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Shark Fights announced that Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou will take on Houston Alexander at Shark Fights 13 on August 11th in Amarillo, TX. Headlining the show is longtime UFC fighter Keith Jardine facing Trevor Prangley.
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Sokoudjou is going to kill that chump
He better if he wants to continue to fight. Even though Houston is terrible, Soko has looked terrible himself. He needs a victory and if he can't beat Houston, he needs to give it up.


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Ewing, N.J. - December 5, 2008 - Paced behind an outstanding effort from its diving squad, the Springfield College men's and women's swimming and diving teams had a solid opening day of the three-day Lion Invitational hosted at The College of New Jersey.
Michelle Reggio was one of four Springfield divers to qualify for the NCAA Championships on the day as she was simply outstanding in the diving events. Reggio set a new school record in the one-meter event as she recorded a score of 468.08. Teammate Meghan Kijanka also set a qualifying mark with a terrific score of 465.05.
On the men's side, Brian Sobel also had a standout day for the Pride as he tallied a score of 526.65, while Matt Fitzgerald finished with a 481.35 on the three-meter board. Both scores qualified the duo for the NCAA Championships.
In the swimming events, Aimee Doe continued her solid sophomore campaign as she teammed up with Kaitlin Reilly, Jaclyn Van Waalwijk, and Moira Price to win the 200 free relay in 1:39.97. Doe also took first in the 500 free in 5:18.62.
Meredith Trumbull touched first in the 200 IM in 2:17.36, while Kallie Pottle, Price, Reilly, and Doe finished first in the 400 medley relay in 4:04.07, winning by 0:00.07.
In the men's swimming events, the Pride were unable to take first in any events in the opening day. In the 200 free relay, Matt Manoni, Ryan Mackstutis, Brian Way, and Andrew Blakesley finished second in 1:28.12.


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March 10, 2013
Marilu A. Kropp
Marilu A. Kropp of Gasport, passed away Saturday afternoon, March 9, 2013 at the Medina Memorial Healthcare Facility. Mrs. Kropp was born in Gasport, NY, on June 11, 1938, daughter of the late Roy and Irene (Retzlaff) Wollenberg.
She has lived in Gasport all of her life and was a member of the Covenant United Church of Christ in Gasport. She was employed as a clerk for the US Postal Service in Middleport retiring after 37 years of service in 1998. She enjoyed her family, reading and she also enjoyed watching cooking shows.
She was predeceased by a brother, Carl Wollenberg; and a brother-in-law, LaVerne Thompson. She is survived by four children, Russell (Cathy) Kropp of Texas, Darrin Kropp of Gasport, Kathy (David) Sobieraski and Stacy (Lisa) Kropp, all of Lockport; seven grandchildren, Jennifer, Benjamin, Amanda, Christopher, Hanna, MaKenna and Andrew; three great-grandchildren; her twin brother, David (Norma) Wollenberg of Middleport; and a sister, Edith Thompson of Lockport. Also surviving are several nieces and nephews; and her caregiver, Leona.
Friends may call on Tuesday from 4-8 PM at the Bates, Wallace & Heath Funeral Home, 38 State St., Middleport. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 11:00 AM at the Covenant United Church of Christ, 4449 Gasport Rd., Gasport, NY. Entombment will be in Glenwood Mausoleum. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the Alzheimer's Association or the Diabetes Association would be appreciated by the Kropp family.
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Thursday's 60-second rant: Getting on board with Bears GM Emery
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NFC North Spin cycle: Packers, Vikings in, Bears left out
The Vikings earned a rematch with Green Bay in the wild-card playoffs but the Bears have nothing to show for 10 regular-season wins.
Bears fire Lovie Smith
The Bears fired head coach Lovie Smith, the team announced on Monday.
Bears hang on, defeat Lions 26-24
Jay Cutler threw for 257 yards and a touchdown, and the Bears kept their playoff hopes alive - for now - with a 26-24 win over the Lions.
Bears add RB Unga, waive Ozougwu
The Bears elevated RB Harvey Unga to the active roster from the practice squad and waived DE Cheta Ozougwu.
Will Bears keep Pro Bowl CB tandem together for long?
Bears CBs Charles Tillman and Tim Jennings are not young players any more, but they are not getting any cheaper with age.
Key matchup: Bears defense vs. Lions WR Calvin Johnson
In Wednesday's key matchup, we look ahead to Sunday's meeting between the Bears and Lions.
Bears sign S Nolan
The Bears signed S Troy Nolan, the team announced Wednesday. Chicago had an open roster spot after waiving WR Dane Sanzenbacher.
Bears waive WR Sanzenbacher
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The Bears announced a one-year extension for LS Patrick Mannelly on Monday.
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Seeding is up for grabs in the AFC, while five teams fight for two spots in the NFC playoffs in Week 17.
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The Packers might have wrapped up the North, but the Vikings' win Sunday means they control their fate in Week 17.
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Chicago's defense scored two touchdowns and the Bears beat the Cardinals 28-13 on Sunday to keep their playoff hopes alive.
The Chicago Bears have agreed to a one-year contract with Zbikowski.||||||| The Notre Dame alum and professional boxer has appeared in 64 games with 25 starts over five seasons with Indianapolis in 2012 and with Baltimore from 2008 to 2011. The 5-foot-11, 200-pound Zbikowski recorded 89 tackles, three interceptions, eight pass break-ups and two sacks during those seasons.
The Colts have released Zbikowski after one season with the team. When the Colts signed Pro Bowl safety LaRon Landry to a four-year, $24 million contract late Wednesday night, Zbikowski became expendable.||||||| The Notre Dame alum and professional boxer followed coach Chuck Pagano and teammates Brandon McKinney and Cory Redding from Baltimore to Indy last season. He started 11 games, finishing with 47 tackles, one sack and one interception while returning six kickoffs for 123 yards.
Zbikowski returned to start Sunday's playoff game against his former team.||||||| Zbikowski had not played since Nov. 25.
On Saturday, the team signed Zbikowski. The safety is the second former Baltimore player to join new coach Chuck Pagano in Indianapolis. Details of the contract were not immediately available.||||||| The 5-foot-11, 200-pounder played the past four seasons in Baltimore. He has 49 career tackles, two interceptions, one sack and 58 special teams tackles since joining the NFL. He played in college at Notre Dame.
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PORTLAND – New Portland Mayor Charlie Hales raised his voice Monday along with a national coalition of more than 800 mayors calling for Congress to enact stricter gun control laws.
Hales held a news conference Monday morning to urge lawmakers to require background checks, ban military style assault weapons, and make gun trafficking a federal crime.
The mayor pledged his support to Oregon gun control legislation in his 2013 agenda, which he will present to the city council on Wednesday.
"It wasn't one of the issues when I ran for office, but it's been made obvious to me and to everyone else here in Portland and across the county that it's something, as a community leader, I should take on and I will," he said.
Hales also joins a coalition of mayors who chose the one-month anniversary of the Sandy Hook shootings in Newtown, Conn., to make the joint plea. Twenty children were shot dead at that school by a gunman using a semi-automatic rifle.
"We have to get angry. And we have to stay angry," Hales said. "Gun violence is not acceptable. We need action now."
He was joined in the effort Monday by Portland-area families of gun death victims.
Last week, Hales joined Mayors Against Illegal Guns, an organization of around 800 mayors in the United States calling on the President and Congress to act on the illegal use of firearms across the county.
More: NYC Mayor Bloomberg calls for stricter gun controls
The group, which includes New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is calling on Congress to ban military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, require background checks for all gun sales, and make gun trafficking a federal crime.
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Christmas is the season of giving, and Patch wants to know what charity or group you are giving to this year.
The American Red Cross released a poll in November in which most Americans said that they will continue to donate to charity this holiday season. In fact, most people said that their giving to political causes and Hurricane Sandy relief efforts will not reduce their year-end gifts to charity.
The Red Cross poll also said that friends play a large role in charitable giving. Half of all donors (51 percent) said they would donate if a friend talked to them personally about a charity.
So now Patch is asking you: What charities do you plan to help this Christmas? Will you donate to the Salvation Army or Toys for Tots? Will you volunteer at a local food bank or help out the Goodfellows? Is there another charity that you will help?
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After a four-hour budget meeting on Wednesday, March 9, members of the Charlottesville City School Board are breathing a sigh of relief.
The school board finally got their numbers to match, and the budget proposal for next year was passed. The vote was unanimous.
As usual, the Charlottesville City School Board sat for a roundtable discussion inside the library at Charlottesville High School to talk about the challenges of the growing school system.
Since January 19th, the main focus of the board has been on approving a proposed budget for the 2005- 2006 school year. On Wednesday night, the board finally voted.
"We just approved our budget for the 2005-2006 school year at 60.3 million dollars," said Charlottesville School Board Chairwoman Dee Dee Smith.
While hammering away at the budget for weeks now, some nights it seemed more like chiseling granite as the board faced a growing controversy with some members in the community.
Dr. Scottie J. Griffin, the Superintendent of Charlottesville City Schools said, "It was a long haul. It took lots of work to balance our budget for the 2005-2006 school year."
The 60.3 million dollar budget, approved 7-0, came after the seven-member board reconciled a $125,000 shortfall.
Most importantly, the new budget adds a half percent pay raise for some teachers, and works in an additional athletic trainer provided by the University of Virginia.
The school board now waits to see if the Charlottesville City Council will fund the budget which has caused some concern with the council. This budget is well over 50% of the city council's entire budget. The school board does expect it to be approved, though the council-members will be examining it very carefully.


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Quote:Very nice ZZ! I managed to capture 5 of Saturn's moons last night too...
Quote:About detail...Does anyone else see these features? I see traces of Encke Division. I'm hoping Encke will be easier to see, as Seeliger effect occurs. But, it might have an opposite effect. And, the Maxwell gap appears to be there if I'm not mistaken. That is something I have not seen in ground based images of Saturn. Spots? Harder to see...I'll leave that to Trevor. Hexagon is obvious.Thanks for sharing, ZuoZhao.
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She's always up for a challenge, and yesterday (July 28) Olivia Munn kicked off her new gig on the set of "Ride Along 2" in Atlanta, Georgia.
Joined by Kevin Hart and Ice Cube, the "Newsroom" stunner got all dressed up in a white blouse and black skinny jeans and filmed scenes as an undercover cop.
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She may be the selfie queen of Tinseltown and even when she's in relaxation mode, Mariah Carey takes plenty of photos.
On Sunday, the 44-year-old "Dreamlover" dame took a trip to the spa, sporting a cleavage-baring black tank top with a pink skirt and black heels.
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There has been constant speculation over the finality of Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow's marriage, and finally the Coldplay frontman has put an end to the chatter.
During his interview on Valentine in the Morning today (July 28), Martin announced that despite the increased time together as of late, he's not getting back with his ex.
She's one of the hottest moms in Hollywood, and Kristin Cavallari looked gorgeous as she walked the red carpet at the International Fashion Film Awards on Sunday (July 27).
The "Hills" starlet's appearance at the Beverly Hills shindig was her first since giving birth to her second son Jaxon Wyatt, though it seemed like she hadn't skipped a beat.
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Comic-Con is full of fun surprises, and earlier this afternoon (July 28) Peter Jackson released the first teaser trailer for "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies."
Starring Orlando Bloom, Cate Blanchett, Martin Freeman and Ian McKellan, this installment of the series follows Bilbo and the Dwarves on a hunt to reclaim Erebor and the treasure.
She has an amazing body and she's not afraid to show it off, so it's only natural that Kendall Jenner decided to strip down for her cover shot for Love magazine.
Working with famed photographer Mario Sorrenti, the E! reality television starlet insisted that being in her birthday suit wasn't a problem for her.
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Making the most of some downtime, Naya Rivera and her new husband Ryan Dorsey showed up at Pavilions on Sunday afternoon (July 27).
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A decision by a South Carolina Supreme Court requiring a lower court to grant the adoption of a girl of Cherokee descent sparked outrage from the child's father and others.
Dusten Brown vowed Thursday to "never give up the fight to raise" his 3 1/2-year-old daughter, who was returned to her father 19 months ago by the same court. The South Carolina court's order was entered in response to a U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the Indian Child Welfare Act inapplicable to what has become known as the Baby Veronica case.
"We are outraged that the South Carolina Supreme Court would order the adoption of our child finalized without a proper hearing to determine what is in Veronica's best interests," Brown said in a statement released by the Cherokee Nation, which has joined his cause. "This child has been back with her family for 19 months and to tear her away from us — the family she loves and the only family she knows or remembers — would be devastating to her."
Brown said his daughter "is an Oklahoma child," and South Carolina courts should play no part in deciding her placement. Alternative adoption proceedings have been filed in Oklahoma and Cherokee Nation courts in an effort to have the issue decided here.
The South Carolina Supreme Court order also drew criticism from a national organization that is lobbying Congress for stronger ICWA provisions in response the U.S. Supreme Court ruling. The National Indian Child Welfare Association, in a stern response to the South Carolina Supreme Court's order, described the ruling as "incomprehensible."
"NICWA shares the outrage reverberating through Indian Country today," organization officials stated in the media release. "It is incomprehensible that, in its decision, the South Carolina Supreme Court took the added measure of forbidding the state Family Court from holding hearings to determine what is in Veronica's best interest."
NICWA officials said by remanding the case to family court for the sole purpose of finalizing the adoption, the state "failed to act in a manner consistent with the U.S. Supreme Court's decision." The organization said the South Carolina court's ruling "sends a chilling message" to Native Americans who "rely on the integrity of the judicial system to protect our children."
The U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 decision that reversed lower court rulings granting Brown custody of his daughter centered on the biological father's absence early in Baby Veronica's life. Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the majority, opined that an ICWA provision that prevents the "involuntary termination of a parent's rights" without proving "continued custody" is inapplicable when "the relevant parent never had custody of the child."
The case of Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl began late in 2009, when Dusten Brown's fiancé decided to give up their baby daughter for adoption. After the couple became estranged, Baby Veronica's biological mother worked with an adoption agency to arrange the adoption.
Brown, who believed he had agreed only to relinquish custody of Baby Veronica to the biological mother, learned about the adoption just before leaving for Iraq to serve in the military. Brown contacted a lawyer the next day and filed an objection to the adoption proceedings and sought custody of his daughter.
A South Carolina family court judge in September 2011 concluded the adoptive couple failed to carry "the heightened burden ... of proving" Baby Veronica "would suffer serious emotional or physical damage" if her father were granted custody. The South Carolina Supreme Court affirmed the family court judge's decision, basing its ruling on ICWA provisions.
In its order issued Wednesday, three South Carolina Supreme Court justices relied upon the federal court's decision and that state's laws to determine Brown's consent to the adoption was unnecessary. With those impediments removed, the South Carolina court ordered the family court judge to grant the adoption and immediately place Baby Veronica with the adoptive parents.
Two other justices agreed with the decision to send the issue back to family court. Those justices, however, stated the change of circumstances warranted further review of Baby Veronica's best interests.
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Negotiations with creditors have failed. Repossession is truly imminent and foreclosure proceedings have begun. Your income will be not sufficient to pay your bills, no matter how low the payments are. It may always be time to consider becoming a bankrupt.
Bankruptcy law evolved while a reaction to the abuses surrounding debtors prison. Before the nineteenth century a prison system existed for individuals who didn'big t pay their bills. If the merchant filed a claim, the debtor has been incarcerated right up until his bad debts were paid. (Women were not seen in debtor'utes prison, not because of chivalry but because these people did riot have the ability to borrow). The lender had been by law to blame for the expenses of the prison stay, including foodstuff, but seldom paid. All things considered, a debtor would have to sue as a way to enforce this law, and it was actually rather difficult to sue when in prison. While a result, many individuals languished in prison for quite a few years, surviving on what their family could carry to them or, in many cases, basically starving to death. Although some people might lenders would doubtless not object to the renewal of debtor'utes prison, fortunately we reside in much more enlightened times. Bankruptcy has been created to offer a second opportunity (or third, or 4th) to those hopelessly in debt It provides for a system to wipe the slate clean and begin anew. Like times have transformed, though, so gets the individual bankruptcy program code. Not just about all bad debts might be wiped out. The proceedings may be effortlessly disqualified in the event of improper methods. There are many things a debtor should know before resorting to becoming a bankrupt.
The Individual bankruptcy Selection
There are two kinds of individual becoming a bankrupt: Chapter 7 and Chapter 13. Chapter 7 personal, named for the chapter number in the individual bankruptcy code, requires a full liquidation of most bad debts and cancels a lot of no-exempt debts. Chapter 13 individual bankruptcy is essentially a court-mandated payment prepare that sets way up affordable monthly payments to your creditors,
The selection to declare personal bankruptcy will be not a straightforward one particular. Unfortunately, many becoming a bankrupt attorneys recommend bankruptcy to just about any individual they will seek advice from with. All way too often frightened consumers are advised to declare becoming a bankrupt just to stay away from a few bad debts. This really is a mistake. Personal bankruptcy should truly be a last vacation resort like the legal system meant it to always be. A a bankruptcy proceeding looks on your credit score for twelve decades, and despite the fact that lending criteria are slowly and gradually changing, many lenders will never even consider a good applicant who provides had a individual bankruptcy. What'utes much more, a Chapter 7 a bankruptcy proceeding can hit you up for every one of your property. Before creating a selection to declare individual bankruptcy, estimate how negative your situation really will be. On a piece of papers, make a variety of most your assets and the approximate value these people could be sold for. On the other side, add up most of your debts. If the bad debts exceed the assets by a large %, you may wish to consider personal. On the other hand, if it seems that the situation may improve (you may get a fresh job or a second income), or if your assets are of greater value or close in value to your debts, a different approach may be appropriate.
Work out with your creditors
Explain your situation and request for more time to pay. If the creditors refuse and continue to threaten garnishment advise them this sort of actions would force you into personal. No creditor is looking to hear the "B" word. Using personal as a danger is a very powerful negotiating tool, confronting creditors with a choice between finding a little each month or most probably obtaining nothing through personal bankruptcy. Don'capital t try this specific tactic on secured creditors. These people may plan to repossess your property to prevent having to go through court.
Contact User Credit score Counseling
Because mentioned earlier in the book, Customer Credit rating Counseling will be a non-profit group funded by creditors to help shoppers navigate repayment plans. It is often able to work payment arrangements better than the individual because of its constant contact with a variety of creditors. If you can'big t discuss a satisfactory arrangement, give these people a try. Remember, the actuality you are using credit score counseling may appear on your credit rating record.
Consider Chapter 13 bankruptcy
This unique kind of filing really helps to repay your bad debts in a court-mandated fashion and will appear on your credit record for only seven many years, If negotiations fail or there merely isn'capital t adequate money to make ends meet Chapter 7 individual bankruptcy may be your only option. Bankruptcy won't necessarily discharge just about all debts. If your debts are exempt through individual bankruptcy, filing will do very little to improve your situation. In case your co-signer had been used, the debt would then end up being owed by the co-signer, unless that man or woman often expressed becoming a bankrupt. In community property states a spouse's assets and financial obligations would also become included in the becoming a bankrupt, if these are community property. Consider just about all very carefully before deciding to file.
Non-Dischargable Bad debts - Bills You Have To Pay In Spite Of A bankruptcy proceeding
Selected varieties of debt cannot be automatically taken away by personal bankruptcy filing. That they must meet selected requirements before being taken away by individual bankruptcy. If a lot of your bad debts are non-dischargeable, becoming a bankrupt may not resolve your economic dilemma. The sole ways a non-dischargeable debt can be removed through a bankruptcy proceeding are through an exception being gave through the court, a particular period of energy transpiring when the debt has been due, or because the creditor won't object to the discharging in the debt. Particular financial obligations can only always be discharged by an exception. These are:
Recent College student loans
This kind of pertains to university student loans that became due within the last five many years. Any extension of repayment would be added to this specific time frame. Some courts, furthermore, will simply discharge payments that tend to be than five quite a few years delinquent. So if the student loan had been due seven a long time ago and the payments were at first to become made over a five-year period, you would still be accountable for the last three decades of payments. The court may furthermore grant the exception to the university student loan if it would produce the "undue hardship" for people to pay it. This really is hardly ever naturally.
Federal, state, and nearby taxes are not dischargeable for at least three many years after you record your duty go back. Even if you've been tied way up in taxes court for a lot more than three numerous years, any tax assessed within 240 days of filing for a bankruptcy proceeding is non-dischargeable. Property taxes are dischargeable should they are over 1 year late, but the lien towards your property will be not. The camp good will be that you just can count on the government accumulating its tax money eventually.
Child Assistance and alimony
These can only be discharged in special circumstances, which generally include agreements that have not been court-ordered. If one soon-to-be ex seems to have opted for assume more than half of marital bad debts in exchange for lower assist payments, the court may not discharge all debts held through the wife or husband for personal bankruptcy. Consult a helpful legal professional if this unique situation relates.
Neither fines coming from a court, judge, or govt agency nor surcharges, fees and penalties, and restitution, as a basic rule, could be discharged in a individual bankruptcy. The same is truly accurate of financial obligations incurred while a result of damage or liability from driving while intoxicated. The debt incurred coming from intoxicated driving should be established in court and a judgment must be issued by a higher court. Small-claims, traffic, and municipal judgments for intoxicated driving are just about all dischargeable. Just as before, check with a great law firm.
Debts not discharged in a previous personal
If financial obligations from a previous personal have been found non-dischargeable, these people can't be discharged in a later bankruptcy.
Bad debts not detailed on your personal bankruptcy petition
If you may not include a debt on your petition, it is not going to be discharged. Many people filing a bankruptcy proceeding carry on 1 or much more credit lines with tiny balances or no balance out from the a bankruptcy proceeding proceeding to preserve element of their credit rating resources. Another technique is to reaffirm bad debts on the condition that credit remains to be offered. The creditor, confronted with a choice between amassing nothing and maintaining your credit score, will at times presents latter. End up being very cautious when reaffirming debt. Near someone obligated to and you also must have a brand new written agreement spelling out most of this new conditions.
Other kinds of non-dischargeable financial obligations could be discharged immediately if the creditor does not object If the creditor objects, these financial obligations are going to be judged with the court to end up being either dischargeable or non-dischargeable. The creditor can inquire that the debts not end up being discharged should they claim the following conditions existed:
The debt was acquired by Intentionally fraudulent behavior
Fraud in this kind of case will be any dishonest behave used to obtain credit score. Proclaiming to always be someone you aren't, or borrowing money when you have no means or intention of repaying it, would be clear-cut examples of fraud. Not disclosing certain relevant facts could often become construed as fraud. If you are making a promise and intend to remain it and believe you will be able to maintain it, that is actually not fraud. Creditors tend to become paranoid and believe everyone is truly defrauding them, so this particular excuse for non-discharge is often utilized by creditor'ersus attorneys.
Financial obligations Incurred when a Result of False Written Statements
A blatantly false credit score app would qualify. The inaccurate statement has to be a great important fact and another that the creditor relied on in order for the debt to end up being judged non-dischargeable. A misspelled name or minor error would not render a debt non-dischargeable. Drastically overstating income or misrepresent a job title would become considered fraudulent.
Fraudulent usage
If you charge "high end goods or services" in a helpful amount over $500 within 40 times before filing individual bankruptcy, the debt is probable to become deemed non-dischargeable. The same is actually correct if cash advances are obtained fewer than twenty days before boasting bankruptcy. A lots of little charges, made to stay away from pre-clearance, would in addition end up being considered fraudulent had you been over your credit score reduce or obviously unable to pay.
Debts resulting through against the law or malicious operates, embezzlement, larceny, or breach of fiduciary Duty
Any money owed because of unlawful functions this kind of as embezzlement (using property left in your own safekeeping), larceny (theft), or the disappointment to fulfill your duties when a trustee may be non-dischargeable. The court will typically de a explanation of fiduciary responsibility.
Once you've examined your financial obligations and determined what is truly dischargeable and what is actually not, you can determine whether bankruptcy would enhance your current financial situation. There are several other things you have to know before you decide no matter if to document.
Exempt Assets
A typical misconception about becoming a bankrupt will be for you to simply lose everything you very own to satisfy your financial obligations. In fact, the court enables one to maintain many things essential to your well being, and perhaps even a little bit much more. Even though there is truly a federal exemption law, only in states and the District of Columbia allow that you work with it These states let you select between the express and federal exemption natural laws. The in states are:
New Jersey
New Mexico
Rhode Island
The other states require a individual declaring becoming a bankrupt to use state exemptions.
Here are some instances of things which could end up being exempt, depending on express in which the petition is filed.
· Personal negative effects
· Furniture
· Cars (as much as a certain amount of equity)
· Tools of a trade
· Equity m a residence (at times the entire residence)
· Clothing
· Household goods
· Textbooks
· Jewelry
One particular very interesting exemption is the homestead exemption. When Steve Connally, the former governor of Texas, announced personal a couple of years ago, many people were surprised that he was permitted to maintain his huge mansion, valued at several million dollars. Texas offers a homestead exemption that allows any individual petitioning personal to preserve to a max of one acre in a good urban area or 100 acres in a rural area, even though value. The ex-governor may have had a very good law firm, but many other states even offer homestead exemptions.
One individual bankruptcy method is to sell non-exempt property before bankruptcy and convert it into exempt property. For instance, a Texas resident might sell non-exempt assets and use the proceeds to pay off the house mortgage on her homesteaded property. You would almost certainly want to consult the law firm before attempting this specific kind of transfer of assets, even so, since the court could very quite easily view this sort of action as an abuse in the individual bankruptcy laws.
Even if the particular amount of equity is exempt, your creditors can often sell the tool to repair any excess equity you may have. If you very own an automobile worth $12,000, for example, and you only owe $5,000 on it and your express exemption is $1,200, the creditor can sell the car and provide you $1,200. Some states allow 'Wildcard" exemptions that may be used to cover the difference.
Knowing which debts are dischargeable and what the law allows a petitioner to maintain, a rational selection could be made regardless of whether to report for a bankruptcy proceeding. If you perform choose to document, there are many ways of going about it-along with several pitfalls to keep.
Taking Action
When you've decided to take measure you can begin the filing procedures. If creditors are knocking on the doorway and repossession, foreclosure, or garnishment is actually just in and around the comer, could actually always be wise to consider using the crisis filing to obtain an automatic stay. A good automatic stay prevents creditors from consuming any further motion till the case moves before a individual bankruptcy judge. Unlike a becoming a bankrupt filing, which always consists of several pages of details the crisis filing will be only one particular page extended and is made up of a variety of your creditors. The entire content of the petition needs to be filed within fourteen days or the case is dropped. The court will send notices with the pending becoming a bankrupt to the creditors listed, who must cease a lot of further collection activity. If they carry out not cease, send them copies of the automatic stay and request that all further selection action cease. A creditor can request that the automatic stay be lifted, allowing him to continue series activity. Only a landlord wanting to evict you from a rented dwelling will generally prevail, unless there is truly a prolonged-term lease involved. If you are renting on a long-term lease, which could become considered an property, the landlord may have to wait for a elegant @g so as to evict YOU.
Once the wolves are at bay, another selection will should be made: regardless of whether to employ a personal bankruptcy attorney. Attorneys, like many of us realize, are expensive. In the case of your complicated bankruptcy, unfortunately, they could be invaluable. If you have a serious bit of property or valuables, if you are seeking to move money from non-exempt to exempt assets, if your creditors try to make your financial obligations non-dischargeable because of fraud, or if there are some other complications, you may wish to pay a great experienced a bankruptcy proceeding legal professional. Go shopping in and around. Don'big t end up being too self-conscious to negotiate. Inquire a large amount of questions and speak to several attorneys before you are making your decision.
If you have a very simple individual bankruptcy or can'testosterone afford a very attorney, invest $15 in a good do-it-yourself becoming a bankrupt book. It will give in-depth info not covered in this particular chapter. Typing services am even available to type upward personal forms. These are reasonably priced and, in the case of a very simple a bankruptcy proceeding, can take the place of an law firm. If your case is actually complicated but you can't find the money for a helpful attorney, perform your individual research. Read a public individual bankruptcy manual first and confer with a good legal library. There are many legal guides devoted strictly to becoming a bankrupt. Once you or your law firm have ready your case, you're ready for formal operate.
The Filing Procedure
All the appropriate papers might be obtained from the local bankruptcy court. Talk to the yellow pages under Authorities Services (usually in the beginning with the book) for an address and cell phone number. The court permits you fourteen days and nights coming from the date of the urgent situation filing to accomplish the conventional experience. If Chapter 7 bankruptcy is actually being filed, you will need to send in the following forms after you have acquired them from the court:
· Statement of Economic Affairs.
· Schedule of Current Income and Current Expenditures.
· A lifestyle conveying your financial obligations.
· A routine talking about your property.
· A timetable listing exempt property.
· A overview of the above schedules.
· Statement of Intention in reverence to your secured property and what you intend to perform with it
· Statement of Executory Contracts describing contract that will should be fulfilled, this kind of when auto leases.
· Individual bankruptcy Petition write about sheet.
· Mailing addresses of most creditors.
· Any required nearby forms.
A fee will even end up being assessed, typically $90, due in the course of filing. The court will normally accept installments of a 5-month period. A great app for installments must accompany the petition.
After your petition will be filed, a achieving of the creditors will likely be organized. The court appoints a trustee to preside over the achieving and to be accountable for the liquidation of assets. With most smaller bankruptcies, only the man or woman filing and the trustee will enroll in. The trustee, who can be quite a community lawyer, will check several queries about the info on the a bankruptcy proceeding files. Call and make sure you ask the court clerk what papers you will need to deliver (usually economic statements or occasionally even tax returns). In case a several property will be involved, incredibly if it is actually nonexempt, property, your creditors may arrive to protest any exemptions. They will may furthermore attempt to grill you about your intent to pay the expenses or about getting some shut-eye on your software. Answer in all honesty and there shouldn'testosterone be considered a problem.
If the creditors' attorneys become abusive, demand a hearing before the personal bankruptcy judge before the proceeding goes any further. If the creditors object to any of one's exemptions, that they have 30 times after the creditor's achieving to file a helpful objection with the court. The court will lifestyle a hearing and you may end up being provided the an opportunity to respond, though you don't have to. A creditor may also try to claim a debt since non-dischargeable because of fraudulent acts, a @ or malicious behave, or embezzlement or theft. He can only accomplish this unique if he successfully increases the objection within sixty days from the creditors' gathering. To defend yourself, you or your law firm will have to file a written response and become set up to argue your case in court.
Once most the requirements have been met and your intentions have been made clear, the court can declare the bankruptcy discharged. No formal hearing is going to be held unless you have chosen to reaffirm your financial troubles in which case the judge may wish to be sure which you know what you are doing. After this kind of time, provided the creditors perform not raise any objections, the dischargeable debts are erased.
Choosing Upward The Pieces
Individual bankruptcy ended up being once the lowest disgrace that could befall a person. Today, however, it is actually commonplace. Corporations declare individual bankruptcy to get out of contracts or keep legal judgments. Individuals really rely on it to protect them from a society that extends credit score as well quickly.
A bankruptcy proceeding does not mean that you will automatically become denied every single one credit for 15 years. In fact, many firms appear at bankruptcy since a accountable way of discharging bad debts when there is actually no other way out. Creditors fear becoming a bankrupt, nevertheless they even recognize that when they lend to somebody who has stated becoming a bankrupt, they desire not worry about another becoming a bankrupt for seven more years (you can only document once every seven a long time). If you happen to have a good explanation for the a bankruptcy proceeding, this kind of because medical bills, divorces, or some other catastrophic event, a creditor may end up being willing to overlook it and extend credit rating. Inquire potential creditors about their policy toward bankruptcies. Their responses may end up being surprising.
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Jason Furman would succeed Alan Krueger as the head of the council.
Furman currently serves as the principal deputy director of the National Economic Council.
The White House is nominating Jason Furman to be the new head of the Council of Economic Advisers, the AP reports. If confirmed, the Harvard Ph.D. and longtime Obama economic adviser would succeed economist Alan Krueger, who is returning to Princeton University to teach.
Furman has plenty of experience advising Democratic politicians. He worked as an economic advisor on the John Kerry 2004 presidential campaign and has served President Obama since 2008, when he joined the Obama campaign team as economic policy director. Currently, Furman serves as the principal deputy director of the National Economic Council.
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While Furman has strong Democratic credentials, he may not please all everyone in the party. Furman has served as director of the Hamilton Project, a part of The Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank. That project's trade policies, which have favored free trade, raised the concerns of organized labor when he was first nominated to the president's economic team in 2008. Labor also raised concerns at the time that Furman had written a paper defending Walmart, a corporation that often clashes with unions.
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If running back Joseph Randle could have picked an NFL team to select him in the 2013 draft, it would have been the Dallas Cowboys, who took him in the fifth round Saturday.
"It's the best fit for me in the NFL," said Randle, a Southeast graduate, who spent three seasons at Oklahoma State. "I have a daughter (3-month-old Aubrielle), and she lives in Dallas. This will be perfect for that situation. Everything worked out just right… I feel very blessed."
Randle is one of three former Wichita high school players selected in the draft, joining Northwest's Chris Harper and East's Arthur Brown. It's the first time three City League players have been selected in the same draft.
Randle spent Saturday with his family in Wichita, and after he was told that he was going to be drafted by Dallas, he sat back and watched his family's reaction when they first heard the news while watching on TV.
"I knew the whole time, but I didn't tell my family," Randle said. "They were so excited."
He said he heard from so many people after his selection that both of his phones' batteries died.
Randle likes the situation at Dallas — a roster that includes guard David Arkin from Kapaun Mount Carmel — and will likely be a backup for DeMarco Murray, who has struggled with injuries. Dallas chose not to re-sign Felix Jones in the offseason.
"They really only have one back, so it's perfect," Randle said. "The NFL is going to a two-back system, so it's just the perfect setup for me."
Randle could have been bitter that he was selected 151st after rushing for 1,417 yards and 14 touchdowns in 2012. He had 1,216 rushing yards in 2011 with 24 touchdowns and had 156 points, second in Oklahoma State history, behind North grad Barry Sanders.
Randle figures he fell at least two rounds because he had a second surgery on his right thumb.
"The surgery didn't go so well, so I ended up having another surgery a few days before the draft," Randle said. "I had messed it up with training, so I had the second surgery.
"…. Everyone found out because OSU told them."
Randle wasn't frustrated or disappointed, though, as he watched other players picked before him.
"It was a fun atmosphere," he said. "I had the right kind of people around, so it wasn't stressful…. I come from a football family, so we all understand everything, so it wasn't a stressful situation.
"I just feel blessed that I get this opportunity and I feel like I'm going to make the most of it."
He must wait to dive fully into readying himself for the Cowboys because of his thumb. The soft cast will be removed shortly, but he knows he needs to fully recover.
"Maybe the round situation didn't work out exactly like I would have liked it," Randle said. "But I can't complain. Everything is just working out perfect. I now get to go do what I love, and I get to play in a place I'll be very comfortable in."


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Last December, Objet (a company that makes 3D printers and supplies) released a video preview of its upcoming 3D printer materials for 2011. The highlights are a clear plastic and a plastic that's durable enough to print a usable skateboard.
Objet Gives A Peak at New Materials for 2011
- Hard-to-burn, lightweight 3D printing goop can be used to print ...
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- Cheap, portable personal 3D printer: the UP! - Boing Boing
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- 3D printing service from Ponoko - Boing Boing
- Homemade 3D printer goop made from maltodextrin costs 1/50 of the ...
41 Responses to "New 3D printing materials: clear plastic, skateboard-tough plastic"
urbanhick says:
Oh. My. God. I want one of these SO badly. My wife is a goldsmith, and it'd be handy enough for that; but I can think of any number of day-to-day applications for this.
thekinginyellow says:
peak at new materials?
Anonymous says:
i agree. they must mean Peek.
glassbeat says:
@Michael Dawson: Duh, it's so you can watch it at work with the sound off. :)
SamSam says:
Are these plastics food-grade? I'd love to print a new outer cylinder for my Aeropress — my current one is all scratchy and no longer air tight when I plunge it.
… hmmm, although printing out my own version of the aeropress may not be legal, even if I have already bought two…
hadlock says:
Foodgrade ABS was my thought as well. As soon as the price of 3D printers and this magic printable ABS plastic comes down in cost, these guys are going to bankrupt the chinese manufacturing industry. Did junior lose his sippy cup? No problem, just print him another one. Why buy little Joey a yo-yo, when you can print him one in half the time it takes to drive to the store? Did you snap off that fold-away cup holder in your car? No problem. Just print another one.
My guess would be that there will be a breakthrough in 3D printer technology on the same level that there was with inkjet printer tech within 10 years, and 5 years after that, engineers will own them for hobby use at home, much like 5 axis CNC is starting to see an uptake as a hobby — or as engineers started building computers in their garage in the 1970s. The new future isn't that far away.
turn_self_off says:
With the ABS grade materials it could even print parts for various household machines. The only question then is how one get hold of the models.
The next step would be that one could dump the broken part into a grinder, mix it up with some additive and use the mix to print a replacement.
Brainspore says:
I'm still waiting for 3D printers that can use meat so I can reenact that scene from "The Fifth Element" and make my very own Milla Jovovich.
Methusedalot says:
If they ever make a Milla Jovovich out of meat I call dibs on the Filet mignon.
Brainspore says:
There is a Milla Jovovich made out of meat but Paul W. S. Anderson already has dibs on that one.
Anonymous says:
magicmodel says this looks like a very nice material. Lots of new applications for see through transparent material. Nice one Objet
UndeadBard says:
I guess my question must be is this fossil based?
YarbroughFair says:
coop says:
@Michael Dawson: You'll see this on many TV programs shown in the US. If the person speaking as any discernable accent they get the sub-title treatment.
Anonymous says:
I've been continuously disappointed by anything labeled Skateboard from boing boing…
That's the kind of skateboard you'd have gotten from K-mart for 5 bucks in the late 80s. Show me a 7.25 used for a boardslide, then I'll accept it as legitimate.
Anonymous says:
Wow dude, sorry the brand new 3D printing technology can't print a high quality skateboard for you yet. Are you serious? If you are kidding then I am sorry for not catching the sarcasm. This technology blows me away. It is like something out of a science fiction novel. I find it hard to wrap my mind around the fact that someone could just say "meh" about it. It is like standing on the shoulders of a giant and complaining about the view.
Anonymous says:
The article says skateboard. That isn't a skateboard. Seems like it's false advertising.
Look at this amazing FOOD this printer can make! NOTE: Food not edible.
andygates says:
I get that lovely "disruptive tech" shiver from the speed at which 3D printing is moving. What's the rubber stuff demoed on some of the parts?
Coxswain says:
The way that guy kept waggling his eye brows creeped me out.
LogrusZed says:
"And it took all your weight?"
"Yes, the metal alloy trucks I'm actually standing on took all my weight on those 2/3 or 3/4 scale deck! Isn't it amazing how when you decrease the length while maintaining thickness there is less stress in the middle?"
mutha' fuckin' science.
bcsizemo says:
And the fact they added in ribs on the bottom to help strengthen it as well…
I still don't get what is so "awesome" about 3D printing with plastic. Granted, if (and this is a big if) I can pick up a really really good 3D printer for like a grand and turn out stuff like this for about the cost of buying one in the store (or have a company do the same for me) then great. But right now I really see this as a company's R&D dream. Easy fab products for demos, fitment, anything they need a real scale mockup for.
I guess it's not exactly the same as doing circuit boards, but there are companies that will custom make those as well. But, as it is with the scales of economy, your base price is bad until you get to a couple hundred or so.
Anonymous says:
I'm not real excited by this budget 3D printing either. I have a Sherline CNC mill that will make the same thing out of metal (it would take a while), for not much more money than these low end 3D printers. But the flexibility to drill insanely precise holes, mill steel, engrave, and add a digitizer is a big plus. With a budget stepper driver board, and some decent steppers, you can get going with CNC for about $1500. The one advantage I see to the 3D printing is the ability to produce shallow undercuts without repositioning the work piece. I would like to see one of these squirting a bismouth alloy.
Anonymous says:
Not to mention that skateboard sucked! They could have made it a lot cooler by integrating impossible to make truss structures on it, heck they could have put 3d dimensional gothic styling on it! Heck at the very least, they could have textured it for a better grip!
3D printing in anything is cool because you can make just about any arbitrary structure you want, even things that are IMPOSSIBLE with current technology.
At the current time, 3D printing in plastic is much more than an R&D dream. Aerospace companies are using plastic 3d printing processes to make parts that are going into airplanes TODAY. Turn's out it's cheaper to make parts that way. With 3d plastic printing, you can integrate several parts into one and cut down on assembly costs.
Sure, it's not one of the coolest application, but it shows that 3d printing is being used to make "parts," and not just "prototypes."
Anonymous says:
The Makerbot cupcake is down to $900, but currently out of stock. You could probably build a reprap for a couple of hundred cheaper if you shop around carefully. These things print for the cost of raw plastic+electricity, and you can already get some things cheaper by printing if you already have a printer. The cost is falling all the time.
skeletoncityrepeater says:
Now anyone can rapid prototype a working zip gun like Malkovich's character in In The Line Of Fire!
andygates says:
Hmm, you could use a printed collagen substrate and grow your own Milla mignon…
Benher – AFAIK, since most of these techniques use thermoplastics, they won't take the high temperatures of an autoclave without turning back to goo. At the end of the demo there's a teacup holding water at 80c, which (contradict me, makernerds?) is the state of the art.
obdan says:
"I want to say one word to you. Just one word.
Are you listening?
djn says:
Hmm, now where to start building my spaceship parts…
(Or were you referring to the movie instead of Civ4?)
Anonymous says:
In the near future 3D printers will become self aware and start replicating themselves! O_O;
jfrancis says:
I wonder what kind of lenses (not camera lenses, but light source focusing lenses) and light modifiers could be printed for photography
Anonymous says:
hardly a real skateboard. i'm a hater.
Anonymous says:
A Videographer, and spokesperson could go a long way for this company.
Archmage Chaos says:
Agreed. I'm impressed with the speed with which the tech is progressing, and the possibilities for the future. The guy obviously has it on the ball when it comes to tech here, and I wouldn't deny that for a moment..but let's add a little old-fashioned production value, here, huh? Hearing every second or third word be "um" was enough to make me twitch, and there's only so many times you need to say "that's an interesting application."
tl;dr – Good job on the plastics, keep up the good word, now practice your lines or hire a spokesperson. I'm available for insanely low rates.
benher says:
Does anyone know if autoclavable plastic is available for 3D printing? Google fails me.
Anonymous says:
I believe autoclavable plastic is available, but not for the objet. 3D Systems SLA machines print nylon that you can autoclave. Objet machines are pretty neat, Burton uses them for R&D. They print a snowboard binding, ride it, get feedback, and print a new and improved one overnight. Collapsing a design cycle that used to be a year into 24hrs. Also, printing a 1:1 skateboard from this Objet material will probably set you back about $10k.
Grant Hamilton says:
Wow. Those pieces were beautiful. I know that because he said "beautiful" approximately 900 times.
Duffong says:
5-6 years ago I pitched this tech to a company I was working for. 3-4 years ago I tried again and was told, go away. I did, & went to work for myself. 1 year ago polymer and compound development surpassed even my expectations to the point where 1 year from now we will likely be supplying production quality parts in 1-3 days in an area that to this day can take as long as 6-13 weeks to develop a prototype part.
JIMWICh says:
These new materials really are breakthroughs, in terms of their properties. Transparency on that level, not to mention ABS-like toughness and flexibility, are astounding and unprecedented for rapid prototyping part printers.
This is excellent news for product developers, as well as those who want to use these new materials in actual functional applications.
I think I can safely speak for many in the product development community when I say, "We get it, and it's significant."
Thanks for the heads up, Cory.
Anonymous says:
I guess I shouldn't read the comments, but do.. For the development of rapid prototyping this is a significant leap and has he colourfully illustrates, in his second language, offers properties that surpass the low budget explanation.. Beyond the tensile strength and transparency, the resolution of the material and bond strength for unsupported surfaces is impressive.. nice.
Michael Dawson says:
Why does he have subtitles? Do some English speakers really have trouble understanding him, surely not.
theLadyfingers says:
I'm a simple man.
What this means is that we can finally all start making our own highly playable action figures, and give them all different heights and bodies.


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Higher Ground
Medical Marijuana & the Google Effect
Another Layer of Legitimacy
Published: July 9, 2013
This is big news for marijuana activists around the world: Michigan Compassion, a Taylor-based medical marijuana nonprofit, has received a major award from Google Grants to support its education efforts. Not only does it help the organization, it adds another layer of legitimacy in an area that had formerly been pushed into the shadows of society.
"Michigan Compassion is a recipient of a Google Grants award," reads a letter Google provided the organization. "The Google Grants program supports registered nonprofit organizations that share Google's philosophy of community service to help the world in areas such as science and technology, education, global public health, the environment, youth advocacy and the arts. Google Grants is an in-kind advertising program that awards free online advertising to nonprofits via Google AdWords."
The value of the grant isn't clear. Heidi Parikh, co-founder and president of Michigan Compassion, says she can't comment on the details of the grant, but published reports have estimated it from a low of $120,000 to as high as $250,000 in annual credits for the life of Michigan Compassion — over the years it could be millions. That's a lot of value for a small nonprofit with three staffers and dozens of volunteers. Michigan Compassion is a registered 501(c)(3) federal nonprofit. In fact, the organization is included in the Southeastern Michigan Combined Federal Campaign Charity Listing of organizations — along with the Boy Scouts of America, Red Cross and the American Cancer Society — that government employees are encouraged to support through payroll deduction.
I was at the meeting a couple of years ago when Parikh announced that the organization had received its nonprofit status. That happened to be the evening that Irv Rosenfeld, one of a handful of patients in the federal medical marijuana program who receive 300 free marijuana cigarettes each month, spoke to the group. It was a great event for both reasons.
"One of the main reasons we really worked toward getting our 501(c)(3) status was so we could be a legitimate legal organization moving forward in Michigan," Parikh says. "Getting grants and being able to meet with staff at medical facilities are things only a registered nonprofit could do. Only a 501(c)(3) organization could receive this grant. We are treated and respected like any federally recognized nonprofit in the community. Almost every cause has a legitimate nonprofit to move it forward in the community as far as education and awareness are concerned."
Parikh's husband, Amish, writes grants for Michigan Compassion and credits the example of Rosenfeld, who suffers from Multiple Congenital Cartilaginous Exostis and has been receiving government marijuana since 1980, with convincing the CFC Charity Listing to include Michigan Compassion. The organization will be able to do presentations at charity fairs for groups such as the U.S. Post Office to educate workers about their services in an effort to solicit donations.
The nonprofit focuses on increasing awareness and understanding of medical cannabis through education, information and advocacy. Its website includes such information for patients as a discussion of the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act and what to expect from a caregiver. There is information for medical professionals such as links to scientific studies on marijuana for medical purposes, and discussion of the human cannabinoid receptors that substances in marijuana interact with. It even scrolls headlines of the latest marijuana news. Michigan Compassion has reached out to doctors and medical facilities to help educate them about medical marijuana.
"What they don't understand is that it's not about smoking," Parikh says. "There's this little cloud above their heads with this lit-up joint. We've come so far. There are gel tabs, topicals and other things that are being created. It's happening; it's legitimate. We're at the forefront as a legitimate organization. … Our vision is to see it rescheduled, researched and readily available in its natural form."
Federal reclassification of marijuana is the Holy Grail for medical marijuana activists. Its status as a Schedule 1 drug "with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse" blocks research for most organizations in the United States.
In addition to the financial value of the Google grant, it shows evidence that a major, worldwide corporation is ready to engage with medical marijuana. In the past, Google has had strict and restrictive policies regarding marijuana advertising. If there is no serious blowback against Google for this grant, it may have opened the door for other big corporations to take a kinder eye toward medical marijuana. It's pretty clear that the more real information people get regarding medical marijuana, the more they favor it. As open discussion of marijuana becomes more prevalent, recent polls show about three out of four Americans support legalizing medical marijuana, and about half of Americans support legalizing it for recreational use. It's a totally different environment from decades past when there was little actual information about the substance and it couldn't even be discussed beyond an emotional level.
"It's all about being treated equal," Parikh says. "I came from a business mentality, don't let your emotions get in the way. Don't run your business based on emotions."
Doctors have been in a bad position too. They've had no training or information about marijuana other than the anecdotal. And some have been threatened by medical institutions to keep them from engaging with marijuana. Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, who led the opposition against the MMMA even before he was elected, has been fighting medical marijuana tooth and nail. He's intimidated doctors by declaring that anyone involved with it is still subject to federal prosecution. There are other interested parties enhancing that line of thought.
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What ever happened to Dad and Son mentoring ? Maybe the culture of engineering should be passed on to children from the parents ? Like the "good old days" of Heathkit, amateur radio, and electronic kits. Even grandpa in the garage with his crystal radio set. Many of the top engineers I know had such mentoring backgrounds as kids. Unfortunately, I watched our cultural decay for decades now. Whole families "vegging out" in front of the TV, internet, video games and don't forget a glut of porn. Despite this pleasure drunk society with its many bursts of elations the kids and parents still seem to be more sad and lost than ever as time goes on. We've lost our ability to find lasting joy in constructive things such as solving a difficult math/physics problems in homework books.In fact kids that do find joy in equation solving are scorned and mocked as geeks whilst great honor is given to football thugs. For decades there have been books written on the harmful dummying up of our schools systems. Question is what to do ?Answer: Dads get very involved with the joy of training your kids. Also join or start a "high tech oriented" ham club. You may ask what's high tech in ham radio ?. Well AMSAT, Space Balloons, Moon bounce (EME), Meteor scatter, Laser comm. and the such. Of course there are many ways of using digital techniques in ham. But far more neglected and brain challenging is the analog side. Building amplifiers, Impedance matching, UHF/EHF engineering and much more. Electrical engineering should be a way a life for family and community not some dead zombie like science. No wonder why so many engineers hate their jobs. They missed out on the family and fun part. I lament you if that's the case with you. Perhaps it's not too late! Rather than fret over our countries demise why not start something today ? I don't think throwing more STEM tax (or inflated dollars) at the problem will get us very far. The solution is grassroots in nature.Love and good works are not very expensive. It's more about attitude.
Saving our innovative American heritage is not some grievous duty. It's a ton of fun!
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GREENVILLE — High noon. Thats the time East Carolina and Marshall will battle it out at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, W.Va., on Friday to decide who gets to represent the East Division in the Conference USA championship game.
The Pirates (9-2, 6-1) will enter the game with the nations 11th-best scoring offense (41.5 points a game) and full of swagger after they downed N.C. State 42-28 to extend their winning streak to five.
With the eighth-highest scoring offense in the country (43.3 ppg), the Thundering Herd (8-3, 6-1) is coming off a 48-10 rout of Florida International on Saturday and has won four straight.
For the past two seasons, ECU and Marshall have gone at it like the Hatfields and McCoys, with each taking turns knocking the other out of postseason contention.
This season the stakes are higher, and with the Pirates preparing to leave for the American Athletic Conference at the end of the season, it seems only fitting that Round 3 is played in the home of the two former feuding families.
On Monday, East Carolina coach Ruffin McNeill acknowledged the rivalry and said these types of games are why he loves punching the clock every day.
It has been a game that, every year; it comes down to something on the line, McNeill said. Thats why youre in coaching for the competition. When youve been around as long as (me and Marshall coach Doc Holliday) have, and been through a lot of these contests before, its a very intense time, but its fun.
It wasnt so much fun for McNeill and the Pirates in 2011, when the Herd trampled ECUs postseason dreams with a 34-27 overtime victory in West Virginia. The loss left the Pirates with a 5-7 record and snapped their streak of bowl appearances at five.
East Carolina would have to wait 12 months for payback, but it was worth it.
In 2012, it was Marshall that sat on five wins heading into the regular-season finale, but its bowl dreams were shot down by then-sophomore quarterback Shane Carden, who threw for 439 yards and accounted for five touchdowns to lead ECU to a 65-59 double-overtime victory.
Carden, along with Marshalls fellow junior quarterback Rakeem Cato, will be the central figures in Fridays grudge match.
While Cato, 6-foot-0 and 188 pounds, was the 2012 Conference USA Player of the year, 6-2, 218-pound Carden might have the edge on him this season.
Carden leads the FBS in completion percentage (72.8), has the third-most touchdown passes (32) and is fifth in passing yards (3,575).
Cato stands 19th in passing yards (3,042) and 65th in completion percentage (59), while his 32 TD tosses are tied with Carden.
Theyre both the generals of their teams, not just their offense, McNeill said. They have great decision-making skills, distribute the ball extremely well, have the ability to extend plays and theyre both two of the top quarterbacks, not just in the conference, but also in the country. They would be good quarterbacks in any league and on any team.
The teams mirror each other in more ways than one. Both have top-notch receivers, a capable corps of running backs and are backed by defenses that are vastly improved from their last meeting.
ECU junior wide receiver Justin Hardy has been sensational this season, catching 95 passes for 1,130 yards and eight scores.
Hardys 8.6 receptions per game is the sixth-highest total in the FBS, while his receiving yardage ranks 15th in the country.
Thundering Herd slot receiver Tommy Shuler has been Catos go-to guy all year long, catching a team-high 80 passes for 872 yards and nine touchdowns.
In the backfield, both teams rely heavily on undersized rushers. Vintavious Cooper is 98 yards away from his second straight 1,000-yard season, and Essray Taliaferro has gained 845 yards on the year.
Both (offenses) are similar. We spread the field. We both try to stretch the defenses vertically. They do a great job of that and I think we do a great job of it, McNeill said. We both try to stretch the defenses horizontally and then we both have a run game. (The offenses) are similar in nature.
Scheme-wise, the Pirates 3-4 defense varies from the Herds multiple packages, but both units have turned the corner since last season.
Marshall dropped an FBS-best 20.9 points per game off its scoring average last year and rank second in C-USA in scoring defense (21.9).
East Carolinas front seven has been the strength of its defense and boasts the nations ninth-best run defense (103.9 ypg), while ranking 21st in total defense (347.3) and 32nd in scoring defense (22.1 ppg).
With both teams being evenly matched, the outcome might lie in who makes fewer mistakes.
I think both of us have pretty good defenses. We follow each other in (a lot of) categories, including special teams, McNeill said. I think its about playing a total team game. Complementary football will need to be at its highest Friday. This is a game where routine plays will be vital.


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Catholics vs. Protestants: What Do They Believe About Angels?
Do all Christians agree on the same ideas and beliefs regarding God's messengers?
BY: William D. Webber
Find Out:
- Guardian angels
- Role of angels in daily life
- Angel names in the Bible
- Hierarchy of Angels
- Role of angels in church services
- Praying to angels
- Overall attitude toward angels
What is the difference between what Protestants believe about angels and what Roman Catholics believe?
- roscott
How do Catholics and Protestants differ in their beliefs about angels? Surprisingly, this is not an easy question to answer. Both Protestants and Catholics agree on basic beliefs about angels, but there is no "official"list of beliefs about angels. Both believe what the Bible says, but there is still a difference between the Bible used by Catholics and Protestants. The Catholic Bible includes apocryphal books not included in the Protestant Bible. Apocryphal books include the Book of Tobit which mentions the Archangel Raphael. While Protestants accept only what is found in the Bible, the Catholic Church also accepts church traditions and teachings about angels.
The following is what I understand to be the generally accepted Catholic and Protestant views on angels.
Guardian Angels
The term "guardian angel" is not found anywhere in the Bible, but the popular belief for both Protestants and Catholics is that each person has a guardian angel to lead, guard, and guide. Generally, Catholics believe that guardian angels are given at conception, but most Protestants give little thought as to when guardian angels are assigned. Because the Bible gives so few details, some Protestant and Catholic theologians believe that, instead of God assigning one angel to a person for life, God assigns different angels to a person at different times. There may even be times when a person has more than one angel.
Role of Angels in Daily Life
During childhood, Catholics are encouraged to recognize the unseen presence of angels in their lives. A common prayer recited by Catholic children is, "Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God's love commits me here. Ever this day be at my side, to light and guard, to rule and guide. Amen." In some parochial schools, children save a place on their chairs for their angels.
While Protestants agree that angels are always with us, many place little emphasis on being aware of their presence. Recognized or not, angels are always present and active, although those who take angels for granted are less likely to be aware of the ministry of angels in their lives.
Angel Names in the Bible
Even though only Michael, Gabriel, and the fallen angel Satan (Lucifer) are mentioned by name in the Bible, the Catholic Apocrypha also mentions Raphael. In addition, the Catholic Church has recognized several other angels by name.
Protestants note only Michael, Gabriel, and the fallen angel Satan (Lucifer) are the angels with names in the Bible. Some Protestants also believe Michael is the only archangel mentioned by name (Jude 9).
More Info: Read about archangels.
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