I played music at a party for people to dance to last night, something I've been wanting to do, but this was my first time ( Read more... )

So, what kind of support for health care for poor people a state offers seems to vary a lot state by state. Some states apparently actually offer subsizied real health insurance (basic but decent health insurance), where you can go to any in-network doctor (and there are lots and lots) and they just take it like insurance, and your premium/ ( Read more... )

"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will approve the construction of hundreds of new housing units in Israeli settlements in the West Bank in the coming days as a prelude to a building freeze of six to nine months aimed at restarting peace talks with the Palestinians, senior Israeli officials said on Friday."

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Back from balkan music camp, which was pretty much the most fun I've had in a while. (Also turned me from feeling in Baltimore like "eh, I'm okay at playing accordion" back to "I barely know what to do with this instrument." SO MANY amazing musicians ( Read more... )

Our french hornist drew this flyer, she's awesome!


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shortbus is indeed an awesome movie. like, incredible.

I hadn't even heard about this program. You can get a $3500-$4500 rebate for turning in an old car for a new one with better mileage?

Under the program, a buyer who picked a car with a mileage improvement of more than four miles per gallon but less than 10 were eligible for $3,500; a buyer whose new vehicle was rated 10 miles per gallon or better ( Read more... )

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/weekinreview/26cooper.html?_r=1&hpw

There was anxiety, too, among the originators of race-based affirmative action programs. “The idealistic version of why these universities embraced racial affirmative action is ( Read more... )

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/us/26tiller.html

An Abortion Battle, Fought to the Death
by David Barstow

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But he discovered his father had been performing significant numbers of illegal abortions, and before long women began turning to him for abortions, too, often under desperate circumstances. “The women taught him about life in Wichita,” ( Read more... )

You know how when you listen to a song over and over again cause you love it so much?

I'm currently doing that with this one:

http://www.last.fm/music/Antsy+Pants/_/Amazing+Kids+Doing+Amazing+Shit

Check it out. It's embaressingly cute.

Dammit, that's just a 30 second sample. Argh. Well, find it yourself.