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Most of us take for granted the features of our modern society, from air travel and telecommunications to literacy and obesity. Yet for nearly all of its six million years of existence, human society had none of these things. While the gulf that divides us from our primitive ancestors may seem unbridgeably wide, we can glimpse much of our former lifestyle in those largely traditional societies still or recently in existence. Societies like those of the New Guinea Highlanders remind us that it was only yesterday—in evolutionary time—when everything changed and that we moderns still possess bodies and social practices often better adapted to traditional than to modern conditions.
The World Until Yesterday provides a mesmerizing firsthand picture of the human past as it had been for millions of years—a past that has mostly vanished—and considers what the differences between that past and our present mean for our lives today. This is Jared Diamond's most personal book to date, as he draws extensively from his decades of field work in the Pacific islands, as well as evidence from Inuit, Amazonian Indians, Kalahari San people, and others. Diamond doesn't romanticize traditional societies—after all, we are shocked by some of their practices—but he finds that their solutions to universal human problems such as child rearing, elder care, dispute resolution, risk, and physical fitness have much to teach us. A characteristically provocative, enlightening, and entertaining book, The World Until Yesterday will be essential and delightful reading.
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Jared Diamond is a professor of geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. He began his scientific career in physiology and expanded into evolutionary biology and biogeography. He has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. Among Dr. Diamond's many awards are the National Medal of Science, the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, Japan's Cosmos Prize, a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, and the Lewis Thomas Prize honoring the Scientist as Poet, presented by Rockefeller University. He has published more than two hundred articles and several books including the New York Times bestseller "Guns, Germs, and Steel," which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. -from Amazon.com


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LONDON (AP) — A secret National Security Agency document allegedly reveals that the U.S. agency spied on the online sexual activity of Islamist radicals in order to find ways to discredit them, the Huffington Post reported.
The document, leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, shows the organization tracked six unnamed "radicalizers" and their visits to pornographic websites, the website said. The alleged electronic surveillance aimed to find their "personal vulnerabilities" to undermine them.
The website published parts of the document, which is dated Oct. 3, 2012, but redacted the names of the six people. It said none of the six was accused of being involved in terror plots. It added that the NSA thinks that all those targeted live outside the United States.
When contacted for comment yesterday, the NSA noted a statement from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released on Tuesday.
"Without discussing specific individuals, it should not be surprising that the U.S. Government uses all of the lawful tools at our disposal to impede the efforts of valid terrorist targets who seek to harm the nation and radicalize others to violence," the statement said.

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Steve Stewart was first appointed Clark County Prosecuting Attorney on July 24, 1989 by Governor Evan Bayh. He has since been elected to that Office by Clark County voters in 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010. He is the longest serving Prosecuting Attorney in Clark County history.
Steve has over 30 years experience as a prosecutor, serving as an Assistant Commonwealth Attorney in Louisville, Kentucky from 1980-83, and as Chief Deputy Prosecutor in Clark County from 1983-89.
Steve graduated from Indiana University Southeast in 1976 with a B.A. in History. He obtained his law degree from the University of Louisville School of Law in 1979.
Steve has obtained notoriety by authoring a book, The Indiana Habitual Offender Manual, used by Indiana Prosecutors as a guide to the aggressive prosecution of career criminals. He publishes a yearly compendium of death penalty materials through the Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council, and has written articles on numerous topics including the Death Penalty, Indiana Evidence, Ethics and Legislation. Steve has been an adjunct instructor of Criminal Law at Indiana University Southeast for over 20 years. He is a certified instructor of the Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board and regularly conducts seminars to assist Clark County law enforcement officers.
In 1996, Steve was elected by Indiana Prosecutors as Chairman of the Board of the Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council. Steve has served on the Board of Directors since 1990, and continues to serve in that capacity.
Steve is a member of the Indiana and Kentucky Bar, the National District Attorneys Association, the Association of Government Attorneys in Capital Litigation, and the Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee of the Department of Justice. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Southern Indiana Drug Task Force, as Project Director of the Clark County Drunk Driving Task Force, and on the Advisory Board of the Governor's Commission for a Drug-Free Indiana. In 1993, he served on the Evidence Committee of the Indiana Supreme Court, recommending uniform rules that were later adopted as the Indiana Rules of Evidence.
After taking office, Steve's #1 priority was to establish a system that would assist crime victims. With federal funds, he successfully created one of the first Victim Assistance Programs in the state, providing victims with the support and assistance they deserve. Steve strongly joined the efforts of the Attorney General in passing the Victim Rights Amendment to the Indiana Constitution.
He has also consistently supported efforts to assist abused and battered women. A Domestic Violence Unit was created in 1997, and ground was broken for the new Floyd/Clark Spouse Abuse Shelter in 1998. In conjunction with Child Protective Services and Clark County Memorial Hospital, a Sexual Assault Unit for victims was also created.
He has also been a leader among Indiana Prosecutors in fighting to combat sexual, emotional, and physical abuse of the elderly, serving as the "hub" prosecutor for Unit 14 of Adult Protective Services since 1989.
Steve has consistently fought for more effective laws to combat crime, and was appointed by former Governor O'Bannon as a member of the Criminal Law Study Commission, to review proposed legislation in the area of criminal law, and to make specific recommendations to the Indiana General Assembly. He has authored legislation over the years to assist crime victims, and continues to serve on that Commission.
In 2004, Steve was appointed by Governor Kernan to the newly created Indiana State Child Protection Task Force. Administered by the Division of Families and Children, this group of professionals includes physicians, psychiatrists, nurses, and social workers, and reviews difficult cases of child abuse from around the state, making specific recommendations on a plan of action to best protect the interests and safety of the child.
Steve played professional softball with the Kentucky Bourbons and was an all-pro pitcher in 1980 and 1981. He confesses to a hopeless addiction to baseball, computers, and Big Red.
Steve and his wife of 39 years, Candy, live in Utica Township and have two daughters, Lynsey (34) and Lauren (26).
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Estimated grade. Sold by David Akers Numismatics May '98 Price realized $1870
David Akers (1975/88): The 1913-S is the premier rarity of the series and is extremely difficult, if not virtually impossible, to obtain in MS-64 or better condition. Harry Bass' specimen, bought across the counter by a Dallas dealer in the early 1970s, is superb (MS-67 or better!) and fully lustrous and is probably the finest known; Robert Kruthoffer's coin was very close to Bass' and realized $46,000 in 1918; it is now owned by a doctor on the West Coast, Philip Weinstein. Kruthoffer also once owned the Auction '79 specimen (MS-63+ at $30,000) and that coin is now in the Duckor Collection. Kruthoffer owned yet another very choice example (MS-64 or better) that he had purchased from New England Rare Coin Galleries for a reported $70,000 in 1979, and he had a fourth on approval from Fred Weinberg once that was MS-64 or so, as I remember. One of the last two is probably the coin in Stack's December 1986 sale at $39,600. Nearly everyone collecting Indian Head eagles, past and present, needs a choice example of this issue, and there are no more than a half dozen or so in MS-64 or better condition to go around.
The 1913-S is usually very sharply struck, often with a partial wire rim on the obverse like the 1911-S, a distinct granularity and below average lustre for the series. (They are not as lacklustre as most examples of the 1912-S, however.) There is often a semicircular "roughness" in the field along the rim to the left of the date, sometimes even affecting the date. Color is okay but not great, usually greenish gold, sometimes with an orange or coppery tint. All specimens I have seen were fully frosty.
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Skip to comments.Driver charged with DUI Marijuana after deadly crash in Vancouver
Posted on 12/18/2012 7:27:17 AM PST by TigerClaws
The Vancouver Police Department arrested a man for Driving Under the Influence of Marijuana in connection with a deadly crash in Vancouver.
Investigators said the driver hit and killed a pedestrian around 5:50 p.m. on East Mill Plain Boulevard and Andresen Road.
Police say the victim, a male in his 50's, was believed to be walking back from Safeway and stepped out into the middle of traffic.
The driver, Scotty Rowles, was driving westbound on East Mill Plain Boulevard and could not stop his car in time, according to police.
Detectives says Rowles cooperated with the investigation, but after interviewing him they determined there was enough evidence to arrest him on suspicion of driving under the influence of marijuana.
(Excerpt) Read more at kptv.com ...
Smoke, smoke, smoke that cigaret. Smoke, smoke, smoke it 'till you smoke yourself to death!"
Vacouver, Washington, or Vancouver, British Columbia?
Ban cars as they kill people.
"and stepped out into the middle of traffic."
"Police say the victim was close to two different lit and controlled intersections, but chose to step out into the middle of traffic, which would clearly put him at fault.
However, because Rowles was believed to be under the influence of marijuana, Washington State law says he is technically at fault, according to police."
Sounds like he forgot where he was when he was DUI. So, it doesn't really matter which country ~ he's been busted!
You step out into traffic and get hit. So it is the drivers fault could he avoided maybe maybe not
and so it starts!
so predictable. Liberals NEVER think through the consequences of their policies.
I believe it's WA. Now, where is the outrage against the automobile used in this heinous crime? Obviously we need to do something about these killer vehicles. Of course driving is not guaranteed in the bill of rights but I'll bet you would get an argument from a lot of folks who think it is your right to drive.
Helping keep mankind warm for 65 years.
I'm always told by pot heads that marijuana doesn't affect you like alcohol. Silly me for believing them.
they do this to people drinking all the time, so yep, it should be applied to pot also.
Does the word "dope" refer to the substance or the moron using it?
In this case, it seems the biggest dope was the one standing in traffic.
Exactly what I was thinking. They've created a whole new revenue source for government to nurture and exploit.
Within a decade there will be a half dozen different classifications of criminal intoxication from marijuana alone. Punishments will range from fines to mandatory (and expensive) rehab programs to prison terms for repeat offenders. A joint in an ashtray will be the same as open intoxicants.
There's a reason I quit drinking.
I thought the problem with pot legalization was that there was no test to see who is actually under the influence so they could be prosecuted for driving. No evidence? No conviction.
Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette Tex Williams
Just wait for the libertarian pot advocates to come here and tell us that it isn't the pot to blame because:
Technically, they are correct. Alcohol doesn't give you the munchies.
"Police say the victim was close to two different lit and controlled intersections"
Apparently the intersections weren't the only things that were lit...
Stepping out into traffic can be hazardous to your health.
"Does the word dope refer to the substance or the moron using it?"
"so predictable. Liberals NEVER think through the consequences of their policies."
1. Driving Under the Influence was illegal before the marijuana law and is still illegal after the marijuana law.
2. There is no evidence from the article that the driver just recently started smoking marijuana when it became legal.
Personally, I am not sure what I think of legalizing marijuana. On one hand, I don't see why an adult shouldn't be able to use it responsibly in the privacy of his home. On the other hand, you don't want children having easier access to it and turning into zombies before their brains get a chance to develop. That said, let's not sensationalize stories that probably have nothing to do with the law.
I'd be interested to know if he failed a field sobriety test or if the officer just decided he "smelled impaired".
Toxicology on the man who decided to walk into traffic?
So, the guy will go to court-ordered detox and then claim he needs MJ to help relieve the pain he suffered from the crash.
And so it begins.
Yeah. Same here.
It doesn't make a difference when some idiot steps into the street in front of you. Stone cold sober would yield (sic) the same result!
In addition, when young (and a little stupid), I took off, flew cross country, and successfully landed when high on pot. I had a friend along for backup, but experimented to see what could happen. I had a great flight... and my friend fell asleep until just before landing. He never took the controls. Just my experience.
that does not change the fact he was smoking pot while driving. There is no safe way to drive while "baked".
If anything, given the duration of the marajuana in the body, the penalties should be enhanced for driving while on pot. Perhaps quadruple across the board. (four times the enhanced intoxication penalty, four times the money cost, four times the probation, and AUTOMATIC jail time.)
Perhaps driving while on pot should be a felony case right out of the gate.
ah, The guy stepped out into traffic and the driver had MJ within two week weeks and its the drivers fault.
Don't think so.
If you are talking about MJ, it doesn't kill you, if you are talking about the accident blame the guy who stepped out into traffic.
depending on the state.
Pedestrians have the right of way.
The only variation is some states require the use of the pedestrian crosswalk IF AVAILABLE or not a desgnated pedestrian area. Some states have pedestrians always have the right of way period.
all states have implied consent for drivers. by driving the law is crystal clear, the driver consented to the test.
Pot drivers go to jail. the end. They just have to not driver for the month the pot is in their system OR not smoke pot at all and avoid the issue.
And of course you two clowns didn't read the story where it says the douche stepped into traffic and it was his fault.
Notice here the difference between DUI and just being stoned, progressive. And even still the story says it was the jaywalker's fault for stepping into traffic.
Fact #1. The pedestrian stepped out into the middle of traffic.
Fact #2. The pedestrian became road kill.
Fact #3. There are no facts as to whether the driver was or was not under the influence of marijuana at the time.
Why read the story when you can jump to your preconceived conclusions. /s
One reason not to get legal interpretations from the police. There was a case here in Washington several years ago where an intoxicated driver was involved in an accident. The person he hit (if I recall, a teenage girl who had taken a car without permission) had blown through a light and there was a wreak. He argued that under the circumstances, his intoxication had no role in the accident; the court agreed. While prosecutors may want to make the Vancouver incident a test case for the newly changed status of marijuana in this state, they may have a problem.
Vancouver Washington. I used to live just off Mill Plain Blvd.
In Washington:
Bolting into traffic - No pedestrian or bicycle shall suddenly leave a curb and move into traffic so that the driver can not stop (RCW 46.61.235).
Yield to vehicles outside intersections - Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right of way to all vehicles upon the roadway (RCW 46.61.240).
It goes further than that in Washington State. If the pedestrian is in a marked pedestrian crosswalk and you run them down there are penalties beyond the dreams of avarice.
Implied consent laws control.
Also pot stays in the body for at least a month.
Baked drivers are screwed. That's a good thing.
This is what the spandex wearing leftist do, the ghetto dwellers, the stupid among us...I watch these people start across a crosswalk without even looking etc, just because they have the right away...How stupid is that?
Step out in front of a 5,000 pound steel swinging hammer?
I call these people stray dogs...Actually my dog has more sense.
Of course, once these human morons see someone go under the wheels, it seems to stick in their little stray dog brains.
Aww geez! not that sh*t again!
The consequences of what policies? Stupid people walking into traffic rather than crossing the street at a marked intersection? What ever happened to "cross at the green, not in between?"
Here's a question for you: A guy takes two bong hits of Maui Wowie and then gets in his car to drive to the local mini-mart for Pringles and Haagen Daz. As required by law, he stops at a red light, but illegally makes a cell phone call. Just as the light turns green, a person illegally steps into the intersection against the light while smoking a cigarette and eating a donut. Notwithstanding the green light, the stoned guy remains stationary while he finishes his cell phone call. However, he is hit in the rear by a sober, designated driver with two drunk people in the car, one of whom has an illegal open container. The impact pushes the stoned driver into the guy illegally crossing the street, who sufferes a fatal injury. Which person is at fault and how does the government classify the death?
The consequences of what policies? Stupid people walking into traffic rather than crossing the street at a marked intersection? What ever happened to "cross at the green, not in between?"
Here's a question for you: A guy takes two bong hits of Maui Wowie and then gets in his car to drive to the local mini-mart for Pringles and Haagen Daz. As required by law, he stops at a red light, but illegally makes a cell phone call. Just as the light turns green, a person illegally steps into the intersection against the light while smoking a cigarette and eating a donut. Notwithstanding the green light, the stoned guy remains stationary while he finishes his cell phone call. However, he is hit in the rear by a sober, designated driver with two drunk people in the car, one of whom has an illegal open container. The impact pushes the stoned driver into the guy illegally crossing the street, who sufferes a fatal injury. Which person is at fault and how does the government classify the death?
There's no such thing as jaywalking laws - except I've gotten a ticket for it and the story says that's what he was doing.
The story clearly doesn't say it was the pedestrian's fault for ignoring the crosswalks and stepping into traffic - except that it does.
Good lord, you progressives will say anything to make something fit your little tiny world view.
You can be sure it goes in the statistics as "alcohol related".
lol, no kidding.
Stupid commie ~ believing anything you find in the news. Everybody knows reporters are no good anymore ~ not only can't they spell right, they can't even count.
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