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Nevada town mourns Marines who died in explosion
HAWTHORNE, Nev. (AP) — Hundreds of residents in a rural community steeped in military history turned out to mourn the loss of seven Marines as investigators arrived at an ammunition depot to try to determine how a mortar shell exploded at the Nevada base and sent shrapnel flying into troops during a training exercise.
Families with children clutching small American flags were among the nearly 300 people who attended the brief memorial service Tuesday, where a trumpeter played taps at a city park as a giant American flag flew at half-staff across the street from the base at dusk.
Marine officers from Camp Lejeune, N.C., who arrived at the Hawthorne Army Depot on Tuesday, could not attend the memorial, as they began the task of figuring out what caused a mortar shell to explode in its firing tube. The accident prompted the Pentagon to immediately halt the use of the weapons until an investigation can determine their safety, officials said.
The explosion Monday night at the sprawling facility during an exercise involved the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force from Camp Lejeune. Seven men were killed and eight were injured, officials said.
Hawthorne has been an important installation in American military history since World War II, when it was the staging area for ammunition, bombs and rockets. The facility has downsized in recent years but still serves as a munitions repository and disposal site, along with being a training facility for troops as they take advantage of terrain and climate similar to places like Afghanistan. The facility is made up of hundreds of buildings spread over more than 230 square miles, and bunkers dot the sagebrush-covered hills visible from the highway.
Even though the Marines were from the other side of the country, locals still feel a strong sense of pride in the military because the town's history is so deeply tied to the armed forces.
The town calls itself "America's Patriotic Home" and is home to the Hawthorne Ordnance Museum, which displays hundreds of shells, munitions, battery guns and weapons dating to World War II. Red, white and blue sculptures made of former shells and bombs are on display in town. Storefronts carry names like Patriot's Plaza. The sign on a business Thursday carried the message, "Please Pray For Our Marines."
"The evening of March 18, 2013, will forever be remembered as a moment of profound tragedy in Mineral County," District Attorney Sean Rowe told the memorial service. "You have given meaning to the phrase, 'America's Patriotic Home.'"
The identities of those killed aren't expected to be released until 9:45 p.m. Eastern time, according to Cpl. Daniel Wulz, a Marine public affairs officer. The military is waiting until 24 hours after families are notified.
However, family members confirmed the names of two victims on Wednesday.
The grandfather of a 23-year-old Connecticut native confirmed his grandson had been killed. Roger Muchnick grew up in Westport, Conn., and had served in Afghanistan, according to Jerome Muchnick. The young man was considering going to college after serving in the Marines. The elder Muchnick said his grandson was a vibrant, loving man, and he's devastated by his death.
Also among the victims was 21-year-old Marine Lance Cpl. Josh Taylor. Taylor had fulfilled a nearly lifelong dream when he joined the military right after graduating from a southeastern Ohio high school in 2010, according to his grandfather, Larry Stephens.
Stephens said his grandson had talked about being a Marine since he was about 5, watching the History Channel and studying the military. After joining, he worked with mortars and served tours in Afghanistan and Kuwait, and was preparing for another tour in Afghanistan.
Taylor was engaged to be married, with a wedding planned for May.
The impact of the accident was immediately felt.
The Pentagon expanded a temporary ban to prohibit the military from firing any 60 mm mortar rounds until the results of the investigation. The Marine Corps said Tuesday a "blanket suspension" of 60 mm mortars and associated firing tubes is in effect.
The Pentagon earlier had suspended use of all high-explosive and illumination mortar rounds that were in the same manufacturing lots as ones fired in Nevada.
The 60 mm mortar is a weapon that traditionally requires three to four Marines to operate, but it's common during training for others to observe nearby.
The mortar has changed little since World War II and remains one of the simplest weapons to operate, which is why it is found at the lowest level of infantry units, said Joseph Trevithick, a mortar expert with Global Security.org.
"Basically, it's still a pipe and it's got a firing pin at the bottom," Trevithick said. Still, a number of things could go wrong, such as a fuse malfunction, a problem with the barrel's assembly, or a round prematurely detonating inside the tube, he said.
A Marine Corps official said an explosion at the point of firing in a training exercise could kill or maim anyone in or near the protective mortar pit and could concussively detonate any mortars stored nearby in a phenomenon known as "sympathetic detonation." The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the individual wasn't authorized to speak about an ongoing investigation.
The official said a worldwide moratorium after such an accident is not unusual and would persist until the investigation determines that the weapon did not malfunction in ways that would hurt other Marines or that mortar shells manufactured at the same time as the one involved in the accident were safe.
The investigation will focus on whether the Marines followed procedures to properly fire the weapon, or whether there was a malfunction in the firing device or in the explosive mortar shell itself, the official said.
Renown hospital emergency physician Dr. Michael Morkin said at a news conference that some of the injured Marines he treated were conscious and "knew something happened but didn't know what." Morkin said the Marines mostly suffered blunt force trauma from shrapnel.
"They're injuries of varying severity … to varying parts of the body. They're complicated injuries to deal with," he said.
The Hawthorne depot opened in 1930, four years after a lightning-sparked explosion virtually destroyed the Lake Denmark Naval Ammunition depot in northern New Jersey, about 40 miles west of New York City. The blast and fires that raged for days heavily damaged the adjacent Picatinny Army Arsenal and surrounding communities, killing 21 people and seriously injuring more than 50 others.
Retired Nevada state archivist Guy Rocha, who initially said he was unaware of any previous catastrophic events at the Hawthorne depot since it opened in 1930, said Wednesday that more research turned up three other fatal explosions.
An Oct. 5, 1951 blast killed five people, another on Sept. 3, 1966, killed two men, and a rocket explosion on May 26, 1971, killed three, Rocha said.


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This kind of hearing loss is becoming more of a problem among kids and teens. How Does Noise Cause Hearing Loss? The ear is made up of three parts that work together to process sounds: the outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. Part of the inner ear called the cochlea contains tiny hair cells. These hair cells help send sound messages to the brain. But loud noise can damage the hair cells. When this happens, the cochlea can't relay sound messages to the brain as well. Unlike damage to other parts of your body, inner ear damage never heals. Over time, as more and more hair cells get damaged, your hearing will get worse and worse. What to Do Noise-induced hearing loss from using earbuds usually takes a while. Because it happens gradually, a lot of people don't know they have a problem until it's too late. 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Princess for a Night project seeks prom goods
Through April 30, the Princess for a Night project at T.C. Williams is collecting dry-cleaned formal dresses, shoes, handbags, jewelry and unused make-up to help young women from around the region "attend prom without breaking the bank," a school spokesperson said.
For the last seven years, the generosity of women in the community has allowed girls throughout Northern Virginia to attend prom when it would otherwise be too expensive. In May, events are held at T.C. and two other local high schools where young women can select dresses, shoes, handbags and jewelry for free.
Last year, donors contributed more than 500 dresses and more than 325 students from 11 high schools attended, according to the school.
Dress selection this spring will take place on May 14 at T.C. from 4 to 6 p.m., and May 15 from 9 a.m. to noon. Donations can be dropped off at the main office of T.C.'s King Street campus Monday through Friday between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.
City announces "Power-On" out-of-school program
The City of Alexandria Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities last week introduced the new name for its elementary-age "out of school time" offered at recreation centers and school facilities throughout the city.
The program is meant to turn the "Power-On" to engaging activities and positive experiences for children to enjoy. From games to arts to skill building to cultural adventure, children will have the opportunity to explore and grow through participation in creative recreation and leisure programs.
In addition, special events such as holiday celebrations, field trips and family activities are offered to enhance programming, a school spokesperson said. Activities are based on an overall yearly theme with related monthly themed activities and events.
The program is offered at Charles Barrett, Charles Houston, Cora Kelly, Mount Vernon, Nannie J. Lee, Patrick Henry and William Ramsay recreation centers; Durant/Jefferson-Houston, John Adams and MacArthur after-school centers and playgrounds; and Ben Brenman and Tancil Court playgrounds. "Power-Up" programs are offered at the Francis C. Hammond and George Washington Middle School campuses.
T.C. Williams graphics communications students honored
Mark "Slavic" Niebauer won fourth place and William Amponsah, Jr. won fifth place in the graphic communication category of the Skills USA state competition held in North Stafford. The two students are also competitors in the silk screening category of the same competition on April 7 at T.C.
Niebauer, Amponsah and Donya Wright have all been accepted to the graphic communications program at Chowan University in Murfreesboro, N.C, and each student is to receive a $5,000 scholarship from the school, according to a T.C. spokesperson.
Titan photographers now finalists in national contest
Mary Varano and Katie Mendez, advanced photography students at T.C. Williams High School, are among those still involved in the 30-year-old contest sponsored by Nikon. It awards more than $4,000 in prizes, a school spokesperson said.
All finalists' images are also published each year in Best of College Photography. The contest receives submissions each year from more than 3,500 high school and college students around the world.
Jefferson-Houston PTA to hold 'celebrity' bingo
A slew of Alexandria luminaries will be on hand Saturday night at Jefferson-Houston elementary school for Celebrity Bingo.Alexandria Town Crier William North-Rudin, Vice Mayor Kerry Donley, City Councilman Frank Fannon, Superintendent Morton Sherman, Spot the Dog, Jefferson-Houston principal Kimberley Graves and other city notables will join the school's PTA for the inaugural event.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. at the Cameron Street school and the games begin at 7 p.m. The cost is $10 for 10 bingo games and $5 for children. All proceeds will support Jefferson-Houston's after-school programs and teacher mini-grants.


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"We heard some facts being spun" Thursday night when President Obama and Vice President Biden gave their acceptance speeches at the Democratic National Convention, report the watchdogs at FactCheck.org.
They and other independent fact checkers have compiled, just as they did at last week's Republican National Convention, a list of those things said by the two parties' standard bearers that don't quite add up or may give misleading impressions.
Our colleague Mark Stencel has already gone through one story told several times Thursday — about President Obama's mother and the struggles she had with her insurance company as she was dying of cancer. He concludes that the president and other speakers "did not specify that the insurance issue was her disability claim, not her health coverage as the story still suggests to many listeners."
As for what the watchdogs are saying, here's a sampling:
-- FactCheck begins its report by noting that Obama "boasted that his plan would cut the deficit by $4 trillion over 10 years, citing 'independent experts.' But one such analyst called a key element of the plan a 'gimmick.' "
It takes issue with Biden for quoting Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney as saying "it's not worth moving heaven and earth" to catch Osama bin Laden. "Actually," FactCheck writes, "Romney said he would target more than just 'one person.' "
Biden also gets knocked for saying Romney "believes it's OK to raise taxes on middle classes by $2,000." Actually, FactCheck writes, Romney "promises to lower middle-class taxes."
And FactCheck notes that when the president quoted Romney as saying it was "tragic" to "end the war in Iraq," he didn't mention that "Romney was criticizing was the pace of Obama's troop withdrawal, not ending a war."
-- The Associated Press kicks off its fact-checking by writing that "President Barack Obama laid claim to a peace dividend that doesn't exist when he told the nation he wants to use money saved by ending wars to build highways, schools and bridges. The wars were largely financed by borrowing, so there is no ready pile of cash to be diverted to anything else."
The AP also takes issue with a figure cited by Biden and many others — that "after the worst job loss since the Great Depression, we've created 4.5 million private sector jobs in the past 29 months." The wire service notes that:
"This seems to be a favorite statistic, because many speakers at the convention cited it. But it's misleading — a figure that counts jobs from when the recession reached its trough and employment began to grow again. It excludes jobs lost earlier in Obama's term, and masks the fact that joblessness overall has risen over Obama's term so far. ... Overall, some 7.5 million jobs were lost during the recession that began in December 2007 in President George W. Bush's term and ended officially in June 2009 with Obama as president."
-- PolitiFact isn't accusing the president of any whoppers. It gives him a "half true" rating for saying that he's got a plan that "independent analysis" has said will cut the deficit by $4 trillion. But, says PolitiFact: "We found that the 'independent' source that supports that claim is a liberal think tank. Another group, one that puts a premium on deficit reduction, gives the president credit for moving in the right direction but thinks he won't get as far as he says he will. They think the president's plan might get close to the $3 trillion mark, but not $4 trillion."
PolitiFact gives Obama a "mostly true" rating for his line that because Romney referred to Russia as the nation's No. 1 enemy, the GOP nominee is "still stuck in a Cold War mind warp." According to PolitiFact:
"Romney didn't use those exact words, but he did refer to Russia as 'without question our No. 1 geopolitical foe.' He said the Russians 'fight for every cause for the world's worst actors' in a CNN interview. In a later interview, however, Romney softened his language, this time calling Russia our 'No. 1 adversary' in terms of U.N. votes and emphasized it's not an enemy of the kind launching missiles at American shores."
-- The Washington Post's The Fact Checker is taking issue with Biden for charging that Romney was willing to "let Detroit [the automakers, that is] go bankrupt." The Fact Checker writes that:
"This statement is drawn from a headline — 'Let Detroit Go Bankrupt' — on an opinion article written by Romney for The New York Times. But he did not say that in the article.
"In the article, Romney argued that if the automakers 'get the bailout that their chief executives asked for yesterday, you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye. It won't go overnight, but its demise will be virtually guaranteed.'
"As Romney put it, 'Detroit needs a turnaround, not a check.' "
All the posts we've done about what the fact checkers said during the conventions are collected here. Or, you can click on these headlines:
-- Retell Politics: Story About Obama's Mother Gets Another Look.
-- Clinton And Other Dems Did Some Cherry-Picking, Fact Checkers Say.
-- Democrats Unleashed Some 'Dubious Or Misleading Claims,' Fact Checkers Say.
-- Fact Checkers Ding Romney On A Few Familiar Points.
-- Janesville Debate: Dissecting Ryan's Claim, Obama's 'Promise' & The Facts.
-- Fact Checkers Say Some Of Ryan's Claims Don't Add Up.
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Guess what?
It's Lilly's Life's 1st birthday!
A whole year of blogging.
I started blogging in January 2008 as a diversionary measure to try and get closure from one of those painful life experiences that we all get our share of. I made a decision to write a post every time I focused on this negative episode in my life. It seemed to be a better option than drinking, drugs, gambling or.......... exercising.
I wrote about two or three posts a day for the first three months. And now I average about 15 posts a month. So, I can safely say things are a whole lot better.
I only had one visitor to my blog for the first few months. Me.
Then I finally listed it and started networking and reading a few other blogs.
And finally along came some wonderful readers and bloggers who actually made comments and gave me encouragement.
Matt, Jade, Robin, Trish, Henry, Judi, Gary, Horatio Salt, Tia, Jon, Nina, Tasha, Aleta and Eric.
These bloggers are at the top of Lilly's Life virtual birthday party invitation list. They have continued to visit my blog from those early days and I have appreciated their support. Together they have an eclectic group of blogs. Go and visit them. There is a mix of politics, art, humor, spirtuality, sharing and inspiration.
Of course over the last few months I've had great fun discovering and visiting lots of other blogs too. You know who you are. I have learnt a lot through following each and everyone of you.
I am now addicted very interested in your stories (addicted is the wrong word because I have given up all my addictions this year and am working on a new batch) and look forward to each post.
So, instead of buying magazines only to learn that Victoria Beckham got rid of her hair extensions because they got in the way during sex or that Britney Spears is considering a breast reduction so she can wear more PVC on stage and Paris Hilton thinks having sex is disgusting if it's not with someone she loves, I now read about you, the real people of the world.
And strangely, you are way more exciting than celebrities. And you have way more outlandish and far more important things going on in your lives!!
So tell me some things I don't know about you, what made you start blogging and what's the best thing that blogging has brought to your life?
Finally, thank you all for bringing Lilly's Life to life....
And no, I will not be eating the birthday cupcake in the picture. I am using it to bribe Des (my 81 yr old father) to write another guest post. He loves cake and he seems to be back in form after not feeling so well for weeks.
He left a comment on my previous post which read, I just want Lilly's readers to know that she gets her good looks and sense of humour from me and her need to be rude to police officers from her mother's side of the family. Given her mother doesn't read her blog I think it's fairly safe for me to say this....I should add they have been married for 50 years and my mother has never let a swear word pass her lips. Yes, clearly my mother is a saint, Des has a wicked sense of humour and I must have been adopted.


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Cycling is a great way to get around. It's healthy, efficient, fun and sustainable. As such I'm always perplexed when people in North America find every excuse to avoid utilitarian cycling.
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I am baffled as to why people would be willing to pay a monthly fee to sit on an exercise bicycle in the gym when they could instead be cycling outdoors for their daily commute or for running errands.
As someone who is fascinated by our addiction to the automobile, I wanted to find out what the rationale is for avoiding cycling in North America. My observations on this topic has resulted in the following list of 7 barriers to cycling in North America.
Barrier #7 – Perception of Danger
In North America there is a perception of danger whenever cycling is discussed. Just last week I rode my bike to a restaurant to meet up with an old friend. She saw me pull up on my bicycle and when I inquired to her if she ever cycled in the city, she responded that there was no way on earth she would ever ride a bicycle on the same roads as cars – far too dangerous.
A major contributor to this disinformation and fear-mongering in the media. Many of those who rely on automobiles in our cities feel threatened by the rise in interest in cycling and as a result they try to deter people from cycling by playing up the inherent dangers of cycling.
The truth is, you are probably safer riding a bicycle in our city alongside automobiles than you are driving an automobile on the highway. But nobody would ever question driving their cars on the highway, nor would they respond "it's far too dangerous" when asked about driving.
A 1994 study by the Consumer Products Safety Commission concludes that there are about 13.3 cycling fatalities per million versus 156.8 motor vehicle fatalities per million. Mighk Wilson points out in his essay that an average cyclist would need to ride non-stop for 456 years before experiencing a fatal crash. Over the last 5 years in Toronto, there have only been 13 fatal cycling collisions with motor vehicles.
Barrier #6 – Theft
In 2003 I pushed my bicycle home 3 kilometres – without a rear wheel – somebody had swiped my wheel in the Little Italy area of Toronto. In 2005 I had a bicycle stolen on the first day I rode it to work shortly after I purchased it.
Bicycle theft has plagued many cities in North America. It is in part due to the police not taking bicycle theft as seriously as they perhaps could.
Bicycle theft creates a barrier to cycling that can't be ignored.
The last several years however have seen an enormous improvement in technology. Built-in GPS devices for theft prevention aren't too far off, and lock technology is constantly being upgraded while police services are improving their bicycle tracking systems.
The best approach to deterring theft is to spend some money on a good quality lock – it's worth the investment.
Barrier #5 – Accessibility
It may shock you, but if I obeyed my condo building rules my car would be more easily accessible than my bike. In my building bicycles aren't allowed on our patios, in our units, or locked up in our parking spaces behind our automobiles.
This is a major deterrent to the cycling culture. If I obeyed the rules, it would take me close to 10 minutes just to get my bike out of the bicycle storage room. That turns a 15 minute jaunt to work into a 25 minute expedition.
Thankfully my building generally turns a blind eye to the official "rules" and allows me to keep my bicycle inside my condo unit.
One less barrier to worry about.
Barrier #4 – Weather
There is a common misconception – especially in Canada – that there are only a few months of good cycling weather due to our long, cold winter. This couldn't be further from the truth. In Toronto, there are only 2 months of the year where the average temperature is below freezing – January and February.
For the other 10 months of the year, cycling is very feasible. On colder days, cycling can help keep your body warm. In fact, I find it more comfortable to cycle in cooler weather (say 5-10 degrees Celsius) than in the middle of the summer.
Barrier #3 – Distance
Most cities in North America have experienced urban sprawl due to the proliferation of cheap land in surrounding areas and the constant need for bigger, cheaper houses on large plots of land.
Therefore, commuting via bicycle isn't always a feasible option. Nobody wants to cycle 50 kilometres each way to work. But who says you need to cycle the entire distance to work?
You could cycle to the sleepy commuter train station from your home, or you could cycle from the train station to your office. You could even ride your bike to your carpooling friend's house. There are many occasions for using a bicycle.
Starting with small steps can help make cycling more of a habit that becomes more integrated into your lifestyle. It's liberating – trust me.
Barrier #2 – Lack of Infrastructure
Many potential cyclists demand better cycling infrastructure before they would be willing to ride a bicycle to work. At the same time, cycling opponents are saying existing cycling infrastructure is under-utilized. It's the classic cart before the horse problem.
Urban cycling is already relatively safe, and the best way to make it even more safe is to achieve a critical mass of daily cyclists. If enough people ride, the infrastructure will follow – but we shouldn't be sitting around waiting for it to come before we take to our pedals.
Barrier #1 – Helmets
Helmets are a major barrier to cycling in North America. They are awkward to carry around, they mess up your hair, they usually stink, they often look quirky.
To make matters worse, the right wing media often tries to instil fear with the public that riding a bicycle without a helmet is dangerous and that helmets should be mandatory. More often than not, those who call for mandatory helmets are not cyclists.
The truth is, helmets are not as useful as you might think. For many people, they only provide a false sense of security. In serious cases of head injury, bicycle helmets won't do much for you.
Bicycle helmets also tend to lead drivers to be more careless with cyclists. I find many drivers are a bit more careful when I am helmetless – it's human nature to be more cautious when other people are more at risk (this doesn't apply to all humans mind you).
There's a reason why millions of people around the world safely ride bicycles without a helmet.
Copenhagenize, (the "bike culture blog") frequently comments that anyone who pushes for mandatory bicycle helmets must also support mandatory driving helmets – it's only fair.
Photo courtesy of Copenhagenize.com
James D. Schwartz is the editor of The Urban Country and appears on most Sundays and Thursdays, and sometimes in between. View all of James' articles here.


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You've no doubt read that Jamaal ("The Other Canadian") Magloire is on the outs in Portland these days, and the Blazers may be inclined to deal him. As fans of a team with a dearth of talent at center, does it make sense for the Sonics to inquire about a 6'11" former all-star in the last year of his contract?
Yes and no. Here's a brief rundown on the positives and negatives to getting Magloire.
1. Attitude. Magloire is working on his 3rd team in 3 years, and it would shift to 4 if he's dealt. That's never a good sign.
2. Poor foul shooter. This might be a fluke thing, but for the past 2 seasons Magloire has been abysmal. Like I said, it could be just a fluke, as he was solid at the start of his career and decent at Kentucky.
3. Not a great passer, when compared to Collison. Also has a higher turnover rate.
4. Makes $8.5 million this year
5. Not an especially agile defender.
1. Gets to the line often (6.3/game for career/40 minutes), especially in relation to Collison (3.2) or Petro (don't ask).
2. Playoff experience. He's not Sam Perkins, but he has played 36 playoff games. To some people, that matters.
3. Solid defensive rebounder; again, his numbers are vastly superior to Collison. 4. Decent shot-blocker. Not as good as he was at the start of his career, but capable of blocking at least a shot a game if given 30 minutes.
5. Not especially foul-prone. This is something of big importance; both Collison and Petro attract fouls like Britney Spears attracts bad publicity. Magloire's ability to stay out of foul trouble enables him to stay on the court longer, and keeps opponents from getting to the bonus so quickly.
6. Contract expires at the end of the season.
I look at it from this perspective – the Sonics are one decent offensive player away from contending for a playoff spot. Allen, Ridnour, Lewis, and Wilcox aren't going anywhere, and who knows if/when Wilcox will ever figure out a way to get 15 points a night. That leaves the center position as the best way to add points.
Petro is not going to take this team to the playoffs at this stage in his career; if anything, he's going to be a hindrance. Collison is inconsistent, and while his peripheral game is nice, he has way too many bad games to be a starter in this league.
Magloire is not a long-term solution for the Sonics, but he doesn't have to be. He needs to keep the center spot warm for one season until Petro develops, and Swift gets healthy.
In my mind, putting Magloire on this team adds instant offense and catapults Seattle to a chance for the playoffs, a chance which is non-existent at the moment.
Here's how it could work: Deal Danny Fortson and another piece (Wilks, the Greek guy, or Desmon Farmer) to the Blazers for Magloire. If Seattle has to throw in a 2nd-round pick, so be it. The Blazers save some money, get a guy (Fortson) who they can hold onto and wait for his contract to expire, or deal away. Plus, they shed somebody who will start squawking because he's not getting minutes.
If Bennett and the Sonics' new ownership is serious about keeping this team in town, they need to do something to create excitement. A 38-win team with no chance at the playoffs is not exciting. A 45-win team that makes it as a 7th-seed and a decent chance for a 1st-round upset is.
What do we have to lose?
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LOS ANGELES — Police launched a massive manhunt for a former Los Angeles officer suspected of going on a killing spree, slaying a couple over the weekend, opening fire on two Los Angeles officers early Thursday and then ambushing two other police officers, killing one.
Authorities began seeking Christopher Dorner, who was fired from the Los Angeles Police Department in 2008 for making false statements, after he was linked to the weekend killing in which one of the victims was the daughter of a former police captain who had represented him during those disciplinary proceedings.
Early Thursday, police came under fire in two separate shootings in Riverside County, east of Los Angeles.
The first occurred in the city of Corona and involved two LAPD officers working a security detail, said Sgt. Alex Baez of the LAPD's Newton division. One officer was grazed.
Later, two officers on routine patrol in the neighboring city of Riverside were ambushed in their patrol car at a stop light, said Riverside Lt. Guy Toussaint. One died and the other was in surgery.
The Riverside officers shot overnight were not actively looking for Dorner, Toussaint said.
Dorner's LAPD badge and an ID were found by citizen near San Diego's airport and were turned in to police at 2:27 a.m. Thursday, said San Diego police Sgt. Ray Battrick.
"We're asking our officers to be extraordinarily cautious just as we're asking the public to be extraordinarily cautious with this guy. He's already demonstrated he has a propensity for shooting innocent people. We can't provide a lot of information now because we're trying to capture him," said Cmdr. Andrew Smith. "We don't know where he is. We're looking for the public's help to locate this guy. Anybody who sees him or believes they see him or his vehicle should call 911."
Dorner is wanted in the killings of Monica Quan and her fiance, Keith Lawrence, who were found shot to death in their car at a parking structure Sunday night, Irvine police Chief David L. Maggard said at a news conference Wednesday night.
Dorner, 33, implicated himself in the killings with a multi-page "manifesto" that he wrote that included threats against several people, including members of the LAPD, police said. They gave no further details on the document or its contents.
Autopsies showed that Quan and Lawrence were killed by multiple gunshot wounds in the parking structure at their condominium in Irvine, Orange County sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino said earlier Wednesday.
Quan, 28, was an assistant women's basketball coach at Cal State Fullerton. Lawrence, 27, was a public safety officer at the University of Southern California.
The killings brought mourning and disbelief at three college campuses, Fullerton, USC, and Concordia University, where the two met when they were both students and basketball players.
Police said the U.S. Navy reservist may be driving a blue 2005 Nissan Titan pickup truck. His last known address was in La Palma in northern Orange County near Fullerton.
Dorner was with the department from 2005 until 2008, when he was fired for making false statements.
Quan's father, a former LAPD captain who became a lawyer in retirement, represented Dorner in front of the Board of Rights, a tribunal that ruled against Dorner at the time of his dismissal, LAPD Capt. William Hayes told The Associated Press Wednesday night.
Randal Quan retired in 2002. He later served as chief of police at Cal Poly Pomona before he started practicing law.
According to documents from a court of appeals hearing in October 2011, Dorner was fired from the LAPD after he made a complaint against his field training officer, Sgt. Teresa Evans. Dorner said that in the course of an arrest, Evans kicked suspect Christopher Gettler, a schizophrenic with severe dementia.
Following an investigation, Dorner was fired for making false statements.
Richard Gettler, the schizophrenic man's father, gave testimony that supported Dorner's claim. After his son was returned on July 28, 2007, Richard Gettler asked "if he had been in a fight because his face was puffy" and his son responded that he was kicked twice in the chest by a police officer.


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Someone called politics "the art of the possible." But, in the era of the modern welfare state, politics is largely the art of the impossible.
Those people morbid enough to keep track of politicians' promises may remember how Barack Obama said that ObamaCare would lower medical costs — and lots of people bought it.
But if you stop and think, however old-fashioned that may seem these days, do you seriously believe that millions more people can be given medical care and vast new bureaucracies created to administer payment for it, with no additional costs?
Just as there is no free lunch, there is no free red tape. Bureaucrats have to eat, just like everyone else, and they need a place to live and some other amenities. How do you suppose the price of medical care can go down when the costs of new government bureaucracies are added to the costs of the medical treatment itself?
By the way, where are the extra doctors going to come from, to treat the millions of additional patients? Training more people to become doctors is not free. Politicians may ignore costs but ignoring those costs will not make them go away.
With bureaucratically controlled medical care, you are going to need more doctors, just to treat a given number of patients, because time that is spent filling out government forms is time that is not spent treating patients. And doctors have the same 24 hours in the day as everybody else.
When you add more patients to more paperwork per patient, you are talking about still more costs. How can that lower medical costs? But although that may be impossible, politics is the art of the impossible. All it takes is rhetoric and a public that does not think beyond the rhetoric they hear.
You can just call "medical care for all" a "right" and you are home free with a major part of the public. Those who are more skeptical can be dismissed as people who just are not as compassionate. That puts you on the side of the angels against the forces of evil — and that is a proven winning strategy in politics.
Back during World War II, military construction battalions had the motto, "The difficult done immediately; the impossible takes a little longer." Today, the impossible may not even take longer. Indeed, the impossible has become routine in political rhetoric.
Whether in medical issues or other issues, politicians don't even have to prove that what they advocate is possible, much less probable. For example, those who advocate tighter gun control laws are almost never asked for evidence that such laws have in fact reduced gun violence. And almost never do they even attempt to present such evidence.
But the only way that it is possible that such laws will save lives is if they do in fact reduce killings with guns. But who cares what is possible these days? If the intention is good and the means sound plausible, who wants to get bogged down in specifics? Certainly not politicians or most of the media. All you really need is rhetoric that puts you on the side of the angels against the forces of evil.
On the international stage, the ever-popular policy of "disarmament" is in essence domestic gun control writ large. Nuclear disarmament is especially popular. No doubt many people wish that scientists had never discovered how to make such devastating weapons.
But, once the principles on which nuclear bombs operate have been discovered, it is impossible to undiscover them.
Even if you destroyed every nuclear bomb in the world, the knowledge of how to make them cannot be destroyed. If you killed every scientist who has this knowledge, such a bloodbath would be futile, because new scientists can discover what the old scientists discovered.
With international disarmament agreements, as with domestic gun control, nothing is easier than disarming peaceful people — thereby leaving them more vulnerable to people who are not peaceful, who can simply ignore the restrictions that others obey.
But if verifiable, lasting and universal nuclear disarmament is impossible, who cares, so long as it sounds good? Politics is the art of the impossible.


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I get quite a few mails asking me for eggless cakes and muffins recipes.They also want to know what I prefer,those with eggs or eggless ones.So here,let me spill the beans-I look for Eggless Cake recipes and bake them only when I am baking for Amma or ma-in-law.Though I don't eat eggs,I do not mind having them in my brownies/cakes.I do not like the eggy smell in my cakes and many a times,beating the eggs well and adding good quality Vanilla extract solves the problem.Chocolate cakes usually don't smell eggy because of the amount of chocolate/cocoa powder added but Plain cakes very often have that teeny bit of eggy smell which I somehow detect.
I like it when Eggless recipes give me great results and many of the cakes I baked here are eggless.
If you have no problems consuming eggs and are looking for a good cake recipe,I suggest you go for the ones which uses eggs. For plain cakes,yes-I wouldn't mind an eggless recipe and would like to bake one-haven't tried one yet.
So all you Chocolate lovers out there..this one's for you.Rich,Chocolatey,Moist and Decadent Chocolate Cake.I got the recipe from here.
Chocolate Cake
Recipe courtesy Cacaoweb
All-purpose flour – 1 ½ cup [ 170 gms]
Eggs – 2
Preheat oven to 180C.
Grease/line a 9'[23cm] cake tin.
Mix flour,cocoa powder,baking powder,salt,sugar and vanilla essence in a bowl.
Add milk/water,vegetable oil and eggs.
Mix everything together until smooth,either by hand or by using an electric mixer.
Transfer to baking tin and bake for 35-45 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
For the frosting
Icing sugar – 2 cups,sifted
Assembling the Cake
One of the easiest cake I ever baked.As the original recipe is named,truly an easy cake to put across.I loved it that the recipe requires everything to be mixed together.Perfect for that sudden craving.But despite adding 2 tsp of baking powder,the cake did not rise much.I guess its got to do with the pan,the recipe asks to bake in a 9' pan whereas I think an 8' tin would have been sufficient.Though it did not affect the taste in anyway,the height of the cake was not so much to write home about.All in all a dark,moist chocolate cake-definitely on my bake-again list.


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Reds clinch playoff berth, beat Mets 3-2 in 10th
CINCINNATI >> No champagne. No curtain call in front of joyous fans. No celebrating at all, really. The Cincinnati Reds clinched a playoff spot with hardly any notice.
If anything, they were a little bummed out.
Shin-Soo Choo drove in the winning run with a single off the wall in the 10th inning, and the Reds secured their third playoff spot in four years shortly after beating the New York Mets 3-2 on Monday night.
They want a whole lot more than the wild card that's already in hand.
"We're excited, obviously," shortstop Zack Cozart said, looking over a clubhouse where the only visible celebration was the image of Pittsburgh Pirates spraying each other on television. "That's not our goal. We're in the division hunt. We're not happy with a wild card."
The Reds clinched theirs after Choo's drive smacked high off the wall in left-center field. Eight minutes later, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 4-3, clinching an NL wild card for Pittsburgh.
The Reds were pulling for first-place St. Louis to lose. Instead, the Cardinals retained their two-game lead over Cincinnati and Pittsburgh in the NL Central.
"I was pulling for the Nationals to win, get a step closer to the Cardinals," manager Dusty Baker said. "We've still got five games to go. A lot of baseball."
The Reds kept pace with St. Louis despite squandering plenty of chances to end it early. They wasted a chance in the ninth, when David Aardsma pitched out of a bases-loaded threat by retiring Todd Frazier on a fly out.
Greg Burke (0-3) gave up a one-out single to Devin Mesoraco in the 10th, and Derrick Robinson singled him to third. Choo followed with his third hit of the game, off left-hander Sean Henn, a drive high off the wall in left-center. Choo headed for the dugout after crossing first base.
Manny Parra (2-3) allowed one hit in the 10th.
It was a notable win for the Reds — their 90th of the season, the third time in the last four years that they have reached the mark under Baker. They haven't had so many 90-win seasons since the Big Red Machine of the 1970s.
Johnny Cueto made a second solid start since coming off the disabled list, an encouraging sign for Cincinnati's postseason plans. The right-hander has been sidelined three times by soreness near his shoulder.
He gave up two runs — one earned — on Lucas Duda's sacrifice fly and solo homer, which snapped an 0-for-17 slump. In two starts, Cueto has allowed eight hits and one earned run in 12 innings.
Cueto's 99-pitch outing was the most encouraging part of the night for the Reds, who could have their ace back for the playoffs.
"He was excellent," Baker said. "He's getting ready. Each time he goes out, he gets his endurance up."
The Reds got two runs in six innings off Aaron Harang, who made his third start for the Mets. Choo singled home a run in the second and Joey Votto got one of his career-high five walks with the bases loaded.
Harang is 3-0 in four career starts against the Reds, including a 4-2 victory with Seattle on July 5 at Great American Ball Park. The Mariners later released him with a 5-11 record.
The Reds sustained their hopes of another division title by winning another long game — they are 13-9 in extra innings.
Last September, Baker was in a Chicago hospital getting treated for an irregular heartbeat and a mini-stroke when the Reds clinched the NL Central title. They made a video of their spray-away celebration and wished for another when he returned.
It didn't happy. Cueto had to leave the opening game of the playoffs at San Francisco after only eight pitches because of a strained muscle in his right side. With their rotation in flux, the Reds lost the five-game series.
This season, the Reds have stayed in contention despite losing Cueto, setup relievers Sean Marshall and Jonathan Broxton, and cleanup hitter Ryan Ludwick for most of the season. Ludwick tore cartilage in his right shoulder while sliding into a base on opening day and was out for more than three months.
They were six games out on Aug. 9, in danger of falling out of the division's three-team race. They regrouped and have taken the race down to the final week by winning 12 of their last 17.
NOTES: New York's David Wright had his hitting streak ended at eight games. … Billy Hamilton got in as a pinch-runner in the eighth and stole second, leaving him 13 for 13 in attempts. The Mets called for a pitchout but Frank Francisco threw it over the plate. … Votto has walked 132 times this season, tying Joe Morgan's club record from 1975. The five walks also tied a club record. … RHP Mike Leake (14-6) starts for the Reds on Tuesday against LHP Jonathon Niese (7-8).


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Linux users have a few calendar programs to choose from, but none of them are particularly spectacular—in fact, most of them aren't very good at all. As such, we're bending the rules of the App Directory and recommending that you use the awesome Google Calendar webapp for all your scheduling needs.
We understand that some of you might be upset that our pick isn't a "true" desktop app. However, we still think it's the best option on Linux by a good, good margin. That is, if you asked us what the best way to manage your calendar was on a Linux machine, we'd say Google Calendar, hands down—and that's what the App Directory is about. It's about finding the best tool for the job, not getting caught up in technicalities. If you want a desktop app, check out the Competition section below.
Google Calendar
Platform: Web
Price: Free
Manage multiple calendars, and share them with your friends, family, and co-workers so they can keep up on when you're busy.
Quickly add events with just a few clicks and a phrase like "Dinner on Sunday with Grandma at 5PM."
Set reminders that email you, text you, or display a pop-up window when an event is near, either for individual events or for all events on a specific calendar.
Send invitations for events on your calendar, and let other Google Calendar users RSVP via email or GCal itself.
Sync your calendars down to nearly any desktop or mobile app, so you have it with you wherever you go.
View calendars in a day, week, month, custom number of days, or event-by-event "agenda" view.
Attach files stored in Google Docs to calendar events.
Search for events throughout your calendars using Google's algorithm.
Google Calendar Labs, which enhance the experience by letting you add additional features like less intrusive pop-ups and displaying other attendees on the event's block in your calendar.
Google Calendar's biggest advantage is that it's extremely easy to use without skimping on features. Everything is plainly laid out: you can add quick calendar events with a few keystrokes or more advanced events, full of reminders and other attributes when you need them. Being able to send yourself emails and text messages is also great, as is setting specific events to "free" or "busy". No doubt the coolest feature of GCal, though, is being able to share your calendars with others, and have them share their calendars with you. Never again will you have to call your spouse and ask them if they're busy, or email your friends asking them what dates they've planned for that road trip. It's all in your calendar, all the time. Plus, it's completely free, and can sync to just about any other app out there, meaning you'll always have it on your phone and can access it from any computer.
Now that Google Calendar has offline access, it has most of the perks of a true desktop app, and thus doesn't have a ton of downsides. It's Gmail integration is surprisingly disappointing, though—you can add events right from Gmail, but they don't take on any dates or times from the email, making it a mere link to Google Calendar. It'd be nice if it could try to extrapolate event details from the message and create it that way.
We won't lie; there aren't a ton of great desktop calendar apps on Linux. The best is probably Mozilla Sunbird, also known as the Lightning extension to our favorite Linux email client, Thunderbird. It integrates with your email, gives you a more desktop feel, and can sync with Google Calendar. I've found it to be a bit buggy in the past, but if you absolutely need a desktop app, this should be your first stop.
Evolution also has a calendar app built-in, and it isn't bad—except that there's a pretty egregious bug in the current version that won't let you sync with any online calendars, which means your calendars are either stuck in read-only mode on the web or stuck on your local machine. There is a workaround to re-enable Google Calendar syncing, but unless you're really tied to Evolution for email, it isn't really better than Sunbird/Lightning.
Rainlendar is also a popular calendar, albeit a bit less traditional of one. Instead of having its own big window, it puts a small calendar widget on your desktop and alerts you to upcoming events. You can apply all sorts of different skins and even sync with services like Google Calendar and Remember the Milk. If you want quick access to your calendar while keeping it out of the way, it's worth checking out.
Day Planner is a pretty cool app that, while it can't sync with services like Google Calendar, has a slightly different interface than your run of the mill calendar app. It's more focused on the current day, showing you a small calendar and your upcoming agenda, so it keeps you up to date on what's going on without taking up your entire screen. It's kind of a halfway point between Rainlendar and a full desktop app, which is pretty nice. Still, the lack of support for external services is kind of a bummer—though it does have its own external server with which you can sync your calendar.
These aren't the only calendar apps for Linux, but we think they're pretty much the only ones worth your time. If you have a favorite we didn't mention, be sure to tell us about it in the comments.
Lifehacker's App Directory is a new and growing directory of recommendations for the best applications and tools in a number of given categories.


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Ever since the Sept. 11 attacks, airports have probably been the most heavily guarded sites when it comes to preventing terrorist attacks.
And yet the most recent terrorism plot in Yemen involved an attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner with a bomber wearing a difficult-to-detect explosive bomb in his underwear, according to U.S. officials.
Why do terrorist groups keep trying to defeat the multiple layers of security at airports when there are so many soft targets?
For one, a plane heading into the U.S. represents the first available target to strike against a large number of Americans. It doesn't require reaching the U.S. first, and then acquiring a weapon and launching an attack from U.S. soil.
Also, terrorist groups have learned from previous attacks on planes.
"Terrorists like to do what they know how to do," says terrorism analyst Jessica Stern.
But the difficulty of breaching airport security does appear to be generating other approaches.
Two Different Types Of Plots
Stern says she sees two trends. One involves developing new and more sophisticated techniques for evading security measures and attacking airplanes.
The other involves "looking for low-tech ways to attack softer targets," she says. This is a way of encouraging "leaderless resistance," says Stern, the author of Terror in the Name of God.
People have been fed this paternalistic thing about fears. We need to tell the public, 'Here's the limit of what we can do. Here's what you need to live with.'
For example, the latest issue of Inspire, the jihadi magazine produced by the Yemen-based group al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, includes an eight-page feature that encourages readers to start wildfires in Australia and the United States.
It recommends that would-be saboteurs in the U.S. study weather patterns in order to determine when vegetation will be dry and winds favorable for a wildfire.
It specifically suggests Montana as a good site for practicing pyro-terrorism, because of the residential housing that is in wooded areas.
Stern says the aim of terrorism is to frighten the public and push governments into over-reacting — so spectacular, random-seeming attacks like airplane bombings work well.
"Terrorists do really aim for what we call symbolic targets," she says. "Terrorism is a form of theater, so they're going to hit targets that will make us maximally afraid, and inflict the maximum amount of humiliation."
In that sense, she says, arson in populated forest areas could be "a good second best" for a target.
A Range Of Vulnerabilities
Security analysts have pointed to dozens of potential terrorist targets and vulnerabilities, from military bases to passenger trains, chemical plants to storage for liquefied natural gas.
Former CIA agent Charles Faddis says he expects that there will be more attacks on targets that, by their nature, are hard to defend.
Faddis, the author of Willful Neglect: The Dangerous Illusion of Homeland Security, says he particularly fears situations where suicide gunmen might attack people at a public event.
"There are an infinite number of targets where you can find large numbers of people — college campuses, pro sports events," he says.
Even where such events have security screening, Faddis adds, they often don't have armed guards, so a determined, suicidal shooter would be hard to stop.
A Focus On Resiliency
That problem is causing analysts to rethink the balance between guarding against an attack and recovering from one.
"We've got to recognize that we're never going to be able to answer the question, 'Are we safe?' with a definitive 'Yes,' " says Juliette Kayyem, a lecturer on public policy at Harvard's Belfer Center. "So how do we prioritize risks?"
Kayyem says the government still needs to keep attention on "high consequence" targets, such as nuclear power plants or toxic chemical storage facilities.
But she says the country also needs to focus on resiliency — the ability to recover from destruction ranging from terrorist attacks to natural disasters.
"When you prepare society to deal with destruction, you reduce the incentive for terrorist attacks," says Steve Flynn, co-director of the Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security at Northeastern University.
Flynn cites the example of forest fires. "If you can respond capably to someone who sets a fire, there isn't a lot of incentive for someone to set them," he says. "And we should be ready to deal with them anyway, because Mother Nature is the ultimate arsonist."
Flynn has his own list of critical targets that need strong security measures, beginning with refineries and petrochemical plants. "Why import a weapon," he asks, "when we already have them pre-positioned around urban areas?"
Government also needs to take steps to protect the power grid, he says, because if assets such as power substations are destroyed, they can take from one to two years to rebuild.
Limits Of Security
But Flynn warns against overstating what government can do to protect against attacks.
"People have been fed this paternalistic thing about fears," he says. "We need to tell the public, 'Here's the limit of what we can do. Here's what you need to live with.' "
Juliette Kayyem says experience shows that the American people are up to it. "Studies show that when bad things happen, people don't panic, they don't run for the hills. They help the people around them."
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Marijuana may be contaminated with mold, mildew
WEST HAVEN, Conn. -- The microscope at the University of New Haven, set at 10-times magnification, shows a marijuana leaf covered with dozens of tiny bumps. It's mold, and someone, somewhere could be smoking similarly contaminated pot and not have a clue.
Heather Miller Coyle, a forensic botanist and associate professor at the university, says all sorts of nasty things not visible to the naked eye have been found in marijuana - mold, mildew, insect parts, salmonella and E. coli, to name a few.
That's why Coyle and her students earlier this year began developing a new process to detect contaminants in marijuana through DNA profiling and analysis. The aim is to be able to identify potentially harmful substances through a testing method that could make the analysis easier and quicker for labs across the country in the developing industry of marijuana quality control testing.
Twenty states and Washington, D.C., now allow medical marijuana with a doctor's recommendation, and Washington state and Colorado have legalized the recreational pot use. Connecticut and Washington state already require testing and other states are doing the same, spawning a testing industry."If there's no certification ... it's like saying we don't check our meat for mad cow disease," Coyle said. "That's our goal as a private university, to develop the tools to address or mediate this issue."
A number of labs around the country are testing marijuana for contaminants using different methods, many of which have been around for decades and used to test other plants, including food crops, for harmful substances.The health effects of marijuana tainted with mold, pesticides and other contaminants aren't clear, said Mason Tvert, a Colorado-based spokesman for the Marijuana Policy Project in Washington, D.C. The project was founded in 1995 to lobby for the reduction or elimination of penalties for marijuana use.
"Although we have not seen significant problems with tainted marijuana in the past, we should certainly be taking steps to make sure it's not a problem in the future," Tvert said. "We have never seen a death solely associated with marijuana use. The same certainly can't be said of alcohol and other drugs."
Food and Drug Administration records from 1997-2005 show no cases in which marijuana was the primary suspected cause of death, but the drug was listed as a secondary suspected cause contributing to 279 deaths.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in July that an "epidemic" of synthetic drug use has caused rising numbers of deaths and emergency room visits.
study released earlier this year, however, found that pesticide residues on
cannabis are transferred to inhaled marijuana smoke, possibly posing a
"significant toxicological threat." The study was done by The Werc
Shop, an independent testing lab for medical cannabis in Pasadena, Calif., and
published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Toxicology.
Marijuana can develop mold from an inadequate drying process or poor storage conditions after harvesting. It can also become tainted with E. coli and other dangerous substances by being near farm animals.
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Coyle will be developing a new method for creating DNA profiles of biological contaminants found in marijuana including mold, viruses, fungi and bacteria. The profiles could then be compared with DNA profiles of organisms kept in a database maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information -- a division of the National Institutes of Health.
"What we're trying to do is put the information together in a user-friendly format," Coyle said. "Having some better technology in place is a good thing."
The university's work also will include identifying whether cannabis material is real marijuana or a synthetic version comprising non-marijuana herbs sprayed with THC, the compound that gets users high.
Coyle is aiming to complete the new process by next summer. What happens after that hasn't been determined. The school could patent the process and sell it for a fee to whoever wanted to use it, or could allow its use for free, she said. The school also could establish its own commercial testing lab.
The University of New Haven's work is an extension of the law enforcement-related marijuana DNA profiling the school has done over the past five years under a $100,000 grant from the federal Office of National Drug Control Policy's High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas program. The school created a marijuana DNA profile database that has helped federal authorities determine where illegal pot growers and dealers got their product.