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Eminem is coming clean about the harsh details of his drug addiction in the documentary "How to Make Money Selling Drugs."
The rap superstar admits that he refused to face the fact that he was addicted to prescription pills for a long time. Denial allowed his addiction to grow until he was taking any pill that people would give him. During one drug-related hospitalization, Em recalls that he was so close to death that had he arrived to the hospital two hours later he would have died. While there were dark days for the rapper, he assures fellow addicts that things do get better.
While documenting the violence of the drug world, "How to Make Money Selling Drugs" also exposes corruption by the so-called "War on Drugs."
The documentary also features interviews with Russell Simmons, Woody Harrelson, Susan Sarandon, 50 Cent and "The Wire" creator David Simon. This film opens in select theaters this weekend.
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Monday Morning Quarterback: The Good, The Bad Of Week 16
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Philadelphia EaglesChicago Bears
Nick Foles was razor sharp as the Eagles did whatever they wanted to against the overmatched Bears. Foles completed 21-of-25 passes for 230 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions as the Eagles were never challenged.
Jay Cutler was ineffective against the Eagles' 30th-rated defense. He completed 20-of-35 passes for 222 yards with one touchdown and one interception as he was unable to spark the Bears in a game that could have given them the NFC North title.
New England PatriotsBaltimore Ravens
The Pats bounced back with a huge win following their Week 15 loss to the Dolphins. Tom Brady was not required to throw the ball all over the field as the Pats' running game was excellent. Brady completed 14-of-26 passes for 172 yards with one TD and he was not intercepted.
Joe Flacco may not admit it, but he was troubled by an MCL injury that limited his ability to move around the pocket. He completed 22-of-38 passes for 260 yards, but he did not throw a TD pass while throwing two interceptions.
San Diego ChargersOakland Raiders
Philip Rivers came through with another solid showing as the Chargers took care of business against a team that is struggling badly. Rivers completed 19-of-29 passes for 201 yards with one TD and one interception. He avoided major errors, and that was what was needed in this game.
Matt McGloin played with effort and was moderately effective, but the Raiders were not able to pull off the upset. McGloin completed 20-of-36 passes for 206 yards with no touchdowns and an interception. That wasn't enough to keep the Raiders in the game for 60 minutes.
Pittsburgh SteelersGreen Bay Packers
Ben Roethlisberger kept pushing the pace and the Steelers came away with the huge road victory. Roethlisberger knows the Steelers don't have a great chance to make the playoffs, but they are still alive. Roethlisberger completed 16-of-28 passes for 167 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. Roethlisberger also scored on a 13-yard TD run.
Matt Flynn is feisty and he never stopped trying to get the Packers the win, but the play-calling and penalty at the end of the game did not give his team the opportunity to push the game into overtime. Flynn completed 21-of-39 passes for 232 yards with one TD and one interception.
Arizona CardinalsSeattle Seahawks
Perhaps the most shocking development of the Week 16 games was that the Cardinals defeated the Seahawks on their homefield. Carson Palmer struggled throughout as he completed 13-of-25 passes for 178 yards with four interceptions, but he threw the game-winning TD pass to Michael Floyd late in the fourth quarter to give the Cardinals the shocking upset.
Russell Wilson tasted defeat on his homefield for the first time in his career as he completed 11-of-27 passes for 108 yards with one touchdown and one interception.
New York GiantsDetroit Lions
The good moments have been few and far between for Eli Manning this season, but his performance was solid vs. the inept Lions. He completed 23-of-42 passes for 256 yards with one TD and one interception. He led the Giants on the game-winning drive in overtime, and that allowed Manning to leave the field with his head held high.
Matthew Stafford and Lions lost another game that they needed to win, and Stafford's fourth-quarter interception that was returned for a touchdown allowed the Giants to tie the game and send it to overtime. Stafford completed 25-of-42 passes for 222 yards with no touchdowns and two interceptions.
Dallas CowboysWashington Redskins
With the season on the line, Tony Romo came through with the big throw when the Cowboys needed it most. His fourth-down TD pass to DeMarco Murray late in the fourth quarter gave the Cowboys the victory over the struggling Redskins. Romo completed 17-of-27 passes for 226 yards with two TD passes and one interception.
Kirk Cousins led the Redskins to a very competitive effort as he completed 21-of-36 passes for 197 yards with one TD and one interception. However, it was not enough to get the Redskins their fourth win of the season.
St. Louis RamsTampa Bay Buccaneers
A very unusual game as neither quarterback threw a touchdown or an interception. Kellen Clemens had one of his sharpest games for the Rams, completing 16-of-20 passes for 158 yards.
Mike Glennon was never able to get anything going for the Bucs, as he was held to 156 passing yards. He completed 16-of-26 passes and he fumbled once.
New York JetsCleveland Browns
Geno Smith has struggled throughout his rookie season, but he kept his cool in this game and played one of his best games. Smith completed 20-of-36 passes for 214 yards with two touchdowns and he did not throw an interception. Smith also ran for a touchdown.
Jason Campbell couldn't figure out the Jets' defense. He completed 18-of-39 passes for 178 yards. He did not throw a TD pass and he threw an interception.
Indianapolis ColtsKansas City Chiefs
Andrew Luck was on top of his game as he completed 26-of-37 passes for 241 yards with a touchdown. He did not throw an interception or fumble.
A week after leading the Chiefs to 56 points against the Raiders, Alex Smith had a tough day against the Colts. Smith completed 16-of-29 passes for 153 yards with no touchdowns and two interceptions. He also fumbled...twice.
Tennessee TitansJacksonville Jaguars
Ryan Fitzpatrick did not play the role of hero, but he did enough to help the Titans get the win. He completed 17-of-26 passes for 181 yards with one TD and one interception.
Chad Henne was solid, but the Jaguars lost their second straight game. Henne completed 24-of-34 passes for 237 yards with two touchdowns and one interception.
Denver BroncosHouston Texans
Peyton Manning put an exclamation point on his remarkable season. He threw four TD passes in the rout of the Texans, giving him a record 51 TD passes. Manning completed 32-of-51 passes for 400 yards.
Matt Schaub had another uninspired performance, completing 18-of-37 passes for 176 yards with one TD and two interceptions. The Texans have lost 13 straight games.
Cincinnati BengalsMinnesota Vikings
Andy Dalton was on top of his game as the Bengals easily disposed of the Vikings. Dalton completed 27-of-38 passes for 366 yards with four TDs and no interceptions. Dalton has been inconsistent this season, but he dominated against the Vikings.
Matt Cassel struggled against the aggressive Bengals defense. He completed 13-of-27 passes for 114 yards with one TD and three interceptions.
Carolina PanthersNew Orleans Saints
Cam Newton did not have one of his better games, but he came through when the game was on the line late in the fourth quarter. Newton threw the game-winning TD pass in the final minute of the game and he completed 13-of-22 passes for 181 yards.
Drew Brees was under pressure throughout the game. He threw for 281 yards and a touchdown, but he also threw two interceptions. Brees was unable to deliver the victory when the NFC South was on the line.
Buffalo BillsMiami Dolphins
Thad Lewis led the Bills to a win over the Dolphins as he got the start because E.J. Manuel (knee) could not suit up. Lewis has limited skills, but he completed 15-of-25 passes for 193 yards and he only threw one interception.
Ryan Tannehill had been largely responsible for turning the Dolphins around with a late-season surge. However, it looked like he was playing against the 1985 Bears in this game. Tannehill completed 10-of-27 passes for 82 yards and he did not make the most of his opportunity.


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Bayou St. John, located in a Mid-City neighborhood, was once the city's "back door." Off the beaten path, boaters used to be able to get within a mile of the business section of New Orleans via waterways connected to Lake Pontchartrain. The bayou was cut off from the lake early on in the 20th century but the remaining, Bayou St. John waterway is still alive with canoes, kayaks, rafts and other non-motorized craft.
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One of the most significant stories of the first round of the playoffs is the early departure of the Vancouver Canucks and the resulting question mark surrounding Roberto Luongo's future with the Canucks. With young super prospect Cory Schneider out playing Luongo for arguably the second straight playoff it puts Luongo's future with the Canucks in doubt. As of now it seems apparent that Luongo is looking for a new start and the Canucks organization is probably looking more to Schneider than Luongo as their goalie of the future. There is a lot of speculation about which teams might be interested in Luongo (Tampa, Toronto, Chicago, San Jose, New Jersey are some of the suggested locations) but to me the greater question is, should anyone even be interested in Luongo?
The easiest method to evaluate goalies is their save percentage but because of situational and score effect differences maybe the best save percentage to use is 5v5 close zone start adjusted save percentage. The following table shows Luongo's 5v5 close zone start adjusted save percentage over the past 5 seasons along with his rank among goalies who have played at least 1000 minutes of ice time. I have also included his save percentage and rank among goalies with 3000 minutes over the past 3 years combined.
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As you can see, Luongo is basically a middle of the road goalie and has been consistently a middle of the road goalie for the past 5 years. Now, for about 10-15 teams, that would be an improvement on their current goaltending situation and for a few teams a significant improvement, but the question becomes, at what cost? As I am sure everyone reading this is well aware, Luongo has a monster contract. He is 33 years old and has 10 more years on his contract with a cap hit of $5.333M each year and his actual salary is $6.714M for the next 6 seasons before it begins to tail off. That is a lot of money and term to commit to an aging (though no signs of declining performance yet) middle of the road goalie who will not likely live up to expectations the near term and will certainly not live up to expectations over the long term.
How this plays out is anyone's guess. In my mind, Luongo's contract is not probably worth trading for, even if Luongo presents a significant improvement over a teams current goaltending situation. One could argue that acquiring Luongo could put the Leafs and Lightning in a playoff spot, but the long term risk is huge and the ability for Luongo to consistently take a team deep into the playoffs has to be questioned, even in the next few years. That said, I am sure there will be general managers out there that believe that Luongo is top tier goalie because his actual overall save percentage is pretty good and I am not sure how many of them will adjust for situational and score effects. The question is, will that even be enough for them to overlook his contract. I don't think it will be easy for the Canucks to trade Luongo but I suspect they will find someone will take a chance on him.
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Charles Hardin Holly; Clovis, New Mexico; May 27, 1957By John Jeremiah Sullivan
Dear Lorin,
A time comes when it's healthful to put aside obscurantism and turn to bedrock, if only briefly. And while I flatter myself in thinking you know me as a man not prone to get overly excited about digital-remastering projects, nevertheless there are instances in which the beauty of the original song lay precisely in a primary attempt to expose its elements, and in these cases the additional stripping away of hiss and other shit can be revelatory, or in this instance (Best Ever: Buddy Holly, Techniche 2009), transformative.
That plane crash was a Hindenburg of pop. It's taken me into my midthirties to mentally recover the true damage of it from Don McLean's rhymes. Ever really listen to "La Bamba"? You've probably unconsciously sold yourself on the idea that the Los Lobos version is slightly superior. Not so! It's not the guitar, either, but the voice. When angels sing rock for fun they sound like Ritchie Valens. Did you know it's Carol Kaye playing rhythm guitar there? Did you know Valens was seventeen when he died, that "La Bamba" hadn't even been released yet? Snowy field in northern Iowa, flames.
If you listen to the live versions of "La Bamba," Valens played it basically like a sped-up Mexican folk song. Only in the studio did the ecstatic thing happen–at the point of intersection. I read somewhere that Valens didn't even like it.
On "Not Fade Away," Jerry Allison plays a cardboard box (he'd ripped the idea from Buddy Knox's lyrically creepy "Party Doll"). The beat is cartoonishly African. If you want to hear where it came from, listen to the song I hope to keep if the people in charge of the survival pod say you can keep only one, Charles Barnett's "Run to My Jesus for Refuge." Barnett was a Georgia man in his nineties. Alan Lomax met him at the end of a sand lane near the Sea Islands, right around the time Buddy Holly was making his song. Lomak asked, "Know Any Tunes?". Barnett flipped a washtub over and started beating on it with two sticks, playing some of the most tenth-dimensional counterpoint you've ever heard, with galloping runs that suddenly freeze into cosmic pauses. "Mary, she wore a golden chain, / Every link was Jesus' name. / I'm gonna run to my Jesus for refuge." Supposedly Barnett could still jump into the air and click his heels together, at ninety-he-didn't-even-know-what.


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The new drug, called Adipotide, attacks white adipose tissue under the skin and around the abdomen
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Renata Pasqualini, Ph.D., co-senior author of the study and professor in MD Anderson's David H. Koch Center for Applied Research for Genitourinary Cancers, along with Wadih Arap, M.D., co-senior author of the study and a professor in the Koch Center, and Kirstin Barnhart, D.V.M., Ph.D., veterinary clinical pathologist at MD Anderson's Keeling Center for Comparative Medicine and Research, have created a new weight-loss drug that could potentially reduce accumulated
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The drug was used in mice models and rhesus monkey models. Adipotide was able to decrease abdominal circumference, body mass index (BMI) and body fat.
According to the study, the obese mice lost about 30 percent of their body weight while on Adipotide. The rhesus monkeys in the study, which were "spontaneously" obese due to overeating and a lack of physical activity, had a 27 percent decrease in abdominal fat levels. The drug reduced the weight of rhesus monkeys by 11 percent in just one month.
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According to the study, monkeys were alert and acted normally during treatment. This showed that the usual side effects of weight-loss drugs, such as loss of appetite and nausea, were not present while using Adipotide. However, Barnhart noted side effects in the kidneys, but the effect was "dose-dependent, predictable and reversible."
In a separate study to test for the drug's effects in non-obese monkeys, lean monkeys did not lose weight, which shows that the drug only acts in obese subjects.
The next step will be a clinical trial for obese prostate cancer patients, where these patients will receive daily injections of Adipotide for 28 days. The team has targeted prostate cancer patients because current treatments can lead to weight gain, and weight gain has caused problems with arthritis. This then leads to less activity, and more weight gain.
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Brevard, N.C. - The Brevard College Student-Athlete Advisory Committee will be hosting Kid's Night Out on Friday, April 9th, from 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. in Boshamer Gymnasium, to benefit both the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the SAAC.
Activities planned for the kids include playing games in the auxiliary gymnasium with a number of the Brevard College student-athletes, as well as other activities. Snacks and drinks will be provided during the event.
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Attending a school with four campuses, 250 undergraduate programs and nearly 72,000 students enrolled, Arizona State University students aren't finding it difficult to stick out from the crowd. In fact, they are proving countless ways to be innovative, distinct and professionally developed.
ASU has provided its student body with opportunities to take their education to a different level: to their careers, bringing their future dream jobs to the present.
Take ASU student Frank Kyle Robertson, for example. He's a third-year law student, looking to graduate with a Juris Doctorate (J.D). Earlier this year, however, on January 24, he went from being a student of law to arguing a case before Arizona's highest court.
He represented the Homeowner Advocacy Unit at ASU's law school, Southern Arizona Legal Aid and Jean Braucher, a law professor at the University of Arizona.
Robertson was extremely interested in this case and spent much time and effort during winter break towards research of the case. And his professors appreciated his interest and, in turn, invested in him and his professional development.
Robert says that the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law "offers a large number of real-world opportunities that are very helpful in preparing to practice law." The law school also offers 10 clinical programs, moot court competitions and litigation-focused classes.
The Biomedical Engineering Department also offers opportunities for ASU students. Through its undergraduate program, students must undergo the design process of medical technologies in its entirety: designing, testing, customer research, FDA regulations and, finally, production.
In fact, the current undergraduate senior class is working on projects that have great potential. Edgar Sanchez, a senior graduating in May of this year, is working on an electrode-based device that he will code to make readings of antibodies and antigens. This device is innovative in its portability and size. Currently, electrodes are used to input to a much larger reading device; however, Sanchez's project will allow for the electrodes to do the readings themselves.
His colleague, Madeline Grade, has also been recognized by Mayo Clinic and other research centers for her work on epilepsy. She, along with her professor Leon Jassemidis, has worked on the development of seizure predictions. Eventually, a device will be created that will warn an epileptic of a seizure hours before it actually occurs.
Dr. Vincent Pizziconi, the instructor of the senior capstone design course, says that ASU students at the biomedical engineering department are pushed to "realize their potential in the world of global health. Students are being trained to develop medical devices…" and provide them to those who live in places lacking resources.
As he works with students at the multimillion-dollar design facility at the Tempe campus, journalism professors and professionals at the Downtown Phoenix campus are working with their students to produce news pieces of national and international impact.
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Inilex®, a leading provider of aftermarket telemetry solutions for vehicles, has been named to the Inc. 500|5000 list for the third straight year. Inilex ranked No. 1056 on the prestigious national list, which recognizes America's fastest-growing privately held companies. Inilex's enormous growth makes it one of Arizona's most prominent companies, as well as one of the most successful companies in the automotive telematics industry.
Inilex manufactures and sells SkyLINK – an intelligent vehicle recovery device that uses GPS and cellular technologies to locate stolen vehicles in real time. Unlike other car theft-recovery devices, SkyLINK provides broad, nationwide coverage and it works with all law enforcement agencies. Inilex also offers InilexGPS and InilexGPS Fleet, which enable large enterprise companies to remotely monitor and manage their assets and workforce.
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SkyLINK and InilexGPS are both uniquely positioned in the growing "connected car" ecosystem. According to market research firm Infonetics, the connected car segment will experience a 25 percent compounded annual growth rate through 2018 and will reach almost $17 billion in total market revenue as companies learn about the safety and security associated with connected cars. Inilex is poised to capture a large share of that total market because its products are specifically tailored to meet the needs of a variety of companies ranging from major national auto dealers to local businesses. SkyLINK is available at more than 600 dealerships nationwide and is quickly becoming the foremost vehicle recovery device that even local police forces prefer because of its real-time, quick tracking technology. For example, recently Inilex was pivotal in helping police apprehend a kidnapper during an urgent Amber Alert.


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I've got so many stories, most of which revolve around after parties.
I recall being at an after-party in a hotel in Coventry, lots of familiar faces, all the usual suspects from the forum and otherwise, Mike Bisping had fought and won and had arrived back at the hotel battered with his manager (Anthony ?) it was about 3am and the barman tried to close the bar so Anthony said :-
"Can I make one last drink order?"
So the barman very reluctantly agreed, so Anthony said :-
"Can I have 20 pints of lager, 10 pints of cider, 10 pints of Guinness please"
And made the barman pour them all, Anthony paid for them all and we carried on boozing for a few more hours.
I used to have a picture on an old mobile of this big table entirely full of full pints, there wasn't room for a box of cigarettes on there.
For fear of sounding like a massive bumder, I miss the old shows so much, it was so social and raw, lots of memories.
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Even away from those shows i remember doing crazy things like going to Newcastle to Pride and Glory 2 (Bisping's MMA debut), to going to Huddersfield that night with the Butlin's and then onto Portsmouth for the first FCFN and that crazy 3x10 minute Superfight (plus much more) and then going to the aftershow. I spent far too much time getting coaches and trains and waiting out all night with other forum people after shows like Extreme Force and Cage Rage in London, the old Ultimate combat shows in Chippenham and Bristol and even witnessing all kinds of craziness at Extreme Brawl in Bracknell and round that way.
There was some really good times, yeah following the scene in the early days meant i was constantly broke but i (and many others) paid our dues this way. But back then the scene and the people in it really did feel like a family. Before the days when guys got 2 wins and thought they should be in the UFC, before the days of social media and excess hype, that was what UK MMA was all about. It was pure, it was gritty but it was fun.
Sure there was A LOT of bad times too, but as a kid in my 20's going to CW (and non-CW) events and meeting people i chatted to on the forum, or seeing fighters who were already big names in the scene it was pretty exciting. Every show had it's own story, it's heroes, it's legends, it's characters and it's own niche which made it stand out and special.
Nowadays UK MMA is mostly pretty generic and doesn't have that character and that 'family' feel to it, but the trade-off is that the guys who really matter, the fighters have a lot more options to go out and make something of their talent, which is only good for the scene and those in it
One or too fights at small show after partys one involved a whole gym against a bunch of doormen. I Was not involved.
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Retired 2k and out.
Group-hug guys ?
I have another albeit long story involving Rob Butler, Barrington Patterson, about 20 x Zulu Warriors, lots of violence and some guy standing shoulder to shoulder with me getting smacked full force in the face with a chair and concertinaing to the floor like a puppet that just had its strings cut, me and Rob looked at each other and agreed "time to go?" & bailed out of there about 2 seconds later.
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The Sweden dance-off was pretty awesome/bizarre.
It was after The Cheesecake Assassin had submitted Musoke, and Turner had a FOTN was with Hamid Corassani at Superior Challenge. We headed out on the town in Stockholm with the DNFT crew who are well renowned for a dance battle, particularly McVeigh.
We'd originally struggled to even get in the club with bashed faces and what not, but Corassani knew the bouncers and we slipped in past the queues, making our way to the dance floor. From there, we proceeded to throw shapes and cut the rugs until a circle had formed. Dragging in random passers by and bemused looking fighters, we forced them into doing an, often awkward, solo routine in the middle of the circle until we deemed it appropriate that they left. Thales Leites' two step, Daniel Acacio grinding on Swedish chicks and plenty more. Pretty amazing looking back.
My final memories of that night were flying kicking posters of Tom Jones and sprinting round Stockholm with various Scots in a shopping trolley.
just watched those two videos. bloody hell the first one there is a lot of blood. hard to tell which was worse.
second vid was amazing. that's entertainment. quality. loved that series of suplexes/missed moonsault. and the end obviously. did they cut his head with a blade? i remember watching muta in the luger/flair/sting tournament.
'Go read a fucking book, you piece of shit.'
I rember going to jersey with mr Furness..firstly we was accosted by customs (probably cos jay was dodgy)
Then after the show going to the after party an surrounded my people off there faces on "legal highs"
Some random guy asking pro fighters for drugs.
Declining an offer of a house party with aload of dodgy looking people.
Ending up at a woman's house watching people wanking on chat roulette
Getting cock blocked by a gay guy.
Was an emotional evening
two very weird incidents
The Dan Cox saga
An incident at a fight show involving two high profile fighters and various other parties which evolved into an internet argument complete with threats, led to an assault at another fight show and then there was a kind of a statement from one or possibly both guys that it was not what it appeared to be.
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Psy, Taylor Swift, & Justin Bieber winners at MuchMusic Awards
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Canada's music video showcase, the MuchMusic Awards, enjoyed a healthy dose of Psy on Sunday night. The South Korean rapper, who served as the ceremony's co-host, opened the show with "Gangnam Style" and closed it with "Gentlemen." The MuchMusic Awards, which aired on FUSE in the U.S., also included performances from stars like Demi Lovato, Phillip Phillips, Ed Sheeran and Avril Lavigne. Lovato and Lavigne both were winners as well, picking up Best International Video and Best International Video by a Canadian for their latest singles.
Pop star Justin Bieber didn't make it back to his native Canada for the awards, but did win the Favorite Artist/Group category, beating out Carly Rae Jepsen and Drake. Taylor Swift, who was in Toronto this weekend on her "Red" tour, did make an appearance, and was on hand to accept the Favorite International Artist or Group award.
Other stars who attended Sunday's MuchMusic Awards were "Glee" star Naya Rivera and her boyfriend Big Sean, Austin Mahone and Cody Simpson.
2013 MuchMusic Awards Winners List:
Video of the Year
Classified feat. David Myles, "Inner Ninja"
Post-Production of the Year
Billy Talent, "Surprise Surprise"
Dance Video of the Year:
deadmau5 feat. Chris James, "The Veldt"
Director of the Year:
Drake, "Started From the Bottom"
Pop Video of the Year:
Marianas Trench, "Desperate Measures"
Rock/Alternative Video of the Year:
Serena Ryder, "Stompa"
Hip-Hop Video of the Year:
Drake, "Started From the Bottom"
MuchFACT Video of the Year:
Classified feat. David Myles, "Inner Ninja:
International Video of the Year ? Artist:
Demi Lovato, "Heart Attack"
International Video of the Year ? Group:
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz, "Thrift Shop"
International Video of the Year by a Canadian:
Avril Lavigne, "Here?s to Never Growing Up"
Your Fave Artist/Group:
Justin Bieber
Your Fave Video:
Marianas Trench, "Stutter"
Your Fave International Artist or Group:
Taylor Swift
Viral Video of the Year:
Psy, "Gangnam Style"
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Dr. David Jeremiah, founder of Turning Point Radio and Television Ministries and senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church, felt God's calling on his life at a very early age. Born February 13, 1941 in Toledo, Ohio, Dr. Jeremiah was raised in a family deeply committed to ministry. At the age of eleven, Dr. Jeremiah and his family moved to Dayton, Ohio where his father, Dr. James T. Jeremiah, was the Pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church, and in 1953 became the President of Cedarville College in Cedarville, Ohio. Read more here.
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Jenna Bush Hager: Baby On The Way!
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This morning (December 12) the "Today" co-host broke the good news after keeping it a secret for the past several months.
Jenna gushed, "It's something I've always wanted," also noting that her father, former President George Bush, is "fired up" to be a grandfather.
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Acer has introduced its latest premium Windows 8 ultrabook devices, the Aspire S7 series, at Computex Taipei 2012. Available in two sizes - 13.3-inch and 11.6-inch - the series adopts full HD touch panels. Both machines also feature aluminum metallic unibody design, while the larger model additionally sports a glossy, sculpted glass cover.
The 13.3-inch model offers up to 12 hours of battery life, while the 11.6-inch model can run for up to nine hours, Acer said. Heat dissipation is enabled by the Acer Twin Air cooling system.
Acer's S7 Series also features a light-sensing keyboard, which automatically detects changes in lighting conditions and adjusts the keyboard backlight brightness.
- Wireless broadband developments in Southeast Asia markets
As of 2013, the 10 ASEAN nations had a total of over 700 million mobile subscriptions, with the CAGR from 2003-2013 reaching 24%. This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the various mobile broadband markets in ASEAN and looks at the respective trends in 4G LTE development for those markets.
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Principal Proposed Uses
Other Proposed Uses
Native to southern Asia, ginger is a 2- to 4-foot-long perennial that produces grass-like leaves up to a foot long and almost an inch wide. Although it is called ginger root in the grocery store, the part of the herb used is actually the rhizome, the underground stem of the plant, with its bark-like outer covering scraped off.
Ginger has been used as food and medicine for millennia. Arabian traders carried ginger root from China and India to be used as a food spice in ancient Greece and Rome, and tax records from the second century AD show that ginger was a delightful source of revenue to the Roman treasury.
Chinese medical texts from the fourth century BC suggest that ginger is effective in treating nausea, diarrhea, stomachaches, cholera, toothaches, bleeding, and rheumatism. Ginger was later used by Chinese herbalists to treat a variety of respiratory conditions, including coughs and the early stages of colds.
Ginger's modern use dates back to the early 1980s, when a scientist named D. Mowrey noticed that ginger-filled capsules reduced his nausea during an episode of flu. Inspired by this, he performed the first double-blind study of ginger. Germany's Commission E subsequently approved ginger as a treatment for indigestion and motion sickness.
One of the most prevalent ingredients in fresh ginger is the pungent substance gingerol. However, when ginger is dried and stored, its gingerol rapidly converts to the substances shogaol and zingerone. If any of these substances has medicinal effects remains unknown.
What Is Ginger Used for Today?
Some evidence suggests that ginger may be at least slightly helpful for the prevention and treatment of various forms of nausea, including motion sickness, the nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (morning sickness), and postsurgical nausea.
Note: If you are pregnant or undergoing surgery, do not self-treat with ginger except under physician supervision.
Scant preliminary evidence suggests that ginger might be helpful for osteoarthritis . And, one small study suggests it may beneficial for high cholesterol . 43
Ginger has been suggested as a treatment for numerous other conditions, including atherosclerosis , migraine headaches , rheumatoid arthritis , ulcers , depression , and impotence . However, there is negligible evidence for these uses.
In traditional Chinese medicine, hot ginger tea taken at the first sign of a cold is believed to offer the possibility of averting the infection. However, once more, there is no scientific evidence for this use.
What Is the Scientific Evidence for Ginger?
The evidence for ginger's effectiveness in various forms of nausea remains mixed. It has been suggested that, in some negative studies, poor-quality ginger powder might have been used. 2
In general, while most antinausea drugs influence the brain and the inner ear, ginger appears to act directly on the stomach. 3,26,28,42
The evidence for ginger's effectiveness in various forms of nausea remains mixed. It has been suggested that, in some negative studies, poor-quality ginger powder might have been used. 2
In general, while most antinausea drugs influence the brain and the inner ear, ginger appears to act directly on the stomach. 3,26,28,42
Motion Sickness
Ginger has shown inconsistent promise for treatment of motion sickness. A double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 79 Swedish naval cadets at sea found that 1 g of ginger could decrease vomiting and cold sweating, but without significantly decreasing nausea and vertigo. 4 Benefits were also seen in a double-blind study of 36 individuals given ginger, dimenhydrinate, or placebo. 5
However, a 1984 study funded by NASA using intentionally stimulated motion sickness found that ginger was not any more effective than placebo. 9 Two other small studies have also failed to find any benefit. 10,11 The reason for the discrepancy may lie in the type of ginger used, or the severity of the stimulant used to bring on motion sickness.
Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy
Four double-blind, placebo-controlled studies enrolling at total of 246 women found ginger more effective than placebo for treatment of morning sickness 36 For example, a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 70 pregnant women evaluated the effectiveness of ginger for morning sickness. 12 Participants received either placebo pills or 250 mg of powdered ginger capsule four times per day for four days. Those that received ginger reported lower nausea scores and fewer incidents of vomitting than those who had placebo. No adverse effects on the pregnancies were noted.
At least 3 studies have compared ginger to
vitamin B
Note: Despite its use in these studies, ginger has not been proven safe for pregnant women.
Postsurgical Nausea
Although there have been some positive studies, on balance, the evidence regarding ginger for reducing nausea and vomiting following surgery is discouraging. 30
A double-blind British study compared the effects of ginger, placebo, and metoclopramide (Reglan) in the treatment of nausea following gynecological surgery . 14 The results in 60 women indicated that both treatments produced similar benefits as compared to placebo.
A similar British study followed 120 women receiving elective laparoscopic gynecological surgery. 15 Whereas nausea and vomiting developed in 41% of the participants given placebo, in the groups treated with ginger or metoclopramide these symptoms developed in only 21% and 27%, respectively. Benefits were also seen in a double-blind study of 80 people. 27 A study of 60 people found marginally positive results. 37
However, a double-blind study of 108 people undergoing similar surgery found no benefit with ginger as compared to placebo. 16 Negative results were also seen in another recent study of 120 women, 17 and another of 180 women. 31
The bottom line: If ginger is effective for post-surgical nausea at all, the effect must be very slight. 30
Other Forms of Nausea
One study failed to find ginger helpful for reducing nausea caused by the cancer chemotherapy drug cisplatin . 34 In a second study, ginger did not add to the effectiveness of standard medications to treat chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. 44
A large double-blind study (more than 250 participants) found that a combination of ginger and another Asian spice called galanga (Alpinia galanga) can significantly improve arthritis symptoms. 24 This study was widely publicized as proving that ginger is effective for osteoarthritis. However, the study design makes it impossible to draw any conclusions on the effectiveness of the ginger component of the mixture. Ginger alone has only been tested in two very small double-blind studies, and they had contradictory results. 1,32
In a review of 5 randomized trials, ginger was associated with a reduction in pain and disability in patients with active osteoarthritis compared to placebo. The trials had several limitations, including high dropout rates and small sample sizes. These limitations can affect overall results.49
Some migraine sufferers experience a mild headache before the onset of their full blown migraine. A randomized trial involving 60 such patients found that a sublingual (placed under the tongue for rapid absorption) combination of feverfew and ginger taken at the onset of this early headache helped to reduce or eliminate pain for at least 2 hours. 45
Ginger powder taken at the onset of a migraine headache (without aura) had the same effect as sumatriptan in a randomized trial of 100 adults. People in both groups saw more than a 90% reduction in headache severity within 2 hours. 46
Ginger was shown to have some benefit in helping reduce fasting glucose and HbA1c in patients with long-term type 2 diabetes. The randomized trial with 88 participants compared 3 grams of ginger per day to placebo for 8 weeks.47
Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
Ginger (250 milligrams, 3 times daily) was associated with a significant decrease in mean monthly bleeding volume in a randomized trial of 92 girls aged 15-18 years old with heavy menstrual bleeding when compared to placebo. Ginger or placebo was taken one day before menstrual bleeding started and continued for 4 consecutive days. The trial evaluated 3 consecutive menstrual cycles. Each cycle had similar results.48
For most purposes, the standard dosage of powdered ginger is 1 to 4 g daily, divided into 2 to 4 doses per day.
To prevent motion sickness, it may be best to begin treatment 1 or 2 days before the trip and continue it throughout the period of travel.
Safety Issues
Ginger is on the FDA's GRAS (generally recognized as safe) list as a food, and the treatment dosages of ginger are comparable to dietary usages. No significant side effects have been observed.
Like onions and garlic , extracts of ginger inhibit blood coagulation in test tube experiments. 18-20 European studies with actual oral ginger taken alone in normal quantities have not found any significant effect on blood coagulation, 21-23 but it is still theoretically possible that a very weak anticoagulant could amplify the effects of drugs that have a similar effect, such as warfarin (Coumadin), heparin , clopidogrel (Plavix), ticlopidine Ticlid, pentoxifylline Trental, and aspirin . One fairly solid case report appears to substantiate these theoretical concerns: Use of a ginger product markedly (and dangerously) increased the effect of an anticoagulant drug closely related to Coumadin. 33 However, a double-blind study failed to find any interaction between ginger and Coumadin, leaving the truth regarding this potential risk unclear. 35
The maximum safe doses of ginger for pregnant or nursing women, young children, or individuals with severe liver or kidney disease has not been established.
Interactions You Should Know About
If you are taking:
- Strong blood-thinning drugs such as warfarin (Coumadin), heparin , clopidogrel (Plavix), ticlopidine (Ticlid), pentoxifylline (Trental), or even aspirin : Ginger might possibly increase the risk of bleeding problems.
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I doubt this is going to happen. However since you are effectively talking about trust let's look at a few things. No matter who's program you are using you need to trust them. As such using BT means you not only trust the development team, but also the authors of each and every package that is included.
Now that's the same if you are talking about nmap, or firefox or even the gnome file manager. Now one of the things that makes linux what it is, is that since it is open source you are free to look at the code that makes up the majority of the packages on BT. There are a few packages that are non-free and of course each of these packages are noted. This ability allows one to have a certain level of trust that the code is doing what it is/was designed to do.
So the same thing applies to Firefox, and many of the add-ons that you are talking about. Again it is up to each individual to determine if having such tools (or even BT) for that matter is right for them.


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'"Like I've said, we don't make those decisions. That's more proof because if I had any more influence Paul would still be here. I appreciate the way he plays. He's been one of my best friends for a long time there. Obviously, that's going to continue, but it was nice to have him as a teammate and have those other intangibles."'
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I just followed this guide today:
Each command worked without error. After I reboot, nothing has changed. I am still only seeing 3GB of the 8GB on my laptop. Maybe this guide is incorrect but I need some help and I don't know where to start.
3 notes about the guide:
1. Step six is simply "make" but this will take forever.
If you have a multicore processor you should use "make -j N" where N=cores like "make -j 4" for a quad core.
2. Step seven says "update-initramfs -u"
For me this defaulted to the wrong kernel package. If you have multiple kernels in your grub you want to target the current one.
Use "update-initramfs -k $(uname -r) -u" to target the currently running kernel image.
3. The final instruction for testing your installation has an HTML typo in it:
"root@bt:~# cat /boot/config-3.2.6 | grep HIGHMEM</span"
That last bit should be "</span>" so don't include that on the command line.
The command should be just "cat /boot/config-3.2.6 | grep HIGHMEM"
To which I get:
# CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM is not set
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set


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It's important to Michael that all three vineyards are managed and certified organic under BioGro certification. The estate is also striving for biodynamic certification because as he recently told Wine Spectator, "Some of the best vineyards in Burgundy are doing it. It has nothing to do with sales or marketing… in essence it's traditional agriculture." (July 10, 2006)
This philosophy of working in harmony with nature is evident in their commitment to careful hand-tending, and hand-harvesting and sorting. It also is represented in their efforts to work with natural elements such as wild yeasts to elicit a true Marlborough character in their wines with minimal wine-maker intervention in order to allow the layers of flavor to evolve, so the wines are a natural expression of the soil from which they come.


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Lady Gaga & R. Kelly tease 'Do What U Want' video
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It looks like Lady Gaga and R. Kelly want to re-create their controversial "Saturday Night Live" performance.
The two are prepping to release the video for "Do What U Want," their collaboration off Gaga's ARTPOP album.
The video's director Terry Richardson is teasing fans with some behind-the-scenes photos on his "Terry's Diary" blog, showing the Mother Monster in a compromising position on her hands and knees wearing nothing but a bra and thong. Kelly stands above her dressed head to toe in black. In another photo, Gaga straddles the R&B singer as he shows his middle finger to the camera.
Gaga has been dropping hints about the "Do What U Want" video since last month, and the director tells fans that it's "coming soon." The song is currently at number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 after peaking at 13.
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Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board member Heather Ridout says a federal government plan to fund a work-boosting program for manufacturers by scrapping business tax concessions could hurt foreign investment.
Ms Ridout said the package, announced at the weekend, was generally sound, but she was concerned about the impact of the tax changes on big companies.
"In the future, if a big manufacturing company is thinking about making a big investment in Australia, they will look at things like this and say `well, we're going to butt against that barrier'," she said during a roundtable discussion on manufacturing.
"We need that kind of investment, so take a really balanced approach to this; it could come and bite us.
"We shouldn't be changing the rules around this and making it harder for big companies to do research and development, because that filters down to small companies."
The plan will give local firms opportunities to bid for contracts on large projects before the work is sent offshore.
The government will also create new manufacturing precincts to help small and medium-size businesses develop new products and skills to break into new markets.
It will be funded by removing special research and development tax concessions for big businesses.
Ms Ridout was speaking at the Australian Workers' Union (ANU) national conference on the Gold Coast on Tuesday.
Later, AWU national secretary Paul Howes said he didn't share Ms Ridout's view that big business could think twice before investing in Australia.
"I've been speaking to CEOs from numerous companies over the last couple of days and there is a renewed sense of confidence in industry because of that package," he said.
Mr Howes said the package was the most substantial industry plan for Australian manufacturing since John Button was the sector minister.


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Editor's note: This article is by Mark Davis of the Valley News, in which it was first published Sept. 15, 2013.
RANDOLPH — With his guilty plea last month, Randolph sex offender Michael Jacques is about to spend the rest of his life in prison for the 2008 rape and murder of his 12-year-old niece. The package of reforms to Vermont's sex crime laws passed by lawmakers in the wake of Brooke Bennett's death, however, will likely remain on the books long after Jacques fades from the headlines.
The 76-page law, which passed in 2009 with bipartisan support, overhauled nearly every aspect of how Vermont investigates, punishes and monitors sex offenders and cares for their victims.
Five years after Brooke's death, experts from a variety of fields recently told the Valley News that the law, known as Act 1, is flawed in parts and still must be fully implemented, but has made real progress in reducing danger and preventing future crimes. While some of Act 1's headline initiatives have stumbled, experts generally agree that the law's greatest success has been building awareness of the dangers of sex crimes and the need to support victims.
"I would say that the community's response and the legislative and administrative response to her murder was heartening in a lot of ways," said Sarah Kenney, associate director of public policy for the Vermont Network Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence. "Folks really acknowledged the reality of sexual violence in our communities, which is not generally the stranger in the bushes we think we need to protect ourselves from; it's a family member, a party known to the victim. The response of the Legislature and our community to Brooke's murder really acknowledged that reality, and I think it has been making a difference. There's nothing that's going to replace her, but it's heartening to see some good has come."
The law included more than 30 changes that mandated training for educators and probation officers, required collaboration between government agencies, increased mandatory sentences for some crimes, and provided investigators new tools to make it easier to prosecute and monitor offenders.
Ironically, experts said, many of the attention-grabbing initiatives from Act 1 — most of which focus on the criminal justice system — have struggled to be effective. Meanwhile, overlooked pieces of the law — increased training for teachers and state workers to better understand the needs of victims of sex crimes, and mandates for agencies that deal with offenders to better communicate among agencies — may have made a bigger impact.
"I'm not sure the criminal justice system is always hugely effective in deterring crime," said Robert Sand, a former Windsor County state's attorney. "The best deterrence occurs in strong communities with well-educated people that look out for each other. So, the idea that we are going to pass laws that eradicate this type of crime is unrealistic. Is someone who is going to offend against a child, who faces decades in jail, going to control their behavior because under a new law they are going to face even more decades in jail? The system is better geared to apprehending those people and locking them up. I don't see how that helps stop the next person from coming down. That is more complicated than the criminal justice system can handle."
Special Investigation Units
Of the initiatives that garnered the most attention, the one that experts say holds the most promise in making Vermont safer is the bolstering of "special investigation units," teams of investigators, victim's advocates and prosecutors in each county that would focus specifically on investigating sex crimes.
The SIUs had been authorized by an earlier law, but in Act 1, they were given a significant funding boost and mandated to take the lead in prosecuting sex cases and be available to all Vermonters.
The teams are now working in every corner of the state, and have been credited for bringing more professionalism to investigations of sex crimes.
"I think we're getting much better investigations," said state Sen. Dick Sears, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a driving force behind the reforms. "The SIUs made a huge difference."
For example, the Orange County SIU spearheaded a high-profile case in November 2012, when its investigators brought sex charges against former Oxbow Union High School gym teacher Brian Musty. The unit brought charges within four weeks of receiving the complaint, even though the alleged crime occurred years earlier and the victim had long since left the Upper Valley. Musty has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial.
But the launch of the SIUs hasn't been without problems.
For starters, five years after former Gov. Jim Douglas signed Act 1, not every county has its own SIU. Grand Isle and Essex counties partner with SIUs from nearby counties.
The teams, moreover, have grown at different rates.
For example, while most teams have at least one full-time investigator, the Windsor County SIU does not have one devoted full-time investigator (Orange County has two), but rather relies on officers from several municipal departments. Addison County launched a team only last year.
The teams have also been hamstrung by heavy turnover, stalling progress of some units, according to reports filed by the Vermont state auditor in recent years. Another report, by the Vermont Center for Justice Research, cited "organizational struggles that were well documented," in the SIUs.
Marc Metayer, SIU grants program manager, cited two factors for the constant churn: The emotional strain that working on the cases exacts on some investigators, and a culture in law enforcement that sees personnel frequently moved through units and given promotions to other duties. Moreover, some directors of SIUs have also left, forcing teams to seek fresh leadership.
"In the police world there is a regular rotation that is expected," Metayer said. "As folks move up their career ladder, they move on. And there is a personal toll that these crimes can have. Oftentimes, after a few years, folks are cycled out as a matter of course. That gets us in a loop of training people, getting them experienced, then having to do it all over again."
But, while advocates say the quality of investigations have improved, there is no evidence to suggest that convictions have increased. A January 2013 report from the Vermont Center for Justice Research said there is no evidence to suggest that the SIUs have been able to increase convictions or sentences for sex crimes. Conviction rates for child sex crimes actually dropped slightly after the creation of the SIUs, according to the report.
Max Schlueter, executive director of the Justice Research center, cautioned that the study is far from conclusive, and that it is unfair to judge the success of the SIUs only a few years after they were created, when statisticians had only several dozen cases to measure.
"I wouldn't broad-brush it too far," Schlueter said. "When people talk about these units as being helpful, they really provide a lot of support and services to victims that probably wouldn't have (before). But if you're looking if they are successful at increasing convictions or (getting) longer jail sentences, I don't think the data is there, at least yet."
Metayer said it is too early to pass judgment on the success of the SIUs.
"The short-term assessment is always going to be difficult," Metayer said. "We're trying to break a cycle that has been going on for generations. In order to see success, you'll see it generations down the road. Often, offenders we are dealing with were victimized when they were younger. We have this cycle. If in 15 years, they don't develop into offenders, then you have (succeeded). We look at is as a long-range piece."
Another key initiative from Act 1 has never been launched.
The law allowed for the collection of DNA samples of people arrested on felony charges, which encompassed nearly every alleged sex crime. Prior to the law, authorities were allowed to collect DNA only from people convicted of felonies.
Advocates said the change would result in more prosecutions, by tying more evidence to potential suspects, and give investigators one more tool in keeping children safe from sex predators. But it was never implemented.
The DNA collection provision was immediately challenged by defendants across the state, who claimed it represented an unconstitutional search. The provision was set aside pending the appeal, which was argued at the Vermont Supreme Court earlier this year. Justices are expected to announce any day whether they will allow the DNA collections to proceed.
Role of probation officers
In the weeks after Brooke's murder, attention focused intensely on the Department of Corrections and a probation officer's decision to recommend that Jacques, a registered sex offender, be released from probation in 2004. Authorities say he committed five sex crimes prior to Brooke's death.
"When I make comments about successes in sex offender treatment, I have three names, of which Michael Jacques is one," probation officer Richard Kearney told an Orange Superior Court judge in 2004. The department also was criticized for failing to notify a judge that Jacques, who was working in West Lebanon , had run afoul of sex offender registration rules in New Hampshire.
In response, Act 1 implemented a series of measures to aid probation officers, and to restrict their ability to advocate freeing probationers from supervision.
The measures required increased training for probation officers who supervise sex offenders and the creation of designated sex offender monitors in every probation and parole office. Each monitor's caseload was limited to 45 offenders.
Five years later, those benchmarks have been met and have helped probation officers keep a closer eye on offenders, according to Kris Goldstein, chief of the Department of Corrections treatment program for sex offenders.
"We are finding that the caseload numbers are pretty right on," Goldstein said. "I'm not hearing any rumblings that caseloads are too high. …We have refocused our energies."
The department also has instituted a series of internal reforms mandated by Act One, Goldstein said.
For example, probation officers meet with sex offenders in prison several months before their release date, to begin planning for where the offender will live and arranging for supervision. And probation officers are working with local police and the SIUs to conduct so-called "registry sweeps" — unannounced visits with sex offenders to ensure they are complying with terms of their probation.
Separately, Goldstein said, the Parole Board is requiring that any sex offenders it releases — numbers were not available, though experts say it is only a handful a year — agree to take lie detector tests administered by probation officers, who can ask if they have violated any rules and send them back to prison if they fail the tests.
Probation officers are also asking more of the people they supervise.
For example, the new law requires sex offenders to report in writing if they intend to live with anyone under 18. Previously, it was left to probation officers to monitor such living arrangements and step in if they were deemed unsafe.
As part of an Act 1 initiative to enhance collaboration between law enforcement and the Vermont Department for Children and Families, the paperwork is reviewed by Department for Children and Families to help ensure that vulnerable children are not at risk. If either the Department of Corrections or Department for Children and Families has concerns, the living arrangement can be vetoed.
"We have an improved relationship between DOC and DCF," Goldstein said. "It's like any other business — you establish relationships and work in collaboration with a common goal."
Probation officers have also been restricted in their ability to deem offenders safe. Before Act 1, probation officers could recommend to a judge that a well-behaved sex offender could be released from supervision. The judge usually signed off without an additional hearing, Goldstein said.
Act 1 prohibits probation officers from coming forward with such recommendations. Now, only a defense attorney can request that a sex offender on probation be discharged from supervision, which in turn triggers a full court hearing.
"We have more eyes on every individual," Goldstein said.
New crime, new punishment
Two seemingly straightforward initiatives in Act 1 were designed to send sex offenders who targeted children to prison for longer terms, and to make it easier for their victims to participate in the criminal justice system.
The law created a new criminal offense, aggravated sex assault against a child, which carries a mandatory 25-year minimum prison term, and barred judges from granting deferred sentences for that offense. (Previous offenses against children were charged under a variety of criminal statutes that carried lesser sentences.) Meanwhile, the law prohibited lawyers from conducting pre-trial evidence-gathering interviews, known as depositions, with juvenile victims.
The mandatory 25-year sentence has given prosecutors important leverage in negotiating plea agreements, Windsor County State's Attorney Michael Kainen said. Prosecutors can charge defendants with the new criminal offense, and, if they are concerned about the strength of their case, negotiate for a lesser charge that still carries significant prison time, said Kainen.
"We (do) charge that often," said Kainen, who has also served as a prosecutor in Orange County and as a House lawmaker. "It can drive plea agreements. Particularly if you have a young victim that isn't (comfortable testifying). If you have the hammer of 25 to life, you might get a plea agreement. I have threatened that (new charge). In terms of leverage, it's helpful."
Jacques was charged in federal, not state court, and agreed to a plea deal that will see him serve life in prison without parole, instead of going on trial and possibly facing the death penalty. He will be formally sentenced in the coming months.
Victim's advocates cheered the prohibition on deposing young victims, saying the repeated interviews, forcing them to relive the experience with a group of strangers, can be traumatic.
"The deposition process can be incredibly re-traumatizing for victims," said Kenney, of the Vermont Network Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence. "It's the defense attorneys basically grilling the victim, and kids ought not be subjected to that."
But defense attorneys say the combination of longer mandatory minimum prison sentences and the ban on depositions of young victims may be having an unintended consequence — more sex offenders being acquitted at trial.
The argument goes like this: With the tougher penalties, defendants have less incentive to enter into plea agreements. And, without the benefit of depositions, neither prosecutors nor defense attorneys understand how well the key witness will hold up during a trial.
"While the limitations on depositions might alleviate stress for the complaining witness pretrial … it is likely that the limitations contribute negatively to the state's ability to evaluate and prepare a case, and gain a conviction for those cases that go to trial," the Vermont Defender General's Office wrote in a 2011 report to the Legislature.
Defender General Matt Valerio said those concerns have were well-founded. "The unfortunate byproduct is that prosecutors don't know their cases as well … and there is no incentive for a defendant to settle," Valerio said. "That really is the result of changes to the law. A lot of times, depositions resolved the case."
The concern is difficult to verify. The Vermont Criminal Information Center has published crime statistics only through the year 2010, and the Justice Research center is studying the matter.
The Vermont Department of State's Attorneys, in a 2011 report, said it continued to support the prohibition on depositions.
But at least one prosecutor agrees with Valerio.
"I thought the ban was misguided," Kainen said. "If the (victim) can't get through the deposition, you ought to know that. You're going into trials blind (and) you're not settling the case."
Focus on prevention
But if experts disagree about the effectiveness of stiffer sentences and the ban on depositions, they credit the law as a success in an area that is difficult to measure — bringing more attention to the danger of sexual crimes and the need to make sure children are protected.
The law had a list of provisions, requiring increased background checks for school staffers and day care providers and forcing agencies, including the Department of Corrections and the Department for Children and Families to form committees to discuss their efforts at monitoring offenders and protecting children.
Those "non-flashy" initiatives, Kainen said, have led to increased talk among officials about how to cope with the danger of sex crimes.
Sears agreed. "I see collaboration all the time," he said. "I think it's changed dramatically since the Jacques case. I think it's made a difference, definitely."
Representatives for the Department for Children and Families did not respond to messages seeking comment.
Today, with five years of experience with the new law but little data available, no one familiar with Act 1 was willing to deem it an unqualified success. But experts on all sides believe it undeniable that Brooke Bennett's murder, and the legislative response, has sparked a sustained effort to prevent sex crimes.
"Everyone wanted to talk about mandatory minimums and the criminal justice response, which is valuable, but it's not going to end sexual violence," Kenney said. "We have to focus on prevention. I have been really impressed with the way the work had been embraced by the state."
Mark Davis can be reached at [email protected] or 603-727-3304.


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Martin Tremblay was a youth hockey coach in British Columbia seven months ago, and he is now going to jail for intentionally tripping two opposing players, aged 10 and 13, during the postgame handshake. One of the boys actually broke his wrists trying to break the fall. At the time, Tremblay was arrested and charged for his actions, but the other day, Tremblay received a 15-day jail sentence.