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• A ring valued at $5,000 was reported stolen from a home on Waitman Road between Dec. 25, 2012, and 4:27 p.m. Wednesday.
• A race scanner, race scanner headphones, medicine, $600 in change, two bowling sports bags, knife, ammunition, semi-automatic pistol and shotgun valued at $2,475 were reported stolen from a home on Virgil Wyatt Road between 8:30 a.m. and 5:46 p.m. Wednesday.


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If demand recovers a little, corn acres are below 92 million and yields fall to 2012 levels, then the sky is the limit. These two options have many producers completely confused. In this predicament, farmers often put their hands in their pockets and wait. While waiting did eventually result in good gains from 2002 through 2012, many are wondering if the commodity cycle has turned negative or if the global economy will even be strong enough to pay for the grain. Battle lines are being drawn by bulls and bears, and the tug of war will last well into next summer. This will frustrate trend followers but be welcomed by option put and call sellers. For those who have unpriced grain in the bin, your options are limited. Use a solid price bounce into December to price July corn as close to $5 as possible. An alternative is to sell out-of-the-money calls at the preferred strike price for inventory on a short-term overbought situation. 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Jane Doe Inc. supports swift and thorough state and federal action on firearm safety & control
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For Immediate Release: January 15, 2013
Jane Doe Inc. supports swift and thorough state and federal action on firearm safety & control
The current state and national focus on gun policy reform offers an unprecedented opportunity to save the lives of victims of sexual and domestic violence. The risks associated with gun access are of daily concern to sexual and domestic violence victims. In Massachusetts between 2003 and 2012, 97 victims of domestic violence homicide were killed with a firearm, representing an average of 37% of all domestic violence homicide victims. Guns are also used to threaten, intimate, and injure victims of both sexual and domestic violence.
"As a social justice and anti-violence movement, we applaud President Obama, Vice President Biden and Governor Patrick for making gun safety legislation a top priority. Universal background checks for gun sales, addressing "straw purchasing," assault weapons bans, and other legal and systems measures are important steps. For too long, our laws have enabled abusers and put victims at risk" said Mary R. Lauby, Jane Doe Inc. Executive Director. "These policies cannot solve the problem alone. A rational and multi-dimensional response must also include a commitment to support survivors, to hold offenders accountable and to prevent violence from occurring in the first place."
Jane Doe Inc. (JDI) also calls on President Obama to issue a Presidential Executive Order that removes the restrictions on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct research on firearms and violence prevention. Lauby states, "The country's access to critical research has been held hostage by the NRA and gun lobby long enough."
JDI draws from its experience working with survivors and from evidence-based research to advocate for limiting access to firearms, promoting research on violence prevention, and ensuring services, policies and practices that ensure victim safety.
- Nationally, guns are used in over half of domestic violence homicides, making firearms more common than all other methods of killing combined.
- An abused woman's risk of death increases about seven times if her abuser has a gun in the home. Researcher and national expert Dr. Jacquelyn Campbell identifies access to firearms as a leading risk factor in terms of domestic violence homicide.
- Current laws designed to keep guns out of the hands of batterers must be upheld and enforced.
- We agree that the intersection of mental health and firearms needs further exploration and attention and such efforts would be an important complement to the efforts needed to specifically address domestic violence.
Lauby added, "In memory of those whose lives have been lost we ask for nothing less than to ensure that batterers and other abusers do not have access to firearms. Guns and domestic or sexual violence are a lethal combination. We urge swift action to change this preventable outcome by removing guns from the equation."
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PLAITIS Vassilios is a Trading Company located on the island of Crete in Greece. Our company specializes in the Import, Export and Distribution of various products throughout Greece and Cyprus.
PLAITIS Vassilios was established in 1992, initially working as a local representative of various cleaning products and items. Clientele at that point were mostly retail customers and few hotel and industrial associates.
Within a very short period of time, and due to a very strong Product Development Department, the company Plaitis Vassilios managed to organize an acceptable number of customers and trade associates throughout the nation, acquiring a respectable name in the market.
Today our company is considered to be one of the most highly reputable companies regarding cleaning materials, with customers ranging from hotels, public organizations, to larger industrial companies. Our clientele consists of over 2500 companies nationwide.
Continuing our concern for our clients and for the environment, we began handling new environmental friendly products such as the products from the German company WasserFix that consist of water and energy saving bathroom products and accessories (shower heads, shower hoses, aerators, calcium reducers, etc). As an exclusive representative of WasserFix International, we have been able to reduce maintenance expenses for all our purchasers, a reduction ranging from 50% - 70% (water and energy decrease).
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Dwight Howard stood in the Lakers' locker room before the Miami game with an arm around his girlfriend.
"Judy," he said, while introducing her to everyone.
That's Judy, as in his imaginary girlfriend, as in take that, Robert Horry.
Now how can you not love a lighthearted soul, who saves his intensity for the court and believes anyone as lucky as he is to be paid playing a game, should smile all the time?
Enough already with the stuffed legends, the ex-Lakers prattling on and on about how things should be done just like they did them.
"You want a guy to be more focused," Horry said of Howard. "That's the kind of guy you want, someone who's focused, not fun-loving."


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There is so much good in this amazing city of ours, there really is. Now before I get accused of "blowing sunshine up your ass" journalism let me assure you I am not now, nor will ever be, a journalist. I write a personal opinion blog and I write it because I love to write. I write it because I love to hear from people who tell me I have touched them, who tell me that I put into words the thoughts and feelings that they themselves couldn't seem to string together. I write to make people think, feel, laugh or cry. Most important though, I want to provide a little bit of hope, something to hang onto when things are tough, and something positive to work towards.
I know it's been a tough year for Bangor. We all know. We've had some trouble with drugs, we've had some crime, we've had questions and concerns over the shocking investigation of a local pastor, and we've had budget issues and disagreements during the election season. You don't need me to remind you of all that. The front page of the Bangor Daily keeps us updated. If they should miss something and I know about it, I'll be happy myself to expose our flaws so we can all examine them and decide how to fix them. But overall, that is not my thing!
Here is the thing; I think some folks spend a little too much time focusing on the negative while missing the many, many wonderful things that are going on in this city.
I have to tell you how amazed I am by some of the people in this city I have connected with in the last year since starting this blog. Bangor is full of passionate, talented, motivated people working for positive change, every single day! These are the things and the people we need to focus on. These are the things that will bring businesses and families to our community. These are the things that make this city not just where we all happen to live right now, but our home in every sense of the word!
Remember back to the Downtown Bangor of years ago? Remember the empty buildings, the failed businesses? Remember when Bangor was known for a famous hate crime against a gay young man? You know what I did today in Bangor, Maine? I had the privilege of being at the weddings of three same sex couples who were married legally, right here in City Hall, surrounded by the love and support of a community who vowed to do better than they had done before! Bangor has changed and the changes are awesome!
Change didn't happen overnight. Change takes time. Change takes hard work and commitment. Change takes people who can see hope when other people see none! So my look back on this year is going to focus on all those people who make Bangor one of the greatest places I've ever lived!
Thank you so much to the people and organizations that have chosen to never give up on this city but especially thank you ~
- To all of the colorful, wonderful, interesting people who live and work in this community and make it exciting and eventful every day!
- To the entire Bangor City Council, but especially council member Ben Sprague for going above and beyond the call of duty on every occasion simply because he loves the city he grew up in.
- To all of the downtown businesses, and business owners, who dared to survive, and thrive, and not only provide wonderful things to all of us, but also donate so much of their own time and resources to local charities and events!
- To all of the people of Bangor who attended citizen's meetings, council meetings and committee meetings, on their own time, just because they care and want to make a difference.
- To the performers who bring us theater and dance and let us lose ourselves for a little while in the magic they create.
- To the Bangor PD, especially the foot patrol, who listened to the downtown businesses when they asked for help, and responded by getting out of their cars and walking among us, getting to know us, and truly becoming part of the community downtown.
- To all of the people who spent countless hours on the Marriage Equality campaign simply because they believe in love!
- To my fellow BDN bloggers who write both truth AND HOPE, especially Jim LaPierre and Amy Fried.
- To other BDN writers who provide us with endless laughs and entertainment, Pat Lemieux, Erin Donovan, Heather Bogolyubova, and Emily Burnham.
- To every musician that has shared their music with us all year long from the American Folk Festival, to Kahbang, to the Waterfront Concerts, to my dear friends Larry and Leslie Latour, to the guy who sat in front of the Charles Inn and played all alone on a Sunday afternoon. You brought us so much joy!
- To the photographers, who have documented the wonderful things in Bangor, and often for free, and then openly and willingly shared their work with the rest of us; Jeff Kirlin, Jodi Renshaw, David Cox, Jennifer Murphy and Andrea Hand.
- To the people of this community who pull up their shirt sleeves and volunteer for every organization and every event they can squeeze in! Two people that come to mind are Christopher Rudolph and Meg Shorette! Try to find an event those two aren't at, really!
- To the people who work quietly behind the scenes, helping those who need an extra hand, especially Dennis Marble of the Bangor Homeless Shelter and Bess Gove who is a CHCS Crisis Worker!
- To the artists who so willingly share pieces of their very souls with this community especially; Mark Nutt, Orson Horchler, Randy Colbath, Jeff Prymowicz, to name only a few!
- To all the anonymous people who do the little things that no one knows about that in the end, make all the difference in the world; the folks who smile at strangers, hold doors open, invite someone alone to join them at dinner, drop a donation off at a shelter, shovel a neighbor's driveway, pick up trash they find on the side walk, every single little bit helps!
- To the children of this community, who give us endless reasons to hope and plenty of motivation to never, ever give up. To my children, and all of the others who grew up in Bangor and are here now as adults, working, living and contributing, for proving that we were right to hope and believe in all of you and this amazing, wonderful, growing, changing, incredible city!
Thank you Bangor, Maine! And Happy New Year!


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Legal Momentum is the nation's oldest legal advocacy organization dedicated to advancing the rights of women and girls. For 45 years, Legal Momentum has made historic and enduring contributions to the rights and opportunities available to women through its advocacy, litigation, and educational initiatives.
Legal Momentum focuses on five priority areas to ensure that its work will advance the economic and personal security of the most vulnerable women, especially poor, immigrant and low-wage working women. Our programs focus on the following:
Women face violence at home, on the street, and in the workplace. Notwithstanding one of Legal Momentum's signature achievements – passage of the Violence Against Women Act—supportive services, rights and protective measures for victims remain inadequate.
Women continue to face hurdles in school and at work, which can prevent them from attaining economic security and independence. From pre-k to graduate school, girls face discrimination in education—they are steered out of STEM programs, have fewer opportunities in athletics, and face unacceptably high levels of sexual harassment and violence.
Victims of campus sexual assault, in addition to dealing with devastating violations to their bodily integrity and physical safety, too often face disruptions to their education and career, which can result in permanent damage to job prospects, financial security, and lifetime earnings.
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Legal Momentum has expertise and resources across a wide range of areas related to discrimination, gender equity, and gender bias. Ranging from sexual and reproductive rights and teen dating violence to gender bias in the courts, Legal Momentum continues to champion the rights of women and girls and to work to eradicate harmful stereotypes and policies shaped by bias while promoting policies and practices that reflect the realities of women's lives, and advancing their rights under the law.
Human trafficking is the fastest-growing crime globally. In the United States alone, between 100,000 and 300,000 children are at risk for commercial sexual exploitation (being trafficked for sexual purposes) each year (Estes & Weiner, 2001). Young girls, especially girls of color and those who have been victims of sexual abuse, are disproportionately at risk of being trafficked.
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x2Ileia wrote:AHHH! :ORadical_Yue wrote:WE HAVE OUR FINAL FOUR!
Congrats to both those who are moving on and those who aren't, getting this far is nothing short of awesome and you should all be proud of yourselves.
I'm glad I got to move on, I had a lot at stake lol. This round is going to be the toughest yet D:. Can't really say much other than - good luck . I'm bringing my A-game so I hope you guys do the same :3


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My first snippet is the fact that I gave a TED Talk! I spoke at the TEDYouth conference in New Orleans. It was an amazing experience, I met two girls my age; I think one of them as my long lost twin (that was a year older than me). We even have the same birthday! I also met a 16-year-old DJ, who is really famous. This was the first time I have ever publicly spoken, so to say I was nervous is an understatement.
My second snippet is....I was published on the Huffington Post! Thanks to the TEDYouth team, I was offered to write an article for Huffington Post Teen.
Last but certainly not least, I am going to Seattle for Christmas. I will be seeing my dad's side of the family, and I am so excited. It has been seven years since I visited my birthplace, and we are going to be taking a tour of the best places in the city. Maybe, we will even stop by my first home! Throw riding and airplane into the mix (I have a not so secret love of airplanes and airports) and, needless to say, I am ecstatic! I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Here is a happy video to put everyone in the holiday spirit:


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Are you doing to this to your kids??
We always hear that our future lies with our children. I think that it is safe to say that if this is the way we are raising our children, then we are in for a rough time in the years to come.
It is no secret that obesity is a pretty big issue in our society. We cannot expect our children to get things under control if we do not take the time to the time and effort to teach them how to make the right choices.
Schools are beginning to implement more healthy options into the cafeterias but our busy, on the go life styles have made healthy home cooked meals a rare occurrence. Don't get me wrong, my kid likes chicken nuggets and fries as much as any kid. However, it is way more common for him to get a bowl full of fruit. We have made the conscious decision in our house to make good nutrition and exercise a common routine. It is not unusual for my 3 year old to ask to do exercises, or take any opportunity to show off his push-ups or jumping jacks. If you ask him what makes us healthy, he will tell you fruit, vegetables, and working out. Now I don't say this to brag on how awesome my son is…. Even though he is pretty awesome. I say this to show you how easy it is to begin teaching these habits.
So you may be asking "How do we teach this?"
It is pretty simple. We teach by example. We don't have to make huge changes and create lessons on doing a workout. Our children are observant. If they see that health and fitness are important to us, they will begin to pick up on our habits. Conversely, if we are being examples of bad habits, they will begin to pick those up as well. Where ever we lead, they will follow. If our children are our future, then it is our responsibility to lead them to a happy and healthy one.


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Lincoln Mayor Don Wesely today announced that the old Riley School building on Dudley Street will be torn down to make way for at least five new affordable homes. The site is north of the current Riley Elementary School, 5021 Orchard Street.
"The current Riley school opened in 1964, and the old school property has been the subject of questions, controversy and worry by the neighborhood since then," Mayor Wesely said. "Thanks to the hard work of the city's Problem Resolution Team, we've reached a solution that will benefit the entire neighborhood."
The Problem Resolution Team (PRT) brings together ten agencies to work on long-term problems with individual properties. The PRT was recently honored by the U.S. Conference of Mayors as a model community-based policing program. Lincoln's PRT is one of three programs that will be featured in a report being prepared for the U.S. Department of Justice. Last year, the PRT won a "Best Practices" award from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department.
The city departments on the PRT are Building and Safety, the City Council, Information Services, the Law Department, the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department, the Mayor's Office, the Police Department and Urban Development. Other agencies on the PRT are the Lincoln Housing Authority and the Lincoln Lancaster District of the Nebraska Health and Human Services System.
Former proposals for the property included a possible group home facility, which was dropped due to neighborhood opposition. The former school was eventually sold to an individual who used it as a single-family home. The property was the site of numerous code violations over the years and the target of complaints about junk vehicles and junk piled outside the building.
The building was then purchased by Kenneth Yeats. He planned to renovate the building for his church, but zoning and code regulations did not allow for it. The situation then came to the attention of Nebraska Housing Resources (NHR), a local non-profit organization of homebuilders.
The city provided a grant to NHR to purchase the building from Yeats. That grant funding came from the Nebraska Housing Trust Fund through the city's Urban Development Department. The old school will be torn down, and NHR will work with local homebuilders to construct five or six new affordable homes. NHR will also work with Neighborhoods, Inc. to get first-time home buyers into the new houses.
"It is a priority of the city that the new homes fit in with the character of the existing neighborhood," Wesely said. "NHR will work with Urban Development to make sure the new homes fit into their surroundings. NHR and Urban Development will also work with the neighborhood, including staff and families at the current Riley School, to keep them informed of the progress of the project." Neighbors can get on a contact list by calling the city's Urban Development Department at 441-7606.
The purchase of the building is expected to be completed in the next week. NHR plans to move forward as soon as possible with demolition of the building and hopes to begin construction next spring.


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"The Library of Congress is worried about the exponential growth of the number of journals. By 2025, their shelves will fill up faster than the speed of light. However, a professor of physics assured them there was no problem: exceeding the speed of light is allowed when no information is transmitted."
There are references to variations of this joke as far back as 1971. I first heard it in 1983 or 1984, when I was a graduate student. This is how I learned that some academics were concerned about the state of scholarly communication.
In simpler times, the values of publishing and scholarship were well aligned. The number of slots in respected journals was extremely limited, and fierce competition for those slots raised the quality and substance of papers. As publishers became more efficient and savvy, they created more journals and accepted more papers. Scholars competing in the academic job market were always eager to contribute ever more papers. As scholars published more, hiring committees demanded more. A vicious cycle with no end in sight.
It is doubtful that the typical scholar of 2016 produces more good ideas than the typical scholar of 1956. The former certainly writes a lot more papers than the latter. The publish-or-perish culture reduced the scholarly paper to a least publishable unit. The abundance of brain sneeze is correlated with several other issues. Many reported results cannot be reproduced. [A Joke Syllabus With a Serious Point: Cussing Away the Reproducibility Crisis] A growing number of papers are retracted for fraud and serious errors. [Retraction Watch] Clinical trials are hidden when they do not have the desired results. [AllTrials] Fake journals scam honest-but-naive scholars, embellish the scholarly records of fraudulent scholars, and/or provide the sheen of legitimacy to bad research. [Beall's List]
This race to the bottom was financed by universities through their libraries. Every year, they paid higher subscription prices to more journals. In the 1990s, library budgets spiraled out of control and finally caught the attention of university administrators. This was also when the internet grew exponentially. Scholars who realized the web's potential demanded barrier-free online access to research. The Open Access (OA) movement was born.
Good scholarship is elitist: we expect scholars to gain status and influence for getting it right, particularly when they had to fight against majority opinion. Journals are essential components in the arbitration of this elitism. Yet, even well before the OA movement, it was in the publishers' interest to lower the barriers of publishing: every published paper incentivizes its authors to lobby their institutions in favor of a journal subscription.
Gold OA journals [Directory of Open Access Journals] with business models that do not rely on subscription revenue made the problem worse. They were supposed to kill and replace subscription journals. Instead, subscription journals survived virtually intact. Subscriptions did not disappear. Their impact factors did not fall even after competing Gold OA journals scaled the impact-factor ladder. The net result of Gold OA is more opportunities to publish in high-impact-factor journals.
The Green OA strategy had a plausible path to reverse the growth of journals: libraries might be able to drop some subscriptions if scholars should shift their use to Green OA institutional repositories (IRs). [OAI Registered Data Providers] This outcome now seems unlikely. I previously argued that IRs are obsolete, and that the Green OA strategy needs social networks that create a network effect by serving individual scholars, not their institutions. [Let IR RIP] In an excellent response by Poynder and Lynch [Q&A with CNI's Clifford Lynch: Time to re-think the institutional repository?], we learned how some academic libraries are contracting with Elsevier to manage their IRs. They seem to have given up on Green OA as a strategy to reclaim ownership of the scholarly literature from publishers. They have pivoted their IRs towards a different and equally important goal: increasing the visibility and accessibility of theses, archives, technical papers, lab notebooks, oral histories, etc.
The OA movement tried to accomplish meaningful change of the scholarly-communication system with incremental steps that preserve continuity. I called it isentropic disruption. [Isentropic Disruption] However, scholarly publishers have proven extra-ordinarily immune to any pressure. Just the transition to digital wiped out every other kind of publisher. Scholarly publishers did not even change their business model. They also brushed off reproducibility and fraud scandals. They survived boycotts and editorial-board resignations. They largely ignored Green and Gold OA. Perhaps, the OA movement just needs more time. Perhaps, the OA movement is falling victim to a sunk-cost fallacy.
The current system is financially not sustainable and, worse, is bad for scholarship. Within the shared-governance structure of universities, it is virtually impossible to take disruptive action in the absence of immediate crisis. Universities tend to postpone such decisions until no alternative remains. Then, they inflict maximum pain by implementing unplanned change overnight.
Yet, there are options available right now. With time to plan a transition, there would be much less collateral damage. For example, I proposed replacing library site licenses with personal subscriptions to iTunes-like services for academics. [Where the Puck won't be] Personal digital libraries would be much easier to use than the current site-licensed monstrosities. With scholars as direct customers, the market for these services would be extremely competitive. By configuring and using their personal library, scholars would create market-driven limits on the number of available publication slots. Those willing to consider out-of-the-box crazy approaches can even achieve such limits within an OA context. [Market Capitalism and Open Access]
Academics created the problem. Only academics can solve it. Not libraries. Not publishers. Digital journals are already filling the virtual shelves at the speed of light... The punch line of the joke is in sight.


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Next Saturday at The State will be a night of collaboration for generations to enjoy.
Michael Ronstadt, a professional cello player and nephew of singer Linda Ronstadt, will be taking the stage with Serenity Fisher on Saturday, Aug. 16, at The State Theatre of Boyertown. Drift, a band comprised of Boyertown High School students, will be kicking off the night as the opening act.
'I love old theaters. I was so excited to be asked to play,' he said about Kevin Rhude's invitation to perform at the historic theater. Rhude is the owner of The State Theatre of Boyertown.
'It's a beautiful space; a nice atmosphere for people,' he said, describing the setting as intimate.
Ronstadt started to seriously study and learn the cello in 1994, though he been playing and performing for nearly twenty years. He received his MM in Cello Performance at University of Cincinnati College and his BM in Cello Performance at the University of Arizona.
'I do everything they didn't teach me in school,' he jokes. 'Music can go exciting, unexpected places.'
Raised by a family of musically-inclined individuals, Ronstadt described growing up listening to music, as he grew older he was able to play with his father and brother.
'They instilled that sense of freedom [in me],' he said, in regards to playing freely. 'It's an honor to be able to improvise [into] a wide variety of musical directions.' He says that freedom and ability has allowed him to make a living as a musician.
A native of Arizona, he spoke of playing with Mariachi groups in Ariz. 'Cello playing developed unique improvisation. [As musicians] we always want to find a little corner in the musical world to make us unique.'
According to Ronstadt, his family- most particularly his aunt-has been his biggest influence.
She was successful 'in a big way,' he said. 'She showed me music can be a career.'
His father also became a full time musician. 'Money wasn't the most abundant thing in our lives.'
Ronstadt partakes in solo pieces as well as collaborations. This isn't his first time with Serenity Fisher, an Ohio native, throughout the past five years.
'We've put together a repertoire of her material and my material,' he said. 'She's an amazing song-writer.'
One of Ronstadt's cello students, Sam Duffy of Boyertown, is a member of the night's opening band: Drift.
'He's a really creative kid; he's going to be a great musician to follow and watch for years,' said Ronstadt. Duffy is one of 12 students in the area that Ronstadt is currently working with.
'I've stumbled upon some of the best students you could ask for,' he said, describing himself as a 'door-to-door cello teacher' and his students as 'hard-working and dedicated.'
Ronstadt started playing cello in the eighth grade through private lessons, finding a teacher that would come to work with the family's budget for the span of eight years. He found himself teaching 10 years ago as an undergrad in Arizona. Five years ago he moved to Phoenixville, Pa. and has since been teaching throughout the area.
It was in Duffy's eighth grade year when he started working with Ronstadt, though had been playing prior.
'I wanted to be able to say 'I play cello,'' he said, wanting to play a versatile instrument to express his creativity. '[The cello offers] a very unique sound compared to other instruments.
He 'opened my eyes to what the cello can do. It improved my creativity in music and improv.,' said Duffy about Ronstadt.
'You can really create any sound with any instrument,' he said, adding that he's interested in a wide variety of music. He favors playing cello renditions of popular songs, making them 'new.'
Duffy is a member of the band Drift, for which he does vocals and plays bass, cello and piano.
The band also features Ryan Stifnell on guitar and vocals, Johnny Greaser on guitar and vocals and Austin Bright on drums. All members are students at Boyertown Area Senior High. They are currently focusing on recording, using social media to build their audience.
This isn't Duffy's first time performing at The State. 'It's difficult to get people out there-some venues do better than others,' he said. 'The State is a great place; quaint. It's a nice place to play with a good size stage.'
Duffy says he has never performed with Ronstadt before and finds it to be 'pretty exciting.'
Ronstadt has performed at The Other Farm, formerly known as The Hard Bean Cafe, several times over the years. This will be his first performance at The State Theatre of Boyertown.


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Number 2: Crossing the Stream
Table of Contents
In Living Color
New vehicle finds healthy coral reefs.
A River Runs Through It
In the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, along the edge of the U.S. continental shelf, some of the most important currents in the world are flowing.
S Marks the Spot
Nearly 50 years ago, a group of scientists set out from Bermuda on the 61-foot R/V Panulirus and cruised 15 nautical miles to the southeast.
Building the Future of the WHOI Campus
New construction takes the Institution dow some new roads.
Making Sense of Ocean Noise
WHOI Senior Scientist Peter Tyack of the Biology Department testified before the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans of the Resources Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives and discussed a bill to reauthorize the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA).
WHOI Moves Toward the Head of the Class
Late in 2002, NSF awarded a $2.5-million grant to establish the New England Regional COSEE, a collaborative effort proposed by the New England Aquarium (NEAq), WHOI, and the University of Massachusetts. The program will last five years. An advisory board of researchers and educators will help steer the operations.
Medical Training Gets Put to the Test
Oceanus crewmembers trade the helm for the doctor bag.


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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania's elected attorney general said Thursday that she will not defend a 17-year-old state law effectively banning same-sex marriage from a legal challenge in federal court, meaning the task will be left up to Gov. Tom Corbett.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania's elected attorney general said Thursday that she will not defend a 17-year-old state law effectively banning same-sex marriage from a legal challenge in federal court, meaning the task will be left up to Gov. Tom Corbett.
In a brief statement to reporters and a small crowd of supporters at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Attorney General Kathleen Kane said she cannot ethically defend the constitutionality of Pennsylvania's marriage law, and that she believes it to be unconstitutional.
"Today, the attorney general chooses to protect all those without high-priced lawyers, all those who suffer discrimination and inequality, those thousands of families who have been denied of the dignity and respect that the constitution protects and guarantees in marriage equality," Kane said. "Today we represent everyone who does not have representation."
Kane, a Democrat who supports same-sex marriage, said the state and U.S. Constitution each stress equal protection under the law.
"It is our duty, each and every one of us ... to protect the equality of all men and women in this commonwealth," she said.
The job of defending the law now falls to Corbett, a Republican who opposes same-sex marriage. He and Kane were both named in a lawsuit filed in federal court Tuesday seeking to legalize same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania and require the state to recognize the marriages of same-sex couples who wed in other jurisdictions.
Corbett has not said whether he will fight the lawsuit, but his general counsel, James Schultz, attacked Kane in a statement.
"We are surprised that the attorney general, contrary to her constitutional duty ... has decided not to defend a Pennsylvania statute lawfully enacted by the General Assembly, merely because of her personal beliefs," Schultz said.
Longtime lawyers for the state Legislature said they could not think of another time when an attorney general refused to defend a state law because they questioned its constitutionality. Meanwhile, House Speaker Sam Smith, R-Jefferson, and 23 other House Republicans issued a letter to Kane, saying they were troubled by her decision and urged her to reconsider. Still, no one issued an immediate threat to seek a court order forcing Kane to defend the lawsuit.
Under Pennsylvania law, it is the attorney general's duty to defend the constitutionality of state laws. But the law also says the attorney general may allow lawyers for the governor's office or executive-branch agencies to defend a lawsuit if it is more efficient or in the state's best interests.
The Office of General Counsel, which is under the governor, is accustomed to handling the state's legal affairs and routinely hires outside lawyers to either defend state laws or prosecute lawsuits.
Pennsylvania is the only northeastern state that does not allow same-sex marriage or civil unions, and Kane's stance is unlikely to change opinions in a Republican-controlled Legislature, where resolutions to insert a constitutional ban on same-sex marriages have made more progress in recent years than bills to legalize them.
The state Republican and Democratic parties quickly tangled over Kane's position. GOP Chairman Rob Gleason attacked Kane as "blatantly politicizing" the attorney general's office, while Democratic Party Chairman Jim Burn applauded her "courageous and firm stand against a law with little merit."
Trends in Pennsylvania show increasing support for same-sex marriage. A January poll by Quinnipiac University of 1,221 registered voters found 47 percent support it and 43 percent oppose it, with voters ages 18 to 34 supporting it 68 percent to 25 percent.
Lawyers in the case believe it is ultimately bound for the U.S. Supreme Court, probably along with similar cases in other states.
Pennsylvania's 1996 state law defines marriage as a civil contract in which a man and a woman take each other as husband and wife. The state also does not allow civil unions or recognize same-sex marriages from other states where it is legal.
The American Civil Liberties Union, which is co-counsel in the lawsuit, welcomed the decision.
"This is a huge boost," said Pennsylvania staff attorney Mary Catherine Roper. "You've got the chief law enforcement officer of the commonwealth saying, 'You're right. This is not legal.' I think it's a sign that things are changing."
The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are a widow of a woman who died in May after they were legally married in Massachusetts, 10 couples and one of the couples' two teenage daughters. The group includes four couples who were legally married in other states, including one from Upper Mount Bethel Township in Northampton County (see Page A3). Same-sex marriage is legal or soon will be in 13 states.


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CRESTVIEW � From senior citizens to furry friends, food to cash and schools to churches, opportunities abound this holiday season to help north county causes. Here are some charitable organizations, from general to specific groups, that welcome your gifts of money and time.
CRESTVIEW � From senior citizens to furry friends, food to cash and schools to churches, opportunities abound this holiday season to help north county causes.
Here are some charitable organizations, from general to specific groups, that welcome your gifts of money and time.
TIP: The Better Business Bureau advises checking out an unfamiliar charity's worthiness before donating money. One way is to search for the charity's name on the Northwest Florida BBB website.
AREA CHURCHES: Most area churches offer community support services including food banks, soup kitchens, cold night shelters and assistance for the homeless and needy.
AREA SCHOOLS: School drama programs, choruses, bands and sports programs rely on parent and community contributions.
American Red Cross: Emergency response.4100 S. Ferdon Blvd., Suite A-1, 682-3356
BAKER AREA MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION: Affiliation of 17 local churches. Ila Bosarge, 682-5434.
BAKER BLOCK MUSEUM: Area history, heritage and genealogy research library and museum. 1307 Georgia Ave., Baker. Ann Spann, director, 537-5714.
BOY SCOUTS/CUB SCOUTS/VENTURE CREW: Local troops and packs welcome adult volunteers and contributions. Area commissioner Rae Schwartz, 585-5672.
CARVER-HILL MUSEUM: Black history and heritage of the Crestview and north county area. 895 McClelland St., Crestview. Rae Roberson, 682-4003.
Common Ground Community Garden: Several residents grow plants and vegetables on one plot of land. Dr. Catherine Ward, 758-8481, www.CrestviewCommunityGarden.org.
COVENANT HOSPICE: End-of-life care and family grief counseling regardless of ability to pay. 370 W. Redstone Ave, Crestview. Carolyn Williams, 682-3628.
CRESTVIEW AREA MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION: Affiliation of 40 local churches. The Rev. Mark Broadhead, 682-2835.
CRESTVIEW POLICE DEPARTMENT EXPLORERS: Youth auxiliary program. Officer Sam Kimmons, 305-7831.
EMERALD COAST HOSPICE: End-of-life care and family support. Ann O'Connor, 131 E. Redstone Ave., 689-0300.
Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge Zoological Park(formerly Sasquatch Zoo): Susan Leveille, 650-1880, www.ecwildliferefuge.com
FOY SHAW SCHOLARSHIP FUNDfor local high school students. Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce Education Committee, 1447 Commerce Drive, Crestview. Dr. Pam Meadows, chairperson, 682-3212.
FRIENDS OF THE ARTS: Supports local artists and arts programs, maintains Warriors Hall grand piano, produces arts events. Rae Schwartz, 585-5672.
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY: Raises funds for Crestview Public Library programs, book and equipment purchases. 682-4432.
HEALTHY WOMAN: Women's health and wellness program, North Okaloosa Medical Center. Alicia Booker, coordinator, 689-8446, firstname.lastname@example.com.
HOPE HOUSE: Shelter for families and children. 5127 Eastland St., Crestview. Cyndy Freshour, 682-2374.
MAIN STREET CRESTVIEW ASSOCIATION: Sponsors refurbishment projects and events for the historic district. 198 N. Wilson St., Crestview. Ellis Conner, president, 689-3722.
Military Appreciation Recognition Committee: City Hall, 198 N. Wilson St., Crestview. Bob Lynn, chairman, 682-3795.
OKALOOSA CHAMBER SINGERS: Regional professional choral ensemble. Dr. Marilyn Overturf, director, 682-9651.
RAILEY'S 13th BIRTHDAY PROJECT: Holt resident Railey Connor, 12, collects donations for area nursing home residents. Drop-off locations include the News Bulletin, 705 Ashley Drive, and First Baptist Church of Holt, 532 U.S. Highway 90.
RELAY FOR LIFE: American Cancer Society spring walkathon fundraiser. Megan Bowersox, 244-9042.
SCHOLA CANTORUM: Community chorus based at Northwest Florida State College. Dr. John Leatherwood, 729-6071.
SHARING AND CARING:Crestview food bank, 298 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., Crestview. Robin Marston, 682-1907.
SOUP KITCHENS AND COLD WEATHER SHELTERS:Operated every day but Sunday by the Crestview Area Ministerial Association and participating churches. Anne Sprague, coordinator, 826-1770, email@example.com.
SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION, CHAPTER 7:Supports 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)'s soldiers and families. Steve Tuttle, president, 7SFG cantonment, Eglin Reservation, 398-2539.
UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME:Shelter and home for youth. 120 Duggan Ave., Crestview. Mae Knox, 398-5649.
VIEW FROM THE STAGE:Crestview community theatre troupe. Berit Faust and Sandra Peters, 398-8814.
YMCA:Community family fitness programs. 298 N. Wilson St., Crestview. Sarah Traver, 689-2999.
Email News Bulletin Staff Writer Brian Hughes or follow him on Twitter or call 850-682-6524.


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Teagle Forum Raises Center of Inquiry's Profileby Howard W. Hewitt • September 27, 2007 Share:
Many of higher education's leading experts on educational assessment and learning outcomes gathered on the Wabash College campus when the Teagle Foundation hosted its annual meeting here in September.
The Teagle Foundation presented a forum at the Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts, a significant gathering to talk about the tools and methodology of educational assessment. The event also lifts the Center of Inquiry's national profile and positions its researchers as leaders in the field of assessment and student learning outcomes.
Teagle Foundation President Bob Connor brought the forum to Wabash after learning about the meaningful assessment work being done at the Center of Inquiry through — among other initiatives — its National Study of Liberal Arts Education.
Wabash Dean of the College Gary Phillips said Connor has led an effort to "deepen, thicken, and ground liberal arts colleges' work at getting stronger in the framework of assessment. His partnering with Wabash through the Center of Inquiry has facilitated that work and enabled the Center here to benefit.
"The end result enables liberal arts institutions through their faculty, staff, and administration to take seriously the question of inquiry as a way to get stronger," Phillips said.
That is exactly what Connor had in mind in bringing the forum to Wabash.
"We chose Wabash as the place to bring together leaders of our collaborative in value-added assessment because we have seen that its Center of Inquiry is doing such extraordinary work in advancing liberal arts education," Connor said. "At Teagle, we are especially pleased that the Center Director, Charlie Blaich, has developed a program of Teagle Scholars, skilled faculty, and administrators willing to go the extra mile to help other colleges improve student engagement and learning in the liberal arts and sciences."
Connor worked with Blaich to put together the September forum. "The Center collaborates with liberal arts institutions to use evidence to strengthen student learning," Blaich said. "The meeting was a great opportunity for us to connect with a new group of colleagues from across the country, learn about their projects, and think of ways that we might facilitate their good efforts."
The Teagle Foundation facilitates the assessment effort through grants. Partnering with the Center of Inquiry furthers both groups' goals. "What Teagle didn't have and what Connor and Blaich partnered to make possible was a place to go for help," Phillips said.
The nearly 60 representatives from across the country not only benefited from meeting with each other, but learning about the Center.
"Here is this little liberal arts college in the Midwest, single-sex, that doesn't get on the radar in a number of ways in the circles of many of these institutions," Phillips explained. "But here are these institutions that are brought here to enable them. The Wabash name is out there in ways that don't necessarily identify us on our academic side in terms of curriculum, programs, or our sports teams. But it puts us in a place where people hear our name and they make a connection to the Center of Inquiry."
Connor was high in his praise of Wabash and the Center of Inquiry.
"Wabash sets a high standard itself in such matters, but the Center is a unique resource for liberal arts education more widely," the Teagle Foundation president said. "I don't know of any other college that has developed an equally effective outreach program."
Conversely, there are benefits to Wabash and the Center when a group of this prestige brings nationally recognized educators to Crawfordsville.
"It sets us up to strengthen the Center in its persistence after the grant period ends," Phillips said. "We'll need to have those relationships with other partnering foundations and institutions. It reinforces the importance of critical inquiry.
"It brings to our public, internal to the College — the trustees, alumni, faculty, parents of students, and staff — a greater awareness of what the Center is doing and its impact at the national level."
In photos: From top, Philllips, Blaich, Connors.


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Typically, I am not one to rant. I'm a pretty easy-going, live-and-let-live kinda girl. But this past week, I was pushed a bit to the brink with this whole author blog thing.
I wrote this post last Friday and since then, the lovely Anne R. Allen has tackled the same topic, so I suggest you read her post as well because I'm going to attempt to not be redundant and to come at it from a different angle.
*Warning: This is a ridiculously long post. I apologize in advance. Grab a cup of coffee and a pastry in case you get peckish halfway through.*
Writers are under a lot of pressure to build their platform. We talk about it ad nauseam here and there are posts everywhere you turn in the writing blogosphere. When I read those posts, I try to pull out the tidbits that may help me and let the rest roll off my back.
But lately, it seems like the noise of what we should and should not do is becoming not just loud but cacophonous, contradictory, and oftentimes, unrealistic in my opinion.
Luckily Agent Sara and my lovely editor are perfectly happy with my web presence and never put pressure on me to do any of it. But this doesn't mean I don't put pressure on myself. And I know many of you out there are doing the same.
So let's look at what's being said as of late about blogging...
1. "Writers should not blog about writing."
Okay, first Kristen Lamb said it and I understand where she's coming from--you want to reach readers, not just writers. Then Janet Reid said it because she thinks writing about writing makes for a "boring" blog. (From Twitter: booooring. your website is about your finished writing, not your process. Its like watching sausage being made: nooooo")
My reaction: I GET it. I understand why it behooves us to have a broader audience than just writers. This is why I bought Kristen's book and started my separate author blog. But I disagree that blogging about writing is boring and something that should be frowned upon. Anything can be boring if done the wrong way. Also, I think for the writer just sticking their toe in the blogging waters, writing about writing and getting connected to the online writer community are not bad things. It can help you find your blogging voice and build a support network. Then you can gain the confidence to experiment to branch out and expand your topics.
So I trudge along with my "shouldn't be doing it" writing blog and my "more for readers" author blog. I'm not on the ledge yet. I'm doing alright.
2. There's that post by Wendy Lawton that inspired my Is Blogging Dead? post where she says that blogging may not be worth the time because the blogosphere is glutted and it's going to be impossible to stand out.
My reaction: You can read my full post, but basically, I think if you love blogging, do it. If you think it's going to put you on the NYT Bestseller list, you're probably going to be disappointed. I see fellow authors all the time who've built significant online presences, but I don't see there names rocketing to the bestseller list because of it. I'm sure it doesn't hurt their sales, but you have to think realistically. Even if you have 5000 blog followers and EVERY one of them bought your book--which believe me, will not happen, maybe 5-10% will. You're still not going to make any major list (unless those 5k people bought your book all in the same week--also not likely.)
So off I go, still typing my little blogging heart away, but being realistic. Then...
3. People start talking about what kind of stats you should be getting to be considered a decent blog by NY Publishers.
Agent Rachelle Gardner puts out the statistic that a blog should get about 15k hits a month to be considered good. Then Meghan Ward hears from agent Andy Ross that 100k hits is where it needs to be to get attention and an editor says less than that, but 10k Twitter followers is a good range. So Meghan's research reveals somewhere around 30k hits is what they want us shooting for.
My reaction: *jaw drop * *rant starts boiling within me* I respect all of these agents who are giving this information. However, this is a seriously intimidating bar to set for people. In summary: Blog, but not about writing, and only if you can get a crap ton of hits, otherwise don't bother because it's worthless. 0_o
This blog, which I think most would consider respectably successful (including my own agent who is totally excited by my numbers), has taken me two years and 500 posts to build. I have roughly 2k followers when you combine RSS and google connect. I definitely don't get 30k hits a month. Not even close to any of those numbers thrown out above.
And 10k Twitter followers? You know how you get 10k twitter followers easy peasy? You go follow 10k people. The number of twitter followers can be completely misleading. People who follow everybody and their daddy will get people following back. But are they engaging with you? And are you going to be able to engage with all those people in a genuine manner if you're following everyone just to get your numbers up? It becomes a meaningless number. (Read Kristen's Having the Right Friends for more on that.)
So after all of this piled up in my brain, here is what I wanted to shout at the heavens: "I am not a blogger who writes. I am a WRITER WHO BLOGS!" *insert expletives that aren't appropriate for this blog*
My main goal is not to become one of the uber blogs that gets 100k hits a month. People who are doing that are BLOGGERS. That is their job. MY job is to write books that people are going to want to buy. My blog and twittering and everything else are accoutrements to that goal. If I wanted to be a blogger for a living, I would've gone and worked toward that.
So I'm begging those out there to take the pressure off of writers.
Yes, blogging and social networking are great tools for your platform. Even though, frankly, the jury is still out on whether it actually sells any significant amount of books. (Check out this post on the supposed uber blogger/writers that Anne linked to in her post.) There will always be "break out" cases and hopefully some of us become one, but the reason why people always say Seth Godin, Neil Gaiman, Konrath, etc. is because there are so few who actually reach that level with an online presence. For every one of them, there are thousands who blog and network their little hearts out and go completely unnoticed.
And yes, blogging about something other than writing will give your readers variety. But almost every "big time' author who regularly blogs, blogs about writing sometimes. Readers like to hear the behind the scenes on occasion. So you don't have to cut it out cold turkey.
And honestly, post-publication, readers go to author blogs to get to know you better. Writing is obviously part of who you are, so why not include some of that along with other things you're interested in.
Niche blogs do the best hits wise (i.e. blogs on cooking or celebrity gossip or crafts), but listen--once you are a published author, YOU are the niche. YOU. Readers aren't coming to you to learn how to scrapbook or play checkers (unless you write books about those things.) They want to know about topics related to your books and you as a person.
This idea that you're going to build some crazy big blog and people are going to flock to it for tips on playing tiddlywinks and think--ooh, look, she's a paranormal romance writer too, I'm going to go buy her book!--is unrealistic in my opinion for fiction writers (non-fic is a whole other animal). If you are not blogging about something that is related to the kinds of books you write, the two dots are not going to connect. I could build a cute puppy pics site, but it's not going to make people want to buy my erotic romance.
And even if it's related, it still may fall flat. I enjoy reading historical romances. But I do not have any particular interest in learning facts about the Victorian period. So if you make your blog about that, I'm not going to be interested. You've gone too niche-y. So try to think of things that are appealing to a broad group of readers. Meg Cabot has a great blog. It's just her using her voice to talk about whatever. And it works because she's an established author and people seek her out--then they see her blog is interesting too, so they stick around.
As for those numbers thrown out there, the only reason you'd need a blog with 100k followers pre-publication is if you want to get a book deal BASED on your blog like that Julia Child book/movie. And your chances of that happening are about the same as striking oil in your backyard. I doubt that's what most of us are going for.
In my humble opinion, here is what a writer should be focused on...
1. Write the best damn books you can (duh). Because ultimately, that's what's going to give you a lasting career and draw people to you.
2. Build an online presence that is meaningful to you and that you get excited about.
3. Blog about what you want but try to find things that you think will appeal to your target audience. If you're passionate about whatever it is, that will come through and people will want to read it. You are introducing people to yourself and your voice first, the topic is secondary.
4. Do not obsess on the number of followers and hits. It's about building engagement with others NOT about a statistic that may or may not be meaningful. (There are even authors like Natalie Whipple who are so frustrated with that focus on numbers that they are deleting their follower gadget.)
5. Be visible to readers -- get book bloggers to review you, do interviews, hang out in forums. Don't just stick in the little writing corner of the the world.
6. Genuinely engage with others. Be helpful, be funny, be entertaining--whatever works best for you. A thousand engaged followers is way more valuable than 10k strangers.
7. Decide if you want to be a writer who blogs or a blogger who writes. Big difference. We only have so much time and creative energy in a day, where do you want to channel the majority of yours?
Which path do you think is going to be more likely to lead you to a book deal or writing success?
Spending the majority of your work time writing and honing your craft, while doing social networking and blogging in between?
Or, spending all your time building a mega blog and hoping New York will notice you?
I'm putting my money in the first basket for 99% of cases.
So I'm here to tell you, fellow scribes, to give yourself a break. Stop stressing. My publisher didn't even ask about my blog when they gave me a book deal. As long as I have a website and they know I'm on the social networks, they're fine. They are much more concerned about me writing great books and making deadlines.
And my small potatoes writing blog has gotten me a lot of opportunities. I've been invited to speak for groups without even having a book to sell yet. I've been blessed to meet all kinds of people who are willing to promote me without me asking. I've had people recognize my name who I had no idea were even aware of me.
Will it help me sell books? *shrug* Maybe, maybe not. But I wouldn't go back and change it. The people I've met through blogging have made this more than worth the effort. Maybe I'm doing it all wrong, but it's working for me.
That's not to say that I'm not always striving to do better and that I wouldn't love to get those crazy number of blog hits at some point, but that is not what is going to keep me up at night. I've got enough sleepless nights with my characters chattering at me, thankyouverymuch.
*end rant*
So has any of the recent blogging advice gotten you all stabby? What frustrates you the most about the advice out there? What have you found most helpful? What do you want your blog to be? And do you think blogs sell books?


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text: Pixar's prequel to Monsters Inc. might a long ways away, but marketing for Monsters University is already underway. The school where Sulley and Mike learned all about the art of scaring has a website, and it's adorable. The whole thing is pretty interactive — there's even a run-down of monster Greek Life. Fingers crossed Disney sells four-armed hoodies.


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Henrico County Sheriff's Basic Training Academy
In-Service Training
The Henrico County Sheriff's Office provides the most intense and comprehensive jail, court security and civil process training program in the Commonwealth for its deputy sheriffs.
The Henrico County Sheriff's Academy is a thirteen-week, 480 hour course of academic and practical instruction that focuses on fire arms training, jail & court security, the Code of Virginia, defensive tactics, service of civil process, firefighting, first aid, CPR, and general law enforcement.
To meet Department of Criminal Justice Services standards, all deputy sheriffs must attend and successfully complete a minimum of forty hours of inservice training. In addition, the academy sponsors training in supervisory/management skills, specialized subjects, mental health, and other relevent subject matter. The Sheriff's Office works closely with the Henrico Divisions of Police and Fire in order to provide this training.
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Continuing Education and Training
Each Henrico Sheriff's Deputy must demonstrate proficiency with their issued service weapon as well as with other specialized and chemical weapons. During the Sheriff's Academy, recruits are given in-depth training with their weapon and must continue to requalify throughout their service with the Sheriff's Office.
Deputies are encouraged to continue their training through both professional and academic programs. This includes attendance at institutes of higher learning and specialized training offered at many levels of corrections and law enforcement.
The Sheriff's Office has a career development program to enhance the deputy's knowledge, skills and abilities through continuing education, both on a professional and academic level. Members are expected to maintain above-standard ratings to advance through the career development program.