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I've just read this post about Panic/Recover in Go and I'm not clear on how this differs from try/catch in other mainstream languages.
I keep looking at this question trying to think of the best way to answer it. It's easiest to just point to the idiomatic uses for panic/recover as opposed to try/catch &| exceptions in other languages, or the concepts behind those idioms (which can be basically summed up as "exceptions should only occur in truly exceptional circumstances")
But as to what the actual difference is between them? I'll try to summarize as best I can.
One of the main differences compared to try/catch blocks is the way control flows. In a typical try/catch scenario, the code after the catch block will run unless it propagates the error. This is not so with panic/recover. A panic aborts the current function and begins to unwind the stack, running deferred functions (the only place recover does anything) as it encounters them.
Really I'd take that even further: panic/recover is almost nothing like try/catch in the sense that try and catch are (or at least act like) control structures, and panic/recover are not.
This really stems out of the fact that recover is built around the defer mechanism, which (as far as I can tell) is a fairly unique concept in Go.
There are certainly more, which I'll add if I can actuate my thoughts a bit better.
2Thanks, BTW,
deferis very similar to D's
scope– Motti Aug 8 '10 at 10:23
@Motti I haven't really taken a close look @ D, I'll have to check that out. – cthom06 Aug 9 '10 at 11:31
deferis relatively unique to Go in the way that there is a keyword, but it just stems from the idea of doing useful things in stack unwinding. I'll freely admit I LOVE the idea that exceptions should not be used as much as they are today. – Matthieu M. Sep 13 '10 at 12:45
1Here is my take: panic is loosely analogous to throw. And a defer with a recover statement is loosely analogous to catch. The closest analog for a try block is the body of the current function. – Aneil Mallavarapu Feb 13 '14 at 21:53
Another language to check out is Factor, which has a with-destructors form: docs.factorcode.org/content/… - Rather than deferring a function, you defer disposal of disposable objects, but it's the same idea. – Brandon Bloom Oct 8 '14 at 4:55
Panic/Recover are function scoped. It's like saying that you're only allowed one try/catch block in each function and the try has to cover the whole function. This makes it really annoying to use Panic/Recover in the same way that java/python/c# etc. use exceptions. This is intentional. This also encourages people to use Panic/Recover in the way that it was designed to be used. You're supposed to recover() from a panic() and then return an error value to the caller.
defer is a mechanism not only for handling errors but also for doing a comfortable and controlled cleanup. Now panic works like raise() in other languages. With the help of the function recover() you've got the chance to catch this panic while it goes up the call stack. This way it's almost similar to try/catch. But while the latter works on blocks panic/recover works on function level.
Rob Pike about the reason for this solution: "We don't want to encourage the conflation of errors and exceptions that occur in languages such as Java.". Instead of having a large number of different exceptions with an even larger number of usages one should do everything to avoid runtime errors, deliver proper error return values after determination and use panic/recover only if there's no other way.
I think we all agree that
panic is
recover is
catch, and
defer is
The big difference seems that
recover goes inside
defer. Going back to traditional terms, it lets you decide exactly at which point of your
finally you want to bother
catching anything, or not at all.
I think the Panic is the same as throw,Recover is the same as catch. The difference is at defer. At the begin, I think defer is the same as finally,but later, I find defer is more flexible than finally. defer can be place at any scope of your function and remember the value of parameter at that moment and also can change the returned return value,the the panic can be at any where after defer. but because the missing of block of try, we can't process the "exception" unless the whole function returned. I don't think this is a disadvantage,maybe GO want to make your method only do one thing, any exception should make this thing can't go on. and since panic must after defer, it make you must process its "exception" before use it.
this is just understanding of myself .


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He is now resting with his mother, 20-year-old Trinidad Sosa, at White Memorial Hospital in Boyle Heights.
Shortly after 1 a.m. Wednesday, Sosa was woken up by strong contractions. Within minutes she and the baby's father were out the door and in the car.
"I was telling him to hurry up and get to the hospital. He didn't know which hospital. I told him to go to the nearest one. I told him to just get to the hospital," said Sosa.
But the car ride only seemed to speed up the contractions. Only ten minutes had passed and Sosa knew the baby was ready to come out.
The family pulled over into a parking lot at Olympic and Soto in Boyle Heights and called 911. The paramedics rushed to the scene, but the baby didn't want to wait for them. The little boy was ready and started coming out.
"I was getting more contractions and I was already in a lot of pain. I was pushing and I could feel the head," said Sosa.
Emergency operators told the dad, 24-year-old Roman Alashon, what to do. While she pushed through the contractions, he was able to deliver the baby.
"He got on his knees pulled my pants down and grabbed the baby," said Sosa.
Paramedics arrived on the scene five minutes later. Sosa estimates that her entire delivery lasted just 15 minutes.
This is Trinidad Sosa's second child. Her first child was late and she had to be induced.

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Discovery's 'Top 10 Volcanoes in Geologic History' 27 March 2009Posted by admin in miscellaneous, volcanoes.
Tags: Discovery Channel, top ten, volcanoes
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Of the making of top tens of things, there is no end. The Discovery Channel has published a 'Top 10 Volcanoes in Geologic History' list which is inevitably a pretty arbitrary exercise, but it is worth looking at, if only so you can argue with what's been put in and what's been left out. There are certainly some interesting inclusions … you can leave a comment expressing your views by going to the Discovery Earth blog.
UPDATE: Dr Erik Klemetti has seen the Discovery Channel list and is not impressed, not impressed at all. And he's even less impressed by MSNBC's attempt to explain 'how and where volcanoes arise'.


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House Restores
Clinton Arsenic Standards, Denies EPA Enforcement Budget
Friday's House of Representatives vote blocking the Bush administration's effort to delay and weaken the standard for arsenic in drinking water was a landmark vote for water protection, but this victory for the environment and public health was tarnished by the House's subsequent vote refusing to restore funds for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enforce laws. On a 218 to 189 vote, the Members approved an amendment to prevent the EPA from spending funds to weaken arsenic standards. However, by 182 to 214, the Representatives voted down an attempt to restore $25 million to EPA's enforcement and compliance budget.
"Today's arsenic vote sends a clear, bipartisan message to President Bush: The American public doesn't want people messing around with their drinking water and environment," said NRDC Senior Attorney Erik Olson. "The Republican-controlled House's clear rejection of the special interest-driven effort to gut the arsenic standard is an important landmark. We hope that the Senate quickly follows suit, so we can put the dark days of anti-scientific and anti-public health backroom deals on arsenic behind us.
Joining the Democrats to pull out a win on the arsenic standards, were the following 19 Republicans: Castle, English, Ferguson, Frelinghuysen, Ganske, Gilman, Hart, Johnson (CT), Kelly, Kirk, Leach, LoBiondo, Morella, Ramstad, Saxton, Scarborough, Shays, Simmons, and Smith (NJ).
On March 20, 2001, President Bush suspended the revised arsenic standard for drinking water that would have protected more than 12 million Americans currently drinking water that contains unsafe levels of arsenic. The amendment introduced by Reps. David Bonior (D-MI) and Henry Waxman (D-CA) protects public health by prohibiting the EPA from using funds to delay or weaken its January 2001 arsenic standard of 10 parts per billion, the same standard adopted by the World Health Organization, European Union, and many developed and developing nations around the world. According to the National Academy of Sciences, long-term exposure to low concentrations of arsenic in drinking water can lead to skin, bladder, lung, and prostate cancer. Non-cancer effects of ingesting arsenic at low levels include cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and anemia, as well as reproductive and developmental, immunological, and neurological effects.
Despite the good news,
environmentalists were still disappointed that EPA's enforcement was not
restored. "The House missed the opportunity to protect Americans
from President Bush's irresponsible cuts to the EPA but stepped up to
the plate to get cancer-causing arsenic out of our drinking water,"
said Carl Pope, Executive Director of the Sierra Club. "Because air
and water pollution don't recognize state boundaries, the EPA must enforce
tough federal environmental laws that set a level playing field for the
whole country. Bush's budget takes the federal "cop off the beat,"
and instead relies on a patchwork quilt of state agencies with mixed records
on protecting families from pollution."


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In order to obtain MCSE (Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert) SharePoint 2013, you will need to earn the MCSA (Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate): Office 365 certification as a pre-requisite. The fastest way is to start with MCSA Office 365 by taking and passing exams 346 and 347.
Then after getting MCSA, you can take two more exams 331 and 332 and if you pass both exams, you will obtain MCSE SharePoint 2013.
Below are some study tips to help students who are studying for 70-346 to pass the exam:
Step 1 – Join a Study Group in Your MS Certification
Step 2 – Purchase an Exam Book
- Visit Microsoft Press Store
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September sitting
GAMSAT September 2020
The GAMSAT September 2020 sitting will be held on Wednesday 9 September 2020.
For a list of test centres where the test is offered in September 2020, please go to Test centres.
Registrations for the September 2020 sitting will open shortly. Before registering candidates must read the GAMSAT Information Booklet.
The fee to sit GAMSAT in September 2020 is $510 (including GST) in Australia, €338 in Ireland or £265 in the UK. The registration fee includes a copy of the online Practice Questions e-book.
Registrations will close at 1pm British Summer Time (BST)/10pm Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) on Monday 20 July 2020.
Late registrations will be accepted until 1pm BST/10pm AEST on Thursday 30 July 2020. An additional late fee of $100 (including GST) in Australia, €70 in Ireland or £60 in the UK applies for late registrations.
All fees will be charged in Australian dollars for candidates sitting GAMSAT outside of Ireland and the UK.
Under no circumstances will further registrations be accepted after 1pm BST/10pm AEST on Thursday 30 July 2020.
Payment must be submitted online by credit card (MasterCard, Visa). The online payment option operates through ACER's e-commerce facility via the ACER website. Credit card details are not recorded or stored by ACER but are encrypted at point of capture and transmitted directly to the bank, without entering ACER information systems.
Candidates will receive a payment confirmation/tax invoice by email once the payment transaction is completed. The credit card statement may list ACER as the recipient, and a specific reference to GAMSAT may not be mentioned. If the amount charged to the credit card provided to complete the registration is wrongfully disputed, the registration may be cancelled, results may be withheld or the candidate may be blocked from taking further ACER administered tests.


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A band only started in 2012 by two friends from University, Martin Roberts and Lee Tyler have created a promising stir in the London area. A blend of Indie-dance, post rock and piercing electronic beats have been given a big thumbs up by the fans. Their sound has been compared to Friendly Fires and the Pet Shop Boys; however they are just making what they enjoy.
Their four-track EP is soon to be released, as well as their debut album which will follow later this year. With tracks like 'Echoes' and 'Walls' bringing an intense dance- post rock feel, and 'Disappear With The Night' showing their electronic roots; Aelius are set to leave their mark in 2014.
Contactmusic: How are you?
Martin Roberts: Yeah, I'm very well thank you.
CM: Tell us how Aelius came about?
Martin: It was about a year and a half ago. Me and Lee are old friends from University, we just got together one day and started making some music, and we just kind of wanted to make music for ourselves if that makes sense, so not to really please anyone else, and then it just went from there. We got our drummer and guitarist in board, and it just transpired from there.
CM: Have Aelius got a new EP coming out?
Martin: Yes we do, it is coming out on the 17th March 2014 and that's our debut EP which has taken a one and a half years to make, just due to how pedantic we are about how things sound. It's a four-track EP and 'Echoes' is the lead single which we have just shot the video for.
CM: Wow, 2014 is going to be a busy year then.
Martin: It already has been, it's been mad and we're not even through the first month.
CM: Do you and Lee both sit down together and write material or do you do things individually?
Martin: Yeah, how it usually works is Lee and I go to the studio and get some bare bones to a track. We play some very basic drum beats and put some bass over it and then do some vocals. Then we get Hugo (The Drummer) to come in and do his thing, and then we'll get Ian in who's the guitarist and he will just make it what it is. It's quite funny because when we first started, it really was just me and Lee and it was really was very electronic, and you can really hear that on 'No Way Out' which is one of the tracks on the EP. It was the first track we wrote as Aelius and is purely electronic. Then we got Hugo and Lanc on board, sorry Ian and then it became more of what it is now. 'Echoes' is totally different to 'No Way Out', and with our EP we wanted to give a small snippet of what we go for, as you have 'Echoes' which is on the post-rock sort of feel, and 'No Way Out' which is totally electronic. Then you have 'Walls' which is completely different to the two. 'Disappear With The Night' is a little bit more soundscape and is almost a cinematic type of thing. All is done from in house, so it starts with me and Lee and then we go from there.
CM: So the band has full control over the production and the sound you want?
Martin: Yes indeed, it's completely us from mixing to recording vocals and instruments and then mastering the sound; it's us who control that aspect. I think it would be really weird for us if we didn't have control. I think if you come from a band-background, and you are all writing it can be kind of easy to get someone else to mix the songs. But with us and our background of producing and writing, it kind of makes you a little protective over everything; and of course nothing is ever finished and mixing takes forever.
CM: Having done it all yourselves, how was the production process on the EP?
Martin: The process has been a mixture of everything, it has been difficult, annoying and frustrating at times, but of course it has also been enjoyable as we would not have been doing it if wasn't. It's been a complete mixture of emotions, and that's what makes it so great. We just want to have fun, and we hope that it shows in the music, and really that's what music is all about because music is one of my biggest passions and it can take you on so many journeys, and that is exactly what our album is going to be. It's not twelve individual tracks, it is an emotional journey from start to finish. One minute you can be dancing to 'Walls' and then you are down and you have this soundscapie thing. One track nicely flowed into another. Whenever I listen to that feature on an album, it makes me appreciate it even more; the new Daft Punk album is a perfect example of that, the transitions are great. I believe this is really missed these days, back in the day it was all about making an album that flowed, Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon'. well that speaks for itself, it's a perfect flow and yet is an album of perfect individual songs.
CM: Which albums were you listening to whilst writing the EP or albums?
Martin: 'Hurry Up We're Dreaming' by M83 was a big influence as well as their back catalogue, and it even inspired us to do Aelius. We were both listening to dance albums, and then we came across this together, and kind of opened our eyes to what we could do. The Foals track 'Spanish Sahara' is one of my favourite tracks, and that can be seen in 'Echoes'. Pink Floyd and Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds is where we take a lot of our sound sources. We kind of see Aelius as an amalgamation of what we listen to in our private time.
CM: Right now, which Aelius track is your personal favourite?
Martin: It's probably one of the ones from our album called 'Young Hearts, Fragile Minds'. It's probably going to be our album opener; it's a favourite and that's and that's really down to how the track came about. We were doing a session with Ian, we were recording guitars for 'Echoes', and we left the tape rolling, and he played this little riff. The song was written in four hours. Again it's really soundscapie, and then it just hits you. It just shows everything that we are as a band; it's strong and showcases us. Aside from that 'Echoes' is one of our strongest, but at the time of writing it we just thought it was an album filler. Then it got played on Eddy Temple-Morris' XFM show last year and it just escalated; and now we are here and it's really weird.
CM: You mentioned shooting your first video, how was that?
Martin: Yeah that's just happened three days ago actually, the experience was really cool.It was absolutely freezing. We hired out this venue in Brockley which is an old ball-room that many big bands have played. I think Kings of Leon played there and it was a really cool place. It's got the big chandelier and cliché things. We walked in and saw the owner, he said he had just put the heating on so should warm up.but it didn't. Yeah, totally freezing and yet fantastic working with the guys who are as passionate as we are to do what we do, and that really helps to work with people who love to do what they are doing. I think a lot of times in life, people don't always do what they want to do and this was refreshing.
CM: What was your favourite album when you were growing up?
Martin: Ahh, that's a really good question. When I was growing up, I was always listening to Michael Jackson's 'Bad', that was my favourite album then and now; it's timeless. When we were both growing up, we were heavily into the Garage scene, but 'Bad' is still there.
CM: Is Aelius planning a tour in the future?
Martin: We have some ideas, but nothing set in stone just yet. We are planning an EP launch party and maybe a little tour around that but nothing has been confirmed yet so watch this space I guess.
CM: Other than your EP and album coming out this year, what else can we expect to see this year?
Martin: I think for us it's about getting out and playing live more, as our sets are quite complex and we've had to pick and choose the venues. It's not the kind of set where you can go to your local pub. So last year we played Bar Fly and the Garage in November; but for now it's about getting out there and showing people what we can do. Hopefully you will see a lot more of us.Hopefully. I've been into theatrics from an early age, and have just got back from touring with a German band called 'Schiller' for two months playing keys for them. So I'm kind of used to performance, I think Lee is the same and he's enjoying singing live in front of people same as Hugo and Ian. As with playing live you get all the nerves, that when you step on stage turn to adrenaline and that just fuels our shows. I think the day I don't get nervous is the day I should stop. Playing live is so important because it bonds us together, as we may not have met otherwise.
CM: Thank you for taking the time to talk to us today Martin
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Aelius Facebook Page - http://www.facebook.com/WeAreAelius
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Nature-inspired songs we just can't get enough of.
Artists are coming up with different ways to entertain and help out this year.
Put these British films about music at the top of your watch list.
The Mifo O5 PROs are some of the most durable wireless earbuds on the market and we can't recommend them enough.
These songs were written for times like these.
Live musicians take a financial hit during the worst health crisis of a generation.


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The police had a nose around Samsung's South Korean offices yesterday after one of LG's partners was accused of leaking OLED secrets to the company's nemesis.
A Samsung spokesperson confirmed to Bloomberg that the police are involved in a long-running investigation over possible tech theft that has been bubbling away since last year.
Samsung's on the defensive and is, frankly, a little insulted, claiming that it wouldn't want to steal LG's sub-par OLED tech anyway:
"We have no reason to steal other companies' technology, as we have the world's best OLED technology," Samsung's Jun Eun Sun said.
Get me the mayor
While LG says this latest allegation is one the police have come up with on their own. Son Young Jun from LG Display explained, "The latest investigation is related to large-sized OLED TV panel technology, but the police have made the allegation themselves."
What we want to know is who's the femme fatale in this technological noir - the technological go-between? The police chief? A mystery red-head smouldering in the shadows on the periphery of our vision?
Can't wait for the movie.


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Atypical eating disorders refer to any unusual eating that does not fit into a specific diagnostic category. An example of this can include only eating very specific food groups or only at certain times. More examples of atypical eating disorders are provided below. Sometimes unusual eating behaviours may fit an alternative diagnostic criteria (e.g. obsessive compulsive disorder or food phobia). However, if no specific diagnostic criteria are met, clinicians often refer to 'disordered eating, 'atypical eating disorder' or 'eating disorder not otherwise specified'.
Examples of disordered eating that may not fit into a specific diagnostic category may include:
Atypical eating disorders, as with all eating disorders, do not have a single known cause. Often there may be certain events in a persons past that have contributed to a fear of certain foods or food types. A person may be using their eating disorder to address or help them to cope with underlying emotional distress. Occasionally a phobic fear may develop around certain food types or eating scenarios due to unrealistic beliefs about feared consequences. The aim of undertaking an initial assessment of your eating difficulties will be to explore the factors that are likely to be contributing to your eating habits.
CBT is the current leading treatment for anorexia, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder and body image diffculties (NICE Guidelines, 2004), as such it is usually also recommended for atypical eating disorders. CBT focuses on your thinking (cognitions), your behaviours (what you do in response to certain thoughts), and your emotions (how you feel in response to certain thoughts). People can often recognise patterns in their thinking (e.g. I am not good enough, people dont like me, I need to be thinner to be successful). These thoughts result in familiar emotions and behaviours that often involve manipulation of food or eating. CBT helps individuals to recognise their unhelpful or negative thinking, see the patterns in their behaviours and develop healthy strategies and skills to challenge or cope with their unhelpful thoughts. CBT is a structured skills based therapy that is most suitable for people who want to be guided by their therapist to find new ways of coping.
Often people with Atypical eating habits can be supported to follow a healthier eating plan developed in collaboration with a nutritional counsellor that will help them to break previous habits. This can be done in conjunction with psychological input or with a series of dietetic consultations alone.
Where atypical eating habits are a result of a food phobia, or are present due to feared consequences of eating in a different way, individuals can be helped with the support of a psychologist to gradually change their eating techniques in order to evaluate the accuracy of feared consequences. This can usually be done in just a few sessions, freeing individuals quickly from the rigidity of their previous eating habits.


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I do now
You're so powerful, people are starting to tell Benny Friedman that he looks like you
Submit the form first.If they are legit older accounts that were all used beforehand you can email me.
They will tell you the results.
Biggest traffic sources of the story are all in German now.Judging from the comments they're far more pro-consumer than the US blogs.http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/gadgets/google-handy-digitale-todesstrafe-fuer-pixel-weiterverkaeufer-a-1121955.html
is a pixel from verizon allowed to be sold?
Anyone else still locked out of accounts?
How old is the account?
Anyone else still locked out of accounts?


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Charles Saatchi has accused his ex-wife, the celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, with whom he split not-so-amicably earlier this year, of a daily cocaine, marijuana and prescription drug habit, according to Canada's National Post.
The accusations were made at the trial of Francesca and Elisabetta Grillo, two former assistants to the couple who are accused of stealing almost half a million dollars from them. Mr. Saatchi claimed Ms. Lawson allowed them to do this in return for turning a blind eye to her drug habit.
Read more here.


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The party yesterday was to celebrate the 70th birthdays of my sister and her husband (B and C) and to combine it with their 46th wedding anniversary. I knew it would be a good party because it has been planned for a long time, but I didn't expect so much. My eldest son and family were staying with me and we had an early light lunch (just to keep the children going) before setting out on the 15 minute drive, in pouring rain, where we were due for Champagne and Canapés at 2.30pm. This was followed by the meal at 4.00pm and when that finished there was a disco until the band started. As usual all the oldies got up to disco away to the Rolling Stones, ABBA etc and all the little girls were there with Grannys, Grandads and Great Aunts and a few Mums and Dads dancing away as well. Great fun and the littlies were so sweet showing off their ballet moves!!
But the highlight of the evening was the live band put together by Trevor Barry, who is a friend of B and C, and they did a set for about an hour and a half. There were some well known session musicians there, but I can't remember who they all were, though Jamiroquai and Elton John were mentioned in hushed tones!! A one-off band formed for this special session, complete with a brilliant singer.
My niece decided to take advantage of the marquee and today baby Will was christened, so we were back again at 10.30am for brunch followed by the church service and it was a lovely and very personal service in the village church. Instead of christening cake we had these beauties made by Lizzie Loves Cakes and the children loved them, and so did the adults as well!!
|I had a pig!!


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Welcome Exchange ATM
Hello, all collectors from world wide. Welcome to my mini-world of ATMs. Inside this site, you can find some ATM used covers and ATM stamps that I collected, even some articles I studied. Surely not all the articles are correct, that I hope you feedback your rich knowledge to correct my words. Belive this field will benefit all explorers, and attract more friend into ATM world.
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Friday, March 25, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Stampex 2011 London
Above R-FDC has complete set affixed.
Thanks Haag!
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Same Day Service
South Africa adjust the postage tariff since 14th Aug. 1986, changed again till 1st April 1987. In the period, Inland letter's tariff is 0.14. Above FDC is certificate mail, tariff is 0.44, arrived on second day.
Registered letter tariff is 0.79, arrived on second day.
Same Day Service letter tariff is 5.00, arrived on second day. The postage is very expensive, but has no tracking number, and not faster than register or certificate mail. I suppose this service is just for those mail urgent, but not important.
Label: South Africa
Monday, March 14, 2011
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Man and Wife - Cow Eye
Thanks Kjell!
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Postage Due
Singapore Post imprint blue 'Postage Due' on ATM as postage due stamp because 2 cents postage due stamp is shortage.
Above is booklet of PC show letter, but the sender did not affix any stamp on it. Postman affix 3 postage due stamps on it, but receiver refused it.
Thanks Leung!
Friday, March 11, 2011
Bund ATM
Thanks Kjell!
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Stockholmia GPO
The print of value is very slight.
Thanks Kjell!
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
Wäinö Aaltonen
Finland Spira ATM sent to Sweden, with machine cancel. The additional adv. mark is about
Wäinö Aaltonen, the Finnish artist and sculptor (1896-1966).
Wäinö Aaltonen Museum open for special show during 25th Jan.- 17th Apri. 1994
Thanks Kjell!
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Monday, March 07, 2011
Bonn Post Tower
Thanks Guenther!
Friday, March 04, 2011
pteromys volans
Thursday, March 03, 2011
Federico Garcia Lorca
The ATM was issued on Oct. 1998, sent on April 23th 1999.
Thanks Kjell!
The ATM was issued on Oct. 1998, sent on April 23th 1999.
Thanks Kjell!
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Iceland post horn
ICE first ATM was sent on May 11th 1985 from its capital. The machine number is 01, and there are post horn both left and right of value.
Thanks Kjell!
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Well there was some of that. But what I really was, was negligent. So consider this, a catch-up blog post after all that time that will start, I think, with a link to Lovecraft After Dark, that time that Leeman invited me to talk about modernity:
We talked a fair bit about my 2017 novel VOLK: A Novel of Radiant Abomination, and the book to which it is a sequel, EUTOPIA: A Novel of Terrible Optimism. In the last post, I pointed to a couple of reviews of VOLK, and here's one more, that came out in July from Cemetery Dance.
Reviewer Chris Hallock is very kind indeed. Here is a pull-quote:
"Nickle has carved a path for himself as a pre-eminent author of speculative fiction. He covers a vast literary cross-section, but does so free of clutter. While this work is certainly a political treatise against oppressive entities and their dreadful acts, Nickle never loses sight of the dark poetry inherent in the genre, nor does he overlook simply spinning a good yarn."You can read the whole thing at Cemetery Dance Online, with a click right here.
I have, in the mean time, been at work on some only-tangientally-literary artwork, in preparation for what I hope will be a very fine surprise in 2019.
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I have a few new things coming out. "The Toy Mill," my very old story co-written with Karl Schroeder, is set to be reprinted in ChiZine's The War on Christmas anthology of twisted Christmas stories. This isn't the first time that "The Toy Mill" has been reprinted but it's the first time that it's illustrated, by me. Here is the first illustration (which will more than likely be printed in black and white but I present here in living colour).
And later this summer, my story "On A Wooden Plate, On A Winter's Night" will appear in Eric J. Guignard's internationalist horror anthology, A World of Horror. I am very excited about this one: the anthology assembles horror storytellers from around the world; my story is representing Canada. Check it out, right here.
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New York Times bestselling authors Angela Graham and S.E. Hall have teamed up again to bring you a full-length, steamy new romance.
Echo Kelly is loyal to her studies, family, and aerial artistry. She has no time for or interest in anything else, and is heartbroken when her oldest brother, Sebastian, gets accepted to a study-abroad program— exchanging places with cocky, not-at-all-shy foreign exchange student Kingston Hawthorne.
Kingston Hawthorne had the life every twenty-year-old guy dreams of— endless cash, easy women, and fast cars— until his father ripped it all away, shipping him off to the States and placing him temptingly close to the underage virgin who fascinates him in the most challenging of ways.
With Kingston's bedroom just a connecting bathroom away from Echo's, the chemistry between them is even more enticing than the notes he leaves for her on the shower door.
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Number of Web Users Rises in China
The numbers of people in China who use the internet has reached five hundred thirteen million users as many go online using tablet computers and their mobile phones. In China, the communist government tries to block internet access for the people to any material that they feel are subversive or pornographic. The government does encourage them to use the internet if it is for education or business.
Because the internet is so popular in China, it has caused an explosive growth of Web companies that are profitable. The internet has also made some Chine entrepreneurs fortune even though the government has control of what the public can view while they are online. In December the number of people who used mainland internet rose twelve percent, up from the same time a year ago. In addition, the number that is accessing the internet by using any handheld device increased seventeen point five percent from last year putting the number at three hundred fifty-six million users.
On Friday, how popular the wireless internet is in China was seen when the people there, including scalpers, were scrambling to purchase the latest iPhone from Apple, Inc, iPhone 4S. It was sold out within minutes. Because of the large crowd outside the store that were waiting to purchase the iPhone, at its mainland store, Apple has postponed further sales but the can be found through the local carrier and online.


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Frans Baleni sent me a text message, back when he was still general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers. Four people had already been killed as thousands of rock drill operators went on strike, demanding R12,500 a month. The deaths were blamed on union rivalry, NUM versus the rising Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union. It followed another bloody strike, months earlier at Impala Platinum.
"Daluvuyo Bongo," Baleni responded to my request for a NUM contact in Marikana; he included the branch chairperson's phone number.
It was 13 August 2012 and Bongo had fled with about a dozen NUM members to a hotel on the edge of Rustenburg. They sat on the grass in the sun, some still in their overalls, as though on a break before starting a shift. Bongo suspected he might be killed.
They have to return to work, he said, despite saying the striking mineworkers were going door-to-door looking for prominent NUM members, targeting them and their families. Bongo was killed in the aftermath of the 16 August massacre, his predictions becoming a violent reality.
When we met, I didn't know NUM members, and Bongo himself, had escalated tensions during the strike through arming loyal unionists to defend NUM's Lonmin office and shooting at the rock drill operators, wounding two strikers as they marched on 11 August 2012. I didn't anticipate that he and so many others would die.
As the sun set over Lonmin's platinum operations, I arrived in Marikana that afternoon and stumbled upon what I later realised was called the "JOC", the Joint Operations Centre the police and mine security had established to deal with the strike. Security and the SAPS were rushing in all directions, heavily armed. There were two choppers in an adjacent field, the provincial and national police commissioners having flown in.
A SAPS officer said I could go to see the striking mineworkers if I was willing to be cut into to pieces. Lonmin security officials said it was too dangerous. Those at the JOC were reeling after two cops had just been hacked to death. Three strikers were killed in the encounter. It got dark and I left to file the story in Joburg, still stuck on issues of union rivalry. On the way out of the mine, I got lost in Lonmin's network of roads that connect shaft to shaft, shaft to hostel.
The next day I flew overseas and read about the massacre through wire stories in the international sections of foreign papers. When 34 people were killed on 16 August, we were still naïve. The police deceived the public and the media bought it before Daily Maverick's Greg Marinovich reported the story, not of charging muti-crazed mineworkers, but of cops who had pursued and killed people in cold blood.
Today, four years on, we know so much more about both the 10 killings in the days proceeding the massacre and the 34 killings on 16 August. Not all is known, but anyone with access to Google can find out intricate details about each death and arguments from the sides of the company, police, strikers, unions or government. So why does it feel like we're still as lost as I was on those Lonmin roads in 2012? I now know the route, know so much more about what happened, but still feel overwhelmed, numbed by years of outrage.
There have been numerous books published on Marikana. Documentaries too. We've followed a commission of inquiry that lasted two years and published its findings. Arguments and blame have come from all corners. The story has even been turned into a musical. Eventually, even journalists did some good work.
We know the strikers killed non-striking workers, as well as security guards and police officers in the days leading to 16 August. We know how Lonmin, the police, government and the NUM influenced the classification of the strike, to change it from a labour issue to a policing priority. We know that on 16 August the police plan was insufficient, against standing orders – frankly, a joke – some would say destined for death. And we know police officers were found to have killed people without justification. The Marikana Commission of Inquiry, despite its flaws, made wide recommendations for killers, across the board, to be investigated and potentially charged by the National Prosecuting Authority.
We also know the killings tore breadwinners from families, leaving widows and orphans, parents without sons, wives without husbands, children without fathers, and dependants without providers.
Lonmin has given widows jobs and is providing for the orphans' education. The industry says it has learnt a lesson and needs to transform. Striking mineworkers were charged for both the killing of non-striking workers and their own comrades, which was more a knee-jerk response of a vindictive state than a pursuit of justice. Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega has faced her own inquiry for her role at Marikana and at the inquiry (the finalisation of her inquiry appears to be delayed). The state has entered into compensation talks with the families of the deceased and the injured and arrested mineworkers. There have been rumours the NPA will actually charge the police involved in unjustified killings, but no charges as yet have been laid against a single officer.
We know so much more about Marikana, so much more than when it occurred, but it still feels like we're lost in the dark. There are 44 souls hovering over that part of the platinum belt, plus those, like Bongo, who lost their lives in the aftermath. A massacre occurred without consequence. We've flipped the calendar for four years and it's time the knowledge amassed must be used for healing. Charges need to be laid. Compensation must be finalised. Massacres must have consequences. DM
Photo: Strike leaders gather on a hill called Wonderkop at Marikana, August 15, 2012. Photo by Greg Marinovich
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Japan to sign South Korea military agreement in light of North's aggressions
Koro Bessho, the Japanese ambassador to Seoul, revealed on Wednesday that Japan is ready to sign a bilateral military intelligence agreement with South Korea "at any time". The ambassador is urging the South Korean government to sign the pact to improve both countries' security measures in light of the increasingly warlike threats coming from North Korea.
"Japan is willing to sign the military intelligence-sharing pact with South Korea at any time," Bessho said during a press conference in Seoul, adding that the pact is sure to be "mutually beneficial to both South Korea and Japan." Bessho said that North Korea's threats should convince Seoul that there is a need for closer coordination between allies Japan, South Korea, and the United States. "While the South Korea-U.S. alliance and the Japan-U.S. alliance are solid, a defense cooperation between South Korea and Japan is still vulnerable," Bessho said. The ambassador also pointed out that if ever a shooting war breaks out in the Korean peninsula, Japan could be of service to both Korean and U.S. forces. The U.S. has 28,500 troops in South Korea and about 50,000 American troops in Japan. "In case of emergency, most U.S. military personnel and assets should be en route to Japan to go to the Korean Peninsula," he said. "I think Japan's Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. 7th Fleet would work together to secure sea routes."
The signing of the intelligence-sharing treaty was postponed last July as the South Koreans showed discontent towards the agreement. "Although it is a sensitive issue, I hope the two nations to forge a close cooperation in the field of defense," the Japanese ambassador said. If the treaty is signed, it will be the first-ever military pact between the two disputing nations. Bessho admitted that because of historical and territorial issues, there is "no simple solution" to improving relations between South Korea and Japan. Foremost on the list of these will be the Takeshima/Dokdo islands dispute, a territory that lies closer to South Korea but is also claimed by Japan. South Korea administers the territory, keeping a police force on the islets.
N.Korea Triggers Nuclear Arms Race in Northeast Asia
The U.S. Defense Department plans to assess the strategic value of deploying additional conventional and nuclear weapons to the West Pacific to submit a report to Congress in June as required under the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2013. The west Pacific region covers South Korea, Japan and Guam.
Section 1046 of the act stipulates that the defense secretary in consultation with the secretary of state is to report on the issue "to ensure the presence" in the West Pacific "of a robust conventional and nuclear capability, including a forward-deployed nuclear capability... in response to the ballistic missile and nuclear weapons developments of North Korea and the other belligerent actions North Korea has made against allies" of the U.S.
It in short pressures the Obama administration to respond in kind to North Korea's growing nuclear threat.
The U.S. had deployed so-called tactical nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula since the late 1950s but pulled them all out following the 1992 Joint Declaration on the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. "Tactical" nuclear weapons refer to bombs with destructive capabilities ranging between 0.1 and several hundred kilotons of TNT to destroy enemy weapons, military positions and armed forces within reachable areas, while bigger "strategic" nuclear bombs can decimate entire cities.
Rep. Trent Franks, who spearheaded the legislation, plans to hold a congressional hearing once the Pentagon submits its report.
The U.S. agreed with the former Soviet Union in 1991 to reduce the number of nuclear weapons, and the Obama administration's top international priority is to stem the spread of nuclear weapons. It is therefore unclear whether tactical nuclear weapons will really be redeployed on the Korean Peninsula.
Since its third nuclear test in February, North Korea has threatened to launch nuclear attacks against South Korea and the U.S. It has even devised a law legitimizing its use of nuclear weapons. These threats have played into the hands of Japanese attempts to bolster its military and raised calls within South Korea for Seoul to acquire its own nuclear weapons. North Korea's belligerence is threatening Northeast Asia into a nuclear tinderbox.
US intercepts 'ricin' letter to Obama
A letter addressed to US President Barack Obama containing a "suspicious substance" has been intercepted.
Initial tests on the letter, identified at a remote facility, showed the presence of the lethal toxin ricin.
The letter, which arrived at the facility on 16 April, is related to another laced with ricin intended for a US senator, the FBI said.
Meanwhile, US Capitol Police are questioning a suspect in connection with the tainted letters, reports say.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said the letters addressed to the president and Republican Senator Roger Wicker were both were postmarked Memphis, Tennessee and dated 8 April.
The contents of the letter intended for President Obama are being sent to an accredited laboratory for further analysis, the FBI said, with results expected in 24 to 48 hours.
While there is a heightened sense of alert in the capital after Monday's deadly bomb attacks at the Boston marathon, the FBI said there was "no indication of a connection".
All congressional mail has been sorted and tested off-site since letters laced with anthrax were posted to two senators in 2001.
A spokesman for the Secret Service, which protects the US president and his family, said it was liaising with the US Capitol Police and the FBI to trace the origins of the letters.
Ricin, extracted from castor beans, is 1,000 times more toxic than cyanide.
It can be fatal when inhaled, swallowed or injected, although it is possible to recover from exposure.
Envelope Sent To Senator's Office Tests Positive For Ricin Poison
CNN is reporting that an envelope sent to the office of Senator Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi) has tested positive for a poison called ricin, a highly toxic white, protein powder derived from castor beans.
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An envelope that tested positive for the deadly poison ricin was intercepted Tuesday afternoon at the U.S. Capitol's off-site mail facility in Washington, congressional and law enforcement sources tell CNN.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he was told the letter was addressed to the office of Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi. After the envelope tested positive in a first routine test, it was retested two more times, each time coming up positive, the law enforcement source said. The package was then sent to a Maryland lab for further testing.
Senators were briefed on the matter Tuesday evening and told the congressional post offices would be temporarily shut down.
"It was caught in the screening facility. That's why we have an off-site screening facility for mail," said Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri.
Further in the article, ricin is linked to "suspect extremists:"
It can be produced easily and cheaply, and authorities in several countries have investigated links between suspect extremists and ricin. But experts say it is more effective on individuals than as a weapon of mass destruction.
According to the CDC, the inhalation of ricin can cause cough and respiratory distress and can lead to "pulmonary edema, respiratory failure, and multi-system organ dysfunction."
Ricin was also the poison used in 1978 to assassinate Georgi Markov, Bulgarian author and dissident writer.
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An envelope that tested positive for the deadly poison ricin was intercepted Tuesday afternoon at the U.S. Capitol's off-site mail facility in Washington, congressional and law enforcement sources tell CNN.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he was told the letter was addressed to the office of Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi. After the envelope tested positive in a first routine test, it was retested two more times, each time coming up positive, the law enforcement source said. The package was then sent to a Maryland lab for further testing.
Senators were briefed on the matter Tuesday evening and told the congressional post offices would be temporarily shut down.
"It was caught in the screening facility. That's why we have an off-site screening facility for mail," said Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri.
Further in the article, ricin is linked to "suspect extremists:"
It can be produced easily and cheaply, and authorities in several countries have investigated links between suspect extremists and ricin. But experts say it is more effective on individuals than as a weapon of mass destruction.
According to the CDC, the inhalation of ricin can cause cough and respiratory distress and can lead to "pulmonary edema, respiratory failure, and multi-system organ dysfunction."
Ricin was also the poison used in 1978 to assassinate Georgi Markov, Bulgarian author and dissident writer.
Iran triples nuke technology
Diplomats say Iran has tripled installations of high-tech machines at its main enrichment facility to more than 600 in three months — machines that could be used in a nuclear weapons program.
They say the machines are not yet producing enriched uranium and some may be only partially installed. Still the move is the latest sign that 10 years of diplomatic efforts have failed to persuade Tehran to curb its uranium enrichment program.
It also suggests that Iran possesses the technology and the raw materials to mass-produce centrifuges that can enrich much faster than its present centrifuges.
Tehran says it is enriching uranium only for nuclear energy, not weapons.
The two diplomats demanded anonymity Wednesday because they are not authorized to disclose their knowledge of International Atomic Energy Agency inspections.
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People Running To Buy Gold Bullion
There are reports of very strong demand for coins and bars from buyers internationally who believe that the sell off that saw gold fall to a two-year low is overdone.
Very significant demand is being seen throughout the world for physical bullion – in Japan, India, Australia, the U.S., Europe and elsewhere. The speculative raid by one or two banks which led to the price crash is being seen as a gift by eager buyers internationally.
Gold sales from Australia's Perth Mint, which refines nearly all of the nation's bullion, surged after prices plunged, adding to signs that gold's slump to a two-year low is spurring increased demand.
"The volume of business that we're putting through is way in excess of double what we did last week," Treasurer Nigel Moffatt said by phone, without giving precise figures. "There's been people running through the gate."
The Perth Mint's sales of gold coins climbed 49 percent to 97,541 ounces in the three months ended March 31 from a year earlier, according to data from the facility in Western Australia that was founded in 1899.
"There's been significant sales made as people see this as great value," Moffatt said yesterday. "Gold owners are very reactive to significant market movements."
We are the Perth Mint's Approved Dealer in the European Union and have experienced a similar jump in demand yesterday and this morning. We saw massive selling on Monday as speculative buyers dumped positions in panic but yesterday came stabilization and there were more buyers than sellers. As the day progressed the demand for bullion increased and prices stabilised.
Read more at http://investmentwatchblog.com/people-running-through-the-gate-to-buy-gold-bullion/#H5PfcFydg6VfphwO.99
Israeli military in prep for solo attack on Iran
Israeli military and political heads are holding intense discussions on how best to launch an independent attack on Iran, should the need arise, the nation's defense force chief said Tuesday.
"The Iranian challenge is very significant and we must approach it with a responsible long-term strategy," IDF chief Benny Gantz said, The Times of Israel reported. "We will do what is necessary when it is necessary.
Mr. Gantz specified that Israel had the ability to hit Iran's nuclear targets on its own — absent aid from any other country, including the United States. And ongoing military-political talks were focusing on that scenario, he said, in The Times of Israel.
Mr. Gantz include a warning to Hamas in his remarks, which were broadcast by various radio stations in Israel.
If peace from Hamas in Gaza did not continue, he said, then it would be Gaza residents — not Israelis — who "would hurt," he said in the The Times of Israel report.
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/16/israeli-military-politicos-prep-solo-attack-iran/#ixzz2Qj340tFa
U.S. Senate passes resolution to back Israel in conflict with Iran
While Israel was marking 65 years of independence on Tuesday, the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to endorse Resolution 65, affirming that the U.S. will fully back Israel should it be drawn into a conflict with Iran.
The resolution, introduced by Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and which has 79 co-sponsors, is expected to pass in the Senate.
According to the text of the resolution on the U.S. Congress' website, the goal of the resolution is that: "If the Government of Israel is compelled to take military action in legitimate self defense against Iran's nuclear weapons program, the United States Government should stand with Israel and provide, in accordance with United States law and the constitutional responsibility of Congress to authorize the use of military force, diplomatic, military, and economic support to the Government of Israel in its defense of its territory, people, and existence."
The text of the resolution includes several clauses relating to the U.S. government's positions on Iran: "The Department of State has designated the Islamic Republic of Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism since 1984 and has characterized the Islamic Republic of Iran as the 'most active state sponsor of terrorism' in the world.
"The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has provided weapons,training, and funding to the regime of Bashar al Assad that has been used to suppress and murder its own people."
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Translating A Victory From Citywide to Statewide
Originally, NORML KC formed to focus on the criminal penalties. We looked towards fellow Missouri towns such as Columbia and St. Louis which had already decriminalized, and we wanted Kansas City to join those municipalities on a more progressive and tolerant path. Our initial goal was to reduce the current penalties in Kansas City for cannabis possession, remove the threat of jail time, and significantly lower the fine amount for less than 35 grams.
On April 4th of this year, after months of building our coalitions, speaking at town halls, and utilizing media and community outreach, Kansas Citians came out to show their support at the ballot box. We all watched as the results came in and Question 5 was overwhelmingly supported by 75 percent! That number is a remarkable achievement, especially considering the local newspaper, The Kansas City Star, and Mayor Sly James came out against the measure.
Question 5 Passed With Over 75% of the VoteNow, as we approach our chapter's two-year anniversary at the end of August, we have a victory in hand and our sights are now set statewide for access.
Our grassroots group had little funding and was mainly supported by a core group of dedicated volunteers and activists who worked tirelessly gathering petition signatures to place the initiative on the ballot. We had many roadblocks and opportunities to give up, but instead, we chose to fight harder. Not only did we prove that Kansas Citians were ready to reform the city's unjust marijuana laws, we also proved what a small group of committed activists could accomplish with passion and support from the National NORML chapter.
But we're not going to stop there, because the result at the voting booth on April 4th is only the beginning of our success in Kansas City, and across the state of Missouri.
We are now taking the lessons of the ballot initiative and working with New Approach Missouri, a statewide medical cannabis initiative. The campaign is off to a strong start and has already collected over 50,000 signatures statewide. NORML KC is excited to be supporting this important effort, together with the other Missouri NORML chapters. United, we will bring positive change to our community and beyond.
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As part of this effort, we will be joining our fellow activists from across the country this September for the National NORML Conference and Lobby Day.
There, we will participate in a day of panels, trainings, and briefings to both better equip us with the knowledge and confidence we need to engage members of Congress and bring back the experiences from NORML chapters throughout the country back to Missouri to be more effective in our home state.
At this critical time in our nation's history, we have reached an inflection point and it is essential to build the organization and power. If we could do it in KC – why not MO or DC?
Thanks for all that you have done, are doing, and will do in the future. We're only going to win when we work together.
Jamie Kacz is the Executive Director of NORM KC, and the architect of the successful 2017 ballot initiative which decriminalized marijuana in Kansas City.
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9 responses to "Translating A Victory From Citywide to Statewide"
August 21, 2017
75%! Kannabis City has Eclipsed any prior rather confusing name the place may have had.
Now something off the wall– suppose you
entered a Dispensary and saw a wallful of flexdrawtube oneheater utensils, some of them boasting not only the #40-screened quarter-inch-diameter crater-piece– a socket wrench or barbed hose nipple, as shown in the typeface-generated illustrations at the top of "Make-DIY-Pipes-From-Everyday-Objects"– but maybe also a gorgeously carved or illustrated chillum-shaped woodhaendel, the "Chooooomette", in which the crater-piece is snugly embedded, and from the butt end of which the pvc drawtube protrudes– plus an attached wirebraid leading to a handy Screen Maintenance Utensil (strong 2-inch safety pin which can gently open screen windows and also lever out the screen periodically for inner channel gook removal).
Yes, do the Conference and learn how to lobby the legislators, and if there was a radio station KCMO I'd urge them to play a tuneful setting of the above text 59 times next 4/20, to make Missouri, not misery, the canvass capital of the world.
I think the Chooooomette easily Eclipses a Swiss army knife.
On a related note, congrats to the good people of KC. 75%? There's some smart people in KC.
This is so inspiring! The citizens of Missouri deserve this just as much as any other American citizen in Colorado or Washington or elsewhere, and maybe more, given their grievous history of racial injustice and arrest rate disparities.
The racist right wing in America does not want to lose this racist weapon (marijuana prohibition) and so they will fight against legalization.
But realize and remember, if they (the prohibitionists) win OR DRAW, we (legalizers) lose. That's because "a draw" isn't a tie in this case. A draw represents a legal formalization and normalization of the Jim Crow Laws aspects of marijuana prohibition, writ large across the nation, as is the case when only some (predominately white and affluent) segments of the country are free to smoke the stuff, but while other segments of the country, predominately non-white and/or economically and politically disadvantaged (blacks, Mexicans, hippies, hillbillies, and what have you) continue to be subjected to ever-increasing drug war violence and madness.
"A draw" would lock in White Privilege with respect to marijuana, and would ensure racial arrest rate disparities would continue and even increase. This would be, and is now, unacceptable. Missouri must legalize it!
Yet this is still an area where progressives, as I have been advising all along, need to steer way clear of philosophical support for "state's rights", which is not a progressive value. When we progressives promote state's rights because we stand to gain from it, that's called "situational ethics" and "hypocrisy." We use state's rights, such as they are, and where they exist legally, to save lives, based on the greater principle of Harm Reduction. But state's rights is not our agenda. Eye on the ball!
What about the non-racist right? Hmmm? Some of us don't care for overbearing government. 2nd Amendment is just one of many. Try the 9th and 10th too! States are the laboratories of democracy. 50 of 'em, each having a different idea of what works.
Take Alaska. It votes GOP and yet has had the longest time with legal MJ due to their state's justices rulings on privacy issues. Take North Carolina, which had the GOP dominated legislature pass the "bathroom bill" and then saw it signed into law by the GOP governor. Trump won NC but the GOP governor got shot down in November 2016 after so much backlash came his way from multiple sources. Look at New York, a real bastion of the liberals and how they still treat MJ as a criminal matter. Did you know only two states have not legalized gambling, Utah and Hawai'i. How's that for two completely different constituencies? Utah goes GOP in the general election and Hawai'i goes Demo with the Aloha State having a 100% Demo legislature.
Let freedom ring, not neofascist ideological lockstep liberalism 2017 vintage, not radical right racism with ancient roots and modern expression.
Hint: Punish the mayor and KC Star by encouraging a new primary opponent and general election opponent to come forth so one less obstructionist remains, then combine that with boycotting the Star while taking campaign dollars elsewhere. If there really is 75% support for one side, they should prevail handily with these moves, ya' think?
@ MAGA Man,
"The non-racist right?"
What delightful fairy tales you weave! How charmingly impish of you! Why, what a wonderful world it would be if Republicans hadn't embraced a idiot white supremacist as their chosen Representative. But you did, you racist prick.
If only Republicans had the fundamental decency to unequivocally reject Trump and the repugnant Nazi shit that spews from his mouth; what a blissful, fanciful dream world that would be! But they don't; and it ain't; so snap the fuck out of it and stop talking shit.
Trump is a fucking racist. The Republicans won't renounce him. In fact, they continue to enable him. That makes every single goddamn Republican a fucking racist prick. There's no way around it. Silence in the face of racism is complicity; support for Trump makes you a racist Nazi asshole, whether you admit it or not.
As for the rest of your "Gish Gallop" bullshit, don't waste my precious time… Fuck off.
You call yourself "MAGAman?" and you think you're not racist? Your banner has been usurped by your racist leader. Youre not fooling anyone claiming you dont discriminate hiding behind a racist leader with a racist slogan (America was always great, @$$#ole!) …or your rebel flag with a swastika on it so please spare us the bull$#!+.
As for states rights, this isnt 1960 and were not talking about the south's right to maintain the old Jim Crow. But we will throw it in every legislators face, Republican or Democrat, that going against states rights today and by refusing to allow states to legalize marijuana as states see fit, is in fact the New Jim Crow.
Lets not make the perfect the enemy of the good and wake up and realize that supporting the SMART Act is one of the best chances we have to preserve the Republic. Stand up for smart legislation. Read what the bills propose by clicking on the links and reading them on this website. Personalize our message on the prescripted letters. Call your state legislators and support state legislation to legalize marijuana too. The answer here is not either or its both and more.
I love you two too…LOL!
Yeaaaah… fu€k off.
@ MAGA Man,
Awww! That's sweet. Bring it on in here, you big knucklehead.
But will you still respect me after The Resistance prevails?


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