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NFL Upholds Josh Gordons 1 Year Suspension For Marijuana
Category: News | Posted on Thu, August, 28th 2014 by THCFinder
The NFL suspended Cleveland Browns receiver Josh Gordon for an entire year after he 'failed' a drug test, testing positive for marijuana. I say 'failed' because he took two tests. The first one he barely passed, and the second one he barely failed. The NFL has a very low threshold for a positive marijuana test compared to other sports. The NFL considers anything over 15 nanograms per milliliter to be a fail. Josh Gordon's first test was 13.63 ng/ml, and his second was 16 ng/ml.
Josh Gordon appealed his suspension with the NFL, and rightfully so. Why should someone be suspended at all for having 1 ng/ml more than the threshold, especially for an entire year? To put the test result into perspective, the Olympics allow up to 150 ng/ml – ten times what the NFL allows. To say that the NFL has reefer madness is a huge understatement. Per NFL.Com:
"Appeals officer Harold Henderson has upheld the suspension for the 2014 NFL season of Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon for violating the NFL Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse. The suspension is effective immediately," the league said Wednesday in a statement.
Josh Gordon's suspension is insane, especially when compared to the suspension of two games that Ray Rice got for assaulting his then fiance to the point that she was knocked unconscious. As many Josh Gordon fans and marijuana supporters pointed out, Ray Rice would have to knock out 7 more women to get the same suspension as Josh Gordon. Even more if you include preseason and playoff games. I don't say this to be mean or insensitive, I say it to highlight the insanity that is the NFL's marijuana policy. Shame on the NFL.
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Strawberry Cough (Hybrid)
Category: Nugs | Posted on Thu, August, 28th 2014 by THCFinder
Strawberry Cough has a sweet strawberry smell and thick smoke that will leave you coughing. It provides a nice sativa buzz that will lift your spirits, great for going out and enjoying mother nature or getting things done. Overall it is a comfortable and enjoyable, yet also powerful, experience.
Marijuana compound may slow, halt progression of Alzheimer's
Category: Medical Marijuana | Posted on Thu, August, 28th 2014 by THCFinder
Neuroscientists found that extremely low doses of a compound found in marijuana may slow or halt the progression of Alzheimer's disease.
A study published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease reported that neuroscientists using a cellular model of Alzheimer's found low doses of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) reduced the production of amyloid beta, and prevented abnormal accumulation, which is one of the early signs of the memory-loss disease.
"Decreased levels of amyloid beta means less aggregation, which may protect against the progression of Alzheimer's disease. Since THC is a natural and relatively safe amyloid inhibitor, THC or its analogs may help us develop an effective treatment in the future," said lead author Chuanhai Cao, a neuroscientist and PhD at the Byrd Alzheimer's Institute and the University of South Florida College of Pharmacy.
Neuroscientists also found THC enhanced mitochondrial function which is needed to supply energy, transmit signals and maintain a healthy brain.
"THC is known to be a potent antioxidant with neuroprotective properties, but this is the first report that the compound directly affects Alzheimer's pathology by decreasing amyloid beta levels, inhibiting its aggregation, and enhancing mitochondrial function," Cao said.
The research noted that the therapeutic benefits of THC at low doses appear greater than the associated risks of toxicity and memory impairment.
"Are we advocating that people use illicit drugs to prevent the disease? No," study co-author Neel Nabar said. "However, these findings may lead to the development of related compounds that are safe, legal, and useful in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease."
As many as 5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's disease, with the numbers projected to reach 14 million by 2050, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Durban Poison - Sativa
Category: Nugs | Posted on Wed, August, 27th 2014 by THCFinder
This subtropical sativa is named after the South African port city of Durban where thousands of kilos of this dark, distinctive sativa are produced every year. Smokers everywhere know it to be a sativa like no other.
Washington entrepreneur creates, bottles marijuana-infused soda, coffee
Category: Culture | Posted on Wed, August, 27th 2014 by THCFinder
Call it pop, call it soda — it's all made with weed.
A new line of cannabis carbonated beverages brewed by a Washington state entrepreneur promises a different kind of buzz to go along with your sugar rush.
"Legal" sparkling sodas infused with marijuana hit shelves at legal weed dispensaries around the state Monday, as did bottles of cold brewed coffee meant for pot aficionados looking for a different kind of edible.
It could even replace the traditional bottle of wine presented at dinner parties.
"It's much more approachable, as opposed to 'Hey, mom and dad, do you want a joint?'" drink creator Adam Stites told KGW-TV.
The drinks provide a pot kick, along with natural ingredients.
Stites' company, called Mirth Provisions, provides the first marijuana drinkables to hit the market nearly two months after pot became legal in Washington on July 8. The cold brew coffees will allow you to "take on the day with a smooth buzz and a grin a mile wide," the company's website promises of the drink, which contains 20 milligrams of THC, the ingredient in marijuana that gets you stoned.
Cherry, Lemon Ginger or Pomegranate provide 10 milligrams each of locally grown cannabis extract with all natural ingredients and are created specifically for different activities, be it "couch, meet butt," or "riding through the clouds on the back of a mythological beast."
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Skip to comments.NFL LIVE THREAD week 13
Posted on 11/27/2013 3:48:27 PM PST by Bender2
Week 13
Thu Nov 28
12:30 pm Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions
4:30 pm Oakland Raiders @ Dallas Cowboys
8:30 pm Pittsburgh Steelers @ Baltimore Ravens
Sun Dec 1
1:00 pm Arizona Cardinals @ Philadelphia Eagles
1:00 pm Chicago Bears @ Minnesota Vikings
1:00 pm Denver Broncos @ Kansas City Chiefs
1:00 pm Jacksonville Jaguars @ Cleveland Browns
1:00 pm Miami Dolphins @ New York Jets
1:00 pm Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Carolina Panthers
1:00 pm Tennessee Titans @ Indianapolis Colts
4:05 pm Atlanta Falcons @ Buffalo Bills
4:05 pm St. Louis Rams @ San Francisco 49ers
4:25 pm Cincinnati Bengals @ San Diego Chargers
4:25 pm New England Patriots @ Houston Texans
8:30 pm New York Giants @ Washington Redskins
Mon Dec 2 8:40 pm
New Orleans Saints @ Seattle Seahawks
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Okay, big, your Packer Wackers are up first against the Brankrupt Bozs comming off a 2 game losing streak. If Aaron Boy plays, you will have a winner. If not, a tie would be your best hope
Seven, your Waiders do Dallas... and will not even get a mint on the pillow
Oh, I hate to pick the Stoolers over the Old Brownstains, but I do--
Sunday, the last of the Turkey leftovers should be gone as the Arid Zona Reds pick the bones of the Iggles
Since Da Bears lost last week to those Stillwater Okies, De Bears struggle past the Viqueens to keep on Detroit's heels
Revenge is best served cold and my Old Dallas Texans, coached by my semi-new hero, Big Chief Andy... knock Mile High Manning's Mules on a 2 game losing streak
The New Brownstains slip past the Jags
Jino's Jersey Jets bully the Doll Phins
Camshaft keeps on rolling with their 8th win in a row over the Buckin' Ears
Allegra's Old Earlers run out of luck at Indy
The Falcons leave the country and still manage to step in Buffalo chips
Yes, the 69ers have the stump-broke Rams visiting and hijinks ensue with smiles in the shower
TCU North gets the Bolts back in the loss column
Well, Allegra, I have to go againts your Texicans, so don't hurt me!
Sunday Night Feetball is really the True Turkey Bowl as Pharm's Jersey Jints slow RG3 down to way less than 1/3rd RPMs
Monday Night Feetball has the Saints beating the Seahags... simply 'cause I want them to!
Here are my picks... for you non-readers
Sun Dec 1 1:00 pm Arizona Cardinals @ Philadelphia Eagles
Boycott this joke. Warning warning overload, too much eagle s**t in the hand of convicted dog killer michael vick.
$12.5 million a year and on the bench. Forgiven by some, not by all!
The Packer boys will crush the Kittens ...even without Rodgers
The Cowpokes will spank the Eyepatches
The Pigeons will cruise by the Stools
The Brownstains will poop on JHS
The Folds will slide by the Weaklings
The Barelies will pinch the Vicekings
The Guppies will swim by the Cessnas
The Bagels are a lox over the Desert Sparrows
The Punters will pounce all over the Pirates
Alas the Texians will be crushed by the Brady Bunch
The Beefaloes will pluck the Dirty Birds
The Fluffy Niners will slide by the Lambs
The Mules will stampede the Thiefs
The Bolts will pummel the Bungles
The Deadskins will surprise the Midgets
The Halos will shoot down the Seaslugs
Bank on it!
Lambs take Kaepernick's lunch money - Weehawks over Aints by 9 - Pack stuns Dee-troyt - Cards continue the role of most surprising over Phila by 6
Bend, don't you hate it when they focus on your wiener?
week 13 is on ...
Hey say it i think your precious Cowpokes would go gangstra on my Raiders
You know what here in SO CAL they talk about LA Dodgers tickets how they much go for
MAN baseball season is almost here???? LOL!
Thank you for the message.
Guaranteed Winner: Cardinals, Guaranteed Loser: Raiders.
week 13:
BROWNS, switching my original pick in the week 12 thread.
Reminds me of the ending of one... of my favorite films on Hollywood, S.O.B. that nailed the Looney Left Coast's true nature--
Ben Coogan: What are we going to do with him? It?
Tim Culley: I've been thinking: a burial at sea.
Ben Coogan: Beautiful. A burial at sea.
Ben Coogan: I don't like to be a party pooper, but I get seasick.
Dr. Irving Finegarten: A-ha! The last of your excremental bodily functions! Worthy of the Guinness Book of Records.
"Bye... Felix."
One of the finest movies ever great ending i cried
Ain't no way the Aints are beating my Seahawks
My Thanksgiving picks
Okay, Liberty... you got me completely, totally stumped! What does a photo of a nice looking chick on a 1967 Saab and Ray Charles Youtube 1959 song "What'd I say" have to do with my post on the 1981 film S.O.B.'s Viking Funeral scene in response to NormsRevenge's '2013 Vikings seasonal funeral sailing, now an annual event on the Minniesoda calendar?'
OR are we both still drunk... and therefore making complete, total sense in a snockered out of our gourd way???
Well, Mr. Bender, for a small fee... I can explain it all to you and provide a sure fire hangover cure my sainted old Grandmother used every time my old Grandfather came home from a Hooterville AA meeting.
Mr. Haney, does that hangover cure... come in double doses?
Does it cure heartburn... 'caue I got a real barn burner dose of it!
What gets my goat is that this inane crap... is on every channel of this thread!
How's about y'al's... perfect 'Football' Thanksgiving?
My perfect Thanksgiving Football Day
...Being able to watch turkey day football uninterrupted by
my mother-in-law's arrival and constant chatter...
November 28th, 1974 - Dallas 24 Washington 23.
Happy Thanksgiving Bendy! May all your football wishes come true!
Bender's in the can, big, so I'll... tell ya what to do!
Your FR Tagline says "Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid" so it is evident... you are a bad powerless pile of steaming crap 'cause you let your evil mommy-in-law run her big mouth!
So, man up and kick her hind end... over and over again until she shuts up!
Hey, what... are you looking at?
At you, Duckman... and I'll turn you every way but loose if you don't shut up and mind your manners this Thanksgiving Day--
Yes... ma'am.
Bender2, thanks for being so creative and entertaining with your posts.
You make it look easy, but you have a very creative mind to be able to whip these up and be on target, too.
For those that don't know... are too damn young to recall the Mad Bomber... Sucker Puncher*:
From Cowboys-Deadskins Rivalry:
On November 28, 1974, the Redskins were 8-3 and ready to secure a playoff berth with a win against the Cowboys (6-5) in a nationally televised game in Dallas. With less than ten minutes to go in the third quarter, Washington was leading 16-3, when Redskins linebacker Dave Robinson knocked Roger Staubach out of the game. Rookie Clint Longley led the Cowboys to a last-minute come-from-behind victory, throwing a 50-yard touchdown pass to Drew Pearson with 28 seconds left. The final score was Cowboys 24, Redskins 23.
The Redskins were stunned. "I don't have very much to say," coach George Allen said when it was over. "It was probably the toughest loss we ever had."
* http://dy.snimg.com/story-image/4/6/4545426/195465-0-600.jpg
Bless you, child... Flex would be touched--
Gadzooks, that... makes my day!
But really, it is not that hard... to be really creative and brilliant--
But those updates... can be a pain in the shiny ass!
Okay, dinner time and I got my extra large diaper on... so I won't have to leave the table for the next six hours--
BTW does this old cap... make me look fat?
Bender Godfather 1 and 2 going be on AMC
Least AMC don't show that horrible film Godfather 3 here
Only good thing about that movie is Alicia Coppola get whack at the end
What, big, I ask? Just what... do you think you are smelling?
Your continuous breaking wind, Duckman... That's what big's smelling--
That's enough... out of you, Cornfed!
Hey Norms I saw trailor of History Channel series the Viking season 2
Love season 1
We going be introduce to Eric the Red
That going be awsome LOL!
Troy and Buck look like ghosts, I imagine their make-up lady had the Holiday off.
Maybe they are also extra's in a new TWILIGHT film?
Another Thanksgiving tradition...
Just sayin'
Ahhh yes, the Clint Longley game.
That's Sofia! My name is Sofia and I am the first American woman... to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for my brilliant Lost in Translation!
You didn't win! And... Lost in Translation was aptly named as it was a piece of unintelligible crap--
That even managed to make Scarlett Johansson's rear end... look unappealing!
Yeah Sofia did... do that, so git... a rope!
What? You think I am going to be scared... of a gun that had only gold and maroon paint in the magazine?
Well, when big shoots you with that gun of his up there... you will end up painted like a Washington Redskins fan.
Gulpppppppppppppppp! Okay, I'll watch the game quietly--
Gadzooks, 10-3 Pack, big! That was a cheap TD.. wasn't it?
She was good director for another movie she did Marie Anoitttee she is bad actress LOL!
That only redeem quality about Godfather 3 she get whack at the end
And that pick just now by Williams... that was kind'a cheap, too--
My saying the Lions would win without Arron Boy playing... is not looking too good now, is it?
I have a nephew named Eric, red hair, you don't want to meet him. Trust me. ;-]
Them Norvegians can really mess up a feast table.
HaPPY Thanksgiving!!
Gadzooks, Tom! Take off that silly cheddar fez... and get you game face on... we may need you today!
Hey, Tom? Get you ass over here! We... need you today more than the Cowboys. They're playing Seven's useless Raiders for christ sake!!!!
So confident am I in a victory by the good guys— should the Cowboys lose to the Raiders I shall sleep only in my skivvies inside a tent in the backyard tonight.
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From its scrappy start on the Bay Area punk-revival scene, Green Day, the long-running trio of Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool, has shown that it's possible to hit the highest heights—including the practically unthinkable, a Broadway musical—without sacrificing integrity. The band follows up a punchy new trio of LPs, ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tré!, with this arena date in Brooklyn.
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Santa Cruz Education Foundation: Wish List for High Schools
These books have been selected for Santa Cruz, Harbor, and Soquel High Schools and Branciforte Small Schools and will be distributed by the Santa Cruz Education Foundation. Hardbacks are preferred whenever possible. Not all books on the wish list are listed online. Ask to see the full list at our information desk.
No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller (Hardcover)
Coretta Scott King award-winning author Vaunda Micheaux Nelsons great uncle was Lewis Micheaux, owner of the famous National Memorial African Bookstore. Located in the heart of Harlem, New York, from 1939 to 1975, Micheauxs bookstore became the epicenter of black literary life and a rallying point for the Black Nationalist movement.
The devil made 'em do it.
Dear Anthony:
I appreciate your recent interest, but I?m not accepting applications at this time. Your letter will be kept in our files and someone will get back to you if there is an opening. Thank you for thinking of me.
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"The False Prince" is the thrilling first book in a brand-new trilogy filled with danger and deceit and hidden identities that will have readers rushing breathlessly to the end.
Oct. 11th, 1943-A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. Its pilot and passenger are best friends. One of the girls has a chance at survival. The other has lost the game before it's barely begun.
Soldier boys emerged from the darkness. Guns gleamed dully. Bullet bandoliers and scars draped their bare chests. Ugly brands scored their faces. She knew why these soldier boys had come. She knew what they sought, and she knew, too, that if they found it, her best friend would surely die.
Lyrical, imaginative, and wholly original, this "New York Times" bestseller with 8 starred reviews is not to be missed. Rachel Hartman's award-winning debut will have you looking at dragons as you ve never imagined them before
In the kingdom of Goredd, dragons and humans live and work side by side while below the surface, tensions and hostility simmer.
From bestselling, Printz Award-winning author Libba Bray, a desert island classic.
Survival. Of the fittest.
The untold story of Thomas Jefferson's slave children
They called her Water Claire. When she washed up on their shore, no one knew that she came from a society where emotions and colors didn t exist. That she had become a Vessel at age thirteen. That she had carried a Product at age fourteen. That it had been stolen from her body. Claire had a son. But what became of him she never knew. What was his name? Was he even alive?
From the mean streets of the barrio to the house on Mango Street, from the Mambo Kings to the Garcia Girls, the authors who contribute to this volume transport us across geographies and through cultures in an attempt to articulate the joys, struggles, defeats, and triumphs of the Latino experience in the United States.
Critically acclaimed nonfiction author Deborah Hopkinson pieces together the story of the TITANIC and that fateful April night, drawing on the voices of survivors and archival photographs.
Three-time Coretta Scott King Award winner Angela Johnson writes a wrenching, honest book about surviving the unimaginable and finding a way to go on.
" A captivating read. "School Library Journal," Starred"
Lucky Linderman didn't ask for his life. He didn't ask his grandfather not to come home from the Vietnam War. He didn't ask for a father who never got over it. He didn't ask for a mother who keeps pretending their dysfunctional family is fine. And he didn't ask to be the target of Nader McMillan's relentless bullying, which has finally gone too far.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Shiver and Linger comes a brand new, heartstopping novel.
Some race to win. Others race to survive.
It happens at the start of every November: the Scorpio Races. Riders attempt to keep hold of their water horses long enough to make it to the finish line.
Some riders live.
Others die.
When you don't talk, there's a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said.
Harsh words indeed, from Brian Nelson of all people. But, D. J. can't help admitting, maybe he's right.
When you don't talk, there's a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said.
Starred by PW and SLJ! Now in paperback, Rachel Ward's gripping debut psycho-thriller that pairs futuristic sci-fi with a tender, touchingly real love story. Includes a teaser to the sequel!
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Eerie, beautiful, and devastating. "Chicago Tribune
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Definition of visage in English:
noun[usually in singular] literary
1A person's face, with reference to the form or proportions of the features: an elegant, angular visage
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- Argento commonly indulges in a palette of bold, primary colors and frequently lets brash red or blue gels transform his characters' features into comic strip-like visages.
- It is a wristwatch featuring the visage of Guevara, and the word 'REVOLUTION.'
- For one thing, it lacked resemblance to the most popular photograph of the poet, featuring a youthful visage and spectacles.
1.1A person's facial expression: there was something hidden behind his visage of cheerfulness
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- Unlike Washington, Jefferson did not shield himself behind an impenetrable visage.
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face, countenance, look, (facial) features, (facial) expression
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Google 'reuters california budge surplus'
For years I listened as the general consensus declared CA a basket case.
General consenus is wrong. California's back. 7th largest economy in the world.
As California, America soon.
"Lousy Democrats" - Homer Simpson
What happened to all these posts about the CA budget surplus? Ray?
It just went bye bye, like another slew of ex-Cali taxpayers, moving East and offshore.
unafulber, we raised taxes and income taxes are up (people are making more, selling more stock, etc, etc).
So the budget is better.
The democrats also have a super majority in California after last falls election, so if things were severely screwed up still, they could pass new taxes or do what they want without any grid lock.
The republican party right now has no clout and can't do anything.
I'm not saying this is the right thing, I'm just stating is as a fact.
Well, Cali has come back stronger than I realized. I was reading the newspaper just now, and the lead story is about the projected $841 million CA surplus for 2013. That is good news; let's hope it happens. Several billion surplus projected for 2014.
This, of course, doesn't include the $27 billion the state borrowed over the past two years (that has to be paid back) and the $500 billion in unfunded pension liabilities for state employees. And, to put a cherry on top, the state received tax payments of accelerated capital gains of about $7 billion that will reduce budgeted payments by the same amount over the next year. My bet - $2 billion deficit by fiscal year end (June 30) and $4 billion deficit for 2014 fiscal year - plus the $27 billion the state will still owe.
Sentiment: Buy
The surplus always disappears by the end of the year or mysterious reasons. Lets see what it is on day 365.
Ray, I've read your posts. Youre no idiot, so I can say this in jest without offense:
You can get your news faster online these days.
The newspaper?
Here here!! Only someone from Illinois would think California is in good shape.
Don't they bribe you in Illinois to have positive thoughts about the government? I'm not sure that counts.
only someone from California would think it isn't
funny. I'm in WI and I catch a couple hours of Illinois radio each week. they're in deep schist.
It will only go in the black if the legislature agrees with the governor's plan.
The California so called surplus disappears when municipal employee pension shortfall is added in. Also a new Chinese high speed train is in the plans. Don't anyone worry about any budget surplus the Dim supermajority will take care of it.
so what's your question?
Budget surplus? Not in the Cali I live in.
But things are getting better, and the Bay Area where I live is smokin' with technology leading the way. Some real estate is now higher than in the hay day a few years ago.
I have been getting phone calls at home and a lot of emails from recruiters. It would seem that we might be entering another tech startup phase but I'm not 100% sure. If they cut the defense budget in the near future I suspect that many of the laid off engineers will flood into those companies. They will be able to hire them on the cheap.


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Here comes Chapter Three in the law of arbitration and class actions in California.
Chapter One: In Discover Bank v. Superior Court (2005) 36 Cal. 4th 148, Cal Supremes rule that a consumer contract provision that waives the right to class action litigation as part of a binding arbitration agreement is unconscionable and void.
Chapter Two: In AT & T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion (2011) 563 U.S. 333, SCOTUS responds to Cal Supremes with "the heck you say," overruling Discover Bank as preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act. And now,
Chapter Three: If there is a binding arbitration agreement without a waiver of class action rights, does the class action matter go to arbitration or trial? And who decides? That is the issue in the recently decided Sandquist v. Lebo Automotive, Inc., ___ Cal.4th ___ (Jul. 28, 2016).
Sandquist was a case involving allegations of racial discrimination, harassment and retaliation. The Plaintiff had signed three binding arbitration agreements, all stating he agreed that "any claim or dispute or controversy . . . which would otherwise require or allow resort to any court or other governmental dispute resolution forum" would be "submitted to and determine[d] exclusively by binding arbitration."
The parties had a dispute about whether the agreement permitted or prohibited classwide arbitration. Cal Supremes held that, since this was a "claim or dispute" that would other wise be submitted to a court for decision, then as a matter of contract interpretation, the arbitrator would decide. "[W]ho decides is in the first instance a matter of agreement, with the parties' agreement subject to interpretation under state law." And since a majority of the Supremes found no contrary presumption under federal law and concluded that under California law, this language meant the decision went to the arbitrator, that's how the Court ruled.
This was a 4-3 decision, with Justices Kruger, Chin and Corrigan dissenting that under federal law, this was a decision for the court, not the arbitrator, as it was a "gateway question of arbitrability."
So there is a conflict between four justices' position that state law applies and the minority's view that federal law governs. This certainly seems like a likely case for a cert petition to the SCOTUS.
This may be pretty big for California appellate lawyers and any lawyer or client involved in motion practice at the trial court level.The California Supreme Court has just eliminated its long-standing rule that "de-published" any lower court decision taken under review.
For a long time -- longer than CBL has been around -- it's been the rule that after a Court of Appeal issues an opinion, and the California Supreme Court grants a hearing the Court of Appeal decision, that decision is not citeble as authority, for persuasion, or for any other purpose. Effective July 1, that rule changes, as the Chief Justice Canti-Sakauye has announced revised this big change to California Rules of Court, Rule 8.1105:
(e) When review of published opinion has been granted
(1) While review is pending
Pending review and filing of the Supreme Court's opinion, unless otherwise ordered
by the Supreme Court under (3), a published opinion of a Court of Appeal in the
matter has no binding or precedential effect, and may be cited for potentially
persuasive value only. Any citation to the Court of Appeal opinion must also note
the grant of review and any subsequent action by the Supreme Court.
(2) After decision on review
After decision on review by the Supreme Court, unless otherwise ordered by the
Supreme Court under (3), a published opinion of a Court of Appeal in the matter,
and any published opinion of a Court of Appeal in a matter in which the Supreme
Court has ordered review and deferred action pending the decision, is citable and has
binding or precedential effect, except to the extent it is inconsistent with the decision
of the Supreme Court or is disapproved by that court.
(3) Supreme Court order
At any time after granting review or after decision on review, the Supreme Court
may order that all or part of an opinion covered by (1) or (2) is not citable or has a
binding or precedential effect different from that specified in (1) or (2).
Furthermore, under the new rule (subpart (e)(2)),
After decision on review by the Supreme Court, unless otherwise ordered by the
Supreme Court under (3), a published opinion of a Court of Appeal in the matter,
and any published opinion of a Court of Appeal in a matter in which the Supreme
Court has ordered review and deferred action pending the decision, is citable and has
binding or precedential effect, except to the extent it is inconsistent with the decision
of the Supreme Court or is disapproved by that court.
A pattern has developed with high-profile legal issues in California: The Supremes grant review of an appellate decision; the review process takes years; meanwhile, appellate courts keep issuing opinions addressing the same critical issue; the Supremes do a "grant and hold" of the petitions for review of those other cases, meaning there won't be any briefing, argument, or any decision, but they will send it back to the Courts of Appeal for further consideration after deciding the first case they accepted. Meanwhile, up until now, all the decisions have been "depublished" and unciteable. Under the new rules, that is going to change, and we will see what difference, if any, it makes.
Every year about this time, the Attorney General posts and summarizes all of the Proposition 65 settlements from the preceding year, providing information about which settlements require reformulation of products, which require warnings, which require both, and, most importantly the dollar amounts. This year's 104 page report is here, and the summary is here. And since 2009, Cal Biz Lit has been digging into the AG's report, providing its own analysis (and to cut to the chase, this year's analysis is after the jump of this blog post).
There is much to blog about here, but so as not to bury the lede, let's start with a chart showing, for all bounty hunters settling more than one matter, the highest settlement, the lowest settlement, the average and the number of settlements. (Note that for attorneys/law firms representing more than one client, we have itemized by bounty hunter and totalled for the attorneys/law firms. Those law firm totals are highlighted in yellow. And also note the chart will pop out if you click it, becoming much easier to read.)
More information -- and another complicated chart -- after the jump.
So, in case that chart wasn't complicated and overly-packed with data enough for you, let's put up one more, this one with all the amounts paid for penalties, attorneys' fees and costs and payments in lieu of penalties (which don't get shared with the State of California) in settlements with all the bounty hunters last year. Also, we're showing the percentages of each component, average settlement, and, where applicable, changes from last year (and like the first chart, this one pops out if you click it, becoming almost readable):
(Corrected chart replaced the original May 25 at 3:00 p.m. pdt. Math errors fixed.)
2014 saw 677 settlements totaling $26,482,280, or an average of $43548. In 2015, the number of settlements shot up 27% to 857, but the total amount was down to $26,489,611, for an average settlement of $30,910! From the settlements, 70% went to attorneys' fees and costs. Only 14% went to the State of California; all the rest went to bounty hunters or their lawyers.
Note that CBL's numbers differ a bit from the AG's -- in some instances, where the AG treated a multi-company settlement as a single settlement, CBL divided by the number of companies. And we corrected a few other counting errors.
About a year and a half ago, Cal Biz Lit took a look at all of the 60 day notices for the previous year (July 2013 through June, 2014) to see what chemicals were being cited for companies' failure to give "clear and reasonable warning" before causing exposures. We found there were a total of 1045 notices identifying twelve chemicals. The biggest players by far were DEHP and lead, in that order.
Today, we thought it would be worth looking at 2015 data and seeing what has changed. The result: much has changed, much has not. There were 1,336 notices in 2015, identifying thirty chemicals. Many notices included more than one chemical, and many named more than one company. Here's the rundown:
As they say in the investment business, past results are no guaranty of future performance. So we can't be sure what chemicals bounty hunters will be looking for, or finding in the months and years to come. Certainly we can expect that when the warning requirements become effective for Bisphenol A (May 11, 2016), Aloe Vera and goldenseal root powder (December 4, 2016), we can expect some activity involving those. But with approximately 935 chemicals listed under Proposition 65, it would make sense for companies to begin their focus on these three chemicals and the ones in the chart.
On Tuesday, CBL blogged about some of the new proposed Proposition 65 warnings. As promised, there is more, and here it is.
OEHHA Tries and Fails to Solve The "Label" vs. "Labeling" Problem
OEHHA's Safe Harbor Warning regulations have long held that warning language can appear on a "label" or on "labeling." "Label" is given the usually accepted definition, while the current regulations define labeling as "any label or other written, printed or graphic matter affixed to or accompanying a product or its container or wrapper." In 2005, the California Court of Appeal held (in Environmental Law Foundation v. Wykle Research, Inc. (2005) 134 CA 4th 60) that this regulation meant what it said, and that a warning could be transmitted by placing it in written instructions accompanying the product.
The last round of proposed regulations eliminated safe harbor status of warnings on the "labeling," which would be a serious problem for companies who provide the warnings with other safety information in their use and care guides, manuals, etc. The new regulations contain an ambiguity. On the one hand, new section 25601(d) provides that
Consumer product exposure warnings must be prominently displayed on a label, labeling or sign, and must be displayed with such conspicuousness as compared with other words, statements, designs or devices on the label, labeling or sign, as to render the warning likely to be read and understood by an ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase or use.
But then there is section 25602(a):
Unless otherwise specified . . . a warning meets the requirements of this article if it . . . is provided using on or more of the following methods:
(1) A product-specific warning provided on a posted sign, shelf tag or shelf sign . . . .
(2) A product-specific warning provided via any electronic device. . . .
(3) A label that complies with the content requirements in Section 25603(a).
And no mention of labeling!.
Our sense is that after this is pointed out during the comment period, OEHHA will have to make a correction.
Internet Warnings May Become Mandatory
As in the last version of the regulations, OEHHA seeks to make on-line warnings before Internet sales mandatory. We continue to find this odd.
OEHHA has always taken the position that its warning regulations do not specify the only way to provide a clear and reasonable warning, but that compliance with the regulations provides a "safe harbor," eliminating the need for case-by-case determinations of compliance if the regulations are followed. And yet, in its provision on Internet sales (section 25602(b)), the mandatory language seems to indicate that the warning provisions must be followed for all Internet sales"
For Internet purchases, a warning that complies with the content requirements of Section 25603(a) must be provided by including either the warning on the product display page, or a clearly marked hyperlink using the word "WARNING" on the product display page, or by otherwise prominently displaying the warning to the purchaser prior to completing the purchase. If an on-product warning is provided pursuant to Section 25602(a)(4), the warning provided on the website may use the same content as the on-product warning. For purposes of this article, a warning is not prominently displayed if the purchaser must search for it in the general content of the website.
In other words, OEHHA isn't just saying that this is a way to ensure warnings are clear and reasonable. It is purporting to require this warning mechanism for all Internet sales.
The Regulations Eliminate the Limitation on Supplemental Information
The last iteration of the new regulations included the following: "A person may provide information to the exposed individual that is supplemental to the warning. . . .In order to comply with this article, supplemental information may not contradict the warning."
We felt that this, together with a rather convoluted example OEHHA gave, violated First Amendment rights. Apparently, OEHHA agreed, eliminating the provision. In the new regulations, OEHHA only limits the use of supplemental information contained in the warning itself (section 25601(f)):
The warning may contain information that is supplemental to the warning content required by this article only to the extent that it explains the source of the exposure or provides information on how to avoid or reduce exposure to the identified chemical or chemicals. Such supplemental information may not be substituted for the warning required by this article.
Very Little Relief to Retailers
The last version of the regulations provided that retailers were not responsible for warnings unless they sold the product under their own brand or trademark, they had knowingly and intentionally caused the chemical to be in the product, had covered, obscured, altered or failed to use the warning their supplier had or offered to provide them, or had "actual knowledge of the potential consumer product exposure requiring the warning, and there is no manufacturer, producer, packager, importer or distributor of the product who [has ten or more employees or has a business location or agent for service in California]."
This seemed fine until one got to the next section, stating that if the retailer received a sixty day notice, it would be deemed to have actual knowledge two days later if it continued to sell the product without warning. This understandably resulted in howls from retailers. OEHHA responded by changing two days to five, obviously not a significant change.
What's Next?
The public comment period remains open until April 11, and may be extended (there has been one request for extension for 30 days). Public comments can be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com (subject line to state "Clear and Reasonable Warnings Regulation"). Then OEHHA can either adopt this version, or propose another one. CBL thinks the effective date will be sometime in late 2018.
For more than the past year, California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has been issuing proposed changes to the "safe harbor warning" regulations, which set the rules for what warning language is deemed "clear and reasonable" under Proposition 65. The idea is that if this language is used, and placed in a location likely to be seen before an exposure occurs, the parties can't litigate over whether it is or is not clear and reasonable -- it is. We talked about the first round of proposed changes in January, 2015 and again in March, 2015. The process has continued since then.
Most companies selling products in California protect themselves from Proposition 65 liability by using the current "safe harbor warning" language on labels, packaging, or use and care guides. For chemicals listed as carcinogens, the safe harbor warning is: "WARNING: This product contains a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer." For chemicals listed as reproductive toxicants, the safe harbor warning is: "WARNING: This chemical contains a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm."
While the existing regulations do not specify a "safe harbor warning" when products cause exposures to carcinogens and reproductive toxicants, many companies conflate the warnings (i.e., "WARNING: This product contains chemicals know to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm"), and to CBL's knowledge, no company gets sued for this warning.
Now, after three sets of proposals, it seems clear that this is going to change in a variety of ways. The new proposed regulations are here. Comments can be submitted no later than April 11 to firstname.lastname@example.com (with "Clear and Reasonable Warning Regulations" in the subject line).
The Language Changes
It has been clear for the past year that the agency is determined to require that the safe harbor warning specifically name one or more chemicals. After two previous efforts in this regard, it has now proposed that to claim safe harbor status, the company's warning must "name one or more of the chemicals for which the person [i.e., the company] has determined a warning is required." If there are one or more carcinogens and one or more different reproductive toxicant, at least one of each must be listed. So there will not be a requirement that the company list every chemical, or even that the company select the right chemical, as long as the company lists the carcinogen and the reproductive toxin for which it "has determined a warning is required." And the new safe harbor consumer product warnings are these:
" WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals such as [name one or more chemicals], which is [are] known to the State of California to cause cancer. For more information go to www.P65warnings.ca.gov/product." or,
" WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals such as [name of one or more chemicals], which is [are] known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information go to www.P65warnings.ca.gov/product."or,
"WARNING: This product can expose you to a chemicals such as [name of one or more chemicals], which is [are] known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm."
OEHHA has also proposed a set of "truncated warnings."
"WARNING: Cancer -- www.P65warnings.ca.gov/product." or
"WARNING: Reproductive Harm -- www.P65warnings.ca.gov/product." or
"WARNING: Cancer and Reproductive Harm -- www.P65warnings.ca.gov/product."
Importantly, the effective date, not yet announced, will likely be in the second half of 2018, and product manufactured before the effective date and in companies' inventory can use the old safe harbor warning language.
Font Size Requirements Have Mostly Been Eliminated
The last round of regulations required that the font size for the standard warnings above, when placed on labels, must be no smaller than the largest font used for other consumer information on the product, and in no case less than 8 points. Truncated warnings were also to be no smaller than the largest font used for consumer information, and in no case less than 6 points.
The new regulations eliminate font size altogether for the standard warnings, maintain the same requirement for the truncated warning – i.e., no smaller than the largest font for consumer information or 6 points – but define "consumer information" as excluding "brand name, product name or product advertising."
There are many more new provisions, and CBL will comment on them later this week.
Updated October 27, 2:40 p.m. pdt.
This story will be just about impossible for anyone to miss: Yesterday, the International Agency for Research on Cancer ("IARC"), an agency of the World Health Organization, which is itself an agency of the United Nations, announced a monograph declaring processed meats (e.g., bacon, hot dogs, etc.) to be a "Group 1, Carcinogenic to Humans" carcinogen. This is the same level of carcinogenicity as asbestos and tobacco, which doesn't mean processed meats are as toxic as asbestos, only that the science is as strong. It also classified all red meats as "Group 2A, Probably carcinogenic to humans." The monograph isn't yet on the IARC web site, but it's press release and "FAQs" are.
Somebody from the press asked CBL today: "Does this mean red meat and processed meat will go on the Proposition 65 cancer list?" Interesting question, that. Here's CBL's thought process:
More after the jump.
To review, a chemical can be added to the Proposition 65 list of carcinogens if (a) the state's qualified experts are of the opinion it has been clearly shown through scientifically valid testing according to generally accepted principles to cause cancer; or (b) a body considered to be authoritative by such experts has formally identified it as causing cancer; or (c) an agency of the state or federal government has formally required it to be labeled or identified as causing cancer. Furthermore, the list is to include, at a minimum, "substances" referred to by Labor Code sections 6382(b)(1) or 6382(d). Section 6382(b)(1) refers to "Substances listed as human or animal carcinogens by . . . IARC." So the IARC listing of processed meats and other red meats is what raises the issue.
But here is where it gets interesting. Proposition 65 requires a warning before exposing individuals to listed chemicals. The voters did not authorize a warning requirement for "substances." And yet, earlier this year OEHHA changed its regulations relating to the Labor Code mechanism to include substances as well as chemicals. Here are the changes to Title 27 section 25904:
(a) Pursuant to Section 25249.8(a) of the Act, a chemical or substance shall be included on the list of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity if it is a chemical or substance identified by reference in Labor Code Section 6382(b)(1) or by reference in Labor Code Section 6382(d) as causing cancer or reproductive toxicity
(b) (1) A chemical chemical or substance shall be included on the list if it is identified classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in its IARC Monographs series on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans (most recent edition Monograph on the chemical or substance) based on sufficient animal or human evidence as: , or in its list of Agents Classified by the IARC Monographs, as: (A) Carcinogenic to humans (Group 1), or (B) Probably carcinogenic to humans (Group 2A) with sufficient animal evidence, or (C)Possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B) with sufficient animal evidence.in Group 1, 2A or 2B and such classification is based in whole or in part on identification by IARC of sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in humans or animals. For the purpose of this subsection, the term "sufficient evidence" as it applies to experimental animal or human evidence is as defined in the most recent IARC Monograph on the chemical or substance. (1) Carcinogenic to humans (Group 1), or (2) Probably carcinogenic to humans (Group 2A) with sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in experimental animals, or (3) Possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B) with sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in experimental animals. A chemical or substance for which there is less than sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in experimental animals and classified by IARC in Group 2B shall not be included on the list.
In other words, while the regulation use to say "chemicals,: now it says "chemicals or substances."
So, now what happens? OEHHA may give notice of intention to add "processed meats" and "red meat" to the Proposition 65 list. There will be a public comment period (probably a couple of months) and possibly a public hearing. Expect an uproar from the processed meats and cattle industries. If nobody gets the agency into litigation over the "chemicals" / "substances" conundrum, expect these to be added to the list.
But there won't be warnings: Seven years ago, in American Meat Institute v. Leeman (2009) 180 Cal.App.4th 728, the Court of Appeal for the Fourth District ruled that the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. § 601 et seq.) expressly preempts conflicting state labeling requirements, and that signage requirements constituted labeling. So this may be one of those rare instances (prescription medicines is another) where a substance goes on the list but there is no warning requirement.
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It's nice once in awhile when a court understands how the real world works. It's also nice when a court holds a statute means what it says. The Court of Appeal recently did both those things in Benson v. Southern California Auto Sales, Inc. (August 27, 2015) ___ Cal.App.4th ___ (Fourth Appellate Dist. G050484). This was a case involving California's Consumer Legal Remedies Act, Civil Code Section 1750 and following, (often known as the "CLRA").
First, some background: Section 1790 of the CLRA declares some 23 practices in the sale of goods or services to be "unfair methods of competition" and "unfair or deceptive acts or practices." The itemized proscribed practices are quite broad, including "Passing off goods or services as those of another," "Representing that goods or services are of a particular standard, quality, or grade, or that goods are of a particular style or model, if they are of another," or "Inserting an unconscionable provision in the contract." The 23 practices are sufficiently broad that consumer plaintiff attorneys can often find one that matches just about anything their clients are unhappy about.
More after the jump.
The CLRA allows for injunctive relief, compensatory damages, punitive damages and class certification to a would-be class representative who can show:
(1) It is impracticable to bring all members of the class before the court; (2) The questions of law or fact common to the class are substantially similar and predominate over the questions affecting the individual members;(3) The claims or defenses of the representative plaintiffs are typical of the claims or defenses of the class; [and] (4) The representative plaintiffs will fairly and adequately protect the interests of the class.
These are similar but not identical to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 23 criteria.
California has other consumer statutes as well, including the Automobile Sales Finance Act, The Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act, Song Beverly Credit Card Act, Unfair Competition Law, Unfair Advertising Law and others.
But the CLRA has a provision that none of the other statutes have: a requirement (in Civil Code section 1782) that the customer give the company 30 days to try and fix the problem before he can bring suit for damages:
(a) Thirty days or more prior to the commencement of an action for damages pursuant to this title, the consumer shall do the following: (1) Notify the person alleged to have employed or committed methods, acts, or practices declared unlawful by Section 1770 of the particular alleged violations of Section 1770. (2) Demand that the person correct, repair, replace, or otherwise rectify the goods or services alleged to be in violation of Section 1770. The notice shall be in writing and shall be sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to the place where the transaction occurred or to the person's principal place of business within California.
And section 1784 provides:
No award of damages may be given in any action based on a method, act, or practice declared to be unlawful by Section 1770 if the person alleged to have employed or committed such method, act, or practice (a) proves that such violation was not intentional and resulted from a bona fide error notwithstanding the use of reasonable procedures adopted to avoid any such error and (b) makes an appropriate correction, repair or replacement or other remedy of the goods and services according to the provisions of subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 1782.
While the CLRA has been around for decades, there has never been any meaningful appellate authority dealing with this "safe harbor defense" . . . until last month. Then here is what happened in the Benson case:
Benson bought a used car from the defendant auto dealer, then learned the car had a damaged frame, the contract price was higher than the advertised price and the contract failed to disclose his deferred down payment, a violation of the Automobile Sales Finance Act. More than a year after he bought the car, Plaintiff's counsel sent the dealership two letters. In the first, specifically identified as a CLRA pre-filing letter, he demanded rescission, return of all payments, a $5,000 penalty and incidental damages in an unspecified amount. In the second letter, he proposed to settle for "damages" as per the other letter, including attorneys' fees and costs, all court costs, $38,500, plus $2,850 and return of the car.
Benson filed the complaint before the thirty days had run. But within the thirty days, the dealer offered the following: rescission of the contract, return of the vehicle, refund of all payments, satisfaction of the debt to the lender, $2,500 for "incidental and attorney fees," waiver of any claim for mileage and execution of a mutual settlement and release agreement. In other words, Benson could walk away from his obligation, having had free use of the car for more than a year.
Benson countered, the case didn't settle at that point, and 18 months later it was on the verge of trial when the parties did settle: they stipulated to a judgment for return of the car, payment of $34,500, waiver of the loan balance and release by Benson of the defense. The judgment also recited that Benson could make a motion for attorneys fees and costs, while the dealer could contest the fee motion "on any grounds available," including a contention that the dealer was the prevailing party n light of the CLRA pre-litigation offer.
Benson filed a fee motion seeking a mere $182,273 in fees and costs. The trial court denied the motion, ruling that because the dealer had offered "an appropriate correction, repair, replacement or other remedy," Benson was not entitled to fees and costs. While Benson argued the offer was not "appropriate" because of its requirement that Benson release the dealer from all of its causes of action, not just the CLRA, the Court responded that his claims were "inextricably intertwined with the CLRA claim and based on the same conduct."
And the Court of Appeal affirmed:
Finally, it didn't matter whether he was the prevailing party or not:
We conclude that if a suit for damages cannot be maintained under the CLRA because a merchant offered an appropriate correction in response to a consumer's notice, then a plaintiff cannot collect attorney fees for such a suit.
Among other things, it's great to see a Court of Appeal once in awhile that understands how the real world works, that this is all attorneys' fee driven and all driven by the consumers' attorneys. And it's good to see the statute actually working the way it was intended.
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There are more than 800 chemicals on the Proposition 65 list, supposedly known to the State of California to cause cancer or birth defects or other reproductive harm. CBL doesn't try to report on every new listing. But we've seen three new proposals to list chemicals recently that have had our attention: aloe vera whole leaf extract, glyphosate and malathion are are being listed under the "Labor Code" mechanism. Essentially, this means a chemical referenced to by Labor Code section 6382(b)(1) is automatically added to the Proposition 65 list. The Labor Code section references chemicals listed as human or animal carcinogens by the United Nations' International Agency for Research on Cancer ("IARC"). So, if a chemical is correctly listed as a carcinogen or probable carcinogen by IARC, it gets listed as a carcinogen by OEHHA. The listing hasn't happened yet, but it will, and one year after listing, companies who expose anyone to these chemicals in California will have to give a "clear and reasonable warning."
The "Aloe Vera whole leaf extract" isn't the stuff we see in skin lotions, or to make sunburn better. It's "whole leaf extract" often sold by health food and supplement stores as a digestive aid.
Aloe Leaf photo credit: Tom Rulkins, Some Rights Reserved, Creative Commons License [Image unmodified]
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Glyphosate is the active ingredient in the weed-killer Roundup. CBL knows people who use it regularly, and others who don't even want the stuff on the same block with them. But just about everybody, whether they use it or not, assumes Roundup is bad for you.
Roundup photo credit: Mike Mozart, Some Rights Reserved, Creative Commons License [Image unmodified]
CBL particularly likes the irony of malathion going on the list. Back in 1981, Governor Jerry Brown (during his first term, back when he was still Governor Moonbeam) was involved in a huge battle between agricultural interests and environmentalists over efforts to eradicate the Medfly, which threatened California's multi-billion dollar agriculture industry. In the face of the battle, Brown first refused to order aerial spraying of malathion, then reversed himself when the Federal government threatened to quarantine California agriculture. The State Department of Health issued a report showing there was no significant risk to the insecticide. CBL vaguely recalls one health official drinking the stuff from a glass at a press conference.
A few years ago, California pretty much replaced periodic spraying with the release of sterile male flies, which seems to have worked. And a lucky thing, too -- once the listing becomes effective, spraying will have to be preceded by a clear and reasonable cancer warning, won't it?
Anyway, the listing of these chemicals looks pretty much like a done deal.
Want to know more about California's malathion / medfly wars? CBL returns to his mad YouTube-ology skills, and brings you this ten minute piece of history:
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Every year, the Attorney General posts details of all the past years' settlements. This information is valuable, in that it provides all parties -- bounty hunters and companies -- with full information about settlement payments being made to all bounty hunters in all kinds of Proposition 65 cases. Because the highest settlements, lowest settlements and median settlements are all publicly available, less bluffing goes on by either side during the negotiations.
It's been some months since the AG put up the 2014 numbers, but CBL has been quite a bit behind. Now, however, we have reviewed all the reports (available here) and we provide our summaries. As usual, we have made adjustments to reflect the total number of parties in each settlement, as opposed to treating a single settlement with 10 defendants as if only on company settled, as the AG's numbers would suggest in some instance.
Our first table shows the number of settlements for each bounty hunter, the total amounts, and the amounts and percentages going to penalties, attorneys' fees and payments in lieu of penalties (e.g., "penalty" payments that do not go to the State). The main takeaways: The average settlement in 2014 was $41,819, down 13% from 2013. But the total number of settlements was 705, compared to 353 in 2013, and the total amount paid by industry was about $29.4 million, up from $17 million the year before. Here are the numbers (click the image to make it big enough to read):
More after the jump.
CBL also looked at the average total settlement, highest settlement and lowest settlement for each of the bounty hunters and, for those bounty hunter lawyers with more than on Proposition 65 client, for the lawyers. The highest settlement against a single company was $299,500 (achieved by Environmental Research Center) and settlements this high are rare. The lowest settlement was for $3,500, achieved by Public Interest Alliance, and settlements any way near this low are virtually unheard of. Again, here are the numbers, and again, click the image to get a larger, more readable spreadsheet.
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At some point in time, the Cleveland Browns were expected to be major players for one of the top three quarterbacks in the draft. Rumors ran rampant about former front office mates Joe Banner and Mike Lombardi and their seeming attraction to Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel.
When owner Jimmy Haslam rid the franchise of Banner and Lombardi and replaced them with highly regarded first-year general manager Ray Farmer, the door was again opened for the Browns to find the right players to fit within a system developed by new coach Mike Pettine.
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Becoming a Normal Nation
Published: May 19, 2002
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"For Russia, it is difficult to become a minor partner," said Anatoli I. Utkin, director of international studies at the Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies in Moscow. "Since 1480, with the defeat of the Mongols, Russia has never been in second place to anyone. It is difficult to imagine that Russia would ever be happy to be behind the leader, just one member of a pack."
And yet, as many argue, Russia really has no choice. The Soviet Union bankrupted itself by keeping its economy on a war footing for 60 years, Mr. Latsis said. "Now our economy is even worse off," he said. "So how could we conduct ourselves like a superpower? On the basis of what? I can believe that there are some people in the Pentagon who would like to destroy Russia, as they did the Soviet Union, but we should not take up their challenge."
MANY Russians still harbor deep misgivings about the West — or rather about the West's intentions toward Russia. Those feelings are particularly strong among the elite, but then, as Mr. Nikonov said, here Mr. Putin benefits from the Russian tradition of a strong, even all-powerful leader.
"Russia is still a czarist country where the elite can be ignored," said Mr. Nikonov.
In any case, he added, the general population has more positive feelings towards the West in general, and the United States in particular. Only twice in the last decade have those feelings soured significantly: once during the American-led bombing campaign in Yugoslavia in 1998, and again during the Salt Lake City Olympics, when Russians felt that their top figure-skaters were the victims of an anti-Russian hysteria generated in the North American press.
The vehemence of the Russian reaction to these events reflects, in part, a sensitivity over their country's weakened position. For many Russians, the bombs that fell on Serbia, a Russian client state, were an ominous hint that bombs could fall again on Russian targets, should Washington will it. At Salt Lake City, too, Russians felt powerless, voiceless and victimized.
So far, the larger strategic issues raised by Russia's new role at NATO, or the terms of the latest arms control agreement, seem barely to have registered on Russian public opinion. But that could change, some experts predict, as NATO takes on the Baltic states as members, or if the American military presence in Central Asia and in Georgia looks set to become long-term.
These issues — and others, like a possible American invasion of Iraq — could upset the delicate balance built into Russia's relations with the West, and could, some argue, even lead to Mr. Putin's eventual eclipse — just as Mr. Gorbachev is thought to have dug his own political grave by being overly eager in his accommodation of the West.
"There is a feeling of déjà vu," Mr. Utkin said. "For the second time, Russia is going bearing gifts." The question is whether this time, it will get enough in return to warrant staying the course.
Russia's democracy has advanced since Communist hard-liners mounted a coup against Mr. Gorbachev in 1991: Mr. Putin, unlike Mr. Gorbachev, was popularly elected, and today enjoys a popularity rating of 70 percent or more, about equal to Mr. Bush's.
THESE things can change, however, and there is no guarantee — either institutional or cultural — that Russians next time won't swing away from Mr. Putin's pro-Western policies, leaving the next leader with the same broad powers to move in an entirely different direction.
"Essentially we are talking about two approaches," Mr. Utkin said. "One, taken from American folklore, is if you can't beat them, join them. The other path, which was taken by Winston Churchill or Charles de Gaulle, is to show defiance even in defeat."
How would the second approach be put into effect? "This is a big country, a very patriotic country, and people could be made ready for mobilization," Mr. Utkin said.
In other words, the debate over Russia's role in the world and history is not over. Even as the Russian foreign minister Igor Ivanov was clasping hands with Western leaders at a NATO meeting in Reykjavik, Mr. Putin was playing host to five presidents of ex-Soviet Republics who came to Moscow to turn a 1992 military alliance into a formal organization.
"This is a kind of insurance policy," Mr. Utkin said, "a guarantee against being melted into the crowd, being put somewhere between Portugal and Spain."


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In the 1940's and 50's, criminologist Frances Glessner Lee created hand built miniature models of actual crime scenes which were used to train detectives to assess visual evidence. The depicted crimes ranged from homicides to accidental deaths to suicides and Lee's attention to detail was phenomenal. Photographer Corinne May Botz was able to locate eighteen of Lee's models which she photographed for her series "The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death."August 23, 2016
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Speaking at a rally Saturday, Gerald Muhammad, a Nation of Islam minister, said Tancredo should be removed from office.
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Tancredo has been under fire since July 15 when he told a radio host that the United States could "take out their holy sites," if Islamic terrorists attacked the country with nuclear bombs.


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Crystal Collins is hated by some, and admired and envyed by others for her looks. She is the typical teenager-loves hanging out with her friends, pranks her older brother (and gets pranked too), and has a crush on the hottest boy in her school. But she has a secret-she's a mermaid, and when she finds out that she's adopted, she tries to find out more about herself. Also, the boy she's had a crush on forever, Aaron, actually starts acting like he might like her. So, is Crystal going to be able find out more about her family? And what about Aaron? He seems to be getting a little too close for comfort to her secret...
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Vandebilt blows past Ellender
Published: Wednesday, January 9, 2008 at 10:14 a.m.
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BOURG -- The Vandebilt Catholic Terriers came into Tuesdays match looking for a key district win, and got one in a decisive10-0 win over the Ellender Memorial Patriots.
It didnt take long for the Terriers (10-6-4 overall, 4-0 District 6-II) to score their first goal of the game. T.J. Freeman booted in a penalty kicked within the opening minutes of the match.
Blake Burcheck scored another Terrier goal five minutes after Freemans to put the Terriers up 2-0.
Burcheck assisted Freeman on his second of four goals for the match giving the Terriers a 3-0 lead.
Matt Robichaux later put the Terriers up 4-0 when he scored with the help of a Patriots defender.
Freeman kicked a knuckle ball that Patriots goalie Carl Verdin was unable to stop to give Freeman his third goal of the game and putting the Vandebilt 5-0. Braden Eschete scored a goal in the closing minutes of the first half that gave the Terriers a 6-0 lead heading into halftime.
To be honest with you it was one of our better games moving the ball, and its something weve been working on all season, Vandebilt coach Doug Hamilton said. Moving without the ball makes the games a lot easier. Were coming off a stretch of games where we think we couldve played a lot better. Were going for our 20th straight district title. Ellender tried till the end and I give them a lot of credit for that.
After such a one sided first half, the Terriers still came out and played hard in the second half scoring four more goals. The Terriers converted on another penalty kick, this time scored by Alex Lejeune for a 7-0 score.
Eschete scored his second goal, which was assisted by Freeman, and only minutes later, Freeman fired in a rocket shot for his fourth goal, which put Vandebilt up 9-0.
Butch Reeves scored the final goal late in the second half.
'Vandebilt on the other hand took 36 shots and Ellender goalie Carl Verdin had 14 saves.
At Bourg, the Vandebilt Lady Terriers earned a 9-0 win over the Ellender Lady Patriots in District 6-II action.
We played alright tonight, our first string played really good, and I thought the second string came in and played alright. Vandebilt coach Philip Amedee said. Were just getting ready for hopefully a run in the playoffs.
Whitney Dubois scored the first goal of the game for the Lady Terriers (13-7, 4-0 district) inside of five minutes to give them the 1-0 lead.
Jordan Picou then scored at the 12-minute mark, but an Ellender defender helped her.
Picou scored her second goal in the 15th minute after Ellender goalie Katie Belanger tipped the ball in to give Vandebilt the 3-0 lead. Dubois scored her second goal in the sixteenth minute, and Allyson Voison scored at the end of the first half to give the Lady Terriers a 5-0 lead. Cayla Chatman scored in the opening minutes of the second half to put the Lady Terriers up six.
Voison put in another goal midway throw the second half, and Chatman headed in another goal for Vandebilt to give them an 8-0 lead.
Andrea Vice scored the final goal to give the Lady Terriers a 9-0 victory.
The Lady Terriers outshot the Lady Patriots 29-0.
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Boson earns first medal this year
BROKEN BOW—Gothenburg senior Anna Boson shot a consistent 56-55 at the Broken Bow Invite on Thursday to finish with her season best 18-hole score of 111 and a 12th place medal.
It was the first medal of the season for Boson and the Swedes.
Gothenburg was fifth as a team with a total of 489, 11 strokes better than their previous team best, according to coach Jim Henke.
Ogallala took the team title with a 422 total, followed closely by Valentine with 424.
Swede freshman Sydney Sell was Gothenburg's second lowest scorer in her first 18-hole competition, finishing 23rd of 49 golfers carding 123.
Jourdan Matthies and Brittany Ostergard filled out the best 4-of-6 scoring with 124 and 131 respectively.
Claire Kozisek of Ainsworth earned top honors shooting 86.
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