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California Department of Transportation
Date: July 5, 2012
District: 8 - INLAND EMPIRE
Contact: Terri Kasinga
Phone: (909) 383-4631 (work) (951) 232-4268 (cell)
Caltrans Awards $48.5 Million for Safe Routes to School
to Increase Safety and Health
INLAND EMPIRE - Caltrans today awarded $48.5 million of state Safe Routes to School Program funds for 139 projects to increase safety and help reduce injuries and fatalities among children in grades K-12 who walk and bicycle to school.
"Safety is Caltrans' number one priority," said Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty. "We are committed to providing the highest safety possible for our children as they travel to and from school in California."
Among the state-funded projects are new sidewalks, bicycle lanes, and other safety improvements. Caltrans chose each project based upon need, effectiveness, and how quickly it could be delivered. By improving safety, more kids are encouraged to walk and bicycle to school, resulting in healthier children while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle congestion.
More than $7 million of the funds were awarded to critical safety projects in rural counties. In addition, 82 projects totaling $28 million will create jobs and benefit at least one low-income school within each project.
Some of the notable local projects that received funding include:
- Apple Valley/Rancho Verde Elementary School (ES): Construct sidewalks, curb and gutter, curb ramps and driveway approaches, and install signs ($492,0000)
- Coachella/Valle del Sol ES, Cesar Chavez ES, Bobby Duke Middle School (MS), Valley View ES, Coral Mountain Academy: Construct raised crosswalks, sidewalks, curb ramps, and bulb-outs; install crosswalks, safety lighting, bike lanes, signs and markings; safety education, encouragement, enforcement and evaluation program ($497,800).
- Eastvale/Eastvale ES, River Heights Intermediate School, Eleanor Roosevelt High School (HS): Construct sidewalks ($166,900).
- Fontana/Palmetto ES: Install traffic signals, safety education and encouragement program ($309,000).
- Highland/Warm Springs ES, Curtis MS: Construct sidewalks and curb ramps; install crosswalks and bike racks; safety education, encouragement, enforcement and evaluation program ($500,000).
- Highland/Cole ES, Cypress ES: Construct sidewalks and curb ramps; install inpavement crosswalk lighting and bike racks; safety education, encouragement, enforcement and evaluation program ($499,100).
- Moreno Valley/Chaparral Hills ES, Badger Springs MS: Construct sidewalks, curb and gutter; install speed feedback signs and safety lighting ($463,100).
- Rancho Cucamonga/Los Amigos ES, Rancho Cucamonga MS: Construct sidewalks ($338,900).
- Rancho Cucamonga/Grapeland ES, Etiwanda Intermediate School: Construct sidewalks, curb and gutter, and curb ramps; install flashing beacons ($313,700).
- Rialto/Charlotte N. Werner ES, Rialto MS: Construct sidewalks; install crosswalk and pedestrian countdown heads ($495,900).
- Riverside/Jefferson ES, Ramona HS, Madison ES: Install traffic signals and crosswalks, including a signalized mid-block crosswalk; construct curb ramps; remove crosswalk; relocate traffic signal ($377,000).
- Riverside County/Good Hope ES: Widen roadway; construct sidewalks, curb and gutter, curb ramps, minor drainage; install flashing beacons, signs, and pavement markings ($827,400).
- Riverside County/Lakeside HS: Widen roadway; construct sidewalks, curb and gutter, curb ramps, minor drainage; install signs
and pavement markings ($683,000).
- San Bernardino County/Pacific HS, Fairfax ES: Install in-pavement crosswalk lighting and paint curb; construct curb ramps; upgrade crosswalks ($407,900).
- Wildomar/Wildomar ES, David Brown MS: Construct sidewalks ($402,400).
- Yucaipa/Dunlap ES, Yucaipa HS: Construct sidewalks, curb and gutter, and curb ramps; install bike lanes and signs ($448,000).
- Yucca Valley/ Yucca Valley HS, Yucca Valley ES, Onaga ES, La Contenta Junior HS: Construct sidewalks, curb and gutter, and curb ramps; install speed feedback signs ($447,000).
To date, the state and federal Safe Routes to School programs have awarded $472 million for safety projects around California's schools.
To view the entire list of SRTS projects that received funding, click here.
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I've been at the NCGC for a little more than a year and I can say that it's a great place to work – smart people, cutting edge projects in chemical genomics and chemical biology, opportunities to be involved in all aspects of HTS projects and fresh data (lots of it). Now there's opportunities for others to join the fun!
Sometime back, my colleague Trung posted an ad for a software engineer position, primarily working on our chemogenomics data application. Now, we're also looking for a research informatics scientist. See the detailed ad for more information. For both positions, see the ads themselves for contact details. If you'd like to chat face to face I'll be at the ACS in Boston this month, so drop me a line and we can chat in Boston.


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This piece of advice is absolutely fundamental,esential and can make the difference between seeing your nature or remaining fixated in a dualistic kind of way.
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This Day in Sports History for June 6
Here are just some of the notable sports moments that happened on June 6:
1892 — Benjamin Harrison became the first president to attend a major league game. (More Info.)
1944 — Major League Baseball canceled all games as the Allied forces began D-Day operations in Normandy. (More Info.)
1946 — The Basketball Association of America, a forerunner of the NBA, formed in New York City. (More Info.)
1969 — Joe Namath quit the NFL after league commissioner Pete Rozelle ordered him to sell his stake in a bar frequented by reputed gamblers. (More Info.)
1976 — The Boston Celtics beat the Phoenix Suns in Game 6 of NBA Finals and win the series, 4-2 (More Info.)
1983 — The Boston Red Sox selected Roger Clemens with the 19th pick in the MLB draft. (More Info.)
1987 — Bet Twice won the Belmont Stakes and ends Alysheba's run at the Triple Crown. (More Info.)
1999 — Andre Agassi defeated Andre Medvedev at the French Open to become just the fifth man to win all four Grand Slam tennis events. (More Info.)
2001 — Philadelphia beat the Los Angeles Lakers 107-101 in OT in Game 1 of the NBA Finals as both 76ers' guard Allen Iverson (48) and Lakers' center Shaquille O'Neal (44) scored 40 or more points. (More Info.)


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Kid Cudi Reveals How He Got His Life in Order In New 'Complex' Interview [VIDEO]
The photo of Kid Cudi on the cover of the new issue of Complex magazine depicts him as a not-quite-finished jigsaw puzzle — and in the interview inside, the rapper discusses how he put his life and career back together after a rocky start.
Cudi hit it big with his first two albums, 'Man On The Moon: The End Of Day' and 'Man On The Moon Two: The Legend Of Mr. Rager,' but his life was spiraling out of control. There was heavy drug use and brushes with the law, including an arrest for kicking down a woman's door while he had cocaine in his pocket.
Cudi straightened out his life, quit drugs and sobered up. He fired his managers and now handles his own business affairs. He stars in the HBO series 'How To Make It In America" and is working on a rock-themed album called 'The Wizard.' In the Complex interview, Cudi candidly addressed his life, his career and what it's like making music sober.
He says after he kicked drugs he realized he needed a hobby. "I can't be chillin' in the house playing video games all the time," he says. "And I can't be in the clubs, 'cause that led to the disaster. So what am I going to do? Why don't I try to pick up an instrument?"
Last fall he picked up the guitar and, as he put it, "started fiddling with it." He says the instrument came naturally to him, although he adds, "I'm not saying that the first time around I was shredding riffs. But I was able to pick it up and pick, and go up and down the neck, and find melodies. I was like, 'S***, I want to just make jams with this instrument.' It was something that I took very seriously."
Cudi admits that creating music without being under the influence is stressful — but he says he loves the challenge. "It's like a kid learning to ride a bike—you can't have those training wheels forever," he says. "I have to learn how to be inspired by other things than my turmoil and pain and stress. I have to learn how to sit in the studio, clearheaded, and make a jam."
The issue of Complex with Cudi on the cover will be out October 4.
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The Ohio Department of Education said it fired its chief operating officer after learning he was under investigation for possessing child pornography and then finding images "of pornographic nature" on his work computer.
The Ohio Department of Education said it fired its chief operating officer after learning he was under investigation for possessing child pornography and then finding images "of pornographic nature" on his work computer.
John T. Childs, 47, of 2239 Planetree Court on the Northwest Side, was fired on Nov. 2, said John Charlton, an Education Department spokesman. Childs had been on paid administrative leave since around Oct. 15.
�He was under investigation by local law enforcement for child pornography on his home computer. We put Childs on paid administrative leave until we could investigate the alleged charges and we could look at his work computer as well,� Charlton said.
The department turned Childs� work laptop computer over to the State Highway Patrol, which found thumbnail images "of pornographic nature." The images found on his work laptop were not child pornography, Charlton said.
Childs� phone was disconnected. He has refused repeated requests for comment from a reporter for WBNS-TV (Channel 10) who has visited his home.
Childs was paid $121,870 a year and had worked for the state since 1990.
No criminal charge has been filed against Childs.
A search warrant filed in Franklin County Municipal Court by sheriff�s detective Marcus Penwell provided some details of the investigation.
In July, members of the sheriff�s special-investigative unit routinely checking the Internet for child pornography traced photos to Childs� home computer that he allegedly had received through a file-sharing program online, according to the search warrant.
Penwell was able to verify that Childs had been in possession of 145 files of suspected child pornography between April 2012 and September 2012. Penwell found that one of the files depicted a girl between 6 and 9 years old having sex with an adult male, and another was titled sister and brother family sex, the search warrant says.
Detectives searched Childs� home on Oct. 10 and seized his desktop computer, an iPad and flash drives.
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The number of people who can expect to have sufficient funds for retirement is inching up, but the picture for the country as whole remains worrisome.
Those are the findings from the Employee Benefit Research Institute's recently released 2014 Retirement Readiness Ratings. The nonprofit group, based in Washington, D.C., calculates that 56.7% of "early" baby boomers (born between 1948 and 1954), 58.5% of late boomers (born between 1955 and 1964) and 57.7% of Gen Xers (born between 1965 and 1974) will have the financial resources needed to meet their expenses in retirement.
Those figures are up 1.6 percentage points, 1.0 percentage point and 0.5 percentage point, respectively, from 2013.
A household is considered likely to run short of money – in the institute's model – if assets can't meet "minimum retirement expenditures." Those are defined as a combination of expenses from the federal government's Consumer Expenditure Survey (as a function of age and income); some health insurance and out-of-pocket health-related expenses; and possible expenses from nursing-home and home-health care.
Why the slight improvement in 2014? EBRI points to a growth in the market value of defined-contribution plans and individual retirement accounts, as well as an increase in housing values in the past year.
Looking forward, the institute points to several issues that could change some of these numbers – for the better or worse:
Retirement plans at work. Employees who have access to, and participate in, a savings plan at the office have much better odds of meeting expenses in later life. For example: Retirement-readiness values double for Gen Xers in the lowest-income quartile when comparing individuals with 20 years of eligibility in such plans vs. those with no future eligibility.
Social Security. Starting in 2033, the government will be able to pay only about 75% of the program's costs (unless Congress acts to correct funding shortfalls). If nothing is done, retirement-readiness values for Gen Xers in the lowest income quartile, for instance, will drop to 10.3% from 20.9%.
Risk management, at or near retirement age. People nearing retirement should look for guaranteed streams of income. For instance, individuals who annuitize a portion of their defined contribution or IRA balances could mitigate the "variability in retirement income adequacy," according to EBRI. At the same time, a "well-functioning market in long-term care insurance" could help reduce nest-egg shortfalls, particularly for middle-income households.
Also on Encore:
Making reverse mortgages less risky
Many boomers still have all-stock IRAs
Right price for investing advice could be $0
Glenn Ruffenach edits The Wall Street Journal's guide to planning and living the new retirement. Reach him at email@example.com.


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Superintendent Marsden has worked tirelessly to engage the community in a partnership to improve the San Bernardino City Unified School District. For more information, visit the Community Engagement page. Facebook users can connect with Dr. Dale Marsden on Facebook at facebook.com/Dr.Marsden
The San Bernardino City Unified School District serves approximately 50,000 students and is the eighth-largest school district in California. Two schools, Richardson PREP HI Middle School and Middle College High School, were named National Blue Ribbon Schools and the Distirct has 16 California Distinguished Schools.
The District is comprised of 49 elementary, 10 middle, 8 high schools, an adult school, and 3 special education schools. The District also offers three alternative programs: Middle College High, Destination Diploma, and the Alternative Learning Center/Independent Study.
You can contact Dr. Marsden at (909) 381-1240 or through Carla Cross, superintendent's assistant.
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Model: 416-RAFR2418
BoosBlock professional cutting boards are FDA-approved and are used in some of the finest restaurants in the country. Pro-Chef professional cutting boards are manufactured from hard rock maple.
Available in end grain and edge grain. BoosBlock Professional Cutting Boards are used by professional chefs throughout the United States and have been awarded the Gold Medal Award by Chefs of America. Available in more than 39 shapes and sizes to fit any need. All boards are manufactured with hard rock maple and are National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) approved.
John Boos & Co. is the number one supplier of butcher blocks, counter-tops and cutting boards to restaurants, butchers...and even the White House. BoosBlock cutting boards are manufactured by John Boos & Co. based in Effingham, Illinois. Since its inception in 1887, John Boos & Co. strives to provide the highest quality products to the most discriminating consumers.
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In addition to the Ravens on the field for Super Bowl XLVII, Baltimore viewers are going to see some familiar faces on the NFL Network's coverage leading up to the game.
Starting Jan. 28 through gameday Feb. 3, the channel will offer 140 hours of game-related coverage, and such one-time Baltimore-based broadcasters as Melissa Stark, Amber Theoharis and Brian Billick will have significant roles.
Here's the channel's release:
For the 10th year, NFL Network is on-location providing comprehensive, wall-to-wall coverage of Super Bowl week. With more than 140 total hours – 85 live – of programming from 11 sets across New Orleans featuring a roster of 35 on-air...


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A usually multi-talented African American who can basically any play and sport and dominant at at. extremely funny can make
any one laugh. Girls seem to love instanty because he has incredible charisma is quite polite knows how to have a good time. Lots of friends. easy to get along with Girls just seem to jump out of their clothes when he walks by or when he talks to them. Like mashed potatoes and employee of the month.
Dam mane you see that guy over there mackin on your girl and you aint doin shit about it and ur girls handin him her number dat boy be such a Konzo mane he kool kool as fuck. aww man look at the way he eats mashed potatoes he loves them <3. Aslo loves Butters very much.


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If you go to http://thedailydisney.com/ and go to the bottom right of that page there is a section titled Disney World On Twitter.
Is there a way to add a Twitter module like this to my vb4 CMPS?
If you go to http://thedailydisney.com/ and go to the bottom right of that page there is a section titled Disney World On Twitter.
Is there a way to add a Twitter module like this to my vb4 CMPS?
No one knows how to do this? I found on Twitter.com under their "goodies" section a widget to create. How can i get that on my CMPS page?
Just grab the HTML code from Twitter that you're after...
... and then create a new template module with the HTML code supplied from Twitter as the contents of your new template.
Figured it out...Here is the code to add to your module
Code:
Recent Tweets

 Follow me on Twitter

I am trying to input a Twitter module using a Template module and it is rendering blank. Here is my code ...
Any ideas?Code:
Anybody get this Twitter code to work?
Ummm... I will code that next the time of course may be. In fact, it's not so popular module in your vBulletin forums CMPS
Are you looking to do a twitter widget like on my site? http://www.discussionkingdom.com/
If, so here is the coding (it's a new template module):
All you need to do is paste that into the Template Content. Make sure to change the Shell Background & Font Color, as well as the Tweets Background & Font Color. And don't forget to add in your twitter username where it says "USERNAME". Also play around with other settings such as the width and height, displaying avatars, making it live, etc.

new TWTR.Widget({
version: 2,
type: 'profile',
rpp: 10,
interval: 6000,
width: 220,
height: 400,
theme: {
shell: {
background: '#ebf1f4',
color: '#83b923'
tweets: {
background: '#004872',
color: '#ffffff',
links: '#dadef0'
features: {
scrollbar: true,
loop: false,
live: false,
hashtags: true,
timestamp: true,
avatars: false,
behavior: 'all'
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Mud pie, mud in your eye;
Mud on a snake bite, don't you die;
Take a little rain, take a little dirt,
Make a little mud, get it on your shirt.
We're all just slogging through the mud.
—Guy Clark, "Mud"
Songwriter and truth-teller Guy Clark was never so right — after a year of record rainfalls following years of dusty drought, we are all just slogging through the mud. It has rained here for most of the week. Most of the month, maybe even. The cats don't like it, the dog doesn't like it, the chickens don't like it. Everyone's getting a little crazy from it. And Georgia's small farmers have been devastated by flooded fields and lost topsoil and fertilizer (to contribute to the Georgia Farmer Flood Relief Fund, please click here).
Me, I just pull on my big yellow galoshes and get out there. I miss my garden, and I want to watch the broccoli grow. There is only one way to get scraps out of the kitchen, and that is to slop through the mud to the compost bin at the back of my lot. We try to keep the floor of the coop dry with a box fan mounted overhead, but this much water seeps in under the foundation, and the mucky mess needs to be scraped and shoveled out. The hens stay inside or up on roosts as much as they can, but they can't help but get some of the ooze on their feet and feathers.
Yesterday I dragged Caleb out into it for a brisk evening trot around the neighborhood. He protested at first, but we both resigned ourselves to getting wet, and I am quite sure it was glee I was seeing on his face as he shook all that mud onto my kitchen floor and cabinets when we got home.
You have to get out there. You have to get a little mud on you. It helps if you remember that we came from mud — the primordial ooze. We all just crawled out of the mud, Guy sings.
But we enjoyed coming in from the rain and mud, too. Caleb loves a good toweling off. For me, it was dry socks and the braised cabbage, roasted sweet potato wedges, and biscuits I had made earlier in the week.
Maybe I'll make a mud pie for dessert.


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Barbara Wildernboar, a South African photographer and sculptor, creates a series of altered books that are visually reminiscent of organic, sea-like organisms. Some emulate the visually striking legs of a star fish, others are reminiscent of wild, but beautiful jellyfish- but most of her work imitate the very beginning of any type of live being, a very basic but important part of life as it is- the shape of an atom or a mitochondrion found in eukaryotic cells.
Wildernboar strictly uses books that she buys in flea markets while she's abroad; usually, she uses books that are dated and redundant- however, there seems to be a pattern to the kind of books she picks- almost all, if not all, have to do with earth/physical science or biology. This specific detail could or could not be relevant, but the ways in which she shapes and manipulates the paper within the book tells us otherwise. She states the following about this speculation:
Although my work has strong ecological themes, I do not see myself as an activist for environmental change, nor is the body of work to be seen as a green campaign. It is rather a reflection on my personal response to climate and environmental issues that can often leave one feeling overwhelmed and distressed.


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Last night, as President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney debated national policy and what not, some of us were focused on the bigger issues: which candidate dressed better for fight night. The two men, or more likely their handlers, elected to wear strikingly similar suit and shirt combos but in the end, as it often is in menswear, it's the details that count and one candidate clearly came out on top.
On the Issue of Neckwear:
Romney came out fighting with his red striped power tie, immediately snagging our attention over obama's micro pattern indigo number. But did you see that dimple POTUS was sporting? That's a GQ cover-worthy knot.
On the Issue of Suits
Romney's suit appeared to be crafted out of a finer, higher twist wool than Obama's and we while we appreciated the former governor's richer deep navy hue his suit suffered from black hole syndrome. His lapels seemed to blend into the body of his jacket. Obama avoided the same thing thanks to the pick stitching running along his lapels.
When it came to fit, Obama has Romney beat. Both men opted for a natural shouldered suit but Obama's hit at his actual shoulder while Romney's sloped, his left arm actually hanging lower than his right. POTUS also nailed the length of his suit jacket, opting for a slightly shorter, more modern cut than Romney's. Both men, however, could use some tailoring help in the pants department.
On the Issue of Shirt Collars
This was pretty much a wash. Both men opted for the generic business man white point collar dress shirt (we'd bet money they're non-iron too) and while neither was impressive, we'd have to favor Romney's for being a hair shorter than POTUS'.
On the Issue of Lapel Pins
We get it. You both love America. You wouldn't be jockeying for the big job by tossing around anecdotes about old people and couples in Appleton, Wisonsin if you didn't. Wearing a flag lapel pin at a presidential debate is a bit redundant and so, if we have to choose, we'd go with Obama's understated, slim one over Romney's hulking ode to the country which was just distracting.
The Winner: Barack Obama
The sartorial victor of the night had to be Obama for knowing that less is more and simplicity trumps flash every time.


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Types of cesereans
A cesarean section is the delivery of your baby by means of a cut in the abdomen. A cesarean rate of around 10-15 percent is thought to be reasonable, although in most Western countries the rate has risen beyond 20 percent and around 30 percent of all babies in the US are now delivered by cesarean, an all-time high.
The increase is due to a higher incidence of cesareans in first-time mothers and a lower incidence of vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) in subsequent pregnancies. Some women may think that cesareans are safer for the baby than a vaginal birth. In fact, if you've had an uncomplicated pregnancy, a cesarean is hard to justify on medical grounds.
Cesareans are either emergency or planned procedures. The doctor will assess its urgency with a grading scale. A Grade 1 cesarean is one that is done if there is an immediate threat to the baby's or mother's life. A Grade 2 cesarean is one where there is concern for the baby's or mother's well-being, but no immediate threat to life. A Grade 3 cesarean is done when there is no immediate concern for the mother or the baby, but an early delivery is advised, perhaps because of a condition in the mother or baby. A Grade 4 cesarean is an elective delivery planned to suit the woman and the hospital.
Emergency cesareans
A Grade 1 cesarean is most commonly carried out when the baby is thought to be at risk, for example if the baby's oxygen supply has been reduced and there are signs of fetal distress. In this case, the staff will try to do the cesarean rapidly-within 30 minutes when possible, although it's important that shortcuts aren't taken that could put your own health at unnecessary risk.
Grade 2 and Grade 3 cesareans take place when there's no immediate threat to life, and these are more common than Grade 1 procedures. A Grade 2 cesarean may be done if your baby's heart rate is causing concern very early in labor and the prospect of a vaginal delivery taking place within a reasonably short time is low. An example of a Grade 3 cesarean is one that is done because of a failed induction of labor.
Elective cesareans
Around one third of cesareans are elective, or Grade 4 procedures, and the number of these has increased greatly in recent years. Reasons for an elective cesarean include a Low-lying placenta); or there are severe pelvic abnormalities in the birth canal. Some maternal medical conditions also mean that vaginal birth is not advisable.


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|Volume 19, Number 2
|The CPSR Newsletter
|Spring 2001
History Doesn't Repeat, It Just Keeps Doing the Same Old Thing
by Mark Gubrud
People like to think of history in terms of cycles and episodes, each controlled by a simple logic or storyline. One story about what we currently call ballistic missile defense (BMD) begins with Ronald Reagan's "star wars speech" of April 23, 1983. Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative was little more than a repackaging of old concepts and ongoing programs, but with a sharp turn in rhetoric and a hefty increase in funding. The SDI attracted enough attention to dominate an era of nuclear history, the "star wars era", which began with a bracing call to escalate the arms race, but petered out with the end of the Cold War.
SDI had a lot to do with the founding and early growth of CPSR, which makes it all the more natural for CPSR activists to view the current G. W. Bush initiative -- to withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, and to proceed with any missile defense options that appear to have some potential for effectiveness -- as perhaps a rerun of the 1980s, a "star wars 2".
This round of the missile defense delusion may be no less silly than Reagan's rayguns, but analogy is misleading in a number of ways. It would be extremely dangerous to assume, for example, that this initiative is doomed to "collapse of its own weight" as some would argue the SDI did. Very severe and perhaps irreversible damage to the foundations of global security and arms control can be done with no large increase in the BMD budget. Expectations for the technical performance of BMD systems are low, and so this program can go on burning $6 billion a year or so for another decade without having to deliver a usable weapon system, much less a reliable shield.
Meanwhile, a wide variety of sea- and air-based missiles and interceptors, radars and sensors, satellites, potential antisatellite weapons, and potential space-based weapons, including satellite-based antisatellite weapons, can be developed, tested, and deployed, at least in limited numbers, under the rubric of missile defense. Coupled with an expanding space operations base, perhaps even an openly-acknowledged thrust for "space control" through early weaponization of space, the development, testing and deployment of such weapons would set the stage for decades of competition and confrontation in space and on Earth.
Old Dreams of the Die-Hard
Wait -- haven't we heard all this before? Of course; space weapon fantasies date to the earliest days of rocketry, and were pursued by the Nazis with their flaming sword of vengeance, the V-2 rocket, and their dream of a "space bomber." The U.S. Air Force began to study ballistic missile defense in the 1950s, before any threat existed, and many of the concepts still proposed by BMD engineers, such as the deployment of an orbiting fleet of small interceptors, date from that time. Lasers have been studied as antimissile weapons since the early 1960s, and most other proposed BMD schemes are sufficiently obvious that they could have been described at any point in the past 40 years.
Practical engineering has yet to catch up with these ambitions, however. High level studies have regularly concluded that pursuit of an effective ABM capability is unlikely to succeed. The record of BMD testing is a miserable tale of failure, despite a considerable amount of documented fraud. The most robust of antimissile weapons, the interceptor (or antimissile) does not work with better than a fractional single-shot kill probability even in the most carefully staged tests. Moreover, in its only developed version, the midcourse interceptor, it is completely useless in the presence of minimal countermeasures, which can easily overwhelm the defense with clouds of false targets.
There are some reasons to think that boost- and terminal-phase interception may be more robust against simple countermeasures, but the use of such systems is subject to severe requirements, such as siting either close to the missile launcher or close to the protected area. In order to overcome these limitations, the proposal has and will be made to deploy the interceptors on orbit, in large numbers, a constellation of "defensive" satellites that would just happen to give the United States a potent weapon for a first-strike-in-space.
Mobile deployment on ships and aircraft is also proposed, and these weapons merge with other sorts of missile, antimissile and antiaircraft systems. Construction of a serious "missile shield" would require a build-up of platforms, logistics and personnel that could and would support the offensive side of warfare as well. The same ship that carries a naval component of national missile defense would also carry the Aegis air-defense and battle management system and a variety of antiship, antisubmarine, antiaircraft and land-attack weaponry. The same airborne laser that might be used to engage a rising missile might find alternative use against aircraft hundreds of miles away. But both platforms would likely be easy prey for small, cheap missiles. They would be most useful in a coordinated first-strike, while vulnerable to attack in any battle once begun. Combining these characteristics with the short time lines of naval, space, missile and laser battles, we have the paradigm case of military instability.
Marshal Dillon's Six-Shooter
There are advantages to the more radical technologies, such as lasers, various types of particle beams and hypervelocity guns. However, as in the 1980s, the devices we can envision being able to produce and deploy at the present stage of technology would be bulky, clumsy, vulnerable, subject to environmental degradation, and ineffective in unfavorable conditions of weather, geometry, and countermeasures, as well as expensive and difficult to maintain, especially when stationed on orbit.
The only type of "ray gun" that is close to being tested as a deployable weapon is an infrared chemical laser which would be barely able to soften the skin of a distant but slow booster rocket, without melting its own mirrors and combustion chamber. This hydrogen or deuterium flouride laser, under development as an antisatellite weapon since at least Jimmy Carter's presidency, suffers from a fundamental limitation: its conversion of chemical energy (stored in large fuel tanks and expended at a rapid rate in a very limited number of shots) is no more than 20% efficient, meaning that even if the optics focuses and tracks the target perfectly, and the beam suffers no degradation in passing through thousands of miles of space and/or hundreds of miles of atmosphere, the laser still has to dissipate itself four times as much energy as it can direct towards its target. If we can make the laser tough enough to contain and direct megawatt energy flows, it can't be that much more difficult to harden the target to comparable levels. As a result, we can say with some assurance that this will always be a fairly anemic weapon.
The space-based laser is also bulky, fragile, slow to repoint, and hence unable to defend itself against a relatively modest coordinated attack. It is not too much to say that this weapon, when tested on-orbit perhaps a decade hence (a facility for ground testing is now under construction, and space testing has most recently been projected to begin in 2012), will be the grandest turkey the U.S. military has ever floated; ineffective in battle, but critical in the first strike of a satellite war, a sitting duck for small, cheap space mines and for others of its own species, this would be the flagship of America's brave military thrust in space, and an open invitation to disaster.
As ridiculous as this weapon will be, its effect will be deadly on any hope of restraining the arms race in space. Every other would-be space power will feel a need to test and deploy similar or alternative weapons of their own. It might sound incredible to some that the Chinese or the Indians would test space lasers and deploy bombs in orbit to target American satellites. What ought to sound incredible is the idea that United States could test and deploy such weapons, and that other spacefaring nations with great power pretensions would not follow suit.
Space Command publications describe space as a "frontier," and the role of the U.S. in asserting space power as comparable to the role of the U.S. Army and federal marshals in settling the American West. The military self-consciously advertises the rationale for its role in the world in terms of regulating and protecting commerce. If the idea is that the United States will be accepted by the world community as the grand marshal of outer space, shouldn't we wait for a vote, before deputizing ourselves?
The Final Front
Right now, the United States alone is leading the charge toward space weaponization. Russia and China, in particular, have repeatedly requested that the U.S. join in a new round of negotiations toward a space weapons treaty, which would ban the placement of destructive devices in orbit. The United States instead proposes to scuttle the ABM Treaty, which, in the absence of a space weapons convention, stands as the most important arms control restraint on the development and deployment of space weapons.
In taking control of the foreign policy of the United States, the second Bush administration announced at once its intention to depart sharply from the security strategies of the Clinton years, including the attempt at diplomatic engagement with erstwhile "rogues" such as Iran and North Korea, and Clinton's cautious adherence to the ABM Treaty while in the process of attempting to circumvent it.
But the brave talk of missile defense masks the technological reality that no defense is available that is not ruinously expensive, marginally to completely ineffective, and years from deployment. What is more significant, then, is the decisive turn that is being taken away from arms control or even restraint, and towards the launch of a new arms race, one involving many potential competitors, reaching out into space and driving the proliferation of weapons systems here on Earth.
It is a short step from the tone of many recent "vision" documents published by the U.S. military, to that of dystopian science fiction in the mode of The Terminator. Just as the reach of events in the early 1960s has extended even to the present, today we are setting the direction of developments for decades to come. In thinking about where this new road is taking us, we cannot avoid the need to factor in expectations for the continuing rapid development of relevant technologies, such as computer automated design and manufacturing, nanotechnologies of materials and systems, and artificial intelligence.
DARPA and other military funding agencies press scientists for advance prototypes of the semiconductor chips of 2020, showing that Moore's law trends can be fulfilled at least until then. Beyond 2020, they foresee complex systems at the level of nanotechnology. Each advance is to be exploited in any way possible to enhance military power, as soon as it becomes available, while rather little thought is given to the use of advanced technologies in arms control and cooperative security. The fact that potential competitors will follow America's lead in developing new military technologies, is considered the decisive argument in favor of going full steam ahead with these "technology thrusts," without asking whether the U.S. is driving a global arms race that could be avoided if we would instead exercise restraint and press for verifiable, enforceable arms control.
Thanks to the maturation of computer-based information technologies, industrial productivity has improved measurably. The continuing integration of computers in manufacturing will continue to reduce costs, increase flexibility, improve quality and extend the range of the possible. For the military, the possibility of surge manufacturing in highly automated factories, perhaps turned rapidly from civilian to military production in times of crisis, offers an attractive planning option. It is possible that the technologies of this century, driven by artificial intelligence and superautomation, will yield very dramatic increases in the potential scale of production, as well as flexibility and the ability to ramp up quickly.
At some point, the potential for highly automated and rapid military production will add up to a qualitative change in the security environment. As an increasing productive capacity becomes available, it will either be applied immediately to military deployments, potentially driving a chronic arms race, or else an untapped potential will accumulate, inspiring fears of a competitor's secret preparations and setting the stage for a "breakout" or explosive arms race. Thus, in the long term, the only way to prevent the full expression of technological potential as confronting military systems, locked in an intricate and explosive embrace, is to adopt strict arms control regimes rigorously verified and enforced by the same advanced technology that would otherwise have gone into the weapons.
Not Without Rhyme or Rhetoric
The debate on these issues in the U.S. is conducted in a very superficial manner, when at all. Throughout the 1980s the SDI was discussed as a strictly defensive program, despite its encompassing what had been under development as offensive antisatellite weaponry. The chief argument of the opponents was that the system would not work; a secondary theme was that it would destabilize the relationship of the erstwhile superpowers. This was a debate never settled; when the other superpower first made nice and then collapsed, the wind went out of the star wars airbag, but the engorged pork-barrel research program continued, as did rhetorical commitment to the position that "research should continue" because an effective defense might become possible and would be a good thing. Yet already in 1972, in signing the ABM Treaty, we knew an effective defense would not become possible and that pursuing one would be dangerous and ruinous, and we therefore pledged not to do precisely what the SDI and later GPALS and NMD programs proposed to do. Opponents never made a sufficiently strong case that this course of weapons development was undesirable in itself, leading us in the direction of greater danger -- and most dangerous if partly successful.
Nuclear hawks and star warriors were quick to claim vindication from the West's "victory" over the Soviet empire; credit was variously given to the Pershing II and MX missiles, SDI, bankrupting the Soviets on all fronts, or punking them out with our superior technology. In the post-Cold War world, the U.S. was to claim the mantle of the "lone superpower," the indispensable actor on the world stage, with a special role to play in global security and a special exemption from internationally-imposed rules. There was to be no jubilee of nuclear abolition; after a series of reciprocal reductions by Gorbachev and Bush the Elder, nuclear arms control ground to a halt, while space arms issues remained in limbo.
Meanwhile, in its assumed role as global cop, the U.S. was continually rediscovering a need to address the perceived thrust of certain "states of concern" to challenge or deter the U.S. with long-range ballistic missiles and weapons of mass destruction. Die-hard opponents of arms control and enthusiasts for star wars dreams waged a relentless and well-funded campaign of political agitation, asserting that the U.S. faced an emerging threat of sudden attack from missile-wielding dictators having "bad hair days" and that the ABM Treaty was "not relevant to the new environment." Russia, our partner in the ABM regime, was increasingly viewed as unable to react or oppose whatever the United States might decide to be "in its own security interest."
Outlook: Trouble Ahead
Rather than assert leadership in promoting a vision of true global security under arms control and international institutions, the Clinton administration sought to compromise with the hard line of Sen. Helms and the far right, acquiescing in the liquidation of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and allowing a highly compromised national missile defense program to percolate along toward an invitable collision with the ABM Treaty.
Bush the Younger thus comes to office finding the time ripe for outright abrogation of the ABM Treaty. Star wars 2 is worse than a mere ideological echo of the fizzled Reagan revolution. It carries the historical progress of the global arms race into a new phase, over a threshold that was never crossed in Reagan's time, when the Democrats still resisted abandonment of the framework of global security as it existed. That framework has been eroded by years of neglect and is now in the process of being abandoned, and we do not know where we are going, except into a brave frontier of high-tech weapons development and many way-confrontations at new levels of tension and terror.
We must therefore view the new star wars not in narrow terms as a debate over a few pieces of forlorn military hardware that will sit on launchers waiting to intercept missiles that will never be launched (and may never even exist) and that they probably couldn't hit anyway. That debate is perhaps to be won or lost in the relatively near future. The greater debate is one that will be continuing over this and future decades, although precedents set in the near future may be hard to reverse. We will have to be prepared for an extended struggle to oppose the new arms race and press for a truly secure foundation for the future. Missile defense is only the beginning.
Mark Gubrud is a graduate student in experimental physics at the University of Maryland. He has been an activist on weapons issues, especially nuclear and space weapons, and has written on the impact of advanced technologies.
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Best Girl Connoisseur
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Trinidad & Tobago
Age: 23
Whats wrong with you guys? I visited the thread before I watched episode 3 & I thought it was goin' to be a letdown. IMO it was a good episode. Even though the twist was obvious, the reveal was funny because the classic statement "don't judge a book by it's cover" was horribly accurate here.
The perceived innocent & defenseless girl was actually the monster (Not to mention that she's a boob monster to boot) that you'd never want to encounter & the creepy looking vagina aliens were the good guys...XD
At least he finally got hold of a legit rare alien. Took him three episodes though. Another notable mention is "dat aim!!!" Wow his aim sucks, it isn't even funny how bad his aim is...lol Funny thing is, when he was piloting his aloha shirt mech, the aim suddenly became accurate/precise. Talk about inconsistent.
Come on, didn't anyone lol when he was going to ditch Meow & only came back for his point card? I also lol'd when he went aloha shirt mecha mode.
I was entertained, it wasn't absurdly funny or bust a gut funnny, but it did the trick for me. It was funny enough to get some laughs, giggles & smiles from me.
|2014-01-21, 05:10
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Komrades of Kitamura Kou
Join Date: Jul 2004
Age: 34
I thought this episode would be sort of like the slow down episode for the wackiness of the first 2.
Then she transformed through breast expansion. Then his escape pod transformed with that Hawaiian shirt. Then she/it ate all that food.
Holy crap that was awesome.
|2014-01-21, 18:41
|Link #385
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Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ
Age: 35
was kind of interest in some space show, so i tried out this series.
1st episode and Dandy is already dead....lol. man, this show is wacky as hell, but
i really love the art style and characters.
and Dandy is one heck of a main character. i'm digging the show so far and hoping
to see some more when i have some free time.
|2014-01-21, 21:44
|Link #386
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Hyrule
Age: 46
|2014-01-21, 23:33
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Okuyasu the Bird
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Alberta, Canada
Age: 27
Dandy did end up pulling that cosmic thread or whatever in the first episode. Maybe that had some sort of effect on the space-time continuum and it could possibly have some connection to the supposedly episodic nature of the series?
Actually, every episode so far has had some sort of messing with space-time hasn't it?
|2014-01-22, 02:50
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Hyrule
Age: 46
Ep 2: fell through wormhole, came back
Ep 3: used (still) broken warp drive
Yep, pretty much.
|2014-01-22, 04:02
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
While the Gogol empire is after Dandy I wonder when will the Jaicro empire will show up.
They are the ones with the white mech in the Op and maybe that Not-Ideon Guncannon.
Given Dandy has Hawaii-Yankee there is bound to be some mecha action.
|2014-01-23, 11:16
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Takao Tsundere Cruiser
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Classified
Finally watched episode 2 & 3.
Scarlet is a bad ass! Sorry Meow, no Phantom Ramen for you!
I laugh when it was revealed Mamitas was the Deathgerian. Interestingly, i heard Toonami censored the Deathgerian's boobs. Not so with Animax Asia which did show them.
I beginning to enjoy this show especially the English dub.
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Alaska is wild, beautiful and brutal. A monstrous landmass of epic proportion, it's barely inhabited by humans, except for the brave and resourceful. It is a world where it is Nature who still reigns. A place rich with wildlife, from the wolves of the interior plains to the orcas of the coastal shelf. But here even the animals must be tough to survive in a place that gives nothing for free. The unique combination of forces that forged the landscape, still dominate it. It has volcanic fire at one end and polar ice at the other. Giant earthquakes and unpredictable volcanoes – the dramatic natural forces that formed a monumental mountain range that dominates the central spine of the state – are still in force today. But as fire has forged the land – it is ice that carves its shape.
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3×60, BBC/BBC AMERICA co-production, Executive Producer Tim Martin
Prepare to enter the extraordinary world of animal sense…a world where it's possible to see with heat, to hear across oceans, taste your way out of danger, smell through your skin, and where touch becomes a ruthless hunting tool – yet, this isn't science fiction. The team takes viewers on a journey into the supernatural, strange and wonderful world of animal senses. Using stunts, cutting edge technology and CGO, the series immerses viewers in this incredible sensory world.
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2×50, BBC/BBC AMERICA co-production, Executive Producer James Honeyborne
In this epic spectacular, the producers use a brand new approach to delve deep into the natural world and explore its most critical dimension – time. 24 Hours on Earth travels moment by moment through a virtual day and celebrates the most extraordinary and spectacular examples of how animals and plants are adapted to exploit specific moments in the all-encompassing 24-hour cycle. The series features returnable characters that show the huge highs and desperate lows they face across a single day in the wild. It celebrates the most extraordinary and mind-blowing adaptations that life uses to exploit tiny windows of time.
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Next 'DUI Joe Show' will Feature Interview with Ex-Addict Cindy Brown
A brand new DUI Joe Show will air on our sister site SoKing Internet Radio this Thursday, Jan. 17, with special guest Cindy Brown, who discusses her struggles living with alcoholism and drugs.
"Cindy Brown was born in the great state of California but by the time she got to high school she was living with alcoholism and drugs," Joe told us. "A career in the banking industry did put a stop to her drug and alcohol use but eventually drugs put a stop to her banking career."
This is a fast-paced informative local talk show that runs 10 minutes, and airs six times every Thursday at Midnight, 4 a.m., 8 a.m. and again at Noon, 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Join Joe and Cindy on the DUI JOE Show this Thursday – every four hours on the hour starting at Midnight – to hear Cindy Brown's story about how she took back control of her life before drugs and alcohol put a stop to her.
If you're not familiar with him, "DUI Joe" is actually Joe Breidenbach, a Burien-based attorney knows how to talk and how to listen and that's why he's got his own talk show.
To tune into SoKing Internet Radio, click here.
Following are some testimonials from actual listeners:
Joe: Before your scheduled show I turned on the "station". They were playing dream music with psychedelic accompaniment on the screen. I fell asleep at the desk and missed your show. OK, better luck next week.
– Tom in Burien, WA
Wonderful voice, and very interesting talk….loved it!!!!!!!!!!
– Connie in Federal Way, WA
Good show. We went to CamillePatha.com and looked at her work. Interesting show, Interesting paintings.
– Ron in Temecula, CA
Don: Addictive. Interesting contrast on a great artist today. Syndication?
– Jeffrey in Lynnwood, WA
Joe — you are one of the most engaging interviewers I've ever heard. You're a natural! I'm referring, of course, to your internet radio show. I just heard it for the first time and I loved it. Your guest was terrific and interesting, and you had such an upbeat and interested style of questioning. I particularly loved the bleeps! Such fun. Will try to remember to make this a regular noontime stop on Thurs. Best wishes,
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Few Complaints Over Tobacco Ban
There's nothing quite like a stroll through the University of Montana campus on a nice day. And there's nothing like a cloud of cigarette smoke to ruin it.
I remember getting caught behind a passing-period puffer many a time at UM. Despite my unnecessarily loud coughing — an indirect way of showing that I was obviously perturbed — the guilty party usually carried on unaffected, completely oblivious to the fact that they were pumping airborne carcinogens directly into my lungs.
I usually resorted to power-walking/jogging a few steps to put myself a safe distance ahead of them, but even that was difficult in crowded areas, especially with all of the reckless bikers zooming through campus. (Which, by the way, is a whole other issue for a whole other post.)
It was a small annoyance, but as it turns out, I wasn't the only one who was sick of breathing in second-hand smoke on my way to class.
A few months after I graduated, the university adopted a tobacco-free campus initiative. The ban went into effect at the beginning of this school year, despite several complaints from students who felt the policy represented a violation of their personal freedoms. I remember all kinds of angry Facebook posts and letters to the editor.
I kind of forgot about UM's tobacco ban until a few days ago, when I saw a story about it in the "Missoulian." According to the article, the campus public safety office has received only about 20 complaints of smoking on campus since August. I don't know if that means people are complying with the new policy or just not concerned enough to tattle on those who aren't.
What I do know is that I've passed through campus several times in the last couple of months, and I can't recall a single instance of being trapped behind a trail of smoke.
Although I'm sure there will always be a few people who ignore the policy, I think it promotes a much healthier (and quieter, sans my coughing melodrama) campus.
Brooke is a 2010 graduate of The University of Montana, where she ran track and cross country for the Grizzlies. She is currently working as a writer and editor in Missoula.


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August 04, 2006
"The majority of Alaskans recognize that marijuana is dangerous and needs to be kept out of the hands of our children and other vulnerable people who are victimized by the dealers involved in this huge illegal industry," said Governor Frank H. Murkowski. "I commend the legislature for passing this law and it is my sincere hope that the Alaska Supreme Court will uphold this law in the coming judicial debate."
The July 10th decision in American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska v. State of Alaska focused on only one provision of the legislation that would make possession of one or less ounce of marijuana a class B misdemeanor. Under this narrow focus, Judge Collins ruled that she was bound by the Supreme Court's previous determination in Ravin regarding an adult's right to possess a small amount of marijuana for personal use at home.
"I expected that this debate would require review by the state's highest court and I appreciate Judge Collins expediting this process, paving the way for a decision by the Supreme Court," said Márquez. "Unfortunately this ruling still impedes law enforcement from obtaining search warrants for individuals engaged in the production, sale and distribution of commercial amounts of marijuana that are illegal under state law. Possession of any amount of marijuana is illegal under federal law."
The state's statement of points on appeal also notes that the court failed to consider the findings made by the Alaska Legislature in support of modifying the penalties for possession of marijuana and failed to recognize and appreciate the government's interests in regulating marijuana use.
"Under the principle of separation of powers it is well established under Supreme Court case authority that the court must consider and defer to findings of fact made by the legislature that support the legislative intent and purpose behind passing this law," said Márquez. "These findings reflect a significantly advanced understanding of the dangers of marijuana use, particularly in Alaska, that were not recognized 30 years ago. For example, the average age of children starting smoking pot having a 14-percent THC content is 13 years old and one-in-seven or eight children born in the northern region of this state is prenatally exposed to marijuana."
In Ravin, the court contemplated that the availability of more potent forms of cannabis other than marijuana are commonly available in other countries and that if such a shift were to occur here, "then marijuana use could be characterized as a serious health problem." Ravin at FN 64.
In 2003 the Alaska Court of Appeals in Noy v. State reversed the conviction of a Fairbanks' man for possession of less than eight ounces of marijuana, and in the process invalidated a 1990 voter initiative making possession of marijuana illegal. The court of appeals specifically held that their "decision in this case merely implements the supreme court's constitutional ruling in Ravin. The State remains free in the future to challenge the continuing vitality of Ravin."
"Based on this recognition that shifts in the potency of marijuana could pose a significant health threat, it is clear that our courts contemplated that a new case might be made in the future that would justify further criminalization of marijuana, said Márquez. "That time and that shift are now and warrant review before the state's highest court."
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For This Shop Hauler
The immortal shop truck: so simple in context, so mundane, and so many. Yet somehow they seem to hunt you down and pierce right through. For every rod, truck, and custom shop, each seems to have some sort of shop truck. What's even stranger is that each can hold their own among a sea of custom classic trucks. For Devlin Rod and Custom, in Wichita, Kansas, their shop truck maintains all the necessary ingredients. However, its coming of age was a little different.
Most shops set out to build their own rolling utilitarian advertisement, and Devlin Rod and Custom were well on their way down that path until a chance encounter came to the forefront. Shop owner Tim Devlin just happened to be out at a show when he spotted this '52 Chevrolet with a window sticker on it. "As a custom car shop owner, one might think it's a little embarrassing having a shop truck that you didn't build, but I found the truck at a local show and the price was too good to pass up," is exactly what Tim told us-and it's true, some deals really are too good to pass up! As it turned out, the truck was a perfect fit for what Devlin was looking for. The previous owner had done a heck of a job building the Chevy.
The previous owner built the truck much like Devlin would have built it: to be driven. For starters, the previous owner stripped the truck down to bare minimum. To maximize driveability and comfort he threw the idea of keeping the straight-axle out the door. In its place is a Total Cost Involved Mustang II setup. Along with an IFS suspension, the new disc brakes also provided some much needed stopping power, and the power steering is a nice addition as well. Besides all that, the 2-inch drop spindles and coilover shocks give the Chevy the desired stance when it's sittin' still. The stock rearend was swapped for a Camaro rearend, and sitting between the framerails up front is a 4.3L motor from an '87 Monte Carlo, with some Sanderson headers for a little more pep and sound, which has its pros and cons. On one hand, the fuel economy, dependability, and drivability of the V-6 are top notch, yet, on the other hand, it's well … a six banger. Therefore, Tim already has plans in the works to drop in a V-8. Backing the V-6 is a 700-R4. Also pirated from the Monte was its fuel cell, which is now mounted between the framerails out back.
As for the exterior of the truck, its opaque contrast of black and gray give a unique feeling to the overall presence. However, before the truck was laid down with some hue, the driprail was shaved from the cab and the side vent was filled. From there, some strategic planning went into effect. Since the presence of chrome was thrown out, the previous owner devised a plan to maximize the look of the truck by carefully picking and choosing what to spray DuPont Gray and DuPont Black. Getting things started, the body and front bumper was sprayed gray. From there, the mirrors, door handles, grille, running boards, and side emblems were all shot with black. The only chrome left on the truck are on the headlight bezels and the front Chevrolet badge. Inside the bed is brand-new wood from Mar-K. However, even the skid strips were painted gray to carry on the monotone theme. Lastly, a set of American Racing Hopster 15-inch wheels were added. (Tim has a set of steelies and white walls in the works as well, for a more custom look.) Giving the truck even more character, and the official shop truck vibe, is the Devlin Rod and Custom logo Tim had painted on the door.
On the inside, things are right on par with the outside: simple. The interior hasn't been designed around a show-and-go theme, instead it's built for comfort and cruising. The seat and door panels have been re-covered in gray tweed and vinyl to match the new gray carpet. The dash has a unique look as well, due to its Hammer-tone finish. A set of Lokar pedals and a Lokar shifter top off the interior. As it turns out, the best way to describe the Devlin shop truck is quite simple: Less is more.


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Output Factory Light is a simplified but professional solution to automate printing, exporting and post-processing from Adobe InDesign. Output Factory is the major upgrade of the company's widely popular plug-in BatchOutput which automates and simplifies workflows of printers, prepress bureaus, design agencies and publishing houses worldwide.
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Information necessary for science to progress can be hard to find. Addressing this challenge for researchers, Microsoft and Creative Commons have announced the release of the Ontology Add-in for Microsoft Office Word 2007 that will enable authors to easily add scientific hyperlinks as semantic annotations, drawn from ontologies, to their documents and research papers. Ontologies are shared vocabularies created and maintained by different academic domains to model their fields of study.
This Add-in will make it easier for scientists to link their documents to the Web in a meaningful way. Deployed on a wide scale, ontology-enabled scientific publishing will provide a Web boost to scientific discovery.
Science Commons, a division of Creative Commons, is incubating the adoption of semantic scientific publishing through creation of a database of ontologies and development of supporting technical standards and code. Microsoft Research has built a technology bridge to enable the link between Microsoft Office Word 2007 and these ontologies.
"The Web is broken for scientific researchers -- full of hyperlinks of scholarly articles, but it is nearly impossible for us to find what we need," said John Wilbanks, vice president for Science at Creative Commons. "The semantic Web tool will help bridge the gap between basic research and meaningful discovery, unlocking the value of research so more people can benefit from the work scientists are doing."
Microsoft is making the source code for both the Ontology Add-in for Office Word 2007 and the Creative Commons Add-in for Office Word 2007 tool available under the Open Source Initiative (OSI)-approved Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL) at http://ucsdbiolit.codeplex.com and http://ccaddin2007.codeplex.com,respectively.
By making the source code for the Ontology Add-in available under an open source license, Microsoft is allowing users to improve the Add-in or even to port it to other publishing systems, facilitating the growth of scientific semantic publishing, linking vast knowledge systems and furthering a wide range of work in biology, computer science, chemistry, history and other academic fields. As a result, when researchers run structured queries in the Web, it will be easier to find peer-related documents and mark up papers as science evolves.
The Ontology Add-in for Word 2007 is enabled by Microsoft Office Word's Open XML Formats underpinnings and its extensibility in the form of smart tags.
Creative Commons is a not-for-profit organization, founded in 2001, that promotes the creative re-use of intellectual and artistic works -- whether owned or in the public domain. Creative Commons licenses provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors, artists and educators that build upon the "all rights reserved" concept of traditional copyright to offer a voluntary "some rights reserved" approach. It is sustained by the generous support of various foundations including the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Omidyar Network Fund, the Hewlett Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation as well as members of the public.


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On Sunday morning, we packed up our bags and drove home to Ferron. I'll admit it wasn't easy at all, but I believe that with great sacrifice comes great blessings. —Carmell Childs
After making it all the way to the finals of the World Food Championships held Nov. 1-4 in Las Vegas, Carmell Childs of Ferron, Emery County, gave up a chance at the $50,000 grand champion title.
The final contest was on a Sunday. "And because I teach my children that the Sabbath is a sacred day, I opted out of the Sunday competition for the $50,000," said Childs, who is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
This is the same World Food Championships where Salt Lake City's Lucky 13 Bar and Grill won the World Burger Championship.
After I wrote about Lucky 13's win in a previous column, I received an email from one of Childs' friends letting me know that she was also a winner, but chose to drop out of the finals rather than compete on Sunday.
A first-time event at Caesar's Palace, the World Food Championships consisted of seven different contests — burger, barbecue, chili, sandwich, chef, side-dish and recipe. The winner of each contest received $10,000.
In the "Final Table" round, all the champions from the seven different contests then competed for the grand champion prize of $50,000. All except Childs, that is.
Childs is a home cook who has already won a few recipe contests. Her Cherry Chicken Bacon Burger won a $20,000 family reunion in Smucker's Spreading Family Traditions Recipe and Essay Contest. She also won Del Monte's Crown the Cook recipe contest with her Mandarin Tin-Can Tower Cake last summer.
Her previous wins qualified her to compete in three different categories of the World Food Championships, but Childs could pick only one.
"Because Del Monte wanted to sponsor me because I'm their Crown the Cook Champion, I chose to represent them in the recipe contest category," she said.
"Initially I hadn't realized that all category champions would then be invited to compete at the final table on Sunday, but I never in my wildest dreams thought I would make it that far," Childs said. "My goal was to make the top 10 and come home with at least $1,000. It was a battle of the average Joes versus the pros. There were so many professional chefs and restaurant owners in my category that I thought it would be a great achievement to make it even that far!"
She won Round One with White Chocolate Apricot Sunrise pastries, featuring Del Monte apricots. (The WFC is compiling a cookbook of all the winning recipes, so she is unable to share it in my column.)
The top 10 finalists battled it out for title of Recipe Champion, she had to cook something for a "tapas" theme. She made Sweet Cherry Baby Bellas — stuffed baby bell peppers with a mixture of bacon, onions, cream cheese, cherries and peppers.
To her surprise, she won the World Recipe Champion title and $10,000. This gave her a berth in Sunday's "Final Table."
But Child had already decided that, "if by some crazy chance I found myself in the position to compete for the $50,000 on Sunday, I would have to turn it down," she said. "I've always been taught by my parents to keep the Sabbath day holy, and that by doing so I will be blessed. I see my big win as the blessing for making this decision previously."
When she informed the World Food Championships staff, "The WFC asked me to sleep on my decision before passing up such an amazing opportunity. They were very respectful of my decision, and they sent a Canadian BBQ team in my place to compete, because they had the second highest score in the recipe category.
"On Sunday morning, we packed up our bags and drove home to Ferron," Childs said. "I'll admit it wasn't easy at all, but I believe that with great sacrifice comes great blessings."
The $50,000 grand championship was won by Robert Butler, chef at The Paris Las Vegas, and his sous chef, Lowell McCain, who had won the Best Sandwich category.
But Childs left with her World Recipe Champion trophy, a $10,000 check and a lot of good memories.
Valerie Phillips is the former Deseret News food editor and the author of "Soup's On!" published by Covenant Communications. She blogs at www.chewandchat.blogspot.com. Email: [email protected]