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(07-23-2011 05:38 PM)nickfromcwe Wrote: Once you get em in your org, I am interested in some of the Elite rookies I dont have
(07-23-2011 06:12 PM)totally sports Wrote: Alright, working on them now, already have some in this is the 3rd box I busted.
(07-23-2011 06:19 PM)nickfromcwe Wrote: Yeah, I saw that you had some I needed in there... Figured I would wait until the rest were there and shoot ya an offer.
(07-23-2011 06:47 PM)georgerm Wrote: I like the manning die cut, don't have a lot in my org yet but let me know if you could use any of what I got
(07-23-2011 07:06 PM)ripkenfan72 Wrote: Interested in Legend of the Fall Ray Rice
(07-23-2011 08:07 PM)taffster74 Wrote: Man, I really wish panini would bring Elite back to basketball - we only had it in 2009-10 with both the retail and hobby versions and that was it. Nothing this year. Those elite cards are nice.

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The Divine mercies encourage to confidence in God. (1-4) His judgments. (5-11) His people exhorted to wait upon Him. (12-19) Deliverance promised. (20,21)
Verses 1-4 "That day," seems to mean when the New Testament Babylon shall be levelled with the ground. The unchangeable promise and covenant of the Lord are the walls of the church of God. The gates of this city shall be open. Let sinners then be encouraged to join to the Lord. Thou wilt keep him in peace; in perfect peace, inward peace, outward peace, peace with God, peace of conscience, peace at all times, in all events. Trust in the Lord for that peace, that portion, which will be for ever. Whatever we trust to the world for, it will last only for a moment; but those who trust in God shall not only find in him, but shall receive from him, strength that will carry them to that blessedness which is for ever. Let us then acknowledge him in all our ways, and rely on him in all trials.
Verses 5-11 The way of the just is evenness, a steady course of obedience and holy conversation. And it is their happiness that God makes their way plain and easy. It is our duty, and will be our comfort, to wait for God, to keep up holy desires toward him in the darkest and most discouraging times. Our troubles must never turn us from God; and in the darkest, longest night of affliction, with our souls must we desire him; and this we must wait and pray to him for. We make nothing of our religion, whatever our profession may be, if we do not make heart-work of it. Though we come ever so early, we shall find God ready to receive us. The intention of afflictions is to teach righteousness: blessed is the man whom the Lord thus teaches. But sinners walk contrary to him. They will go on in their evil ways, because they will not consider what a God he is whose laws they persist in despising. Scorners and the secure will shortly feel, what now they will not believe, that it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. They will not see the evil of sin; but they shall see. Oh that they would abandon their sins, and turn to the Lord, that he may have mercy upon them.
Verses 12-19 Every creature, every business, any way serviceable to our comfort, God makes to be so; he makes that work for us which seemed to make against us. They had been slaves of sin and Satan; but by the Divine grace they were taught to look to be set free from all former masters. The cause opposed to God and his kingdom will sink at last. See our need of afflictions. Before, prayer came drop by drop; now they pour it out, it comes now like water from a fountain. Afflictions bring us to secret prayer. Consider Christ as the Speaker addressing his church. His resurrection from the dead was an earnest of all the deliverance foretold. The power of his grace, like the dew or rain, which causes the herbs that seem dead to revive, would raise his church from the lowest state. But we may refer to the resurrection of the dead, especially of those united to Christ.
Verses 20-21 When dangers threaten, it is good to retire and lie hid; when we commend ourselves to God to hide us, he will hide us either under heaven or in heaven. Thus we shall be safe and happy in the midst of tribulations. It is but for a short time, as it were for a little moment; when over, it will seem as nothing. God's place is the mercy-seat; there he delights to be: when he punishes, he comes out of his place, for he has no pleasure in the death of sinners. But there is hardly any truth more frequently repeated in Scripture, than God's determined purpose to punish the workers of iniquity. Let us keep close to the Lord, and separate from the world; and let us seek comfort in secret prayer. A day of vengeance is coming on the world, and before it comes we are to expect tribulation and suffering. But because the Christian looks for these things, shall he be restless and dismayed? No, let him repose himself in his God. Abiding in him, the believer is safe. And let us wait patiently the fulfilling of God's promises.
Isaiah 26:1-21 . CONNECTED WITH THE TWENTY-FOURTH AND TWENTY-FIFTH CHAPTERS. SONG OF PRAISE OF ISRAEL AFTER BEING RESTORED TO THEIR OWN LAND.
As the overthrow of the apostate faction is described in the twenty-fifth chapter, so the peace of the faithful is here described under the image of a well-fortified city.
1. strong city--Jerusalem, strong in Jehovah's protection: type of the new Jerusalem ( Psalms 48:1-3 ), contrasted with the overthrow of the ungodly foe ( Isaiah 26:4-7 Isaiah 26:12-14 Revelation 22:2 Revelation 22:10-12 , &c.).
salvation . . . walls--( Isaiah 60:18 , Jeremiah 3:23 , Zechariah 2:5 ). MAURER translates, "Jehovah makes His help serve as walls" ( Isaiah 33:20 Isaiah 33:21 , &c.).
bulwarks--the trench with the antemural earthworks exterior to the wall.
2. Address of the returning people to the gates of Jerusalem (type of the heavenly city, Hebrews 12:22 ); ( Psalms 24:7 Psalms 24:9 , 118:19 ). Antitypically ( Revelation 22:14 , Revelation 21:25 Revelation 21:27 ).
righteous nation--that had not apostatized during the captivity. HORSLEY translates, "The nation of the Just One," namely, the Jews.
3. mind . . . stayed--( Psalms 112:7 Psalms 112:8 ). Jesus can create "perfect peace" within thy mind, though storms of trial rage without ( Isaiah 57:19 , 4:39 ); as a city kept securely by a strong garrison within, though besieged without (so Philippians 4:7 ). "Keep," literally, "guard as with a garrison." HORSLEY translates, (God's) workmanship (the Hebrew does not probably mean "mind," but "a thing formed," Ephesians 2:10 ), so constantly "supported"; or else "formed and supported (by Thee) Thou shalt preserve (it, namely, the righteous nation) in perpetual peace."
4. Lord JEHOVAH--Hebrew, Jah, Jehovah. The union of the two names expresses in the highest degree God's unchanging love and power (compare Psalms 68:4 ). This passage, and Isaiah 12:2 , Exodus 6:3 , Psalms 83:18 , are the four in which the English Version retains the JEHOVAH of the original. MAURER translates, "For JAH (the eternal unchangeable One, Exodus 3:14 ) is JEHOVAH, the rock of ages" (compare Isaiah 45:17 , Deuteronomy 32:15 , 1 Samuel 2:2 ).
5. lofty city--Babylon; representative of the stronghold of the foes of God's people in all ages ( Isaiah 25:2 Isaiah 25:12 , 13:14 ).
6. poor--( Isaiah 25:4 ), the once afflicted Jewish captives. "Foot shall tread," is figurative for exulting in the fall of God's enemies ( Revelation 18:20 ).
7. uprightness--rather, "is direct," that is, is directed by God to a prosperous issue, however many be their afflictions in the meantime (as in the case of the Jewish exiles); the context requires this sense ( Psalms 34:19 , Proverbs 3:6 , 11:5 ), [MAURER]: thus "way" means God's dealings with the righteous ( Psalms 37:23 ).
most upright--( Deuteronomy 32:4 ).
dost weigh--( 1 Samuel 2:3 , Proverbs 5:21 ) Rather, "thou dost make plain and level" [MAURER], removing all obstacles ( Isaiah 40:3 Isaiah 40:4 ).
8. way of thy judgments--We have waited for Thy proceeding to punish the enemy ( Isaiah 26:9 Isaiah 26:10 ) [MAURER]. HORSLEY translates Isaiah 26:7 Isaiah 26:8 , "The path of the Just One is perfectly even; an even road Thou wilt level for the Just One, even the path of Thy laws, O Jehovah. We have expected Thee."
name . . . remembrance--the manifested character of God by which He would be remembered ( Isaiah 64:5 , Exodus 3:15 ).
9. With, . . . soul . . . I--literally, "I . . . my soul," in apposition; the faithful Jews here speak individually. The overthrow of the foe and the restoration of the Jews are to follow upon prayer on the part of the latter and of all God's people ( Isaiah 62:1-4 Isaiah 62:6 Isaiah 62:7 Psalms 102:13-17 ).
in the night--( Psalms 63:6 , Solomon 3:1 ).
world . . . learn . . . righteousness--the remnant left after judgments ( Psalms 58:10 Psalms 58:11 , Zechariah 14:16 ).
10. uprightness--rather, as in Isaiah 26:7 , "prosperity," answering to "favor" in the parallelism, and in antithesis to "judgments in the earth" ( Isaiah 26:9 ); where prosperity attends the wicked as well as the just, "he will not learn righteousness," therefore judgments must be sent that he may "learn" it [MAURER].
11. lifted up--to punish the foes of God's people. They who will not see shall be made to "see" to their cost ( Isaiah 5:12 ).
their envy at the people--that is, "Thy people." LOWTH translates, "They shall see with confusion Thy zeal for Thy people."
fire of . . . enemies--that is, the fire to which Thine enemies are doomed ( Isaiah 9:18 ).
12. peace--God's favor, including all blessings, temporal and spiritual, opposed to their previous trials ( Psalms 138:8 ).
13. other lords--temporal; heathen kings ( 2 Chronicles 12:8 , 2 Chronicles 28:5 2 Chronicles 28:6 ), Nebuchadnezzar, &c. Spiritual also, idols and lusts ( Romans 6:16-18 ).
by thee only--It is due to Thee alone, that we again worship Thee as our Lord [MAURER]. "(We are) Thine only, we will celebrate Thy name" [HORSLEY]. The sanctifying effect of affliction ( Psalms 71:16 , Psalms 119:67 Psalms 119:71 ).
14. They--The "other lords" or tyrants ( Isaiah 26:13 ).
shall not live--namely, again.
deceased--Hebrew, "Rephaim"; powerless, in the land of shades ( Isaiah 14:9 Isaiah 14:10 ).
therefore--that is, inasmuch as. Compare "therefore" ( Genesis 18:5 , 19:8 ).
15. hast--prophetical preterite ( Isaiah 9:3 ).
hast removed . . . far . . . ends of . . . earth--rather, "Thou hast extended far all the borders of the land" [VITRINGA].
16. visited--sought.
poured out--( Psalms 62:8 ), as a vessel emptying out all its contents.
prayer--literally, "a whispered prayer," Margin, "a secret sighing" to God for help (compare Jeremiah 13:17 , Deuteronomy 8:16 ).
17. An image of anguish accompanied with expectation, to be followed by joy that will cause the anguish utterly to be forgotten. Zion, looking for deliverance, seemingly in vain, but really about to be gloriously saved ( Micah 4:9 Micah 4:10-13 , 5:1-3 , John 16:21 John 16:22 ).
18. brought forth wind--MICHAELIS explains this of the disease empneumatosis. Rather, "wind" is a figure for that which proves an abortive effort. The "we" is in antithesis to "Thy," "my" ( Isaiah 26:19 ), what we vainly attempt, God will accomplish.
not wrought . . . deliverance in . . . earth--literally, "the land (Judea) is not made security," that is, is not become a place of security from our enemies.
neither . . . world fallen--The "world" at large, is in antithesis to "the earth," that is, Judea. The world at enmity with the city of God has not been subdued. But MAURER explains "fallen," according to Arabic idiom, of the birth of a child, which is said to fall when being born; "inhabitants of the world (Israel, Isaiah 24:4 ; not the world in general) are not yet born"; that is, the country as yet lies desolate, and is not yet populated.
19. In antithesis to Isaiah 26:14 , "They (Israel's foes) shall not live"; "Thy (Jehovah's) dead men (the Jews) shall live," that is, primarily, be restored, spiritually ( Isaiah 54:1-3 ), civilly and nationally ( Isaiah 26:15 ); whereas Thy foes shall not; ultimately, and in the fullest scope of the prophecy, restored to life literally ( Ezekiel 37:1-14 , Daniel 12:2 ).
together with my dead body--rather, "my dead body," or "bodies" (the Jewish nation personified, which had been spiritually and civilly dead; or the nation, as a parent, speaking of the bodies of her children and "my dead" are one and the same [HORSLEY]. However, as Jesus is the antitype to Israel ( Matthew 2:15 ), English Version gives a true sense, and one ultimately contemplated in the prophecy: Christ's dead body being raised again is the source of Jehovah's people (all, and especially believers, the spiritual Israelites) also being raised ( 1 Corinthians 15:20-22 ).
Awake--( Ephesians 5:14 ), spiritually.
in dust--prostate and dead, spiritually and nationally; also literally ( Isaiah 25:12 , 47:1 ).
dew--which falls copiously in the East and supplies somewhat the lack of rain ( Hosea 14:5 ).
cast out . . . dead--that is, shall bring them forth to life again.
20. enter . . . chambers--When God is about to take vengeance on the ungodly, the saints shall be shut in by Him in a place of safety, as Noah and his family were in the days of the flood ( Genesis 7:16 ), and as Israel was commanded not to go out of doors on the night of the slaying of the Egyptian first-born ( Exodus 12:22 Exodus 12:23 , Psalms 31:20 , 83:3 ). The saints are calmly and confidently to await the issue ( Exodus 14:13 Exodus 14:14 ).
21. ( Micah 1:3 , Jude 1:14 ).
disclose . . . blood--( Genesis 4:10 Genesis 4:11 , Job 16:18 , Ezekiel 24:7 Ezekiel 24:8 ). All the innocent blood shed, and all other wrongs done, so long seemingly with impunity, shall then be avenged ( Revelation 16:6 ).


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Unofficial results were as follows: Derek Bell, 42; Lillie Clifton, 32; Amos Pates, 88; Regina Spann, 59; and Silvia Coleman, 24.
According to Deputy Clerk Teresa Brown, absentee and avadavat ballots were to be counted on Aug. 28.
However tallies of those ballots have not been released and an apparent issue with the election has resulted in a runoff.
"I cannot say what the problem is right now," said Brown.
On Friday, Mayor Darryl Johnson confirmed that there was a problem with the election.
"The results are not definite. We're going to have a special election run-off between Amos Pates and Derek Bell.
According to Johnson, in a regular election, the person who receives the highest number of votes is the winner, but those rules do not apply in a special election.
"There was not a clear understanding concerning the statute.
"We did not know if state laws applied to the city or county," said Johnson.
"When we discovered that there was a law that governed special elections, we wanted to make sure that it was a valid law.
"The election committee contacted the Secretary of State's office on Thursday but they were not successful until Friday.
"From my understanding, there is a manual that the election committee goes by. "There was not a clear winner. A run-off election will be held on Sept. 10 from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.," said Johnson.
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The goal of this thread is to create 21 brand new, official-like levels, and to publish them so that the regular players of FC will have new creativity-inspiring levels to play.
This is how it's gonna work: (PS I changed some stuff)
- There's gonna be a group of people who... do stuff.
- These people must: Be good at FC, know what sets official levels apart from noob levels, and have good taste. :D
- Now, ANYONE may submit a level to me via PM. This level should NOT be prettied up, and should only contain the core level concepts/structures.
- I will post the level on this page if I like it, dictator-style.
- If I like it, then each person in the group may create a "prettied-up" version of that level.
- The person who made the concept level chooses the art they like best. Submit sooner rather than later b/c there's no minimum time for this.
- This will be published by the original creator of the level (not the one who prettied it up), with the level description "Art by [personWhoDidTheArt]".
- After this, EVERYONE in the group must vote this level up, EVEN if you originally voted against the level. Majority rules.
Rules for Level Submission
- Levels must be original and creative, and have thought-provoking concepts.
- Levels must not include any FCML artifacts (pinned goal pieces, ghost rods, and design wheels).
- Levels must be appropriately challenging (Not too easy, not too hard).
- There will be a strict limit of 21 levels, so sub-par levels will be rejected.
Members of the group (PM me if you want to be in this group. I cleaned the member list after the reboot)
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Current Art Level
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Previously Accepted Levels (Remember guys, you need to vote these up!)
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Plumber Level by rianbay812, Art by zhyrek
Corrupt Bargain Level by Wafflekins, Art by schmittd
The Tomb Level by zhyrek, Art also by zhyrek
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Just woke up from a good dream turned into a nightmare?
Ended up backstage at a RAW show, was about to get redireced back to my seat until Cena stopped security and offers to let me hang out with him before his match. After some talking, I am watching the show from Cena's locker room while he is in his bathroom getting ready for his match until he realizes his shorts have not been broughten to him by the dressing room staff. While he is only in a towel, he sends me to get him something to wrestle in. Clueless, I picked up a pair of Mason Ryan's skimpy tights because of the pressure. I show them to Cena, hes irate, but Vince McMahon himself comes in and orders Cena to the ring. He throws them on, and much like Mason Ryan, his butt is not covered. Cena goes to the ring with a wedgie and is mocked and eventually runs backstage.
Before Cena can return to his room, Mason Ryan himself is in the room furious about his trunks. Who does he take it out on? Me and my asshole...
Speaking of Mason ryan where on earth is that sexy beast
I miss you Billy Gunn
pics/vids of him? maybe some thong/butt action?
Best Booty Competition with Cena
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I think if Cena were around anywhere between 1997 to early '99, we would have seen a lot of skin from him much like HBK, HHH, Billy Gunn,etc... during the good years when pushing the envelope was cool. Cena did say (in his DVD) he thinks nudity is fun and will use it to make a bad situation better. Someone let Cena know it's not to late to make a better situation for WWE in its current funk, so Cena....time to get naked! Ratings would soar!
and don't forget Billy's man.... Chuck
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boy, they are really selling this one! yeah, like it were that hard >>>lol @ the ref>>>
Rico and Palumbo check out Mr. Ass
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Thanks , will post more tomorrow.
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Thanks to WWE B for all those hot photos! Jacked off to most of them! Glad to see Darren Young was added as well, he's one hot Superstar!
Chris Masters & John Morrison posing:
So, what's the deal with this whole Morrison and Melina thing?
so guys i got tough question for everyone
who is the sexiest male wrestler of all time
Billy Gunn always made me horny, especially when he started calling himself Mr. Ass. That ass needs to be sitting on my face right now. I especially love the picture where he is "stinkfacing" Rikishi. Give that fat tub of lard a taste of his own medicine with real man ass! I recently saw Billy, Hardcore Holly, Chavo Guerrero, and Val Venis is action. Let's just say, I would have loved to eaten out Billy and Holly's asses out afterwards. Both are gorgeous. Val is still good looking, but lost his hard body he loved to flaunt.
So I'm wondering what cenas new attire will be tonight.
what am i good at? haha!
any of BRAD MADDOXS bare arse?
Dolph didn't wear that attire. Wasn't probably child oriented enough...
He shouldn't have tweeted about it prior to the PPV, then we'd get to see it.
What a bummer.
so here's a thought.....if you could form a tag team with any two superstars past or present based on looks or wrestling skill, who would you pair together? my dream team, based on looks alone would be John Morrison and Drew Mcintyre.
Meh another so-so pay per view. Lame ending, but could possibly see a start of a faction(Fans of DA and SR will be excited about this!). JBL's a hoot on commentary! And I'm expecting some hot snapshots from WWE B. There were a lot to be had especially by Ziggler!
If I were'to make a tag team. It would be Perry Saturn and Daniel Bryan. Both kinda coo coo and have stand out looks.
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I'd say perfect team for me would be Alex Shelley and Evan Bourne.
what am i good at? haha!
Yumm. Look at those legs!
apparently this is sin cara
The rock? butt or whatever
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These may be a boner killer, but rare bloody pics of Cena...
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Cena> "And if you don't like my big booty"....
How hot is this pic....
LOL, looks like Ted doesn't know where to put his hand. I bet Rhodes knew where to put his package, pressed hard against Ted's ass! If anyone happens to already have this clip, can you please post it. Thanks.
^ Thank you so much! Such a gorgeous man! If you ever want to post more you're more than welcome to LOL :P I haven't seen a lot of these so thank you very much.
Heres a recent find of the Rock
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Love it when his boxers show
Hope that hit the spot mt2009
IT most certainly did
I'll add to that..
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Drew Peterson conviction comes at crucial time in Glasgow re-election bid
BY JON SEIDEL Sun-Times Media firstname.lastname@example.com September 6, 2012 8:32PM
Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow (center) addresses the media after a guilty verdict was returned during the Drew Peterson murder trial at the Will County Courthouse Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Updated: October 9, 2012 2:55PM
As James Glasgow approached the TV cameras outside the courthouse, the familiar election-year chant could be heard amid the cheers celebrating Drew Peterson's conviction.
"Four more years!"
Though the Will County state's attorney and his staff have been careful to avoid the topic, Peterson's murder trial came at a perilous political time for Glasgow. In about two months he'll ask the people of Will County for a fifth term as top prosecutor.
His odds in the Nov. 6 election seemed at times to ride entirely on Peterson's prosecution this summer. And Thursday, a jury found Peterson guilty of the 2004 murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.
Another high-profile trial prosecuted by Glasgow's office is continuing at the courthouse, though. Christopher Vaughn of Oswego is on trial for the June 2007 shooting deaths of his wife and three young children.
Glasgow, a Democrat, prosecuted Peterson personally and delivered the final words to the jury during closing arguments. His Republican challenger, Dave Carlson, questioned Glasgow's presence in the courtroom before the trial began. He said it's been too long since Glasgow prosecuted a case.
"We're all licensed to drive a car," Carlson said. "If you haven't driven a car in 15 years you're not ready to go to the Indy 500."
But a spokesman for Glasgow's office said at the time Glasgow felt compelled to prosecute the case because he's been involved from the beginning. Thursday, Glasgow said he's spent his career making decisions without considering the political implications.
"My entire career has been against all odds," Glasgow said. "I was never supposed to be elected state's attorney. There hadn't been a Democratic state's attorney in 36 years here."
Glasgow was originally elected in 1992 — ousting Edward Burmila from the office. Burmila would go on to become an associate judge in 2003 and preside over Peterson's trial this summer.
Carlson, meanwhile, said Thursday he doesn't want to see Peterson's trial politicized, either. He said one case shouldn't override Glasgow's 16 years as state's attorney — the Democrat was voted out of office in 2000 only to return to the office in 2004. And Carlson said he's happy for the Savios.
"We should respect the family," Carlson said.


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National Editor Tom KarstScanning the Web, there is mostly just the facts reporting on the USDA's new rule on organic testing.
Here is a summary of the final rule, which is effective Jan. 1, 2013:
This final rule clarifies a provision of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 and the regulations issued thereunder that requires periodic residue testing of organically produced agricultural products by accredited certifying agents. The final rule amends the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Organic Program (NOP) regulations to make clear that accredited certifying agents must conduct periodic residue testing of agricultural products that are to be sold, labeled, or represented as ``100 percent organic,'' ``organic,'' or ``made with organic (specified ingredients or food group(s)).'' The final rule expands the amount of residue testing of organically produced agricultural products by clarifying that sampling and testing are required on a regular basis. The final rule requires that certifying agents, on an annual basis, sample and conduct residue testing from a minimum of five percent of the operations that they certify. This action will help further ensure the integrity of products produced and handled under the NOP regulations.
The Packer's own coverage drew a reader comment from Mischa Popoff, who has been something of a squeaky wheel about the lack of USDA testing up to this point.
Popoff, of the "Is it organic?" moniker, wrote:
In order to prevent cheating, all testing in the organic industry must occur prior to harvest. There's little point wasting time or money testing post-harvest.
The reason is that with the exception of genetically-modified organisms, almost everything else that's prohibited in organic production dissipates and eventually becomes undetectable over time. Whether it's herbicides, pesticides, hormones, improperly-composted manure, or the big-money-maker: synthetic nitrogen, only an unannounced inspection and field test will deter fraud and gross negligence. After all, Olympic athletes are tested before and during the games, not after.
As for the cost being $500 per test, I must strenuously disagree. I performed broad-spectrum field tests on organic crops when I was an active IOIA organic inspector for as little as $125. Surely a certifier recognized by the USDA to audit organic farmers and processors will be able to get as good or better a price.


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Highlights of 2011 and $100 Gift for YOU!
Hey guys,
OK, so another year has almost passed us by again, doesn't time fly when you're having fun!
I'm going to go over some of the things that I have been up to this year, as posting regular updates wasn't one of them!
As last years little competition was such a success, I'm going to do the same again this year and hopefully give some lucky reader $100 cash!
It's real simple, all you have to do is to reply to this post with YOUR personal highlight of the year, I'll then put all the names into a hat and randomly choose the lucky $100 winner!
So here's MY personal highlights of 2011:
January 2011 - The first thing I did in January was to launch the new look for my Planet Divinity website, it's kind of a central hub for me and home to some great turnkey websites.
I then told you about Matt Garrett's Instant Article Videos, and how simple it was to turn all your articles into videos, the feedback I received on this was great!
Later that month was the launch of Michael Cheney's My Millionaire Mentor, where myself and John Thornhill teamed up to put an awesome bonus package together with the hope of providing you all with some great content and also win his affiliate contest at the same time, we did win it thanks to all of you and we gave over $2,000 to charity too.
February 2011 - In February I re-launched Multi Profit Monthly with John Thornhill, a 12 month course where we show people how to duplicate our success, using all the methods that we have used to succeed online.
Then John Thornhill launched his excellent One Month Mentor program, which is 31 days of TOP QUALITY training, aimed to get you started FAST!
March 2011 - The first thing to come in March was a superb free eBook from my good friend Daniel Sumner, that shows you exactly how to create and more importantly market an eBook, it was called The eBook Cycle.
Later that month myself and John offered you $8,174+ worth of just about all of our best selling products for what can only be described as a truly INSANE price, it was 72 Hours of Complete Madness!
April 2011 - In April my good friends Tony Shepherd and Tony Newton launched a cracking 4 week training course that basically shows you how to create and Flip WordPress Blogs! Awesome stuff!
later that month Myself and John Thornhill launched a fantastic piece of software that creates Facebook like pages in under a minute, it was called Like Page Builder, and the best part was we gave you it for FREE!
May 2011 - In May I had been working behind the scenes with Omar Martin to create a FREE source for you to find out all about the people and products online, it was called IM Trustworthy, and it's now very widely used and respected.
May was also the time that my good friend Stevie at GFX-1 created a brand new collection of Over 1,500, High Quality, Professional Website Graphics, excellent for 'instant' web pages that look amazing!
Later this month my good friend Lee McIntyre released a controversial free video where he revealed the 3 weird little strategies that he used to build a SEVEN FIGURE online business in record time, it was called Instant Internet Lifestyle and it really was lifestyle changing stuff!
Later that month my good friend Socrates Socratous launched a 'killer' product, it was called Killer Content and it was that good that I offered a BONUS of over $1,594.00 just for anyone who purchased through my link! Cracking stuff!
June 2011 - June was when I launched Affiliate Ad Rotator, this was a product I teamed up with John Thornhill on, basically, it displays and rotates ClickBank IMAGE banner ads. We all know how well images work instead of just plain text, well, this gives you the perfect ads for your websites or blogs, we even have an option for users to add their own ads to our database, giving excellent exposure!
Around mid June, John Thornhill and Keith Purkiss launched Push Button Giveaway, a great product that basically makes using giveaway events 'push button'
Soon after that I launched PLR Monthly 2.0, myself and Daniel Sumner made this to be what we think is the greatest PLR resource site in the world... Bar none! We added a shed load of content to our already great content, far too much to list here! Around the end of June my good friend John Thornhill launched a 'Warrior Special Offer' for only $12, it was called Affiliate Promo Formula, giving you a blueprint of how to make BIG bucks with affiliate promotions.
July 2011 - This was when John Thornhill launched his $497 Coaching Program for only $19, no catches or anything, just a single $19 payment for his cracking coaching program.
Around mid July was when my good friend Omar Martin launched his excellent 'My Unfair Advantage' which was basically some TOP quality software, training and support from REAL experts. This was so good that I also offered a $497 BONUS just for anyone who purchased through my link!
Near the end of July I teamed up with John Thornhill to launch '72 Hours of Complete Madness', we really went to town with this one, giving you 3 days to grab an AWESOME package of products, if you missed this then you should kick yourself!
August 2011 - The start of August was when me and John launched Multi Profit Monthly in a $5 Warrior Special Offer, this was an amazing success and if you took advantage of it then you got a superb deal for only $5!
Later that month we launched the Simple Success System series, the first one shows you via FREE webinar, how we generated over 8 million from multiple income streams! Soon after that John launched another, called 3 Steps to Success.
September 2011 - At the start of September my good friend Jim Cockrum launched a cracking course called quite simply The Proven Amazon Course, with Amazon getting even bigger and Jim's extensive knowledge and experience, it's no surprise that this was an amazing success for him!$
Around the middle of September John launched another great WSO, this one was called Profit from PLR, you basically got a great $97 product for only $5! Soon after that my good friend Alex Jeffreys launched an awesome FREE report showing you how he generated 1 MILLION in just 21 days, and how you can do the same too, it really was good stuff!
Around the end of September Jim Cockrum launched a great bok that was basically the result of a decade worth of ideas that Jim has collected and found REALLY work, it was called Free Marketing, and it really was an excellent read, Jim also gave the proceeds to charity...What a guy!
October 2011 - The first thing that highlighted October for me was an excellent bit of software from Robert Black, this usually sold for $77, but as a WSO you got it for just $5 ($10 now), I thought this was great!
Around the middle of October I launched an AWESOME WSO with John Thornhill, we offered you one of our best selling $197 products for just $5, it was Multi Profit Websites.
At the end of October John launched his excellent WSO Domination, this gave you a step by step blueprint to creating a WSO and making money from it. As with any great product I also offered a BONUS again too!
November 2011 - This was when we launched ClickBank Affiliate Master in a WSO special for only $5! It's an excellent piece of software that allows you to create multiple 'custom' ClickBank affiliate links and pages, we use this software on just about all our products, and it helps pull in thousands, if not TENS of THOUSANDS worth of ADDITIONAL sales.
Around the middle of November was when my good friend Stevie B launched a cracking Video Template Pack in a WSO, you guys loved this!
December 2011 - Well I'm sure you can remember this, but I teamed up with John to give you guys yet another AWESOME BONUS, this time it was for PLR Jackpot, an awesome PLR package. Oh, it's available again for a limited time if you missed out!
Around the middle of December myself and John launched our hugely successful WSO Success program, this sold out right away, but you can still get on the waiting list for next time.
Soon after that my good friend Stevie B launched another 'PREMIUM' Video Template Pack via WSO, another great essential!
I'm sure you saw our Festive Blowout just after Christmas, this really was an AWESOME package of some seriously high quality products from us, I hope you managed to grab it before it was gone, if you missed it then you missed a treat!
OK, so that's basically my highlights of 2011, I also did a lot of 'behind the scenes' stuff, which I'll tell you about some other time!
Sorry if this post went on a little longer than expected, but there was a lot to fit in!
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Please make sure you use your best email address when you reply, as I will need to contact you on it if you win!
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Dozens of students benefit from weekend food program
Tyler Whipkey, a ninth-grade student at West Greene High School, ties off a plastic bag filled with food items that will be placed in a box and delivered to either the middle school or one of the district's two elementary schools as part of the Backpack Food Program.
These are some of the shelf-stable and user-friendly food items that were packed Thursday in the West Greene High School cafeteria and delivered Friday to Graysville and Springhill-Freeport elementary schools and the middle school. The packets of food were discretely placed in backpacks of students in kindergarten through sixth grade who qualified for the Weekend Food Program.
Getting the boxes ready for the weekly Backpack Food Program at West Greene High School Thursday are, from left, Bettie Stammerjohn, executive director of the Communtiy Foundation of Greene County, the program's fiscal agent; Amy Keeler, director of food services for the school district and who coordinates the program; and Patty Jones and Alberta Jones, members of the West Greene Lions Club. The club donates money to aid the program.
From left, Sarah Jones, a ninth-grade student, Renee Salai, a 10th-grade student, work near the end of the Backpack food assembly line as Justin Gilbert, a ninth-grader, waits to tie up the bag to place it in a delivery box.
Daniel Salai, Tyler Whipkey, Justin Gilbert, Rodney Parson, Noah Lemley and Dawn Anna Trout pick food items purchased by Amy Keeler, West Greene School District's director of food services, that will be given to 54 kindergarten through sixth-graders who have qualified for the Backpack or Weekend Food Program.
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Clockwise, Rodney Parson, grade 8; Tyler Whipkey, grade 9; Morgan Stover, grade 9; and Sarah Jones grade 9, all members of Jackie Slogan's gifted class, spend about 15 minutes every Thursday packing bags for the Backpack Food Program in West Greene School District.
ROGERSVILLE – Students filled the West Greene High School cafeteria Thursday, waiting in the assembly-line ritual to load their trays with the day's lunch offerings.
Soon, the room would be empty, except for cafeteria workers busily wiping off tables and tying off huge black trash bags that would be carried to the nearest Dumpster.
But this was Thursday and another assembly line was about to form, just as it does every Thursday around 12:30 p.m. There is food, of course, but not the usual cafeteria fare. And there are students waiting in line, but they hold plastic bags, not plastic trays.
In about 15 minutes, these middle and high school students who report to the cafeteria promptly at 12:45 p. m. will pack 54 bags that will be placed in six cardboard boxes – two marked for Graysville Elementary, two marked for Springhill-Freeport Elementary, and two marked for the middle school.
These 54 plastic bags labeled for those three locations contain about a dozen food items that will be discretely placed into the backpack of a student in kindergarten through sixth grade who has qualified for the West Greene School District Backpack program, or as some like to call it, The Weekend Food Program.
Students who are in the free lunch program receive the food at their respective schools each Friday to make sure there is enough food at the home over the weekend.
"What is so eye-opening is that last year, when the program kicked off, there were 24 students in the program," said Amy Keeler, director of food services for West Greene School District. She coordinates the program by selecting and ordering food and overseeing packing and distribution.
This is her first year in the district and she did not hesitate to continue the program launched by her predecessor, Martin Lorenzo, West Greene's previous food service director.
"It would be great if we didn't have to do this, but when the number of students who qualify more than doubles in a year, I am going to make sure they do not return to school hungry on Monday," Keeler said,.
Keeler lines up cases of food on cafeteria tables and has the shopping bags ready for Jackie Slogan's gifted students who pack them. To protect the confidentially of the student recipients, Keeler, not the student volunteers, tags each bag with the recipient's first name, homeroom and school. The boxes are then packed and delivered to the schools.
And while Keeler spearheads the program from the high school, she has a "few good women" who lend an invaluable hand.
First, there is Donna Dire, a school counselor with Intermediate Unit 1, who delivers the food boxes to Graysville and Springhill-Freeport elementary schools. Tonya Meek takes charges of making sure the bags are distributed to the sixth graders in the middle school.
Keeler explained on Fridays, teachers discretely place the food packs into the students' backpacks at a time when students are at recess to protect their privacy.
When Keeler orders food from the district's food purveyor, she places two orders – one for the general student population and another order for the weekend food program.
The backpack program doesn't cost the school district anything, thanks to grants from Alpha Natural Resources and donations from the West Greene Lions Club. This money goes directly to the Community Foundation of Greene County, which serves as the fiscal agent and pays the invoices for the backpack food.
Keeler said the average cost of the food is $243 a week or $4.50 per student.
A similar program operates in Carmichaels Area School District, thanks to the efforts of Sean Stark, Carmichaels food service director.
The programs in these school districts are not one-year projects that can be funded and just carry on. The funds need to grow and the pot needs to be built up, said Bettie Stammerjohn, executive director of the Community Foundation.
"The school districts cannot support the programs with today's tight budgets so it is imperative that private monies continue to flow in, Stammerjohn said.
The food packed Thursday is very shelf-stable and user-friendly so the kids can prepare it themselves.
There were Sun Chips, noodles, Snack Packs, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, apple sauce, ready to eat canned vegetable soup, dried food packs, crackers, Pop Tarts, a chocolate chip oatmeal bar an d peanut butter.
"A one-pound bag of pasta is included each week as an offering to assist other children that may be in the home as well. Items requiring refrigeration are not offered for food safety reasons," she said.
School personnel have reported seeing kids come to school and notice it is obvious some haven't eaten over the weekend. At lunch, they are socking food way, trying to get seconds and getting food for their friends.
Fortunately, there are options, thanks to these caring individuals and businesses that have joined forces to ensure food is available.


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House closes shop without tackling reassessments
Possible help for Washington County and other counties dealing with reassessments wont be addressed by the state Legislature until next year at the earliest.
State Reps. Jesse White, D-Cecil, Brandon Neuman, D-Canonsburg, and Peter J. Daley II, D-California, Thursday criticized House Republican leaders for not bringing up legislation that would enact changes in the way property values are reassessed in the state.
Senate Bill 1546, which could have gone to Gov. Tom Corbett for signing Wednesday had it won House approval, would incorporate four major changes to create uniform standards for assessing property values, as recommended by the Property Reassessment Reform Task Forces recent report.
The lawmakers said while language in the bill that would have temporarily halted court-ordered countywide property reassessments was stripped by the Senate, the reforms that were included would have helped to prevent back-door property tax increases and level the playing field across the state when counties reassess.
However, according to the Democratic lawmakers, House and Senate Republican leaders said they would not hold any votes following the Nov. 6 general election, and all legislation not approved by this past Wednesday evening will expire at the end of the legislative session Nov. 30. The proposed reassessment legislation would have to be reintroduced in 2013.
Instead of passing the most sweeping reforms to the property tax process in decades and handing a huge victory to Pennsylvania taxpayers, House Republican leaders abruptly ended the legislative session and told House members to have a nice day and see you next year, said White. Its a massive failure of leadership by the House majority.
White pointed out that the reforms contained in the bill could have helped to restore the reassessment process to its original use and eliminate the ability to use reassessment as a weapon to dramatically increase property taxes.
Such is the case in Washington County, said White, as McGuffey and Washington school districts have sued the county to force reassessment.
The school districts and the county are still facing off in court over the matter.
Arguments before a Commonwealth Court panel in Pittsburgh are scheduled for Nov. 13 in the cases that were filed in 2008.
The appellate court will have to decide if the commissioners four years ago agreed to reassess property countywide.
The county has not signed a contract with a reassessment firm for a task that is estimated to cost as much as $8 million, but the commissioners maintain they have taken steps toward the effort, such as purchasing aerial images of the county and readying the former juvenile home in Arden as office space.
In May, President Judge Debbie ODell Seneca said the commissioners are stalling by appealing her earlier decision for the county to move forward with the reassessment.
Washington Countys last property reassessment took effect in 1981.
This bill would have provided a more predictable and equitable process of valuating property, Daley said. This commonsense approach of establishing uniform standards was long overdue in the commonwealth, and I am disappointed taxpayers will be forced to go even longer under a system of unfair tax increases.
The representatives said the new legislation would have changed the system of reassessing property values by:
n Creating in consultation with the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania and the Assessors Association of Pennsylvania an operations manual to be used by counties when completing a countywide reassessment or when valuating property;
n Creating a centralized and standardized statewide database for counties to use and report all property values and data as required;
n Developing a statewide training program for everyone involved in the valuation of property in every county. These programs would provide basic and detailed training that must be completed and passed by any person working in the commonwealth who is collecting, compiling, computing or handling data associated with the valuation of any property;
n Developing standards on contracting for assessment services in consultation with the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania and the International Association of Assessing Officers. This would include a provision stating that the methodology used by any person, company or organization to value property in the commonwealth shall be made public and that all data and calculations are the property of county and the commonwealth.
This has been a painstaking, bipartisan effort to fix a flawed reassessment system and protect constituents from huge property tax increases, Neuman said. While we may not be back to square one, the failure to get this to the governor will put us back many, many months. But, we are not giving up this fight, and we will come back even louder and stronger in the next legislative session.


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Support is being offered by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) to IFAC's (International Federation of Accountants) Small and Medium Practices Forum, which is working to tackle the challenges and opportunities Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and Small and Medium Practices (SMPs) face in an ever-changing global operating environment.
ACCA, the global body for professional accountants, backs the Forum's aims to discuss the hot issues faced by SMPs, which were placed centre stage recently at IFAC Forum's sixth annual meeting in Singapore.
ACCA particularly agrees with IFAC's SMP Committee chair - Giancarlo Attolini - that when small businesses prosper, this also helps the economies to flourish as well.
Mark Gold, chair of the ACCA's Global Forum for SMEs, one of 10 worldwide assemblies that bring together expertise from all sectors around the world, tackling issues of vital importance to the finance profession and business, says: 'It is pleasing to see that IFAC and the Singapore accountancy body ICPAS have placed SMPs high on the agenda and engaging with SME stakeholders will be critical in this work.
'When ACCA set up its own SME Global Forum last year, we aimed to bring experts together to identify the needs of SMEs around the world and campaign for policy makers to put this sector at the forefront of public policies. ACCA will continue to support IFAC in highlighting how vital SMPs are in their support of a sustainable SME sector.'


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When we planted Grace Church in a local movie theater two years ago, we assumed that one day we would have a more permanent location. Meeting in a theater is not without challenges, and we assumed we'd eventually have a place for offices and more permanent meeting space, etc.
We also had plans (which are currently in process) of sending out a planter and were excited about planting a new church. We think it is essential to plant and to do it early so that multiplication is part of the life of our church.
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Christ Fellowship is a multi-site church. That means we are one church family meeting in multiple locations across our region. We currently average around 30,000 people in all of our combined campuses. Before you begin to revel in our fruit, I want you to understand why we worked so hard to pioneer a new way of doing church.
One of the major roles of the American church must be the reformation of our great nation. We started down the arduous path of multi-site development knowing that would help us mobilize a vast army of compassion, which could impact on our region.
No one cares about our politics or moral issues until they know we love them. The
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As our people step out to serve others in loving compassion, more doors are opening for us to have greater influence. For example, when we saw that the foster care system in our area needed help, we established the Place of Hope children's home. Because of the widespread impact of this faith-based program to care for abused and abandoned children, we are now able to speak into the entire foster care system and offer positive contributions on the local, state and national levels.
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Betsy Wolfe and Adam Kantor, stars of Second Stage Theatre's revival of The Last Five Years, are celebrating the release of their cast recording at 54 Below in concert! Hear from them and composer Jason Robert Brown about what fans can expect!
Paul Wontorek chats with Tam Mutu about his role in Donmar Warehouse's City of Angels and his upcoming gig as the title character is Broadway's next lush romance, Doctor Zhivago.
December 17, 2014Oscar winner Dianne Wiest, Tony winner Tonya Pinkins and first-time director Cynthia Nixon fill us in on the New Group's workplace drama Rasheeda Speaking.
January 15, 2015Lindsay Mendez is one of our most-clicked stars of 2013! Watch her look back on the year that was.
December 23, 2013"Dancing Queen" from the smash hit Broadway musical "Mamma Mia!"
January 25, 2010Check out these clips from the brand-new Broadway revival of the classic musical Les Miserables featuring Ramin Karimloo, Will Swenson, Caissie Levy, Nikki M. James and more!
March 24, 2014Every Brilliant Thing star and co-writer Johnny Donahoe tells Broadway.com how the touching one-man show addresses "crushing depression" with joy, humor and light.
January 15, 2015What makes Jez Butterworth's new drama The River so eerie? Find out from headliners Hugh Jackman, Laura Donnelly and Cush Jumbo, then see them in the new production beginning October 31 at Broadway's Circle in the Square Theatre.
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Marijuana Measure 80 should be DOA at polls
Marijuana aficionados have been trying to legalize pot through the back door in Oregon for years
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Thomas Jefferson, our first Patent Officer, decided that his invention to process cannabis was too important for mankind for him to patent it for himself. Jefferson said that "Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth & protection of the country." Who knew, really? It just shows that they really cared about jobs and the economy, rather than some ridiculous war against a plant.
We have endured 75 years of cannabis prohibition that was based on racial discrimination and falsehoods. History, if we observe it, shows that prohibition has been an utter failure ... and that Measure 80 is a citizen initiative aiming to end this ridiculous failure.
Never had ya figured to be an 'old wheezer'... retiredbs.
And that is exactly why I am a faithful paid-subscriber to the News-Register. I like to learn something new every day, even if learning it was accomplished via this online comment feature.
Bless you, and thank you for allowing us, Jeb Bladine.
Sincerily & Respectfully,
Michael Tubbs Sr
Grand Ronde, OR
Do you seriously doubt that Washington knew the medicinal effects of "Indian Hemp" when he instructed his gardener to "sow it everywhere"?
If you don't know what "Indian Hemp" is, Google "William Brooke O'Shaugnessy" and inform yourself.
Besides, to keep Cannabis illegal while tobacco and alcohol are sold freely would be *MURDEROUSLY STUPID*.
On 16 October we'll see whether the DC federal court agrees with the absurd "Schedule I status" of Cannabis. I can hardly wait.
Do we do away with age limits, also?
Our world, our country, our community, our families are in great shape. Everything in our society is going fine. All is well in the world. We don't need clear minded, clean living, hard working, sharp, industrious people in Oregon. No, what we need is legal pot. Let's join together and make it legal for everyone to numb out, haze over and live in the fog.
I really see very little difference between being inebriatedstoned in this day and age. I'd suppose your question "Do we legalize all now illegal drugs, just because 'prohibition doesn't work'?"
My answer to your query would be, not entirely. For some, their perspective/view/take and/or whatever, concerning pornography/pornographic acts depicted and/or displayed in any manner, no matter how you've hashed it, should not be lightly excused..or..dismissed.
Not too long after entering the age of cablevison the laws of our land began to change. Why?
Me? Do I have an interest in this particular argument? No, not really, I've tried Marijuana in the past, and one..or..two tokes later, I'm hating life non-stop for at least the following 8 to 10 hours...NO THANK YOU!
"A little further down Page 1, the bill cites one source claiming marijuana has been used for more than 10,000 years without a single overdose. How that possibly could be proven is certainly a mystery."
Ok, sure, but we have clinically proven the you can't consciously ingest the amount of cannabis required to overdose. So sure, is there true evidence no one has ever overdosed? No. Is it possible? No.
This article is ridiculous, it says
"The law, if passed, would supersede all previous state laws and ordinances regulating cannabis except driving while impaired, so evidently the authors do agree there is some impairment of users."
Oh no! They've revealed our secret! Not. No one claimed that weed doesn't impair you temporarily. Alcohol does the same thing, and that's why you cant drive when you drink it. End of argument. Really? That's they best they've got? A recycled anti-drinking and driving line?
This is the best part, they try to demonize Paul Stanford (the creator of Measure 80) by mentioning that he owns medical marijuana dispensaries. Aha! That's it! They've struck us deep! There's no coming back from that!
Really? Of course someone is going to make money from this bill passing. A lot of people will. And it'll likely even pay for the Social Security of the worm that wrote this article. There are anesthesiologists making millions off of there drugs. Does that mean we should get rid of anesthesia?
Vote yes on Measure 80, and next year will pass a bill illegalizing idiotic journalists.
Do we legalize all now illegal drugs, if a person "hasn't overdosed on the drug"?
Do we do away with age limits, also?
Some, perhaps.
If parent(s) signs on/give the green light to their child, perhaps.
This statement is dripping with bias. I thought news was supposed to be anti-biased?
To be clear, there are those that disagree and have strong arguments against the legaliization of marijuana- even if I will be outnumbered here.
That's why you'd found it under the banner of---> Opinion, in the Perspective section.
At the moment I'd made that comment, I'd had sharing wine with family at the dinner table, and 17 year olds marching off to war with a parent(s) blessing in mind.
I'd suppose that in different times and eras, some (parents) may..or.. may not have objections to allowing their 15 year old to sit down with a grandfather, smoke Cohiba Esplendido's and sip 190 proof 'White Lighting' on a particularly sunny afternoon.
Any thoughts?
The kids argument. Well lets see. The kids all ready are faced with the choice even if the medical laws as they are. Nothing is going to change other then more jobs, money flowing and a "BOOM" of a new/old industry. What is the next "BOOM" to bring us out of this hole we are in? Like I said, do your own searches. There is endless supply of them. The confussed mind says no. Get informed and be a voter. Even if you choose to vote yes or no, you have made a informed decission...
Steve Bagwell
Managing Editor
don't make it easier for kids to get drugs!
santor, it is an aggressive incorrect leap on your part to assume that "the News-Register wants us to support the gangs and cartels that sell marijuana to children and perpetrate violence" from the editorial.
You asked, "Why do you support the black market instead of regulated outlets?" Again, a false view on your part.
All in all, your straw man argument has zero validity.
I would have to say it's a possibility that half of the staff my be more pro then against...
Kids all ready have it available. Its a personal choice. Try being better parents and educating your children. It's like anything else. You hide something from someone and their curiosity gets the better of them.
Guns for instance. If you hide your guns from your kids, they are going to be curious why is this being hidden from me. What is this thing that is so important that my mom or dad need to have but I can't see. If you like guns and give your child a bb gun to shoot till they have a blister on his or hers finger and educate gun safety, they are not going to be curious about yours. I'm not saying give your children pot. I am saying kids arn't dumb. I'll bet most of them are insulted when missled or lied to or have something hidden from them.You can't hide them from it In this day and age, it is all over TV and the internet. The best a person can hope for is to educate and help the child make a informed decission when faced with it. You are living in a dream world if you think kids don't have easy access to it all ready... I remember when I was a youngster way before any notion of legalization, medical laws were inacted, it was around as early as I can remember. No, my parents didn't smoke it to my knowledge. It has been and all ways will be. Thats reality.
As clearly stated on the page, the News-Register's editorials reflect the views of its editorial board, which consists of senior news executives. We do not poll, survey or consult the staff.
As a board, we simply offer our views for consideration. Others are free to offer theirs. Ultimately, the free marketplace of ideas and the workings of the ballot box will determine what prevails, and we'll all live with it.
Steve Bagwell, Managing Editor
That back door statement was a joke. How many DA's, law enforcement or polititians use back door practices to get votes, convictions, arrest ect. I went down to the capitol building a couple of summers ago to listen to our DA make a presentation to a panel on medical marijuana. He started out saying how he knows it is needed in the beginning to sliding in verbage in the end that would make it virtually impossible to have any doctor put a signature to the application. Please...
Where there is a will, there is a way.
This is just my opinion, I would rather my under age child smoke pot then drink. Judgment is out the window once the drinking starts... Hypothetically speaking...
Check it out.
Wouldn't it be terrific if they weren't exposed to either one (alcohol and pot)? And if they were exposed, to realize how destructive both are.
You said, "This is just my opinion, I would rather my under age child smoke pot then drink".
I'm not one to cut others from enjoying things such as alcohol or marijuana to protect another group. Education is where it's at.
Don't get me wrong, I do not want any under age persons using alcohol or Marijuana. But it's there for them to choose to use it or not. Why do you keep saying " wouldn't it be nice " Get real! Figure it out. Try and figure out a way to Have a better system of it in our scociety verses fighting a lost battle... Goverment has been trying to keep it down to know aveil.
Did you know that the human body carries natural cannabinoids in its make up? That why medically, marijuana is such a good fit to our chemical system for fighting pain and other symptoms that are suppressed or wiped out all together from medical marijuana. http://www.naturalnews.com/036526_cannabinoids_breast_milk_THC.html
It has been beaten into our psyche that marijuana is bad by the goverment who has been influenced by big business. Do your recearch. You don't have to like it, But it isn't going away. I just calls em' as I sees em'... It would appear to me, that your psyche has been bruised more then mine...
Bayer has been given exculsive rights to market a product called Sativex in the UK. It's about to get a whole lot bigger. I knew big business could stay away for to long...
You said, "Prohabitions does not work. If a person wants something and makes up their mind, their going to get it."
So using your set of values, would you suggest doing away restrictions on legal drugs, cocaine, heroin, speed limits, thievery and many other situations that are prohibited?
I'll have to ponder that. It's an apples and orange thing off the tip of my brain...
I don't think marijuana should be flantate and commercialized. Like the tabacco industry having the adds pulled. Good Idea. I do think marijuana does have a roll in our scociety. Adults are just that. Making decissions and being free to do it is part of being an american.
I guess I'm thinking that a person should have the right to smoke a cigarette in a bar if the owner of the bar permits it. I don't need goverment deciding that it's all or nothing. I think if a person wants a smoke free bar to have a beer in, Then go to a bar that does not permit smoking. I think the guy who owns that bar should not be hit with a discrimination law suit for wanting to cater to a particular crowd... After all, with proper education of the facts, if a person decides he or she wants to smoke that cigarette, their adults making up their own mind...
I guess I don't like the all or nothing approach. I wish there were spots in each state where I could ride my Harley 120 mph If wanted to and not get busted. Like the Autobohn. I suppose I am ok with designated areas...
It's for your protection. So they say.
So from what I understand about cocaine and heroin, They are both extremely addictive unlike marijuana, They have no health benifits. All you have to do is look at the photos of before and after that are out there. I think marijuana is schedualled wrong for one, and will be challanged on 10/16/2012 on that very schedualling. I've seen first hand what meth does to people, I really don't know anyone to my knowledge that uses cocaine or heroin, but from what I have seen with meth, That stuff is just wrong... I think that stuff was designed to give to soldiers to make them mindless killers... From what I have seen from results of meth use, it certainly makes one seem mindless to me...
I think we can find some agreement here. I also believe that a person should be able to have the choice to live their life in any way they choose. I do limit my thoughts in that as soon as their life infringes upon the life of any other person in any detrimental way, it is not acceptable behavior. I have no problem with individual behavior or use of anything if it is done in a vacuum. I do have a problem with uses of any mind altering materials that affect anyone other than the user.
The list of legal mind altering materials is long. ALCOHAL, Chocolate, , aspirin, the phedrins, caffeine ect.
I think you misunderstood Kona's meaning in the first place, but that's something else entirely.
I just don't understand the hostility over someone else expressing a simple opinion. Is it not a free country? Do we not value the freedom of all to speak their minds? We having one opinion does nothing to diminish your right to have another.
Many years ago I would get a little upset when an editorial did not coincide with my thoughts. At some point I realized that any editorial that prompted people to think about issues and differences of opinion was valuable. This editorial succeeded and I appreciate it. "Fletch", I appreciate your difference of opinion and I am sure that there are many who would agree with your stance. Thank you.
Thanks KONA, Back @ cha!
I am curious now that you have revealed your opinion on this subject NR. Where is the basis of your opinion derived from? I try to do my homework and use my lifes experiances to form my opinions. I'm just curious if I have missed some piece if info that my sway my opinion. I have smoked pot and I understand the effects it has on my person. Have you? Or is your opinion formed on hearsay and conjecture? Once again, there is no hosility here...
We have an editorial board. We research issues, then discuss them until we reach some sort of majority opinion that may not necessarily be shared by all. It's really that simple.
We reach opinions on a vast range of issues, and readers are perfectly free to embrace or reject them, as they see fit.
We are under no illusions about our ability to affect the outcome of a statewide issue. Yamhill County's votes will disappear in a vast avalanche of votes from elsewhere, and who's to see we will actually have any influence even on the paltry sum cast locally? In all likelihood, very little.
We offer opinions to spur thought and discussion, not to rule the world.
Good Old Boy Club? I have no idea how you might possibly arrive at any such conclusion. If you mean you think we are in cahoots with some sort of Oregon power structure, I can assure you that we are not. The fix is definitely not in from outside.
We're just ordinary folks who call 'em as we see 'em in really quite ordinary ways. I can't see why it should stir any fuss at all. None of our other measure stands have, and we've editorialized on every one of them, including casinos and commercial fishing, counseling no and no.
Steve Bagwell, Managing Editor
Firstly, there is no need to apologize for spelling. Some of the most intelligent people I have known have regularly made spelling errors.
Secondly, what specifically bothers you about the editorial? Is it the general position that there should be a "no" vote on Measure 80, or is it the way it was written. From your comments, it seems that there is more to it than the simple contrary opinion expressed by the editorial board.
Thirdly, as I stated previously, I could only endorse smoking pot if it did not affect any other person. I can not endorse the use of alcohol when the use affects people other than the user. I will support your position if you can explain that how the widespread use of marijuana will not have negative affects on nonusers of marijuana in Oregon.
I was at a resturant in portland this morning having breakfast. I was sitting at the bar becuse I like a good bloodymary from time to time. The barkeep was a young gal covered in tattoos and piercings. Looking of one stereo type or another. I Listen to here talking to another customer. It seems they recognize one another from PSU. She and this customer were telling each other about their study programs. The male had been attending PSU for the last 6 years and the gal was in graduate program. The male had a sence of no direction as I heard it. like he was spinning his wheels a little bit. The gal was offering counceling to him because she understood how use her classes and credits to put her through school the quickest with optimum results. I was quite impressed. She has traveled to South America and been back to finish her program. Very motivated!
I asked her if she was a registered voter and she was. I asked her if she was going to vote. She said she knew nothing about any of the measures and said no. We had been talking about how Great Oregon is earlier in the conversation. I just left it as it would be nice to have smart young motivated people such as yourself to have a say in matters that will affect you. After all, you do live in Oregon. It seem young people are very disenchanted with goverment as it is. Votes matter and so do voters.
The 'spin' on the whole thing KONA. All of the above you mentioned... No facts behind their opinion so on and so forth. Kona, I will get right back with you...
The Global Drug Commission came out with a report last summer. It was a conclusion on the data gathered over the last 50 years of " The War On Drugs." Their conclusion was that Americas policies are negatively impacting the current state of drug use through out the world. The GDC was put together by the UN.
Remember, there is 50 years of experiance behinde the summary of this report.
Like I said above. Become informed and if vote yes or no, at least you became informed. Kona, look at that report from June 2011. Its on the link.
I just read the report from the GDC on the war on drugs and it's effect on HIV around the world. Very interesting! Please read it or at least skim through it. The first 3 pages give a good over all perspective of what the world thinks on the current policies used. It is backed up by real facts and information. One reason this sticks out to me is, I can put faces to who is making these reports. Their photo is on their website. Real people from around the world. It's a 'BIG PICTURE" look @ the current drug policies.
Please feel free to read these reports on the links I posted. It may or may not change your outlook on topics you may or may not report on...
In return, let me share this media release from some of your fellow Measure 80 supporters:
Vote Yes on Measure 80
author: Marijuana4kids e-mail: email@example.com
Marijuana4kids supports Oregon Measure 80 — The Oregon Cannabis Tax Act.
While it is true that Measure 80 only allows the sale of ready to smoke Marijuana to adults over the age of 21, there is a loophole in the law that will allow anyone of any age to buy marijuana seeds. Marijuana4kids believes that allowing kids to grow their own marijuana will teach them responsibility and useful gardening skills. "Johnny Can Weed All By Himself," an aspect of Measure 80 some might find more than a little surprising, is that the seeds for marijuana could legally be sold at your local 7 Dees or the Portland Nursery. This is because all seeds are classified as hemp, which is unregulated under the measure. Even 12- or 16-year-olds, who are otherwise restricted under the Cannabis Tax Act from possessing marijuana, could legally buy seeds.
It is much better for Johnny to grow his own after school 420 weed, than to buy it from the crack dealer down the street. Help us pass this Measure 80 so kids can learn to work hard and grow their own. Find us and help at facebook.com/voteyeson80.
I honestly think that this page is some sort of joke or put up by some anti 80 group. For all I know, You could of put up this page...
However, both pages are extremely elaborate, with many, many image and word postings. It's pretty hard to imagine someone going to the incredible trouble it would take to pull off a hoax of that magnitude.
You can rest easy on my account. I most certainly had nothing to do with it. I merely re-posted a release that came my way.
Fletch, I read the Global Drug Commission report that you cited. Thank you.
I cannot condone the widespread use of marijuana. I wouldn't like it if our governments gave the use the "go ahead". I don't condone our government being a major player in the gambling business either, but that is a different gig with poor outcomes.
Are there people out there that will buy into such nonsensical crap just because they'd read it on the internet? No doubt.
That is if it isn't picked-up and used on Chappelle's show first....LOL... .
@Kona et al,
Does it never occur to you that whether it is legal or not has no bearing on whether people are going to use it?
I'm 37 years old, have spent much of my life in Oregon. I grew up around pot smokers, have worked with them at all levels of blue collar and white collar occupations throughout my career. School teachers, lawyers, dentists, etc. The need to control it is a sad vestige of a paranoid people. You are surrounded by pot smokers every day of your life. Get over it.
It is completely delusional to believe any of these people will not smoke pot because it is illegal. That is the whole point. What legalization does is take organized crime and the black market out of the equation (and NO this is NOT a "straw man" argument, is critically relevant and precise. Much of the Norcal/Oregon black market is controlled by Mexican drug cartels). It also alleviates the cost and suffering, yes human suffering, of marijuana smokers who are imprisoned or otherwise persecuted for their behavior.
The drug war is a failure. As to the idea that this bill should not pass on semantics is a terribly short sighted conclusion. Yes the nation needs a better policy, the fastest way to get it there is for individual states to assume their rightful place under the constitution and make their own laws. Measure 80 is exactly what is needed. If Oregon won't start the ball rolling, who will?
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