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A quick definition of blood money:

Definition: Blood money is a payment made by a murderer's family to the family of the person who was killed. It is also a reward given for catching someone who has committed a serious crime, like murder.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: Blood money is a payment made to the family of a murder victim by the murderer's family. It is also a reward given for the capture of a person charged with a crime, especially murder.

After the murder of his neighbor, the killer's family paid blood money to the victim's family as compensation.
The police department offered a large sum of blood money for any information leading to the arrest of the murderer.

These examples illustrate the two different meanings of blood money. In the first example, blood money is used as a form of compensation for the loss of a loved one. In the second example, it is used as a reward for helping to bring a criminal to justice.

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InsipidLemon

23:42

hi guys, if I am applying now and just got a full time job, does that count as 1 yr WE?

RustyWrangler

23:56

Yes

InsipidLemon

23:57

thanks!

RustyWrangler

23:59

Np!

InsipidLemon

0:01

actually can I ask u another question? How do you get CAS fees waived by schools? Is that unsolicited or is it normally solicited?

Dkkm11

0:51

Lol, with the gtown essay last year, I shared a top 10 wine/sake list. Love that they still have the cop-out response.

Dkkm11

0:51

@KeenHeartbreakingRattlesnake: 100% unless you write something absolutley dimwit.

Dkkm11

0:52

oops. tagged the wrong person cus I am drunk. @usefulNappyClown

Dkkm11

0:53

@InsipidLemon: really depends on how much they like you. Some schools will give it to you unsolicited, others you must ask.

PheonixWright

3:23

I decided to apply to ASU because why not cause I saw they waived the application and CAS fee

PheonixWright

3:24

It only took like 15 minutes

StandingOnBusiness

3:43

same here, i qualify for AZ residency so i figured it wouldn't be a bad thing to toss in the mix

StandingOnBusiness

3:44

20 business day admissions decision turnaround is lit

ChowieBean

9:31

morning friends

ChowieBean

9:32

it's a personal statement and essay grind typa day

ErraticFearlessGecko

10:01

Hi chowie

ErraticFearlessGecko

10:01

How'd you feel about your test

info-man

10:01

good morning y'all

ErraticFearlessGecko

10:01

Morning

ChowieBean

10:37

Gecko, I feel pretty good. Two of the RC passages had really tough inference questions -- hoping I narrowed down my answer choices correctly

ChowieBean

10:38

Very happy with LR other than having to guess on a couple questions cuz of time

ChowieBean

10:42

i have a question about my personal statement. in my activism for the hospitality workers' union, i organized and spoke up in favor of stronger regulations on airbnb because the unregulated spread of airbnb throughout LA was inflating housing costs for workers and threatening their job security. do you think it's too divisive to mention regulating airbnb? idk

Nostradumbass

10:44

I wrote mine about how all activists should be consolidated into a large smelting pot and refined down to a viscous goo

Nostradumbass

10:45

Expecting a lot of rejections though

ChowieBean

11:07

I'm sure you'll get a full ride to a few schools :P

HowlEngineer

11:11

The impression I get is most schools try not to judge based on the political implications of what you write about. They probably care more that you saw a problem and tried to fix it. That seems like a great thing to write a PS about @chowie

HowlEngineer

11:18

Besides, if a school didn’t let you in for trying to fix a problem you saw in your community, that doesn’t say great things about your school’s culture (assuming the thing you did showed good common sense judgment ofc)

HowlEngineer

11:19

That school’s* culture

ChowieBean

11:23

Thanks Howl you're right :D I def talked about solving problems in my PS

ChowieBean

12:03

@HowlEngineer: what's your dream school

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