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- Share links: safer - safer cannabis - safercannabis. This article was written by Timeshifter. See: Drug war causes high U.S. incarceration rate. And: Republican-led drug war. And: Register and vote.
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|Medical Marijuana Legalization Associated With Fewer Opioid Hospitalizations. By Steve Elliott, March 9, 2017. Big Pharma Shaking in Their Boots as 80% of Cannabis Users Give Up Prescriptions Pills for Pot. Jan. 8, 2016. And: Medical marijuana users are using fewer prescription drugs or outright replacing them with medical pot. A comical meme sums up why. [60]. July 7, 2016.
- Marijuana Legalization in Washington State: One-Year Status Report. July 6, 2015. By Drug Policy Alliance. "New Report Finds Major Fiscal Benefits, Decrease in Violent Crime, No Increase in Youth Marijuana Use or Traffic Fatalities – And Massive Drop in Marijuana Arrests."
- House Republicans say no to allowing federal studies of medical marijuana. [61]. July 9, 2015.
- See also: Marijuana Is Safer.org.
E-cigarettes Edit
Harm reduction taking hold concerning tobacco. Similar to the harm reduction of needle exchange.
E-cigarettes should be offered to smokers, say doctors - BBC News. [62].
Diet and cannabis Edit
Study: Marijuana Use Linked to Lower BMI. 8 Sept 2016. And: Mediterranean diet rich in 'good' fats 'is the BEST way to lose weight'. By Daily Mail Online, 6 June 2016. The Doobie Diet: Cannabis Keeps You Thin. About a 31 Dec 2014 study. [63][64]. And: Study: Why Pot Smokers Are Skinnier. By The Atlantic, 15 May 2013. Ending the War on Fat [65][66]. By Time magazine, 12 June 2014. Fats That Heal, Fats That Kill. Book by Udo Erasmus (dangers of refined oils and fats). Cutting Back On Carbs, Not Fat, May Lead To More Weight Loss. In NPR's All Things Considered, 1 Sept 2014. A Call for a Low-Carb Diet That Embraces Fat. By The New York Times, 1 Sept 2014. Healthy Fats in Mediterranean Diet Won't Boost Weight. By U.S. News & World Report, 6 June 2016. And: Woman Who Ate 'Carbs All Day Every Day' Drops 100 Lbs. After Eliminating Bread from Her Diet.
Diet soda is bad too: What happens one hour after drinking a can of Diet coke revealed. By the Daily Mail, 4 August 2015. See infographic [67]. And: Souring on Artificial Sweeteners: Substances May Boost Appetite. By Sara G. Miller, 13 July 2016, LiveScience.
This chart shows the annual death rate from sugary drinks per million adults in selected countries.
Sugary Drinks Kill 24,000 Mexicans Every Year. By Niall McCarthy, Jul 15, 2015.
Teens and cannabis Edit
|No, legal weed is not 'dumbing down' the nation's teens. By Christopher Ingraham. 29 May 2016. Washington Post. Twins study finds no evidence that marijuana lowers IQ in teens. By Emily Underwood, 18 January 2016, in Science magazine. And: Reefer madness debunked as major UK study finds marijuana does not reduce IQ in teens. By Eric W. Dolan, 14 January 2016. And: Study finds that teen marijuana use is not linked to issues of mental health. By Myron Castilloon, 5 August 2015. And: Teen cannabis use 'NOT linked to depression or lung cancer in later life'. By Madlen Davies, 4 August 2015, Daily Mail. And: No Link Between Early Marijuana Use And Health Problems Later In Life. By Angelique Johnson, 5 August 2015.
Alcohol and cannabis Edit
|On the right side in clockwise order: Carl Sagan, Michael Phelps, Stephen King, Steve Jobs, Montel Williams.
- USA. 1 in 10 deaths of working-age adults are alcohol-related (disease, overdose, car crashes, falls, violence, and more). 87,798 per year from 2006 to 2010. [68][69][70][71][72].
- Since marijuana legalization, highway fatalities in Colorado are at near-historic lows. By Radley Balko, August 5, 2014. The Washington Post. [73][74].
- Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for U.S. teens. Teen drivers have 3 times more fatal crashes per mile driven. Drinking and driving (2700 yearly), and texting while driving (3000 yearly), are the leading causes. Scary video. [75][76][77][78][79]. Graduated driver licensing has been shown to greatly reduce teen accidents. [80][81][82][83]. Oct. 2014 article: In California full marijuana decriminalization went into effect on Jan. 1, 2011, the report finds that "marijuana decriminalization in California has not resulted in harmful consequences for teenagers, such as increased crime, drug overdose, driving under the influence, or school dropout. In fact, California teenagers showed improvements in all risk areas after reform." Maybe we should consider graduated drinking licenses for alcohol modeled on customs in France, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Italy, etc. [84][85].
- Americans are drinking themselves to death at record rates. By Christopher Ingraham, December 22, 2015. Washington Post. Chart below is from the article.
From the article linked just above the chart: "Last year [2014], more than 30,700 Americans died from alcohol-induced causes, including alcohol poisoning and cirrhosis, which is primarily caused by alcohol use. ... This tally of alcohol-induced fatalities excludes deaths from drunk driving, other accidents, and homicides committed under the influence of alcohol. If those numbers were included the annual toll of deaths directly or indirectly caused by alcohol would be closer to 90,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."
Other drugs versus cannabis Edit
USA. Tobacco deaths are now 480,000 a year. [86][87][88][89][90]. CDC: "In 2012, of the 41,502 drug overdose deaths in the United States, 22,114 (53%) were related to pharmaceuticals. In 2012, 33,175 (79.9%) of the 41,502 drug overdose deaths in the United States were unintentional, 5,465 (13.2%) were of suicidal intent, 80 (0.2%) were homicides, and 2,782 (6.7%) were of undetermined intent." [91][92]. 16,238 homicides in 2011. [93]. Aspirin number is actually for NSAIDs [94] (take with milk or antacid [95][96]). Peanut allergy deaths is more like 10. [97] Stat sources (all deaths): [98][99][100].
- 100 Die From Tylenol Overdose Each Year. Marijuana = Zero. By Steve Elliott. February 15, 2012. #1 story on Digg.
Above chart found in these two articles:
- These Are the Drugs That Cause the Most Overdose Deaths. January 1, 2017.
- Fentanyl Rises as Cause of Drug Overdose Deaths. Dec. 20, 2016.
Above chart from Overdose Death Rates. By National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). "National Overdose Deaths—Number of Deaths from All Drugs. The figure above is a bar chart showing the total number of U.S. overdose deaths involving all drugs from 2002 to 2015. The chart is overlayed by a line graph showing the number of deaths of females and males. From 2002 to 2015 there was a 2.2-fold increase in the total number of deaths."
Pot versus pills Edit
How medical marijuana could help curb the opioid crisis. January 13, 2017. CBC Radio. "using marijuana as a replacement for other substances — including alcohol and both illicit and prescription drugs." And: Could pot help solve the U.S. opioid epidemic? By Greg Miller. Nov. 3, 2016. Science Magazine. "they found a significant difference in the number of prescriptions for several conditions, including anxiety and nausea, in states with medical marijuana."
Microdosing and cannabis Edit
Why Microdosing Is Taking Over Medical Marijuana. April 20, 2017. Rolling Stone. From the article:
|"You repeat this process over the next few days," he says, "increasing the dose by small increments. When you reach a point where you feel a difference after consuming, you've found your minimal effective dose." At this point, he asks patients to continue raising the dose by tiny amounts. At some point, he says, there will be no further benefit from a higher dose. "You've established your therapeutic range, and can take the minimum dose."
More on tobacco and cannabis Edit
New Study: Cigarettes Tied To Increased Stroke Risk But Not Marijuana. January 2, 2017. And: Cannabis is less harmful than tobacco and the world is waking up to it. June 27, 2016 article. "A report from Bloomberg.com published in June 2015 stated that 29 percent of U.S. life insurers with official policies in place for cannabis users now class them as non-smokers."
Worth repeating: marijuana decreases risk of lung cancer. By David Downs on June 9, 2015. And it does not cause chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Cannabis does not have the hundreds of synthetic additives found in cigarettes.
Cigarette Ingredients - Chemicals in Cigarettes. Tri-County Cessation Center. "The list of 599 additives approved by the US Government for use in the manufacture of cigarettes is something every smoker should see. Submitted by the five major American cigarette companies to the Dept. of Health and Human Services in April of 1994, this list of ingredients had long been kept a secret. ... While these ingredients are approved as additives for foods, they were not tested by burning them, and it is the burning of many of these substances which changes their properties, often for the worse. Over 4000 chemical compounds are created by burning a cigarette – 69 of those chemicals are known to cause cancer." See: Wikipedia: Tobacco harm reduction. See Marijuana habit not linked to lung cancer : IMNG Oncology Report: "The difference in risk is likely related to chemical additives in commercial cigarettes that aren't present in most methods of inhaling marijuana smoke." See: Wikipedia: List of additives in cigarettes. See: Health problems associated with tobacco smoking. See also: Pot Smoking Not Linked To Breathing Problems; May Help Lungs. By Steve Elliott on March 6, 2013.
"In October 2008 the American Association of Public Health Physicians (AAPHP) became the first medical organization in the U.S. to officially endorse tobacco harm reduction as a viable strategy to reduce the death toll related to cigarette smoking." [101] [102] Joel Nitzkin: "So if we can figure that the nicotine in the e-cigarettes is basically a generic version of the same nicotine that is in prescription products, we have every reason to believe that the hazard posed by e-cigarettes would be much lower than one percent, probably lower than one tenth of one percent of the hazard posed by regular cigarettes." [103] [104]
Crack cocaine and cannabis Edit
- Cannabis may help wean people off crack, study finds. By Mike Hager. The Globe and Mail. May 16, 2017.
Opiates and prescription opioid pain relievers Edit
Big Pharma at work:
- Drug firms poured 780 million painkillers into West Virginia amid rise of overdoses. By Eric Eyre. December 17, 2016. Charleston Gazette-Mail.
Addiction Specialists Ponder a Potential Aid: Pot. By Matt Richtel, March 27, 2017, New York Times. And: Best Way To Kick Opiates: Use Cannabis!, Says Addiction Expert. By Steve Elliott, Jan 2, 2017. And: The Surprising Way Aging Pain Patients Can Get Off Opiates. By Phillip Smith, AlterNet, November 3, 2016. And: Pot Vs. Pills: Can Marijuana Help Cure The Opiate Crisis? By Aaron Payne, Ohio Valley ReSource, July 18, 2016.
More current and former Canadian cops are using medical marijuana. Veterans too. By Rachel Browne. July 13, 2016. Vice News. And: 'Pot Over Pills' Protesters Camp Out For Veterans Day. By Philip Lewis. Nov 12, 2015. Huffington Post. See also: Wikipedia: United States military veteran suicide.
|Is Weed the Secret to Beating Opiate Addiction?1234. "I still use cannabis every day". Marijuana may be helping to overcome painkiller abuse in America.
More numbers on drug overdose deaths Edit
See Wikipedia: Drug overdose. See the "Causes" section for a list of the various drugs. More than one drug is often involved in an overdose death. These numbers for drug overdoses do not count deaths where alcohol is the main cause.
"During 2014, 47,055 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States. Since 2000, the age-adjusted drug overdose death rate has more than doubled, from 6.2 per 100,000 persons in 2000 to 14.7 per 100,000 in 2014." - Increases in Drug and Opioid Overdose Deaths — United States, 2000–2014. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. January 1, 2016 article.
Rates of drug overdose deaths per 100,000 by U.S. state. See the source for the numbers for the colors within the map, and better legibility.
Institute of Medicine Edit
Quotes in the image to the left (and in the text below) are from the U.S. government's landmark 1999 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base. The full text of the report is available for free online at the above link, and is searchable. The table of contents by chapter is on the sidebar. The report is also available as a free PDF download. Quotes below are followed by their references. Emphasis added.
Page 109: "Indeed, epidemiological data indicate that in the general population marijuana use is not associated with increased mortality. 138"
- - 138. Sidney S, Beck JE, Tekawa IS, Quesenberry CP Jr, Friedman GD. 1997a. Marijuana use and mortality. American Journal of Public Health 87:585—590.
Page 107: "When heavy marijuana use accompanies these symptoms [amotivation], the drug is often cited as the cause, but no convincing data demonstrate a causal relationship between marijuana smoking and these behavior characteristics. 23"
- - 23. Chait LD, Pierri J. 1992. Effects of smoked marijuana on human performance: A critical review. In: L Murphy and A Bartke, Editors, Marijuana/Cannabinoids: Neurobiology and Neurophysiology. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. Pp. 387—424.
Page 119: "There is no conclusive evidence that marijuana causes cancer in humans, including cancers usually related to tobacco use."
Cannabis as an aid in curing cancer Edit
- Some more mainstream media admits it, cannabis may help in cancer treatment, and not just for nausea and wasting. March 19, 2016 article by Jay Syrmopoulos. From the article:
"The research, cited by CNN, was conducted in numerous preclinical studies on mice and rats, as well as human cells. It has shown 'that cannabinoids may inhibit tumor growth by causing cell death, blocking cell growth, and blocking the development of blood vessels needed by tumors to grow. Laboratory and animal studies have shown that cannabinoids may be able to kill cancer cells while protecting normal cells,' according to the National Cancer Institute at the National Institute of Health. ... Even the National Institute on Drug Abuse, a US federal government research institute whose mission includes 'bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction,' has officially admitted that marijuana extracts can kill cancer cells."
Cannabis and athletic performance Edit
- Tanner Hall and the Athlete's Case for Cannabis. By Charles Bethea. March 18, 2016. New Yorker.
- Maryland: Baltimore Ravens Tackle Gives $10K To Marijuana Research, Asks Players To Contribute. By Derrick Stanley. March 15, 2016. Hemp News.
The Devastating Effects of Marijuana Legalization Edit
Reefer Madness Edit
- Why Is Marijuana Banned? The Real Reasons Are Worse Than You Think. By Johann Hari. 11 Feb 2016. Many of the comments are informative too.
SAFER. Marijuana is safer than alcohol Edit
- Category: Cannabis is safer.
- Category: Marijuana is safer than alcohol.
- Category: Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER).
- MarijuanaIsSafer.org
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- Facebook: Marijuana is Safer. Book by Steve Fox, Paul Armentano, and Mason Tvert.
2005. Denver legalizes cannabis Edit
- Denver, Colorado [105]. 2005 section about Denver legalizing cannabis.
Featured group:
Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER) Edit
- saferchoice.org
- Denver, Colorado, USA.
- Facebook: Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER)
- Facebook: Causes on Facebook. SAFER
- saferdenver.saferchoice.org
- twitter.com/SAFERchoice
- myspace.com/saferchoice
- think.mtv.com/profile/SAFER
- youtube.com/user/SaferChoice
- Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation - Wikipedia.
- Rethinking Marijuana. It's less harmful than alcohol and time to treat it that way. Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol.
Presidents' views concerning cannabis Edit
See: Reagan's war on cannabis. And: Holy War on Drugs, Republican-led mass incarceration.
|Ronald Reagan, 1980 campaign speech 1: "Leading medical researchers are coming to the conclusion that marijuana, pot, grass, whatever you want to call it, is probably the most dangerous drug in the United States, and we haven't begun to find out all of the ill effects, but they are permanent ill effects. The loss of memory for example."
- See Reagan say it at 1 minute 7 seconds into this video clip narrated by Woody Harrelson.
- Obama correctly said that cannabis is safer than alcohol. See: Cannabis is safer. He also said marijuana should be treated more as a public health issue than a criminal one. And: Obama signals support for legalizing medical marijuana. [106]. See video.
- USA. 1 in 10 deaths of working-age adults are alcohol-related (disease, overdose, car crashes, falls, violence, etc). 87,798 per year, 2006 to 2010. [107][108][109][110][111].
See longer article: Cannabis is safer.
- Imagine if Mitt Romney had been elected President in 2012 instead of Obama.
- Obama on marijuana legalization. [112]. "My suspicion is that you're gonna see other states start looking at this". The Washington Post. Jan. 22, 2015.
Above quote is from Sanjay Gupta interview of Obama on April 15, 2015. Interview aired on CNN on April 19, 2015. [113][114][115].
- Obama administration asks Supreme Court to reject lawsuit filed by Republican governments in Oklahoma and Nebraska to stop legal marijuana in Colorado [116]. December 2015.
Presidents can not reschedule it Edit
- See main article: Presidents alone can not reschedule marijuana.
The president alone can not reschedule marijuana. [119] [120][121][122]. Since HHS (Health and Human Services) and the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) have again declined to reschedule or deschedule cannabis, then only Congress can do so. But Congress removed help for veterans: Republicans in Congress Won't Let Veterans Access Medical Marijuana After All. [123][124]. And Congressional Republican committee leaders refuse hearings on CARERS bill to reschedule cannabis. See: Medical Marijuana Advocates Rally to Loosen Restrictions. By Alicia Ault. 23 Mar 2016. Medscape.
- Wikipedia: Drug Enforcement Administration. See "Criticism" section.
- Wikipedia: Removal of cannabis from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.
- DEA Removes Marijuana Misinformation From Website After Months of Pressure. By Steve Elliott. Feb 13, 2017.
- DEA Pulls Back From Calling Marijuana One Of The 'Most Dangerous Drugs'. By Cody Fenwick. August 16, 2016. Patch Media
- The Science behind the DEA's Long War on Marijuana. 19 April 2016. Scientific American. Unless Congress acts, the DEA has final say on rescheduling or descheduling marijuana.
- Pot Matters: For Legalization, Set Your Sights on the Senate. 23 Mar 2016. By Jon Gettman. "it will be helpful, and indeed crucial, for advancing legalization for Democrats to take control of the Senate." Maybe in 2018?
- FDA Weighs in on Rescheduling Cannabis. By Ben Adlin. 28 Dec 2015. Leafly.
Green love Edit
The Global Marijuana March is the first Saturday in May. The first Saturday in May is also World Naked Gardening Day. Your marijuana garden needs love too . (see Google search for it). But, be safe!
- Abortion Rates Dropped Sharply. What Caused It?
- Free birth control under ObamaCare.
- Colorado's Effort Against Teenage Pregnancies Is a Startling Success. Free birth control.
|Republicans think they can spend an infinite amount of money (many trillions of dollars) on health-insurance-company-based healthcare, and have an infinite number of babies, to feed their appetite for endless ground wars, and for more inmates for more prisons for more drug war.
|Wikipedia: Population milestone babies.
|As with cannabis legalization Colorado leads the way.. More info. 2.3..
Single-Payer. Half the cost of Trumpcare Edit
Portugal. Few die of overdose Edit
- See: End drug war with universal healthcare.
- See: Canadian single-payer healthcare and Portuguese drug decriminalization.
Portugal has decriminalized all drugs. Like Canada it has universal healthcare. See: Portugal. Cannabis-related links. See: Wikipedia: Drug policy of Portugal and Wikipedia: Health in Portugal. Nearly all of the European Union (EU) has universal healthcare. [125][126]. See: List of countries with universal health care.
Source for above chart: Are any conservatives in the US for a single payer and a universal health care system, or can they not coexist? Chart is from comment around March 11, 2017 by Dan Munro, "author of Casino Healthcare and Forbes contributor".
Canadian Single Payer: Show health card, get "free" care paid for by taxes. No deductibles on basic Canadian health care, and co-pays are extremely low or non-existent.
The $0 Alternative To Trumpcare. See chart below. USA versus top ten healthiest nations.
Universal healthcare and longer life, at half the cost of US healthcare.
Wikipedia country lists: Life expectancy. And: Total health expenditure per capita.
Canada passes US in middle-class wealth. Median after-tax middle-class income in Canada is higher. [128]. Why? Canadians pay so much less for far better healthcare. And: Canada has higher minimum wage.
Portugal decriminalised drugs 14 years ago – and now hardly anyone dies from overdosing. 2015 article by Chris Ingraham. Chart below is from the article.
"The country has 3 overdose deaths per million citizens, compared to the EU average of 17.3."
In 2014 the USA had 147 overdose deaths per million residents. [129] [130] [131] [132]
- Overdose stats for the rest of the world.
- Wikipedia charts: Drug-related death statistics. See the upload page.
US charts:
- Overdose Death Rates. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Charts.
- These Are the Drugs That Cause the Most Overdose Deaths. Chart.
- Our nation's drug overdose problem, in five bleak charts.
- How the opioid epidemic became America's worst drug crisis ever, in 15 maps and charts.
Ibogaine cure:
- Wikipedia: Ibogaine.
- Facebook: Ibogaine Universe!!!!


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Game On! the column: Is Aaron Rodgers an all-time great QB?
Game On! bloggers Tom Weir and Reid Cherner are only hoping there will be no lockout after this column
Aaron Rodgers
TW: Rodgers deserves all the accolades flooding in his direction. But I've always thought the Super Bowl's result over-inflates the winning quarterback's impact, while also condemning the loser to something just short of Skid Row.
Rodgers scored 21 of Green Bay's points off turnovers generated by a short-handed defense. Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers deserves at least an asterisk — and a few head-coaching interviews down the line — for holding that group together.
RC: With the NFL facing a lockout, I'm suggesting Rodgers head to Vegas and do feats of illusion at 8 and 10 on weekdays and afternoon shows on Sunday.
He proved the hand is quicker than the eye in the Super Bowl. We watched the Packers QB wave his right arm and make comparisons of Ben RoethlisbergerandTerry Bradshawdisappear and magically changed the No. 4 to the No. 12 on a lot of hometown jerseys.
Christina Aguilera and the 400
RC: People across America are wondering how singer Christina Aguilera could forget the lyrics to our national anthem.
It is called human error.
I think the calls for her citizenship are a little overblown. It's like a Hall of Fame quarterback not seeing a defender in the flats and then watching it come back for a score.
Picks happen.
Coming from a generation that thought Jimi Hendrix was singing "Scuse me while I kiss this guy" it would be hypocritical to criticize someone who has won four Grammys. Which puts her in class with Bradshaw and Joe Montana.
More unforgivable is the NFL not having seats for 400 fans holding tickets.
Cast Your Vote
Since when did the league become an airline?
TW: Aguilera was a kid when she started singing the national anthem at big sports events in Pittsburgh, including when she was 11 and sang at the 1992 Stanley Cup Finals.
Sunday, at the age of 31, she couldn't remember the words. Makes you wonder how she spent her 20s.
Mike Munchak
TW: On paper, it looks like Munchak's toughest job will be landing a quarterback amid all the complications a lockout will bring.
But one of his hardest tasks will be replacing himself as offensive line coach. Everything the Titans have done on offense for the last decade started with Munchak's line.
RC: Somebody should tell the Titans that you need to make a huge splash with your hire. You either get a guy from the network booth or out-bid your neighbor for the hot college guy. Tabbing hard-working assistants never gets you where you want to go.
Well, except for Mike McCarthy in Green Bay this year. And New Orleans' Sean Payton the year before. And Jim Caldwell in Indianapolis and Mike Tomlin in Pittsburgh before them.
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On Sunday, the Cavs face the visiting Wizards, who are on a 0-25 streak on the road. The over-under might be 73½, but someone has to win.
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Movies Under the Bridge, Thursday, 8 p.m.
Movies along the Los Angeles River are slowly gaining traction it seems. The California State Parks is hosting an L.A. noir movie night at the northern edge of L.A. State Historic Park, under the historic North Broadway Street Bridge, a Beaux Arts bridge built in 1901.
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Apart from the movie, attendees will be treated to a nighttime view of the Los Angeles skyline, seated on bales of hay under the bridge arch. Those interested should bring their own blankets, but campfire complete with free marshmallows and popcorn will be available. California State Parks superintendent Sean Woods says plans are under way for two or three more screenings.
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The Los Angeles River Rally, Saturday 10 a.m.
If you're planning to attend the Los Angeles River Rally this Saturday, make a beeline for Marsh Park on 2960 Marsh Street, two miles up the L.A. River instead of the Los Angeles State Historic Park -- organizers have just announced a last-minute change in venue.
"We wanted to focus the event more on educating the participants on a one-on-one basis," said Tim Brick of the Arroyo Seco Foundation, one of the organizers of the rally, "We were a little worried that people would get lost in the expanse of the state park."
The River Rally is a call to mobilize grassroots support for Alternative 20 of the ARBOR study, which is the most expansive of the four alternatives laid out by the Army Corp to restore portions of the L.A. River ecosystem. Details of the study can be found here.
Marsh Park is located in a neighborhood that would highly be affected by the results of the ARBOR study. It would give visitors an opportunity to see its present reality and compare it with a possible future.
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Frogtown's 8th Annual Art Walk, Saturday 4 to 10 p.m.
Get to know the artists of Elysian Valley at the 8th Annual Frogtown Art Walk, held right by the Los Angeles River. This year's Art walk features a "River Pavilion," with river-conscious organizations, such as Friends of the Los Angeles River, L.A. River Revitalization Corps., and the Northeast L.A. Riverfront Collaborative, detailing some exciting projects coming up along the historic waterway. An art show of young artists will show work inspired by the river's ecology. Movie projections on the trees by the river would act as temporary wayfinding for different artist studios. Artist Leo Limon, of "storm drain cats" fame, will talk about his experience of the Elysian Valley.
Making its first appearance at the Artwalk is Bookshow LA, an independent bookstore with a funky, carnival theme, held at Nomad Gallery on Blake Avenue. The pop-up bookstore will host a poetry event and exhibition showcasing artistically altered books by local creatives.
More details, including a list of artists, musicians, and organizations scheduled to appear, can be found here.
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The Best Places to Enjoy High-Flying Fun in Southern California
If watching birds just isn't enough for you — and you'd rather join their ranks up there in the sky — here are five of the most exciting ways to get airborne and pretend for a while that you may actually have wings.
The Best Places to Enjoy Air Sports in Southern California
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Interview with Camille Fleury, Writer and Director of Hide & Seek
The 2017 Fine Cut Film Festival Emerging Filmmaker Award went to Camille Fluery for her short film, Hide and Seek. Watch the film and read our interview with her.
Interview with Camille Fleury, Writer and Director of Hide & Seek
Cultural Politics
An L.A. Riots Exhibition That Fills the Gap in Your History Books
In "No Justice, No Peace: L.A. 1992," the California African American Museum presents content you will not learn in history books.
This L.A. Riots Exhibit Traces the Roots of Discontent Going Back to the 1900s
Zoo Quest In Colour
David Attenborough's 'Zoo Quest in Colour' Brings the 1950s Nature Documentary to Life
Compare the amazing before-and-after images from the original and remastered programs.
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That level of familiarity, and perhaps extra incentive, can lift the underdog to victory if given enough opportunities.
Longtime Kentucky fans can testify. Few postseason losses stung the Big Blue Nation quite like the Wildcats' 1986 regional final setback to LSU, a team that UK defeated three times that season but was forced to play a fourth time with a trip to the Final Four hanging in the balance. Dale Brown's Tigers found a way to win the final meeting, and what could have been a national championship for fan favorites like Kenny Walker and Winston Bennett went up in smoke.
But as No. 1 Kentucky prepares to open postseason play against an opponent it will be facing for the third time – either Alabama or Florida on Friday in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals – the Wildcats don't necessarily share the angst.
"I think that's, you know, exaggerated a little bit because it's the next game," said UK assistant head coach John Robic, who stood in for John Calipari during Tuesday's press conference prior to the Cats heading to Nashville. "We're going to play. It's just the way that the brackets came.
"Actually, for us and them, we get to watch two games of us playing against them as opposed to one. Like, for instance, if we drew Texas A&M, we played them so long ago (Jan. 10) that they've played 16 games in between. You don't have enough time to watch 16 games. So for all three schools, I think familiarity will be a big thing, and we'll see how it goes."
Kentucky defeated Florida 67-50 on Saturday in the regular season finale. The Cats also won 68-61 on Feb. 7 in Gainesville. UK won its two matchups with Alabama 70-48 on Jan. 17 in Tuscaloosa and 70-55 on Jan. 31 in Lexington.
The Gators and Crimson Tide played only once this season, a 52-50 win by Florida at Alabama on Jan. 27. Both teams likely need to win the SEC Tournament to advance to the NCAA field of 68.
No matter who advances in Thursday's matchup, the winner will be facing a coach who is not particularly fond of conference tournaments. Calipari has lamented their existence on many occasions – stopping just short of suggesting they are nothing more than a money grab – and if it were solely up to him, they'd be a thing of the past.
But the UK boss has also learned during his time in Lexington how important the event is to the UK fan base, particularly those who don't typically get in to games at Rupp Arena and save money all year long to travel with the team during the league tournament.
"That's why I'm saying let's play for them," Calipari said during Monday's SEC coaches teleconference. "Let them enjoy you for the last time they can see you in person because, again, it's going to be hard for that core group to get to the NCAA Tournament."
Robic noted that playing three games in three days (if the Cats advance to the SEC tourney championship game, as expected) is a challenge for any team after the long grind of the regular season.
It's just tough when you have to play three games in three days and then turn right back around and most likely play on Thursday (in the NCAA tourney)," he said. "That's tough. Now you're talking potentially, what, five games in (nine) days? That's tough going forward. Somebody has to do it, you know. Now, a bunch of leagues have already finished, but most of the bigger leagues are like that. So that's pretty much the downfall for me is that you jam that much in a short period of time."
The Cats have a built-in advantage, though, one that most programs don't enjoy. Their depth, a potential 10- to 11-man rotation. UK may lean on it even more in the SEC tourney, extending the rotation to players like Dominique Hawkins and Derek Willis to ensure the team goes into the big dance fresh.
"Oh, you have to," Robic said. "You have to. I mean, what you're going to see – like right now, you've got some really, really good players that are hurt right now: (Danuel) House at (Texas A&M), (Jordan) Mickey at LSU, (Kenny) Gaines at Georgia. So, hopefully they can come back and play. You're talking about three all-league players. I can't remember if Gaines was or not. But all-league players that, the deeper the team, the fresher you can become and your bounce back is quicker. So hopefully that's the case. Some (teams) are playing four or five guys over 30 minutes."
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Outlook Expect much mud-slinging around the Royal Bank of Scotland's sale of 314 branches.
At issue are the terms the winning bidder, Corsair, accepted to beat off the stiff competition.
The sale had a fairly complex structure. Rather than flog the branches for cash, RBS opted to sell a bond that would transfer into shares in the business once it was floated on the stock market. To further complicate matters, part of the Corsair consortium's costs was financed by a loan from RBS.
Suspicions are that Corsair was preferred because it accepted a whopping 10 per cent interest rate from RBS on the financing loan. It is, indeed, hard to see why else the consortium would have accepted such a rate. Plenty of ammo for throwers of the brown stuff, of whom there are many due to the multitude of parties involved in the various failed bidding groups. But 'sources close to the deal' say that the actual rate was nowhere near as high, and that RBS went for the Corsair deal so it could retain a stake and gain from any future rise in value. This does seem more likely than the conspiracists' version of events.
But, so far, RBS refuses to comment on what it describes as a "private commercial transaction". This is patently not good enough. We taxpayers remain owners of 80 per cent of this bank. When it is selling a £600m asset in a complex manner, we deserve more than just a reassuring smile that RBS will see us right.
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"When I was injured in an accident . . ." With those familiar words, we bet you can already hear the creepy client endorsements from the Goldberg & Osborne commercials, featuring everybody's favorite shell-shocked accident victims, filmed from the waist up and speaking in a sort of Percocet-induced Night of the Living Dead monotone. Countless times per week, G&O airs the same hypnotic pitch: how the Valley-based attorney chain came to the rescue of a wrongfully injured zombie by obtaining a million-dollar McSettlement. Yet, because of the ad's Stanley Kubrick feel, you can't resist watching, can you? You can't look away. It's sort of like seeing . . . a car accident.
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In his native Kazakhstan, International Boxing Federation cruiserweight champion Vassily Jirov learned to develop his boxing footwork by being forced to outrace angry police dogs down a narrow hallway. By comparison, facing a 190-pound pugilist in the boxing ring has to seem like a snap. Sure enough, the self-proclaimed Russian Tiger -- who moved to Scottsdale in 1996 after winning a gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics -- has cruised through his unheralded weight division like it's just a preliminary to some anticipated main event. That main event would be either a heavyweight title shot or a step down to take on light-heavyweight king Roy Jones Jr. But, with his unmatched knockout percentage and relentless body-attacking style, Jirov might continue to be a victim of his own success, scaring away opponents unwilling to tangle with a tiger.
This is the Valley's most splendid tribute to the equipment that paved the Garden of Eden, courtesy of designer Bill Tonnesen. Even before you reach the renovated interior, the building's exterior walls and courtyard are designed to praise the visual virtues of the company's earthmoving tools -- mostly Caterpillars. Just about every surface and nook celebrates the sculptural appeal of big loud things that dig, split, drill, scrape and core. At Empire, it's all about blades, pistons and bits done up as pure decor. But be prepared: The weight and size of the details tend to leave first-time visitors gape-mouthed and asking, "What kind of rig did that come from?"
There's a rare spiritual resonance about this work, created by artist James Carpenter in collaboration with the Richard Meier Architectural Firm. It can be found inside the cylindrical glass-and-steel courtroom at the west end of the atrium at the Sandra Day O'Connor Federal Courthouse. The parabolic glass ceiling hangs like the lens of a clear-seeing eye on a spider web of metal cables and connectors. The beauty of it is in the subtle way its craftsmanship and precision rise above the merely practical. They make poetry of what law books lay out in dull prose and the courts themselves sometimes ignore: that the illuminating search for truth and justice should focus the mind on every fact, large and small -- dimpled chad or not.
Our earliest memories of late '60s/early '70s life in the Valley are not of tubing the Salt River or visiting the Phoenix Zoo, but -- well, okay, we admit it -- shopping. The best excursions were to the elegant Biltmore Fashion Park, where we recall peeking in the windows at Rosenzweig's Jewelers and Mills Touche, and wondering what that Red Door at Elizabeth Arden's could possibly mean.
But we most fondly remember Saks Fifth Avenue, the highest-end store in the city, a sensory whirl of perfume in the air, pristine jewelry on display, and customers who looked like they could afford it. The more subdued exterior was a treat, too: a desert-tan backdrop with sandstone mosaics designed in 1963 by artist John Smith.
Several years ago, Saks relocated elsewhere in the mall, and we were dismayed to see the mosaics come down. But some nostalgic soul salvaged some of the work, and turned it into a garden installation that you can visit just east of the original Saks -- a priceless bit of Phoenix at a cost everyone can enjoy.


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|Blindly, stupidly, disregarding the entire graveyards he's filled. The thousands that have suffered. The friends he's crippled. You know, I thought...I thought I'd be the last person you'd ever let him hurt. If that had been you that he'd beat to a bloody pulp... If he had taken you from this world...I would have done nothing but searched the planet for this evil, death worshiping garbage, and sent him off to hell!
|~ Jason Todd (confronting Batman over letting Joker survive)
Jason Todd was once one of the main protagonists in the Batman comic books, but he was killed by the Joker and was later revived by the effects of Superboy-Prime. Because of this he became enraged and took the identity of a villain called the Red Hood II.
Background And Taking Red Hood Mantle
Jason grew up on the streets for a while before he was found by Batman. In the movie he was seen trying to steal the tires off of the BatMoble. After of which he was taken in by the man. He later on became the second Robin. However, Todd was more violent and aggressive. After being suspended from being Robin, Jason went on a personal quest to find hs biological mother. When he found her, he was beaten and demolished by the Joker. Before dying in Batman's arms, Jason's mother tells him that Jason tried to shield her from the explosion and died a hero.
His death didn't last forever, because of the effects of Superboy Prime who was attempting to escape from a supposed "paradise". This caused a ripple in reality, which caused Jason to awake inside his coffin. Jason was revived, but his brain was damaged and had no memory of his true identity. He wandered for years until he encountered both Ra's and Talia al Ghul. Both of them took him in. Talia submerged Jason in a Lazarus Pit and re-awakened his all of his memories completely intact. When he found out that the Joker was still alive, Jason was enraged and decided to take on the identity of the second Red Hood, and became one of the scourges of Gotham's underworld.
One Year Later
In the One Year Later arc, Jason becomes the murderous version of Nightwing and patrols the streets of New York to kill criminals but was confronted by the original Nightwing Dick Grayson. Grayson saves Todd from a group of mobsters. After the events of the One Year Later period, he redons the Red Hood persona.
New 52
During the New 52 relaunch, Jason as Red Hood was placed into his own series Red Hood and the Outlaws where he has formed his own three-man team consisting of himself, Starfire and Green Arrow's former sidekick Arsenal. Also his violent nature has been toned down for the new series as he is not as eager to kill as he had before and would only use his guns to wound instead of kill. He is still viewed as a criminal in the eyes of Batman and his other allies.
Issue 0 of the series does a retelling of Jason's origin which is about the same as before except that since Superboy Prime does not exist in the new continuity, the Lazarus Pit was used to bring Jason back to life.
After Starfire left the team (as she was given her own solo series) the series was cancelled and replaced with the new series Red Hood/Arsenal which now focuses on just the two-man team between Red Hood and Arsenal.
Other Appearances
Teen TitansThough Jason Todd didn't appear in the TV Show; Teen Titans, he does make a brief cameo, and there has been rumors that one of the villains known as Red X is really Jason Todd behind the mask.
Batman: Under the Red Hood
See: Jason Todd (Under the Red Hood)
Ra's al Ghul, out of guilt for his unintended role in Jason Todd's death, secretly replaced his corpse with a realistic dummy, and proceeded to use the Lazarus Pit to resurrect him to repair the damage in hope by the time Jason fully recovered, he will reunited him with Batman. Unfortunately, this had disastrous side effects: While Jason Todd's body was resurrected, his mind was left damaged. He then proceeded to escape custody of the League of Shadows, narrowly survived falling into the nearby river from a high drop, and somehow managed to find his way back to Gotham five years later. Upon hearing that Batman only sent Joker to custody, Jason Todd was enraged, and proceeded to adopt the former identity of the Joker, the Red Hood, and proceeded to take control of the various drug dealers under the employ of Black Mask, allowing them to continue dealing on the streets under the condition that they pay 40% of the shares to him, and they stay away from children when dealing drugs, threatening to kill them should they disobey (also producing a duffel bag containing the decapitated heads of their various lieutenants that he allegedly did in under two hours to make clear that his threat was genuine) as means to plan his vengeance on Batman.
Young Justice
Although you do not see Jason appear in Young Justice he is shown breifly in a few of the episodes. He is seen with the other members that have passed away, one of the holograms that is left for them to respect those that have passed. There is a speculation that at some point he will in the show as "The Red Hood". However, as of Endgame, most of that has been canceled in the minds of many fans for the reason that Young Justice is not supposed to be returning with a third season.
Batman: Arkham Knight
See: Arkham Knight
After Batman vanquishes Jason's Arkham Knight persona, Jason lays his desire for vengeance against Batman to rest and becomes the Red Hood. After helping Batman take down Scarecrow, he turns his attention to the syndicate owned by Black Mask. Jason tracks down some of Roman Sidoni's men and kills all but one of them. He interrogates the goon into revealing the weapons were stored at the docks, who he then executes. After killing all but one of the thugs in the docks, Jason visits Black Mask's hideout where he murders all of the remaining henchmen. As Sidonis desperately begs for his life, Jason kicks him out of a window, which kills him and ends his hold on Gotham City's underground.
Injustice 2
Jason as Red Hood will make an appearance as DLC in Injustice 2.
- Expert Martial Artist: Jason Todd, having been trained by Bruce Wayne - who has mastered every single form of hand-to-hand combat and martial arts known to man - himself, was an expert martial artist. He was capable of defeating multiple opponents simultaneously by manipulating or breaking limbs and spines, and even using one person's body as a shield or offensive weapon against another's. He was even capable of holding his own for a very long time against Batman, but was ultimately defeated. His fighting style, unlike Batman who emphasized brutality and his environment as a weapon but never to kill, emphasized incredible brutality, as well as using knives and guns, with the expressed intention of killing.
- Marksmanship: Jason was also a highly skilled marksman with machine-guns and pistols, primarily any form of small guns that could be utilized in intense or time-dependent combat situations. He was capable of shooting a man at a long distance, whilst being physically attacked by several other opponents.
- Athlete: Jason was an incredible athlete, and capable of using his environment and even opponents to execute extraordinary gymnastic or athletic movements in order to escape, attack, defend or approach situations or people. Jason was capable of back-flipping or cartwheeling directly after being struck in the face by an extremely strong opponent, like Batman.
- Peak of Physical Condition: Jason's physical prowess was impeccable, as he could run, fight or take enormous amounts of physical strain for an enormous amount of time.
- Master of Criminology and Strategy: Jason, having been personally tutored by Bruce Wayne, possessed an intricate knowledge of criminal psychology, strategy and techniques, and received a classical education from the same man, making him highly intelligent but also dangerous to a fault because of his cunning.
- Stamina: Jason was extremely resilient, and could withstand enormous amounts of physical and mental torture from the Joker for days on end.


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Cross-Strait China Culture Communication Foundation is a non-profit charity foundation registered in London. It aims to unite all peace-loving compatriots at home and abroad through proactive, extensive co-operation, strengthen cross-strait cultural exchange, bring more benefits to people across the straits and foster a win-win situation.
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I did not receive the Notice of Right to Sue until after half of the month. I tried to find an Employment and Labor Attorney, but what if after 90 days I cannot find an attorney, does it mean I cannot pursue the case at all even if I find an attorney who may be willing to take the case?Can any attorneys in Avvo who can assist me by contacting me about my case? I tried NELA, and contacted attorney in the directory. However, the gatekeeper simply blocking me from contacting the attorneys, or wait and no answers from the attorneys. I have limited time to file by October 29th, 2013. Please contact me if any attorneys is interested in my case. Many Thanks.
First and foremost, you would be best served to meet with a qualified employment attorney without delay.
As my colleague noted, the practice of law is a business. In that regard, the issue most folks have with a circumstance of this sort is not finding a qualified lawyer that will take their case, but, more correctly stated, finding a qualified lawyer who will take their case on a contingency fee ("no recovery, no fee") basis. If you have the money to pay for your representation, then you will, almost certainly, find many attorneys that will "take your case".
With that said, the question of how long you have to file a lawsuit may be a bit more complicated than it appears. You may, for example, potentially have claims under Florida law (in addition to federal law) that typically have a different filing deadline. Moreover, you may have claims other than those involving discrimination that would also generally have a different filing deadline. A qualified employment attorney can address these issues with you.
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You are asking all of the right questions, and you have done what you needed to do so far. The law is simple on this point, even if it is a little unfair. You get 90 days from your RECEIPT of the Right to Sue Letter. Generally, the law adds 3 days from the date of mailing to come up with the date of receipt. To eliminate that issue, most attorneys who are serious about filing winning claims will make sure they file within 90 days from the date of the mailing of the Right to Sue letter. If, however, you don't find an attorney who wants your case, then you cannot get an extension. You file it yourself (NEVER a good idea) or you lose it. I often deliver the bad news up front to people who contact me: if I don't want the case, it's because it is not a good one. No one wants to hear that. But in the end, lawyers are trying to make a living, and if they think they can win a case based upon the facts, the law, the attorney's area of practice, etc., they will take the case.Ask a similar question
It sounds like it is not a good idea to file the claim myself, however, what if I really cannot find an attorney by the time 90 days is up, any other option is available? Do people need to go to the Federal court to file the claim themselves?
As attorney Sanford stated, the 90 days is calculated from the date you receive the right to sue. If you do not file your lawsuit within those 90 days, you forever lose your right to sue based on the issues in your underlying charge of discrimination. If you don't find an attorney until after the expiration of the 90 day period, your claims will be time barred.
I don't know how far into the 90 day period you are, but keep looking. Try Avvo, National Employment Lawyers Association, and the Florida National Employment Lawyers Association (links is provided below). Good luck.Ask a similar question
It sounds like it is not a good idea to file the claim myself, however, what if I really cannot find an attorney by the time 90 days is up, any other option is available? Do people need to go to the Federal court to file the claim themselves?
The short answer is that if no lawsuit is filed after 90 days from your RECEIPT of the Right to Sue Letter, your claims are forever barred and you will not be able to recover anything. Employment cases such as these are rarely simple and are best handled by an employment attorney. You can try to file something for yourself but your odds of successful recovery are greatly diminished by doing so. If you truly cannot locate an attorney, you will need to draft a Complaint and file it with the Court (either state or federal). As a sustaining member of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA), I can tell you that there are many members here in the State of Florida that assist people just like yourself- NELA operates an attorney locator to assist in finding an attorney. Go to www.nela.org for more information. Best of luck!
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That is a tough break but let it be a wake up call to you it is how it goes. Years ago I went through numerous interviews only to find out after weeks of interviews with different people, cooking test for the staff and so on the chef had left and they could not hire me till a new chef was in place.
Working at the homeless shelter is not all bad and I certainly would not let that stop me from seeking out other restaurants and switching. Let me give you one piece of advice. Unless you are really working for one of the top dogs like say Alain Ducasse and only for a brief stint do not ever work for someone for free.
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You should stop what you are doing and seriously try to get a better internship. There is nothing wrong with working in a homeless shelter, per se, but it is clearly not what you want to do and I think your skill growth will be very limited.
The fact that you aren't getting paid is icing. Like Nicko said, unless you are doing a stage or something at a really really high end place, no reason for that.
You don't say where you are from but there has to be some options out there. You are talking about your future and the rest of your work life, you should start it off better.
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You could learn many things doing such work and quite a few would be about truly being a chef.
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Half of my job life is cooking in homeless shelters. I went to the CIA. Since you got NO experience ... I'll let you get away with no knowing how good a situation you have on your hands. First off ... You have total control and complete creativity looking right in your face. If you're any good at all ... nobody is gonna argue with anything you want to do ... as long as it doesn't suck. Generally speaking, dishes don't come back. On your off time, go meet the people at the restaurants around your shelter. Make friends fast and see if they can lay inventory off on you before it goes out of code. Make friends with the residents and you'll never be in a bind for clean-up help. Now if you do suck ... nobody is gonna know that either. You got a "Get Out of Jail Free" card in your hands. You get to learn all kinds of mistakes without anyone taking your head off. When you're done with your externship ... all those restaurants you've been cool with just might be real happy to talk to you.
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Chapter Seven
"Do you know who I am?" She asked the boy with the amber eyes.
He shook his head. "Just a name."
"That's more his head what I knew when I woke up." She smiled sweetly. "What's your name?"
He shrugged. "I don't know."
"This place is weird, I don't like it." She set a hand on the flashing crystal, feeling it vibrate and shudder at her touch. It was like it had called her here, leading her to the red-haired boy. He had called her Arella, the name seemed to fit, it felt right on 0her tongue. She just wished she could give him a name.
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"Yeah, no memory, no name. You?"
"Same. You're the first hint of life I've seen."
"Me too...." She looked up at him. "Do you think we are the only two here?"
She shuffled his feet, those dark wings fluttering with unease. "I don't think so to be honest."
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The implementing programming language size can be inferred from function point count. Not simple to compute function points tho… • Automatic code generators (CASE; GUI) can reduce size of 'human generated' code less time; fewer team members…(helps cost; efficiency of automatic code generators? Function point computation?) • Commercial DBMSs, GUI Builders, middleware, … reduce the amount of code to be developed… Size may be larger! How are fpoints computed here??? • Others!! 23 10 Level of abstraction and functionality – benefits and 'expressiveness' Reducing size changes 'level of abstraction' allowing us to focus on architecture, … easier to understand, reuse, maintain. (may import packages of classes and objects…) • We can talk about layers, dependencies, interfaces, services! • Can talk about classes, subsystems, packages. • These are serious abstractions! 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(classes provide / encapsulate behaviors or services) Subsystems Realize one or more interfaces which define its behaviors Realization Subsystem <<subsystem>> Subsystem Name nterface Interface (a class) 23 Generally has classes associated that provide the holistic service of the subsystem… 13 Subsystems and Components Components are the physical realization of an abstraction in the design • physical realization can exist on many levels • consider the realization of a presentaton layer modeled as a 'component.' Components (in the implementation model) can be used to represent the subsystems from the design model. Design Model Implementation Model Component Name <<subsystem>> Component Name Component Interface Component Interface 23 14 1. Reducing Software Product Size: B. 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Most developers do undertake some kind of reuse – just perhaps not as formalized… 23 18 1. Reducing Software Product Size: D. Commercial Components Major trend – buy commercial components. Saves custom development Usually needs tailoring Certainly pros and cons. 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Improving Software Processes Development projects are complex undertakings • Some activities done in parallel; others sequential. • Some activities: overhead; some production. Production activities the project itself – requirements elicitation and modeling, analysis, design, implementation… Overhead activities planning, progress monitoring, risk assessment, financial assessments, configuration control, quality assessment, integration, testing, late rework, management, personnel training, etc…. • Objective: minimize overhead and direct these energies toward production activities. 23 21 2. Improving Software Processes – (cont.) • It is all about process! • A high-quality process reduces: Required effort and thus schedule Project time yet with improved quality. Three generic improvement scenarios: • Improve efficiency of each step in process • Eliminate some steps in the process • Undertake the same number of steps, but 22 23 employ concurrency where possible 2. Improving Software Processes continued First approach • more efficient steps – older approach - is good, • more ROI on second (fewer steps) and • third (concurrency in activities) We want the highest quality system with fewest iterations in least time. • Must eliminate rework and late scrap – fixing things up! • Integration testing is culprit. • Fixing things up as a result of integration and system tests are killers!!! Our Process must reduce the probability of late rework! • Does the RUP facilitate this? If so, How? 23 23


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Ceridwen stared furiously at Devil, her eyes like blue lasers boring into the dragon's purple ones. Devil was indifferent as a blank wall.
"You fool!" Ceridwen shouted. Whispers rippled across the gathered crowd like wind through dry leaves. "I didn't want him dead. You tend not to get answers from the dead."
Devil made no response, merely licking the gleaming icicles of his teeth. They were pearly white despite the blood they had just drawn.
Fuming, Ceridwen bent to examine the fallen man. Devil had made short work of him. There was something familiar about him though. . . .
Dagger slipped through the crowd like a whisper and crouched down next to Ceridwen. "What's happened?" he breathed.
"It's Hero," said Ceridwen, straightening up. "Remember Hero?"
"Ah yes," recalled Dagger. "The fool who went surfaceside a while back. We never did hear from him again, but I always wondered. . ."
"I reckon he got mixed up with the CTs," said Ceridwen pensively. "They must have sent him to find us out."
"And to track me down, don't forget," interjected Devil in a voice that was cold and metallic as frozen steel.
"Yes, but unfortunately we'll never know his true motives or who sent him," snapped Ceridwen, flaring up again. "Seeing as you went ahead and ripped his bloody throat out!"
Devil gave what appeared to be the dragon equivalent of a shrug, his violet eyes turning disinterestedly away. He casually slid back into his human form which he had previously shed like snakeskin.
"I really must be getting back to our dear friend, Whitney, you know," he said, his overlarge, oversharp teeth clicking together disturbingly. "We don't want to keep her waiting."
Ceridwen shot him a look that would have put Medusa to shame. How could he be so infuriatingly insubordinate all the time? Whatever skills Dagger claimed he had, Ceridwen was not sure the blasted dragon was worth the trouble.
"Good, why don't you do that, then?" she said harshly. "And while you're at it, check our resident sentient computer's database for anything you can find pertaining to Hero Skidds. And perhaps you could spare a moment from licking your chops to use that amazingly big head of yours to try and figure out what the hell CTOs are doing down here."
Ceridwen knew that last request was totally unfair, and Whitney was likely to have no information on the matter, but that was the point. Devil merely sneered at her, however, then stalked off, the thinning crowd giving him a wide berth.
Ceridwen turned to Dagger, but before she could say anything a voice rang out from amidst the congregated spectators.
"What's going on?" Lorden had arrived and Ceridwen nearly growled with annoyance. Lorden could be nearly as abrasive as Devil himself, and like Devil, he was too important for Ceridwen to do much about it.
"A good deal that doesn't concern you," replied Ceridwen acidly.
"I heard something about a dragon," Lorden pressed on. "And who's that? Is he -- he's not dead?"
"Dead as a doornail," said Dagger with about as much concern as a particularly insensitive rock. "But look what I found," he muttered turning to Ceridwen. Between his fingers he held a tiny object, black and encased in a smooth shell.
"A tracker," he said.
Ceridwen groaned. "I knew it would happen eventually, but I had hoped to have a little more time to prepare. But if CTs have really found us out. . . ."
There was a pause.
"You know what this means don't you?" continued Ceridwen in an undertone. "It means we're going to war. They made the first move, but we have our pawns perfectly placed for a counterattack. It's time to kidnap the princess, and then we can see if they care to talk."
Ceridwen and Dagger started to move off. She could sense Lorden eavesdropping, but she hardly cared.
"And one more thing, Dagger," she said. "You had better keep that damn dragon of yours under control if you have to put it on a leash to do so."


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That doesn't seem like it would work. The stock ones have an indent where the harshmellow fits. If you put it on the sidas, it will lift it in an unnatural way, wont it?
I have Thraxis/Sidas and tried something similar, didn't work too well.
Haha, yeah funny coincidence. Worth a try anyway though, won't hurt (permanently at least :D). Feet are sensitive to pretty small changes inside the liner, even a few mm can be pain or not.
When I tried, it just reduced volume too much, which hurts, and the middle sunk in. The harshmellow padding pieces are only on the heel and metatarsal area. You might be able to get away with doing just the heel ones, if that doesn't lift your heel too far out of the sweet spot to keep it held in.
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Bradford last night called on Leeds to hand over the two points they won in the dramatic climax of Super League's weekend in Cardiff after the referee, Steve Ganson, admitted that the Rhinos' match-winning try should not have stood.
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