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The Rs did NOT pass the law.If the republicans were interested in reforms where were they when they passed the damn thing.
The House never voted on the O-care bill. Dingy Harry took another bill that the House had passed, and used an obscure Senate sleight of hand to remove the innards of that bill entirely, and replace it with O-care ... leaving only the bill's #. Then the Senate, with all D votes, passed that new bill. Essentially, the law was passed with only D votes ,,, and you will remember the "Corn Husker Kickback" and the "Louisiana Purchase" that Harry used to bribe two of those Senators.
Funding bills must start in the House, and there was no way the House would have passed O-care, so the Senate trumped that and Harry had his way.
This makes it obvious that the rule that permitted 60 people to trump everyone else should be changed!
So, it was those 60 Dems + Scott Brown that made O-care the law of the land.
Truthfully, I do believe this is a bad law. We are beginning to see that the single-payer system in the UK is falling apart. We have seen the fraud and waste in Medicare, and how the costs ballooned over time. O-care helps a few at the expense of many. Reid has admitted that O-care is just a first step toward single-payer. Obama admitted that single-payer was what he really wanted.
Buzz, could those people who want to get their chronic ailments fixed now, fear that with the changes to Medicare, they will be denied those things when they get past a certain age? That is a real possibility. It is what happens in the UK system.
Historically, any entitlement programs have eternal life. Look at farm subsidies, or many other obscure and obsolete programs.
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I try not to get feisty, but it really seems to me that the House Rs lost one and now are in full tantrum mode. Their focus on Obamacare has been nonstop to the point that it has eclipsed other important work that body needs to be doing. I would say hopefully after implementation they can get back to work, but that would be an election tear and god knows congress can't do anything in an election year. Maybe this is why their approval rating is at 19%. Incidentally the presidents is at 45% despite his constant barrage of attacks. More than 2 to 1 is the president being supported over congress.
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You can summarize AP exams in just two short words: THE WORST. You already have to deal with all of your other finals and trying to memorize everything you learned all semester, and then you realize you have to prep for some AP exams too, which is basically double the pain and the work. Because the best way to get through something difficult is to share your pain with your friends, we've rounded up 10 of the funniest reactions to AP exams that totally describe what you're feeling right now if you're taking them.
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By Megan Patrick, SparkPeople Editor
When you experience pain, whether from an injury or a chronic condition, it's normal to ask "why me?," especially if you've been working hard to make healthy lifestyle changes.
It can feel totally unfair when the running program you started a few weeks ago has led to a pulled muscle or, even worse, when you receive a diagnosis of a difficult condition like fibromyalgia or arthritis. But in order to heal or learn to manage the pain, you have to let go of the anger and find a way to see pain in a more positive light. Here are 10 important lessons your body can teach you if you listen carefully to your pain.
It's so easy to fall into the trap of comparing yourself to other people in your life. It's hard not to feel jealous of the young woman in your yoga class who can touch her toes effortlessly, or your teenage daughter who can slouch lazily on the sofa for hours and never feel stiff and sore when she gets up again. But comparing yourself to others, especially in an exercise class, is a recipe for disaster.
Fitness is not a competition with the people around you--only with yourself. Your body is unique and the minute you push it too hard to live up to an artificial standard is the minute you end up with a painful injury. If you're using exercise to alleviate the pain of a chronic condition like arthritis, this lesson is even more important for you. Pushing yourself too hard will do more harm than good and will likely derail all your positive efforts.
Not everyone was meant to be a marathon runner--and that's OK. What's not OK is feeling bad about yourself because every time you try to run, take a CrossFit class, go mountain biking or whatever, you end up injured or in so much pain that you have to take a week off from all activity to recover.
Instead, focus on fitness that actually makes you feel good, that you can do several times a week and that leaves you feeling refreshed instead of sore and exhausted. Is jogging hard on your knees? Try swimming instead. Does a weight-lifting class move too quickly for you, causing you to use bad form? Work one-on-one with a trainer instead. Just because your best friend risks life and limb to tackle treacherous trails on her bike doesn't mean you can't enjoy a flat, paved path on yours. When you find the right kind of exercise for you, your body and your orthopedist will thank you.
If you're willing to listen, your body will speak volumes. Pain is your body's way of telling you that something is wrong. It could be a clue that you're not using good form or that you're pushing yourself too hard, too fast. It could even be a hint that there's a serious underlying condition that you need to seek treatment for.
But if you get stuck on the "no pain, no gain" fallacy, you'll ignore these signs and miss the opportunity to learn how to exercise safely and to take care of your health. Almost any exercise can be modified to fit your current level of fitness, strength and flexibility. Can't do a full push-up? Do them on your knees. Can't touch your toes? Reach for your shins, instead. Any qualified fitness instructor will be able to help you modify a routine to meet your unique needs.
While exercise is a crucial component of fitness, so is adequate rest. If you don't give your muscles enough time to recover between workouts, they won't be able to repair themselves and get stronger. Instead, they may actually start to break down.
But rest doesn't have to mean sitting on the couch watching TV. Active recovery is an essential part of a fitness plan and consists of any light activity that gets you moving without experiencing any pain or fatigue, such as a stroll around the neighborhood. Your fitness schedule may include some form of exercise every day, but if you're experiencing any kind of pain, a break may be just what your body needs in order to recover. Don't get hung up on a box you need to check off for your own perfectionism! Take a break so you can feel better and get the full benefits of your workouts.
If there's one thing recovery from an injury will teach you is that you have to be patient. It's so tempting to jump right back to your normal workout intensity after you've been sidelined for a week. But if you don't build back up gradually, you'll likely reinjure yourself and end up right back where you started.
If you're just starting a fitness program to help deal with a chronic condition like arthritis, you'll have to be equally patient. You may need to start out very slowly and gently until you build enough strength and flexibility. Only your doctor or physical therapist can decide how much and what kinds of exercise you should be doing. But no matter what any expert tells you, you should always listen to what your body is telling you. Slow down if you need to. Getting back into shape in order to feel your best is not a race. It's a journey that you need to travel at your own pac
It's easy to get stuck in a fitness rut, using the same cardio machine over and over or taking the same kind of class every week. But when you hurt yourself, it could be your body's way of telling you that you're stuck in a rut and it's time to try something new.
Maybe you've damaged your knee from pounding the pavement for too long. Just because your doctor recommends you stay off of it for several weeks doesn't mean you have to stop moving entirely. Now would be the perfect time to check out your gym's water exercise program. If your back problem is flaring up, try out the recumbent stationery bike that's gathering dust in the corner. You might be surprised by how many calories using neglected muscles can burn. It's easy for the body to get used to common activities, so use pain as an excuse to challenge yourself with something totally new.
No matter how well trained they are, no fitness professional can ever know your body better than you do (if you listen to what it's trying to tell you). When you're recovering from an injury or dealing with a chronic condition, it's up to you to communicate with doctors, therapists and instructors about what you can and can't comfortably do.
A good instructor will be able to offer you modified movements that will protect your painful muscles and even show you exercises that will support your recovery. No one should ever make you feel bad about not doing something that makes you uncomfortable. You may also need to speak up for yourself when it comes to family and friends. They have no way of knowing what level of pain you're in unless you tell them.
Often, the journey to health and fitness can be a lonely one. It's easy to find support online, but it can be tough to find the same kind of support in our everyday lives. When we're in pain, it's crucial that we find ways to ask for help from our friends, family and medical professionals.
Asking for help is not a sign of weakness. It's a sign that you're listening to your body and being extremely honest with yourself and others about what you need. No one can read your mind. If you're too tired and sore to do the laundry this week, you may have to ask your daughter or your husband to do it. If your pain has persisted for more than week, you may need to go see a doctor. The sooner you ask for help, the sooner you can start to feel better!
Has your knee been twinging lately when you're on the treadmill? Or maybe your back has been extra stiff in the mornings. These kinds of small aches and pains are easy to ignore, but may be the first signs of a serious problem down the road. If you listen carefully to your body and take pain seriously, you can prevent big problems from ever happening in the first place.
The solution could be as simple as replacing your worn-out gym shoes with a new pair, or consulting a trainer about proper weight-lifting form. If small fixes don't solve the problem, you might want to check in with your doctor. It's always better to be safe than sorry.
If you hurt yourself or find yourself in pain for any reason, it's easy to beat yourself up about it. You might feel guilty for ignoring your sore hip or for pushing yourself too hard in class because the woman beside you was using heavier weights. But feeling guilty isn't going to make you feel better.
Instead, practice being kind to yourself in thought and action. Allow your body the time it needs to heal and chalk the experience up to a learning opportunity. Imagine how you would talk to a child who fell down and hurt herself. That's exactly how you should talk to yourself when you're in pain. Cut yourself some slack, recover and get back on your fitness program. Resolve to listen to your body in the future and forgive yourself when you forget to. Life is a long journey, and you can be your own best ally if you practice kindness toward yourself.
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|Good article. Too many people subscribe to the "No Pain -No Gain" Rule
|Great article!!!!
|Great reminders!
|Great reminders.
|I have a chronic auto-immune disease & pain everyday. This is a good article for those of us in chronic, daily pain. Our "injuries" never recover.
|I have a chronic auto-immune disease & pain everyday. This is a good article for those of us in chronic, daily pain. Our "injuries" never recover.
So many people have chronic pain and this article is excellent for us.
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|Thanks for this.
|I know it is important to rest and heal.
This article on PAIN and INJURIES has been just what the MD ordered! I have 18 months recovering from a major Rt. calf tear and after 3 weeks back to work and on my feet I am in a major set back and limping...so depressed! This article helped me gain perspective that I will get to that healing point again but I must go back to RICE etc...
I think these tips are very good, even if they're a little generic. For me, for example, it's not comparing myself to others that's the problem, it's comparing me to my uninjured self and always coming up short and frustrated. Finding a way to exercise I love after having my true loves (fencing and running) put out of reach virtually forever is also very hard- I love to swim, but away from any large natural bodies of waters and sensitive to chlorine, it's not a sustainable option. Once again, I'm stuck.
I love the last slide, about being kind to yourself. It's really the No.1 way of dealing with debilitating injuries and chronic pain for me.
|This article really hit home for me with arthritis since 38. Now a senior citizen I have good and bad days but we all have to keep moving. Thx for the encouragement.
I think that all the suggestions concerning dealing with pain are good. However, if you have back pain using a recumbant bike may make the pain worse.There are many reasons for back pain. If the pain is across the lower back resulting in lumbar 4/5 problems or sacral nerve difficulties which can radiate upwards towards the lower back one has to be careful about using muscles enervated by these nerves. Therefore, I would try the recumbant bike with CAUTION. to lessen the strain on these muscles which sometimes spasm and produce pain. The seat of the bike can be pushed back so that the upper thigh and buttock muscles are not unduly strained. The best kind of bike to use is one where these muscles are not used to pedal the bike. I have lower back pain, and have spoken with Orthopedists, Physical Therapists, and Chiropractors, in an effort to learn WHY my own recumbant bike causes my back pain to become worse.
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|For me, I've had Spinal Stenosis since I was very young. Now that I'm no longer skinny like I was when I was a kid, and now that I'm 55, these helped me some, but I'd like to add a few. Have patience with yourself, take it slow, get the right doc and find the right pain meds that help. Take a pill, go back to sleep, then you'll be much better to get breakfast for the family.
|Yes I understand. I fell last Tuesday my knee went from under me and I got up finish doing what I was doing and then went and walked 3-miles and went into the gym and worked out.


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Quick pop-up of Tomboy notes
I've started using Tomboy to keep track of my tasks lists, to keep random notes, whatever. I've found it to be very useful.
I am always seeking to be more productive and find ways to reduce the amount of distraction in my life. One example: if I am in the middle of working on a project and remember I have to pick something up on my way home from work, I want to quickly jot that down so I don't forget. But I don't want to interrupt the concentration that I have on the task at hand. Tomboy is an ideal solution for this. I am trying to implement a GTD-like system, so I have a Tomboy note titled "GTD Inbox". The idea is to put all of those things that need to be processed and remembered in my "GTD Inbox" to be dealt with later.
Normally, to get to do this, I would have to click on the Tomboy icon in the notification area and select the note title. Alternately, I would hit Alt-F12 to pop up the same menu and move down with the arrow keys and hit Enter. If I am trying to minimize the interruption of the original task, that's too much. I'd rather rely on "muscle memory" -- something that is as natural as pressing Alt-Tab to switch between windows.
With the help of Alex Gravely (thanks Alex!), I was able to come up with a popup_note.sh that uses dbus-send to open up a specified note. With that, I could set a hotkey in Metacity for each of the important notes. For example, at work Windows-i opens "GTD Inbox", Windows-n opens "Next Actions" (my list of next actions for all of my projects, GTD-style), and Windows-t opens "Today" (my list of goals and tasks for the day).
So, back to my "remember to pick up the milk" example. All I'd do is hit Windows-i, type "Pick up Milk", and hit Escape. The Note goes away and I'm back at doing whatever I was doing previously. Wonderful.
To use the script, just pass the title of the note on the commandline, like so:
$ popup_note.sh GTD Inbox
If you want to set up global hotkeys in Metacity, do this:
$ gconftool-2 -t string -s /apps/metacity/global_keybindings/run_command_1 "<Mod4>i"
$ gconftool-2 -t string -s /apps/metacity/keybinding_commands/command_1 "popup_note.sh GTD Inbox"
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Guilty With An Explanation: Defending My Indefensible Blog
"So long as you define 'funny' as laughing at someone rather than with them. How original! How clever! How... individual.
"How juvenile and ego-bound.
"As a bunch of back-thumping holymen, you coons sure are passive-aggressive and insecure, a sort of Amerikan Taliban, costumes and all. If you're so convinced you're all that, why aren't you peddling your hatred cum self-aggrandizement out in the world instead of festering in this islolated little pustule you've created? Oh, of course. That would be to profane the occult. (Tasty Kool-Aid, Gagdad Jones! Secret recipe?) Not to mention that your 'self-evident truthiness' won't stand up to unbiased discussion. Despite all the yipping about individualism, you jaccoons pack up more easily than teens on myspace.
"Unlike many postings here, little in this post carries the weight of truth or peace. Only bitterness and pride. Keep your noses to the ground, jacoons. You aren't in the clear yet, despite what your own leftist (gasp! who, ME?) packthink brain is whispering in your brother's ear.
"BTW, not that you are interested, but then again you keep asking: I come here as a field test for my own BS detector. There are few places where feast and feces are mixed so freely. It takes a real big ego to toss a salad with this much nutty flavor. Bon apetit."
I wonder if this troll even knows why s/h/it is so angry? Why waste one's time getting angry at an isolated little pustule such as mine, when there are so many larger pimples and carbuncles to drain? That being the case, this person must be in a 24/7 tantrum.
Nor will the world ever be short of "back-thumping holymen." However, to compare us to the Taliban, or to Jim Jones' leftist Peoples Temple, again reveals one of the ubiquitous features of the left -- that is, since they are so naive about the nature of evil, they elevate the patently non-evil to the status of evil. Imagine if leftists were as angry with the real Taliban, or with real torture! That's what's so ironic: they make excuses for the actual Taliban (or terrorists and other monsters in general) and then refer to us as "Taliban," as if that's a bad thing in their world. Why don't they really honor me, and call me a Palestinian, or Castro lover?
The cognitive dissonance with the left is always cranked up to 11. Just a couple of weeks ago, they were blaming conservatism for the murder of three officers in Pittsburgh, on the same day they were lamenting the cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal's loss before the Supreme Court. Every leftist knows him on a first name basis, but how many know the names of Daniel Faulkner and the widow he left behind?
As for why I'm not peddling my self-aggrandizement out in the world, that's a fair question. After all, being so self-aggrandizing and all, it makes no sense for me to prefer anonymity. Why not adopt the sophisticated marketing strategy of Peter Russell, which is the page the troll's name is linked to?
I read -- tried to, anyway, for it was tedium on stilts -- one of this man's unreadable books a number of years ago. I don't want to be mean about it, but it was called The Global Brain. Let's just say it's a mish-mash of Deepak-approved pneuma-babble and new-age cliches marketed to the bottomless self-regard of the baby-boomer generation. I guess I'd better resist the impulse to fisk the man within an inch of his life, and move on to today's post. Maybe some other time, when I'm in a more loving mood. Being that it's endorsed by Ted Turner, I suppose it's self-fisking anyway.
Speaking of "spiritual circumspection" and not tossing out what is holy to the dogs, HvB writes that "Merely knowing about something is never a sufficient reason also for unveiling it." For example, Christopher Buckley has written a "tell all" memoir of his parents. Why? Why is this not a matter for him to discuss with his analyst? Rhetorical question. Must resist impulse to fisk. Moving on. I'm sure it's endorsed by Ted Turner anyway.
The point is, merely having some sort of spiritual experience is never sufficient justification for broadcasting it to the world. For one thing, it must be given time to mature and really take root. But even more importantly, if it is not accompanied by a sense of deep intimacy and sacredness, then YUR DOIN IT RONG. It's like telling the world all about your sex life.
Which reminds me of something I once read by a very astute psychoanalyst writing about film. I don't have time to dig out the book, but he mentioned that if you notice the kind of sexuality that is shown in movies -- especially as they have become more sexualized -- it's not so much that they really depict only lust. Nothing is easier than depicting some sort of "edgy" sexuality, as that is about as emotionally threatening as a teenage boy looking at Playboy. It's titillating, not "dangerous." The point is, despite imagining that they are so open about sexuality, they never depict anything resembling real marital intimacy, because it would be "unbearable" to do so.
In other words, there is a veil around that level of real intimacy that would actually be "creepy" to intrude upon -- like watching your parents have sex. No one would want to see it. They would prefer to see most any kind of perversion than to have to bear witness to real sexual intimacy. It's called the oedipus complex, and it is still the Law of the gLand, especially in those who imagine they are immune to it. People who imagine they are the most sexually "free" are usually just dancing to the tune of old Mister Oed: lust as a defense against intimacy.
So the above-referenced troll is surely on to something when he makes reference to the dangers of spiritual communication, but he is again inconsistent in criticizing us for being circumspect about it.
As HvB writes, before unveiling oneself before the world, one must naturally ask if it is serving any "other purpose than to proclaim one's own superiority." The troll is also surely correct that such a disclosure can actually have covert motivations, including the desire to wound others "under the mask of innocent remarks.... Often we present roses while we really mean the hidden thorns."
Indeed, I think it's entirely fair -- mandatory, really -- to ask what the B'ob is getting out of this exercise. Money? No. Fame? No. The esteem of his colleagues? No. I could have published half a dozen books by now if I had wanted to. The adoration of his minions?
Well, perhaps a little, despite my continuous efforts to deflect attention from me to the real source(s). It reminds me of when someone -- I think it might have been James Cutsinger -- went to Schuon to be a student. Far from being any kind of new age cult, Schuon required all of his students to be members of orthodox traditions. In this case, Schuon asked the person what his religious affiliation was. "Orthodox Christian." "Good. Then Christ is your master."
Christ is your master. Or Torah. Or the Vedas. The point is, despite -- or perhaps because of -- his spiritual luminosity, Schuon did not wish to be "worshipped," to say the least. True, he wanted people to approach him with the proper attitude, but that is simply a matter of objectivity, not self-aggrandizement. "Humility" has nothing to do with underestimating oneself, but accurately estimating oneself -- and others. So I do want to be "accurately known," most especially to myself.
It reminds me of my best teacher back in graduate school, who said that he didn't allow patients to call him by his first name. Rather, it was "Dr. P----," not because he was "full of himself," but for the patient's benefit. That is, he did not want patients to reduce the relationship to one of "equals," which conceals a subtle defense mechanism in which the child elevates himself to parent (or reduces the parent to a child, which in turn always leads to anxiety, as you might well imagine, what with no adults around).
Ah, here is a beautiful point: "We are not speaking here of falsehood as the perversion of truth but the abuse of the truth itself through lack of love." In other words, as Bion also described, there is truth and there are the uses to which it is put, which are two very different things. For clearly, the truth can be in the service of the lie, as the left never stops proving.
So before you blather on about spiritual matters, by all means do ask yourself why you are doing so, "for every unveiling that does not serve love is comparable to an exhibitionism that offends against the intimate laws of love" (emphasis mine).
That about sums it up, does it not? Talk about a "BS detector," or a spiritual discernment mechanism. More: "This point makes it clear how the truth serves love, while love embraces and transcends truth. Truth is the unveiling of being; the laws of love are its limits and measure."
Again it reminds me of Mrs. G., who one day made the conscious decision to resist the idea that I had any desire to hurt her, and to simply assume that I meant her well, irrespective of how it felt. Like magic, the clouds dispersed. Of course, this is not to suggest that you should open yourself up like this to "just anybody." Rather, you must be sure that the person has no personal agenda, and that they only have your self-interest in mind -- which is none other than love.
So in the end, love can be the only adequate excuse for inflicting one's "spiritual truth" upon the world. For love never "forces," nor does it invade or coerce the other. True, I sometimes perform surgery, but it is always elective surgery. In my case, I just put the scalpel out there. It's up to you if you want to plunge into it. I have no desire to make the trolls so angry, for if I did, I would seek them out. Rather, they are the one's who seek me out, and then complain when they get cut.
Well, that's about all the time we have left for today. We didn't get far, but I think there are some sharp points in there. So don't cut yourself on them unless you want to.


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Hours after her office was gutted by the provincial budget, at least one Crown prosecutor has decided it's case closed — for good.
"I'm leaving," said the woman, who didn't want to be identified.
"I would love to stay. I love this work, but I'm not prepared to do it half-assed, and with the (low numbers of) prosecutors we're left with, that's exactly what would happen."
On Tuesday, close to 1,200 jobs in government were slashed. Among them were at least four Crown attorney positions.
While it may not seem like a big number, it is when you consider that in March 2012, the office was at 25 prosecutors. One year later, it's down to 16.
"I don't think the public has any idea what this is going to do," said the woman, who has been with the Justice Department for more than two decades.
"It's a recipe for disaster."
With each Crown attorney having between 100 and 150 cases, she said the heavy workload will impact prosecutors' ability to handle cases.
"It's crisis management," she said.
"We've already lost one impaired driving case. It got dismissed because nobody was there to prosecute it."
While exact numbers won't be known until next week, in terms of job losses, the Justice Department was undeniably the hardest hit by the budget cuts — losing nearly three times as many people as any other department.
The sheriff's office in St. John's lost half of its staff (down to 21 sheriff's officers from 42).
The Newfoundland and Labrador Legal Aid Commission was also on the chopping block, with its budget slashed significantly. Director John Duggan said the board will meet next week to figure out where the cuts will come.
Government has confirmed the St. John's Family Violence Intervention Court — a pilot project that has operated since March 2009 — will be eliminated.
Layoffs were also made in other departments, including the probation office, victim services, youth corrections and court administration.
In a time when the public is crying out for the prosecution of criminals, the news of the cuts in the Crown's office was devastating.
One prosecutor had already quit before the budget was tabled, stating she felt overworked and overwhelmed by the heavy workload.
The woman who plans to announce her departure next week said each Crown prosecutor has several complicated cases and is expected to work several hours outside their normal working hours.
"Prosecutors work many, many hours and are not compensated in any way, shape or form," she said.
She said she's worked almost every weekend this year, "and that's all on my own time. I don't get any compensation for it. But we do it because the work matters to us."
She believes public safety will be compromised by Crown cuts. She said there will soon come a point when many crimes, like shoplifting and traffic violations, will not be able to be prosecuted due to the shortage of staff.
"We're going to have to prioritize," she said. "We're going to have to tell people you're going to have to (deal with things) yourself.
"Small businesses, you've had your store broken into? Sorry, we're only doing violence offences."
She added that cases that are dealt with in court will take much longer to go through the system. Those accused of crimes can expect to wait months longer for a trial, she said — that just a few years after a task force was formed to focus on improving efficiencies in court.
She fears with so few prosecutors, it will lead to wrongful acquittals.
"They spent millions on the Lamer Inquiry," she said, referring to the inquiry that probed wrongful convictions in the province in the 1990s. "So, in five years time, are we going to have another inquiry?
"Things are worse now than what they were in the 1990s."
When the issue of Crown cuts was brought up to Attorney General Tom Marshall by reporters outside the House of Assembly Thursday, he said he's confident the office will continue to provide an effective service to the public.
"We're sure that the public prosecutions system will carry on. … Most lawyers carry a lot of cases," said Marshall, who pointed out he practised law for 30 years.
"The reduction in bodies … obviously, it will cause some challenges, but I've got confidence they can handle the case load."
Justice Minister Darin King agreed.
"I don't see a problem. I have every confidence in the decisions we've made," he said.
"We've looked at the case loads of all employees in the Department of Justice, we explored opportunities where we, in discussion with our supervisors, felt we could make some changes and still continue to provide a high level of service.
"If we didn't feel we could do that, we would not have brought forward the changes we brought forward."
He said he understand the frustration of people who were affected by the layoffs, but added government took the opportunity to find alternate ways to deliver services.
Despite the losses, King said government's mandate of ensuring public safety is still the focus.
"Safe communities and protecting people in areas where people violate the law, we will prosecute to the fullest extent possible," King said.
As part of that, he said, government has given a financial boost to policing in the province.
Earlier this month, government announced a $1-million investment to police forces. The money will go towards creating a new task force on Child Exploitation and Drugs, a joint effort between the RCMP and RNC, to help fight child exploitation, illegal drugs and organized crime.
However, the prosecutor who plans to quit said investing in policing doesn't go far enough if criminals aren't prosecuted.
"The way the criminal justice system works, it makes no sense to hire hundreds of police officers and not have the Crown prosecutors to go to court (to prosecute them)," she said.
"The criminal justice system is a chain and every link in the chain matters.
"You need to have police officers, but you also need to have prosecutors, sheriff's officers, you need to have probation officers to supervise them when they're in the community. And you need to have (legal aid) defence lawyers.
"It's very dangerous. It's a much more dangerous time in Newfoundland post-budget than pre-budget."
She also believes cutting the Family Violence Intervention Court is a huge mistake.
"That going away, that is just such a devastating blow," she said. "There are women killed or seriously hurt by violent partners in this province.
"We were making really good progress with that court. We were doing really important work there."
However, King told reporters that it was cut due to the low numbers of people availing of the full program.
Last year, the budget for the Family Violence Intervention Court was close to $500,000. In all, he said, 10 people availed of the full program.
"There comes a point in time, from government's perspective when you have to decide whether that's an effective way to deliver services and supports to those who are impacted by family violence, and we don't believe it is.
"We don't believe that for the number of participants, that's a wise use of the money," he said. "So, we've decided we won't continue with the pilot."
He said government will continue to support those who have been affected by family violence and said services are available through police and victim services.
Low numbers at the youth correctional facility in Whitbourne was also the reason for the cut there. King said 10 years ago, an average of 45 to 50 youth were remanded at that centre. Currently, there are nine.
"It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out you don't need the same staff compliment for nine youth than you do to serve 45 to 50," King said.
As for the cuts in the sheriff's office, King said safety will still be a priority in court.
"We've been reassured that with some of the new technologies implemented at the courthouse, along with the way we're able to arrange staffing on a go-forward basis that safety will not be an issue and if we have to reassign or use a different model of staffing, then we'll certainly do that," King said.
King and Marshall said they will closely monitor things and resource requirements and will respond if need be.
Marshall said, in the Crown's office, if situations arise where, for example, there are additional complex cases and extra resources are needed, he is open to suggestions.
"My door is always open," he said.
King is encouraging people to wait and see how things play out.
"It's very early in the process. Let's let the system settle out a bit. Let's give it a bit of time. The budget was delivered Tuesday. This is Thursday. It hasn't been 48 hours and the full impact is not known yet and won't be known for quite some time …," he said.
"It's really a little bit too early to pass judgment on what the lay of the land will be.
"So give it a couple of weeks and we'll have a better picture."
But for the prosecutor leaving the Crown's office, it's already too late.
She said she knows what the impact will be and she's had enough.
"The slash and burn approach has already put public safety at risk," she said.
"Waiting for the dust to settle increases that risk."
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Family: Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers view all from this family
Description ADULT Has a darker gray head than Western, with a whitish throat and dark mask. Back is greenish, while wings and tail are brown with pale feather margins. Breast is greenish yellow and grades into bright yellow underparts; underwing coverts are also bright yellow. JUVENILE Similar, but wing feather margins are buffy.
Dimensions Length: 8-9 1/2" (20-24 cm)
Habitat A mainly tropical species, but a local summer visitor (mainly Apr- Aug) to open woodland in southern Arizona and scarce resident in Texas's Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Observation Tips Sometimes perches on roadside wires.
Range California, Southwest, Northwest
Voice Utters a rapid chirruping trill.
Similar Species Couch's King bird T. couchii (L 8-9.5 in) is probably best separated by call, a rolling, slurred pu-weeeer; song is a series of twittering phrases including tewit-tewit-tewichurr. Adult has a gray head, dark mask, whitish throat, and greenish gray back. Wings are brown with pale fringes (buff in juvenile) and tail is forked. Greenish yellow chest grades into bright yellow underparts. Summer visitor and local resident in southern Texas, favoring woodland margins.
Discussion Recalls Western, but separable with care: note in particular the stouter, longer bill, shorter wings, greenish yellow (not gray) breast, and forked (not straight-ended) tail. Sexes are similar.


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SPOKANE, Wash. - A murder in North Spokane overnight led police to a home in Nine Mile Falls where police tried to question the murder suspect and ended up shooting and killing him.
Officers had responded to the 1500 block of West Grace Avenue and found the murder victim, identified late Thursday afternoon as Cyrus Jones, 33, lying in the street barely alive.
"Upon arrival we did find one male with what appears to be a life threatening gun shot wound to his chest. Medics arrived, he's subsequently been transported to the hospital in critical condition," Spokane Police Lieutenant Dean Sprague said.20186830
While doctors at Sacred Heart Medical Center tried to save the victim's life police got busy preserving evidence at the crime scene. Patrolmen found shell casings at the street and detectives quickly learned this was no random shooting.
"For now we've just locked it down. We're interviewing neighbors and people who know our victim. He happens to live in the area," Sprague said.
One of Jones's friends witnessed this fatal shooting. Apparently he happened to be heading eastbound on Grace when the confrontation happened and, because he saw the shooting, witnesses said the driver of the pickup truck tried to run him over but he managed to escape by running onto a nearby playground.
Neighbors said Jones lived in a house in the neighborhood along with his pregnant girlfriend. Early Thursday morning he was walking down Grace Avenue when he was confronted by a man in a pickup. Someone yelled stop and then witnesses reported hearing several shots.
"I looked out my window and I could see a perfect outline and there was like a black- looking truck taking off," a neighbor, who asked to remain anonymous out of concern for her safety, said. "You could hear the tires burning as he took off."
Jones has a criminal history for a number of offenses, including theft, burglary and armed robbery.
"The guy that died, I reported him for beating up his girlfriend and breaking her phone out in front," the neighbor said.
Police, aided by witnesses who identified the suspect and the truck he was driving, developed information the suspect had fled to a home on Charles Road in the Nine Mile Falls area.
45 minutes after the fatal shooting on Grace Avenue police officers made their way to that home on Charles Road. Believing the suspect was armed, officers set up a perimeter and called in back-up around 2:15 a.m.
"As the officers were waiting for these resources an individual believed to be the homicide suspect exited the house and shut off the lights," Police Chief Frank Straub said.
The suspect came out of the home, confronted officers and failed to follow commands. At least one officer fired shots at the suspect, who died at the scene.
"I compliment the bravery of our officers and the very quick response to initial incident and then to Charles Road," Spokane Police Chief Frank Straub said.
It's not known yet how the situation escalated to the point where officers fired their service weapons at the suspect. It's also not known yet how many officers were actually involved in the shooting.
"I know those are questions everyone wants to know. Who fired first? What happened? Those are the things we are trying to figure out right now," Spokane County Sheriff Deputy Craig Chamberlin said.
Local law enforcement agencies investigating both shootings know the public wants answers but right now they can't divulge too many details since it's still very early on in the investigation.
"We have to document everything and put the puzzle together so that once we are done with the investigation and done with the scene we have collected all we can to make this puzzle complete," Chamberlin said.
Because Spokane police officers were involved in the shooting, the Spokane County Sheriff's Office has taken over as the lead agency for the Spokane Investigative Regional Response Team and is investigating the officer-involved shooting on Charles Road.
Chief Straub said a pellet gun an a .380 semi-automatic pistol were recovered from the suspect's home. Straub said two, .380 shell casings were collected as evidence at the Grace Avenue crime scene.
The officers, who have not been identified, that were involved in the Charles Road shooting have been placed on paid administrative leave, which is standard procedure in the wake of an officer-involved shooting.
"I stand by our officers a hundred percent. I applaud their bravery. I applaud their quick response," added Chief Straub.
This is the second shooting involving Spokane police officers this year. On February 5, Officer Adam Valdez shot and killed Jacob Dorfman, 52, in front of Huckleberry's on the South Hill after he fired his pistol and led police on a chase.
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3.13: Metamorphic Rocks
What is the history of this rock?
The rock in this photo is a banded gneiss. The bands are made of different minerals. The light bands are more felsic and the dark bands are more mafic. The minerals separated due to heat and pressure. The waviness of the bands also shows how the rock was hot enough to alter. It was not hot enough to melt all the way.
Metamorphic rocks start off as some kind of rock. The starting rock can be igneous, sedimentary or even another metamorphic rock. Heat and/or pressure then change the rock into a metamorphic rock. The change can be physical, chemical or both.
During metamorphism, a rock may change chemically. Ions move in or out of a mineral. This creates a different mineral. The new minerals that form during metamorphism are more stable in the new environment. Extreme pressure may lead to physical changes. If pressure is exerted on the rock from one direction, the rock forms layers. This is foliation. If pressure is exerted from all directions, the rock usually does not show foliation.
There are two main types of metamorphism: contact and regional.
Contact Metamorphism
Contact metamorphism results when magma contacts a rock. The rock changes because of the magma's extreme heat (see Figure below).
(A) Hornfels is a rock that is created by contact metamorphism. (B) Hornfels is so hard that it can create peaks like the Matterhorn.
Regional Metamorphism
Regional metamorphism occurs over a wide area. Great masses of rock are exposed to pressure from rock and sediment layers on top of it. The rock may also be compressed by other geological processes. If the rock is buried deeply, it may experience high temperatures.
(A) Regional metamorphic rocks often display layering called foliation. (B) Regional metamorphism with high pressures and low temperatures can result in blueschist.
Metamorphism does not cause a rock to melt completely. It only causes the minerals to change by heat or pressure. If the rock melts completely, it will cool to become an igneous rock.
Hornfels is a rock with alternating bands of dark and light crystals. Hornfels is a good example of how minerals rearrange themselves during metamorphism (Figure above). The minerals in hornfels separate by density. The result is that the rock becomes banded. Gneiss forms by regional metamorphism from extremely high temperature and pressure.
- contact metamorphism: Changes in a rock that result from temperature increases when a body of magma contacts a cooler existing rock.
- foliation: Flat layers in rocks due to squeezing by pressure.
- regional metamorphism: Changes in rock that occur because of high pressure over a large area.
- Any type of rock - igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic - can become a metamorphic rock.
- Contact metamorphism occurs when a rock is altered by heat from a nearby magma.
- Regional metamorphism occurs over a large area when a rock is buried or compressed.
Use this resource to answer the questions that follow.
- How do metamorphic rocks form?
- What forces can cause rock to metamorphose?
- Explain the characteristics of metamorphic rocks.
- What is contact metamorphism?
- List examples of metamorphic rocks.
- Compare and contrast the two types of metamorphism.
- How are metamorphic rocks altered by contact with a magma body?
- Describe how and why rocks are altered by regional metamorphism.
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A Brazilian Carnival will be held at 10 p.m. Saturday, April 24, at Terrace Club.
The festival will feature a live performance by The Ogans, a Brazilian Bahia band, as well as traditional Brazilian food, a capoeira performance, and Brazilian forro and samba music presented by DJ Chocolat.
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Defending champion Ally McDonald, a newly crowned collegiate All-American, will be in the first group off the tee on Monday as the MWGA State Amateur opens at Old Waverly in West Point.
McDonald, a Mississippi State sophomore from Fulton, tees off at 8 a.m.
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Estadio Centenario is a stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay, used primarily for football. The stadium was built between 1929 and 1930 to host the 1930 FIFA World Cup, as well as to commemorate the centennial of Uruguay's first constitution. It is listed by FIFA as one of the football world's classic stadiums, along with the likes of Maracanã, Wembley Stadium, San Siro, Estadio Azteca, and Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. (Wikipedia)
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I will answer your questions in this way; Getting an EM41xx, 3x13mm tag is probably the best type of tag for a new hobbyist to get. The reason being, it will get the best range and work with the widest array of each and easy to obtain OEM and commercial readers available. A body piercer will have to take the same steps to implant a 3x13 as they would a 2x12 because they do not typically use the injector kits used for animal implantation, they prefer to use the tools they know... the punch and solid core piercing needle.
To answer your question, you will get slightly better range using a 3x13 instead of a 2x12 with the RedBee, but with other readers you will simply not be able to read a 2x12mm tag.
While it is possible to get a 134KHz Philips HITAG and program it to emulate an EM41xx tag, it requires a more expensive reader to program the HITAG. Range will also be an issue because the HITAG typically comes in the 2x12mm form factor, and the tag is tuned for 134KHz not 125KHz. It will still work with many EM41xx 125KHz readers, but smaller products with weaker RFID designs will likely not be able to read it at all.
There are also 13.56Mhz HF tags available, however there are some issues. First, like the other EM4102 and HITAGs out there, these are NOT meant for implantation. The reason I mention this specifically for these HF tags is that the glass is clearly a different color and MUST be researched heavily before even considering implanting one. Second, the 13.56MHz spectrum does not do well with liquid interference, meaning they perform very poorly as an implant. Third, they are designed to be used with specific antennas attached to HF readers that are simply not available in most commercial or even OEM HF readers, meaning you will likely not get any read at all with most HF readers available in the hobbyist's price range.
As for installing an RFID reader and being able to remove it later, that's all up to how you do the install. I recently removed all my RFID gear from my motorcycle so I could sell it (most people don't like/trust extra wiring).
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The information on this forum is a bit scattered and possibly out of date given new tags and readers available. I was curious to know what tags and implantation methods you would choose if you had to start over at this point in time?
Is there significant range on the 13x3 over the 12x2 when using a redbee?
How about the generic tag vs a Hitag in read only?
If I were to install an RFID reader on to something (ie: door, ignition, ect.) would it be easy to uninstall it without leaving too much of a trace, or even just reprogram the reader with a different tag key?
Thanks in advance for your time.
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Have you ever seen those TV shows where they have hidden cameras, trying to either catch someone doing something stupid or trapping them in a situation they have to explain away?
They are great testaments to how people act and what they will do. Yesterday while on my route I wondered if I was being placed in one of those situations, and truth be told, they answer is sort of.
I drove up to a stop and noticed that there was a bundle of money laying in the street at the end of a drive way. I pulled forward, selected the package and began to walk to the house. In my path were these bills. I picked them up and carried them to the house. I set the package down by the door and placed the money on top of the packages, knocked on the door and walked away.
As I approached my truck and man came running from the neighboring house. He asked me to stop and I did. Asking him if he had a question, the man replied "What did you do with the money? Give me the Money!.. there was $43 dollars there and I saw you pick it up."
I explained to him that the money was sitting on the package that I left at his neighbors door and he would find it all there. He went to the door and found the money. Walking back toward me he explained that he had placed the money there and that they have had a rash of theft in the neighborhood and he was trying to catch someone in the act. He pointed out that several neighbors had installed cameras on their front porches and that they would catch whomever was stealing from them.
I told him that would never be me and he said "I see that".
Ever since I was a little boy I have been taught that a true test of your character is what you do when others are not looking. Its is always easy to put on an act in front of people, but what you do when the spot light is not on you really tests your character.
I tell this to our scouts all the time and hope that what they are learning in Scouting will make them good men of character. Its pretty simple really. Just do the right thing.. always and you have nothing to worry about.
If you ever find yourself looking over your shoulder.. you are about to do something wrong. Let Character be your guide. You can find a great set of rules that guide your character in the Scout Law.
That man that challenged me over $43 learned that that there are still people in our community that have character.
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With its primary celebration of the heroic 'exceptional individual', the portrait bust may be considered the Post-Enlightenment artform par excellence. Formally, these works use the portrait as the intersecting point for a visceral realism and the cold materiality of neoclassical marble. The resulting hybridised bodily fragments leave the heroic behind, placing the bust within a realm of 'casualty' or damage.
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Recently, the anonymizing network system TOR (The Onion Router) found its traffic was ratcheted to a standstill in Iran, prompting a comparison by one of the TOR project developers to an emerging "arms race". Users of the service, hoping to evade state censorship/snooping, encrypt the traffic that then gets routed anonymously around the globe. But it seems Iran has caught on, and started shutting down the traffic.
This, the latest in a continuing escalation globally of attempts to crackdown on Internet traffic, matched by zealous competing efforts from those in favor of a more open system of communication. Nation states are being tapped to control what may be perceived as threatening communication, ala recent efforts in the UK to tag Internet traffic as a more likely propagator of potential "violent radicalisation" activity than any other, including religious institutions, prisons, universities, etc.
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What is also interesting is that Iran is second only to the U.S. when it comes to use of the TOR network (according to the project's statistics), suggesting a level of cyber sophistication in that region that is far above average. We also read that other middle eastern nation states are ratcheting up cyber attack rhetoric and posturing more reminiscent of traditionally military actions. It's easy to draw parallels to a new emerging cyber arms race, as mentioned by Mr. Applebaum.
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Yesterday I complained about how difficult December is, how hard it can be to lose weight in such a busy, food-filled month.
Aaaaand then I go home, weigh, and learn I've lost a pound, almost two.
Hey, I'll take it!
So far I'm at 36 pounds. I want to lose 75, total (at least), so I'll be at the half-way mark in about a pound and a half. Woo-hoo!
But it also hit me last night that I'm awfully close to the weight that's listed on my drivers license, and that's also pretty awesome.
I know, I know – the weight on your license probably isn't THAT big of a deal. But when you've worked this hard to lose weight, suddenly, anything that lists your weight becomes a big deal.
Anyway. I got my license when I was 17. I had absolutely no idea what the scale said. I just knew I was chubby. So, I guessed at 175. My mom said she figured that was about right, so I went with it.
I probably was about at that weight then. Now, I'm 14 pounds heavier than that, and I'm getting ever closer to hitting 175.
I can't wait to hit that number – hey, my license will finally be accurate! and I'll be within 25 pounds of my goal!
And I can't wait to get below that number. You best believe when I do, I'll be hitting up the DMV and politely asking them to change my weight. 🙂