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October 20, 1943 - November 4, 2012
Linda Diane Fleetwood, 69, of Phoenix, Ore. passed away peacefully in her home Sunday, November 4, 2012, with her daughter, Tammy, son-in-law, Devon, special friends, Barbara, Linda, Wanda, and Pam by her side. She was born October 20, 1943, in San Bernardino, Calif.
She was a past member of the Southern Oregon Clayfolk. She loved to do claywork, painting, and mosaic. Before her illness, she was also an avid pet-sitter in the community.
Linda was a very spiritual person. There was not one person that met her that was not blessed for doing so. Linda touched many lives and will be greatly missed my many. Her laughter will stay with us all forever.
Linda will be remembered by her loving children, Tammy (Devon) Heckmann, and Timothy Fleetwood, both of Taft, Calif. She is also survived by four grandchildren, Allison Heckmann, Christopher (Charisse) Heckmann, Benjamin Heckmann, and Jimmy (Donna) Fleetwood; eight great-grandchildren, Kamrun, Boston, Gavun, Tytun, McKaysun, Irie, Nathan, and Kevin; and many special friends.
The family would like to thank everyone for their support and encouragement during this difficult time.


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11:00 am
Sesame Street "Get Lost, Mr. Chips" Alan is getting ready for the Cookie Connoisseurs Club, the most exclusive cookie appreciation club in the country, to come to Sesame Street to taste his super cookies. Alan asks Chris to distract Cookie Monster while the club meets. Chris tries, but it's too late. D
12:00 pm
Dinosaur Train "Armored Like An Ankylosaurus/Campout!" Armored Like an Ankylosaurus - The kids travel on the Dinosaur Train with Mr. Pteranodon to see his hero, Hank Ankylosaurus, play a game of Dinoball. Afterwards, they even get to play with Hank and learn what it's like to be a dinosaur that's covered with armored plates and a mighty club for a tail. Campout! - Our Pteranodon family goes to the Big Pond for their first overnight camp out and meets a small frog with a big voice. D
12:30 pm
Super Why! "Jack and the Beanstalk" Baby Joy, Whyatt's little sister, is having a GIANT-sized tantrum, and nothing will calm her down! The Super Readers use their literacy powers to venture up Jack's Beanstalk and meet a real giant, who's acting like a big baby. Whyatt learns about the soothing power of music from his big brother Jack, and the Super Readers save the day.G
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Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "Meet The Beetles/Tongue Tied" Meet the Beetles - Nick and Sally must protect their cookie jar from cookie snatchers! But how? Well by meeting three of the Cat's beetle friends, that's how! Stan the Giant Stag beetle shows them how to look scary, while Cliff the Click beetle teaches them to make a noise them jump! And Bobbi the Bombardier beetle has a stinky surprise for those that try to sneak up on her. Now Nick and Sally can keep their cookies safe! Tongue Tied - Mmm, there's nothing better than a blueberry popsicle, even though it makes your tongue blue! Speaking of tongues, the Cat has some friends with marvelous tongues! The kids meet Treetop Tom and see how his tough tongue can pick food off of thorny branches. Then Snifty the boa snake shows them how she uses her tongue to smell. D
1:30 pm
Wild Kratts "Masked Bandits" As they prepare for a creature costume party, the Wild Kratts team begins to notice all sorts of strange things happening in the Tortuga HQ. Jimmy is sure there is a ghost or monster living with them, but the Kratt brothers are convinced it's some kind of creature. When the gang sets out to discover who is causing all the trouble, they discover that certain animals gravitate towards human habitation because it provides food and protection from predators. D
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Outdoor Idaho "The People's Land" OUTDOOR IDAHO takes the pulse of the People's Land, the 64 percent of Idaho that is managed by the federal government. People speak out about today's management of public lands. They ride, hike, boat, camp, hunt and fish on public acreage, or they seek to harvest resources from the lands - and they are finding ways to work together for the sake of the land.G
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Music Voyager "Rajasthan" Music Voyager host Jacob Edgar travels to Rajasthan, the desert state in northwestern India with an influential cultural legacy. Known as the birthplace of the Gypsies, Rajasthani music is as colorful and soulful as its surroundings. Edgar embarks on a hair-raising drive along India's dangerous back roads, before arriving at the ancient city of Jaipur. D
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Land Girls Lady Ellen wonders if she can trust Dr. Channing when he refuses to tell her where he's been. Danny Sparks threatens to harm Henry unless Connie helps him with a heist he's planning. John confesses a guilty secret to Joyce.G
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Midsomer Murders "Destroying Angel, Part 1" Gregory Chambers is shot with an arrow on the day of the funeral of hotelier Karl Wainright, who in his will left the hotel to Gregory as well as three other beneficiaries. Soon they too are being hunted down and dispatched in increasingly gruesome and imaginative ways. Part 1 of 2G
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Downton Abbey Revisited This special presents some favorite scenes from the series' seasons 1 and 2 for fans to savor before Season 3 begins in January. Key actors and creative staff tell their stories of the depiction of life on an English country estate from 1912 into the 1920s. There is also some rare behind-the-scenes footage of the production and a sneak peek at Season 3.G
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New Tricks "Congratulations" A man is cleared of an old crime and released from prison; Halford reopens the original investigation now centered on the man's own father. But Halford's pursuit reveals more than he bargains for. Meanwhile Pulling is offered a promotion but she would have to leave UCOS. Standing is approached by a young woman claiming to be his daughter.G
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Masterpiece Classic "Downton Abbey (S1 E3)" Growing into his role as heir, Matthew brings out the bitter rivalry between sisters Mary and Edith. Servants Thomas and O'Brien scheme against Bates, while head housemaid Anna is increasingly attracted to Bates. Lady Violet's winning streak in the flower show is threatened. Part 3 of 4G
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The anxiety demon was threatening to push me over the edge once again,
God was whispering, "Breathe in. Abide in Me".
The best place for me to do that was here at Heaven's Walk.
My safe haven.
After a surprise breakfast of my favorite homemade buckwheat blueberry pancakes,
Therapy for me.
A simple stack of floral linens.
Strips of cotton fabric off Christmas gifts from a blog friend.
I sat.
A respite.
a place to breathe in...


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Rhode Island, USA. Cannabis-related links
|News. - 2019 global events.
|See: CannabisVoter.info. News sources. Facebook: Global Marijuana March [21][22][23]. Hashtags: [24][25][26]. Twitter: [27][28][29]. Featured crowd photos. See videos.
3000+ cities/towns from 141 countries are part of #FridaysForFuture youth strike for climate.
Video: This 15-year-old climate activist (Greta Thunberg) called out world leaders in December 2018. [30][31][32]. Her videos have tens of millions of views. Wikipedia: School strike for climate.
Two in Three Americans (66%) Now Support Legalizing Recreational Marijuana. [33]. By Gallup Poll. So why are Senate Republicans still blocking cannabis bills from being voted on?
Louisiana. Serving Life w/ Hard Labor w/o Parole for $20 of Marijuana.
20 Feb 2019: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Unanimously That States Cannot Impose Excessive Fines. This limits 'policing for profit', asset forfeiture.
19 Feb: The Nursing Home With A Medical Cannabis Program The Feds Can Live With.
19 Feb: Oregon's small towns revel in weed tax windfall.
17 Feb: He pushed for marijuana legalization for nearly 20 years. Now the Weedman feels sidelined. [37][38]. And: Bodega owners, too.
Say Goodbye to authoritarian kings and US Presidents. No European democracy has an executive veto power requiring a 2/3 vote to override. Wikipedia: Nuclear Option: Bring back "50% plus 1" democracy to the US Senate: Stop the: Republican Senate filibuster against federal marijuana legalization. Still true. See Wikipedia: Removal of cannabis from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. Two in Three Americans Now Support Legalizing Recreational Marijuana.
11 Feb 2019: Senator Kamala Harris acknowledges smoking weed in the past, supports legalization, and says it gives people joy. [39].
24 Jan: Philippines and Bangladesh. Drug-war extrajudicial killings of many opposition leaders. 23 Jan: Pot advocate John Sinclair sues state of Michigan over Schedule 1 status. 23 Jan: Here's the Medical Cannabis Super Bowl Ad CBS Refused to Run. [43]. 22 Jan: Pot website offers free medical marijuana to government workers amid shutdown. 22 Jan: Michigan business offers free marijuana with book-bundle purchase. 20 Jan: New Zealand company gets licensed for high THC cannabis. 16 Jan: Virginia House Republicans snuff out marijuana bills. Even decriminalization with civil fines.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Hires Former Marijuana Lobbyist As Senior Advisor.
As Poll Shows Majority Back 70% Top Marginal Tax Rate for Ultra-Rich, Ocasio-Cortez's "Radical" Proposal Proves Extremely Mainstream. [45][46].
And: The Richest 10% of Americans Now Own 84% of All Stocks. [47]. See Wikipedia: Wealth inequality in the United States.
See: Wikipedia: List of countries by wealth per adult. Partial table below:
Note that USA is number 21 in the 2018 list. Canada is number 8.
Median wealth is exactly in the middle. 50% of adults have more, and 50% of adults have less. Wealth is all assets (money, stocks, bonds, property, etc.) minus all debts.
|Median wealth
per adult.
US dollars
|New Zealand
|United Kingdom
|South Korea
|United States
The average median wealth per adult for Canada is much higher than for the USA, a former great nation. Trump is right. America is no longer great. It's due to Republican trickle-down voodoo economics: Giving tax cuts mainly to the rich instead of to the middle class and poor who actually need them. Combined with predatory mortgage loans and foreclosure. And predatory unforgivable student loans.
9 Jan: New US Congressional Marijuana Bill Is Actually Numbered H.R. 420.
It Would Take Oregonians 7 Years to Smoke All the Weed They Harvested This Year. [53][54][55][56].
18 Dec 2018: California Regulators: Cities Can't Ban Recreational Marijuana Deliveries.
17 Dec 2018: U.S. Student Loan Debt Sets Record, Doubling Since Recession. $1.465 trillion. 14 Dec 2018: Federal judge forces Trump administration to cancel $150 million in student loan debt.
Luxembourg's New Deal: Free Transit (summer 2019) and Legal Weed (by 2023). [59]. 7 Dec 2018.
Video. Why is Finland the Happiest Country in the World? Universal healthcare and free college tuition.
27 Nov 2018: The president's job approval is at 38 percent while his disapproval numbers are at a record 60 percent. And: America's 'war on terror' has cost the US nearly $6 trillion and killed roughly half a million people.
Trump storms ahead with Medicaid work rules, even though they're disastrous for enrollees. By Los Angeles Times.
19 Nov 2018: Greece eyes pot of gold as medicinal cannabis licensed. 18 Nov 2018: Couples offer marijuana at weddings. 18 Nov 2018: Here's what's behind Mexico's radical move toward legalizing marijuana during its war on drugs 18 Nov 2018: How Democrat and medical cannabis activist Nikki Fried became Florida's agriculture commissioner. [61][62]. 16 Nov 2018:
16 Nov 2018: It's now cheaper to build a new wind farm than to keep a coal plant running. 16 Nov 2018: Oregon marijuana prices plunge – and sales soar. 12 Nov 2018: Michelle Obama says smoking pot was 'part of her becoming story'.
Mysterious interstellar object floating in space might be alien, say Harvard researchers. USA Today. Interstellar Cannabis March! The mysterious flying joint! 6 Nov 2018.
Michigan Legalizes Recreational Marijuana. 10th state to do so. 6-7 Nov 2018: Election results 2018: States legalize marijuana, felon voting rights. USA Today. And: Missouri votes to legalize medical marijuana. And: Utah Voters Approve Medical Marijuana Legalization. And: Florida restores voting rights to 1.5 million former felons.
Highest midterm eligible voter turnout (50.3%) since 1914. [63][64][65][66][67]. 2 Nov 2018: Reminder: US. Republicans Want to Take Your Health Care. Pre-existing conditions.
Marijuana In The Governor's Mansion: Record Number Of Democrat Candidates Say Legalize It.
1 Nov 2018: Mexico's Supreme Court effectively legalized weed in an effort to eliminate gang-related violent crime. [68][69].
Bernie Sanders: 3 people own more wealth than the bottom 50% of Americans. [70]. And: Happy alternatives to Republican poverty.
Thailand is Poised to Become the First Asian Country to Legalize Medical Marijuana. [71][72]. 30 Oct 2018: The World's Largest Weed Dispensary Is About to Open Near the Las Vegas Strip.
28 Oct 2018: US. Another Big Election Year For Marijuana As Candidates Recognize Voters Want Legal Weed. And: CannabisVoter.info And: Quebec cannabis stores to close 3 days a week due to shortages.
21 Oct 2018: North Dakota Marijuana Legalization Measure Winning In Latest Poll.
Ohio Issue 1 is leading in polls. 21 Oct 2018: Cutting through the hype. Possession of drugs would be no more than a misdemeanor. Treatment could be mandated. [80][81][82][83].
20 Oct 2018: How compassion club founder Hilary Black changed the course of cannabis law in Canada. 19 Oct 2018: Canada. Calgary Police Association files grievance over cannabis ban for officers. 18 Oct 2018: US. Cannabis Price Collapse Putting Billions in Consumers' Pockets.
17 Oct 2018: Republican Mississippi. Medical cannabis patient gets 8 years in prison for possession of 3 pounds. [84]. See: Cost of Republican-led drug war.
17 Oct: US. Legalizing Marijuana Nationwide Would Create One Million Jobs, Study Says.
16 Oct 2018: Miami police say they'll offer opioid addicts rehab instead of arresting them.
12 Oct: Video. Disney heiress opposes shifting huge taxes from the wealthy to the middle class. [85].
$3 million raised for Republican Senator Susan Collins' opponent amid outcry on Kavanaugh vote. Oct 5, 2018 article. $4 million now. [86]. "Pulp Fiction." Many witnesses ignored (including Kenneth Appold): [87][88][89][90]. Susan Collins also does not support descheduling cannabis at the federal level.
36 separate major cannabis reform measures on the ballot November 6, across seven states. In addition to a larger number of local marijuana tax and licensing proposals.
4 Oct 2018: New cannabis ice cream sold to help treat Florida patients. Heavenly Hash creamery in Lakewood Ranch created the ice cream that contains CBD. Sold to people without medical marijuana cards.
26 Sep 2018: Republican Arkansas governor signals opposition to minimum wage ballot issue. His Democrat opponent in the November election supports raising the minimum wage.
Republicans and Libertarians oppose helping workers through increases in the minimum wage. They only care about making the rich richer.
23 Sep: Michigan. Legal marijuana: Vote for it, even if you aren't going to smoke it.. Detroit Free Press Editorial Board. 24 Sep 2018: Seattle Throws Out 15 Years of Marijuana Convictions. 24 Sep 2018: Chicago Judge Exonerates 18 People Framed By Crooked Cops.
21 Sep: 8 prisoners released, 263 cases under review after Florida deputy accused of planting drugs. 21 Sep 2018: Oregon. Former Eugene pot lab owner tied to white nationalists sued by employees. - History. - Twitter archive. - Related. 20 Sep 2018: New Jersey. Top Cop Caught On Tape Making Racist Comments About Marijuana Legalization. "State Attorney General, ... subject of additional racist remarks."
21 Sep: Northern Mariana Islands. Governor Signs Marijuana Legalization Bill. Making History In US Territory.
18 Sep 2018: South Africa's highest court legalises cannabis use.
He is from Louisiana, the state with the 2nd highest incarceration rate. See Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by incarceration and correctional supervision rate.
Kansas moving forward on industrial hemp; licenses could be available by spring. 14 Sep 2018.
14 Sep 2018: Oklahoma. Democrats Call For Special Session For Medical Marijuana. 14 Sep: Florida. Polling: Republican candidates on wrong side of medical marijuana smoking ban. 13 Sep: Oregon. The New Revenue Coalition Is Pushing Lawmakers to Legalize Social Cannabis Consumption.
12 Sep: Texas. Willie Nelson to headline rally for Democrat O'Rourke, running against Republican Ted Cruz. [96][97]. 10 Sep 2018: Marijuana In Texas: Where Ted Cruz And Beto O'Rourke Stand On Legalization. 12 Sep 2018: NPR. More Older Americans Are Turning To Marijuana. [98].
Manhattan DA to dismiss more than 3,000 marijuana cases. 12 Sep 2018.
11 Sep 2018: Marijuanaville: Jimmy Buffett Gets Into the Weed Business With Billionaire Wrigley Heir. 10 Sep 2018: Poll. Republican Rick Scott. Florida Governor's Opposition to Medical Marijuana Hurts His Senate Bid.
10 Sep: He will spend life in prison for pot. Trump hasn't given clemency to any cannabis lifers. [99]. And: In the four years since Corvain Cooper was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole on marijuana charges, California law has changed. The two prior felony charges that triggered his life sentence are now deemed misdemeanors. And: Video. John Knock serving Life for Pot. For a first time offense.
1 Sep 2018: California. Editorial board: Vote yes on Prop. 12, allowing farm animals a cage-free life. Compassion for all sentient beings. The aliens are among us. Prisons at all levels need to be made more humane.
New York City. No more arrests for smoking marijuana in public. 2 Sep 2018 article: NYPD change in marijuana arrest policy goes into effect.
Withdrawal deaths in jail. 4 Sep 2018: New Orleans jail staffers ignored dying man's cries for help, lawsuit charges. 3 Sep 2018: Woman lay dead in Nevada jail cell for hours after deputy found her unresponsive. 30 Aug 2018: Canada. Free cannabis offered at Vancouver, British Columbia clinic to help illicit drug users detox.
Trump's staggeringly low approval ratings compared to other presidents. Scroll down. Run mouse cursor over charts. Scroll down. Updated continuously.
Medicare spends less than 2 percent on bureaucracy. 1.4% to be exact. See chart below. We need Medicare for All. Nearly a third of our health care dollars go to something other than health care. See also: Universal healthcare versus drug war.
Trump approval hits new low (35%) in CNN poll. 32% in AP–NORC poll. Lowest in history for a first-year President. [100]. Bring back democracy: Remove Presidential veto power. And: Senate 60% rule.
CannabisVoter.info - Click your state to see which anti-cannabis Republicans to vote out.
Republicans Voted Often to Kill Coverage of Pre-Existing Conditions. [101][102][103].
- 1 Top
- 2 Cities
- 3 Links
- 4 Rhode Island info
- 5 Global Marijuana March
- 6 Some news
- 7 Life for Pot. Under Trump.
- 8 Trump's drug war has
- 9 Killed 72,000 in US in 2017
- 10 AOC supports federal cannabis legalization
- 11 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in 2019 equals
- 12 Republican President Eisenhower in 1950s
- 13 His 91% top marginal tax rate in the 1950s
- 14 Lower taxes on the middle class in the 1950s
- 15 Prosperity for many more in the 1950s
- 16 Inflation-adjusted wages flat since 1960s
- 17 Republicans refuse to raise minimum wage
- 18 Cannabis is safer
- 19 Presidents alone can not reschedule it
- 20 USA. Republican-led war on cannabis
- 21 Drug war, mass incarceration, control
- 22 Felon disenfranchisement & gerrymandering
- 23 Republican-led big spending on drug war
- 24 GOP-led spending on endless ground wars
- 25 U.S. infrastructure badly needs this money
- 26 U.S. household debt at all time high
- 27 Canadian middle class has surpassed USA
- 28 U.S. middle class wealth has collapsed
- 29 Many nations surpassed US middle class
- 30 USA. Richest 10% Own 84% of All Stocks
- 31 Record global debt. Who will bail out USA?
- 32 Increasing US income inequality over time
- 33 Canada has universal healthcare
- 34 Canada has single payer healthcare
- 35 Canadian healthcare costs much less
- 36 Half the cost of Obama-Trumpcare
- 37 USA could save $1.6 trillion YEARLY
- 38 Canada has better health outcomes
- 39 Huge wasteful spending in US healthcare
- 40 Each 10 million US uninsured equals
- 41 10,000 more US deaths yearly. Also:
- 42 10,000 die waiting for US disability yearly
- 43 Republicans block pre-existing conditions
- 44 Trump's drug war
- 45 Killed 72,000 in US in 2017
- 46 Portugal has universal healthcare
- 47 Portugal decriminalized all drugs
- 48 Portugal has drug treatment for all
- 49 In Portugal few die of overdoses
- 50 Green love
- 51 Hemp for all
- 52 Global Marijuana March and 420 photos
- 53 Categories
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- RIPAC: Medical Marijuana in Rhode Island. Rhode Island Patient Advocacy Coalition (RIPAC).
- Rhode Island. Marijuana Policy Project (MPP).
- Rhode Island. Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP).
- ASA : Rhode Island. Americans for Safe Access (ASA).
- State Info. Rhode Island. National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML).
Rhode Island info[edit]
- Google maps: Rhode Island.
- Google images: Rhode Island.
- Wikipedia: Rhode Island.
- Wikitravel: Rhode Island.
- Wikivoyage: Rhode Island.
|Search Wikipedia, Wikitravel, Wikivoyage. See help.
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- WeBeHigh.org - Click "Travel Guides" button at top for continents. By U.S. state. And: Google site search.
- Marijuana Dispensary & Strain Reviews - Leafly.
- HeadShopFinder - Find Marijuana Dispensaries and Smoke Shops Near Me.
- PotGuide.com | Comprehensive Guide. Dispensaries, events, news, guides.
|More cannabis-related links.
Please add more cannabis-related links of any kind to city, state, province, and country pages. See news. See Google News archives (for many years). See these links for searching for marijuana march videos. For events, web sites, concerts, groups, activism, bands, regional chapters, and more: Use these search links (add city, state, province, and country names): Google, Facebook, MeetUp.com, Wordpress.com, Blogspot.com (Google blogs), LiveJournal (2), Google Groups (2), and YouTube 2. Search for other words for cannabis such as marihuana (with an 'h'), maconha (Portuguese), etc.. Use Google translation to read text written in various languages. Search other social networking sites. Search for local medical marijuana dispensaries at LegalMarijuanaDispensary.com, and at many other directories online. Add chapter links (local, state, province, and country links) for various organizations. See: United States. Cannabis-related links. See Category: Cannabis-related links. See MAP: Drug Policy Links, and choose a state, nation, or province from the Area dropdown menu. See ENCOD.org (member organizations worldwide), INPUD (drug user organisations), Teapot Party (chapters), and more. Search the cannabis.shoutwiki.com site for specific cities, and links for them. For example; see the detailed Global Marijuana March city lists to find local links from different years. See the "City info" sections of city pages for Wikipedia links. The Wikipedia pages for cities also have media links. See: Media Awareness Project links. ENCOD: European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies. Wikipedia: ENCOD. EMCDDA: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. Wikipedia: EMCDDA. See country overviews. And detailed info by country. Marijuana Travel Database:
Global Marijuana March[edit]
GMM (years signed up).
Google site search no longer works well. It does not find all the yearly city lists containing a city name.
Special:Search works well. Click: "Global Marijuana March maps". Add city name to search, and state/province/nation as needed. This will pull up all yearly maps in which the city is listed. Except for 2015, 2016, or 2017 in which only countries were listed for the most part. This city, nation, or subnational area participated or signed up one year (or more) for the Global Marijuana March (GMM), Million Marijuana March (MMM), or 420. Cities and nations holding 4/20 events are also included in later years. 42 nations participated on May 5, 2018, or thereabouts. 42 nations participated on May 6, 2017, or thereabouts. 45 nations participated on May 7, 2016, or thereabouts. 43 nations participated on May 2, 2015, or thereabouts. 213 cities from 43 nations signed up for May 3, 2014 or thereabouts. 229 cities from 43 nations signed up for May 4, 2013 or thereabouts.
991 different cities have participated from 83 different nations or subnational areas since 1999.
|Global Marijuana March links.
GMM: photos, basic city lists, maps, detailed city lists, years, regions, nations, links, graphics. Google images: Crowds, flyers: Marcha da Maconha. And: Marche Mondiale du Cannabis. And: Marcha Mundial de la Marihuana. And: Global Marijuana March. Add city name to searches. See signup. And: Facebook hashtags: [104][105][106][107]. Twitter hashtags: [108][109][110][111][112]. Google Plus searches: [113][114][115]. Pinterest: [116][117].
Global Million Marijuana March. GMM Facebook pages. GMM yearly city totals. Many GMM links. See also: 420 event lists. And: More cannabis-related links. And: Google News archives. And: GMM on Wikipedia. Google (add name of city to searches): [118] [119] [120] [121] [122] [123] [124] [125]. [126]. Google maps: city, state, nation.
Photos, graphics, and image searches. Share link: Image search. Marijuana March: [127] [128] [129] [130]. Marihuana March: [131] [132] [133]. Marcha Marihuana (Spanish): [134] [135] [136] [137]. Marche Mondiale Cannabis (French): [138] [139] [140]. Marche Mondiale Marijuana (French): [141] [142] [143]. Marcha Maconha or Marcha Marijuana (Portuguese): [144] [145] [146] [147] [148] [149]. Google Advanced Image Search. And: Flickr advanced image search. Has "date taken" search too. Pinterest: [150][151][152][153]. GMM Blogs: [154]. Travel blogs with photos: [155]. Wikipedia: Legality of cannabis by country: Erowid.org. WeBeHigh.org - many cities worldwide. Old Yahoo Groups: [156] [157] [158]. Basic city lists by year. Marijuana polls. And: Wiki upload posters, flyers, and banners. See also Wikimedia upload.
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|Cannabis March & 420 signup.
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See: GMM and 420 on Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus:
Ask any of the local and regional GMM and 4/20 organizers for help about anything.
There are many GMM and 420 Facebook pages organizing cities and countries for GMM and 4/20. Search Facebook and Google+. Find more people, groups, and organizations via the GMM links box (many links in one place), and the GMM links page.
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Share link: signup. Invite people to GMM and 420 events: Tag some of your friends in comments on relevant Facebook event messages and images.
|Years signed up: Browse the basic GMM city lists: ~ 1999. 2000. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 2010. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18.
Some news[edit]
- Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee signs marijuana decriminalization bill — MPP Blog. June 13, 2012.
Life for Pot. Under Trump.[edit]
Trump's drug war has[edit]
Killed 72,000 in US in 2017[edit]
AOC supports federal cannabis legalization[edit]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Marijuana Prohibition Hit Black and Latino People Hardest So They Should Profit From Legalization First. 14 Feb 2019 in Newsweek. And: Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Hires Former Marijuana Lobbyist As Senior Advisor. By Kyle Jaeger. January 7, 2019. Marijuana Moment. From the article: "Both believe that marijuana should be legalized at the federal level". And: Haters. And: Dancegate.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in 2019 equals[edit]
Republican President Eisenhower in 1950s[edit]
His 91% top marginal tax rate in the 1950s[edit]
4 Jan 2019: Ocasio-Cortez floats 70 percent tax on the super wealthy to fund Green New Deal.
7 Jan 2018: AOC is floating a 70 percent top tax rate — here's the research that backs her up.
Eisenhower, the progressive Republican President, had a 91% top marginal income tax rate.. He participated in one of the greatest eras of economic prosperity-for-more in the US in the 1950s. That era had lower overall taxes on the middle class.
Make America Progressive and Prosperous for All Again.
As Poll Shows Majority Back 70% Top Marginal Tax Rate for Ultra-Rich, Ocasio-Cortez's "Radical" Proposal Proves Extremely Mainstream. [177][178].
Rich get richer; while middle class wages are flat (inflation-adjusted).
USA. Since 2001, labor's share of national income has suffered a sustained decline. 11 Sep 2018.
The Richest 10% of Americans Now Own 84% of All Stocks. [179].
Lower taxes on the middle class in the 1950s[edit]
Overall taxes on the middle class in the US were lower in the 1950s
Chart. Homelessness is increasing under Trump. And: Inflation-adjusted wages are flat.
Prosperity for many more in the 1950s[edit]
Return to top. Happy alternatives to today's US Republican-led poverty, mass incarceration, food insecurity, debt, ill health, intense concentration of wealth, endless wars.
- Google search: Prosperity for many more in the 1950s.
Inflation-adjusted wages flat since 1960s[edit]
Return to top. See: Income inequality and drug war.
For most U.S. workers, real wages have barely budged in decades. 7 Aug 2018. By Drew DeSilver. Pew Research Center. Chart below is from the article. Bottom of chart says: "Data for wages of production and non-supervisory employees on private non-farm payrolls."
The top line in the chart below is for hourly wages adjusted for inflation
Under Trump, inflation-adjusted real wages are flat. Real wages are adjusted for inflation.
Workers' wages fall after Republican tax cuts. June 13, 2018. Tax cuts went mostly to the rich. Should have gone mostly to the middle class who would have had more money free to plow back into the economy.
Inflation-adjusted wages for the last few decades have been flat.
Republicans refuse to raise minimum wage[edit]
Return to top. See: Income inequality and drug war.
Wikipedia: List of minimum wages by country.
Democrats, following Bernie Sanders lead, propose bill to raise minimum wage to $15 by 2024. Republicans oppose raising federal minimum wage. May 26, 2017. [183] [184].
Republicans in several states are lowering the minimum wage — yes, you read that right. By Matthew Sheffield. July 9, 2017. Salon. And: Missouri's Republican governor signs state law lowering St. Louis minimum wage. [185]. July 3, 2017. And: Iowa's Republican governor signs law overturning local minimum wage increases. March 30, 2017. For more recent info and charts:
Republicans and Libertarians oppose helping workers through increases in the minimum wage. They only care about making the rich richer.
Cannabis is safer[edit]
Return to top. See article: Cannabis is safer.
Vote out most US Republicans and their cannabis war.
2019 Global Marijuana March and 420 event map And: 2018.
CannabisVoter.info - Click state to see which anti-cannabis Republicans to vote out.
See: Reagan's war on cannabis. And: Holy War on Drugs, Conservative-led global incarceration.
|Ronald Reagan, 1980 campaign speech: "Leading medical researchers are coming to the conclusion that marijuana, pot, grass, whatever you want to call it, is probably the most dangerous drug in the United States, and we haven't begun to find out all of the ill effects, but they are permanent ill effects. The loss of memory for example."
- Obama correctly said that cannabis is safer than alcohol. See: Cannabis is safer. He also said marijuana should be treated more as a public health issue than a criminal one. And: Obama signals support for legalizing medical marijuana. [186]. See video.
- USA. 1 in 10 deaths of working-age adults are alcohol-related (disease, overdose, car crashes, falls, violence, etc). 87,798 per year, 2006 to 2010. [187][188][189][190][191].
See longer article: Cannabis is safer.
- Imagine if Mitt Romney had been elected President in 2012 instead of Obama.
- Obama on marijuana legalization. [192]. "My suspicion is that you're gonna see other states start looking at this". The Washington Post. Jan. 22, 2015.
Above quote is from Sanjay Gupta interview of Obama on April 15, 2015. Interview aired on CNN on April 19, 2015. [193][194][195].
- Obama administration asks Supreme Court to reject lawsuit filed by Republican governments in Oklahoma and Nebraska to stop legal marijuana in Colorado [196]. December 2015.
Presidents alone can not reschedule it[edit]
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Neither the president nor the Attorney General can reschedule marijuana by themselves. [199] [200][201]. The two of them together also can not do so. See Wikipedia: Removal of cannabis from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. See "Process" section.
Since HHS (Health and Human Services) and the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) have again declined to reschedule or deschedule cannabis, then only Congress can do so. But Congress removed help for veterans: Republicans in Congress Won't Let Veterans Access Medical Marijuana After All. [202][203]. And Congressional Republican committee leaders refuse hearings on CARERS bill to reschedule cannabis. See: Medical Marijuana Advocates Rally to Loosen Restrictions. By Alicia Ault. 23 Mar 2016. Medscape.
- Wikipedia: Drug Enforcement Administration. See "Criticism" section.
- DEA Removes Marijuana Misinformation From Website After Months of Pressure. By Steve Elliott. Feb 13, 2017.
- DEA Pulls Back From Calling Marijuana One Of The 'Most Dangerous Drugs'. By Cody Fenwick. August 16, 2016. Patch Media
- The Science behind the DEA's Long War on Marijuana. 19 April 2016. Scientific American. Unless Congress acts, the DEA has final say on rescheduling or descheduling marijuana.
- Pot Matters: For Legalization, Set Your Sights on the Senate. 23 Mar 2016. By Jon Gettman. "it will be helpful, and indeed crucial, for advancing legalization for Democrats to take control of the Senate." Maybe in 2020?
- FDA Weighs in on Rescheduling Cannabis. By Ben Adlin. 28 Dec 2015. Leafly.
USA. Republican-led war on cannabis[edit]
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- See also: Holy War on Drugs, Conservative-led global incarceration. And: Reagan's War on Cannabis. And: Drug war causes high U.S. incarceration rate.
|Legal Marijuana Advocates Rank The Best And Worst Governors On Cannabis. 2.. By Tom Angell, Jan 16, 2019. From the article (emphasis added):
|Of the governors who received passing grades in the new scorecard, 22 are Democrats and only five are Republicans. Meanwhile, 100 percent of those who got A grades are Democrats. On the other end of the scale, the 15 who got D grades and the four who received an F are all GOP governors. No Democrat got less than a C.
US Republicans block the federal rescheduling or descheduling of cannabis.
|16 Jul 2018: Republican Congressional Committee Blocks Marijuana Votes (Again).
|10 Jul 2018: GOP Congress Has Blocked Dozens Of Marijuana Amendments.
Vote out most Republicans and their cannabis war.
CannabisVoter.info - Click your state to see which anti-cannabis Republicans to vote out.
Drug war, mass incarceration, control[edit]
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|See: Drug war, control, and Republican-led income inequality. And: Drug war causes high U.S. incarceration rate. And: Drug War, mandatory minimum sentencing, handguns. And: US incarceration peaked in 2008. And: Number of marijuana prisoners in the USA. And: List of countries and U.S. states by incarceration rate.
|The majority of people incarcerated in prisons and jails in the USA are in due to drug-related offenses, crimes to get money for drugs, or drug-related parole or probation violations. Wikipedia: Drug-related crime. The number of inmates in the USA has increased almost 5 times over since 1980. It peaked in 2008. Obama's Democrat landslide in 2008 turned the incarceration rate around. But the USA still has the highest incarceration rate of any nation (b c). The cost of the U.S. drug war is at least 1.5 trillion dollars. Cannabis is safer! Share link.
|Jail, jail deaths (2), jail healthcare, and bail. A Lot Of People Are Dying At This Understaffed Texas Jail. And: How the Money Bail System Perpetuates America's Mass Incarceration Problem. 2.3.4. See: video. Dumbass Republican lock-em-up types can't do math. Jail costs a lot more than unpaid fines. Community service is better. It saves tax money on jail, and on city cleanup work. And: Justice Department blasts 'unconstitutional' fixed bail schedules. Many innocent people in jail. And: Many marijuana users in jail without bail money. And: Senator Kamela Harris push for bail reform.
|The mentally ill. Rundle Won't Charge Prison Guards Who Allegedly Boiled Schizophrenic Black Man to Death for 2 Hours in Shower. Death Ruled An Accident. Documents Show They Omitted Key Details. Florida inmate in for cocaine possession. 22.214.171.124.. Due to lack of single-payer universal healthcare the mentally ill end up incarcerated and untreated. Prison costs far more than caring for them to begin with. For their non-violent offenses three-quarters of Americans favor 'rehabilitation' over jail time, survey finds.
Poor health care in general in prisons and jails. Inmates Pay A Small Fortune To See A Doctor. 2.3.
Felon disenfranchisement & gerrymandering[edit]
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6 Nov 2018 election: 1.5 million felons given back their voting rights. Florida voted to restore ex-felon voting rights with Amendment 4. Article linked below from before the election:
27 percent of all the disfranchised felons in the U.S. live in Florida. 4 Feb 2018. Florida, the state where Bush stole the election from Gore in 2000. Without Bush the Iraq War based on fake news about fake WMDs in Iraq may not have been started, and the only war may have been in Afghanistan where Osama Bin Laden was based at the time.
Republican-led big spending on drug war[edit]
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Trillion-dollar Cost of Republican-led U.S. drug war. And: Its racist application. [204][205].
GOP-led spending on endless ground wars[edit]
Return to top. See: Wars and drug wars on demand.
$5.9 trillion for America's wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Pakistan that started with Bush and CIA WMD lies about Iraq. [206]. Interstate Highway System cost $526 billion in 2016 dollars. And: Landing a human on the moon cost $206 billion in 2016 dollars. And: Military veterans defy Jeff Sessions, fight for medical marijuana to kick opioid addiction. Of all the veterans returning from the Middle East, about 60 percent experience chronic pain.
U.S. Republican Party: Greed, Ground Wars, Drug Wars, and Mass Incarceration.
Total US public debt as percent of GDP. Timeline . Starting in 1900. Click to enlarge.
Record US government debt today not seen since just after World War II.
See Wikipedia: History of the United States public debt.
U.S. infrastructure badly needs this money[edit]
Return to top. See: Happy alternatives to US Republican-led poverty, mass incarceration, food insecurity, debt, ill health, intense concentration of wealth, endless wars.
- America's infrastructure is falling apart — here's a look at how bad things have gotten By Cadie Thompson. Feb. 12, 2018. Business Insider.
- More than 50,000 American bridges are falling apart. Jan. 29, 2018, by Conor Ferguson. NBC News.
U.S. household debt at all time high[edit]
Return to top. See: Canadian single-payer universal healthcare versus US healthcare.
U.S. household debt at all time high. Chart below from page 3 of PDF.
2003 to 2017 (4th quarter). Total Household Debt by Type:
Black upward-pointing line is student debt. Cumulative percent increase over time:
Canadian middle class has surpassed USA[edit]
Return to top. See: Cost of Republican-led U.S. drug war.
Wikipedia: List of countries by wealth per adult
Canada passes US in median income and wealth.
Median after-tax income in Canada is higher than in the USA.
The American Middle Class Is No Longer the World's Richest. [207]. By David Leonhardt and Kevin Quealy. April 22, 2014. New York Times.
Why? One reason is that Canadians pay so much less for far better healthcare.
Also, Canada has a higher minimum wage than the USA.
U.S. middle class wealth has collapsed[edit]
Return to top. See: Cost of Republican-led U.S. drug war.
U.S. middle class wealth has collapsed. [208]. And: Just 8 men own same wealth as half the world. See Wikipedia: Wealth in the United States.
When Active-Duty Service Members Struggle To Feed Their Families. April 19, 2017. NPR. And: The hidden crisis on college campuses: Many students don't have enough to eat. April 3, 2018. Washington Post.
Many nations surpassed US middle class[edit]
Return to top. See also: Under Trump, inflation-adjusted real wages are flat.
See: Wikipedia: List of countries by wealth per adult?
Note that USA is number 21 in the 2018 list. Canada is number 8.
Median wealth is exactly in the middle. 50% of adults have more, and 50% of adults have less. Wealth is all assets (money, stocks, bonds, property, etc.) minus all debts.
|Median wealth per adult. Credit Suisse 2018. Country links below are to Wikipedia articles.
per adult.
US dollars
USA. Richest 10% Own 84% of All Stocks[edit]
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See: Happy alternatives to Republican-led poverty, mass incarceration, food insecurity, debt, ill health, intense concentration of wealth, endless wars.
- The Richest 10% of Americans Now Own 84% of All Stocks. Dec. 19, 2017. Time (magazine). "The top 10% of American households, as defined by total wealth, now own 84% of all stocks in 2016, according to a recent paper by NYU economist Edward N. Wolff."
- Oxfam: 42 Billionaires Hold As Much Wealth As World's Poorest 3.7 Billion. By Mary Papenfuss. Jan. 22, 2108. HuffPost.
Record global debt. Who will bail out USA?[edit]
Return to top. See: Wars and drug wars on demand.
Who will buy US government and corporate debt in the next global recession?
Global Debt Jumped to Record $237 Trillion Last Year. By Alexandre Tanzi. April 10, 2018. Bloomberg.
See Category: Charts and graphs.
Increasing US income inequality over time[edit]
Return to top. See: Happy alternatives to US Republican-led poverty, mass incarceration, food insecurity, debt, ill health, intense concentration of wealth, endless wars.
Republicans waste $$-trillions on health insurance companies, and ground wars ($5.6 trillion). Instead of paying higher wages, and higher minimum wages. As Canada does.
Rapidly rising income inequality:
A Republican Tax Plan to Turbocharge Inequality, in 3 Charts. Dec. 17, 2017. New York Times.
- Income Inequality Is At The Highest Level In American History. By Bryce Covert. July 1, 2016. ThinkProgress. "Incomes for the 99 percent have only recovered about 60 percent of what they lost. But the rich are doing great. ... They captured more than half of all the income growth in the country."
- Google News search: student debt.
Rapidly rising income share of the top 10%.
Rapidly decreasing income share of the bottom 90%:
And: The Richest 10% of Americans Now Own 84% of All Stocks. [209].
Canada has universal healthcare[edit]
Canada has single payer healthcare[edit]
Canadian healthcare costs much less[edit]
Half the cost of Obama-Trumpcare[edit]
USA could save $1.6 trillion YEARLY[edit]
Canada has better health outcomes[edit]
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- See: Canadian single-payer universal healthcare versus US healthcare. And: End drug war with universal healthcare. And: Canadian single-payer healthcare and Portuguese drug decriminalization.
Average per capita (per person) healthcare cost in chart below includes all costs public and private. See Wikipedia: List of countries by total health expenditure per capita.
|Universal healthcare, minimum wage, median wealth, homicide rates, handgun ownership rates, overpopulation, and quality of life are rarely compared by country by NPR or US mainstream media.
|Medicare-for-all is single-payer, non-socialist, non-government-owned, Canadian-style healthcare.
|USA spent $3.3 trillion on healthcare in 2017. (2.3.4.). Canada got better outcomes, spent half as much per person, and thus has a higher median wealth. 70% of Americans support "Medicare-for-all". (2.3.)
|Households with handguns: Canada: 3%. USA: 30%.
|Median wealth per adult 2018. US dollars
|Healthcare cost per person. US dollars PPP. 2017
|Murder rate per 100,000. 2016
|Life expectancy 2016 (2)
|Under-5 mortality rate per 1000 live births. 2017
|Maternal mortality rate per 100,000 live births. 2015
|82.8 years
|78.5 years
|Charts. Republican myths about Canadian healthcare: See many videos. And: Nations with better quality of life: See more videos. Math for Republicans: US spent 17.2% of GDP (national economy) on 2017 healthcare. - Canada spent 10.4%.
Canadian Single Payer: Show health card, get health care paid for by taxes. No deductibles on basic Canadian health care, and co-pays are extremely low or non-existent. And: No bankruptcies and personal medical debt in single-payer countries.
Huge wasteful spending in US healthcare[edit]
Return to top. Canadian single-payer universal healthcare versus US healthcare.
The Astonishingly High Administrative Costs of U.S. Health Care. July 16, 2018 by Austin Frakt. New York Times. And: The American Middle Class Is No Longer the World's Richest. [210]. April 22, 2014 by David Leonhardt and Kevin Quealy. New York Times. Median after-tax income in Canada is higher than in the USA. One reason why is that Canadians pay so much less per person for far better healthcare. So they have more money in their pocket after paying for healthcare taxes and premiums.
US healthcare spending per person is more than double the average of other developed countries. All costs, public and private.
Per capita (per person) healthcare costs by country in chart below: [211].
For more recent data see:
Wikipedia: List of countries by total health expenditure per capita.
This massive wasteful healthcare spending in the USA (compared to other rich nations) accelerated in 1980 (see chart below). How? It happened because non-profit health insurance was taken over by for-profit health insurance companies. They get a cut of all wasteful healthcare spending. The more wasteful, the more profits. Such as exorbitant drug pricing, expensive medical devices, overuse of emergency rooms. It is similar to how for-profit prison companies have an incentive to fill more beds, rather than rehabilitate prisoners.
Non-profit health insurance, and single payer healthcare, do not have these perverse incentives. So they tend to use more early preventive care that requires far fewer expensive drugs, devices, and visits to the emergency room and urgent care. Healthcare, like roads, should be publicly financed, and privately built. Private health insurance, like private toll road companies, are a kind of middleman mafia that skims profits, and shuffles papers, but don't actually do any real work.
Medicare spends less than 2 percent on bureaucracy. 1.4% to be exact. We need Medicare for All. Nearly a third of our health care dollars go to something other than health care.
Chart below shows the percentage of the GDP (national economy) spent on all healthcare costs (public and private) by year for some countries. Note that around 1980 US healthcare costs skyrocketed compared to other rich countries (all of which have universal healthcare, unlike the USA).
Source for above chart: Are any conservatives in the US for a single payer and a universal health care system, or can they not coexist? Chart is from comment around March 11, 2017 by Dan Munro, "author of Casino Healthcare, and Forbes contributor".
Each 10 million US uninsured equals[edit]
10,000 more US deaths yearly. Also:[edit]
Return to top. Happy alternatives to US Republican-led poverty, mass incarceration, food insecurity, debt, ill health, intense concentration of wealth, endless wars.
Bernie Sanders' projection of 'thousands' of deaths from lost health coverage is well-supported. By Louis Jacobson. June 27, 2017. Politifact. See article sidebar for many sources. [212][213][214][215][216].
10,000 die waiting for US disability yearly[edit]
Return to top. Canadian single-payer universal healthcare versus US healthcare.
10,000 people died waiting for a disability decision in the past year. Will he be next? By Terrence McCoy. Nov. 20, 2017. Washington Post. "10,000 people died in the past year while stuck in a backlog of judges' disability cases. ... they can't work while they wait if they want to be approved."
With Single-Payer Universal Healthcare people get healthcare no matter how much they work or not. And it doesn't matter if they lose their job, or change employers. People don't have to show they are totally disabled to get adequate healthcare. People can try to work now and then as much as their disability allows them, and not lose their healthcare. And they get drug treatment on demand.
Republicans block pre-existing conditions[edit]
Return to top. Canadian single-payer universal healthcare versus US healthcare.
Voting Record: Republicans Repeatedly Voted to Kill Protections for Pre-Existing Conditions. 11 Oct 2018. Mother Jones.
16 Oct 2018: Republicans Are Suddenly Running Ads on Pre-existing Conditions. But How Accurate Are They? The Republican Party has worked unceasingly to repeal coverage of pre-existing conditions. New York Times.
Trump's drug war[edit]
Killed 72,000 in US in 2017[edit]
Portugal has universal healthcare[edit]
Portugal decriminalized all drugs[edit]
Portugal has drug treatment for all[edit]
In Portugal few die of overdoses[edit]
Return to top. See: Canadian single-payer healthcare and Portuguese drug decriminalization.
Portugal's drug decriminalization. 184.108.40.206. Based on single-payer, universal healthcare. 2.
USA had 185 overdose deaths per million people. From 2016 chart in article. Also, see chart below.
Portugal had 6 overdose deaths per million people.
Chart of the day: Drug overdose deaths per million persons. Can the US learn something from Portugal? • AEI | Carpe Diem Blog » AEIdeas. By Mark J. Perry @Mark_J_Perry - July 9, 2017. See chart:
How Europe's heroin capital solved its overdose crisis. By Chris Brown. Apr 25, 2017. CBC.ca. "Goulao says 90 per cent of public money spent fighting drugs in Portugal is channeled toward those health-care goals — just 10 per cent is spent on police enforcement."
- Portugal. Cannabis-related links. Also has links about Portugal's drug decriminalization.
Green love[edit]
Return to top. See: 2019 Global Marijuana March and 420 event map
Hug a friend, hug a tree, smoke a tree! 5 Benefits Of Forest Bathing. And: Replacing Vacant Lots With Green Spaces Can Ease Depression In Urban Communities.
2018 Global Marijuana March and 420 event map
The Global Marijuana March is the first Saturday in May. The first Saturday in May is also World Naked Gardening Day. Your marijuana garden needs love too . (see Google search for it). But, be safe!
Colorado's Effort Against Teenage Pregnancies Is a Startling Success. Free birth control.
|Republicans think they can spend an infinite amount of money (many trillions of dollars) on private-health-insurance-company-based healthcare, and have an infinite number of babies, to feed their appetite for endless ground wars, and for more inmates for more prisons for more drug war.
|Wikipedia: Population milestone babies.
|As with cannabis legalization Colorado led the way.. More info. 2.3..
Hemp for all[edit]
Return to top. End drug war with universal healthcare and decriminalization.
- Google search: The Emperor Wears No Clothes. Jack Herer. Chris Conrad.
|12 Dec 2018: Veto-proof Farm Bill passed overwhelmingly by Congress. American farmers will be able to plant and harvest hemp. It could spark a boom for the $1 billion marijuana-linked CBD industry. 2.
Global Marijuana March and 420 photos[edit]
Return to top. Vote out most Republicans and their cannabis war. - CannabisVoter.info
Cannabis polls. Marches, rallies, and medical cannabis made cannabis popular.
2018 Global Marijuana March and 420 event map.
Flat list. All event graphics and photos. In alphabetical order by city over the years. More flat lists:
|Featured GCM crowd photos.
Global Marijuana March. And: By year. Click images to enlarge, and for info. Share links: crowd or crowds. And: Some years: 2018 photos. 2017. 2016. 2015. 2014. 2013. Google images of crowds and flyers: Marcha da Maconha. And: Marche Mondiale du Cannabis. And: Marcha Mundial de la Marihuana. And: Global Marijuana March. Add city name to searches. Search for marijuana march videos. And more.
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Originally Posted by dantepaniccia: I want Blake griffin bad!!!! Anyone on my team is available ( no Paul)
I'm looking things over....not being there left a few holes that I can see....hmmmmm.
Nobody gets the hockey team. That guy came back.
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Our Introduction to Whisky Tasting is for newcomers and enthusiasts alike. We aim to highlight the regional styles and variances available from Scotland. We will cover the production, maturation and bottling process to gain an understanding of how the golden liquid ends up in our glasses. Then we will move on to taste 4 single malts from each of the main whisky producing regions of Scotland.
It lasts approximately 1 hour and is fully hosted by a dedicated member of staff, who is hand to answer any questions you may have.
Tastings are for over 18s only. Tickets are non-refundable however the date can be changed with a week's notice.
When & Where
WHISKI Rooms Shop
4 NORTH Bank St
EH1 2LP Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Saturday, 21 April 2018 from 18:00 to 19:00 (BST)
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There has been a lot of baby buzz lately.
There has been a lot of baby buzz lately.
The only way you wouldn't have heard that the royal baby has been born is if you live in a cave. But in case you have been cavebound and haven't heard, the newest heir to the throne came into the world July 22 weighing in at eight pounds six ounces.
Hubby was thrilled! An event as big as the royal heir being born on his birthday ought to remind his own heirs to be a little more thoughtful and creative in the coming years than simply taking him to the store and letting him purchase anything of his liking (within reason, of course).
In my defense, I thought letting him buy whatever he wanted from his favorite store was more creative than my gift last year, which was a t-shirt and a trip to the ER with our daughter, Maddie, for an ear infection.
While the royal birth is of huge interest throughout the English-speaking world, and a great reminder that I should probably start planning for Hubby's birthday next year, there is another important July birthday that I would like to take the opportunity to spotlight.
On Wednesday, July 17, my newest niece, Alaina Jean, came into the world via a planned c-section. Mom and baby are doing well and are at home resting and getting to know each other. My brother, Dan, and his wife, Allison, have one other child, Dominic, who is three years old.
Alaina weighed in at just over nine pounds and measured 20 inches in length. She is beautiful and shiny and new with the most beautiful round, soft head full of dark hair and chubby, kissable cheeks.
After her birth my brother called me to announce she was here and asked when we would like to come visit. I told him that we would wait until they were home and settled, but he was insistent I come to the hospital to see her.
I was perplexed. As a second time mom with a c-section I could sympathize with Allison that down time at the hospital would be much needed and appreciated. On the other hand, once they got home to the reality of two children it might take a year before an invitation to visit came again.
Then it dawned on me–second babies do not garner the pomp and circumstance a first baby does.
For example, when you announce the pregnancy of your first child, friends and family are over-excited, to the point that you feel like changing your phone number in the third trimester so anxious grandparents will stop calling to see if you're in the hospital. After the birth, people fill your hospital room and line up around the block waiting for a chance to get a peek at your new baby. Your hospital room begins to look like a flower shop and your husband has to make several trips home with gifts before you and the new baby will fit comfortably in the car.
With the second baby you have less visitors, less congratulations and less gifts.
Once you get home a majority of your time is split between explaining to the first child why he no longer gets all of your attention and the necessary care of the second baby. Not to mention, this time around you don't have vats of hand sanitizer at your home in case a visitor stops by and wants to hold the baby—you gladly hand her off to any germ-infested sucker willing to hold her, so that you can take a break and get something done for a change.
Like taking a shower for the first time that week on Friday.
But to Dan and Allison, I will say this. Even in the most trying times, try not to wish those moments away. The lack of sleep, the smelly diapers, the feeling of being totally and completely overwhelmed is all part of the wonderful journey. In no time, you'll be packing away Alaina's baby clothes and wondering where the time has gone.
Life will never be the same again—it'll be fuller, crazier, messier. Better.


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FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) Yaat eeh, George Werito says, greeting thousands of radio listeners across the Navajo reservation in their native language, Diné.
He has callers on the line, waiting. People want to tell him about road conditions, chapter meetings and church functions.
If you tell him your bit of news, he will report it, but in a fun way. He throws in trivia, games and that sort of thing.
Werito, a radio personality at KNDN-AM radio in Farmington, is considered the Jay Leno of the Navajo Nation, according to some of his listeners.
The news is hardly anything that Leno himself would share: lost turtles, funeral announcements and pow-wow updates. However, when Werito speaks, his audience listens.
And the Navajo language needs the peoples attention more than ever, according to those trying to preserve it.
About half of the Navajo reservations population speaks Diné, but the language is changing with its people.
In some ways, the changes are good a broadening vocabulary, for instance. In other ways fewer people are learning the vocabulary the changes are bad.
KNDN radio, one of three Navajo language radio stations in the Southwest, serves listeners spread across the Navajo reservation, which sprawls across three states: New Mexico, Arizona and Utah.
The listeners are young and old, though the latter makes up a majority of the audience, Werito says. KNDN has about 100,000 listeners each week. The listeners, for the most part, are among the more than 330,000 Navajos who live in and around the Navajo Nation.
Since KNDN became a full-time Navajo language station in 1978, fans have tuned in, some without a break, to hear the news of the reservation.
They dont wait, Werito said, noting that he goes on air at 6 a.m. daily and immediately is flooded with calls.
A lot of our people listen. Its where they get their news, he says.
He announces coal allotments, hay and corn distributions, ceremonial events, school-board meetings and items lost and found.
While other media report on Navajo news, it is often in English, which some elders still do not speak, and it appeals to a different audience. No Navajo-language television shows exist, nor newspapers, though some do use the language fleetingly in their coverage.
KNDN also has small luxuries that most English-speaking media do not have.
The station, for example, has a separate room where it allows people to come in as guests and make death and funeral announcements over the radio so the radio hosts do not have to participate. If the hosts did participate, they later would have to go through special ceremonies since death is such a taboo topic.
The stations always included things that are unusual, said Kerwin Gober, who manages KNDN and two other area radio stations.
To some, the discussions on KNDNs airwaves may seem trivial, or like clips from town-hall meetings.
One time, a lady called in to complain about her neighbors cow. The cow supposedly was running loose and, to her annoyance, kept turning on her water.
How does a cow turn on the water? Werito chuckled remembering the caller as Gober told the story.
Other stories have more gravity, such as the one about the man who was admitted to the hospital without any indication of his identity, except for an eagle tattoo on his shoulder.
The hospital called the radio station, asking if the station would notify its audience of the patient and his tattoo in hopes of perhaps finding his family. The very same day, the family called in and was connected with the patient.
Were probably the only form of communication some of them have, Werito said.
Granted, most Navajo have better access to various forms of communication than they used to. Cellphones, computers, and other technologies are more available with the slow build-up of infrastructure on the reservation.
But even if the information they get from other media is about the Navajo people, it still is not in the peoples native language. And it is easily disregarded.
Betsy Cook recalls only 20 years ago, when she taught at a community school in Rock Point, Ariz., that the majority of her students fluently spoke and practiced Diné at home.
Rock Point, a tiny community on the reservation, is not the same today. Neither are the schools.
While the schools still are teaching the native language, they are teaching students who never before learned it. Only a few decades ago, the lessons were only a repeat of what they already learned from their parents and grandparents.
The loss in just 25 years has just been horrendous, said Cook, who now is on the board of the Navajo Language Renaissance, a nonprofit group working to preserve and promote Diné.
Cook was just one of a handful of people who in 2004 kick-started the effort to make a Navajo edition of Rosetta Stone, a language learning computer program.
The program was released in 2010, though the group does not want to stop there because it only provides two beginning levels. Although not easy, they are not enough for those who have a head start and want to learn more.
Its a very descriptive language, Cook said, noting that the pictures were vital for the program because there are multiple ways to say one word. A word can change its meaning depending on how its used in a sentence.
You cant just say it, Cook said, noting that the language is tonal. Therere 16 different words for it.
To explain the tones, the relationships, and the uses of words in just a two-level program does not suffice, Cook said.
The group is ready for levels three, four, and five, especially since many schools are turning to the Rosetta Stone program to help students better learn the language.
The majority of the students interested in Navajo, unsurprisingly, are Navajo, both young and old.
I grew up with it, but I didnt study it, said Elton Begay, 35, who is taking a beginners Navajo language course at San Juan College in Farmington, the reservations largest border town.
Though not on the reservation, Farmington has the highest number of Navajo speakers in the country, with about 16.5 percent speaking it, according to the American Community Survey of 2007.
About 12 percent of Gallups population speaks Diné, 10.3 percent of Flagstaffs and 5.4 percent of Albuquerques, the survey said.
I didnt feel like getting made fun of by my grandma anymore, Begay said. My grandma laughs at me.
Begay sees an opportunity to return to his roots.
Speaking Diné could also give Begay a leg up when applying for jobs, he said, especially since fewer and fewer people can speak it.
Others simply want to take it because they never formally learned the language, which often means they cannot read or write it.
The language originally was not a written one, though American militants and missionaries began to write it down in the late 1700s.
Im very fluent in it, said Alethea Denet, 41, who is in the same class as Begay. I thought (learning to read and write) was going to be easy, but it isnt. And this is just the beginning.
The older students have a harder time, according to Lorraine Begay Manavi, San Juan College Assistant Professor in Navajo language. She teaches a lot of students who did not see the worth of learning the language in their younger years, she said, and find its value later.
Most of them, they go out, travel, and people ask them where they are from. People say to them, Say something to me in Navajo, Manavi said.
Even if students do learn it, they must use it to retain it, she said.
Its just like feeding an animal. If you dont feed it, if you dont take care of it, it will run away and die, she said.
While the future of the Diné language is hardly clear, it is arguably a survivor among the nations American Indian languages.
In Diné, you can talk about sports, politics, technology a whole plethora of topics that other endangered languages would struggle to express.
As has been done in the past with Diné, such as the invention of words by the Code Talkers during World War II, many of the words come from descriptions, Cook and Manavi said.
The Code Talkers, a group of Navajo embedded with the U.S. military, used their language to create a code that Japanese adversaries could not decipher.
Much of the code involved simply piecing together existing words in Diné and making new ones that made sense during wartime.
One such word was chidi naa nai bee eldoo, htsoh bilkaa dah naazhiligii, according to Rosetta Stone content editor Danny Hieber. The word translates to car that one sits up on that crawls around with a thing on it that makes big explosions. In English an army tank.
The same kind of construction is applied today.
Cellphone, for example, has a few interpretations. Some interpret it as the thing you hold up to your ear, others, the thing you run around and around with, and others, the thing you run up to the top of the hill with, referring to the all-too-common bad reception on the reservation.
It depends on what the object is, and what its function is, Manavi said. A computer is known as metal that thinks, or box that remembers.
At times, English is necessary, usually when its a very specific topic such as medicine. Often, in such cases, the words are too complicated to make it worth finding a new word.
Other times, English isnt necessary, but, for whatever reason, its easier.
Our language is very important, Werito said. We should keep it going.
Saying it, though, is easier than doing it. With more and more youth slipping away from fluency, it likely will be a harder and harder language to maintain.
My grandchildren, Im sorry to say, I talk to them in English, said Werito, so known for his Diné voice. The way I see it, it starts at home.


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A number of mobile telephone networks around the world offer mobile internet connections over UMTS (or EDGE or GSM) using a portable USB modem device.
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A number of mobile telephone networks around the world offer mobile internet connections over UMTS (or EDGE or GSM) using a portable USB modem device.
Remove the PIN
First of all use your SIM card in a normal phone and disable the PIN request if present. If the SIM card asks the PIN wvdial won't work.
Device identification
Examine the output of
$ lsusb
which will show the vendor and product IDs of the device. Note that some devices will show two different product IDs at different times as explained below.
Mode switching
Often these devices will have two modes (1) USB flash memory storage (2) USB Modem. The first mode, sometimes known as ZeroCD, is often used to deliver an internet communications program for another operating system and is generally of no interest to Linux users. Additionally some have a slot into which the user can insert an additional flash memory card.
A useful utility for switching these devices into modem mode is usb_modeswitch, available in
pacman -S usb_modeswitch
Udev rules are supplied with the package in
/lib/udev/rules.d/40-usb_modeswitch.rules. This contains entries for many devices, which it will switch to modem mode upon insertion.
When a device is switched, its product ID may change to a different value. The vendor ID will remain unchanged. This can be seen in the output of
Some devices are supported in the USB serial kernel module called "option" (after the Option devices, but not limited to just those) and may be used without usb_modeswitch.
Udev itself included a utility called
/lib/udev/modem-modeswitch. In udev 157 this was renamed to
/lib/udev/mobile-action-modeswitch and morphed into a tool that only switches Mobile Action cables. For other devices use
Network Manager
After installing usbutils and usb_modeswitch you just need to install modemmanager to make the modem work with NetworkManager:
# pacman -S modemmanager
Make sure both NetworkManager and ModemManager services are running.
# systemctl enable NetworkManager.service
# systemctl enable ModemManager.service
A system restart might be necessary for ModemManager to detect the USB modem. After you restart the NetworkManager-applet and plug the modem in again NetworkManager should recognize the modem in the menu without further configuration. Setting up the modem in NetworkManager is self-explanatory, you should only need the login-information provided by your network provider.
- See main article: wvdial
The general procedure is to switch the device into modem mode, make sure the ttyUSB device(s) are recognized by the usbserial kernel module, and then to run wvdial to dial, connect and start pppd.
Install wvdial
# pacman -S wvdial
The configuration file /etc/wvdial.conf will in general depend on (a) which device you have (b) which mobile network you are connecting to. A single wvdial.conf file can be defined with named sections to be usable with several USB modems and networks, should you need them.
Run (as root)
# wvdialconf
which will attempt to write /etc/wvdial.conf correctly. You will need to add the user, password and Access Point Name (APN). You can obtain these (i) from your network provider, (ii) from other users via published wvdial.confs, or (iii) by logging the USB tty traffic under another operating system (Sysinternals' Portmon).
A typical /etc/wvdial.conf looks like this:
[Dialer Defaults] Init1 = ATZ Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 Modem Type = Analog Modem ISDN = 0 Modem = /dev/ttyUSB2 Baud = 9600 [Dialer thenet] Phone = *99***1# Username = thenetuser Password = thenetpw ; Username = 9180****** (If your provider use without Username) ; Password = 9180****** (If your provider use without Password) Stupid Mode = 1 Baud = 460800 Init3 = AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","apn.thenet.net" [Dialer mypin] Init4 = AT+CPIN=1234
Often there will be several devices (at /dev/ttyUSB0, /dev/ttyUSB1, /dev/ttyUSB2 for example). If in doubt about which to use, try each of them in turn or use /dev/gsmmodem (a link set up by usb_modeswitch) which should point to the correct one. Once the configuration files are prepared, the internet connection is established by running
$ wvdial <section>
If necessary additional setup commands can be placed in a simple script like this:
usb_modeswitch sleep 2 modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVVVV product=0xMMMM maxSize=4096 sleep 2 wvdial thenet
where VVVV is the hexadecimal vendor ID from lsusb, MMMM is the hexadecimal product ID when in modem mode, and "thenet" is the name of the section in wvdial.conf which you wish to use. The maxSize option may or may not be necessary. It simplifies matters if you disable the SIM PIN, but if you require it, run "wvdial mypin" before "wvdial thenet".
The final wvdial command should start pppd and the obained IP address should be visible in the terminal output. At that point the internet connection should be live, which can be easily checked with a web browser or by pinging an external IP address.
There may be the chance that the modem stick is supported by sakis3g which is an all in one command line script and automatises all the steps above. The installation steps are as follows:
wget "http://www.sakis3g.org/versions/latest/$ARCH/sakis3g.gz" # where $ARCH is either i386 or amd64 gunzip sakis3g.gz chmod +x sakis3g ./sakis3g --interactive
or you could simply install it from aur:
Since sakis3g.org is no longer up, you need to download it from here and extract it.
Low connection speed
Someone claims that the connection speed under linux is lower than Windows. https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=111513
A short summary for possible solutions which are not fully verified. In most of conditions, the low speed is caused by bad receiver signals and too many people in cell. But you still could use the following method to try to improve the connection speed.
QoS parameter
AT+CGEQMIN and AT+CGEQREQ command could used to set the Qos command. And also it should be possible to used to decrease and limit the connect speed. Add the following Init command in wvdial.conf.
Init6 = AT+CGEQMIN=1,4,64,640,64,640 Init7 = AT+CGEQREQ=1,4,64,640,64,640
Baud parameter
Baud parameter in wvdial.conf could be used to increase the connection speed.
Baud = 460800
But the official Huawei E261 windows application set the Baud=9600 under Windows Vista. More verifications are needed to double check this point.
Monitor used bandwith
Frequently a 3G connection obtained via a mobile phone operator comes with restricted bandwidth, so that you are only allowed to use a certain bandwidth per time (e.g. 1GB per month). While it is quite straight-forward to know which type of network applications are pretty bandwidth extensive (e.g. video streaming, gaming, torrent, etc.), it may be difficult to keep an overview about overall consumed bandwidth.
A number of tools are available to help with that. Two console tools are vnstat, which allows to keep track of bandwith over time, and iftop to monitor bandwidth of individual sessions. If you are a KDE user, knemo might help. All are available in the community repository.
Reading SMS
This was tested on a Huawei EM770W (GTM382E) 3g card integrated into an Acer Aspire AS3810TG laptop.
$ pacman -S gnokii $ mkdir -p $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gnokii
(usually ~/.config/gnokii)
$ cp /etc/gnokiirc ~/.config/gnokii/config
edit ~/.config/gnokii/config as follows:
port = /dev/ttyUSB0
You may have to use a different port depending on your config, i.e. /dev/ttyUSB1 or something else.
model = AT connection = serial
You need to be part of the uucp group to use /dev/ttyUSB0, for example if your user is called "x" and assuming you have sudo rights:
$ sudo gpasswd -a x uucp $ newgrp uucp
The newgrp command allows you to take advantage of the new group assignment immediately without having to logout/login.
Then launch gnokii:
$ xgnokii
Click on the "SMS" icon button, a window opens up. Then click: "messages->activate sms reading". Your messages will show up in the window.
command line script
A small command line script using gnokii to read SMS on your SIM card (not phone memory) without having to start a GUI:
$ gnokii --getsms SM 0 end 2>&1|grep Text -A1 -B3|grep -v Text
What it does:
gnokii # invoke gnokii --getsms SM 0 end # read SMS from SM-memory location (=SIM card) starting at 0 and reading all occupied memory locations ("end") 2>&1 # connect STDERR to STDOUT to make sure the output from the --getsms command can be piped to grep |grep Text # pipe output from gnokii to grep, anchoring at output containing "Text" -A1 -B3 # print one line after the matched pattern and three lines before the matched pattern |grep -v Text # grep result to another grep to exclude the "Text" line (-v for inverting the pattern)
Granted this doesn't work very well if your SMS contains the word "Text", but you may adapt the script to your liking.
Fix image quality
If you're getting low quality images while browsing the web over a mobile broadband connection with the hints "shift+r improves the quality of this image" and "shift+a improves the quality of all images on this page", follow these instructions:
Install tinyproxy, available in the official repositories.
Edit /etc/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.conf and insert the following two lines:
AddHeader "Pragma" "No-Cache" AddHeader "Cache-Control" "No-Cache"
Start tinyproxy:
systemctl start tinyproxy
Configure your browser to use localhost:8888 as a proxy server and you're all done. This is especially useful if you're using, for example, Google Chrome which, unlike Firefox, doesn't allow you to modify the Pragma and Cache-Control headers.


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**From November 2012**
Hey all,
Some of you have met my dad ... and many of you have heard me talk about the times we spent going to the games.
2 years ago, while many of you were talking about losing games for the sake of draft position, I gave an impassioned plea that resonated with many of you. I pointed out that there isn't always a next year. We must always treasure the moment we are in.
There is no 'next year' for my dad.
He fell gravely ill this weekend, and passed away sometime during the 4th quarter of todays' game.
I am, as you probably know, a person of faith, yet I'm not really sure God specifically chose that time to call in his spirit .. but I also can't dismiss the profound coincidence. My dad enjoyed going to 'hawk games with his 4 sons, and we were by his side watching the game when he drew his final breath. Draw you own conclusions.
Despite the fact that I can be an ornary SOB many of you have been my dear friends over the years and have supported my family. I want to especially thank Les and Darlene, Mark and Alicia, Todd and Cindy, Dom and Jen, Ryan, Doug, Garth and many others for being part of my extended Seahawk family. You guys mean as much to me as anyone.
And as always.... GO HAWKS!


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I just want to track this again. Do not tail, I am just curious. Play at your own risk.
Portland/NYK W
Miami/LAC, first half flew over, I can't find a second half line, but got live under 220.5 a few minutes ago. Just curiously tracking.
Miami/LAC a loss.
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On Nov. 28, our family lost its beloved Lola, a happy, playful, three-year-old German Shorthair Pointer and Lab mix.
She unexpectedly bolted from our yard and lost her life while attempting to escape traffic.
We found some comfort in our deep feelings of loss for our family pet — a watchful, caring playmate to our five-year-old son — from friends and compassionate strangers who did all they could to help us find Lola and try to save her.
We want to thank all those who helped us, including several individuals, couples and families, as well as the Butler County Humane Society. We want to send them our most heartfelt feelings of thanks for all they did out of the goodness of their hearts.


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Despite Hurricane Sandy, jobs report shows major growthSource: Forbes.com
Growth in the nation's labor market far exceeded forecasts last month, a signal that businesses are proving resilient through the disruption caused by Superstorm Sandy, the monster hurricane that punished the East Coast and disrupted that key artery of the economy, and the uncertain political situation. The unemployment rate, meanwhile, fell to 7.7 percent.
The U.S. added 146,000 new jobs last month, new Labor Department data shows. Government economists say the hurricane didn't impede November's tally. Last month's figure fits with the labor market's performance this year. The country had averaged a monthly gain of 151,000 this year. In the past three months, that figure was closer to 170,000.


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Pickup truck crashes into Woods Cross car dealership
11/23/2012 12:44pmPolice were trying to determine Friday how a truck ended up crashed into a car dealership early that morning.
Adopt-a-crosswalk program aims to make streets safer
11/23/2012 1:58pmSalt Lake County is starting a crosswalk flag pilot program to make crossing the street safer, and they are looking for sponsors.
Doug & the Movies: 'Rise of the Guardians'
11/23/2012 2:45pmDreamWorks delivers characters with clout in "The Rise of the Guardians," a delightful addition to family holiday entertainment for years to come.
Stalking injunction upheld against governor's son
11/23/2012 4:25pmThe Utah Court of Appeals has upheld a stalking injunction filed against Gov. Gary Herbert's son by an Orem woman.
T-shirt maker aims to welcome visiting star Jabari Parker to Provo
11/23/2012 5:26pmThe nation's top basketball recruit is visiting BYU Saturday night, and Cougars are welcoming him with custom t-shirts and a video parody.
Eerie imaging maps migraine aura
11/23/2012 5:28pmUtah researchers may be closer to understanding the mechanism of a migraine.
Utahns join protests against Walmart on Black Friday strike
11/23/2012 5:51pmBlack Friday shoppers were greeted with more than just holiday sales at several Walmart locations across the nation, including Utah. They also found protesters.
Through time and donations, small town builds home for family
11/23/2012 6:44pmA small town in Duchesne County stepped up to help one family, and it's bringing the entire community together.
Extended hours, doorbusters draw Utah shoppers into Black Friday
11/23/2012 6:46pmPeople got a head start on Christmas shopping and hit the stores Thursday night as some big box retailers opened their doors for Black Friday earlier than ever this year.
PHOTO GALLERY: Temple Square Christmas Lights
11/23/2012 6:47pmThe lights at Temple Square were turned on Friday night, signaling the beginning of the holiday season for many Utah residents.
Republicans continue to question election results for 4th District
11/23/2012 6:49pmThe election is two-and-a-half weeks in the rearview. Republicans, however, are not finished scrutinizing the outcome of the 4th Congressional District race that found Jim Matheson a winner over Mia Love by an extremely narrow margin.
Local band gives back to burglarized pizzeria
11/23/2012 7:17pmIn honor of Small Business Saturday, one local band will put on a free show to help raise funds for a pizza place that was recently burglarized.
Business owners working to help victims of Superstorm Sandy with toys drive
11/23/2012 7:47pmA group of Utahns hope others will remember the children devastated by Superstorm Sandy this holiday season.
82-year-old volunteer cheers up hospital patients
11/23/2012 8:30pmDuring the Thanksgiving Holiday, doctors, nurses and especially the patients at Bountiful's Lakeview Hospital are thankful for a volunteer who brings joy to her job everyday.
New 'rib plating' procedure helps patients of broken ribs
11/23/2012 10:14pmThose who have ever waited a long and painful time for broken ribs to heal will remember the drill well.
Police looking for suspect who stabbed bystander
11/23/2012 10:56pmPolice are looking for a man who attempted to rob a Mexican restaurant in the Rose Park area and stabbed a bystander.
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