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The California Medical Association (CMA) is proud to support the introduction of "The Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019" introduced by California physician Congressman Ami Bera, M.D., and Representatives Mike Kelly (R-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA) and Roger Marshall, MD (R-KS).
The bill will streamline health care bureaucracy to allow Medicare patients to receive more timely access to care and help relieve physicians of unnecessary, costly and time-consuming administrative tasks.
"Prior authorization has become the bane of both physicians and patients," said David Aizuss, M.D., president of the California Medical Association. "It has significantly increased the administrative burdens on physician practices and the delays and denials in treatment have resulted in adverse health care outcomes for our patients. We applaud Congressman Bera and his coauthors for addressing this serious problem and ensuring that seniors receive timely care."
In a recent American Medical Association (AMA) survey, 91% of physician respondents reported that prior authorizations (PA) have a negative impact on patient clinical outcomes. Over 90% said that PA delays patient access to necessary care; 75% report that PA can lead to patients abandoning a recommended course of treatment; and 28% report that PA led to a serious adverse event such as death or disability. 86% of physicians report that the burdens associated with PA are high or extremely high, with physicians and their staff spending the equivalent of two business days each week completing PA requests. In a survey of patients through the Doctor-Patient Rights Project (2017), respondents whose payer denied coverage of a prescribed treatment reported their median wait time to seek approval and be denied was greater than one month. Nearly one-third (28%) said that the approval process took three months or longer. And another third reported a worsening of their condition while waiting for a PA request.
To protect patients, this legislation would require timely prior authorization determinations, particularly for services that are routinely approved. It would also increase plan transparency around its prior authorization processes, including the procedures subject to prior authorization, the percent of procedures that are approved, and how long it takes to obtain a decision. It will also ensure prior authorization adheres to evidence-based clinical guidelines. And finally, it would mandate electronic prior authorization which would reduce physician administrative burdens and costs.
About the California Medical Association
The California Medical Association represents the state's physicians with more than 44,000 members in all modes of practice and specialties, and CMA is dedicated to the health of all patients in California. For more information, please visit CMAdocs.org, and follow CMA on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and Instagram.
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Taxi 3
A gang of thieves calling themselves the Santa Claus Gang are wreaking havoc, and the police can't keep up. Police Captain Gilbert is distracted by a Chinese reporter writing a story on his squad, and taxi driver Daniel is in the midst of a relationship crisis. After a string of mistakes in which the thieves outsmart the police time and time again, Daniel and his super-taxi pitch in.
Bai Ling, Bernard Farcy, Bernard Llopis, Edouard Montoute, Emma Wiklund, Frédéric Diefenthal, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Marion Cotillard, Samy Naceri
Director: Gérard Krawczyk
Country: France

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The Link's in person and on-site volunteer opportunities are on hold due to COVID-19. If you are looking to support youth at The Link, connect with Yong at email@example.com and we can help you find meaningful and impactful ways to get involved from home!
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The online silent auction is an amazing fundraising tool for The Link. Help put together a themed basket!
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This blue tin robot measures 4″ tall. He has great graphics. He walks forward when you wind him up. He includes the FSC label. (This means it is made from recycled product, controlled sources, or is from a well managed forest.) A Schylling exclusive. Part of the Schylling Collector Series. This is not considered a toy, but an adult collector item. It is a replica of toys made long ago.
- Schylling exclusive.
- Blue tin wind-up robot.
- Measures 4″ tall.
- Walks forward.
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Rosupak Expo is an International specialized exhibition of machinery and equipment, materials and technologies for manufacturing of package. ROSUPAK is the largest event in the post-Soviet space and Eastern Europe showing the progress achieved by the industry in the recent decade and tendencies in the global packaging market as well. The 15th ROSUPAK Expo 2010… Read more »
FlexMove shines at ATX West 2010
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Huff Bagelry
Other Locations
There are no airs or graces at the family-run Huff Bagelry. The two cafes – in Carnegie and Mentone – each offer a fast, convenient place to grab a quality bagel with an Allpress coffee. It's no surprise they were inspired by New York's simple bagel shops.
At both sites, you're greeted by a heaving atmosphere and a bagel-making process of military efficiency.
The star of the show is the garlic salt and rosemary bagel with smoked salmon, cream cheese and capers. But with just under a dozen flavours to choose from – including chocolate, blueberry and cinnamon and raisin – you can decorate your bagel with everything from Nutella to kefalograviera cheese.
The Carnegie store has a more traditional feel, with timber cladding featuring throughout. Mentone was designed by studiofour. It's more spacious, with a central planter box and a wall mural by local artist Graeme Rowe.
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The Range Creative Art Center has released its upcoming class schedule.
Kids Saturday Series
• Jan. 28, 1 to 3 p.m. Origami Mobiles for grades 4-6. Cost is $15.
• Feb. 4, 1 to 3 p.m. Watercolor Painting for grades 2-6. Cost is $10.
• Feb. 11, noon to 3 p.m. Wild Masks for grades 2-6. Cost is $15.
• Feb. 18, 1 to 3 p.m. Faux Glass Sculpture for grades 2-6. Cost is $10.
• Feb. 25, 1 to 3 p.m. Tick-Tack-Toe Game for grades 4-6. Cost is $10.
Alberta Marana will conduct an Advanced Landscape Pastel Workshop from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 24, and from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 25. A critique will be held from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 28. Marana is an exceptional artist with a long list of honors, education and ties to the Iron Range. Learn techniques she uses in pastel landscapes to capture its emotional presence. Demos will be done each day. Visit www.rangeartcenter.org for a materials list.
For registration forms and additional information, visit the website. Return completed registration form and fees to: Range Creative Art Center, 328 W. Howard St., Hibbing, MN 55746. You may also call 263-6785. Class sizes are limited.
Monday, January 16, 2012
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The Hibbing Public Library needs your help!
The library is currently short staffed after a recent retirement. If the City Council does not restore funding to fill the open full-time Library Technician position, the library hours will be reduced, beginning Monday, January 23, 2012, by nine (9) hours per week. We need you to contact your council person about this situation! Please see the link below for more information:
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Hibbing Ore and More Survey Results Are In!
Thank you for participating in our Brand Measurement Study. We wanted to measure whether residents were aware of the green "Hibbing > We're Ore and More;" whether they thought of it positively, negatively, or didn't have a strong opinion; and whether or not residents would advocate for (or recommend) Hibbing. Overall, we had good results! Please watch and share this link. The more we all can say positive things about Hibbing, the better our chances will be of drawing retail, visitors and dollars to our community. It really does make a difference. Thank you again for keeping the Ore and More spirit going!
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he pins himself under his own prison.
Surrounded by this intangible dome,
it was never intended for me to enter. Thickened skull of confusion and anguish,
progresses the fire burning within he.
His extreme acts hurt himself and those he love;
mine amour once rid him of such injury. Free loading memories wear out welcomes,
undermined thoughts take flight in thick fog.
With even bifocals, he's blind and I'm invisible;
too impaired to see that I bestow of him my all. Smothering the one light that brightens his skies,
he's immune to this self-imposed darkness.
Convinced that loneliness is the only place to call home,
I guess he won't be appeased until he's a carcass. Reflections of Ruin – Ms. Tioko


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Tara Porter
Anna Freud National Centre for Children & Families
Tara is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist who has 20 years of NHS experience working in a variety of settings with a variety of different mental health problems. Her work has included paediatric and neurodevelopmental patients, but her main area of specialism is offering therapy to children and young people with depression, anxiety, self-harm and eating disorders.
Tara is regularly involved with teaching, training, consultation and supervision and has a keen interest in schools and education. She provides teaching to a variety of schools and school staff at the AFNCCF, has written for the Times Education Supplement and is a judge on the prestigious School of the Year award.
Courses this tutor is involved in
- How can schools identify and support children and young people who need specialist support?
- Mental Health Awareness Training in Secondary Schools, London Autumn 2019
- Mental Health Awareness Training in Secondary Schools, London Spring 2020
- Talking to Children and Young People about their Mental Health in a School Setting


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Priceless BBQ Ribs
Total TimePrep: 1-1/4 hours + standing Grill: 5 min.
Makes5 servings
- 16 cups water
- 2 racks pork baby back ribs (2-1/2 pounds each)
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup onion powder
- 1/3 cup seafood seasoning
- 2 tablespoons garlic powder
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 cup barbecue sauce
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon Liquid Smoke, optional
- In a stock pot, combine the first seven ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour or until tender.
- Remove from the heat; let stand for 30 minutes. Drain and discard cooking liquid.
- In a small bowl, combine the barbecue sauce ingredients. Brush half of sauce over ribs. Grill ribs, covered, over medium heat for 4-5 minutes or until heated through, basting with remaining barbecue sauce.
Nutrition Facts1 each: 878 calories, 62g fat (23g saturated fat), 245mg cholesterol, 735mg sodium, 24g carbohydrate (22g sugars, 1g fiber), 52g protein.
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Aug 4, 2020
Delicious barbecue! Super tender! I also simmer my ribs, especially if you like a less greasy rib. However, I did swap out liquid smoke for mustard. It adds a great tang to the sauce.
Jun 12, 2015
Excellent ribs, everyone in the family (5 adults) liked these. I followed the recipe closely, although I doubled the time on the BBQ (10 min., 5 min. per side at 300*) to get those nice grill marks, and I did 3 racks instead of two. Just enough leftovers for a two person lunch the next day. I don't usually boil ribs before hitting the BBQ, but this turned out tender, juicy and tasty. Will make again.
Jun 16, 2014
Just to further skew the results... {grin} While this cooking method is unusual (I personally 'steam' my ribs at 300 degrees F on a rack in a tightly covered roaster with a bit of water for 2.5 hours then finish on the grill), I don't believe the 2/2014 review is valid if the reviewer did not attempt the recipe. I mean no disrespect, but the goal of a review is to help fellow cooks not insult recipe submitters. Try it, then disparage if you must. I'll give the recipe a go even though I like my method, simply so I'm not guilty of the pot/kettle conundrum. {grin}


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Moto X and the Fitbit Flex
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This Gift Guide: Toys for all Ages post is sponsored.
With three kids and a husband, it is a safe bet that toys for all ages are on my shopping list year round. This gift guide features some of our top picks of toys that really work for all ages. We also call these family gifts. This Gift Guide: Toys for all Ages is really a guide on how to excite your family.
Surround yourself with all the action with this Oculus Rift VR gaming bundle. The comfortable headset features adjustable straps and balanced weight so you can game or watch your favorite movies for hours on end. The Oculus – Rift + Touch Virtual Reality Headset Bundle includes touch controllers with this Oculus Rift VR gaming bundle are ergonomically designed for easy and immersive interaction.
This K'NEX Thrill Rides Big Ball Factory Building Set has returned after 20 years in the K'NEX vault. This battery-powered machine has 3,152 colorful pieces and includes a motorized chain lift and two coaster cars, providing endless building possibilities. This set helps teach STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) principles while building on children's natural curiosity and creativity, and empowering a fun playing environment. K'NEX also supports key areas of children's developmental growth. Clicking the different parts together and discovering how the building system works strengthens children's hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, problem-solving skills, spatial awareness, and imagination.
This Tinkertoy Basic Building Kit will bring back memories from your childhood! this set includes 65 real wood Tinkertoy parts and pieces including rods, spools and end caps. Tinkertoy is great for builders ages 3 and up. Get started creating with the 9 including building ideas, or build anything you can imagine with the included parts and pieces. Once building time is over, use the iconic tube storage container to keep all the pieces together.
The Thames & Kosmos CHEM C3000 is the chemistry set to beat all chemistry sets. This kit includes all of the components from CHEM C2000, plus dozens of additional tools and chemicals, and 100 additional experiments, for a total of more than 333 experiments. The 192-page, full-color experiment manual is written at a more advanced level than the other CHEM kit manuals. CHEM C3000 has a similar hands-on approach to teaching chemistry as their other CHEM kits, but also teaches more advanced topics such as chemical equations, atomic structures, and the periodic table.
This Apple 27″ iMac could easily become the hub of your household. iMac performance is at an all time high with faster Intel Core processors, powerful Radeon Pro 500-series graphics, Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) connectivity, and stunning Retina 5K displays that shine 43 percent brighter and support one billion colors.
The LaserX, interactive game system with Long Range Blaster gets the entire family off the couch for a fun game of laser tag with this updated, technologically-advanced laser blaster system. All-new Laser X features sophisticated electronics and optics that give players pinpoint blasting accuracy up to 200 feet. Laser X sets work together, so games can have as few as two players – or the whole neighborhood can play together. Laser X can be played outside in bright sunlight or in the dark.
The Nintendo Switch is the hottest thing to hit Christmas wish lists in years! Everyone wants one! We LOVE our Nintendo Switch portable game console! In addition to providing single and multiplayer thrills at home, the Nintendo Switch system can be taken on the go so players can enjoy a full home console experience anytime, anywhere. The main unit rests in the Nintendo Switch dock at home, which connects the system to the TV. Grab your Switch from the dock for on-the-go gaming. Share Joy-Con so players can go head-to-head while away from home. Enjoy the same games in tabletop mode by using the included stand to prop the system up.
These sleek black Xbox One X console just plays your games better. 40% more power than any other console allowing you to experience immersive true 4K gaming. Blockbuster titles look great, run smoothly, and load quickly even on a 1080p screen. Xbox One X also works with all your Xbox One games and accessories as well as Xbox Live, an extremely advanced multiplayer network, giving you more ways to play.
The DJI Spark Portable Mini Quadcopter Drone features all of DJI's signature technologies, allowing you to seize the moment whenever you feel inspired. With intelligent flight control options, a mechanical gimbal, and a camera with incredible image quality, Spark empowers you to push your creative boundaries.
This Sphero – R2-D2 App-Enabled Droid will delight the Star Wars fan in your family. Made to resemble the iconic Star Wars character, this fun robot features authentic LEDs for realism and a motion sensor that detects your presence and reacts. An integrated speaker on this Sphero R2-D2 app-enabled droid lets him 'boop' and 'beep' in his own special language.
We hope that you love our Gift Guide: Toys for all Ages.
Tinker toys are a classic! I loved them when I was a kid and I know my boys would love them!!
Thames and Cosmos make so many interesting toys. We have a few things by them, and they're some of my son's favorites.
These are really cool. I think the quadcopter drone would be a ton of fun. Definitely a great gift idea!
Oh some old school toys! JOY! I remember Tinker Toys and R2-D2 from when I was a kid! Some old and new gift ideas, sure to please all ages!
You simply cannot go wrong when it comes to getting the kids some gadgets for Christmas! Love this list of gift ideas! I'm sure my kids would love to get one of these.
The Nintendo Switch has been on everyone's list! These are all great gift ideas.
You have listed many great items. I would love to get a virtual reality headset. There are gifts for all ages on your list.
These are awesome toy ideas! I am definitely getting that factory building set for my nephew! He will absolutely love that!
What a great gift guide. I especially love the Droid!
This is a great list! Will share this with my son, I am sure he'll find something he'll love!
K'nex are so much fun. I am so glad my daughter loves them.
That DJI drone would be so much fun. They make awesome drones.
Xboxes are always a great gift idea. They are so fun and versatile.
I think the VR set woud be fun. I never used one yet but I think kids would have a blast with it.
These are some awesome ideas! I love the virtual reality headset!
I remember having Tinker Toys when I was a kid. I spent so many hours building things with them. Great for the imagination. That will be time well spent with my kids. The Fitbit ultra will help keep me on track with my sleep!
Are tinker toys back? Wow! In this age of everything electronic, I'm surprised to see that. Many of these items look like great gifts especially for the person that has everything.
That R2D2 is so darn adorable! And I know my friend's daughter would just adore that virtual reality set. Great choices!
My nephew would probably take one of each of these toys! Great ideas!
I would LOVE. new Mac desktop! Once I sell my home and move into a new place I think that is going to be my housewarming gift to myself!!
These are great gift options! My son loved Tinker Toys when he was younger.
This is a wonderful list of gifts. I still would love to get a drone. That's one thing on my own list that I'd love to have.
My youngest told me that he wrote his Christmas list to Santa yesterday at school. The boy had a ton of great ideas but I hate to break his heart because Santa is already done. 🙂 He wanted an X-Box.
You covered something for everyone in my house in this post! Santa does have 1 gift left to get – Maybe I'll have to ask for the Xbox X
Our Xbox 1 is the best gaming system ever. We also have fun with our virtual reality viewer. I love that they are both fun for all ages. Great selections.
Those are great gift ideas! I'm sure my nephew will love one of these!
I always buy toys for Christmas. I love toys that make the kids use their imagination. As they get older, I like to buy them tech toys like those on your list as well. This is a great list and will help me with kids of all ages as I finish up my shopping.
I thought about getting a drone for my boyfriend for christmas, but there are so many to choose from I was having a hard time trying to figure out what was a good affordable one. This one seems pretty good!
These are definitely some great gift ideas for the holiday season! I think the Nintendo Switch will be a hit in our home!
I wouldn't mind having that R2D2 App-Enabled Droid. That looks like a ton of fun!
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Dusty's back with a new Rulebook Cookbook post about one of the most important parts of any rules: the setup.
Tag: Writing
Rulebook Cookbook: Recipe for Success
Writing a rulebook is one of the hardest aspects of game design. Teaching a game in person is one thing, but creating a comprehensive document that anyone can sit down with to learn a game is a very daunting prospect. Enter Rulebook Cookbook. This series will guide you through this difficult process one step at a time.
Rulebook Cookbook: Component List
The next two episodes of Rulebook Cookbook take us beyond the introductory material we have covered (Thematic Introductions and Game Overview) and into the bits and pieces of the game, namely Components and Setup.
Rulebook Cookbook: Game Overview
In this week's rulebook cookbook, Dusty walks us through our first steps beyond the theme and into the game overview. He looks at games like Mice & Mystics and Lords of the Waterdeep to help you write better overviews.


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With Super Rugby kicking off in a fortnight's time, and the Australian Men's and Women's Rugby Sevens teams defending their Sydney Sevens title next weekend, the 2019 Australian Rugby season is well and truly upon us.
With that in mind, RUPA reached out to all of the current and former players on our Board to find out their thoughts on the year ahead; today, we hear from NSW Waratahs Player Director, Bernard Foley.
Bernard, what are you most excited about, from an Australian Rugby perspective, in 2019?
"I think for me, the pinnacle is the Rugby World Cup. I was lucky enough to experience it four years ago, and ever since then based on how close we came it has been something I've earmarked. It is a great tournament which highlights the great things about Rugby; how it's a global game, and how it can unite a country.
"I'm really excited about Japan, and all of our preparations are aimed towards going one better. Japan will host such a great World Cup; the hospitality of the Japanese is second to none, and the logistics of getting around and the ability to handle big crowds is there too. It's one easy flight for Australians to attend, so I think it will be a great showcase for Rugby."
Which Australian player(s) are you most looking forward to watching in action this year, and why?
"There's a number of players, and a couple of old heads in the mix. Having Karmichael Hunt at the Waratahs is very exciting, and he brings great energy and is a great trainer.
"There's also a couple of guys in the Rugby Sevens program who I think are genuine world class players in Ben O'Donnell and Maurice Longbottom, who are both in their second year. Longbottom is such a game breaker!"
What does serving on the RUPA Board mean to you?
"I take the role with great responsibility and I really enjoy it. It is such a privilege to look after the other members and be a representative of the entire playing cohort - every Australasian player in all forms of the game.
"As Board Directors, what we need to be doing is ensuring that every player has a voice for not only negatives, but also the positives. We have a responsibility to help grow the game as players, and if we can do that in a collective and pro-active way then it is great for the sport."
What do you think is the single most pressing issue facing Australian Rugby heading into 2019?
"It could be seen as an issue, but I also think it is a real opportunity, in terms of engaging back with our fans. We have let that slip in the last couple of years, but it is such an exciting year for Rugby globally and also domestically, so there's plenty to build on.
"The Sevens teams have Olympic Games qualification to aim for, and all four Australian Super Rugby teams have been training exceptionally hard and there is genuine competition amongst what we think will be a really close and hard-fought conference.
"The Rugby World Cup only comes along every four years and we can use that to re-engage the Rugby public and hopefully convert a few more to get behind the great sport Rugby is, and what it is all about."
What is your all-time favourite Australian Rugby memory?
"Growing up, I loved watching the Wallabies win the Rugby World Cup and win Bledisloe Cups, so any time I get to represent the country and pull the Wallabies jersey on is very special. It is such a privilege, so my debut was particularly special and the 2015 World Cup stands out as well, and being a part of that is something which I hold truly special."
Click here to see the 2019 Super Rugby fixture and click here to buy your tickets to the 2019 Sydney Sevens!


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Thursday, October 8, 2009
2010 Baseball Recruiting - Make Contact Now and Get a Head Start on Your Competition
By Gary V Hawkins
As the beginning of the 2009-2010 school year is upon us, it also means the beginning of the 2010 baseball recruiting season is almost here. In fact, for the athletes who want to get an advantage over their competition, the recruiting season is really already here.
Just like every year, the 2010 baseball recruiting season will come to an end next summer with some players who reach their goal of being recruited or signing to play in college, while other players will continue to fly under the radar of college coaches. What makes the difference in the outcomes for these players? The difference between these players usually comes down to whether or not they take responsibility for their own recruitment and make sure they get the attention of college coaches.
Unless you are a blue chip or elite level player who gets more attention than they can even handle, you need to make sure you are getting your name out there in front of college coaches. Instead of relying on your coach or any other unreliable method, you need to make sure this happens by marketing and promoting yourself to college coaches.
Keep in mind that during the 2010 baseball recruiting season, coaches from all division levels of college baseball are looking for qualified players. College scholarships are available at the junior college level all the way up to the elite Division I level. This includes scholarships at the Division II, NAIA, NCCAA (Christian Colleges) levels. The only exception is Division III where athletic scholarships are not offered, but they do offer other types of financial aid.
To give yourself a great chance of being recruited during the 2010 baseball recruiting season, get a head start on your competition and take control of your own recruitment. You need to make direct contact with college coaches at any level of college baseball you feel you can play at. Decide which colleges you will contact and then start making contact with those coaches. The results may surprise you!
Gary Hawkins is a well known recruiting and athletic scholarship expert and the author of a popular 17-page free report titled:
"Five Secrets You Must Know To Get Recruited For Athletic Scholarships"
Head over to http://www.recruitedforscholarships.com/freereport.html to get your FREE copy now!
Gary Hawkins is passionate about helping high school athletes reach their dream of playing at the college level. In his Athletic Recruiting & Scholarship System, Gary teaches anyone how they can finally get the attention of college coaches and start being recruited for athletic scholarships. Just visit http://www.recruitedforscholarships.com/ and pick up your copy today!
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Advancement of pharmacist clinical competencies through international collaboration
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One of our country's finest features is our National Park System. It's grown from its humble beginning in 1864, when Abraham Lincoln signed a bill granting Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias to the State of California "for public use, resort and recreation… inalienable for all time," and the first federally administered park (Yellowstone in 1872- the federal administration came about due to problems with California administering Yosemite) to the present day's assortment of over 450 natural, historical, recreational, and cultural areas throughout the United States, its territories, and island possessions.
The purpose has remained the same throughout the years; to preserve places of scenic beauty and/or historical significance for the public's use and enjoyment. However, if some of our elected officials (and some who want to be elected officials) have their way, this won't be true any longer.
Last Friday, Colorado had their first gubernatorial debate. In the debate, the Republican candidate Bob Beauprez went on the record as supporting the seizure of Colorado's national parks, forests and public lands by the state government. And, in a campaign document, he lays out his plans to "reestablish state rights and duties," including "establish[ing] a process for taking control over public lands back from the federal government."
He's not alone in his quest. Others who publicly support the states seizing public land from the federal government include such people as both Senators from Arizona (John McCain and Jeff Flake), both Senators from Utah (Mike Lee and Orrin Hatch), everybody's favorite psychopath (Texas Senator Ted Cruz), the leading contender thus far for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination (Kentucky Senator Rand Paul) and Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers from Washington (the Chair of the House Republican Conference and the highest ranking Republican woman in Congress).
Why do they want this? Because then the oil, mining and timber interests can pressure the states into selling the rights for drilling for oil, mining and logging, of course. Instead of preserving and protecting these lands for our enjoyment, they'd rather chase after the almighty dollar, and to hell with everybody else.
The cost to the taxpayer would be immense. In Colorado, for example, 36% of the land is public land owned by the federal government, who pay for maintenance and the like. Then, there's the money brought in by the tourist trade, and the jobs that catering to that trade provides. The current Colorado governor, John Hickenlooper, stated in the debate that the estimated cost to Colorado taxpayers of transferring Colorado's national parks, forests and public lands to the state would be at least $200 million dollars. On top of that, the additional costs of fighting wildfires in those areas could easily be in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
We've already seen the results of this profit driven agenda in some locations. For example, there's fracking going on in the Everglades near a major nesting site for the wood stork, a species just recently taken off the endangered species list. We can't forget the damage done to the Gulf Islands National Seashore by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Or the steady chipping away of our National Forests by the timber industry. Or…
This would affect all of us, whether we realize it at the present time or not. Our National Lakeshores and Recreation Areas sit on some of our most abundant supplies of fresh water. Our National Forests are not only beautiful to look at; they also scrub carbon dioxide out of the air, and prevent land erosion. The last known living examples of many species live on our public lands. Is it worth destroying all of this in the name of extracting a finite amount of resources from the area so that some company can make a profit? We think not.


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TITLE: When Dimple Met Rishi
AUTHOR: Sandhya Menon
TRIGGER WARNING: Characters that are racist.
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The arranged-marriage YA romcom you didn't know you wanted or needed…
Meet Dimple.
Her main aim in life is to escape her traditional parents, get to university and begin her plan for tech world domination.
Meet Rishi.
He's rich, good-looking and a hopeless romantic. His parents think Dimple is the perfect match for him, but she's got other plans…
Dimple and Rishi may think they have each other figured out. But when opposites clash, love works hard to prove itself in the most unexpected ways.
I managed to read this in two days, and I could've read it in one, it was that kind of fun and addictive story that I didn't want to put down.
When dimple met rishi is a story that follows two characters, dimple and Rishi, who are both Indian Americans but they both have very different beliefs. Rishi wants to make his parents happy and wants to stick to the ideals of his culture, where as Dimple feels crushed in her Indian family and wants space to breath and he herself, but when they met, even their differences can't keep them apart.
This story is that kind of adorable story that you would read when you need a pick me up, and it did exactly that for me. Throughout the novel I felt warm and fuzzy and got excited for the characters and their triumphs!
However I will say, towards the end, I was bored of the story? Which isn't super common for me, however I have been reading a lot more contemporary stories lately and I might have needed a break from it.
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Chris Romer, D-Denver, focuses on more closely linking doctors and their pot-seeking patients by breaking links between doctors and dispensaries, requiring doctors recommending marijuana to have licenses in good standing and requiring a bonafide doctor-patient relationship. Romer said there are already four amendments ready for debate Tuesday. They would:* Eliminate the requirement that medical marijuana patients who are 21 years old or younger go before a medical review board, a provision the pro-cannabis crowd has fought. The current draft exempts young military veterans. Instead, under the amendment, younger patients would have to seek a second opinion from another doctor before obtaining marijuana. * Revoke licenses from patients who run afoul of courts or are placed in substance abuse programs, though patients could later reapply. Snipped Complete Article: http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_14259434Source: Denver Post (CO)Author: Jessica Fender, The Denver PostPublished: January 24, 2010Copyright: 2010 The Denver Post CorpWebsite: http://www.denverpost.com/Contact: openforum denverpost.comCannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #7 posted by MikeEEEEE on January 25, 2010 at 18:33:16 PT social engineering Here is someone who commented on that article about the failed war on drugs. Couldn't help it, this guy has a good read on things....I think the last laugh is on We the People. It was We who lost and They who won. No, they did not win the "war" on the terms they set out. But why assume their stated objectives had anything to do with the Oligarchy's true objectives? When do the stated objectives of the masters of war have anything to do with their real objectives? It was about getting rid of surplus populations, and the threat of their agitation for social change, by rounding them up in prison. In '69 the oligarchs were worried about a possible revolutionary uprising. Now, The People are solidly under iron boot heel of the corrupt crime syndicate that runs the country. There is no further need for mass roundups of pot smokers. The article writer should read Lockdown Nation, by Christian Parenti, about the REAL reason behind the so-called "War on Drugs." As with the "War on Terror," and Cold War and all the other wars, the real purposes of the architects of war always contrast with their stated aims. The "War on Drugs" had nothing to do with ending drug use, but with social engineering, i.e., management of surplus populations (from the POV of the oligarchy). [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by MikeEEEEE on January 25, 2010 at 18:17:46 PT Yes, the news is out I have always said, marijuana arrests are easy pickings for local law enforcement and the industrial prison complex. If they take his license away, he is screwed.Not sure you have seen this: http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/01/17We can only hope the madness ends soon. [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by Randy on January 25, 2010 at 08:52:56 PT CAN'T DO IT People keep in mind this is a direct violation of patients rights as stated under Amd 20. So no worries at least not here. I refuse to listen to anything that is not voted on by the people. [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by Hope on January 24, 2010 at 15:57:36 PT Oh My Lord! I am not happy.This is going to be worse than the Phelps scandalization and they are going to lock him up and probably seize everything he owns or ever will own.I'm horrified! [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by Hope on January 24, 2010 at 15:54:10 PT The limo driver Unless there's a miracle, they're going to hang that guy out to dry.We all KNOW that there are some people who, though perhaps under the influence of the cannabis plant's chemicals, are still excellent drivers. Much like there are many people that consume chemicals of similar and other sorts, legal and illegal, and what not of some sorts, maintaining control of themselves, knowing their limits and all, like antidepressants, antihistamines, caffeine and other stimulants, and pain relievers, and are still quite capable drivers.This is awful.The prohibitionists are going to crucify him. [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by Hope on January 24, 2010 at 15:44:57 PT MikeEEEEE That article's disturbing. They want to get that guy arrested. [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by MikeEEEEE on January 24, 2010 at 15:03:05 PT take the poll See the middle of the page in the link below, right now 65% yes.http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/01/23/2010-01-23_a_really_dope_ride_100_buys_you_spin_in_disco_limo_and_spliffs_with_driver.html [ Post Comment ] Post Comment


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Arieh Eldad or Arie Eldad or Aryah Eldad is a member of the Israeli Knesset [1] for the right-wing Ichud Leumi (National Union) group. [2]
Aried Eldad is a Professor of Plastic Surgery as well as a retired Brigadier General of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Medical Corps. [3]
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- ↑ Knesset Members "Arieh Eldad", Knesset Website, accessed 11 May 2009
- ↑ Parliamentary Groups "Ichud Leumi", Knesset Website, accessed 11 May 2009
- ↑ Authors and Associates "Arieh Eldad", Ariel Center for Policy Research (ACPR), accessed 11 May 2009
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hen the White House released a budget proposal in February calling for $54 billion worth of federal loan guarantees for the construction of nuclear power plants, part of the idea was to woo the other side of the aisle. Congressional Republicans had spent the better part of a year blocking a piece of climate legislation known as the Waxman-Markey Bill, and it was hoped that some nuclear seduction might soften their opposition. Even if the White House had no luck with the GOP, what would be the harmreallyof firing up some new reactors? Much as tort reform is widely seen as a legitimate Republican goal in the pursuit of cutting health care costs, or the curbing of teachers union power is seen as a reasonable Republican aim in the pursuit of education reform, so too adding more nuclear power to the energy mix is widely considered a reasonable Republican priority in formulating a balanced energy policy. Were adults, right? Surely, were done blubbering over Silkwood. Many Democrats now seem to embrace nuclear power almost as heartily as their Republican colleagues.
Well, Republicans can love nuclear if they want. And Democrats can indulge them in some conciliatory fission if they want. But the rest of us shouldnt have to smile politely. Nor should we pretend that the bedfellows are anything but bizarre. The GOP and nuclear power are such old friends, like Tarzan and Cheeta, that we forget to reflect on the oddity of the relationship. At least Tarzan and Cheeta had compatible policy priorities, such as defense against crocodiles. But the nuclear industry and the Republican Party have nothing ideologically obvious in common other than a soft spot for things that go boom. That theyve teamed up all the same says somethingall too much, reallyabout our politics today.
nyone with even a passing interest in politics knows that Republicans stand for a few bedrock ideas. One is that the market knows better than politicians. (Republicans dont favor "using the government in Washington to pick winners and losers," Senator Lamar Alexander once told Wolf Blitzer.) Another is that bailouts and subsidies are a waste of money. ("[T]here is no guarantee that financial assistance from taxpayer dollars will prevent these companies from collapsing," said Lisa Murkowski, explaining her vote against loans to the auto industry.) So how does a push for expanded nuclear energy match up with such convictions? At the risk of oversimplifying, the short answer is "Not at all." And the long answer is "Um, not at all."
If theres any energy program thats more Big Government than nuclear power, it would have to involve the harvesting of millions of humans in pods for their body heat. (This was outlined in The Matrix, but Congress has yet to take up the plan.) Nuclear power is the king of subsidized energy industries, with its very origin in governmentfrom Truman-era research into nuclear fission, to the launch of Atoms for Peace under Eisenhower. The original idea, sixty years ago, was to give the whole business a push, with some generous government start-up capital, so that before long "cheap atomic power could be used to irrigate deserts" and to "air-condition the tropics and the frozen wastes of the Arctic," as one enthusiastic New York Times writer put it.
The only trouble was that the original idea remained forever an idea. While we did achieve the air-conditioning of Las Vegasnot to mention a change of temperature in the Arcticthe part about cheap atomic power never really came to pass. Not only did nuclear energy remain stubbornly pricey; the nuclear industry proved spectacularly incompetent. The parade of nuclear power plants built in the United States in the 1970s and 80s resulted in dozens, even scores, of botched projects and billions of dollars in cost overruns. One particularly flagrant example: the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant on Long Island. It took two decades to plan, build, and test, and wound up costing about eighty times its original estimate, which would have been bad enough even if it had been put into service; it wasnt. So bad was the track record of nuclear power in the United States that in 1985 Forbes called it the "largest managerial disaster in business history." (To be fair, this was two months before the introduction of New Coke.)
So who paid for all of this bungling? We did. Taxpayers and electricity ratepayers were forced to bail out these foundering projects to the tune of nearly $300 billion in todays dollars. As for reimbursement of funds? The public got nothing. No executives were forced to unhand their bonuses. Even Hank Paulson might have been annoyed.
Such a miserable economic record is the primary reason that no new plants have been constructed in the United States in nearly three decades. Investment prospects for nuclear going forward also look unpromising. In fact, the estimated cost of building a nuclear plant has quadrupled in the last five years to an impressive $12 billion, or nearly the entire GDP of Afghanistan. (That we spend about five times that much each year trying to pacify Afghanistan by force raises some rather awkward strategic questions. But perhaps theres a solution to satisfy everyone: spend billions constructing nuclear power plants in Afghanistan. You heard it here first.) This would make nuclear energy more expensive watt for watt than virtually any other energy source, including renewables like wind power. And thats only if things go swimmingly. The last batch of reactors built on American soil exceeded their initial cost projections by an average of 200 percent.
The shaky financials of nuclear power arent limited to the United States. Englands nuclear power company British Energy was spared from bankruptcy in 2002 only by a generous state bailout. Frances mostly state-owned power company Electricit de France (EDF), which oversees a vast archipelago of reactors, has been in such a financial mess that, according to a 2004 report in the Economist, factoring in the liabilities on its balance sheet would leave the company "technically insolvent."
But never mind the French and their chagrins nuclaires. Lets just have the market decide. The only trouble is that the mere mention of the word "reactor" sends private investors fleeing in terror. Banking giants such as Citigroup and Goldman Sachs are unwilling to sink their funds into nuclear power. Or, it would be more accurate to say, they are willing, but under only one condition: the government must shoulder all of the risk.
It is with this understanding in mind that politicians have made their latest proposals. The $54 billion in loan guarantees in Obamas budget would cover up to 100 percent of project debt for new reactors. If the projects go sour, Uncle Sam pays back the money. Which is to say, we pay. (See above, under nuclear power, 1970s and 80s.) And the chances of the projects going sour are pretty high: the Congressional Budget Office has put the odds of default on a nuclear loan guarantee at "well above 50 percent."
o let us pause for a moment to consider. We are being asked to guarantee loans to an industry that generates zero organic enthusiasm in the market, despite having had six decades to get its act together. Lets leave aside that a sixty-year-old should have perhaps moved beyond training wheels. Lets even set aside the likelihood that nuclear power will continue to require our forced beneficence. Lets just think about it in terms of political principle. Is there anything about all this elaborate intervention that bears any semblance to faith in the marketplace?
Neverthelessthis may fail to surprise the readerRepublicans remain enthusiastic. "I applaud the Obama administration and the Department of Energy for moving forward on a [nuclear] loan guarantee agreement," said Senator Murkowski, she of the nay vote on loans to automakers. Senator Richard Shelby, another opponent of the auto bailout, will "continue to strongly advocate for increases in nuclear power." Senator Alexander, who hates picking winners and losers, has decided to make the loser the winner, by leading the charge for nuclear loan guarantees. When it comes to certain expenditures, Republicans have no apparent reservations about backing huge loans that private investors wouldnt touch on their own.
Of course, one nonfinancial argument in favor of nuclear energy is that the mountains of radioactive waste leave only a small carbon footprint. But that should resonate only among those concerned about climate change. Many Republicans see the threat of global warming as outright bullor, as GOP Senator James Inhofe puts it, "the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people." And if thats the case, why not go with an easygoing energy source such as natural gas? Heck, why not coal? Were overflowing with it, its time tested, its investor friendly, and its only one-quarter as expensive as nuclear energy. Coal mines have also produced far better folk songs than nuclear reactors.
Some Republicans sidestep these questions by asserting that it will take an energy smorgasbordincluding coal, natural gas, wind, nuclear, and moreto meet our future needs. According to this model, which proponents like John McCain refer to as "all of the above," nuclear power is just one essential part of the mix. But think about it for a minute. If you wanted to secure your house against intruders, and among your choices were a $500 alarm system, a $200 shotgun, and a $3 million hologram that could be projected onto your house to make it look like it was the Eiffel Tower, would you pick "all of the above"? If you answered yes, you might consider working for John McCain.
It should also be noted that if nuclear power violates just about every official Republican principle, it also violates an unofficial one: that of Screw France. Should the United States see a major expansion of nuclear power, one of the top beneficiaries would be Areva, the worlds largest builder of nuclear plants, which is mostly owned by the French government. (The French and the Japanese, it should be noted, control virtually the entire nuclear supply chain.) The gruesomeness of this surely needs no elaboration.
o why, despite all these affronts to conservative virtue, does Republican ardor for nuclear energy remain undimmed? Conversations with Republican staffers on the Hill, while pleasant enough, dont really clear up the mattersince the staffers prefer to focus less on ideological explanations and more on policy mechanics.
But we can look to history for some likely answers. During the 1970s and 80s, with the Cold War still coloring all of our politics, nuclear power and nuclear weapons occupied similar symbolic space in the public mind. You tended to either favor both or oppose both. Those who favored both thought of themselves as the adults in the room, which, in the age of the Nuclear Freeze and the No Nukes concerts, made some sense. (If a policy is opposed by David Crosby and Jackson Browne, thats not a bad endorsement of it.) Then, as now, nuclear power owed its appeal partly to what political scientists have termed the "Fuck yeah" factor. It was the energy choice of the hardass, the sort who understands we live in a tough world and doesnt get all worked up over dolphins and Teflon.
Many conservatives also persuaded themselves that green radicals and fussy regulators were to blame for the cost overruns and other woes that hamstrung the nuclear power industry. That mind-set remains. "Theres a narrative among Republicans of an advanced technology thats being strangled by groups like Greenpeace and liberals who dont trust it," says Jerry Taylor, an energy policy expert at the Cato Institute who opposes energy subsidies. "The reason there isnt more of a market for nuclear is that environmentalists have rendered nuclear investments excessively risky. Thats a narrative that conservatives find fairly natural." Of course, for more than a decade, Washington has been peeling back the red tape that conservatives claimed was hampering the building of nuclear plants, and the licensing process for reactorsone of the main stumbling blocks in the pasthas been dramatically streamlined. Even so, building new reactors remains spectacularly risky and expensive.
But theres also another plausible explanation thats less forgiving. Its that the Bush years brought aboutor at least laid barethe evaporation of any remaining Republican adherence to "free markets" or "small government," leaving instead a K Street machine devoted primarily to itself. Call it cronyism, call it corporatism, or just call it a mess. And Democrats, to a dispiriting degree, have joined in the fun. The public pays for losses while private industry collects on gains. Money flows from middle-class taxpayers to connected titansbank executives, mortgage giants, and, yes, moribund energy sectors. The business of nuclear energy has so far proved bloated and boondogglywatchwords for the sort of industry that only a politician could love. But its politicians who vote. And love it they do. Evenor, in this case, especiallywhen theyre Republican.
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The most popular Island off the Queensland coast. North Stradbroke should be your number one choice for a day tour from Brisbane. With its fantastic beaches and pristine forests, the Island has an abundance of iconic Australian wildlife like koala and kangaroo plus dolphin and turtles.
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But I trust in you, O Lord; I say, "You are my God." Psalm 31:14 (ESV)
Throughout my life, I've made many choices on my own. I've selected many different paths on which to travel, which in most cases, became long-cuts instead of short-cuts. In other words, when I got off the beaten path and decided I could find my own way to the goal faster, it was a huge mistake. If I'd listened for God's voice, His direction, and His wise counsel, then I would have been a better traveler and reaped many more blessings and less stress than when I did it on my own.
We're all travelling through life in hopes of having good health and nice things. We search for things to make us happy, but eventually we will realize that only love, grace, and mercy can provide us with joy. There is no substitute. And the good news, the important thing for us to realize is we don't have to seek these three things. They are already given to us because of Jesus's death on the cross. Because of His love, grace, and mercy given freely to us, there is no greater gift or things for which to search. We know where they are found. All we have to do is acknowledge and accept these gifts that Jesus sacrificed His life to give us. Then the search is over. Jesus saved you and me with the shedding of his pure, sinless blood.
As Christians, no one promises our journeys will be easy. Rather, our paths may be even harder, but as long as we hold His hand and follow His voice, we will never be lost again. He will help us through the bad times and celebrate with us during the good times. He will never leave us. We'll discover the journey is short, yet it needs constant courage, hearts of servitude, and dogged determination to arrive at our final destination, which is Heaven.
In the meantime, let's travel the journey together as fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. Let's read the Bible more, sing praises to God, pray to our Father, and search for Christian books to inspire and encourage us.
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Restoration of the historic harbour and north pier
D-Drill, a diamond drilling and concrete sawing firm with a base in Craghead – part of the firm's wider UK network – is part of the team that is carrying out Durham County Council's £3.4 million pier refurbishment project which will prevent waves causing damage to the harbour and help minimise coastal erosion.
The first phase of the company's work started in August 2014 and lasted for four months. Skilled operatives from D-Drill have now returned to the site to finish off the restoration by November of this year.
John Emberson, D-Drill's branch manager in the North East, said: "We are proud to be working on such an important project for the area and it's absolutely vital that these sea defences are shored up.
"We are working on behalf of Carillion, the main contractor on the project and everything we do here is limited by the incoming tide and weather – we are having to plan our work accordingly.
"To that end, we have had to pay very strong attention to health & safety – including securing our engineers to a safety line running the full length of the pier."
D-Drill has been using specialist rock and diamond drilling and sawing equipment including cutting a 300mm deep section along the inner edges of the coping stones to enable the centre deck to be broken out, The team's highly skilled operatives have also cut 600 mm deep across the end of the pier to allow damaged coping to be removed and replaced.
The firm has drilled holes to allow new rebar to be installed into the new deck and the inner edges of the new and remaining granite coping stones, as well as drilling holes to allow the new copings to be fixed to the pier.
It is all designed to help with the overall process of bolstering the sea defences for the benefit of the community and businesses in Seaham.
John added: "As well as securing our engineers to a safety line, we even had to bolt a safety stop to the coping to eliminate the risk of the diesel floor saw going over the edge into the sea!
"It has been and remains an intricate job in testing conditions – but that's what D-Drill does best!"
It has been and remains an intricate job in testing conditions – but that's what D-Drill does best!


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Industrial hemp somehow survived America's narcotic age. Despite today's uncertain politics and incomplete laws, it's poised to become a major agricultural and industrial force. The manufacturing infrastructure is being built. Its penny stocks reflect hope, conviction and volatility. Research and development is under way, especially in construction materials and cannabidiol (CBD)-based medicines.
Oddly, however, hemp has been at a similar juncture before.
In the 1930s, hemp promised to change America. It had survived severe competition from cheaper fibers like jute, flax, sisal, abaca and vast quantities of imported Russian hemp. Technology had advanced and scientists had discovered that, besides rope, fabric and paper, hemp could be used in plastics, foods, fuel, dynamite — thousands of different uses from all parts of the plant: stalks for fiber; seeds for oil, hulls and mash; and high-cellulose hurds, the broken-up bits of the stem's core, for making building materials and plastics. Henry Ford created a car whose body was processed from hemp; it ran on hemp ethanol. And hemp was sustainable, unlike America's already vanishing forestland.
With a sort of nouveau Industrial Revolution at hand in the midst of the Great Depression, hemp was reintroduced with fanfare to the beleaguered American public by Popular Mechanics magazine, which had found in Cannabis sativa linneaus America's industrial salvation: farm jobs, manufacturing employment, raw resources, innovation and independence from imports.
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the U.S. is still a nation divided Letters to the Editor, Jan. 17 State Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, sponsored legislation to allow hemp production in California. Legalize industrial hemp Out-of-towners worsening the city's housing market? Not really Was Sierra Pacific deep-pockets victim of government shakedown? Jose Antonio Vargas with Assembly-
man Luis Alejo, the new law's author. Quotes of the Week, Jan. 18
In February 1938, the magazine dramatically predicted that hemp would become America's "New Billion-Dollar Crop," a forecast linchpinned to a new version of the decordicator, a machine that separates fiber from the rest of the plant. Hemp, said Editor Henry Haven Windsor Jr., could produce four times the amount of paper pulp per acre as a forest, and it could be done every year as opposed to every 20.
Yet, just as hemp seemed to reach its place in industry, a long-brewing fear rose from the shadows of urban America, and, caught in the glare of its flashier, frightening twin, marijuana, and the wake of Prohibition evangelism, hemp became a victim of an ascendant narcotic age. Its future vanished before it could arrive.
Today, however, the tenor has changed. Generations have come and gone, and hemp is no longer seen as a narcotic. Its new beginning may seem like deja vu, but it's not history repeating itself.
Tobacco-free hemp
Today, hemp returns not to its point of exile when it was essentially banned from America by the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, but to a point far earlier: There is no economic infrastructure. There are no trade routes. There are no seed stocks, just feral hemp growing here and there, "ditchweed" left from World War II's "Hemp for Victory" campaign, or from America's more distant hemp past, which saw more than 400,000 acres under cultivation in the 1800s (before the Civil War, Kentucky alone had 160 hemp factories and employed several thousand workers).
And, there have been no decordicators, the powerful (and hugely expensive) fiber-processing machines until a peculiar series of events last year.
This revival tale begins in the 1990s, when the truth about tobacco's health impacts became known after decades of concealment by the industry. A lawsuit by the attorneys general of 46 states culminated in the landmark 1998 Master Settlement Agreement hugely affecting the tobacco giants: A payback was in order — a $200 billion fine, a medical fund and major hits to marketing strategies. Demand dropped and farmers suffered. Part of the settlement was to establish another crop for tobacco farmers. Hemp, of course, was illegal.
The agricultural replacement was kenaf, a stalky plant in the hibiscus genus known for producing coarse fiber much like jute. As part of the agreement, Raleigh-headquartered Alliance One, a major global tobacco player, bought a German-made decordicator to process thousands of new acres of kenaf in North Carolina. The crop also was established in foreign tobacco grounds of U.S. corporations, including Malaysia.
California's hemp future
Political coordination was key to getting Kentucky's six major pilot programs running last year, and mutinous chutzpah has been Colorado's driving force. (Colorado farmers, so enthusiastic to start cultivating hemp, planned 1,800 acres last year — illegally, because they couldn't get legal seeds.) The Golden State, however, has neither coordination nor chutzpah. It is not on the cutting edge of hemp's golden dawn.
That's no fault of state Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, and Gov. Jerry Brown. Brown signed Leno's bill, SB566, in 2013. They faced an uphill battle and capped a 15-year legislative effort, potentially ending a hemp drought in the state.
Leno, whose interest in hemp as a viable California crop and industry dates to his time as a San Francisco supervisor, has watched the state's hemp bill fall victim to five vetoes — four from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. As sponsor of the last two bills, he suggested the politics were, at times, "frustrating."
Twelve years of legislative efforts for what? "Hemp is a plant that has never been a drug," Leno said. "You can legally make thousands of products, from paper to fuel to foods, and it's renewable every 90 days. It takes no fungicides or pesticides and less water than growing corn. … The politics have been irrational."
The cultural tenor changed drastically between the last veto, in 2011, and Brown's approval of the measure two years later. It is perhaps best exemplified by letters to the Legislature from law enforcement agencies. A 2011 memo to Leno from the California Police Chiefs Association cites many of the criticisms of the drug czar-sponsored USDA report of 2000 (see Part I), and echoes ominously that, "To begin with, hemp is illegal in the United States," and has "no real economic viability." The association urged Leno — and not gently — to vote against his own bill, SB676.
Yet by 2013, the California State Sheriffs' Association, in a letter to Leno and state Sen. Cathleen Galgiani, D-Modesto, was "pleased to support SB566," a redux of the the earlier bill that revised the definition of hemp, allowing county law enforcement statewide to "concentrate on marijuana eradication efforts while allowing for lawful cultivation of industrial hemp."
Bureaucratic progress in California, Leno said, has been "less than inspiring." However, the senator is holding initial stakeholder meetings this month in Sacramento, involving academic and administrative representatives from CSU and UC, the state Department of Food and Agriculture, and farmers. He remains as optimistic about hemp in California as he has been for more than a decade.
Alta California
Despite the rough reintroduction of industrial hemp in California, the herb has a history here. The need to equip Spain's 18th century Pacific armada focused on its colony, Alta, or Upper, California, and the crown called upon California's missions to grow hemp. Mission San Jose, the second of the missions, became the center of experimentation in 1796, but the yield was so meager the crown began subsidizing the crop.
A change of venue resulted, and hemp growing was moved south to La Purisima, Santa Inez and San Luis Obispo missions. Hemp flourished in California: 1,800 pounds were produced in 1805, increasing exponentially to 220,000 pounds by 1810.
Unfortunately for hemp, unrest in Europe fomented Mexico's drive for independence, and Alta California's governor cut back production, allowing only enough for domestic use, not Spain's. California hemp faded into a vestigial crop of about 5,000 acres by 1920, grown largely in the San Joaquin Delta region. Only four states were producing at that time: Kentucky, which supplied almost all U.S. seed; Wisconsin, California and North Dakota.
Politics and hemp's future
Hemp faced other curtain calls in its peculiar American history: the 1937 taxation ban; the 1957 closure of the last American hemp mill; the 1946 end to the brief Hemp for Victory campaign; and the final curtain in 1970 with the Controlled Substances Act.
But there's a game-changer in hemp's future: S134, which would define hemp — for all purposes, pilot program or not — as cannabis with 0.3 percent THC or less, dry weight, separating it from the other cannabis, marijuana. Marijuana would remain on the Controlled Substances Act list, while industrial hemp would be removed.
It's still an uphill fight. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is the 114th Congress' reincarnation of bills dating back a decade. The most recent was last year, as S359, also sponsored by Wyden.
Hemp legalization was originally sponsored in the House by Ron Paul, R-Texas, (father of Kentucky's Rand Paul) in 2005. The senior Paul resubmitted its next incarnation in 2007, again in 2009, and yet again in 2011. It never made it out of committee. The most recent House bill, the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2014, HR525, was sponsored by Tom Massie, a Kentucky Republican, last year. He will reintroduce it this week for the current Congress.
His co-sponsors are likely to be the same this year as last: 33 Democrats and 17 Republicans. Twelve of the co-sponsors were from California: nine Democrats, including Bay Area Reps. Barbara Lee, Mike Honda and Zoe Lofgren; and three Republicans, including Reps. John Campbell, Tom McClintock and Dana Rohrbacher.
S134 has three co-sponsors: Republican Sens. Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Democrat Jeff Merkley of Oregon. It was assigned last week to the Judiciary Committee.
There are no California senators on board. We should ask: Why not?
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Right after Ghanaian dancehall king, Shatta Wale revealed about getting featured on Beyonce's album 'The Lion King; The Gift' people started calling him a legend. However, Nigerian rapper, Ice Prince has recently revealed a story of how Ghanaian rap god, Sarkodie met Beyonce for the first time.
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