the land. We should be playing next week."
In nothing else, the Bulldogs got a headstart on next season on the first day of the new year.
Georgia (11-2) established itself as a leading contender in 2008 with a total whippin' of the 10th-ranked Warriors (12-1), who cracked the BCS with an unbeaten run through the Western Athletic Conference, then fell flat in their biggest game ever.
There was no repeat of the Boise State Miracle. This night was nothing but a four-hour-plus rendition of "Glory, Glory To Ol' Georgia."
"We wanted to make it like a national championship game," said Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford. "We prepared really hard and it showed."
Knowshon Moreno ran for a pair of touchdowns in the opening quarter and the Bulldogs' defense made life miserable for Brennan, a Heisman Trophy finalist and catalyst for the nation's highest-scoring team. He was sacked eight times, threw three interceptions and lost two fumbles, one of them recovered for a Georgia touchdown.
After getting slammed to the Superdome turf one last time by Geno Atkins, Brennan staggered to the sideline, his night mercifully done. The junior had the worst showing of his career in a game played to the finish, going 22-of-38 for just 169 yards, less than half of his 348-yard average this season.
"This is not how I wanted my career to end," the senior said.
The Bulldogs led 24-3 by halftime and quickly snuffed out any chance Brennan might lead an improbable comeback, as he did in bringing Hawaii back from a 21-point deficit in their regular-season finale against Washington.
On Hawaii's first possession after the break, Brennan was sacked by Roderick Battle, then picked off by Asher Allen. The Warriors held, getting an interception of their own on a tipped ball, but that merely set up Brennan for more misery.
"We wanted to make Colt throw it faster than he wanted to," Georgia coach Mark Richt said.
Marcus Howard, who spent as much time in the Hawaii backfield as the guys wearing white, sped by tackle Keoni Steinhoff like he wasn't even there and crashed into Brennan. The ball rolled loose in the end zone and Howard recovered, giving him as many touchdowns as the vaunted run-and-shoot offense that was averaging 46.2 points a game.
"It just shows it's not always about offense," Howard said. "Defense wins ballgames, and that's what happened tonight."
As it was, Georgia set a school record with the highest-scoring bowl game of its long, proud history, eclipsing a 40-26 win over TCU in the 1942 Orange Bowl.
Still, the game's MVP award went to Howard, who had to wait until his senior year to start. He sure went out with a bang in this final college game: three sacks, two forced fumbles and a tipped ball that was intercepted by teammate Dannell Ellerbe. Allen picked off two Hawaii throws. Freshman Rennie Curran chipped in with two sacks.
After Ellerbe's pick, defensive coordinator Willie Martinez leaped into his player's arms along the sideline, giddy at the way his unit shut down a team that had eight 40-point games this season.
Georgia lobbied for a spot in the title game after the top two teams in the BCS rankings lost on the final day of the regular season. But the Bulldogs, who didn't even make the SEC championship game, had to settle for their third Sugar Bowl appearance in five years.
"I feel we're the No. 1 team in the country," Howard said defiantly.
With their title hopes dashed, Richt urged his players to get a good start on 2008, knowing an impressive win over the Warriors would surely set up the Dawgs for a top-five ranking at the start of next season -- and better positioning for a run at No. 1.
Consider it done.
Hawaii hoped to follow the lead set by WAC rival Boise State, which capped last year's perfect season with a stunning overtime win against Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl. In the locker room before the game, coach June Jones urged his team to "play with confidence, like you belong."
They didn't.
Brennan ran up against a swarming Georgia defense that was in no mood to give the little guys another day in the sun. In the first half alone, he was sacked five times and turned it over twice, losing a fumble and throwing an interception.
"We've never played in this element," Brennan said. "We got here and we tried as hard as we could to keep it as normal as we're used to, but it just seemed like we weren't used to this kind of venue. We weren't used to the crowd noise. We couldn't get our audibles."
Georgia wasn't much help, either.
"It was the fastest team I've probably ever seen," Brennan said. "We just couldn't get into our groove and do what we wanted to do."
Hawaii finally got to the end zone with 10 1/2 minutes to go and backup quarterback Tyler Graunke running the offense. He tossed a meaningless 16-yard TD pass to Ryan Grice-Mullen while Brennan watched from the sideline.
In all fairness to the Hawaii star, this wasn't really a fair fight. The Bulldogs were so much stronger, so much faster, so much better in so many areas.
Even so, it was tough to be serenaded with chants of "Overrrated! Overrated!" by the Georgia faithful.
"They're a great football team," Brennan said. "I'm just really disappointed that we didn't show up and at least play our type of football. We're such a better football team than what we showed tonight."


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Where do you draw the line between the artist and the art they create? If a piece of artwork, whether it's a painting, a book, a song, or heck, even a game, touches you in some meaningful way, is that experience ruined by a later revelation that...
The Art or the Artist
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Game Review: Sentinels of the Multiverse
posted by Caitlin
Much like a couple of my fellow Princesses, I am a huge fan of superheroes. I grew up watching Batman: The Animated Series; Spider-Man; X-Men; and many other cartoons where people in tights saved the world. When the first Wolverine & Friends...
Old or New, A Convention Question
posted by Ang
Today I get in a car and start driving towards Columbus, Ohio with a couple of good friends and all the supplies I need to survive five days of gaming awesomeness that is Origins Game Fair. Heck, by the time I woke up today, there were already early...
Family Reunions
posted by Alana
As we move to the summer months many families have large get together over BBQ and pasta salad. Nerds do this type of get together as well but instead of a watermelon or hotdogs we bring a new board game for the family to try out. With great...
Fallen London: Come Play with Me
posted by Elle
The year is 1861, and London has been stolen by bats. Except no one says that anymore, except the Revolutionaries. Welcome to Fallen London. In December of 1861, Prince Albert, the Prince Consort to Queen Victoria, ruler of the United Kingdom of...
Silent Hill 2 and Guilt: Part 5
posted by Margaret
Here's the final part of the Silent Hill 2 post series. Enjoy. Guilty James (Continued): The structure of the game's narrative is important because of the "need of translatability" for conveying psychologically-motivated stories to James and...
Fleshing Flesh
posted by Elle
The GM's gotten everyone around the table – characters rolled, feats selected, classes discussed so the party's as cohesive as it's going to get. The coffee's re-filled in everyone's cups. The GM spins a story, lays out the...


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Anna Kendrick was snapped as she was heading to a friend's house in Los Angeles. A little gossip: According to E! News, the 29-year-old actress is dating cinematographer Ben Richardson, who worked on her film "Drinking Buddies".
Anna was super on trend wearing her straight leg jeans rolled up at the ankle. She paired them with a leather jacket by Kate Spade Saturday. These jeans are the very trendy slouchy boy fit jeans. More and more we see that the skinny jeans are being substituted by a more comfy and modern boy fit style. The good thing about the slouchier jeans is that you can still look cool and sexy wearing them, but without the discomfort of skinny tight sticking to your legs jeans! 😉
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When it comes to West Palm Beach sugar babies, the volume of them fluctuates throughout the year. When the snowbirds come down during the winter, the amount of sugar babies in West Palm Beach shoots up big time. These girls know to follow where the money is. Once winter passes, you start seeing less of these girls around. Just because there's less supply doesn't mean the quality is low.
West Palm Beach Sugar Babies
The quality of West Palm Beach sugar babies is quite high. Being an hour north from Miami sugar babies, the winter brings in the girls from all over Florida. All without the hustle and bustle from the party cities. While the men seem to be older in WPB, the guys that are younger get to benefit big time. After all, these sugar babies prefer just slightly younger if they have the choice.
Sugar Babies in West Palm Beach
Sometimes, just sometimes, sugar babies in West Palm Beach will surprise you. They aren't very rigid on age, even though they don't prefer really old sugar daddies. If you enjoy nightlife, the type of sugar baby you're really looking for will gravitate towards you.
West Palm Beach since in a very interesting spot being on the east coast of Florida. With access to so many larger markets right around the corner, the pool of talent here allows you to tap into all those areas of Florida. Additionally, you get a great mix of nationalities that come into WPB.
My final note on West Palm Beach is the nightlife. WPB provides such a laid back atmosphere compared to this other cities. As a result, you get to actually engage with your sugar baby verses long partying. For me, I love nightlife, but hate the long night of constant partying. Sometimes a man just enjoys the simpler things with his sugar baby! If you're more on the quieter side, you can always use sugar baby sites like Ashley Madison to be ahead of the game.


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Boehm Test of Basic Concepts | Third Edition (Boehm-3)
Boehm Test of Basic Concepts Third Edition helps evaluate basic concepts essential for school success.
Boehm-3 Preschool
The Boehm-3 Preschool test helps identify children who lack understanding of basic relational concepts, for early intervention and increased chance of success in school.
Bracken Basic Concept Scale Expressive (BBCS:E)
Bracken Basic Concept Scale Expressive is a verbal response test of a child's basic concepts skills expressively. BBCS:E helps determine cognitive and language development, for assessing childhood academic achievement.
Bracken Basic Concept Scale | Third Edition: Receptive (BBCS-3:R)
Bracken Basic Concept Scale | Third Edition: Receptive evaluates a child's acquisition of basic concepts nonverbally. The tested areas are strongly related to cognitive and language development as well as early childhood academic achievement.
Bracken School Readiness Assessment | Fourth Edition (BSRA–4)
The BSRA–4 systematically assesses a child's readiness for school by evaluating understanding of important foundational academic concepts: colors, letters, numbers/counting, sizes/comparisons, shapes, and self/social awareness. Get pre-publication pricing on kits NOW!
Bracken School Readiness Assessment | Third Edition (BSRA-3)
Brief and easy to administer, the Bracken School Readiness Assessment Third Edition helps determine if a child is ready for school.
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals - Fourth Edition (CELF - 4)
Quickly and accurately identify and diagnose language disorders
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals Preschool-2 (CELF Preschool-2)
A preferred testing method, Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals® Preschool-2 (CELF® Preschool-2) assesses aspects of language necessary for preschool children to transition to the classroom.
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals Preschool-3 Screening Test (CELF Preschool-3 Screening Test)
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals® Preschool-3 Screening Test (CELF® Preschool-3 Screening Test) quickly identifies children at risk for a language disorder.
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals | Fifth Edition (CELF-5)
The Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals® | Fifth Edition (CELF®-5) offers a robust assessment of pragmatics using observations and interactive activities.
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals | Fifth Edition Metalinguistics (CELF-5 Metalinguistics)
A revision of the Test of Language Competence-Expanded, the CELF-5 Metalinguistics assessment includes five tests of higher-level language skills embedded in upper-grade curricula and critical to classroom success.
Expressive Vocabulary Test | Second Edition (EVT-2)
Brief and easy to administer, the Expressive Vocabulary Test Second Edition (EVT-2) is designed to coordinate with the PPVT-4.
Expressive Vocabulary Test | Third Edition (EVT-3)
Expressive Vocabulary Test Third Edition (EVT-3) is a norm-referenced and individually administered test of expressive vocabulary and word retrieval based on words in Standard American English.
Kaufman Survey of Early Academic and Language Skills (K-SEALS)
The Kaufman Survey of Early Academic and Language Skills (K-SEALS) is a valuable tool for testing school readiness, identifying gifted children, evaluating program effectiveness, and researching children's early development.
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test | Fifth Edition (PPVT-5)
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test™ Fifth Edition (PPVT™-5) is a norm-referenced and individually administered measure of receptive vocabulary based on words in Standard American English.
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test | Fourth Edition (PPVT-4)
The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test Fourth Edition (PPVT™-4) is the outstanding vocabulary assessment unsurpassed for nearly a half century.
Preschool Language Scales | Fifth Edition (PLS-5)
PLS™-5 Preschool Language Scales Fifth Edition offers a comprehensive developmental language assessment with items that range from pre-verbal, interaction-based skills to emerging language to early literacy.
Receptive-Expressive Emergent Language Test-Fourth Edition (REEL-4)
Effectively identify language impairments in infants and toddlers
SPELL-Links to Reading & Writing and SPELL-Links Class Links for Classrooms (SPELL-Links / Learning By Design, Inc.)
SPELL-Links™ to Reading & Writing and SPELL-Links™ Class Links for Classrooms™ are instruction and intervention products for struggling readers and suitable for students with dyslexia. The SPELL-Links™ products use a speech-to-print word study approach that leverages the brain's innate, biological wiring and organization for oral language.
Test de vocabulaire expressif—Troisième édition : Version pour francophones du Canada (EVT-3 CDN-F)
Une évaluation du vocabulaire expressif et de la récupération de mots pour les francophones du Canada
Test of Adolescent/Adult Word Finding-Second Edition (TAWF-2)
Measures word-finding skills
Test of Word Finding—Second Edition (TWF–2)
Diagnose word-finding disorders in children
Test of Word Reading Efficiency | Second Edition (TOWRE-2)
Test of Word Reading Efficiency Second Edition is a measure of an individual's ability to pronounce printed words and phonemically regular nonwords accurately and fluently.
The Bridge of Vocabulary 2: Evidence-based Activities for Academic Success
The Bridge of Vocabulary 2: Evidence-based Activities for Academic Success is a completely digital, evidence-based set of vocabulary activities designed specifically for both general and special education professionals.
Échelle de langage préscolaire—cinquième édition—version française (PLS-5)
Évaluation interactive des habiletés de développement du langage
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Approximately 70% to 80% of Americans prefer to buy products made in the USA, but many aren't willing to pay an exorbitant price just to make sure they purchase only home-grown consumer goods. Renewal by Andersen of Long Island proudly offers a full line of affordable, custom-crafted replacement windows and patio doors made in the United S#1. tates. And, we work hard to help homeowners on a tight budget plan their home renovation, so they get the quality they expect from our brand, on financial terms they can live with.
Our Long Island neighbors who look for "Made In The USA" labels, may be interested to know how our brand measures up to their personal standards compared to buying products fully, or partially, constructed in another country.
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Renewal by Andersen factories follow EPA guidelines that ensure clean processes that promote a healthy earth. We use a cradle to grave sustainability formula that demands we go above and beyond the minimum standards. For example, our patented Fibrex composite window frames utilizes wood reclaimed from the factory blended with low-maintenance vinyl, resulting in fewer trees harvested to service our customers.
Superior craftsmanship means our windows are durable, performing perfectly for decades, resulting in fewer discarded home windows that find their way to a local landfill. And, our logistics team continuously monitors the shipping cycle to make sure we use fuel efficiently, keeping our carbon footprint as small as possible. Whether you choose double-hung, casements or bay window configurations, you can rest assured our team takes environmental stewardship seriously.
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While off-shoring manufacturing allows some brands to offer deeply-discounted products, typically purchased off-the-shelf from a big-box or privately owned stores, lower prices achieved by using cheap labor in other countries comes with a bigger price tag than many people realize. When large percentages of manufacturing entities depend on overseas workers for inventory, fewer US citizens have jobs, which negatively impacts our national economy. Lower wages lead to smaller discretionary budgets, which curtails consumer spending, resulting in people cutting back on buying things that aren't essential.
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January 2015
Our mission is to promote the participation, empowerment, and leadership of women legislators. Every female state legislator in the 50 states, United States territories, and the District of Columbia is a member of the Network. The Network does not advocate for or against state policies, but sponsors informational briefings, workshops, and gatherings so legislators can better understand an issue and learn from one another.
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Hello, and Happy New Year!
As the president of the Women's Legislative Network of NCSL, I wish you the best for 2015. I want to extend a special greeting to those of you beginning your first terms in the legislature. Congratulations! I hope you will turn to NCSL for information and guidance throughout your lawmaking career, and please contact me personally if I can be of any assistance.
This monthly newsletter is intended to keep you informed about women in state legislatures, NCSL meetings and resources, and noteworthy news. We will be focusing on a different topic each month; you'll see information and resources about human trafficking in this issue. We welcome news from your state, so please submit any items that you'd like to share with women around the country. February's topic will be women, small business and entrepreneurship.
The mission of the Women's Legislative Network is to promote the participation, empowerment and leadership of women legislators. The Network is bipartisan and includes every female legislator in the states and territories. I hope you will join us at a future event or share your ideas about what you'd like us to work on.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Jane Powdrell-Culbert, State Representative, New Mexico
President, Women's Legislative Network of NCSL
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There will be approximately 1,785 women serving in the 50 state legislatures this year. Review complete data here.
The recording of this webinar for newly-elected women legislators is now available online. Please share with your friends and colleagues.
NCSL gathered a veteran group of female legislators for this webinar. These experts provided new legislators with tips on how to master the rules, carry legislation, provide constituent service and earn the respect of fellow lawmakers. They shared advice about maximizing your strengths and building relationships with your colleagues, and about how to find a mentor and move in to leadership.
View the webinar here.
The Women's Legislative Network board supports continued attention to the topic of human trafficking.
Human trafficking is the buying, selling and smuggling of people to profit from their forced labor or sexual servitude. Every state has passed legislation addressing some form of trafficking activity and lawmakers continue to explore new methods to combat traffickers and provide support for victims.
The federal Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act has major implications for states and requires several policy changes in the areas of child welfare and support. The law, passed with bipartisan support, was signed by President Obama on Sept. 29, 2014.
Major provisions of the act include:
Read the full article here.
The act provides various changes to existing law regarding child welfare, including some required state action in areas of foster parenting, adoption incentive payments and others. In addition, the bill requires certain data collection and reporting by states regarding sex trafficking, including the identification of children who may be at high-risk of becoming sex trafficking victims, particularly current and former foster children. Complete information available here.
The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) condemns the trafficking of persons. Combating human trafficking requires a strong partnership between the federal government and the states. Regardless of the form trafficking takes, it is the exploitation of innocent victims, both domestic and foreign born, who require protection and separation from their traffickers. Full policy here.
Recent legislation has given significant attention to preventing victims from being treated as criminals and improving anti-trafficking efforts for minors. Two-page document here.
In 2014, at least 31 states enacted new anti-trafficking laws. Full report here.
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota, and humanitarian Cindy McCain joined NCSL's 2014 Legislative Summit to discuss work in Congress, the states and through private initiatives to bring national focus on trafficking, ensure that victims are not treated as criminals and to develop policies to end it.
Watch the video here.
A few examples of anti-trafficking work from around the country. If we missed your state, please submit a news tip for future issues.
Bills aimed at protecting teens exploited by sex traffickers and to shutter massage parlors involved in prostitution will be introduced in the Alabama Legislature this spring, the chairman of the state's legislative task force on human trafficking said this week. Read more here.
The Safe Harbors Youth Intervention Project granted by the Minnesota Legislature developed a victim services model to address the needs of sexually exploited youth including: juvenile runaways; truants; victims of criminal sexual conduct; prostitution; labor trafficking; sex trafficking; and domestic abuse and assault. Read more here.
On December 7, state representative Kimberly Dudik's organization, the Montana Anti-Trafficking Project, held its first Run for Freedom 5-kilometer race in Missoula as part of an effort to raise money for the group, which works to raise awareness and prevent human trafficking in Montana. Read more here.
The Nebraska Capitol in Lincoln was illuminated in blue light on January 11 for a vigil in support of victims of human trafficking and awareness about the issue. Read more here.
Four bills and one Senate Joint Memorial were passed in 2014, covering a wide range of issues regarding human trafficking. Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles, Network past president, worked to get the bills passed. Read more here.
The Women's Legislative Network welcomes the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association as an Alliance sponsor.
The complex nature of treating cancers is reflected in the extraordinary number of oncology patients suffering from a multitude of deadly strains, each with its specific pathway and potential treatment. According to the American Cancer Association, while death rates are decreasing, new incidences have showed no signs of slowing down. Last year, in the U.S. alone, 1.7 million new cancer cases were diagnosed from over 45 body sites. An estimated 580,000 patients died from cancer-related causes in 2013. Next to heart disease, cancer is the leading cause of death in the U.S.
A new, highly focused and scientifically proven model is evolving, championed by Novartis and other drug developers: Precision Oncology, the use of information that is related to the genomic makeup of a particular cancer to treat that cancer or to prognosticate for that cancer. The treatments that result, or "targeted therapies," are drugs that are designed to block the growth and spread of cancer by interfering with specific molecules (molecular targets) that are involved in the growth progression and spread of cancer.
This contrasts sharply with traditional chemotherapy drugs that act against all actively dividing cells, healthy or not. Targeted cancer therapies that have been approved for use against specific cancers include agents that prevent cell growth signaling, interfere with tumor development, stimulate the immune system to destroy cancer cells and deliver drugs directly to cancer cells at a vulnerable location or stage of growth.
Understanding the continued urgent need for many of these agents, Novartis Oncology has pioneered an innovative program called Signature in the U.S., which flips the traditional clinical research model by bringing the protocol to the patient. The program rapidly matches patients to investigational drugs that target their tumor's molecular abnormality. Instead of asking patients to travel great distances to access the trial at a limited number of participating sites, the program can be started at any research office in the country, and there is no limit on the number of participating physicians. Community oncologists can register patients in this program that rapidly matches them to Novartis investigational therapies that target their specific molecular abnormality, regardless of tumor type. This method not only speeds up the required patient enrollments for clinical trials, but also enables testing of a drug's safety and effectiveness on a variety of cancers at one time. This also gives patients who meet eligibility criteria greater and more timely access–a win-win for everyone!
As Signature expands its footprint in the research and development landscape, Novartis will continue to reinforce its commitment to clinical trials and drug development as well as providing access to more underserved patients.


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"I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world…" Rainer Maria Rilke
With potent prompts and open invitations — supported by an inspiring mix of music — we'll travel together in the rich atmosphere of Vinn Arjuna Marti's beloved Soul Motion movement practice.
Saturday, December 7
$25 – 35
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All are welcome.
What is Soul Motion?
Soul Motion is a conscious dance practice that views creativity as an inherent expression for every body. Nurturing and developing the awakening of stillness in every movement moment, Soul Motion supports this realization as a fully engaged expression.
More about your facilitator…
Michael Zipkin has skipped and stumbled onto countless dance floors since first wandering into Barefoot Boogie at the turn of the last millennium. He's practiced and trained with Vinn Arjuna Marti, Zuza Engler, Michael Molin-Skelton and Kathy Altman, and was certified to teach Soul Motion in 2009. Opening space for dancers to get a taste of themselves, alone and together, he continues to shiver in gratitude.