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BOSTON - A mother acquitted in the accidental shooting death of her 8-year-old son by another child has been sentenced to at least six months for lying to police about it.
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A Danvers man charged with beating his fiancee's 2-year-old and 6-year-old daughters has been ordered held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing.
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Nibbling on the Wild Landscape --- West Newbury Sun 09-19. 3:30pm - 6:00pm (Part of Essex National Heritage Area: Trails and Sails Festival) The Merrimack Valley is home to over 100 species of edible wild plants. Join Russ Cohen, expert forager and author of "Wild Plants I Have Known...and Eaten," on a three-hour ramble in West Newbury to learn about at least two dozen species of edible wild plants. Pending favorable weather conditions, several edible mushroom species may be encountered. Keys to the identification of each species will be provided, along with information on edible portions, seasons of availability, preparation methods, and general guidelines for safe and environmentally responsible foraging. The event is free, but capacity is limited to 50 people. The walk starts at the Insight Meditation Center, 443 Middle Street, West Newbury 01985 http://www.essexheritage.org/ts/events.php#
When: Sep 19, 2010 3 PM Where: Maynard, Massachusetts, United States in Maynard, Massachusetts (Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15 )
This will be our 4th book club meeting! Thank you all who have attended for the great discussions. This should be a good one to read after Omnivore's Dilemma. Editorial Review From Publisher's Weekly: Ethicist Singer and co-author Mason (Animal Factories) document corporate deception, widespread waste and desensitization to inhumane practices in this consideration of ethical eating. The authors examine three families' grocery-buying habits and the motivations behind those choices. One woman says she's "absorbed in my life and my family...and I don't think very much about the welfare of the meat I'm eating," while a wealthier husband and wife mull the virtues of "triple certified" coffee, buying local and avoiding chocolate harvested by child slave labor, though "no one seems to be pondering that as they eat." In investigating food production conditions, the authors' first-hand experiences alternate between horror and comedy, from slaughterhouses to artificial turkey-insemination ("the hardest, fastest, dirtiest, most disgusting, worst-paid work"). This sometimes-graphic expos� is not myopic: profitability and animal welfare are given equal consideration, though the reader finishes the book agreeing with the authors' conclusion that "America's food industry seeks to keep Americans in the dark about the ethical components of their food choices." A no-holds-barred treatise on ethical consumption, this is an important read for those concerned with the long, frightening trip between farm and plate
When: Oct 17, 2010 3 PM Where: Maynard, Massachusetts, United States in Maynard, Massachusetts (Sun, 17 Oct 2010 15 )
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