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Antioch College in Yellow Spring, Ohio, is waiving the tuition for all its students, who enroll in the next three years.
Currently, a year at Antioch is $26,500, and those who apply and qualify for financial aid, may get free or discounted room and board (currently $8,628) as well.
Antioch's admission deadline is Feb. 15, so if you're a high school senior, there is still time to apply.
Antioch College - Free Education



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How well do you think you pronounce English words? Take this test and find out.

Here is a small sample, click the link to see the whole thing.

English Pronunciation Quiz

If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world.

After trying the verses, a Frenchman said he’d prefer six months of hard labour to reading six lines aloud.


Dearest creature in creation,
Study English pronunciation.
I will teach you in my verse
Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse.
I will keep you, Suzy, busy,
Make your head with heat grow dizzy.
Tear in eye, your dress will tear.
So shall I! Oh hear my prayer.
Just compare heart, beard, and heard,
Dies and diet, lord and word,
Sword and sward, retain and Britain.
(Mind the latter, how it’s written.)
Now I surely will not plague you
With such words as plaque and ague.
But be careful how you speak:
Say break and steak, but bleak and streak;
Cloven, oven, how and low,
Script, receipt, show, poem, and toe....
....Read the rest here...

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Hearing voices

December 27th 2011 03:37
Just a pondering....

Why do we lock people up and call them mentally ill if they say they hear voices, except when they are ministers/evangelists, in which case we send them money, or Republicans/Tea partiers, and then we let them run for President.
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Give a gift that helps others this year

December 11th 2011 02:07
This year, do something different. Give a gift that will help others. Really, Aunt Shirley doesn't need another orange sweater and Grandpa Bob doesn't need another remote control holder. But there are charities that could use the donations to feed hungry, homeless children and families or help an elderly person with medical care for their pets (often their only companion).

Even better, let your children help with picking the gift. It's never too early to teach them compassion and caring over materialism. Is Cousin Marsha an animal lover? Let the kids decide which animal to adopt in her name. Does Brother Bill work in the medical field? Let the kids decide if a contribution should be made in his name to a children's hospital or to doctors without borders


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Copyright-free downloadable patterns

November 17th 2011 07:13
BurdaStyle is offering some very cool copyright-free, downloadable patterns. They offer a large selection of things from skirts and jackets to hats and handbags. There are also fun how-to videos, showing sewing techniques, making novelty items, fleece hats, stuffed toys, fabric flowers and more.

BurdaStyle Free Patterns
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Guess what this is...

November 16th 2011 07:52
I thought it might be fun to play a game called "Guess what this is". I'm willing to bet you have no idea what this is or what it's used for.
Ready? Okay, guess what is in the picture below.

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What's really in your fast food?

October 7th 2011 00:27
Very little actual food it seems and a whole lot of chemicals and additives. The number of ingredients in fast food is unbelievable and unnecessary. Here are a few examples:

KFC Chunky Pot Pies
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Free Nook Books Friday

September 30th 2011 22:12
Every Friday, Barnes and Noble is offering a different Nook Book for free. This week they are offering three of them: Fatal Judgement by Irene Hannon, Too Close to Home by Lynette Eason and Invisible by Lorena McCourtney.
Free Nook Books

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This is a wonderful post from the blog Lost and Tired, written by Rob Gorski. Lost and Tired is Mr. Gorski's blog of his journey raising three autistic boys.

1. I’m sorry I have fits but I’m not a spoiled brat. I’m just so much younger on the inside than I am on the outside


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Office Pranks

September 9th 2011 07:04
Apparently I work with people who don't know how to have fun at work. There have never been any pranks pulled, so I have to live and laugh vicariously through pictures I find on the internet. Have you ever had any pranks played at your office or company? If not, here are some pics, so you too can enjoy the humor your office is void of. If you have, please share them.


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