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Spirit Airlines joined the growing list of air companies adding flights at Detroit Metropolitan Airport by announcing it will offer a daily nonstop flight between Detroit and Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport from May 22 to Nov. 1.
Miramar, Fla.-based Spirit will be the second carrier to offer service between Detroit and Minneapolis after Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines had been the only carrier in that market for more than a decade, said Michael Conway, DTW's director of public affairs.
"We've had a good week; we're kind of on a roll for new air service," said Conway.
This week, Seattle-based Alaska Airlines announced it will become the second new carrier to add service this year at Detroit Metro, with a nonstop daily flight between Detroit and Seattle starting Sept. 4. New York-based JetBlue Airways Corp. announced in October that it will offer three flights a day from Detroit to Boston starting March 10.
Other new flights have been announced recently. Denver-based Frontier Airlines will offer a flight from Detroit to Wilmington, Del., starting April 29, and Delta will offer a second daily flight to London starting June 1.
Conway said the addition of new flights and new carriers could stimulate the local economy.
"Any time we get new air service, it typically means the airlines will hire more employees," he said.
That also means more customers coming to the airport and spending more money, which generates more business and can lower costs to airlines, said Conway.
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I didn't expect any waves in this area of Kyushu but there was a big typhoon just 2 days before. I woke up at 5h30 and tried to go the the beach near the Kaimon Dake (a wonderful volcanoe looking like the Fujisan). I drove along the coast without being able to come close to the beach. On a big bridge, I discovered that there were some waves but no access ! I continued until I just turn left towards the sea... ANd It was rewarding : I just arrived at maybe the best sandbank around !
Beautiful 1.20m waves, no winds and few surfers. On the main peak, I took 3 waves and finished in a big shore break when my leash (2 years old in Japan) broke...argh !!!
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I just took a small rope on the beach and went back to surf on a different peak.
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Mariah Carey, Drake, Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj all took home top honors at BMI's Urban Awards in Beverly Hills on Friday.
Carey accepted the night's most prestigious honor, the BMI Icon Award, for her "unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers."
She has had 18 No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, tying Elvis Presley among solo acts and behind only the Beatles, whose singles made it to the top of the chart 20 times. Carey has written or cowritten the majority of her songbook.
During the private ceremony at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, BMI President and Chief Executive Del Bryant said Carey's contributions hadn't been given enough credit.
"She is the best songwriter in the history of music. I knew that BMI had to have her. Mariah, 'we belong together.' Is that a cheap shot?," he joked. "Today we take for granted the synthesis of hip-hop and R&B. [But] it was Mariah's vision."
The singer was feted with a musical tribute, which included a DJ set from friend and longtime collaborator Jermaine Dupri; gospel songstress Karen Clark Sheard; R&B crooners Joe and Eric Benet; and Fantasia, who brought Carey (and some of the audience) to tears with a stirring take on "Hero" in which she kicked off her heels, walked through the crowd and serenaded the diva in her front-row seat.
"I'm sweating, I'm crying. I don't know which way I'm coming but I'm happy. I'm humbled and grateful," an emotional Carey said as she looked to husband Nick Cannon and manager, collaborator and "American Idol" judge Randy Jackson. "A lot of people don't know I write my own songs, and it's like well, damn, what do I have to do?"
If there is still doubt about how much entertainment (and critic fodder) Carey will provide "American Idol" when she debuts as a judge, her appearance was a great teaser to the bubbly personality she will showcase on the aging franchise when it premieres in January.
Carey became the highest-paid judge in reality TV when she inked the deal, reportedly worth $18 million, to replace Jennifer Lopez. Carey remains the only confirmed judge as rumors swirl that Jackson will step down to a mentorship role.
The singer brought her best diva game to the theater as she sauntered midway through the ceremony in a stunning black dress and big curly locks, flanked by a large entourage. She even paused her speech to make sure the camera guy was shooting her just right: "Pan wide," she said and sparked plenty of laughter. Like all great divas, she got what she asked for.
Carey joins a list of past honorees that include Snoop Dogg, George Clinton, the Jacksons, James Brown, Isaac Hayes, Little Richard and Chuck Berry.
The annual event also celebrated the songwriters, producers and publishing companies that had the most-performed R&B and hip-hop songs of the last year.
Drake and Lil Wayne shared the songwriter of the year crown by each writing seven songs that rank among the year's most-performed (a second consecutive win for Drake). Pop Wansel was named producer of the year after crafting hits for Trey Songz, Drake, Minaj, Lil Wayne, Kelly Rowland and Britney Spears. Minaj's ubiquitous crossover smash, "Super Bass," took home urban song of the year.


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Twenty holiday gift picks for 2011: Five to make them meow
First, a reminder: The holidays can be hazardous for pets, so keep your Fido or Felix away from the decorations, the fruitcake, and the discarded remnants of favorite seasonal eats.
…Whether they protect the nest, promise a warm welcome home, curl up next to you in bed or keep your feet warm whilst you read or craft, furry friends seem essential to a happy, healthy human life. So these five ideas are for the animals in our families.
#16 — Stock it to me: Make sure Santa remembers to leave extra treats for the good little kiddies kitties and doggies in the house by hanging a stocking just for them. Some of the sweetest around are manufactured by Rockin' Doggie, a company known for its stylish jewelry for pets and their people. They can be hard to find, but Dog Savvy (1402 Larmier St., 303-623-5200) still has some. The store's entire pet stocking selection ranges in price form $15 to $50.
#17 — Purr-fectly delicious kitty snacks: What's that you say, cat people? Kitties couldn't care less about treats? Well apparently those cats haven't had the freeze-dried, all-natural Just Chicken treats available for $12.50 at Mouthfuls (4224 Tennyson Street; 720-855-7505). This is the snack for the cat lover hoping to use positive reinforcement to teach their puss a few new tricks, or to just show him that you care.
#18 — A Tough and fun toy: How many times have you spent $10 or $20 on a toy for your favorite toothy terrier only to have her shred the thing to bits in seconds? Here's the solution: HuggleHounds makes stuffing-free toys that look like any other plush animal but wear more like a Carhartt jacket. They're $12 – $20 at P.C.'s Pantry (located at 30thand Bluff in Boulder, 303-245-9909). And if squeakers are what set off your dog, look for toys by Outward Hound with squeakers that keep on squeaking even after they've been punctured.
#19 — Da Bird Cat Toy: Cats are simple yet fickle creatures. But here's a diversion that even the most persnickety puss would find difficult to ignore. Da Bird is a realistic feather toy that activates kitty's hunting instincts; cats find its "prey-like" motion and appearance most alluring. There's a fresh selection of them for $6.99 at Sixth Avenue Pet Source (810 E. Sixth Ave.; 303-733-6410).
#20 – Home cooking: The truth is pet parents need only go as far as their own kitchens to whip up a gift that will make dogs and cats smile. Here's the oh-so-easy gingerbread mailman doggy treat recipe that's always a hit with my best friend. It's adapted from the book "Bone Appétit" by Carolyn Haines (Minotaur Books).
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Virginia's former governor should be allowed to call as many as 10 character witnesses in a corruption trial that boils down to "a credibility contest'' between the onetime rising Republican star and the government's expected star witness, defense attorneys argued in court papers.
"In this case-- more than most cases--character evidence is critical,'' Bob McDonnell's lawyers said July 1 in a memorandum opposing a motion by prosecutors to limit the former governor and his wife, Maureen, to three character witnesses apiece.
The McDonnells are charged in a 14-count indictment with accepting more than $165,000 in gifts and loans from businessman Jonnie Williams in exchange for promoting dietary supplements made by his company, Star Scientific Inc.
Williams is expected to testify for the prosecution at the couple's jury trial, which is scheduled to begin July 28.
"Mr. McDonnell cannot adequately defend himself without relying heavily on character witnesses,'' defense attorneys wrote. "First, the heart of this case is a credibility contest between Mr. McDonnell on one hand and Mr. Williams, the Government's chief witness, on the other.''
Prosecutors argued in their motion last month that any more than three character witnesses would be redundant. McDonnell's attorneys disagreed.
"Each witness will capture different character traits or different aspects of various character traits at different points in his life and career,'' they wrote. "The result will be a complete picture of Mr. McDonnell's character, not the incomplete and distorted version that would necessarily result by arbitrarily restricting the defense to a mere three witnesses.''
In other July 1 filings, prosecutors opposed McDonnell's motions to exclude some statements his wife made about payments from Williams and to bar other statements until the government demonstrates in a pretrial hearing that a conspiracy existed.
The government also urged U.S. District Judge Spencer to reject McDonnell's bid to exclude his state-required financial disclosure forms from evidence.
The defendants have argued that the forms are immaterial, but prosecutors wrote that the omission of gifts from Williams will show "corrupt intent and consciousness of guilt.''
McDonnell, a former Virginia Beach assistant prosecutor, served in the House of Delegates and as state attorney general before being elected governor in 2009. He was widely considered a possible Mitt Romney running mate in 2012, but the gifts scandal has likely ended his political career.
Late last year, McDonnell apologized for what he described as bad judgment and said he repaid about $120,000 in gifts and loans, but he denied breaking any laws. He was indicted in January, 10 days after leaving office.


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Paul Pogba produced a trademark piledriver to earn Juventus a crucial 1-0 victory over Bologna reports Goal.com.
With the champions struggling to break the relegation-threatened Rossoblu down, the France international produced a moment of magic to decide the game in the hosts' favour that edges the Italian champions ever closer to a third successive Serie A title.
Antonio Conte's men initially suffered frustration against their struggling opponents in Turin on Saturday, before their France midfielder found the breakthrough in the 64th minute.
Regardless of other results, Juventus can secure the Scudetto with wins over Sassuolo and Atalanta before they visit second-placed Roma on May 9, while the reigning champions could even retain their title sooner should Rudi Garcia's side slip up.
Pogba saw two promising chances go begging within the first quarter of an hour, but from there Bologna kept things tight with a solid defensive display.
That trend continued after the break, but Pogba ultimately found a way through to ease the tension in Turin.
The result was somewhat harsh on Bologna, who sit just one place above the drop zone - level on points with 18th-placed Sassuolo - and must quickly regroup ahead of a home game against Fiorentina next weekend.
Juve carved open the visiting defence as early as the fifth minute. Fernando Llorente held the ball up well before laying into the path of Pogba, who sent a tame shot straight at goalkeeper Gianluca Curci when he should have done better.
Pogba was once more guilty of wastefulness from Juve's next opportunity, the France international heading Andrea Pirlo's superb corner over the crossbar from eight yards.
Having survived those early scares, Bologna improved at the back and restricted the home side to a series of fruitless crosses, although Juve may have moved ahead had Claudio Marchisio made contact with Llorente's centre shortly before the half-hour mark.
Llorente had tentative claims for a penalty turned down soon after when he claimed Bologna centre-back Mikael Antonsson had tugged his shirt. The Spaniard appeared to go to ground too easily and referee Piero Giacomelli waved play on.
Juventus looked for more thrust in attack after the break, and a neat flick from Sebastian Giovinco found its way to Mauricio Isla - playing in place of the suspended Stephan Lichtsteiner - but Curci was quick to react and made a smart save.
Juve's frustrations continued as Pogba curled a left-footed shot from the edge of the box wide of the far post.
Pogba was not to be denied, however, and finally broke Bologna's brave resistance in the 63rd minute. The France international received Isla's pass before drilling a low effort into the bottom left-hand corner.
From the next attack Isla almost doubled the lead but he was denied as Curci sprung to his left to make a stop. Pogba again went close in the closing stages, the 21-year-old hitting a half-volley straight at Curci from eight yards.
However, one goal proved to be enough for Juventus, who can now look forward to Thursday's encounter at Benfica in the first leg of a Europa League semi-final.


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The Sole F63 is picked regularly for best treadmill under $1000. It's made by Sole Fitness whose treadmills you'll find in the fitness rooms of the Hilton Hotel group. With this folding treadmill for the home Sole have used all their treadmill expertise and more:
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For a home treadmill at a reasonable price you want years of use from it and you have that with the Sole F63. It's a good solid foldaway treadmill which will allow you to run safely and confidently on it's wide surface. It's got many features you find in fitness center treadmills like the cooling fans, mp3 station and a safe large stop/ start button.
The treadmill comes with 6 programs and these range from fat burning to cardio training to help you run at your optimum fitness level. One of the programs uses the incline to give you a peak and valley workout if a different motivational challenge is what you sometimes want. The incline can work independently operated by the incline controls on the arm rails where the speed can be adjusted too.
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The Only Logical Response For A Creative Person To This Age Of Abundance/
I write today in honor of the Sundance Film Festival (which kicks off today) and if it wasn't for, I probably would have not been able to do what I love for so long. Here's to new models that are designed with large heart and a complete commitment to the welfare & progress of the artist and their community. Thank you, Mr. Redford, and may you continue to give rise to so many diverse creatures. I trust that by now all of you who read this blog understand that the Film Biz still functions on an antiquated model that has no applicability to today. That is, the film industry was constructed around the concept of scarcity of content and control of that content -- and our life is nothing like that now. Yes, there is still money to be made via the antiquated model, but it only benefits a very few beyond those that control it. It survives because all industries are essentially designed to keep the jobs of those that have them. So it goes. But eventually, we all confront reality, and it often is not pretty.
I also trust that if you are reading this you also recognize that we live in the time of Grand Abundance of produced stories, total access to that content, and a general tendency to be thoroughly distracted from that content. Looking at the state of film from this perspective can be pretty discouraging, but it is only a partial picture. I state all of this again, in the hopes that we can soon walk together into the future I know can be before us.
I took to blogging & public speaking because I was frustrated that the film business leaders were only talking about the business aspects of our situation and were neglecting that this is a wonderful time to be a generative, creative person committed to the passion industries. Over four year years ago, I gave this speech in the hopes of encouraging both artists and film industry leaders to look at things in a different way. There's been some successes, but I would be lying to say that I am satisfied with what this has all lead to, but it is still certainly worth trying. I want to make and help others make and appreciate creatively ambitious, emotionally true, appropriately complex stories that aspire us to best aspects of our expansive nature.
There has never been a better time to lead a creative life as a filmmaker. The tools of production are cheaper and easier to use than ever before. The tools of marketing, distribution, and financing are cheaper, easier, and more accessible than ever before. The means of engagement with audiences and ultimate building of communities are more doable than we previously even imagined. And information is accessible as never previously so enjoyed. Audiences are growing accustomed to a great variety of story-telling approaches while also exploring more divers content. I believe our behavior is growing less self-focused and more transparent. From where I sit, it also appears we are growing less risk adverse and more process (vs. product) oriented. All good things. I am excited to be part of these times.
Yet I still get asked by filmmakers, people who already have committed their labor in service to what they love, as well as those that are considering such a mission: "What should I do? How can I have a sustainable and creative life?" In this incredible paradigm shift brought on by the twin towers of digital transformation and economic collapse, what is the logical response for a creative person who wants to both sustain & prosper?
In our time of grand abundance, atemporal & platform-agnostic complete access, & audience's intense distraction, the logical response for an artist who wants to sustain a creative life & reasonably profit from doing so, is to be completely ubiquitous and extremely prolific with their work, thus requiring radical collaboration, constant iteration, rapid prototyping, deviation from singular generation, and overall commitment to innovation.
It's a mouthful, sure, but that's my answer. Of course it would be better if I could avoid the friggin' entrepreneurial vernacular & jargon, but... can you kick it? I will give it a plain speak pass soon.
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August 4th marks the return of Discovery Channel's popular Shark Week.
I was born the month Jaws hit theaters across the U.S., and it has always been my favorite movie. Throughout my early years, I took great pleasure in drawing sharks, reading marine life books, and obsessively watching National Geographic Shark Specials. My heroes were Ron and Valerie Taylor and Dr. Eugenie Clark. I wished that I didn't suck so badly at school work, because I wanted to be a marine biologist.
So it's not really a shock that for my birthday this June, I made myself a gluten-free red velvet Jaws Cake. If you're entertaining or celebrating in honor of these fascinating underwater creatures this month, here's how to make one! I've also pinned several cute shark party themes and ideas here, which would work well for a Shark Week Party, child's birthday, or even a wedding, bridal shower, bachelor party, or baby shower. (You can also check out my Shark Watermelon One-Two Punch recipe which was featured on OffBeat Bride in 2011.)
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Saturday marks the third meeting between the two SEC West rivals in 364 days: LSU won the first, a 9-6 overtime affair last Nov. 5, but Alabama got its revenge in the BCS championship game, 21-0, netting the program's second national title under Nick Saban.
Once again, this year's game is for more than just bragging rights. For Alabama, 8-0 after last Saturday's 38-7 victory over Mississippi State, a win in Baton Rouge can put a stranglehold on the West Division. With Western Carolina, Texas A&M and Auburn to end the year — all at home — a win over LSU would put the Crimson Tide on a safe path to a perfect regular season.
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Left vulnerable after failing to finish at the IRONMAN African Championship, the Cairns Airport IRONMAN Asia-Pacific Championship is now the most important race of the year for van Berkel.
"I need a slot for Kona, I haven't gotten one yet. I think there are going to be three slots available in Cairns. I know Braden Currie wants one, Matt Burton wants one and I want one. Then there are couple of Brazilian guys coming over to race and they don't have Kona sorted yet either, so it is going to be interesting. It definitely puts the pressure on all of us."
"This is a strange situation for me because for the last six years I have always had things sorted by this time of the year. The plan was to pick up a Kona slot in Africa and do Cairns because it is my home race and I've done well there in the past. Leading into South Africa I was fit and really confident but an old injury flared up during the bike that was totally unexpected. It just came out of left field."
Van Berkel's second place at the Asia Pacific Championships in Vietnam in May, behind the current IRONMAN World Champion Patrick Lange, proves he is now injury free and in great form. He is hoping Cairns will provide two extra ingredients to help him on race day, hot weather and the traditional support of vocal locals lining the course.
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"Cairns is such a beautiful location and I like it when it really gets hot. The hotter conditions seem to suit me better, so I am looking for a hot day. The run course in town makes it more exciting and involves the spectators, which definitely pushes us along."
"When you have supporters out there cheering for you it definitely helps. You really get to feed off them, especially if you are having a rough patch. And if you are in front it makes you go even harder. I am really looking forward to returning and putting on a good show," he said.
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"When you have a regional champs race you are always going to get a strong field. Braden Currie and Mike Phillips, who has had an awesome year, are coming over and they will be very hard to beat. I am sure they will arrive in good form, so it should be a cracker of a race.
"The time Braden ran last year was crazy fast, so if he runs that again he will be hard to beat but he is in the same boat as me. He tried to go for the win in IRONMAN New Zealand and it didn't work and it cost him, so he needs a Kona slot as well. I am not sure if he will race like that again or race a little bit conservatively."
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Dickinson writes: "Back when he was running for president in 2008, Barack Obama insisted that medical marijuana was an issue best left to state and local governments. But over the past year, the Obama administration has quietly unleashed a multiagency crackdown on medical cannabis that goes far beyond anything undertaken by George W. Bush."
I'm not going to be using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state laws on this issue,' vowed presidential candidate Obama in 2008. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Obama's War on Pot
18 February 12
In a shocking about-face, the administration has launched a government-wide crackdown on medical marijuana.
ack when he was running for president in 2008, Barack Obama insisted that medical marijuana was an issue best left to state and local governments. "I'm not going to be using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state laws on this issue," he vowed, promising an end to the Bush administration's high-profile raids on providers of medical pot, which is legal in 16 states and the District of Columbia.
But over the past year, the Obama administration has quietly unleashed a multiagency crackdown on medical cannabis that goes far beyond anything undertaken by George W. Bush. The feds are busting growers who operate in full compliance with state laws, vowing to seize the property of anyone who dares to even rent to legal pot dispensaries, and threatening to imprison state employees responsible for regulating medical marijuana. With more than 100 raids on pot dispensaries during his first three years, Obama is now on pace to exceed Bush's record for medical-marijuana busts. "There's no question that Obama's the worst president on medical marijuana," says Rob Kampia, executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project. "He's gone from first to worst."
The federal crackdown imperils the medical care of the estimated 730,000 patients nationwide - many of them seriously ill or dying - who rely on state-sanctioned marijuana recommended by their doctors. In addition, drug experts warn, the White House's war on law-abiding providers of medical marijuana will only drum up business for real criminals. "The administration is going after legal dispensaries and state and local authorities in ways that are going to push this stuff back underground again," says Ethan Nadelmann, director of the Drug Policy Alliance. Gov. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, a former Republican senator who has urged the DEA to legalize medical marijuana, pulls no punches in describing the state of affairs produced by Obama's efforts to circumvent state law: "Utter chaos."
In its first two years, the Obama administration took a refreshingly sane approach to medical marijuana. Shortly after Obama took office, a senior drug-enforcement official pledged to Rolling Stone that the question of whether marijuana is medicine would now be determined by science, "not ideology." In March 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder emphasized that the Justice Department would only target medical-marijuana providers "who violate both federal and state law." The next morning, a headline in The New York Times read OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO STOP RAIDS ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSERS. While all forms of marijuana would remain strictly illegal under federal law - the DEA ranks cannabis as a Schedule I drug, on par with heroin - the feds would respect state protections for providers of medical pot. Framing the Obama administration's new approach, drug czar Gil Kerlikowske famously declared, "We're not at war with people in this country."
That original hands-off policy was codified in a Justice Department memo written in October 2009 by Deputy Attorney General David Ogden. The so-called "Ogden memo" advised federal law-enforcement officials that the "rational use of its limited investigative and prosecutorial resources" meant that medical-marijuana patients and their "caregivers" who operate in "clear and unambiguous compliance with existing state law" could be left alone.
At the same time, Ogden was concerned that the feds not "be made a fool of" by illegal drug traffickers. In that vein, his memo advised U.S. attorneys to focus on going after pot dispensaries that posed as medicinal but were actively engaged in criminal acts, such as selling to minors, possession of illegal firearms or money-laundering. The idea, as Holder put it, was to raid only those hardcore traffickers who "use medical-marijuana laws as a shield."
The Ogden memo sent a clear message to the states: The feds will only intervene if you allow pot dispensaries to operate as a front for criminal activity. States from New Mexico to Maine moved quickly to license and regulate dispensaries through their state health departments - giving medical marijuana unprecedented legitimacy. In California, which had allowed "caregivers" to operate dispensaries, medical pot blossomed into a $1.3 billion enterprise - shielded from federal blowback by the Ogden memo.
The administration's recognition of medical cannabis reached its high-water mark in July 2010, when the Department of Veterans Affairs validated it as a legitimate course of treatment for soldiers returning from the front lines. But it didn't take long for the fragile federal detente to begin to collapse. The reversal began at the Drug Enforcement Agency with Michele Leonhart, a holdover from the Bush administration who was renominated by Obama to head the DEA. An anti-medical-marijuana hard-liner, Leonhart had been rebuked in 2008 by House Judiciary chairman John Conyers for targeting dispensaries with tactics "typically reserved for the worst drug traffickers and kingpins." Her views on the larger drug war are so perverse, in fact, that last year she cited the slaughter of nearly 1,000 Mexican children by the drug cartels as a counterintuitive "sign of success in the fight against drugs."
In January 2011, weeks after Leonhart was confirmed, her agency updated a paper called "The DEA Position on Marijuana." With subject headings like THE FALLACY OF MARIJUANA FOR MEDICINAL USE and SMOKED MARIJUANA IS NOT MEDICINE, the paper simply regurgitated the Bush administration's ideological stance, in an attempt to walk back the Ogden memo. Sounding like Glenn Beck, the DEA even blamed "George Soros" and "a few billionaires, not broad grassroots support" for sustaining the medical-marijuana movement - even though polls show that 70 percent of Americans approve of medical pot.
Almost immediately, federal prosecutors went on the attack. Their first target: the city of Oakland, where local officials had moved to raise millions in taxes by licensing high-tech indoor facilities for growing medical marijuana. A month after the DEA issued its hard-line position, U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag warned the city that the feds were weighing "criminal prosecution" against the proposed pot operations. Abandoning the Ogden memo's protections for state-sanctioned "caregivers," Haag effectively re-declared war on medical pot. "We will enforce the Controlled Substances Act vigorously against individuals and organizations that participate in unlawful manufacturing and distribution activity involving marijuana," she wrote, "even if such activities are permitted under state law." Haag's warning shot had the desired effect: Oakland quickly scuttled its plans, even though the taxes provided by the indoor grows could have single-handedly wiped out the city's $31 million deficit.
Two months later, federal prosecutors in Washington state went even further, threatening state employees responsible for implementing new regulations for pot dispensaries. U.S. attorneys sent a letter to Gov. Christine Gregoire, warning that state employees "would not be immune from liability under the Controlled Substances Act." Shocked by the threat - "It subjected Washington state employees to felony criminal prosecution!" - Gregoire vetoed the new rules. A similar federal threat in Rhode Island forced Chafee to follow suit, putting an indefinite hold on the planned opening of three state-licensed "compassion centers" to distribute marijuana to seriously ill patients.
In isolation, such moves might be seen as the work of overzealous U.S. attorneys, who operate with considerable autonomy. But last June, the Justice Department effectively declared that it was returning to the Bush administration's hard-line stance on medical marijuana. James Cole, who had replaced Ogden as deputy attorney general, wrote a memo revoking his predecessor's deference to states on the definition of "caregiver." The term, Cole insisted, applied only to "individuals providing care to individuals with cancer or other serious illnesses, not commercial operations cultivating, selling or distributing marijuana." Pot dispensaries, in short, were once again prime federal targets, even if they were following state law to the letter. "The Cole memo basically adopted the Bush policy," says Kampia, "which was only that the Justice Department will not go after individual patients."
In reality, however, the Obama administration has also put patients in the cross hairs. Last September, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms moved to deprive Americans who use medical marijuana of their gun rights. In an open letter to gun sellers, the ATF warned that it is unlawful to sell "any firearm or ammunition" to "any person who uses or is addicted to marijuana, regardless of whether his or her state has passed legislation authorizing marijuana use for me dicinal purposes." If your doctor advises you to use medicinal pot, in other words, you can no longer legally own a gun. Hunting advocates were outraged. Sen. Jon Tester, a Democrat from Montana, wrote a furious letter calling on the Justice Department to reassess its "chilling" policy, declaring it "unacceptable that law-abiding citizens would be stripped of their Second Amendment rights."
Since the federal crackdown began last year, the DEA has raided dozens of medical-cannabis dispensaries from Michigan to Montana. Haag, the U.S. attorney for Northern California, claims the federal action is necessary because the state's legalized pot dispensaries have been "hijacked by profiteers" who are nothing more than criminals.
It's true that California has no shortage of illegal pot dealers. Nonmedical marijuana is the state's largest cash crop, raking in an estimated $14 billion a year. And demand is growing, in part because former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger thwarted a ballot measure aimed at full legalization in 2010 by removing criminal penalties for possession of up to an ounce of pot. But instead of focusing limited federal resources on off-the-grid growers in places like Humboldt County, who are often armed and violent, Haag targeted Matthew Cohen, a medical-marijuana farmer in Mendocino who was growing 99 plants under the direct supervision of the county sheriff. As part of a pioneering collaboration with local law enforcement, Cohen marked each of his plants with county-supplied tags, had his secured facility inspected and distributed the marijuana he grew directly to patients in his nonprofit collective.
Cohen appeared to be precisely the kind of caregiver that the Ogden memo advised should be given safe harbor for operating in "clear and unambiguous compliance with existing state law." But last October, DEA agents stormed Cohen's farm in the middle of the night and cut down his crop. Sheriff Tom Allman, who learned of the raid on his turf only an hour before it was executed, was outraged. "Matt Cohen was not in violation of any state or local ordinances when federal agents arrived at his location," Allman says. In January, Haag took the fight to the next level, threatening county officials like Allman with federal sanctions. Three weeks later, county supervisors voted to abandon the program to license and monitor Mendocino's legal growers. "This is a huge step backward," says Allman.
Haag's treatment of urban dispensaries has been equally ham-handed. She recently shuttered one of the oldest dispensaries in the state, a nonprofit that serves a high percentage of female patients in Marin County, which has the nation's highest rate of breast cancer. She has threatened to seize the properties that landlords rent to legal pot dispensaries. And in San Francisco, she targeted Divinity Tree, a cooperative run by a quadriplegic who himself relies on prescribed cannabis for relief from near-constant muscle spasms. At a time of high unemployment and huge budget deficits, the move killed more than a dozen jobs and deprived the state of $180,000 in annual tax revenue. In San Diego alone, the feds have shut down nearly two-thirds of the county's dispensaries. Statewide, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union estimates, the federal crackdown has destroyed some 2,500 jobs in California. It also sent street prices soaring by at least 20 percent, putting more money in the hands of actual criminals.
In addition, the federal war on medical marijuana has locked pot dispensaries out of the banking system - especially in Colorado, home to the nation's second-largest market for medicinal cannabis. Top banks - including Chase, Wells Fargo and Bank of America - are refusing to do business with state-licensed dispensaries, for fear of federal prosecution for money-laundering and other federal drug crimes. In a House hearing in December, Rep. Jared Polis of Colorado warned Attorney General Holder that strong-arming banks will actually raise the likelihood of crime. If pot dispensaries have to work outside the normal financial system, Polis told Holder, "it makes the industry harder for the state to track, to tax, to regulate them, and in fact makes it prone to robberies, because it becomes a cash business."
The IRS has also joined in the administration's assault on pot dispensaries, seeking to deny them standard tax deductions enjoyed by all other businesses. Invoking an obscure provision of the tax code meant to trip up drug kingpins, the IRS now maintains that pot dispensaries can deduct only one expense - ironically, the cost of the marijuana itself. All other normal costs of doing business - including employee salaries and benefits, rent, equipment, electricity and water - have been denied.
The agency has used the provision to go after Harborside Health Center, one of the largest and most respected providers of medical cannabis in California. Its Oakland branch, serving 83,000 patients in conforming with state law, paid more than $1 million in city taxes last year - placing it in the top 10 percent of local businesses. "It's incredibly tightly run and very, very professional," says Nadelmann of the Drug Policy Alliance. "But it's also big - and it may be that big is bad as far as the feds are concerned." Slapped with an IRS bill for $2.5 million in back taxes, Harborside now faces bankruptcy. "It's profoundly inaccurate to characterize us as a 'drug-trafficking' organization," says Harborside president Steve DeAngelo. "We are a nonprofit community-service organization that helps sick and suffering people get the medicine they need to be well. This is not an attempt to tax us - it's an attempt to tax us out of existence."
Supporters of medical marijuana are baffled by Obama's abrupt about-face on the issue. Some blame the federal crackdown not on the president, but on career drug warriors determined to go after medical pot. "I don't think the federal onslaught is being driven by the highest levels of the White House," says Nadelmann. "What we need is a clear statement from the White House that federal authorities will defer to responsible local regulation."
The White House, for its part, insists that its position on medical pot has been "clear and consistent." Asked for comment, a senior administration official points out that the Ogden memo was never meant to protect "such things as large-scale, privately owned industrial marijuana cultivation centers" like the one in Oakland. But the official makes no attempt to explain why the administration has permitted a host of federal agencies to revive the Bush-era policy of targeting state-approved dispensaries. "Somewhere in the administration, a decision was made that it would be better to close down legal, regulated systems of access for patients and send them back to the street, back to criminals," says DeAngelo. "That's what's really at stake."
The administration's retreat on medical pot is certainly consistent with its broader election-year strategy of seeking to outflank Republicans on everything from free trade to offshore drilling. Obama's advisers may be betting that a tough-on-pot stance will shore up the president's support among seniors in November, as well as voters in Southern swing states like Virginia and North Carolina that are less favorable to drug reform. But the president could pay a steep price for his anti-pot crackdown this fall, particularly if it winds up alienating young voters in swing states like Colorado, where two-thirds of residents support medical marijuana. In November, Colorado voters will likely consider a referendum to legalize all pot use for adults - and undercutting enthusiasm for the issue will only dampen turnout that could benefit the president. "Medical marijuana is twice as popular as Obama," notes Kampia. "It doesn't make any political sense."
The sharpest and most surprising rebuke to the administration has come from centrist governors who are fed up with the war on medicinal pot. In November, Gregoire and Chafee issued a bipartisan petition to the DEA, asking the agency to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule II drug, the same as cocaine and meth - one with a recognized medicinal value, despite its high potential for abuse. "It's time to show compassion, and it's time to show common sense," says Gregoire. "We call on the federal government to end the confusion and the unsafe burden on patients."
A petition by two sitting governors is historic - but it's unlikely to shift federal policy. Last June, after a nine-year delay, the Obama administration denied a similar petition. An official at the Department of Health and Human Services left little hope for reclassification, reiterating the Bush-era position that there is "no accepted medical use for marijuana in the United States."
For law-enforcement officials who handle marijuana on the front lines, such attitudes highlight how out of touch the administration has become. "Whether you call it medical or recreational, the marijuana genie is out of the bottle, and there's no one who's going to put it back in," insists Sheriff Allman of Mendocino, whose department had been targeted by federal prosecutors for its attempts to regulate medical pot. "For federal officials who plug their ears and say, 'No, it's not true, it's not true,' I have some words for them: You need to get over it."
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DEMO: There's A New Social App For That
This morning's sessions at Demo focused on social and media applications. There were a lot of consumer products and I also saw a couple that could be good things to be built into other websites. Particularly, I was intrigued by business solutions.
RawPorter aims to turn anyone with a smartphone into a reporter. From the website, anyone (including media companies) can request a photo or a video, thus giving "an assignment." Then, users can view which assignments are available in their area and can use their phone (iPhone now, Android in beta) to take the photo and post it to social networks or send it in to RawPorter. Users can also take photos on other topics and submit those. This is designed to allow typical phone users to earn a small amount of money. I like the crowdsourcing concept, but I'm a bit skeptical lots of folks will want to do this.
PositiveTalk analyzes your Facebook and Twitter feeds and rates how "positive" you and your friends are. The idea is to counteract the negative thinking we all see online. The online application gathers all the posts and tweets from your friends and scores each of them. It also lets you see how potential posts will influence your score and comes with positive quotes and images. I'm certain this isn't for me, but some people may find it useful.
Ecobe from South Korea is a social search engine that focuses on its plan to share 40 percent of the gross profit with content providers. The idea is to create an alternative to Google, which the company describes as unfairly collecting the bulk of Internet revenue. It shows you what percentage of Ecobe's traffic goes to particular sites and then each site can register with Ecobe to get its share of the profits. It's an interesting idea for site publishers, but I'm unclear why consumers would actually go to this search engine.
Ticlr is a site for sending gifts to people. You can send someone a gift directly or a "conditional gift," such as an invitation to a meal if he or she will meet you. You choose a gift from a wide range of options, including flowers and events to charitable donations, or you can enter your own gifts. You can also send the gifts via Facebook or through e-mail. It seems particularly aimed at first date scenarios and certainly fun.
Iconicast has a silly app called Smurks that lets you animate a face to express your feelings and then use that in an application called Iconimetrix that uses the Smurks to measure emotions. It's also very fun, though the crucial issue will be getting these on multiple sites, perhaps as a replacement for "like" buttons.
It's My Play is a social network for the sports world, aimed at athletes, coaches, and scouts. It shows profiles and videos of athletes and lets coaches or scouts track particular players, share promotion information, or become "associates" and share contact information. It's currently just a prototype, focused on basketball, but will broaden to include other sports this summer. I can imagine this could be quite useful for the sports industry.
Liveall is a service that allows friends to collect group memories in a more private environment. You can add pictures or videos from all the typical sources or from the mobile app. These can then be combined into a montage viewable on the device and also on the Web, where they can be combined with the photos of other people in the event. It's a very crowded market, but it's an interesting way of a group working together on a collection of photos from an event.
Tradesparq helps companies find qualified trade partners and suppliers. While there are other sites like Alibaba that link buyers with suppliers, this is different because it allows you to create a network of trusted suppliers and connections. In that way, it looks a lot like LinkedIn, with recommendations and connections. Buyers can upload their contacts and use it to connect with people online.
The site currently has half a million products, and the demo focused on the hardware industry. Unlike many of the other B2B marketplaces, this is free for initial services, with revenue from premium services and potentially advertising. I can imagine this one doing quite well.
NetworkClean scans your Facebook pages, looking for inappropriate images and comments. You just link their service to the pages and the service monitors the page. If it finds something suspicious, you'll get an alert via e-mail and can go to the website either to edit or ignore the offending post. It can also scan the posts to look for any particular words or for potential privacy and security problems. It's currently in beta in English and Spanish and aimed at individuals, but will soon be available for businesses, which is really where I think it could find an audience.
Hashtip is designed to collect tips on movies, books, restaurants and similar things from your friends. You can post on Facebook using a special tag (#tip) or on the Hashtip site. When you view on Hashtip, you can see the recommendations. What makes this special is that the tips are then connected to reviews of the particular items, deals, and coupons. It's interesting, but I wonder if people really want a separate site for this.
Jumala from Blade Games World is a game-creation destination. The idea is that anyone can create their own game. You start with one of several basic templates and as you build more things, you earn points to unlock more complex features. In other words, it's a game designed around building games. The basic game is free to play, with "virtual goods" available for sale. As a beta, this seems intended for the basic adventure games, but plans to allow all sorts of games. This is a PC game, and I thought it looked very cool.
SchedIt is a social events calendar designed to be integrated into existing websites. It is already live on Boston.com on its My Events page. The idea is to connect a social network with the calendar, letting you follow particular venues and events, as well as individuals. If you see an event you are interested in, you can then tweet it to your friends. This idea is to create a "Twitter for events." It looks like a real improvement on the calendar pages that many local sites offer, and I can see it working quite well.
Tablen from Vietnam organizes your conversations into "tables," where you can invite friends or "table mates" into these discussions. You can also set up private or side conversations. I do agree there will be a lot more private social networking, but there is a lot of competition in this space already.
JockTalk is a social publishing platform where athletes can better reach their fans. Twitter is good for athletes to send out information, but it's a one-way conversation. As a user, you can follow your favorite athletes and post words, photos, or videos to the site and have them automatically sent to Twitter and Facebook. On an athlete's page, fans can post comments or ask questions to the athlete. There are also lists of top fans. The athlete again can have their posts appear on the other sites as well, answer the questions, and promote their favorite causes. More interesting, the athletes share in the revenue from e-commerce and advertising on the site, without changing their online behavior. I can imagine this doing quite well.
Crowdfanatic lets users create and join "arenas" where fans of different things can face off against each other within the Facebook environment. For instance, the demo pitted the Facebook group for The Hunger Games against the Facebook group for Twilight, but fans then can vote for their favorite, debate, or send messages to each other. The idea is to support and promote your groups. It's not for me, but I could see it finding an audience.
Zigmail separates, summarizes, and organizes your personal e-mails. It is particularly designed for transactional e-mail (such as statements and offers), and seems to do a reasonable job of organizing them. You keep your standard e-mail account for personal e-mail, and the system will automatically collect and move the transactional e-mails to Zigmail. From the Zigmail interface, the "Zigit" interface lets you forward your e-mails to your Facebook or Twitter fans. The company will then send a daily digest of the offers to your main e-mail, while keeping your personal e-mail in your main inbox. I do like the idea of better organizing my inbox, though I wonder if this would be better done as a service within existing webmail providers.
Verifeyed has a way of certifying the originality—the absence of modification—of digital photographs. This seems particularly aimed at markets like insurance, where modified photos can lead to fraudulent claims, but other examples include verifying checks or other documents. The demo used Photoshop to modify President Barack Obama's birth certificate to say he was born in Nairobi. The company didn't really explain how its technology works, so I can't really judge, but the concept is a good one.


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