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Track Hindprints are about 2 1/4" (55 mm) long, with 5 toes showing; foreprints rounder and smaller, about 1" (25 mm) long. Trail of hopping or running animal has hindprints in front of foreprints; in snow, such a trail often extends between trees.
Sign Large leaf nests, obvious in winter, often high in trees; summer nests are flat saucers of twigs and shredded bark. Often strips bark from branches of pines. Chews nuts open, leaving large, ragged holes in the shells. Other signs same as those of Eastern Gray Squirrel.


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Natural Magic: Natural Magic is the type of magic that uses natural objects from the world around you. This includes such things as herbs, roots, oils, crystals, stones, and various other items. It may include various chants, spells, charms, and incantations and tends to exclude the complexities found in some other forms of magic.
Natural Magic is commonly used by followers of various Pagan paths, ranging from solitaries and Hedge Witches to members of traditional covens. In the past, Paganism was most frequently associated with people of the fields. Since they didn't have lots of irrigation systems, they needed to be in lower lands where water from rains would accumulate for their crops. As a result, Natural Magic is also known as "Low Magic." This should not imply that it is in any way lower, of less value, or less spiritual than other forms of magic, only that its European sources were in the fertile lowlands.Donald Michael Kraig
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Anoscopy is a method to look at the anus, anal canal, and lower rectum.
The procedure is usually done in a doctor's office.
A digital rectal exam is done first. Then, a lubricated instrument called an anoscope is placed a few inches into the rectum. You will feel some discomfort when this is done.
The anoscope has a light on the end, so the health care provider can see the entire area. A sample for biopsy can be taken, if needed.
You may receive a laxative, enema, or other preparation before the procedure so that you can completely empty your bowels. You should empty your bladder before the procedure.
There will be some discomfort during the procedure. You may feel the need to have a bowel movement. You may feel a pinch when a biopsy is taken.
You can usually return to normal activities after the procedure.
This test may be used to determine whether you have:
The anal canal appears normal in size, color, and tone. There is no sign of bleeding, polyps, hemorrhoids, or other abnormal tissue.
Abnormal results may include:
There are few risks. If a biopsy is needed, there is a slight risk of bleeding and mild pain.
Anoscopy. In: Roberts JR, Hedges JR, eds. Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine . 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2009:chap 45.


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I have no idea (since I don't have them all yet)as which is the best detailed so I'm asking you,the fans to tell me in your own opinion which is the best detailed figure Hasbro has made?
I have no idea (since I don't have them all yet)as which is the best detailed so I'm asking you,the fans to tell me in your own opinion which is the best detailed figure Hasbro has made?
''You fool, my reach is far greater than the Jedi.Only a Sith can wield the force over such a great distance.'' - Darth Sidious
Weeeeeell, I think the Bespin Guard has incredible detail on him! Hmm...that and the new Boss Nass. Hasbro got it right the second time around.
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I think the Chewbacca Mechanic is great.
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300th Figure BOBA FETT... are you all brain-dead???
Granted, the 300th edition Boba Fett is the best sculpt to date, but I think most exclude this one due to the special nature. This Boba Fett, though superior in sculpt, was not a standard release figure. The whole idea of the 300th Edition Fett WAS the superior sculpt. I agree that it is the best, yet exclude it from the running for this post and say (though I've not held it in my hand yet) that my vote is for - Amanaman!
With the new FX-7 a second that is almost too close to call!
I don't have all the potj figures yet... but I really like the Plo Kloon figure.
Collecting Star Wars figures ain't like dustin' crops boy !!
Again, i'll say Boba Fett 300th fig., but excluding that one that leaves me to....Aurra Sing, Chewie Mec. is awesome too!!
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Arg! It's so hard to decide. I would have to give it a tie between Plo Koon and Queen Amidala Theed Invasion. They are both awesome. I think the FX-7 will also be very good too.
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In a conference call held this morning by Comcast (CMCSA) and Time Warner Cable (TWC) to discuss their proposed $45 billion stock swap, Comcast's top executive for regulatory affairs, David Cohen, dismissed worries the deal may run afoul of the Federal Communications Commission, arguing that although such a deal is "scary" sounding, it's not as ominous as it might seem.
"The proposed transaction is pro-consumer, pro-competitive, strongly in the public interest, and is approvable by the FCC, the FTC, or the Department of Justice, and the relevant state and local regulators."
"It results in no reduction of choice for consumers, and following divestiture, it will result in essentially the same share of nationwide MVPD subscribers as following the Adelphia and AT&T broadband transactions, below the 30% threshold of the twice-vacated FCC ownership cap in a much more competitive and dynamic marketplace."
But things are clearly not so simple. Comcast shares are down $1.95, or 3.5%, at $53.17, and Time Warner Cable shares are trading below the $158.82 effective deal price, up just $9.13, or 7%, at $144.44, which either reflects a lack of enthusiasm about getting Comcast stock, or perhaps skepticism about approval of the deal.
There are certainly some on the Street who see approval issues. Nomura Equity Research's Adam Ilkowitz reiterates a Buy rating on Comcast, and a $60 price target, writing that "We don't think the regulators (FCC, DOJ) will quibble with 29% video market share, but we think the pro forma company covering an estimated 66% of homes passed could present a problem."
Indeed, speaking to the issues of consolidation, Former FCC chair Reed Hundt appeared on CNBC (owned by Comcast's NBC-Universal) a short while ago, and he left no doubt that the deal faces some substantial scrutiny. He rejected the notion, proferred by CNBC hosts, that Comcast is simply trying to help an old, moribund industry, and spoke of the tremendous market power of such a large operation:
I think the FCC and the Dept of Justice are both going to take a hard look at the sheer bigness of the deal. It will be like building a pyramid in the media landscape, and like the pyramids, it will be there for years and years to come, long after regulators and presidents will have come and gone. The numbers will tell the tale. As far as I can tell, the combined companies will have more than 51% of all video subscribers, and maybe more than that as a share of all broadband. The Department of Justice and the FCC will look at the impact of that kind of consolidation upstream on content companies, on TV channels, on Netflix (NFLX), the impact on equipment companies, and the impact on consumers as broadband subscribers and as pay video subscribers. This deal, I don't know if it's too big to fail to get approval, but too big to sale through those agencies without serious scrutiny. Broadband is not in decline, it is a burgeoning market, people need to be investing. These two companies would have such a large market share in broadband, regulators will ask, Do you want to own a bottleneck, or do you want to open it and give us more and more bandwidth? [FCC] Chairman [Tom] Wheeler is committed to not just a little straw to the Internet, but a big, big highway to the future. There's a tremendous consensus in the whole tech industry about fundamental growth maps on the wireline and the wireless sides. I don't think people misperceive the future. The bigness of this deal will draw serious scrutiny based on assumptions about the future. FCC and DOJ I think probably have not green lighted the deal already. I would be very dubious that this has already been green-lighted. I think it's too early to tell if it will be approved. Who knows if the conditions they'll [regulators] ask for will be bearable by the companies? Three million subs [divested by Comcast] on a deal that combines 33 million is not that much of a divestiture, and that doesn't speak to the broadband concentration. For sure you would believe chairman wheeler wants to figure out what is the right open internet order.
On the plus side, Les Moonves, CEO of CBS (CBS), which tussled with Time Warner Cable last year over fees, also appeared on CNBC, and he was all smiles and supportive of the deal, even if he wouldn't totally commit to not opposing it at some point:
I think everybody was pretty surprised. As usual, Brian and Neil did this under wraps. Everyone thought they were in Sochi. We were all surprised because we heard all the noise about Charter. I think as they did with NBC, Comcast came along and did a terrific deal for themselves. They are a company that believes in content. We had a little dispute with TWC this past summer over they didn't want to pay what we felt was a fair price. Comcast obviously thinks about it in an entirely different way. We're still looking at the ramifications, but we have a terrific relationship with all the people at Comcast. At the end of the day, if you have the right content, you're always going to have the power. With TWC, it's the first time we've ever gone dark with anyone. It's not power, it's value. I think Comcast appreciates the value of our content and will pay appropriately. I don't think we'll have the same struggle with Comcast.
When pressed by Faber as to whether he'd oppose the deal, Moonves said it was "too early to discuss what we like or don't like about it."


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Mr. Donald O. Page, age 67, of Gallatin, died Sunday, December 19, 1999, at Heartland Regional Medical Center, St. Joseph, MO.
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Proposal 1: A step in the right direction, allowing the return to being able to have an Amatuer without an Open, but if fails to meet the real problem of clubs not having the resources(land.people ...) to hold 2 major stakes. A change that could help clubs would be the option to hold an Amatuer without an Open provided the club holds at least 1 Open in that calander year.
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Princeton University is among several area colleges, universities and private schools hosting events for the 2014 Special Olympics USA Games, which will be held in Mercer County June 14-21. Nearly 3,500 athletes; 1,000 coaches and delegates; 10,000 volunteers; and 70,000 spectators and families are expected. The University will host swimming and track and field events Monday through Friday, June 16-20, at DeNunzio Pool, east of Jadwin Gymnasium; and Weaver Stadium. Awards ceremonies for these events will be held in Hodes Plaza, between DeNunzio Pool, Jadwin Gym and Caldwell Fieldhouse.
Nearly 100 members of the University community will serve as volunteers on campus during the games in a range of capacities including competition escorts, awards preparations assistants, awards escorts, food and beverage attendants, family services attendants, and Welcome Day assistants. Volunteers are still needed to support the games in several locations; if you are interested, please email firstname.lastname@example.com and state that you are a member of the Princeton University community.
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The unique moose-vehicle class-action lawsuit being handled by Ches Crosbie starts Tuesday, and the case has the potential to break new ground in the land of the law.
Crosbie said he doesn't know of any cases in Canada like it, but there have been some in the U.S. that involved allegations that wildlife fencing should have been in place.
In some cases, the plaintiff won, Crosbie said. They were individual cases and not class action such as the one he is handling.
"The case really is a case for experts. It's a common issues trial," said Crosbie.
This week there will be experts in their respective fields called to the stand such as Bob Cuff, a Newfoundland historian who will explain the history of moose on the island.
The case will start, though, with some people who have been directly affected by a moose-vehicle collision.
"It's just to put a human face on the problem or the scope of the problem," Crosbie said.
Jennifer Pilgrim, who is a plaintiff witness, lost her husband in a moose-vehicle collision in 2009. Ben Bellows, another main plaintiff, is quadriplegic as the result of a moose-vehicle accident in 2003.
The case isn't dealing with particular injuries or individual compensations, though.
"The questions are questions like, 'Is the government negligent? Is there a defence of core policy decision?' Because if the government can prove that what was done or not done was a matter of core policy decision, then they have a good defence. Also, we're looking at causation," said Crosbie.
Causation deals with where collisions happen. There are moose-vehicle collisions all over the island, but they also happen in areas of concentrated collisions.
"For any individual class member, there remains the issue of, was there a particular accident at a position on the highway which should have been fenced?"
Nobody is suggesting the entire TCH should be fenced off, Crosbie added, but there are areas that may be proven to be of higher risk. Also, if an accident took place in a location where collisions are a rarity, the government can argue the area wouldn't have been fenced anyway and wouldn't have prevented a collision.
"So that's where the argument based on (moose) density becomes very important," Crosbie said.
The Save Our People Action Committee formed in 2009 by survivors of moose-vehicle collisions to highlight the problem of moose on the highways in Newfoundland and Labrador. TheIt has a goal to reduce the moose-vehicle collision rate by 50 per cent or more over five years.
"Can that be done by reduction of the population of moose, at least in the areas adjacent to the major road? That's the question. And if we can show that that is feasible then we may be able to prove that independently of where the fencing might be put, the probabilities favour that none of these people would have been in a collision," Crosbie said.
Although the case may seem complicated, Crosbie said it's not bad on a relative scale. He compares it to a malpractice trial he just finished that had 12 doctors testify.
"Compared to that it's not complicated. It's not complex in terms of the evidence."
If Crosbie and his group win, the result could carry quite a bit of clout, though.
"The challenge is in the law because if we succeed it will be new law. We are pushing back the frontiers of the law, for sure," Crosbie said.


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Family: Asteraceae, Aster view all from this family
Description Native perennial herb or subshrub.
Habit: large, bushy, with many leafy stems; parts of plant produce sticky resin.
Height: 4-60 in (30-150 cm).
Leaf: lime green above, pale gray-purple on bottom; coarsely toothed, triangular, oval, or heart-shaped; 1/2-5 in (15-120 mm) long, 3/4-3 in (20-70 mm) wide.
Flower: bell-shaped, creamy-yellow, rayless flowerhead, 1/2 in (12 mm) long; in small nodding cluster at top of stem.
Fruit: dry cylindrical seed, 3/16 in (4 mm) long, toppped with short bristles.
Flower July to October.
Habitat Dry sites: rocky hillsides, shaded forests, dry slopes, canyons, banks, cliffs, roadsides; usually in forests; 4000-10,000 ft (1200-3000 m).
Range Eastern Washington south to Baja California and east to western Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.
Discussion Also known as: tasselflower brickellbush, prodigiosa. This large and complex genus consists mostly of shrubs. Some were used medicinally by Native Americans. Large-flower Brickelbush is thought to lower blood sugar, improve digestion, and combat gallstones.


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EFF has big news in our long-running Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) battle over telecom lobbying documents: the government will finally release some additional records this week.
This case started back in 2007, as Congress debated granting immunity to the telecommunications companies that participated in illegal government electronic surveillance. News reports detailed an extensive and expensive lobbying strategy in support of the controversial immunity proposals, and EFF wanted to know more. So we used the FOIA to ask for information about the behind-the-scenes negotiations with the Department of Justice, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Congress, and telecom lobbyists.
As you may remember, the government has fought for months to withhold many of these documents, arguing that they were protected by a number of FOIA exemptions, including those covering agency deliberations and other privileged communications. Last month, a district court ordered the agencies to turn over additional documents, a decision that the government has been considering whether to appeal. But on Friday, the government reported to the appeals court that it has finally given up the fight over a significant portion of the records, including communications between agencies and Congress about amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). We expect to receive the documents later this week, and we will post them on the website as soon as we can after that.
The government has said it will continue to try to block the release of additional information, including communications within the Executive Branch and records reflecting the identities of telcoms that lobbied for immunity. EFF will of course fight these efforts in court. In the meantime, we look forward to this week's documents release, and hope you will help us search through them for important information about the telecom lobbying campaign.
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Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 12:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Transportation Related Child Injury Summit
We are excited to share the Transportation Related Child Injury mapping initiative to be presented by Children's Opti-mal Health and Dell Children's Medical Center. We hope to connect profession-als, community members and advocates to collaboratively inform and facilitate improvement in child injury prevention processes, policies, and services. You are invited and encouraged to Register now.
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Novel portrays teen with disability as 'just a typical person'January 19, 2014 11:30 PM
As a high school student, Sara Pyszka worked hard to be like other students even though her physical disabilities required her to use a wheelchair and a computerized voice mechanism.
She insisted that her personal aide walk a distance behind her on the Bethel Park High School campus, leaving her free to move independently between classes and interact with other students without adult supervision.
As a college student, Ms. Pyszka was determined to have the same experience as her peers, and that meant moving out of the dorms at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, where she majored in rehabilitation services, and into an apartment in her junior year, even though cerebral palsy prevents her from walking, talking or using her hands.
Now, she's hoping to get other young people with disabilities to see themselves living as typical teenagers and young adults.
Ms. Pyszka, 27, recently self-published her first novel titled "Dancing Daisies." It's about a 17-year-old girl who goes away to camp for the first time and experiences the freedom of living away from home, falling in love, and the ups and downs of friendship.
The main character, Brynn, like Ms. Pyszka, has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair and a computer to communicate.
It's not a story about the extraordinary, but rather the ordinary. And that's the point.
"I feel like all of the movies and all of the books that are about people with disabilities are about how they are overcoming their obstacles. And sometimes I think that's okay, but sometimes it gets annoying if you have a disability. I really wanted to write a book about somebody with a disability who makes mistakes, and falls in love and is just a typical person," Ms. Pyszka said in an email interview.
When she started the book, her main character was in a wheelchair. In the second draft, she decided to make the main character exactly like herself -- without the ability to talk or use her hands -- and using a motorized wheelchair and communication device.
"Somehow, the process became more about educating people about who I am, and what I go through everyday," said Ms. Pyszka, who lives in Wexford and is a self-employed consultant on disability issues.
But, she said, she allowed Brynn to have some experiences that she hasn't had and the character's adventures have taught her some lessons.
"She learns to stand up for herself. I learned from my character how to speak my mind and not be afraid," Ms. Pyszka said.
The book, available in paperback on Amazon.com and in a Kindle version, has struck a chord with some readers who have posted reviews.
"Not only is it a great story about the trials and tribulations of being a teenager, but it is also chock full of information about what it is like to have a disability," one reader wrote.
Stephen Bennett, president and CEO of United Cerebral Palsy, lauded Ms. Pyszka's book and the example she is setting for others.
"United Cerebral Palsy's mission is to help ensure that people with disabilities can live a life without limits, and Sara is living that mission every day," Mr. Bennett said.
"In a society that doesn't often include such characters in books, films and more, it is refreshing and inspiring to see an author do so. We need more authors and books like this."
Ms. Pyszka wrote the 350-page book with her DynaVox, the computerized communicator she also uses to speak. The DynaVox scans through lists of words and letters on a screen and Ms. Pyszka uses a switch controlled by her head to select those she wants to use.
"My favorite part of the writing process is the independence. Whenever I am writing, every word, and every sentence, and every paragraph, comes directly out of my mind," she said.
"I feel like writing is something I can do 110 percent by myself. That is a really great feeling and that's why when somebody tells me they like something I wrote, it is the greatest compliment they could give me," she said.
She started writing the book when she was 19 and went through three rewrites before contacting agents to find a publisher. She was able to present her work to a small publisher, but after six months of work, the firm decided not to publish the book. So she decided to publish it herself.
Bethel Park school superintendent Nancy Aloi Rose, who was Ms. Pyszka's principal in middle school and has kept in touch with her, said she is not surprised at the message in her former student's novel.
"She always wanted people to know that she is more than just her disability, that she is a fully capable, thinking, feeling human being in her body and in her wheelchair," Ms. Rose said.
While at Bethel Park High School, Ms. Pyszka programmed her DynaVox so that she could sing the national anthem at a high school basketball game and was later invited to do the same at Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Indians games and to lead the Pledge of Allegiance at the 2004 Republican National Convention.
Ms. Rose said Ms. Pyszka gave a staff development presentation to Bethel Park teachers several years ago about students with disabilities.
"It was about respecting the individual differences of students with special needs and challenging teachers not to have preconceived notions about the capabilities of disabled students," Ms. Rose said. "She is an ongoing inspiration for me in resilience and courage."
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born in Lucca, Italy, composed during the Classical period
Boccherini's compositions were first published when he was 17 years old. In 1765 Boccherini and his father went to Milan, which at the time was a magnet for talented musicians. It was there that he wrote his first string quartet. In the same year, the ill health that would plague Boccherini all his life began to take its toll. The composer endured a further blow in 1766 when his father died. He formed a new partnership with the violinist Filippo Manfredi; they toured Italy in 1767 and made their way to Paris, where they became a sensation. In Paris Boccherini published a number of notable works, including a set of six string quartets. Following his successes there, Boccherini began writing and publishing prolifically.
In 1769 Boccherini and Manfredi journeyed to Spain, where the composer enjoyed great acclaim. Boccherini then took up another new genre, the string quintet. He in fact became best known for these works, written for string quartet with an additional cello. Now enjoying the benefits of a steady job, Boccherini married in 1771.
Boccherini's wife died of a stroke in 1785. That year his Spanish patron, Archbishop Don Luis, also died, leaving Boccherini without a position. He petitioned King Charles, asking to be retained in some musical position. Charles granted him a pension and assigned him various musical duties. There was an upturn in Boccherini's fortunes in 1786 when he was commissioned as "Composer of Our Chamber" by Friedrich Wilhelm, who was soon to become King of Prussia. Though he wrote most of his new music for Friedrich Wilhelm, Boccherini remained in Spain, where he wrote his only opera, a zarzuela called La clementina.
In 1787 Boccherini remarried. In 1796 he entered into an arrangement with publisher, composer, and piano manufacturer Ignaz Pleyel, who both praised and published Boccherini's works while cheating him of income. In February 1803, Boccherini was reported as living in "distress," but this is as likely from emotional depression as financial hardship, for in 1802 two of his daughters died from an epidemic within a few days of each other. In 1804 both his wife and his only living daughter died. It seems clear that Boccherini, although he continued to compose up to the end, had little interest in living, and died on May 28, 1805 of what was described as "pulmonary suffocation." He was buried in the Church of San Justo in Madrid. In 1927 his remains were disinterred and he was reburied in the Basilica of San Francesco in his hometown of Lucca. ~ Rovi Staff, Rovi
Selected Discography
Track List: Boccherini: Piano Quintets
Track List: Boccherini: Fandango, Sinfonie & La Musica Notturna di Madrid
Track List: Boccherini: Cello Concertos Nos. 9-12
Track List: Boccherini: String Quartets Op. 32 [United Kingdom]
Track List: Boccherini: Cello Quintets - 2
Track List: Boccherini: Cello Quintets
Track List: Boccherini: String Quintets; Minuet in A /Europa Galante * Biondi
Track List: Boccherini: Guitar Quintets
Track List: Boccherini: String Quartets, Opp. 32 and 39
Track List: Boccherini: Cello Sonatas, Vol. 1
Track List: Boccherini: Cello Concertos, Vol. 2
Track List: Cello Concertos 1
Track List: Boccherini: Symphonies Opus 12
Track List: Boccherini: The Symphonies, Op. 12
Track List: Boccherini: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 4
Track List: Boccherini: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 5
Track List: Luigi Boccherini: Complete Symphonies, Volume 1; Op. 7; Op. 10 No. 4; G490
Track List: Boccherini: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 8
Track List: Luigi Boccherini: Complete Symphonies, Volume 7; Op. 37 Nos. 3-4; OP. 41
Track List: Boccherini: Quintets For Guitar And Strings
Track List: Luigi Boccherini: Complete Symphonies, Volume 2; Op. 12 Nos. 1-3
Track List: Boccherini: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 6
Track List: Boccherini: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 3
Track List: Boccherini: Guitar Quintets, Vol. 3
Track List: Boccherini: Guitar Quintets, Vol. 1
Track List: Guitar Quintets, Vol.2
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Love cello pieces. The range is awesome.
I really like Boccherini but my favourite is Mozart, then Beethoven, then Haydn.
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That's obviously not even close to what I said; it's naďve to ask someone to prove their point by only using peer-reviewed sources because it assumes that all science that hasn't been peer-reviewed is invalid and science that is peer-reviewed is automatically valid, which is absurd.
As to your point, it's also a bit naďve to think simply because the system ought to work a certain way it therefore actually does function that way.
The vast majority of my points are supported by peer-reviewed studies, and I have no problem providing the citations. However, I just want him to explain why he moved the goalpost and why he only asks for peer-reviewed sources all of the sudden; it smells like a rat to me.
I didn't move any goalposts. This is absurd. Any discussion regarding science should include data from peer-reviewed studies. A study that isn't peer-reviewed is pretty worthless. I could come out with a study tomorrow that shows that mushrooms are actually really small people with big hats, and unless another person reviews it and comes to a similar conclusion based on their own impartial research, my study is garbage.
You and I both know that you won't find a single peer-reviewed study to support your fantastical assertions unless you dive deep into the Hovind circle jerk that is the Creationist "scientific community". Of course, you will claim that all legitimate scientists are moved by Satan... That is normally how these discussions end.
I believe in evolution but I believe getting into a debate about science and religion is good because I feel its the best way to advance!
You asked for evidence, I provided a list of evidences, then you altered your request by now wanting only peer-reviewed sources, which was something you never mentioned; that by definition is moving the goalposts. It's not a big deal, I can hit the new goalposts (which I am sure you'll move again), but I just wish you had the intellectual honesty to admit what you were doing.
Any discussion regarding science should include data from peer-reviewed studies.
Your position is naďve at best, I actually just watched a scholarly debate between Dr. Dembski and Christopher Hitchens (someone I am sure you respect and possibly even idolize), and Hitchens made numerous rather flamboyant scientific claims during the debate (99.8% of all species have gone extinct, quantum physics proves something can come from nothing, and natural processes can create a human eye just to name a few), and he referenced nearly two dozen sources….not a single one was peer-reviewed. Apparently your standard isn't reasonable for even a scholarly and recorded debate, so it's not even close to being reasonable for a friendly discussion on a football forum; so I simply reject it upon those grounds.
You can watch the debate for yourself…
A study that isn't peer-reviewed is pretty worthless.
This is why I gave you a chance to smooth out your position a bit because you really painted yourself into a corner with these sort of statements. Let's look at some scientific work that apparently you view as "worthless"…
1. Newton's Philosophić Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which contained his laws of motion, work on universal gravitation, and planetary motion was never peer-reviewed, even though it is regarded as one of the greatest contributions ever made to mathematics and Physics, according to you it's….WORTHLESS!
2. Copernicus' "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium" which first proposed a heliocentric model for our solar system was never peer-reviewed, so again according to you it was really just….WORTHLESS!
3. Einstein's work on relativity was first published in the journal "Annalen der Physik", but was never peer-reviewed, even though it's the foundation for all of modern Physics, Einstein's work on relativity was, according to you….WORTHLESS!
5. Darwin's Origin of Species was never peer-reviewed, I guess everything Darwin has contributed to Biology was in your eyes….WORTHLESS!
6. Harmut Michel won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for a study he did that was actually rejected for peer-reviewed publishing; I guess that study must have been….WORTHLESS!
7. Hans Krebs's letter describing the citric acid cycle was rejected by Nature in 1937, he later won the Nobel Prize for that same letter, I guess that study was also…WORTHLESS!
8. Stephen Hawking's work on black hole evaporation, which is often regarded as his most impactful work, was rejected for peer-review, I guess that paper was…WORTHLESS!
9. Watson's and Crick's ground-breaking work on DNA and the double helix was never peer-reviewed; I guess this research was….WORTHLESS!
10. Mayer's work and formulation of the 1st Law of Thermodynamics was never peer-reviewed, I guess that study was…WORTHLESS!
11. Fermi's paper on weak interaction theory of beta decay was rejected for publishing by Nature, I guess that work was…WORTHLESS!
12. Deisenhofer's work on photosynthesis was also rejected by Nature for publishing, I guess that work was also…WORTHLESS!
The list goes on and on…
In fact, what we have seen is that if all of the reviewers for a particular journal believe the Earth is old they will be willing to allow fraudulent work to be published as long as it agrees with their paradigm. The German anthropologist Professor Reiner Protsch von Zieten spent 30 years submitting fraudulent work for publishing and it was all published, in numerous journals even. Thomas Terberger who is an archeologist finally blew the whistle on the fraudulent research. Protsch had given many of his discoveries fraudulent dates in order to back up his old earth views, his discovery known as "Binshof-Speyer woman" was dated by Protsch to have died 21,300 years ago, she was later verified by Oxford University to have only died 1,300 years ago after the fraud was exposed. His discovery known as "Paderborn-Sande man" was dated by Protsch to have died 27,400 years ago, but was later verified to have only died in 1750 AD. As long as you agree with the dogma, you'll get your work published. [http://www.wnd.com/2005/02/29004/]
Your view that only peer-reviewed science is good science was actually shot down by the US Supreme Court in 1993, in a letter to the court the late great Stephen J. Gould and others supported the court's decision to shoot down such an unreasonable and quite frankly misinformed position, in the letter Gould writes…
[Emphasis added by SW]
"Judgments based on scientific evidence, whether made in a laboratory or a courtroom, are undermined by a categorical refusal even to consider research or views that contradict someone's notion of the prevailing "consensus" of scientific opinion. Science progresses as much or more by the replacement of old views as by the gradual accumulation of incremental knowledge. Automatically rejecting dissenting views that challenge the conventional wisdom is a dangerous fallacy, for almost every generally accepted view was once deemed eccentric or heretical. Perpetuating the reign of a supposed scientific orthodoxy in this way, whether in a research laboratory or in a courtroom, is profoundly inimical to the search for truth. A categorical refusal even to examine and consider scientific evidence that conflicts with some ill-defined notion of majority opinion is a recipe for error in any forum.
Unable or unwilling to investigate scientific methodology and determine just what is orthodox and "generally accepted," the Ninth Circuit instead seized upon publication in a peer-reviewed scientific journal as the badge of respectability, the sine qua non of admissible "good science." The court thereby converted that editorial tool into something no scientist or journal editor ever meant it to be: a litmus test for scientific truth. This is not the way scientists work in their laboratories and symposia, and it is not the way that science should be used in the courtroom if the goal is to ensure the most accurate and valid judgments possible.
As scientists, physicians, historians of science and sociologists of science who are members of the "scientific community," amici can assure the Court that this is not how scientists work in their pursuit of truth. Amici challenge the Ninth Circuit's premise that the only "good science" is that which is "generally accepted" and published in peer-reviewed journals, and reject the notion that scientific analysis and conclusions that might diverge from what a court deems the published "consensus" are so unreliable as to be wholly unworthy of consideration. The quality of a scientific approach or opinion depends on the strength of its factual premises and on the depth and consistency of its reasoning, not on its appearance in a particular journal or on its popularity among other scientists. Even if it were possible to determine the existence and character of a "consensus," which is itself a task fraught with difficulty, prevailing views and conventional wisdom have all too often been consigned to the dust heap of the history of science. If the purpose of the Federal Rules of Evidence is to enable the fact-finder to make the most informed decision possible, by providing the assistance of qualified experts who possess "scientific, technical or other specialized knowledge that will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue," Fed.R.Evid. 702, then it would be a grave mistake to require that all scientific analysis be supported by a consensus and published in a particular form in order to be considered."
I could come out with a study tomorrow that shows that mushrooms are actually really small people with big hats, and unless another person reviews it and comes to a similar conclusion based on their own impartial research, my study is garbage.
That's not how peer-review even works. The reviewers do not base their approval or rejection upon their own research, impartial or not. Most ground-breaking science appears in scientific books anyways, the peer-review system is more for incremental changes and refinements to currently accepted views. You could publish a book concerning your study and we could all read it and determine whether it is valid upon its own merits. That's how Newton and Darwin did it.
You and I both know that you won't find a single peer-reviewed study to support your fantastical assertions unless you dive deep into the Hovind circle jerk that is the Creationist "scientific community". Of course, you will claim that all legitimate scientists are moved by Satan... That is normally how these discussions end.
Why do you keep bringing Hovind up? That right there displays your ignorance on the matter if you truly believe he is the best Creation has to offer.
Actually, a lot of the evidence I provided was derived from peer-reviewed journals; however, what I am trying to get you to understand is that it doesn't matter one way or the other. Peer-review is not the litmus test for "good science", that is a completely naďve view of science today and it will still be a naďve view of science tomorrow.
You all have a strange concept of what it means to win a debate, here are some rather egregious mistakes the Priest makes…
1. He is confounding empirical sciences and historical sciences, every single example he gave was an example of a claim that can be tested empirically, the age of the Earth cannot be tested empirically, so he's committing a fallacy of irrelevance.
2. The Bible doesn't teach any of the claims he mentioned, the Catholic Church taught a couple of them at one point in time, but scripture never has, so again the fallacy of irrelevance. Scripture does however reject the notion that the Earth is billions of years old and that man is just another animal that evolved.
3. The Priest rejects the idea of a "young" Earth simply because he believes the scientific evidence overwhelmingly favors an old Earth (which is debatable), and yet the scientific evidence even more overwhelmingly rejects the idea that a virgin can give birth, a man can resurrect from the dead three days after being killed, a man can heal the blind and sick, a man can turn water into whine, and a man can walk on water- and yet the Priest believes all of these things actually happened and would teach children they actually happened, inconsistency! He's merely trying to gain favor and respect from the God oranges, and that in itself is anti-Christian and absurd.
Nice fallacious appeal to authority! Obviously they don't teach any sort of logic to psychology majors in this day and age. I knew you couldn't actually address any of my points; you're so inept when it comes to these sorts of debates it would be funny if it were not so downright sad.


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Appeals court overturns medical marijuana case
SPOKANE, Wash. - A state appellate court has reversed the conviction of a Spokane medical marijuana dispensary owner who was convicted of manufacturing, possessing and selling marijuana.
The court, in its published opinion filed Tuesday, found that Scott Shupe had established a prima facie case to support his defense that he was a legitimate medical marijuana dispensary owner, a claim the state never refuted.
The reason?Appeals court overturns medical marijuana case
While the state successfully built its case around evidence found in search warrants, following the raid on Change and other locations in Spokane, and Shupe's subsequent admission during his closing argument at trial that he possessed, manufactured and distributed marijuana, prosecutors never addressed the core issue in Shupe's defense, that he was authorized to possess and deliver marijuana under state medical marijuana laws.
The appeals court also questioned the veracity of the search warrants executed in the case.
One search warrant, for 726 West Mansfield Avenue, was based on comments made by a neighbor of Shupe's mother, who complained that Shupe "appears to sell marijuana" from the residence. The problem with the warrant was that neighbor never saw marijuana or actually observed a sale take place; in that case the appeals court said the warrant was based on information from a neighbor that was not credible.
In the appeal, the court determined that the search warrants for the Mansfield address, as well as a second location -- 904 East 11th Avenue -- had no probable cause to support those warrants, due to the lack of credible support for them to stand.
Regarding the delivery of marijuana, the appeals court found that the evidence gathered by police and used by prosecutors in the case against Shupe was insufficient to support his conviction.
On this point the court found that police had the opportunity to conduct an undercover operation and attempt to buy marijuana from Change but never did so. They had to prove Shupe sold a controlled substance, but never did. Finally, while conducting surveillance of Change, police spotted Shupe carrying a gym bag to and from the store. Authorities drew the conclusion the bag was being used to transport drugs, but never confirmed it.
The bag was found when the search warrants were executed on the two residences, and it did contain marijuana in it, but the appeals court ruled that the search warrants on those two residences had no probable cause thus, any evidence -- including the bag with marijuana found inside -- was inadmissible.
In 2009, Shupe, the owner of Change, one of the city's first marijuana dispensaries, was found guilty in court on the manufacturing, possession and sales-related charges. He had argued, unsuccessfully at the time, that a broad interpretation of the law allowed for dispensaries to supply product to patients with medical marijuana cards under specific guidelines, such as only serving one patient at a time.
The shutdown of Change had a chilling effect on other dispensaries across the city.
Some closed voluntarily in the wake of the raid on Change, out of fear of similar raids and subsequent prosecution of their establishments. Others remained open however, only to be shut down after the DEA conducted raids on dispensaries across Spokane in April of 2011 in the wake of US Attorney Michael Ormsby's declaration that all of the stores were violating federal law and must close immediately.
"The proliferation of marijuana stores, which are not authorized under state law, suggests that drug traffickers are attempting to avoid application of state law through the use of these stores," Ormsby said at the time.
There were 40 dispensaries open in April 2011 across Spokane at the time of the DEA raids.
This last November, 17 months after the DEA raids that shut down medical marijuana dispensaries across Spokane, Washington State voters overwhelmingly supported I-502, which made marijuana legal for recreational use.
While the federal government still considers marijuana a controlled substance, so far the US Attorney's office has remained silent about Washington's new recreational use law.
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