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Payments: All ads must be paid in advance by cash, check or credit card. Ads must be cancelled prior to deadline. No refunds. Disclaimer: Claims for errors must be made within seven days of the date the ad appeared. Liability is limited to in-house credit equal to cost of ad's first insertion. Illinois Times reserves the right to revise or reject any advertising. Advertisers are liable for contents of their ads.
Established embroidery, screen printing, promotional products business for sale. Serious inquiries only. 787-9798
Superior Stone
Custom Engraved Boulders. Now taking orders for Christmas. Petersburg. www.iengraverock.com. 632-2962
Jamie Wisdom's Visual Memories
The combination of music and photos creates a powerful and emotional presentation for all of your family and friends to see on DVD. All you have to do is gather your photos and number them according to the order you wish to see them on screen, select your songs, and I'll take it from there! Contact me today to start creating your memory DVD for your special occasion! 217.370.9904
WANTED: OLD SHEET MUSIC, phonogragh records, and movie magazines. 787-2634 after 6 p.m.
Arts & Crafts
Prairie Skies
Hand Crafted and Unique Gifts. (Fair Trade & Earth Friendly)
Essential Oils 10% OFF
Pottery, Classic Toys, T-shirts, Candles, Herbal Soap, Burt's Bees, Jewelry, Posters & Home Decor.
113 W. Douglas St. Petersburg, IL (Just off the square). 217-632-2220
Hrs: W-Sat 11am-5pm
La Bead, OH!
formerly The Beaded Pig
Sun. Oct. 30, 1-5pm Circular Peyote Bracelet.
Mon. Oct. 31, 1-4pm Precious Metal Clay Ring.
1500 S. 6th St., Springfield, IL 62703 • (217) 544-8473
Hours: M,W,Th,F,Sat: 10-5; Tues: 10-7. Closed Sun.
Back in Time
50% OFF All Halloween Merchandise
40% OFF All Fall Silk
104 W. Allen. (217) 544-6505. Hours: Mon-Wed-Fri 9am-4pm. Tues-Thurs 9am-5:30pm. Sat 10am-3pm
1982 GMC Suburban
Body in good shape, 50K miles on rebuilt motor/trans. $750 OBO, Call 217-652-4066.
1990 Chrysler Lebaron
Great running 4 door. New Jasper engine 27,000 miles, new tires. Auto, Power doors, windows, remote start, CD player. $1600. Call 217-370-8775
1996 Quest Van
151,000 miles, White, 7 seater. Runs well. $800 book value. Asking $500 OBO. Call 217-483-5211
2002 Ford Taurus SES
Regularly maintained, family car. Great on gas (E85 compatible) 72,000 miles. Sage Green, Kelly Blue Book $6500. E-mail at email@example.com or call 481-0275.
2002 GMC Sierra Pickup
SLE package, 4X4, extended cab, 110,000 miles, CD player, Forest Green. Retails $18,900 asking $17,500 OBO. Call 217-454-0484
2004 Dodge Dakota SLT
Quad cab, V8, Automatic, 4-wheel drive, black, loaded, 32,000 miles, remaining 3/36 warranty, trailer hitch, alum wheels, $18,750. Call 217-652-1948 or 217-483-3194.
Autos Motorcycles
2003 Yamaha
650 V Star Custom, 2200 miles, looks new, two tone paint, options include wind shield and engine guards, $4500. Call 217-725-9979, 725-7252 or 494-4166.
2005 Honda Goldwing 1800
Less than 1500 miles, silver, less than 2 months old. $17,000 OBO Must Sell! Call 217-454-0484
Boat & Car Storage
Secure, enclosed building, concrete floor. October 1-May 1. Reasonable Rates. 217-486-3181.
Campers & RVs
2004 Four Winds 5000
26' Class C Motor Home, Ford V10, 1500 miles, self contained, 8' slide, A/C, bath, 15' awning, sleeps 6, under warranty, must sell. 217-528-8000
Freeyourself Child sitting services sends certified sitter's and nannies to members homes day's, evenings & weekends. 217-391-0877 or 217-220-1602.
Employment Business Opportunity
Tow Truck Service For Sale
Thirteen year history, includes '95 Chevy tow truck and cell phone number. Earn $100-300+ per day. $17,000. Call 725-0216
Experienced line cooks and prep cooks, servers, bussers, hostess, bartenders and dishwashers. Apply in person M-F 1-7, Sat 9-1. Bella Milano 4525 West Wabash EOE 217 / 547-0011
NOW HIRING! School Bus Drivers and Monitors
Drivers- $9.25/hr. CDL training provided. $500 Sign-on Bonus for Drivers. Monitors- $6.85/hr. Part-time 20+hours. Paid holidays. Summers off. Eligible for unemployment. Apply in person at Laidlaw Transit Inc. 555. S. Dirksen Pkwy. Springfield
Certified Teacher
For part time teaching, evenings and/or Saturday morning at Dyslexia Institutes of America. Fax resume to 217-546-8012, no phone calls, please.
Make $50k+ Yearly! Regional Runs get you Home Weekly + Bonuses! Class-A Training Available, Mike Brooks, Inc. 888-343-6601
Personal attendant wanted for 28-year-old male with disabilities. $9.00 per hour. Yearly raises. References needed. Call 836-1106
Sales Position
Switch your cellular plan and GET PAID! StL marketing team needs motivated Spfld reps to work from home. No selling or experience necessary, huge earning potential. Contact Chris or Heather. 314-651-7594 or firstname.lastname@example.com
Yodelin' and Trick-Ropin' Birthdays, Daycare's, Schools, and Libraries. Corporate Events, and Picnics. Call Cowboy Randy 523-0973. http://web2.airmail.net/a0027072
Home Services
The bug stops here! CT ADAMS PEST CONTROL INC. Residential Commercial Industrial Termites, Bees, Beetles, Roaches, Fleas, Ticks, Mice, Rats, Ants, Spiders & Wasps. Call now for your free estimate. (217)544-2122 Serving Springfield & Surrounding Areas
Top prices for Brass, Aluminum, Radiators! Springfield Iron & Metal. 930 Wolfe Street. 544-7131.
House of Lawrence Gifts
Why not shop from home?
Unique home & garden decor. Collectible, gift ideas & more. www.houseoflawrencegifts.com
Drywall, Drywall, Drywall, Finish, Repair, Paint. Call Josh 217-816-9157.
Tilling, Gutter Cleaning, Shrub and Tree Trimming, Lawn Mowing, Brush Removal, Landscaping, Springfield cell 741-1340 or 498-9631
Bobcat & Backhoe
Also available
• Crushed Stone
• Hauling
• Shredded Topsoil
Darren Burris, Inc. 528-7741
Mind, Body & Spirit
JDR Therapeutic Wellness Center.
Massage, Reflexology, Reiki, Flower Essences, Ioncleanse Detox, Hydrospa, Toning Tables, Transpersonal Counseling, Classes & Workshops. We provide services to groups and parties. 335 W. Carpenter. 528-3396 or 553-6493. email@example.com
Classic Touch School of Therapeutic Massage
Illinois State Board of Education approved Vocational School.
Become a Licensed Massage Therapist
Classes Starting Soon.
Approved for the GI Bill. Financial Aid Available.
2655 W. Lawrence. Springfield. 546-6605. firstname.lastname@example.com
The YMCA
Because you want a place where you belong!
Join today!
No contracts. Affordable memberships. New equipment. Separate men's and women's workout areas. 131 years strong!
4th and Cook. 544-9846. www.springfieldymca.org
Call now for a FREE consultation. Clarke's Concepts.
Don't compromise your appearance! ONLY CYBERHAIR AUTHORIZED DEALER IN CENTRAL IL! www.cyberhair1.com
5240 S. Sixth St. Suite B. Springfield (Near Doctor's Hospital) Call for Appointment! 529-9610 www.clarkesconcept.com
Springfield Family Counseling Center
Services include: Marital Stress, Anger Management, Depression, Grief, Divorce Adjustment & Pastoral Spiritual Counseling
Support groups for: Grief, Divorce & Second Marriage Adjustment
Day, evening, weekend appointments available.
1700 South Spring St., Springfield. 473-8117.
305 E. Court St., Jacksonville. 245-5103
You've got a friend
20 Years Experience
Empowering people to meet life's challenges
Special interest in: Anxiety, Depression, Behavioral Disorders, Relationship Issues
Pamela Paige Lees, M.A., Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
2055 West Iles Ave. • 217-460-0264
Namaste Yoga Classes
Adults, Kids,Teens, Pregnancy Adapted
Intro Class - Nov. 16 & Jan. 4
Holiday gift certificates available!
CALL 698-8177 www.namasteyoga.com
Karate- ages 5 and up
Women's Self Defense Programs
Call 217-652-1733 or stop by and see our facility. 3427 Chatham Road. 4-8pm Mon-Thurs.
Walton Clinic of Chiropractic
Optimal health for your entire family. Complimentary consultation with ad in this week's Illinois Times. 1229 South Sixth Street. Springfield. 217-544-4000. www.waltonclinic.com. Mon-Fri 9a-6p or by appointment.
Merchandise for Sale
Brass Bed
With queen size mattress set, like new. Also 2 sets sheets and comforter. $500/OBO. 636-8768
Fully Motorized with rails. PRICE REDUCED TO $600! Call 544-2817
Two companion crypts, desirable location. 25% below current price. 793-3518
Patient Hoyer Lift
With Extra Swing. Excellent Condition. $495 OBO. Call 217-201-2667
Reclining Wheelchair
with Neck Rest. Excellent condition. $575 OBO. Call 217-201-2667
Musicians for Hire
We already give you lots of love but now IT wants to tell the world how to find you and your band. FREE. IT will include a 20 word classified ad for your band weekly. (Not for promoting gigs, just for how to find you to book.) Email your copy no later than Friday, 10 am: email@example.com, re: free band listing.
Full night of Beatles, Petty, Supertramp, Collective Soul, Spirit, Stones, etc. Call 823-1682 or visit us at www.2taboo.tk
3MTA3 Classic to Modern Rock & Roll
Good Fun! Great Music! email@example.com or call Roger (217) 483-7873
Antique Rockers
A little like Elvis, Buddy Holly, Ricky Nelson; A little like all of the Old Rockers. Call 217-482-5332
Bill Cobb's Memories of Elvis
Elvis Tribute Show www.billcobbtcb.com 217-220-0630
Broken Stone
Old school and modern rock. Big & small events, private parties. Great time, great music, crowd participation. www.brokenstone1.com or 217-416-1433 for more info.
9 piece, swing to rock. firstname.lastname@example.com or call 364-5054
Classic Rock, R&B, Motown. Call 522-3752 or earlywarningband.com
Traditional Iris Music trio, with members from Ireland, England & the USA. Booking info at 522-4785 or www.exorna.com
Modern electric blues review. 217-726-8069 or 217-415-1094
Gospel, Pop, Country, Weddings--I can sing it all. Please call for scheduling and pricing information. Monica L. Hay 652-1116
Jazz by Footprints
Virgil Rhodes and Associates. Modern Jazz Music Call 217-787-3242
Judy Kaye and Friends Band
Variety for dancing and listening: Big Band, Swing, Waltzes, Latins, Rock and Country classics. 217-652-3499
Mr. Opporknockity
The acoustic side of rock... It's like Barenaked Ladies and Dave Matthew's Band Tour Buses collided. "Hey, you got your BNL in my DMB!' See why Illinois Times readers voted us "Best Original Band". Contact us @ 800-511-9468 or www.mropporknockity.com
Mud Bugs
Top-shelf musicians playing crawfish jams, blues, rock & acoustics by the Dead, Allmans, Fogerty, Buffett and Feat. 217-652-2617
Personalized song written & performed for loved one/special event. Acoustic female guitarist/singer. Folk, classic rock/country. 217-473-7795
Ralph and Juanita Noe Acoustic Memories
Acoustic duo playing a variety of styles and hundreds of songs for your private parties, weddings, bars, clubs, dining establishments. Call 217-528-4743
Riverboat 5 + 1 Dixieland Band
E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or call 546-8526
ROXSCHOOL-The Party Band
IT 2004 Best of Springfield -Best Band runner up. for bookings visit www.roxschool.com or e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com
Salt 'n Pepper Band
Variety. 529-6651 firstname.lastname@example.com
Sandbox 101
Tired of classic rock and the blues...contemporary rock at it's best! www.sandbox101.com or call 341-9984
Smith Family Singers
Singing and playing southern Gospel music. Can be reached at 217-299-1726.
country/rock band, available weekends. www.southforkband.com or 217-237-2779.
Stormy Monday Blues Band
Harp/Vocals & Drummer to play weekly jam, learn songs, and book gigs locally and Memphis TN area. Playing guitar-based rock, classic R&B, and straight ahead blues. Call Ben at 217-898-2875.
The Emerald Underground
Eclectic Celtic fusion. Celtic music flavored with folk, rock, and jazz. Formerly known as Stone Ring Circle. Booking information at: 217-483-4708 or 217-529-7733. Be sure and visit us at: http://members.aol.com/EmeraldUndrgrnd/index.html.
The Fundamentals
Pop/Rock Oldies, R&B/Motown, Party Classics, Variety. www.fundamentalsband.com 217-532-2126 or 217 789-4637
The New Jerusalem Singers
Sing & Play Country/Southern Gospel. http://newjerusalemsingers.tripod.com/
The "NEW" Repeat Offenders Band
Classic Rock, Country (classic and new), Fifties/Sixties, Variety. Now Booking 217-528-4743
The Remedy
Modern Rock www.the-remedy-band.com Call Steve 217-698-6179 day or 217-623-4483 eve.
Three Tenors Orchestra
9 piece orchestra featuring three tenor saxophones. 529-6651 firstname.lastname@example.com
We play a mix of Top 40 Country, Southern Rock, and Original Music! High-energy, kickin, country! Booking info www.lorifranke.net
Zoot Fenster Group
Vintage & classic rock, blues, swing, & rockin' boogie played by seasoned musicians. Call Lynn Ruby 217-243-4829
Party Planning
available for parties & all occasions. $50 fee. All proceeds benefit Adopt-A-Pet Shelter. Call Dan 217-544-8899
Professional Services
Ball Photography & DJ Service
Experienced. Affordable. 217-553-5478 www.ballphoto-djservice.com

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The fourth-generation iPad keeps the amazing screen resolution and general look and feel of its predecessor, but bumps up the specs with double the processing power and double the graphics power. The camera is also improved. The new tablet adds a Lightning connector instead of the (not so) good old 30-pin connector. It also has faster Wi-Fi connectivity and expanded LTE.


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Robert Seekins, senior electrical designer for the Wendel Duchscherer consulting firm in Buffalo, N.Y., surveyed a local county park's building and its equipment in western New York. The photo above shows a fueling depot for the park equipment. It is used every day to fill the gasoline tanks in all sorts of equipment, including pick-up trucks, lawn mowers, graders and dump trucks. Rather than use proper explosion-proof equipment and a sealed RMC conduit for supply and support, note how the installer gracefully draped "illegal nonmetallic sheathed cable" around the tank level gauge. The unqualified person connected 120V wires together with wire nuts in the open air and even taped all of the grounded conductors together.
The above right photo shows a water pump, located in a pump house that is about 30 ft from the fueling depot. This is a view looking in through the broken down front door, at the main pump. The steel flexible metal conduit scrapes on the flywheel when the motor is running. The conduit is not properly secured and is supported by the wires inside of it, which are twisted together and secured with masking tape. The motor terminal housing cover (sometimes called a pecker head) is gone, completely exposing the motor leads. My favorite detail though, is that the metal rods are poised to fall on this complete assembly at any minute. This is a terrible disgrace to the electrical industry.
Editor's Note: Many sections throughout the NEC can be cited here. For example, see Articles 500, 501 and 514 for Motor Fuel Dispensing Facilities.
"514.1 Scope. These occupancies shall include locations where gasoline or other volatile flammable liquids or liquefied flammable gases are transferred to the fuel tanks (including auxiliary fuel tanks) of self-propelled vehicles or approved containers."
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In a 3-2 vote Monday night, with commissioners Charles Warren and Marty Cooke dissenting, commissioners dissolved the department of social services board and the board of health. Then they approved a resolution to assume control of the activities of a consolidated human services board. It's effective immediately.
The vote came after a lengthy public hearing and a presentation explaining the action by county manager Marty Lawing.
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The Government of the Kingdom of Tonga has officially announced its decision to join IUCN by endorsing the Union's Statutes, becoming the 84th State Member of the world's largest and oldest environmental network. The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change has been designated by the Government of the Kingdom of Tonga as its liaison with the IUCN Secretariat.
IUCN extends its warmest welcome to Tonga, widely known as the "friendly islands" and the last remaining Polynesian monarchy. An archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, Tonga comprises a scattered distribution of 169 islands with a total land area of 747 square kilometres. Endowed with tropical beaches, native rainforests and active volcanoes, the Kingdom hosts a wealth of unique species of plants and animals. Owning an Exclusive Economic Zone of 200 nautical miles, the greatest variety of fauna for the island Kingdom lies in its marine environment - with a wide variety of fish and crustaceans. Tongans are undoubtedly intimately connected to nature and have over the years certainly placed their stand in the region in the fight against climate change. The diversity of Tonga's natural resources, its history, its cultural diversity, and its commitments to a sustainable, healthy environment, make us proud to welcome this island Kingdom as a new State Member of our Union.
Sione Faka'osi, Director of IUCN Member, the Tonga Community Development Trust, added "It is wonderful to know that Tonga has become a State member of IUCN. Tonga Trust is looking forward to continuing to work closely with the government and hopes that being Members of IUCN will renew our collective strength in addressing global issues that affect people and nature in our region."
The Kingdom of Tonga a signatory to key environmental conventions such as the Convention on Biological Diversity and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
The Kingdom of Tonga joins Fiji, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Australia and New Zealand as State Members of IUCN from Oceania.
"I look forward to working with stakeholders in Tonga on issues at a national, regional and international level," says Taholo Kami, Director for IUCN's Oceania Regional Office. "Climate Change has raised the stakes for our Pacific Island countries - IUCN continues to work with our members and regional partners to ensure the environment continues to provide a platform for sustainable futures for our Pacific people."
For more information contact:
Helen Pippard, Membership Focal Point, IUCN Regional Office for Oceania, Tel: +679 3319-084, Email: [email protected], www.iucn.org/oceania


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Seattle Seahawks
Marshawn Lynch ends holdout, arrives at Seahawks camp
Dozens of Marines — the original Legion of Boom — leaped into Lake Washington from low-flying helicopters and staged an amphibious assault on the VMAC headquarters of the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday.
But they weren't the most surprising arrival.
Hold-out running back Marshawn Lynch returned to the facility and presumably will return to practice with the team after missing the first week of training camp and incurring fines in the neighborhood of half a million dollars.
Lynch had been trying to upgrade his contract two years after signing a four-year, $31 million deal. Seahawks officials had no comment on Lynch's return, or whether financial concessions had been made.
Lynch, reluctant to meet with the media in recent seasons, was not available for comment.
"Marshawn is one of those guys who has a knack for playing the game," quarterback Russell Wilson said when Lynch's return was still a rumor. "Obviously, his running ability is unique and one of a kind."
Lynch, a four-time Pro Bowl selection, has scored 52 rushing and receiving touchdowns in the past four seasons and playoffs for the Seahawks.
The Seahawks had held a strong position on the matter, saying that they needed to adhere to the master plan they'd constructed that would allow them to retain their own standout free agents, such as Earl Thomas and Richard Sherman.
Wilson's contract is also open to extension at the end of this season.
The Marines were not the only force conducting a police action at training camp, as NFL officials were at camp and throwing flags with abandon.
The practice looked sloppy at times because of the spate of penalties. Coach Pete Carroll said it was important for the Hawks to adapt to officials' areas of emphasis and interpretations.
"I asked them to be active and they certainly answered the call," Carroll said. "It's good to see their interpretations. We have to clean things up; we have to play by their rules. It's an important indication that we need some work in this area on both sides of the football."
The flags were for all manners of infraction, including illegal contact by the secondary and a number of procedural penalties. After a number of the flags, Carroll questioned the official who threw the flag.
"I was practicing how I interact with the officials," Carroll joked. "I want to make sure my demeanor was on point."
He added, seriously, that "this is a big deal for us, we need to really latch on to how they interpret things."
The Seahawks had a number of players sitting out because of injury or as a rest day.
Guard James Carpenter (calf), tackle Michael Bowie (shoulder), receiver Paul Richardson (shoulder), receiver Kevin Norwood (foot), defensive end Cassius Marsh (groin) and linebacker Bobby Wagner (hamstring) were out with injuries. Percy Harvin, Doug Baldwin, Michael Bennett and Zach Miller were given the day off to rest.
This was the first time Carroll could comment on the injury to tight end Anthony McCoy (Achilles tendon), who was placed on injured reserve after losing last season to an Achilles tendon injury last season.
"It's a heartbreaking injury," Carroll said. "He worked so hard to get back and he looked so good; he was the hardest working guy in the program to get back to shape where he could play and his other Achilles goes."
Carroll said no contact was involved, as the tendon ruptured just as he was running a route. He said that as disheartening as it was to McCoy, he still plans on trying to rehab it in hopes of returning next season.
Depth at tight end becomes an issue, but Carroll cited strong play this camp from backup Cooper Helfet. "He's done everything we asked of him. He's got great hands … this is a tremendous opportunity for him."
With an open roster spot, the Seahawks signed Ronald Johnson, a third-year receiver out of USC.
Carroll was able to add only slightly to the extent of the knee injury to defensive tackle Jesse Williams. Carroll called it serious and possibly requiring surgery.


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Lately we've been having a lot of weather around here - as in, lots of different sorts. I guess it's just that time of year - warm and sunny one day, raining and cold the next. So I decided on a weather theme for today's Muffin Tin Monday.
First I got some appropriately coloured cupcake papers out, and popped them in the tin. Then I got all the foods ready on a board, and then got The Muffin to match each food to which colour cupcake paper she thought it should go with (eg Me: "What type of weather is white?" Her: "Snow." Me: "So which of these things goes in the snow?" Her: "The polar bear!")
Top Row: Sunny (clementine segments); Cloudy (cheese clouds cut with a squished flower cutter); Rain (umbrella cookie).
Bottom Row: Cold (frozen berries); Snow (yoghurt in a bear-shaped cup); Hot (or Warm, really - sausage).
The yoghurt polar bear's facial features were cut out using my new nori cutter - yay!!
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I was quite pleased with my idea for this tin, but was pleasantly surprised at how well it went over. The Muffin was quite excited about it - I think maybe because of the matching game at the beginning. She told me this tin was one of the best ones ever!
To see what other mums are feeding their offspring this Monday, go to The Muffin Tin Mom's blog! Oh and by the way, a note to the other MTM mums... if I'm not leaving comments on your blog at the moment, it's not because I don't think your tin is awesome. It's because for some reason Blogger won't let me comment on most blogs at the moment. As in, for the last week. Which is annoying. I keep reminding myself that Blogger is a free service. And I am trying to be patient, I am trying to be patient, I am trying to be patient....


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At one point in Humboldt: Life on America's Marijuana Frontier, Emily Brady's account of her year in a remote Northern California county where pot is the cash crop that drives the local economy, one of the book's subjects—a native of the area named Emma Worldpeace—talks to a new friend about the pictures of deceased classmates that hang on tackboard on Emma's dorm room wall.
"Did you know all these people who died?" she asked.
"Yeah, I grew up with all of them," Emma replied.
"Oh my god, that seems so tragic."
The kicker was that Emma's friend was the one who came from a "rough part of the Bay Area." "Well sure, maybe every year someone from my school died," her friend said. "But I went to high school with five or six thousand people." In a large city, the fallout from youth violence represents an awful loss. In Humboldt, population 135,000, its frequency is something of a catastrophe. Emma is driven to ask why, and in her final year at the University of California, Berkley, she devotes her time to answering that question as part of a senior project.
"Her findings stunned the community," Brady writes. Over a ten-year period in Humboldt, 36 youths met "violent or untimely deaths." The percentage of 11th-graders who recently binge drank was twice the state average, and—unsurprisingly—the number of students who had recently smoked pot was even higher.
This research doesn't get much time in Brady's trim book. Still, it's worth commenting on. When we think of marijuana, we don't usually think of violence. We think of the opposite: goofing around, eating too much food. We might think of Cheech and Chong, Dr. Dre's The Chronic, Harold and Kumar, that time James Franco co-hosted the Academy Awards. This perception—that pot is harmless, even fun—has helped drive a broad, recent shift in American public opinion toward marijuana legalization. Likewise, a growing awareness of pot's benefits, from alleviating the pain of chemotherapy to helping to treat conditions like glaucoma, has made Americans more receptive to the drug. Overall, according to a recent survey from the Pew Research Center, 52 percent of Americans support legalization, up from 32 percent ten years ago.
Californians legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes in 1996 and approved small-scale decriminalization in 2010. For non-medicinal use, marijuana is still illegal to buy and sell, but if you're stopped with a small quantity—less than one ounce—the police will let you off with an infraction, comparable to a traffic ticket. In 2010, Californians voted on Proposition 19, which would have fully legalized the cultivation and sale of marijuana. Its failure was a relief to growers, who would have seen large price drops—more than 75 percent—if weed had been legalized. For now, Humboldt continues in its unusual, secretive, sometimes violent gray zone of quasi-legality. Living inside that gray zone is the subject of Brady's humane book.
The history of modern Humboldt—that is, the history of its white residents—begins in the middle of the 19th century, with settlers who saw the area's seaport as a way to move supplies from San Francisco to gold mines farther inland in California. Its population exploded with the discovery of redwoods in the 1880s, then declined as the National Park Service gradually put an end to rampant logging. Economic vitality drained away until the 1960s, when a new influx of residents—hippies—picked Humboldt as the place where they would get off the grid. The widespread cultivation of marijuana in Humboldt began soon after the arrival of seedless pot. Once Mexico's government (with American help) cracked down on marijuana cultivation within its own borders, the market boomed.
By 1979, Brady writes, an estimated 35 percent of all weed consumed in the United States came from California. In Humboldt, hippies and former loggers both entered the game, followed by enterprising migrants and others looking for a (relatively) quick buck. With care and skill, large cultivators could grow huge amounts of marijuana, which would be sold—across the country—at rates of more than $2,000 a pound. Everyone in Humboldt acknowledges to Brady the serious economic dangers the town could face with future legalization, even if much of the evidence she gathers argues for going that route. The institutions of Humboldt—the radio station, the community center—were built with help from cannabis. "Marijuana farming had become a way of life, one that transcended class and generations," Brady writes. There are hemp festivals and marijuana fairs. Successful farmers show their gratitude by tithing to local charities. In the isolation of the mountains and forests—where gravel roads make transportation difficult—growers generally run generators and keep to themselves.
Brady organizes her book around four people: An "old-timer," Mare, who has been growing since 1980; a newcomer, Crockett, raised in a different California town shaped by pot and recently arrived in Humboldt to manage a marijuana farm; the young student Emma; and the sheriff's deputy, Bob Hamilton.
Bob makes an especially interesting subject. A tall and broad man of about 50, he grew up in Humboldt County in its largest city, Eureka. His childhood wasn't easy—his father tried to kill his mother but she survived, only to die four years later in a fire. He spent his teenage years in Southern California, served in the Air Force, worked as a cop in Fresno, and then moved back to Humboldt after retiring. He wasn't a fan of the drugs. But he loved the area, and he worked hard to mitigate the various harms that come with so many residents earning an income off of an illegal product. "Behind every beautiful vista," Brady writes, "Bob now saw dope, and meth, and what he called the 'junkyard lifestyle,' of those living on the edge." In 2012, the Humboldt Sheriff's Office analyzed the last eight years of data on homicides in the county. The large majority of the 38 murders committed in that period were drug-related. That said, Bob has all but given up on the idea that you can stop marijuana or any drug use. At most, you can control it. "The way he saw it," Brady writes, "as long as there was a black market somewhere, the issues of criminality associated with the marijuana industry would continue. The only way it was ever going to change was to legalize it."
The story of Bob and his vigilance makes for a strong contrast with that of Crockett, who spends days and nights guarding his marijuana crop from various authorities. The fear of law enforcement that consumes growers, the violence, the theft—maybe all this would end if we legalized marijuana and brought the drug out of the shadows. Indeed, one possible factor for the growing public support for legalization is the assumption that, all things equal, legal pot would create a healthier, safer environment than the alternative. At least trade would be managed by merchants and retail clerks, not criminals.
But then there's Emma's experience. Too many of her classmates have died as a result of Humboldt's culture of, in Brady's words, a "world without boundaries," in which teenagers, in their desire to push against something, "fall over the edge." Through Emma's story, Brady throws a little water on the idea that legalization is an easy solution. While there's little doubt that legal pot would lead to less violence, it's also true that legalized marijuana means easier access to the drug.
As with any drug, there are risks. Social scientists and other researchers have documented a variety of ills, from dependence (distinct from addiction) and respiratory problems to impaired mental health, adverse educational and employment outcomes, a greater likelihood of other drug use, and the fallout from intoxication.
A place like Humboldt is sui generis. There's no way to draw broad conclusions about how marijuana legalization—or quasi-legalization—would play out when your initial sample includes a place where public services are funded by drug sales. But the stories that come out of the county—a 20-year-old who was killed after a deal went wrong, or the preteens who get together to smoke weed—remind us that every choice we make has a cost.
Legalization advocates do their argument a disservice when they pretend marijuana is harmless. They do the same when they insist that legalization will lead to a dramatic demobilization in the war on drugs. Susan Sarandon isn't a policy thinker, but she gets to the core of that argument when she calls it "a waste of our money to incarcerate all those people" over marijuana. It is. But the number of people incarcerated and the amount of money wasted aren't as great as you think. As criminologist Mark A.R. Kleiman—who is leading Washington state's legalization effort—writes in a recent issue of Democracy, "The 500,000 people behind bars at any one time for drug-law violations constitute only about 20 percent of those locked up." Marijuana accounts for just a chunk of that 20 percent, not the majority of our prison debacle.
None of this is to say we shouldn't rethink our approach to the drug. Indeed, none of it is to say pot shouldn't be legalized. Marijuana's harms are still arguably less severe than the harms associated with alcohol or some prescription drugs. Starting last year, Colorado and Washington have moved forward with an experiment in legalization, to see if it's possible to turn pot into a regulated product like alcohol, tobacco, and other substances. If these state initiatives can escape federal intervention—the Obama Department of Justice has so far not been lenient on this front—they'll provide valuable data on the costs and benefits of legalization, helping us to draw conclusions about whether national legalization would be a policy worth pursuing.
As a place and as a book, Humboldt is too idiosyncratic to add to that conversation. But in illustrating potential dangers of legalization alongside the terrible costs of prohibition, it helps us see that we do have to make a choice. Putting pot in a gray area—where it's neither legal nor prohibited—gives us the worst of legalization and illegality.
Brady, for her part, comes down on the side of bringing weed into the light. "While I lived in the community, I straddled the role of outsider and insider. … I also made wonderful friends with people who, of course, grew pot. I saw how this income enabled them to pursue their dreams, but I still believe their economy is built upon something that is wrong, not marijuana itself, but the fact that it is illegal. Like Mare, Emma, and Bob, and most of the people I became friends with, I am for the full legalization and regulation of marijuana."


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Club Penguin Mission Cheats
Club Penguin features several solo-player missions that you can do for fun and entertainment, but they can be challenging to finish, so here are some Club Penguin mission cheats to help you out. In order to do the missions, you need to be a Secret Agent. The missions take place on the Club Penguin island, but you play them separately from the main game. A lot of the missions have special cheats and secrets. There are currently 10 missions to do and they're a lot easier if you follow these simple guides, complete with all the Club Penguin mission cheats.
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G has invented a new sled, and you have to test G's new sled. You end up lost after a crash, and have to learn how to survive in the wilderness.
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The Gift Shop has lost its coins from the vault and you must find out what happened to them. A card from Dancing Penguin, the owner of the Dance Club, is obtainable if you accept G's extra mini-mission and restore power to the Night Club. There is also a secret game called Ice Bricks, which can only be accesssed in this mission.
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Police File On Student 'Bullied Into Committing Suicide' Strangely Lacking In Evidence Of Bullying
from the scapegoating-still-easier-than-addressing-the-ugliness-of-real-life dept
CNN recently published a follow up story dealing with the circumstances surrounding the suicide of Rebecca Sedwick, a 12-year-old who leapt to her death reportedly due to intense bullying -- and it appears the whole "bullying" part is almost entirely absent.
One of the more unexpected outcomes of Sedwick's suicide was the arrest of two students in connection with her death. (Though not wholly without precedent...) According to Sheriff Grady Judd, the two suspects posted messages both before and after Sedwick's death that indicated they were involved in her bullying. The older of the two suspects (one was 14 and the other 12) posted the following on Facebook after Sedwick took her own life.
Yes ik [I know] I bullied Rebecca nd she killed her self but IDGAF [I don't give a (expletive)].Sheriff Judd took it upon himself to have these two arrested, setting a somewhat dangerous precedent in his county that people could be held criminally responsible for someone else's voluntary action. He seemed to approach this as a crusade against the cruelty of youth, one in which laws and common sense could be overturned in order to right wrongs.
Judd, as it turns out, has had plenty of crusades in his past. One of his more notable efforts involved sending deputies 1,900 miles away to arrest a suspected pedophile. Judd's moral compass, however, skews a bit further north than most, which makes his stance on issues like pornography and bullying somewhat suspect.
In 2007, commenting on a case in which he had arrested a man who was running a porn site out of his home in Polk, [Judd] said: "No normal person could even imagine what's depicted in those videos and in those photographs." A sexual behavior expert from the University of Central Florida said in a motion in the man's court file that it was run-of-the-mill erotica available anywhere on the Internet to anyone.Judd also seldom performs his work without an audience. One colleague of his memorably stated that the most dangerous place to be is "between Judd and a camera." This calls into question Judd's judgement as well, which seems to be at least as populist-oriented as it is crime-oriented.
Not long after Judd's high-profile arrest of two students, the charges were dropped by the State District Attorney. Judd applied spin to his prized arrests being cut loose, claiming all he wanted to do was, "bring this conduct to the proper authorities." Considering Judd is one of the "proper authorities," one wonders what endgame he envisioned. It certainly couldn't have been his righteous crusade being found legally untenable by the state.
Another crusader, this time a lawyer, decided Sedwick's death called for a new law -- one that targeted parents for not policing their children's online behavior. According to his extrapolations, the parents should be held responsible for an unrelated person's suicide, something even further removed than Judd's assertion that the two students should be held criminally responsible for Sedwick's suicide. (Of course, Judd also thought the parents should be punished somehow, and even hauled in one of the parents for unrelated abuse/neglect charges.)
By the time this had all been sorted out, rumors were beginning to surface that Sedwick's home life wasn't quite the placid safehouse her grieving mother had portrayed it as.
More than a year before her death, Sedwick had been battling depression resulting from her deteriorating relationship with her father, according to intake reports from a counselor that are included in the police file. She also complained about fights between her mother and stepfather. The file, which has been reviewed by CNN, says she cut herself on a few occasions, had suicidal ideations and had been committed for psychiatric evaluation for two days.What wasn't found in the files, however, was much evidence that Sedwick was unrelentingly bullied.
In November 2012, she accused her mother of abusing her and then took back the accusation, saying she was pushed to lie by classmates who forced her off campus and told her they wouldn't let her return home unless she lied to an officer. Her mother denied abusing Sedwick but said she slapped the girl's face once during an argument about Sedwick being too young to date.
Sometime before her death, Sedwick's relationship with an online boyfriend came to an end, according to the documents. Family conflict, in addition to bullying from girls at school, weighed on her.
"I don't think I was prepared for the abysmal lack ... of any evidence of bullying for the seven months prior to her suicide," said Nancy Willard, director of Embrace Civility in the Digital Age, a group that focuses on combating cyberbullying, and author of a handful of books including "Positive Relations @ School (& Elsewhere)."Willard says this case is like many others: parents and authorities leaping to the wrong conclusions in the aftermath of a tragedy. The haste to pin a suicide on bullying buried the rest of Sedwick's background. This is somewhat understandable, given the circumstances. In the wake of a tragedy, no one wants to point the finger at the parents as possibly being partially responsible for their own child's death.
But if these teens were somehow responsible for Sedwick's suicide, then why wouldn't anyone go after the other factors, all of which were included in the police file? Why didn't someone haul in the ex-boyfriend? Surely he's as "culpable" as anyone.
No one would think to haul in anyone else (parents, ex-boyfriend) who contributed to Sedwick's unhappiness, but it was considered perfectly OK to haul in two teens and attempt to press criminal charges, even when faced with a dearth of evidence. But that's exactly how ridiculous Judd's efforts were.
Now that Judd has apparently seen this lack of evidence for the first time, he's backpedaling quickly.
"We never said that bullying was the only reason Rebecca committed suicide," Judd told The Associated Press. "But what the bullies did is that they continued to stack bricks on an already overloaded wagon till finally, it broke."But these "bricks" could have been "stacked" in any order. Judd simply made the most popular move, one that brought in the most unsympathetic suspects. And then he rode his hobby horse hard, until it collapsed under the weight of his misguided convictions.
But there are still those who want to make someone pay. The lawyer for Sedwick's mother is planning to sue the school district as well as at least one of the two girls Judd arrested. He claims to have evidence that the teens bullied Sedwick and that the school not only knew, but did nothing to stop it.
There is evidence that indicates Sedwick was bullied in the months leading up to her death, but that evidence is scattershot at best. The lack of evidence doesn't necessarily mean it didn't happen, but it does suggest that, coupled with other information coming to light, it was hardly the only factor in Sedwick's decision to end her life.
The point here isn't to excuse the bullies for their actions. The point is that far too often the instantaneous reaction to tragedies is misguided and myopic, focusing on the least sympathetic protagonists and ignoring anything else that doesn't fit the narrative that's easiest to accept. The larger problem is that law enforcement and legislators are especially prone to act on this limited (or willfully ignored) information, and that results in all sorts of questionable actions and terrible laws -- things that negatively affect the general public.
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It is no longer the largest shopping centre in the world − that title has belonged to The Dubai Mall since 2008 − but the Mall of the Emirates is definitely still the craziest shopping centre in the world. It has a ski slope, après-ski bar and ski chalets, hundreds of clothing stores and approximately 100 bars and restaurants. The mall is also home to two 5-star hotels, a theatre, a multiplex cinema and the largest Harvey Nichols outside of England.
Men in pearly white dishdashas make their way through the snow as they trip over their skis to get onto the chairlift. The enormous panorama windows in the Mall of the Emirates offer a surreal view of a ski slope in the desert. All of it is way over the top − as one can expect in Dubai. This shopping centre is equipped with every modern convenience, including a triple-level parking garage with 7,000 parking spaces and its own subway station.
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CHONBURI, Thailand, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Stacy Lewis shot a 9-under-par 63 Thursday in taking a three-stroke lead after the first round of the Honda LPGA Thailand tournament.
Lewis, No. 3 in the women's world golf rankings, had an eagle, eight birdies and a bogey in her opening round. Karine Icher, who had a bogey-free 66, is in second place.
Catriona Matthew, Inbee Park, Gerina Piller and Amy Yang are tied for third at 5-under 67.
Lewis opened with a pair of pars before dropping in her second shot for an eagle at the par-4 third hole. She ran off three consecutive birdies over Nos. 5-7 and closed the side with another birdie. She played the front nine par 4s in 5-under Thursday.
Lewis had birdies at 10 and 12 before slipping with a bogey at the 16th hole. However, she finished the round with birdies at 17 and 18 to build on her lead.
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GENEVA — Senior diplomats from the United States, Russia and the United Nations failed on Tuesday to agree on a date for convening a long-awaited peace conference aimed at settling the Syria conflict, acknowledging it would not take place this month and possibly not this year.
The diplomats adjourned after meetings in Geneva that could not resolve the most basic obstacles: which countries would attend such a conference, who would represent the fractious Syrian opposition and what role — if any — would be played by President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, whose polarizing effects have proved among the most difficult issues to overcome.
Lakhdar Brahimi, the United Nations special envoy on Syria, told reporters: "We were hoping that we would be in a position to announce a date today. Unfortunately we are not." He added, "We are still striving to see if we can have a conference before the end of the year."
Mr. Brahimi, a seasoned United Nations troubleshooter who has been overseeing the effort to resolve the conflict since September 2012, said he would reconvene with Russian and American officials here in Geneva on Nov. 25 for further efforts to hold a peace conference, which Russia and the United States first proposed six months ago.
The delay came against the backdrop of a leap in the number of Syrians uprooted by the war, with the United Nations reporting that more than nine million — 40 percent of the population — have either fled the country or been internally displaced. Mr. Brahimi said that 6,000 Syrians a day are leaving for neighboring countries and that a new emergency donor conference will have to raise additional billions of dollars in the coming months for humanitarian relief. "This is not sustainable," he said.
More than 110,000 Syrians have been killed since the conflict began in March 2011.
In the first round of preparatory talks for a peace conference here on Tuesday, Mr. Brahimi met with Wendy R. Sherman, the United States under secretary of state for political affairs, and two Russian deputy foreign ministers, Mikhail Bogdanov and Gennady Gatilov. These discussions widened later to include the other permanent United Nations Security Council members — Britain, China and France. A third session included officials from Syria's neighbors Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, and a briefing from international relief agencies.
Mr. Brahimi made it clear that the lack of preparation on the part of Syria's opposition was an acute and immediate cause for delaying a peace conference. "They are divided, that's no secret for anyone, they are facing all sorts of problems," he said.
The opposition National Coalition has no leverage over the armed groups battling Mr. Assad, particularly the jihadist militants linked to Al Qaeda who are among the most effective fighters. They have said that any insurgents who participate in Geneva peace talks would be regarded as traitors.
Mr. Brahimi also acknowledged that the diplomats had been unable to agree on whether Iran, Mr. Assad's most important regional ally, would be invited to a peace conference. "Iran is definitely one of the issues that will be discussed further," he said.
Saudi Arabia, Iran's regional rival and a major supporter of the Syrian insurgency, remains opposed to Iranian participation in peace talks. Western governments, recognizing Iran as an important participant, have appeared less resistant to Iran's attendance. But diplomats say a major obstacle is Iran's reluctance to endorse the communiqué of the first Geneva conference in June 2012, which called for a transition under a government formed by mutual consent.
The question of Mr. Assad's role in a transition government looms as a major obstacle. In a meeting with Mr. Brahimi in Damascus last week, Mr. Assad said "only the Syrian people are authorized to shape the future of Syria," a formula that rejects American insistence that he step down as part of any peace process. "We are not going to Geneva to hand over power," Syria's information minister, Omran al-Zoubi, said on Monday, according to Syria's official SANA news agency. "President Bashar al-Assad will remain head of state."
Syria's agreement in September to American and Russian demands for the destruction of its chemical weapons arsenal has made it easier for Mr. Assad to defend that position, some Western diplomats have acknowledged. "It relies on there being a coherent Syrian government in place," one diplomat said.
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the group responsible for overseeing the destruction of those weapons, said Tuesday that its team in Syria had visited 21 of 23 sites and verified that equipment used to produce chemical weapons had been rendered inoperable, along with filling and mixing plants.
Sigrid Kaag, special coordinator for the organization's joint mission with the United Nations, told reporters there that the verification efforts were on schedule, despite the war.
Increased confidence in Mr. Assad's political durability has been reflected in a recent surge in the value of the Syrian pound.
In other war-related developments on Tuesday, the Vatican reported that a mortar shell struck the building that houses its embassy in Damascus, but there were no casualties.
In Turkey, the military said it had forcibly stopped a convoy of cars en route to Syria through an illicit border crossing and had confiscated materials, including sulfur, that are the ingredients for explosives.


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BOSTON, Mass. – A total of four clutch free throws in the final 42 seconds from Eastern Connecticut State University guard Mike Garrow and a heads-up defensive stop proved to be the deciding factors as the reigning Little East Conference tournament champion Warriors managed to hold-off men's basketball to take a 73-70 conference victory Saturday afternoon in the Clark Athletic Center Gymnasium.
Eastern Connecticut (10-5, 4-1 Little East) who had a 12-point (40-28) lead going into the second half, managed to just hang on in the closing minutes of play as the host Beacons (8-6, 2-3 Little East) erased the double-figure deficit to take control of the scoreboard around the midway point of the final half.
Proving to be the biggest factor in the Beacons second half rally was sophomore Vinny DeLucia (Miami, Fla.) Of his team-best 23 points, 19 of those came in the final 20 minutes of play to lead all scorers. Setting in motion what would become a very tight and hectic final five minutes, was DeLucia who gave the Beacons a slim-point lead after going 3-for-3 at the line. Unfortunately the Warriors would respond after Garrow's drained a lay-up and Trachone Preston nailed a pair of free throws.
However a huge Jerard Mayes (Boston, Mass.) dunk quickly returned the score to mere one point game. With the Warriors backs up against the wall, they were able to use a 3-pointer from Salzillo and another set of free throws from Preston to retake control in the final minutes, or so they thought.
DeLucia cut the lead back to four on a lay-up, but on the Warriors next possession, Garrow's pushed the deficit back to six after nailing two clutch free throws. UMB would then respond with a three from DeLucia to cap off the sophomore's game-best 23 point performance. The Beacons quickly fouled Garrow's sending him to the line again. He would miss his first before draining his second. With less than 15 seconds to play, Mayes scored another huge basket to make it just a one-possession game.
Another quick foul by the Beacons sent Garrow back to the line. He would make his first attempt this time and miss his second, which was then collected by Mayes. The Beacons looking for DeLucia's long-range shot to tie the game quickly brought the ball up the court.
With now just three seconds on the clock the Warriors double-teamed DeLucia, but the Miami native still managed to get the ball in his hands. Once that happened ECSU fouled the hot shooter allowing their defense to get set-up for what would be the last shot of the contest.
From midcourt, UMB inbounded the ball to DeLucia, but with two players in his face the sophomore was unable to get set as he threw the ball in the air. It would miss just short landing in the hands of Garrow's securing the Warriors slim 3-point victory.
Garrow's clutch shooting at the line capped off a 23 point afternoon for the forward. From the field he went 9-for-15, while at the line he was 5-for-9. The big-man also pulled down a team-best six boards to match the Warriors other big-man Chris Robitaille.
DeLucia's season-high 23 points was the result of his 8-of-12 shooting from the field, which included a 4-for-5 showing from behind the arc. At the line he was a perfect 3-for-3. He also handed out a pair of assists, and had two steals in a team-best 37 minutes of playing time. Rahshjeem Benson (Boston, Mass.) finished second on the team with 14 points, and recorded a game-high seven rebounds.
UMB continued to prove that they are a second-half team erasing the Warriors double-figure lead in just minutes. Playing a major part in the Beacons run was their bench, who accounted for half of the points (35) scored in Saturday's tough loss. Eastern Connecticut on the other hand was dominant in the first half, nailing almost everything they threw-up. The Warriors shot 65.4% through the first 20 minutes of play, while the Beacons shot 56.7% over the last 20 minutes of action.
Like the score, the Warriors narrowly won the battle on the board's as well recording just one more than UMB (28-27). The Beacons finished the game shooting 50% (29-for-58) from the field and 50% (6-for-12) from 3-point land. Eastern Connecticut shot 55.3% (26-for-27) from the floor and 50% (10-for-20) from behind the arc.
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text: Economy 12 October 2012 Would Newcastle have to pay back £4bn if its Wonga sponsorship was a loan? Interest is tricky. Sign UpGet the New Statesman's Morning Call email. Sign-up When Wonga announced their intention to sponsor Newcastle United FC, it generated no small amount of opprobrium. Despite the company's best attempts to generate a positive image for itself, it is still largely seen as a payday loan company, preying on the poor for a quick buck. So it was no surprise that smart a demonstration of that fact very quickly made the rounds: Wonga are to pay £24million to sponsor Newcastle over 4 years. If Wonga lent that @ their typical APR over 4 years they'd have to repay £4bn — James Dixon (@thejamesdixon) October 9, 2012 Anything with over 2,000 retweets is going to get fact-checked a lot, and debates soon broke out over whether the number was accurate. Is it? Wonga's "representative APR" is 4214 per cent. When you take out a loan with it, it decides at the beginning of the period what your interest is, and charges it to you on the total amount of capital borrowed over that period. In other words, it doesn't compound the interest - which makes sense, because it would be hard to compound anything over a loan as short month. As a result, if you were charged an annual interest rate of 4214 per cent, then at the end of a four year period you would have to pay back: £24,000,000 + £24,000,000 x 42.14 x 4 = £4,069,440,000.00 (That's the capital, plus four years interest.) A shade over £4bn. So James Dixon is correct. Except that the 4214 per cent APR is already compounded. As Wonga explains, industry regulations require it to present interest at an annual rate even if it doesn't make annual loans. To do this, it is required to take the amount of interest you would pay on its longest loan, a month-long one, and act as though you rolled it over, taking out larger and larger loans to pay off the interest as you go along. If we compounded Newcastle's loan similarly, then after four years it would owe: £24,000,000 x (1+42.14)^4 = £83,125,028,034,051.84 That is £83 quadrillion. It's over one hundred times world GDP, and in the ballpark for the total value of everything on earth. But Wonga would maintain that using that interest rate is unfair. Although they are required to present their representative APR in that manner, they have never, and would never, charge it to a customer. The annual rate of interest which they actually charge is "just" 360 per cent, and the rest is made up of the compounding which they are forced to assume. If Newcastle's loan was taken out at that rate, it would have to pay back: £24,000,000 + £24,000,000 × 3.6 x 4 = £369,600,000.00 £370m is still quite a lot to pay for £24m, but it's nowhere near billions. And in actual fact, Newcastle wouldn't even pay that much. It's not a person, it's a business, and Wonga have - controversially - launched a division exclusively for lending to businesses. The largest and longest loan it offers is £15,000 for a year, which costs £19,350 to pay back, implying an APR of 29 per cent. If Newcastle borrowed £24m for four years at that rate, then if the interest compounded, it would equal: £24,000,000 × (1+0.29)^4 = £66,461,491.44 And if it was charged in one lump sum, it would equal: £24,000,000 + £24,000,000 × 0.29 x 4 = £51,840,000.00 The root of the problem is that Wonga isn't actually in the business of making multi-year, multi-million-pound loans. The assumptions we make in trying to squeeze their business model into a shape that lets us make that comparison are important, because they're the difference between paying back £52m and £83qdrn. › The Tories win a conference poll bounce Front page of Wonga.com Alex Hern is a technology reporter for the Guardian. He was formerly staff writer at the New Statesman. You should follow Alex on Twitter. Subscribe £1 per month


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People, I am tired. It was a boozy week (+ end) full of birthdays, house parties and the death of our beloved cat, Poop Log (RIP, little buddy, and yes, that really was his name). So maybe I'm still a little delirious, or maybe cardboard furniture is kind of... awesome. Sure it's cheap and tacky, but recycling is good, right? And occasionally it can be very modern material-centric, like Frank Gehry's quintessential cardboard chair:
Or cardboard can go for baroque like Giles Miller's wardrobe and grandfather clock over at UK-based Farm Designs. Check out the cute mustache handles:
Miller also produces seating that belies its humble origins:
The one on the right looks kind of painful, like sitting on the flying buttresses of a Spanish cathedral, but lefty has potential. He reminds me of the Togo sofas from Ligne Roset but comes a little closer to fitting into my furniture budget (which has recently been restricted to about $100 for a sofa off Craigslist). At $1500 it's still a pricey piece, especially considering that it's made of material usually functioning as wrapping paper for whatever it is you're actually buying.
Of course, the craft conscious legions have realized that cardboard is a great material for DIYers. The corrugated form is super strong, but it's still easy to cut with -- what else? -- a box cutter. The good folks at Designboom have several projects that you can do yourself:
And taking it 500 steps further are the Cartonnistes over at Instructables:
That desk does not look even remotely like cardboard and I love the idea that anyone could make furniture cheaply! Cardboard is so very democratic. Usually I'm all about wood, but have you ever tried to make anything out of wood? It's hard. Really hard. Plus I need all ten digits to type.
If you don't feel capable of starting from scratch, you can always order cardboard Legos from Bloxes and build yourself an entire Hooverville:
Is it just me or do those people seriously need to get to work??? Or maybe I'm just jealous that no job of mine has ever allowed me to to build a giant cardboard giraffe.
Really, though, all of my cardboard dreams will probably amount to little more than this:
Sitting on the street, drinking a beer while chilling on my sweet cardboard chair, hopefully without an orange bar over my eyes.
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FRIDAY, Feb. 7, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Only half of new mothers in the United States make the recommended visit to a doctor six weeks after giving birth, a new study finds.
Women who experienced complications during pregnancy were more likely than others to see a doctor, according to researchers from Johns Hopkins University.
"Women need to understand the importance of a six-week visit to the obstetrician -- not only to address concerns and healing after delivery, but also to follow up on possible future health risks, review the pregnancy and make the transition to primary care," lead researcher Dr. Wendy Bennett, assistant professor of medicine, said in a university news release.
"Women with pregnancy complications are at higher risk for some chronic diseases, such as diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease," Bennett said. "These visits are an opportunity to assess risks and refer to primary-care providers to work on long-term preventive care."
The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and other groups recommend that new mothers who had high blood pressure or diabetes during pregnancy visit their obstetrician six weeks after giving birth and their primary-care doctor within a year.
The Johns Hopkins researchers analyzed data from new mothers enrolled in one private health insurance plan and numerous Medicaid plans in Maryland.
Among those on Medicaid, the tax-supported insurance program, 65 percent of those with complicated pregnancies and 62 percent of those without complicated pregnancies made a visit to an obstetrician within three months after giving birth. Among those with private insurance, the rates were 51 percent and 45 percent, respectively.
In the Medicaid group, 57 percent of women with complicated pregnancies and 52 percent of those without complicated pregnancies saw a primary-care doctor within a year. Among those with private insurance, the rates were 60 percent and 50 percent, respectively.
The study was published online in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
Doctors and hospitals should offer services such as child care or transportation to help new mothers get to doctor appointments, Bennett said.
"Pregnancy is a teachable moment -- many women are very motivated to make healthier lifestyle choices to keep themselves and their babies healthy," she said. "After a birth, we need to keep them motivated."
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Crystal Cruises' Notable Nobu Newsby Janice Wald Henderson | 01.24.12
The master chef, Nobu Matsuhisa, will grace a Crystal Serenity sailing with his presence, personally preparing dishes and teaching a cooking class.
|Silk Road Onboard Crystal Serenity
It's big news when superstar chefs (the rare breed including Wolfgang Puck, Alain Ducasse and other top toques revered worldwide) board a cruise ship. That's because they rarely do. So when I read that Nobu Matsuhisa was hosting a May 24th Crystal Serenity's "Bordeaux & Beyond" sail from London to Rome, I took notice.
First, because it's Nobu. The man with red-hot restaurants from Milano to Melbourne, Malibu to Mykonos. Who has the Big Apple's most jaded foodies still giggly when they score Nobu restaurant reservations.
Nobu Matsuhisa made a big splash when he opened his now iconic Matsuhisa restaurant in Beverly Hills in 1987. The first traditionally trained Japanese chef to infuse Peruvian flavors into classic dishes, Matsuhisa started many culinary fusion trends. Miso-glazed black cod? That's his dish, copied by chefs around the globe.
Crystal Cruises was savvy enough years ago to sign this chef as a consultant. His cuisine, in Silk Road and the Sushi Bar, is served (complimentary) onboard Crystal Symphony and Crystal Serenity sails. Nobu Matsuhisa is not an advisor in name only; he personally trains all chefs, designs the menus and visits ships each year.
What makes the Crystal Serenity's May 24th voyage newsworthy is that Matsuhisa will do much more than mingle with guests, sign autographs or teach a cooking demonstration to a packed room. (Although he will do that, too.)
He will personally prepare dishes in Silk Road and the Sushi Bar. He's leading an intimate hands-on cooking class in Crystal's kitchen for no more than 12 guests.
And he's doing an "Omakase" (chef's choice) extravaganza with sake pairings chosen by Sake Master Fumio Hazu, the talent behind Nobu's favorite sake (Hokusetsu; a family-owned brewery begun in 1886), with explanations of each course offered by both Matsuhisa and Hazu.
If the above is not enough to grab your attention, note that Chef Heinz Beck, of Roma's Michelin three-star La Pergola is also onboard the same cruise. No slouch himself – just one of the world's best chefs – the marvelous Beck will be hosting tastings and demonstrations and cooking an elaborate seven-course Vintage Room dinner, with wine pairing by master sommelier Bob Bath. Bath is one of only some 130 wine experts worldwide to achieve the prestigious master sommelier title. (crystalcruises.com)


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DOVER – Dover's Curran Leighton recently scored her 1,000th career point as the Saint Anselm College women's basketball team dropped a 57-44 decision to Assumption.
She also tossed in a team-high 14 points in a 59-54 loss to Southern Connecticut State.
Rye's Rosa Drummond was named player of the week by the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC).
The former Portsmouth High School standout helped the Smith College women's basketball team to a 2-0 week by averaging 12 points in wins over WPI and MIT.
Drummond scored 17 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the floor in a 63-39 victory over WPI. She also had seven points, 10 rebounds and two blocks in a come-from-behind win against MIT.
Andrew Marshall of Kittery, Maine, won the 500- and the 1,650-yard freestyle races for the Saint Michael's College men's swim team in a 110-107 loss to St Lawrence.
The St. Thomas Aquinas graduate also captured the 500 and the 1,000 free in a dual meet against Norwich and swam a leg of the victorious 4x400 relay.
Barrington's Lindsay Moore filled up the stat sheet for the Saint Joseph's College women's basketball team in a 68-48 win over the University of Saint Joseph's.
The former Dover High School standout finished with 10 points, eight rebounds, four steals and three assists.
Moore also scored 11 points on 5-of-7 shooting from the field in a 71-61 victory over Johnson & Wales.
Lee's Danielle Walczak posted a double-double for the University of Maine women's basketball team in a 67-51 upset of visiting Stony Brook.
The former Oyster River High School star had 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Black Bears, who won their first America East game.
Walczak added three steals and two blocks
Somersworth's Samantha Hippern had a goal and an assist for the New England College women's hockey team in a 5-1 win over St. Anselm.
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The relay turned in a season-best time of 1 minute, 40.15 seconds.
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Our love affair with our soup maker is still going strong. We are now trying to branch out and make more 'adult' soups. Our latest one surprised us by how easy it was but how tasty. I will admit that the older Costellos girls weren't totally sold on trying it – not coconut lovers but Baby T devoured it with chunks of Pashwari Naan dipped in. I think I would try toasted almonds sprinkled on top next time we make it – if only to be a teeny bit pretentious!
750g sweet potato – chopped into 1 inch chunks
1 small onion – chopped
1/3rd tin coconut milk
2tsp vegetable stock powder
sprinkle of chilli flakes (optional)
1 heaped tsp red thai curry paste
Ground black pepper to taste
- Boil Sweet Potato chunks for approx10 mins until just soft.
- Soften onions in a pan large enough to cook soup in for 5 mins.
- Add the softened potatoes, curry paste and coconut milk and simmer for another 10-15 mins. Add a few flakes of chilli if you like your food really spicy – This soup will have a slight kick to it, even without the chilli flakes.
- Blitz with a hand held blender or place in a food processor until really smooth.
- Add pepper depending on your taste – I find it doesn't need salt.
- Using a soup maker: Add all the ingredients at once. Press start and the 'smooth' option and cook for 21 minutes. Easy!
I still intend of having a Month of Soup recipes and happily add this as the first installment – There's plenty more recipes to come. We just keep eating the soup before we remember to take a picture!


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Apple just published a patent that imagines what an iPhone would look like if the whole phone body were a wrapound screen.
Here's what Apple's drawing looks like, via Patently Apple:
Patently Apple's summary of Apple's patent filing:
Today's invention focuses on the flexible wraparound display that could be fashioned in aluminum, aluminum and glass or a fully transparent design. This future iPhone design won't have any physical buttons so controlling the audio on the iPhone will simply require you to hover your hand over the side of the display to temporarily illustrate the controls. The new design could also produce 3D visuals through its unique dual display design. This is certainly one of Apple's hottest inventions of the year.
Neat, right?
OK, but keep something in mind.
Apple files all kinds of patents for gadgets and technologies that never actually see the light of day. Apple does this to keep its options open. The rule is: think of an idea? Patent it. Before Samsung does.
So, the image above could be a preview of the iPhone 6 or iPhone 7 - or it could be a total red herring.


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Useful Links Related to MINGW
Rather than wait for someone to migrate the community links from the old wiki. I'm starting from scratch and hoping any useful links that still work on the old wiki will eventually be added by the community.
As with the previous wiki page, please add links you think would be useful to the MinGW community. If you find errors or out-of-date links, please help fix them.
- Reference on STL This is a different version of STL than used by MinGW but the basics are the same.
- Gnuwin32 libraries Many of the GNU libraries and programs patched and recompiled for MinGW.
- Devpaks repository Libraries for the Dev-C++ compiler which uses MinGW. Could also be used without Dev-C++. Files should be standard tar.bz2 files renamed with .devpak extension.
Cross-platform GUI Libraries
- Gtk for Win32
- Fast Light ToolKit (fltk)
- Fox Toolkit
- QT Click Go LGPL button or LGPL tab if you don't reach the LGPL tab.
- WXWidgets
- Simple Directmedia Layer (sdl)
Libraries Offering Some POSIX Functionality
- libdl POSIX wrapper for dynamic link library functions.
- pthreads POSIX thread library for Win32.
- pw32 POSIX over Win32 library.
Multimedia Libraries
- ffmpeg Information on building ffmpeg and libraries it uses. Also, tips on using ffmpeg in your on projects.
- mplayer Tips on building mplayer and libraries it needs using MinGW.
Misc Libraries
- Wine on MinGW Some information on an attempt to get Wine and some of the X11 libraries working with MinGW and msys.
- C++ Snippets There are also C Snippets.
- MinGW packages repository There's a copy of pexports under altbinutils-pe. The pexports program can be useful when trying to link to dlls that were created by other compilers.
Unix Style Utilities
- Unix Utilities Ports of common Unix utilities.
- X server Port of X Windows server for Windows.
Build Utilities
- spkg Spkg is a package manager based on Slackware pkgtools. It's written in C so it's faster than the pkgtools scripts. It works on Windows or Linux providing a cross-platform solution to package management. Lets you keep track of, install and uninstall libraries and programs on your system. Also keeps track of versions of libraries installed and what files are installed so they can be easily uninstalled or updated with spkg. Works with standard tarball files (created with tar and gzip or bzip or lzma). You can set ROOT environment variable to point to your top level msys directory. Note: If you're using this with msys make sure your packages (tarballs) don't use any virtual directories under msys (such as /usr/bin) or edit your /etc/fstab file so that the actual physical directories can be seen and used within msys.
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- SciTE Everyone has their favorite programming editor and this one's mine. It's highly configurable and functionality can be extended using LUA scripts. Here's a page with some configuration tips that might help get you started: SciTE Tips
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Tools from other Windows compilers can often be very useful with MinGW too.
- Open Watcom Check out their interactive debugger and icon editor. Also check out their C/C++ and Win32 documentation.
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Model and actress Molly Sims gave up breastfeeding her newborn last year after realizing her baby boy was a born with a tooth.
The blonde beauty and her husband, Scott Stuber, welcomed little Brooks seven months ago and Sims immediately began nursing her child in hospital.
But after wincing each time her son latched onto her breast, the 39-year-old discovered the root of the problem.
She tells Anderson Cooper, "Early on in the hospital, I'm sure every mother can attest to, they really want you to breastfeed. So I'm trying everything and I'm like, 'Gosh, this really, really hurts.'… And so I was feeling around in there (in his mouth) and I'm like, 'Is there anyway a baby can be born with a tooth in there?'
"They're (the nurses) like, 'Oh sweetie, I know you're a model, but sweetie, babies aren't born with teeth.' Come to find out my baby was born with a tooth!
"He was literally like a vampire on me for three months. It was unbelievable. I did nipple shields, nipple guards, (a) supplemental nursing system. … It was horrible. … I was so distraught. … I convinced an oral surgeon to come over and look at the tooth because I really wanted to breastfeed. And they were like, 'We can't pull the tooth, he won't have a tooth for six years…' So I opted to stop breastfeeding."