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How the Bush Administration Gave Subsidy-Rich California Farmers a $17 Million Christmas Bonus
Taking from the Taxpayers: Federal Farm Subsidies
According to EWG's Farm Subsidies Database, which lists all recipients of all Department of Agriculture (USDA) commodity price supports and other farm aid programs, from 1995 to 2003 taxpayers paid out more than $131 billion to U.S. farmers. That's enough to buy outright one-quarter of all the farms in the 302 leading agricultural counties— land, barns, farmhouses and all. Despite the popular myth that these cash payments go to help struggling family farms, EWG's analyses have shown repeatedly that the great majority of the taxpayers' money actually ends up in the pockets of large agribusiness. [34]
Far fewer farms in California receive these subsidies than in other states — in 2002, one-third of all U.S. farms got some sort of USDA payment, while only 9 percent of California farms did. This discrepancy is largely because most California farmers grow the 'wrong' things: Most subsidies are given to only a handful of staple crops, such as corn and soybeans, which are not grown extensively in California. The farmers served by the Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District and the Kern County Water Agency, however, are another story.
Although water districts by law don't have to make public their records, EWG extracted the names and addresses of the farms in these two districts from state pesticide use data. We then matched them with the names and addresses of farms that got cash payments from the USDA. We found that most of the farmers who sued the federal government over minor restrictions on water deliveries have already been getting a huge windfall in federal crop subsidies. From 1995 to 2003, 57 percent of the 339 farms served by the Tulare Lake and Kern County water agencies got some sort of subsidy check, with the total reaching a staggering $248,196,636.
The average payment to those California farms in that period was more than 29 times higher than the national average: $1,279,364 vs. $43,134 per farm. Subsidy checks to California farms tend to be higher than the national average (although fewer California farms receive subsidies), because California farms are bigger. But even when you consider the average payment California farms received, it is striking how much more the farmers in the Tulare and Kern County water agencies are getting.
The 194 farmers in these two water districts are less than half of 1 percent of the total number of California farms receiving crop subsidies, but collectively they received 5 percent of the total USDA payments to farms in the state. The average payment going to the Tulare Lake and Kern County farmers from 1995 and 2003 was almost 12 times higher than the average payment to farms in the rest of the state: $1,279,364 vs. $110,386. The bottom line is that the Tulare Lake and Kern County farmers were already taking much more from the taxpayers than most farmers in California — but the Bush Administration decided they were entitled to another $16.7 million.
Nor were most of these payments going to help struggling family farmers stay on the land. The top subsidy recipient was J.G. Boswell Co. of Corcoran, in Kings County. Boswell is the world's largest cotton grower, a dominant position that $23.9 million in USDA payments between 1995 and 2003 must help in maintaining. Boswell is an extreme example of how far federal farm programs go to help growers of select commodities: Not only did Boswell receive $17.3 million in crop subsidies, but got another $6.6 million under a subsidy called Step 2.
The Step 2 program gives money to U.S. companies that mill cotton into thread and cloth for export, to help them buy U.S.-grown cotton. This financial incentive is necessary because American cotton is much more expensive than cotton grown elsewhere around the world. Why? Because of the crop subsidies provided to American cotton farmers, which artificially push the price of U.S. cotton above world market levels. As both a cotton grower and a miller, Boswell's farm operation can use its crop subsidies to ensure it makes a profit from growing cotton. Then its milling operation can tap the Step 2 program to lower its cost to buy more raw cotton for milling and export.
TABLE: Top 20 Subsidy Recipients
|Farm/Farmer Name
Total Farm
Subsidies Received
|1: J G Boswell Company
|Corcoran, CA
|2: Dublin Farms
|Corcoran, CA
|3: Hansen Ranches
|Corcoran, CA
|4: C.J. Ritchie Farms
|Visalia, CA
|5: Buttonwillow Land & Cattle Company
|Buttonwillow, CA
|6: Starrh & Starrh Cotton Growers
|Shafter, CA
|7: Westfarmers
|Visalia, CA
|8: Gilkey 5
|Corcoran, CA
|9: Chicca Twin
|Buttonwillow, CA
|10: Wheeler Farms
|Bakersfield, CA
|11: Torigiani Farms
|Buttonwillow, CA
|12: The Phoenix Farming Company
|Corcoran, CA
|13: Four B'S Farms
|Corcoran, CA
|14: Gilkey Enterprises
|Corcoran, CA
|15: Harry Banducci & Sons
|Bakersfield, CA
|16: Houchin Brothers
|Buttonwillow, CA
|17: Fred Palla Farms
|Buttonwillow, CA
|18: Newton Farms
|Stratford, CA
|19: Cauzza Brothers
|Buttonwillow, CA
|20: Toretta Farms
|Buttonwillow, CA
|Total subsidies for top 20 recipients
Source: [34]
The next largest crop subsidy recipient among the farms that sued is Dublin Farms, also of Corcoran. Dublin Farms planted more than 9,000 acres of cotton and wheat in 2002 and got almost $12 million in USDA cash payments from 1995 to 2003. Corcoran, a dusty town of about 15,000, is the Beverly Hills of California farms that get crop subsidies: Other local members of the multimillion-dollar subsidy club are Hansen Ranches ($8.6 million), Gilkey 5 Farms ($5.6 million), Phoenix Farming Co. ($3.4 million), Four Bs Farms ($3.4 million) and Gilkey Enterprises ($3.1 million; exact connection to Gilkey 5 unknown). Each of these farms will share in the Tulare Lake settlement.
Farms in the water districts served by the Kern County Water Agency don't get individual USDA checks quite as large as their Tulare Lake neighbors, but they make it up in numbers. Led by C.J. Ritchie of Lost Hills and the Buttonwillow Land & Cattle Co., each with more than $8 million in crop subsidies from 1995 to 2003, no less than 58 KCWA farms got USDA payments of at least $1 million each.
Overall, 67 farms in the Tulare Lake and Kern County districts — more than one third — received checks totaling more than $1 million during this period. More than 100 farms got payments worth at least $500,000 — roughly $55,500 a year, more than the median household income in California in 2003 ($49,300), and 50 percent more than the median income in Tulare County ($36,343). [35]
Our database of farms sharing the settlement lists 145 farms which received no crop subsidies, but the number is almost certainly lower. We found many instances of names in the Farm Subsidy Database that appeared to match names of the farms we extracted from state pesticide use reports. But if we could not be certain that the farms were identical, we did not include those subsidies in our analysis.


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Labels: Accept, Battle of the bands, Saxon
It boils down to Accept for me, they have more of that straight up classic heavy metal sound happening with them, basically like a German Priest. Where as Saxon leans a little bluesier, but still very good and underrated in a more AC/DC like way. Both classic bands in their own right.
Now Metal Mark, bring on the main event, Judas Priest vs Iron Maiden!!!
Metalfan75-I remember one of the very first metal mags I ever read was a Hit Parader in late 84 or early 85. It had Iron Maiden vs. Judas Priest on the cover. At the time I thought that was seriously like heavyweight match-up of metal and at that point it may have been. However things have changed since then and it's not a close contest anymore. If you look at my site then you know which band I lean towards. Now those two bands will appear in future Battle of the bands segments, but not against each other. I have what I think are more appropriate contenders for each.
Now for this match-up I go with Accept too. It's fairly close and Saxon have some good albums in recent years too. However Accept's output from about 1981-1985 is stronger than Saxon's best work.
Metal Mark-If I read you right, I think we both agree Priest dropped the ball when they went glam on Turbo. But in context of material up to Defenders, I think they stood up pretty well to Maiden. But yeah, by 86 its pretty clear it was Iron Maiden who pulled ahead with their own artistic direction. Actually 80's Metallica vs 80's Iron Maiden would be a fairer match up musically, but you have your own ideas.
I'm going with Accept mainly based off the fact that Metal Heart is still one of my favorite albums of the 80's.
I always regarded Saxon as overrated. I respect their contribution but it was hit or miss on their early stuff on whether I liked them or not. Interestingly enough I actually enjoy some of Saxon's more recent works better.
accept, easily. saxon was a bit too cheesey for me.
Oh! This is a hard one!
Restless & Wild is one of my all time favorite metal tapes, but Saxon have more tapes that I like than Accept. The first few Accept tapes are pretty spotty. I like Balls To The Wall but was never in love with it and don't know any of the tapes after that.
So for Wheels of Steel, Strong Arm Of the Law, Denim & Leather and The Eagle Has Landed I will go with Saxon.
I have to go with Saxon. I can name several classic Saxon cuts off the top of my head (Wheels of Steel, Denim and Leather, Dallas 1P.M., Crusader)but Accept (Balls to the Wall, uhhhhh...London Leatherboys) it's a little harder. I guess Saxon is more "commercial" than Accept. It's kind of like trying to answer which is you favorite sexual position. They all have their plusses and minuses.
First of all, they have the most "metal" names.
"Udo Dirkschneider"?!?! That wins right there!
Wasn't there a guy named wolf in there too?
Restless and Wild STILL kicks ass.
That and Udo is like the Patton Oswalt of metal.
And, the "Balls to the wall" video is perfect in it's weird blend of cheese, confusion, homoeroticism, and pure awesomness.
And Camo.
I'm going with ACCEPT. The "Restless And Wild" album just resonated unearthly Metal vibes with me when I was a young lad. That ACCEPT album picked me up, threw me against the wall... and I wanted more!!
Saxon I have and always will like tremendously, however, a Metal choice was asked from you. "Denim and Leather" is unreal great.
ACCEPT. UDO. "Nuff said by me for now!
Much as I love Udo and the boys, I'm with Saxon on this. Their first few albums remain utter classics--Dallas 1 p.m. is an incredible riff assault--and though they lost the plot in the late 80s, their more recent albums have been superb.
Another toughie.
I'm going to go with Saxon, largely on the basis of The Inner Sanctum.
Saxon's actually been getting better over the years.
Two of my favorite bands! What a tough call! I'd have to say Accept just because of power of their 4 albums Restless & Wild through Russian Roulette. Love Saxon and agree they have improved since the 90's. Metal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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This blog, written by Saamah Abdallah of the new economics foundation (nef), is part of the Wikiprogress series on Human Well-Being
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The Big Lottery Fund has published the final results from their Well-Being Programme evaluation which nef, alongside colleagues at the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES), have been carrying out on their behalf since 2006.
The final report is available online. The headline findings are:
- Proportions of people eating five portions of fruit and vegetables daily increased from 48% at the beginning of the project to 57% at the end. Proportions of primary school children saying they helped their parents with cooking almost doubled from 12% to 24%.
- Proportions of people having high levels of physical activity rose from 23% to 32%. This increase went further at follow-up, three to six months after the end of the project.
- Proportions of people reporting substantial depressive symptoms fell from 33% to 22%.
- Average life satisfaction (on a scale of 0-10) rose from 6.5 at the start, to 7.1 at the end of projects. This coincided with significant increases in people feeling good about themselves, relaxed, close to other people, and all other aspects of personal well-being measured.
- The different aspects were all interlinked. Most striking was that projects which involved physical activity lead to big improvements in terms of mental health and healthy eating.
- Keys to successful projects included having a holistic approach, engaging the target group from the start and incorporating co-production, integrating activities into daily life, and ensuring that they are fun and involve social interaction.
For us, the findings are exciting news. They a) show that people's experienced well-being can be improved and that these improvements can be sustained (something which some theorists have doubted), b) show that well-being can be used to evaluate a wide range of projects from cookery courses, to therapy sessions, and c) begin to provide evidence on the kinds of activities which work best, and about the inter-linkages between different aspects of people's behaviour and well-being.The Well-Being Programme was a £160 million programme funding a broad range of community projects improving mental health and increasing healthy eating and physical activity, delivered by partnerships lead by organisations such as the Soil Association, MIND, Sustrans and the Greater London Authority.
The evaluation involved the administration of a questionnaire for project beneficiaries which they completed when they started being involved in a project, when they finished, and (where possible), three to six months after they left a project. Our colleagues at CLES also carried out extensive qualitative research, including focus groups and interviews with beneficiaries and project staff.
The Well-Being Programme recently received a boost of another £40 million, so some of the projects funded are set to continue. We look forward to seeing further increases in well-being as a result. The findings have also attracted particular attention from the Cabinet Office, who will be looking to see what lessons can be learnt from the evaluation to help realise the Prime Minister's stated goal of focusing policy on improving well-being
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This blog first appeared on 3 September 2013 on the nef blog.
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Television is always bad in the summer, but it seems the networks have hit an all-new low this year with the karaoke shows. There are at three shows that put normal people on stage, give them to chance to finish the lyrics of a song and give them money if they can. These shows seem to be contrived for the sole purpose of one thing – giving the networks something to air in between commercials for the upcoming fall shows. It can't be because someone actually thinks these are quality shows or could it.
Why do they call them the dog days of summer? Insider finds that to be a bit racist to his four-legged friends and is offended by it. It's not exactly politically correct.
Does anyone like weeds? After last Sunday's violet thunderstorm, which seemed to usher in more heat than ever, the weeds were springing up everywhere. Insider even found one miraculously coming up through his driveway, which is paved over by asphalt. Weeds always present Insider with quite the predicament. He wants to spray them with Round-Up, but Insider knows it really will not do the trick, and the old guy does not have the energy or muscles anymore to pull each one, the only true way to keep them from returning day after day in his garden and flowerbeds. So Insider let's them do their thing and tries his hardest not to dream about them. All the while they just keep growing and growing.
The presidential election is boring the Insider. It all seems too predictable. Hillary is clearly going to win and become the first female president ever sometime next November. Obama lacks the experience and money. John Edwards has a hair fetish. All the Republican candidates are cursed by the war and some even have other problems. Rudy Giuliani's children hate him (his teenage daughter admitted this week she is backing Obama). John McCain is too dull (he lost miserably in the primary to Bush in 2000). Fred Thompson's wife is too sexy.
That's not to say Hillary does not have some baggage. After all, she does have the former president and reigning sleaze ball Bill Clinton to deal with. The worst part of the whole thing is if Bill could run again, he would win in a landslide, despite all that stuff about cigars, semen on dresses and sexual harassment. Insider can only say one thing to that. To quote a young family member of his: "it is what it is."


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Boy, it didn't take long for haters of "Django Unchained" to get cranked up, did it?
If I read between the lines correctly, some people were even hating the film BEFORE it was released on Christmas Day.
Enter author, television talk show host and commentator Tavis Smiley, who admits that he hasn't seen the film. He still hates it though.
"I refuse to see it," Smiley said in an interview with The Daily Beast. "I'm not going to pay to see it. But I've read the screenplay, and I have 25 family members and friends who have seen it, and have had thousands of conversations about this movie, so I can tell you frame by frame what happens.
"I'm troubled that Hollywood won't get serious about making an authentic film about the holocaust of slavery but they will green light a spoof about slavery, and it's as if this spoof about slavery somehow makes slavery a bit easier to swallow."
In the words of that great American, George "Kingfish" Stevens, "well hold the phone, there, Tavis!"
Did we hear all this high-falutin' talk from Smiley about the 1999 movie "Life"? Remember that one?
Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence were the stars. They played two clueless black men from the North that went south and ended up doing life terms in a joint that had to be based on Mississippi's notorious, horrendous Parchman Prison Farm.
Treatment of black inmates at Parchman was so horrific, so nightmarish that it inspired a book calling the experience "Worse Than Slavery." And what genre of movie was "Life"?
Why, a comedy, of course. Black folks went to see it in droves. And we laughed our hineys off at the comedic depiction of one of the most despicable episodes in African American history.
So Tavis, if you want to climb on that high horse about Hollywood only doing films that do a spoof of slavery, your starting point should be 14 years ago, in 1999, with "Life," not with "Django Unchained."
Hater number two on this list would be film director Spike Lee, who tweeted, ""American Slavery Was Not A Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western. It Was A Holocaust. My Ancestors Are Slaves. Stolen From Africa. I Will Honor Them."
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I agree, I have no problem with not getting a raise for two years, just make sure NOBODY in the Government gets a raise, except the ACTIVE DUTY military. They should still get a cost of living raise. Of course, you realize this amounts to a pay cut. As I said in another thread, my insurance went up $53.00 a month. Oh well, at least I have a job and insurance. Thank you God.
Wondering if this will also include congress etc. Or are they again exempting themselves? I can support the move as long as they are included AND there are some moves to reduce the deficit created by this administration. Fiscal restraint and reduction of an overbearing government. The first thing they could do is to revoke obamacare and have congress go on a part time basis with no perks. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/29/president-to-announce-pay-freeze/?hpt=T2
I don't see why you all don't see that pay freeze = less spending....that is sure as hell the way my company sees it...
They just said on Fox news that the pay freeze dos not effect congress or their staff.
Fox news is telling the truth for once; unfortunately they only give you half truths so they can spin the story to fit their political narrative. Fox news is right that this federal employee pay freeze doesn't effect congressmen, but they left out that it doesn't effect them because they already froze their pay earlier this year. http://mitchell.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=796&Itemid=80[/quoteAs the article says it is for FY2011 which is one year not the two years for other employees. So I guess Fox was 3/4 correct
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Last night, an infrared flight mapped the fire at 792 acres. The fire grew by 102 acres on Sunday, primarily on the west side into Forest Canyon and is not threatening any structures. Firefighters will use the data from the flight to inform their ongoing full suppression strategy on the fire.
The fire is burning in steep, rugged terrain with beetle killed trees making it too dangerous for firefighters to conduct a direct attack. Firefighters are closely watching fire behavior and weather. There is a plan in place so that fire managers can take quick action to ensure firefighter and visitor safety and to keep the fire within park boundaries. If necessary, firefighters can conduct a burn-out operation between the contingency line in Upper Beaver Meadows and the active fire.
The Moraine Park Campground is open. A reduced area closure is still in effect. This closure will be in effect for the duration of the Fern Lake Fire. Please obey all closure notices. Violating the terms of these fire restrictions is subject to criminal prosecution. Cub Lake Trail, Fern Lake Trail, and Fern Lake access road (beyond the winter parking) are closed. All access to the Ute Trail is closed, including from Upper Beaver Meadows. Lower Odessa Gorge (north of Odessa Lake) is closed to all use. You will not be able to hike north of Odessa Lake. Other trails leading into the fire area are closed and are posted.
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text: Katie Kirby (philosophy faculty) and Traci Griffith of the media studies, journalism and digital arts faculty led 13 Saint Michael's students on a study trip to South Africa, The group used both Cape Town and Johannesburg as their classrooms. The course title for this May 13-28 trip was "South Africa - Resistance, Revolution, & Representation." (posted June 2019) Katherine Kirby, associate professor of philosophy and global studies, in early June led a two-week study trip with 10 students to Guyana with a service-and-learning focus, teaming with Kimoi Seale of the College's Student Life office and an alumna assistant, Danika Gallup. (posted June 2018) Katie Kirby, associate professor of philosophy and director of global studies, had an article entitled "Cultivating Responsible Global Citizenship: Philosophical Exploration & Service-Learning in Guyana" published in a book collection, Experiential Learning in Philosophy, in September 2015. She gave an invited presentation on this work last April at Frostburg State University, in Maryland. She presented "Economics For-the-Other: Can Capitalism Be Made to Hear the Call to Responsibility?" at Purdue University in July for the 10th Annual Meeting of the North American Levinas Society, where she also serves as a member of the Board of Directors. She presented "The Idolatry of Individualism & the Cultural Violence of Indifference" at the annual meeting of the Concerned Philosophers for Peace, in October at Loyola University, in Baltimore, Maryland. (posted January 2016) Katherine Kirby, associate professor of philosophy/director of the Global Studies Program, recently was elected to be a member of the Board of Directors of the North American Levinas Society. She also has given two conference presentations in recent months: At the annual meeting of the North American Levinas Society at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA, July 28-31, she presented "Relinquishing 'religion' for the Sake of Religion: Judgment vs. Justice." In this paper, she discusses Emmanuel Levinas' suggestion that Religion is discourse, and real "interreligious dialogue" would paradoxically depend upon the relinquishing of religious judgment, in service to justice. She then suggests and explains the important emotional underpinning (fear/anger) to our conceptualizations that makes relinquishing judgment incredibly difficult, and all the more necessary. She explores this argument in the context of our modern media's treatment of events involving persons of Islamic faith and examines these justice dilemmas in order to elucidate Levinas' argument that God – the divine – is present among us only in "the justice rendered unto men" (Levinas, Totality and Infinity, 78). Katie also presented "TV as Gadfly: A Contemporary Call to Critique" at the NorthEast Popular/American Culture Association at Saint Michael's College October 25-26, 2013. In this paper, she examined the role that certain very well-done TV shows can play in challenging viewers to call into question their assumptions, stereotypes, and worldviews. She used The Wire as her example of a TV show that provokes philosophical questioning through the presentation of complex, multi-dimensional characters who unsettle us and call us to care about their struggles and their fates, and demand that we not sit comfortably with our limited understanding of their "worlds." In this way, the creators of such TV shows act as Socratic gadflies and call us to be more open-minded and open-hearted in our endeavor to understand others. (November 2013)


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Colchester ended their away goal drought to earn a 1-1 draw and check the progress of play-off chasing Peterborough.
Ian Henderson's hopeful effort, which hauled the U's level at London Road, was their first goal on the road in 566 minutes of football.
Henderson struck after 17 minutes during an all-action opening quarter, looping a shot into the far corner with the outside of his boot after collecting a long throw from Nathan Clarke.
Peterborough went ahead after just six minutes. Keeper Ben Williams had already pulled off a double save to deny Craig Mackail-Smith and George Boyd by the time the latter drilled in a shot from the edge of the box.
Chances continued to come thick and fast at both ends with Colchester striker Kayode Odejayi steering a header wide and Lee Tomlin curling an effort against a post. And it was a similar story in the second half as only last-ditch Ryan Bennett defending denied David Mooney as he went through on goal before keeper Joe Lewis' fingertips kept out a late Henderson blast.
There was still time for late drama at the other end as Williams palmed away a Mackail-Smith rocket before also stopping a Charlie Lee header.


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This will be my first posting so i hope you like what im about to post.
may i start by saying most base recipe's seem very complicated, to time consuming, to many ingredient's and to many spice's. to many way's of cooking them, Not profitable for takeaway's or restuarant's, For constructive critisism garlic and ginger definitely turn dish's sour, as does corriander if added in the early stages of cooking.
This recipe is used in most t/a's and restuarant's.
Ok here we go!
Ingrediants: 2 good sized meduim onoin's
2 heap tablespoon's of tomato puree
1 quater of a pint of cooking oil
1 star anise
4 green cardamon's
1 inch peice cassio bark
1 box of mangal chicken curry powder (available at most asian store's)
COOKING; FOR 2 PEOPLE. Peal and chop onion's, add to pan cover with boiling water. Add tomato puree and oil. Simmer until onion's are transparent. Blend mixture, this should now look like a slightly meduim to weak tomato soup and it should taste like tomato soup.(sweetish) add star anise,cardamons,cassia bark, continue to simmer stiring occasionally until the oil is visible. ( red in colour) if its not red there's not enough puree. At this stage add the chicken you require and remove when cooked, i leave it in to save time.
once done let it stand for a while, the smell should really be noticable.
half chopped cooking onion
half clove of garlic
2 teaspoon's mangal chicken curry powder
Add about 2/3 tbls of oil to a wok or balti dish, On a medium heat fry onoin until it start's to become slightly transparent, add garlic fry until slightly brown, at this stage add 1 tbls of base sauce then 2 heap teaspoon's of mangal powder, cook for about 1 minute, add 2 ladle's of base sauce with chicken simmer for a couple of minutes, lower heat and add a good sprinkling of fresh corriander,DONE.


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Katie is actually not dead. Nor is her blog. But life has intervened and things have been happening and things are lively and Katie feels just about dead from all of the lively. Katie sincerely desires a vacation in a tropical setting, swilling pretty rum drinks sporting tiny colorful umbrellas. Being waited on hand and foot would be really fine, too. Inasmuch as this isn't going to happen any time soon....
I am selling my house. Or, at least, I will attempt to sell my house after I've whipped it into shape. I made this decision about a month ago. I lined up a realtor whom I adore. She has been a great coach giving me ideas about what I need to do and what isn't so terribly important. However, the To Do list vastly outweighs the What's Not Important list. What I have been doing is filling a dumpster with 18 years worth of STUFF. We all collect stuff. I had a basement filled with stuff. And closets. And cupboards. And drawers. And stuff shoved under sofas and chairs. If you've lived anywhere for more than 10 years, you probably know what I mean. When I move, I will downsize slightly. I aim for about 660 square feet of living space. So, I needed to get rid of a lot of stuff. And what I decided from the start...I am not packing and moving anything that I do not LOVE. Consequently, I filled a 20' x 8' x 5' dumpster to the brim in the last three weeks.
And that's aside from the vast quantity of STUFF reserved for a large yard sale in a couple of weeks.
What amused me most? People coming into my driveway to dumpster dive. People looking for useable items, or, in one woman's case, items she could sell in her shop. I had to tell people to leave. Lots of nails and broken glass in the dumpster. Not a good idea to have strangers exposing themselves to injury in that manner.
A couple of weekends ago, my lad came home for the big weekend of emptying out the basement. He wondered how I felt about tossing out the bulk of my memories and evidence of a life previously lived. I said it was a little bit difficult, but I am not so invested in this stuff that I need to keep it. He whipped out his mobile phone and said, "Let's take pictures of this stuff. That way you can always look at it and keep your memories without having to keep the stuff." And that's what we did. What a Great Idea!!
Now I am carpet cleaning, spackling walls, and doing all the little repairs that we all put off indefinitely. Well, in real life, "indefinitely" eventually has a terminus. So I'm doing the repairs now and wishing like heck that I'd done them a long time ago. Spackling and repairing and painting and replacing and whatnot. My days are about 14 hours long. From early morning til late in the evening, I'm working my butt off. We do what we have to do.
The thing that kills me...I'm making my house absolutely lovely for someone else. It's funny, we live in our houses for years and years and fall blind to the most obvious blemishes. When it comes time to sell, we begin looking as though through a stranger's eyes. All of a sudden our wonderful comfy home looks a bit down in the mouth and tatty.
Today, I did a pint's worth of spackling. Tomorrow I'll sand it and start the painting. I hate painting. It heads the list of things I dislike most about homeowning. This is where I desperately wish for a magic wand. Dream on, Kate.
I hope to have the house ready to list with my realtor by next weekend. I'm not entirely sure that's going to happen, but either next weekend or the weekend after. This is an adventure in an iffy market. My realtor is quite positive. My town has been doing very well with real estate sales this year. But I do need to make my house as irresistible as possible. Keeping fingers crossed.
And wishing to wake up tomorrow in a tropical paradise. Just 24 hours. That's all I need! Then I'll paint without a whimper. What are the chances?
Good luck with the sale and whatnot! Life keeps us busy,no?
A blast from the past here. ;)
Hey Alan. House still not on the market. Thinking next Tuesday. Realtor is away for the week. Gives me time to do the last minute things. Was out doing landscaping things, this evening, that I've put off doing forever.
Fun thing...I'm learning that my neighbors really like me. That sounds kind of pathetic, but, for the better part of 18 years, we've lived in comity without actually saying much to each other. Now they are offering all sorts of help and physical labor. And delivering hugs and offering wishes that I'd change my mind and stay. Just bowls me over. Now I'm not sure I want to leave.
Actually, can't wait til this is over. Moving house is hard work. But I'm done with home ownership for a while. Don't want the responsibility of fixing all the things that break with alarming regularity.
No time no read! I was pleasantly surprised to see a recent post when I dropped by - I've tried several times to force myself to start blogging again, and when I do I look through my blogroll and make random visits. Good to see others are still around.
We went through what you're going through a few years ago - in 2009 and again in 2010. Our house never sold, and in the end we decided we just liked where it was, and I liked my yard and gardens, so we decided to stay and remodel the kitchen. Wasn't cheap, but it was much less than anything we had seen that we liked. I hope, whatever you end up doing, you'll end up as satisfied with your choice as we are with ours.
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Team Finds Out NCAA Regional Location
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale men's golf team will head to the Pete Dye-designed River Course in Blacksburg, Va., for the May 19-21 NCAA Virginia Tech Regional. The Bulldogs won an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament after claiming the Ivy League Championship on Apr. 23.
Among the other teams the Bulldogs will take on at the tournament, which features three rounds of golf in as many days, are Georgia Tech, LSU, Duke and Oklahoma. While the Elis may be seeded 13th, their performance this past season bodes well for the competition.
Wins at the Princeton Invitational and the Ivy League Championship, on top of consistently strong individual performances by senior captain Thomas McCarthy, freshman Sam Bernstein and junior Jeffrey Hatten, have positioned the team well to figure high up on the leaderboard.
Still, the golfers will have to contend with the tricky Pete Dye-designed River Course, which features spectacular views of the nearby river as well as tough bunkers, small elevated greens and numerous collection points. The course was rated four and a half stars by Golf Digest's "Best Places to Play," and came in 18th on Golfweek's Best Campus Courses in America.
The top five teams at the tournament will advance to the May 31-June 5 NCAA Championship at Karsten Creek Golf Course in Stillwater, Okla.
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• Paws to Read on Saturday, March 10, from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Wadleigh Memorial Library (49 Nashua St., Milford, 673-2408). Children can read to a certified therapy dog, which has been known to decrease anxiety, lower blood pressure and promote relaxation. Register by calling or visiting wadleighlibrary.org.
• Read with Dixie, a registered therapy dog, at the Salem Town Library (234 Main St., Salem). Dixie is a member of the R.E.A.D. program, helping youngsters read. Visit www.salem.lib.nh.us/contact.html for times and dates. Call 898-7064.
• The Greater Derry Humane Society offers a Pet Therapy class that teaches attendees how the therapeutic use of pets as companions can help a wide variety of people. The class is scheduled for Tuesday, March 6, at 7 p.m. at Marion Gerrish Community Center, 39 W. Broadway, Derry. Call 432-1512 or visit www.derryhumanesociety.com to sign up.
• School vacation day camp at the NHSPCA (104 Portsmouth Avenue, Stratham, 772-2921) on Monday, Feb. 27, or Tuesday, Feb. 28, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., will let children get up close and personal with animals, do service projects, and participate in crafts and games. Registration fee is $50 per child. Visit www.nhspca.org.
One way to create excitement at a nursing home is to bring in an animal. Pets — animals in general, really — have been known to provide great benefits for seniors, giving them a sense of comfort, companionship and purpose.
And it doesn't have to be your standard golden retriever.
Ms. New Hampshire Senior America Katherine Salanitro brings her oxen to nursing homes, letting the residents nuzzle and pet the 2,400-pound animals.
"They're very gentle because they're trained to be. The patients and residents at the nursing home respond very well to Chipper when he visits," Salanitro said. Chipper is just one of her "boys" that she has trained as a therapy animal. Salanitro, of Gilford, raised oxen and competed in oxen-pulling competitions her whole life.
She typically visits during the warmer months because with an animal so large, the nursing home residents are required to move outdoors in order to visit with the oxen. The visit gives patients a reason to get up and moving.
After the initial surprise, people respond to the oxen the same way they do to dogs, cats and other therapy animals. Petting the animals' soft skin and nuzzling with them generally has a calming effect on humans.
Emily Nutter, the activities director at Salemhaven, a privately owned nursing and rehabilitation center in Salem, said the presence of animals can relax people.
"It gives them somebody to take care of. It helps lower their blood pressure, and it calms them. When they're all hyped up, stressed in the home … petting an animal, gently stroking it, gives them something to focus on," Nutter said.
The visiting pets can also spur an exchange of stories and socializing. Nutter said that when certain animals visit, the interaction will trigger memories among residents.
"Most people relate to the pets that come in. The animals that come in spark conversations," Nutter said. "Visiting animals also makes them use their senses," she said. Cats will snuggle in residents' laps, and dogs will kiss people's hands at Salemhaven. Their presence provides a sense of intimacy in a place where many residents may at first feel uncomfortable or alone.
Tom McGee brings his dogs Dixie and Buster to Salemhaven every month to visit with the patients and residents. Many at Salemhaven know his friendly rescue dogs Dixie and Buster by name, and some of the residents look forward to spoiling the dogs with cookies and treats. Others are eager to see the animals because it gives them a reason to get up, dressed and active.
"Many of them had pets growing up, and interacting with Buster and Dixie will ignite stories and memories," Tom said.
Nutter said that it's typically dogs and cats that are brought into the nursing home; however, the benefits that pet interaction provides can come from all kinds of animals. Salemhaven residents have been visited by birds and by different animals from the Salem Animal Rescue League, and Nutter noted that at least once a year the nursing home and rehabilitation center is visited by a pair of miniature horses clad in Build-A-Bear sneakers.
Healthypet.com notes that pets may help elderly owners live longer, healthier and more enjoyable lives. The site referenced a study published in the Journal of American Geriatrics Society in May 1999 that demonstrated that independently living seniors who have pets tend to have better physical health and mental well-being than those who do not. Pets and animals in general encourage action from their owners — they help keep their owners' joints limber and flexible. They also help seniors carry out the normal activities of daily life.
In addition, animals help people stick with regular routines and act as a buffer against social isolation. Grace Bonner, a senior who works at the Nashua Senior Center, can attest to that.
Bonner credits her little dog Dylan with keeping her active and well. Bonner took on her little Yorkshire terrier just four years ago, and saved the now 12-year-old pup from being euthanized. But now it seems he's saving her — Bonner said that she cannot imagine her life now without him.
Feisty little Dylan keeps Bonner active, waking her up at odd hours to go to the bathroom and requiring her to take him out on long strolls outside. Despite, or maybe because of, his high-maintenance ways, Bonner calls Dylan the "best little guy who's ever come into her life."
"Without him, I would be lonely and a completely different person. He is so full of life and love, and he provides so much company." She advises other seniors to acquire pets.
"Pets keep you going, give you something to do. With them, you don't have to do things by yourself," Bonner said. "They are so much company, and they take the loneliness out of your life. But most of all, they just have so much love to give you," Bonner said.
Those interested in pet therapy with elderly people may want to check out the Greater Derry Humane Society's Pet Therapy class, which will teach attendees about therapeutic use of pets as companions on Tuesday, March 6, at 7 p.m. at Marion Gerrish Community Center, 39 W. Broadway, Derry.


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Watching the Dallas Cowboys football games has never been easier. In 2018 there are several different cord cutting options available to watch NFL (R) football games without cable. In this review, we will cover several different available methods such as Sling TV, fuboTV, digital antennas, and more. We also provide you with information regarding times and channels for all Dallas Cowboys regular season games.
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- 1 Watch Dallas Cowboys Live Without Cable
- 2 Dallas Cowboys 2018 TV Schedule
- 3 Stream Dallas NFL Games With fuboTV
- 4 Watch Live Cowboys Game With Sling TV
- 5 Watch Dallas Cowboys Games With A Digital Antenna
- 6 Additional Ways To Stream Dallas Cowboys Games
- 7 Can I Watch Dallas Cowboys Internationally?
- 8 How To Use A VPN To Stream Dallas Cowboys
- 9 Illegal Streams of Dallas Cowboys Games
- 10 2018 NFL Team Guide For Watching Games Online
Watch Dallas Cowboys Live Without Cable
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Dallas Cowboys 2018 TV Schedule
The Dallas Cowboys have 10 games on FOX (R), 2 games on CBS (R), and 3 games on NBC. Here is the full TV schedule:
|@ Carolina Panthers
|New York Giants
|@ Seattle Seahawks
|Detroit Lions
|@ Houston Texans
|Jacksonville Jaguars
|@ Washington Redskins
|Tennessee Titans
|@ Philadelphia Eagles
|@ Atlanta Falcons
|Washington Redskins
|New Orleans Saints
|Philadelphia Eagles
|@ Indianapolis Colts
|Tampa Bay Buccaneers
|@ New York Giants
Stream Dallas NFL Games With fuboTV
fuboTV is our top choice for watching NFL football games. fuboTV does not require a contract nor does it have any installation costs. This live streaming service gives subscribers access to most of the TV networks that carry NFL games such as CBS, NBC, and FOX.
The Cowboys have 15 games on these channels. However, notably missing from their channel lineup is ESPN and ABC but only 1 of the Dallas games appear on these channels in 2018. The service also includes NFL Network (R) and NFL RedZone (R) plus other popular channels such as FOX Sports Networks, RSNs, college football networks, FX, USA, NBA TV, and more.
fuboTV offers two different packages fubo ($39.99/month) and fubo Extra ($44.99/month). The fubo package contains over 75+ channels and the fubo Extra package has 90+ channels. New customers can get the first month of either package at a 20% discount through our link. fuboTV also is offering a limited time, special deal, the fubo Extra Bundle ($34.99/month) which includes 103 channels, SHOWTIME for 2 months, free 500 hours of Cloud DVR free forever, and 3 screens free forever. Please read our comprehensive fuboTV review for more details.
Watch Live Cowboys Game With Sling TV
Sling TV is also a great option for viewing Cowboys games this year. Sling TV does not require a contract nor does it have any installation costs. This live TV streaming service offers FOX, ABC (R), NBC, ESPN (R), NFL Network, and NFL RedZone channels. This means you can get access to every Monday Night Football and Thursday Night Football games.
The Cowboys have 13 regular season games on these channels. Notably missing is CBS; however, you can use Sling TV in conjunction with an OTA antenna. (New users can get a free OTA antenna through our link if they prepay 2 months)
Sling TV offers the Sling Orange and Sling Blue plans. Both streaming plans cost $25/month or you can get Orange + Blue for $40/month. There are a few important differences to note. The Sling Orange plan includes ESPN but does not include local channels. For this reason, you will want to purchase the Sling Blue plan to watch the games. Please read our comprehensive Sling TV review for more details.
If you are traveling your local channels may be blacked out. To overcome this, use Sling TV with a VPN service and you will be able to watch your team play out-of-market.
Watch Dallas Cowboys Games With A Digital Antenna
If you live within distance your local broadcast networks then you can watch every single Cowboys game with a digital antenna. OTA antennas are the least expensive way to see all of the games. Today's antennas have come a long way from what you may have been used to as a child. The pictures are in high-definition and appear as good, if not better than the streaming services and today's antennas have increased range.
OTA antennas can also be a great supplement for streaming service since many do not include all four of the major local channels. Cord cutters should consider using the AirTV to broadcast the antenna signal to every compatible TV in their home. Sling TV customers should consider using an AirTV Player to combine Sling TV's interface with local channels received from the antenna.
Additional Ways To Stream Dallas Cowboys Games
- Mobile Carriers – Great news cord cutters! Verizon is no longer the exclusive mobile carrier for the NFL. Customers with any mobile carrier can access NFL games through the official NFL Mobile app, Yahoo Sports app, and go90 app. All in-market games including national pre-season, regular season, playoffs and Super Bowl will be open to all mobile customers across Verizon and Oath's platforms next season.
- NFL GamePass – This is an option for people looking to watch out-of-market games. In-market games are blacked out but you can bypass this by using a VPN. Subscribers can access live out-of-market Preseason games, replays of every game, the NFL Films Archive, and much more. This service costs $74.99/season. Sign-up for a 7-day free trial.
- DIRECTV NOW – This service can either be really good or really bad depending upon where you live. The service offers all 4 major local channels (CBS, FOX, NBC, ABC) but in select markets only and very few markets actually give access to all 4. Due to this, we do not feel comfortable recommending this as a top option for viewing NFL games. The basic package does include 60+ channels, including ESPN.
- PlayStation Vue – Much like DIRECTV NOW the local channel availability is highly determined by where you live. This service is also considerably more expensive than the others. If you are looking for just football this is not the best option available.
- Hulu – Hulu is a great option. The price is $39.99/month and includes access to 22 of the top 35 cable channels and includes FOX, CBS, ESPN, but does not include NFL Network or RedZone.
- YouTube TV – YouTube TV is also very similar to Hulu. The price is $40.00/month and you get access to FOX, NBC, CBS, ESPN, but does not include NFL Network or RedZone.
Can I Watch Dallas Cowboys Internationally?
Raiders fans can watch games internationally with NFL Game Pass International there is also a NFL Game Pass Europe. You get access to NFL RedZone and 24/7 live stream of NFL Network. You can watch full game replays or the roughly 40 minutes Condensed Game feature. You also get access to special camera angles and game footage. Subscribers also get access to Downloadable Games, NFL Network Library Programmes like "Hard Knocks", Coaches Film, scores, stats and more.
NFL Game Pass is only available to users located outside the United States, Bermuda, Antigua, the Bahamas, and any U.S. territories, possessions, and commonwealths. Additional blackout restrictions apply in Canada, the UK, and the Republic of Ireland. NFL Network access is not available in Canada.
It is important to note that some countries have restrictions on live games. This means you may not be able to watch the game until after it airs. Do not worry you can use a VPN to get around these restrictions. Please read our VPN section below.
Those of you wishing to go this route can sign-up for their free trial here. Learn more by reading our comprehensive NFL Game Pass review.
How To Use A VPN To Stream Dallas Cowboys
One of the greatest obstacles and annoyances of cord-cutting can be blackouts and the differences in available channels from market to market. For example, in New York City you may get some channels but in Garden City, Kansas you may receive a different set of channels.
When it comes to sporting events it can be even worse. For example, NFL Game Pass will black out your local team. For many, this can simply be a deal breaker. However, there is good news and that news is VPNs or Virtual Private Networks.
A VPN allows you to "mask" your IP address and trick the streaming service into believing you are in another location. This means that if you live in San Francisco but want to watch a team from New York or Kansas City, you can just set your VPN to that location and you will get the channels in that local market. This even works for international customers who want to see US TV and sports.
You may be thinking to yourself, "I don't know, this sounds complicated." But do not worry, VPNs sound complicated, but they are actually very easy to install and operate. Most VPNs only require just a few clicks to operate and you will never deal with a blackout ever again.
Our top-rated VPN is ExpressVPN. ExpressVPN is a fast, reliable, and inexpensive option to pair with your favorite streaming service. Plans begin as low as $8.32/month. You can try ExpressVPN free for 30-days.
Please Note: Using a VPN may be against your streaming service's user agreement and you should proceed with caution.
Illegal Streams of Dallas Cowboys Games
It is our policy to never recommend any illegal streams of NFL games or anything else. Most illegal "free" streams put you at a considerable risk to acquire viruses and dangerous malware. These streams are untrustworthy, blurry, low-quality, and quite frankly just flat out garbage. It is not worth the risk by any means just to save a few bucks.
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To say that Arrested Development's Bluth family is dysfunctional is to say that the surface of the sun is warm. It's difficult to imagine how they could be any more eccentric — but according to actor Will Arnett — a.k.a. Gob — things have indeed gone downhill for the extended brood since they disappeared from TV in 2006.
Us Weekly caught up with Arnett and series creator Mitch Hurwitz at the SXSW Samsung Galaxy Experience in Austin, Tex., where they teased a few details from the much-anticipated fourth season. (Netflix will stream all 14 episodes beginning in May.)
"The family has kind of fallen apart," Arnett, 42, says of Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman) and his quirky relatives, who have had to "weather the economic collapse" during the show's hiatus. "Left to their own devices, all of these characters will evolve into the worst versions of themselves."
Speaking specifically about his own onscreen alter ego, the actor adds: "[Gob's] got a new group of friends. He's running with a pretty fast crowd. His fallback is always his illusions. Magic is who he is."
Hurwitz notes that each episode in the upcoming season will focus on one individual character. "It was hard to get everyone together at the same time. When you try to get that group together again, it's unlikely," he explains to Us. "Everyone has gone on to great careers and movies and such…We're asking for 20 weeks from everyone. That's a huge chunk of time! We decided everyone gets one week and then we'll get them to make cameos in other [episodes]."
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Military court sidesteps ruling on whether suicide is a crime
The top military appeals court has set aside the court-martial conviction of a young Okinawa-based Marine who tried to kill himself, but it left intact the possibility that others may face similar charges of "self-injury" in the future.
In a closely watched case, amid what Pentagon officials call an epidemic of military suicides, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces threw out Lazzaric T. Caldwell's guilty plea to charges of wrongful self-injury. The narrow ruling by a divided court cleans up a little of Caldwell's personal record, while leaving to another day the bigger controversy that made his case so electrifying.
"I'm very pleased with the decision," Navy Lt. Mike Hanzel, Caldwell's Bremerton, Wash.-based attorney, said in an interview Tuesday. "Even though it was narrowly decided, it still sends the message that we should not be prosecuting attempted suicide."
The setting aside of Caldwell's guilty plea, because of facts specific to his case, means another military prosecution eventually could become a test case for the crime of self-injury. Congress or the Pentagon also could address the broader legal question if officials want to modify military law. The two dissenters in the 3-2 decision issued Monday believe that could be the better course.
"While I question whether punishing either bona fide suicide attempts or suicidal gestures (under the Uniform Code of Military Justice) is wise or fair, that is a determination to be made by the president and Congress, and not this court," Judge Margaret A. Ryan wrote for the dissent.
The military suicide problem is severe in the wake of the protracted Iraq and Afghanistan wars, officials acknowledge.
Three hundred and one active-duty members of the military committed suicide in 2011, according to the most recent Department of Defense Suicide Event Report. An additional 915 services members attempted suicide that year, according to the report.
Firearms were most frequently used by those who succeeded, while drug overdoses were most common among those attempting suicide, the report states. It does not specify how many subsequently faced criminal charges for attempted suicide, although it is rare.
Active-duty members may be prosecuted under Article 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice for conduct that causes "prejudice to good order and discipline" or has a "tendency to bring the service into disrepute." Self-injury is one of the enumerated examples of this kind of conduct, as are a variety of other actions, ranging from indecent language and perjury to straggling and wearing unauthorized insignia.
"This case is not about prosecuting suicide or attempted suicide," Marine Corps Maj. David N. Roberts said during oral arguments in the Caldwell case in November. "It's about prosecuting an act that was prejudicial to good order and discipline."
Now a Southern California resident, Caldwell was a 23-year-old Marine private in January 2010. He had not served in either Iraq or Afghanistan but was diagnosed with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder as a consequence of assorted personal issues. After Caldwell was told he was being sent to the brig over the alleged theft of a belt, he slit his wrists with a razor in the barracks at Camp Schwab, Okinawa.
Caldwell eventually pleaded guilty to self-injury after also being convicted of larceny, driving without a license and possessing the drug known as "spice." He was ordered confined for 180 days and given a bad-conduct discharge.
In its decision Monday, the court's majority concluded that the set of facts in Caldwell's particular case "does not establish that his conduct was to the prejudice of good order and discipline in the armed forces, or of a nature to bring discredit upon the armed forces."
"We need not address the more general and specified question as to whether and when a bona fide suicide attempt would satisfy the elements of (a Uniform Code of Military Justice) offense," Chief Judge James E. Baker of the military appeals court wrote.
Hanzel said the decision was a "very positive thing" for Caldwell, whose bad-conduct discharge potentially could be changed when his sentence is reassessed.
Lawmakers have introduced various bills in recent years in response to the surge of military suicides. In early April, for instance, Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., joined Rep. Andre Carson, D-Ind., and other lawmakers in a bill that calls for increased mental health assessments of deployed military personnel. So far, though, there have been no bills introduced to revise Article 134. The Pentagon and White House also could choose to modify the list of enumerated actions included under Article 134.
The Defense Department's Joint Service Committee on Military Justice is now reviewing, at the request of top officials, whether it's time to revise the military law provisions relating to self-injury or malingering, which includes intentional infliction of self-injury.


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It looks like Peyton Manning's going to have plenty of quality targets to throw to in Madden NFL 25. Wes Welker (93), Demaryius Thomas (90) and Eric Decker (87) received high overall ratings, according to a list of offensive players EA Sports released this week.
Manning was the second highest rated quarterback in the game at 97.
The Broncos offensive line received a sizable bump. Tackles Ryan Clady (94) and Orlando Franklin (86) jumped up several points from their digital counterparts in Madden NFL 13, as did guard Zane Beadles.
The lowest scores fell to the Broncos running backs. Fullback Jacob Hester got the highest score, 76, while Knowshon Moreno was highest among the halfbacks at 76 — the same score he garnered last year.
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By Norman L. Reimer
NACDL staff members are working with the Innocence Project and the FBI to review thousands of cases in which the use of microscopic hair comparison evidence may have resulted in wrongful convictions. NACDL needs all defense lawyers in the United States to aid in this effort to identify cases — regardless of whether the FBI was involved.
If you have knowledge of this evidence being used in a case, or would like to assist on this important project, contact NACDL Resource Counsel Vanessa Antoun at firstname.lastname@example.com or 202-465-7663.
NACDL's recently announced partnership with the Innocence Project (IP) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), once an almost inconceivable concept, embodies an historic breakthrough in how law enforcement addresses overstated scientific conclusions or opinions, but also presents an extraordinary challenge for the legal profession.1 The existence of the Hair Microscopy Review Project constitutes a commendable recognition by the FBI and the Department of Justice (DOJ) that there is an affirmative duty to correct when events establish that the evidentiary value of a scientific opinion has exceeded the limits of science. At the same time, the criminal defense bar has an overarching obligation to ensure that individuals who may have been wrongfully convicted have access to qualified counsel to pursue all available relief. This article will explain the contours of the project, the protocols that will be applied in the collaborative review process, and the nature and extent of the notification of error. Finally, it will describe the challenges that await clients and lawyers after the error has been disclosed.
In July 2013, NACDL and the IP signed the groundbreaking and historic agreement with the FBI and DOJ to review thousands of criminal cases in which the FBI conducted microscopic hair analysis of crime scene evidence. Two major developments created the impetus for this review. First, in 2009, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) issued its report on forensic science and specifically identified microscopic hair comparison evidence as problematic.2 The report observed that "[n]o scientifically accepted statistics exist about the frequency with which particular characteristics of hair are distributed in the population. There appear to be no uniform standards on the number of features on which hairs must agree before an examiner may declare a 'match.'"3 Further, the NAS committee found "no scientific support for the use of hair comparisons for individualization in the absence of nuclear DNA. Microscopy and mtDNA analysis can be used in tandem and may add to one another's value for classifying a common source, but no studies have been performed specifically to quantify the reliability of their joint use."4
The second and more direct triggering event was the exoneration of three men between 2009 and 2012 who had served lengthy prison sentences, and whose convictions were tainted by microscopic hair comparison evidence that exceeded the limits of science. DNA testing contradicted the conclusions of three different FBI hair examiners who had provided the flawed testimony.5
The review will focus on cases in which either the FBI laboratory reports or the testimony included statements that exceeded the limits of science. NACDL and the IP began preliminary discussions with the FBI in the spring of 2012, and in July 2012 the DOJ confirmed the launch of the largest postconviction review ever conducted by the FBI.6 Since that time, NACDL and the IP have worked together with the FBI to establish protocols for the project and the content of the eventual notifications.7
It is important to understand the breadth of the universe of cases that will be subject to review. The review will focus on all cases analyzed prior to Dec. 31, 1999, and will extend back at least until the early 1980s or earlier if cases can be identified. The reason cases in which the offense occurred after 2000 will not be examined is that beginning in 1996, DNA testing augmented hair microscopy as the means of determining whether two hair specimens were determined to be a match. Hence, at least in terms of the FBI laboratory, the practice of relying solely upon hair microscopy ended. Because the FBI provided microscopic hair analysis for state and local law enforcement entities, many, if not most, of the cases will be state prosecutions.8
The touchstone for the review is a fundamental agreement as to the permissible limits of the science of hair microscopy. NACDL and the IP have agreed with the FBI that an examiner's testimony concerning the relationship between two hairs is appropriate if it reflected the fact that hair comparison could not be used to make a positive identification. Instead, it could indicate, at the broad class level, that a contributor of a known sample could be included in a pool of people of unknown size, as a possible source of the hair evidence (without in any way giving probabilities, as an opinion to the likelihood or rareness of the positive association, or the size of the class) or that the contributor of a known sample could be excluded as a possible source of the hair evidence based on the known sample provided.9 In essence, with some specific exceptions in cases involving dyed hair or hair evincing signs of certain diseases, hair microscopy can reliably exclude a match but it cannot support any statement as to the likelihood of a match.10
When the testimony concerning hair microscopy is examined through the lens of this basic understanding about the limits of the science, three types of error can be identified:
The examiner stated or implied that the evidentiary hair could be associated with a specific individual to the exclusion of all others.
A: I found brown, Caucasian head hairs on two items of clothing, the sports coat, and a pair of slacks that were reported to me as belonging to [the defendant]. Now, these hairs matched in every observable microscopic characteristic to that known hair sample of DEC [the decedent] and consistent with having originated from her. In my opinion, based on my experience in the laboratory and having done 16,000 hair examinations, my opinion is that those hairs came from DEC.
The examiner assigned to the positive association a statistical weight or probability or provided a likelihood that the questioned hair originated from a particular source, or an opinion as to the likelihood or rareness of the positive association that could lead the jury to believe that valid statistical weight can be assigned to a microscopic hair association.
Q: Now, based on your training and experience and your expertise in the field, and based on your knowledge of hair transfer and hair comparison, and based on the work done in this case, do you have an opinion, within the degree of scientific certainty, as to whether or not the pubic hair found in the underpants of [victim] came from [defendant]?
A: I would say that it would be a very high degree of probability that it does. Or to reverse it, I would say the chances of it being from somebody else, other than Mr. XX, would be highly unlikely at best.
The examiner cites the number of cases or hair analyses worked in the lab and the number of samples from different individuals that could not be distinguished from one another as a predictive value to bolster the conclusion that a hair belongs to a specific individual.
A: Now over the last 12 years, I personally have looked at hairs from about 10,000 different people, and over that time, I've only had two occasions out of the 10,000 people where I had hairs from two different people that I could not separate them.
As of early August, the FBI has identified approximately 21,700 cases in which FBI hair examiners may have conducted a microscopic hair comparison. Of the first 15,000 cases reviewed, lab reports finding a positive association between a questioned hair and a suspect's (or victim's) hair were discovered in approximately 2,100 cases. Already more than 120 trial transcripts have been reviewed with at least one type of error present in most of them.
In most cases, the FBI will initiate the review through internal processes within the laboratory. After the reports with a positive association have been identified, the FBI will seek additional information from the contributing agency, usually a state or local law enforcement entity, and from the prosecuting authority. NACDL and the IP have also sought information and transcripts, specifically focusing on capital cases. The ultimate goal in all cases in which the report indicates that there was a positive association is to obtain the transcript or otherwise determine whether the evidence was utilized in a manner that exceeded the permissible limit of science.
This is a truly collaborative process, and as a result, if the FBI is unsuccessful in getting information about a case from the contributing agency or from the prosecutor, NACDL and the IP will make independent efforts to get the information necessary to complete a meaningful review.
After the transcript or other relevant information is on hand, the FBI will conduct a review pursuant to the above-described agreement as to the limits of hair microscopy to determine whether or not any of the three types of error are present. After the FBI makes its determination, it will share its findings and the relevant materials with NACDL and IP for an independent review. NACDL and the IP will conduct that review within two weeks, and either agree with the FBI or specify any disagreement. The FBI will then consider any objections to the initial finding, and either modify its conclusions or confer with representatives from NACDL and IP to explain the rationale for their conclusion. At the end of this review process, the DOJ will send letters of notification. Those letters will either indicate that there is agreement as to the types of error, or will provide the FBI finding and note the contrary position of NACDL and the IP.
The DOJ will send the notification of the review results to the appropriate prosecutor, and shortly thereafter the notification will be sent to the defense counsel as well as to NACDL and the IP.12 If there is no defense attorney, steps will be taken to notify the defendant. Where error has been found, there will be several key ingredients in the letter of notification.
First, the letter will specify each of the types of error found in the case, with appropriate references to reports or transcripts. The letter will unequivocally state that because the statements by the examiner exceeded the limits of science, they were invalid.13
Second, the letter will specify that upon request of the prosecutor or court order, the FBI will conduct DNA testing on the hair samples, or, if the hair samples cannot be located, will offer DNA testing for any other biological evidence in the case, provided that the chain of custody has been maintained.14
Third, in federal cases the DOJ will specifically state that it is waiving any statute of limitations defense or procedural bars under 28 U.S.C. § 2255.15 In state cases, the DOJ will note that it is waiving those procedural obstacles in federal cases.16
First and foremost, it is imperative to understand what the review process does not include: there will be no determination of materiality whatsoever.17 Accordingly, when either existing or new counsel evaluates the significance of the error notification, the first order of business will be to determine the importance of the microscopic hair evidence under the specific facts and circumstances of the case. For individuals with active cases, especially people under a sentence of death, this may be a manageable chore for existing counsel. But for individuals whose cases were resolved years ago, and for all cases in which new counsel will have to be identified, this could be quite a herculean task.
As the project has been crafted, NACDL and the IP will continue to follow the cases after notification. In cases in which there is an existing attorney, the organizations will take steps to confirm that the lawyer has received the letter and will follow up. In other cases, the project team will endeavor to ensure that the defendant is aware of the notification and ascertain whether the individual seeks representation. In cases in which a person seeks representation, but is unable to secure such representation on his own, NACDL has pledged to seek volunteer attorneys who will be available to assist these clients. NACDL Past President Steve Benjamin stated that "NACDL needs all defense lawyers in the United States to aid in this effort to identify cases in which hair microscopy evidence was used in a conviction, regardless of whether the FBI was involved in the analysis or testimony involved in the conviction."
As to all cases, irrespective of whether the case is handled by pre-existing counsel or by new counsel, NACDL and the IP will provide resources to support the lawyers. As of the date of this writing, the two organizations are in the process of developing practice guidance memoranda and assembling lawyers to serve as resources and consultants who can be available throughout the various regions of the country to provide postconviction litigation guidance. Albeit highly ambitious, the goal will be to see that every client who may have suffered a wrongful conviction as a result of the use of this flawed evidence has the best possible chance of securing relief on the merits.
There is another class of cases, which might be quite substantial, that is not embraced by the FBI's historic review: cases in which flawed microscopic hair comparison evidence was presented by state or local examiners. Although many of these examiners may have been trained by the FBI laboratory, the review is limited to cases in which FBI examiners offered statements that exceeded the permissible limits of science. What redress will there be in these cases?
On April 11, 2013, the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB) posted an extraordinary advisory. Noting the FBI review project, ASCLD/LAB essentially called on all laboratories to review their work involving microscopic hair analysis:
It has recently been brought to ASCLD/LAB's attention that the FBI and the USDOJ are jointly in the process of reviewing pre-1999 microscopic hair comparison cases. … The purpose of this notification is not intended to highlight the events taking place in the FBI laboratory, but to raise awareness within the forensic science community and the criminal justice system that there may be a broader need for review of reports and testimony provided in microscopic hair comparisons made prior to the routine implementation of DNA technology in hair comparisons.
The ASCLD/LAB advisory went on to note that "we have an ethical obligation to 'take appropriate action if there is potential for, or there has been, a miscarriage of justice due to circumstances that have come to light, incompetent practice, or malpractice.'"
Indeed, NACDL has learned that at least one state forensic science board has taken steps in furtherance of this advice. On July 12, 2013, the Texas Forensic Science Commission took initial steps to commence a review of microscopic hair comparison analysis conducted by laboratories in Texas. It remains to be seen whether other states will undertake a similar review. Even more importantly, it remains to be seen whether and to what extent local prosecutors will follow the model set by the FBI and DOJ and similarly embrace a duty to correct.
Irrespective of how all of this unfolds, NACDL and the IP are determined to develop mechanisms to assist clients and their counsel, regardless of the source of the flawed scientific evidence. In a perfect world, funds would be available to provide every client whose case was tainted by overstated scientific conclusions or opinions with the necessary resources to mount the necessary postconviction challenge. But this is far from a perfect world. And hence, it will be up to the defense bar and the legal profession as a whole to ensure that this wrong is rectified and that fundamental rights are vindicated. This project is not only vital for dealing with the problem of flawed microscopic hair analysis evidence. It could also serve as a model for rectifying flaws that may be identified in other disciplines.
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