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Tori58
11 yrs ago
...to help the families of the victims, you can go here. I found this link in our local Unitarian Universalist Fellowship newsletter. They promoted participation in the local prayer vigil and posted this as a follow-up…
Tori58
11 yrs ago
Yes, I heard this too and I'd agree that you can't assume too much from a 6% lead. I notice that the tone of Walker's rhetoric has certainly changed so, even though he says he's not, I tend to think he's worried.
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I've got my fingers crossed HARD for Wisconsin
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Tori58
11 yrs ago
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It's not looking good. Two weeks ago polls showed them in a dead heat but a new poll out of Marquette today shows Walker with a 6% lead. I would agree that it will be close but Walker will prevail. And even if he does…
Tori58
12 yrs ago
@Tori: have you checked to see if there is some way you can compensate these wonderful groups for snagging their unique live concert videos off of YouTube? I saw Jerry Cantrell's ranch on MTV Cribs; looked …
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Can you download videos from youtube?
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RE: Interesting that the three who don't think it's so bad
Tori58
12 yrs ago
Not me. I teach music and I know some of the people who write the arrangements I use. I'm more than aware that I'd be stealing from a real person if I photocopied music rather than purchasing it. I sometimes use photo…
Tori58
12 yrs ago
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regardless of whether a woman has any sex at all, the pill needs to be taken.Why the heck would a woman take the pill if she wasn't having sex (medical conditions aside)? Why woul…
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Can you download videos from youtube?
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RE: There's a difference between borrowing a book with permission...
Tori58
12 yrs ago
Well, YouTube's downloading policy is really just covering their backsides when it comes to copyright issues. The fact is, the people who get in trouble are the ones who upload material that someone wants to protect. B…
Tori58
12 yrs ago
No, but I sometimes accept the freebie handouts that stores give away as promotionals. You are, perhaps, not the type of avid music fan that I am so you, perhaps, don't know that some artists really are okay with sharin…
Tori58
12 yrs ago
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....but what's more disturbing to me is that there actually are people who will accept this convoluted "logic" - that insurance companies covering contraception somehow translates into "paying for sex." I think the stup…
Tori58
12 yrs ago
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I haven't used it myself - I have a PC so I use VDownloader on the rare occasions that I want to download something from YouTube.
It's true that it violates YouTube's terms of service to download videos and it's also …
Tori58
12 yrs ago
Good point. An illicit affair? No big deal in the long haul. He'll have to be caught molesting little boys, I guess.
Tori58
12 yrs ago
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... that his worst flaw is that he seriously overestimates the intelligence of the average American voter. I hope that doesn't prove to be the case in 2012.
It's not a huge surprise to me that he can sing. I always …
Tori58
12 yrs ago
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I think it's pretty obvious. It's probably no accident that he ended up in Colorado and is so tight with the Focus on the Family people there. I'd bet dollars to donuts that he's being groomed to be another puppet poli…
Tori58
12 yrs ago
Well, that may be the actual truth, but it's definitely not the spin that social conservatives put on it. The very fact that this particular biographical detail crops up so frequently is proof of that. ETA: Heck, acco…
Tori58
12 yrs ago
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It's always a little repulsive to me to see people thanking God for their win, and it's not just athletes who do it. I, personally, would probably feel obliged to thank God if I survived a natural disaster in which a lo…
Tori58
12 yrs ago
I've read the books and enjoyed the Swedish films but I think this film outdid them. I was dubious that anyone could do as well as Noomi Rapace as Salander but Mara Rooney did a superb job. I was pretty sure that I'd l…
Tori58
12 yrs ago
Thanks for letting us know.
Tori58
12 yrs ago
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I can tell you about home schooling in Wisconsin. All that is required is that parents file a form stating their intent to home school their children. This is so that the state doesn't come after them for truancy. The…
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Question about the US school system
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Tori58
12 yrs ago
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Well, this is an interesting perspective to me. So, even though your schools are ranked in the top five world-wide, everything isn't always perfect, huh? And, even though your teachers get blamed for societal ills, the…
Tori58
12 yrs ago
Does Hawaii have open enrollment? Can students go to public schools outside the district where they live? And are Hawaiian schools funded on a per/pupil basis?
I find that the combination of open enrollment and per/…
Tori58
12 yrs ago
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As for standerized testing the PSAT's and SAT's taken before entering college seem to be the only nation wide test I know of.Yes, but No Child Left Behind mandates that all states must de…
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Tori58
12 yrs ago
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the teacher training is a serious business in that country. It's mandatory - schools are legally unable to hire you without a formal qualification, and the amount of respect the profession has is amazing. …
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Tori58
12 yrs ago
That is another comparison I am puzzled with - I don't know what is the amount of training US teachers receive, or what exactly do you mean by fair amount of control being left to individual schools - what I'…
Tori58
12 yrs ago
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Well, of course, the reason we're interested in the Finnish educational system is that it performs so well but apparently doesn't cost any more, if as much, as the US educational system.
I don't know that homework h…
Tori58
12 yrs ago
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Oh please. Have you ever actually read Leviticus? If Christians can bastardize their religion by not following the laws in Leviticus, then they've done it in a dozen different ways. There are passages in Leviticus out…
