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Seeking answers for a senseless tragedy
On Aug. 30, while a woman I didn't know was struggling for her life, I stood 50 feet away in a biting downpour, peering through a soaked camera lens, and took pictures.
I am still trying to understand how I should feel about that. Her name was Betty Ann Richardson. Like most of us that evening, she was merely trying to drive home through the sudden chaos caused by Tropical Storm Gaston. But unlike the rest of us, she never made it. Journalists are curious and wide-eyed by nature. Sometimes, we wish we were not. We enter this profession because we like to write, take pictures, educate others and tell stories untold. Some of us thrive under the never-ending rush of constant deadlines, others under the adrenaline of danger, intrigue and shock. Others prefer the friendlier pace of covering youth baseball games, county government and autumn parades. I believe each form of journalism, when performed responsibly, is equally important. As the Henrico Citizen celebrates its third anniversary this month, I am able to reflect on the events that have caused each form to find its way into our pages during the past three years. Our first issue was published nine days after the Sept. 11 attacks, at a time when much seemed lost in a surreal haze and confusion. Writing about the opening of a new county library and volunteers who built homes for the poor didn't seem terribly important at the time, but we did it anyway. Today, I am glad we did. The following autumn, a similar eerie feeling swept through the community while police sought desperately to catch snipers who were terrorizing our region. One October morning, I found myself standing across the street from what would temporarily become the most famous gas station in the world – in the heart of Henrico – after police narrowly missed capturing the suspects at a pay phone there. And last year at this time, we all experienced the devastation of Hurricane Isabel – which has left lingering effects for some even now. These are not the events we hoped to cover when the Citizen began publishing three years ago. But in journalism, we don't always have a choice. Sometimes, quietly important community news swirls together in sudden and unforeseen ways with a national manhunt or a natural disaster. I'd like to say that experience eventually dictates how we react to these strange combinations – as humans and as journalists. But after Tropical Storm Gaston left me with a memory I won't soon shake, I don't know that I'm any closer to being comfortable with my reactions as either one. While Gaston was dumping more than a foot of rain on metro Richmond, my staff and I were toiling away on a deadline in our office, which sits directly across from Bryan Park in Lakeside. I thought little of the rain – other than to marvel at how much of it there seemed to be – until our intern phoned on her way home to warn us that standing water on Lakeside Avenue was blocking the flow of traffic at about 5:30 p.m. Later, when our managing editor and I ventured out in the downpour after flooding knocked our power out, we saw a frightening sight: Richardson's van, caught in the rising water, had stalled on Lakeside Avenue and was sitting on a sidewalk, angled nearly perpendicular to the road. It sat only about 50 feet from our office building. As several Henrico firefighters closed the area to onlookers, others anchored a ladder truck in place with sturdy reinforcement legs. I rushed to my car to load a roll of film into my camera. At the time, I believed I would be capturing a dramatic rescue on film. It would be the sort of moment that could provide inspiration to readers and show the lengths to which rescuers will go to protect the public. From such a devastating storm, I thought, it would be comforting to steal something positive and reassuring. Rain slapped against my face one sheet at a time while I snapped pictures through a lens blurry with streaks of water. In between shots, I watched a team of firefighters brave rapids that in some spots must have been 8 to 10 feet deep. They extended their truck's ladder parallel over the raging waters and climbed its length in an attempt to secure the van and pull it from danger. Several entered the rushing water when it became clear they couldn't reach Richardson otherwise. One was set to plow through the rapids in a final attempt to pull her from the van when the water overcame the vehicle and pulled it over the embankment and into Jordan's Branch below. It also took Richardson's life. The first rule of covering an emergency is to be a human being first and a journalist second. Carrying a notepad or camera doesn't give someone the right to opt out of his responsibilities to a fellow human in need. At the time, and I suppose in retrospect, I know there was nothing I could have done to save Betty Ann Richardson. She became Henrico's only fatality in the terrible storm. Even the Henrico firefighters who tried desperately – valiantly – to do so, and who went far beyond reasonable expectations in their attempts, were sadly unsuccessful. But in light of the tragic result, I have wondered quietly about what right I had to document such an event – even one that occurred directly in front of my office, and even though documenting events is my job. In one sense, I don't regret my presence that night, if only to recount here the lengths to which the firefighters went in a desperate attempt to save another life. Already that hour they had plucked two teens from a tree across the street in Bryan Park, after an ill-fated tubing trip, and they had saved another driver whose car stalled in the same spot as Richardson's minutes earlier. All three surely would have faced great peril, if not certain death, otherwise. In another sense, I have experienced strong feelings of guilt about my actions, or perhaps lack thereof, that night. Most of all, I feel a terrible sadness for Richardson's family, friends and coworkers. I've had difficulty reasoning the manner in which everything happened so quickly and resolutely that night – how a road I travel four times a day or more could suddenly become submerged under 10 feet of currents, yet clear enough three hours later for me to drive home. Why someone who was no different from the rest of us met a different fate. Seeking answers where none exist is not easy, now or ever. During the past few weeks, I've listened to advice and thoughts from friends and colleagues who are journalists and others who are not. In questioning myself repeatedly, I've contemplated the many things I could have done that night instead of what I did. I wonder if I could have helped more and observed less. I wonder whether I should even have been there, clicking a camera in a thunderous downpour, at all. The roll of film I took that night now sits undeveloped on my desk. I haven't the desire, nor the courage, to move it. Whatever images I captured inside it already exist in much greater detail inside my mind, and that is where they should remain. When the water from Youngs Pond began rushing across Lakeside Avenue early that evening, before any lives had been threatened by its steady rise, our managing editor rushed up the stairs to my office, her feet soaked, to tell me about the surreal sight of a river flowing 50 feet from our front door. "You have to come see this," she said. "You'll never see anything like it again." I hope she was right. And I wish I never had. |
Weekend Top 10
By Sarah Story, Citizen Events Editor 05/23/2013
Henrico has several fun family-friendly activities to offer this weekend – check out the butterflies at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, play games at The Armour House & Gardens and walk or run in support of the Autism Society of Central Virginia. If you're looking to celebrate Memorial Day, Rocketts Landing has fireworks and Sandston has a parade. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
Raiders help 'Stir It Up!'
Among the activities featured at Stir It Up!, a fundraiser and awareness raiser held May 5 at Deep Run H.S., was the opportunity for youngsters – including this young fan pictured with player Raibonne Charles – to play catch with members of the Richmond Raiders professional indoor football team. > Read more.
Henrico Junior 4-H camp registration open
By Ben Panko, Special to the Citizen 05/19/2013
For parents looking to keep their kids outside and away from the video games this summer, the Virginia Cooperative Extension is still accepting registrations for the 2013 Henrico Junior 4-H Camp.
The camp will be held June 17-23, and is open to boys and girls ages 9-13. A total of 10 spaces for boys and 27 spaces for girls remain available, and registration is open until May 24. The cost is $230, which includes lodging, meals, programs, instructional materials and charter bus transportation. > Read more.
The camp will be held June 17-23, and is open to boys and girls ages 9-13. A total of 10 spaces for boys and 27 spaces for girls remain available, and registration is open until May 24. The cost is $230, which includes lodging, meals, programs, instructional materials and charter bus transportation. > Read more.
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Mother and son open new restaurant in Sandston
A new restaurant has opened in a well-known Sandston building.
The Sandston Kitchen will celebrate its official grand opening on Memorial Day, May 27. The restaurant is located in the site of the former Sandston Pharmacy at 2 West Williamsburg Road. It serves breakfast and lunch seven days a week and dinner Tuesday through Saturday. > Read more.
Whale of a treat
Ironfish delights with a variety of tasty catches
I was overjoyed to head back for another meal at Ironfish by Pescados, considered the Best New Restaurant in 2011 by both the Richmond Times Dispatch and Richmond Magazine. I agree whole-heartedly with their ratings. Since I first visited the restaurant for my birthday in January, I was waiting for the perfect special occasion to return. I couldn't wait another year, obviously.
Run by the same restaurateurs as Pescados Latin Caribbean Seafood in Midlothian and Eat in Oregon Hill, Ironfish offers the same unique dishes and top-level customer service. > Read more.
Veteran restaurateur set to open in Short Pump
Tran's Pho 1 Grill will serve Vietnamese fare
After nearly a year out of the restaurant industry, a well known 30-year Henrico restaurateur is ready to open up his fifth venture in Short Pump.
Paul Tran, along with his wife Ellen will open up Pho 1 Grill, a Vietnamese restaurant, in June in the Towne Center West Shopping Center.
Tran has been serving up Vietnamese food since the mid-'80s, his first being Que Huong on Rigsby Road. He also owned Mr. Chan's on Horsepen Road and Saigon Gourmet on Hull Street Road. > Read more.
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Kevin Morgan
What inspired you to take up the trombone?
Only instrument left in school cupboard.
When did you join the BSO?
Which piece of music do you enjoy playing?
Sibelius 7.
Which piece of music would you take to a desert island?
See above.
What do you enjoy doing in your free time? What are your hobbies? Cycling, cooking, and learning to play jazz.
What do you enjoy most about your job?
Playing music that involves the trombones to a greater extent - Mahler and Sibelius for example - in concert.
What was your earliest musical experience?
Going to see an amateur production of Showboat.
What would you do if you weren't a musician?
I started off in electrical engineering but would possibly have ended in IT.
What do you like most about living on the South Coast?
The coastal walks, the countryside for cycling and the lovely pubs!
What's your favourite place to eat for a pre-concert meal?
Name a musical personality living or dead you would most like to meet?
Dudley Moore
What are the challenges of playing the trombone?
Being bored stiff most of the time and scared stiff the rest! The hardest thing is to keep your facial muscles feeling consistent - some days your lips feel like they are sensitive enough to belong to Casanova, others they appear to have been used for testing meat tenderizers - either way you still have to make the instrument work.

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Update: Abilene Chase Ends in Wreck, Injuries
By: Priscilla Luong/Austin Kellerman
Updated: January 1, 2009
49-year-old, Lisa Barton, is facing multiple charges for a high-speed chase including intoxicated assault and evading arrest.
She was held on a bond of $4000.
Barton began the chase after being pulled over for speeding once the trooper learned that Barton was driving a stolen car from Shackleford county.
While running from police, Barton collided with another vehicle which was also listed as stolen by a Tamara Mitchell.
Three other cars were also involved in the wreck.
Both Barton and Mitchell could be facing other charges.
A wild chase through the Big Country resulted in a serious wreck in Abilene involving five vehicles.
The violent accident occurred at Grape and Ambler just after 5 p.m. Officials confirm at least five people were hospitalized. The injuries aren't considered life threatening.
Two vehicles involved in the wreck were heavily smashed. Paramedics and rescue personnel had to use the "jaws of life" to free two victims from the mangled mess.
Police say the chase began in Shackelford County of Highway 351. A female driver in a blue Buick refused to pull over. The vehicle had been reported as stolen.
It's not clear whether the driver who sparked the chase was injured in the accident.
As of 6 p.m. Wednesday, investigators were still sorting out details at a very active scene. Check back later for more information involving the chase and accident.
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Curious about your kid's fine motor skills? Me too. I wanted to see how the girl's fine motor skills would manage with some of the more interesting utensils we own. I also wanted an activity that looked appealing and fun – not like a test – so I reached for my trusty 6 hole muffin tin.
Tongs, tea strainer and tweezers seemed like obvious choices, however if I really wanted to annoy Zoe I would have added chopsticks – but since this is supposed to be fun I restrained myself.
So this activity couldn't be simpler to explain – using any utensil the aim is to move the contents of each muffin round into an empty round. So much to learn with this activity. It looks so simple, which is the best part – it is easy to set up. But the girls really had to use muscles with the tea strainer and hold the tongs and the tweezers with a high level of care to grab and dispense their objects.
Zoe had to sit on the couch which added to the level of difficulty. I should point out that underneath the coloured match sticks are a small handful of coloured rice grains. Zoe was up to the challenge and started moving the grains with the tweezers…then she decided to get more efficient she would employ the tea strainer. Problem solving skills also in play here
This activity can be adapted to suit any age and ability which is why we will do this again and again. Next time the chop sticks will be coming out of the drawer!
A mini muffin tray could also add to the fun – good for individual items for toddlers or smaller more difficult items for the bigger kids.
If you do use this idea I would love to hear about it.
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Most of humanity and the reason the world is a terrible place to live in now. John: dang man it seems like can't nothing or noone come together or come up as a society.
Rick: you know why that is right? John: Why? Rick: cuz people are petty as hell John: *facepalm* I hear you |
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When someone takes a small subject and blows it out of proportion.
At times, making something otherwise insignificant into something bigger to suit their own agenda. Daisy: Man, that girl is so petty. She can really make a mountain out of a mole hill.
Informed Annie: Oh Jesus, the AFA is boycotting Ford just because they posted ads in gay magazines. How petty! |
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Someone that is so insignificant as to be almost unworthy of notice, even despicable. Marked by narrowness of mind, ideas, or views. Deliberately nasty for a foolish or trivial reason. Florence is so petty she took home all the toilet paper, even the one already on the dispenser, because she was mad that she had no friends, no life, and no clue.
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Lancashire dialect. Petty = Toilet Petty paper = Toilet roll. Petties = Toilet block or Public convenience. Ahm goo'int petty fer a jobby = I'm going to the toilet for a poo.
Whee'erst Petty? = Excuse me, could you direct me to the convenience? |
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an act of being a sandy infested vagina. one, who backs out of most obligations and agreements. also considered a "weakbody", or one who's body falls into the category of weak and/or obscure. Bob- "Hey buddy! You wanna crunch it?"
Nate- "Sorry bromosexual, I gotta go buy lots of food, and save money, so I can have a nice wedding. And I cant go drinking with yall. I spend to much money." Bob- "Awwww, dude come on. Don't pull a petty!" Nate- "psht, psht, psht, psht...." Bob- "You are such a petty" |
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As in petty gibbon, this one of the greatest gibbons ever recorded. Better than etty, tretty, AND betty.
Derived from the concerned mother, Betty Adams, in 2001. Betty is tretty but Ryan is petty.
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Petrol, gas. "Have you got $5 to throw in for petty money."


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Let $X, Y$ be two $L^1$ random variables on the probablity space $(\Omega, \mathcal{F}, P)$. Let $\mathcal{G} \subset \mathcal{F}$ be a sub-$\sigma$-algebra. Consider the conditional expectation operator $E(\cdot|\mathcal{G}) \colon L^1(\mathcal{F}) \to L^1(\mathcal{G})$. When is $E(X \ast Y|\mathcal{G}) = E(X|\mathcal{G}) \ast E(Y|\mathcal{G})$? Here $\ast$ is the convolution product on $L^1$ (which makes $(L^1, \ast)$ a Banach algebra, so I'm asking when is $E(\cdot|\mathcal{G})$ an algebra homomorphism?).
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As long as $\mathcal{G}$ is invariant under whatever operation you use in the convolution ("+", say), $\mathcal{G}$-measurable functions will convolve to $\mathcal G$-measurable functions and the equalities of integrals that define the conditional expectation will be automatic: for any $H \in \mathcal G$ we have $$ \int_{\Omega} E(X|\mathcal{G}) * E(Y|\mathcal{G}) (t) \chi_H(t) dP(t) = $$ $$ = \int_{\Omega\times\Omega} E(X|\mathcal{G})(x)E(Y|\mathcal{G})(y) \chi_{H}(x+y) dP(x)dP(y) = $$ $$ = \int_{\Omega} E(X|\mathcal{G})(x) \int_{\Omega} E(Y|\mathcal{G})(y) \chi_{H}(x+y) dP(y)dP(x) = $$ $$ = \int_{\Omega} E(X|\mathcal{G})(x) \int_{\Omega} Y(y) \chi_{H}(x+y) dP(y)dP(x) = $$ $$ = \int_{\Omega} Y(y) \int_{\Omega} E(X|\mathcal{G})(x) \chi_{H}(x+y) dP(x)dP(y) = $$ $$ = \int_{\Omega} Y(y) \int_{\Omega} X(x) \chi_{H}(x+y) dP(x)dP(y) = $$ $$ = \int_{\Omega} X*Y(t) \chi_H(t) dP(t) = \int_{\Omega} E(X*Y|\mathcal{G})(t) \chi_H(t) dP(t) $$ If $\mathcal{G}$ is not invariant under the operation, though, I see no reason for the convolution to be $\mathcal{G}$-measurable. Is an example for that what you're requesting? |
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Assuming $\Omega$ has the structure for defining convolutions I don't think it is ever an algebra homomorphism. Take $X$ to be supported on $\mathcal{G}^c$, i.e. take some set of non-zero measure in $\mathcal{G}^c$ and let $X$ be a function whose support lies in that set, then $E(X\ast Y|\mathcal{G})\neq 0$ but $E(X|\mathcal{G})=0$ so $E(X|\mathcal{G})\ast E(Y|\mathcal{G})=0$. Edit: Scratch what I said. I was confusing sub-$\sigma$-algebra with sub-algebra of random variables and even in the finite case my statement is completely incorrect. In almost every instance $E(X|\mathcal{G})$ will not be zero as Jonas points out in the comments. |
I hadn't really thought through the question of which structure I want $\Omega$ to have specifically. I guess what is needed is some convolution semigroup structure which accurately resembles the convolution product (for $\Omega = \mathbb{R}^n$ and the Lebesgue measure) and $P$ being some kind of probability Haar measure which makes $(L^1(\Omega), \ast)$ a Banach algebra. But I consider Thorny's post a sufficient answer of my question.. Thanks for your help. |


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A Boy Scout troop changed its policy regarding the admission of gay scouts only to have the Boy Scouts of America force them to choose between keeping the policy and keeping their BSA charter. The troop ultimately went back to discriminating against gays. However, owing to the backlash over the BSA's anti-gay policies on membership, including the loss of several big corporate donors recently, the BSA now appears close to ending this particular discriminatory policy. Now, don't let's raise a cheer quite yet. Turns out all the BSA is prepared to do is to stop forcing troops to discriminate; the BSA is still quite happy to allow individual troops to continue the discrimination if they choose. And of course the revised policy would still discriminate against atheists. And that's unlikely to change any time soon. Anyway, as you'd expect, right-wing groups are already up in arms insisting that the BSA continuing its discrimination of gay scouts.
Here's an interesting Philosophical Health Check. See if your stance on different issues forms a cohesive system of belief or if one or more of your positions conflict.
An analysis finds that your molar roots are leftover from one of our ancestors, Homo erectus.
A US team announced success in its bid to reach the waters of an Antarctic sub-glacial lake nearly 1km under the surface of the ice. The big question then is whether or not there's anything living in such an extreme environment. First indications are, yes.
Michael Specter penned a long read profile of Dr. Mehmet Oz in the New Yorker this week. Definitely worth the read, it's incredible the justifications Oz offers for his habit of putting the most unadulterated garbage on his air.
5 ways the Christian right has forced the Bible into America's schools.
Recently a New Mexico lawmaker who proposed to charge with a felony women who had an abortion when the pregnancy was the result of rape, saying that these women were destroying evidence of a crime, was forced to drop the proposal due to the backlash that ensued. This week that same lawmaker simply switched the focus of the proposal to abortion providers instead.
Frequent-flyer microbes ride hurricanes and live in the clouds.
Steven Novella offered some thoughts on what skeptical activism should look like, what form should it take. PZ Myers responded. Novella replied in turn. PZ returns the volley. A very interesting discussion.
Who among us hasn't heard the size of a dinosaur's brain compared to the size of a walnut? But is this a fair comparison? Scientists performing scans of dino skulls have the answer.
5 states have anti-evolution bills in play right now.
These appear to be the oldest known alien planets, having formed at the dawn of the universe.
As the result of information gathered over time from observations of the cosmos Earth and other so called "goldilocks planets" have lost this distinction.
Babies start mind reading earlier, developing a "theory of mind" before previously thought.
Scientology demonstrates what an organization with enough money and zealous acolytes can do once it has wrapped itself in a religious cloak.
Scientists have long recognized that we and other animals are modular; we're made up of parts that work together to accomplish some goal or another. But scientists want to know why. And you can probably think of a few plausible reasons why modularity would be helpful in accomplishing some goal. But do these ideas have anything in common with reality?
Humans have already set in motion a sea level rise of 69 feet.
Are ghosts real? Ben Radford answers.
Another "invisible gorilla" experiment has been conducted highlighting the power of inattentional blindness.
This is SO cool! Scientists actually watched fishes think.
The Lock Ness Monster as evidence against evolution, and 5 odder things kids are taught as part of an accelerated Christian curriculum being taught in the UK.
Tennessee's "Don't Say 'Gay'" bill would require teachers to out gay kids to their parents.
A leading US cardinal has been relieved of his duties for failing to protect teens and children from abusive priests. This immediately following the release of the Los Angeles Catholic archdiocese's collection of priest abuse files. Want to read some of these documents? The callous disregard for the kids while placing The Church above all else is just unbelievable.
Recently it was announced that anti-vaccine kook Jenny McCarthy had accepted an invitation to attend a regional Ottawa, Canada cancer charity's drive for breast health and fitness. Skeptical groups fired back with outrage upon hearing the news. The result: McCarthy's invite was rescinded.
Michael Shermer asks "What is skepticism, anyway?"
Ethicist and atheist Alonzo Fyfe objects to the catch-all positing of evolution to explain human morality.
The scientology article led me to the wiki story of Paulette Cooper, a journalist who investigated that religion:
Paulette Cooper was the target not only of litigation but of several harassment campaigns including a Scientology campaign known as Operation Freakout, the goal of which was to deter Cooper from criticism of Scientology by having her "incarcerated in a mental institution or jail or at least to hit her so hard that she drops her attacks.
The dark lord Xenu of Teegeeack made them do it.
thanks for another sunday school service. the story about ID and public school was very interesting and the AU article was very inlightening https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/creationism-commotion-f... such as the Missouri bill's defination for as "biological intelligent design," states it is "a hypothesis", is that not something that has not been tested to be true yet? were as, evolution is a theory has been tested. so when the religious fruit cakes start spouting garbage like that pull the rug out from under neath them.
I note that the article also references scout leaders. I suspect that at least with respect to scout leaders, most troops would--if given the option to stop discriminating--would continue to restrict the leadership to straights.
I had a coworker once heavily into scouting (Order of the Arrow, etc., stuff that the in-crowd in the hierarchy gets). He did not strike me as particularly bigoted against gays but he claimed that if the scouts ever allowed gay scoutmasters, they'd instantly lose half their membership--parents would pull their kids, having visions of their kids being preyed upon by someone during a camping trip.
Is this bigotry (on the part of the parents) against homosexuals? I don't really think so, unless prohibiting straight male girl scout troop leaders is also bigoted. If it's legitimate to worry about--and preempt--sexual predation in the one case, it's legitimate in the other. In both cases you would be expecting people to entrust their children with a male who is sexually interested in that gender and hoping his interest is only in adults. [Now why so many people are blissfully unconcerned about priests in this regard--in spite of the absymal record in some churches, is another question entirely! And also schoolteachers--apparently there the expectation is quite different (and some claim that it should not be).]
This is quite aside from bigotry against homosexual scouts and any atheist scouts or leaders, which is problematic. But scouting is a private organization and can do what they please. And we are free to boycott it, try to educate the general public about the issues, and so forth. One legal tool we do have, and that is legitimate, is to ensure the government doesn't aid the scouts so long as they continue to discriminate--no meetings at schools, etc.
Tons of great stuff this week. I have 10 tabs open right now.
Great articles this week. Thank you as always.
One quick note: It's quite a big jump to go from the baby looked at the box to the baby understood what the first person believes and doesn't know. I'm not so sure that this test measures what they say it measures. All I see is that after shortly after an item is taken, babies consistently look back at the place from which it was taken.
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^^^^^As you can see i USED to LOVE ice pokemon,now i LOVE steel pokemon so i need this pretty bad
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Secret Life of Bees
Author:Kidd, Sue Monk
Pub Date: 2003
Publisher: Penguin USA
Summary: "A wonderfully written debut that rather scants its subject of loss and discovery...in favor of a feminist fable celebrating the company of women....Despite some dark moments, more honey than vinegar."
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