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A frustrated fast food restaurant manager receives a call from the police regarding one of her young employees. She's informed that the young girl has stolen from a customer earlier that day, and that the theft was witnessed by a surveillance team. Acquiescing to the police officer's requests, the manager takes the girl into a back office, and eventually is talked into strip searching her.
Only, the caller isn't a cop.
It might sound far-fetched, but the movie is based not only on an actual event, but an actual event within a rash of national events that took place over the course of a decade.


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Tasnim Shamma is a reporter for The Daily Princetonian, the independent student newspaper at Princeton University. This article was brought to CNN.com by UWIRE, the leading provider of student-generated content. UWIRE aims to identify and promote the brightest young content creators and deliver their work to a larger audience via professional media partners such as CNN.com. Visit UWIRE.com to learn more.
(UWIRE) -- Princeton University's policy of not allowing its officers to carry guns on campus doesn't hurt the officers' ability to do their jobs, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ruled.
OSHA closed the case on June 24 after ruling that Princeton did not violate OSHA regulations.
OSHA closed the case on June 24 after ruling on June 20 that Princeton had complied with OSHA regulations.
The complaint, filed by Public Safety Fraternal Orders of Police's president and patrolman James Lanzi, alleged that the policy of not allowing Public Safety officers to carry guns was an occupational hazard.
Lanzi has been publicly pushing for the institution to arm trained Public Safety officers since early 2008.
"It's a safety-and-health issue, a matter of our ability to respond to something -- that's the basis for the complaint," Lanzi told the Times of Trenton earlier this week.
An informal complaint
The complaint was treated informally because Princeton did not meet the criteria for the on-site inspections conducted for formal complaints, OSHA spokeswoman Leni Uddyback-Fortson said. These criteria include the existence of a likely or imminent danger and previous OSHA citations, according to OSHA's web site.
"Basically, the complaint itself alleged that the University was not providing its 22 police officers with the necessary tools that would allow them to do their job safely," Uddyback-Fortson said.
OSHA treated the action as an informal complaint, allowing the school five days to respond in writing whether the allegation was valid or invalid, she said. OSHA found the university did provide the training and the personal protective equipment that was required by OSHA standards.
Public Safety officers currently carry batons, handcuffs and a substance similar to pepper spray. They also wear bulletproof vests.
A June 19 letter submitted to OSHA by Princeton noted that "two state courts have considered this identical issue, and both have dismissed the complaints" on the grounds that OSHA has no specific standards for equipping employees with firearms as "personal protective equipment."
Princeton's letter was referring to similar complaints filed against the University of Wisconsin and the University of Northern Iowa, both of which were ultimately dismissed by state courts.
Princeton went on to cite a Department of Justice survey stating that, as of 2004-05, only 30 percent of private colleges and universities nationwide with sworn police officers had armed public safety officers.
"For some colleges and universities, the right policy is to arm their public safety officers, but we believe that would not be the right policy for Princeton, at least for now," Princeton spokeswoman Cass Cliatt said.
Princeton officials have said if an armed on-campus response is necessary the Princeton Borough and Princeton Township police departments will be able to adequately handle the situation.
"When there is a need for an armed officer in a situation that is potentially violent, we work with the Borough or Township to have them respond; that is one of our unique characteristics with our location between two municipalities," Cliatt said.
Cliatt said the Princeton believes it is fully compliant with all OSHA regulations and that arming Public Safety officers could harm the relationship between students and officers.
In a March 3 column, however, Lanzi said that Public Safety officers would not be able to adequately respond to an "active shooter situation" on campus, such as the recent tragedies at Northern Illinois University and Virginia Tech.
"Princeton's security plan eliminates an extremely valuable resource by not properly equipping Princeton University police officers with the necessary tools to protect themselves and the community," he wrote.
Uddyback-Fortson says the union is not prohibited from filing another complaint.
"There's nothing that says that they can't file again," she said.
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Last week Lana Del Rey maintained her base level of Internet scorn by covering Nirvana's "Heart-Shaped Box" in concert, offering a rendition that brought out the anesthetized apathy lurking beneath the original's fury. Of course, one can't even say the word "Nirvana" without summoning Courtney Love to appear in a cloud of Klonopin and court summons and screech something awful at you, and so she did, tweeting at the singer (and a world so quick to forget), "You do know the song is about my Vagina right? throw down your umbilical noose so i can climb right back umm…," adding, "On top of which some of the lyrics about my vagina I contributed." Indeed, we should never ignore the horrors awaiting in Courtney Love's vagina—meat-eating orchids, magnet tar-pit traps, and other terrors so inexpressible, only Love herself could properly put them into words. And lest Lana Del Rey or anyone else forget again, Love urges, "Next time you sing it, think about my vagina will you?" And so we always will—which is unsettling, yes, but it's definitely not the first time Courtney Love's vagina has ruined Nirvana. [via Spin]
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Welcome to the personal blog of PCC Sue Mountstevens.
I am proud to have been re-elected to represent you as your Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC).
I have lived in this area all my life, I went to school here and I was a director of the family business, Mountstevens Bakeries, for more than 20 years. At its peak, we had 93 shops and employed more than 1,300 people. I have been a magistrate in Bristol for 15 years, chairing the bench on adult, youth and family cases.
I was an independent member of Avon and Somerset Police Authority for two years and vice chair of the Independent Monitoring Board at Bristol Prison for four years.
I thoroughly understand the criminal justice system. During my time on the Police Authority, I learnt how to challenge and question aspects of policing, but obviously to listen.
This blog will be partly about my diary and the things I have coming up as well as my own views on things that might be happening in the area or in the policing and criminal justice landscape. It will also include blogs from other people maybe members of my team or partner organisations we work with on subjects that are topical or relate to policing and crime.
I cannot promise that it will get updated every week and if I haven't posted anything for a while then you will know that it's been an extra busy time but I will still be listening.


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Deli pasta salad
Simple storecupboard pasta salad with sunny Mediterranean flavours
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- fat12g
- saturates2g
- carbs64g
- sugars0g
- fibre6g
- protein19g
- salt1.68g
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COOK THE PASTA: Boil the pasta in salted water for 8 minutes then add the peas, return the water to the boil and cook for 2 minutes more until the pasta and peas are tender. Tip into a colander over the sink, cool the pasta and peas under the cold tap then drain really well.
MAKE THE DRESSING: While the pasta is boiling roughly chop the tomato and put in a food processor with half the sun-dried tomatoes, the olive oil, vinegar, garlic and about 8 basil leaves. Season with plenty of salt and freshly ground pepper then whizz until smooth. Tip into a large salad bowl.
TOSS AND SERVE: Add the pasta and peas to the dressing, roughly slice the rest of the sun-dried tomatoes and add to the pasta with the remaining basil leaves. Tear in the prosciutto or salami and toss everything together. Pile into bowls and, if possible, eat outside.
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UPDATE: Post is up on Detroit Bad Boys. Link here.
A full post with comments will be posted to www.detroitbadboys.com. Please feel free to join the conversation there when it's live. I will link the post here as soon as it's live.
The splits presented here are from the beginning of the season to the end of March. I will create updated charts at the end of the season.
Season totals below.
Props to The NBA Geek and Nerd Numbers for the data. Note that I've adjusted Austin Daye's numbers in the season totals to reflect him playing at SF, while the NBA Geek has him slated at PF.


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Hugh Ellis, PhD
Professor, Biology
- AB in Zoology, University of California, Berkeley
- MS in Biology, California State University at Northridge
- PhD in Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville
Hugh Ellis, PhD, came to the Biology Department in 1980 after teaching three years at Iowa State University. He is a physiological ecologist and teaches several ecological courses as well as two of the preparatory courses for the Biology and Marine Science majors. His research is in the energetics of birds, looking at such topics as energy budgets, migration, and diving. He has been a visiting research scientist at the University of Hawaii, Sydney University (Australia), and the Archbold Biological Station (Florida). Dr. Ellis is affiliated with the Marine Science graduate program and is involved with the Center of Comparative Physiology in the Biology Department.
Scholarly Work
Dr. Ellis' research is focused on the temperature regulation and energetics of birds of several groups: herons, seabirds, rails, and jays. For the last several years, the primary focus of his work has been the physiological adaptations of Eared Grebes, a diving waterbird. His lab has studied its temperature regulation, its energy budget, and the relation of its body composition and metabolic rate to different parts of its annual cycle. Recent work in the lab includes a study of fatty acid signatures as a guide to Eared Grebe migratory routes. Current work in the lab includes a study of oxygen stores in diving grebes and the intermediary metabolism of several tissues in these birds.
Recent publications:
Ellis, H.I. and G.W. Gabrielsen. 2002. Energetics of free-ranging seabirds. Pp. 359-407 in Biology of Marine Birds (E.A. Schreiber and J. Burger, eds.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.
Jehl, J.R., Jr., A.E. Henry, and H.I. Ellis. 2003. Optimizing migration in a reluctant and inefficient flier: the Eared Grebe. Pp. 199-209 in Avian Migration (P. Berthold, E. Gwinner, and E. Sonnenschein, eds.). Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Ellis, H.I. and J.R. Jehl, Jr. 2003. Temperature regulation and the constraints of climate in the Eared Grebe. Waterbirds 27:275-279.
McNab, B.K. and H.I. Ellis. 2006. Flightless rails endemic to islands have lower energy expenditures and clutch sizes than flighted rails on islands and continents. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology145A: 295-311.
Ellis, H.I., M.H. Hinton, J.R. Jehl, Jr., and S.I. Bond. Why migrants are fatter than non-migrants: Evidence from the Eared Grebes (Podiceps nigricollis). (submitted to Auk)
Work in Progress:
- The relationship between BMR and body composition in migrating and staging Eared Greb with J.R. Jehl, Jr. (Division of Birds, Smithsonian Institution).
- Metabolism and daily energy budgets of Florida Scrub-Jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens) with G.E. Woolfenden (deceased) and R. Bowman (Bird Lab, Archbold Biological Station, FL).
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Professor Ellis is trained as a physiological ecologist, so the questions he asks as a scientist are grounded in the ecological conditions of the animals he studies. He teaches several ecological courses at the university: Ecology (Biology 460), Ecological Communities of San Diego (Biology 361), and for non-majors Ecology and Environmental Biology (Biology 112, cross-listed as Environmental Studies 112). He also teaches general biology: Genetics, Evolution, and Ecology (Biology 190), and Organismal Biology (Biology 221), both for majors, and Survey of Biology (Biology 111) for non-majors.
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Scott Stuard was first exposed to rowing during the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Looks pretty cool, he thought of the televised images.
He had no idea.
No idea that a year later he would become a rower. No idea that his muscles and mind could endure such abuse. No idea that come the summer of 2011 he would be part of a University of Virginia eight-man boat competing at one of the sport's most prestigious events.
The Henley Royal Regatta begins Wednesday on the River Thames near London. A Hampton native and Warwick High graduate, Stuard and his teammates are entered in the Temple Challenge Cup division along with 63 other boats from around the world.
Mighty impressive for someone who first latched onto an oar during 2009 tryouts at Virginia.
"It was on an ergometer (rowing machine) and one of the hardest things I've ever done," Stuard said from England. "I barely made the team. … Now I'm kind of at the top. It's been well worth it."
Like the Henley Royal Regatta, Virginia's rowing club was established during the 1800s. It is privately funded by parents, alumni and businesses and receives no support from the university or athletic department — there's little incentive since the NCAA, in bowing to Title IX , sponsors rowing only for women.
So these young men, much like those brilliantly portrayed in the late David Halberstam's book "The Amateurs," row for the love of it.
"You feel you've done more that morning than most people do in a week," Stuard said of the team's pre-dawn workouts. "Everybody complains about 10 a.m. classes. Our schedule does not compare to regular student life."
Indeed, Virginia rowers compete throughout the academic year and beyond. There are 5,000-meter races during the fall, 2,000-meter events in the spring.
Practice, Stuard said, is six days a week, from 6 a.m.-8:30 Mondays-Fridays, a more relaxed 9-11:30 on Saturdays. Oh, and don't forget three weight-lifting sessions per week.
Stuard never imagined he could withstand such training. He played soccer as a kid but gave it up in the 9th grade to focus on academics.
Yet at 6-foot-5, Stuard has a rower's long, lean frame. In fact, during his senior year at Warwick, a Stanford rowing coach emailed Stuard's guidance counselor in random search of tall, academically accomplished students who might be interested in rowing.
Stuard was more interested in attending Princeton, and when that didn't work out, he settled for Virginia, where the campus reminded him of Princeton. Once enrolled in the fall of 2009, he attended a rowing meeting just for kicks.
"It is not unusual at all for someone to come into U.Va. with no rowing experience and find themselves, several years later, enormously successful on our team," Virginia coach Frank Biller emailed from England. "Rowing, as a sport, does not exist in many parts of the United States, and there are tons of kids coming out of high school who simply never had access to a rowing program. …
"The dynamics change at the Ivy League and at schools that bring in 12 scholarship athletes a year, but most programs that are not that fortunate have very active and aggressive on-grounds recruiting programs. Virginia is no exception, seeking every fall to tap into the vast numbers of incredible athletes at U.Va. who have never had access to rowing before.
"Four rowers out of (our) top eight had never rowed before they got to college, and U.Va.'s last Olympian, Wyatt Allen (gold medalist in 2004, bronze in 2008), had never touched an oar before he joined the team."
Virginia qualified for Henley for the first time since 2004 by winning the Varsity 8 competition at the American Collegiate Rowing Association's national championships last month on Georgia's Lake Lanier. Stuard — he occupies the second seat from the boat's front, or bow — and his mates edged Michigan in the final, the same team that defeated them in early May at the Dad Veil Regatta in Philadelphia.
Virginia's competitors at Henley will include Cal-Berkeley, Yale, Harvard, and boats from Ireland, Holland and England. As he prepared a spaghetti dinner — rowers carb load, too — for the club's traveling party of 16, Stuard said he believes Virginia can win at Henley.
A sophomore history major, he plans to row his final two years at Virginia and then perhaps try out for the under-23 national team. The next step up would be the national team and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
That would be full circle for someone who discovered the sport watching the Olympics on television.
"We'll see," Stuard said, "how far it goes."
To date, it's gone amazingly far.
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Transported Tonnage on U.S. Inland Waterways: All Commodities (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)
Almost 60 percent of the U.S. domestic waterborne trade tonnage is moved on the inland waterways. This market consists of carriers that transport freight between U.S. ports. At least 80 percent of the tonnage in this trade is carried by barge.
NOTE: Please see A Time Series Analysis of U.S. Inland Waterways Trade, page 116, for a detailed analysis of the underlying trend.
|Inland Waterways Commercial Tonnage
|All commodities (million short tons)
|All commodities percent change from same month previous year
NOTE: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
A trendline has been provided for Inland waterways commercial tonnage. The trend has been calculated through a statistical procedure called Structural Modeling, in which the time series under study is decomposed into seasonal, trend and irregular components. For further information on this statistical procedure, see: S.J. Koopman, et al., Structural Time Series Analyser, Modeller and Predictor (STAMP), London: Timberlake Consultants Ltd. , 2000
SOURCE: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center, Monthly Indicators, June 2002, available at: http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc.htm.


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It is approx. 1,5km to the supermarket, petrol station and the lift Centrumliften.
These modern apartments are equipped with a dishwasher, a sauna, a lockable ski storage room, flat screen TV, very nice kitchen and electric outlet.
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It's hard to believe that we are all planning menus again. Although, I am also a little overwhelmed by the amount of time required in the kitchen this Yom Tov, I am also very excited about Succos. I love Succos and Succos food, warm soups and comfort desserts, lots of company, and special time with the kids. Here are a few of the menus I am planning. We love hearing from you and especially love hearing your feedback and comments. Good Yom Tov and Bon Appétit!
Great Night Menu
Spiced Pumpkin Soup
Succulent Ribs
Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Sesame Green Beans
Mississippi Mud Cake
Dairy Menu
French Onion Soup
Caramelized Onion and Mushroom Pizza
Caesar Salad
Honey Glazed Salmon
White Hot chocolate
Baked Apples
California (it's still hot here)
Black Bean Cakes with Gazpacho
Glazed Corned Beef
Grilled Vidalia Onion Salad
Slimmed Down Corn Pudding
Chocolate Cookies and Cream Cake
Another Meat Menu
Tortilla Soup
Grandma Tilly's Brisket
Indian Eggplant
Red and Yellow Beets with lemon tarragon vinaigrette
Banana Betty in Individual Ramekins


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Unless you are a native American, you came from some place other than the United States. Well, maybe not you personally, but your family ancestors did. My heritage is German-Russian. My great grandparents lived in Germany. They left and moved to the Volga region in Russia when Catherine the Great made promises to them. She wanted Germans to farm the Russian region that was similar to the German region. She promised that the young men would not have to be in the military (as it was at that time). She did not keep her promise and my "family" moved to the United States and settled in Kansas.
Oktoberfest and Personal Heritage
Unfortunately, I was not taught to speak German. My grandparents knew the language and my parents knew a little. I feel that a little of my heritage was lost when they didn't share this language with us. But, at that time, they were criticized for speaking German and my great grandparents wanted to be citizens of the United States, so they learned English and stopped speaking German (except sometimes at home). I was fortunate enough to know my great grandparents and have fond memories of them.
I am excited about the 4th Annual Berthoud authentic Oktoberfest on Saturday, October 4 from 11 am - 6 pm. It is a chance for me to hear the German music I heard as a child, dance the polka's I also loved to do when I was young (dancing with my sisters) and eat the German food I so enjoy. Even if you didn't grow up with German heritage, you can come and enjoy this festival.
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Following the adoption of a new state law on jury nullification in June, a New Hampshire jury nullified its first major felony marijuana case on September 14 when jurors decided to free Doug Darrell, a 59-year-old father of four grown children who was growing illegal plants in his backyard. Activists hailed the decision as a significant victory for the jury nullification movement, which aims to revive awareness about the power inherent in juries to protect citizens from overzealous prosecutors and bad laws by nullifying cases.
Darrell, a Rastafarian piano tuner and woodworker who has been married for almost four decades, was arrested after a National Guard helicopter spotted some marijuana plants on his property in Barnstead. State prosecutors charged him with cultivation, a felony that could have carried up to seven years in prison.
It was clear that he had been growing the marijuana — nobody disputed that. Eventually Darrell was offered a deal that would have allowed him to avoid jail time and fines in exchange for a misdemeanor guilty plea. He refused, however, citing his religion and its view that marijuana is a sacrament. So the case went to trial.
Jurors, led by liberty-minded activist Cathleen Converse of the Free State Project, decided Darrell should be set free. "Mr. Darrell is a peaceful man, he never deals with the darker elements of society and he grows for his own personal religious and medicinal use," Converse said during an exclusive interview with Free Talk Live, a freedom-oriented talk-radio program. "I knew that my community would be poorer rather than better off had he been convicted."
So, to prevent that, she helped convince other jurors to do as the defense suggested: vote their conscience and declare Darrell a free man. "Many of us wondered what kind of precedent this would set," Converse continued. "But after chewing on all of the possibilities and re-reading the definition of nullification, we all decided that the only fair thing to do was to vote with our consciences and acquit the defendant of all charges."
Jury nullification, of course, is a time-tested practice that goes back to before the American Declaration of Independence. Essentially, it occurs when members of a jury decide to free somebody even though prosecutors prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused did indeed violate a criminal statute.
Juries have historically relied on nullification for various reasons including to reject unjust or unconstitutional laws, to free defendants in cases where laws have been misapplied by overzealous officials, and more. During alcohol prohibition it became commonplace as jurors refused en masse to convict their compatriots for drinking illegal substances.
Before that, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Jay informed a jury in 1794 that jurors have "a right to take upon yourselves to judge of both, and to determine the law as well as the fact in controversy." Numerous other Supreme Court justices and Founding Fathers have touted the practice, too. And despite being largely overlooked today, activists across America are trying hard to build awareness about it.
In June, those nullification advocates secured a major victory. New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch signed HB 146 into law allowing defendants to inform jurors about the jury's "right to judge the application of the law in relationship to the facts in controversy." That law does not officially take effect until January, but it has already made waves throughout the state's judiciary system.
"It's a really important development," Darrell's defense attorney Mark Sisti told the New Hampshire Union Leader, adding that most state residents have no problem with moderate marijuana use by adults and that legislatures across America are rethinking their laws on the controversial plant. "We're moving along a path we should have been on years ago."
Sisti acknowledged, though, that the judge's decision to instruct the jury about nullification was crucial to the victory. Judge James O'Neill, following the state's model jury instruction on nullification, told jurors that "even if you find that the State has proven each and every element of the offense charged beyond a reasonable doubt, you may still find the defendant not guilty if you have a conscientious feeling that a not guilty verdict would be a fair result in this case."
While warning that jury nullification is not a "get-out-of-jail-free card," Sisti celebrated the ruling and the clearing of his client. "Cases like this shouldn't be brought," he was quoted as saying. "And when they are brought, I think that safety valve, that nullification safety valve, is very important. Other states had better start waking up, because without it, people are going to be convicted of very serious charges through hypocrisy. The jury's going to think they can't do anything else, and that's wrong."
The prosecutor who brought charges against Darrell for his illegal plants also admitted that the judge's decision to instruct the jury on nullification was key to the government's defeat, but she tried to downplay its effect going forward. "I don't see it as being that significant in changing our practice and the practice of the court," the prosecutor told the Union Leader.
Cathleen Converse, the juror who reportedly helped push the case for nullification, however, is among a growing number of Americans who believe that there should be a victim for something to be considered a crime. "Mr. Darrell seemed to be the only victim here," she explained after the acquittal. "Almost everyone said this just shouldn't have happened to these peaceful people."
In New Hampshire — the official state motto is "Live Free or Die" — such views have become increasingly influential. That's in part due to the birth of the Free State Project, an ongoing plan to have thousands of liberty-minded people from across America move to the Granite State to build a more libertarian society. FSP activists have already elected more than a few lawmakers, and their influence continued to grow.
"So far, over 12,750 participants have pledged to relocate to the state, and more than 1,000 have already moved, over a dozen of which are currently elected members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives," said Free State Project President Carla Gericke in a press release touting the acquittal. "Once here, participants are free to pursue their own causes and I'm excited to see that progress is being made."
While the Darrell case probably will not be shutting down the unconstitutional, trillion-dollar federal drug war anytime soon, analysts said it was an important milestone in several respects. For one, it illustrates the growing opposition to imprisoning people for drug use, which has been a key contributor to the fact that the United States has far more prisoners per capita than any other nation in the world. Well over a dozen states have already nullified federal marijuana laws.
More importantly, perhaps, the acquittal of Doug Darrell represents a significant revival of jury nullification. The centuries-old practice has always been a critical tool in the fight against government tyranny. So, with the victory in New Hampshire and many more anticipated in the near future, liberty-minded activists across America are hoping the trend spreads quickly to other states.
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State Lawmakers Blast Obama's War on Medical Marijuana
A Brilliant Exposition on the Effectiveness of Nullification
Drug War a "Failure," Says N.J. GOP Gov. Chris Christie
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Following the adoption of a new state law on jury nullification in June, a New Hampshire jury nullified its first major felony marijuana case on September 14 when jurors decided to free Doug Darrell, a 59-year-old father of four grown children who was growing illegal plants in his backyard. Activists hailed the decision as a significant victory for the jury nullification movement, which aims to revive awareness about the power inherent in juries to protect citizens from overzealous prosecutors and bad laws by nullifying cases.


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The post won't release details on how many soldiers were involved or where the incidents occurred. A post spokeswoman said Fort Carson is handling the investigation on its own, a possible indication that the incidents took place on the post south of Colorado Springs.
The post won't release details of what may have occurred. Citing unnamed Pentagon sources, CNN reported the cases involved soldiers meeting girls on a dating website who turned out to be underage.
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"We assure the community that the Army is taking this situation seriously and updates will be provided as information is made available," the post said in a statement released Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Colorado Springs police say they have opened a sexual assault investigation involving a soldier and an "underage girl."
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"The command is aware of the cases and is closely monitoring the investigations of these soldiers," the post said in a statement. "At this time, no further details can be released as law enforcement investigations are still pending."


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Lea Yanai, Israel, got her education from Bat Dor Beer Sheva and has been dancing at Israel Ballet, where she had leading roles from the classical ballet repertoire. Lea has also worked with Talia Paz Project, Bat Dor Company, Kibbutz Contemporary Company and De De Dance Company. She came to The Göteborg Ballet in 2007.


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MOUNT WHITNEY – Sitting on something the size of a barstool is no big deal. But what if that little platform is on the side of a 14,000-foot cliff?
Strange things happen.
Terror turns your tongue into a wad of dry leather. Your bladder tightens in fear. Your lungs scream for oxygen in the thin air. You look straight down hundreds of feet and feel as if you're tumbling into space.
If you haven't lost your mind, you wonder when you will.
I am climbing the highest mountain in the contiguous United States, up something called Mount Whitney's East Buttress.
Watch a video of columnist David Whiting's climb.
This particular buttress consists of a narrow rib of granite that stretches from a place appropriately named Iceberg Lake at 12,600 feet to Whitney's peak at 14,505 feet.
Before reaching the summit, my climbing partner and I must ascend more than one-third of a vertical mile.
To my right and far below, far smarter people scale something called the Mountaineer's Route, a heart-thumping climb up an icy chute.
To my left and about a-quarter mile away, far saner people make their way toward the top along a popular trail.
Many would agree I'm neither smart nor sane. Still, the safer routes prompt people such as my Mom to ask: Why do something the hard way when there's an easier way?
I wonder the same thing as I sit on a tiny ledge, clutching a rope the thickness of a finger. The idea is that if my climbing partner, Dennis George, slips, I stop him from falling too far – without falling myself.
With nothing more than some nylon and pieces of metal – some as small as a lima bean – we plan to overcome the planet's greatest force, a force most of us rarely consider.
And the answer to Mom's question about why?
It's hidden in the journey. When you play at this level you get to come face to face with the unexpected.
While I've climbed the highest mountains in Africa and North and South America, I'm not a technical rock climber. And there's reason for that.
Like most mortals, I'm afraid of heights.
Unfortunately, I'm also someone drawn to adventure…like a moth to a bug zapper.
Usually, I can control the fear monster that accompanies me on most climbs. I breathe to calm nerves, avoid looking down, push out of my mind the yawning exposure that sometimes makes my heart pump so hard it feels like an alien trying to pop out of my chest.
I'm not a guy who stands atop pinnacles. I'm a guy who hugs pinnacles.
So why the East Buttress?
In May, I joined George, wellness coach and personal trainer, in Joshua Tree for a little column on rock climbing. With a mutual love for the outdoors, we quickly bonded. After a second climb, George suggested tackling the East Buttress.
Knowing I was a long way from having the necessary skills, I was surprised. And intrigued.
Then a friend who happens to be an Everest climber sent me an e-mail after seeing the Joshua Tree column. Retired high school principal John Dahlem teased I was getting ready to climb…the East Buttress.
Whether karma or coincidence, the idea grew along with more training. Finally, George and I felt ready to put our lives – literally – in one another's hands.
It's evening in late October and George and I drive to 8,360 feet. We arrive at Whitney Portal, the trailhead for both the main trail and the Mountaineer's Route, the latter of which leads to Iceberg Lake and the buttress.
Our plan calls for three nights and three days on the mountain. In the morning, we will hike to Iceberg Lake, spend a second night to rest and acclimatize and try to climb the buttress the following day, returning by down-climbing a steep chute. After a night recovering at Iceberg Lake, we will hike out.
With the regular supplies needed to spend several days and nights above 12,000 feet – plus rope, helmets, carabineers, cams, harnesses – each of our packs weighs about 50 pounds.
When we arrive at Iceberg Lake, the consequences of being unable to get a permit earlier in the season are obvious. The window of daylight is short. And a recent storm has left snow and ice.
Before sunrise, cold creeps into my 15-degree sleeping bag. I regret leaving behind my emergency bivy bag. The nylon tube would make my down bag warmer.
The bivy also could have helped if we get stuck on the buttress.
The morning sun bounces off granite and spins cliff after cliff into gold.
George and I look up at the buttress, a series of cracks, giant boulders and near-vertical pitches (A pitch is a rope length, about 180 feet.). Before the true summit, the ridgeline disappears into a cerulean sky.
The American Alpine Institute rates the East Buttress a 5.7-5.8 climb. It describes the classic route this way: "Many pitches involve both crack climbing and face climbing with sections of pure friction climbing, often at or near the crest of a sometimes narrow and exposed ridge."
My brain struggles to envision me safely climbing this beast. But my faith in George helps settle my jangled synapses.
It takes an hour to make our way up a snowy talus field and over boulders to where the true technical climbing begins. Two other climbers are just above. Already, they are in trouble.
They rappel down.
I peer around a boulder to glimpse the first pitch. George quietly offers, "You can change your mind."
One of the other climbers traverses over. He says we can bail after the third pitch by rappelling to the Mountaineer's Route. I tuck the information in my frontal cortex.
This route calls for a dozen pitches. I doubt I can make it higher than three rope lengths before freezing in fear.
George leads, carefully placing protection and threading the rope through carabineers. I follow, cleaning the pro and hanging cams and nuts on my harness.
But my brain won't quit arguing with itself. I climb scared, awkwardly, relying on muscle instead of grace. After four months of training, should we turn back?
I toe-jam, crack-grab and nub-pull my way up three pitches. I peer over the ridge. The Mountaineer's Route is below, way below. But I've climbed the route a half-dozen times. And from my perspective, its icy chute looks downright friendly.
I turn to George, a 38-year-old Aliso Viejo resident. "Let's bail."
George stands on a ledge three inches wide. Behind him, the buttress drops down a thousand feet. He softly asks, "Do you really mean that?"
I suck in my breath, my mind in an uproar.
"Let's do this."
Next: Darkness on Mount Whitney
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1) Just like MGSI, there are 3 songs to be composed. These songs will correspond with the next 3 levels of Marathon 2. They are called, What About Bob?, Come and Take your Medicine, and We're Everywhere. These levels make up the chapter Volunteers, and that is what the resulting album will be called.
2) Each song must have a reasonable song length. I would consider 10 seconds or 10 minutes a bit outside this reasonable range. Try to keep the songs from 2 min to 5 min. I'm flexible so going outside those boundaries a little bit won't lose you any points. Cutting a song down to around 1 min though may lose you a point in the "Length" category though. NOTE: I know Come and Take your Medicine can be beaten within 30 seconds. Don't make that an excuse to shorten your song for this level!
3) These submissions are songs for Marathon levels. Please don't include a full chorus or obnoxious singing in any of your submissions. A little bit, and I mean a very small amount of singing or background chorus is ok, but don't go overboard.
4) Deadline: All songs must be sent to me at [email protected] by
5) Don't name your songs after the levels. Come up with creative names!
Those rules being said, anyone interested in judging also email me.
Your entries will be judged on the following material:
1) Interpretation of the Level: Does your song complement the level provided? Does it help set the atmosphere of the level and contribute to the gameplay? A bad example would be to play "Happy Birthday" during a war scene, while a good example might be to play "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" during a scene where a little kid is pondering the universe. 20 points
2) Musicality: How well the tempo, rhythm, notes, etc fit together. It shouldn't sound like a 6th grader randomly hitting stuff or pressing down keys on his first instrument. 20 points
3) Creativity: This is your music so make it unique. I understand that many background parts repeat over and over, but don't create a whole song where the majority of the melody is the same eight notes played repeatedly. Jazz it up and make it enjoyable and fun to listen to, while still staying within the other requirements. 10 points
4) Sound Quality: If it sounds like trash or is poor quality, you will obviously lose points here. I'm looking for clean, high quality music with no white noise, unless the white noise is intended. 10 points
5) Originality: Remixes sound great and all, but the point of this contest is too create something NEW that complements the given level. Remixing M1A1 music or any other music will cause you lose points here and probably in a few other sections of the judging scale. 5 points
6) Length: If the song length is too long or short, points will be lost. The song should be long enough to show effort, but short enough to be precise. 5 points
TOTAL: 70 points/song. Each participant will be judged out of a total of 210 points because there are 3 songs.
This is the EXACT same rubric used to judge MGSI. No tricks here. Again, the song receiving the highest score for a particular level will be included in the final Marathon 2 Soundtrack. If you don't have enough time to make 3 decent songs, at least make 1 pure awesome song, as it will have a better chance of being included in this soundtrack.
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Before Saturday night's 3-1 loss to the Indians, White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen was asked if there was anything different he could try with his White Sox that he hadn't yet.
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Do Not Disturb is on. Calls and alerts won't ring or light up the screen until you turn this setting off. Alarms will still sound.
Theater Mode, or Theatre Mode, is on. Silent Mode is also on, and the screen stays dark until you tap the screen, press a button, or turn the Digital Crown. This mode also keeps the screen dark even when you use the Always On feature with Apple Watch Series 5. To turn Theater Mode off, open Control Center and tap the icon.
When your Apple Watch connects to a Wi-Fi network instead of your iPhone, the Wi-Fi icon appears in the Control Center.
Your Apple Watch with GPS + Cellular is connected to a cellular network. The number of dots indicates signal strength.
Your Apple Watch isn't connected to your iPhone. Move your devices closer together or turn off Airplane Mode.
Your Apple Watch with GPS + Cellular has lost connection to the cellular network.
Water Lock is on, and the screen won't respond to taps. Turn the Digital Crown to unlock your Apple Watch. The water drop icon appears only on Apple Watch Series 2 or later. Apple Watch Series 1 and Apple Watch (1st generation) aren't suitable for swimming. Learn about water resistance on your Apple Watch.
You received a notification. Swipe down on the watch face to read it.
Tap the audio output button to switch the audio output between paired Bluetooth headsets, speakers, and accessories.
An app on your Apple Watch has used location services.
Your Apple Watch is locked. Tap to enter the passcode.
Icons for active apps
With watchOS 5 or later, your Apple Watch shows active apps, like Walkie-Talkie or Phone , at the top of your watch face. Tap the icon to open the app. For example, if you're getting directions in Maps , the icon will appear at the top of the screen.
This appears when you use Workout. If you still see the Workout icon after you end your workout, restart your watch.
Tap to open Walkie-Talkie, where you can get in touch with friends instantly.
While audio plays, the Now Playing icon appears at the top of the screen.
This appears when you navigate with a third-party app. If you still see the navigation icon after you end your navigation, restart your watch.
If you're trying to pair your Apple Watch and iPhone again and the Apple Watch app on your iPhone asks you to tap the Info button , you need to connect your devices again. Manually pairing won't connect your devices again.


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Poll: ACA to hurt health care quality
By a two-to-one margin, more Americans believe the Affordable Care Act will make the quality of their health care worse than better, according to a new poll.
A Quinnipiac survey released Tuesday shows that only 19 percent of Americans believe the quality of their healthcare will improve because of the ACA, while 43 percent think their care will worsen. Thirty-three percent believe the ACA will not affect their health care at all.
The same poll found that voters disapprove of President Barack Obama's job performance, 54 percent to 39 percent, the lowest since Obama became president in 2009.
( Understanding Obamacare: POLITICO's guide to the ACA)
"President Obama's job approval rating has fallen to the level of former President George W. Bush at the same period of his presidency," Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, said in the report.
Backlash over the troubled rollout of the Affordable Care Act appears to be the primary culprit driving down the president's approval ratings; 46 percent of voters believe the president "knowingly deceived" voters when the assured the public they would be able to keep their health insurance plans once the ACA was implemented. Forty-seven percent said they do not believe Obama knowingly deceived voters.
But for the first time since the president took office, the majority of Americans find him dishonest and untrustworthy, 52 percent to 44 percent. That's a striking reversal from a poll released on Oct. 1 — conducted before HealthCare.gov launched — when 54 percent found him trustworthy compared to 41 who did not.
( PHOTOS: 10 Sebelius quotes about Obamacare website)
Obama's approval rating dropped among key Democratic constituencies in the last month: 6 percentage point hit among independents, from 36 percent to 30 percent; 6 percentage points among women, from 46 percent to 40 percent; 8 percentage points among Hispanics, from 49 percent to 41 percent; and 15 percentage points among blacks, from 90 percent to 75 percent.
The survey of 2,545 registered voters was conducted from Nov. 6 to Nov. 11 and has a margin of error of plus-or-minus 1.9 percentage points.


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LANHAM, Md. (AP) — President Barack Obama says it's time to give Americans a raise.
Obama is at a Costco warehouse in Maryland to promote higher minimum wages the morning after announcing a new executive order in his State of the Union address. Obama's action will raise the minimum wage for new federal contract workers to $10.10.
Obama says no one who works fulltime should ever have to raise a child in poverty. He says he's choosing to make 2014 a year of action because too many Americans are struggling just to get by.
Obama is calling on Congress to raise the federal minimum wage for all workers to $10.10. He says raising the rate doesn't require new federal spending and it would help Americans make ends meet.


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Fiona Maye is a High Court judge. She presides in family court with a fierce loyalty and intelligence. She is an accomplished pianist. Her life has been filled with hard work and a passion for her job and she now finds herself at a middle aged crossroads. She has a lingering regret about the reasons for her own childlessness and now her marriage of thirty years is falling apart.
At this time she is called on to try an urgent life-or-death case. A 17 year old boy needs a blood transfusion to live, but his religion and his devout parents are against it. Time is running out. Should the court overrule? In her dedication she goes to visit the boy, to make sure he understands what is going on. Her judgement turns out to have momentous consequences for them both.
In order to avoid spoilers I cannot reveal the verdict or the unexpected twist her decision has on the case, except to say that the story is really much more about the judge's personal life than the case itself. But that's what I found interesting. It wasn't just about the one case, albeit it pivotal, but a view into several interesting cases and a glimpse into the world of a High Court judge.
For McEwan fans, this is once again a beautifully mastered work. Not everyone appreciates his writing style, but I have tremendous respect for how this author captures nuance in relationships and how his writing is at once compelling and exquisite. With relatively few words he deftly deals with the complexity of issues while creating empathy for the characters.
Different from his master work Atonement and the comic Solar, 'The Children Act' reminded me of Saturday and On Chesil Beach. Even though it is rather short, more like a novella, it covers a lot of ground. The next McEwan I want to read is the espionage novel Sweet Tooth which I somehow missed last year.


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National Audubon Society
Engages Lake Group Media, Inc. to
Handle Direct Mail Acquisition and List Sales Efforts
Lake Group Media, the leading media acquisition and sales agency, announced today that National Audubon Society has engaged their services to provide all donor acquisition strategies, effective immediately. The team will provide deep analytics and performance management reporting to enable the organization to react quickly to changing donor preferences. In addition, LGM will handle all list management sales beginning July 1, 2017.
"We are honored to work with such an impressive organization," said Ryan Lake, CEO of Lake Group Media, Inc. "National Audubon Society was looking for a new approach to planning to help identify new prospective donors. As a strategic advisor, we'll use our expertise in the fundraising marketplace to strengthen their direct mail efforts and grow their donor base. We are also very excited about optimizing their list rental income and exchange partnerships."
About National Audubon Society
National Audubon Society is America's leading voice in nonprofit conservation for over 100 years. Audubon's mission is to protect birds and the place they need today and tomorrow. Audubon thrives through the advocacy and gifts of members and donors all over the country. With 22 state programs, 47 Audubon centers and more than 450 local chapters, Audubon's efforts range from the protection and restoration of local habitats, to the implementation of policies safeguarding birds, wildlife and natural resources.
About Lake Group Media
Lake Group Media is an industry-leading direct marketing agency specializing in the direct mail, insert, email and online channels. LGM helps organizations grow their customer base through full service integrated marketing solutions including direct mail, email, print and insert media, and display. Our ongoing success is based on our clients – leaders in virtually every marketplace, both commercial and nonprofit, business and consumer.
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