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chervilant's JournalTransgender Woman Dies After Beating in Front of NYPD Precinct
Source: Takepart.com via Yahoo.News
Islan Nettles was out in New York City with friends when a group of young men approached her, learned she was a transgender woman and began taunting and maliciously beating her—right in front of a police precinct in Harlem.
The fashion design student with delicate features was punched in the face, knocked to the ground and beaten until she lost consciousness on the night of August 16.
“They were called f****, they were called he-she’s, she males, things of that nature,” Nettles’ mother told a local newscast.
Islan Nettles, born Vaughn Nettles, fell into a coma she would never awake from. She died Thursday after being taken off of life support. She was only 21.
Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/transgender-woman-dies-beating-front-nypd-precinct-201642369.html
No words...simply no words.
Fukushima "Emergency"
Does anyone else find it distressing that Reuters is posting news about contaminated water escaping into the ocean at Fukushima?
Why did you become a teacher?
Are you currently unemployed? If so, how long have you been looking for a job?
Here's a good article about why we teach:
http://theeducatorsroom.com/2012/10/why-do-we-become-teachers/
OMG!!!!
In this dire economy, in which so many are challenged to keep the wolf from the door, I have received some donations through Wishadoo! My spirit is lifted, and I am ever more hopeful that I'll get to stay in my house!
A great big 
and 
to the generous activists who are making such a difference in my life (and that includes the sweet DUers who gave me hearts last month!)!!!
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