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During visiting time at the State Correctional Institution at Waymart, the wives and mothers who have been allowed into the prison nimbly feed money into vending machines that line a wall.
The women quickly amass meals of fat and calories to present to their men during their four hours together. Along with their freedom, the inmates also have lost the privilege of handling legal tender.
Prisoners eat sitting side by side with women and children on hard, fixed chairs. They all face forward, where a corrections officer sits like a teacher presiding over an endless detention.
William Gray lives here, among the men packed together with their memories, their excuses, and their court appeals.
It's a brick fortress on a hill in a rural section of northeastern Pennsylvania, with the grim, antiquated look of a Civil War military installation.
Gray's 34 years in prison have cooled his anger, he said. He has been in therapy for decades.
Gray still looks younger than his age; his hair has remained brown into his seventh decade. His eyes are still a sharp blue, and he looks taut and slender in his brown prison jumpsuit.
Gray said he was born again after God spoke to him on May 2, 1983, quelling a suicidal urge to throw himself off the fourth-floor tier of a prison in Pittsburgh.
Once considered a danger to himself, Gray had been in a now defunct institution for the criminally insane for three years. He was declared competent, then moved into the state prison system.
The day he was transferred, seven men on the bus who had heard of his crimes snarled that they would rape him in the toilet.
When Gray talks, it's psychology-speak leavened with Scripture. "I was a monster, but I'm not one today.
"I've learned empathy because I've been raped because of my crimes."
He will not speak of the assault.
His favorite Bible verse is "Lord, save me!" for its simplicity and abject supplication to God.
Gray earned his GED inside, and he now makes shirts for the corrections officers. He has learned to excel at chess, and he became an ordained minister through the mail in the Universal Life Church of California.
"It's no good for me to think about the attacks I did," he said in a quiet, barely there voice. "I realize what an animal I was, and I get depressed."
Gray believes God has a plan for him. "But I don't think I will be let out until I serve the full 50 years" of his 20- to 50-year sentence.
The nine previous parole denials, he said, suggest it.
As Gray spoke, a little girl visiting her father watched a DVD of Beauty and the Beasta few yards away. The swelling Disney music filled the visiting room, as "Whistle While You Work" had filled Susanne Worsham's head when Gray was on top of her on cold concrete 35 years before.
Never once did Gray look over at the child.
"You ruined my life"
In a tiny prison conference room on Jan. 10, 2002, Susanne Worsham sat still and nervous, awaiting her rapist.
Once a week for two years, she had spoken to a therapist to prepare for this moment, part of the Victim-Offender Dialogue program with the state Office of Victim Advocate. The idea is to give the victim the chance to ask her attacker, "Why?"
The sun had just come up. Worsham, who was with her sister, heard Gray's shackles dragging across the floor outside the room. She tensed up.
Gray walked in with his counselor and Worsham immediately looked down. Gathering herself, she raised her head, only to be met by his steady blue eyes.
"They were so piercing. I hadn't seen them since that night when I was 12. I was flooded with fear and anger."
Worsham fled the room, the therapeutic barrier she had built up over all those sessions now cracking.
She cried for 10 minutes. Then something steadier took hold. You've come too far, Susanne.
Worsham returned to the room, dug in, and looked Gray in the face.
"You ruined my life," she told him, banging the table.
"I'm sorry," he answered. "Can you forgive me?"
"I'm not willing to discuss that."
"A yes or no?"
"If and when I decide to forgive you, it's not something I would share with you. It's not for your benefit."
Gray told Worsham he had been taunted in prison. "As soon as they find out, they call me a baby rapist."
Not my problem,Worsham thought. Throughout the session, she yelled, cursed, and screamed.
"Not everyone with a bad childhood becomes a rapist," she told him. Gray stayed calm, responding by saying God would bless her.
"If he found religion," Worsham said later, "good for him. But I don't need psalms thrown at me."
Worsham eventually got around to it: "Why?"
Gray could not really explain. He said Worsham had nothing to do with the rape. As though describing himself as a random violent event — a car accident or a hurricane — Gray told Worsham: "You were just in the wrong place at the wrong time."
When the session ended, Gray said to Worsham, "I'm glad you came."
Worsham just turned and left.
"What would you say? 'Good-bye'? 'Take care'?
"I'm not so low-down as to say, 'Rot in hell.' It's not me."
But Worsham wasn't going to shake his hand, either.
When she and her sister walked out of the prison, they stepped onto newly fallen snow. The air was cold, fresh.
"That was just what I needed," Worsham told her sister. "I finally got to say my piece."
For Worsham, it remains the most terrifying, most freeing thing she has ever done.
"I was able to take control of my life back. I don't let the situation consume me anymore."
Robbed childhood
Palm trees swayed in the wind, the miasmic Florida air no cooler for the breezes.
Ocala lacks Miami's sizzle or Key West's sophistication. It's a land of land, really, one horse farm after another.
Worsham and her mother, Regina Dougherty, were having lunch, talking, as they rarely do, about what happened on Nov. 26, 1979.
"The experience made me stronger," Worsham told Dougherty. Worsham is redheaded, pensive, with a soulful air. She does not smile easily.
"Do you honestly feel you let it go?" Dougherty asked.
"You can't let something like this go. But you can live without it controlling you. You can live without nightmares."
Worsham's self-understanding did not arise easily.
After the rape, she became an outcast among her classmates, one of whom called the house asking for Dougherty: "Tell her William Gray is on the phone."
Women at the Acme steered their carts away from Dougherty when they saw her shopping.
Worsham gained weight, became more insecure.
She refused therapy until her 30s. "I put it all in a box, sealed it up, and put in the back of the closet. And we as a family never talked about it. Like it never happened."
Not long after the attack, Dougherty was called for jury duty for a robbery-rape case. She gasped after noticing the familiar man seated in the courtroom. When potential jurors were asked if any of them could not serve, she raised her hand.
Dougherty was taken into the judge's chambers with the lawyers. The judge lit a Camel, then asked Dougherty, "Why can't you serve?"
Dougherty turned to the defense attorney. "I know you don't remember me."
"No," he said.
"You defended the Jogging Rapist? My 12-year-old was raped by him."
"I'm so sorry, Mrs. Dougherty," Edward Ohlbaum said.
"I could never be fair to you," she told him.
The judge interjected. "You've done your civic duty. Go home."
He took Dougherty's name out of the juror system, and told her she would never be summoned again.
Two years after the attack, when Worsham was 14, the family moved to Ocala, where a relative lived. The impetus remains an unresolved issue between mother and daughter.
"Don't ever think what happened was the main reason we came to Florida," Dougherty told Worsham as they ate, not wanting her to think everything they had in Olney was upended because of that one night.
"I believe it has something to do with it," Worsham quietly countered.
"We've had a happy life here," Dougherty said, almost defensively. "We left Philadelphia because the city was changing."
When a child is raped, it kicks off confusion between sex and love later in life. It also eliminates the sense of a just world, experts say. Security is wiped out.
"Once safety goes, the whole world changes," Worsham said. "Without it, life is terrifying."
Dougherty, white-haired with a blunt, blue-collar manner, said the attack left her adult daughter needy, and unable to express what she feels.
"If the rape hadn't happened, you'd be less dependent on the family. You weren't like that before."
Worsham married in 1985, then divorced. She remarried and has been with her husband for 18 years. "The rape left me with trust issues."
She has two children, including a daughter she hovered over with hypervigilance: "I was always telling her to be aware of her surroundings."
As lunch went on, the subject of God came up, as it often does with Dougherty.
"I asked God for strength to make us still be a family," she said.
"For a long time, I was angry with God. You never questioned Him after this?" Worsham asked.
"No. But I just wanted us to be like we were."
Worsham nodded. She tried to assure her mother, saying that she can still feel joyful, and that she derives sustaining pleasure from helping people as a nurse.
These days, she fishes off a pier in Tampa with her husband, who repairs pools. It makes her calm.
About 860 miles north, former Northeast Detectives Capt. Kenny Schwartz finds peace from the same ocean, watching boats come and go in Delaware's Lewes Canal.
After he got out of prison for drug-related crimes, Schwartz sold cars. He now lives a quiet retiree's life in his immaculate, modest house. Gray's arrest was a "personal vindication," since Schwartz was the first to realize a serial rapist was loose in the Northeast.
But he is concerned that Gray, who will turn 71 by the end of this week, could be out of prison in a month.
"Let him get out at 85, and maybe he won't have that desire anymore."
Jack Maxwell, the detective who worked for Schwartz, also says Gray should remain incarcerated: "Once a pedophile, always a pedophile."
He says Gray's freedom would injure his victims psychologically. "If Gray were released and went to live in Tanzania, the women will still feel him being out."
These days, Maxwell works as an assistant professor of criminal justice at Drexel University. The pursuit of the Jogging Rapist is one of the lessons he imparts.
For a while, a few of the Northeast detectives would get together for 10- and 20-year anniversaries. The men were famous for a moment, having received a commendation from the Pennsylvania legislature for capturing the Jogging Rapist.
Nowadays, many of the guys are not around anymore. Maxwell stopped going.
Without doubt, Gray says, he would be a quiet citizen if released. He declares that the probability of his offending again is zero, because prison therapy taught him to care. His hope is that he'll get out, and that a nice "church lady" will take a liking to him, and that he could be happy.
A daughter from his first marriage who is Worsham's age got in touch two years ago, and now is slowly reestablishing contact after decades of nothing.
Gray, who said he never attacked his own children, told his daughter: "Don't call me Dad. I haven't earned it."
Soon, Worsham will send the state of Pennsylvania yet another letter asking that Gray's parole again be denied, once more saying that Gray "robbed me and so many other young girls of our childhoods."
Dougherty, meanwhile, continues to wrestle with how Gray destroyed the world she and her husband had built, with God's help, so many years ago in Olney.
Still feeling helpless over what happened, she finds herself wishing she could turn back time, to the days before her daughter was even born, when she and Gray were childhood playmates:
"I should have beaten Billy Gray as a kid. Maybe that would have made a difference.
"But you never have answers to life. Never."


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Dorothy "Maxine" Richwine, 91 of Fountaintown, formerly of Anderson and Greenfield, passed away March 19, 2014, at her residence in Fountaintown. She was born Sept. 9, 1922, in Anderson.
Dorothy graduated from Anderson High School and Anderson Business College. She was a homemaker and formerly worked as a Secretary for General Motors and several Banks. She was a former member of Central Christian Church.
Dorothy is survived by her husband, Forest Richwine, of Morristown; son, Doug (Melanie) Richwine of Morristown; grandchildren, Kelly Schuck, Stacey DeRome Granger, and Laura Howell; great-granchildren, Bethany Schuck, Katelyn Schuck, Amanda Schuck, Ava Howell, and Grace Howell. She was also survived by several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death her parents, Edward and Maude Roach and a brother, Orville Roach.
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|With the Palestinian bid for statehood recognition at the UN just days away, there is fierce deliberation in the US and the EU bloc on how to respond to the UN vote which will take place on Friday, 23rd September.
The EU Observer reports that senior personalities in the EU have issued a joint statement calling for EU member states to support the Palestinian move at the UN.
Signatories include former European leaders, cabinet ministers and foreign ministers from traditionally pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli countries, including Finland's current foreign minister, Erkki Tuomioja; former French prime ministers Lionel Jospin and Michel Rocard, ex-Irish president Mary Robinson; former Portuguese president Jorge Sampaio; former Spanish prime minister Felipe Gonzales; former German president Richard von Weizsacker; ex-prime ministers of Italy Giuliano Amato and Romano Prodi and former Dutch leader, Andreas van Agt.
The European leaders' statement argues that "Should this request [for full UN membership] be made, the EU should support it, coupling it with a clear expectation that an independent Palestine would be prepared to conduct negotiations with Israel."
Acknowledging the Palestinian Authority's progress in institution building and readiness for statehood, the statement urges EU leaders that "Backtracking from this commitment now would demonstrate inconsistency, weakness and an absence of political will."
The letter mirrors a similar call for action earlier last year, in which the European Former Leaders Group sent a letter to EU President Hermann Van Rompuy and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Baroness Catherine Ashton, calling for the EU to take stronger action against Israeli settlement building.
The letter was a strong statement to what the EU and US have long promised the Palestinians. The efforts by the EU and US to deter Abbas from going to the UN are disingenuous given previous commitments and support by both the EU and US to establish Palestinian statehood. Obama's commitment to the rights of Palestinians to their own state were mentioned, and lauded, in his Cairo speech as well as his speech earlier this year on the Arab Spring.
The Independent today reports an exclusive on news that David Cameron has been seeking advice from former British Prime Minister, Labour Party leader and now Quartet envoy to the Middle East, Tony Blair, on how best to deal with the Palestinian move at the UN. How advice could possibly be fair and impartial is beyond understanding- in 2010, Blair stated on Israeli television that he is "100% on Israel's side when it comes to security".
The UK is yet to state a position on whether it supports the move, and is "agonising over how it should respond", the Independent describes.
The European Former Leaders' Group statement also refers to the redefining of relations of the EU with the Middle East in light of the Arab Spring and the risk of losing the opportunity to "play a positive and meaningful role" should EU member states fail to support the Palestinian bid.
Meanwhile, a diplomatic crisis is ensuing in last-ditch efforts to resume negotiations between the two sides. This includes efforts by the US, the Quartet and Israel, who have all called for President Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the PA, to ditch the UN bid and return to negotiations. The PA has been threatened with punitive measures by both the US and Israel if it presses ahead with presenting its unilateral declaration of independence to the UN.
In an excellent piece in the Independent, Robert Fisk lucidly describes the ironies rampant in the Middle East conflict and the double standards and paradoxes of the US and EU's handling of the conflict over the last 60 years.
Fisk writes:
"The State of Israel may have been created unjustly – the Palestinian Diaspora is proof of this – but it was created legally. … But it had been the UN, which met to decide the fate of Palestine on 29 November 1947, which gave Israel its legitimacy, the Americans being the first to vote for its creation. Now – by a supreme irony of history – it is Israel which wishes to prevent the UN from giving Palestinian Arabs their legitimacy – and it is America which will be the first to veto such a legitimacy."
"In the new Middle East, amid the Arab Awakening and the revolt of free peoples for dignity and freedom, this UN vote – passed in the General Assembly, vetoed by America if it goes to the Security Council – constitutes a kind of hinge; not just a page turning, but the failure of empire. So locked into Israel has US foreign policy become, so fearful of Israel have almost all its Congressmen and Congresswomen become – to the extent of loving Israel more than America – that America will this week stand out not as the nation that produced Woodrow Wilson and his 14 principles of self-determination, not as the country which fought Nazism and Fascism and Japanese militarism, not as the beacon of freedom which, we are told, its Founding Fathers represented – but as a curmudgeonly, selfish, frightened state whose President, after promising a new affection for the Muslim world, is forced to support an occupying power against a people who only ask for statehood."
Fisk is perhaps right to argue that the vote will change little by way of "facts on the ground." If however, the Palestinian move is designed to shove the US and EU into proving their commitment to Palestinian rights, including the right to self-determination, the diplomatic scrambling presently underway is but a sorry reflection of the lack of political will from world leaders and a grand rehearsal in platitudes and rhetoric that the Palestinians have grown weary of hearing.
You can read ENGAGE's briefing note on support for recognition of Palestinian statehood here.
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When Bay County School officials close several schools next fall, those students will be rezoned to other campuses. Some parents aren't exactly sure where their children will be going.
At the Bay District Headquarters, officials have new maps on display so you can see how rezoning will affect your family. The changes have some parents concerned about which schools their children will attend next fall.
The most significant zoning changes will take place in communities where schools are closing, meaning, areas around Rosenwald Middle, West Bay, and Millville Elementary.
Bay district staff member Nancy Boyd is heading up the rezoning effort. She says in the past the district has only re zoned when a new campus has opened. Now too many schools are either way-under or way-over capacity.
"It's hard for a small school to be able to provide for the level of services that a larger school or a school that's filled to capacity can. So I think this will help improve equity of the different schools. In that sense I think it's a positive situation, but it's always hard to change schools after you've been there. You build loyalty to your school," said Nancy Boyd, Bay District schools.
Some of the zoning changes might shock you, especially at the high school level. Not all Mosley students will be returning to the campus next year.
"As far as the high schools, the northern part of Mosley, part of it is going to Bozeman and part has been re-zoned to Rutherford. The Venetian Village area has been rezoned to bay. As I said we were trying to make the size of those high schools equitable," said Boyd.
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I was very surprised to learn yesterday that the Twins lost right-handed reliever Bobby Korecky to the Arizona Diamondbacks via wavers. Besides his exciting extra-inning base hit in that crazy game last season, I was very impressed with his poise on the mound. Give him another year, and he could become a major-league reliever, with closer status not far behind (he was the primary closer for the Twins' Triple-A team the past two seasons).
I think what's even more bitter is that we lost him to fill a spot for Luis Ayala. Personally, I think Ayala will be one of those guys who will stick around for a few months (probably a month too long, if the Livan Hernandez experiment showed us anything last season) and then be gone due to just plain old bad pitching. Thus, I think letting Korecky go for Ayala is a mistake that, although it may not be season-breaking, is one that may haunt the Twins a bit when/if Korecky makes it big somewhere else.
-In other Twins news, Gardy mentioned the other day that he would love to have Dennys Reyes (who is still a free agent) back in his pen. While I can see the rationale (Reyes did have his moments against lefty batters), there were just too many times last season where the Big Sweat would come in and walk the only batter he was asked to face, or throw one in the dirt and allow a baserunner to advance. Craig Breslow can do just as good of a job against lefties and throw less wildly in the process.
-Tomorrow night, I will give my thoughts on the signing of Joe Crede to a one year contract.
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I was sad to see Korecky go, too. I don't think he had much of a chance to make the active roster this year, though, even without the signing of Ayala. Bonser and Humber are both out of options so they will have to come up, and I think Mijares would probably get the final roster spot since he's a lefty. It sounds like Gardy's planning on carrying only 11 pitchers in favor of more bench players (in case Crede re-injures his back, I assume), which makes it even less likely that Korecky would earn a spot. I wish him the best, though.
And I agree, no on Reyes. The Twins don't need to spend a ton of money on a FA lefty specialist when they already have two cheaper ones.


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Just like Vicki Gunvalson, Tamra Barney plans on being on "The Real Housewives of Orange County" for as long as she can. As reported by All About The Real Housewives on Monday, August 25, Tamra recently assured a fan that, despite rumors to the contrary, she's not going anywhere.
There have been reports that producers of the show don't plan on bringing Tamra back for season 10 because she is becoming too much to handle. A fan tweeted Tamra about the rumors, saying that she hopes that they're not true since Tamra is "the BEST sh*t-stirrer around!"
Tamra quickly replied to say that the rumors of her leaving the show are not true. She responded with, "haha not a chance." When another fan wrote that Tamra can't be happy about being edited to be the villain in season nine, Tamra responded that she's "happy every time [she] go[es] to the bank!" Clearly, Tamra will do what it takes to bring the drama that producers want in order to secure her big paycheck, even if it means getting tons of hate from the show's viewers.
Tamra has made clear that she has no problem being the show's troublemaker. During her appearance on Andy Cohen's "Watch What Happens Live," Tamra admitted that she plays the part of a villain since that makes the show interesting to watch, to which Andy reminded her that her job is not play a role but to play herself.
Tamra Barney's plan to stick around "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" for as long as she can likely means that viewers will watch many more seasons of her fighting and then making up with fellow housewife Vicki Gunvalson. In an interview with E! News, Vicki, who has been on the show since the very first season, joked that she'll be on the show even when she's an old lady with a walker.
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text: Institute FAQ Frequently asked questions about the institute Below you'll find answers to some of the most frequently asked questions we receive. If you have questions that aren't listed below, please contact Saint Teresa Institute Director Peg Winters at (507) 457-6651 or firstname.lastname@example.com. What is the purpose of Saint Teresa Leadership and Service Institute for Women? + More The mission of the Institute is to nurture women's potential; encourage women to grow intellectually, socially, spiritually and culturally and to celebrate personal integrity, excellence and service. Graduating members go on to graduate school or employment in their field of study. What are the requirements of belonging? + More Members are required to attend meetings, give service in the community, participate in Institute events and complete coursework focused on leadership.There are four Levels of Leadership development that members can pursue. What are the living arrangements for Saint Teresa Institute members? + More Saint Teresa Institute (STLI) freshman and sophomore members live in a selected residence hall. There is a maximum of three rooms housing Saint Teresa Institute members in close proximity to each other in the same wing of the residence hall. Junior and senior STLI members will join you for STLI activities taking place in the hall. You have the choice of requesting a Saint Teresa Institute member as your roommate. We want you to be part of the entire campus experience as well as part of Saint Teresa Institute and feel that this arrangement will serve you well in meeting that goal. How much time do I have to devote to Saint Teresa Institute? + More You decide. You complete a Leadership & Service self-assessment and develop a Plan of Leadership & Service Development that you will follow during membership with STLI at Saint Mary's University. There are twice monthly meetings, a Fall Semester planning retreat and a Winter Semester Planning Weekend that you must commit to attend. You decide how much more time you will be involved in Institute activities. Who can belong to Saint Teresa Institute? + More Any female undergraduate attending Saint Mary's University who is interested in fully developing her leadership potential, volunteering in her community and being part of a supportive all women's community. Women completing the Institute's program are from diverse backgrounds, ethnic and cultural communities and religious faiths. They represent the multitude of majors that can be completed at Saint Mary's University and span the gamut of leadership accomplishment and development. Are there extra fees to belong to the Institute? + More Not usually. The Institute program is supported by Saint Mary's University, its benefactors, and the Alumnae of the College of Saint Teresa. There may be the occasional activity that is of minimal expense. Are there any scholarships available to Saint Teresa Institute members? + More Yes, there are two different kinds. One is a scholarship that is built into the financial aid package offered by Saint Mary's University. The other is an application that you make to the Alumnae Association of the College of Saint Teresa. This one requires a 3.0 GPA and can be applied for annually. What coursework do Saint Teresa Institute member's complete? Will it cost more than I am already paying? Are these classes in addition to the coursework completed for my degree? + More Yes, there are three 2 credit classes that Saint Teresa Institute members complete during their four years at Saint Mary's University. No, you will not pay additional tuition to complete the courses. The courses are electives, so can be part of the 122 minimum credits needed for graduation. They can be taken any semester during the time you are completing your bachelor degree. The three courses are: STI115 The Symbosis of Teresan, Franciscan & Lasallan Traditions This course provides the broader context for the Saint Teresa Leadership and Service Institute students, and serves as the foundation for our study of leadership and service. As a complement to the Lasallian core traditions courses, this course brings together the study of Lasallian traditions with those of Saint Teresa of Avila and Saint Francis of Assisi. In order to repect and honor the legacy of the College of Saint Teresa, our namesake, this course provides a focused study of the Teresan values of loyalty, purity and truth and the Franciscan values of charism for the poor, simplicity, and stewardship of the earth, among others. STI215 Leadership Theory & Practice This course surveys the multiude of competing leadership theories and styles from a more academic perspective and method than that often applied in the pop-culture leadership material. This course introduces students in the Saint Teresa Leadership and Service Institute to a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of what it means to be a leader. Offered in the fall semester. STI315 Women in Leadership & Service The purpose of this course is to provide a focused study of the role of women in our society today based on demographic, social, economic and other data. A broad overview of the history and state of women in our society is presented. Student work focuses on research, writing and presenting on the role of women today and the future role of women in their particular field of study and areas of interest. Offered in the spring semester.


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Doug has been training, studying, and coaching martial arts for over twenty-five years. As a professional instructor, his experience teaching adults has included curriculum design at all levels and literally thousands of hours of formal instructional training and coaching. While on active duty he was the Head Instructor for the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program's lead school in Quantico, VA and was a combatives instructor for over five years for the Marines. He has extensively trained in Weapons Handling (firearms, bladed, and others), Combative Engagements, Wrestling, Boxing, Judo, Grappling, Thai Boxing , and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, in which he is a Black Belt under the world famous Leo Dalla [2]. He is also a CrossFit [3] Level One Instructor and certified Contact Defense Bladed and Improvised Weapon Instructor with Steve Tarani [4].
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The sport of polo originated some two thousand years ago on the plains of Persia and it is today the preserve of the Royal family, Saudi princes, trust fund layabouts and the international jet set.
Archive | October, 2007
What Ho! Bicycle Polo hits London
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Arena Geography
August 4, 2010
Find your landmarks in a confusing sea of patterns.
By AQHA Professional Horseman Tom McBeath with Larri Jo Starkey in The American Quarter Horse Journal
You wouldn't set off on a journey without mapping out a course. Don't set off in a pattern course without planning just as carefully.
Think of each new arena as a new territory to be mastered, and you'll find yourself navigating patterns with ease – or at least with a plan.
AQHA Professional Horseman Tom McBeath has some suggestions on finding your way through tricky, hand-drawn patterns.
Pattern in Your Pocket
People who show with me have to have two things in their pocket all the time: a schedule of events for the day and a copy of patterns they'll be doing that day.
If you have a schedule, you don't have to be nervous because you're not sure whether you're in the next class or the fifth class or the 10th.
And it doesn't matter how much you've studied the pattern, you need to have it in your pocket. Even if you have a photographic memory, you should have the pattern with you, because there is nothing worse than developing a plan for the pattern, then arriving at the arena and realizing the pattern isn't what you envisioned.
When that happens, you need to be able to whip out your little paper and look at the setup and adjust your plan.
Most shows nowadays will give you an actual copy of the pattern, but if the show doesn't, copy it yourself.
AQHA's "Hunt Seat Equitation" DVD is a must-have for anyone interested in hunt seat equitation success. This DVD provides competitors with detailed descriptions of the proper show ring techniques.
Your goal is to take that pattern, read it, understand it, ride it and make it look so easy that anybody could do it.
The easier it looks, the higher you will score.
Location, Location, Location
The pattern doesn't usually tell you whether you need to be two feet or five feet off a cone. You have to figure that out for yourself, taking into consideration what you're going to be doing when you get to the next cone.
If you're going to stop at Cone B and do a 360-degree turn, you need to position yourself differently than you would if you're going to walk up and then trot. If you're going to do a 360, you want to be in a position so you can do your 360 without running over the cone.
This is such a simple mistake, and it's easy to fix. When you set up your practice cones, think about how much space you need to do each maneuver.
Also, be sure that your practice cones are the right distance apart. Setting them too close or too far apart create their own sets of problems, but the result is the same: You go to the wrong place.
Roll It!
At the 2009 AQHA World Championship Show, world champion Whitney Walquist Vicars shares her techniques in showmanship at halter.
Break It Down
When you enter the arena on your horse, find the spot where you and your horse need to be at each cone. If you need to be 10 feet off Cone B, look at the ground to find that spot.
Don't look at the cone. If you look at the cone, you'll ride to the cone. Look at your spot and then look up and past it so that as you ride to the cone, you're able to keep your chin up. If you look down at your spot, you'll drop your eyes, which drops your chin, which takes your whole body out of position and makes your job much harder.
Don't envision your spot 10 feet beside the cone as being another cone in the dirt. Envision that cone six to eight feet in the air ahead of you. Look on the fence to find a mark. At every arena you compete in, there will be something you can use as a marker. There are posts on fences, banners – there are always marks.
Think about the whole pattern, but when you're at Cone A, don't worry about what you're going to do at Cone E. At Cone A, your job is to think about how you're going to get to Cone B so that you can get to C.
It's like the old joke about how to eat an elephant – one bite at a time.
If you've ever wondered what AQHA judges are looking for in hunt seat equitation, AQHA's "Hunt Seat Equitation" DVD is for you. Order your copy today!
With patterns in horsemanship, showmanship and equitation, there are a limited number of maneuvers, so it's not hard as long as you focus on what you're going to do from A to B, then B to C, then C to D, then smile, wave at the crowd and leave. That's all you have to do. It's simple if you'll let it be simple.
The judge isn't going to shoot you off your horse if you don't do it right. He might say, "That wasn't the best pattern that I've seen all day, but they sure looked like they were having a good time."
That will happen if you're relaxed and not rushing. Let things happen normally. The next time you compete, it will be easier if you let yourself relax and become a better rider.
If you become a better rider, your horse will become a better horse.


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This major new edition of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy of love argues that that play is ultimately Juliet's. The play text is expertly edited and the on-page commentary notes discuss issues of staging, theme, meaning and Shakespeare's use of his sources to give the reader deep and engaging insights into the play. The richly illustrated introduction looks at the play's exceptionally beautiful and complex language and focuses on the figure of Juliet as being at its centre. Rene Weis discusses the play's critical, stage and film history, including West Side Story and Baz Lurhmann's seminal film Romeo + Juliet. An authoritative edition from a leading scholar giving the reader a penetrating and wide-ranging insight into this ever popular play
Author Biography
René Weis is a professor of English at University College London and a distinguished editor and biographer of Shakespeare.
Table of Contents
|List of illustrations
|p. ix
|General editors' preface
|p. xi
|p. xvi
|p. 1
|Writing love
|p. 1
|'All the daughters of my father's house'
|p. 2
|Love's young sweet song: 'an excellent conceited tragedy'
|p. 7
|Love and literary form
|p. 19
|Time's winged chariot
|p. 24
|The dates of first performance and publication
|p. 33
|Lord Hunsdon's servants and will Kemp at the Curtain (1596-7?)
|p. 33
|Earth tremors and thirteen-year-old children
|p. 36
|Nashe's have with you to Saffron Walden (1596) and Romeo and Juliet
|p. 39
|A Midsummer Night's Dream
|p. 41
|p. 43
|Brooke's Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet
|p. 44
|Tybalt, Mercutio and Paris
|p. 47
|Performing love
|p. 52
|From London (c. 1596) and Cambridge (c. 1598-1601) to Douai (1694-5)
|p. 53
|From Garrick (1748) to Berlioz (1839) and Cushman (1845)
|p. 60
|From Gounod (1867) and Tchaikovsky (1870/80) to Gielgud and Prokofiev (1935)
|p. 69
|From West Side Story (1957) to Old Pronunciation shakespeare (2004)
|p. 77
|The age of Zeffirelli (1960-8)
|p. 79
|Bogdanov and Luhrmann: from Alfa Romeo to Clockwork Orange Shakespeare and beyond (1986-)
|p. 85
|The texts: Q1 (1597) and Q2 (1599)
|p. 94
|Nurse's italics and Capulet's Wife's speech prefixes
|p. 98
|Shakespeare's handwriting and what it has left us
|p. 100
|Second thoughts: Queen Mab and others
|p. 102
|From Q1 to Q2
|p. 105
|Q1's stage directions: a record of performance or 'literary' ornaments?
|p. 110
|Editorial procedures
|p. 115
|Romeo and Juliet
|p. 117
|p. 339
|Q1 and Q4 readings
|p. 339
|Q1 Romeo and Juliet
|p. 341
|p. 418
|Casting and doubling
|p. 421
|Abbreviations and references
|p. 427
|Abbreviations used in notes
|p. 427
|Works by and partly by Shakespeare
|p. 427
|Editions of Shakespeare collated
|p. 428
|Other works cited or used
|p. 431
|p. 441
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Organics Fact Sheet
There's no doubt that "organic" is the buzzword when it comes to fresh produce. But is it really better? We don't take issue with this method of farming, but we also don't believe that organically grown produce is better than that grown by conventional methods. In fact, we believe that conventionally grown produce has an edge over organics when it comes to quality and safety. Here are some facts for your consideration.
MYTH #1: Organic means "sustainable" and "eco-friendly."
- Organic certification applies only to the origin of chemicals used on crops. It doesn't address critical sustainability issues such as biodiversity, biologic health and erosion of the soil, water and energy conservation, and social issues like providing a living wage for those involved with production. Thus, organic doesn't necessarily mean sustainable.
- Sulfur and copper have much more persistent environmental toxicity than their synthetic counterparts.1
- Because they are less effective than their counterparts, more organic chemicals are used per acre than their non-organic counterparts (See myth #2.) which places a heavier burden on the eco-system.
- Organic farmers also use predatory insects or other biological agents, such as fungi or bacteria, to kill or control insect pests. While this is often promoted as being more natural and less environmentally damaging than chemical pesticides, in fact, they come with their own unique set of ecological hazards,2 resulting in significant declines in biodiversity among native insect and plant species.3
- Because organic methods result in 30% less yield than conventional cultivation, 40% more acreage is required to grow an equal amount of fresh produce. That means the use of more organic fungicides (sulfur and copper), pesticide (oil), and biocontrol agents (predatory insects).
- Because organic farms require more land to get the same yield, there is a dramatic increase in water usage. Scientists predict that we are facing a "peak water" situation that will be far more dire than "peak oil" with more than half of the world's population "water insecure" by 2050.
- Conventional farmers, just like their organic counterparts, use crop rotation, disease- and insect-resistant crop varieties, and soil fertility management to maximize plant health and minimize pests. Both are committed to preserving the environment-it is critical to their survival . . . and ours.
MYTH #2: Organic means "chemical-free."
- "Organic" is a certification by the USDA Organic Foods Production Act. Its refers only to the origin of chemical inputs (i.e., pesticides, fungicides, etc.). It states that producers can use any natural products that aren't listed on the "prohibited list," like arsenic. Conversely, they can use no synthetically produced inputs except those on the "allowed list."
- Organic crops are treated with a number of toxic chemical pesticides, fungicides, and insecticides-just like conventionally grown crops. Those chemicals are considered organic because they are derived from nature, not because they are less toxic.
- Organic methods actually use more chemicals because they are less effective than their synthetic counterparts. According to the latest statistics from the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy (NCFAP):
- 13.7 million pounds of copper (a fungicide) were used annually to treat 3.3 million acres of organic crops at an average rate of 4 pounds per acre (1-1/2 ounces per thousand square feet).
- Nearly 78 million pounds of sulfur (another fungicide) were used on 2.2 million acres, applied at an average rate of more than 34 pounds per acre (12-1/2 ounces-almost a pound-per thousand square feet).
- By contrast, synthetic fungicides were used to treat 25 million acres at an average rate of 1.58 pounds per acre (1/2 ounce per thousand square feet). That's 1/3 the average for copper and less than 5% of the average rate for sulfur.
- Oil, the primary pesticide in organic farming, was used at rates of up to 72 pounds per acre, with the average being 49 pounds per acre (18 ounces per thousand square feet).
- In contrast, newer synthetic pesticides, such as imidacloprid, required less than 8 ounces per acre (less than 1/5 ounce per thousand square feet)-1/100th the average rate for oil.
MYTH #3: Organic means "safe."
- The most comprehensive, peer-reviewed study to look at produce contamination, published in Nature Biotechnology (Volume 25, 165-165, February 2007), found that organic fruits and vegetables were 3 times more likely to be contaminated with bacteria than conventional produce. Of 15 farms that had E. coli-positive samples, 13 were organic and only 2 were conventional. Of the produce tested, salmonella was found only in organic lettuce and green peppers.
- Some widely used organic chemicals are more toxic than the synthetics. For example, nicotine (an organic insecticide) is ten times more toxic than imidacloprid, a commonly used synthetic pesticide.
- Oil, sulfur, and copper are all commonly applied to organic produce and all are toxic to a broad range of organisms.
- Despite the fact that millions of pounds of organic pesticides and insecticides such as pyrethrum, neem, sabadilla, rotenone, and Kaolin are used each year on organic crops, government regulators and authorities have no statistics on their safety.
- Whether a crop is organically or conventionally grown, the State of California monitors and regulates the use of all chemicals, whether natural or synthetic, to ensure safety. California, arguably, has the strictest agricultural regulation in the nation and produces some of the safest fresh produce available in the world.
1 J. Kovach, C. Petzwoldt, J. Degni, and J. Tette, "A Method to Measure the Environmental Impact of Pesticides," New York's Food and Life Sciences Bulletin Number 139, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornel University, Ithaca, New York (1992).
2 C.E. Turner, in Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Biological Control Weeds, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, 19 to 25 August; E.S. Delfosse, Ed. (Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, 1985). Pp. 203-225; F.G, Howarth, Annu. Rev. Entomol. 36:485 (1991).
3 S.M. Louda, D. Kendall, J. Connor, D. Simberloff, Ecological Effects of an Insect Introduced for the Biological Control of Weeds, Science 277:1008-90 (1997); D.R. Strong, Fear to Weevil, Science: 277:1058-59 (1997); G.H. Boettner, J.S. Elkinton, C.J. Boet, Effects of a Biological Control Introduction on Three Nontarget Native Species of Saturniid Moths, Conservation Biology 14:1998-1806 (2000).


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The job outlook for truck drivers over the next decade (between 2010 and 2020) is favorable and expected to increase 9 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). For classification purposes, the BLS distinguishes between heavy, or tractor-trailer, truck drivers and light or delivery services truck drivers. As of May 2011 (latest available data), Mississippi heavy truck drivers earn a median wage of $17.72 per hour. This equates to earning a salary of $36,850 per year. Mississippi light truck drivers earn a median wage of $14.18 per hour (salary of $29,490 per year). To become a truck driver in Mississippi; a truck driving school may help you become one of them.
Truck driving schools in Mississippi may be found in every corner of the state, although cities like Jackson, Gulfport and Hattiesburg provide more training options. Mississippi truck driving schools offer the necessary education and training needed to obtain your commercial driver's license (CDL). To qualify for a CDL license in Mississippi, you must be over 17 years old (21 for interstate truck drivers), have a standard driver's license, pass a vision exam and have a current medical certificate. CDL applicants are then required to pass a written knowledge exam and a three part skills test, which consists of a pre-trip vehicle inspection, a basic vehicle handling test, and an on-road driving exam. Additional qualifications may be needed depending on the type of vehicle you wish to drive and/or the type of material to be transported. For example, additional knowledge and skills tests may be required to drive a truck with a tanker, air brakes or double/triple trailers or to transport passengers or hazardous materials. Mississippi truck driving schools will prepare you to pass these examinations.
To find a truck driving school in Mississippi, browse the list of trucking schools below.
Byram : Ace Training Center
Address: P O Box 720429, Byram , Mississippi 39272
Phone: 601-502-0730
Ellisville: Jones Junior College
Address: 900 S Court St, Ellisville, Mississippi 39437
Phone: 601-477-4245
Gulfport: TDI
Address: 10585 Three Rivers Rd , Gulfport, Mississippi 39503
Phone: 228-832-8020
Jackson: DSC Training Academy
Address: 1840 S West St, Ste A, Jackson, Mississippi 39201
Phone: 888-933-7363
Jackson: SEC Training Centers
Address: PO Box 320970, Jackson, Mississippi 39232
Phone: 601-939-8708
Louisville: East Central Community College
Address: 923 S Church St, Louisville, Mississippi 39339
Phone: 601-635-2111
Lucedale: Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Address: George County Trl PO Box 77 , Lucedale, Mississippi 39452
Phone: 601-766-6424
Mayhew: East Mississippi Community College
Address: PO Box 100, Mayhew, Mississippi 39753
Phone: 662-243-2658
Meridian: Meridian Community College
Address: 910 Hwy 19 N, Meridian, Mississippi 39307
Phone: 601-485-5118
Moorhead: Mississippi Delta Community College
Address: PO Box 668 Hwy 3 & Cherry St , Moorhead, Mississippi 38761
Phone: 662-246-6516
Natchez: Copiah-Lincoln Community College
Address: 30 Campus Dr, Natchez, Mississippi 39120
Phone: 601-643-8323
Olive Branch: Northwest Mississippi Community College
Address: 8750 Deerfield Dr , Olive Branch, Mississippi 36854
Phone: 662-895-7600
Philadelphia: East Central Community College
Address: 900 Valley Dr, Philadelphia, Mississippi 39350
Phone: 601-635-2111
Poplarville: Pearl River Community College
Address: 101 Hwy 11 N, Poplarville, Mississippi 39470
Phone: 601-403-1241
Saucier: Truck Driver Institute
Address: 20214 Hwy 49, Saucier, Mississippi 39574
Phone: 800-350-7364
Summit: Southwest Mississippi Community College
Address: College Dr Vocational Technical Bldg, Summit, Mississippi 39666
Phone: 601-276-2013
Tupelo: Itawamba Community College
Address: 2176 S Eason Blvd , Tupelo, Mississippi 38801
Phone: 601-620-5285
Tupelo: Truck Driver Institute
Address: 341 Franklin St, Tupelo, Mississippi 38802
Phone: 888-540-7364
Wesson: Copiah-Lincoln Community College
Address: 1028 JC Redd Dr , Wesson, Mississippi 39191
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|Associated SKUs
ASIP (Packet)
ASIQP (1/4 Pound)
|Common Name
|Swamp Milkweed
|Botanical Name
|Asclepias incarnata
|Seed Life Cycle
|Light Requirements
|Full Sun, Half Sun / Half Shade
|Flower Color
|Mature Height
|36-48 inches tall
|Bloom Time
|Ships As
|Seeds Per Pound
|Seeds Per Packet
|Soil Moisture
|Average, Moist/Wet
|Soil Type
|Clay Soil, Sandy Soil, Loamy Soil, Moist/Wet Soil
|Native To
|North America
|Native To
|Most of the United States except West Coast
|Ideal Region
|Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, West, Pacific Northwest
|3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
|Deer Resistant, Hummingbirds & Butterflies, Native
|Is It Storable?
|Yes- You can store your seed in any cool (not freezing) dry place that is not subject to extreme temperature variations.
|Yes - Learn More
|Ships to Hawaii, Alaska & Canada
Instructions for preparing and planting Common Milkweed Seed (Asclepias Syriaca) and Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias Incarnata) from seed.
Step 1: To start Milkweed seed we recommend starting inside, but before this happens Milkweed seeds need to go through a cold stratification period. Cold stratification is very important for the germination and growth of Milkweed. It helps break the seeds natural dormancy cycle. To do this, we recommend placing Milkweed seed in a damp paper towel or damp sand in a zip lock bag and place in your fridge for 3 – 6 weeks (30 days). Place in an area of the fridge, where it won't get damaged. We taped ours to the bottom of a refrigerator shelf.
Step 2: Planting - Once the 30 days are complete, it's time to plant the cold stratified Milkweed seeds. We recommend planting in 2-4" peat pots. Fill peat pots ¾ of the way with potting soil and gently add water. Water should be able to drain through the peat pots. Once the soil is damp, place 1-2 cold stratified seeds into each pot. To finish, place ¼ inch of soil on top of the seed.
Watering - Gently water the planted seed to give additional hydration. The best way to water is from the bottom up. Use a flat pan under the peat pots and add a half inch of water to the bottom of the tray. Don't over water as it can cause fungus. Water every day or every other day as needed, the best way to test the soil dampness is to touch it. If the soil seems dry then add water; if it's wet, wait for the soil to dry out to water.
Light Requirements - For the next few weeks, make sure the Milkweed is either in a sunny window, in a green house or under a grow light. Milkweed needs lots of sun and warmth to grow. If you're using a grow light, make sure to lower the bulb closer to the pots or your seedlings may become leggy, as they stretch to the light. Ideally a sturdier stem is better. Cold stratified seeds should germinate and sprout within 10-15 days once planted. In total Milkweed from the day they are cold stratified to growth can take 40 plus days, so be patient!
Other planting options: Place dry seed (not stratified) in seed starting soil and plant in peat pots under a grow light or in a greenhouse to germinate seeds. The success rate for this is low and more difficult to accomplish. If you choose to use this option it can take months for the seeds to germinate.
If you are planting seed outside, we suggest seeding in late fall, and let the Milkweed seed lay on the ground through winter. Milkweed seed will have a long winter of dormancy, so once the sun comes out and the ground warms in the spring, the seeds will germinate on their own.
Step 3: Milkweed does well in open areas with full sunlight exposure areas like fields, parks, cultivated gardens, roadsides, highway medians, and road sides. We suggest transplanting Milkweed when the plant is no larger than 3 inches tall. In most cases in transplanting, the Milkweed plant will go though some shock and could lose all its leaves. This happens, don't panic. The plant is trying to establish its roots and will eventually grow leaves again. This is the main reason we suggest planting seeds in peat pots, because Milkweed roots are very sensitive. Peat pots breakdown over time in the ground, which allows the milkweed roots to grows without being disrupted. We found this to be the best way to transplant. If you decide to plant in plastic containers, make sure it's deep enough for roots to grow. If you receive a plant already grown in plastic, be careful to take out the plant and not disturb the roots.
Soil moisture and temperature are very important when growing Milkweed. The best time to plant Milkweed is in early spring after the danger of frost has passed. If you plant seeds late in the spring, the seeds may not grow due to germination time and temperature. Common Milkweed seed doesn't germinate over 85 degrees.
Once your seedling is planted, water it for a few days to get it established, but after that, the plant doesn't need a lot of supplemental water. Only water if you have an unusual dry spell. Peat pots are nice to use, but you need to be sure there is no top edge above the soil line after transplanting. In dry climates, this will wick away valuable soil moisture. A small 2 1/2" diameter x 3 in. deep pot is ideal. Asclepias are somewhat finicky native plants. So minimizing the time growing in a pot and transplanting them as young plants is the best approach
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so many people love this guy...
You've did the math, Byakuya isn't so bad...so there's a 99% possibility that he wont slap you for this. What could go wrong right? Rangiku led you to his massive house through some secret entrance that the Shinigami Women's Association uses. The question is when and how did they put it there...anyways, she made you go on your own, knowing that your in his house and there's no way your sense of direction would guide you to an exit. You decided to wing it and follow your guts and try to find him...or a bathroom. Feeling under pressure makes you wanna pee, yes?
*Flush* you walked out of the bathroom and focused on finding an exit.
"This place is a maze! I wonder how Byaku makes his way around without getting lost?" you said to yourself.
"Why should you care?" a voice boomed from behind you. Feeling shocked you screamed, squat down and covered your ears. Then you turned around to see who it was. Oh, it was Bya....B-Byakuya?!?!
"A-ah!!! Byakuya! W-what are you doing here?" you asked panicking...thinking of an excuse for being in his house.
"I live here." he bluntly said.
"E-eh..yeah. (Shit that was stupid) I-I was just wondering if you c-could play pocky?" you struggled to ask.
"No." he walked away. You felt your heart break into pieces.
"Not here...in my room." He added. Eh? You ended up following him to his bedroom. It was hard to understand how he manages to know which door leads to which room...I guess he got use to the whole thing.
-Meanwhile, in the Shinigami Women's Association room secretly hidden within the walls of Byaku's home...-
"So why was ____________ with you just now, Rangiku?" Nanao said adjusting her glasses.
"Hm? Oh! I was just helping ____________-sama with her love problem! She must've run into Byakuya by now!" She said determinely.
"Oooo~! I knew she'd make a move on day!" Kiyone happily grinned.
"What do you think Nemu?" Isane asked.
"...I like that pairing." Nemu plainly said.
"It'll never happen" Soi Fon doubt, crossing her arms and looks to the side.
"Looks like someone jelly!" Yachiru said bubbly.
"That's absurd! I am not, nor ever jealous of ___________!" Soi Fon blushed.
"Hey! I know! Let's take pictures of them!" Kiyone interrupted.
"Sure! But what should we do with them?" Rangiku agreed.
"We can sell it to make some money." Nanao's glasses sparkled.
That was the queue for all of their eyes to sparkle with mischief. Good lord, your in a pickle now. Hide yo things, hide yo kids, because the Shinigami Women's Association is coming.
Byakuya led you to his room...it was big and it damn right looks compfy! 8D ... he took the pocky out of your hands and examined it.
"This isn't poisoned is it?" he asked
"Why would I do that to you?" you sighed.
He sighed. "If I play this with you would you tell me why your face turns red when you see me?"
"A-ah! Deal! Just follow my lead." You smiled.
You bit one end and looked at him...he seems puzzled. You pointed to the other end, signalling him that he should bite it. He understood and bit it. He looked carefully at you and he saw you started eating your way to him with your eyes closed as if you couldn't look at his face like this. He followed. You opened your eyes and saw a pink shade on his cheeks. It was cute. Oh, how you wish you had a camera plugged in to your eyes. Would that even hurt? And how do you even snap a photo with your eyes? Why are you thinking about this?...you should be thinking of how close you are to Byakuya before the both of you-
Kissed. But it was short on the count of Byakuya didn't want it to last...he must've hate you. How you wish that eye camera thing was real.
"D-did I do something wrong?" you asked
"Your friend is here with company." He narrowed his eyes at the window.
"F-friend?" You had a dirty thought. Did Rangiku taught you a thing or two? Or are you just reading too much hentai?
Byakuya walked over to the window and opened it, revealing the whole Shinigami Women's Association group with a handful of cameras. You gave a death stare to them while Byakuya wasn't looking at you. Telling them to f*ck off.
"U-uh, I guess we'll be heading off!" Rangiku quickly said
"Scatter..." Byakuya called
"SAVE THE CAMERAS!!!!!" Rangiku shouted, pulling Nanao and Nemu with her running.
"Hey I just saw Rangiku leaving here with a handful of your cameras. What's up?" Izuru came in the Court of Pure Souls News Magazine Editing Dept. (found that out in the Shinkgami Illustrated Book episode 138.)
"She's doing some photography of Captain Kuchiki and Ex-Captain ______________ making out and stuff." Shuhei plainly replied.
"Oh...are you planning on having her give them back afterward?" Izuru asked
"Of course, numbskull. I lend them to her...she'd better not break them..." Shuhei sighed.
"Would you care if ..all...of them got destroyed?" Izuru managed a smile
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New procedures are being proposed to deal with environmental regulations for fisheries. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration is announcing in the Federal Register of Monday, June 30, 2014 that it is taking public comments on a draft of procedures for complying with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Last year, NMFS issued a new policy for NEPA compliance under the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
NMFS is using the policy as the basis for the proposal. The rules spell out the responsibilities of NMFS and regional fishery management councils regarding deadlines, procedures, documentation and working together when complying with NEPA. In writing the policy, NMFS consulted with the regional councils and the Council on Environmental Quality.
NMFS is taking comments until Sept. 29, 2014. Refer to NOAA-NMFS-2014-0024. To file electronically, go to www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2014-0024 and click on ``Comment Now!'' Or send written remarks to Steve Leathery, NMFS NEPA coordinator, Room 10828, 1315 East-West Hwy., Silver Spring MD 21755. If you have any questions, contact Leathery at (301) 427-8014.
NMFS originally proposed a rule in 2008 to comply with the 2007 reauthorization of Magnuson-Stevens. It conducted public forums and received more than 150,000 comments in a 90-day public comment period. NMFS subsequently decided that rather than write new rules, it would revise internal guidance. The proposed guidance spells out who is responsible for what. With regard to Atlantic Highly Migratory Species, NMFS would retain all authority over compliance.
Otherwise, the guidance calls for doing as much as possible at the regional council level. It spells out alternatives when determining courses of action. It provides guidance on timing. And it encourages collaboration from early stages of action. The guidance spells out what needs to be done when documenting policy under NEPA.
When it finalizes the guidance, NMFS intends to formally withdraw the proposed 2008 rule.


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Mountain Wild
Josiah Brown is a half-breed Blackfoot mountain man, trapping the Rocky Mountain streams. After saving Emma Perkins from raiding Blackfoot Indians, Josiah decides to marry her. Emma Perkins suddenly finds herself the wife of a wild and leathery mountain man. His rough and tumble temperament go against her upbringing, and Emma struggles to keep her faith and survive in a land where the animals, and the people, are mountain wild. Hardened by the wilderness Josiah wrestles against change and the gentle ways of a woman who threatens to tame his heart.
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Good Book
Yes, there is a lot of religion in this novel, but being a Christian myself, it really puts the trials people face everyday in one form or other into perspective of believing in God. I really enjoyed this book, although I found it to be a little on the slow side. All in all, I found it to be one of the better Christian Romance novels I've read in a long time.
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A Good Christian Historical Inter-Racial Romance
I enjoyed every bit of this book and didn't want to put it down. The story line kept my interest completely and wasn't ever predictable. A nice blend of excitement, suspense, tragedy, romance, family, and faith.
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I do pray that everyone who will read this book will be blessed.
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No recommendation
A story that started as interesting and quickly became a dull sort of preaching. Disappointingly, for this had all opportunities to be a great book and in my humble opinion the writer failed to deliver.
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not meant for you
If you had read the profile of the author, Judith Bronte, you would have known she writes Christian books and "does not apologise for it" so next time you want to pick a book to read, check out the author first. This book was a GREAT read
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Good book to read
This is a good book to read. I enjoyed ever chapter. Sometimes I laughed, sometimes I cried. I finished reading it in less than a day b/c I just couldn't put it down. I'm hoping to read more books by this author.
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Excellent book
I enjoyed reading the book. I do not know when I have read a 600 plus page book in such a short time. Well written.
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Would not recommend it
This book is based on a very interesting inter-racial relationship in an age where this would have been quite an issue. However, the writer fails to explore in detail the problems this couple would face, both between them and the rest of society.
The story is slowly paced and full of religious remarks quite off putting when reading a romance book. The author kept writing about hunting meat and praying which made this, in principle quite interesting story, boring to read. The many short paragraphs did not help either to make the reading easier, as it kept breaking the reader's pace.
Overall, what could have been a very interesting story became an excuse for preaching the readers. I would not recommend this book to a friend.
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Reading your comment I have to agree. This book started out to be quite interesting but when the story unfold itself being nothing more than a large prayer and a story about how to hunt, it lost my interest. The amount of religious remarks gave me the feeling the writer was trying to evangelise.
I too would not recommend this book to any of my friends.
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Really Enjoyed this book!
I drew closer to God and to my husband as I read this book. I've read it several times in the last few weeks. Reading it made me want to be a better wife to my husband. Thank you for this book!!!
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"Students, as you leave class, use your phone to take a picture of the code posted by the doorway."
What? Cell phones in the classroom? I thought we were banning those! I mean, can't kids use them for cheating, texting each other, and gasp, sexting?
The Cell Phone as the Swiss Army Knife of Digital Learning Tools
The cover of the February issue of Educational Leadership caught my attention: "Teaching Screenagers." Yes! That is who we are teaching – the iGeneration.
As you probably know already, the debates surrounding the best way to approach this generation and their increasing number of tech-tools continue to rage on, with few clear-cut answers.
Some parents and teachers want to control and heavily limit the use of technology, especially smart phones. Others believe that rather than spend valuable classroom time confiscating their phones, we can use them as versatile tools for learning.
The quotation from Liz Kolb's article from Educational Leadership in the opening of this post is an example of the latter group, an attempt at positive use of cell phones in the classroom.
Kolb continues, "As students left class, the teacher told them to use their phones to take a picture of the bar code she had posted by the doorway. When they did so, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and a short video from Ken Burn's documentary The Civil War appeared on their phones, along with their homework assignment—read the text, watch the video, and then send a 140-character text-message summary of the Gettysburg Address to the class brainstorming board. The next day in class, the students would compare and evaluate the various summaries."
Is this the best we can do, then? Accept the trend and try to use it for good?
Preparing Students for 21st Century Jobs
Many educators will answer yes to that question. After all, technology isn't going anywhere.
Look at the typical teenager, they argue, and you will see them multi-tasking with a phone. For them it is a tool to stay connected with their friends. Most likely they don't view it as possible on-the-job training.
Yet their ability to text messages, connect photos and videos to the Internet, network, organize, and communicate data with their phone may be requirements for a future job. So, the argue goes, let's use these tools in class and teach them to use them responsibly.
Hook, Line, and Sinker
While I am always an advocate of teaching valuable lessons about responsibility and certainly do recognize the power for good that can come with technology, I caution educators to do their research before jumping head first into the technology ocean.
In my most recent newsletter and blog, I wrote about a fascinating book called The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains, a book that describes the often-overlooked negatives regarding the Internet's effect on our brains, especially our students' brains.
I do not want to repeat myself here, so I will share a couple of points I did not include in the original article.
Various studies have shown that the use of the Internet, rich media, and hypertext rarely lead to storage in long-term memory. This is true for adults as well as children.
Technology proponents used to praise the coming advantages of using multi-media over linear book reading and traditional learning.
Yet the reality is now clear: multi-tasking ends up over-loading the brain and prevents a cohesive narrative from forming that can be moved from working memory into long-term memory schemas.
What the Internet does positively is it promotes brain activity associated with problem solving and decision-making. Similar to a crossword puzzle.
What the Internet does not do is stimulate concentrated, uninterrupted thought. The more we turn our attention to the Internet as the only source of information, the more we rewire our brains for the type of thinking it promotes. As Carr writes,
"Such intensive exercise, when it becomes our primary mode of thought, can impede deep learning and thinking. Try reading a book while doing a crossword puzzle. That's the intellectual environment of the Internet" (126).
"Are You Saying We Should Ban Technology?"
No, I am not saying that.
Like Carr, I do not want to demonize technology or demand its removal from our schools and classrooms. I am only asking that it be used with wisdom, caution, and serious research.
Return to the earlier example of the teacher who used cell phones proactively in the classroom. Obviously, her students will likely enjoy the assignment and might even find it "cool." But that does not mean the learning ends when technology exits.
We are too quick to give in to fads, especially when resistance means tension with our fad-loving children and students.
We are the adults; so we must be informed. Use technology. Figure out creative ways to incorporate its use into the classroom.
Just do so with balance. That's the key.
The teacher who gained the students' interest by use of cell phones cannot then rely solely on technology to hold the students' attention. To do so would promote certain types of thinking to the neglect of others.
The plasticity of the brain means it can change shapes quickly to adapt to new demands and ways of operating. It also means that the more one path is reinforced over another, the deeper that path is etched into our physical brain and the more difficult it is to remap our minds.
If this teacher worked for me, I would make sure she followed-up this lesson with prolonged silent reading and face-to-face discussion. It seems as though she did this, and for that she should be applauded.
The cell phone idea is the hook. The catch is when the students move past "oh cool" into deeper levels of thinking that only come with sustained, uninterrupted thought – which the Internet is not very useful at stimulating.
If You Abuse It, You Lose It
As we incorporate technology into the classroom, the are other issues of responsibility to keep in mind.
Like all privileges, using cell phones for learning comes with a condition: If you abuse it, you lose it.
The earlier cited article provides practical suggestions for doing so, such as keeping parents informed of any cell phone activities that the class is conducting through the use of permission forms, parent information nights, and inviting parents to participate via their own cell phones.
Teaching Life Skills
Most importantly, students need to be made aware that they leave a digital trail that will follow them for life. Teenagers often do not have the ability to see the long range consequences of their actions.
We have to train and prepare them. Show and discuss the short video Digital Dossier, which describes all the digital records that accumulate from birth to death—to make a student aware of their life-long digital footsteps that leave a permanent trail for life.
The Future is Upon Us
The future is here. What started out as a luxury, a convenience, a way to keep track of our kids has escalated into a nightmare of wondering where-in-the-world could our child go online with that cell phone.
As with anything, it can be a tool for good, but also for evil. Let's train our students how to use it as a tool to learn, make wise decisions, and prepare for the 21st century.


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Red Raiders, Lady Raiders Both in Top 20 of USTFCCCA Rankings
Both the Red Raiders and Lady Raiders will enter the final home meet of the season in the top 20
April 23, 2013
LUBBOCK, Texas - The Texas Tech Red Raider and Lady Raider track and field teams both remained in the top 20 of the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Week 4 computer poll released Tuesday morning.
The Lady Raiders held steady at No. 15, their fourth consecutive week appearing in the top-15, while the Red Raiders slid two spots to No. 18.
Texas Tech is set to host its final home meet of the 2013 outdoor season with the Red Raider Open scheduled for April 25 at the Terry and Linda Fuller Track and Field Complex. The meet will be the final tune up for the program before the Big 12 Championships May 3-5 in Waco.
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VICCO, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked any work from being done at an eastern Kentucky surface mine.
The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Judge Thomas B. Russell issued a temporary injunction last week that will stay in place for at least two more weeks.
It bars Leeco Inc. from doing work at the Stacy Branch mine, which encompasses 756 acres in Perry and Knott counties. The company has not begun work at the location.
The environmental groups Kentuckians for the Commonwealth and the Sierra Club asked Russell to block work from starting at the mine, which has been a subject of contention for years.
Leeco originally applied for a mining permit in 2007. The Army Corp. of Engineers approved a revised application last year.
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