text: 000 FXUS63 KJKL 241833 AFDJKL Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Jackson KY 233 PM EDT SUN JUL 24 2016 .UPDATE... Issued at 233 PM EDT SUN JUL 24 2016 No major changes to the forecast. Hourly temps were running slightly behind observations. Thoughts were to bump up afternoon highs just slightly, but diurnal CU field developing over the area is fairly extensive and should help moderate any additional rises through the afternoon time frame. Otherwise, brought grids in line with hourly trends. Isolated showers and thunderstorms have already begun to fire as well. Nearly stationary cells could lay down some brief heavy rainfall once they become mature. However life cycles have been on the order of an hour and rates, like yesterday have not been impressive being generally less than 2 inches per hour at maturity. UPDATE Issued at 1025 AM EDT SUN JUL 24 2016 Forecast is in good shape this morning. Very few changes needed to the grids. However, do plan to freshen up the zones to remove morning fog. Otherwise it appears to be another hot one. UPDATE Issued at 753 AM EDT SUN JUL 24 2016 Increasing mid-high clouds moving in downstream of an eroding convective system should help to somewhat offset rising heights/thicknesses and negate need for a heat advisory. Regardless, high temperatures in the low 90s will still lead to heat indices near the century mark later this afternoon. && .SHORT TERM...(Today through Monday) Issued at 344 AM EDT SUN JUL 24 2016 A decaying mesoscale convective complex, currently traversing southwest Michigan into central Indiana, will bring increasing mid to high clouds to eastern Kentucky this morning. This should somewhat inhibit full insolation and subsequently negate the need for a heat advisory. Nonetheless, heat indices will approach and exceed the century mark once again this afternoon for several locales. Will be close to record territory at Jackson, but currently thinking cloud cover may be just enough to keep the record high temperature of 93 degrees for the date untouched. Regarding precipitation, southeastward propagating outflow boundary ahead of said complex of storms may end up being the primary forcing mechanism for afternoon convection given a lack of any local upper features. The presence of a lingering and rather diffuse outflow boundary from prior day activity may also end up sparking a storm or two, but main lift will reside along newly generated boundary along with orographic forcing along the higher terrain from the Cumberland Plateau into southeast Kentucky near the Virginia state line. Showers and storms should wane this evening with the loss of daytime heating. An upper trough swinging through Ontario and Hudson Bay through the Great Lakes will then push a frontal boundary toward the Ohio Valley into early Monday, providing a larger forcing mechanism to focus upon for showers and thunderstorms. Moisture pooling along the front should send precipitable water values up toward the 1.9 to 2 inch mark, leading to a threat of heavy rainfall by late Monday afternoon as diurnal heating boosts instability and storm chances. Additionally, the right entrance region of an associated upper jet will skirt the Ohio Valley, thus further supporting rising motion. Gusty winds will also be possible with any storm given precipitation loading atop shallow drier air beneath cloud bases. .LONG TERM...(Monday night through Saturday) Issued at 344 AM EDT SUN JUL 24 2016 Models continue to be in good agreement from Monday night through midweek, with upper level ridging across the southern half of the conus, becoming increasingly dampened by shortwaves and troughs that pass across the northern half of the conus. This will keep much of the central conus, including the Ohio River Valley in a zonal flow pattern to start the period, becoming increasingly amplified as a deeper trough start pushing southward into the region for the second half of the work week. This deeper troughing pattern will lower heights across the Ohio River Valley starting Thursday. Then as shortwaves interact with this trough, expect it to continue deepening as we head into the weekend. Models continue to show very good continuity through the entirety of the period with these features. The first shortwave to impact the region Monday will bring with it a surface frontal boundary, which should push into the state Monday night, before becoming quasi-stationary during the day Tuesday. This will be the epicenter for convective development Monday night through Wednesday, with scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms through this time frame. Best chances/coverage will be during the afternoon/early evening with the aid of peak heating. Instability and lift with these storms will be more than enough to produce strong thunderstorms, but there will be little in the way of steering flow, especially with the elongated stationary boundary across the region. As such, will likely see pulse-natured storms, but will need to be on the look out for both slow moving and training storms, which could lead to localized high rainfall amounts and potential urban or flash flooding. The frontal boundary will push north of the state Wednesday night, before deeper troughing and the next shortwave will near the region from the northwest. This shortwave will produce a surface low pressure center, which will interact with the surface boundary and increase its strength. However, as of the latest WPC frontal analysis, the boundary should remain north of the state through the remainder of the forecast period, slowly pushing in a more easterly direction. That being said, additional weak upper level disturbances will continue to drop into the region from the northwest, deepening the magnitude of the trough through the weekend. These disturbances, in addition to continued WAA and moist unstable air south of the boundary, will continue to spawn showers and thunderstorms throughout the period, with coverage and storm strength once again peaking in the afternoon. Winds may increase aloft somewhat during this time, but are forecast to remain fairly weak in the mid levels, so concerns for slow moving heavy rain producing cells will continue. The loss of mid and upper level ridging combined with daily convection will help keep our high temperatures close to normal for this time of the year, generally in the mid 80s. But with dew points hovering around the 70 degree mark, our weather will remain quite muggy. Likewise overnight lows will be warm, running a little above normals in the upper 60s to near 70. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Monday afternoon) ISSUED AT 233 PM EDT SUN JUL 24 2016 Other than some spotty pre-dawn MVFR fog at a few terminals went with a predominant VFR forecast. Guidance was too pessimistic with VSBYS and therefore chose to lean closer to persistence. CU field will linger into the early evening. Will see typical summertime garden variety pop up showers and thunderstorms across the area this afternoon as well. However, coverage will not be widespread. Therefore no plans to mention any thunder at any particular site until it become evident that a terminal might be affected. Winds will remain light this afternoon, generally southwesterly around 5 kts or less. Winds will pick up just a bit Monday as a cold front settles down into the Ohio Valley. && .JKL Watches/Warnings/Advisories...None. && $$ UPDATE...RAY SHORT TERM...GUSEMAN LONG TERM...JMW AVIATION...RAY


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Donald Trump Enslaves Helpless Staff to Make Apparent Pokémon Go Parody
Earlier today Donald Trump said that he doesn't have time to play Niantic's hot new game. But it seems like he did have time to approve an attack ad based around Pokémon Go.
Earlier today Donald Trump said that he doesn't have time to play Niantic's hot new game. But it seems like he did have time to approve an attack ad based around Pokémon Go.
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have finally broken their silence on Pokémon Go. Their statements today are about what you'd expect.
Celebrity cheese puff and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has a problem: climate change. Despite dismissing our global planetary crisis as a Chinese hoax, the real estate mogul's prized real estate is directly in the line of fire. In thirty years, Tump's Mar-a-Lago club could be under a foot…
On Saturday, Donald Trump posted a meme on Twitter featuring his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton's face superimposed on piles of $100 bills, with a Star of David next to her bearing the words "Most Corrupt Candidate Ever!" Charges of antisemitism ensued. Obviously. The post was subsequently removed and reposted with…
"What would a Trump presidency look like?" many of us have been wondering, in decreasingly hypothetical terms. Now, in all its bubblegum-tinted glory, we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that if elected, Donald J. Trump will pilot an enormous mecha in his likeness, use it to construct his long-threatened wall, and then…
Mother of god that's cool-looking.
A building boom of supertalls in New York City is resulting in some of the highest residential units in the world—we're talking apartments that are at a dizzying 90 stories and higher. So where does that leave the people who live in the former-tallest residential buildings? Don't worry, they're just fine in their 80th…
Facebook has declared it will never use its product to influence how people on the platform vote. Earlier today, Gizmodo reported that employees had asked Mark Zuckerberg to answer the question, "What responsibility does Facebook have to help prevent President Trump in 2017?" in an internal poll.
This week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared to publicly denounce the political positions of Donald Trump's presidential campaign during the keynote speech of the company's annual F8 developer conference.
Every year, Facebook gathers thousands of developers and business people to talk about the future of its company at a conference called F8. The event is typically used to host discussions about photos, video, sharing, and other products critical to the company's bottom line. But this year, Facebook decided to try…
GOP presidential candidate and sentient sac of millions of spiders Donald Trump—literally more spiders than you've ever seen—does not have a coherent stance on cybersecurity. In his business ventures, though, his cybersecurity record sucks. Trump has failed to encourage policies to prevent large-scale data breaches at…
As debate moderators introduce every other candidate by their political credentials (Governor, Senator, what have you), Donald Trump comes to us only as "businessman." So considering it's his one and only qualification for the candidacy, you'd think he'd be better at it.
Most of us can do little more than grumble about Donald Trump. But according to Huffington Post, the world's tech elite have joined billionaires and senior Republicans at a secretive meeting to "stop [the] Republican front-runner."
Marco Rubio is the candidate normally accused of sounding robotic—but is Trump himself even more formulaic? Read the AI Trumpbot's tweets, and try and persuade yourself you're not listening to the great hairdo in person.
Have you ever heard the phrase, "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win"? It's often attributed to Mahatma Gandhi, but he actually never said that. Someone should tell Donald Trump.
GOP presidential candidate and sack of rotting tangerines Donald Trump has called for a boycott of Apple products until the tech company obeys the government's demands about unlocking a suspect's phone.
There is an evil man in New York who preys on the gullible. He's a flamboyant showboat. He lacks scruples. He cares for nothing but his own gain. I speak, of course, of Annoying Orange progenitor Donald Trump—so let's meet the Marvel villain who shares the same name.
Read a fucking book. Or freebase something at random from your medicine cabinet. I assure you, the world will still be there tomorrow—just as shitty as ever.
When I thought Jeb's deflating balloon full of farts of a presidential run couldn't get any sadder, it did: If you click on JebBush.com, it redirects to Trump's website.
Among a fascinating examination of Donald Trump's Twitter strategy in the New York Times, we learn one important thing: the GOP candidate-in-waiting sends his mostly offensive 140-character missives from an undefined Samsung Galaxy smartphone.


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How To Use Your iPhone To GPS Track Someone's Location
Applies to: iOS8 and iOS 9, iPhone, iPad, iPad2, iPad 3, "New iPad", & iPod Touch
Update for 2015 and iOS 9
The instructions on this page are specifically for iOS 6, if you have a new iPhone with iOS 9 or if you have upgraded to iOS9, the settings are virtually the same.
Did you know that your iPhone (iPad or iPod Touch) can be used as a real-time GPS location-tracking device, giving the (near) exact location of the phone (or the car, or purse that it is in) in near-real time? You can watch on your PC or Mac as the location is pinpointed on a map, and updated every several seconds, accurately to within just a few feet! The person holding the phone doesn't even have to do anything, and won't even know they are being tracked. Perfect for parents that want to keep an eye on their children's location - now buying (or loaning) an iPhone to your kids might make more sense.
Watch the video version:
WARNING: Using this method to turn an iPhone into a real-time GPS location tracking device should only be done to an iPhone that you own. Tracking someone's iPhone that you do not own, without the owner's permission or placing any tracking device on someone without their permission or knowledge is not only immoral, but it may also be illegal in some states.
What you need to track your iPhone location:
- Any iPhone (1st generation, iPhone 3g, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S) running iOS 5 or newer - Jailbreaking is not required. First generation iPhones will provide slightly-less accurate location information due to the lack of a GPS chip, and must be in range of cell towers. Works on all iPads, but for non 3G iPads, it will only work if/when the iPad is in range of a wireless network and the location data may be less accurate. Also works on iPod Touch but only if wireless is enabled and the device is in-range of a wireless network
MobileMe Account: Mobile Me is a service provided by Apple for email, online data backup/storage, calendar/contacts sync, and Find My iPhone. The normal cost for Mobile Me is $99/year, but you can usually find memberships for less on eBay (buyer beware!). You can often get several months of Mobile Me for free when buying a new iPhone or computer from Apple, and you can also sign up for a free 60-day trial membership at the Mobile Me website to try the service. For more info on the Mobile Me service, see Apple's Mobile Me website .
- iCloud Account (FREE!): iCloud is a service provided by Apple for email, online backup of iOS devices, calendar/contacts sync and Find My iPhone. iCloud is FREE. See Apple's iCloud Website
How to turn your iPhone into a GPS location-tracker:
The key to using your iPhone as a real-time GPS location tracker is the Find My iPhone service which is part of iCloud. Most people have probably heard about the Find My iPhone service - Apple markets the service as a way to find your iPhone if it becomes lost or stolen - but what many do not realize about the Find My iPhone service is:
- You can use Find My iPhone to get real-time maps of where your iPhone is at any time. You do not have to 'report' the phone as stolen.
- You can get the location of your iPhone as often as you wish, with no limits
- There is no limit to the number of iPhones you can track - they don't even have to be owned by you! Just remember: do not track a phone/person without that person's permission. Should the iPhone owner catch on that you are tracking their every movement, the information they need to convict you will be stored in the iPhone.
How to setup location tracking on an iPhone:
- On the iPhone you want to track, go into SETTINGS, then iCloud
- Enter your iCloud account information
- Scroll down through the iCloud options (contacts, calendars, etc) and make sure that Find My iPhone is ON
Your iPhone is now setup as a location tracker!
How to find and track the location of your iPhone:
From any computer connected to the internet: From any browser go to www.iCloud.com and sign in with your email address/iTunes account and password. Once signed-in select Find My iPhone. When prompted, re-enter your password. After a moment a list of all devices you have configured for tracking will show on the left of the screen. Click the device to track - after a moment a map will appear with the location of your device pin-pointed in the center (this usually takes a few seconds). If the iPhone is in motion it will not be updated live on the screen - click the refresh button near the upper-right (near the time) to update the location.
From another iPhone or an iPad: Download and install the free Find My iPhone app. Start the app and enter your Mobile Me membername (email) and password. Select the device to track from the list and a map will appear with the location. To update the map/location, click the refresh-button in the lower left.
When tracking on either a computer or another iPhone or iPad: on the map, select "hybrid" view for the best map view.
That's all there is too it! There are other, cheaper ways to track an iPhone but they require jailbreaking and the person with the iPhone must first run a specific application on the phone, and are just not as simple or 'fool proof' as this method. This method requires only a minute to setup and does not require you to do anything on the iPhone once configured.
More reading about tracking and locating iPhones, iPads, iPods:
Track someone with iCloud
How to disable iPhone Tracking
How to add two iCloud accounts on an iPhone
The Difference between Find My iPhone App and Service
Questions and Answers about Tracking with iCloud
Tue, 07/19/2016 - 10:05am
Re: How To locate your iphone without network service
Check this page - I think the answer to your questions are there: questions about tracking a lost iPhone
Tony alzua
Tue, 07/19/2016 - 9:32am
Re: How To locate your iphone without network service
Hi, can i locate my lost iphone without network service and does it have to turn on or off
Wed, 04/27/2016 - 1:16am
Re: How To Use Your iPhone To GPS Track Someone's Location
I have a problem son that I'm loosing control of.
He hides his IPhone 6p so I can NOY get my hands on iy. The only info on it is his Apple ID, Password and IP address. How can I monitor his phone contents. I know in my gut he's up to no good. But I need proof. Is there a way to do this without him knowing? I'm afraid he will get a notification if I add his phone as one of my devices with my ICLOUD acct.
He hides his phone so that I cant check it or know his where abouts.
The only info about his phone is:
his App ID/ Password and IP address.
I'm afraid that if I add his info into my ICloud acct. It will send him a notification to let him know he's being monitored.
I cant let that happen. It will definitely make him rebel worse.
Is there anything else I/WE can do to be able to know what he is doing & going, like locations, texts, pics, emails etc.
Tue, 04/19/2016 - 8:04am
Re: How To Use Your iPhone To GPS Track Someone's Location
IPhone is stolen
Apple Eater
Wed, 03/23/2016 - 7:49am
Re: How to track someone's location by iPhone without iCloud...
Unless the iphone has been Jailbroken first, which requires physical access to the phone, no, it is virtually impossible to install something on the phone remotely.
Seeing something in your settings with bullseye X's is not right, and I have no idea what that would be. But you can fix/get rid of them by doing a "restore as new" on your phone - this wipes the phone clean, like it was brand-new. When doing this do NOT choose the option to restore from a backup, as that will just reinstall all of your weird stuff. Instead, go back into the app store and reinstall any apps one by one. You will also have to manually re-setup your icloud account, emails accounts, etc.
Wed, 03/23/2016 - 5:37am
How to track someone's location by iPhone without iCloud info.
Can you track someone's location without their iCloud information or having physical access to their iPhone to install any ghost apps? Also, I have three apps on my phone that I cannot see but they show up under settings, they look like bullseye with X's and have no names. I cannot delete them either.,
Anonymous Visitor
Fri, 01/08/2016 - 10:26am
GPS Tracking an iphone
best thing Apple ever did unless you are the one getting tracked. Good for finding your phone too.
Anonymous Visitor
Sat, 12/19/2015 - 10:04pm
iPhone To GPS Tracking
The Find my iPhone GPS tracking is the best thing Apple ever did and better, it's FREE!!
Anonymous Visitor
Sat, 11/21/2015 - 6:30pm
GPS track someone's iphone
Anonymous Visitor
Sun, 11/15/2015 - 2:33pm
iphone tracking
I've been using Find my iphone for some time now and love it!!!
But I've got some questions:
Can you track someone else on their IPhone?
Will It say your somewhere else when your driving?
It moves when your driving, right?


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I'm A Cliché
from Moscoman EP out now on I'm a Cliché
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Cliche 52 - release date: Sept 16, 2013
I'm a Cliché is proud to introduce Moscoman. Although every club in Tel Aviv has known him for years as a DJ, the simply titled "Moscoman EP" is his debut release as a producer.
He is named like a bad guy in some comic book about the Cold War, and has recently settled in Berlin, capital of the Iron Curtain. It comes as no surprise that the "Moscoman EP" briefcase includes three spy-friendly discreet, slow-burning and unfailing lethal weapons.
"Fuse of Hell", "Misled Loophole" and "Feos Chaos" are six or seven minutes long instrumental techno tracks, all driven by bass lines that stick to one's brain and playful drums.
"Moscoman EP" is the tenth release this year by I'm a Cliché, the French label founded by Cosmo Vitelli in 2004. Featured artists have been Bot'Ox - Cosmo Vitelli's own band and their spin-offs, In Fields, Red Axes, Crackboy... Besides these records, there also has been the Edit Service series : one free download avery two weeks. Two of them were offered by new signing Moscoman. Coming soon are Bot'Ox's second album and Red Axes' first one.
Moscoman biography
The first mix Moscoman has ever done was when he was 10, in a mixtape he made for the girl he loved back then. She broke his heart but he decided not to let this incident interfere with his dream of becoming a dj. 20 years later, after djing in almost every club it Tel Aviv, Moscoman, now based in Berlin is releasing his debut ep on the french boutique label I'm a Cliché. With influences from a wide spectrum of both Rock and Electronic music, Moscoman manage to find a deep and unique sound that is treating to take over dance floors and hearts all over the world.


text: 000 FXUS62 KTBW 291651 AFDTBW Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 1251 PM EDT FRI JUL 29 2016 .SYNOPSIS... Thunderstorms diminishing near the coast north of Venice as storms move inland. Outflow boundaries from interior convection will give coastal counties another round of storms later this afternoon and evening. .SHORT TERM (Tonight-Saturday)... Upper level ridge axis over central Florida this afternoon will drift into northern Florida Saturday as an upper tropospheric trough moves into Cuba. Water Vapor satellite loop showed slightly drier air rotating around the upper level ridge into central Florida. Much of the activity for the rest of the afternoon expected to be in interior counties and is the area where very heavy rains and wind gusts greater than 40 mph can be expected. Interior storms to push out outflow boundaries this evening that can spark another round of showers and thunderstorms along the coastal counties. Also, late night showers and storms expected along the coast. The surface ridge axis will be further north Saturday and will bring the Atlantic Coast sea breeze front further inland north of Interstate 4 as compared to the last week or so. Relatively low afternoon rain chances north of Brooksville this afternoon will be on the increase Saturday afternoon. Normal temperatures for this time of year range from lows in the low to mid 70s and highs in the lower 90s. Forecast temperatures to remain several degrees above this. && .LONG TERM (Saturday Night - Friday)... The upper level ridging that has been parked over the peninsula for the past several days will slightly weaken late Saturday into Sunday as an upper level trough moves over the Bahamas toward Florida. The trough moves east and weakens by Monday as ridging builds into the Gulf of Mexico. This upper level pattern will continue until the end of next week. On the surface, high pressure near Bermuda ridges west southwest over Florida and will produce a light east southeast wind flow over the east coast and interior counties. There is also a secondary high center in the eastern Gulf of Mexico that will keep a variable wind flow around 5-7 knots over the coastal waters and counties. By Monday morning, this high shifts slightly north which will bring the variable winds farther north over the nature coast and east southeast winds over the rest of the region from Tampa Bay southward. Rain and storm chances will remain between 40-60 percent each day except Monday and Friday when slightly more dry air briefly filters into the area keeping the POPS in the 20-40 percent neighborhood. Temperatures will continue to run a couple of degrees above average through the period with high temperatures in the low to mid 90s each day and overnight lows in the mid to upper 70s. && .AVIATION... Atmosphere is moist and unstable, unlike yesterday. Weak sea breeze front combined with thunderstorm outflow boundaries to put the best chance of storms east of all terminals except Lakeland. Will keep VCTS in TAFs until 02Z. Isolated storms possible near the coast overnight and Saturday morning. && .MARINE... Surface ridge axis across the central waters will move into the northern Gulf of Mexico this weekend then remain there. Southeast flow to increase the coverage of storms overnight starting Tuesday night. Winds to remain 15 knots or less and seas 4 feet or less. Thunderstorms may produce locally gusty winds and rough seas. && .FIRE WEATHER... High dew points across west central and southwest Florida will keep minimum afternoon relative humidity values above critical levels each day. && .Preliminary Point Temps/PoPs... TPA 80 91 78 92 / 10 40 20 40 FMY 78 92 77 91 / 20 40 20 50 GIF 77 95 76 94 / 30 40 20 40 SRQ 79 90 77 92 / 10 40 20 40 BKV 76 92 74 94 / 10 40 20 40 SPG 80 91 80 91 / 10 40 20 40 && .TBW Watches/Warnings/Advisories... FL...None. Gulf waters...None. && $$ SHORT TERM/AVIATION/MARINE/FIRE WEATHER...72/Noah MID TERM/LONG TERM/DECISION SUPPORT...74/Wynn


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One reason why human rights are not taken seriously in Japan: Childish essays like these in the Mainichi.
Posted by Dr. ARUDOU, Debito on 18th June 2016
Mainichi: The new hate speech law is what you might call a "principle law," as it has no provisions for punishing violators. Furthermore, it only protects "those originally from nations outside this country" who are "living legally in Japan." As such, it does not outlaw discrimination against Japanese citizens or foreigners applying for refugee status, among other groups. However, the supplementary resolution that accompanied passage of the law states, "It would be a mistake to believe that discrimination against groups not specifically mentioned in the law is forgivable." I suppose we can say that the Diet essentially stated, "Discrimination is unforgiveable in Japan." […]
I have read a paper based on research conducted outside Japan that showed that ethnically diverse workplaces produce more creative ideas than those dominated by a single race or nationality. In contrast to working with people who understand one another from the get-go, getting people with wildly varying perspectives and ways of thinking together in one place apparently sparks the easy flow of groundbreaking ideas.
So, talk to someone different than yourself. Even if that's impossible right away, you will come to understand one another somehow. It's time to put an end to knee-jerk hatreds, to discrimination and pushing away our fellow human beings. With the new hate speech law, Japan has finally become a country where we can say, "We will not tolerate discrimination."
COMMENT: While this article is well-intentioned, and says most of the things that ought to be said, the tone is pretty unsophisticated (especially if you read the Japanese version — the English version has been leveled-up somewhat). I have always found it annoying how discussions of human rights in Japan generally drop down to the kindergarten level, where motherly homilies of "we're all human beings", "let's just get along" and "talking to somebody different will solve everything" are so simplistic as to invite scoffing from bigots who simply won't do that…
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Every six months, I close the "tilled" compost bed, plant it and call it a garden. At harvest time, I open the old garden for the chickens and pile grass clippings, leaves, old bedding from the deep-litter chicken coop, shredded paper and daily kitchen scraps 3 feet deep. In six months, it becomes a garden again. Maximum output, minimum input, and any weed seeds raised to the ideal planting depth become chicken feed.
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Ready in 1 hour 25 minutes
This is a great one dish meal that doesn't require a lot of time to prepare. Makes a great comfort food.
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Lightly grease a medium casserole dish.
Place the ground beef in the bottom of the casserole dish.
Top with the corn.
Layer the tater tots over the corn, breaking up the tots if you need to.
Spread the mushroom soup over the top.
Season to taste.
Bake one to one and a half hours in a 350 degree oven.
shorton71 7y agoI tried this recipe and it was very simple,easy,fast and tasty.Would make again for sure.I've already added it to my collection of recipes :) I used frozen shredded hashbrown potatoes instead of tater tots cuz some of my family members dont like tater tots
uoflkim 7y agoThis is such a versatile dish, you could add any vegetables you like. [I posted this recipe.]


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Excellent method of preparing potatoes - browned on the outside and creamy inside. And so tasty! Thanks for posting this, Sue!
these were very good. To give them more flavor I added some garlic and onion powder, and fresh rosemary while they were baking. I loved the how combining the methods of cooking the potatoes was detected in the finished product.
I am not a big potato fan but make them for guests. These were so good, however, that even I loved them! The combination boil/bake makes the texture just lovely, and the spices were just perfect. Next time I might use a bit less oil. I will definitely make these again!
I never do well with roasted potatoes, but these turned out nicely. Unfortunately, my family doesn't care for roasted potatoes at all. Oh well! I baked these maybe 10 minutes longer and I think it was a good choice.
Good, but a little bland. I ended up putting ketchup on these. Maybe will add rosemary or something next time.
These were good, but we didn't love them. Maybe the texture was too creamy for roasted potatoes. I ended up mashing mine on my plate. They were pretty good as a garlic, mashed potato.
Deliciously flavorful! I didn't add parsley (personal preference) and didn't need it. I used half the salt the recipe called for and I think it may have even been too much. Increase the healthy-factor by taking away the salt all together.
I made these to accompany chicken fried steak and they were a hit with the whole family....including a finicky 11 yr old! Easy to make and a nice change of pace from plain ole potatoes. Thanks for posting!
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Barajas also refused to reveal anything about the UFW's intimate relationship with Reiter Affiliated Companies, an Oxnard-based subsidiary of Driscoll's which grows berries in the United States, Mexico, Europe and Northern Africa. The UFW will not discuss when their friendship with Driscoll's began, however a photograph from May 1, 2013 reveals their relationship with Reiter Affiliated Companies. In the photo taken at the Comprehensive Immigration Reform rally in Oxnard on International Workers Day, children and adults are waving red and black UFW flags and holding a Reiter Affiliated Companies banner next to a company representative holding a UFW flag. 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Yet at Sakuma Brothers Farm, a Washington farm that grows blueberries and blackberries for Driscoll's, management has refused to negotiate a contract with Familias Unidas por la Justicia. Rather than enforcing its own standards, Driscoll's has stated it cannot insist that Sakuma Brothers Farm sit down with the independent union. Fair World Project has also sent a petition signed by nearly 10,000 consumers directly to Sakuma Brothers asking CEO Danny Weeden to sit down with farmworkers. 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CRPE's Right without a Remedy discloses for the first time internal U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) documents that reveal EPA's persistent unwillingness to enforce Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, regarding Latino schoolchildren's exposure to dangerous pesticides. The report shows through emails and internal memoranda how EPA allowed its Office of Pesticide Programs to limit EPA's enforcement of the Civil Rights Act and denied the children relief from on-going pesticide exposures. "The CRPE report provides further evidence that regulators have known about the greater pesticide health threats Latino children face, yet have done nothing to protect them at the same level as white children. This is environmental racism. It's illegal. It's outrageous," said Dr. Ann Lopez, Executive Director of the Center for Farmworker Families. Read More and Download the Reports Previous Coverage: Agricultural Pesticide Use Up 10% in Monterey, 9.4% in Santa Cruz || Fumigant Pesticides Put Central Coast Communities At Risk || California's New "Recommended Restrictions" for Chloropicrin are Inadequate || Groundbreaking Report Finds High Rates of Pesticide Use Near Monterey County Schools]]> California Central Valley Education & Student Activism Environment & Forest Defense Front Page Health, Housing, and Public Services Racial Justice Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay Area U.S. image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/05/08/18786221.php Long-Time Berkeley Post Office Occupation Ends with Early Morning Raid Occupation Resisted USPS Privatization, Offered Services for Homeless in Berkeley 2016-05-09T00:18:23Z 2016-05-09T00:18:23Z en-US Two groups of activists – First They Came for the Homeless and Berkeley Post Office Defenders – had occupied the grounds of the Main Berkeley Post Office continuously since late November 2014. The site had been ground zero in the fight against the privatization of the United States Postal Service (USPS) until one year ago when a Federal judge prevented the sale of the property and the occupation become symbolic of the plight of the homeless in Berkeley. Mike Zint of First They Came for the Homeless writes: For 17 months and 12 days, a hand full of protesters occupied the post office in protest of the theft of our commons. During that time, we helped to bring attention to the sale of the downtown Berkeley post office. We installed community oriented services to reaffirm our ownership of this property. Those services included feeding those in need, a free box for donated items, a free library, a newspaper stand, a place for public posting of literature, outreach for the homeless, and a community garden. These services were utilized by everyone, housed and homeless alike. Thousands were fed, hundreds were clothed, and dozens of homeless were able to replace "confiscated" gear. EVICTED! First They Came for the Homeless Forcefully Removed from Berkeley Post Office | Statement from First They Came for the Homeless on the Berkeley Post Office Eviction | Postal Police Announce Saturday Morning Raid on Berkeley Homeless Protest See Also: Solving Homelessness One Tiny Homes Community at a Time | Press Conference and Extended Action: Stop the Anti-Homeless Ordinance in Berkeley | Postal Heritage Day at the Berkeley Post Office | Celebrate the victory: Saving the Berkeley Post Office from being sold | Community Meeting: Update on the Threat to the Berkeley Post Office | "Stop the Sale!" and Christmas Decorating Party at the Berkeley Post Office | Sing to Save Our Post Office | David Rovics in Concert on the Berkeley Post Office Steps | Rally to Save the Berkeley Post Office | Jam the Sale of the Downtown Berkeley Post Office | Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly | Ralph Nader comes to the Berkeley Post Office! | Ralph Nader Speaking on Privatization, the Post Office & the Fight Against the Corporate State | Protest Staples Post Offices with APWU! | 100th Birthday Party for the Berkeley Post Office Previous Related Indybay Features: Historic Post Offices Should Not Be For Sale | Community Groups Push to Save Berkley Post Office from Being Sold to a Commercial Business ]]> East Bay Area Front Page Government & Elections Health, Housing, and Public Services Police State U.S. image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/05/03/18785991.php Driscoll's Runs Away At Watsonville Earth Day Earth Day in Watsonville Promotes Driscoll's or Children and the Environment? 2016-05-04T04:11:29Z 2016-05-04T04:11:29Z en-US Michael Garcia of the Watsonville Brown Berets educated people about the boycott and handed out flyers. Garcia observed that, "Driscoll's packed up and left because they cannot stand the truth being told to consumers about the blood berries they sell." Supporters and representatives of Driscoll's were upset that people had the nerve to counter the greenwashing from the world's largest berry distributor. One supporter said, "This is not the time to do this because there are children here." Read More with Photos and Video Previous Coverage: UFW Tries to Silence Boycott Driscoll's Activists at Cesar Chavez March || Washington State Farmworkers Launch West Coast Tour in Solidarity with San Quintín || Boycott Driscoll's Action at Whole Foods Market in Santa Cruz || Boycott Driscoll's Action in Watsonville || U.S. and Mexican Workers Call for Boycott of Driscoll's Berries]]> Americas Environment & Forest Defense Front Page Global Justice and Anti-Capitalism Labor & Workers Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay Area U.S. image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/04/30/18785860.php Anti-Trump Protesters Shut Down Roads to Republican Convention Trump Forced to Sneak Through Fence to Reach California GOP Convention in Burlingame 2016-05-01T06:38:49Z 2016-05-01T06:38:49Z en-US On April 29, it was the Bay Area's turn. Trump was scheduled to speak on the opening day of the California Republican Convention in Burlingame, just south of San Francisco. Protesters came out in force, blocked streets with lockboxes, and pushed through police barricades to rush the Hyatt hotel at which the convention was being held. Trump's motorcade was unable to drive directly to the hotel, so Trump and his entourage were forced to walk from Highway 101 through concrete barriers to reach the convention via a back entrance. Photos and Video | Turn Up on Trump in San Francisco ]]> Front Page Government & Elections Immigrant Rights Peninsula Police State Racial Justice U.S. Womyn image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/04/13/18785220.php UFW Tries to Silence Boycott Driscoll's Activists at Cesar Chavez March Activists Ask United Farm Workers: Which Side Are You On? 2016-04-13T19:41:47Z 2016-04-13T19:41:47Z en-US Familias Unidas por la Justicia (FUJ), an independent farmworker union in Burlington, Washington fighting for a union contract, and initiators of the boycott against Driscoll's. WBB and FUJ activists spoke with people assembled at Cesar Chavez Community Park and handed out flyers about the growing movement to boycott Driscoll's, the world's largest berry distributor. FUJ, along with tens of thousands of farmworkers in San Quintín, Mexico, are fighting to end wage theft and poverty wages, inhumane production standards, and retaliation from protected union activity. Although advocating for farmworkers' rights seems like it would be warmly welcomed by UFW, that was not the experience for WBB and FUJ members. Despite UFW's wishes, the event's stage manager granted advocates of the Driscoll's boycott a few minutes to address the crowd. In an act highlighting UFW's partnership with Driscoll's, UFW Regional Director Lauro Barajas removed a UFW flag from the front of the stage moments before FUJ member Lázaro Matamoros, a Mixtec migrant from Oaxaca, Mexico, described 5am-4:30pm days with no breaks or lunch while harvesting berries for Driscoll's at Sakuma Brothers Farms in Washington state. Read More with Photos and Video | Letter from Al Rojas to Arturo Rodriguez on UFW and the Delano 1965 Grape Strike Previous Coverage: Washington State Farmworkers Launch West Coast Tour in Solidarity with San Quintín]]> Americas California Front Page Immigrant Rights International Labor & Workers Racial Justice Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay Area U.S. image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/04/08/18785018.php 26 Arrested at Drone War Base in Nevada Resistance Continues at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada 2016-04-09T03:36:15Z 2016-04-09T03:36:15Z en-US "We are acting in solidarity with whistleblowers and current drone warriors who have suffered moral injury from their work at Creech, yet who are unable to take this kind of direct action without severe consequences, and on behalf of victims of drone war crimes," said Renee Espeland of Iowa who was arrested at the middle gate of Creech yesterday. Read More | Nevada Desert Experience ]]> Anti-War and Militarism Front Page Police State U.S. image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/03/13/18783998.php Disappearance of Goats, Rabbits at Santa Cruz Biotechnology Raises Questions Exodus of SCBT Goat and Rabbit Inventories Coincides with Enforcement Actions by USDA 2016-03-14T01:05:04Z 2016-03-14T01:05:04Z en-US An inspection conducted by the USDA just six months prior revealed an inventory of 3,202 goats and 2,471 rabbits. The exodus of the facility's goat and rabbit inventories coincides with an unprecedented series of enforcement actions by the USDA against SCBT. These actions are tied to numerous citations issued against the company by USDA veterinary inspectors, alleging serious violations of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), including concealing an entire barn housing over 800 goats who had been used in antibody production. "SCBT has been repeatedly cited by the USDA for failing to meet the modest requirements under the law," said Cathy Liss, president of the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), which has brought public scrutiny to the allegations against SCBT. Since 2012, AWI has repeatedly called for the USDA to take action, including seeking revocation of SCBT's dealer license and issuing a substantial fine against the facility. "This company has been on the USDA's enforcement radar for more than a decade. It appears that its misdeeds have finally caught up with it. We applaud the department for its diligence and will continue our efforts to ensure that no animals will ever suffer at SCBT again." Read More Previous Coverage: USDA Presents Case Against Santa Cruz Biotechnology in Historic Proceeding | Dealer of Animal-Derived Antibodies Could Lose License | ALDF Lawsuit Against Santa Cruz Biotechnology Animal Testing Facility Gains Support | Federal Investigations Reveal Severe Neglect of Animals at Santa Cruz Biotechnology]]> Animal Liberation Front Page Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay Area U.S. image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/02/27/18783412.php Protesters Face Off with FBI in Digital Privacy Battle Demonstrators Insist FBI Wrong to Want to Break into Phones 2016-02-28T03:20:25Z 2016-02-28T03:20:25Z en-US Elsewhere in the US, demonstrators in more than 40 cities across the US rallied in front of Apple stores to protest the Department of Justice demand that Apple help hack an iPhone used by one of the San Bernadino shooters. One of the major rallies held on the February 23 national day of action was in front of FBI headquarters in Washington, DC. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has said it will be filing an amicus brief in support of Apple with the courts. Shahid Buttar of EFF wrote: "The FBI's demands reflect a familiar pattern of security agencies leveraging the most seemingly compelling situations—usually the aftermath of terror attacks—to create powers that are later used more widely and eventually abused. The government programs monitoring the telephone system and Internet, for example, were created in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. Those programs came to undermine the rights of billions of people, doing more damage to our security than the tragic events that prompted their creation." Photos: 1 | 2 | don'tbreakourphones.org | Electronic Frontier Foundation ]]> City of San Francisco Front Page Global Justice and Anti-Capitalism Peninsula Police State U.S. image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/02/21/18783192.php Anti-BDS Bills Introduced in California Legislature Nationwide, New Laws Seek to Suppress Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Campaigns 2016-02-22T04:39:21Z 2016-02-22T04:39:21Z en-US At least twenty-two bills aimed at suppressing the BDS movement were introduced last year in states across the country. These bills are part of a broader effort to shut down the movement for Palestinian rights, and BDS efforts in particular. In New York state, two proposed bills would blacklist individuals, businesses, and organizations that boycott (or encourage others to boycott) Israel. The version that passed the NY State Senate also affects those who boycott several other "allied" nations. New York State would be prohibited from contracting with or investing in individuals and entities on the blacklist should the bill pass the Assembly and be signed into law by Governor Cuomo. Other similar bills have become law or are being considered in at least Illinois, Tennessee, South Carolina, Florida, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Indiana, as well as within the U.S. Congress. In California, two anti-BDS bills were introduced by Assembly member Travis Allen, R-Huntington Beach, on January 4. AB 1551, the "California Israel Commerce Protection Act", would prohibit the state from investing in businesses and institutions that comply with boycotts called for by a foreign country or international organization against Israel or Israeli-controlled territories. AB 1552, introduced by Assemblyman Allen in tandem with AB 1551, would prohibit the state from contracting with entities that engage in what he calls "boycotts due to discrimination and bigotry." Read More: California Legislators Urged to Oppose Anti-Boycott Bills | New York State wants to blacklist BDS supporters | Anti-BDS provision signed by Obama won't stop this movement | The Palestine Exception to Free Speech: A Movement Under Attack in the US ]]> California Front Page Government & Elections Palestine U.S. image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/02/11/18782880.php Miwok Elder Participates in his Fifth Longest Walk Longest Walks Bring Attention to Issues that Directly Affect Native Americans 2016-02-12T02:07:13Z 2016-02-12T02:07:13Z en-US For many years, Norman "Wounded Knee" DeOcampo advocated for the protection of sacred site, "Sogorea Te" located in the Glen Cove area of Vallejo. A spiritual occupation of the Native American Sacred Burial Site lasted 109 days, beginning in April of 2011 and ending in August of 2011. In 2014, Spiritual Walkers of the Longest Walk 4 arrived in Vallejo and stopped during their walk at sacred site, Sogorea Te. The longest walkers offered prayers to the ancestors buried at the sacred site and held a brief discussion, followed by a pot luck. Wounded Knee states, "The Longest Walks are held to bring attention to issues that directly affect Native Americans". The Longest Walk 5, will cover 3,600 miles, and will travel through California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia, before ending in Washington, D.C. on July 15, 2016. Dennis Banks, Co-Founder of the American Indian Movement, will be leading The Longest Walk 5 and has declared this walk to be a "war on drugs". Read More | Longest Walk 5 website]]> California Drug War East Bay Area Environment & Forest Defense Front Page Health, Housing, and Public Services Racial Justice U.S. image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/01/13/18781760.php Boycott Driscoll's Action in Watsonville Labor Struggles Continue with Driscoll's Growers in Washington State and Baja, Mexico 2016-01-14T02:01:53Z 2016-01-14T02:01:53Z en-US Workers who grow, harvest, and pack the lucrative berries are struggling against the systematic abuses they are forced to endure, and the companies profiting from the exploitation of their collective labor. Gloria Gracida attended the demonstration, which was held at Mi Pueblo Market on Freedom Boulevard in Watsonville, a large chain supermarket which sells the berries. She explained that contrary to claims made by Driscoll's and it's subcontractors, there are ongoing labor disputes with Driscoll's growers in San Quintín over unfair wages and wage theft, mistreatment and sexual harassment in the workplace, and against the dependency upon child labor for production. Gracida, known as Maestra Gloria, was born in San Martín Peras, Oaxaca, and spoke on behalf of the Alianza de Organizaciones Nacionales, Estatales y Municipales para Justicia Social (the Alliance of National, State and Municipal Organizations for Social Justice) based in San Quintín. Read More with Photos and Video: Boycott Driscoll's Action in Watsonville | Community Members in Watsonville Demonstrate in Support of Driscoll's Berry Boycott Previous Coverage: U.S. and Mexican Workers Call for Boycott of Driscoll's Berries ]]> Americas California Front Page Global Justice and Anti-Capitalism Labor & Workers Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay Area U.S. image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/01/13/18781758.php Lawsuit Launched for Endangered Species Act Protection of Monarch Butterflies Federal Inaction Following 80 Percent Decline in Monarch Population Prompts Legal Action 2016-01-14T01:30:15Z 2016-01-14T01:30:15Z en-US In December 2014 the agency issued an initial positive decision on the petition and launched an official review of the butterfly's status. The agency is now more than one year late in issuing a legally required "12-month finding" that will determine whether to protect the charismatic large and orange and black butterfly under the Act. The groups' lawsuit will force the agency to commit to a legally binding date to issue a final decision on the monarch's protection. The "12-month finding" will either propose protection under the Endangered Species Act, reject protection under the Act, or add the butterfly to the candidate waiting list for protection. Read More | See Also: Early data from Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count suggests a small increase in numbers | Monarch Scientists Release Statement Highlighting Concerns with Butterfly Releases | Victory for Monarchs in California! Previous Coverage: Monarch Butterflies in North America Found to be Vulnerable to Extinction | Monarch Butterfly Moves Toward Endangered Species Act Protection]]> California Environment & Forest Defense Front Page Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay Area U.S. image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/12/14/18780976.php Native Americans Swim Alcatraz to Fight Diabetes Alcatraz Swim Week Promotes Healthy Eating and an Active Lifestyle Among Native Americans 2015-12-15T04:35:44Z 2015-12-15T04:35:44Z en-US That tradition continued on Oct. 19, 2015, when Native Americans made the crossing from the "Rock" to San Francisco to conclude this year's annual PATHSTAR Alcatraz Swim Week. The eight-day event is a component of a year-round program to encourage healthy eating and a stay-active lifestyle among Native Americans who have the highest rates of Type 2 diabetes in the United States, according to the Indian Health Service (IHS). Eloy Martinez, Southern Ute, a member of the band of Native Americans who occupied Alcatraz in November, 1969 and remained for 19 months before they were removed by federal authorities, offered a sage blessing and prayer for a safe swim. Read More | Pathstar.org Previous Coverage: 2011 | 2012 | 2013 ]]> California City of San Francisco Front Page Health, Housing, and Public Services Racial Justice U.S. image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/11/24/18780289.php UC Santa Cruz Students Participate in Million Student March Students Call for Tuition-Free College, Cancellation of All Student Debt, $15 Minimum Wage 2015-11-24T08:06:54Z 2015-11-24T08:06:54Z en-US "The United States is the richest country in the world, yet students have to take on crippling debt in order to get a college education," a national announcement for the Million Student March read. "We need change, and change starts in the streets when the people demand it. With students, college graduates, and workers united we can build a movement capable of winning debt-free college for all and a $15 minimum wage for all campus workers." At UC Santa Cruz, the march was organized by the UCSC Student Labor Action Project, as well as students involved with "Fund the UC," a campaign organized by the UC Student Association to fight for the "affordability, quality and accessibility" of the University of California system. Read More with Photos ]]> Education & Student Activism Front Page Labor & Workers Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay Area U.S. image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/11/24/18780288.php Nice Try, Pope Francis, But to Many Junipero Serra Is No Saint Mission Santa Cruz Vandalized Repeatedly Following Canonization of Junipero Serra 2015-11-24T08:03:33Z 2015-11-24T08:03:33Z en-US Students touring the historical mission in Santa Cruz discovered the latest vandalism, according to media reports. Mission Santa Cruz wasn't founded by Junipero Serra but by his successor, Father Fermín Francisco de Lasuén. It is one of 21 Spanish Franciscan missions stretching from Sonoma to San Diego that were part of the hegemony, apartheid, and colonialism that European invaders forced upon Native people. Samuel Vargo writes: "Pope Francis can't say I didn't try to warn him about his harebrained decision to canonize Junipero Serra a Roman Catholic saint [...] every tribe and band of American Indians in the mission area of California, and for that matter, the rest of the state, sent letters to Rome asking the Pope not to canonize this vampire. And other Indian nations, tribes and bands throughout the country also sent correspondences." Read More Previous Coverage: Mission Carmel Vandalized Days After Pope Francis Canonizes Junipero Serra ]]> California Front Page International Racial Justice Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay Area U.S. image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/11/01/18779549.php California Moves to Keep Whales Out of Crab Gear State Group Calls for Changes as West Coast Whale Entanglements Reach Record High Levels 2015-11-02T02:50:11Z 2015-11-02T02:50:11Z en-US Commercial Dungeness crab season in California opens Nov. 15, so remedies requiring legislative or regulatory changes couldn't be implemented before this season. The new short-term recommendations focus on training commercial crabbers to respond to whale entanglements, expanding the lost-gear recovery program, improving data collection, testing gear modifications (such as breakaway lines), and developing a best-practices guide. "It's been heartbreaking to see so many humpback and gray whales tangled up in fishing lines along California's coast," said Kristen Monsell, a Center attorney who serves on the working group. "We're glad to see the crab industry involved with finding solutions and these recommendations are a good first step." Read More | See Also: New Data Shows West Coast Whale Entanglements Now at Record High Levels]]> Animal Liberation California City of San Francisco Environment & Forest Defense Front Page International North Bay / Marin North Coast Peninsula Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay Area U.S. image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/10/22/18779181.php Kettle Falls Patients Get Federal Prison Sentences President Obama Urged to Pardon All Three Kettle Falls Defendants and End Prosecutions 2015-10-23T05:09:35Z 2015-10-23T05:09:35Z en-US Larry Harvey's widow, Rhonda Firestack-Harvey, and her daughter-in-law Michelle Gregg were each sentenced to one year and a day. Rhonda's son, Rolland Gregg, received a sentence of 33 months. All three were released pending appeal. They were each charged with multiple federal felonies that carried stiff mandatory minimum sentences after a 2012 raid on the family's personal cannabis garden in rural Washington State, even though there was no evidence of distribution and the garden was clearly marked as medical. The defendants were barred from raising a medical necessity defense, despite being qualified patients in Washington State. The jury acquitted them of all the government's primary charges but found them guilty of "manufacturing" fewer than 100 plants. Read More]]> Drug War Front Page Health, Housing, and Public Services Police State U.S. image/jpeg


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BYU to visit last-place Loyola Marymount in regular-season finale
Deseret News
LOS ANGELES — In the space of 48 hours, BYU is going from hosting the first-place team in the West Coast Conference — and the No. 2 ranked team in the nation, Gonzaga — to visiting last-place Loyola Marymount.
With a win Saturday (9 p.m. MST, ESPNU) over the Lions in the regular-season finale at Gersten Pavilion, the Cougars could clinch the No. 3 seed in the WCC tournament, which tips off next week at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.
As of now, BYU and Santa Clara are tied for third in the WCC standings with identical 9-6 league records. But by virtue of the Cougars' season sweep of the Broncos, BYU would earn the No. 3 seed if the two teams tie.
Santa Clara visits Saint Mary's Saturday, one day after the NCAA announced sanctions against the Gaels.
The Cougars are mired in a two-game losing streak and have lost four of their last six games, including a 70-65 defeat to No. 2 Gonzaga last Thursday at the Marriott Center.
"They're good. They're one of the best teams we've played since I've been here," coach Dave Rose said of the Zags. "It's kind of comparable to the North Carolina team we played in Vegas a few years ago that ended up winning the national championship. I hope we get a chance to play them again in Vegas."
For now, though, the Cougars are simply looking for a victory of any kind.
"We need to get a win here and get on a positive note to have confidence going into the tournament in Vegas," said Rose.
But the coach added that Loyola Marymount (1-14, 8-21) should test his squad.
"We'll have a challenge on Saturday," Rose said. "It's a really talented team that's had some tough luck."
The struggling Lions have dropped 13 straight games, including a 79-56 beating at Santa Clara last Thursday.
Despite back-to-back losses to Saint Mary's and Gonzaga, senior guard Brock Zylstra said his team has improved dramatically since dropping two consecutive games to San Diego and San Francisco in early February.
"We're playing more as a team, we're sharing the ball. (Forward Brandon Davies) is playing great for us," Zylstra said. "We're playing, as a whole, better. If you look at the tape from two weeks ago when we played San Diego and San Francisco, we're playing 100 times better than we did then."
"We're just now kind of finding ourselves and playing the way we should have been playing all year," said Davies. "Against good teams like (Gonzaga), among the elite, you've got to put it together from the beginning of the season."
BYU (20-10, 9-6) at Loyola Marymount (1-14, 8-21)
Gersten Pavilion
9 p.m. MST
Radio: 1160 AM, 102.7 FM
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