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Make It Stop: "I Got Back Together With My Ex, But I Haven't Told Him I'm Moving" – The Frisky
I'm 25 and for the last year and a half, I've been living in Canada (I'm American). I want to go to law school and practice in the US. Since law school is expensive, my parents have generously offered to let me move back home and live with them rent-free so I can save money. Up until about a month ago, I was excited about this.
But then, with impeccably poor timing, my ex "Khalid" resurfaced. He's also 25 years old, and he's a Moroccan living in Canada on a student visa. We met on OKCupid last October and when we first got together in person, I had this overwhelming feeling that I had just met my future husband. I'd never experienced anything like it before or since. We fell for each other hard, but after three months he broke things off suddenly claiming that he wasn't ready for a relationship. I was devastated, but he reached out recently. We met and all of the feelings rushed back. He apologized for the way he ended things and said that he thinks he made a huge mistake in breaking up with me.
In the last few weeks, we've been hanging out a lot (fooling around but no sex) and things are so different now, in a good way, from how they were last time. We've been writing each other letters, sharing our favorite books and learning so much about each other that, for whatever reason, we hadn't bothered to learn the last time. It's making me think that maybe this is meant to be, and maybe that gut feeling I had over a year ago wasn't wrong.
We've had some cursory conversations about the future but nothing serious or specific. He knows that I'm applying to law school and how that will entail a move. He is currently in graduate school and will likely also move when he finishes this year. The part I haven't told him is that I'm moving back home in less than a month.
I'm supposed to move sometime before Christmas but I haven't even bought a plane ticket yet. I really don't want to anymore even though from a financial/logistical standpoint, I have to. It sucks because not only do I not want to leave him just as he's come back into my life, but I also don't want to spoil the "love bubble" we've been in with some serious real-talk. I'm afraid that by bringing all of this up he'll feel like I'm putting pressure on him and he'll just bolt like he did last time. But I know that I have to tell him and it's breaking my heart.
How do I tell him in such a way that it doesn't seem like I've been dishonest with him? And, is this even tenable? Like, is it an insane pipe-dream to think that this relationship has a snowball's chance in hell of working out? I really, really want it to and I am more than willing to do long-distance and put the effort in because I think he's worth it. But I worry that he won't feel the same way. And if he wanted to join me in the US at some point, it would be kind of an involved process. While he's not the sort of person to be easily daunted by bureaucratic nonsense, it is an extra layer of difficulty.
Let's first address your second question about whether you and Khalid have any chance of working out. Between him being semi-flaky before with the "not ready for a relationship" business, your relatively young ages, and the additional bureaucratic complications, the writing is on the wall. While you've enjoyed being in the "love bubble", this relationship has some serious hurdles that dim its longterm prospects. Is it a bummer? YES. Is it frustrating? HELL YES. Does it make you want to scream and cry and punch a pillow? OF COURSE.
But that's what being an adult means. It means making these tough calls. It means choosing to set your life up first and then finding a person to compliment it afterwards. By all means, enjoy your time with Khalid, but absolutely do not derail your plans to accommodate your feelings for him.
The truth is you aren't in a place to commit to each other. You're about to invest some serious time and money into your career, and at your age, that is truly what matters most. Your education will be with you for the rest of your life and it's the wisest, most loving gift you can give to yourself.
As for what to say, just be upfront about the direction your life is taking. Don't apologize for anything and don't make promises you can't keep because you aren't in a place to make them. Be tender yet firm: "Unfortunately, I have to move home at the end of the month to go to law school. Although I'm sad at the thought of leaving you, I'll always cherish our time together."
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It can be easy to confuse emotion and passion for love, especially in the midst of intense life changes. Sometimes it seems easier to hope the romantic fantasy where you two skip off into the sunset magically works out. It seems so much appealing than putting the hard, scary work into diving into a new career in a new city. But it's 100% the right call to move, go to law school, and keep investing in yourself and your education.
My hunch is that the sting of separation won't last long. It may not happen right away, but in six months when you're eyeball-deep in classwork, you'll be happy you cleared your mind and carved the time out for your studies. It can be lonely studying long hours, but at least you won't feel frustrated trying to nurture a long-distance relationship, or worse, nursing a fresh heartbreak when you have to focus on complicated coursework. That's a little gift to yourself too.
It's not too often when you can look at a decision as being a turning point in your life, but this is definitely one of those times. Put yourself and your education first and I'm confident the universe will reward you for your wisdom.
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Jason R. Gabriel is the General Counsel. Mr. Gabriel joined the Office of General Counsel in March 2010. Prior to joining the Office of General Counsel, Mr. Gabriel specialized in the areas of Land Use, Zoning, and Local Government Law as well as Real Estate and Financial Transactions, Development and Preservation initiatives, with the law firm of Edwards Cohen. Mr. Gabriel represented and counseled clients in various Land Use and Zoning matters, navigating through the various regulatory, permitting and approval processes, as well as negotiating, drafting and handling multi-faceted Commercial and Real Estate transactions and closings.
Mr. Gabriel currently provides counsel in the areas of City, County and Local Government law including Constitutional Law, Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, Planning and Development, Community Redevelopment, Economic Development, Elections Law, Ethics, Procurement, Legislative Affairs, Labor and Employment, General Litigation and Public Finance.
Mr. Gabriel received a Bachelor of Arts Degree, Cum Laude, from the University of Florida in 1998 with a major in Philosophy, and a Juris Doctorate Degree, from the University of Florida in 2001.
While in law school Mr. Gabriel clerked for the Honorable Toby S. Monaco in the 8th Judicial Circuit of Florida, and served as a Legal Research & Writing and Appellate Advocacy Teaching Assistant.
Mr. Gabriel is a member of the Florida Bar, a member of the City County and Local Government Law Section of the Florida Bar, and a member of the U.S. Middle District Court of Florida. Mr. Gabriel is an active member of the International Municipal Lawyers Association ("IMLA"), Florida Association of County Attorneys ("FACA") and participates in the Florida League of Cities ("FLC") municipal attorneys association.
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Never underestimate the power of a good old-fashioned stick when it comes to weapon selection in self-defense situations. Stick-like objects are readily available, be it brooms, pool cues, fallen timber, or a variety of other household-type objects.
Short sticks are easier to handle, but require more up-close interaction.
Long sticks can allow some distance from your attacker but can easily break and can be difficult to control.
Tip: Broom handles and the like can easily be broken. Two sticks are often better than one.


Talia and Reshantic's wedding was the perfect spring wedding. I could tell Talia put a lot of thought into the details and she choose the perfect location to celebrate their wedding, Still Waters Winery is the perfect place, every little corner is a surprise.
ReShantic and all the groomsmen looked dashing and posing them was so easy, and a lot of fun. I don't have enough words to describe how beautiful Talia looked in her wedding dress, she was happy, and it showed.
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California, Florida and Texas will play a big role in Obamacare's enrollment goals. | REUTERS
The swing states of Obamacare
By JENNIFER HABERKORN
Three states could have an outsize role in the success — or failure — of Obamacare.
California, Florida and Texas are home to more than one-third of the nation's 46 million uninsured people. If the White House and its allies can't convince large chunks of the uninsured in those three states to enroll in the Affordable Care Act's new insurance exchanges, the administration could have a very hard time reaching its enrollment goals.
"They have set out 7 million as their goal for enrollment in the first year and politically, getting close to 7 million is important," said Caroline Pearson, vice president at Avalere Health. The enrollment period starts Oct. 1 and runs through March.
( Also on POLITICO: Mythbusters: Obamacare edition)
If Obamacare were a presidential race, these would be the "swing states." Instead of a trove of voters, they've got millions of uninsured, and they'll get high-profile administration visits, money, resources and loads of national press attention. And many of those uninsured are the "young invincibles" — the young healthy people who need to be brought into the new insurance markets to balance out the older and sicker customers.
"You look at the big states because that's where the large numbers are," said Joel Ario, former director of HHS's office of insurance exchanges and now a managing director at Manatt Health Solutions.
President Barack Obama, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and outside groups such as Enroll America are already dedicating time and resources to playing big in Texas and Florida — the two states with the largest uninsured population and resistance from the local Republican-led governments.
( PHOTOS: 25 unforgettable Obamacare quotes)
Obama also gave one of his rare health care speeches on a June visit to California, which is the only one of the big three to embrace the health law and put significant money and energy of its own into outreach.
But just like in an election, there's more than one way to do the math. These three "swing" states could have an outsize impact, but the White House and its allies are also putting energy into a second tier of high-impact states that have lots of uninsured people — and in most cases GOP governors who to varying degrees oppose the president's health law. They include Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Illinois.
Enroll America, the nonprofit with close ties to the former Obama campaign operation, has hired staff to run a ground game on enrollment in these states, plus Florida and Texas. In most of them, the states refused to set up the exchanges or marketplaces — the online portals where people can sign up for insurance and qualify for tax subsidies — so the federal government had to step in.
In California, which has more uninsured residents than any other state, the local government is doing the heavy lifting on Obamacare enrollment, supplemented by what's expected to be occasional visits by the White House, like that June visit by Obama to tout California's early success in carrying out the law.
( Also on POLITICO: Obamacare foes mount final stand)
The state government has already provided a staggering $43 million for enrollment outreach alone. The state's exchange authority has gotten money to pay enrollers $58 for each successful application. And California began holding town hall events and other outreach on the ACA well before most other states.
Here, the law — and the president — is so popular among the uninsured that they train volunteers to call it Obamacare. In most other states, volunteers are taught to use less politically charged terms.
Because of the money and resources, California is frequently touted as the state that is implementing the Affordable Care Act most actively and aggressively. The stakes couldn't be higher.
"The ACA can't succeed if California fails," said Drew Altman, president of the California-based Kaiser Family Foundation. "But it's not the whole story," he said. California needs to have a fully functional exchange, he said, but so do middle-of-the-country states.
Texas's significant uninsured population — 5.8 million uninsured and 2.3 million young uninsured — means the Obama administration has to play hardball here. Top HHS officials have already been here — and they'll be back.
( Also on POLITICO: Obamacare critic Rick Perry seeks cash from law)
Sebelius was in Austin and San Antonio in early August to hold events with health care industry executives and the mayors of both cities. Earlier, she held health events in Dallas and Forth Worth.
Marilyn Tavenner, who as the administrator of CMS is overseeing the creation of the exchanges, told a congressional committee earlier this month that she will be traveling to Texas often.
That attention will be supplemented by "navigators" — federally funded guides to the signup process. Eight Texas groups on Thursday received nearly $10.9 million to spend on navigators — more than any other state.
"Texas is a huge population with a huge number of people who can [benefit] from the Affordable Care Act," Tavenner said. The navigator grants mean "there will be a lot of people on the ground in Texas helping folks get signed up."
It won't be easy. Gov. Rick Perry has resisted the law vehemently. The law is largely unpopular in the Lone Star State, but many of its proponents say that's because of the massive amounts of misinformation.
( PHOTOS: Rick Perry's career)
"We're at the point where we need big billboards that say: 'There is money for you to get health insurance,'" said Bee Moorhead, executive director of Texas Impact, a statewide religious grass-roots network that's trying to get word out that many people will be able to get subsidized coverage.
Enroll America, the nonprofit group that is spreading word about the law, is putting significant resources in Texas, Florida and eight other states with large numbers of uninsured people.
The group already has 27 staffers on the ground in the Sunshine State, with plans to hold information sessions, knock on doors in neighborhoods with high concentrations of the uninsured and set up tables at community gatherings.
( Also on POLITICO: Liberals fight anti-Obamacare tour)
"This August is children and families month, as we've branded it," said Nick Duran, Enroll America's Florida state director. "We'll be present at back-to-school events … and community colleges."
Enroll America's president, Anne Filipic, said the group decided to put its own resources in the states with the highest uninsured residents — with the exception of California and New York, where state governments are devoting enormous resources to enrollment.
"It ended up being a really simple thing: looking at where do the uninsured live … and also looking through the lens of what resources are already going into the state," Filipic told POLITICO.
Florida received a relatively large $7.9 million navigator grant.
In Florida, the state decided not to run the exchange, but so far it hasn't signaled that it will actively thwart it either. Gov. Rick Scott wanted to expand Medicaid under the health law, but the state Legislature did not approve it. Some of the Florida insurers are also competing for exchange business so they're likely to do a lot of advertising of the exchanges — and because there are a lot of insurers in the state, they may compete on price.
"If you look at those large states, they do tend to have pretty competitive insurance markets," Ario said. That, he says, will help keep rates low and potentially bring in some of those uninsured customers.


Debt consolidation is a loan that you would take out to consolidate several smaller loans into one loan. Basically, paying off the balances of all the other loans. The goal of a consolidation loan is to reduce monthly instalments usually by means of lower interest rates and extended payment terms. If this sounds like a solution that could work for you, it is worth your while to look a little deeper into the advantages and disadvantages of a consolidation loan. So let's have a look at some of them.
You only have one payment at the end of the month.
Your monthly instalment should normally be less than the total instalments of the consolidated debt put together.
You can pay off those accounts which might have potentially caused you to tarnish your credit score.
Although you might save in the short term because of reduced interest rates, consolidation loans normally stretch over longer periods of time so you might end up paying more towards your debt in the long term.
Consolidating your debt can potentially open doors for more poor spending habits. Paying off your debt can give you a false sense of financial freedom, but those credit cards or over drafts will still be available to use and this might cause you to fall into a worse debt situation.
Your debts do not reduce when you consolidate them, you only replace one or many debts with another one. Which will not be a good idea for over-indebted consumers.
While debt consolidation might be a good solution for consumers who are not over-indebted and want to make payments more manageable, it is not always a solution. So what are the alternatives? The main one is the process of debt review. This process takes into account all of the consumers' debt and it establishes an affordable payment structure to get the consumer out of debt, rather than simply one loan.
This ensures that your monthly payments are a lot more affordable and also provides protection against credit providers who harass consumers. So if you are serious about getting out of debt, this might be the solution for you. You will feel supported in the bottomless pit of debt and you can look forward to a brighter financial future.
The SARB increased interest rates in March 2016 in an attempt to curb inflation in South Africa. As a result the cost of borrowing money increased as well, leaving over-indebted consumers feeling even more stretched to make ends meet.
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Repossession is the final stage of legal action and is most commonly seen with assets accounts (house, vehicle or furniture). If there has been a deviation from the required credit agreement, credit providers have the right to proceed with legal action to allow them to recuperate the outstanding debt.


The final winner in The Saint John's Bible Student Exhibition is Isabella Plust for her painting, In the Beginning.
Five of the best artworks were then selected to win prizes by a panel of University staff including: Dr Dermot Nestor (Head of School, Theology), Ms Jeannette Siebols (Senior Lecturer, Visual Arts), Ms Monica Wondracz (Manager, Coop Bookshop), Medwenna Buckland (Liaison Librarian, Theology) and Maria El-Chami (Liaison Librarian – Arts). The standard of artworks was very high. The ACU Library would like to thank all students who participated in the exhibition for their contribution.


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Dr. Walhout receives $4.1 million outstanding investigator award from NIH
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Keynote Lecture: Gene Regulatory Networks
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PRIMA: a gene-centered, RNA-to-protein method for mapping RNA-protein interactions
Interactions between RNA binding proteins (RBPs) and mRNAs are critical to post-transcriptional gene regulation. Eukaryotic genomes encode thousands of mRNAs and hundreds of RBPs. However, in contrast to interactions between transcription factors (TFs) and DNA, the interactome between RBPs and
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Resident microbes of the human body, particularly the gut microbiota, provide essential functions for the host, and, therefore, have important roles in human health as well as mitigating disease. It is difficult to study the mechanisms by which the microbiota
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Flux balance analysis (FBA) with genome-scale metabolic network models (GSMNM) allows systems level predictions of metabolism in a variety of organisms. Different types of predictions with different accuracy levels can be made depending on the applied experimental constraints ranging from


Our latest infatuation with "hipster" seems to go back several years, perhaps coinciding in part with the flourishing of more colloquial (and hipper) blogs on our Web site. In 1990 we used the word just 19 times. That number rose gradually to about 100 by 2000, then exploded to 250 or so uses a year from 2005 on.
In any case, hipster's second life as hip slang seems to have lost its freshness. And with so many appearances, I'm not sure how precise a meaning it conveys. It may still be useful occasionally, but let's look for alternatives and try to give it some rest.
And what'd we say in March?
The truth is that "hipster" — which once only mostly signified only a superficial engagement of certain consumer habits, like tight jeans, Pitchfork-approved bands, and maybe an enclave in whatever part of your town is being gentrified by the moneyed children of baby boomers — has been used so much, it's now just an amorphous term for "young person doing interesting young person things, maybe even some of which could be considered 'cool' or groundbreaking in some way…Maybe now that the word has peaked, maybe if we say it enough, maybe if we just read better writing (or write better for our readers), it'll go away. But probably not.
1. Hamilton Nolan at Gawker tried replacing "hipsters" with "Fauxhemians." How well did that work? They used "hipster" twice yesterday. It was a noble effort, though.
2. We are not without our own "hipster" issues. Jen used it in a headline today. The first step is admitting there's a problem.
3. Corbett recently told Yahoo's Michael Calderone that the New York Times won't be referring to the Cordoba Center as the "Ground Zero Mosque" because, well, it isn't accurate. Mr. Corbett is clearly on a roll this summer. 2-0.
4. There is no stopping "Hipster" insofar as we can tell. Especially not at the Times. Remember when Corbett tried to more-or-less do away with "Tweet"? Look how well that turned out.
5. Rarely will we take the opportunity to do this. But when it arises, well, it happens. As such: WE TOLD YOU SO.


North Side Bait and Tackle's store closing sign is up. The business' building will be demolished as part of the city of Fort Wayne's improvements at Five Points, which includes creating a roundabout.
FORT WAYNE — The price of progress includes the loss of a fishing supply business.
North Side Bait and Tackle, 2624 Sherman Blvd., has begun a sale as owner Mike Reuille prepares to vacate by mid-December before his building is demolished.
North Side will be one of the casualties of a roundabout going into Five Points, the area where Lillian Avenue feeds into the intersection of Goshen Avenue and Sherman Boulevard on the city's northwest side.
According to renderings previously released by the city of Fort Wayne, the area where North Side Bait and Tackle sits, along with a building next to it, will become greenspace. In addition to the roundabout, Goshen will get a new left-turn lane between Sherman and Cambridge boulevards, with other work that will include the repair of existing sidewalks and curb ramps, the addition of sidewalks and Americans with Disabilities Act curb cuts, landscaping, improved drainage and street lights.
"It's a very complex project," said Frank Suarez, spokesperson for Fort Wayne's Public Works and City Utilities.
This artist's rendering shows what the Five Points area at Sherman Boulevard and Goshen Road will look like when a roundabout and other improvements are made. Courtesy of city of Fort Wayne.
The project, expected to go out for bid and to begin next year, will likely have four phases of lane restrictions, he said.
Once the improvements are completed in fall 2020, the area should see better flow of traffic, which can face backups when the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo is open, Franke Park Elementary is in session and the Foellinger Theatre has events, Suarez said. Goshen Avenue, which becomes Goshen Road west of Harris Road, also sees a lot of truck traffic to businesses.
The most recent traffic count from May 2016 recorded 18,500 vehicles a day passing through the five-spoked intersection.
Future work will involve Goshen west to Coliseum Boulevard. The project, expected to go out for bid and to begin next year, will likely have four phases of lane restrictions, Suarez said.
For Reuille, it's not only a loss of his business, but of a piece of history.
"I got three and four generations of people who come here," he said.
Reuille, who grew up and still lives in the neighborhood, recalls visiting the business as a child.
"I used to come here every Sunday," he said.
He bought the business 13 years ago from previous owner Gladys "Hazel" Mishler, who had owned it for 22 years.
Reuille started a 20 percent off sale Nov. 25.
"I got everything," Reuille said of his products.
He plans to hold his sale for two weeks and then auction what products remain.
Reuille wouldn't say what he's being paid for his building, only that it's "not enough" to move the business.
As for him, he's received offers to work at other sporting goods stores.
This story originally appeared in our sister publication, Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly.
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A caring community gets to work in the kitchen, donates supplies for county's warming shelters
Even though there have been lots of variables and treacherous moments these last two days, one thing is for sure: the City of Batavia community has been rich in response to the needs of strangers.
All day long has been filled with gifts from a "friends and family" initiative to ensure that motorists stranded at one of the 11 warming shelters, and the emergency responders that rescued them, are warm and fed, City Manager Rachael Tabelski said. She, city and county staff, including Manager Matt Landers had been manning the effort all day at the city fire station.
"There have been a lot of family donations. Matt got a ton of deliveries," Tabelski said Saturday evening. "He's going to be getting a ton of pots and pans back."
Landers had contacted about 20 friends seeking food for the more than 550 visitors that got stuck after being diverted from the Thruway Friday. Motorists have been from near and far — Lockport, Canada, Connecticut, Los Angeles, Maryland, to name a few — and found themselves at a fire hall, church or hotel lobby seeking refuge from the bitter cold.
"I'm doing what I can to help; I'm not out there rescuing people, so I'm doing what I can," he said. "We were getting low on food at the shelters and for responders. I texted 20 friends and colleagues, and they texted others."
He drove to about 15 homes to pick up their offerings — from a ham and tray of potatoes from County Legislator Marianne Clattenburg and eight to 10 trays of food from Settler's Restaurant to Mike Ficarella's chili, food items from City Council President Eugene Jankowski, to tuna casserole, ziti and sweet treats from city schools board member Alice Benedict.
Other donations from at least two dozen individuals, groups, schools and churches also included blankets, cots, soups, mac 'n cheese, bottled water, and the countless deliveries from emergency responders.
A shelter opened at Grace Baptist in Batavia, the only one in the city, has been "doing a very good job" with providing care, Tabelski said. And they have room in case anyone has lost power or is stranded in the city, she said.
"Thank God Grace Baptist Church took my family and others who were stranded in," motorist Nick Bankovic texted to friend Bill Hume. "Batavia's Original pizza donated pies here for everyone, and a bunch of locals have been dropping off food 'n drinks. This definitely got travelers in high spirited moods. I think this also brought excellent exposure to the entire city of Batavia to all these travelers."
As for city streets, the second surge predicted to hit earlier Saturday kept getting pushed back, Tabelski said, but staff was ready. The travel ban was to keep city streets cleared for snowplowing and emergency vehicles, she said, but it was most likely confusing for another part of the county.
"Half of our county looks great," she had said in late afternoon. "It isn't bad now, but could get bad really quickly. We can plow more and keep it cleared Our goal is to keep the city functional and operational."
Several tractor trailers that had been moved off the Thruway were parked alongside local roads, and the plan was to get them into the Wal-mart parking lot, she said.
"We're really just support right now, and trying to get food out," she said. "The travel ban is to keep those 18-wheelers off city streets, and to keep the roads open and clear."
City hotels booked up to capacity Friday, though stragglers that got caught in the storm were given shelter in hotel lobbies. Jolene emailed The Batavian to praise the job being done by Quality Inn staff, Rich Kress in particular.
"I just wanted to write to tell you I think there are some pretty amazing people that need to be recognized for their actions during the storm. We were completely booked early on in the day yesterday, but the staff and residents here are amazing for the most part. They stayed up the entire night letting people come in off the streets," she said. "They refused no one. Every corner of our lobby was full. They made coffee all night long and put out food that was meant for the free breakfast for residents. They gave people pillows and blankets and even brought out cribs for infants. None of them had to do any of that."
Jolene didn't respond to an email for further details, but her sentiment was well received.
"I think it's amazing and I feel that they should be recognized. (Rich Kress) stayed up the entire night running around collecting furniture from other floors and rooms for people to be able to rest in the lobby. He is actually still down there now with the displaced people," she said. "It's not often you come across people like these guys. They really do give a damn."
Weather and travel bans/advisories will be posted as received. If more food is needed this weekend, that appeal will also be posted on The Batavian.
Meanwhile, Landers will be trying to track down the owners of soup pots, pans and slow-cookers.
Top Photo: City Manager Rachael Tabelski, right, and city staff work to take in and distribute food donations Saturday at the city fire station; emergency responders occasionally get a break to nourish themselves; bags of goods went out to warming shelters; the community was generous with donations of food items.
Photos submitted by City of Batavia.
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SHREWSBURY - Mildred F. "Millie" (Leland) Carter, 92, of Shrewsbury, passed away on Tuesday, November 26, 2013, at the Autumn Village Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Her husband, Anthony A. "Tony" Carter, predeceased her in February 2000.
Millie is survived by two sons, Anthony F. Carter and his wife Joan of Shrewsbury and Joseph Grudinsky and his wife Sandra of Auburn; a daughter, Nancy Wadowski of Shrewsbury; a daughter in law, Marcelle Carter of Shrewsbury; thirteen grandchildren; nineteen great grandchildren; many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her step-son, Joseph Carter in 1993. She was born in Whitinsville, daughter of the late Ernest and Margaret (Barron) Leland.
She worked as an assembler for Sprague Electric for over 18 years, retiring in 1983. She was a member of Lakeview Congregational Church and the Rachel Chapter Number 61 of the Order of Eastern Star.
Burial services will be held privately. A Memorial Service will be scheduled in the near future and will be announce at a later date.
MERCADANTE FUNERAL HOME & CHAPEL, Worcester, is assisting the family with arrangements.


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The choice between reaction or response is demarcated by a fine line. A line that is determined by the breath. We are either prisoner to our emotions or we take a breath and take a step back to use them, instead of abuse them. This most recent quarter, Winter Quarter, at my college, Cal Poly SLO, I let myself be ruled by reaction, instead of response. Too often I allowed my difficulties in the Calculus class that I was enrolled in drag me down and control me. That class was one of, if not the, hardest classes that I have ever taken and I passed with a C+. A grade that, even six months ago, I would have balked at and been ashamed of. However, today I am ecstatic about that grade, because I have shifted my perspective from A, A, A, to simply doing my best. If my best results in an A, then great. If my best results in a C+, then great. I took a breath to choose. The test now comes in seeing if I learn anything from last quarter and choose between reaction or response.


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Franklin D. Roosevelt Biography
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US President, 1933-1945
Reelected as US President in 1936, 1940, and 1944
Ordered the internment of Japanese Americans with Executive Order 9066, Feb. 19, 1942
Signed declaration of war against Germany and Italy, Dec. 11, 1941
Signed declaration of war against Japan, Dec. 8, 1941
Signed the Lend-Lease Act to provide material aid to Allied nations in World War II, Mar. 11, 1941
Enacted legislation to establish the Works Projects Administration (WPA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Civil Works Administration (CWA), Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Public Works Association (PWA), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Agriculture Adjustment Administration (AAA), Farm Security Administration (FSA)
Enacted the Emergency Banking Act of 1933, National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933, Federal Securities Act of 1933, Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, National Labor Relations Act of 1935, Social Security Act of 1935, Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Initiated the New Deal during the Great Depression, 1933
Governor of New York, 1928
Democratic nominee for US Vice President, 1920
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1913
Reelected as State Senator, New York Senate, 1912
Elected as State Senator, New York Senate, 1910
Passed the bar examination, 1907
Attended Columbia Law School
BA, History, Harvard University, 1904
Died of a cerebral hemorrhage on Apr. 12, 1945 in Warm Springs, GA
Stricken with poliomyelitis, 1921
Married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, a distant cousin and niece of 26th US President Theodore Roosevelt, 1905
Born on Jan. 30, 1882 at Hyde Park, NY
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Voodoo Experience or Voodoo Music Experience is a multi-day music festival in New Orleans, Louisiana that was originally held on Halloween weekend in 1999, it has since moved between the weekend before Halloween and Halloween weekend throughout the years. The festival will be returning to Halloween weekend in 2010.
The lineup for the 2010 Voodoo Experience has been released. Headlining this year's festival are Muse, Ozzy Osbourne, My Morning Jacket, Weezer, MGMT, Drake, Metric, Hot Chip, Interpol, Paul van Dyk and deadmau.
The Voodoo Experience has hosted over 450 artists and close to a million fans over its 10-year tenure and has been twice nominated for Pollstar's Music Festival of the Year.
The Voodoo Experience is known for its blending of high profile national artists from all genres such as Marilyn Manson, 50 Cent, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Duran Duran, NIN, R.E.M., and 311 with local Louisiana musicians including The Original Meters, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue and Dr. John.
The Voodoo Music Festival was first held on 30 October 1999 at Tad Gormley Stadium in City Park. Planned and executed by Steve Rehage, CEO of Rehage Entertainment, the festival consisted of three stages and many local and national acts.
The Voodoo Festival started with very humble beginnings in 1999 as a one day music festival in Tad Gormley Stadium in New Orleans with an attendance of about 8,000 people, the headlining artist was Wyclef Jean and The Fugees. The following year expanded to 2 days and drew attention with a performance by Eminem, whose fame had exploded just before the festival, this brought Voodoo to the attention of music fans from around the world. In 2006, Voodoo separated the show into 3 distinct areas (Le Ritual, Le Flambeau and Le Carnival) on six stages. Each area was designed to showcase uniquely different sides of the personality of the festival and New Orleans. "Le Flambeau" features music and sounds consistent with the hometown style of The Big Easy. "Le Ritual" features more mainstream music we're all familiar with, and finally "Le Carnival" features indie bands, burlesque, and circus acts. In 2007, The festival expanded to 3 days and broke all previous attendance records with an estimate 100,000+ fans.


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Assessment: two essays of 2000 words each (50%) and a three-hour unseen examination (50%)
In this module, taught and assessed in English, we explore the history of the twentieth century, mostly from the perspective of Europe and its former imperial extensions. Rather than attempting a comprehensive survey of that history, we will focus on three key themes. With particular reference to the 'short' twentieth century (1914-1989), we will thus focus on war and its impact on society; on colonialism and on the decline and fall of the European colonial empires; and on nationalism in an era of nation-states and in the context of postcolonial European identities. A continent profoundly marked by its wars, organised around empires and thinking and acting in nationalistic terms can thus be presented as a whole, transcending regional specificities and different circumstances.
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Category Archives: Chile
27/7/17: Designing a More Equitable System of School Access
In the decades old battle for the future minds, U.S. Republicans and Democrats have been constantly at odds when it comes to how one achieves, simultaneously, higher quality of education and more equitable access to education for those from less well-off families. In the mean time, one country - Chile - has been building up a system of vouchers that, after 36 years worth of experimentations, is delivering on both.
In 2008, Chile introduced a massive reform of its 27-years-old system of education vouchers by passing the Preferential School Subsidy Law (SEP). The system of education funding in Chile is based on universal school voucher payments, but until 2008, the system did not target explicitly those on lower incomes. Then, SEP changed this set up by hiking the value of the voucher by 50 percent for a large category of so-called "Priority students", a category that primarily covers students "whose family incomes fell within the bottom 40 percent of the national distribution".
A recent NBER study looked at the results (see full citation and link below).
Specifically, SEP reform stipulated that "to be eligible to accept the higher-valued vouchers from these students, schools were required to waive fees for Priority students and to participate in an accountability system."
The study used data on math scores attained by "1,631,841 Chilean 4th-grade students who attended one of 8,588 schools during the year 2005 through 2012" and asked the following two questions:
"Did student test scores increase and income-based score gaps become smaller during the five years after the passage of SEP?" and
"Did SEP contribute to increases in student test scores and, if so, through what mechanisms?"
The study found that:
"On average, student test scores increased markedly and income-based gaps in those scores declined by one-third in the five years after the passage of SEP." So the effects were in desired direction for all students (improving outcomes) and stronger effect for targeted students (the Priority Students). Better result for all, more equitable result for those in most need.
"The combination of increased support of schools and accountability was the critical mechanism through which the implementation of SEP increased student scores, especially in schools serving high concentrations of low-income students." So poor performance of less well-off schools improved more than the performance of better-off schools. Again, better result for all, more equitable result for those in most need.
Another important aspect of the study was to identify whether the new vouchers triggered a massive redistribution of better-performing poorer students away from less well-off school. In other words, whether the scheme reform benefited predominantly more those students from the less privileged background who would have gained otherwise. The authors found that "migration of low-income students from public schools to private voucher schools played a small role."
So you can design a market-based solution for education system funding that does preserve schools choice, enhances educational outcomes for all, and reduces educational inequality.
Full citation: Murnane, Richard J. and Waldman, Marcus and Willett, John B. and Bos, Maria Soledad and Vegas, Emiliana, The Consequences of Educational Voucher Reform in Chile (June 2017). NBER Working Paper No. w23550. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2996306


Addressing the packed convention hall, Israel's embattled prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the "leftist" media and political opposition of pushing for an indictment to topple him because they cannot defeat him at the ballot box.
Israel: Israel's embattled prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, lashed out at the media and his political opponents in an animated speech to hundreds of enthusiastic supporters on Wednesday, seeking to deliver a powerful show of force as he battles a slew of corruption allegations that have threatened to drive him from office.
Netanyahu's Likud Party organized Wednesday's rally in response to a swirling police investigation into suspected corruption, bribery and fraud by the longtime Israeli leader.
Party leaders described the gathering as an attempt to counter what they believe is a campaign by a hostile media and overzealous police and prosecutors. But the gathering was also seen as a test of Netanyahu's popularity and control over his party. For now, Likud appears to be firmly behind its leader, and any internal opposition remains in check.
Addressing the packed convention hall, Netanyahu accused the "leftist" media and political opposition of pushing for an indictment to topple him because they cannot defeat him at the ballot box. Some estimated the crowd numbered at least 2,000.
"The left and the media, and they're the same thing, you know, they are mustering an obsessive, unprecedented hunt against me and my family to carry out a regime change," he said.
Netanyahu also blamed the media for ousting two right-wing Israeli governments in the 1990 and held them responsible for the "disaster" of the Oslo Accords signed with the Palestinians in 1993, suicide bombings on public buses in the 1990s, and the second intifada in the early 2000s.
"Their aim is to apply illegitimate and nonstop pressure on law enforcement so they file an indictment at any price, with no connection to the truth, with no connection to justice," he said.
The speech resorted to a familiar strategy to Netanyahu. During a three-decade political career, he has frequently attacked the media, political opposition, Israel's Arab minority and the Palestinians in an attempt to rally Likud and portray himself as a victim.
Former prime minister Ehud Barak, one of the targets of Netanyahu's sniping, rebuffed Netanyahu's comments saying "there's no hunt, there's corruption."
Yair Lapid, a former finance minister under Netanyahu who heads the Yesh Atid party, tweeted after the prime minister's speech that it "crossed every line."
"What we saw this evening wasn't a rally of support for Netanyahu but a rally in support of corruption," Lapid said.
Netanyahu made no mention of the police or prosecutors handling the investigation. But he warned the Palestinians against hoping for his political demise. Palestinian leaders "will be disappointed too, because it won't happen," he said.
Likud leaders put heavy pressure on party activists to attend the rally. The gathering had a festive, at times raucous atmosphere, with activists hoisting Israeli flags, banners criticizing the media and chanting "Bibi, King of Israel," using his nickname. One banner read, "enough with the putsch attempt" and a second decried the "fake news" with an English expletive.
Netanyahu's former chief of staff and longtime confidant, Ari Harow, recently signed a settlement connected to a separate case in which he agreed to testify against his former mentor. This has raised speculation that Netanyahu could be indicted soon, and has sparked opposition calls for him to step down.
David Bitan, Likud's parliamentary whip and a close Netanyahu ally, said some 1,500 people were signed up for Wednesday's event and he hoped even more would attend — including all the party's top officials and ministers.
No one in the party has come out against Netanyahu yet — reflecting both loyalty and the fear of crossing him.
Internal criticism has emerged only from those outside of politics. Limor Livnat, a former Likud Cabinet minister, has condemned the attacks on the police and prosecution and said that Netanyahu should step aside if indicted.
Israel's justice minister has said Netanyahu would not have to step down even if he is indicted. That means his short-term future will likely depend on whether he can maintain political and public backing.
Avraham Diskin, a political scientist at Jerusalem's Hebrew University, said there is no immediate threat and the goal of Wednesday's rally was to quash any thoughts of trying to challenge him.
"Netanyahu is tightening the bolts and exerting his authority," he said. "The whole point it to scare any of the 'pretenders' against getting ideas in their head. He's conveying that he is still powerful and everyone should keep their knives holstered."
One investigation involving Netanyahu, dubbed by police as "File 1000," reportedly concerns claims he improperly accepted lavish gifts from wealthy supporters, including Australian billionaire James Packer and Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan.
The second investigation, "File 2000," reportedly concerns Netanyahu's alleged attempts to strike a deal with publisher Arnon Mozes of the Yediot Ahronot newspaper group to promote legislation to weaken Yediot's main competitor in exchange for more favorable coverage of Netanyahu by Yediot.
A third investigation, "File 3000," relates to a possible conflict of interests involving the purchase of German submarines, in which Netanyahu's cousin and personal attorney represented the German firm involved in the deal.
Netanyahu has dismissed the suspicions as "background noise" and vowed to push forward.


The Pack fought against the big-bad-of-the-week, and Derek finds himself thinking about his unrequited feelings for Stiles.
Or, just Derek being totally oblivious.
Inspired by the TV show of the same name.
This is the story of 9 high school students from around the country, who have been sent to Beacon of Hope, a boarding school for 'at risk' teens. They each have a past as well as closely guarded secrets and have all dealt with trauma in one sense or another.
They'll have to learn to trust and love again in a world that was simply too cruel for their young ages. Luckily for them, John Stilinski started this camp that combines outdoor bonding activities with schooling just for students like them who come from broken homes or got mixed up in illegal activities.
Warning: please refer to tags for warnings! This fic contains lots of triggers!
It all starts with a phone call about John being in the hospital, and ends with everyone having to pick up the pieces of the life they once knew.
Stiles is too used to being useless during a chase, he can't let this go. They'll show up any second and do their werewolf magic, take down the new pack before they can hurt anyone else, and after they'll shower Stiles in compliments and reward for finding the pack and cornering them in a very, very creepy basement. Right.


Summary Print depicts Navy destroyers firing onto Fox Green Beach at Normandy while landing craft make their way to shore. Includes historical text describing the beach landing.
Notes Title from item. ; "our supporting naval fire got us in- without that gunfire we positively could not have crossed the beaches." Colonel S.B. Mason, USA, Chief of Staff, 1st Division.;"The largest amphibious operation the world has ever seen began early on this day. By mid-afternoon, disabled landing craft cluttered the few gaps in the beach obstacles. Support waves circled and jockeyed for an opening while under a steady rain of short and long range artillery fire. Since many amphibious craft carrying Army guns were destroyed, much of the fire power needed by the troops was lacking. The Navy's destroyers filled the breach. Because heavy casualties were suffered by the shore fire-control parties, the destroyers had to rely chiefly on their own visual observations and take under fire targets of opportunity. They ranged perilously close to shore in order to relieve the landing forces of the maze of cross fire from 99 millimeter German guns and machine guns which raked the beaches. Naval gunfire support helped to avert defeat at the water's edge and made it possible for the hard-pressed troops to establish a beachhead."
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The Tim Fairfax Family Foundation (TFFF) has been a long-term partner of FRRR, first supporting the Foundation in 2005. TFFF recently agreed to contribute to the Strengthening Rural Communities program to ensure small grants are available to communities across the Northern Territory and Queensland.
In an interview with FRRR, Executive Officer Samantha Jorgensen explains what TFFF values most about FRRR; how they worked together to initiate the Tackling Tough Times Together program; the value they see in contributing to collaboratively-funded programs run by FRRR; and in particular why they are supporting Strengthening Rural Communities.
TFFF has had a long-standing relationship with FRRR – what do you value most about partnering with FRRR to support rural communities?
As a Private Ancillary Fund focused on supporting the bush, it can be very difficult to fund organisations at a grassroots level because not many hold DGR1 endorsement. We can only go so far by ourselves; with FRRR, we can go further and do more.
FRRR was established for this very reason, among others, as they can distribute funds to those hard to reach organisations. FRRR really is a well-honed tool if you are trying to achieve what TFFF is – we can achieve more with them. That is something we really value.
"We know how vital these community organisations are in rural and regional communities, understand the value of their structure and want to support them. Through FRRR, we can do so with confidence."
FRRR does a fantastic job understanding these organisations and we trust their judgement. TFFF just doesn't have the infrastructure to be able to do the work that FRRR does.
TFFF was instrumental in helping develop the Tackling Tough Times Together program with FRRR. Can you reflect on working with FRRR to shape that program? What worked well? What would you do differently, if anything, if you had to do it again?
This program gets to the heart of what FRRR does so well. While it's primarily a drought support program, it had its genesis after the floods of 2011. I was speaking with Annie, one of FRRR's team, who like me was in Brisbane and saw the impact of the floods first-hand. We both knew the impact in rural areas would be devastating, especially as so many of those areas had been in drought for 10 or 20 years leading up to the floods. We knew they would continue to need support long after the media attention and government money had gone and before the next big weather event. Together with FRRR we wanted to support these communities to become more resilient and adaptive, to strengthen their social fabric and improve mental health and wellbeing for the long term.
The FRRR team undertook some in-depth research around what type of support would make a difference, drawing deeply on what they and others learnt from long-term drought, the 2009 Victorian bushfires and other natural disasters. They explored the gaps in terms of what Government and the public could and would help fund, and what would be needed after that support had been exhausted. During a visit throughout Queensland in 2013, FRRR listened to the stories of the communities, families and individuals. This well-informed base helped shape the program and inform the guidelines, which continue to be iterative to the changing context for communities.
"It's been a constant conversation – FRRR are our eyes and ears on the ground.
What's happening right now; what's going to be happening next year and three years down the track."
Tackling Tough Times Together (TTTT) started in Queensland, as that was where the crisis was at the time, but is now national, which is what we always hoped would happen.
In terms of what we'd do differently, perhaps we could have gone with FRRR to try to seek other funders, bring them along for the journey. Thankfully this happened naturally four years later, as the drought worsened. Having the TTTT program established and clearly delivering strong outcomes eventually compelled the government to contribute.
Over the years, TFFF has contributed to several collaboratively funded grant programs run by FRRR. Why do you do that, rather than supporting projects directly, given you are a Foundation?
We know what a difference small grants make, however TFFF only gives grants over $50,000; and as our annual give increases, we simply don't have the resources to run a small grants program and we can't grant to organisations that aren't DGR1s.
Our trust in FRRR's processes and their reach began in 2003 with the Rural Education Program, which addressed educational gaps for children during the drought. The program was jointly funded by Tim & Gina Fairfax, Baillieu & Sarah Myer, and John & Janet Calvert-Jones. Together this group of engaged funders undertook annual learning tours to see first-hand what was needed and the difference the support made. I think many of those experiences informed what TFFF continues to do today, and cemented our belief in collaborative funding and the power of FRRR.
Your most recent commitment is to support the Strengthening Rural Communities program in Qld and the NT? What gaps do you see that it will help address?
Supporting the Strengthening Rural Communities (SRC) started as a conversation with FRRR about how to provide more support into the Northern Territory. It's a key focus area for us and it's taken us years to learn how to support the Territory in a meaningful way. We believe we can improve how we do this by providing much broader support through this partnership with FRRR. We visit small communities in the Territory, so we know there are many great local organisations on the ground doing amazing work.
"Often the reason they haven't applied to FRRR in the past is because funds available to them were too small to accommodate the additional costs they face due to remoteness. They also often just don't have capacity or skills to apply."
By supporting SRC, including FRRR's outreach and capacity building activities, we hope to help FRRR expand into the NT. It's a geography that has historically been difficult for FRRR to engage as there just hasn't been the donor funds to gain any traction. We hope our involvement will raise awareness of FRRR's programs among community entities and boost their capacity to be successful. We also hope our commitment will encourage other funders to join us in providing this key support for Territory communities.
We are also providing funding for projects in Queensland through SRC, especially in northern and western areas, as we know that there are many great organisations out there. We want to ensure that there are options beyond drought funding.
And finally, do you have any insights from your experience for philanthropic organisations / individuals on how to get the most out of working with FRRR?
We encourage anyone to partner with FRRR; they are deeply knowledgeable and easy to work with, and very efficient at what they do. I encourage anyone keen to support rural, regional and remote Australia to start a conversation with FRRR, tell them your hopes for these communities and find a way to work together towards shared solutions. It's really important to have open conversations, which is easy to do with FRRR, and has certainly worked for us. Our support of FRRR is driven by our belief that they have a demonstrable impact at a grassroots level in communities, it is one of our most rewarding and enduring partnerships.


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Stepping Into GOP Primaries, Dennis Bonnen Donates To Seven Texas House Incumbents
KERA | By Cassandra Pollock / Texas Tribune
Published February 3, 2020 at 7:46 AM CST
Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
The Texas Tribune
Speaker Dennis Bonnen has contributed $15,000 each to seven members of the Texas House who face challenges in the upcoming March primary elections.
Retiring House Speaker Dennis Bonnen has started doling out campaign funds to fellow Republican members who face challenges in the upcoming March primary elections, clearing up a financial uncertainty that has been on political minds at the Texas Legislature for months.
The speaker recently contributed $15,000 to each of the following members, according to multiple people familiar with the matter: Dan Flynn of Canton, Chris Paddie of Marshall, Geanie Morrison of Victoria, Jared Patterson of Frisco, Briscoe Cain of Deer Park, Dennis Paul of Houston and Phil Stephenson of Wharton.
The speaker's office confirmed the figures and names to The Texas Tribune on Friday and in a statement said Bonnen's support "reflects his ongoing commitment to helping Republicans achieve victory, and in doing so, ensuring Texas stays red in 2020."
"Just as these members fought to get session priorities — including school finance reform, property tax relief, school safety and more — over the finish line," said spokesperson Cait Meisenheimer, "they are working hard in their primary races to earn reelection."
The numbers are expected to appear on financial reports candidates file next week with the Texas Ethics Commission.
The contributions were made to members from Bonnen's political action committee, Texas Leads, a group the speaker created and infused with $3 million from his own campaign account over the summer. The group, the speaker's office said at the time, would focus exclusively on reelecting GOP members to the lower chamber in 2020.
But before election season could really heat up, Bonnen's political future was thrown into question when a hardline conservative activist announced he had secretly recorded a meeting with the speaker at the Capitol. That scandal, which involved Bonnen and one of his top allies listing 10 House Republicans for the conservative group to politically target, ultimately led to the speaker announcing his retirement in October — and, soon after, prompted the question of what would happen to the $3 million he had put into Texas Leads.
Until earlier this month, that question was still largely unanswered as campaign finance reports were filed covering, in most cases, the past six months. The group's balance remained largely unchanged over that time as filings showed Texas Leads paying for items such as staff salaries and office supplies.
Notably, one of the members on the political target list received a contribution from Bonnen: Stephenson. Meanwhile, Drew Darby of San Angelo — who is also facing a primary challenge, was also on the political target list and, like Stephenson, came out against the speaker during his downfall — did not receive a contribution.
Bonnen also notably contributed to Paddie, who helped deliver one of the final blows to the Angleton Republican's speakership, but not Dan Huberty of Houston, who was part of the same crowd of lawmakers stating they could no longer support the speaker.
It's unclear whether Bonnen has plans to spend the remaining money still in his war chest for the 2020 cycle before he leaves office.
In addition to those $15,000 contributions, Bonnen also doled out $10,000 to Hispanic Republicans of Texas, a group that focuses on recruiting and supporting Hispanic candidates running for federal, state or local offices, bringing the speaker's total for this round of contributions to $115,000.
Meisenheimer, the speaker's spokesperson, said Bonnen, "as an outspoken advocate for creating more diversity in the Party … was eager to support the Hispanic Republicans of Texas PAC after they sought his financial contribution."
Meanwhile, the Texas Democratic Party on Friday moved to cast Bonnen's contributions as money that "should be immediately disqualifying,"
"The Republicans who took and will take Bonnen's tainted money should be forced to give it back or face dire consequences at the ballot box," said Manny Garcia, executive director of the state party, in a statement to the Tribune.
The Texas Tribune provided this story.
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Relatives of Patients With Carcinoma of Unknown Primary at Increased Risk for This and Other Cancers
Posted: 4/12/2016 1:31:06 PM
Last Updated: 4/12/2016 1:31:06 PM
Relatives of patients with carcinoma of unknown primary are at increased risk of developing it themselves as well as several other malignant neoplasms, including lung, pancreatic, and colon cancers; non-Hodgkin lymphoma; and myeloma.
Some of these associations were moderately strong, especially the 43% elevated risk of lung cancer.
Relatives should be encouraged to modify risk factors and be screened for colorectal cancer.
Relatives of patients with carcinoma of unknown primary are at increased risk of developing it themselves as well as several other malignant neoplasms, including lung, pancreatic, and colon cancers; non-Hodgkin lymphoma; and myeloma, according to a study published in JAMA Oncology. "Some of these associations were moderately strong, especially the carcinoma of unknown primary–lung cancer association, with a 43% elevated risk of lung cancer" in first-degree relatives of patients with carcinoma of unknown primary, noted N. Jewel Samadder, MD, MSc, of the Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, and coauthors.
"Relatives of patients with carcinoma of unknown primary should be aware of the elevated risks for lung, pancreatic, and colon cancers and encouraged to modify risk factors and adhere to site-specific population cancer screening," the investigators advised. "These findings should provide physicians with further evidence to encourage smoking avoidance or cessation and encourage colorectal cancer screening."
Median Survival of 3 Months
The authors noted that carcinoma of unknown primary "accounts for 3% to 5% of all human cancer cases and is reported to be the seventh or eighth most frequent category of malignant neoplasm and the fourth most common cancer-related cause of death in both sexes." The most common cases of carcinoma of unknown primary are adenocarcinomas, squamous cell carcinomas, and undifferentiated neoplasms. "The combination of advanced stage, aggressive behavior, and uncertain treatment approaches leads to poor prognosis," the researchers stated. The reported median survival for patients with carcinoma of unknown primary in the United States is 3 months.
To quantify the risk of cancer by site in relatives of patients with carcinoma of unknown primary, the investigators conducted a nested case-control study of patients diagnosed with carcinoma of unknown primary between 1980 and 2010. The median age of the 4,160 index patients was 72 years old, and 47.6% were male. The patients were identified from the Utah Cancer Registry Population, and data about the relatives were obtained from the Utah Population Database. Population controls not diagnosed with carcinoma of unknown primary were sex and age matched 10:1 to the patients with carcinoma of unknown primary. "Compared to elsewhere, Utah has lower rates of smoking and alcohol use in the population, which could limit generalizability to other populations," the authors acknowledged.
Adenocarcinoma in More Than One-Third
Among the patients with carcinoma of unknown primary, 36.3% (1,511 patients) had a histologic subtype of adenocarcinoma; 26.4% (1,098 patients) had carcinoma not otherwise specified; 7.8% (326 patients) had squamous cell carcinoma; 5.0% (207 patients) had neuroendocrine tumors; and 24.5% had other types.
First-degree relatives of the patients with carcinoma of unknown primary "were at an elevated risk of carcinoma of unknown primary themselves (hazard ratio [HR], 1.35 [95% confidence interval [CI], 1.07–1.70]), as well as lung (HR, 1.37 [95% CI, 1.22–1.54]), pancreatic (HR, 1.28 [95% CI, 1.06–1.54]), myeloma (HR, 1.28 [95% CI, 1.01–1.62]), and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (HR, 1.16 [95% CI, > 1.00–1.35]) cancers compared with controls without carcinoma of unknown primary," the researchers reported. "When the analysis was restricted to relatives of cancer-free controls, additional increased risks for colon (HR, 1.19 [95% CI, 1.06–1.33]) and bladder (HR, 1.18 [95% CI, > 1.00–1.38]) cancers were observed. Second-degree relatives of patients with carcinoma of unknown primary were at a slight increased risk of lung (HR, 1.14 [95% CI, 1.03–1.26]), pancreatic (HR, 1.17 [95% CI, 1.01–1.37]), breast (HR, 1.09 [95% CI, 1.02–1.16]), melanoma (HR, 1.09 [95% CI, > 1.00–1.19]), and ovarian (HR, 1.19 [95% CI, 1.02–1.39]) cancers."


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We surveyed Philippine senators in recent history (from the 10th to the current 17th Congress) and listed them according to their completed undergraduate degrees (or lack thereof). Further studies such as Masters and Doctorate degrees, as well as certificate couses are also indicated.
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The third Jumanji movie will be closer to the sequel than the original film.
The franchise was relaunched last year with Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle – which starred the likes of Kevin Hart, Dwayne The Rock Johnson and Karen Gillan – and director Jake Kasdan has now revealed where the new film will sit in the broader context of the series.
Explaining how his effort will link with the earlier movies, Jake told SlashFilm: "Our hope is to keep a long continuity through the whole thing, even though the story that we're telling in the second movie, the movie that we're working on right now, is much more connected to the first movie that I made a year ago than it is to the original.
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle didn't feature too many links to the original movie.
He said: "The original has this very sort of complex narrative shape in terms of timeline.
The third film in the franchise has been handed a release date of 1 December 2019.