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Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Secretary Robert Barham announced the following opening to recreational and commercial fishing in portions of inside waters east and west of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish effective immediately, today June 14. The area was originally closed as a precautionary measure. The most recent information from shoreline cleanup assessment teams indicates no oil in these areas.
Inside Waters West of Mississippi River
The portion of state inside waters north of the inside/outside shrimp line west of the Mississippi River from the southern shore of Red Pass at 89 degrees 28 minutes 13.4 seconds west longitude westward to 89 degrees 30 minutes 12 seconds west longitude near Sandy Point.
Inside Waters East of Mississippi River
The portion of state inside waters inshore of the inside/outside shrimp line located south and east of the eastern shore of Baptiste Collette Bayou eastward to the eastern shore of Main Pass.
Territorial Sea East of Mississippi River
The portion of state outside waters east of the Mississippi River seaward of the inside/outside shrimp line west of 89 degrees 11 minutes 21 seconds west longitude and south of 29 degrees 21 minutes 32.7 seconds north latitude.
Precautionary closures of recreational and commercial fishing have been implemented based on the best information the Secretary of the Department receives from field biologists, staff and trajectory models from NOAA.
Once reports of oil are received, LDWF initiates a field survey and immediate seafood testing in the suspected areas. Closures are subsequently made with the intent to be as safe as possible, while not closing any fishing areas unnecessarily. As test results come back clearing the area, effected waters are then reopened.
LDWF continues to work closely with DHH in an effort to assess all opportunities to resume normal fishing activities on Louisiana's coast and guarantee the safety of Louisiana's seafood.
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Memo from an American Company to its Argentine Staff
It has been brought to our attention by several officials visiting our office in Buenos Aires that offensive language is commonly used by our Spanish-speaking staff. Such behavior, in addition to violating our policy, is highly unprofessional and offensive to both visitors and staff.
All personnel will immediately adhere to the following rules:
1. Words like "carajo," "la puta madre," "me da en el quinto forro" and other such expressions will not be tolerated or used for emphasis or dramatic effect, no matter how heated a discussion may become.
2. You will not say "la cagó" when someone makes a mistake, or "lo están cagando a pedos" if you see someone being reprimanded, or "qué cagada" when a major mistake has been made. All forms and derivations of the verb "cagar" are utterly inappropriate and unacceptable in our environment.
3. No project manager, section head or administrator under any circumstances will be referred to as "hijo de mil putas," "mal parido," "es una mierda" or "es una bosta."
4. Lack of determination will not be referred to as "falta de huevos" nor will persons who lack initiative be referred to as "cagón de mierda," "pelotudo" or "boludo."
5. Unusual or creative ideas offered by management are not to be referred to as "pajas mentales" or "pendejadas."
6. Do not say "cómo hincha las pelotas" nor "qué ladilla de mierda" if a person is persistent; do not add "cagó fuego," if a colleague is going through a difficult situation. Furthermore, you must not say "cagamos" (refer to item #2) nor "nos rompieron el orto" when a matter becomes excessively complicated.
7. When asking someone to leave you alone, you must not say "andate a la concha de tu hermana" nor should you ever substitute "May I help you?" with "¿Qué mierda querés?"
8. Under no circumstances should you ever call your elderly industrial partners "viejos chotos."
9. Do not say "me chupa un huevo" when a relevant project is presented to you, nor should you ever answer "sobame el nabo" when your assistance is required.
10.You should never call a partner "puto de mierda" or "vieja tortillera"; the sexual behavior of our staff is not to be discussed in terms such as "viejo trolo," "la mira con cariño" or "mariquita."
11. Last but not least, after reading this note, please don't say "me la paso por las pelotas." Just keep it clean and dispose of it properly.
Thank you.
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- La Liga
Atletico seal title after dramatic draw at Barcelona
Atletico Madrid ground out a 1-1 draw against Barcelona at the Nou Camp to claim their first La Liga title since 1996.
It was not always pretty, but Diego Godin's headed equaliser early in the second half was enough to deny Barca in a tense title decider.
The hosts had taken the lead with a stunning strike from Alexis Sanchez but it was a rare sight of goal for the hosts, with Lionel Messi cutting a frustrated figure and Atletico's defence standing firm.
Gerardo Martino sprung a surprise in his team selection with Barca's most decorated player Xavi left out as Cesc Fabregas and Sergio Busquets started alongside Andres Iniesta, while Pedro was preferred to record signing Neymar.
Atletico started with former Barca man David Villa alongside Diego Costa, with Raul Garcia among the substitutes.
Tension was high from the start with Atletico making a bright start and Gerard Pique earning an early yellow card for fouling Koke.
Barca were having most of the ball but could not find a way to test Thibaut Courtois while Atletico's breaks looked dangerous as Jose Pinto was hesitant in goal.
Atletico's hopes suffered a huge blow in the 14th minute when Costa pulled up with a recurrence of his hamstring injury, leaving the pitch in tears with his chances of playing in the Champions League final in the balance.
It got even worse moments after when Arda Turan followed him off after taking a blow from Fabregas, and the wind was in Barca sails as Pedro headed a good chance over.
Alexis' wonder-strike put them ahead in the 34th minute, with the Chilean rifling a shot into the roof of the net from an acute angle before Courtois had a chance to move.
Atletico were in danger of losing their cool in the moments after as Godin and Tiago collected yellow cards in quick succession but they hung on until half-time without suffering further damage.
Diego Simeone worked some kind of magic in the dressing room and his side started the second half on fire, with Villa striking the post 45 seconds after the restart before Godin headed them level in the 48th minute, rising highest to power a header into the bottom corner of the goal.
Injuries then began to strike for Barca, with Busquets forced off. Alex Song was the man to replace him as Xavi remained on his seat, and a second substitution soon after saw Neymar replace the ineffective Pedro.
Messi hammered the ball into the roof of the net in the 64th minute but from a clearly offside position.
The Argentinian had another chance from a free-kick soon after following a wild swipe from Filipe Luis but blasted it into the wall.
Xavi came on to replace Fabregas with 12 minutes to go as Barca went into all-out attack mode, and Courtois palmed over a powerful Alexis strike as the game moved into the final 10 minutes.
Pinto did not seem to know much about his 83rd minute save from an Atletico corner but Barca survived, and the breathless action continued as Pique was demanding a penalty in vain after being eased over by Godin.
The tension levels rose but Barca could not find a way past the dogged Atletico defence, who huffed and puffed but never lost their heads as they played the ball out of trouble to frustrate their hosts.
Pinto raced up for a stoppage-time corner, but Atletico pumped the ball clear and seconds later their celebrations could begin.
Barcelona's fans stuck around to applaud, a fitting end to a pulsating title race.


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SAN DIEGO CBS 8 - A former local law student is suing her alma mater for $50 million, after she couldn't find a job.The student, San Diegan Anna Alaburda, graduated with honors from the Thomas Jefferson School of Law and passed the bar on her first try. She claims she has been unable to find full-time work as an attorney for the past three years. [continued ....]
Also, she complains that she sent out 150 resumes to no avail. This, too, needs to be qualified. If these were just template, unsolicited resumes, then 150 is nothing. However, if she sent a resume for each law firm along with a tailored cover letter (for example, she could've researched a recent case the firm worked on and discussed what she could have brought to the table, and so on), then 150 is significant. But if she just sent out 150 template resumes/cover letters, then she should have sent out hundreds (if not thousands) more. There are over 2700 attorneys and law firms listed on Martindale Hubbell in San Diego alone.I think part of the problem is that most people fail to realize when they're unemployed searching for a job should be approached as a full-time job in itself. From the scant details that I've read about this case, I'm not sure she understood this.
WRT the $50M claim - you know better than to say she is being "delusional." You aim high and negotiate/settle for something less.


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Here's the lowdown on your HoloLens hardware and how to clean and care for it. Looking for info about how to put on your device and adjust the fit? See Fit your HoloLens.
The clicker comes with HoloLens in a separate box.
Visor. Contains the device sensors and displays.
Headband. Rotate it up and use the adjustment wheel to expand it.
Device arms. Always use these to pick up, put on, or take off your device.
Micro USB cable. Use this for charging or for connecting your HoloLens to your computer.
Brightness buttons. Located on the left when you're wearing the device.
Volume buttons. Located on the right when you're wearing the device.
Nose pads. Choose the one that works with your nose shape and eyewear.
Overhead strap. This can help keep HoloLens secure when you're moving around, and it may allow you to loosen the headband.
Microfiber cloth. Use it to clean your HoloLens visor.
Power supply. Plugs into a power outlet.
Care and cleaning
Handle your HoloLens carefully. Use the device arms—not the overhead strap—to lift, carry, and adjust it. To keep the visor free of dust and fingerprints, avoid touching it. Repeated cleaning could damage the visor, so try to keep your device clean.
Don't use any cleaners or solvents on your HoloLens, and don't submerge it in water or apply water directly to it.
To clean the visor, remove any dust using a camel or goat hair lens brush or a bulb-style lens blower. Lightly moisten the microfiber cloth with a small amount of distilled water, then use it to wipe the visor gently in a circular motion.
Clean the rest of the device, including the headband and device arms, with a lint-free cloth moistened with mild soap and water. Let your HoloLens dry completely before using it again.
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Virtual Reality has been a hot topic over the past few years and artists who create content for 360° presentation are often moving through uncharted territory: the challenges that have to be met range from defining the proper angle of view to technical solutions and scaling for different end devices. This is why it's important to have a tool you can count on – like Cinema 4D!
Scorch Films, one of the top names for clients who expect perfection in the technical realization of their designs, is located in the heart of London's Soho district. Scorch's portfolio includes work for brands such as Pepsi, BBC, Rimmel, Hilton, Unilever, Hyundai, Subway and many more – an illustrious client base that now also includes the French automaker Renault.
What Renault wanted Scorch to do was find a new way of presenting their model lines Megane, Zoe and Clio to the general public and let it find out more about these products. Scorch developed a very unique concept for the campaign:
"We created three unique VR environments to communicate the personality of each vehicle," explains Ramsay. "In these films, participants can look through the windows of each car and at the surrounding scenery – every few seconds the features of the landscape move and shift, delivering a new perspective for the viewer to take in."
Scorch used Cinema 4D to realize their concept and to create the models, lighting and textures. Early on in the project it became clear that a scalable expansion of the existing render resources would be required to render the project.
"The creation of VR content is a complex process, not to mention the complex and comprehensive renderings that need to be created," remembers Ramsay. "Even the first tests showed that we would need a Cloud rendering solution in addition to your own resources to make sure that we finished on time."
The solution they chose was Google's Zync Render, which is integrated into the studio's and Cinema 4D's pipeline. This solution made it possible to master the massive render jobs efficiently and on time.
The actual challenge was the amount of data that was generated and not the creation of the three environment scenes, even if they themselves were not easy to create.
"In order to create a 360° view we used six cameras in each scene," explains Ramsay, "each of which rendered 1024*1024 that were subsequently combined into a 360° 4K video. This was a lot of image material that had to be rendered!"
Zync Render was easy to integrate into the pipeline: "We used Cinema 4D's Physical Renderer and took a lot of time for fine-tuning the lighting and the final renderings," remembers Ramsay.
"When you're working with such a tight deadline you often have to make compromises with regard to render times and the required render quality," Ramsay continues. "With Zync Render in the production pipeline we didn't have to make any compromises and were able to set up the scene exactly as we wanted. The files were uploaded to the Cloud for rendering and the finished results were sent back to our network, ready for final compositing in After Effects. With this solution we were able to stay on budget because we didn't need any additional hardware or a render farm."
"We also used the time advantage we gained by using the Cloud to add artistic variations and to fine-tune each scene until we had exactly the look we wanted!"
"With Cinema 4D and Zync, Scorch was able to deliver each video for Renault's VR presentation in the desired quality and with consistent 4K resolution," says Ramsay. "You need a lot of render power for 4K in VR. With technology advancing at a rapid pace we also need to be prepared for VR resolutions of 8K, 16K and even 32K in the future."
"There are also even more technological advances on the horizon: for example, if you want to create VR presentations in 3D, render times will double! A separate film has to be rendered for each eye to achieve the required depth of field. Thanks to the Cinema 4D pipeline and easily scalable ender power of Google's Zync Cloud render service, Scorch is more than ready to meet these challenges."
"Cloud rendering makes it possible for us to grab the render power we need when we need it," concludes Ramsay. "With Zync we were able to get the most render power out of 50 computers – or more if we had needed them. We'll definitely use this service in the future whenever required. Setting up such a render farm in our own studio would not be feasible and with tools such as Cinema 4D and Zync we're always ready for any render job as well as the increasingly complex projects that come our way."
Scorch Films Website: www.scorchfilms.com
Zync Render Website: www.zyncrender.com


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The race to fill the 14th Congressional District seat held for the last 16 years by the retiring Ron Paul could turn out to be a duel between Houston metro voters on the west and Beaumont-area voters on the east. That scenario is likely to play out in both in the May 29 primary and in the general election this fall.
Nine Republicans and two Democrats are vying to replace "Dr. No" in the conservative district that runs along the coast from the Louisiana border into Brazoria County. The Republican race is likely to be decided in a runoff, while former U.S. Rep. Nick Lampson of Beaumont is expected to easily win the Democratic nomination.
The favorite in the Republican race is Randy Weber, 58, a two-term state representative from Pearland and the former owner of an air-conditioning company he started in 1981. Weber, who has been endorsed by Gov. Rick Perry, touts a 2009 poll sponsored by the Texas Conservative Coalition that rated him the most conservative member of the Texas House.
Paul, who represented the district for 24 years, though not consecutively, endorsed Weber's two campaigns for the Texas House, but so far has not endorsed a successor.
A Beaumont base
Weber has raised $282,000 for the race and had the second-highest amount of cash on hand, $227,000 as of the reporting period that ended April 30. He has lent his campaign $100,000 of his own money.
Relying on Jefferson County support are Jay Old, a 49-year-old Beaumont defense attorney, and Michael Truncale, a former Texas State University System regent from Beaumont and a State Republican Executive Committee member.
Old, 48, is a defense lawyer who represents hospitals, doctors and other businesses after they have been sued. He is the top fundraiser in the field, with $308,000 available as of April 30.
His Republican opponents are quick to point out that Old has contributed to Democratic campaigns and voted in a Democratic primary as recently as 2010. His defense is that Jefferson County traditionally has been heavily Democratic and supporting the party was the only way to influence local races.
Candidate lives outside the district
Truncale, 54, also is well-funded, with $149,000 on hand.
Lawyer Felicia Harris, 42, a member of the Pearland City Council, is the only woman in the race. She lives a few miles outside the district – as did Weber until his recent relocation to Alvin – although she has said she would move if she wins. She contends that her experience as a lawyer in the energy and petrochemical industries is ideal for a coastal district with five ports.
Among the Republican candidates, "the only other one who stands out, in addition to Weber, is the only woman in the race," said Mustafa Tameez, a local Fox News commentator and a political consultant who has worked for Lampson.
Former Lake Jackson Mayor Bob Sipple, a Weber supporter, said he was impressed with both Old and Harris. He decided to support Weber, he said, because he campaigned very hard in the Lake Jackson area.
Also running in the Democratic primary is Linda Dailey, an Air Force veteran and registered nurse from Galveston.


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Housing trends come and go, but one 1980s trend stuck like a teen to a cellphone: the open floor plan. Out were the post-World War II floor plans, with their labyrinth of rooms and narrow hallways. In were wall-less living areas that allowed Mom to keep an eye on the family while juggling dinner, business calls and sports schedules.
Builders and architects see a maturing of the open floor plan that gives these spaces definition.
"Open living is here to stay, but we're revisiting and reinventing it," said architect Michael Klement, of Ann Arbor, Mich. "Instead of a bowling alley, we want defined areas. Instead of impressing people with excess square footage, we want houses built to human scale that protect us and give us security."
The average new-construction house ended its 30-year growth pattern in 2008, according to the National Association of Home Builders.
"This is a great opportunity for homebuilding," said Klement. "It's time to get off the bigger, bigger Hummer-home path."
"Buyers want a smaller house, but with no less detail," said Timothy O'Brien, a Waukesha, Wis.-based homebuilder. Many defining features made their way down the price ladder from custom homes to semicustom and production homes, he said.
Here are some of the pros' tips for defining spaces:
Start at the top
For a minimal investment, ceiling details set rooms apart. Decorative ceiling tiles and planks, or even a faux treatment with paint textures and stencils, add interest and definition.
"The ceiling is the third dimension," said Klement. "A dropped ceiling gives you implied enclosure." For remodeling homeowners, Klement added, "It doesn't have to be structural."
A homeowner can add intimacy to a room by installing a coffered ceiling. In her "Not So Big House" book, architect Sarah Susanka shows how a horizontal trellis can give the illusion of a lowered ceiling.
O'Brien layers drywall to create a coffered ceiling that costs less than one with wooden beams.
Flooring options
In the 1960s, builders created sunken seating areas for entertaining. These do not jibe with today's aging-in-place floor plans, though, which call for wheelchair-friendly smooth surfaces such as hardwood or tile.
"We actually undid a sunken room for one client," said Klement.
For new homes, Klement prefers hardwood that changes direction to denote different living areas. Inlaid borders and designs in the wood also work.
Combined with the placement of your furniture, rugs anchor a space by telling you, for example, this is the social area and this is the dining area.
Details make the difference
Architectural details in modest catalog houses and in Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian houses prove you don't have to spend much to make part of the floor plan distinctive.
Arches, built-in bookcases, window seats and breakfast nooks are back. "They are little opportunities for the house to embrace you," said Klement. "Realtors measure square footage to determine which house costs more. But it's these added elements that make the house worth more."
O'Brien said his buyers want Craftsman-style details that lend a cozy feel. "They give the otherwise-boxy room a lot of character," he said.
Focus on lighting
"Humans are like moths — drawn to light," said Klement. Architects employ this rule to accent spaces within spaces. Subdued lighting creates an intimate reading area, for example, while bright light highlights a hub of activity at the kitchen island.
Dimmers allow you to guide people to one area and away from another. Turn one dial down, for example, to dismiss the kitchen's dirty dishes, while turning another dial up to guide your guests to softly lit seating by the fireplace.
A good lighting plan starts with a supplier who knows his lighting products. Better: Ask an architect. Best: Ask an architect who works with a lighting designer.
Divide and conquer
Room dividers, pocket doors and decorative screens are simple and affordable ways to create spaces within spaces.
Armstrong's line of Definitions room dividers includes contemporary panels that can be hung anywhere in the home by a simple cable system. Lighting plays a key role in the finishes with dramatic and saturated tones, as well as patterns infused with eco-friendly materials such as bamboo, grass, fabric or shells. They are ideal for the urban loft or apartment dweller — or in any home to define a space or as a decorative element.
Ohio-based interior designer Katie Hixon, of Katie Hixon Interiors Inc., employs several tricks to differentiate zones in open floor plans and in lofts. "If you use furniture to create zones, you can take the pieces with you when you move," she said.
Hixon's favorites include screens, etageres (open shelves) that create see-through walls, consoles that turn backs of sofas into mini-offices and shelter-back (high-back) sofas that visually enclose sitting areas.
Warm paint colors define an area as comfy and safe. A bold color on an accent wall, with or without a highlighted piece of artwork, tells visitors, "Sit here and look at me."
Multidimensional wall coverings also help draw the eye, said Hixon. "The new stone veneer wall coverings are amazing; they are really made of a thin layer of stone. And the new woven-wood veneers? This is not your grandmother's wooden paneling."
Housing trends come and go, but one 1980s trend stuck like a teen to a cellphone: the open floor plan. Out were the post-World War II floor plans, with their labyrinth of rooms and narrow hallways. In were wall-less living areas that allowed Mom to keep an eye on the family while juggling dinner, business calls and sports schedules.


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Before Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt could install a secure, soundproof phone booth in his office last fall, officials had to create space for the addition in a nearby closet area.
Those preparations didn't come cheap.
The agency paid a Virginia firm $7,978 to remove closed-circuit television equipment to make room for the booth, according to a federal database. Officials hired another contractor to pour 55 square feet of concrete more than two feet thick, at a cost of $3,470, according to invoices released under a public records request by the watchdog group American Oversight. Other workers installed a drop ceiling for $3,361, while still others patched and painted the small area for $3,350, records show.
In total, the EPA appears to have spent more than $18,000 on the prep work, readying the space for a $25,000 soundproof booth that has brought Pruitt a wave of criticism and official scrutiny. The total cost for the project now appears to be closer to $43,000.
"This is old news," EPA spokesman Jahan Wilcox said in an email Tuesday when asked about the additional expenses. "In September of 2017 we thoroughly discussed why this secure communications line was needed for the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency."
The agency did not address specific questions about the work done before the phone booth was installed, particularly the need for that concrete slab.
[Does Trump's Cabinet have a private plane problem?]
When The Washington Post reported on the purchase of the booth last year, EPA officials said that Pruitt needed a secure communications area in his office so he could have private calls with White House officials and others in the administration. Pruitt reiterated that point when testifying before Congress in December, describing the booth as a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, or SCIF.
"It's necessary for me to be able to do my job," Pruitt told lawmakers when questioned during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing.
But no previous EPA leaders have had such a setup. The agency has long maintained a SCIF on a separate floor from the administrator's office, where officials with proper clearances can go to share information classified as secret. Pruitt's aides have never specified what aspects of that facility might be outdated, or whether the unit now inside the administrator's office meets the physical and technical specifications generally required for a SCIF.
The EPA's inspector general began investigating the purchase of the soundproof booth, after New Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., the top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, requested an inquiry into the $24,570 expenditure. But that probe is now being conducted at the Government Accountability Office.
The agency's contract last summer was with Acoustical Solutions, a Richmond-based company, for a "privacy booth for the administrator." The company sells and installs various sound-dampening and privacy products, from ceiling baffles to full-scale enclosures like the one picked by the EPA.
Typically, such soundproof booths are used to conduct hearing tests. But Pruitt's version was customized to ensure private communication, and so the final design cost several times more than a standard model. "They had a lot of modifications," said Steve Snider, an acoustic sales consultant with the company, said at the time.
[Office chairs and affordable housing: Here's what Ben Carson's been up to]
Around the same time, records show, the agency began preparing a small room off Pruitt's office to hold the booth. The work included hiring a Virginia-based contractor to install the drop ceiling, as well as a separate Virginia contractor to pour the slab. A Maryland firm did the patching and painting.
The disclosures were part of a broader public records request for Pruitt's remodeling or renovating expenditures since arriving at EPA. American Oversight filed a lawsuit late last year, seeking to compel the agency to release the records.
In addition to the preparations for the soundproof booth, the invoices released by the EPA showed that Pruitt paid $2,075 to refinish a desk that had been stored in a government warehouse, as well as $2,963 for a new "captain's desk" in his office. In a memo included in the release, an EPA staffer wrote that officials had found lower-cost standing desks for Pruitt, but those were made overseas and did not meet federal requirements that government leaders buy products made in the United States.
Alice Crites contributed to this report.
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I am amazed that any broker can call the Singapore real estate sector "Overweight". But RBS did it on 16 August 2011
The valuation gap between developer stocks and physical properties widened over the past eight months. We expect it to narrow as home sales remain robust. Strong household and developer balance sheets should support prices and cooling measures may prove ineffective in quelling real demand. We upgrade our view on the sector to 'overweight' from 'neutral'.
Developer stocks' premium to NAV narrowed to just 4 per cent from 33 per cent in January, despite robust primary home sales of 11,197 units (up 13 per cent year on year) in the first seven months of 2011 and a 4.3 per cent half-on-half increase in home prices in H1 2011. The sector also underperformed the STI by 11 percentage points in the last eight months. Policy risks seem as low now in view of heightened global uncertainty. We think any policies to cool the market would prove ineffective as we believe there is virtually no speculation now. We expect mass-market homes to continue to be undersupplied in 2012 to 2013.
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Gearing of larger developers is low at 34 per cent vs 41 per cent during the pre-crisis level of 2008 while that of smaller players halved to 103 per cent. Given their low land bank, developers will not cut prices even if there is a recession, in our view.
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A list of 2013 recipients of grant money from the Chestnut Hill Community Fund was approved by the board of the Chestnut Hill Community Association at its June 27 meeting.
Out of 35 applicants, only five received the total amount requested, while nine received no funding. The remaining 21 organizations received only a portion of the amount requested.
"We wanted to help the members of our community as best we could with the limited resources available to us," said board member Laura Lucas, who presented the list to the board.
While supportive of the distribution list, board member Richard Snowden called for more specific guidelines that encourage support of Chestnut Hill-based groups.
"In my opinion, I'd like to see more organizations in 19118," Snowden said. "I think we should be funding underfunded organizations that don't have other options." He referred specifically to the Center for Enrichment (formerly the Senior Center).
Lucas also said that there needs to be a bigger push for contributions to the community fund from board members.
Board member Jean Wedgewood took exception to that, saying she was among the board members who had not given to the fund because of her disagreement with some of the recipients of CHCF funds.
"I saw money going to places that are lucrative – I saw no need for us to give to those kinds of organizations," she said. She added that she does give generously to local organizations with a more philanthropic focus.
CHBA interlocking member and Chestnut Hill Hospital CEO John Cacciamani referred to his own experience sitting on the board of a large trust and suggested that the process would be easier if the constraints about giving were better fleshed out before the proposals come before the board.
Once discussion was closed, the board approved unanimously the distribution of CHCF funds for 2013.
Allens Lane Art Center, $500; CHCA-Awards, $1,700; CHCA-Circle of Trees, $763; CHCA-DRC and LUPZ Minutes, $2,040; CHCA-Pastorius Park Concert Series, $16,500; CHCA Volunteer Memorial Garden, $300; Chestnut Hill Book Festival, $500; Chestnut Hill Center for Enrichment, $12,500; Chestnut Hill Garden District Fund, $500; Chestnut Hill Historical Society, $1,000; Chestnut Hill Meals on Wheels, $6,000; Chestnut Hill Youth Sports Club, $3,000;
Children's Park in Chestnut Hill, $3,500; Crefeld School (community service field trip), $250; The Crossing (concerts at Ches. Pres. Church), $3,000; Fresh Artists, $4,000; Friends of the Wissahickon, $2,200; John S. Jenks School/Friends of Jenks, $2,000; Keystone Hospice, $5,000; Mt. Airy Learning Tree, $2,500; Musehouse: A Center for Literary Arts, $500; Northwest Victim Services, $2,000. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, $1,500; Teenagers, Inc., $14,000; Tempesta di Mare, $1,500; Woodmere Art Museum, $2,500.
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Center on the Hill/Time4Time Community Exchange, $6,000; Friends of Jenks/The Crossing Choir, $8,000; Mt. Airy Art Garage/Mt. Airy BID, $2,774.
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The Fund Drive Committee has approved the allocation of money from the Greenspace Initiative to: The Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting, $2,000; Friends of the Wyndmoor Train Station, $1,500; the St. Martin's Station Committee, $1,000, and The Stagecrafters, $1,700.
Other business
• Vice-president for Operations Mike Chowmentowski, sitting in for president Brien Tilley this month, opened the meeting by asking for a moment of silence for Lloyd Wells, CHCA president from 1968 to 1969 and a pioneer of many of the current activities of the CHCA, who died May 24.
• The board approved unanimously the nominations of Deb Feraro to the Traffic, Transportation, and Parking Committee, and John Romano to the Streetscape Committee. Feraro is a senior traffic engineer with the firm of Pennoni and Associates, and Romano is an architect.
• The board approved unanimously a request for support of a zoning variance from the city that would allow for the construction of an addition to a residence at 7516 McCallum St. Larry McEwen presented the matter to the board, having reviewed it as a co-chair for the DRC. The board had no questions for either McEwen or Sam Blake, the applicant's representative.
• The variance to build the addition is necessary to allow for construction on land that the city zoning code has determined is too steep to build on.


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Here's what we hear from what we believe has truly become the Viacom sweatshop. (One Viacom permalancer estimates that almost 50% of the staff are contract workers at this point.) A 50-hour workweek will now be standard, at least at MTV Digital (which means no overtime until after 50 hours, and no overtime at all for higher-level people, like producers and segment producers), and all will go from a day rate to an hourly rate. Healthcare, which was offered to permalancers after a staggering year of service, will now be offered only to employees who have worked 1,280 hours (25 of those 50-hour workweeks) in any one division. And that's the catch: Get transfered, as often happens, from VH1 to MTV or the like, and you start over on that clock.
Here's how they were planning on telling people: Viacom sends out Christmas party invites to staff, but permalancers have to go pick them up. (Nice caste system.) So when permalancers went to pick up the invites, they were told "go across the table to pick up your new paperwork."
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Dissemination research is the systematic study of processes and factors that lead to widespread use of an evidence-based intervention by the target population. Its focus is to identify the best methods that enhance the uptake and utilization of the intervention.1
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Tennessee Tech's junior forward Ellie Iaciofano had never experienced a birthday quite like Sunday's as she recorded a goal and an assist in leading the Golden Eagles to their first win of the season over UT-Chattanooga.
Just two days after ETSU exacted revenge on Tech from a 2011 win over the Lady Bucs, the Golden Eagles flipped the table on Chattanooga following last season's 2-1 loss to the Mocs.
"Anytime you get a win it's nice," said head coach Daniel Brizard. "I thought we bounced back well from Friday's loss. We came out and played hard for 90 minutes, which is what we're looking for every game."
"It was great to get the win," said Iaciofano. "I was glad I could contribute today with the goal and assist Andrea on her goal. I think she and I have been building a good repertoire together and today we were able to make it work well. Hopefully we can continue our success both together and as a team and win some more games this season."
With her first goal of the season, Meloff gained sole possession of 5th place on the Golden Eagle all-time list for career goals scored with 16. Her three points in the match also tied her for seventh on the all-time list for career points.
The Golden Eagles doubled their shots-on-goal figure from their first contest from three to six. The team also reduced its shot total to 10 for the game, earning an impressive shot-on-goal percentage of .600.
"I think the team showed a lot of character and discipline today in coming back from Friday's loss and getting the win. It's always hard to go down to UTC and win. They play on turf and it's always hot, but the girls fought through it."
The defense was impressive as well on the day, blocking three straight shots in the middle of the second half and helping secure the shutout for Brown. Meloff and Iaciofano led the team with three points each.
The Tech soccer team improved to 1-1 on the season while UTC fell to 1-1.
The Golden Eagles will return to action on Friday, August 24, when they travel to North Carolina to take on High Point. The match is set for a 6 p.m. CT start. Tech will wrap up its three-game road trip with a Sunday showdown against the Wildcats of Davidson at 1 p.m. CT.


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Pitcher Matt Garza, and the Chicago Cubs beat the arbitration clock this morning by agreeing to a one year deal for the 2012 season. Garza will make $9.5 million as well as performance bonuses included in the contract. A common ground was found after the Cubs were looking to lock Garza up for $7.95 million and Garza was looking for $12.5 million according to a Major League source.
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The 2011-12 NBA season started late but finished with the long-anticipated crowning of LeBron James and the Miami Heat as NBA champions.
The lack of a collective bargaining agreement, in which the owners wanted a bigger share of the revenues and a restructured salary cap system, led to the owners locking out players as of July 1, 2011.
The sides were able to come to an agreement in December -- in time to open the season with the popular series of Christmas Day games -- but about 20 percent of the regular-season games were canceled.
The NBA was left with a crowded 66-game schedule in which some teams had to play three consecutive nights.
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The Eastern Conference had the same eight teams with Chicago and Miami winding up with the best records. But the Bulls, who had the top mark (50-16) in the NBA, were stunned in the first round by Philadelphia. Miami took out the New York Knicks in five games, third-seeded Indiana in six and No. 4-seeded Boston in seven in the Eastern Conference final for a second consecutive trip to the NBA finals.
During the playoff series against Indiana, it was announced that James was voted the NBA's Most Valuable Player for a third time in four seasons.
San Antonio, also 50-16 on the year after closing with a 10-game winning streak, didn't lose a playoff game in getting to the Western Conference finals. Oklahoma City, which eliminated Dallas and the Los Angeles Lakers -- the last two NBA champions, lost one game en route to the series with the Spurs.
San Antonio ran its streak to 20 games by taking the first two from the Thunder but Oklahoma City won the next four behind Kevin Durant and advanced to the finals.
Oklahoma City opened the finals with a 105-94 win over the Heat only to have Miami sweep the next four. James scored 26 points, had 11 rebounds and 13 assists in a 121-106 win that gave the Heat their second title.
It was something of a redemption for James. He'd left Cleveland in a manner that irked Cavaliers fans and didn't win over many people outside of Cleveland -- unless they were Miami Heat fans. Until the final win over the Thunder, however, he'd been the best player to never win an NBA championship.
That taken care of, James turned to the international scene, teaming with Durant on a dominant U.S. men's Olympic team, he became a gold medal winner. Sports Illustrated named him its Sportsman of the Year -- citing his charitable work along with his playing abilities -- to finish a superlative year.
James was second to Durant (28 points a game) in scoring. Dwight Howard from Orlando led the NBA in rebounding with 14.5 a game and Boston's Rajon Rondo led the league with 11.7 assists a game.
Tyson Chandler of the Knicks was selected the Defensive Player of the Year and Cleveland's Kyrie Irving was the Rookie of the Year. San Antonio's iconoclastic Gregg Popovich was chosen Coach of the Year while Larry Bird, with the Indiana Pacers, the Executive of the Year.
Dallas guard Jason Kidd was selected for the Sportsmanship Award and the Lakers' Pau Gasol won the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award.
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During the season, Popovich became the 14th coach to win 800 games in the NBA and Bryant became the youngest player to reach 28,000 -- and later 29,000 -- points in a career. (He passed 30,000 early in the 2012-13 season.) Between those two milestones he passed Shaquille O'Neal for fifth on the all-time NBA points list.
Along those lines, James in February was the youngest to reach 18,000 points.
The 2012-13 NBA season began as scheduled but a fast start by the New York Knicks and the excitement of new arena for the Nets -- nee New Jersey, now Brooklyn -- took a back seat to early season disappointments.
The Los Angeles Lakers fired Coach Mike Brown after a 1-4 start and turned to Mike D'Antoni by mid December the team was hovering about .500. And the Washington Wizards lost their first 11 games although they improved to 2-13 with a win over the Heat.
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In the weeks after 9/11, the name Abu Zubaydah seemed to pop up daily at the five o'clock meeting that CIA Director George Tenet convened each night with the Agency's counterterrorism brain trust. Shards of information about him were turning up in all sorts of independent, separate source reports. It was becoming apparent that Zubaydah was an essential al Qaeda player—especially when it came to organizing attacks, smuggling operatives across borders, procuring forged documents and arranging safe haven for terrorist fugitives and trainees. Apart from Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, he was considered the biggest, and most elusive, al Qaeda fish out there. The talk at the CIA reminded me of Where's Waldo?—he seemed to be everywhere, and nowhere.
Then, in February of 2002, a new, promising lead about Zubaydah's possible location in Pakistan appeared on the screen. Weeks earlier, the CIA's equivalent of an APB was sent to stations around the world. The order was to take Zubaydah alive if at all possible. Now the CIA's Counterterrorism Center (CTC) sprang into action, with Tenet cracking the whip—pressing for more information—every night. In the wee hours of March 28, 2002, the Agency hit the jackpot. A team of Pakistani commandos stormed into a house in Faisalabad, where they encountered both Zubaydah and a furious gunfight. In the process, Zubaydah was shot up badly, but taken into custody alive.
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So now we had him. It was the best—actually the first—piece of good news for the Agency since 9/11. And as acting general counsel of the CIA, it was a development that would come to shape the next few years of my life—as well as America's burgeoning "war on terror." I didn't know it then, but Zubaydah's capture would set the stage for some of the most consequential, and controversial, legal choices the Bush administration would confront.
After he was whisked away to a secret CIA black site, Zubaydah's health improved and the more he realized he wasn't going to die, the more confident, the more arrogant, he grew. Zubaydah soon took to taunting our people, making clear that he knew far more about ongoing al Qaeda plots than he was ever going to tell us. They told Tenet at one of the five o'clock sessions in early March that the Agency needed to do something to change the equation with Zubaydah, to shift the dynamics of the interrogation. The "Joe Friday" approach was never going to work with him. Come up with something, and come up with it fast, the director instructed.
About a week later, a couple of our lawyers (our contingent at the CTC had tripled from three to nine since 9/11) came to my office. They told me about a different approach the CTC had just devised to deal with Zubaydah. It had a deceptively bland name: "Enhanced Interrogation Techniques," and from the start they were called EITs for short. During my previous 25 years as an Agency lawyer, I had never heard of anything remotely like this.
Evidently aware of the distinct possibility that what they were proposing would scare the hell out of me, the CTC contingent prefaced their presentation with a number of assurances: The EITs they were proposing to employ on Zubaydah were not techniques the CTC had just dreamed up; with a couple of exceptions, the U.S. military had used them for years in training exercises (called SERE, for Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape) on thousands of soldiers to prepare them in case they were captured and subjected to such methods by the enemy. Further, CTC analysts, psychologists and a couple of outside consultants had carefully culled only those EITs from the SERE menu that they believed best suited, and most likely, to break Zubaydah's resistance. Finally, the EITs would be judiciously applied, beginning with the ones that were least coercive, for a limited period of time, and would end as soon as Zubaydah demonstrated that he was no longer resisting and was ready to cooperate. They had no intention of employing EITs any longer or any more harshly than was absolutely necessary. While I don't remember them saying it exactly, their message was implicit: We want no part of torture.
I had been around the CIA long enough ... to develop a gut instinct about what could get the Agency—and its people—into trouble down the road. And this had huge, unprecedented trouble written all over it.
"OK," I said, bracing myself. "Describe everything you'd like to do. In the order you'd do them. In detail, and take your time."
And so they began. The following is my best recollection of the way the CTC guys described their proposed techniques to me. Later, there would come written documents, describing them in more detail (some techniques would be added and some would be subtracted from this list). But this is what I recall being told at the very beginning, on this day in my office in early April 2002, about the proposed EITs. It's not easy to forget.
• Attention grasp: The interrogator would grab Zubaydah by the collar with both hands, pulling him closer to the interrogator.
• Walling: The interrogator would shove Zubaydah backward shoulder blades first, into a flexible false wall that would be designed to produce a loud noise. Zubaydah would have a protective collar placed on him to protect against whiplash.
• Facial hold: The interrogator, holding Zubaydah's head immobile, would put one open palm on each side of his face, keeping fingertips away from Zubaydah's eyes.
• Insult slap: The interrogator would slap Zubaydah in the face, taking care to keep his fingers spread and to strike between the chin and the earlobe. The idea would be to startle/humiliate Zubaydah and disabuse him of the notion that he wouldn't be physically hit.
• Cramped confinement: The interrogator would put Zubaydah in a box—either a "big" one (allowing him to stand) for up to 18 hours, or a "small" one (where he would have to curl up) for up to two hours. For the small box, the interrogator would have the option to place a harmless insect inside. (At this point, I couldn't resist interjecting: "Why an insect?" The response: "Zubaydah hates bugs. It'll be something harmless, but he won't know that." The bug gambit, apparently, was not something ever done by the U.S. military in its SERE training.)
• Wall standing: The interrogator would have Zubaydah stand facing a wall from about four feet away, have him stretch his arms straight out in front of him, so that his fingers were touching the wall and could support his weight. He would be made to hold that position indefinitely, so as to induce discomfort or fatigue.
• Stress positions: The interrogator would have Zubaydah either sit on the floor with his legs extended in front of him and his arms raised over his head, or kneel on the floor while leaning back at a 45-degree angle. Again, the intent would be to cause discomfort or fatigue.
• Sleep deprivation: Zubaydah would be made to stay awake for up to 11 days at a time.
• Waterboarding: The interrogator would strap Zubaydah to an inclined bench, with his feet slightly elevated. A cloth would be placed over his forehead and eyes, and water would be applied to the cloth in a controlled manner—for 20 to 40 seconds from a height of 12 to 24 inches. The intention would be simulate the sensation of drowning. There was also another technique that I'm barred from describing that was so gruesome that the Justice Department later stopped short of approving it.
For an hour, the CTC briefers described the techniques, supplementing their verbal explanations with demonstrations (on each other) of some of the more relatively benign proposed EITs. I have to admit that I didn't ask a lot of questions; I was left largely speechless. Some of the techniques they described sounded like something out of a Three Stooges slapstick routine. Others sounded sadistic and terrifying.


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The Michael Sam docuseries is on hold.
The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) on Friday announced a postponement of the series set to chronicle the life of the St. Louis Rams rookie.
"After careful consideration and discussion with the St. Louis Rams, 'The Untitled Michael Sam Project' has been postponed, allowing Michael the best opportunity to achieve his dream of making the team," network president Erik Logan wrote in a statement. "OWN is about elevating and empowering people to achieve their best. It's clear that we, along with the world, recognize the important opportunity that Michael now has in this moment. We will continue to support him in his journey to earn a spot playing for the Rams."
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OWN didn't plan -- or have permission -- to take its cameras inside the Rams facility during filming, but it was at Sam's initial news conference this week and also on hand for Friday morning's team workouts.
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After all, how long until CNN or Fox gets ahold of some of the footage?
"Watch this horrifying footage of David Ortiz bashing an innocent ghoul's head in! What kind of monster is he? Find out in our special at 11."
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Uh... Michael doesn't seem to be the one with reading comprehension issues here. But please continue telling us how living in the affected area gives you a free pass to jump on people.
Or, better, take a long walk off your newly abridged sidewalk.
I find it amusing that they try to obfuscate (again) by saying "What? 75% of American online communications? We only look at 1.6% of worldwide internet activity" as though the two are the same thing.
Or do they just count the one "give us everything" order as one single request?
Well, technically, if they just hand the data over, they're not "responding to a request"...
This guy just keeps vomiting out more, too...
Here he seems to be claiming that the law school Crouch works at is a scam? Not really sure, he just vomited numbers all over a page and called it a day.
and here he has a badly-spelled attempt at the "Glenn Beck" style of ad hominem.
Looks like there's still more amusement yet to come, if you're willing to brave his remarkably shitty website to find it.
I have to imagine there's a simple way to game this. Like a handheld device to scan candy bars for electronics.
Cue TSA buying 100000 chocolate bars and running them through their X-rays.
I own neither daughters, nor beer, nor a house. Good luck.
Based on the article, I have to wonder if "bookface" would go unchallenged...
Hmm. I think I'd actually appreciate targeted coupons from them.
Like, specifically targeted. Anyone know how I can sign up?
I wonder how many people in the RIAA/MPAA have looked at SOPA and thought "We just had our Pearl Harbor moment".
So, basically, the gov't is behaving as a willing participant in the destruction of MegaUpload long before anything resembling an adversarial hearing?
Classy, DoJ. Just when I thought your blatant disregard of the constitution couldn't get any worse...
I suspect UMG may not be trying for "some court will magically believe UMG's made up interpretation of copyright law" so much as they're hoping that Veoh will run out of money to continue the legal fight.
Under such a circumstance, I'm sure UMG will be more than happy to provide a "generous" settlement offer of "if you admit guilt, we'll let you die in peace".
It's much like any other corporation fighting with a smaller entity - they're just swamping the other person down in pointless appeals/paperwork in the hopes of draining their resources. Because, y'know, fair fights are for sissies/paupers.
Those lessons are the property of the MPAA. Any and all attempts to learn from their "example" will be considered theft and dealt with harshly in a court of law.
Obviously, if you steal a lesson from the MPAA, they no longer have it. And that's just WRONG.
(not that they're using it, anyways. But that in no way means that their example is part of some mythical "public domain".)
... wait, hasn't that already happened?
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110927/01185716104/monsanto-wins-patent-dispute-agains t-farmer-who-bought-legal-seeds.shtml
Here's the part I find truly despicable:
Senator Dodd and his team are quite good at this. We�ll sit down with them and ask what has to be done to make legislation more narrowly tailored....
Not "we'll sit down with the people who complained". Not "we'll sit down with Google or the other tech companies that understand how these things work". Not even "we'll sit down with the congressmembers who we're pretending wrote this."
This total [self-censored] wants to "sit down" with the same people who created this overly broad piece of crap in the first place and ask them how they want to proceed. And doesn't see any problem with that.
Dear RIAA and MPAA:
See this story? This story is the last straw.
Henceforth, you will not see one dime of commerce from myself or anyone in my household. Considering the trash you produce, it's not really like I want to watch or listen to anything made by the American film/recording industries anyways.
I also will make it a point to campaign and vote against any politician who accepts campaign donations from either of you.
Seriously. Fuck you both. Words cannot describe the hatred you've engendered in my mind.
And I doubt I'm alone.
Uh... do you have any idea at all what these sites actually did?
It was never about "paying people to seed content that wasn't theirs", except in a minority of cases. It was about collaboration and bypassing the gatekeepers.
But I guess that's the point you just let whiz right over your head, huh? The fact that these services have substantial non-infringing uses in collaborative efforts and independent distribution. Courtesy of the chilling effects caused by this action, the free speech rights of many American citizens (along with substantial amounts of their data...) have been reduced or destroyed.
But... apparently, copyright trumps the first amendment. I missed that part in my constitutional scholarship, it seems.
While generally I'm heavily opposed to copyright infringement litigation...
In this case, I advocate a policy of "live by the sword, die by the sword".
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Cannabis could prevent - or even reverse - memory loss in the elderly and scientists hope to begin human trials on drugs later this year, it was revealed today.
It could even help delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease by slowing the brain's natural ageing process, say scientists.
The mental power of older mice improved dramatically after they were given THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) - marijuana's main mind-altering ingredient.
Neurons in the hippocampus - which controls learning, memory and emotions - were firing as well as those of young adults.
It's hope the same may apply to humans - with trials expected to begin this year.
Psychologist Professor Andreas Zimmer said cannabis-based drugs are already used for medical purposes and have an excellent safety record. And they don't cause side effects in older people.
He said: "Thus, chronic, low dose treatment with THC or cannabis extracts could be a potential strategy to slow down or even reverse cognitive decline in the elderly."
His team whose findings are published in Nature Medicine say it's too early to say if their remarkable results could be achieved in patients.
But they offer hope that drugs based on cannabis or THC could be given to middle or old aged people.
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Co-author Dr Andras Bilkei-Gorzo said: "Cannabis abuse is age-dependent. It's a problem for younger rather than older people.
"In safe doses the compound could improve their brains. It's possible it could delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease - but that's pure speculation.
"We hope to start clinical trials by the end of the year with a hundred - or even hundreds - of people."
Previous studies have suggested chemicals found in marijuana are effective against Alzheimer's disease.
In the latest experiments three groups of mice that were 18 (old), 12 (mature) and two months (young) were regularly injected with low doses of THC for 28 days.
The equivalent ages in human years would be 64, 58 and 20, respectively.
Both before and after the treatment they were challenged with a series of tasks that tested their learning and memory skills.
These included negotiating their way around a water maze, locating objects and recognising other mice.
In young mice THC impaired their performance - fitting in with research that has shown adolescents who smoke pot do worse at school.
But the same therapy actually improved learning and memory in both of the older sets of animals.
Prior to receiving THC they did poorly. But afterwards they were as efficient as the young mice had been before being given the compound that, interestingly, reduced their mental skills.
Prof Zimmer, a psychiatrist at Bonn University in Germany, said THC boosted genes that control neurons in the hippocampus - restoring them to the same patterns observed in young animals.
Psychoactive compounds found in marijuana - such as THC - exert their actions on the nervous system by interacting with the endocannabinoid system which deals with pain.
This is the brain's own internal version of cannabis chemicals which becomes desensitized as people get older. It has even been linked with beginning the process that leads to Alzheimer's.
The study published in Nature Medicine said THC can relieve age-related learning and memory problems - at least in mice.
It said the potential use of cannabis to treat human neurological conditions such as epilepsy and multiple sclerosis - as well as pain - remains controversial.
Although marijuana use is generally believed to reduce mental function its effects on the ageing brain are not well-known.
Essential next steps include additional pre-clinical investigation to more thoroughly document the time course and persistence of these effects - as well as to determine their mechanistic basis.
Earlier this year a study by US scientists found THC destroys amyloid beta, the rogue brain protein that destroys neurons by causing inflammation. By exposing brain cells to THC the team stopped inflammation.
In the UK cannabis based drugs Nabilone and Sativex are licensed for use for nausea caused by chemotherapy and multiple sclerosis, respectively.
Last October the drug watchdog MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) ruled cannabis oil that contains CBD (cannabidiol) can be classed as medicines.
This means they can be prescribed by a doctor for medicinal purposes.
About 850,000 people in the UK are living with dementia - a figure that is expected to reach one million by 2025 and two million by 2050.