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And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth (John 1:14, KJV).
In dealing with archaeology and related apologetic subjects, ABR investigates, researches and studies the historical record found in Scripture. As we all know, there are some events recorded in Scripture that cannot be subjected to empirical, historical investigation. As the pages of redemptive history unfold, they reach a culmination in the early pages of the Gospels, at the birth of Jesus Christ, the mysterious Incarnation of the Lord of Glory.
The Scriptures teach us that He was (and is) no mere man, but very God of God, manifest in the flesh. It was a miraculous and purely supernatural moment in the history of the world, that moment when the eternal, living and holy God of the universe stepped into human history, took on a human nature, and interacted with His creation in the body of a man. He is the last Adam (I Cor 15; Rom 5), who remedied the failure of the first Adam.
As I closely examine the orthodox view of God found in the pages of Scripture, my awe grows exponentially when pondering the Incarnation of God the Son in the person of Christ. In His divine being, He is wholly other. He has no need outside Himself:
The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by man, nor is He served by mankind, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all men life and breath and everything (Acts 17:24–25).
The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by man, nor is He served by mankind, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all men life and breath and everything (Acts 17:24–25).
He is utterly and absolutely independent.
He does not inhabit eternity, He is eternity! He exists infinitely, before time and space: "...from everlasting to everlasting You are God" (Ps 90:2). He is a boundless ocean of Being, with no beginning and no end. He knows all things exhaustively and perfectly. He is immutable and unchangeable (Jas 1:17).
While He is wholly other, He also stoops down into the created order and interacts with it. He transcends all, yet He is present everywhere. He asks: "Do I not fill heaven and earth?" (Jer 23:24). He is timeless, yet He inhabits every moment of time. He sees all, hears all, and knows all. He is perfectly good, perfectly holy and perfectly just. He is the ultimate personal Being, possessing absolute personality.
This is the God who condescends to reveal Himself to all creation. He upholds all things by the word of His power (Col 1:17). He owns the cattle on a thousand hills. He is the Author of your soul, and the Sustainer and Maker of your body: "In Him we live and move and have our being" (Acts 17:28). His secret mysteries are beyond us, yet His revelations are given to us (Dt 29:29). There is no one like Him, nor can there be (Is 46:9–10). He is the great I AM, the self-existent One (Ex 3:14; Jn 8:58).
This is the God who entered the world in the womb of a young, virgin Jewish girl named Mary. Jesus Christ is the visible and quintessential manifestation of God, par excellence. "Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father" (Jn 14:9). Yet, He was born into the most inglorious of circumstances, with little celebration. He did not receive the pomp and circumstance worthy of a king. But He is not just a king, He is the King. A wicked despot attempted to kill Him as a young boy. Godless pagans and His own people subjected Him to the most ignominious death, nailing Him to a cross like a common criminal.
We know the story does not end there. God the Father raised the Son from the dead, satisfying the demands of divine justice against sin, and allowing men to be reconciled to God. When the Son returns to the earth again, it will not be in humility as before, but in judgment and glory.
Let's put aside the parties and the gifts and the running to and fro, and ponder the incomprehensible Incarnation of Yahweh in the person of Christ this holiday season. Everyone here at ABR wishes you blessings and peace during this Christmas season as you celebrate and worship the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.
To Christ be the Glory!
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text: On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Steven Toth <stoth at linuxtv.org> wrote: > Charles Price wrote: >>> If you also feel frustrated by the multiproto situation and agree in >>> principle with this new approach, and the overall direction of the API >>> changes, then we welcome you and ask you to help us. >>> >> >> I wholeheartedly agree. >> >> Although I can't offer any programming input, I do have a variety of DVB >> hardware and different architectures on which I can test your creations. >> >> Happy to help. > not reading the parts above, but saying this is Steven, not caring about the main people who work on something. There's a split between a few people here (including myself) and other people from that scene who just don't care about anything. Manu and the others put in alot work, why screw what he wrote (code) he has been on vacation (I know he married a few weeks ago - since I got the invitation) Hauppauge people (Michael Krufky and Steven Toth) are running their personal own game .. sorry to say that but it's that way. I have logs and mails here where Steven and Mike wrote hey that would be a cool idea about compatibility but when "I" mentioned it again and spent work on it it was like hey we're linux only (I don't only care about linux since I also work alot with commercial companies in that area look at the dibcom website - Job requirement 'independent' code neither do I want to depend on Windows nor Linux but having something that works on both in case of hardware is fine - especially I2C is trivial to realize for everything). Rethink your position and try to get people onboard but don't try to screw people and run your own game. Seeing the comments Acked-By: xyz - I cannot review neither contribute code but I can provide webspace .. hilarious. get down on earth again Steven, Mike expecially Mauro - try to get Manufacturers onboard instead working against you. I talked alot with Manu he has good connections and is avoing to work together just as I am because of certain Monopoly and copyright infringements which you are building here (I see Mauro using leaked code here!) . Mauro is spreading foo, Manu has the specs for xyz. I fully understand Manu's point since Mauro did the same with me, however .. I better don't comment it. Let's put another thing in here: Greg Kroah Hartman Linux Guy reverted my patch in favour of supporting the binary Firmware upload tool of Dell (I fully support Dell here too) although claiming to be opensource but still running after someone (please comment this one - it confused me at 'your' position). It was just like ok let's revert it but not asking why?! I'm just getting up with this just because I saw following yesterday: 21:07 < pmp> hmm: request_firmware(&fw, CX24116_DEFAULT_FIRMWARE, &state->i2c->dev) ? 21:08 < pmp> the &state->i2c->dev looks strange and the kernel is saying that about it: kobject_add failed for i2c-1 with -EEXIST, don't try to re.... 21:09 < pmp> other fe-driver have a callback in their config-struct... 21:09 < pmp> I start to believe there is a reason ;) I better cut it now. Markus

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Digital Book World is a two day digital publishing conference recently held in NY. One hot topic at the event was ebook piracy. The conclusions drawn were:
1. People are stealing a lot of ebooks. (surprise surprise!)
2. Publishers need to fight this with lawsuits, better DRM, takedown pressure, anti-piracy legislation, targeting upload sites, and ultimately fighting the pirates themselves.
Apparently, publishing has paid close attention to the music and film industries, who have been successful at stopping pirates with the above tactics.
Oh, wait a second... The RIAA and MPAA have NOT been successful at stopping piracy. In fact, they've done nothing but irritate paying consumers.
It's good to know that the smart folks in publishing are ready to spend millions of dollars to make the same mistakes, no doubt with a similar outcome.
Of course, no one invited me to speak at the conference, which is a shame, because perhaps I could have saved the publishing industry the heartache and financial trouble they're about to embrace with one simple sentence.
The Only Way To Fight Piracy Is With Cost And Convenience.
How do I know this?
Because I've done extensive experiments with ebooks. The cheaper the ebook, the more you sell. And if the ebook is free, the downloads are off the charts.
I also know how pirates think, because I'm a pirate. Yes, I admit to being one of the billion people on the planet who download copyrighted material.
In fact, I've downloaded all of my own ebooks and audiobooks for free from various bit torrent and file locker sites. I'm able to do this because I too am being pirated. A lot.
Google konrath torrent and you get over 14,000 hits. These are all sites where my work is being stolen.
Does it bother me that people are sharing my books online?
No, it doesn't. Because piracy hasn't hurt me financially.
Why is that? Especially since I can account for thousands of illegal downloads of my own material?
Because I'm still making money. I don't think piracy has hurt my sales. In fact, I think it helps my sales by giving me a wider distribution network and greater brand recognition.
My self-pubbed Kindle titles are $1.99 or less. Since last April, I've sold over 20,000 books on Amazon.
Want to hear the funny thing? These same ebooks are available for free on my website. For FREE.
Does free hurt sales? Apparently not.
I've already blogged that if I had the rights to my in-print books, I could make a bigger profit selling them for $1.99 on Kindle than I'm making with the prices my publishers have set.
Cheap sells. Free sells even more. And if you make it easy for people to get your product (like pressing a button on a Kindle or an iPhone) they won't bother going to Pirate Bay or Rapidshare or Limewire or Megaupload or Isohunt.
File sharing is a pain. It can take a long time to download a file. The files can get corrupted. Sometimes they're tough to search. Often you can't find what you want. There are viruses. Seeding files takes up bandwith and harddrive space, and there's always a fear that The Man will send you a letter saying they'll sue you.
How much easier would it be if the large publishers, instead of adding extra copyright protection and hiring a team of lawyers and tech guys and lobbyists to fight piracy, just made their downloads cheaper?
Malls are dying. Main streets are dying. What's taking their place? Wal-Mart.
Wal-Mart has shown that if you offer customers inexpensive one-stop shopping, they'll spend money.
iTunes has shown the same thing.
Amazon hasn't been able to do that yet, because publishers insist on DRM (which consumers hate) and high prices for ebooks. $9.99 for a bunch of ones and zeros is overpriced. But if it were up to the publishers, they'd charge $14.99 and more for their ebooks.
Amazon is fighting back, though. In June, they'll begin paying ebook authors a 70% royalty rate.
Let's play the numbers game. Let's say a midlist author, like, oh, JA Konrath, uploads a new Jack Daniels book on Amazon and sells it at $2.99. A coffee at Starbucks costs more than that.
Let's assume JA Konrath can sell 10,000 copies per year of an Amazon title--something he's proven he can do. The 70% royalty rate will mean he earns 20k. PER YEAR. For just the erights.
This is more than most fiction writers earn on a single book for all rights: hard, soft, audio, ebook, movie, and foreign.
Shouldn't publishers try to follow Amazon's example, rather than continuing to charge hardcover prices for ebooks, which have no shipping or production cost?
That's what I'd do. But no one is asking me. No one invited me to speak at Digital Book World.
It's impossible to stop piracy. The whole reason the internet was invented was so people could share and trade information and media.
But it is possible to co-exist with pirates, and make a good living doing so, by making sure ebooks are easily and cheaply available.
Instead, it looks like we're going to see the publishing industry make the same mistakes the music and movie industries have made.
Copyright cannot be successfully defended in a digital world. Period.
Human beings are genetically wired to share information. And the internet has made it easy.
Publishers should be taking advantage of both human nature and the internet. Instead, they're gearing up for a fight they can't win.
Oh, and since I anticipate the comments saying, "If books are free, how can we make money?" I want to restate that authors will be able to make money on free downloads someday.
Let's say a well-known author releases a free ebook. But there's a catch. In the ebook, there are fifteen print ads, like you'd see in a magazine. Each ad costs the advertiser 2 cents per impression, which is comparable to other internet advertising.
That means each free download will earn the author 30 cents.
More than 100,000 people have downloaded my free ebook, SERIAL.
If I'd sold ad space for 2 cents an impression, I'd have earned 30k in less than a year. Even more money than I'd earn selling 10,000 ebooks for $2.99 each.
Of course, I've been saying this for a few years now. And I'll keep saying it until someone finally listens.
I just hope, by the time this is over, there will still be some publishers around to listen.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
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Her absolute favorite activity is gathering rocks. We live on a gravel road and she has a pretty decent supply. Thankfully she doesn't try to eat the rocks or throw the rocks. The whole fun of the activity is selecting the rock and bringing it to Mom.
This could go on for hours. Each time she says, "rock" and usually "ank ooo" when she hands me the rock. The funniest thing the other day was when we showed her the wonder of pockets! She rubbed her poor little hand raw putting rocks into and taking them out of her tight little jeans pocket. She was so proud of herself. Each time she'd put the rock in, she'd pat her pocket and say, "rock, pocket!"
Olaf dearly loves this girl. And really, why shouldn't he? He's probably gained 10 pounds since she's joined our family


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Vietnam – Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi – Part IPosted by Martin Field on 16 March 2012 in Wine Travel
Early February 2012, we arrive in Ho Chi Minh City, a place we visited briefly in 2008.
Only 36 years have passed since the end of the Vietnam War, and, while we are not there as war tourists, we can't ignore the evidence of that recent past.
For example, in the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City; in the nearby Cu Chi tunnels; in shops selling reproduction propaganda posters; in reafforestation projects still revegetating land recovering from Agent Orange defoliation.
Against that sombre background, we set out on a 10 day tour from hot and steamy Ho Chi Minh City (AKA Saigon), heading north to Hanoi.
8/2/12 – 9/2/12. Saigon is a mad house of traffic as usual.
At the Cu Chi Tunnels, some 40 km from Saigon, our Intrepid Travel guide, Son Le, ("Call me Sunny.") tells us that a few of the passageways were widened – so that fat tourists can see where the Viet Cong lived and fought during the war.
I venture underground. The tunnel is narrow and as black as night. I have to stoop doubled over to proceed. Not normally claustrophobic, after about 10 metres I'm glad to get out. Read the rest of this entry


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MIDDLEBURY — Gov. Peter Shumlin on Monday warned about the potential legal consequences of overhauling the state's education finance system and expressed his priorities for a single-payer health care system that could be in place as soon as 2017.
Shumlin made his comments during an interview at the Addison Independent. The governor also appeared on Monday at a legislative luncheon at the Middlebury Legion (see related story on Page 1A) at which he was challenged on his support for the Addison-Rutland Natural Gas Project.


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Continuing the series of posts by guest authors reviewing courses at genealogy institutes, LeRoy Atkins shares his perspective on the Research in the Midwestern United States at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy.
If you have never taken a course coordinated by Kory Meyerink, don't miss "Research in the Midwestern United States." The 2012 guest instructors included Jill Crandall, Luana Darby, Russ Lynch, Debra Mieszala, Gordon Remmington, Paula Stuart-Warren, Kelly Summers, and Linda Turner. All of them are well qualified, interesting people.
The course is content rich. You will be exposed to many new sources specific to the eight Midwestern states. Millions of people passed through, created records, and/or lived in the Midwest. (The strategy for the area is also useful in the Great Plains states.) In addition classes include methodology applicable to the Midwest and to genealogy in general.
Subjects include:
- Migration
- Religious and Ethnic Groups
- Immigrant Origins
- Finding Aids
- Local Histories
- Biographies
- State Census Records
- Cemetery Searching in the Midwest
- 19th Century Passenger Lists
- Public Domain and Local Land Records
- State and Local Vital Records
- Church Records
- Manuscript Collections in the Midwest
- Midwestern Archives
- Internet Sources for the Midwest
- Newspaper Research
- Big City Research
Maximize the value of the course. Come prepared with a research plan to answer a specific genealogical question about a Midwest ancestor. The course has no specific homework assignment. Use your evenings to implement the practical knowledge taught in "Research in the Midwest..." You should be able to supplement your research plan, and find answers to your questions. If you elect to do so you may submit your problem for recommendations from your classmates during one of the sessions. Kory is a very sharing and helpful coach and teacher.
One of the final sessions included an interactive case study. It started with a pedigree chart, limited known information, and a goal to learn details to extend the pedigree. That class demonstrated a practical application of the methodology covered during the week.
If you have ancestors that lived in the Midwest, or will assist others who do, I recommend this course.
A. LeRoy Atkins
A. LeRoy Atkins earned a B.S. in Accounting at Brigham Young University. He is a retired local government auditor and print executive. He began doing genealogy work in 1957. Currently he volunteers at the Mesa (Arizona) Family Search Library. He may be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Quitting in a smoking friendly society
Video addresses the concerns of smokers who live in areas where the use of cigarettes is still the norm who think that because of the ubiquitous acceptability of smoking that quitting is close to impossible.
"How did we survive back then?"
A few weeks ago I went to a night White Sox game with a friend and his nine year old and five year old sons. The game was good, the weather was great, and the Sox were victorious. It should have been a very enjoyable experience. One factor, though, made this a less than perfect evening. One man, just one row behind us and a few seats over and one young woman, two rows ahead of us, were smoking. Here we were in an outdoor stadium with only two people smoking in our entire section. A section of probably over 100 people. It seems like it should have been a minimal exposure. Somehow though, every time they lit up, the smoke came right at us. For those few minutes when either one of them was smoking a cigarette, my throat burned with every breath I took. I thought maybe it was just me, but then the nine year old turned to me and complained that the smoke was really burning him too. A few times when they both lit up simultaneously, the smoke got so bad that I got up with the nine year old and took a walk through the concession area so we could avoid the irritation. I wondered how many of the other 100 or so people not smoking around us were having similar experiences created by these two smokers.
Some people may have left the game bitter with the feeling of resentment that two people could be so selfish and inconsiderate, interfering with the enjoyment of so many others. I didn't think that. I truly believe they had no idea that their smoke was irritating adults and children all around them. Even if they had been told, I don't think they could possibly believe it made us feel as bad as it did. They would think it was just another fanatic trying to infringe on their right to exercise a private practice that delivers a few seconds of personal pleasure. It is not my purpose in this particular letter to debate the fact that the smoker is not really feeling pleasure, rather, just alleviating the pains of withdrawal. It is also not my intent to belabor the point about how two people could ruin the evening for so many others.
To the contrary, these two smokers heightened my awareness as to how far we have come as a society. If this was 30 years ago, over half of the men and over a third of the women would have been smoking at any given ball park in the country. If two people could produce enough smoke to make me and the people around me feel so bad, it must have been 10 or 20 times worse back then. How did we survive back then? I do remember when I was a child having to leave certain events because the smoke exposure was so concentrated and irritating. You couldn't find a place to walk around to avoid the smoke for a few minutes because the smoke was everywhere. You couldn't even say anything about it back then it would have been considered terribly impolite to raise the issue. It is only by remembering how terrible it was that you can start to appreciate how far we have come.
With the exception of two people, here we were virtually surrounded by nonsmokers and ex-smokers. These people were not restricted from smoking by rules or regulations. Each and every one of them had a choice. They could smoke like the one man or the one woman, or they could not smoke like everyone else. Ninety percent of them were choosing not to smoke. Those who had never smoked just took it for granted. Even most of the ex-smokers were not sitting and thinking how fortunate they were to be able to sit through a game without needing a cigarette. They, too, just took it for granted that they didn't smoke anymore. And the two smokers were probably oblivious to the fact that they were the only ones smoking in their immediate vicinity.
I think we can see the day coming where no one will be smoking in an outdoor stadium. Wrigley Field already eliminated smoking in the park except for rest rooms. It is also becoming apparent that indoor public smoking will soon be gone. Most will not be smoking by choice. A few will have it regulated from them. We will sit and watch a game, go to meetings, eat in restaurants, stand in theatre lobbies and not think about how no one is smoking. We will just take it for granted that people do not expose other people to their cigarette smoke anymore. Children will no longer be irritated by adults around them having to feed a physical craving. They will never know what it used to be like to be assaulted by secondhand smoke. We, on the other hand, should never take it for granted that we are no longer assaulted by the smoke of others. We should think back to the days when a lot of people smoked in these places, or even back to the time period that we are in now when only a few people were smoking in public. We will feel very appreciative that we no longer have to be exposed to the risks and annoyances posed by other peoples' smoke.
You should also think back to the days when you were the smoker affecting people around you. Even though you never realized it at the time, you were hurting yourself as well as the young and old all around you. You can't do anything today to change that past – but your focus should now be on never exposing yourself and those around to such discomfort and possible dangers. So that you may never again have to face such personal risks or feelings of guilt again, always remember, to stay smoke free – NEVER TAKE ANOTHER PUFF!
Related resources
- "My support group is responsible"
- Breaking free from nicotine's grip is more doable than most people think
- "You will never make it, here have a cigarette"
- "I am the only smoker I know."
- Watching others smoke
- "I'll smoke anywhere I want"
- Can second hand smoke cause relapse


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Washington Times Pushes Falsehood That Planned Parenthood Didn't Report Possible Sex Trafficking
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A March 2 Washington Times op-ed accused Planned Parenthood of "not fulfill[ing] their obligation to report to authorities these potential cases of child abuse" shown in Live Action's bogus Planned Parenthood stings. In fact, before any of the hoax videos were released, Planned Parenthood contacted the FBI to report the possibility that sex trafficking was occurring.
Wagner Falsely Accuses Planned Parenthood Of Not "Report[ing]" Potential Child Sex Trafficking
Wagner: Planned Parenthood "Facilitate[s]" Child Abuse And Does Not "Fulfill Their Obligation To Report" Abuse. In a March 2 Washington Times op-ed, Steve Wagner, president of a non-profit that combats human trafficking, stated of Planned Parenthood's health care professionals:
[The Live Action videos] show health care professionals, employed by a national organization receiving taxpayer funds, who not only do not fulfill their obligation to report to authorities these potential cases of child abuse, but actually are willing to facilitate that abuse.
It is hard to imagine conditions more conducive to the widespread sexual exploitation of American children than those in which health care professionals are willfully ignorant of the sex trafficking in front of their eyes.[The Washington Times, 2/2/11]
Wagner Cites Discredited Live Action Videos As Proof Of Sex Trafficking Cover-Up. In the same op-ed, Wagner cites the pro-life organization Live Action, headed up by 22-year-old Lila Rose, who last month organized a "sting operation" of Planned Parenthood locations in various states. Although the videos were discredited, Wagner stated, "These videos raise this five-alarm question: If we are just now learning that Planned Parenthood is willing to help actors portraying a sex-trafficking pimp and a prostituted juvenile, isn't it likely that actual sex traffickers have been using Planned Parenthood clinics for years?" [The Washington Times, 2/2/11]
Wagner: "Are The Police Called To Investigate... Felony Sexual Abuse Of A Minor? Tragically, No." Wagner also falsely claimed that the authorities were not called to investigate suspicious activities at Planned Parenthood, writing:
Is this pimp sent away by indignant health care providers - or better, are the police called to investigate these evident cases of felony sexual abuse of a minor? Tragically, no: In each instance, clinic staff members readily describe how they can help facilitate the continued exploitation of his victims. Planned Parenthood fired the employee shown in the first video from New Jersey and dismissed the incident as an aberration. But the same essential conversation has now been repeated at multiple sites. The employee in the second video from Virginia was described as reacting "professionally" for providing the pimp with the same helpful information. [The Washington Times, 2/2/11]
In Fact, Planned Parenthood Contacted Authorities About Potential Child Sex Trafficking Ring
Live Action's Sting Operation Videos Have Been Widely Discredited. Live Action's videos have been widely discredited, due largely to the fact that the vast majority of the videos showed no wrongdoing, and videos were selectively edited. Planned Parenthood fired the one employee shown to be acting improperly in the videos upon reviewing the full version of the footage. [Media Matters, 2/4/11, 2/4/11]
Planned Parenthood Informed Federal Authorities Of Potential Sex Trafficking Well Before Videos Were Released. On January 24, Planned Parenthood released a statement saying that it had notified "FBI investigators and local authorities" the previous week of a "potential multistate sex trafficking ring." From the statement:
Last week, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) alerted federal authorities to a potential multistate sex trafficking ring. Over a five day period, visitors to Planned Parenthood health centers in six states said they were seeking information from Planned Parenthood about health services Planned Parenthood could provide to underage girls who were part of a sex trafficking ring. Subsequent to alerting U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Planned Parenthood learned the identify [sic] of one of those involved and believes these visits are likely a hoax by opponents of legal abortion seeking to discredit Planned Parenthood, which delivers preventive health care and abortion services to three million women each year.
Men, sometimes accompanied by a woman, have visited at least 11 Planned Parenthood health centers in six states within a one-week time frame. During their visits, they claimed to be involved in sex trafficking of teens, some of whom are in the United States illegally. These men appeared at health centers without appointments and said that they were seeking health services for themselves, but they quickly turned the conversation to the sex ring they said they were managing.
"When Planned Parenthood learns of an operation that exploits young women, we vigilantly work with law enforcement authorities to uncover and stop this abhorrent activity," said Stuart Schear, PPFA vice president for communications. "Planned Parenthood's top priority is the health and safety of our patients and the health and well-being of women and teens across the country, and we have been in contact with federal and local authorities to identify the persons involved in these visits."
One of the men involved in these visits has now been identified, and he appears to be associated with or influenced by Live Action, an anti-Planned Parenthood organization that uses surreptitious videotaping and manipulative editing for media and political campaigns. The pattern of these visits and the highly unusual nature of the information being shared with staff lends credibility to the possibility that these multistate visits are part of this organization's ongoing effort to "bring down" Planned Parenthood, a nearly 100-year-old organization with more than 800 health centers from coast to coast. Live Action is associated with James O'Keefe, the conservative activist who was arrested for attempting to wiretap the offices of Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana.
In recent years Planned Parenthood has been the target of activists attempting to portray the organization negatively by secretly videotaping inside health centers and publicizing heavily edited versions of those tapes to the media. Recent incidents are the first time that such visitors have told Planned Parenthood staff that they are involved in sex trafficking of minor girls.
"If a multistate sex trafficking operation is in place, those responsible must be pursued to stop the exploitation of girls and young women," said Schear. "If these visits are part of a 'dirty tricks' campaign, they must be condemned. Falsely claiming sex trafficking to health professionals to advance a political agenda is an astoundingly cynical form of political activity."
All Planned Parenthood staff have been alerted to the suspicious visits, and Planned Parenthood is working with FBI investigators and local authorities.[Media Matters, 2/4/11; Planned Parenthood, 1/24/11, emphasis in original]
All Planned Parenthood Employees Acted Appropriately But One--And She Was Fired
Planned Parenthood's Schear: Employees In New York and Virginia "Responded Professionally To Questions, Discussed These Encounters With Management, And Provided A Report For The FBI." From a February 8 statement released by Stuart Schear, Planned Parenthood's Vice President for Communications:
Unlike other publicized tapes, the hoax 'patients' in New York were not able to get beyond the reception desk for a private consultation. Like other encounters that have been recently publicized in Virginia, our staff responded professionally to questions, discussed these encounters with management, and provided a report to the FBI. [Media Matters, 2/22/11; PlannedParenthood.com, 2/8/11]
Virginia Tapes Also Showed Planned Parenthood Acting Appropriately. Tapes released from Virginia do not include any advice from the Planned Parenthood employees on how the fake pimp could help his business. Furthermore, in one of the videos, an employee at a Planned Parenthood in Falls Church tells the fake pimp that clinics report incidents of suspected statutory rape. [Media Matters, 2/4/11, 2/22/11]
ABC: Worker At Virginia Clinic "Appears To Act Professionally And Appropriately." In a February 4 report, ABC News stated:
The new video was shot Jan. 12 and features the same staged scenario involving a man and woman posing as sex workers and inquiring about sexually transmitted disease (STD) testing, birth control options and abortions for underage girls.
But unlike the first video, the Richmond clinic worker appears to act professionally and appropriately, informing the couple of their legal rights to privacy under the law, regardless of their backgrounds.
"We see people from, um, every walk of life," said the clinic worker. "So, no judgment, no sharing of information, like, uh, nothing here."
The worker also laid out legal guidelines for a minor seeking an abortion, including the requirement of parental consent or permission from a judge before one can be performed.
"Our new video shows their Richmond clinic willing to aid and abet the sexual exploitation of minors and coaching a pimp about how girls as young as 14 -- 15 could circumvent parental consent laws for secret abortions," said Live Action founder Lila Rose, a former associate of controversial conservative filmmaker James O'Keefe.
Rose has asked state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to investigate the centers to make sure they are compliant with state law. Cuccinelli's office said it had not yet received the letter.
Many states, including Virginia, require medical professionals to report evidence of alleged sex crimes involving minors. Planned Parenthood said its Virginia clinic employee immediately did so in this case. [Media Matters, 2/22/11; ABC News, 2/4/11]
Planned Parenthood Was "Shocked" By Video, Said Employee Was "Behaving In a Repugnant Manner" And Fired Her. Following a review of the full footage of the first Live Action video, Planned Parenthood of New Jersey fired Woodruff on February 1. As The Washington Post reported the following day:
The Planned Parenthood employee caught on tape giving inappropriate advice to a couple posing as a pimp and a prostitute has been fired, the organization announced Wednesday.
The video, taped as part of an undercover sting by an antiabortion group, showed a clinic manager in New Jersey apparently advising the pair on how to obtain services for illegal immigrant prostitutes and sex workers as young as 14.
"We were profoundly shocked when we viewed the videotape released this morning, which depicted an employee of one of our health centers behaving in a repugnant manner that is inconsistent with our standards of care and is completely unacceptable," Phyllis Kinsler, chief of Planned Parenthood of New Jersey, said in a statement. "The employee in the video was immediately suspended from her duties this morning and was terminated this evening."
The statement was dated Tuesday but released to The Washington Post on Wednesday. [The Washington Post, 2/2/11]
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If the Dow had doubled under a Republican president as it has under Obama, who also took out Osama Bin Laden, presumably they would have been yelling his praises from the rooftops. For the past couple of years, the Republicans in Congress have had just one goal: to defeat Obama, no matter what the consequences are on the US economy. One rule for you, one rule for me. The cheek of it Paul Ryan's budget appears to be a classic example of a Keynesian stimulus, although of an unusual kind. The Republican vice-presidential candidate is in favour of huge public spending cuts on Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps and student grants, to name but a few. Plus, huge tax cuts for the rich so that Mitt Romney and his various billionaire supporters would get richer while the poor would get poorer. Ryan wants a $2trn increase in unspecified defence spending that the Pentagon has made clear it doesn't want. Romney and Ryan would not raise any taxes, but they say they would close unspecified tax loopholes. These could include mortgage and retirement tax relief, which would be hugely unpopular. So Romney not only refuses to release his tax returns, but won't say how he'll fund his tax cuts. This was all made clear by Bill Clinton, whose Democratic convention speech was an economics masterclass. On 7 September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics produced its jobs report for August, which showed that numbers on non-farm payrolls increased by 96,000. Romney greeted this with this astonishing response: "After 43 straight months of unemployment above 8 per cent, it is clear that President Obama just hasn't lived up to his promises and his policies haven't worked. They aren't better off than they were four years ago. My plan for a stronger middle class will create 12 million jobs by the end of my first term." This was pretty cheeky, given the Republicans in Congress voted down Obama's jobs bill and offered nothing in its place. Are Americans better off than they were four years ago? Employment as measured by non-farm payrolls obtained from employer surveys has risen in each of the past 30 months and by a total of 4.1 million (see first chart). Since January 2009, when Obama became president, employment is down by just over a million, but this is because of the economy he inherited from George W Bush that was bleeding jobs. Job losses in the first six months of 2009 averaged 566,000 a month. Since July 2009, employment is up nearly 2.8 million. So the starting point matters – it takes a long while for policies to have an impact. For comparison, I have included the equivalent chart of employment change in thousands for the UK, which has about a fifth as many workers as the US (29.5 million and 142 million, respectively). Since May 2010, UK employment is up 545,000, but only up 355,000 if we count six months forward as I did for Obama. Employment has grown in the UK since December 2010 by an average of 20,000 per month, compared with an average of 146,000 per month in the US. Out of balance Now to the claim that Romney would create 12 million jobs. That is more than was created in the nine-year period from 1999 to 2007. The last time three million jobs were created in one year was under Clinton, in each year between 1997 and 1999 (the only other years when that occurred was in 1983, 1984, 1987 and 1988). Clinton created 12 million jobs from 1996 to 2000. The last four-year period it was done was 1976-79, largely under Jimmy Carter. Romney's claim looks pretty bold, given that he hasn't told us what measures he intends to take to create this almost unprecedented number of jobs. 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one. Ants
Even though you will find greater than twenty species of home ants within the United States, most may be eradicated by setting out traps or bait that consists of boric acid, that is frequently listed as orthoboric acid on packaging.
two. Centipedes
Dry out all damp locations by which these leggy critters usually thrive, such as garages, porches and basements. Repair any plumbing leaks, seal basis cracks, and think about buying a dehumidifier.
three. Cockroaches
You will require to break out a chemical manage for these resilient bugs. Appear within the Lowe's Backyard Center for bait or traps that include boric acid or other chemical poisons.
four. Crickets
Location a strip of duct tape, sticky side up, around the floor close to exactly where you hear crickets. The bugs will probably be attracted and get caught.
five. Fleas
Even though airborne and hopping fleas are irritating, concentrate on killing flea eggs in carpets and materials. Launder all material products in scorching water, particularly pet bedding, rugs, pillow covers, and slip-covers. If laundering does not repair the issue, move on to chemical options. Bathe pets with flea-killing shampoo and apply a flea-preventing therapy suggested by your veterinarian.
six. Houseflies
Depend on old-fashioned fly swatters and sticky strips. Steer clear of toxic chemical sprays if feasible, but when you select to make use of them, adhere to the instructions towards the letter.
seven. Mosquitoes
Simply because mosquitoes breed quickly in standing water, eliminate something that may gather and hold rain water, and dry out pools of water within and outdoors your house. Fill uneven patches of ground inside your yard with well-draining leading soil.
eight. Moths
In the event you see white moths within, larvae are most likely residing elsewhere in your house, consuming materials and making "moth holes." Use pheromone traps to catch any flying moths and after that destroy larvae in materials with intense heat by washing in scorching water and drying inside a scorching dryer, or use intense cold by placing material within the freezer for a minimum of 4 hrs. Shop garments alongside cedar add-ons or mothballs to stop long term infestations.
9. Spiders
Do not destroy spiders, if feasible. Even though some species, this kind of as black widow and brown recluse, are venomous, the huge vast majority are advantageous, killing and consuming their excess weight in other insects every day.
Vacuum webs and egg sacs. Shake the vacuum canister outside and run water via any removable vacuum hoses. Or wrap the vacuum's filter bag inside a plastic garbage sack and discard.
Capture a spider below an inverted glass and slide a sheet of paper beneath. Carry the trapped spider outdoors and release it.
ten. Termites
Termite infestations are usually inside your home's wood structures and deep within the ground that surrounds your house. Look for expert guidance the moment you see a termite or any signal termite harm, particularly weak wood, shed wings and "termite tubes."
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Pests and rodents are not merely a nuisance – they are able to severely impact your well being and also the well being of one's family members. That is why bug and insect prevention is crucial in guarding houses, companies, colleges and every other location exactly where human beings reside, function or perform from a pest infestation.
Right here are some common tricks to stop home pests and rodents from getting into your house:
Seal cracks and holes around the outdoors from the house such as entry factors for utilities and pipes.
Maintain tree branches and shrubbery nicely trimmed and far from the home.
Maintain basements, attics, and crawl spaces nicely ventilated and dry.
Shop garbage in sealed containers and dispose of it frequently.
Restore fascia and rotted roof shingles; some insects are drawn to deteriorating wood.
Change weather-stripping and restore loose mortar about basement basis and windows.
Shop fire wood a minimum of twenty feet far from the home and 5 inches off the ground.
Contact a professional pest expert for extra guidance and therapy if essential.
Attempt pest prevention initial.
Eliminate sources of meals, water and shelter.
Shop meals in sealed plastic or glass containers. Garbage containing meals scraps ought to be positioned in tightly covered trash cans. Eliminate garbage frequently out of your house.
Repair leaky plumbing and do not allow water accumulate anyplace within the house. Do not allow water gather in trays below your home plants or fridge. Do not depart pet meals and water out overnight.
Clutter offers locations for pests to breed and hide and tends to make it difficult to obtain rid of them. Eliminate issues like stacks of newspapers, magazines, or cardboard.
Near off locations exactly where pests can enter and hide. For instance, caulk cracks and crevices about cabinets or baseboards. Use steel wool to fill spaces about pipes. Cover any holes with wire mesh.
Discover concerning the pests you've and choices to regulate them.
Verify for pests in packages or boxes prior to carrying them into your house.
Do securely and properly use pesticides.
Maintain pets and kids far from locations exactly where pesticides happen to be utilized.
Following preventive actions happen to be taken, you are able to use baits as being a initial line of chemical defense towards insects or rodents.
They are frequently efficient and may be utilized with reduced danger of publicity towards the pesticide, so long as they're stored from the attain of kids and pets.
Other fairly low-risk pesticides can be found for some pests. Seek the advice of your nearby cooperative extension services workplace EXIT for suggestions appropriate for the region.
Pesticides not contained in baits or traps ought to usually only be utilized to targeted places, not sprayed more than the entire space.
Use fogging gadgets only when completely essential.
Usually study and adhere to the pesticide label's directions and security warnings.
Use ready-to-use goods (i.e., no mixing required) anytime feasible.
In the event you employ any outdoors individuals to assist manage pests, inquire them to locate and right the supply of the issue prior to applying pesticides.
For instance, you may need to restore a leaky toilet to eliminate a water supply.
Inquire them to make use of baits and crack and crevice remedies when possible.
Only apply chemical substances authorized for use in houses.
The label will checklist exactly where the chemical might be utilized.
Create down the title and EPA registration quantity of any chemical utilized by somebody you employ. You'll require this info in the event you choose to appear up much more info around the pesticide.
The pest manage operator ought to have the ability to offer details about the chemical, this kind of because the materials security information sheet.
Do dispose of leftover pesticides and pesticide containers correctly.
Study the label to discover how you can dispose from the pesticide and also the container.
Numerous communities have home hazardous waste collections which will accept undesirable pesticides. Contact your waste disposal authority for details about your neighborhood.
Do not use outside chemical substances indoors.
Numerous chemical substances meant for use outside are harmful to make use of indoors simply because they'll stay toxic longer within than they'd outside.
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All pest animals and insects have 3 issues in typical; they should have meals, water and harborage. In the event you may take away 1 or much more of those, you are able to "stress" the pest and force it to move. Occasionally, because of the all-natural atmosphere this isn't feasible, but you are able to nonetheless do issues to discourage pest actions. Familiarize your self using the much more apparent indicators of pests and do the next:
TIP one
Examine your roof for leaks and ensure that all of your gutters and downspouts are in great operating purchase and that splash blocks and pipes divert water a number of feet far from your basis.
TIP two
Prune all of your trees back a minimum of a number of feet out of your roofline and trim bushes 1 foot out of your exterior walls, porches, garage, carports, outbuildings, and so on. "Shape" your bushes in the bottom to permit air circulation about your house or company adjacent for your basis.
TIP three
Make certain that there's no standing water collecting in or adjacent for your crawlspace/foundation. Frequently a crawlspace is reduce compared to the surrounding exterior grade and it acts as being a sump permitting water seep in. Right the exterior drainage or set up a French drain and pump around the within if essential.
TIP four
Make certain your basis vents are safe and working properly for ventilation. In case your ground is naturally damp inside your crawlspace set up a plastic vapor barrier to cut back airborne moisture. Make certain your crawlspace door and all other doors and windows are "tight".
TIP five
Don't stack or shop firewood, developing supplies as well as other products towards your basis. This may offer meals for wood destroying insects, capture water and offer harborage for all kinds of pests. Seal apparent building and utility gaps inside your basis.
TIP six
Do not permit standing water to buildup in unused pots, containers, boxes, and so on., consider previous tires towards the dump.
TIP seven
Safe and latch all of your garbage containers and shop them a number of feet far from your house or company. Make certain you have your garbage eliminated out of your house and outdoors containers frequently.
TIP eight
Clean any meals debris out of your meals planning and consuming locations the moment feasible. Rinse and clean dishes, pots and pans, and so on. every day. Shop your meals correctly in authentic containers, plastic containers, fridge, and so on.
Don't depart pet meals exposed around the outdoors continually. "Train" your outdoors animals to consume as soon as or twice each day at particular occasions, then eliminate the meals and shop it inside a difficult plastic or metal tamperproof container. If within pests (ants, mice, other insects) are attacking pet meals within, adhere to exactly the same process. In the event you are feeding wild birds and squirrels in feeders around the outdoors as well as other animals turn out to be pests; eliminate the feeders to get a couple of weeks so these undesirable pests will move on.
TIP ten
Get in touch with an expert pest manage technician that has ongoing state certifications in pest, termite and wildlife manage to carry out a thorough inspection and make suggestions for you personally. Verify their resume – how lengthy has your services individual been around the occupation? What certifications and licenses do they personally have? Inquire for references from customers with comparable issues. Verify using the Much better Company Bureau and customer rating solutions like Angie's Checklist. Do they've the correct company licenses and therefore are they insured? What kind of warranties do they provide? How lengthy have they been in company? Are they locally owned and operated? Would be the workplace and in area employees courteous, pleasant, responsive and educated? Do they come when promised? And lastly, did they resolve your issue?


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Montana Sports Information announced on Tuesday, November 19 that Montana Grizzly Kareem Jamar was named the co-Big Sky Conference basketball player of the week.
The 6' 5" guard/forward averaged 20.5 points, nine rebounds and five assists as the Grizzlies, the defending Big Sky Conference champions, split a pair of road games at Minnesota and at South Dakota State.
Jamar scored 23 points and had 12 rebounds and eight assists in Montana's 77-69 win against the Jackrabbits of South Dakota State, snapping that team's 30 game home winning streak.
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Cespedes reflects on deal sending him to Red Sox
BOSTON -- Yoenis Cespedes has made a fast friend in David Ortiz. The slugging pair was cozied up to the batting cage on a recent evening at Fenway Park, where Cespedes would celebrate his first home run at his new address just hours later -- a screaming shot over the Green Monster.
That Cespedes already looks at ease in his new colors isn't so much a surprise. He has always thrived on the biggest of stages. Cespedes is a two-time Home Run Derby champ and a .350 hitter in 10 postseason games. Some would say he was meant to play inside such revered confines.
BOSTON -- Yoenis Cespedes has made a fast friend in David Ortiz. The slugging pair was cozied up to the batting cage on a recent evening at Fenway Park, where Cespedes would celebrate his first home run at his new address just hours later -- a screaming shot over the Green Monster.
That Cespedes already looks at ease in his new colors isn't so much a surprise. He has always thrived on the biggest of stages. Cespedes is a two-time Home Run Derby champ and a .350 hitter in 10 postseason games. Some would say he was meant to play inside such revered confines.
Maybe so, and maybe Cespedes was destined for this at some point, anyway, even if he hadn't been dealt by the A's at the non-waiver Trade Deadline.
"I thought there was a good chance I'd be traded, but I thought it would happen sometime next year, maybe June or July," Cespedes said through interpreter Adrian Lorenzo. "But I definitely didn't expect it at this point."
Nobody did. That's what increased the magnitude of this trade, a rare swap of Major League stars: Cespedes for lefty ace Jon Lester.
Cespedes woke early the morning of July 31, ready to take advantage of a team off-day with a trip to a water park with his family. It was around 7 a.m. PT when he received a text message from a New York reporter informing him he had been traded to Boston.
Surely it was just a rumor, Cespedes thought, and a silly one at that. Twitter suggested otherwise.
"But I didn't know," Cespedes said, "so I reached out to my agent, and that's when I confirmed I had been traded. I heard from the A's later that day. [Assistant general manager] David Forst talked me through what happened and thanked me for everything."
Yet again, Billy Beane zigged when baseball zagged. That's what happened. The A's general manager, already swimming in pitching depth following the acquisitions of Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel just weeks prior, wanted more. But not just anyone. Beane wanted Lester, and to get him, he had to part with an equally valuable asset.
But Cespedes? Oakland was 65-35 with him in the starting lineup this year at the time of the trade and 228-131 with him in the lineup in his two-plus seasons in the Majors.
Cespedes received phone calls from Sean Doolittle, Scott Kazmir, Fernando Abad and Alberto Callaspo on the day of the trade, and Ryan Cook made it over to his house just before midnight for one final chat as teammates. But those were the only goodbyes he was afforded because of the timing of the deal.
"My initial reaction was that I almost wanted to cry," Cespedes said. "I didn't end up crying, but as the day progressed and I started to think about it a little more, I thought of the saying, 'God knows why things happened,' and this is probably for the best."
Cespedes' mother, Estela Milanes Salazar, who defected from Cuba with him, did cry. She has since taken solace in the fact her son will be closer to their home in South Florida, and she's been with Cespedes in Boston since his arrival. She also keeps up with the A's -- "My mom follows them pretty closely and lets me know what's going on," said Cespedes -- while learning to love the Red Sox.
In February, Cespedes let it be known that he hoped to sign an extension with the A's. Though talks of tacking on additional years to his four-year, $36 million deal never went far, it was always his hope to remain in Oakland. Realistically speaking, the A's were likely to deal him this offseason.
"Oakland being the team that gave me my first opportunity in the Major Leagues," Cespedes said, "I obviously liked the idea of being able to start with a team and finish my career with that team, but that's not the way it worked out, so here we are.
"We had been making the playoffs since 2012 and had been getting incrementally better since then. With the new additions of Samardzija and Hammel, our chances improved even more, so it would've been nice to see if we could get out of the first round of the playoffs. I'm not going to come out and say, 'We were going to win the World Series with me,' but I can say that every player on that team has done everything they can to get there this year."
The A's haven't coped without Cespedes as well as he has without them. They're 7-10 since the trade, including 4-9 in games not started by Lester, and have scored three runs or fewer 14 times in the past 18 games. This offensive funk began even before Cespedes was shipped to Boston, but he at least offered them one more power bat.
Now, Cespedes' bat has essentially been replaced by a platoon of Stephen Vogt and Jonny Gomes.
"I don't want to call it a hole in the lineup, because one guy doesn't make up a team, or a lineup for that matter," said Cespedes, "but I will say that there's going to be a missing link as far as a power hitter goes, but that's not to say that they can't meet their goal of winning the World Series without me there."
That's very much what Cespedes wants for his former teammates. This he made clear when requesting to send this message to them: "It was a true and sincere honor to have started my career with the Oakland A's, and I wish the players, the coaching staff, the front office, nothing but the best of luck moving forward and in the postseason, and I hope you win it all. I want you to know it was a great pleasure to play there, and I just want to say thank you to everybody over there."
Cespedes will miss "everything" about Oakland, he says, "from the guys in the clubhouse to the coaching staff to the fans, who always treated me extraordinary, to the friends I made there," and counts the final day of the 2012 season, when the Cinderella A's claimed the American League West title, as his favorite memory in green and gold.
"I don't hold any hard feelings or resentment toward them," Cespedes said. "Apart from the game being fun, it's also a business, and I understand that side of it, so I don't harbor any negative feelings toward them. On the contrary, I wish them nothing but the best. I hope that they keep fighting, and I hope they win the World Series."
Jane Lee is a reporter for MLB.com.


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The sad truth is that turtles cannot support the world, or a car, or even a human foot on their backs, and are often injured at this time of year. The slow-moving reptiles are frequently hit by vehicles, boats, and lawnmowers. Turtle crossing signs, which used to be the norm on the South Fork, have gradually dwindled as the species the signs attempted to protect has diminished as well.
Turtle Rescue of the Hamptons, a nonprofit based in Jamesport on the North Fork, is doing its best to help save the local animals, rehabilitating and releasing as many as 100 turtles a year. Karen Testa, the executive director, said the organization is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and will travel anywhere on the East End to pick up a sick or injured turtle.
Aside from the usual threats posed to turtles in the wild, Ms. Testa also said there were other problems that arise from human intervention. People take turtles out of the wild as a family pet without the knowledge or ability to care for them, then drop them in local ponds and waterways when the turtle gets too big.
"We get people who are tired of caring for their pet — it is a lot of work, which many people do not believe — and they call us and say, 'If you don't come and get this turtle, we will dump him in the nearest pond,' and this is in the middle of winter. They are not educated to know that turtles hibernate and it is a sure way to slowly kill their 'pet,' " Ms. Testa said.
Sometimes human intervention takes an even uglier turn. One of last summer's leading animal abuse stories chronicled the discovery and rehabilitation of a Sag Harbor turtle nicknamed Pierce because an unidentified perpetrator had hammered a nail through the animal's body.
Turtle Rescue of the Hamptons assists all kinds of turtles found locally: the eastern box turtle, the eastern painted turtle, common snapping turtle, the diamondback terrapin, and the spotted turtle. It also gets its share of red-eared sliders, the most frequently purchased turtle in the United States, especially when the formerly popular family pet becomes too much of a responsibility.
Signs of injury can include the obvious ones, like bleeding or missing limbs and shell damage, to the normally silent turtle making any sound at all, having swollen eyes, or having any liquid discharge from anywhere. Good Samaritans are asked to put the injured reptile into a cardboard box with air holes and a clean towel in the bottom, and get in touch with Turtle Rescue immediately.
If a turtle is crossing the road, its purpose is, indeed, to get to the other side. Putting a turtle back on the side from which it has departed will only cause the creature to attempt the crossing again, Ms. Testa said. The right thing to do is to gently pick it up and put it on the other side of the road.
This does not apply to snapping turtles of course, which can be extremely dangerous. "Never pick up a snapping turtle by its tail," Ms. Testa cautioned. "That is part of its spinal cord and the animal can become paralyzed."
As of now, Ms. Testa said, she is looking after around 50 of the reptiles. "We're brimming over with turtles," she said. Some will be released back into the wild upon recovery, but a few severely injured boarders will be "at my sanctuary for the rest of their lives," she said, then laughed, "and that could be another 80 years."
Turtle Rescue can be contacted online via its Web site, turtlerescueofthehamptons.org.


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Oh, brother! Narrons living baseball dream together
PHOENIX -- Jerry and Johnny Narron played football and basketball while they were growing up.
But they lived baseball.
PHOENIX -- Jerry and Johnny Narron played football and basketball while they were growing up.
But they lived baseball.
Their uncle, Sam Narron, was a professional baseball player and coach for more than three decades, including serving on the coaching staff of Danny Murtaugh in Pittsburgh until Sam retired in the mid-1960s. Their dad and three other uncles also played baseball at the Minor League and semi-pro levels.
Jerry and Johnny remember going to Spring Training to see their uncle and making trips from their home in Goldsboro, N.C., to Pittsburgh for regular-season games.
"The ultimate was the 1960 World Series," said Johnny. "We wore Pirates uniforms around Goldsboro and people asked us why. We'd tell them our uncle was a coach with the Pirates."
They got to meet Murtaugh, and shortly after that, Uncle Sam gave Johnny a baseball autographed by pitcher Bob Friend.
"Dad wrote, 'Presented to Johnny Narron by request of Danny Murtaugh' on the ball," Johnny remembered.
Five decades later, the Narron brothers are still living the dream.
They broke into pro ball as teammates in 1974 with the Yankees' Rookie team in Johnson City, Tenn., Jerry signing out of high school and Johnny following a four-year career at East Carolina.
"I hit third and Johnny hit fourth," Jerry said. "I hit .300 and he hit 15 home runs.
"We lived in a single-wide trailer," Johnny added. "It was the good life."
Johnny was traded the next spring to the Chicago White Sox, one of four players the Yanks dealt to acquire catcher Ed Herrmann, and his playing career ended after 1975. Jerry wound up appearing in 392 big league games during a 15-year playing career that included parts of eight seasons in the big leagues with the Yankees, Mariners and Angels.
However, they remained close over the years, and they were reunited in 2012 on the coaching staff of Milwaukee manager Ron Roenicke. Jerry joined the Brewers as the bench coach in 2011, Roenicke's first year, and Johnny was hired to be the hitting coach the next season.
"No," Jerry said with a laugh when asked if they were still living in a single-wide. "It's nice to have my brother here, more so when we are away from the ballpark. When we're at the ballpark, it's not about brothers, it's about the game, our jobs and what we can do to help the team."
It's the Narron way. The lessons of their youth have not been forgotten.
Uncle Sam was a disciple of Branch Rickey, originally signing with the Cardinals when Rickey was their general manager. He played in the 1943 World Series and worked for Rickey in St. Louis, Brooklyn and Pittsburgh.
"We heard from Sam our whole life, 'Mr. Rickey did this. Mr. Rickey said this. Mr. Rickey signed this player,'" Johnny said. "And we listened. Mr. Rickey was a man who understood the game, and Sam made sure we understood that."
It's why they are both still in the game today.
Jerry's path has been more routine than Johnny's. Released by the White Sox after that 1975 season, Johnny was involved in youth programs in Goldsboro and found himself in the sports apparel business, too, staying in touch with the professional game through brother Jerry.
And it was Jerry who helped Johnny get back into the game. Jerry was a coach with Boston when the Red Sox visited Milwaukee in June 2003, and Brewers general manager Doug Melvin mentioned he was looking for a Rookie-ball hitting instructor.
"I called Johnny and asked him how badly he wanted to get back in the game," Jerry said. "I told him it was put-up-or-shut-up time. Johnny had sold his apparel business a year earlier, and agreed to stay on as a consultant for one year. It was one year to the day."
Johnny relishes that moment.
"I am a man of faith, and this was God's plan," said Johnny. "When I was out of the game, I'd pick the brain of people I met. Rudy Jaramillo was the hitting coach [for Texas when Jerry managed the Rangers] and I got to know him.
"He had a big influence on me as a hitting coach -- his approach, mechanics -- and then Clint Hurdle was a big influence on the mental approach. I took the information I was exposed to and worked on how I could teach it."
Johnny got to the big leagues as a video/administrative coach with Cincinnati in 2007, where he also served as "accountability partner" for Josh Hamilton. When Hamilton was dealt to Texas after that season, the Rangers brought in Johnny, who also worked for the team as an assistant hitting coach, which is how he met Hurdle.
The relationship with Hamilton dated back to 1990, when the 9-year-old Hamilton played on the same team as Johnny's son. There were times when the feeling was that Johnny's chance to advance could be hampered because he was tied so closely to Hamilton, rather than being known for his baseball acumen.
Johnny never worried.
"I look at my relationship with Josh as helping both of us, as part of God's plan," said Johnny. "I like to feel I helped him along the way and it gave me the opportunity to be exposed professionally, to continue to learn and be around people who helped me progress.
"We still have a special relationship, to the point that when I had the opportunity [in Milwaukee], I told Josh. He said, 'Don't let me hold you back.'"
Jerry's career was more traditional. He went from playing to coaching and managing in the Orioles' system. He was on the big league coaching staff of Johnny Oates in Baltimore (1993-94) and Texas (1995-2001) and became the Rangers' interim manager in 2001 in place of Oates, who was diagnosed with brain cancer the ensuing fall. The interim tag was removed for the 2002 season. He also managed Cincinnati, and was a coach for the Reds and Red Sox before joining the Brewers.
"When I played, I knew I wanted to stay in the game, and in my five or six years, I tried to learn as much as I could," said Jerry.
Jerry and Johnny, after all, have been living their life through baseball since they can remember.
Tracy Ringolsby is a columnist for MLB.com.


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Maurice Jones-Drew's road back from season-ending Lisfranc surgery remains a work in progress.
Before leaving the team to work out on his own in Miami, the Jacksonville Jaguars running back entered the team's offseason conditioning program out of shape, according to The Associated Press.
But coach Gus Bradley said there are signs of improvement.
"It sounds like he's making good progress and that his weight is coming down," Bradley told The AP on Tuesday. "It feels like the workouts are going good down there."
Jones-Drew told NFL Network he began jogging "lightly" in April, and he hoped to be full speed "probably the end of May, beginning of June." The AP reported he's still not running at full speed -- he was at 75 percent in mid-May.
Jones-Drew said this offseason he wants to reach his college playing weight of 205 pounds for 2013. He acknowledged last month that he toiled through last season closer to 217 after a nasty contract dispute with the Jaguars.
The Jags will have a first-hand look at their starting back at next week's mandatory three-day minicamp. Jaguars officials also probably will want to chat about the details of a bar fight in May, in which MJD allegedly struck a security guard in St. Augustine, Fla.
It feels like ages since Jones-Drew tore up opponents and led the league with 1,606 yards rushing, but that was just two seasons ago. Contract battles, assorted injuries, whispers of bar melees and sojourns to South Beach will do that to a man.
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Editor's note: As of April 2012, the Archos 101G is upgradable to Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0). For details on the advantages ICS offers over Honeycomb, check the Ice Cream Sandwich section of the Asus Transformer Prime TF201 review.
The tablet business is pretty cutthroat (just ask Hewlett-Packard), and with the release of the Amazon Kindle Fire just weeks away, it's only going to get scarier out there for would-be iPad competitors.
The timing of a tablet release is crucial, but does rushing a tablet to market to beat the wave of upcoming competition do more harm than good?
The Archos 101 G9 has a medium-gray plastic chassis and its 1.44-pound body feels relatively thin, and about as heavy as most 10-inchers. When we held the tablet, a couple of edges on the bottom side got our attention. Also on the bottom are two small handles, ostensibly used to pry the chassis open. Although they don't stick out as much as they did on the Archos 80 G9, not only do they muddy the aesthetic quality of the chassis somewhat, but they can also be distracting when holding the tablet.
On the Archos 101 G9's right side, near the bottom, sits the volume rocker. On the left edge is a Mini-HDMI port, followed by a headphone jack, a Micro-USB port, a microSD card port, and the lock/reset button. When the tablet is held in landscape mode, its button placement is obtrusive, and many, many more times than we'd have liked, we found ourselves accidentally turning the volume down or locking the tablet.
In the middle of the front right side of the bezel is a Webcam (Archos doesn't divulge the megapixel spec) that records 720p video. The back houses a kickstand on the left that comes in handy when watching movies. Toward the middle of the back is a square assortment of pinholes that make up the speaker. Above that is the 3G stick slot, with a dummy stick currently in it. The $50 3G stick provides "anywhere" Internet access on either a per-use or subscription basis.
While we prefer thin tablets, we're willing to deal with a fatter or longer slate when it's warranted. It's not that the 101 G9 feels fat by any means, but it's a little disappointing that it's only somewhat thinner than the 10-inch Toshiba Thrive. The Thrive is thicker, but earns its heft with full ports and a swappable battery. The 101 G9 is also slightly longer than the Thrive.
Overall, the 101 G9's ill-advised button placement makes it a tablet we'd rather set down than hold. For that reason, we do appreciate the inclusion of the kickstand, and the Mini-HDMI port is a useful addition, especially given the 101 G9's 1080p video capability.
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The Archos 101 G9 includes Honeycomb tablet hardware mainstays like an accelerometer, gyroscope, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 EDR, and GPS. Instead of using an Nvidia Tegra 2 processor as previous Honeycomb tablets did, the 101 G9 and its sibling 80 G9 are the first Honeycomb tablets to use the 1GHz Texas Instruments OMAP 4 dual-core processor.
The speaker delivers fairly high volume, albeit with tinny sound that lacks bass. Also, because of its placement on the back of the tablet, its sound gets muffled when the tablet is laid down flat.
Software features
The Archos 101 G9 ships with Android 3.2.46, the highest-numbered version of the OS we've seen so far.
Under settings is a Repair and Formatting section where you can calibrate the touch screen and accelerometer. There are also options that allow you to erase the multimedia databases and relaunch the media scanner, delete your tablet's settings and applications, or erase all music, video, and photos. Of course, you can format and return to factory settings as well.
Also, Archos has finally included the full Android Market and not the limited AppsLib app on older Archos tablets.