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A man in Wahoo, Nebraska said he ate all the eggs he could. He felt it was his contribution to beef sales; every egg he ate was one less chicken!

"Gem, I know you want to be human, or something like that anyway. But there have been 24 suicides this year, 24 people, and all of them our age, 15, 16, 17 years old. And all of them human. That’s who commits suicide, human teenagers, not Atavok."

It was the classic story of the underdogs taking on the best in the world . . . and beating them. St George were midway through the ninth of their record 11 consecutive premierships and were considered possibly the greatest club side ever, but at No.1 Sports Ground the home team stunned the city boys in what is considered Newcastle’s defining moment as a rugby league region.

Does a family tryin’ to make a livin’ on 180 acres, work or worry less than the C.E.O. of General Motors? Does a migrant worker sleep any easier than the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? Does the editor/owner of a local newspaper put less effort into his job than the editor of the N.Y. Times?

The Backscratch Sessions feat. Akie Bermiss, Rebecca Haviland, Wes Hutchinson, and Martin Rivas – Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3 December 27, 2017 – New York

Paratroopers drop into the Mediterranean Sea before an air show during Independence Day celebrations marking 70 years since the founding of the state in 1948, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, April 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Commenter: JeanineI’m an English major about to be in my senior year at Pace University. Since my freshman year I have gotten roughly a 50% scholarship/financial aid package from Pace and a minimal amount of federal aid. But even with scholarships and grants, I still wind up taking out around $21,000 a year in private student loans from Sallie Mae. By the time I graduate in June of 2010, I’ll be over $100,000 in debt between private loans, government Stafford loans, and interest. Not exactly conducive for an entry level job applicant during a recession! I really want to go to grad school, but with all of my undergrad debt I don’t even see how that’s possible for a long time.

 Various organisations – councils, church groups, unions, schools and so on – put together an official procession and church services. A procession along Hunter St included many of the organisations that had done so much during the war years, including Stockton Junior Red Cross Sunbeam Circle, Stockton Hearts of Oak, Dinkum Girls, Broadmeadow Coo-ee Girls, Cardiff Busy Bees, Merewether Voluntary Workers, Carrington Southern Cross League, Waratah Patriotic League, New Lambton Girls’ Patriotic League and many others. 

Since the release of his debut album Hard & Soul in 1995, and his subsequent beat-mixed dance compilations, such as, Mix This Pussy, Can Your Pussy Do The Dog?, Gag Me with a Tune, and Color Me Danny, the DJ-remixer-producer has traveled the Globe performing for audiences everywhere. Danny Tenaglia was born in Brooklyn, New York, where he stayed until his move in 1985 to Miami, Florida. Danny’s first gigs in New York include the Roller Palace, on of the first roller discos in Brooklyn, Stix and Crisco Disco. In Florida, Danny was a resident DJ at Cheers. Several years later Danny made the move back to New York, where he currently lives. Aside from DJing Danny has remixed and produced over 200 songs, including those which he worked on with Madonna, Janet Jackson, Grace Jones, Kim Mazelle, Bette Middler, Cher, Pet Shop Boys, and Blondie. Danny can now be found back in New York playing some of the most popular spots in the city, including his monthly gig at Vinyl. After the Close of Vinyl, Danny continues to spin, remix and create everlasting sound that influences the crowd. Danny is currently touring the globe and with his latest release in 2008 "SPACE", will continue … (read more)

He was inducted into the Hunter Region Sporting Hall of Fame in 1993, but sadly died in 2008 at 47 after a decade-long fight with cancer. 

Commenter: JamesI’m not in danger of defaulting on my loans, though I have used most of my forbearance to delay paying on it until this year when I finally got a job that I could pay the loan off with. My current job has -nothing- to do with my degree in Web Design. It’s not the cost of the degree that I find angering, but rather that the cost of the degree has nothing to do with the market for that knowledge. College students are not in college to simply attain knowledge, they go to college to become valuable to their chosen industries. However college pricing is strictly based on the hours of education, and not on the actual -value- of that knowledge. Web Design is a field where 1% – 5% of all graduates actually get in to a job where they actually use their knowledge. There simply aren’t enough jobs to accommodate all the people that the colleges are graduating with the degree. The rest end up in other sectors, often with jobs that don’t cover the repayment plans based on income levels the colleges promise their potential students when they are looking to choose a school. I’ve spent enough money to buy a hummer, only to get the value of a used $1000 jalopy. And this isn’t just in Web Design. I just talked to a woman with an MBA who is working 25 hours a week at a supermarket because there’s nothing else out there. Most all of my friends are college graduates that are all working hourly rates earning a tenth of what the colleges assured them they would be earning, a tenth of the value of the education that the colleges claimed their education was worth. It’s like the mortgage crisis, there’s simply too much debt out there supporting hypothetical, nonexistent value. My own $0.02.

"It only turned into something else." Gem almost shrieked, her voice cracking at the end. "I’m sorry, but it turned into something else because of the violence against them."