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Boy, 7, fatally shot outside gun shop
Joseph Loughery won't face charges for son's death
A Fredonia man won't face criminal charges for the accidental shooting death of his 7-year-old son outside an East Lackawannock Township gun store.
The Herald of Sharon reports that Mercer County District Attorney Robert Kochems has decided not to file charges against 44-year-old Joseph Loughery.
State police said Loughery walked into Twig's Reloading Den with his son, Craig, to try to sell his 9 mm pistol to the store owner on the morning of Dec. 8.
"The gentleman stopped in, wanted to know if I wanted to buy his firearms. I said, 'Not interested,' and he left," store owner Gladys Mohney said.
Loughery left the store and put the boy in a booster seat on the passenger side of his truck, police said. The man then got in on the driver's side, and the gun discharged, hitting the boy in the chest.
"The father is traumatized, visibly shaken," Lt. Eric Hermick said at the time. "It's probably the worst tragedy you could go through to take your own son's life."
Police said the father told them he thought the gun was empty.
"He emptied the magazine out at the residence before he brought it here. Unfortunately, it was not rendered safe. There was one in the chamber, which resulted in the tragedy," Hermick said.


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"The advantages of moving toward enterprise planning are significant. When done correctly, it makes the organization more nimble and better able to quickly respond to competitive pressures," said Player. "It also integrates the enterprise by breaking down siloes and incorporating critical data such as sales forecasts, production planning, and workforce needs into a holistic view of the business." Player is the co-author of Beyond Performance Management: Why, When, and How to Use 40 Tools and Best Practices for Superior Business Performance and Future Ready: How to Master Business Forecasting Beyond Performance Management.
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Based on who you ask, a career in IT is both bright and risky. The information technology industry is going through dramatic changes because of the consumer technology, social media, recession and cloud computing, just to name a few. These changes in the corporate world and IT industry are impacting the availability of IT jobs, required skills and salaries. Read on to find out more about it.
If you ask IT professionals, especially those who consider their profession in the IT industry as a dead end will say that the IT departments are facing a non-stop cycle of downsizing. Others things that are adding to the concerns of professionals are offshoring, and the use of the high-tech labors in the form of H-1B visa holders. This is the reason some people think that the pursuing a career in the IT sector is somewhat risky.
Aside from this, the existing professionals in the industry are also fed up with the fact that they are not appreciated for the time and effort they invest in order to get their routine work done. They have been finding it hard to maintain a balance between work and life, not to mention the fact that they are not getting the salary increments they expect.
Other the other side, some professionals are optimistic and they say things in favor of the IT industry. They agree that the industry professionals have a lot of problems to face, such as globalization, offshoring, technological changes and so on. But they still believe that it is the best time to be an IT professional. They are of the opinion that jobs in this industry and the jobs in the near future will be so lucrative that the job holders will be considered well-rounded employees. And they will be better prepared to handle other business tasks. This is because technology is making its way into all types of businesses, and there will be need for IT pros in every business.
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Les Gilets Juniors
Thousands of vests were, this year, sold with pants : long and buttoned, they camouflaged hips : co-ordinated, they suited all silhouettes. For a change, and because they are not afraid to focus on their slim torso and hips, juniors will prefer the very short, heavily patterned knit styles this winter. Turn the vest into the star and organize one of these very young tomboy style outfits around it with wool knee socks, pants, shorts and frilly skirts.
Above: Woolmark gilet in shades of blue (Agnes B. pour Limitex, 75F, chez Mouche), Pure silk blouse, finely striped (Dennet Barry). For long legs only: flannel shorts to the knees (Etam, 45F), Thick wool socks (Dépositaires Pingouin Stemm), Sunglasses (Lissac).
Small irregular striped wool vest (Harry Lans, 105F, from Galeries Lafayette) Funny and refined, the coordinated blouse, speckled with small horses (Emmanuelle Khanh for Le Bistrot du Tricot, 98F, chez Turlututu). Buttoned pants in pure new wool (Agnes B. pour Limitex, 110F, à la Gisquette), Wool Hat (Lil), Boots with flat heels (Shop 22), Big round glasses ( Lissac).
Main photo: Cheerful little vest in pure new wool Jacquardé (Agnes B. pour Limitex, 75F, à la Gaminerie), Mini skirt in wool check, which gathers into V shaped yoke (Berluc, 89F, chez J.N.S, 3), jersey blouse (Dennet Barry).
Top: Dog Collar blouse (Boutique Berge). Kid gloves (Gants Lux). New: socks above the knee, natural wool (Dépositaires Pingouin Stemm). Varnished laced shoes with round toe (Jocelyn). Bottom: exception here - the top is Scottish, English plaid open V sweater, (Kingsbury, 85F, Au Printemps). And the skirt is replaced by the grey flannel straight legged trousers (Arvel, La Gaminerie 119F). Socks match the sweater (Kingsbury). Victorian style brown leather laced pioneer boots (Tilbury).
All images scanned for the Sweet Jane Blog from ELLE Magazine, 16th August, 1969. with thanks to Brad Jones. All photographs by Peter Knapp, original fashion editorial by Catherine Rousso for Elle. Photographs taken on location at Vèlodrome de la cipale, à Vincennes. Discover more about the origins of the Agnès B brand. Further details about the history behind the Argyle pattern. View one of my previous posts featuring the work of designer Emmanuelle Khanh and discover more about the fashion label's heritage. Read Tomboy Style: Beyond the Boundaries of Fashion by Lizzie Garrett Mettler. And finally, view some more examples of photographer Peter Knapp's work.


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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) –– Ryan Getzlaf knows the Anaheim Ducks could be getting frustrated.
Instead, he thinks they're just getting started.
The Ducks have controlled long stretches of their matchup with Detroit, outshooting and outscoring the Red Wings over the first four games while getting superior goaltending from Jonas Hiller. Yet the series is even heading into Game 5 on Wednesday night at Honda Center.
Second-seeded Anaheim's stellar regular-season record and formidable talent haven't mattered to the Red Wings, who sneaked out two overtime victories despite playing with a lead in just one of the series' four games.
It's a recipe for tension in the Ducks' dressing room heading into a pivotal point of the first-round series. But to Getzlaf and his teammates, every element of the playoff march is a privilege, particularly after the Ducks missed the postseason in two of the past three years.
"We're far from frustrated," the Anaheim captain said Tuesday after the Ducks' long flight from Detroit to Orange County. "This is playoff hockey. This is the best time of the year, and we're in a best-of-three series now. We always knew it was going to be a long series. … It's been a grind throughout the year. We've always been able to rise up to the occasion, and we're hoping for that tomorrow (in Game 5)."
The Ducks expect to have little trouble regrouping after they barely missed a chance to take a 3-1 series lead in Game 4 on Monday night. After Anaheim blew a third-period lead, Damien Brunner's overtime goal evened the series for the Red Wings, who appeared to be on the ropes after getting shut out by Hiller in the first 100 minutes of the teams' two games at Joe Louis Arena.
"One goal the other way (in Game 4), and everybody is happy around here," Getzlaf said.
Instead, the Ducks must find additional determination to get past their playoff-tested opponents. Anaheim will have the advantage of its favored matchups on home ice in Game 5 and a potential Game 7, yet neither team believes matchups or friendly crowds have made much impact on this series.
"Quite frankly, the matchups only work if your team is playing well and you get a lead," Anaheim coach Bruce Boudreau said. "If you don't get a lead, you may have some great defensive matchups, but you're going to have to change because you need to score goals. We'll get the last change (in Game 5), which will help, because I thought the last game they were definitely trying to get (Pavel) Datsyuk's line against one specific line, and we tried to change it a few times. It's a difficult thing to do."
Datsyuk scored the tying goal with 6:33 left in regulation in Game 4 for the Red Wings, who finally flexed their offensive skills at home after five-plus periods without a score.
The Red Wings made an obvious effort to get more shots at Hiller in Game 4, sending pucks at the Anaheim net at every opportunity. Hiller was solid all night, but the Red Wings' mentality eventually led to Brunner's winning goal.
"The plan was to get more shots, and shoot from worse angles," Detroit's Valtteri Filppula said. "We did a good job. We were able to get pucks back in the offensive zone. I didn't think we did that enough in the previous game."
The Ducks are hoping to increase their own offensive pressure on Jimmy Howard on Wednesday. Howard acknowledged he hadn't been Hiller's equal in the series, giving up 12 goals on 120 shots, but he played tremendously well in Game 4 when the Ducks pressed for a possible clinching goal.
"I just wanted to give the guys a chance to win," Howard said. "They deserved that. I knew I had to be better. I wanted to be better. … In the playoffs, all it takes is a goalie to get hot, and anything can happen."
Although Anaheim has generated plenty of offensive chances, the Ducks could use a goal from high-scoring Corey Perry, who won the Richard Trophy with 50 goals in 2011 during his MVP season. He hasn't found the net in the playoffs, and he missed on a couple of golden chances in Game 4.
"If those went in, we wouldn't be having this conversation," Perry said Tuesday. "They had a lot of shots (in Game 4), but we had some good chances, too. We've got to create more chances, keep plugging away, and hopefully get some ugly ones."
Boudreau criticized a few unnamed Ducks after Game 4 for being "passengers" — passive participants who didn't do enough work to help Anaheim. Major lineup changes seem unlikely after the Ducks' fairly solid play throughout the series, but Boudreau is eager to get his team rolling quickly, before any struggles lead to a potential elimination game.
Detroit again will be without Justin Abdelkader, who must finish his two-game suspension for a big hit on Anaheim's Toni Lydman. The veteran defenseman sat out Game 4 with apparent after-effects from the collision, and Lydman didn't skate in the Ducks' optional practice after traveling Tuesday.
While the Ducks prepared for the pressure of Game 5, the Red Wings worked on minor adjustments for their latest trip to Honda Center, where they've won three of their four games this season.
"We have to go in their barn and steal another game," Detroit coach Mike Babcock said.


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It�s only one game, but this year�s Kinston boys and girls basketball teams look an awful lot like last year.
It�s only one game, but this year�s Kinston boys and girls basketball teams look an awful lot like last year.
The defending state 2A champion boys made short work in their season opener of rival North Lenoir, rolling to a 72-40 victory, while the girls, who last season fell one game short of playing for the state title, were equally convincing in a 56-40 triumph Wednesday at Viking Gym.
Even more impressive, both teams won easily with one of their best players on the sidelines for most of the evening.
Josh Dawson scored six first quarter points for the Vikings boys then barely played again.
�Josh has been battling a virus and really wasn�t feeling well,� first-year Kinston coach Perry Tyndall said. �He�s such a competitor that he insisted on being out there, but fortunately we were able to rest him after the first quarter.�
That�s because Kinston (1-0) scored the game�s first seven points and ran out to a 19-5 advantage after the opening period.
Those 19 points came on 7-of-11 shooting, with several easy buckets coming off 11 Hawks turnovers in the first 8 minutes.
�Their defense just overwhelmed us at the beginning,� NL coach Anthony Loftin said. �It took us too long to settle down, and even when we did they were still able to make us do what we didn�t want to do.�
The second quarter was more of the same. By the time intermission rolled around, Kinston led 38-13. The margin swelled to as many as 34 in the second half as both teams substituted liberally and emptied their benches.
Despite the victory, Tyndall saw too much that he wasn�t pleased with.
�We gave good effort, but we were extremely sloppy,� Tyndall said. �A lot of that had to do with Josh going out. He�s such a huge part of what we do, but in a situation like that someone has to step up and pick up the slack.�
Two Vikings players who definitely picked up the slack were Denzel Keyes (19 points, 11 rebounds) and Brandon Ingram (18 points, six rebounds, two blocks, two assists.)
Ingram was performing under the watchful eye of N.C. State men�s basketball head coach Mike Gottfried, who was in attendance and has made no secret of his recruiting interest in Kinston�s super sophomore.
�I knew he (Gottfried) was here, but I wasn�t nervous or anything,� Ingram said. �I just tried to go out and play as hard as I could and do the things I usually do.�
Tiquan Canady added 10 points for the Vikings, who host South Lenoir on Tuesday.
Jaquaz Jones, who scored 26 points in NL�s season-opening victory over Greene Central on Tuesday, followed up with 15 more against the Vikings. He was the only Hawks player in double figures.
North Lenoir (1-1) hosts North Johnston on Tuesday.
Junior sensation Brittany Drumgoole played just one half due to a sore shoulder. Surprisingly, it was in the second half that the Vikings took control.
Leading 26-19 at the break after the Hawks (0-2) scored the final eight points of the first half, Kinston erupted behind Drumgoole�s replacement, Anshonee Addison.
Addison scored nine points in the third period, including six in a row at one point on back-to-back three-point plays, as Kinston (1-0) outscored NL 20-7 to build a 20-point advantage.
The lead never dipped below the final 16-point margin again.
Monique Lofton and Takerian Harper tallied 13 points apiece to pace the Vikings, while Lydia Rivers added 12 points and a dominating 18 rebounds.
Kinston outrebound the Hawks 47-34 and forced 23 turnovers.
NL�s Quoya Porter led all scorers with 17 points.
North Lenoir 5 8 10 17�40
Kinston 19 19 16 18�72
HAWKS (1-1) � Jaquaz Jones 15, Troy 7, King 4, Summers 4, Stocks 3, J. Robinson 2, K. Robinson 2, Rouse 2, Hough 1, Pridgen, Davis, Sutton, Wilkes.
VIKINGS (1-0) � Denzel Keyes 19, Brandon Ingram 18, Tiquan Canady 10, Dunn 8, Dawson 6, Rouse 5, Ham 3, Williams 2, White 1, Taylor, Joyner, Hart, Jones, Jackson.
North Lenoir 7 12 7 14�40
Kinston 12 14 20 10�56
HAWKS (0-2) � Quoya Porter 17, Foster 5, Speicher 5, Hart 4, Bizzell 3, Stallings 3, Cox 2, Lee 1, Howard, Varnell.
VIKINGS (1-0) � Monique Lofton 13, Takerian Harper 13, Lydia Rivers 12, Addison 9, Williams 4, Drumgoole 2, Washington 2, Clark 1, Thi, Vermillion.


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I had a nice, long break for myself after last year's holiday markets, but on Saturday I celebrated my first craft fair of what will hopefully be a long and illustrious season:
Like my MUSIC sign? It's not backwards to the customers, you know! You can find my tutorial on vinyl record album stencils over at Crafting a Green World.
There's yet another craft fair application that I ought to be filling out this evening, but I'm tired, and the wren shouting at the cat outside the study window is driving me nuts, so I'm thinking that a beer and a re-read of HP1 is just the thing for tonight. Besides, what would a craft fair application be if it wasn't done at the last stinkin' minute?
It wouldn't be a craft fair application of mine, that's for sure!


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Saturday, January 30, 2010
What do you teach as Kindergarten Readiness Skills?
As a Pre-K educator, part of my job description includes helping students acquire the self help skills they need to be successful in a larger elementary school setting. I have a Kindergarten Skills Club that meets regularly, usually on the playground for the first few minutes of recess. We practice skills like putting on jackets, zipping up, shoe tying, and "inside-outing" a coat (the kiddos' term, not mine).
Later in the year, we also learn our address, phone number, parents first and last name ----yes, they do have names OTHER than "Mommy" and "Daddy"! When we do this one, parents are always surprised that their children DON'T know their parents' first and last name. This can be very important information for a preschooler to know in an emergency! There are lots of other safety skills we practice along the way, such as looking both ways to cross a street.
I am looking to expand my club topics and would love any ideas you have to share. What do you do to get your students ready for kindergarten?
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Oh my - that has been such a popular question lately. Recently someone wrote that it is the job of our schools to get ready for their incoming kindergarteners not the kids job to get ready for kindergarten. This is because kids come in with such a wide range of skills and developmental needs.ReplyDelete
But even still, we want to help children be prepared to be successful as they move ahead in school. The most important thing that I think Pre-K teachers can do is keep school fun and help their students love to learn. Encourage their curiosity, interest to discover and explore, and creativity. We want them to love learning and have a desire to learn more.
I like your set of Kindergarden readiness skills. Spot on. We have a separate afternoon class for our "Pre-K" kids where we teach the same things. And Deborah is, as always, right about teaching children to LOVE school. As corny as it sounds, attitude is everything.ReplyDelete
I know that most of my kids are heading off to Seattle Public School kindergardens, which means that they'll potentially be in classes of 25+ with a teacher and maybe an assistant of some kind. If they're going to thrive in that kind of classroom, they'll need to be able to focus on a single activity (even one they might not at first be interested in) for 20-30 minutes at a stretch. That's one of the things we specifically work on.
I also like my Pre-K kids to be confident in front of an audience. I make sure each kid has a turn in front of the class at least once a week during their 4-5-year old year. Public speaking is like a muscle for young children: exercise it, or it will whither.
Gees, I'm starting to write a post in your comments. Ew. That's just gross. Thanks for inspiring me to think about it.
Haha Tom - I was thinking the same thing when I was writing! Sometimes my comments might be better saved for a blog post:) Ayn - thanks for keeping us thinking on our toes!ReplyDelete
Thank you both! Now I've had to write more because your comments got me thinking, too!ReplyDelete
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by Tina Richards
US flagged draped coffins
our children inside,
Iraqi flagged draped coffins
their children inside,
Afghani flagged draped coffins
their children inside
As I hold a lily to place on our children's coffin,
my heart is torn.
So many Marines I have broken bread with,
Thanksgiving dinner,
Christmas dinner
I remember their eyes with so much innocence
Their families spread far and wide
For that day,
we became their family
I became their mom
These children who returned home in flagged draped coffins.
Not knowing what war and occupation would bring them
I mourn for what should not have been,
what should not be
Trusting their government not to lie
Not to send them into harm's way,
unless it was absolutely necessary
I see their innocent faces each time I see a flagged draped coffin,
I go to lay a lily upon them
But then I hesitate
I hear my son's words
"Mother," he told me with a tear stained face,
Innocence no longer there
"I thought what we were doing was right,"
"I was told we were going to liberate the Iraqi people."
"I trusted our leaders."
"We set it free,"
"We set it free by shelling them with our artillery."
"As we began to secure the city,
to safeguard the innocent civilians,"
"I saw three children playing,"
"I thought, 'Yes that is why we are here.'"
"I saw a girl, maybe ten or eleven,
just the age of my sister,
playing with her younger brother and sister"
"Twirling something in the air."
"Pink and Purple streamers she twirled it by."
"Her brother and sister laughing."
"Laughing at the pretty toy,"
"Delivered by the US military. "
"I realized at that moment,
it was a bomblet from our artillery."
"Unexploded ordinances."
"Cluster bombs."
"In the moment I went to run,"
"to scream,"
"to shout, "No, No'"
……it detonated.
"In an instant,
half her face and arm gone."
"Her brother and sister lay dead before her"
He said, "At that moment, I knew all I had been told was a lie"
"You cannot liberate or bring democracy with a howitzer," he cried.
That thought would haunt him for years,
as he would bring a gun to his mouth
and call me to say he didn't deserve to live.
Not live with the guilt of all the children killed
I think of that little girl,
Her brother
Her sister
I am so overwhelmed with sorrow and shame.
That our soldiers and Marines so trusting,
so patriotic,
have been so mislead
I brought my sons up to be Patriots
The occupations are not patriotic,
There is no honor
It is genocide.
As I lay the lily on the Iraqi coffin,
I make a vow
We must stop the killing of all these innocents,
perpetuated by the war profiteers,
military industrial complex,
our government
No more "patriots" will I raise
Thursday, April 30, 2009
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Horrifying news by way by US Weekly, which has a cover headline "Jake Pavelka Begs to Be New Bachelor" on the current issue.
Shocking in the wake of Pavelka's ill-fated train wreck of a break-up with Vienna Girardi, the woman he professed his undying love for during his own stint on "The Bachelor."
The mag quotes a source saying that "Jake has made it clear he would do ("The Bachelor") again in a heartbeat."
No duh! To get the opportunity to have 25 members of the opposite sex scratching each other's eyes out for the opportunity to hang out in a jacuzzi for five minutes is something most people wouldn't mind happening to them once in their lifetime.
Having it on national television is very much another matter. But still you get the idea that for a certain type of person, Jake was standing on reality-television's Mount Olympus. The fact that he ended up empty-handed is his own fault.
He had his moment. He immediately gravitated towards the wild-child Vienna despite every signal in the world that he was making the wrong choice. Contestants hated her so much they spent their precious Jake time putting her down, like so many reality star Marines jumping on grenades.
There was no telling him differently. God himself could not have stopped him from making that foolish Vienna choice with locusts and thunderbolts.
Sure enough, it was just a matter of time before the screaming and yelling started on national television no less. To their credit, the couple made it through Jake's foray on "Dancing with the Stars" before the ugliness really leaked out.
The unwritten "Bachelor" rule is you can have another chance if you've been done wrong or grievously overlooked. But there's no second chance for making the bonehead choice. You just have to live with it.
Jake's just going to have to live with his next "Bachelor" opportunity - "The Bachelor Pad, Season Two."


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No, not a zombie this year. Zombies are easy - I just go as I am. No, I need a different attitude. So how about some ass-kicking demon thing?
From the bowels of Hell itself... well, maybe not the bowels. Bowels aren't somewhere you want to spend much time in, although I guess that gives me a good reason to leave Hell. I mean, coming from bowels makes just about everywhere a step up. Okay, so I'll go with bowels.
From the bowels of Hell itself, the dreaded demon Bittoriad rises to wreak havoc upon the world. Destroying the very values that hold society together, the evil Bittoriad spreads such insidious notions as the idea that children's shows should actually be pretty good for children and entertain and work with parents rather than serving as toy advertisments. The nefarious Bittoriad can't even get through a blog post without preaching his twisted views. That's just how evil he is.
Oh yes, that is evil.
And then, once he has preached his way out of a job by refusing to work on crap, he sits in front of the television watching Dr.Phil and drinking beer...
Hang on, somewhere in here, Bittoriad lost his way. He was supposed to kick ass. Gah, even huge devil wings and an angry look can't alter my destiny - towards the television with a beer.
Hope everyone has a very happy Halloween! If you're dressing up, make it something horrific. No fairies or princesses - that's cheating! Make it scary! Whatever you do, I hope you have fun...
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'Tis the season to be tempted by a whole new model year of mountain bikes, and we've got some good news. Dialing in your own personal style of off-roading has never been easier — once you wade through the overwhelming amount of options, that is. There's a different bike for just about every type of trail and rider, and even some that claim to do it all. You need a bike best suited to the kind of riding you enjoy, but that also won't keep you from the occasional change of pace (or any surprises the trails throw at you). As part of our week-long series on bikes to celebrate the launch of Limits, we've picked our favorites for racing enduro, downhilling, or just getting out for a weekend adventure ride.
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I would like to ask for some help.
I made a java servlet. It receives information from sender through http get/post and it processes the information (for example it store received data to database).
My problem is how can I throw back an http 500 exception to the sender if there is an error during data processing?
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protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException { ... PrintWriter out = response.getWriter(); try { ... Integer[] i = new Integer[1]; // it will throw an exception i[5] = Integer.valueOf(5); // out.println("ok"); } catch (Exception ex) { // TODO to write: send back HTTP 500 error throw new ServletException(ex); } finally { out.close(); } }
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Are you new to Christianity? Or would you just like to know a bit more about one of the world's largest religions? This Bible study will explore the core concepts of Christianity, including Jesus, the Bible and discipleship.
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I am looking for a lightweight tripod for my ZD. Has anyone have any experience with the Manfrotto 055 series and/or the neotec. I will use my 029Manfrottto head with it. Are these smaller ripods steady enough with long exposures? Apart from the weight advantage are the carbonfibre tripods sturdier than the metal equivalents?How sharp are the mamiya 300mm lenses. I am talking about the (older) manual focus lenses.thanks. Ivan[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=70254\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
The neotec is excellent. It's a great tripod that will get you shots that others cannot, because you can set it up so quickly you won't miss things that other tripods would have you still assembling them for! The tripod seems sturdy enough for the 500mm F4L, so I'd think it's sturdy enough for the ZD.Using it with the 486RC2 ball head - not bad at all, but looking to get the 410 geared head also, but still waiting on the store to get me one in to play with.Graeme[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=70350\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
You don't want to save weight with the tri-pod, You want a very steady tripod. I am using a 645 AFD/P45 with a Manfrotto 3021 tripod and 410 head and still feel that it is not heavy enough for that system. Agreed! but I already have two heavy tripods! I am looking for something that is lighter and quicker to set-up and fold away,and still be sturdy! I also have a zone vi wooden tripod. Really great outdoors when the ground is uneven etc. but boy its heavy and big even with a lightweight 4x5 field camera! I usually carry tripod and mounted camera over my shoulder but I am a bit reluctant to do that with a 12000usd camera!Thanks. Ivan
Unfortunately no, so far I've only used CS2 to open raw files. I only received my ZD about 3weeks ago and havent explored other software yet.Which jobo do you use?HIThe viewer is jobo Giga Vu Pro and they start at 40 gig at about 500.00 USD. I don't have one but the best way to shoot is jpeg/raw. That wat you can quickly view your shots on location it has about a 4 inch screen.Thanks Denis


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The National Archives (U.S.) has created a power point presentation on using the Archival Research Catalog (ARC) for genealogical research. The ARC is the online catalog of NARA's nationwide holdings in the Washington, DC area, Regional Archives and Presidential Libraries.
View here: http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/topics/genealogy/arc-demo.pdf
They also offer a second presentation with case studies showing online research on two people using ARC and AAD. The Access to Archival Databases (AAD) provides access to over 85 million historic electronic records created by more than 30 agencies of the U.S. federal government and from collections of donated historical materials. This collection is continually growing.
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Because, as Brian Cashman told reporters at the Winter Meetings yesterday, "this is what he always does," I've half-assumed that Andy Pettitte would come back for another year. And if I had to put money down, I'd still guess that he will… but I also sort of conveniently forgot that he was now 38 years old and coming off a groin injury. Anyway, that Cashman line prompted my to look up the excellent Sports Illustrated lunch conversation between Tom Verducci and Musketeers Pettitte, Jeter, Posada and Rivera from just before spring training last season:
SI: How about when the season ends? You talk? Text?
Pettitte: We text.
Posada: We stay in touch. We try to get Andy to come back. 'Andy, please come back. Please come back.'
SI: You guys took a picture together after the last game at Yankee Stadium in 2008. Do you guys do that every year?
Posada: Yeah, it's Andy's idea.
Rivera: Yeah, and it's great because you don't know how long we're going to be together.
Jeter: We've done it other years because we did it when Bernie [Williams…] was there, too, right?
Posada: We've done it since '03 because Andy's been retiring since '03.
Yesterday Andy Pettitte made a very Andy Pettitte-like call to Brian Cashman, and Chad Jennings at LoHud has the rather heartwarming details:
Andy Pettitte called Brian Cashman today. The message was vague and uncertain, but the purpose was direct and to the point. Pettitte still hasn't decided whether he's going to retire, but he had to make sure his indecision wasn't negatively affecting the Yankees offseason.
"If I had to bet at some point, I think he'll play," Cashman said. "But he's telling me right now he's leaning the other way. He just doesn't want to hold us up."
Cashman said there was nothing Pettitte said that gave him reason for optimism, he simply believes — because "this is what he always does" — that Pettitte will eventually have a change of heart and decide to pitch one more year. For now, though, it's completely up in the air.
This is a little gesture, but it's one that a lot of players wouldn't bother to make, and it's things like this that give Pettitte his aw-shucks good guy reputation. When he finally does retire he will be hugely missed, and as always I just hope it isn't this year. Aside from the fact that, especially in light of recent Red Sox developments, the Yanks could really, REALLY use a solid lefty this season, I want Pettitte to come back so that the fans can get a chance to say a proper goodbye. I remember someone pointing out, in Pettitte's final 2010 playoff appearance, that it could be his last time in a Yankee uniform, but he hadn't said anything yet, and the moment went almost entirely unacknowledged.
I have never really cried over baseball, but the closest I came was probably the 2001 World Series – those miraculous comebacks and, especially, the crowd chanting Paul O'Neill's name. Of course the fall of 2001 was highly emotional for other, much more significant reasons, but that moment really got to me — and to O'Neill, who got awkward and embarrassed and teared up himself. It was Yankee fans at their best (the Bombers were losing at the time, after all), and the old Stadium at its most alive. That particular moment won't ever be recreated, but Andy Pettitte deserves his own sendoff. He started, and won, the very first game I ever attended at Yankee Stadium – in 1995; I was 13 – and I would very much like to be there for his last. When all's said and done I suppose you have to evaluate Andy Pettitte as a very good pitcher rather than, on the whole, a truly great one, but he had so many great and big and gutty games over the course of his career, and no player features in more of my Yankee memories.


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Come explore the heart of the Barataria Basin, where the dark bayou waters hide silent alligators alongside the secrets of notorious pirate Jean Lafitte. Remnants of the past are still present in this historic fishing village and the trails and waterways traversing the area.
Only a short distance from the big city of New Orleans, Jean Lafitte and its bayou culture feels like a world apart. Spend the day here, touring the mysterious swamps, eating some of Louisiana's best seafood and learning about the people and their unique way of life.


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For all the dog owners, if you didn't already know, snail bait is EXTREMELY toxic to dogs (and cats). Unfortunately, we found out the hard way, and one of our dogs ended up at the emergency vet the other night. Bella, our pug, was tremoring and hyperactive, although she is always very hyper. But this was unusual behavior for her. She looked high. I started to Google different search terms and found a hit for snail bait. One website listed all the signs and symptoms of snail bait poisoning, and the first two matched what our pug was experiencing. We called the emergency vet and immediately made our way there with our pug and the culprit… the box of snail bait.
The vet techs swooped up our pug from our arms and ran her back to the "hospital" without hesitation. They put us in an exam room and we waited, and waited, and waited for the doctor. It was only about 10 minutes before the doctor spoke with us, but it felt like an eternity. We were extremely anxious, and wondering if *we* killed our dog. It was the most nauseating feeling of not knowing what was happening or going to happen. The doctor was very informative and patient with the number of questions we had.
With poisons and toxins, it is hard to predict the course of the illness, severity, and prognosis of the condition without knowing EXACTLY how much was taken. At least with human ingestions, they can sometimes tell us exactly or at give us a close approximation of how much was taken, and we can predict (and I use that term loosely) the course of action with antidotes or supportive treatments. Unfortunately, we had no idea how much of the snail bait Bella ingested. So the doctor could not tell us what was going to happen, how long she was going to be sick, and if her clinical picture was going to deteriorate or improve. The unknown scared the living hell out of us. But the doctor reassured us that her and her team were going to do everything to stabilize her.
We waited around for about an hour until we got an update. The vet said that Bella had calmed down with methocarbamol and diazepam, a muscle relaxant and anti-anxiety/sedative, respectively. They provided her with fluids, oxygen, and diazepam as needed. They assured us that they were going to keep a close eye on her through the night. They even let us say good night to Bella before we left the pet ER, since they had strict visitation hours from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
We left feeling comforted, at ease, and less anxious because we knew Bella was in good hands, if that makes any sense. The staff were so friendly and informative, that we just knew they were going to provide excellent care for our little four-legged girl. The vet called us the next morning and gave us an update that Bella was doing well, oxygenating, and less tremulous and anxious after a few more doses of medications. She even told us that she might be ready to be picked up later that afternoon! And we did! I'm happy to report that Bella is back to her hyper and happy self 🙂
Fortunately and thankfully, I feel like we caught Bella's signs and symptoms of snail bait toxicity early enough, albeit she was really sick and had to be hospitalized, has fully recovered. The cost of the ER visit with medications, X-rays, oxygen, IV fluids, and etc costed us $2000, but well worth it to have our furry little girl back home with us!
We intentionally left our box of snail bait with the pet ER. Never again are we going to buy that toxic stuff. If you need snail bait, get the pet-friendly kind. I hear there are home remedies, too, such as a pie tin filled with beer. But we've decided to make friends with the snails and forego any kind bait, pet-friendly or not.
Roasted Garlic, Bacon, and Onion Marmalade
2 heads of garlic
3 slices bacon
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
3 large yellow onions, sliced
1/3 cup water
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon red wine
1 heaping tablespoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon thyme, chopped
Salt and pepper, to taste
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Cut off 1/4 to 1/2 inch of the top of the garlic bulbs using a knife, leaving the tops of the individual garlic cloves exposed. Place garlic bulb on top of a sheet of aluminum foil large enough to wrap the whole garlic bulb. Drizzle with two teaspoons of olive oil, sprinkle with a little salt, and wrap foil tightly. Bake for about 30-35 minutes, or until the feel soft when pressed.
Allow the garlic to cool enough so you can touch it without burning yourself. Use a fork or your fingers to pull or squeeze the roasted garlic cloves out of their skins. For large roasted garlic cloves, chop coarsely.
In a large, nonstick skillet, heat extra virgin olive oil over medium heat. Add the bacon slices and cook until the fat has been rendered, and the bacon is crispy. Remove bacon and place onto a paper towel-lined plate. Once cool to handle, crumble the bacon into coarse crumbles.
In the same skillet with the bacon fat, add the onions and saute until the onions are tender, about 15 minutes. Reduce the heat to just medium to medium-low, add water, cover with a lid and cook until the onions turn an amber golden brown. You will need to stir occasionally, until done, about 45 minutes.
Add the crumbled bacon, balsamic vinegar, brown sugar, thyme, roasted garlic cloves, salt and pepper, and deglaze the pan and cook until most of the moisture is gone. Once cooled, pour into a container and keep refrigerated.
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Taiwan Aftermarket Auto Lights Manufacturer and Its Chairman Indicted for Participation in Price-Fixing Conspiracy
WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury in San Francisco returned a superseding indictment yesterday against a Taiwan aftermarket auto lights manufacturer, its U.S.-based subsidiary distributor and its chairman for participating in an international conspiracy to fix the prices of aftermarket auto lights, the Department of Justice announced. Aftermarket auto lights are incorporated into an automobile after its original sale, often as repairs following a collision or as accessories and upgrades.
The one-count felony superseding indictment, filed today in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, charges that Eagle Eyes Traffic Industrial Co. Ltd., which is based in Tainan County, Taiwan, participated in a conspiracy to fix the prices of aftermarket auto lights in the United States and elsewhere from about July 2001 to about September 2008. The indictment also charges Eagle Eyes' highest-ranking officer, Chairman Yu-Chu Lin, aka David Lin, for his participation in the conspiracy from about July 2001 to about September 2008. Lin is a resident of Taiwan. E-Lite Automotive Inc., Eagle Eyes' U.S. subsidiary based in Chino, Calif., is also charged in the indictment for its participation in the conspiracy from about March 2006 to about September 2008. Today's indictment supersedes an indictment filed on July 19, 2011, against the second-highest-ranking officer of Eagle Eyes, Vice Chairman Homy Hong-Ming Hsu.
"The Antitrust Division will continue to crack down on international price-fixing conspiracies that target U.S. businesses and consumers," said Sharis A. Pozen, Acting Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division.
According to the indictment, Eagle Eyes, E-Lite, Lin, Hsu and co-conspirators participated in a conspiracy in which the participants met and agreed to charge prices of aftermarket auto lights according to jointly determined formulas. The participants in that conspiracy issued list price announcements to customers in accordance with the jointly determined price structure, and collected and exchanged information on prices for the purpose of monitoring and enforcing adherence to the conspiracy. The department said that the conspirators met in Taiwan and the United States for their discussions.
Including Eagle Eyes, E-Lite and Lin, four companies and four individuals have been charged to date in connection with the department's ongoing investigation into the aftermarket auto lights industry. On Nov. 15, 2011, Maxzone Vehicle Lighting Corp., a U.S. distributor of aftermarket auto lights, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to pay a $43 million criminal fine for its participation in the conspiracy. On Oct. 4, 2011, Sabry Lee (U.S.A.) Inc., a U.S. distributor of aftermarket auto lights, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to pay a $200,000 criminal fine for its participation in the conspiracy. On March 29, 2011, Polo Shu-Sheng Hsu, the former president and CEO of Maxzone, was sentenced to serve 180 days in prison and to pay a $25,000 criminal fine for his role in the conspiracy. Chien Chung Chen, aka Andrew Chen, the former executive vice president of Sabry Lee, pleaded guilty for his participation in the conspiracy on June 7, 2011. He is currently scheduled to be sentenced on July 17, 2012.
Eagle Eyes, E-Lite and Lin are charged with price fixing in violation of the Sherman Act which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $1 million fine for individuals and $100 million fine for corporations. The maximum fines may be increased to twice the gain derived from the crime or twice the loss suffered by the victims of the crime, if either of those amounts is greater than the statutory maximum fine.
This case is part of an ongoing joint investigation being conducted by the Department of Justice Antitrust Division's San Francisco Office and the FBI in San Francisco. Anyone with information concerning illegal or anticompetitive conduct in the aftermarket auto lights industry is urged to call the Antitrust Division's San Francisco Field Office at 415-436-6660 or visit www.justice.gov/atr/contact/newcase.htm.


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Do Rocks Last Forever?
We think
rocks last forever. The boulder we
played on in our parents' front yard
when we were children is still there for
our grandchildren to enjoy. The rock
steps to the church are still in use a
hundred years later, and the gravestones
in the cemetery still mark where our
ancestors were laid to rest. These
rocks, to us, have lasted forever. But,
if you look closely, change is taking
This change is called weathering. The
term weathering refers to the
destructive processes that change the
character of rock at or near the Earth's
surface. There are two main types of
weathering, mechanical and chemical.
Processes of mechanical weathering (or
physical disintegration) break up rock
into smaller pieces but do not change
the chemical composition. The most
common mechanical weathering processes
are frost action and abrasion. The
processes of chemical weathering (or
rock decomposition) transform rocks and
minerals exposed to water and
atmospheric gases into new chemical
compounds (different rocks and
minerals), some of which can be
dissolved away. The physical removal of
weathered rock by water, ice, or wind is
called erosion.
Weathering is a long, slow process,
which is why we think rocks last
forever. In nature, mechanical and
chemical weathering typically occur
together. Commonly, fractures in rocks
are enlarged slowly by frost action or
plant growth (as roots pry into the
fractures). This action causes more
surface area to be exposed to chemical
agents. Chemical weathering works along
contacts between mineral grains.
Crystals that are tightly bound together
become looser as weathering products
form at their contacts. Mechanical
weathering continues until the rock
slowly falls apart into individual
We often think of weathering as
destructive and a bad thing because it
ruins buildings and statues. However, as
rock is destroyed, valuable products are
created. The major component of soil is
weathered rock. The growth of plants and
the production of food is dependent on
weathering. Some metallic ores, such as
copper and aluminum, are concentrated
into economic deposits by weathering.
Dissolved products of weathering are
carried in solution to the sea, where
they nourish marine organisms. And
finally, as rocks weather and erode, the
sediment eventually becomes rock
again--a sedimentary rock.
Four experiments that illustrate the
effects of mechanical and chemical
weathering are presented below.
What you need: plaster of paris, water,
a small balloon, two empty pint milk
cartons (bottom halves only), a freezer.
What to do:
(1) Fill
the balloon with water until it is the
size of a ping-pong ball. Tie a knot at
the end.
(2) Mix water with plaster of paris
until the mixture is as thick as yogurt.
Pour half of the plaster in one milk
carton and the other half in the other.
(3) Push the balloon down into the
plaster in one carton until it is about
1/4 inch under the surface. Hold the
balloon there until the plaster sets
enough so that the balloon doesn't rise
to the surface.
(4) Let the plaster harden for about 1
(5) Put both milk cartons in the freezer
overnight. 6) Remove the containers the
next day to see what happened.
What to think about: What happened to
the plaster that contained the balloon?
What happened to the plaster that had no
balloon? Why is there a difference?
Which carton acted as the control? Why?
How does this experiment show what
happens when water seeps into a crack in
a rock and freezes?
What should have happened: The plaster
containing the balloon should have
cracked as the water in the balloon
froze and expanded. Explain that when
water seeps into cracks in rocks and
freezes, it can eventually break rocks
What you need: lemon juice, vinegar,
medicine droppers, two pieces each of
limestone, calcite, chalk, and quartz.
What to do:
(1) Put a
few drops of lemon juice on one of each
of the four rock samples.
(2) Put a few drops of vinegar on each
of the other four samples.
(3) Look and listen carefully each time
you add the lemon juice or the vinegar.
What to think about: What happens when
you put lemon juice on each rock? What
happens when you put vinegar on each
rock? Did the lemon juice and vinegar
act the same way on each rock? Why did
some of the rocks react differently?
What does this experiment have to do
with weathering?
What should have happened: Lemon juice
and vinegar are both weak acids. The
lemon juice contains citric acid and the
vinegar contains acetic acid. These mild
acids can dissolve rocks that contain
calcium carbonate. The lemon juice and
vinegar should have bubbled or fizzed on
the limestone, calcite, and chalk, which
all contain calcium carbonate. There
should not have been a reaction on the
quartz, which does not contain calcium
carbonate. Explain that water commonly
contains weak acids that dissolve rocks
containing calcium carbonate and other
What you need: 15 rough, jagged stones
that are all about the same size, three
containers with lids (like coffee cans),
three clear jars, a pen, paper, masking
What to do:
Separate the stones into three piles of
five. Put each pile on a sheet of paper.
(2) Label each pile A, B, or C. Label
each can and jar A, B, or C.
(3) Fill Can A halfway with water and
put in the stones from Pile A. Do the
same with Can B and Pile B and Can C and
Pile C. Let the stones stand in the
water overnight.
(4) The next day, hold Can A in both
hands and shake it hard 100 times.
(5) Remove the stones from Can A with
your hands and pour the water into Jar
A. Observe the stones and the water.
(6) Give Can B 1,000 shakes (you can
rest between shakes). Remove these
stones and pour the water into Jar B.
Observe the stones and the water.
(7) Do not shake Can C. Remove the
stones and pour the water into Jar C.
Observe the stones and the water.
(8) Compare the three piles of stones
and the three jars of water.
What to think about: How do the piles of
stones differ? Why? Which pile acted as
the control? Why? How do the jars of
water differ? How does this show what
happens to stones that are knocked about
in a fast-moving river?
What should have happened: The stones
that were shaken should have more
rounded edges than the stones that
weren't shaken, and the stones in Can B
should have rounder edges than the ones
in Can A. Both jars should have some
sediment in the bottom, but Jar B should
have more sediment because more shakes
would have broken off more bits of rock.
The same thing happens to rocks that are
carried along in rivers or are tumbled
about by waves.
What you need: Three shallow dishes,
three pieces of steel wool, salt, water,
What to do:
(1) Place
each piece of steel wool in a shallow
dish (wear gloves because steel wool can
give splinters).
(2) Pour equal amounts of water over two
of the pieces of steel wool. Leave the
third piece dry. (3) Sprinkle one of
these wet pieces with plenty of salt.
(4) Observe and compare the pieces every
day for a week.
What to think about: What happened to
each piece of steel wool? Which piece
changed the most? Why do you think the
steel wool changed? Which piece of steel
wool acted as the control? What does
this experiment have to do with
What should have happened: When iron
gets wet, the water acts as an agent to
speed up oxidation (oxidation occurs
when oxygen combines with another
substance). In this case, oxygen in the
water combined with the iron in the
steel wool to form an iron oxide, or
rust. Rust is a weaker material than the
original metal and erodes quickly. When
salt is added to the water, it speeds up
the oxidation of iron. So, the steel
wool in the salt water should have
changed the most. The same thing happens
to rocks that contain iron as happens to
cars during northern winters when salt
is put on the roads.
Courtesy of Ohio Division of
Geological Survey "HANDS ON EARTH
SCIENCE" Webpage.
Ranger Rick's Nature Scope: Geology: the
Active Earth, National Wildlife
Federation, 1988.
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They've been called "heroines of humanity." Compared to Martin Luther King Jr. And, most recently, awarded Diamond Jubilee medals by a Canadian Member of Parliament.
Mary Wagner and Linda Gibbons aren't your typical heroes, though. In fact, they aren't heroes at all. They're convicted criminals, incarcerated for repeatedly harassing female patients who were accessing abortion services.
In bestowing a medal upon Wagner and Gibbons and comparing them to a champion of the civil rights movement, Conservative MP Maurice Vellacott is valorizing violent anti-abortion protestors as moral luminaries. And in thanking them for "suffer[ing] hardship and personal deprivation" to "further a just cause," he is anointing them brave warriors of a righteous crusade.
Liberals, take note: when martyrs are made, wars are readily waged.
Insisting that we honour Wagner and Gibbons as fallen soldiers, a member of the Conservative government has issued a call to arms in the war on women's reproductive rights. His call has been heeded and heralded by other conservative groups, some of which, in a truly astonishing testament to the power of human imagination, managed to compare two verbally-abusive miscreants to a figure even less apt than a widely-revered African-American civil rights activist from the 60's: Mother Theresa.
The war on women is often a covert one. It is waged around more closed policy tables that quietly choke off funding to women's health care providers and constrict access to abortions than it is waged in open courtrooms.
But the front has advanced of late: into the Canadian Parliament, where 91 MPs voted for Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth's motion to have Parliament study the definition of a human being, and into the American fall elections, where Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin opposed abortion on the grounds that women's bodies naturally prevent pregnancy in cases of "legitimate rape," later admitting to repeatedly trespassing at abortion clinics, where he had to be dragged away by police.
American liberals have grimly fought back, calling on presidential candidate Mitt Romney to denounce Akin, and defending the rights of women that some conservatives physically and politically attack.
But in Canada, our response is to deny that a war even exists. Instead of facing the steady barrage of threats to women's reproductive rights, we turn our attention to battles of dramatically less urgency, battles fought on easier terrain.
Rather than vigorously defending women's right to choose, Liberal Party leader Bob Rae observed that the Conservative government was being "inappropriate" in "giving medals to people who are in jail." Rather than exposing core elements of the Conservative Party as militant anti-abortion ambushers who masquerade as fiscal policy wonks, members of the media point out the Party's hypocrisy for being tough on crime but easy on Wagner and Gibbons. And rather than leading the charge against elected officials who represent scores of anti-abortion citizens and interest groups, we habitually dismiss them as crazies--bizarre, but thankfully isolated, members of a fringe.
We do so at our peril.
On both the cultural front and the policy front, women's right to choose is under siege--a slow siege, but a siege nonetheless. And rights don't defend themselves.
Defending women's right to choose doesn't mean that liberals have to return rounds of insults and intimidation when conservatives fire. But it does mean that we have to acknowledge the vulnerability of our rights and freedoms when conservative contingents declare open war on them, and further entrench the laws that protect our rights and freedoms when they wage covert war on them.
And it's critical that we honor heroes of our own, that we issue strong statements of our own. Women's health care providers and advocacy organizations deserve to be recognized for their work. And women themselves deserve to hear it said that, should they choose not to carry a fetus to term, they are not murderers any more than women who attack patients at a health care centre are heroes.
Conservatives are standing to attention. It's time for liberals to pay attention.
Shannon Gormley is a freelance writer and the senior editor of thoughtoutloud.org. She has worked for several women-focused advocacy organizations and initiatives.


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Fairtrade can change the lives of farmers, such as those in the Conacado cocoa co-operative.
Mariano Manzuela
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For Mariano Manzuela, a member of the Conacado cocoa cooperative in the Dominican Republic, Fairtrade means four of his 11 children attend secondary school on scholarships from the Fairtrade Premium. What started as a development project in 1988, has now become the tenth largest cocoa exporter in the world. Conacado now provides Fairtrade cocoa products to brands such as Green & Black's, Lush Cosmetics, Ben & Jerry's and Café Direct.
Conacado is an association of nearly 10,000 farmers who sell Fairtrade and organic cocoa. Before the formation of Conacado, cocoa production in the tropical region was fragmented and of low quality. The cocoa farmers were selling low quality unfermented beans - largely to the United States - and four families held a powerful grip on the local market. No matter what they did, small farmers like Mariano could not get ahead.
Certified by Fairtrade in 1995, Conacado cocoa now makes up 25 percent of national production and sells between 6,500 and 13,300 metric tons of cocoa annually. It has become one of the top three cocoa exporters in the Dominican Republic.
Grown under the shade of avocado, citrus, and banana trees, nearly half of Conacado cocoa is sold on the Fairtrade market. As a result, the cooperative receives an extra payment, the Fairtrade Premium, totalling $USD200,000 each year, in addition to the set price of cocoa. Decisions on how to invest the Premium in business and community development are agreed upon by all members, who are organized into nine 'blocks' composed of 182 small farmer associations throughout the country. Mariano's block decided to use funds from the Premium to build a new classroom for his son's primary school.
Members have also used the Premium to build five new fermentation centres and eight drying centres. They have also purchased trucks to transport the beans, repaired the roads and built warehouses for storage. All of these improvements lead to increased productivity and higher quality beans.
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Conacado's rise has particularly impressed Green & Black's, an organic chocolate brand. Conacado is now the main source of cocoa for Green & Black's, which switched its entire range of chocolate bars and beverage products to 100 percent Fairtrade in 2011. This new commitment will mean that Conacado's Fairtrade Premium should rise to more than $485,000 annually over the next ten years.
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We offer a large range of classes for you to enjoy whilst expanding your knowledge and skills in needlecraft. There's something for everyone. From various beginner classes to classes for students wanting to take that next step, and beyond.
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Early in her college career, Briana Knox, now a Penn State senior, wanted to confirm that law school was the right choice for her. On the advice of her advisor, she took part in the Explore Law program at Penn State after her sophomore year and gained valuable insight into the legal profession. Undergraduate students in Pennsylvania are invited to apply for this year's program, set for May 18 to 23.
After attending the program, Knox wrote, "Explore Law … provided me with anything and everything I could ever want to know about law school and being a lawyer. The professionals brought in to speak with us were so friendly, helpful and realistic, you could really tell their main goal was to prepare us for law school wherever we end up. You'll definitely take at least one thing away from it. For me, this program reassured every fiber of my being that law school is where I'm supposed to be."
Two years later, after studying abroad and working at two Congressional internships in Washington, D.C., and with an accounting firm focused on public policy issues, Knox still keeps in touch with Penn State Law professor Michele Vollmer who leads the program every year. Knox took the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) last fall and met up with Vollmer this spring to talk about how best to update her personal statement given all of her new experiences. Knox told Vollmer, "The friendships with other undergrads interested in law that I made during the program have been invaluable to me. I can't thank you and Penn State Law enough."
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The program is open to all undergraduates in Pennsylvania, including Penn State undergraduates from all campuses and Penn State World Campus. Explore Law is tuition-free and provides meals and housing.
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The program allows students to gain insight into the experience of going to law school. "It is the perfect way for students to get a taste of the law school experience," said Vollmer. "Students learn to brief a case, analyze a statute and negotiate like a lawyer. Just like last year, a substantial part of the program will be devoted to teaching students how to study for the LSAT. That part of the program will be taught in two different groups led by a LSAT expert so that the needs of each student can be met," she said. She added that one of the goals of the program is to introduce the study of law to students from groups that are under-represented in law school classrooms and the legal profession who may need added support to facilitate their interest in the study of law. The program is included in an LSAC (Law School Admissions Council) initiative called Discover Law.
Students who apply to Explore Law are welcomed into the Penn State Law community and invited to share in any of the events happening at the law school. Highlights include:
-- "Civil Rights Then and Now: The Evolution of Legal Strategies for Achieving Civil Rights For All," a presentation by Kim Keenan, General Counsel for the NAACP, 5 p.m. Feb. 12
-- "Admissions and Explore Law Virtual Diversity Roundtable," to be streamed live from Penn State Law and recorded for later viewing, 1 p.m. Feb. 26
-- Explore Law Open House, 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 21, Penn State Law commons, all students who have applied or are considering to apply, as well as all alumni of the program, are welcome to attend. Registration for the Explore Law Open House is online.
Law professors and practicing attorneys visit the program to discuss what they do and the fields of law in which they practice. In addition, participants will learn about the law school admissions process and how to succeed in being admitted to law school, and will build relationships with other students with similar interests and possible career goals.
Details and the application are available on the Explore Law website. Questions may be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com. Applicants may stay connected with Explore Law and like the program on Facebook. The deadline to apply is April 4.