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Coming Events...
A chicken barbecue to benefit the Wyalusing Valley Lady Rams softball team on June 23 at the chicken pit by PenMart, Rt. 6, Wyalusing. Hope to have chicken halves off grill by 10 a.m. Come out and support your Lady Rams.
A chicken barbecue and gift raffle will be held on June 29 at Asylum VFW Post 6072 in Towanda to help raise money for Daniel Fassett of Monroe Township who was badly burned over much of his body in a fire at his garage on May 16. Anyone wanting to make a donation, call Melinda Shannon, 570-836-6147 or Rachael Saxe, 637-2949. Barbecue begins serving at noon and will continue until last meal is served. R25- 2p/S26p
First Annual "Eric's Ride" Motorcycle Run. This is a 85 mile poker run on June 22, starting at Ernie's Restaurant and Lounge, Stevensville. Registration, 9:30 to 10:30. Cost is $20 driver, $10 rider, includes tshirt, ride and pork BBQ dinner. All proceeds going to Eric Latini's Scholarship Fund. (Eric tragically died in a motorcycle accident.) Register at jvlatini
Blood Drive
The American Red Cross is sponsoringa Blood Drive on June 24, St. Basil's, Dushore, 1 to 6 p.m.
Monthly Breakfast at the Herrickville Fire Hall, Sunday, June 30, 2013, 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. All you can eat: pancakes, French toast, ham, sausage, eggs, home fries, sausage gravy and biscuits, coffee, orange juice, real maple syrup and sugar-free syrup. Adults, $7; children to 12 years, $3; preschool, free. Benefit: Herrick Twp. Vol. Fire Co. - Dept. 4.
Calvary Chapel Endless Mts., Rt. 6 (Old Cornerstone Bookstore), Wyalusing. Friday Nite "Light," family-based discipleship, Friday, 7 to 9 p.m. Open to all who want to serve Jesus. Childcare for ages 0-12. Call Joe or Dawn Buttito, 570- 746-1689, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Messengers, a contemporary Christian band from the Factoryville United Methodist Church, will be presenting the worship service at the Skinners Eddy United Methodist Church on June 23 at 11 a.m. Everyone is welcome to hear the "word" in spoken and musical testimonies.
The Stevensville Presbyterian Church Vacation Bible School is set for June 24 to 28, 9 to 11:30 a.m. The theme is "Everywhere Fun Fair. "The staff and youngsters will share Bible stories, crafts, science studies, games and snacks. Children, ages three through sixth grade are welcome. VBS leaders are seeking helpers. If you can help, call Vande Marks, 570-746-3188.
The Wyalusing Presbyterian Church on Church Street in Wyalusing will be celebrating their 220th birthday following the 10 a.m. worship service on June 30. Any church or community member willing to share photos, papers or memories should contact the church office, 570-746-3333 or Pam Quentin, 746-1064. This is a community event and everyone is invited.
The Moxie Community Church located at 315 Benjamin Road in Wyalusing will hold Vacation Bible School June 26 to 28 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Children will attend the regular service that next Sunday morning to share what they learned. This year's program is SonWorld Adventure Park and children from preschool through sixth grade are invited. Call Mike at 570-746-3574 or Linda at 363-2360 for registration information.
Vacation Bible School, "Rev It Up for God," is being held at the Orwell Bible Church Sunday, June 23 to Thursday, June 27, 6 to 8 p.m. for grades K to six. Parents and all adults are welcome to join. The church is located on Orwell Hill Rd., between Potterville and Rt. 187 north of Rome. For any questions, call Pastor Vieldhouse, 570-744-1915.
The WVHS Class of 1951 will meet for lunch on Friday, June 21 at noon at Mark's Valley View, Laceyville.
Block party on Saturday, June 22 from noon to 4 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, Towanda, 5 Court St. Bring family and friends. Food, games, music, prizes, a petting zoo and much more and it is all free.
Free family movie to be shown at Mt. Pisgah on Friday, June 28. Come to the Hilltop Pavilion at dusk to watch "Those Calloways." For more information, contact the park office at 570-297-2734.
For Your Information
The Bradford County Library's Summer Reading program begins on Wednesday, June 26 at 6:30 p.m. with a special appearance by the Binghamton Zoo's Zoomobile. The program is free and open to the public. Call the library at 570- 297-2436 for more information.
Endless Mountains Amateur Radio Club will hold their annual field day at the Emergency Services Building, 3880 SR 6 East, Tunkhannock on June 22 from 1 to 8 p.m. and June 23, 7 a.m. until noon. Learn about radio communications and become a ham yourself. For further information, call Al, 570-836-5030 or Joe, 207- 0070.
Bookmobile Schedule June 24, Monroeton Library, 11 a.m. June 26, Hopkins Commons II, 9 a.m.; Hopkins Commons I, 10:30 a.m.; Keystone Manor, 1 p.m.; Kozy Kastle, 3 p.m.
A pasture walk and workshop will be hosted by producer David Egge in Albany Township on June 26 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Participation and lunch are free for those who register by June 21. To register or ask for directions, contact Laura Hewitt at 570-265-2717 or email@example.com .
Home Textile Tool Museum Events: June 22, Rugs, Rugs and More Rugs; June 29, Flax Day; July 6, Young Hands and Young Hearts/Youth Day; July 13, Bobbin Lace; July 20, Tape Looms and Lucets; July 27, Indigo Dyeing. Workshops: June 15, Natural Dye Day; July 15, Housewife; July 22, Felt Hat or Scarf; July 26, Combined Cheese Making 1 and 2. For more information, contact Esther Welden at 570- 278-1886. The museum is located in Orwell on Route 1036.
Salt Springs State Park Happenings: Land Forest Owners Assoc. annual picnic, June 23, 1 p.m.; All-American Music, July 3, 7 p.m.; Children's Gardening Series, July 10, 1 p.m. For more information, email Debra Adleman email@example.com.
The Bradford County Historical Society will host a free program entitled "The Rifled Musket in the Civil War" scheduled for Friday, June 21 at 6 p.m. Door open at 5:30 p.m. Participants are asked to register by calling 570-265-2240 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Gospel Jamboree
Gospel Jamboree at Spencer's Gazebo in Transue on Sunday, June 23 at 3 p.m. All are welcome.
Meeting Notices
S.O.S. Al-Anon — Family Group will meet on Fridays at 7 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church, Hopkins Street, Sayre.
Recovery House Meetings — AA Group of Towanda meets Mon.-Fri., noon; Mon., Thurs., Fri., Sat., 8 p.m., Sun., 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. NA meetings are held Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Speaker meeting every first Sunday, 8 p.m. All meetings at 205 Main St., Towanda (please use rear, lower entrance).
Compassionate Friends — of the Endless Mountains will hold their meetings on the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. in the Endless Health Community Center, Montrose. TCF is open to all families who have lost a child from any cause at any age. There are no membership dues or fees of any kind. For more information, call 965-0901 (evenings) or 278- 1658 or e-mail email@example.com.
Al-Anon meetings in Tunkhannock: Endless Serenity Al-Anon Family Group on Monday, 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, 7 p.m., Saturday, noon. All meetings are held at the Tunkhannock UM Church Education Bldg., second floor.
Diabetes Support Group - meeting the first Thursday of every month at the Guthrie Clinic office in Towanda beginning at 5:30 p.m. There is no charge and all diabetics and family members are welcome. For more information, call Dawn at Guthrie Clinic at 570- 265-6165 during regular business hours.
TOPS PA #1134 — Laceyville, meets each Tuesday evening at the Braintrim Baptist Church in Laceyville. Weigh-ins from 5:15 to 6 p.m., meeting from 6-7 p.m. For more information, call 965-2493 or 869-1834. Toll-free 1- 800-932-8677.
AA Meeting — Wednesdays at 8 p.m. in the basement of the Wyalusing Presbyterian Church. Open meeting, nonsmoking.
MOPS — Mothers of Preschoolers meet every first and third Wed. of the month from 9 to 11 a.m., September through May. Meetings are held at the First Presbyterian Church, 5 Court St., Towanda. All mothers of preschoolers are welcome. Child care is provided for children, ages infant through five years old. For more information, contact the church at 570-265-5575.
Towanda-Wysox Kiwanis Club meets every second and fourth Wednesday of each month at the Weigh Station Café at 7:30 a.m. in Towanda. They find ways to help the children in the community. Contact Eileen Sheets at 570-265-2350 for more information.
Addictions to Victory. Faithbased support for addictions. Program will be held the first and third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at New Generation Church, Milan, 570-888- 1967.
The Wyalusing Masonic Lodge No. 618 meets at 7:30 p.m. on the third Monday of each month at the Lodge Hall, 158 Church St., Wyalusing. For more information, call 570-721- 0008.
AA meeting, Friday evenings at 8 p.m. at the Standing Stone Vesper Church spiritual building, River Road, Standing Stone Township. Open meeting, nonsmoking.
Grief Support Group: Jan.- Dec. 2013. A bereavement support group meets monthly, the last Tuesday of each month from 3 to 4:30 p.m. This group is open to those who have experienced loss and is facilitated by Trudy Ventello, LSW, a social worker with Memorial Hospital's Hospice program. The meetings are located in the library in the lower level of Memorial Hospital in Towanda. Any questions, call 570-268-2233.
Come Join the Depression Support Group at the Herrickville Fire Hall, first and third Thursday of the month at 2 p.m. For more information, contact Colleen Taylor, 570-746- 3021.
Lines Reunion - Descendants of W. Earl and Lena Lewis Lines of LeRaysville on Sunday, July 14 at Haigh's Pond outside of LeRaysville. Dinner at 1 p.m. Bring your own table service, a dish to pass and beverage. Swimming and fishing are available. Chinese Auction. Bring a small item for each family member attending. Any questions, call Marilyn Stalford Ross at 570-746-1701 and leave a message or Ronnie Wickwire for directions, 570-744-1286.
WVHS Class of 1983. This year's reunion will be held on June 22 at the park in Wyalusing from 1 to 4 p.m. Meat, drinks and tableware provided. Families welcome to come, just bring a dish to pass. Any questions, contact Deb Sands, 570- 250-8030 or Dan Allen via facebook.
The WVHS Class of 1973 will be having a 40th reunion on Aug. 10 at Black Walnut Legion Post 510. Classmates interested should call Flora at 570-746-1077 or email Steve at sciprich
The WVHS Class of 1998 will hold their 15th year class reunion on Saturday, Aug. 3 at 6 p.m. at the Towanda Rod and Gun Club. If you did not receive an invite, please contact Morgin Tewksbury Jones at 570-934- 2604 or email@example.com.
Stoddard Reunion - will be held on Sunday, July 7 at 1 p.m. at the Wilmot Fire Hall in Sugar Run. Bring a wrapped item for the Chinese Auction, covered dish to pass, table service and beverage. Meat will be provided and door prizes drawn. For further information, contact Leona Fitzgerald at 570-746-3076.
Trap Shoot
There will be a Trap Shoot at the Silvara Gun Club on Sunday, June 23 from noon to 3 p.m. to benefit the Beaver Meadows Ladies Aid. The cost is $25 and bring your own shells. Refreshments served by the Ladies Aid.
NTHA would like to invite loggers, foresters and first responder personnel to an upcoming event taking place on June 21 and 22. You can pick either day to participate in Advanced Logger Rescue. The program is designed to train first responders in dealing with logging accidents. There will be pastries at registration and a chicken dinner later in the day. Contact Connie Ridall, program manager to see how you can get this training at a discount or for free, call 570-265- 7753 or cell 570-240-1436, email nthapa
Winding River Players will host their annual Summer Workshop Acting Troupe during the last week of June. The first session will be held on June 21 from 1:30 to 3:30. Auditions will be held at that time. The workshop will be held June 24 to 28 from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Two performances of Through the Looking Glass, June 28, 3 and 7 and a performance at French Azilum on July 14 at 1 p.m. Age range from 8 to 15 years. For more information, 570-265-3623 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Here are the top selections from the final Your Turn Photo Contest of the year. We themed this one Industrial Revolution.
The entries selected showcase the most interesting and diverse industrial environments. As a photographer you have to be ready for anything and capture the moment before any unexpected interruptions might occur. Shooting away from the resort adds to a photographer's list of challenges. Then there are times when you'll get harassed by security or the bitter bystander. But it is important to select your location carefully as it can make or break a photo.
It came together well for Cole Martin, because his photo of Brendon Rego rose to the top, and won the "Industrial Revolution" contest!
It's been fun reviewing the entries. Now that we know the winner of the "Industrial Revolution" we will let you know next week who the overall winner is. That lucky photographer will get the opportunity to go to High Cascade's Photo Workshop this summer!!!
The final images that will be considered for the overall winner are featured in the gallery below. Let us know your favorite.
Congratulations Cole! Please email me with your address asap, firstname.lastname@example.com, and we'll get your new Burton Photo Pack and Celtek photographer glove.
Thanks to all the photographers who submitted. Keep shooting lots! We look forward to seeing more of your photography!

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Went this morning for my post-op follow-up on my left shoulder. Everything is good. But I have been having pain and weakness in my right shoulder. I told my doctor (and his assistant) that I'd really like them to order an MRI. The point was, I wanted to find out what was wrong. It's been hurting more than it did when I had rotator cuff repair last spring. Note that I wanted a diagnosis, not treatment.
Well, I got both.
I've been diagnosed (at this point) with bursitis in the right shoulder (while still trying to heal up my left one). They injected my shoulder in three separate spots.
Steroid shots are miraculous when they work, but (to me anyway) they hurt like the blazes when you get them. And when your shoulder is sore and tender to begin with, it doesn't help.
Tomorrow I go see my PCP re: my elevated blood pressure. Can't wait to find out about that one. At least I doubt that he'll poke me with anything sharp.
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The Canadian dollar rose to a one-week high against its U.S. counterpart (FOREX:CADUSD), which weakened on speculation the Federal Reserve will maintains monetary stimulus amid economic disruption from the 16-day government shutdown that ended yesterday.
The currency gained for a second day as U.S. congressional passage last night by wide margins allows the U.S. to avoid the possibility of default and ends the shutdown that began Oct. 1. President Barack Obama signed the bill just after midnight. Prime Minister Stephen Harper said yesterday he supports legislation to end Canadian budget deficits and to stimulate economic growth through trade and resource development.
"I would have expected a bit more of a relief rally in risk assets," Shaun Osborne, chief currency strategist at Toronto-Dominion Bank's TD Securities unit in Toronto, said by phone. "Nevertheless, with the U.S. dollar falling lower, the Canadian dollar is trading higher. We think the Fed is moving slowly towards tapering and until we get clarity on what the message is from the next big data point we'll probably stay in these ranges."
The loonie, as the Canadian dollar is known for the image of the waterfowl on the C$1 coin, gained 0.3% to C$1.0294 per U.S. dollar at 10:10 a.m. in Toronto. It touched C$1.0292, the strongest since Oct. 7. One loonie buys 97.14 U.S. cents.
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Government bonds rose, with the yield on benchmark 10-year notes dropping four basis points, or 0.04 percentage point, to 2.58%. The 1.5% security maturing in June 2023 rose 29 cents to C$90.89.
The Bank of Canada sold C$3.3 billion ($3.2 billion) of two-year debt yesterday at a yield of 1.280%. The 1.25% securities mature in February 2016.
The bid-to-cover ratio, which gauges demand by comparing the amount bid with the amount offered, was 2.8, the most for a two-year note since the Aug. 21 auction.
Purchases of Canadian securities by foreigners slowed in August as investors sold government bonds. While foreigners bought a net C$2.03 billion of bonds, they sold C$1.22 billion in government debt, including C$883 million in federal issues. Foreign investors sold a net C$2.4 billion of Canadian government bonds between January and August, Statistics Canada said, compared with net purchases of C$28.7 billion in the same period a year earlier.
Total purchases so far this year have slowed to C$24.0 billion, less than half of the C$51.2 billion total for the same period in 2012.
The currency has fallen 2.5% this year against nine developed nation currencies tracked by the Bloomberg Correlation-Weighted Index. The Australian dollar is down 6.5%, and the U.S. dollar has added 1.6%.
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Natural, biodegradable, and more insulating than wool, cashmere is as close to the perfect fiber you can get. Just one catch: The goats whose downy undercoats are so prized have insatiable appetites, consuming 10 percent of their body weight in roughage every day. In China, where large herds are stripping the ground of vegetation and topsoil, desertification is a mounting problem. The good news? With the help of the Wildlife Conservation Society, a cooperative of herders in Patagonia have developed a way of raising cashmere-producing goats without running roughshod on the environment.
Argentina's Grupo Costa del Río Colorado cooperative uses a system of practices that not only minimizes its impact on the land but also protects guanacos, rheas, Andean cats, and other wildlife of the Patagonian Steppe.
Although the herders are keeping fewer goats, they've increased their income because of better husbandry practices.
Although the herders are keeping fewer goats, they've increased their income because of better husbandry practices.
Thanks to the support of WCS's Patagonian and Andean Steppe Program—along with financial assistance from the Butler Conservation Fund, Liz Claiborne and Art Ortenberg Foundation, Panthera, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Latin America Program—producers were able to implement modifications such as adjusting herd sizes to match the carrying capacity of their lands, improve the health of their herds, and use guard dogs to minimize livestock-wildlife conflicts with potential predators such as the Andean cat.
Although the cooperative's herders are keeping fewer goats, they've managed to increase their income as a result of better husbandry practices and higher profits from access to an international market. In fact, the first U.S. sale of the group's "green cashmere" represents a 10 percent increase in annual income for its members, according to WCS.
"Sustainably produced cashmere provides us with an effective balance of livelihood improvement and conservation," says Julie Kunen, director of the nonprofit's Latin America and Caribbean Program. "It will also give customers an opportunity to participate in the protection of the unique wildlife of the Patagonian Steppe."


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As we described on Monday, the IE8 in Windows 7 RC includes additional tab "hang" reporting functionality. This functionality relies on a timer threshold to determine when a tab might be unresponsive. This threshold was calibrated based on data from internal Microsoft users.
As we began to look at data coming in from real-world Win7 RC users, we noticed that some users are being prompted to recover from hung tabs more frequently than some would like. We stated on Monday that if the data suggests that too many users are being prompted too frequently that we would publish an update to resolve the issue.
Based on the data we've seen so far, today we are publishing an update that turns off the additional tab hang reporting in Win7.
The upside here is that we now have a wealth of data about the real issues that users encounter every day, and we are going to continue to work hard to address responsiveness issues up until and after Win7 RTM.
More information about this update can be found here.
P.S. For those of you waiting on the update to the Compatibility View list, it's available today as well.
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A repost, but important enough to state again.
Memorial Day was officially established as a national holiday in 1971, although celebrating the day actually began soon after the civil war. Memorial Day is designated as a day to remember the men and women who gave their lives in the service of their country, whereas Veteran's Day is designed to honor all veterans, dead or alive. Today I remember members of my family that made the ultimate sacrifice.
|2nd Lieutenant Jesse C. Turnage
Co. D, 51st Enrolled Missouri Militia
Civil War
Killed 18 July 1864
|Sgt. James Smith Trabue
356th Infantry Regiment
89th Infantry Division
World War I
Killed 11 November 1918
|TEC 5 Warren Edward Kuhn
814th Tank Destroyer Battalion
World War II
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Scuba diving, Sharm el Sheikh
We've just returned from a week in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt where we spent a week diving in the company of Kate's sister and brother-in-law. Our base, at the Hilton Fayrouz, was perfect for the town's nightlife and using the facilities of Ocean College dive school which is based next door. We usually dive with Emperor Divers, but as they had moved from the Rosetta, we were too lazy to go and find their new offices, and Ocean College had an excellent value deal of 4 days diving for £89! Unfortunately, we had to do a scuba review as we've been a bit slack diving recently and Ahmed Aladin was our instructor and dive guide for our 5 days of diving. He's an excellent teacher, very good on safety perhaps at the expense of pointing out sea life, but he's one of the better instructors I've been diving with.
April diving in the Red Sea, is far colder than any diving I have done since 1996 and the excavations at Caesarea, Israel and it was the first time I've worn neoprene since then. Sea temperature is around 21° C and air temperature around 28°C, but the wind can freeze you rapidly once out of the water. Remember a jumper at this time of year! Dive sites visited included the normal Tiran sites and Ras Mohammed perennial favourites and we didn't see a huge amount of larger pelagic sea life, a few turtles, tuna and one octopus. The Yolanda wreck seems to have detoriated slightly with some displacement of the bath furniture since our last visit, but it is still a pretty good site to visit.
Sharm has developed since our last visit there, with the huge Savoy complex and the soulless Soho Square adjacent to their property (includes ice rink and bowling alley and you can swap your Egyptian pounds for Akuna money!). The Savoy hotel is pretty impressive, colonial style bar with Zebra printed bar furniture (apparently a dress code, but I got in) and reasonable Stella Lager price, multiple levels and a huge swimming pool. However, it is far out from the interesting part of town. The Hilton Fayrouz, which is on the main promenade is pretty good value and has a private beach. Street hawkers still try and sell you banjo (weed) and the Camel Bar has had a significant make over, but it is still a good place for people watching, sheeshah smoking and drinking on the roof. The airport has improved substantially, but still has typical Egyptian toilets (only place I was asked for Baksheesh all week.)
Money matters
Taxi from Na'ama Bay to Soho Square – 35 LE
Taxi from Na'ama Bay to airport – 50 LE (set price is normally 60 LE)
Taxi from airport to Na'ama Bay – they try it on, starting at 300 LE, you can get this down to a reasonable fee if you haggle hard. Yalla!
Diving at Ocean College – Scuba review £79 inc equipment, 4 day dive pack £89 (normally £220), £25 per day equipment hire, 5o LE per day drinks and food bill on boat, 5 euros per day for RasMo entry (hasn't changed for ages I think!)
Flight on Easyjet around £220 pp
Sandwiches cheaper on Easyjet than buying at SES airport, don't buy beer to drink on the plane at the airport, you get told off.
Good places to eat/ drink
Fairuz Lebanese and Sidi Wadie Moroccan restaurant – 2nd floor of the Na'ama Centre
Tam Tams (cheap Egyptian fare – hasn't changed)
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Police have arrested a Somerset man who is accused of leaving the scene of a fatal hit-and-run crash Tuesday night on Lepes Road.
Author-ities say Adam C. Cooper, 34, 386 Newhill Ave., struck and killed Kerri Harrison, 35, while she and her husband, Tracey Harrison, 42, were walking on the residential street just before 8 p.m. Tracey Harrison was also struck, but his injuries were not described as serious, according to police reports.
Police have arrested a Somerset man who is accused of leaving the scene of a fatal hit-and-run crash Tuesday night on Lepes Road.
Author-ities say Adam C. Cooper, 34, 386 Newhill Ave., struck and killed Kerri Harrison, 35, while she and her husband, Tracey Harrison, 42, were walking on the residential street just before 8 p.m. Tracey Harrison was also struck, but his injuries were not described as serious, according to police reports.
Police officers found a detached front license plate at the scene that led them to Cooper's residence. After officers spoke with his father, Cooper turned himself in to the Somerset Police Department. He arrived at the police station driving a black Ford Explorer with front-end damage.
"You can clearly see the body print on the hood and the damage to the vehicle," Somerset police Chief Joseph Ferreira said during a Wednesday press conference.
The Somerset Police Department seized Cooper's vehicle and his cellphone to see whether he had been calling or texting at the time of the crash. Ferreira said he did not have any further information as to what investigators found on Cooper's phone.
Cooper, who is charged with leaving the scene of an accident with death resulting, was ordered held on $10,000 cash bail after being arraigned Wednesday in Fall River District Court. If convicted, Cooper faces anywhere from one to 10 years in state prison. Authorities said Cooper could face more charges, including negligence, as the investigation progresses.
Cooper was on probation in a pending marijuana distribution case from Taunton District Court. The Probation Department there has issued an arrest warrant charging Cooper with violating the terms of his probation, prosecutors said.
Assistant District Attorney Michael Cahillane said during Cooper's arraignment that his criminal record includes two prior arrests for operating under the influence, as well as operating to endanger, shoplifting and larceny, and marijuana and drug possession charges from Rhode Island.
Cooper told Somerset police that he was driving to a CVS Pharmacy to pick up a prescription for antibiotics when he struck Tracey and Kerri Harrison around 7:56 p.m. Tuesday. Cooper said he panicked, fled the scene and drove around until his father called him and said police were looking for him. Cooper also said he had smoked marijuana six hours before the crash, but he passed a field sobriety test at the police station, Ferreira said.
Authorities said Cooper struck the couple from behind while driving west on Lepes Road. Kerri Harrison was forced onto the vehicle's hood before hitting the ground. The responding police and firefighters performed CPR on Harrison, who was unconscious and not breathing, and transported her to Charlton Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 8:33 p.m.
Harrison was a mother and well-respected third-grade teacher at Forest Avenue Elementary School in Middletown, R.I. Rosemarie Kraeger, the superintendent of schools in Middletown, notified parents early Wednesday morning of Harrison's death. Kraeger described Harrison as a "dedicated teacher, mother and wife."
"Kerri just knew how to bring out the best out of every student," Kraeger said. "She was a great colleague to her fellow teachers. She was outstanding in every way."
Harrison had taught in the Middletown public schools since 2003. She also worked on curriculum and was previously a special education teacher at Joseph H. Gaudet Middle School in Middletown.
Kraeger said school officials notified the parents of Harrison's students Wednesday morning to give them the option of keeping their children home. The Middletown School District is also arranging for guidance counselors, school psychologists and social workers to meet with the students and teachers at the Forest Avenue School.
"We really saturated the school," Kraeger said. "And we will do that for the rest of the week and however long our staff and students need it."
Meanwhile, during Cooper's arraignment Wednesday, defense attorney Don Friar said Cooper is a Somerset High School graduate, is married and works as a cook at the Kozy Nook restaurant in Westport. Friar said the incident was "a horrible accident." Cooper's father, who attended the arraignment, declined to speak to reporters.
Paul Kitchen, a resident at 267 Lepes Road, said he heard a loud noise Tuesday night that sounded like something had struck his house, though the crash happened across the street. He went outside, saw a woman lying on the ground and a man crying over her. He tried to help the couple, and told his son to call 911. There was no vehicle in sight.
"By the time I got out of the house, he was gone," Kitchen said of the driver, adding that he never heard any tires screeching. He noted that there were also no skid marks in the road.
A bouquet of flowers was placed Wednesday near the spot where the Harrisons were struck.
Lepes Road was repaved about six to eight weeks ago, and Kitchen said he has seen several vehicles speeding through the quiet residential neighborhood to avoid the traffic lights on Route 6. Kitchen said his son and a neighbor were recently clipped by vehicles driving faster than the neighborhood's 35 mph speed limit.
"It's really bad out here on the weekends. You can't even go out there it's so bad," Kitchen said, adding that several elderly couples walk through the neighborhood every day.
"They have to be careful," Kitchen said.
Ferreira said the Somerset Police Department has received several complaints about vehicles speeding on Lepes Road.
"We do what we can with the manpower we have to enforce (the speed limit)," Ferreira said, adding that the accident remains under investigation by the Somerset Police Department and the Massachusetts State Police Accident Reconstruction Team.
Tuesday night's incident is the second fatal hit-and-run this year in Somerset. On June 14, around 11:30 p.m., police say Richard Reis, 35, of Fall River, struck a motorized wheelchair operated by 65-year-old James "Jimmy" Moore on Southway Drive. Moore later died. Police arrested Reis at his Fall River home a few days later.
On Tuesday, at Fall River District Court, Reis pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident death resulting, and he was sentenced to two years in jail, with one year to serve and the balance suspended for five years.
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Kenny Chesney Takes 'You and Tequila' to the 2011 CMA Awards
Kenny Chesney once again teamed up with Grace Potter for a heartfelt rendition of 'You and Tequila,' the song they took to No. 3 on the Billboard country chart, this time performing it at the 2011 CMA Awards. Chesney recorded the song with Potter for his 'Hemingway's Whiskey' album.
Although Potter is an Americana rock musician who fronts her own band, the Nocturnals, the Vermont-based artist slipped right into the country groove as she and Chesney sat side-by-side on stools strumming acoustic guitars and singing.
Chesney was dressed in his standard jeans, Henley shirt and white cowboy hat while Potter was more formally dressed in a short white dress, her long blond hair flowing past her shoulders.
As one of the most revered performers in country music, it likely isn't surprising that Chesney received a host of nominations for the 2011 CMA Awards, including for Male Vocalist of the Year (against Jason Aldean, Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton and Keith Urban) and Song of the Year for 'You and Tequila,' written by Matraca Berg and Deanna Carter. He and Potter are also nominated for Musical Event of the Year and Music Video of the Year for the song.
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|Left: The transitional disk around the star LkCa 15. All of the light at this wavelength is emitted by cold dust in the disk. the hole in the center indicates an inner gap with radius of about 55 times the distance from the Earth to the Sun. Right: An expanded view of the central part of the cleared region, showing a composite of two reconstructed images (blue: 2.1 microns, from November 2010; red: 3.7 microns) for LkCa 15. The location of the central star is also marked. Credit: Kraus & Ireland 2011
What astronomers are calling LkCa 15 b, looks like a hot "protoplanet" surrounded by a swath of cooler dust and gas, which is falling into the still-forming planet. Images have revealed that the forming planet sits inside a wide gap between the young parent star and an outer disk of dust.
"LkCa 15 b is the youngest planet ever found, about 5 times younger than the previous record holder," said astronomer Adam Kraus of the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy. "This young gas giant is being built out of the dust and gas. In the past, you couldn't measure this kind of phenomenon because it's happening so close to the star. But, for the first time, we've been able to directly measure the planet itself as well as the dusty matter around it."
Kraus presented the discovery at an Oct. 19 meeting at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. The meeting follows the acceptance of a research paper on the discovery by Kraus and Michael Ireland (of Macquarie University and the Australian Astronomical Observatory), in The Astrophysical Journal.
|The location of LkCa 15 can be found using this chart. Credit: Adam Kraus/IAU/Sky & Telescope
The optical sleight of hand used by the astronomers is to combine the power of Keck's Adaptive Optics with a technique called aperture mask interferometry. The former is the use of a deformable mirror to rapidly correct for atmospheric distortions of starlight. The latter involves placing a small mask with several holes in the path of the light collected and concentrated by a giant telescope. With that, the scientists can manipulate the light waves.
"It's like we have an array of small mirrors," said Kraus. "We can manipulate the light and cancel out distortions." The technique allows the astronomers to cancel out the bright light of stars. They can then resolve disks of dust around stars and see gaps in the dusty layers where protoplanets may be hiding.
"Interferometry has actually been around since the 1800s, but through the use of adaptive optics has only been able to reach nearby young suns for about the last 7 years." said Ireland. "Since then we've been trying to push the technique to its limits using the biggest telescopes in the world, especially Keck."
The discovery of LkCa 15 b began as a survey of 150 young dusty stars in star forming regions. That led to the more concentrated study of a dozen stars.
"LkCa 15 was only our second target, and we immediately knew we were seeing something new," said Kraus. "We could see a faint point source near the star, so thinking it might be a Jupiter-like planet we went back a year later to get more data."
In further investigations at varying wavelengths, the astronomers were intrigued to discover that the phenomenon was more complex than a single companion object.
"We realized we had uncovered a super Jupiter-sized gas planet, but that we could also measure the dust and gas surrounding it. We'd found a planet at its very beginning," said Kraus.
Kraus and Ireland plan to continue their observations of LkCa 15 and other nearby young stars in their efforts to construct a clearer picture of how planets and solar systems form. Studying planetary formation can help astrobiologists narrow down locations in which to search for habitable worlds around distant stars.
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Has he ever scored on a FK? I know they are good quality, but 79 would be high for a guy who hasn't scored them.Free Kick Accuracy: 79
Curling: 78
Might be a bit harsh for his style of play.Short Pass Accuracy: 77
Short Pass Speed: 73
Long Pass Acc.: 74
Long Pass Speed: 69
Not 100% sure about any of these TBHSPECIAL ABILITIES:
*Middle Shooting
"the can't touch him because 9 out of 10 times he goes down"
Jaxinho wrote:Since his a very talented player. It must be no problem for him to play as SM and even as winger. He is fast and also good dribbler. What u guys think?
lucas2491 wrote:Why the low stamina? He can finish matches...
And *MS can be reconsidered, he tries a lot from outside the box
zuo wrote:he is really 3 cms,6 kgs and 4 Points less in BB than giovinco?
it's a GREAT difference......
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To configure a broker to use a JDBC database, you set JDBC-related properties in the broker's instance configuration file and create the appropriate database schema. The Message Queue Database Manager utility (imqdbmgr) uses your JDBC driver and the broker configuration properties to create the schema and manage the database. You can also use the Database Manager to delete corrupted tables from the database or if you want to use a different database as a data store. See Database Manager Utility for more information.
If you use an embedded database, it is best to create it under the following directory:
If an embedded database is not protected by a user name and password, it is probably protected by file system permissions. To ensure that the database is readable and writable by the broker, the user who runs the broker should be the same user who created the embedded database using the imqdbmgr command.
Set JDBC-related properties in the broker's instance configuration file.
The relevant properties are discussed, with examples, in JDBC-Based Persistence Properties and listed in full in Table 16–6. In particular, you must specify a JDBC-based data store by setting the broker's imq.persist.store property to jdbc.
Place a copy of, or a symbolic link to, your JDBC driver's .jar file in the Message Queue external resource files directory, depending on your platform (see Appendix A, Platform-Specific Locations of Message Queue Data):
Solaris: /usr/share/lib/imq/ext
Linux: /opt/sun/mq/share/lib/ext
AIX: IMQ_VARHOME/lib/ext
Windows: IMQ_VARHOME\lib\ext
For example, if you are using HADB on a Solaris system, the following command copies the driver's .jar file to the appropriate location:
cp /opt/SUNWhadb/4/lib/hadbjdbc4.jar /usr/share/lib/imq/ext
The following command creates a symbolic link instead:
ln -s /opt/SUNWhadb/4/lib/hadbjdbc4.jar /usr/share/lib/imq/ext
Create the database schema needed for Message Queue persistence.
Use the imqdbmgr create all command (for an embedded database) or the imqdbmgr create tbl command (for an external database); see Database Manager Utility.
You can display information about a JDBC-based data store using the Database Manager utility (imqdbmgr) as follows:
Change to the directory where the Database Manager utility resides, depending on your platform:
Solaris: cd /usr/bin
Linux: cd /opt/sun/mq/bin
AIX: cd IMQ_HOME/bin
Windows: cd IMQ_HOME\bin
Enter the imqdbmgr command:
imqdbmgr query
The output should resemble the following
dbmgr query [04/Oct/2005:15:30:20 PDT] Using plugged-in persistent store: version=400 brokerid=Mozart1756 database connection url=jdbc:oracle:thin:@Xhome:1521:mqdb database user=scott Running in standalone mode. Database tables have already been created.


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Arkansas Senate overrides veto of abortion bill
The Arkansas Senate voted Thursday to override a veto of a near-ban of abortions starting in the 20th week of pregnancy and backed a separate measure that would outlaw the procedures in most cases beginning in the 12th week.
The Republican-led Senate voted 19-14 along party lines to override Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe's veto of the 20-week bill, a day after the GOP-led state House voted to override it. A simple majority was required in each chamber.
That law, which took effect immediately, is based on the contested claim that fetuses can feel pain by that point.
Senate President Michael Lamoureux, R-Russellville, supported an override but told reporters afterward he was unsure whether the ban would survive a constitutional challenge.
"If it was an easy answer, then people wouldn't be raising that subject," he said after the vote.
Minutes after overriding Beebe's veto, the Senate's voted 26-8 in support of a bill that would outlaw most abortions starting in the 12th week of pregnancy, sending it to Beebe for consideration. He must decide by next week whether to sign or veto it.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas has already said it would challenge either the 20-week or 12-week bills if they became law, and opponents of the legislation were expected to seek an injunction barring enforcement of the new restrictions pending the outcome of the expected legal challenge.
Beebe said he thinks the new law contradicts the U.S. Supreme Court's 1976 Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion until a fetus can viably survive outside of the womb, which is typically at 22 to 24 weeks. He said the state will waste money trying to defend it.
Sen. Bruce Maloch, D-Magnolia, previously voted for the 20-week ban but said he voted against the override out of deference to Beebe and the concerns the governor raised over the measure's constitutionality.
"These bills are a real dilemma for people who are pro-life, but still there are constitutional concerns. It does really tear at you," Maloch said.
The near ban of abortions starting in the 20th week of pregnancy is based on the disputed claim that a fetus can feel pain by then and therefore deserves protection from abortion. Seven states have enacted similar 20-week restrictions based on the fetal pain argument, according to the Guttmacher Institute, which tracks laws affecting women's health. A similar law in Arizona has been blocked while a federal appeals court reviews a lawsuit challenging it.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says it knows of no legitimate scientific information supporting the idea that a fetus experiences pain.
The 12-week bill is based on the argument that a fetus should be protected from abortion once its heartbeat can be detected during an abdominal ultrasound. The governor has not said whether he'll veto the bill but said earlier that he has constitutional concerns with the measure.
Sen. Jason Rapert, R-Conway, the sponsor of the 12-week ban, said Beebe should let the measure go into law without his signature.
"I respect his opinions and what he has to do as an individual, but I believe he should honor the vote of the Legislature," Rapert told reporters after the vote.


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Author Notes: Last week I decided to experiment with one of the grains on the list I'd never cooked with before: millet. A few weeks before, I'd come across a great-looking recipe for millet and cheddar polenta in a recent issue of Fine Cooking and was intrigued to say the least. (Let's face it: I'm intrigued by pretty much anything that sounds like nursery food and contains cheese.) I figured this recipe would be as good a place to start my millet research as any and set to work riffing. The resulting dish, comforting and savory, just may be my new favorite supper to snuggle up on the couch with. —Merrill Stubbs
Serves: 2 or 3 as dinner, 6 as a side dish
cup millet
cups milk
tablespoon olive oil
ounces Asiago Fresco or Fontina, diced
tablespoons crumbled blue cheese (I used Fourme D'Ambert)
Freshly ground black pepper
tablespoons chopped chives
- Rinse and drain the millet and put it in a large, heavy saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring frequently, for 5 to 7 minutes, until the millet starts to smell and look toasty.
- Add the milk, 3 cups of water, 1 teaspoon of salt and the olive oil and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Stir once, lower the heat so that the liquid is just simmering and cover. Cook the millet for 20 minutes, stirring once or twice, until it starts to look thick and porridgey. Stir well and cook for 10 to 15 minutes more, stirring frequently so that it doesn't stick to the pan, and adding more water if it seems too thick. The finished porridge should be creamy and thick but still a bit liquid; the millet will have mostly broken down, with a few nutty bites here and there.
- Add the cheeses and stir well until they melt. Add more salt and black pepper to taste (I like a lot) of pepper, and stir in the chives just before serving. Spoon a large helping into a bowl, grab a spoon, and cozy up on the couch.
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Zuni Film and Events at the 2013 Mead Festival main content.
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Nearly a century after Museum anthropologists first recorded a sacred ceremony of the Zuni tribe, a rare archival film is getting its second life in a special program presented at this year's Margaret Mead Film Festival.
Through a groundbreaking collaboration between the Museum's Cultural Resources Office, Museum archivists and anthropologists, and the Zuni A:shiwi A:wan Museum and Heritage Center, the 1923 silent film The Shalako Ceremony at Zuni, New Mexico, has been updated with Zuni subtitles and narration.
The never-before-seen film will be shown in a special program called "Setting the Record Straight" on Saturday, October 19, at 1 pm, in the Leonhardt People Center on the Museum's second floor. The screening will be followed by a lively Mead Dialogue moderated by Jim Enote, director of A:shiwi A:wan Museum and Heritage Center, about the history of Museum anthropology, the repercussions of filming sacred ceremonies of the Zuni, and the recent collaborative effort to repurpose archival film within a contemporary context. Enote will also lead a tour of the exhibition The Zuni World (see below).
Panelists will include Curator Peter Whiteley, Museum archivist Barbara Mathe, and Curtis Quam and Octavius Seowtewa from Zuni.
In a related event earlier that day, internationally renowned Zuni flute player, singer, and recording artist Fernando Cellecion will perform a series of songs from the Zuni pueblo in the Hall of the Birds of the World. This performance is free with any 2013 Mead Film Festival ticket stub. "Setting the Record Straight" is a ticketed event.
Zuni artworks will also be on display at the Museum starting Thursday, October 17, in The Zuni World exhibition. For a limited time, see modern Zuni paintings depicting ancestral sites throughout the Colorado Plateau. Part of an "indigenous mapping" movement that has become increasingly important over the last 20 years, the paintings were created by 14 Zuni artists in collaboration with Zuni cultural advisors and produced in partnership with the A:shiwi A:wan Museum and Heritage Center (AAMHC) in Zuni, New Mexico.
Learn more about the 2013 Mead Film Festival, which opens on Thursday, October 17.
Watch the Mead trailer.
A version of this article appears in the Fall 2013 Rotunda, the Member magazine.


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Chesterton Tribune
DNR: Better options for Christmas trees than fish habitat
There are many ways to recycle Christmas trees, but tossing them on a frozen
lake to create fish habitat may not be the best idea … and may require a
permit from the Indiana DNR.
"Fish attractors tend to bring fish and fishermen together," said Bill
James, chief fisheries biologist for the DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife.
"They provide cover but don't necessarily grow more fish."
Better options include taking the tree to a designated Christmas tree
recycling site in your community, tossing it in the backyard to provide
shelter for wintering birds, running it through a wood chipper to create
your own mulch, chopping it up for firewood.
Discarding a Christmas tree on a private pond is at the owner's discretion,
but doing so on public freshwater lakes is governed by the Lake Preservation
Act (Indiana Code 14-26-2) and Indiana Administrative Code (312 IAC 11-4-7).
Those two laws require a license from the DNR to construct or place a fish
attractor in a public freshwater lake. To qualify, the fish attractor must
be anchored to ensure proper setting and must not be placed in a channel, a
beach area, near the lake surface or in an area that would adversely affect
public safety and navigation, or adversely affect the natural resources or
natural scenic beauty.
Three DNR
divisions – Fish & Wildlife, Law Enforcement, and Water – have a role in
reviewing and approving a permit request for placement of a fish attractor.
If approved, the permit carries a $100 fee and requires the permit holder to
remove any portion or portions of the fish attractor that become unattached.


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By Kelli B. Grant
Buying online may help shoppers avoid the harsh lights and humiliation of a dressing room visit, but the convenience comes with the risk of buying something that doesn't quite fit. (Which necessitates packing that item up and shipping it back or bodily carrying it to a store. Repeat cycle.)
So for nearly as long as there have been online shoppers, there have been companies trying to create virtual dressing room to help shoppers pick the right size and see if an item of clothing fits and flatters before paying to have it shipped. Most haven't gained traction, because they require entering lots of precise measurements and other information, says Michelle Madhok, founder of sale and fashion site SheFinds.com. "That's been prohibitive — it's too much work," she says. "If I'm shopping online, I'm not ready to go grab my tape measurer."
New options from FaceCake offer simpler solutions that have the feel of a video game. Its Swivel product uses a camera to feed your image onto a monitor. Then you can pull clothing from the virtual racks and spin around for a 3-D try-on. (A spokeswoman says the program recognizes your dimensions and will adjust the size of the clothing accordingly. While we stood there, that tech enabled a burly male CES attendee to look stunning in a strapless wedding gown.) A head-and-shoulders version called Close-Up allows for virtual-try ons of accessories and makeup.
Of course, the usefulness of the technology will hinge on which retailers use it. Shoppers should also be prepared for an upsell — Facecake allows for product recommendations, as in, Did you try this blouse with that skirt? A Facecake spokeswoman says that feature is as much about styling as sales and that the product also allows retailers to add coupons.
Senior consumer reporter and "Deal of Day" columnist Kelli B. Grant travels to Las Vegas to find the best, the worst, and the most hyped gadgets at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. Join her as she roams the exhibit floor for three days, with dispatches here and on Twitter @kelligrant.


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Drop The Chicken drops its update like it's hot
Drop The Chicken is a success, according to the game's developers. It got number 1 in 14 countries, we can definitely agree that this game is a true success. Sharp Agency released the first major upgrade for this iPhone/iPod Touch game right before the weekend. Their hot update contains cool new features such as the ability to play your own music in the background, it boasts new achievements and the game now supports earlier iOS versions as well. Angry Birds definitely shouldn't be the only birds taking top positions in the App Store, Drop The Chicken definitely deserves its great rankings as well.


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Answer - it depends. In the paper Taking More Now: The Optimality of Impulsive Choice Hinges on Environment Structure, researchers at the University of Texas found that the reward environment involving choices determined whether highly impulsive test subjects performed better or worse than their low-impulsive testing counterparts.
The test involve college students who were administered a personality test that estimated trait-impulsivity. The experiment involved planning a business investment game which varied the conditions to optimize rewards either in the short term (e.g. cut costs, immediate boost in profits) or long term (e.g. invest in new equipment and training, delayed profits). One interesting observation of the test is that the higher trait-impulsive students were more likely to be attentive to changes in the game variables that affected immediate short term profits - so they out-performed less impulsive students when the experimental situation favored short term rewards.
"Crucially, whether each tendency was advantageous or disadvantageous depended not on any endogenous factors, but solely on the environment."
The researchers conclude:
"While impulsivity is often discussed as a maladaptive trait associated with myopic decision making and a myriad of pathological behaviors (Patton et al., 1995; Perry & Carroll, 2008; Petry, 2001), the present set of results lends credence to the notion that impulsivity is not a purely maladaptive trait but one whose consequences hinge on the structure of the decision-making environment. We found that low- and high impulsive participants exhibited consistent trial-to-trial choice
behavior across the two experiments: impulsive participants were more likely to choose the option with larger immediate rewards—based on their direct experience from sampling the two options—whereas less impulsive participants were more likely to pass up larger immediate gains and opt for the option associated with increasing rewards over time."
We had several thoughts - first, that when working with trait-impulsive students in the classroom or at home, it probably is worthwhile to optimize reward systems that are more immediate than delayed. If doing a task is not intrinsically rewarding, then sweetening the process with more immediate external rewards would likely help.
We also couldn't help wondering if this preference for more immediate rewards is why so many highly successful entrepreneurs with ADHD / impulsive traits seem to flourish in the world of technology and start-up companies. The next thought that those of us who find ourselves counseling and giving advice to young people regarding the choosing of their careers, should mention entrepreneurial possibilities that may be especially well-suited to their temperaments and personalities.
Finally, we found it very encouraging that the authors of this student reflected on the flip side of 'deviation from the norm'. They commented on the fact that the trait of impulsivity was often studied by academics in the context of significant pathology (like violent parolees or heroin abusers), rather than 'normal' non-clinical populations.
Perhaps this century will see more of a shift toward appreciation of neurodiversity by psychologists and psychiatrists. We would like to see the extremes views of every difference = disease become a thing of the past.


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Spirit Acres Farm Equine Rescue & Sanctuary
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Spirit Acres Farm Equine Rescue & Sanctuary is located in Montgomery, Texas. Our resident population of 50 horses plus, includes all breeds and ages. We provide care of any horse, its mental and physical health will be attended and their stay with us may be permenent as we do retire horses here. But there is no time frame for a horse to recover and finally be prepared to be adopted or fostered, it is the horses needs that is our focus always. Volunteers are us, and we do train and maintain a small staff. In our hope to educate and open minds to the needs of the horses now and the future. We try to share in our community providing a place for youth at risk to come and serve and learn how this bigger picture of life at the farm includes them in a special way . We do depend on donations and the great work done daily by our volunteers who are inspired by some pretty special horses. Our horses once graced pages of magazines,and were part of show rings glitz and racing and rodeos only to be lost somehow in sales and changes in ownership and down various trails our horses follow in their lives with mankind. A son of *Ibn Monet El Nefous and a son of Easy Jet, have come to Spirit Acres Farm to head the list of nobility for 2 breeds and there are more....!


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