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Wayne Rooney not in Manchester United's Boxing Day team (but don't feel sorry for the Red Devils)
Dec 26, 2012, 9:58 AM EDT
A lot of people were breaking out their Jump to Conclusions mats when Manchester United's Boxing Day squad was announced. Mimicking the panic that briefly ensued when "Dempsey" didn't appear on Spurs' weekend team sheet, the Internets went ablaze speculating Wayne Rooney, not in manager Alex Ferguson's 18, was being dropped because of a poor performance against Swansea.
Because that's the kind of thin ice 11-year veteran walks around Old Trafford, right? Boy, we must really be hoping for some crash and burn from Mr. Rooney.
Instead, there was a much more reasonable explanation for the United star's absence for today's match against Newcastle:
#mufc says Rooney, Young injured in training yesterday, with Welbeck taken ill overnight...—
jamie jackson (@GuardianJamieJ) December 26, 2012
Suffice to say the omissions of Young and Welbeck failed to cause a similar level of speculation.
How much will Manchester United miss Rooney? Well, they still have enough firepower to start Robin van Persie and Javier Hernandez up top. So dry those tears.
Perhaps more interesting than Rooney's omission are the other names included in Ferguson's team; specifically, handing starts to both Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs, who'll be in a midfield with Antonio Valencia and Michael Carrick. With both Tom Cleverley and Darren Fletcher on the bench, Ferguson seems to have chosen a midfield that could be had. But as Manchester United's critics are quick to point out, he always chooses a midfield that could be had.
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That's where Rooney's absence may be more acutely felt. Clearly van Persie and Hernandez have goals in them, but neither are going to be of particular help to the midfield. When playing, Rooney often makes himself into a fifth man in the middle. The Red Devils' four will be on their own today.
Another note from Jamie Jackson: Shinji Kagawa, out since early this season with a knee injury, was taking warmups with his teammates. The Japan international was not in the team's 18.
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On the eve of a public hearing on a tax break for Baltimore City developers, the chair of a city council committee is threatening to use subpoena power to find out more about the deal.
The controversial tax break pits one of the city's wealthiest developers against City Councilman Carl Stokes – who has been fighting for details about the $1.8 billion development project.
"We will continue to demand it and at some point - and that point is very near - we're going to go to subpoena power," Stokes said.
The builder is planning to turn Baltimore's Harbor Point into a corporate headquarters for energy giant Exelon as well as put up stores, homes and a hotel. However, the developer is threatening to pull the plug on the project unless he gets a $107 million tax break from the city.
Stokes is arguing the developers should spread the wealth. One of the tax breaks, known as an enterprise zone credit, is supposed to be used to stimulate development for low income neighborhoods. Stokes wants the developer to share $30 million of the tax break with residents of Perkins Homes; a city housing project the councilman said was used to help Harbor Point qualify for the tax bonus.
But Stokes says he still doesn't know how much private money – if any – would be spent. The developer, city and mayor won't share the details. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake accuses Stokes of spreading misinformation about the deal.
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The experimental kinetic data obtained with a laminar jet apparatus for the absorption of carbon dioxide (CO2) in CO2 loaded mixed solutions of mixed MDEA and MEA were interpreted with the aid of a comprehensive numerically-solved absorption rate/kinetic model. The partial differential equations in this model were solved by two numerical techniques; the finite difference method (FDM) based on an ...
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Men of all ages will love this cozy knit sweater from Bernat Yarns. This easy knitting pattern makes a great gift for dads and grandpas, and is a great wardrobe accessory for the fall and winter months. Sizes are given for small through XXL, so you'll be able to make a knit sweater for all the men in your life. Make a few in all his favorite colors so he can show off your handiwork.
- 7 (7, 8, 8, 9) balls Bernat Denimstyle (3.5 oz/100 g) yarn
- 4.5 mm (U.S. 7) and 5 mm (U.S. 8) knitting needles or size needed to obtain gauge
- 2 st holders
Gauge: 18 sts and 24 rows = 4 ins 10 cm with larger needles in stocking st.
To fit chest measurement:
- Small: 34-36" [87-92 cm]
- Medium: 38-40" [97-102 cm]
- Large: 42-44" [107-112 cm]
- Extra-Large: 46-48" [117-122 cm]
- 2 Extra-Large: 50-52" [127-132 cm]
The instructions are written for smallest size. If changes are necessary for larger sizes, the instructions will be written thus ( ).
**With smaller needles, cast on 95 (99-103-115-125) sts.
***1st row: *K1. P1. Rep from * to last st. K1.
2nd row: *P1. K1. Rep from * to last st. P1.
Rep last 2 rows (K1. P1) ribbing until work from beg measures 2½ ins [6 cm], end with a 2nd row.***
- Change to larger needles and proceed in stocking st** until work from beg measures 27 (27½-28- 29-30) ins [68.5 (70-71-73.5-76) cm], ending with a purl row.
- Cast off 30 (32-33- 38-43) sts beg next 2 rows. Leave rem 35 (35-37-39-39) sts on a st holder.
Work from ** to ** as given for Back.
- Cont even until work from beg measures 24 (24½-24½-25- 25½) ins [61 (62-62-63.5-65) cm], ending with a purl row.
Shape Neck
Next row: K38 (40-42-48-53) (neck edge). Turn. Leave rem sts on a spare needle.
Dec 1 st at neck edge on next 4 rows, then every follow alt row to 30 (32-33-38-43) sts.
- Cont even until work measures same length as Back to shoulder ending with a purl row. Cast off. With RS of work facing slip next 19 sts from spare needle onto a st holder. Join yarn to rem sts and work as given for left side reversing shaping.
With smaller needles, cast on 43 (49-49-51-51) sts.
Rep from *** to *** as given for Back.
Change to larger needles and proceed in stocking st inc 1 st each end of needle on next and following 4th rows to 73 (77-93-97-101) sts, then every 6th row to 81 (85- 95-99-103) sts.
Cont even until work from beg measures 17½ (18-18½-18½-19) ins [44.5 (45.5-47-47-48) cm], ending with a purl row. Cast off.
Neckband: Sew right shoulder seam. With RS of work facing and smaller needles, pick up and knit 18 (19-20-22-24) sts down left front neck edge. K19 from front st holder. Pick up and knit 18 (19-20- 22-24) sts up right front neck edge. K35 (35-37-39-39) from back st holder, dec 1 st at center. 89 (91-95-101-105) sts.
- Work 1½ ins [4 cm] of (K1. P1) ribbing as given for Back. Cast off loosely. Sew left shoulder and neckband seam.
Sew right shoulder seam. With RS of work facing and smaller needles, pick up and knit 18 (19-20-22-24) sts down left front neck edge. K19 from front st holder. Pick up and knit 18 (19-20- 22-24) sts up right front neck edge. K35 (35-37-39-39) from back st holder, dec 1 st at center. 89 (91-95-101-105) sts.
- Work 1½ ins [4 cm] of (K1. P1) ribbing as given for Back. Cast off loosely. Sew left shoulder and neckband seam.
- Place markers on sides of Front and Back 9 (9½-10½-11-11½) ins [23 (24-26.5-28-29) cm] down from shoulders. Sew sleeves between markers. Sew side and sleeve seams.
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After you cast off the 38 sts on the next 2 rows, you are leaving the remaining stitches on a holder. You'll be using them later for the construction on the sweater. I know this is really late, maybe it will help someone else.
Ealizabethane 1862886
Apr 27, 2014
It would be nice if this pattern was updated with clearer instructions. For a first time sweater this is challenging to novices to understand.
Oct 21, 2013
Great easy pattern, thanks for the difficult to find small size
Gbdion 6120660
Jun 16, 2013
this is my first sweater...I am on shoulders and I don't understand the part about the second row?? I know how to cast off ..so for exlarge I cast off about 38 stitches and then what????
topsells 9509045
May 26, 2013
For the sweater for your man, what does the *****'s mean? I don't see instructions for those *'s?.
elsalabella 8457488
Feb 13, 2013
For those of you that were having trouble with the sleeves of the sweater. When you get to the 6th row increase your stitches by increasing 8 more stitches to that row. If you look at the sleeve instructions before the parenthesis the 4th row increases to 73 sts and then the 6th row increases to 81 sts. Therefore it make sense to increase by 8 sts for the larger pattern.
Mar 14, 2010
I have been trying to find out about a pattern of AKnit Man's Sweater By Bernat. When I got to the sleeves the direction don't make sence. It says to inc. every 4th row till you get to 95 stitches, then it says every 6th row till you get to 95 stitches, This doesn't make any sence. Thank You Veronica Craft 1-863-294-1809 e-mail email@example.com
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Mar 04, 2010
when you get to the sleeves, I think it was written wrong for the increases when you get to 95 stitches every 4th row then you say to increase every 6th row till you get to 95 stitches that doesn't make sence to me. Please help. Veronica
Member 16544
Feb 23, 2010
when you get to the sleeves, I think it was written wrong for the increases when you get to 95 stitches every 4th row then you say to increase every 6th row till you get to 95 stitches that doesn't make sence to me. Please help. Veronica
Member 16544
Feb 22, 2010
I have a question. On the sleeves where you are increasing the stitches, the first round you increase one at each end on the 4th row to 99 stitches and then again increase at each end on every 6th row to 99 stiches. Shouldn't this last figure be more?(for xlarge sweater)
Jan 24, 2010
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The Playbox Ensemble at East Union High School is staging hilarious one act series "Homework Eats Dog" and "How to Succeed in High School Without Really Trying" on Thursday and Friday, Nov, 15-16, at 7 p.m. in the black box theatre.
To borrow a line from Depeche Mode, death is everywhere in "Skyfall." James Bond's mortality has never been in such prominent focus, but the demise of the entire British spy game as we know it seems imminent, as well.
The Playbox Ensemble at East Union High School announces its production of the hilarious one act series "Homework Eats Dog" and "How to Succeed in High School Without Really Trying". The show is tonight, Nov. 15 and16 at 7 p.m. in the black box theatre.
MODESTO – The Music Departments of Modesto Junior College, San Joaquin Delta College, University of the Pacific and Sacramento State University present the Guitarraganza 2015 – Guitar Festival with six concerts scheduled from March 12 through March 15, including two performances by the critically acclaimed Texas Guitar Quartet.
MODESTO – The Modesto Junior College Theater Department will stage William Shakespeare's tragic love story "Romeo and Juliet" on March 19, 20, 21, 26, 27 & 28 at 7:30 p.m. and March 29 at 2 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Performing and Media Arts Center on East Campus, 435 College Avenue, Modesto.
Highland Way is bringing Celtic music to the next Ripon Arts League concert set for Thursday, March 12, at the Ripon High multi-use building, 301 N. Acacia, Ripon.
The Modesto Symphony Orchestra led by guest conductor Michael Berkowitz will present "The Sounds of New Orleans: A Tribute to Louis Armstrong" featuring trumpet virtuoso Byron Stripling on both vocals and trumpet, Friday, March 13, at 8 p.m. at the Gallo Center for the Arts in Modesto.
MODESTO – The Modesto Area Partners in Science (MAPS) will offer a presentation on "How America Protects its 'Yosemites in the Sea' - the National Marine Sanctuary System" by William Douros, west coast regional director for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office of National Marine Sanctuaries.
The Trips N' Tours group based at the Manteca Senior Center offers trips for people of all ages meaning you do not have to be a senior to participate.
NEW YORK (AP) - Famed and infamous heiress Patty Hearst was back in the news Monday after a dog she co-owns won its group at the Westminster Kennel Club show.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - When Universal bumped "Fifty Shades of Grey" from August 2014 to Valentine's Day, 2015, it seemed like a cheesy gimmick. Now that box office results are in, it's clear that was the most brilliant stroke of all.
NEW YORK (AP) - With a measure of anniversary hoopla perhaps exceeded only by the nation's bicentennial, "Saturday Night Live" celebrated its 40th season on Sunday with a 3½-hour gala of stars, laughs and memories.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lady Gaga. Jennifer Hudson. Common and John Legend. Adam Levine. Rita Ora. Tegan & Sara. Tim McGraw.
PLEASANTON - The annual Northern California Fly Fishing Show begins the 2015 angling season at the Alameda County Fairgrounds on Friday, Feb. 20, through Sunday, Feb.22.
Charles Darwin's 206th birthday will be celebrated this Saturday at the Manteca Library.
LODI - A new permanent exhibition has been completed at the San Joaquin County Historical Museum. It tells the story of the early American settlers of the region, families who came after the Gold Rush to build farms and futures here. "The Historical Society was extremely fortunate to be able to use the Elliott family as an example of the early settlers. They came from their tallgrass prairie homestead in Illinois to San Joaquin County in 1859," says David Stuart, director of the museum. "Their descendants preserved one of the six wagons that made up the Elliott family wagon train; it ...
The East Union High JROTC Fundraiser Dinner is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 27, at Chez Shari, 305 North Union Road, Manteca.
Volunteers are being sought to serve as docents for the Manteca Historical Society Museum.


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Wednesday August 27, 2014 MYT 12:00:00 AM
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by cat barton
Old habit: A cook preparing a dish with cat meat at a restaurant in Hanoi, Vietnam. Consuming cat meat is a habit that harks back to the days of war in the country,
a long time ago, when the locals ate anything they could in order to stay alive.
- AFP photos
Remember, folks: Cats are friends, not food.
The enduring popularity of "little tiger" as a snack to accompany a beer in Vietnam means that cat owners live in constant fear of animal snatchers, despite an official ban. At an unassuming restaurant next to a carwash in central Hanoi, a cat is prepared for hungry clients: Drowned, shaved and burned to remove all fur before being cut up and fried with garlic.
"A lot of people eat cat meat. It's a novelty. They want to try it," says the establishment's manager To Van Dung, 35.
Vietnam has forbidden the consumption of cats in an effort to encourage their ownership and keep the capital's rat population under control. But there are still dozens of restaurants serving cat in Hanoi and it's rare to see felines roaming the streets – most pet-owners keep them indoors or tied up out of fear of cat thieves.
Such is the demand from restaurants that cats are sometimes smuggled across the border from Thailand and Laos. Dung says that he had never had problems with the law. He buys his cats from local breeders but also so-called cat traders, with few checks on their sourcing.
"Little tiger" is typically enjoyed at the start of each lunar month, unlike dog meat which is eaten at the end. On a busy day, the restaurant can serve around 100 clients.
"I know in the United States and Britain they don't eat cat. But here we do," Nguyen Dinh Tue, 44, says as he chews on a piece of fried cat meat. "I don't kill the cat! But this place sells it so I like to eat it."
Vietnam's penchant for eating animals that are considered pets in many other countries came about largely as a result of circumstance, says Hoang Ngoc Bau, one of Hanoi's few trained vets. "The country was once very poor, and we had a long war. We ate everything we could to stay alive," he said. "Insects, dogs, cats, even rats... It became a habit."
Bau decided to become a vet after his pet dog saved him from a poisonous snake when he was a child. "From that time, I had a debt to dogs," says the 63-year-old.
Dramatic changes to society and cultural attitudes in the once tightly controlled communist country in recent decades mean that a growing number of Vietnamese now share his love of animals. But old eating habits die hard and pet owners have a battle on their hands to protect their furry companions from the dinner pot.
"No one is breeding dogs and cats for slaughter. So nearly all the animals in restaurants are trapped and stolen," Bau says. "For me and other pet lovers in Vietnam, they're our best friend."
Yet some people manage to reconcile society's dual affection for cats. Le Ngoc Thien, the chef at a Hanoi cat meat restaurant, keeps a cat as a pet – but when it is big enough, he will cook it and get a new kitten to repeat the cycle. "When my cats become old, we kill them because, according to our tradition, when a cat gets old we need to change it and get a younger one," he says.
"When I first started working here, I was surprised so many people ate cat. But now, fine, they like it," he says, adding that demand appeared to be increasing each year. "Eating cat meat is better than eating dog as the meat is sweeter, more tender than dog (meat)," Thien says.
A cat sells for between US$50 and US$70 (RM159 and RM222) depending on how large it is and how it is prepared. Many pet owners get fed up of the risks of letting their cats go outside. Phuong Thanh Thuy owns a Hanoi restaurant and has cats to keep rats in check, but she has had to replace them regularly.
"My family is sad because we spend a lot of time and energy raising our cats. When we lose a cat, we feel pain," she said, as a newly purchased batch of kittens played at her feet. – AFP
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The location is great; The Ilikai is one of the few ocean font properties on Waikiki beach.
Recently renovated to the highest standard, the condo offers luxury 5 star hotel specious room at a very reasonable price.
Full Kitchen which includes everything you will need in order to cook or prepare a meal;full size refrigerator, oven-stove, microwave, coffee maker, blender, rice cooker, toaster.
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The bathroom has a shower and a Japanese style bath.
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Free phone local and long distance.
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Who is the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition?
Our chief areas of interest include drug policy reform, women in prison, racial injustice, the impact of incarceration on children and families, the problems associated with re-entry and stopping the practice of using private prisons in our state.
If you would like to be involved please go to our website and become a member.
Monday, March 23, 2015
Friday, March 20, 2015
Murder and rethinking juvenile sentencing: An interview with Rep. Dan Kagan
Murder and rethinking juvenile sentencing: An interview with Rep. Dan Kagan
State Representative Daniel Kagan, D-Cherry Hills Village, has
introduced a bill to set a new range of sentences for juveniles
convicted of first degree murder. Under current Colorado law, juveniles
convicted of first degree murder face a sentence of life in prison with
the possibility of parole after 40 years. In an interview with Catherine
Strode, Representative Kagan says he believes Colorado's juveniles
should be sentenced based not only on their crime but on their
individual characteristics and involvement in the crime they committed.
"For 16 years, we required every judge sentencing a juvenile who
had committed a first degree murder, to life without parole. They were
going to get life without parole regardless of how much they had been
abused during their childhood, regardless of how closely they were
involved in the crime. None of these things could be considered: the
background of the individual, the level of involvement in the crime. The
judge could not consider any of those things. He just had to give that
defendant, although juvenile, life without the possibility of parole.
And we did that for 16 years — until 2006. Then the law changed and all
these juveniles, when they committed their crimes, were sentenced to
life with the possibility of parole after 40 years. Now the Supreme
Court has said mandatory life without the possibility of parole is
unconstitutional to a juvenile; you have to consider the circumstances
of the crime and the circumstances of the criminal himself. This bill is
an attempt at a more just way of making the sentence fit the crime and
fit the offender.
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Monday, March 09, 2015
CCJRC Weekly Legislative Update - March 9th 2015
Mon. 3/9/15 – 1:30p - HB1240 (Reduce Student Contacts w/ Law Enforcement) in House Education
Tues. 3/10/15 – 1:30p - HB1087 (Medical Detox Pilots) in House PH&HS Committee
Sponsors: Representative Fields (D)
Status: House Education Committee – Mon. 3/9/15 at 1:30pm
Description: Encourages each school district to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with law enforcement and sheriff's departments to minimize unnecessary student contact related to disciplinary responses to school incidents.
Sponsors: Representatives Lebsock (D) and Tate (R)
CCJRC Position: Amend
Status: House Local Government Committee – Wed. 3/18/15 at 1:30pm
Description: Would allow 1st conviction for a misdemeanor to be eligible for sealing after 5 years from completion of sentence and if no additional criminal charges have been filed. There are some misdemeanor crimes that would not be eligible for sealing. The bill would increase the waiting time to 5 years for a municipal conviction when the underlying factual basis was domestic violence. There are now "dueling" record sealing bills – see HB 15-1061 described below.
Sponsors: Representatives Salazar (D) and Melton (D) & Senator Kefalas (D)
Status: House State, Veterans, and Military Affairs - Wed. 4/8/15 – Upon adjournment
Description: Establishes certain protected rights for persons' experiencing homelessness and allows a person whose rights have been violated to seek enforcement of said rights through civil action.
Sponsors: Representative Salazar (D) & Senator Guzman (D)
Status: Assigned to the House Judiciary Committee
Description: Makes an exception to probation conditions to allow a person on probation to possess and use medical marijuana, unless the person has a conviction related to medical marijuana.
CCJRC Position: Priority- Active Support
Sponsors: Representative Foote (D) & Senator Cooke (R)
CCJRC Position: Oppose-Amend
Sponsors: Representative Van Winkle (R) & Senator Roberts (R)
CCJRC Position: Oppose-Amend
Sponsors: Representatives Saine (R) and McCann (D) & Senators Cooke (R) and Johnston (D)
CCJRC Position:Oppose
Description: Creates a class four felony for DUI if the violation occurred: (1) after 3 or more prior convictions for DUI, DWAI, vehicular homicide, vehicular assault or any combination thereof; or (2) after 2 prior convictions, the current violation included at least one of the following circumstances: (a) a minor was in the vehicle (b) the person caused damage or injury to property or person; (c) the person fled the scene; or (d) the person's BAC was .15 or higher. The bill also expands the timeline that a person must use an interlock device from one year to a minimum of 2 years and a maximum of 5 years.The bill, as amended, would allow someone convicted of a misdemeanor DUI to be eligible for placement in community corrections as a condition of probation to access residential treatment. Another amendment requires the court to "exhaust remedies" before sentencing someone to prison for a felony DUI. The 5-year cost for incarceration alone is estimated to be between $19 - $42 million.
CCJRC Position: Support
Sponsors: Representative Fields (D) & Senator Cooke (R)
CCJRC Position: Now neutral due to amendments made
Sponsors: Senator Steadman (D) & Representative Garnett (D)
CCJRC Position: Support
CCJRC Position: Monitor (doing more research before taking a formal position)
Description: Removes juvenile court jurisdiction over truancy petitions aimed at students and their parents, except in certain circumstances, and gives jurisdiction over truancy cases to the office of the administrative courts. There will be a "strike below" amendment that effectively would rewrite the entire bill. CCJRC is reviewing the amendment now.
CCJRC Position: Monitor (waiting to meet with bill sponsors before taking a formal position)
Status: Assigned to Senate Judiciary Committee
Description: Creates a community policing grant program to provide funding to local law enforcement agencies in conjunction with community-based organizations for innovative community policing practices. Tasks the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) to convene an advisory committee one year after grants are awarded to study the best practices used and outcomes of the grant program. The bill also requires each law enforcement agency, the Judicial Department, and the Department of Corrections to report specific data on race, ethnicity and gender related to stops, contacts, arrests, disposition of charges, sentencing, and parole hearings to the DCJ each calendar year. Data related to any officers involved in a shooting must also be provided to DCJ.
Sponsors: Senator Guzman (D) & Representative Willett (R)
CCJRC Position: Monitor (CCJJ recommendation)
Description: Establishes who must serve on a community corrections board and creates trainings standards/requirements for Board members. Requires DCJ to create and implement training standards for all Community Corrections Board Members. DCJ must also create an evaluation tool to measure the use of evidenced based practices across Community Corrections programs.
Sponsors:Senator Aguilar (D) & Representatives McCann (D) and Lontine (D)
CCJRC Position: Support (lead organization-Harm Reduction Action Center)
Status:Up for 3rd& final reading on the House floor – 3/9/15
Description: Would allow standing orders for naloxone so that first responders and direct service providers can distribute naloxone without a direct prescription. Naloxone is an opioid antagonist that can reverse the effects of an overdose and potentially save someone's life if administered in time.
Sponsors: Senator Guzman (D) & Representative Kagan (D)
CCJRC Position: Support (lead organization: Colorado Criminal Defense Bar)
Status: House Judiciary Committee – Thurs. 3/19/15 at 1:30pm
Description: Requires all law enforcement agencies in Colorado to adopt policies and procedures related to eyewitness identification to comply with peer-reviewed, evidenced- based practices.
Sponsors: Representative Lontine (D) &Senator Merrifield (D)
CCJRC Position: Support (lead organization: Colorado Criminal Defense Bar)
CCJRC Position: Monitor
Sponsors: Senator Woods (R) & Representative Saine (R)
CCJRC Position: Support
Tuesday, March 03, 2015
It's time to tackle america's jail problem
Right On Crime
It's time to tackle America's jail problem
There's not much the right and left agree on these days, but one notable exception seems to be criminal justice reform.Take President Obama's budget proposal for 2016: arriving in the midst of a growing chorus of bipartisan support for alternatives to incarceration, he includes a community policing initiative and expanded pretrial diversion programs.
Conservatives should appreciate this; as Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) said, "community corrections has an important role to play in promoting diversion and alternative sentencing models that promote public safety and prevent future generations from entering the criminal justice system."
We also seem to agree that federal government intervention alone won't cut it, because, as President Obama and Senator Portman both recognize, the problems with the criminal justice system start earlier, in local jails. Too many Americans are being deprived of their liberty, held in jail when they shouldn't be, and the result is out-of-control local government spending on ineffective criminal justice systems—funds that could be better put to use elsewhere.
More than 70 major conservative leaders, including William Bennett, Newt Gingrich, Grover Norquist, Asa Hutchinson, and David Keene, have endorsed a Right on Crime statement of principles that argues that criminal justice systems ought to be subject to the same cost-benefit scrutiny applied to other government programs. Yet, the criminal justice systems in many local communities do not meet that test. Improving these systems will ease the strain on taxpayers and ensure that people are incarcerated only because they pose a public safety threat or are a flight risk.
Over the past three decades, spending related to building and running local jails has increased by 235 percent, a faster rate of growth than for nearly all other public services. Annual admissions into jails during that period nearly doubled to 11.7 million. The percentage of arrests that result in jail time jumped from 51 percent to 95 percent.
Three out of four people jailed today are there for nonviolent crimes. More than six out of ten have not been convicted of any crime. They are being held in jail for increasingly long periods while waiting until they finally get a trial or agree to plea bargain, unable to afford bails that may be as low as $250 or $500.
In the past 30 years, the average length of stay in local jails has increased by 64 percent. People land in jail for all sorts of reasons, like driving with a suspended license or not paying child support—a punishment that does not help people who are jailed to pay what they owe and provide for their families.
In Texas, where I live, some also serve out their fines in county jails, earning as little as $75 per day toward their debts. The system creates a modern day debtor's prison, keeping those who are locked up from finding employment to better settle their debts, support their families, and contribute productively to local economies.
Jails also hold people who would be better, and more economically, served elsewhere. Six out of ten people in jail report symptoms of mental illness, and two-thirds suffer from substance abuse or dependence. Jails are not set up to provide treatment and should not be asked to do the job that professional community services can provide.
Jailing non-violent offenders as the first option actually is counterproductive in many cases and can lead to more serious crime. Someone unnecessarily held in jail can't get to their job and may lose it as a result. He can't take care of his children. She may not be able to keep up with her rent or other bills. He may be cut off from mental health or addiction treatment he normally would go to. Before long, he may be facing unemployment, homelessness, break-up of his family, or aggravated addiction problems, and that in turn may lead to more serious crime and longer incarceration—a ripple effect that increases state and federal prison spending.
The good news is that local communities are adopting more effective approaches in line with American values. In Texas, there are several efforts underway to provide alternatives to jail. Bexar County has set up a 24-hour crisis center that lowers the burden on jails. Houston's police direct people arrested on marijuana-related charges to complete a 9 hour class or 8 hours of community service, a practice that will strengthen the city and divert about 2,000 people a year from jail. Lubbock has been implementing victim-offender mediation for decades, giving victims and their families the closure that long delays in the criminal justice system don't provide.
Local officials who are looking for resources to plan and implement these kinds of improvements now have the benefit of the new Safety and Justice Challenge, a $75 million investment in justice reform from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, that will focus on reducing incarceration in jails, reducing repeat offenses, and holding offenders accountable. This comes in the midst of an emergence of "unlikely alliances" committed to making real changes in our criminal justice system at the local, state, and national levels. Newt Gingrich and Van Jones, the ACLU and Grover Norquist, the Koch Brothers–they represent a real bipartisan movement toward reform.
The time is ripe for change. Improving local criminal justice systems will ultimately reduce costs for households and government alike, and better align our actions with our values of liberty, personal responsibility, and the potential for rehabilitation.
We should seize this moment of collaboration and the availability of the best ideas and real investment across the ideological spectrum and put it to work in our communities. When local leaders step forward and work together, they will deliver a far better return on taxpayers' investments in public safety.
Saturday, February 28, 2015
How Portugal Brilliantly Ended the War on Drugs
In the 1990s, Portugal was faced with a drug epidemic. General drug use wasn't any worse than neighboring countries, but rates of problematic drug use were off the charts. A 2001 survey found that 0.7 percent of its population had used heroin at least one time, the second highest rate after England and Wales in Europe. So, in 1998, Portugal appointed a special commission of doctors, lawyers, psychologists, and activists to assess the problem and propose policy recommendations. Following eight months of analysis, the commission advised the government to embark on a radically different approach.
Rather than respond as many governments have, with zero-tolerance legislation and an emphasis on law enforcement, the commission suggested the decriminalization of all drugs, coupled with a focus on prevention, education, and harm-reduction. The objective of the new policy was to reintegrate the addict back into the community, rather than isolate them in prisons, the common approach by many governments. Two years later, Portugal's government passed the commission's recommendations into law.
Just as important as the specific policies recommended by the commission is an entirely different philosophy. Rather than treating addiction as a crime, it's treated as a medical condition. João Goulão, Portugal's top drug official, emphasizes that the goal of the new policy is to fight the disease, not the patients.
Decriminalization doesn't mean legalization.
Legalization removes all criminal penalties for producing, selling, and possessing drugs whereas decriminalization eliminates jail time for drug users, but dealers are still criminally prosecuted. Roughly 25 countries have removed criminal penalties for the possession of small amounts of certain or all drugs. No country has attempted full legalization.
Friday, February 27, 2015
Would we be safer if fewer were jailed?
The New York Times
Jails in New York and throughout the country dealing with overcrowding and brutality, are often filled with inmates who might not need to even be incarcerated. Some of them are awaiting trial for nonviolent offenses, others have mental health needs.
Can the use of jails be reformed to reduce the number of inmates without increasing society's risks?


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->'''Aladar''': Look, Neera. We watch out for each other, and we ''all'' stand a chance of getting to your Nesting Grounds. \\
'''Neera''': You sound so sure. \\
'''Aladar''': I'm not, but it's all I know.
''Dinosaur'' is a unique [[DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney animated film]] from the year 2000. It is a hybrid of live-action photography for its settings, and CGI animation for its characters, special effects, and whatnot.
The hero is Aladar, an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguanodon_bernissartensis Iguanodon]]. His egg was separated from his family through a very convoluted turn of events, and made its way to an island. There, he was found by a family of lemurs, who adopt him when he is born (although the patriarch lemur opposes initially). Time passes offscreen and afterwards we see the adult Aladar living care-free with the primates in the island.
Sadly, [[KillEmAll meteors destroy the island]] and Aladar and his adoptive family must make their way to the mainland. Once there, the main plot kicks in and they join a herd of similarly displaced animals who are migrating through the vast, tractless desert with treacherous terrain and [[PredatorsAreMean scary-looking predators]] [[FurryConfusion who don't talk]]. They are seeking literally greener pastures, a valley known as the Nesting Grounds, which is apparently the only fertile land for miles around. The herd is led by Kron, an old, hard-assed Iguanodon -- the first member of his own species Aladar has ever met -- who insists that everyone follow his orders even if it kills them all. He refuses to make concessions for the oldest and youngest members of the herd, an issue that he and Aladar especially lock [[strike:horns]] thumbspikes over. Eventually, Aladar and the herd members he has befriended find their way to the Nesting Grounds through ThePowerOfFriendship, and they return just in time to rescue the rest of Kron's herd from menacing predators and show them the way.
The movie was hyped into infinity before its release - because of the [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome amazing music]], promising visuals.. and the fact that clips like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNTha7uxUDA this]] were the first things most people got to see of the movie. When it was actually released, it received a lukewarm reception from critics and audiences alike, and has gradually been forgotten in the ''sea'' of CGI films that followed in the years after. Though the movie borrowed rather heavily from [[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime similar movies]] here and there, it's still notable as Disney's first all-CGI picture and still commends a watch for the sheer amount of VisualEffectsOfAwesome.
It was retroactively added into the DisneyAnimatedCanon several years after its release, as the 39th.
!!Has examples of:
* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: Several of these occur after the main plot kicks in, but [[HopeIsScary one of the most meaningful]] is in the cave between Plio and the wounded Bruton.
* AllLovingHero: Aladar goes out of his way to help older and weaker dinosaurs, distinguishing himself from Kron.
* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Url the ''Ankylosaurus''
* AlternateAnimalAffection: Aladar and Neera crossing their necks.
* AnachronismStew: And among the main characters, ''Iguanodon'' was from the Early Cretaceous, ''Brachiosaurus'' was from the Late Jurassic (becomes HilariousInHindsight, though, via ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauroposeidon Sauroposeidon]]''), ''Styracosaurus'' was from the Late Cretaceous, and lemurs did not evolve until the Paleogene (and the characters' designs are based on modern lemurs).
* AnimalsNotToScale: Crossed with RuleOfScary. In real life, ''Carnotaurus'' was about the same size as the average ''Iguanodon''. They're scaled up to the size of a ''T. rex'' in the film so as to appear more threatening. Averted nicely with the ''Velociraptor''s, though, which are appropriately small.
* ArtisticLicenseGeology: A meteor ''that'' size would have not only vaporized everything within 20 miles, but caused waves 100 meters high, set the entire ''world'' on fire, ''and'' would have started a winter that would have lasted a decade.
* AscendedExtra: The ''Pteranodon'' who's only present in the intro of the movie is part of the main cast in the PS1 game.
* AwardBaitSong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiQ_0TUDCxc Can Somebody Tell Me Who I Am]] by Orange Blue.
** Although included on the soundtrack album in Germany, the film itself (unusually for Disney) has no songs at all.
* BabiesEverAfter: The film ends with the births of Aladar and Neera's offspring, as well as every other parent dinosaur who made it to the Nesting Grounds.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Overlaps with ObviouslyEvil. Kron and Bruton have huge nasal horns, cruddy thumb-spikes, and look like they have been through a lot, but Aladar and Neera completely lack these features. It may be partially justified since the former are much older than the latter, as well as the idea that they've obviously been in more fights.
* BigBad: The two Carnotaurs.
** BigBadDuumvirate
* BigBadEnsemble: Kron is stubbornly (though unwittingly) leading the herd to their deaths, while the Carnotaurus hunt down members of the herd to feed on.
* BigDamnHeroes: Neera pulls this when Kron was smacking Aladar around in a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. Even Kron gets shocked by this.
** A deleted scene shows Kron rescuing Neera and the two orphans from the raptors before telling that they might not be lucky next time.
* BigFriendlyDog: Url isn't a dog,but behaves like one enough for this trope to apply
* BigNo: Aladar shouts it two times.
* BookEnds: The beginning and end of the movie mirror each other in the arrangement of the nest, the view from inside the broken eggshell, and [[spoiler: Yar's UrineTrouble problems with baby iguanodons.]]
* CarnivoreConfusion: It might as well be retitled "Predators Are Mean Subtrope: The Movie!" Not one of the meat-eating animals seen onscreen talks. Furthermore, they are each designed to look ''as scary as possible''. Carnotaurs in particular have exagerrately big heads with leering eyes and T. rex -like jaws, emit terrifying sounds without pause and are ''blood red''. (Then again, would ''you'' talk to your dinner?)
* ChildrenAreInnocent/BreakTheCutie: Suri helplessly crying out across the water to the island. She's so young that she's almost definitely ''never'' lost someone she loved before. And now... well... they're all gone. And nobody has to explain it to her what it means that they don't get an answer. She knows.
* CleanPrettyChildbirth: The film has the baby dinosaurs hatching clean. Nobody knows for sure about dinosaurs, but modern reptiles and birds are usually wet and have some residue from being in the egg, until they're able to dry off.
* CoolOldLady: Yar, Eema and Baylene.
* CrashIntoHello: Aladar crashes into LoveInterest Neera this way. Except it doesn't stop, and he continues to crash into the rest of the herd, one by one.
* TheCretaceousIsAlwaysDoomed: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Since it's a dinosaur movie, we ''do'' get the obligatory meteor strike to kick off the plot, but it's not the big one - its damage appears to be confined to a relatively small area, and the dinosaurs manage to survive by migrating ''en masse'' to the nearest fertile area.
* DeadpanSnarker: Eema and Zini.
* [[DoomedHometown Doomed Home Island]]
* DrivenToMadness: Throughout the film, the carnotaurs never attack the herd, instead following at a distance. They only eat animals that have died in the journey and were left behind, or kill those who wander away from the herd or lag behind. However, after [[spoiler:one of the carnotaurs dies in a cave-in, the survivor is next seen actually attacking the entire herd, against which it would never stand a chance in a fight. Think about it: the two carnotaurs were never seen apart, and worked together despite all the hardships and trials they were going through. They appeared to really care about one another. The carnotaur that died in the cave-in was [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes the other one's mate, the only living thing left that it cared about.]] It attacks the whole herd knowing it can't win. When it sees Kron, the herd's leader, on his own, it charges him up the perilous cliff, and when Aladar and Neera attack it and force it off the cliff face, it [[DeathSeeker doesn't try to save itself,]] it tries to drag Aladar down with it.]]
* DroolHello
* DisneyVillainDeath: Played straight with one of the carnotaurs (the one that's the BigBad, that is).
* EmpathicEnvironment: The storm during the whole cave scene.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Kron with Neera. He shows genuine sadness when she protects Aladar from him. Additionally, the two carnotaurs appear to be a mated couple.
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath:
** A Carnotaurus, before attacking the nest Aladar's egg is located in, actually mauls a Pachyrhinosaurus to death.
** One of the Struthiomimus that dies on the migration is eaten by Velociraptors until all that remains is a skeleton with scraps of meat and organs hanging off of it. Something similar happens to a pachycephalosaur later.
** At the end, Kron as a result of him not listening to Aladar ends up climbing a dangerous ravine and is mauled to death by the Carnotaurus.
** [[spoiler:Bruton's is even worse. He gets stuck in a cave-in, and struggles to run out while boulders crash down on him. Finally he buried, and Aladar uncovers him only for Bruton to twitch a little, then die. One of the Carnotaurus dies in the same way, though its remains are not seen.]]
** [[spoiler:They cut fairly quickly from the carnotaur's corpse, but the lighting makes it look like it was ripped in half from the fall.]]
* FurryConfusion: In a movie where none of the characters are (strictly speaking) anthropomorphic. Aside from the meat-eaters, there's the strange case of Url, a little ankylosaur who doesn't talk, sticks his tongue out and pants and drools, and who carries a stick in his mouth everywhere.
* GentleGiant: Baylene is careful not to trample the tiniest dinosaurs in the herd. Aladar is this to the lemur clan.
* GilliganCut: "Look at that sweet little face! Does that look like a monster to you?" Smash cut to terrified shrieking and a demonic bellow as lemurs flee in terror through the jungle pursued by a roaring behemoth. It is, of course, only a game.
* GreyAndWhiteMorality: Aladar and the lemurs are clearly good, but the dinosaurs forming Kron's herd are rather grey, since they follow the merciless rules of Social Darwinism but are also capable to altruistic acts and (except perhaps Kron) nobody of them seems to be irredeemable (see Bruton, Neera...). The non-talking predators are not black since they do what they do only for mere hunger.
* AHandfulForAnEye: During the climax battle between Kron and Aladar.
* HappilyAdopted: Aladar.
* HateSink: Kron.
* HerbivoresAreFriendly: The main characters are all herbivores, and the mean herbivore rivals are only trying to accomplish the greater good.
* HeroicBSOD: Aladar suffers this after the cave-in, feeling that he had let everyone down. But Baylene scolds him for giving up and joins the others in breaking down the wall, and Aladar (whose spirits were restored) joins them.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Bruton, who causes a cave-in that manages to kill one carnotaur and wound the other.]]
* IllKillYou:
-->'''Kron'''(to Aladar): If you ever interfere again...I'll kill you.
* InterspeciesAdoption: Aladar is an Iguanadon raised by by lemurs.
* InverseLawOfSharpnessAndAccuracy: None of the Iguanadons opt to use their actual thumb spikes. Kron slightly uses his in his fight with Alador, and only [[PaperCutting nicks him]] (with a slash no less). When he does go in for the kill, [[spoiler: Neera]] tackles him. Trying to fight a Carnotaur is done via tail whipping and tackling rather then stabbing it in the neck. [[JustifiedTrope Totally justified]] in that in order to get close enough to stab the carnotaurs in the neck, they would have to have their heads right in the range of the carnotaur's hungry jaws. Also, an Iguanodon's thumb spike is not nearly long enough to actually kill a theropod the size of the film's carnotaurs. A tail-smack is far less risky and may actually be able to knock a carnotaur over long enough to escape.
* {{Jerkass}}: While played ''quite'' straight with the despicable Kron, in Bruton's case it's played with. While Kron is ruthless and domineering, Bruton tends to think and be more flexible. He even tries to appeal to Kron's better nature at times. But after [[spoiler: his death]] Kron is not swayed by anything except a beatdown from his own sister. After he tries to kill Aladar ''just for being right when he was wrong.'' Yeesh.
* KillerRabbit: The ''Velociraptor''s are realistically small and slender, and Aladar and the lemurs are more curious than frightened when they first encounter them. This attitude only changes when Aladar [[OhCrap realizes]] that he's surrounded by about half a dozen of them, and then one opens its mouth and he gets a look at its teeth.
* LastFertileRegion: The Nesting Grounds
* LastOfHerKind: Baylene the Brachiosaurus. Justified in that this is the Cretaceous, and Brachiosaurus vanished during the Jurassic period before.
* MakeWayForTheNewVillains: The Velociraptors are the first antagonists encountered by Aladar, until halfway through the film when the two Carnotaurs introduced scaring them off.
* MassOhCrap: The herd when they reach the lake they've been migrating to [[spoiler:and it's all dried up]].
* MisplacedWildlife: ''Carnotaurus'' was only found in South America, yet somehow shows up to hunt a bunch of Northern Hemisphere dinosaurs. However, this is arguably [[JustifiedTrope justified]] or at least [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]], as Kron is surprised to hear carnotaurs attacked Bruton, as 'they never come this far north' -- although that doesn't explain how they've managed to cross the sea that separated the two continents at the time. The ''Koolasuchus'' (South Pole) and ''Oviraptor'', ''Talarurus'' and ''Velociraptor'' (Mongolia) seem more out of place on North America.
* MoralityPet: Neera is this to her brother.
* MosesInTheBullrushes: Aladar, though his separation from his birth family was accidental.
* [[MostWritersAreHuman Most Writers Are Primates]]: The reason given as to why there are modern-day lemurs in the movie is because Disney thought people needed something cute and human-like to relate to in a movie about dinosaurs. Really.
* OhCrap: Kron when he flees from the Carnotaur and realizes that the ravine is too hard to climb.
* TheOutsideWorld: While still in the egg, the iguanodon Aladar gets abducted to the remote island of the lemurs, where he hatches and is adopted. However, a horrific meteor shower obliterates the island, compelling Aladar and his lemur "family" to explore the mainland, just in time for the seasonal dinosaur migration.
* PluckyComicRelief: Zini.
* {{Prehistoria}}: Critters from Triassic to Recent Period show up, but at least we don't have the stock volcano-filled, hellish landscape.
* PrehistoricMonster: Only Carnotaurs and Raptors qualify as this. All the other animals either have human-like intelligence or are portrayed in a realistic, docu-like way. Though Kron's and Bruton's look was [[ExecutiveMeddling modified]] to make them more menacing. However, when you really stop to think about it, the predators weren't just mean, they were starving to death and desperate. Normally Velociraptors wouldn't attack something Aladar's size, but they were hungry enough to risk getting flattened if it meant they could eat. The carnotaurs weren't just monsters, either; they were smart enough to only attack dinosaurs that had lagged behind the herd. The one carnotaur that turns into the BigBad appears to have been DrivenToMadness when [[spoiler:its mate is crushed to death]] and attacks the entire herd.
* ThePromisedLand: The Nesting Grounds goes with this as well.
* PteroSoarer: Maybe this has been the ''only'' real aversion in Fictionland.
* RaptorAttack: Was almost made an aversion if it hadn't been for the fact the ''Velociraptor'' lack feathers. But then again, ScienceMarchesOn.
* RealIsBrown: Played straight with most dinosaurs, which are generally grey-coloured; averted only with the heroes Aladar and Neera, both have pastel-coloured skins.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Bruton, who turns to the heroes' side after being mistreated by Kron and then treated kindly by the heroes. He dies in a HeroicSacrifice soon after.]]
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Suri.
* SacrificialLamb: The entire population of Lemur Island besides Aladar and his family.
* SaveTheVillain: The true villains might be the carnotaurs, but Kron still qualifies.
* SceneryPorn: They start with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNTha7uxUDA the jaw-dropping prologue]] (famously used as a teaser trailer) and they never look back.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: Besides the lemurs, there's also ''Pachyrhinosaurus'', ''Stygimoloch'', ''Microceratus'', ''Oviraptor'', ''Longisquama'', ''Talarurus'', ''Koolasuchus'', and ''Ichthyornis''. ''Carnotaurus'' was made stock because of this movie, as it was this prior to the film's release. Even ''Pteranodon'' is an example of this, being ''P. steinbergi'' instead of the usual ''P. longiceps''.
* SmallAnnoyingCreature: Some viewers qualify the lemurs as this.
* SocialDarwinist: Kron, who constantly says to leave the smallest and weakest dinosaurs that cannot keep up behind.
* SomethingThatBeginsWithBoring: "Lemme guess--a rock."
* SomewhereAPalaeontologistIsCrying: Unfortunately, since the iguanodons had to talk due to ExecutiveMeddling from Jeffrey Eisner, their beaks were removed for speech-friendly lips.
* SquareCubeLaw: Baylene is able to jump into water, which no animal of that size should be able to do. Averted though generally, as Baylene remains much slower moving than the other, smaller animals until reaching the Nesting Grounds. It's also arguable if she 'jumped' or just reared up to dramatically lengthen a single stride so she could send up a wave at Zini.
* StockDinosaurs: Partially averted. The classic [[Trivia/StockDinosaurs Four Dino Band]] T. rex, 'Brontosaurus', Stegosaurus and Triceratops is absent. We have instead four relatives: T.rex-looking Carnotaurus, brachiosaur Baylene, a small-sized Ankylosaurus and Styracosaurus Eema, and nameless Pachyrhinosaurus, which are smaller Triceratops with a wierd swollen nose instead of horns. We also have several dinos and other prehistoric critters that are uncommon in movies; and finally, Iguanodons as main characters is a novelty. And most of the dinosaurs are accurate-looking confronted with many other popular dino-films. Even Pteranodon is another case of aversion, since it was the poorly-known ''Pteranodon steinbergi'' instead of the iconic ''Pteranodon longiceps''.
* SuperPersistentPredator: Averted with the Carnotaurs. Their constant hunting is justified by the lack of food in the area, and neither of them go out of their way to hunt ''only'' the protagonists. When one of the carnotaurs is killed, the other does the smart thing and drops the chase. Then later when it's corralled by an entire herd, it backs off in favor of catching the lone Kron.
* TailSlap: How the Iguanodons fight.
* TeamSpirit: ''"[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Stand together!]]"''
** Awesomely TruthInTelevision, as this is actually how most large predators react to facing a large group of prey animals, or even just one, that holds its ground and faces them instead of running; big cats, especially, don't attack from the front. So not only is it awesome, it's actually realistic.
* UnusualAnimalAlliance: A prehistoric version.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Arguably Kron, although his behavior verges on KnightTemplar.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: There were two baby iguanodons around here just before that fight...
* WhatTheHellHero: Baylene scolds Aladar for giving up on their quest when the cave-in happens. This is also heartwarming due to Aladar being comforted to hear that he gives the others hope.
* WouldHurtAChild: Kron is completely willing to sacrifice Neera's (foster?) children in order to motivate the herd over the unclimbable cliff. He starts out merely not caring if a weak hatchling died in the desert; by the end he's so angry with Aladar that he [[MoralEventHorizon physically throws]] the 'little Aladars' off their feet so hard they almost fall off the wall, all while they're crying in distress and Neera is protesting his roughness.


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On Saturday, nationally known storyteller Matthew Dicks will present a workshop at The Mount in Lenox. On top of being an author, elementary school teacher and wedding DJ, Dicks is the co-founder of the Hartford-based storytelling group Speak Up.
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Common Ground is an exhibition of contemporary outdoor sculptures currently on display at The Mount and presented in partnership with SculptureNow. In this segment we take a tour of the exhibition with SculptureNow Director, Ann Jon. We also check in with Susan Wissler, the Executive Director of The Mount.
In its Touchstones author series, The Mount in Lenox, MA welcomes journalist/author Kate Bolick for a series of interviews with leading writers.
The August 15 program will feature Joanna Smith Rakoff whose new memoir, My Salinger Year, was recently released in June and is an Amazon Best Book pick for summer reading!
The Mount is a National Historic Landmark located in Lenox, MA. It is a cultural center that celebrates the intellectual, artistic, and humanitarian legacy of Edith Wharton - author of The Age of Innocence, Ethan Frome, and The House of Mirth - among many other works.
The Mount recently sustained incredible damage during heavy rains - but their Summer plans forge on and we are joined now by Susan Wissler, Executive Director of The Mount.
Donations are pouring in for The Mount in Lenox, Massachusetts after last week's pouring rain wreaked havoc on the historic gardens at the former home of author and humanitarian Edith Wharton.
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Heavy rain Wednesday night and into Thursday damaged roads throughout the Capital Region and western Massachusetts. The downpours also wreaked havoc on historic gardens in Lenox.
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