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An 18-year-old Chicago man has been charged in connection with the shooting of two girls earlier this week, one day after he surrendered with the help of anti-violence group CeaseFire.
Jermaine Louis was charged with two counts of aggravated battery with a firearm, the Chicago Tribune reports.
In a Thursday press conference, a CeaseFire spokesman said that Louis had been "marked for death" in his community following the shooting of Tishona Turner, 13, and Nakia Polk, 12, NBC Chicago reported.
The man's family had contacted CeaseFire because they feared that gangs would seek revenge after witnesses identified him as the gunman, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. They hoped to see his name cleared as the family insisted that Lewis is neither a gang member nor the shooter.
Carl Boyd, the man's attorney, told ABC Chicago that the situation is "an unfortunate case of mistaken identity."
The two girls were wounded in a drive-by shooting while walking in the 1300 block of West 117th Street around 7:45 p.m. Tuesday on the city's Far South Side. Police attributed the shooting to feuding rival gangs in the area and said that the girls were not the intended targets of the shootings.
"My son is a church-going young man," a woman who identified herself as the teen's mother told the Chicago Tribune. "[M]y son did not do this. I know my son did not do this. My son is a caring individual."
A CeaseFire spokesman previously noted that whether or not Lewis was charged in the shooting, the group's priority was keeping him safe in the meantime, according to NBC.
Last month, CeaseFire and the Chicago Police Department announced the formation of a new pilot partnership aimed at combating gang violence in the city.
The partnership between the violence "interrupters" and police began Friday.
Both girls wounded in the Tuesday shooting are recovering.


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Battle Of The Control Freaks! Kim Kardashian And Kanye West At Odds
August 28, 2014 05:27 AM by Lisa Princ
Now, there's a shocker, huh? Most Twitter fans already knew that two control freaks hooking up would eventually end up in disaster, and it looks as though Kim Kardashian and Kanye West may be headed in that direction! Rumor has it that the newlyweds have been fighting over their new home.
Both Kim Kardashian and Kanye West like to get their own way, so what happens when they disagree on something? A feud starts, of course! According to a new report by Radar Online, the couple are already at odds over their new Hidden Hills mansion. Apparently, West was hoping to do an overhaul of the home, while Kardashian wants to just move in right away, which makes sense because she is probably sick of living with Kris Jenner. Who wouldn't be?
Kanye wants: "To begin a massive construction overhaul of the property, beginning with a state-of-the art recording studio. This is exactly how the nightmare project with the Bel Air house started! It was just supposed to be opening the floorplan on the ground floor, which of course turned into completely gutting the house," one insider explained of the couple's dilemma. But for Kim, she wanted to keep it simple this time around and move in the home since it's already perfect enough for her. Wait, what? For once, Kim Kardashian is being the reasonable one!
And finding a middle ground always seems to be a problem for these two ego-maniacs. This is not the first time that they've had a major battle. Rumors have been buzzing for months on Facebook about the couple being in disagreement about another baby.
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Content is king Keep the focus on key messages and primary strategic/marketing or educational goals. Attendees need to connect and engage face to face even if it's not in the actual world. There's a high demand recently for virtual communities and social networking to support live meetings.Planning A strategic approach to meetings has never been more important. Measurable goals need to be set and objectives with metrics need to be in place to ensure useful reporting on ROI/ROO. And speaking of reporting, compliance tracking and reporting is also a vital component of this process and needs to be factored into the planning and budget process.
Know the industry The most successful partners understand their clients' needs, goals, target audiences, and challenges (especially regarding compliance). In other words, they know what it takes to deliver the right experience for the client and their attendees. Many hotel companies in North America (notably Hyatt and Hilton) have pharmaceutical meeting specialists who truly understand the sector and the ongoing challenges of working within this increasingly regulated industry.
Respect Trust and business integrity are vital ingredients for building successful partnerships. This is especially true given work that involves confidentiality, security, and procurement of third party services, and a highly regulated environment.
Communication Pharma companies need to help their vendors understand their goals and objectives up front. This improves efficiencies (time and costs), and provides valuable insight that enables the vendor to work as an extension of your organization.
Pharma companies also need to involve vendors as early as they can in the planning process. Vendors can help to optimize the program, consolidate costs, and navigate the complexities of compliance.
Gold standard Preferred vendors are those who specialize in media and content development (including online), and who can marry those skills with a deep understanding of face-to-face marketing. The new centerpiece of effective marketing is the ability to bring together direct response marketing channels in precise combination to drive specific business objectives. This makes for an irresistible value proposition.
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2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit is Now Open for Business
Guest blog post by Secretary Penny Pritzker
In my first year as Secretary, one of my proudest moments was welcoming international investors to the 2013 SelectUSA Investment Summit. Alongside President Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman, we made it clear that America is "Open for Business."
As 2015 begins, we are moving full speed ahead with registration for the second SelectUSA Investment Summit, which will take place in the DC metro area on March 23-24, 2015.
In November, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released new data showing why efforts to attract international investment are so important. U.S. affiliates of foreign firms employed 5.8 million people in the United States in 2012. These companies spent $48 billion on U.S. research and development, and they exported nearly $344 billion worth of goods manufactured in the United States. In 2013, the United States attracted $231 billion in FDI, up from $170 billion in 2012.
There has never been a better time to consider establishing or expanding operations in the United States, and it is clear that investors recognize the opportunities that America offers. We are home to an attractive consumer market, a thriving culture of innovation, and a talented workforce. The U.S. economic recovery is outshining others, and investors are increasingly confident. In fact, A.T. Kearney's 2014 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index said, "the United States tops the index for the second year in a row," with the highest net positive rating in the index's 16-year history.
The 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit aims to build on the tremendous success of the inaugural event, which connected investors from 60 countries with representatives from nearly every U.S. state and territory. At this year's Summit, economic development organizations (EDOs) from across the United States will once again gather to showcase investment opportunities to companies from around the world. This event will bring together the tools, information, and connections companies need to grow their business here. The two-day summit will include many sessions with high-profile CEOs, breakout panels with practical tools for investors, one-on-one matchmaking meetings, and pitches on the trade show floor.


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Dude, Gwen Stefani is trill.
The woman who is legendary for finding the fountain of youth wore a one-shoulder sheer top, baggy pants, and gladiator sandals as she was heading out to the beach with her sons Kingston and Zuma in Los Angeles on July 13.
Isn't this such an awesome picture, a group of blondies with rad 'dos (dog included.)
Kingston takes the cake though!
The family then headed to the beach for some summer fun.
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Racing against the calendar, a team of skilled stone-masons is hard at work in front of Gibson Hall.
They are assembling 40 tons of precut limestone blocks into several new structures that will grace the St. Charles Avenue entrance of the campus--a unique gift to Tulane from a Tulane parent whose son is graduating this month.
The structures include stone pylons flanking the entrances to Gibson Circle and, in the center of the lawn, a stone wall with bronze letters reading "Tulane University."
The structures have been designed to reflect the period architectural styles of Gibson, Tilton and Dinwiddie halls and, when complete, should look as if they have been part of the campus since it was established in the 1890s.
In fact, the limestone hails from the same southern Indiana quarries that produced the stone used to construct Gibson Hall in 1894. The donated gift provides an elegant solution to a problem Tulane has long experienced as the immediate neighbor of another institution of higher learning on St. Charles--frequently people can't tell where one university stops and the other begins.
"We just didn't have clear identifiers, and we're hoping through this project to be better marked," says Keely Thibodeaux, staff architect.
The project started in 2001 when the Tulane parent indicated he would be interested in donating funds toward improving the front of the campus, according to Thibodeaux. To kick the project off, the university architect's office commissioned a study by Zande+Newman Design, a New Orleans-based graphic design and brand consulting firm.
"We talked to a lot of the people who work right on the circle, who use the circle regularly, from secretaries and FedEx guys right up to [vice president and chief of staff] Anne Banos," says Adam Newman of Zande+Newman, a 1990 graduate of the architecture school.
The researchers felt that in one sense the "front door" of the university is the center front door of Gibson Hall--but there is no easy access to it.
"You 'can't get there from here,'" Newman says. "There's no sidewalk up the middle. So, we identified the fact that the real point where you enter Tulane University is where the circle meets the avenue, and this was not very clear."
The St. Charles Avenue face of Tulane features several of the oldest and most historic buildings on campus, so a major aim for Newman was to preserve the aesthetics of the setting. Placing stone pylons at these locations firmly establishes the entrances to the circle as points of entry to the campus. The pylons are 11 feet tall with three-foot-square cross-sections.
Newman designed them in the Richardsonian Romanesque style that is characteristic of Gibson Hall. Gibson Hall (1894), the first building on Tulane's uptown campus, was designed by Harrod and Andry Architects in this distinctive style, which had been made popular by the prominent American architect H.H. Richardson.
The successor architectural firm of Andry and Bendernagel designed Tilton Hall (1902), situated just west of Gibson Hall, also in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The last building to be built on the circle, Dinwiddie Hall (1923), to some extent echoes the design of the earlier two, although its style has been described as "Elizabethan."
"We went to great depth to study Richardson, who is from New Orleans," says Newman. "What we wanted to make sure was that we didn't have this sort of corporate office park aesthetic. The Richardsonian Romanesque is very quirky, and we tried to keep it quirky."
To further mark the pylons as campus points of entry, they will be carved with the Tulane shield with the intertwined letters "TU," which has appeared on Tulane buildings for more than 100 years. The second major element being added to Gibson Circle is the new marker bearing the name "Tulane University."
It replaces two cast concrete signs that have long sat in the circular lawn in front of Gibson Hall. Located in the center of the lawn, the new marker is a low, gently curving wall 46 feet long. It also is built of Indiana limestone finished in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The letters are custom-cast in bronze, and are 10-inches high.
"This has been a collaborative effort between Zande+Newman Design and the office of the university architect," says Thibodeaux.
The university architect's office, headed by Collette Creppell, university architect and director of planning, coordinated the design and construction process, pairing the Zande+Newman Design firm with Steven Finegan, an architect knowledgeable about stone detailing.
The office also coordinated the effort between those two and stone supplier Carr Stone and Tile. The goal is to complete the new campus identifiers in time for the Wave Goodbye party for graduates and their families on May 21. These new structures, so carefully tailored to Tulane's historic architecture, will doubtless be the setting for portraits of proud graduates, their families and friends this May and for many years to come.
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Sgt. Jonathan Moody, a fire support sergeant with Company C, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, from Greenville, South Carolina: "I'm going to go kayaking, boating, fishing, grilling out-- anything outdoors! I can't stand to be inside."
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Raspberry White Chocolate Dreamsicle
The sweet flavor of white chocolate kissed by raspberries for a refreshing, decadent treat.Yield: Serves 8
- 1 package sugar-free raspberry Jell-O
- 1 package sugar-free/fat-free white chocolate pudding
- 1 container fat free Cool Whip
- Dissolve Jell-O in 1 cup of hot water and add 1 cup of cold water
- Let stand 5 minutes
- With mixer, add vanilla pudding to Jell-O mixture and fold in Cool Whip
- Refrigerate (or may be frozen)
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I'm 11 weeks pregnant and been having this lower lower back pain for few weeks now. I think is getting worst. I'm not over weight and I have always been very athletic. I seriously feel like over worked out on my lower back and can;t move. Is this normal?
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As Corban senior softball player Stephanie Nippert approaches the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics' (NAIA) all-time career home run record, the soft-spoken two-time Cascade Collegiate Conference Player of the Year is getting a lot of media attention from around the state of Oregon.
Coming into her fourth and final season in a Warrior uniform, Nippert was 23 home runs away from tying former Lubbock Christian All-American Kim Frazier at the top of the list. Just past the midway mark of the conference schedule, Nippert had pulled within one of Frazier's record with 12 games left in the regular season and that is when the media blitz began.
Last Tuesday, KPTV Fox 12 Oregon reporter Laura Rillos traveled down to Salem and interviewed Nippert, her parents, and head coach Nathan Ohta for a special that ran April 21 during the weekly "Oregon Sports Final" show.
Nippert, who was poised to tie the all-time career record this week, only got one chance against rival Northwest Christian, as the Beacons intentionally walked her six times in seven plate appearances.
On the same day that KPTV was at Corban, sports reporter Timm Collins of the "Statesman Journal" interviewed both Nippert and Ohta for a story that ran one day later highlighting her accomplishments so far during her career as well as the success of Corban this season.
This week's coverage came to a head today when John Canzano wrote a column in Sunday's "Oregonian" talking about the similarities between Nippert and Frazier, as well as enlighting the reader about both players away from the diamond.
On Friday April 19, Nippert tied the NAIA record with her 76th career home run in Game #1 against Southern Oregon. She will have a chance to break the record in front of the home crown this weekend when the Warriors close out the regular season against Concordia and Northwest on Friday and Saturday, April 26 & 27, respectively.
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Prospective transfer students are invited to the University of West Georgia's Transfer Preview Day on Friday, March 1, 2013, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Transfer students do not have to be admitted to the university to attend this event.
During Transfer Preview Day, prospective transfer students will have the opportunity to tour UWG's beautiful campus and view the residence halls. The university will hold transfer information sessions and an Academic and Department Fair. Additionally, there will be opportunities for attendees to speak with professors, turn in outstanding admissions documents and discuss their transfer credit evaluation with an advisor.
Students will check-in at the Technology-enhanced Learning Center (TLC). The morning events will be located in the Campus Center Ballroom and the afternoon events will move to the Lower Level Z-6.
"Preview Day" signs will be posted throughout the campus to assist visitors with navigation and parking. For more information about Transfer Preview Day, please contact Crystal Edenfield at 678-839-5235. The Admissions office, which will handle questions about driving directions and parking, can be reached at 678-839-5600.


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Aliens in America TV Show Facts
Justin Tolchuk is just trying to fit-in at his high school. When his mom signs up for the school exchange program to help him get popular, they get Raja, a 16-year old Pakistani boy. It's going to be an interesting year!
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"Yes, I am famished because we have built such a glorious rocket and next week will be taking pictures for the website and also unveiling our brand new uniforms!" - Raja
"Are you trying to be a giant loser? You're totally defeating the purpose of having a friend who works at the convenience store." - Justin
"You are in my American History class! Now if you remember Chad, the selling of alcohol to minors was outlawed early in this country's history." - Raja
"It was as if the rules of gravity did not apply to him!" - Claire
"If I could only bring one thing with me to a Desert Island, I would bring Justin Tolchuk. " - Raja
"So please, I promised my youngest I'd keep the whole herd together." - Gary
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Synopsis: In the action-comedy 21 Jump Street, Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) are more than ready to leave their adolescent problems behind. Joining the police force and the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go undercover in a local high school. As they trade in their guns and badges for backpacks, Schmidt and Jenko risk their lives to investigate a violent and dangerous drug ring. But they find that high school is nothing like they left it just a few years earlier – and neither expects that they will have to confront the terror and anxiety of being a teenager again and all the issues they thought they had left behind.
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BERKELEY, Calif. – Todd Graham has talked all season about the importance of Arizona State's first five games. He said it could set the tone for the rest of the year, build confidence, even help recruiting.
In that sense, the first-year coach doesn't have much to complain about. Showing poise on the road, the Sun Devils defeated California 27-17 on Saturday, winning at Memorial Stadium for the first time since 1997. Entering its off week, ASU improved to 4-1 and 2-0 in the Pac-12.
"I'd like it better if we could've made a foot against Missouri," said Graham, referring to a late chance to score the go-ahead touchdown in the team's only loss. "But I'm really proud of our guys. I was worried about that part of the season because you have so much new, schematically, and there's such a fine line between doing too much and not doing enough. We needed that success. We needed that success for these guys to believe in this crazy stuff we're doing."
It's important to note ASU started 4-1 last season as well, but this year's team seems to have a different feel to it, a different confidence. Last year's team — which dropped five in a row to end the season — folded when faced with adversity. Saturday, the Sun Devils stared it right in the eyes and toppled it.
The difference?
"Nobody hangs their heads," senior linebacker Brandon Magee said. "We always feel like we're going to win no matter what happens."
Credit Taylor Kelly. The sophomore quarterback has started just five games. He has played on the road only twice. And yet, with the game on the line against the Golden Bears, he delivered.
With nine minutes left in the game, California scored to pull within 20-17. The crowd of 51,634 came to life. ASU took over at its 26 and Kelly went to work.
"If you could just look him in the face when things were tough, that's what gives me confidence," Graham said.
Over the course of a nine-play, 74-yard drive, Kelly completed 4 of 5 passes for 45 yards. The biggest was the last. On third and 11 from the California 22, Kelly hit junior receiver Kevin Ozier, who fought his way into the end zone, giving the Sun Devils a 27-17 advantage.
"My read was backside safety, he stayed and I stepped up into the pocket and drew (the middle linebacker) and I just saw (Ozier) running wide open," Kelly said.
Under pressure for most of the game, Kelly completed 26 of 45 for 292 yards and three touchdowns. He wasn't sharp, but when ASU needed a play, he usually found a way. Senior receiver Rashad Ross turned in his second strong game, catching seven passes for 84 yards. Ozier added three catches for 42 yards and two scores.
For the second consecutive game, ASU didn't commit a turnover. The Sun Devils also committed just two penalties for 20 yards (although two holding calls were declined). On the other side, California fought itself, looking a lot like ASU has in the past. The Golden Bears (1-4, 0-2) lost an Isi Sofele fumble that the Sun Devils turned into a second-quarter touchdown and a 17-7 halftime lead. California also committed 12 penalties for 119 yards.
"We couldn't get in a rhythm and couldn't get anything going," California coach Jeff Tedford said. "We got physically beat up front. We didn't really have much time to throw the football. We got a little bit going in the run game (159 rushing yards), but in the pass game we got beat by a more physical team."
Because of injuries, Saturday marked the first time this season the Sun Devils had faced a first-team FBS quarterback, but it didn't matter much. Zach Maynard had little time to throw, and when he did, he often missed. He finished 9 of 28 for 126 yards and a touchdown. ASU sacked him six times, junior defensive end Junior Onyeali producing three and junior defensive tackle Will Sutton contributing two.
The Golden Bears had three big plays: a C.J. Anderson 44-yard rush, a Keenan Allen 44-yard catch and a Sofele 32-yard run. In their other 63 plays, they averaged just 2.6 yards. As a result, ASU ran 28 more plays than the Golden Bears.
"Coach (Tedford) does a lot of stuff," Graham said. "He's a hard guy to defend. … They run like 67 different formations."
Even with the tough part of Pac-12 play yet to come, the result left Graham — a man who has coached at three schools in three years — more than pleased.
"I like this team," he said. "I've said that all along. I really had a lot of confidence in these guys. I am so thankful that I made the decision to come to Arizona State. It's the best decision I ever made in my life."
ASU rewind
First quarter: On ASU's second possession, quarterback Taylor Kelly rolled out and hit Kevin Ozier for 11 yards and connected over the middle with D.J. Foster for 27 yards. On third and goal from the Cal 1, Kelly threw to tight end Darwin Rogers for his first catch of the season and a 7-0 lead.
Second quarter: Cal needed just 1:01 for a 3-play, 76-yard drive to pull even at 7-7. Quarterback Zach Maynard threw to Keenan Allen for 44 yards and tailback Isi Sofele exploded up the middle for a 24-yard touchdown. ASU's Alex Garoutte kicked a 28-yard field goal. Late in the first half, Brandon Magee forced a Sofele fumble, recovered by Alden Darby. That led to Kelly's 9-yard touchdown pass in traffic to Ozier for a 17-7 halftime lead.
Third quarter: The teams exchanged field goals late in the quarter: Garoutte's 33-yard answered by Vincenzo D'Amato's 35-yarder. Garouette also missed on a 38-yard try that hit the upright.
Fourth quarter: Kicking trouble continued for ASU when Nick Forbes blocked a 37-yard try. Cal used that momentum to fuel an 80-yard drive that included a C.J. Anderson 44-yard run and Maynard's 10-yard touchdown pass to Allen with 9:33 left. ASU responded with a scoring drive capped by Kelly's third-and-11, 22-yard touchdown pass to Ozier at the 6:17 mark for 27-17.
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NEW DELHI: Senior BJP leader LK Advani, who has been chanting the "NDA plus" mantra, did not miss the occasion to pay tribute to Jan Sangh founder Shyama Prasad Mookerjee to slip in his formula to defeat Congress.
The BJP patriarch was going down memory lane recalling Mookerjee's contribution, when he made the reference to the need for a wider coalition to fight Congress, an argument he has been citing to oppose Narendra Modi's elevation. Advani has apparently not reconciled to the strategy of the party to project the Gujarat Chief Minister as the face of the party for the Lok Sabha election.


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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. 208 pages.
With eighty illustrations ranging from the smallest known organism to the biosphere itself, this exploration of the meaning of "life" has been praised by E. O. Wilson as a "new and spirited explanation ... likely to influence future introductions to biology." Introduction by Niles Eldredge.
Voices for Evolution
The third edition of Voices for Evolution can be purchased or downloaded at Lulu.com
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Recreation and leisure
Ideas for recreation and leisure activities for seniors.
An outline of what the Probus fellowship for retired people is, and stands for. For information about Probus in your community, contact your local Citizens' Advice Bureau.
The Masters Games offer "mature" participants the opportunity to interact with each other in a range of sporting and social activities.
Contact details for public libraries throughout New Zealand.
A website that helps you search for old friends and workmates.
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TUSCALOOSA -- Matt Riddle and Michael Campbell had two hits and three RBI each to lead the South Carolina Gamecocks to a 9-6 come-from-behind win over the Alabama Crimson Tide Saturday afternoon at Sewell-Thomas Stadium.
The win gives the Gamecocks their first-ever series win over the Crimson Tide here in Tuscaloosa. USC entered the series having lost five of its last six games in Tuscaloosa, including a series sweep in 2001.
The Gamecocks go for the sweep on Sunday at 2 p.m. USC lefty Matt Campbell (3-3, 4.61 ERA) is expected to take the mound against Alabama right-hander Seth Johnson (6-3, 3.28), who looks to snap the Crimson Tide's four-game SEC losing streak.
Alabama has only been swept at home once under Jim Wells and that was to LSU during the 2001 season. The Crimson Tide has also lost three straight home games for the second time this year.
USC won the series opener 2-1 in a real pitcher's duel between Steven Boundurant and Brent Carter. Today's game was a complete contrast as the two teams slugged it out for nine innings with neither starting pitcher looking sharp.
South Carolina (34-17, 15, 11 SEC) used two big innings to post its second straight win over Alabama.
USC batted around in the fifth inning to knock out Alabama starter Taylor Tankerlsey, after scoring five runs on five hits to take a 5-3 lead.
Jon Coutlangous, who hit one of the two solo home runs in Friday's 2-1 win for USC, started the fifth inning with a single to right. Michael Campbell followed with an RBI triple into the right field corner to put the Gamecocks on the board.
Justin Harris' one-out single to left field scoring Campbell to cut the UA lead to 3-2. Brian Buscher followed with a base hit, sending Campbell to third. Landon Powell's hard hit ground ball to third baseman Nathan Meiners, who did not elect to make a throw home with Harris running from third base, plated Harris with the tying run.
Tanklersley further complicated matters when he issued back-to-back walks to Bryan Triplett and Kevin Melillo to load the bases.
Brian Reed replaced Tanklersley, who struggled for the second week in a row, and allowed a two-run, pinch-hit single to left-hand hiiter Matt Riddle to give USC a 5-3 lead.
Tankerlsley was touched for five runs on six hits in 4 2/3 innings, with three walks and three strikeouts. He threw 37 pitches in the fifth inning in failing to retire the Gamecocks.
The Crimson Tide sliced the lead to 5-4 in the bottom of the inning to chase starter David Marchbanks, who allowed four runs and 11 hits in 4 2/3 innings. Marchbanks entered the game with a glistening 11-2 record and led the SEC in wins, innings pitched and ERA (2.13).
Al Hecklinski drew a one-out walk and scored on a double into the right-center field gap by Meiners, who fouled of six pitches before collecting the RBI on the 11th pitch of the at-bat. Meiners tried to stretch the double into a triple, but was gunned down at third base in an attempt to stretch the double into a triple.
The base running mistake proved costly as Charlie Lyons followed with a double off the left field wall that would have easily scored Meiners from second base with one out.
Alabama regained the lead in the bottom of the sixth inning when Travis Garner reached on an single and later scored on Adam Pavkovich's ground out. Beau Hearod followed with his second home run of the game to give Alabama a 6-5 lead.
The lead was short-lived as the Gamecocks scored four more runs on four hits in the seventh inning off Reed to regain the lead at 9-6.
Riddle collected his second hit and third RBI off Reed in the game when he slapped a bases-loaded single to left field. Campbell followed with a two-out, two-run single to give the Gamecocks an 8-6 lead. Riddle scored the final run as he crossed the plate on a wild pitch.
Chris Hernandez (4-4) picked up the win in relief for USC, allowing only the two runs in the sixth inning. Aarow Rawl, who earned the win on Friday night, picked up the save as he escpaed a bases loaded jam in the ninth by getting Allen Rice to pop up to the left fielder to end the game.
Reed (2-2), who was charged with the loss, allowed four runs on five hits in 4 1/3 innings out of the pen. He also allowed two of three inherited runners to score in a five-run fifth inning.
Alabama (32-18, 13-13 SEC) took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a two-out double by Rice. Al Hecklinski, who collected one of UA's three hits in the inning, scored on the play.
The inning could have been much more productive for Alabama, who settled for just the one run. Zac Welch appeared to score from third base on a safety squeeze bunt by Charlie Lyons, but was called out on a close play at the plate. The Crimson Tide later loaded the bases before Brandon Avalos hit a slow roller to third base to end the inning.
Alabama scored two more runs in the third when Pavkovich singled and scored on Hearod's two-run home run to left field. It was Hearod's first home run in nine games, dating back to Arpil 23 against UAB.
Welch and Hecklinski followed Hearod's blast with base hits, but the inning ended without further damage. Meiners struck out looking after failing to lay down a sacrifice bunt on two attempts, and Lyons fouled out and Rice grounded out to strand two more runners.
Hearod finished the game with three hits, including two home runs and three RBI. The two home runs gives him 18 this season, tying Arkansas' Ryan Fox for the SEC lead.


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A woman arrested and charged with having sexual relations with a 14-year-old boy has been assigned a public defender.
27-year-old Kandy Brock of Newport was in court Wednesday morning. Officials say the victim is a relative.
The sheriff's office says the crimes allegedly occurred from June to October of this year.
Brock was placed in the Carteret County Jail under a $75,000 bond.


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I get a lot of questions about learning social media, digital, and breaking into the industry. With more universities offering diplomas, certifications, and courses for social and digital media, the question is whether it's worth your money.
My advice is always to use extreme caution.
The nature of the digital space is such that its in a constant state of change. Social is new; Facebook is nine years old and Twitter six. What's the next disruptive social platform?
The point is social and digital evolves quicker than any industry – formal education doesn't mesh with this space.
Professors develop curriculum long before courses take place. It goes against the real-time nature which makes digital and social so unique and exciting. Any course becomes outdated before it is taught.
While formal education isn't a perfect fit for the industry, there are specific use cases. I'll rattle off a few examples.
Skill Acquisition: If you're looking to add specific skills, ie photoshop, illustrator… etc, formal courses make a decent fit. The important thing here is utility. Ensure you are learning tangible skills that transfer and are directly applicable to your goals.
Networking: Professional network development. As much as I hate networking, it is necessary. You have to 'play the game' no matter how fake and phony it makes you feel. This is something i've personally struggled with before because I find it exhausting.
The beauty of formal education is how it provides a rolodex of connections for the future. This is probably the only reason i would consider an grad school down the line.
Keep in mind building these relationships takes effort and is only worth it if you attend a globally recognized grad-school program.
Learn yourself. I personally take pride in self learning… you should too, but how does one do this?
Expose yourself to the social space, experiment on different social networks and research who is influential and innovative on these subjects. These are who you should learn from.
An easy example is by making a Twitter list with digital "thought leaders." Read not just what they write, but what they read as well.
Everyone knows the spiel about how everything is free on the internets, i'll save it and instead, point you to some resources i'm using to continually learn. Same knowledge, but without the fancy piece of paper.
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With Movember winding down, I'm stroking my glorious moustache and pondering Movembers role in the greater context of mens health awareness. The last two years skyrocketed Movember's status into mainstream.
With that comes mainstream media exposure and thus, Movember business opportunities.
Brands had this popular global event to explore. It screamed opportunity for Movember related promotions. Local brand and businesses particularly had an easy chance to inject themselves into Movember through deals and promos.
I kept thinking to myself all month how easy it would be. I'm still shocked that i didn't see any friendly or creative promos.
In short, slap a 'Movember savings deal' in your store, shop, or business.
Here's a thought.
Say i'm strolling around downtown on a Saturday, and I happen upon a coffee shop offering 'Movember Discounts.' It could be as easy as X amount off your brew if you're sporting a moustache.
Not only would I gladly welcome a discount for my mo', I would be inclined to share this info. In short, I would blast this over Twitter, Facebook and other social networks… "Hey I just got a discount for having a moustache!!!"
Instagram launches web profiles… shocker right? Many saw this announcement was coming and felt it was long overdue. The design is obviously influenced by their parent Facebook, with a timeline-esque rotating collage of pics for the cover image.
Overall it's easy on the eyes as it should be, but instagram for web bring huge implications for brand marketers, Facebook, and ultimately the Instagram community. Let's take a peak.
What made Facebook so popular at the outset were the photos. One could creep on scandalous photos from anyone's profile safely and anonymously. Facebook became the ultimate time-waster for procrastinating students and workers alike.
As time spent on Facebook declines, crowds are favoring more photo-driven sharing sites like Tumblr (20 billion monthly pageviews), Pinterest, and obviously Instagram. Instagram web-profiles gives everyone immediate access to wider audiences. People will favour Instagram's photo-rich layout over Facebook's ad-driven, event-invite laden shit-show.
This is an interesting situation for Facebook. They own Instagram, so any success Instagram gains on the web is great, but at what cost? Facebook's no longer the go-to for perusing images. I see this eventually diverting web traffic away from Facebook.
There's serious issues with brands promoting marketing campaigns in affiliation with tragedies or natural disasters.
Monday, American Apparel, Urban Outfitters, and others, sent email blasts to their East Coast customers announcing 'Hurricane Sandy Sales.' These are feeble attempts at latching onto trending news for monetary gain – these brands don't get "it."
The public at large took serious issue with these ballsy marketing tactics – taking to Twitter to voice disdain. Exploiting any tragedy for monetary gain is insensitive, ignorant and careless. People are dying, infrastructure is forever destroyed and millions are without power.
We've seen brands try these shenanigans before, perhaps you'll remember Kenneth Cole's backfired attempt at capitalizing on the Egyptian protests in February 2012. Their brand image took a huge hit, causing controversy, outrage, and a ton of angry tweeters.
Public speaking infront of a group of critical strangers is universally mans' greatest fear. Personally, I used to share echo this sentiment. I'll admit it's something I've avoided when possible. I'm not completely frightened per say — in the past I just didn't feel comfortable speaking in front of a group of people whom I don't know. My public speaking nerves take over.
Part of my apprehension is value based. If I didn't have much to contribute, (translation: who cares what some dumbass like me has to say?) why potentially embarrass myself in front of a group of strangers? The risk-reward didn't seem to check out… Much like how terrified I was starting this blog.
I firmly believe in not talking for the sake of talking – only speak when you truly have something to 'say.'
The issue is vulnerability — we struggle to step outside the comfort and safety of our daily routines to which we can control.
I've come to realise I'm in a somewhat unique situation (narcissistic rant coming). I've accomplished my goal of startimg a career the social media landscape — making the transformation from full-time amateur athlete / student to working at a upstart tech company.
I've been doing quite a bit of thinking about goal setting. I remember back in CAPP class, we had to go through these garbage goal setting exercises that made me cringe. What a waste of time.
If anything, that experience deterred me from wanting to set goals. To be honest, since then the only goals I've set are in sport. I guess because sport consumed most of my life.
It never crossed my mind to think about lifelong personal goals until recently. What do I want to do? How am I going to do that? These questions scare the shit out of me.
This is when I started to think big. I've come up with some lofty goals that I won't share now… They are 'need to know.'
What I will say is how I am going to get there. Creatively working my ass off and investing my time and resources on things I care about and can control.
I've developed an interest in building communities around a brand. Social media is an amazing tool in this process. About six months ago, I made the decision to master social media. What the hell does that mean? I'm not sure either.
Nonetheless, I got on my grind reading everything I could all day until my eyes wouldn't stay open. See you later school. I had a burning motivation to learn and felt like it was only a matter of time.
Here is a snippet from an interview I did with Chevrolet at Social Media Week in Toronto in Feb, 2012. Fast forward to 1min 39 seconds.
After the Chevrolet social media presentation, I was offered the chance to do a quick interview. Clearly they were looking for a cushy sound byte relevant to the Chevy brand, so I played the game because I wanted to get on Youtube.
This was also a great opportunity to get comfortable in front of a camera.
Hope this provides a few seconds of entertainment.
Since KONY has fizzled out, Dollar Shave Club (DCS) has jumped into viral relevance. It starts with an unexpected tagline: Our Blades Are F***ing Great. Right away, we are caught off guard. At the time of writing, the DCS Youtube video has about 3 million views in six days.
Here are five reasons why Dollar Shave Club is killing it online:
At the end of the day, DSC is providing a useful service that is apparently in demand. People always run out of razors and they will always be used.
Since DSC is the hip new thing. The masses will flock at sharing with their networks that they just drank the DSC Kool-aid.
The cult like following which Dollar Shave Club received looks easy – it is important to remember that it's not simply about posting on Youtube.
Creating a viral hit involves a ton of strategic help. To get initial eyeballs, there's likely a ton of hustle in getting websites and blogs to publish the video.
Has anyone see a more creative use of a leaf blower?
This is the first of a few posts on the relationship between social media and real life.
A question causing discussion is whether mobile social networking is sacrificing real-life relationships. The 'mobilize everything' trend is everywhere.
On days I ride the bus to work, I would say 70% of people are buried in their phones and/or have headphones in. I would guess that other 30% don't have phones to begin with (this is a generalization).
Of course, I am as guilty as everyone else riding the chariot. I check news sites, emails and twitter; all with a podcast firing. I personally feel like this type of behavior can be acceptable in public settings if you are riding solo.
If this dips into more direct social settings, the slope gets slick. The extent to which we are foregoing face-to-face interaction for mobile companionship is a huge concern.
MIT psychologist Sherry Turkle makes a good argument (in her TEDxTalk) that we are sacrificing real life conversations by using social media. The way we interact online creates unrealistic and distorted perceptions social relationships.
Life has been super busy since I started interning at HootSuite. I am working Monday –Wednesday-Friday. Mondays and Wednesdays I head straight from the office (love saying this) to practice at UBC. These end up being pretty long and exhausting days The Renaissance Man wouldn't have it any other way.
The scheduling works out pretty well given that all my classes are on Tuesday and Thursday. I've been able to manage everything pretty well… Up until midterm season kicks around. Case in point was last week when a midterm came up. It was brutal getting home from work / practice at 7:30 then having to eat something and head to the library.
As I invest more time and energy into work, the burden of school lurks in the background, like this guy. I am stoked to be graduating at the end of April, but I wish it was over now. School feels like an unnecessary weight on my burly shoulders at this point.
The blog has taken a bit of a hit as well. My ambitions were to post three times per week. This is clearly a bit of a stretch at this point. Bi-weekly posts will suffice for the time being.
Midterm season is over; term paper season is in full swing. Time to see if my blogging prowess transfers to writing research papers.
No excuses, play like a champion.


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Any A&Ps here have experience digging for leaks in the fuel shroud under the pax cabin floor on the CRJ-200? I had to track down a fuel leak for the APU feed line today. All I can say is I hate Mr. Wiggens and his damned clamps
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Sat Nov 19 13:46:09 EST 2011, Tenakee Springs, Alaska
Issuma at the end of the dock.
Fri Nov 18 11:58:07 EST 2011, Tenakee Springs, Alaska
Saw a boat once with name MV Heisenberg...
I like your observations about places and the people and Alaska is full of them. Tell us about your perils of Peril Str. on the way to Sitka, looks you both survived cheerfully.
Thu Nov 17 18:01:00 EST 2011, Tenakee Springs, Alaska
The Snyder Mercantile Shop has been serving basics in Tenakee since 1899, when Ed Snyder rowed over from Juneau with a boat full of groceries and set up business. The building and fixtures inside date back over a century. The old heavy wood display cases offer fresh groceries and modern pharmacy items, with lingering old time wares in their original packaging displayed like a museum on the highest shelves.
The hospitality matches the charm. When another customer discovered IÂ'm from New York City, she called over the young shop clerk to introduce us, who lives in New York City too when sheÂ's not staying with her uncle in Tenakee. Part time in New York and part time in Alaska, sounds great to me!
In the meantime, I'll follow your encouragement and blog a little more from the good ship Issuma. Thanks!
Wed Nov 16 18:01:00 EST 2011, Tenakee Springs, Alaska
The Blue Moon Cafe is the only restaurant in Tenakee, and proprietor Rosie only cooks when she wants to. Rosie's actually happy to entertain visitors, it's just that her old cook stove takes a long time and a lot of effort to start up, so she usually just serves drinks in the off season, along with local legends and gossip.
Rosie talked of the times when bears have followed the hunters back home to town, even breaking in to porches. "One of the bears was not too big", she says holding her hand 4 feet off the ground, "and the other was old and thin with no teeth, but they shot them anyway."
Interested in the old stove, I asked about her appliances, and heard a little about daily life. Just a few of the newer Tenakee homes have clothes washer/dryers, and those people host others' washing. Rosie wonders why people need the machine and the expense, don't they know how to wash clothes? You "pack in water" (carry buckets from a stream), wash the clothes in the same tub after you wash yourself, and hang dry. Sunday is ironing day, but we both admitted to skipping ironing most of the time.
Wed Nov 16 18:00:00 EST 2011, Tenakee Springs, Alaska
We awaited our next weather window spending about a week in Tenakee Inlet at anchor and at the Tenakee Springs town dock. As this is my first time visiting Alaska, I didn't mind the chance to see more of the local area.
Naturally, Tenakee Springs has a natural hot mineral spring pool, which since the early 1900's has been enclosed in a bathhouse to protect bathers from harsh weather. This also serves to protect modesty, since to keep the pool pure only nude bathing is allowed, with separate hours scheduled for women and men. Leave the dressing room and step down onto the stone deck in the steamy warm air. The 104F/35C mineral water bubbles out of 8 foot deep fissure and fills the small rock pool. Rinse off before settling in on the stone cut step, and warming up from a day of work on the boat. The mineral water and the heat together are so relaxing and rejuvenating! Thanks very much to the local Tenakee Bathhouse Committee for maintaining the spring and facilities.
Mon Nov 14 18:00:00 EST 2011, Chatham Strait, Alaska
Nice tailwind pushing us down Chatham Strait.
Were reminiscing about you at the Club with
Martin. Have still good, warm sailing days at Lk. Ontario. Heavy frost is coming to NW.
It could be quite a while before I have pics without snow :).
Joe & Wendy here, aboard the M V Surveyor, currently waiting to be icebound on Pigeon Lake.
Awesome journey, thank you for sharing. I much enjoy keeping track of yous and happy to see you all safe and realizing your dream. Almost makes me want to return to BC one day following in your wake. See, you made it so confusing now; Mexico or Iceland.
You know I always go for the heat.....
BTW, I see the Lofoten worked out good!
Fair winds for now,
Thanks very much, nice to hear from you.
The Lofoten heater has worked out well. I've used it a few times now under sail, when broad reaching or running (when not needing to use the mainsail).
Sun Nov 13 18:36:17 EST 2011, Icy Strait, Southeast Alaska
Moon over the mountains, early in the morning in Icy Strait.
Thanks in advance for your reply.
Fri Nov 11 15:11:50 EST 2011, Hoonah, Alaska
Eagles are plentiful in Southeast Alaska. Here an eagle keeps watch over the fuel dock at Hoonah.
Thu Nov 10 19:38:33 EST 2011, Inian Cove, Cross Sound, Alaska
Early in the morning at the entrance to Inian Cove, where we anchored.
God Speed,
Tue Nov 8 15:49:03 EST 2011, Cape Spencer, Southeast Alaska
The gales and storms continued as one low pressure system after another reached Alaska. Unexpectedly, one day we suddenly had a forecast of relatively light (25-30 knots) and often favorable winds for several days.
For the fourth time, we left Yakutat.
We motored (and added sails when the wind was favorable) as quickly as we could, not sure that we really could trust being so lucky as to have several days of light and often favorable winds. The current was at first strong against us, then lessened as we made our way down the coast.
Late the next day, we approached Cape Spencer (picture) in good conditions, with a tailwind, intermittent rain and hail from a mild frontal passage, and 5m/16' following seas.
NOAA is reporting winds to 90 mph on the Bering Sea Coast today!
Here's to winter in Vancouver!
I am also relieved to hear that you may be safer from what the headlines here are proclaiming to be an unusually significant approaching Alaskan storm. When they're making a big deal in the press in NY about a storm in the Bering Sea, you know that there's a truly big blow afoot. Take care, and smooth sailing in all things large and small.
George, thanks, if I go to Puget Sound I will look up your friend.
I am really glad to not be anywhere near that unusually strong storm in the Bering Sea! I saw it forecast on the weatherfax the other day as 941mb and 70 knot (64 and above is hurricane force) winds--way more than I'd want to be out in.


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Our By-laws limit the number of cat allowable in a home to two.
A permit process applies to keep more than the allowable number of cats (fees apply).
Keep Excess Cats Permit (157 kb)
We encourage owners to have their cats desexed to reduce wandering and unwanted litters.
We encourage owners to have their cats microchipped. A cat collar and microchipping identification may save your cats life and may avoid it being kept by a member of the public or being classified as a stray.
If the cat owner can no longer look after their pet, the pet should be taken to the Animal Welfare League.
Please be aware that ownership of the pet transfers to the Animal Welfare League and it is therefore at their discretion whether it is re-homed or humanely put to sleep. This decision is made after a health examination and temperament assessment of the pet.
We encourage a mutually friendly approach between the cat owner and complainant and support you speaking with the cat owner and advising on what impact their cat may be having on your property or environment.
For further assistance, contact Council's Animal Management Officers on 8408 1111.
We have cat cages available for hire via the Kilkenny Grain and Fodder Store (deposit applies). Any person may humanely trap a cat on property that they own.
If an identified cat is trapped, it must be released.
If an unidentified cat is trapped, it may be released, or it may be delivered to the Animal Welfare League who will make a decision as to whether to keep the cat to rehome it, or euthanase it humanely.
Trapped cats must not be kept in cages in inclement weather conditions, for any period of time without water and shelter from the weather. To do so constitutes an offence of animal cruelty under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1985.


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Grocery shopping w twins
I'm not a baby-wearer, so I would always bring my double stroller. I'd put the groceries in the storage basket and carry two reusable shopping bags and put everything in there. I'd either put both bags on my shoulders or I'd put one in on my shoulders and one on the stroller handle.
Me - 34 DH - 37 Married since 2007
Abdominal Myomectomy 2010
IUI #1-BFN IVF #1-BFP!!! -beta 117, 252 - TWIN BOYS arrived 7.13.12
I make one huge trip a month with my husband when he has a day off. It takes several hours and we spend a ton of money, but we get almost everything we need to last us the entire month. We still have to make a small trip about once a week for milk, fresh produce and bread. When my twins were babies, if my husband couldn't stop on his way home from work or I needed something right then, I would bring the twins in their stroller and just get what I needed.
Mom to 2 teens, a 4yo and 2yo twins. If you want to feel famous, go to Costco with twins!
Go to www.nadiasplace.com for handmade toys & accessories!
Are you a gamer?
Nanny to twin miracles--- TTTS survivors, IUGR, and NICU graduates!
I am grateful that when I have to go out and about for grocery shopping or something else without my husband, I will have my 8 year old to help me out. My girls arent here yet, but I was just thinking what I would do if I was a single mom or didnt have my 8 year old. I was thinking I would get a babysitter once a week for a couple hours and try to get all my shopping done at that point!


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One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of… (2008)
by Michael Dobbs
No current Talk conversations about this book.
One Minute to Midnight is an hour by hour reconstruction of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Dobbs has done original archival research and brings to the page new facts never before published. His main thesis is that there was no "eyeball to eyeball and the Soviets blinked", that was propaganda by the Kennedy team. Rather he shows that both sides came closer to war than they realized, were in less control of events then they thought. It's a great lesson of history and instructive about the complexity of events. It leads to the pessimistic conclusion that an accidental nuclear detonation or war was (and still is) very possible.
A well researched book that brings new light to a crisis that was mythologized in the immediate aftermath and in the decades following. It gives a very balanced view of events from the three main perspectives: American, Russian, and Cuban. With the addition of declassified US and Soviet records of military activities as well as conversations among senior leadership, we see Kennedy and Kruschchev as the cooler heads who prevailed over institutions that had a lot of inertia moving them towards war. It wasn't the macro level brinksmanship of placing the missiles in Cuba nor the American blockade that brought the world to the brink, but rather several small events beyond anyone's real control that could have triggered a tumble into a nuclear exchange; from a Soviet sub skipper ordering the "lock and load" of a nuclear torpedo to a US U-2 pilot inadvertently straying 300 miles into the USSR at just the wrong time, things could've gone very badly. A final chapter on lessons-learned for the US and USSR would have been interesting, in terms of improved protocols for military encounters at sea, airspace incursions, and direct communications between the heads of state.
An excellent and absorbing piece of work. And although we all know the outcome there is palpable tension and menace in the air as the events unfold. Although I knew the basic facts of the Cuban Missile Crisis, there were a number of elements that I wasn't aware of and that really surprised me. Firstly, the hungriness for preemptive nuclear strikes from so many of the Excomm - a point of view that seems madness to us with the benefit of hindsight. Whether this was replicated in Moscow we don't know - Dobbs spends more time on the US and even Cuban response, presumably because it is better documented. The second is the potential for random human error to trigger a chain reaction - the world might expect its leaders such as Kennedy and Khrushchev to act responsibility but you can't legislate for Soviet air crews to decide to shoot down an American U2 over Cuba or for another U2 to wander off course over Soviet territory in the Arctic. And the third is how much of the crisis was caused, and resolved by poor communications. The US and Soviet leaders constantly misinterpret each others actions and communiques take hours to be delivered - and yet this leads to a happy conclusion. Its interesting to consider how the crisis might have played out in a modern world of much better communications and less room for creative interpretation
I also thought that Dobbs conclusions about how the "success" of the Cuban Missile Crisis informed less successful actions in Vietnam and the Persian Gulf were very well thought through . Highly recommended all round
This is a systematic account of the Cuban missile crisis from the American, Soviet and Cuban points of view. It is hard for those of us born after this time (the 50th anniversary of which is almost upon us) to understand how close the world came to nuclear destruction, especially on so called Black Saturday, 27 October 1962. Leading figures seriously wondered whether they would live to see another dawn. What emerges clearly, despite their faults and weaknesses, is the essential humanity and statesmanship of both Jack Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchov. Both had seen warfare at first hand and were ultimately determined that they would not destroy future generations by allowing nuclear weapons to be used first by their respective countries and thereby condemn the rest of the world as well as their opponents. Kennedy was held back by the belligerence of many of the top military echelon, especially Curtis LeMay and Thomas Power, who openly advocated as a matter of general policy a nuclear first strike against the Soviet Union; while Khrushchov was held back by the adventurism and rashness of Castro, who saw no reason why nuclear holocaust should not be risked if it meant destruction of American imperialism and who advocated a nuclear first strike by the Soviets to achieve this. Both Kennedy and Khrushchov were held back more generally by the mad logic of nuclear deterrence and international diplomacy which permitted no admission of weakness or public backing down. On Black Saturday, a US plane accidentally entered Soviet airspace without Kennedy's knowledge, while a US reconnaissance plane was shot down over Cuba without Khrushchov's knowledge, either of which incidents could have triggered off nuclear armageddon.
Some of the statistics of the weapons of mass destruction here are astonishingly sobering and horrible - just one Soviet ship (the Aleksandrovsk) heading for Cuba had on it nuclear weapons with the destructive capacity of some 1700 Hiroshima bombs - over three times the total amount of explosive ever detonated in all the wars in human history put together. This book combines horrific details like this together with the personal stories of low level participants on all three sides, in a day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute account that truly brings across the horror of those days when we came closer than ever before or since to the End of the World. 5/5
An exceptional work of research. Dobbs draws upon recently declassified material and interviews to provide an excellent hour-by-hour account of the crisis. In the process, he clarifies the sequence of events and shows that many of the myths (such as the Soviets blinking on Wednesday, Oct 24 at the "eyeball to eyeball" moment) were not, in fact, accurate.
A must-read for policy professionals, historians, international affairs experts and anyone interested in foreign policy.
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In October 1962, at the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union were sliding inexorably toward a nuclear conflict over the placement of missiles in Cuba. Veteran journalist Michael Dobbs has used previously untapped American, Soviet, and Cuban sources to produce the most authoritative book yet on the Cuban missile crisis. In his hour-by-hour chronicle, he takes us onto the decks of American ships patrolling Cuba; inside sweltering Soviet submarines and missile units as they ready their warheads; and inside the White House and the Kremlin as Kennedy and Khrushchev--rational, intelligent men separated by an ocean of ideological suspicion--agonize over the possibility of war. He shows how these two leaders recognized the terrifying realities of the nuclear age while Castro--never swayed by conventional political considerations--demonstrated the messianic ambition of a man selected by history for a unique mission.--From publisher description.… (more)
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Have you ever seen a wee one trying to keep up with the big kids? The tables will be reversed when your little one hops onto his Wheely Bug and gets going!
Made from plantation grown Poplar plywood, then padded, covered, and set on castors, these bright and friendly designed rollers go forwards, backwards, sideways, and every which way between. All while promoting gross motor skills for children on the cusp of walking to post-toddler years.
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Dorothy Gilman has brought the world to her readers through her novels featuring unlikely spy Mrs. Pollifax.
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Okay eyes down here. Kellan Lutz has something to say. He's not just a pretty face and rippling wet body…I lost my train of thought.
Ah yes, Kellan sat down for a chat with Interview magazine, or actually he sat down in his backyard with his two dogs for a phone interview. First of all he claims, much to our dismay, that he doesn't just walk around shirtless all the time like he does on those bare-chested runs. "I know a lot of people who run shirtless because they don't want their clothes to get sweaty. I'm just a normal person. And I have four paparazzi who sit outside my house all day."
He talked about his past working at Abercrombie as one of those shirtless guys they put out front that would make me feel skeevy to go in with my teenage daughter if I had one. He went from there to the catalog cover and it's been uphill since then and since he realized "realized anyone could do this" acting thing.
Although he's claims "I'm not pretty!" he is confident in his abilities. "I love competition," says the Twilight star. "I thrive on it. I love being able to win the room over before even walking through the door." Consider us won over.
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I haven't tried it yet, i was wondering if anyone knew if it was any good? Do they deliver?
their $5 large carryout is pretty decent, and they sure were doing business with two fridays ago
Do not deliver in cr. Pizza is cheap and hey it's pizza!
Their best perk is the $5 to go pizza. Just walk in and they have them ready for you for five bucks. Really good deal and for that cheap, quality doesn't matter. It isn't bad pizza, about like Dominos or Pizza Hut.
They are decent for a cheap pizza. $5 carryout
Every time I drive by they have a guy out there holding a large orange sign for $5 pizza. Haven't stopped yet though.
They have something called Crazy Bread that is very good.
no deliver - i am a big fan of the crazy bread and sauce. $5 large pizza is pretty good. sucks when warmed up though.
It's cheap, in all aspects, but it's still pizza.
Crazy bread is insane good. Pizza just ok but the price makes it good. Have good dips. I wonder how many calories are in the crazy bread
'Until things are brighter, I'm the man in black.'
It's crappy pizza, but it's $5 on demand.
Crazy Bread is worth the stop for sure! The pizza is OK...definitely not as good as it used to be when I was growing up! I swear when we would get the "pizza,pizza" in high school it was better!
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Crazy bread is insane good. Pizza just ok but the price makes it good. Have good dips. I wonder how many calories are in the crazy bread
And now you've ruined it. Thanks Jon.
It's not horrible, especially if you didn't think the old Domino's Pizza was horrible. Very similar, IMO. Nowhere close to the first pizza I'd order if given the chance, but definitely edible.
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"Success is just failure that hasn't happened yet." - life advice from Latrell Spreewell
I hated the sauce the only good part was the crust so imagine the bread sticks would be pretty good
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Serigraphy: Works from the Grand Western Canadian Screen Shop
Daily - From Monday, February 10, 2014 - Sunday, March 9, 2014
The Grand Western Canadian Screen Shop was the first print shop of its kind in Western Canada. During its 20 year existence, it earned the reputation as being at the forefront of experimental printmaking technology, and became one of the most important artistic forces in Canadian art. Many...
Venue: Gurevich Fine Art @ McNally Robinson
Neighbourhood: Winnipeg
CMU Vespers
7:30 PM on Sunday, February 16, 2014
contemplative evenings of community worship, prayer, scripture reading, and choral music. Reception to follow.
Venue: Canadian Mennonite University
Neighbourhood: Winnipeg , Charleswood
A Tribe Called Red
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Venue: Union Sound Hall
Neighbourhood: Winnipeg
Frame of Mind Gallery Show
Daily - From Saturday, February 1, 2014 - Friday, February 28, 2014
Frame of Mind Gallery at 3528 Roblin Blvd (204) 832-4926 Feb 1-28th Mixed Media Artist Barbara Pritchard and Photographer Chris
Venue: Frame of Mind Gallery
Neighbourhood: Winnipeg
Jam hosted by Big Dave McLean
Weekly - Sunday - From Sunday, January 26, 2014 - Monday, January 26, 2015
Venue: Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club
Neighbourhood: Centre
"Beat the Winter Blues" Concert
7:00 PM on Sunday, February 16, 2014
FREE "Beat the Winter Blues" Concert featuring the SkyBlues Band Sunday February 16th 7:00 p,m, at 305 Machray Avenue (at the Corner of Aikins and Machray. Join us for an evening of great music suitable for the whole family! Call 204-582-1261 for further information. Everyone welcome! Sponsored by
Venue: Zion Church
Neighbourhood: North End
Living Room
5:00 PM on Sunday, February 16, 2014
A faith-based support group for persons living with a mood disorder such as anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder. At Living Room, you can freely discuss your faith and mental health issues, knowing you will be accepted,loved, encouraged and inspired. Contact Lorna at (204) 296-2920 for more
Venue: 955 Wilkes Ave.
Neighbourhood: Winnipeg
Jam hosted by Big Dave McLean
Weekly - Sunday - From Sunday, December 15, 2013 - Sunday, December 14, 2014
Venue: Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club
Neighbourhood: Centre
Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet presents Romeo + Juliet
7:30 PM on Wednesday, February 12, 2014
7:30 PM on Thursday, February 13, 2014
7:30 PM on Friday, February 14, 2014
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Celebrate Valentine's Day with an enduring love story. Set to Prokofiev's gorgeous score, against a sumptuous setting in 16th century Verona, the magnificence and grandeur of Rudi van Dantzig's full-length production captivates with its riveting sword fights, compelling drama, and breathtaking
Venue: Centennial Concert Hall
Neighbourhood: Centre
Dance Through Time: A Reflection of Polish Culture in Winnipeg
Weekly - Sunday, Saturday - From Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - Friday, February 28, 2014
Weekly - Tuesday - From Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - Friday, February 28, 2014
For almost ninety years Polish folk dance has existed in Winnipeg. This display explores this history from the 1920s until today, through photos, programs, memorabilia, and homemade costumes. With the sounds of folk music resonating throughout the exhibit, you will be able to learn dance steps, see
Venue: Ogniwo Polish Museum
Neighbourhood: Winnipeg
All The Kings Men
Weekly - Sunday - From Sunday, October 27, 2013 - Monday, October 27, 2014
Venue: King's Head Pub & Eatery
Neighbourhood: Centre
Red Moon Road
Daily - From Saturday, February 15, 2014 - Sunday, February 16, 2014
Lyme Disease Presentations
Daily - From Friday, February 14, 2014 - Thursday, February 27, 2014
2 Hour Presentation by the President of Canadian Lyme Foundation, Jim Wilson, on the updated State of the Nation regarding medical, political, research issues facing Canadians and Manitobans. Held in Morden, Manitoba, Feb. 28, 2014. Doors open 5PM, Q&A and Presentation to follow at 7PM. Bring a
Venue: Morden Recreation Centre
Neighbourhood: Western Manitoba
Girl Guides of Canada
Daily - From Thursday, August 22, 2013 - Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Register: www.girlguides.ca Today's program helps girls learn about global and cultural awareness, career exploration, science & technology, nature, camping, community service and the arts.
Venue: Various community clubs and churches
Neighbourhood: Winnipeg
Manitoba Electrical Museum and Education Centre
Daily - From Thursday, March 28, 2013 - Friday, March 28, 2014
Interactive exhibits include a robot made of more than 50 household appliances. Regular hours: Monday-Thursday, 1-4 p.m. Free admission. Call 204-360-7905 to arrange a group
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One Approach To Flower Identification
Flower identification can be very simple at times, at other times maddeningly frustrating. You see a beautiful flower in a garden down the street, you'd love to have one of them in your own garden, but no one is around to tell you what it is. Or you spot a little wildflower in a national park and wonder what it's called. Again, no one is there to help you out. You can't pick either bloom, and take it home to research it further. At least you shouldn't. It's probably illegal to take from a neighbor's garden, and it certainly is in most national parks. If someone can tell you the name of the flower, fine. Unless that person is a horticulturist or botanist you'll probably be given the common name, not the Latin name. The Latin name is more precise, the common name is generally good enough however. The only problem is that one person may identify the flower in question as a Canadian Dogwood, another may say "No, that's a Bunchberry", while all the time you thought it was a Dwarf Cornell. You were all correct. The problem with the common name is that one flower often goes by more than one name.
One thing you can do for flower identification is to carry a guide book with you, especially if you're on a hike in the wilderness. These books generally aren't too large to take with you, are well organized, and contain a ton of information. Walking around town is a different story, unless you want to take a number of flower seed catalogs with you, in the event you run across something of interest.
How Flowers Are Categorized - Just knowing that flowers, be they garden flowers or wildflowers, have been classified and categorized is a help. This classification and categorization makes it easier to publish books or guides on the subject of flower identification. Looking into the way flowers (plants, actually) are classified botanically, may not be all that much of a help, but a little knowledge doesn't hurt either. Knowing Latin can get you a step closer, but those of us who ever took Latin either did poorly, or have forgotten it. In any event, what we learned was pretty basic, and had little to do with the classification of flowers. In classifying flowers, we start with the Class, which divides plants into one of two classes. Not too much help so far, nor is the sub-class, or the next level, the Order. It's only when we get to the Family level we can begin sorting out one flower from another, as flowers are placed in families, in accordance to their physical characteristics, growth habits, and other factors.
We go into further detail by looking at Sub-Families, Tribes, and Sub-Tribes, and finally, when we get to the Genus, things start to make sense to us. The Genus name describes the type of plant and an outstanding characteristic, which may be its color or shape. In the Latin name for a plant or flower, the first word is the Genus. The next level we encounter is the Species, given by the second word in the Latin name, which takes us to an individual plant, and finally the Variety, if a given plant exists in two or more varieties. None of what we've just covered is going to help you all that much with your flower identification on your next field trip. What has happened though, is we've laid the groundwork used by published field guides (as an example, the Guide To Western Wildflowers), and garden and seed catalogs, especially those dealing in the more exotic flower types.
What You Need To Know For Flower Identification - The field guides usually give the botanical name for each flower described, but that's not how you go about identifying the flower. You don't even have to take a guide with you if you don't want to, you can just take notes (unless you have a very good memory). Flower identification can be done by noting certain characteristics of the flower, and later looking in a guide where the flowers are arranged in terms of one or more characteristics. A guide to mountain or alpine flowers for example, may be divided into two general categories of flowers, flowers of the forest, and flowers of the meadows. The flowers in each category are then identified in terms of color. Nothing more. This is possible because in alpine regions, the number of different flowers encountered is not likely to be very large, perhaps 100 or so at most.
In one of the the National Audubon Society's guides, where a larger number of different flowers have to be searched for, the classification is first by flower color, and for each color there is a further classification by shape and form of the blossoms. Flowers are described as simple shaped, daisy shaped, odd shaped, cluster, and so on. If you are going to put together a guide, you can use what every descriptive categories you want, as long as it makes some sense, and makes flower identification easier. (continued...)


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Count Me In's Leadership Institute: Thrive with Massive Change
Date(s) - Apr 15, 2014 - Apr 17, 2014
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Count Me In is pleased to partner with MASSIVE CHANGE NETWORK to bring you the 2014 Leadership Institute!
The Count Me In Leadership Institute: Thrive with Massive Change is two-day immersive experience especially designed for Count Me In award winners and finalists from all programs, and any woman who wants to stand on the conceptual cutting edge of design and its impact on life, work and business.
In order to meet the challenges of the modern world, women business owners must successfully transition from the 20th century model of leadership by business administration to the 21st century model of leadership by design. In conjunction with Bruce Mau of Massive Change Network, the Institute presents a revolutionary new way of thinking about that change.
We've assembled a roster of the nation's leading small business and Massive Change experts to provide the insights needed to empower women entrepreneurs to become design creators at any and all stages of their business growth.
Change your thinking; change your life!
In the 21st century, our life experience is a design experience. The quality of our design is the quality of our life. If our design is poor, our life is poor. If our design is great — our life is great along with it. If our design supports life, then the life around us flourishes. That is why design matters. It determines the quality of our life.– Bruce Mau
Thrive with Massive Change is:
- A revolutionary way of thinking and dealing with change as a function of design. Everything is a designed system and we are all design leaders in our business and in our lives.
- A methodology that teaches how to anticipate, create, and participate in change, instead of ignoring or being victimized by it.
- Taught by world renowned expert design innovator, Bruce Mau. Bruce has helped countries and global companies including Coca Cola, MTV, Great Britain and Saudia Arabia prepare for and direct change for decades to come.
- A collaboration with Count Me In that infuses Feminine Bias and the power and perspective of women entrepreneurs with precepts of Massive Change.
- A time to practice this new methodology so that you can use it in your business and in your life.
- A place for direct interface with experts and intimate networking with peers.
April 15 at 6:00PM – A Public Talk by Bruce Mau (mandatory for Leadership participants)
April 16 at 8:00AM to 9:30PM – Full day of training – Two minute business updates from all participants; the foundation and 24 principles of Massive Change; the perspective of Feminine Bias, then break into design groups to work on a case study with designated experts, processes and surprises to help deepen the work throughout the day, plus meals and all supplies.
April 17 at 8:00AM – Design groups present their work to the group; feedback from experts summaries of the work, closing rituals, and end at 1:00PM.
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Love Is Strange
|Release Date: August 22, 2014
|Running Time: 98 mins.
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|Box Office: $2,260,037.00
|Genre: Drama
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Summary:After nearly four decades together, Ben and George finally tie the knot in an idyllic wedding ceremony in lower Manhattan. But when George loses his job soon after, the couple must sell their apartment and - victims of the relentless New York City real estate market - temporarily live apart until they can find an affordable new home. While George moves in with two cops who live down stairs, Ben lands in Brooklyn with his nephew, his wife, and their temperamental teenage son, with whom Ben shares a bunk bed. While struggling with the pain of separation, Ben and George are further challenged by the intergenerational tensions and capricious family dynamics of their new living arrangements.


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Brandi Glanville Fires Her Assistant Over Lost Dog
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Brandi Glanville's dog went missing recently, which may or may not be related to a break-in that took place at her home. Chica, a chihuahua mix, is still at large. So who paid the price for the lost pooch? Brandi's assistant, apparently. Brandi axed the 23-year-old, who was the last to see Chica before her disappearance.


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On May 24th, rapper Jadakiss will release I Love You, a mixtape dedicated to his fans. "They're the best fans in the world, die-hard," Jadakiss tells HipHopDX. "Sometimes I take long putting out projects, but they stick with me. I love them and appreciate them for that. I appreciate them for appreciating my craft and me never compromising who I am and what I do." The project will feature 11 tracks with a variety of features, including Rick Ross and Trae Tha Truth on the "Inkredible Rmx" , along with Styles P on "Lay Em Down" (with Chynk Show). The mixtape also includes some young blood like Teyana Taylor on "Rock Wit Me".
Per Jadakiss, tuning into younger fans has been the key to maintaining his relevance. "I listen to people now with the internet, I check blogs, I check the sites, see how people feel about me," he explains. "I keep my ear to the street. Artists get a lot of money and get isolated from the real world. That hurts their career. Me, I try to be hands on with the people as much as I can. That's the challenge of my career: making a marriage of songs that are good for my age group as well as the new era." 'Kiss also credits his 14-year-old son and seven-year-old daughter for keeping him abreast of what's hot.
I Love You serves as a precursor to Kiss' fourth solo studio album tentatively titled Top 5, Dead or Alive. "Right now that's the slated title," he states. "Once I get into the mid-section of it, it might change. But I put it on Twitter and 300,000 people said I should keep it. Majority rules. We gonna squeeze the juice all the way out of the mixtape and then go into the album." Jadakiss' place as Top 5 D.O.A. has been a hot topic in Hip Hop for years, so Jada's confident that album title will stick. The project is scheduled to release on Island Def Jam, Jadakiss' current label home. Both he and The L.O.X. have played the musical chairs game with regard to labels, but right now Kiss is "comfortable" with Def Jam. "It's as comfortable as you make it," the rapper explains. "All of the labels are really the same, they go off the artist. You gotta be the foundation and put that frontline working and they'll get behind you. If you don't do nothing, they won't do nothing. I had a lot of political contractual problems that I'm just really working out now, so I still feel like I got a lot of more product to put out."
Jadakiss shrugs at the idea of becoming a label executive, reiterating Q-Tip's mantra. "Rule #4080 (Record company people are shady), you heard what Q-Tip said. I don't wanna go under that 4080 law," Kiss says. "You never say never, though. I see what goes down in the industry, I don't wanna be one of those guys." The cameos and production for Top 5, Dead or Alive are still up in the air, as Jadakiss has about six tracks completed but is still working out the details. "I don't like going for the top Billboard acts, but sometimes those are the people that owe me favors," he says of potential album collaborations. One possibility? Odd Future. "I wanted to do something with Frank Ocean before everybody hopped on the bandwagon, the other cats as well," he states. "We'll see how that works out."
While Odd Future are Jadakiss' newbies of choice, he's open to a lot of the newer talent out there, citing Kid Cudi and Drake as exmaples of artists who have thanked him for his contributions to the game and have studied his career. "When the Kid Cudis and Drakes and all of these guys come up to me and say, 'Yo, you're a legend,' that's the energy for me to keep going because that's how I was with B.I.G," he recalls.
In the meantime, fans of Jadakiss will surely enjoy his love letter to them. I Love You is admittedly more heartfelt per Kiss, and not as tough as his The Champ Is Here series. "Of course it has some thugness on there," Jadakiss says, "but it's more heartfelt." The mixtape arrives just as the summer months are upon us, and according to Jadakiss, it's designed for driving around with the top down. "If you're one of my fans, you're gonna put it in and ride out."


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Would you pay $17 for a gram of marijuana if you knew it cost only $2? How about a $100 half-ounce for $136? If you're planning on buying legal cannabis in Colorado or Washington, that might be the case as both states plan to tax marijuana sales heartily.
In Washington, for example, there is a required 25 percent excise tax three different times for consumers, producers and retailers. That is on the back-end and customers theoretically shouldn't see it, but as any community college economics teacher will tell you: that's not the way things work. Instead, many of those businesses will end up jacking up the price to cover their taxes, costing the consumer more in the end. That is in addition to the 8.75 percent sales tax they already have to pay in Washington.
Forbes.com reports that herb produced at $3 per gram would retail for more than $25. That's $723 per ounce. Even if they produce at $2 per gram, that's $482 an ounce. Keep in mind that you can get an ounce of good herb for around $200 in Washington from a friendly local with a little bit of searching. Dispensary ounces sell for $250 on the regular as well, untaxed.
Colorado's looming recreational industry also comes with some tax promises, though Colorado law requires voters approve tax measures before they can become law. Enter Proposition AA, which would impose a 15 percent excise tax on wholesales between producers and retail outlets as well as a 10 percent special sales tax on cannabis. That is on top of the existing 2.9 percent state sales tax and whatever local sales taxes happen to be in the city or county where the recreational marijuana store is located. In Denver, that's just shy of 8 percent. So, in total, you're looking at around 34 percent tax on recreational cannabis in total. So, what was a $200 ounce just became a $268 ounce.
Supporters of the tax measure say it is needed to pay for enforcement. Enforcement, they say, will help keep the feds happy and prevent them from pulling the rug out from under the industry completely by prosecuting shop owners for violating federal law. Opponents say the taxes are way too high and that the licensing fees (which are also really, really expensive in Colorado) should cover enforcement.
UCLA drug policy expert Mark Kleiman tells Forbes.com that both states are overtaxing cannabis with their proposals.
"That's a big problem," Kleiman says. "The legal market is going to have a hard time competing with the illegal market, but a particularly hard time competing with the untaxed, unregulated sort-of-legal market."