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Skip to comments.(Tennessee) Former Oakland Officer Pleads Guilty
Posted on 12/09/2010 1:55:48 PM PST by The Magical Mischief Tour
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A former Oakland police officer has pleaded guilty to false reporting after he said his badge stopped a bullet in a traffic stop.
Josh Smith made headlines with photos of his dented police badge. He alleged that the driver of a sport utility vehicle with an out-of-state license plate shot him in the chest after a passenger swung a knife at him. Smith wasn't seriously injured, claiming that his police badge stopped the suspect's bullet.
(Excerpt) Read more at myfoxmemphis.com ...
Normally I'd just say tsk tsk, no more extra donuts for this blowhard. But can you imagine how hard the system comes down on a mere civilian who fibs to an occifer. Sauce for goose should be same as sauce for gander.
I read the "story" but I still don't know much. What did this guy gain? Just a story to tell his grandkids? Did the 'perps' do any time? Any info would be appreciated.
The article said it was out of his character. His character is one of a liar and trouble causer.
There's two types of cops in this world —those who've been caught in their lies and those who have yet to be caught lying...
Fired, forever banned from being LEO, how's that?
Here's a link to the original story. It was a complete fabrication from top to bottom.
Oakland police continue hunt for suspects in officer's shooting
Yeah, but he feels real bad about it. Isn't that enough punishment?
Must be nice to be able to commit felonies, yet get off with 3-years probation.
I wonder if the cops and DA in TN would be as easy on ordinary citizens? (</rhetorical>)
See: False Reports in Tennessee:
A person can be prosecuted for false reports under three different theories under Tennessee law. In Tennessee, it is unlawful for any person to:
Initiate a report or statement to a law enforcement officer concerning an offense or incident within the officer's concern knowing that: 1) the offense or incident reported did not occur; 2) the person has no information relating to the offense or incident reported; or 3) the information relating to the offense reported is false; or
Make a report or statement in response to a legitimate inquiry by a law enforcement officer concerning a material fact about an offense or incident within the officer's concern, knowing that the report or statement is false and with the intent to obstruct or hinder the officer from: 1) preventing the offense or incident from occurring or continuing to occur; or 2) apprehending or locating another person suspected of committing an offense; or
Intentionally initiate or circulate a report of a past, present, or impending bombing, fire or other emergency, knowing that the report is false or baseless and knowing: 1) it will cause action of any sort by an official or volunteer agency organized to deal with those emergencies; 2) it will place a person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury; or 3) it will prevent or interrupt the occupation of any building, place of assembly, form of conveyance, or any other place to which the public has access. Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-16-502 (2008).
The penalties for false reports in Tennessee are substantial. A violation under the first two bullets above is a Class D felony. A violation of the last bullet above is a Class C felony.
See: Tennessee Charges for Crimes by Felony Class:
Class D Felony - Not less than two (2) years nor more than twelve (12) years in prison. In addition, the jury may assess a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), unless otherwise provided by statute
Tennessee has a serious problem with its cops, here is a site that tracks the news reports from around the state on police misconduct, and criminal cops.
Bet somebody got a few tickets recently. Your line is getting old.
He lost his gun, job and his career. He will carry that felony conviction to his grave. No sense having the taxpayers pick up the tab for prison.
He lied about this, my question is how many times did he lie in court, on arrest warrants, police reports etc... that resulting in others going to jail, being convicted...
Oh. He should go to jail because he MIGHT have lied at other times. Heck, why not hang him while we are at it. He may have murdered someone.
Plus, he feel real bad, too.
If you can't do the time, don't do the crime. Or, at least that's what we're always told.
Imagine that. The first and only time in his career that the poor schmuck has ever lied and he gets caught. </sarcasm>
So, do you think he's sorry he did the crime, or just sorry that he got caught? </rhetorical>
IMO, I suspect this type of problem is more widespread than we are being led to believe.
The evidence that this is a widespread problem is that more and more police departments "misinterpreting" wiretap laws to prevent citizens from videotaping their actions.
This is occurring despite court rulings and memorandums from DAs telling police departments that they have no expectation of privacy when working as public employees in a public setting.
I have no idea if, or for what, he is sorry for. If he did commit a crime, he should be punished. My response to you was in regards to your characterization that all cops are liars. Now you know that is not true, and if you still state so, you are being disingenuous.
I still maintain that it's safer to assume that all cops are goons and be pleasantly surprised than to assume that all cops are nice guys and find out the hard way that I'm wrong.
I'm sure cops do the same thing with everyone they meet, too.
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The marketing executive at the center of a controversial series of Washington Post-sponsored dinner "salons" has resigned from the newspaper some 10 weeks after the events were canceled, The Post said Friday.
Charles Pelton, who had helped organize and promote the monthly dinners as The Post's newly hired general manager of events and conferences, made no mention of the controversy in his resignation letter to Post President Stephen P. Hills. "Given the current circumstances with regard to the resources needed to launch [an events business]," Pelton wrote, "my family and I have decided not to relocate to Washington, D.C.," from California.
Pelton was not immediately available for further comment.
The dinners Pelton was organizing were advertised to involve Post journalists, Obama administration and congressional officials, and industry executives in a series of sponsored, off-the-record conversations about public policy issues. The dinners were to be held at the home of Post publisher Katharine Weymouth.
The newspaper canceled the events in early July, before any were held. The controversy erupted after the disclosure of a promotional brochure that sought sponsors willing to pay $25,000 for each dinner, or $250,000 for all 11 events in the planned series. Critics said the concept crossed ethical lines, creating the perception that sponsors would gain special access to Post journalists.
Before joining The Post Co. four months ago, Pelton, a former journalist who worked at Time magazine and InformationWeek, had co-owned Modern Media, a California-based firm that organizes conferences.
In his resignation letter, Pelton said he looked forward to continuing to work as a consultant for the newspaper.
In a letter to Pelton released by The Post, Hills wrote, "We are grateful for the work you did to help us launch our conference business, which we believe is an important and appropriate extension of our brand."
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(Reuters) - AVG Technologies NV, a maker of PC and mobile anti-virus software, said J R Smith stepped down as chief executive and will become a member of the company's supervisory board.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The California Supreme Court dealt a blow to the state's faltering medical-marijuana industry on Monday by ruling that local governments may outlaw dispensaries that sell the federally banned drug.
The unanimous opinion, which comes as elected officials across the nation grapple with regulating a growing medical pot industry, upheld a ban the southern California city of Riverside enacted on pot shops in 2010.
California's highest court concluded that nothing in California law preempts the authority of the state's cities and counties from using their authority to "allow, restrict, limit, or entirely exclude facilities that distribute medical marijuana."
The case pitted Riverside against the Inland Empire Patients Health and Wellness Center, a medical-pot dispensary it has sought to shut down. The decision allows the city to use its power to shutter all marijuana stores.
California became the first state in the nation to approve medical marijuana 17 years ago, but some residents have complained that pot stores blight their neighborhoods. Court papers show more than 180 California cities and counties have imposed bans on marijuana dispensaries.
The seven justices agreed with Jeffrey Dunn, the city of Riverside's attorney, who argued in oral arguments on the case in February that California legislation on medical pot in no way diluted local governments' ability to regulate land use.
The dispensary's attorney, J. David Nick, had argued that a 2003 law setting out rules governing medicinal pot, as well as subsequent amendments, directed municipalities to regulate, not prohibit, dispensaries.
In Monday's decision, the justices described state laws as "incremental steps toward freer access to medical marijuana." But they said the law did not "mandate that local jurisdictions permit such activities."
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After the federal government cracked down on the world's largest dispensary, the city of Oakland sued the government in an effort to allow Harborside Health Center to continue selling marijuana to its 100,000 patients.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Prosecutors said Friday that they aren't filing criminal charges in the case of a 107-year-old Arkansas man who died in a police standoff this year.
Special prosecutor Jason Barrett said Monroe Isadore was "seemingly confused" on Sept. 7, the day he shot at police in Pine Bluff. An officer returned fire and killed Isadore.
Police have said they tried using a camera, negotiating tactics and gas before shooting Isadore. But Isadore's death prompted questions from some in Pine Bluff, a community of about 50,000 people about 45 miles southeast of Little Rock.
Barrett and deputy special prosecutor Jack McQuary were appointed to handle the case after the county prosecutor sought to recuse himself.
"Mr. Isadore, for whatever reason, was seemingly confused on the day and basically when the police tried to make contact with him, he fired five individual rounds at various times at their attempts to make communication and ultimately at them personally," Barrett said Friday. "The last rounds that were fired were fired directly at individuals, who returned fire."
Pine Bluff Police said in a statement on Friday that the department won't comment on the specifics of Isadore's case until an internal investigation is complete.
A friend of Isadore's, Laurie Barlow, told officers she had gone to the house where Isadore was living temporarily to take him to his new home, according to police reports. She said Isadore previously had been excited about moving, but that Isadore locked himself in his room and refused to come out when she arrived.
"Ms. Barlow stated that Mr. Monroe Isadore pointed a handgun at her, and warned her to stop breaking into his house," according to a detective bureau summary released Friday.
Police were called to the home and tried to talk to Isadore through a bedroom door. They didn't have any luck, and instead they heard a gunshot from the room, according to the detective summary.
Police called for a negotiator, and at some point, a SWAT team maneuvered a camera into the house to see how Isadore was armed.
Authorities kicked in the bedroom door after deploying gas and a distraction device, according to police documents.
"There was an entry team at that point in time that was trying to enter the room and still, by the way, trying to end this without violence," Barrett said Friday. "But as they tried to enter the room, at that point in time, Mr. Isadore fired his weapon at them. They scattered, and only one individual was in a position where he was able to try to protect himself and the other members of his team."
An autopsy report also released Friday said Isadore died from multiple gunshot wounds.
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The Milwaukee Jewish Film Festival: Five Nights of Film
October 9, 2013
By Ronna Bromberg Pachefsky & Cindy Benjamin, Co-Chairs of the Milwaukee Jewish Film Festival
After seven months consuming popcorn, drinking ice tea and movie previewing, the Milwaukee Jewish Film Festival committee is pleased and proud to present five fantastic films to our faithful (and growing) audience.
This year's films range from a "Spaghetti Western" with romantic Mizrachi music, to a beautiful film adaptation of a novel based on a real life Dutch story, to a young French woman obsessed with Woody Allen. Plus, don't miss a film version of one of bestselling Israeli author David Grossman's novels starring Isabella Rossellini, or the nostalgic homage to the by-gone era of Catskill summers—and the training ground for a generation of comedians. Click here for full descriptions of each film.
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To the casual observer, Dallas would seem perfectly positioned to be a great city for quality Texas barbecue. But here is the ugly truth: Dallas does not do barbecue well. This may seem a curious admission given the topic at hand, but there you have it. Too many local proprietors too often go for the ease of gas-fired smokers instead of investing the time and sweat that wood smokers demand. They've abandoned the fine art of sausage making that is so important in forming the identity of Barbecue Belt joints in Central Texas. In short, they've set their sights on pleasing the masses.
We do, however, have a great history of barbecue in Dallas. It began in 1910 when Elias Bryan opened the first Bryan's Barbecue. His grandson William Jennings "Sonny" Bryan created Sonny Bryan's Smokehouse, turning the family tradition into a legendary business and internationally recognized brand. Sadly, Sonny Bryan's has joined other regional big-name barbecue chains that are designed to cater to corporate 'cue shindigs. These bastions of predictable mediocrity seem to hog all of the press whenever a "best of" list emerges for the area.
But not here. Fear not, intrepid diner. Great barbecue does exist in Dallas, but you really need to search for it. Chances are, you won't find it on a convenient corner or in a neighborhood you frequent. But it's out there, tucked into tiny strip centers and former Dairy Queens. Unlike the boardroom boys, these entrepreneurs are still dedicated to producing a higher level of barbecue by taking the time to cook with hardwood smoke.
I've spent the last year eating barbecue all over the state but especially in North Texas. I became so obsessed with finding the best joints, I began chronicling my experiences on a website called Full Custom Gospel Barbecue. Now I have something other than my frightening cholesterol scores to show for eating at more than 130 barbecue joints in North Texas alone.
In the following pages, for the first time ever, I reveal my list of the 16 best barbecue spots in the Dallas area (which, yes, includes Fort Worth). I evaluated each joint mainly on the essence of Texas barbecue: sliced brisket and pork ribs. I considered sausage only if it was made on-site. Barbecue sauce was taken into consideration, but, for this list, I operated on the philosophy that properly cooked meat needs no adornment. Since specific cuts of meat change from day to day, every place on this list received multiple visits to ensure consistency.
Hungry? I hope so. Just be prepared to drive a little—in some cases a lot—to small towns around Dallas and Fort Worth. Because like love and a 20-win starting pitcher, good barbecue is hard to find.
Off the Bone BBQ
If you can recognize all the signs of a great barbecue joint, then it's no wonder that Off the Bone BBQ in Forest Hill (on the southeast side of Fort Worth and not connected to the restaurant with the same name in Dallas) has reached the pinnacle of local barbecue establishments. A "Keep Out" sign sits atop a haphazard pile of wood in the corner of the gravel parking lot, the ghost of the previous restaurant's name is still visible behind the bold letters "B.B.Q." on the monument sign out front, and all of it surrounds a rehabbed Dairy Queen that now houses North Texas' finest barbecue joint.
Marilyn and Eddie Brown run this joint, which gets little fanfare from the local press. Eddie has proven to be a consistent and congenial pit master. His chain-link-enclosed, custom cast-iron pit, which he picked up at an auction a few years back, belches pecan and oak smoke out back.
Each meat is given great care. The sausage will soon be house-made, once Eddie gets the recipe right. He had a special recipe produced for the restaurant by a sausage maker in Cleburne, but he recently passed away, taking the recipe with him. In the meantime, Eddie gets hot links from Smokey Denmark Sausage Company in Austin, where they have been producing high-quality peppery beef links for 35 years.
Briskets are slow-smoked for up to 20 hours, which is evidenced by their thick, black crust and deep red smoke ring. The meat isn't falling-apart tender but requires just enough tooth to bite through. He leaves a bit of perfectly rendered fat on each slice. Ribs have a substantial crust, which imparts a robust smokiness to every bite. These thick, meaty ribs aren't the grocery store version with barely any meat on the bones. The meat is rosy, with amazing smoky flavor and well-rendered fat. Other than the usual sides, they offer smoked bologna and chicken wings. No matter what you order, if it has seen the inside of Eddie's pit, you know it's going to be good.
Randy's Bar-B-Que
Well-smoked meat needs no sauce, and I don't even know if Randy offers any. Meats are sold by the pound and served on a butcher-paper-lined tray, just like they do in the old meat markets of Central Texas. Randy uses an Oyler pit from J&R Manufacturing in Mesquite. Herbert Oyler perfected this rotisserie-style smoker in the late '60s and started selling them commercially. Today, they're the most popular wood-fired smoker in the area.
Only Select grade Certified Angus Beef briskets find their way into Randy's hickory-fired smoker. Each slice of this brisket is tender, with a moisture content only equaled by the best pot roast. Roast beef this is not, with a hefty, smoky crust and fat rendered so well that brisket snot was witnessed on several occasions. "Brisket snot" is formed when well-marbled meat is cooked slowly, allowing the fat to melt into the crust, creating a tacky, sweet stickiness that forms caramel-like ribbons that cling to each finger as they're pulled away from the surface of the meat. The ribs are slow smoked alongside the briskets, but for about a quarter of the time. These ribs have a rub high in sugar, which mixes with the fat to create a phenomenon I call a "sugar cookie." The cooked fat commingles with the sweet caramelized rub, creating an undeniably satisfying flavor that is reminiscent of a buttery sugar cookie.


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Battle for Mars is one of the more expensive games you'll find on the Android market, but it's well worth it. The character art is funny and unique, it works well with the controls on the G1, and, best of all, it's based on one of the best video games ever made, Advance Wars.
The basic premise is the same as other turn-based strategy games. You create units of various kinds (Soldier, Elite Soldier, SniperBot, TransBot, BombBot, MegaBot, RocketBot etc. as well as sea and air units eventually). Each has a different cost and unique abilities. The opposing side, or sides, have the same types of units and usually about the same ability to produce them. Depending on the terrain and factory/city layout of a particular map, different strategies will need to be used.
Usually, the map is not symmetrical and you'll have to use a different strategy from the one the computer is using. This is what makes these games fun. It's a little Bad News Bears against the computer the first couple of times you play a map before you get the hang of it. If you're like me, you'll try to "break" the game a few times to see if you can. All SniperBots. Nope. Save up for a Doom Boat and then take them all out. Nope. A war of attrition with footsoldiers, a.k.a. the fire ant strategy. Nope. Good games don't "break," and this one won't either (although the computer is not smart enough to keep you from occupying its one factory and preventing it from creating new units, but usually the game is about over by then anyway).
You'll have to develop good strategies using the whole variety of unit types and they'll be used roughly the way they were intended. Doing a long press on a unit will give you a breakdown of its abilities, and show you the extent of an enemy's range in the case of projectile bots. Yes, when the maps get tough, you'll be figuring out where the blind spot is amongst three or four RocketBots, and counting how many turns it's going to take for an Attack Boat to reach your Gun Boat, but it's all worth it in the end. Advance Wars afficionatos will be familiar. Usually the bug strikes hard.
I'm sure I'm not doing the developers any favors by saying this game is almost an exact clone of Advance Wars, but it is. If the game is not licensed, we may be looking at a Scrabulous type situation. The units are basically the same with the same strengths and weaknesses, number of squares they can move over different terrain, range etc. Even the little battle animations are almost identical. One side shoots — pause — a few units on the other side blow up, the other side shots… It's the same thing. The different typs of terrain are the same and the function of each type is the same. Basically, it stomps all over any intellectual property rights the original developers had in whatever country they had them in. I'm not a lawyer, so I don't know what those rights may be, but, as with Scrabulous, the winner is… you.
The developers have picked up the ball where Advance Wars left it and squashed it right into our cellphones. And let's face it, it's not acceptable to carry around a GameBoy Advance anymore. Plus, they've taken away one of Advance War's more onerous features, the multi-turn capture of cities. This would often make your games stretch into the two hour area for no good reason. For instance, if you only had one unit at the end, you'd be capturing that last city for ten turns.
In video games, clones work. There isn't a lot of development time spent making the game balanced and fun. There isn't a lot of time spent on the game part of the game, period. What's involved is adapting to a new platform and putting a new face and new features on the old guts. Battle for Mars has done a good job of that and they started with great guts.
If you like turn-based strategy games, you will like Battle for Mars. If you don't like turn-based strategy games, you will still probably like Battle for Mars. If you turn your nose up at people playing Stratego in the back of comic book stores, you will still probably like this game. It's pure Mars-themed fun.
For more strategy tips, see the Larva Labs blog.
Battle for Mars
Version: 1.0.6
Developed by: Larva Labs Ltd.
Price: $4.99
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A novel strain of downy mildew that attacks spinach appeared in Salinas Valley fields in July of 2008, and if officially designated as a new race, it will bring the total to 11, seven of which have sprung up in California, Arizona, and elsewhere since 1992.
The downy mildew, also known as Peronospora farinosa f. sp. spinaciae, continued to be a problem in the Valley during September and October on varieties previously resistant to it.
The fungus-like pathogen causes light green to yellow spots on leaves with purple formations of spores mostly on the undersides, making the leaves unmarketable. It's at home in all corners of the globe, but spinach is its only known host. It is managed with resistant varieties and fungicides.
The disease was discussed at a plant disease seminar in Salinas by James C. Correll, plant pathologist at the University of Arkansas.
He has been collaborating with Steve Koike, Monterey County plant pathology farm advisor, in spinach industry supported studies in California and Arizona.
Correll, a specialist in vegetables, fruits, and rice, said the disease has a long history, the first race having been identified in 1824. It has shown its ability to evolve into the 10 races now in the U.S. and Europe.
"There's been a rapid increase in the number of races in recent years," he said, recalling that he and Koike started working together in 1992 on race 4 and have since described the subsequent six.
"We don't know exactly why this proliferation of races has occurred," Correll said, "but it most likely has much to do with production practices. Many changes have come in Salinas Valley lettuce, and they've been paralleled in spinach."
Practices leading to "opportunities for variation to occur" in the pathogen range from higher plant densities and much more favorable micro-climates to adoption of sprinkler irrigation that splashes its spores.
Seed of organic spinach does not receive the typical commercial treatment with metalaxyl fungicide, and that may have also helped the introduction of novel strains. Some speculate that overcast in the Valley caused by smoke from forest fires in the summer of 2008 may have also contributed to the development.
Peronospora can germinate in four to six hours to infect plants in 12 to 24 hours during cool, wet conditions, after which the disease can regenerate on infected plants in about a week.
Correll works closely with the International Working Group Peronospora Committee, growers, and seed companies around the world to collect samples from infected plants for screening and identification. He and Koike started collecting samples from this year's California crop in late June.
To avoid confusion with all the data collections by various nations, the committee serves as a clearinghouse to assign new race designations. "The purpose of the group is to balance the scientific accuracy of reporting new strains of the pathogen with the legal requirements for seed companies to screen new germplasm materials," Correll explained.
In Europe, seed companies have to demonstrate their products are actually resistant to whichever races they claim to be. This prevents arbitrarily identifying as races those new strains that may be temporary or have little impact on the industry.
The committee will meet in January 2009, to consider whether the new California strain should be officially designated as race ll.
Tests to identify races are done on greenhouse flats of indicator spinach plants and typically take about two weeks, but they can extend to three to four months for further observation in cases where novel traits are discovered.
Mildew isolates, or samples from the field, are used to inoculate the ten international, differential cultivars. The collections this year severely infected four of the 10: Viroflay, Resistoflay, Bolero, and Lazio. The resulting 'fingerprint' or reaction of the four indicator cultivars is different from the 10 known races.
He noted that while newer spinach varieties, such as Lazio, are highly susceptible to the new strain, some older varieties such as Califlay and Lion are holding up to it.
Meanwhile, spinach breeders are working to incorporate as broad a resistance as possible in anticipation of additional new strains.
Since spinach is a year-round crop in California, Correll said, the downy mildew can easily find a new host after being carried by trucks, farm equipment, or airborne spores.
Spores can survive for as long as 10 years, and the disease has even been found in small spinach gardens in Nepal at the 14,000 foot elevation, thousands of miles from commercial plantings.
Koike reminded the spinach industry to continue to be watchful of any unusual developments with downy mildew. His laboratory at the Monterey County Cooperative Extension office in Salinas will be analyzing samples submitted by growers, PCAs, and others.
"This service acts as a gauge of the downy mildew situation and an early warning system should new races occur," he said.
Research on the disease in California is a joint project of the University of California and the University of Arkansas.
In comments about various other plant diseases on the Central Coast during 2008, Koike said Macrophomina dieback is showing up in strawberry fields where methyl bromide with chloropicrin has been replaced by Telone 235 or Vapam in fumigation.
"It's become more severe and more common since 2006, primarily in Ventura County, Orange County, and a few fields in Santa Barbara County," he said.
Macrophomina, a root pathogen, is associated with plant stress, such as occurs when mid-season strawberry plants have a fruit load, temperatures become warmer, and there is water stress. Infected plants collapse.
Laboratory diagnosis is key, and assumptions should not be made based on visual symptoms, which resemble Phytophthora.
Fusarium, until recently not thought to be a disease of strawberry, has also been found in the region in fields where the alternative fumigants were used.
"From the windshield it can look like Phytophthora, Verticillium, or Macrophomina. Interestingly, we have not found Fusarium in the same field with Macrophomina, and vice versa. We do not know why at this point," he said.
Koike also noted these diseases are spreading, with patches of them becoming larger the following season.


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Over the past six months, we've witnessed the emergence of a global antiwar movement so large it has seemed almost possible that US war plans could be stopped. But now that the war has begun, even without UN sanction, the antiwar movement is at a crossroads. Following is a forum in which David Cortright leads off a discussion on what the peace movement's goals should be now and in the longer term; his essay is followed by three responses–from Phyllis Bennis and John Cavanagh, Bill Fletcher Jr. and Medea Benjamin. –The Editors
As the Bush Administration continues its illegal and unjust military invasion of Iraq, we must steel ourselves for the difficult days that lie ahead. We must also recognize that our work for peace has only just begun.
We should not retreat from our core criticisms of Bush's war or be intimidated into silence. This war was and is completely unnecessary. Iraq was being disarmed through peaceful diplomatic means. It made numerous concessions to UN demands and was in the process of destroying missiles and disclosing its weapons activities when the United States attacked. Unprovoked war against another country without the approval of the Security Council violates the UN Charter and is illegal under US and international law. Such a war can never be just.
The outbreak of war makes our work more important and necessary than ever. It creates enormous new challenges, but it also offers new opportunities. We must organize a broadly based campaign to address the causes and consequences of this war and to prevent such misguided adventures in the future.
We can start by recognizing the tremendous accomplishments of the past few months. We have created the largest, most broadly based peace movement in history–a movement that has engaged millions of people here and around the globe. Never before have US churches, from the Conference of Catholic Bishops to the National Council of Churches, spoken so resolutely against war. Never before have so many US trade unions supported the antiwar movement. In practically every sector of society–business executives, women's groups, environmentalists, artists, musicians, African-Americans, Latinos–a strong antiwar voice has emerged. Antiwar rallies and vigils have occurred in thousands of communities, and many cities have passed antiwar declarations.
The fact that this effort could not prevent war reflects not the weaknesses of our movement but the failures of American democracy and the entrenched power of US militarism. The Bush Administration has shown utter contempt for public opinion at home and abroad. It manipulated legitimate public concerns about terrorism to assert a false connection between Iraq and Al Qaeda and refused to tell the American people or Congress how much the invasion and occupation would cost until after the war was already under way.
Our short-term objectives will depend on how the war unfolds, whether it is a short, "successful" military campaign or becomes a drawn-out war of attrition with constant sniper or guerrilla attacks. We hope there will be few casualties, both for Iraqis and Americans, but we know that a quick victory will bolster the very policies we abhor. We urge our government to do everything possible to avoid unnecessary death and destruction. Our short-term political agenda should include the following demands and issues:


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Have you been wondering what's so great about HootSuite's new freemium model? Are you wondering if it's worth the investment? Are you upset about having to pay for something that used to be free?
HootSuite just announced that they've passed their millionth user at the end of November, so it's time to take a deep dive to see what HootSuite is doing and how it's going to impact the social media space. Here's a review of the latest and greatest with HootSuite's new freemium service model.
Last fall, HootSuite announced that they were changing their business model to offer new "premium" services for business customers. All HootSuite users received a message asking them to choose a plan when they attempted to log in for the first time after the change.


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Take a look at the deals from this week's GameStop ad starting on Wednesday.
I don't mean to be a stickler but if I wanted to see gamestop ads then I'd head over to their website. This being posted on a gaming website I kind of expected a text breakdown, not several links to various ad pictures. Maybe next year?
LBP and PSASBR for Vita are both $39.99 EACH? *GASP* You mean they're selling them at regular price?! What a deal!
really nothing worthwhile here.
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To this day, my son and I still love pea soup.
A Food Blog that shares tried & true recipes, and my passion for cooking and baking with a garnish of beginning gardening and some travel.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Chunky Split Pea Soup with Ham, Pressure Cooker Style
To this day, my son and I still love pea soup.
14 comments:
- Debinhawaii said...
Too funny! I am glad that you liked the soup and were able to recover from my typo--(somehow the 3 quarts mixed ham and chicken stock morphed into 3 of each or 6 quarts when I typed it! Double Yikes!), but it is fixed now. Glad you were able to make another great soup with the extra stock!
Great changes--I'll have to try the Old Bay sometime! Thanks for trying the soup, helping me find the mistake and sending it to Souper Sundays!
- December 5, 2009 at 1:06 PM
- ARLENE said...
In my head I remember "Pea Soup Andersons," but it's definitely the same place. I have to confess that as an east coast gal, I'm not comfortable in California, but I remember this place fondly. I remember the soup was so thick you could stand a spoon up in it. I've always been afraid of pressure cookers, though my mom made THE BEST sauce (gravy, to her) in hers. I didn't even know there was a digital one. It looks a lot safer than the one with the "peacock"--that's what we called it when I was growing up. Thanks for the trip down Memory Lane.
- December 5, 2009 at 4:31 PM
- Kate said...
I remember Andersen's Split Pea Soup! Delicious...the Kitchen Gnome brought me one of their cookbooks a few moons ago....great stuff. Looks delicious....so do the rolls.
- December 5, 2009 at 5:05 PM
- TKW said...
You know how I feel about pea soup (vampire food) but I did enjoy your story!
- December 6, 2009 at 6:17 AM
- George Gaston said...
ROAD TRIP! Oh, to go back in time for just one more "family road trip". Despite the squabbles with my sister, who always got car-sick, the memories are still some of my childhood favorites.
Debby, this Pea Soup is absolutely marvelous. Filled with some many great ingredients. I like the addition of Old Bay... a distinct flavor, but never takes away the flavors of the dish.
Thanks for the recipe & road trip memories...
- December 6, 2009 at 6:42 AM
- My Carolina Kitchen said...
Ah, split pea soup. One of our favorites. I've never tried Old Bay in it - great idea.
- December 6, 2009 at 7:10 AM
I have a leftover ham bone in the freezer - I may have to sub that, but split pea is one of my husband's favorite soups.
Thanks for sharing! :D
- December 6, 2009 at 3:37 PM
- Cheryl said...
First off I must hide this digital pressure cooker from my husband he woudl immediately buy one! Do you really like it, and what brand I have wanted one for sooo long and digital even better! That soup looks delish, I need to make some soon!
- December 6, 2009 at 5:55 PM
- Monica H said...
pea soup and a vanilla milk shake? I'll pass on the shake but this soup would be perfect for for the cold wet weather we've been having.
- December 6, 2009 at 10:43 PM
- Chiara "Kika" Assi said...
Isn't that restaurant famous for the soup? I think I've seen it on the travel channel...
I love this kind of soups. I just made a similar one with leftover ham and navy beans and I can't stop eating it!
- December 7, 2009 at 8:27 AM
- Free Samples said...
Wow! They turned out great! Good work :)
- December 7, 2009 at 3:11 PM
- Marguerite said...
Love pea soup and Old Bay, and your wonderful rolls! All looks great!
- December 7, 2009 at 7:05 PM
- T.W. Barritt at Culinary Types said...
I'm going to have to look into a digital pressure cooker. That looks like a great gadget. And I had to laugh at the picture of all your soup containers heading for the freezer - mine looks exactly the same with all those blue lids!
- December 8, 2009 at 6:23 AM
- Cristie said...
What a wonderful tutorial on split pea soup! I love split pea soup, but have never found a really good recipe for it--YEA! Thanks so much for sharing.
- December 8, 2009 at 8:29 AM


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WASHINGTON (AP) — New details in a Pentagon report show that military academy students report just a fraction of the sexual assaults they say occurred in the past school year, signaling a continued reluctance by victims to seek criminal investigations.
As reported earlier this week, the report shows that reported sexual assaults at the nation's three military academies jumped by 23 percent overall this year. But officials say that at least some of the increase is the result of ongoing efforts to encourage military members and students to report unwelcome sexual contact.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said in a memo released Friday that he's concerned there hasn't been greater progress in preventing sexual assault and harassment at the academies. He has asked officials to beef up prevention programs.
According to an anonymous survey of academy students, more than 50 percent of women and 10 percent of men said they experienced sexual harassment during the last school year. At the same time, a bit more than 12 percent of women and 2 percent of men enrolled in the three military academies said they experienced "unwanted sexual contact."
Those percentages are largely the same as previous years, but they indicate that far more students experience either sexual harassment or assault than the 80 who reported it in the past year. There were 65 reported sexual assaults in the 2010-2011 academic year, and 41 the previous year.
Of the 80 reported assaults, 42 victims provided information to law enforcement or their commands for an investigation, while 38 accessed medical care and other services but declined to seek an investigation.
According to Maj. Gen. Gary Patton, director of the sexual assault prevention and response office, sexual assault "continues to be a persistent problem" at the academies. But he noted that based on the survey, as much as 84 percent of the crimes go unreported.
That number is a concern, he said, and noted that sexual assaults are a problem in society more broadly. Still, he said, the military must be held to a higher standard.
Of the cases investigated this year, just eight people have been sent to court martial. Five cases have been completed and four were convicted of at least one charge. Three cases are continuing. In some cases the person being investigated was not a member of the military and thus did not fall under the jurisdiction of the department.
The documents also show that cadets and midshipmen are three times as likely to be victims of assault as active-duty troops.
Navy officials expressed concerns that the data suggests there is the perception among some Naval Academy students that a culture persists that discourages the reporting of these crimes.
"I am disappointed that we have apparently not instilled in each and every midshipman the sense that being loyal to one another means first being loyal to the service and to the uniform," said Navy Secretary Ray Mabus.
Mabus said he has asked Navy leaders to take steps to "deglamorize the use of alcohol" and foster a command climate that is more conducive to the reporting of sex crimes.
Protect Our Defenders, an advocacy group for military personnel who have been sexually assaulted, said the report shows a continuing need for changes in the command structure and the culture of the military.
"Victims are afraid to come forward because of the retaliation they face, including victim-blaming, isolation and bad performance reviews, to being kicked out with errant medical discharge like personality disorders," said the group's president, Nancy Parrish. "It's a shameful blight on our nation."
Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, co-chairman of the Military Sexual Assault Prevention Caucus, said that while the statistics are troubling, "the increased rate of reporting is in response to efforts combating this issue, both by leadership at the Defense Department, and by Congress." Those efforts, he said, will continue.


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George E. Miller, 88, of Pennsylvania Avenue, Hagerstown, Md., passed away Thursday April 4, 2013, at his home.
George E. Miller, 88, of Pennsylvania Avenue, Hagerstown, Md., passed away Thursday April 4, 2013, at his home. Born Nov. 21, 1925, in Columbus, Ohio, he was the son of the late Harold L. and Inez J. (Ingmire) Miller. He was a veteran of the United States Navy serving in both World War II and the Korean Conflict. He was a member of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses of Hagerstown for 55 years serving many years as Elder. He retired from Western Maryland Hospital of Hagerstown with more than 20 years of service. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Emily N. "Sue" (Barthlow) Miller, whom he married Feb. 14, 1953; three sons, John, Jerry and Mark; one daughter, Christine Anson; grandchildren, Troy, Mark, Nathan, Jennifer, Thomas, Tammy and Tracy; and many great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one son, George, and two brothers, Harold and Leland. A memorial service will be held Saturday, April 13, 2013, at 1 p.m. at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses with Richard G. Myers officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, (In memory of George Miller), 30 Nottingham Drive, Hagerstown, Md. 21740. Arrangements were made by J.L. Davis Funeral Home, Smithsburg, Md.


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Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:
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FORT WORTH, Texas — Before Southern's opening game in the SWAC baseball tournament Thursday morning, the team met to dispel demons lingering from last year's event.
"We came into that tournament the first seed with a 16-game winning streak and took (Mississippi Valley State) lightly and lost. We weren't going to do that again," said senior left-hander Jesse "Doc" Holiday, who started last year's opener, as well as Thursday's contest against Alabama A&M.
Even though A&M led by a run more than halfway through the game, the Jaguars didn't allow another fourth-seeded team to knock them off. Behind Holiday's four-hitter and fellow senior Kevin Williams' four RBIs, Southern prevailed 7-1.
Southern's next game in the tournament is scheduled for 9 p.m. Thursday against Alabama State (31-23), which won its first-round game Wednesday 16-0 over Prairie View. Southern right-hander Jose De Leon (4-3) is scheduled to oppose right-hander Joel Alvira (6-0).
Thursday morning, with two outs in the bottom of the fifth, Southern had two runners on base and Williams at the plate. He hit a line drive to center field; A&M's Brandyn Crutcher raced in and attempted a diving catch, but the ball rolled past him for a two-run triple.
"I was just trying to hit it up the middle for one run," Williams said. "I got lucky when he couldn't make the catch."
The Jaguars (21-21) broke the game open with five runs in the sixth on freshman catcher Jose De La Torre's three-run homer and Williams' two-run single.
"I just took an offensive swing," De La Torre said through an interpreter of his drive that landed atop a levee beyond the left-field fence at LaGrave Field.
Did he know it was gone?
"Si," De La Torre said.
Roger Cador, who posted his 850th win as Southern's coach, admitted to a sense of déjà vu early in the game but added: "You never want to think back. You always want to think forward. I thought this was a different situation; I felt we could score runs on this team. But if you look at it, only two players in our offense did something to get runs in. We hope in the next game we get more people contributing."
Against the Bulldogs, Holiday (7-3) pitched his first complete game of the season. He walked just two while striking out eight. A&M's only run came on a third-inning homer by Deon Hall.
"The guy got in front of a fastball," Cador said. "As long as it's a solo shot, that's OK, and Doc doesn't give up homers with runners on base."
Said De La Torre: "He threw everything where he wanted. It was a normal day for him."
The catcher increased his team-leading total to 28 RBIs and tied Gavin Webster for the team lead with his fifth homer.
Williams entered the game batting .370 but with just 13 RBI in 26 games. Still, Cador expressed confidence in Williams and Holiday.
"Kevin is in the lineup because he swings the bat good, not because he looks sexy," he said.
The Jaguars' most recent SWAC championship came in 2009. Fifth-year senior Daniel Garcia is the only remaining player from that team.
"This means everything to me," Williams said. "I haven't gotten a ring or won a championship. As a senior, I want to instill in my guys coming up to give it their all."


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DIY Network's Alison Victoria will hold court and dish out secrets about making the home happy and healthy as part of the Orlando Fall Home & Garden Show.
The three-day event at the Orange County Convention Center will feature Victoria, who hosts the show "Kitchen Crashers," and other speakers as part of the the design, decor and home improvement extravaganza.
"I lived for so long in an unhappy kitchen that was not well designed," Victoria said. "I wasn't excited there and didn't want to entertain."
She will have three presentations, two on Saturday and one on Sunday, about how space, lighting and organization are essential to making a...


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LocationMt. Clemens, MI
24583 North River Rd.
Mt. Clemens, MI 48043
New 2018 Keystone RV Springdale 271RL
Camp comfortably in this Keystone Springdale travel trailer model 271RL featuring double entry doors, a rear living area layout, and a large slide for added interior space.
Enter the main entry door and see two lounge chairs along the rear wall with an end table between and overhead storage the entire width of the room. Straight ahead there is a tri-fold sofa and dinette slide. A nearby entertainment center can easily be viewed from any seating in the room.
To the right of the main entry find kitchen amenities that allow you to easily cook food for your family. There is a large kitchen sink, three burner range, refrigerator to keep your perishable things cold and fresh, and pantry for your canned goods.
As you continue toward the front you will find just beyond the kitchen area a bathroom that features an angled shower, toilet, and sink. There is a second entrance into the bath from the bedroom sliding door.
A sliding door just passed the bath leads directly into the front bedroom which provides a private entry/exit door to the outside. You will find storage above the head of the bed, in the dual bedside closets and nightstands, plus in the front pass-through compartment outside, and so much more!
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DENVER – Colorado Avalanche coach Joe Sacco was fired on Sunday after the team missed the playoffs for the third straight season.
The Avs never got on track in the lockout-shortened season and finished last in the Western Conference.
Sacco was in his fourth season in charge of Colorado and wound up with a 130-134-30 mark. He had one year left on his contract.
"The organization believes a change of leadership behind the bench is needed going forward," general manager Greg Sherman said in a release. "Joe has worked for this franchise for eight seasons and he is a dedicated and hard-working coach. We appreciate all he has done and wish him the best in the future."
The Avs will soon begin their search for a replacement.
Sacco spent two seasons in charge of the organization's American Hockey League affiliate squad, the Lake Erie Monsters, before taking over the Avs in 2009 after the firing of Tony Granato.
A former NHL player, Sacco preached a fast-paced style and it served the youthful Avalanche well in his first season as the team earned a post-season spot. He was even a finalist for the NHL's coach of the year.
But Colorado couldn't duplicate that success.
Moments after a 3-1 loss to Minnesota on Saturday to close out the regular season, Sacco was asked about his future, saying, "We're certainly headed in the right direction."
His team was committed to his up-tempo philosophy. Matt Duchene recently said that Sacco's message was still getting across.
"We've all played the system he's put in place to the best of our ability. We've all worked at it," said Duchene, who finished tied with P.A. Parenteau for the team scoring lead with 43 points. "We're all still buying in and working."
Sacco will be back on the bench later this week when he leads the U.S. squad at the world championships. He will even take several Avalanche players with him, including Paul Stastny and Erik Johnson.


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Should you add some math problems to your kids' bedtime stories? Laura Overdeck, the founder of "Bedtime Math," thinks so. Overdeck discusses her program for tucking kids in with equations, and tells why she thinks it helps kids keep up their math skills over summer vacation.


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Glencore is one of the world's largest diversified and vertically integrated producers, processors and marketers of commodities, which includes coal, oil, copper, zinc, nickel, ferroalloys and aluminium, as well agricultural products such as grains, oil, cotton and sugar. The business is exposed to risks arising from climate change, with a significant annual carbon footprint of more than 35 million tonnes CO2. It is also the world's largest exporter of seaborne-traded coal, producing approximately 130 million tonnes of coal in 2015, as well as trading or representing nearly a further 100 million tonnes on an agency basis. Other commodities are also potentially subject to regulation and changing demand in low-carbon scenarios.
Following the success of the climate change resolutions filed at some oil companies in 2015, we raised the idea of filing similar proposals on the disclosure of climate-related risks with the chairs of three major diversified mining companies, one of which was UK-listed Glencore. We believe that a carefully crafted, supportive but stretching shareholder proposal can play a positive role in encouraging best practice during the transition to a low-carbon economy.
Our engagement
The shareholder resolution, co-filed by a large number of Hermes EOS clients, asked for enhanced disclosure of Glencore's approach to climate change risk, including its management of operational greenhouse gas emissions, strategic portfolio resilience to low-carbon scenarios, research and development of low-carbon solutions, its public policy position on climate change, as well as its overarching corporate governance framework and link to key performance indicators.
At our first meeting with the company to discuss the proposed resolution, we were encouraged by the indication of personal support for the approach. We therefore proceeded to gather the necessary support of 50 co-filing shareholders, which was achieved before the end-December 2015 deadline. The company later indicated its formal support for the resolution. We spoke at Glencore's AGM in support of enhanced disclosure of climate-related risks and welcomed the chair's commitment to responding to the requirements set out by shareholders. The resolution successfully passed with 98% of votes.
Changes at the company
In a working group meeting after the AGM with senior executives from the coal business, we were pleased to hear that the company is taking seriously the potential risk to its business of reduced demand for coal resulting from climate change policies. We discussed the company's analysis of the risks from low-carbon scenarios and the resilience of its coal assets and made some suggestions to enhance its communication to investors, including an explicit reference to demand scenarios consistent with limiting climate change to 2°C. We also heard of the company's plans to develop a strategy for the reduction of its own greenhouse gas emissions footprint and requested that the plans be published as soon as possible to accelerate the implementation of emissions reductions.
At the company's Sustainability Day, we welcomed the formal launch of its report on climate considerations for its coal business, which set out a comprehensive analysis of the resilience of the company's coal business to low-carbon scenarios. Glencore acknowledges the risks from a reduction in demand for coal resulting from low-carbon policies but notes that this should be signalled by major policy shifts, particularly in Asia which, in its view, would involve long lead times before any material change in the fuel mix of power stations and subsequent reduction in demand for coal. During this period, the company believes it should have time to adjust the profile of its capital expenditure, which generally has a payback of fewer than 10 and often fewer than five years. Although we appreciate the company's depth of analysis of low-carbon scenarios, we have suggested that it conducts a stress-test of the consequences of lower demand for coal consistent with a 2°C climate scenario to understand the impacts on global seaborne coal demand, prices and portfolio value.
In addition to managing climate risks, the company concentrates on improving its health and safety performance with the ambition to eliminate all fatalities to zero. The board has put a major focus on managing catastrophic risks in the business, seeking greater transparency at the board level on how to handle the issue. Glencore has also assured us that it has made good progress on rolling out its anti-bribery and corruption policy and associated procedures, together with regular training. It will now focus on improving the strength of its community relations, which includes helping to reduce the dependency of local communities on mining activities so that they are more resilient to potential cuts in production in the face of lower global commodity prices.
Overall, the company's risk management and related disclosure framework appear to have improved over recent years, as has the breadth and depth of reporting in its annual Sustainability Report. We look forward to the continued improvement in the sustainability credentials of the company, which should ultimately lead to greater long-term value creation for investors and their beneficiaries.
América Móvil
Engagement objectives:
Environmental: Climate change risk disclosure
Social and ethical: Health and safety
Social and ethical: Social licence to operate
Strategy, risk and communication: Mining asset oversight


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Official 2008 Presidential General Election Question Text
Return to Garrett County Ballot Question(s)
Garrett County
Municipalities A
Alcoholic Beverages - Sunday Sales in County Districts
Local Referendum from General Assembly
Question A
Chapter 655 - 2008 Authorizing Sunday sales of certain alcoholic beverages from 1 p.m. until 10 p.m. under certain circumstances in each election district in Garrett County in which voters approve the referendum; providing for the assessment of additional fees on Class B and Class C license holders who wish to provide Sunday sales.
For the Local Referendum
Against the Local Referendum
(Prepared by the Department of Legislative Services of the Maryland General Assembly in accordance with Section 7-105 of the Election Law Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland)
Authorizes Sunday sales of alcoholic beverages by certain license holders in those election districts in Garrett County whose voters approve this Question.
If approved by a referendum of the legally qualified voters of election districts 1, 2, 3, 3-1, 3-2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8-1, 8-2, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14-1, 14-2, and 16 in Garrett County, the legislation embodied in this Question, as passed by the General Assembly of Maryland at the 2008 Session, will allow the Sunday sale of alcoholic beverages in those 18 specified election districts (1) by holders of Class C service club licenses and (2) by holders of Class B (restaurants and hotels), special 2-day Class C (clubs and organizations) licenses, special 6-day Class C licenses, and special 12-day Class C licenses, but only if the consumer at the licensed facility places an order for a meal or is otherwise entitled to a meal on the premises as part of a prearranged event, such as a banquet. Sunday sales are authorized to begin at 1 p.m. and continue until 10 p.m.
Each license holder that will be allowed to sell alcoholic beverages on Sundays in Garrett County if this Question is approved will be required to pay $250 in addition to the fee for obtaining the license.
Under current law, Sunday sales that are now authorized in election districts 11 and 15 of Garrett County will not be affected by the result of the vote on this Question.
If this Question receives a majority of votes cast in any of the 18 election districts specified above, it will take effect in those election districts on December 15, 2008.