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ORRVILLE -- The Smith Dairy Products Co. early this week announced a voluntary recall on some of its items made with peanut butter products it bought from Sunland Inc. for use in ice cream flavors.
According to Penny Baker, director of marketing for the Orrville-based dairy, Smith's ordered the product recall out of concern the peanut flavoring could be contaminated with Salmonella.
Smith's action in making the recall was followed by a similar action taken Thursday by the Velvet Ice Cream Co. of Utica, which recalled products sold at convenience stores in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
Baker said Smith's announced a voluntary recall on its Peanut Butter Crunch ice cream, Acme Peanut Butter Twist ice cream, and Ruggles Peanut Butter Crunch and Peanut Butter Crunch Brownie ice cream.
The recall notification was initiated by Pecan Deluxe, the company that manufactures the peanut butter candy pieces used in Smith's products.
Baker said the Smith's products being recalled were distributed in Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia and Michigan.
According to Baker, the voluntary recall is the result of the Food and Drug Administration's expanded investigation concerning Salmonella contamination in peanut butter products produced by Sunland.
"Our supplier of the peanut butter candy pieces used in these flavors, Pecan Deluxe, sources their peanut butter from Sunland, Inc. There have been no reported illnesses related to the Smith's, Ruggles or Acme products," Baker said.
Baker noted, "Smith Dairy has a comprehensive food safety program in place to provide the highest quality products available and will continue to monitor the situation." She said Smith's is notifying customers of the recall both by phone and in writing.
Affected products are Smith's Peanut Butter Crunch ice cream (1.75 qt.) with the UPC 70424 08139, and Smith's Peanut Butter Crunch ice cream (half gallon) with the UPC 70424 08139; Acme Peanut Butter Twist ice cream (half gallon) UPC 29313 46110, Ruggles Peanut Butter Crunch ice cream (three gallon) UPC 70424 08607, and Ruggles Peanut Butter Brownie Crunch ice cream UPC 70424 08639.
For additional information contact Smith's at 330-682-6230.
Reporter Paul Locher can be reached at 330-682-2055 or email@example.com.


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San Joaquin County Confirms First Case of Measles this Year
The San Joaquin County health department says they have their first reported case of measles this year.
A young child has the highly contagious virus, and was probably exposed by someone who traveled overseas.
At this point, the health department is tracking down anyone who had contact with this child to make sure they've been properly vaccinated.
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The death of 65-year-old man in a house fire at Watson on Sunday has been deemed unsuspicious by police, following a post mortem examination.
The cause of the fire is yet to be determined, but is not considered suspicious.
Jim McKinley's body was found in the ruined remains of the Antill Street home, which was gutted by fire on Sunday night.
He has been described by friends as a ''fine man'' and as a well-respected member of Canberra's sporting shooting community.
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Nancy L. Zisk is an Associate Professor of Law at the Charleston School of Law. She is a graduate of Duke University, with a B.A. in English and Psychology, and an honors graduate of Duke University Law School. She joined the Charleston School of Law in 2004, when the school opened and she teaches Torts, Equity and Equitable Relations, and Employment Law. In 2006, she was named "professor of the year" by students and she served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 2007 through May 2008.
Prior to coming to Charleston, Zisk was an adjunct professor of law at the Washington College of Law at American University in Washington, D.C., where she taught Remedies. She also has been in private practice, with Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, and Ross, Dixon & Bell, both in Washington, D.C., where she specialized in employment and complex insurance coverage litigation, and as a sole practitioner in Fairfax County, Virginia.


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CHICAGO, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Mandatory safeguards to prevent automated traders from illegally acting as buyer and seller in the same transactions would be harmful to the trading industry by exposing firms to unnecessary risk, a futures-industry group said on Wednesday
Such transactions, known as wash trades, are barred under U.S. regulatory and exchange rules because they can create the appearance of an active market where there is none and potentially be used to manipulate prices.
Still, mandatory controls to block the transactions "would be not only difficult, but potentially dangerous," the Futures Industry Association (FIA) said in a letter to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
The stance was among a number of positions the FIA took in response to a call for comments from the CFTC about automated and high-speed trading.
Citing a series of trading glitches as evidence that its rules needed updating, the CFTC in September asked for industry input on a long list of possible measures to make trading safer.
Wash trades, in particular, have been in focus. The CFTC, concerned about the frequency with which high-speed traders engaged in wash trades, earlier this year was reviewing the banned self-dealing with an eye toward crafting new rules to prevent it, a CFTC commissioner said in July.
The FIA said it did not believe "additional regulatory standards will provide increased protection to markets and market participants" because the CFTC and exchanges already have effective rules to prohibit intentional wash trades.
"A 'one-size-fits-all' approach may result in unnecessary financial exposure caused by the inherent blocking of legitimate transactions," the FIA said in its letter.
Mandatory controls from exchanges, or designated contract markets (DCMs), could be dangerous "due to limited options surrounding DCM self-match prevention choices, coupled with the diverse business structures," it said.
"The options for this type of functionality must be flexible enough so that market participants can choose the method that best suits their business and preserves legitimate trading," the FIA said.
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US military intervention in Syria Not if but when (DEBKAfile) Special Report 06/16/12 3:51 PM (GMT+02:00)
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As the violence in Syria continued to go from bad to worse in scope and intensity, US official sources had this to say Saturday, June 16, about planned US military operations in the war-torn country:
The intervention will happen. It is not a question of if but when.
A Syrian Free Army rebel delegation is now in Washington to talk about their requests for heavy weapons from the Obama administration.
In their meetings with US Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford and the State Departments expert on Syria Fred Hof, the rebel leaders handed in two lists for approval: types of heavy weapons capable of challenging Bashar Assads armed forces and selected targets of attack to destabilize his regime.
DEBKAfiles Washington sources disclose that the administration is very near a decision on the types of weapons to be shipped to the Syrian rebels and when. Most of the items Washington is ready to send have been purchased by Saudi Arabia and Qatar and are ready for shipment.
The White House is also close to deciding on the format of its military operation in Syria. Some sources are defining it as Libya lite that is, a reduced-scale version of the no-fly zone imposed on Libya two years ago and the direct air and other strikes which toppled the Qaddafi regime.
Following reports of approaching US military intervention in Syria and a Russian marine contingent heading for Tartus port, the UN observer mission in Syria has suspended operations and patrols. Its commander Maj. Gen. Robert Mood said, Violence has been intensifying over the past 10 days by both parties with losses and significant risks to our observers.
He said the risk is approaching an unacceptable level and could prompt the 300 observers to pull out of the country. Friday, June 15, DEBKAfile reported:
A contingent of Russian special forces is on its way to Syria to guard the Russian navys deep-water port at the Syrias Mediterranean coastal town of Tartus, Pentagon officials informed US NBC TV Friday, June 15. They are coming by ship. According to DEBKAfiles sources, the contingent is made up of naval marines and is due to land in Syria in the coming hours.
In a separate and earlier announcement, US Defense Department sources in Washington reported that the US military had completed its own planning for a variety of US operations against Syria, or for assisting neighboring countries in the event action was ordered a reference, according to our sources, to Turkey, Jordan and Israel.
The Syrian civil war is now moving into a new phase of major power military intervention, say DEBKAfiles military sources. Moscow, by sending troops to Syria without UN Security Council approval, has set a precedent for the United States, the European Union and Arab governments to follow. They all held back from sending troops to Syria because all motions to apply force for halting the bloodshed in Syria were blocked in the UN body by Russia and China.
According to US military sources, in recent weeks, the Pentagon has finalized its assessment of what types of units would be needed and how many troops. The military planning includes a scenario for a no- fly zone as well as protecting chemical and biological sites. The U.S. Navy is maintaining a presence of three surface combatants and a submarine in the eastern Mediterranean to conduct electronic surveillance and reconnaissance on the Syrian regime, a senior Pentagon official said. (Copyright 2000-2012 DEBKAfile. 06/16/12)
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Did Lindsay Lohan Get Girlie on Hayden Panettiere?
With Lindsay Lohan currently lovin' the ladies—and Samantha Ronson—more and more dots are connecting in the who's dated whom of LiLo's web of damsels.
One puzzler is the pairing of Linds and future child bride Hayden Panettiere last December at the Capri Film Festival. The petite twosome seem pretty friendly in these pics.
A mere two months ago, Hayden told the British edition of Glamour, "It's great to have boyfriends. Or girlfriends. There are occasions when you kiss your best friend growing up, having fun and goofing about. Like perfecting your technique."
Well, Lindsay is certainly all about perfecting her technique with girlfriends or boyfriends.
And if the scissor-dance did go down with these two, at least Hayden was probably a cheap date.


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The GC900 Viewty Smart also boasts an intelligent shooting mode
A sleekly modular handset features a clean dual-sided bar form
The Samsung SGH-D900, also known as Black Carbon, is a
Sony Ericsson Yari The Sony Ericsson Yari is a GSM 850 /
Samsung SGH-G600 The Samsung SGH-G600 is an ultra-slim
Sony Ericsson Naite The Sony Ericsson Naite is a GSM 850 /
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HTC HD2 The HTC HD2 is an Windows mobile 6.5 smartphone that
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Screaming people taking a ride in a fair attraction. You also hear the
beating sound of the "music" that comes with fair attractions and some
bystanders chatting. (Stereo recording PMD670 with AT825)
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With a provincial election on the horizon, local governments typically can count on their provincial counterparts to arrive at the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities with the promise of spending.
But weeks after the Finance Ministry's announcement of its latest restraint program, Premier Christy Clark has little space for dishing out goodies when she speaks to community leaders on Friday.
Opposition Leader Adrian Dix offered his own austerity message this week, pledging to restore greater autonomy to local governments. Municipal leaders would have more control over transit and infrastructure spending under a New Democratic Party government, he vowed. But as for more cash, he offered only an unspecified share of the higher business taxes that he has committed to impose.
In his 25-minute speech to the convention, Mr. Dix laid out a road map for what local governments can expect if his party forms the next government after the May, 2013, election.
That's what mayors and councillors from across the province came to hear: With the NDP leading in the polls, the local officials packed a convention hall to get a taste of what a change in government would mean for their communities.
"There has been a pattern over the last number of years, when local government has got in the way of provincial government on key issues, for the provincial government to simply legislate away local governments' authority," Mr. Dix said.
In a speech similar to his recent address to Vancouver business leaders, Mr. Dix repeated his call to end personal attacks in politics, and sketched out the fiscal challenges ahead that prevent him from making big spending commitments to pay for the infrastructure programs that local governments want.
"It's a difficult, difficult, difficult debate in hard times," he said. "It's wrong to suggest that there is some sort of secret fund of money out there to do that."
Mr. Dix earned a mostly warm reception.
"He spoke from the heart, not from a prepared speech, and that certainly resonates," Prince George Mayor Shari Green said. "What I appreciated was his comment, 'don't pick me just because you don't like the other guy, I want to earn your vote.' "
She said the Premier doesn't need to come in with a basket of spending promises, but urged Ms. Clark to present a clear vision for B.C. Ms. Green also criticized the Premier for cancelling a fall sitting of the legislature: "People want to see their government working and she's not here."
Saanich Mayor Frank Leonard said Mr. Dix hit the right notes for a UBCM gathering. "There were a lot of people there who probably will never vote NDP, but they wanted to hear from him. It was one of the largest crowds I've seen for the Opposition Leader's speech. It was a safe speech and relevant and had good balance."
Jack Mussallem, mayor of Prince Rupert, said Mr. Dix provided a clear overview of what to expect from a New Democrat government. That leaves the Premier, whose speech normally is the main event at the convention, with a high bar to get over. "The Premier needs to come out with some sort of renewal," he said. "The current government needs to understand the issues at hand for local communities, that is, the need for infrastructure."
Mr. Dix created more of a stir with remarks made outside the convention, when he was asked by reporters if he would adhere to the government's balanced budget law. Mr. Dix said he would jettison the current legislation. "I think we should actually balance the budget and not do what the Liberal government does, which is have a law and not balance it."Report Typo/Error
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One of Bryan's favorite parades is the Bacchus parade, which occurs on the Sunday before Shrove Tuesday (commonly called Fat Tuesday). In honor of the celebration, he and Tom host a sophisticated Carnival Supper with a nod to the Bacchanal. Lush with magnolia leaves and hydrangeas, the colors and symbols of Mardi Gras are layered throughout: purple for justice, green for faith, and gold for power. "I wanted to create an ambience that paid tribute to the tradition, but in subtler hues," he says.
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Jail populations shrink but growing problems remain
Posted on June 09, 2010
By Robert Rooks, Director of NAACP's Criminal Justice Program
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Last week, federal officials announced a decrease in our nation's jail population for the first time since 1982. This comes at a time when overall crime is down despite this being the worst economic recession in decades. Although the announced decrease in jail population is a promising bit of news, reactions should be measured.
The US is 5 percent of the world's population and has 25 percent of the world's prisoners. Over the last 30 years, the US criminal justice system experienced the second largest increase in government investment, second only to health care. Last year, as state budget shortfalls loomed, 31 states cut education budgets while increasing money for incarceration.
Unless we support ongoing efforts to downscale prisons and jails, our country will literally go broke and funds for other public sector ventures will dry up.


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Ajman is centrally located on the western coast of United Arab Emirates. Bordering Sharjah, Ajman is conveniently close to Dubai International Airport (DXB) and the area's distinguished attractions. Boasting an incomparable location in the United Arab Emirates, Ajman Saray stands near turquoise waters and ivory sands.
Ajman still maintains strong ties to its past. The city of Ajman is built around a striking 18th-century fort, once the home of the ruling family, briefly a police station, and now the Ajman National Museum. Ajman speaks to a range of travellers, offering everything from mosques, museums and archaeological sites to modern architecture and commercial centres. Not to be missed, the Dhow Yard in Ajman is one of the largest active dhow building yards of the world.
The Ajman emirate also consists of two inland enclaves: Masfout is an agricultural area located 110 kilometres (70 miles) to the southeast of the city – near Hatta, which features some of the most beautiful yellow-blossoming farfar trees in the UAE. The other, more northern Al Manama, is located at the edge of the desert and the mountains.
The city and its two enclaves are ruled by emir Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, with his son Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi as the Crown Prince. Sheikh Humaid has been credited with stimulating Ajman's current massive development and a construction boom.
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Moscow (AFP) Dec 24, 2013
Russia has closed the criminal case against one of the 30 crew of a Greenpeace ship who were charged with hooliganism over a protest against Gazprom oil drilling in the Arctic, the group said Tuesday.
The move, part of a Kremlin-backed amnesty, should pave the way for the other 29 crew to have their cases closed and then allow the 26 foreign nationals charged in the saga to finally leave Russia.
"The first of the Arctic 30 has today heard the good news that the Investigative Committee has closed its criminal case against them," a Greenpeace spokesman told AFP, without naming the activist.
After their criminal cases are closed, the activists will still need exit visas to leave Russia as they have never officially entered the country on their Arctic Sunrise protest ship.
"They will be free to leave Russia once they get the right stamps in their passports from the migration service," said the Greenpeace spokesman in a statement to AFP.
"We know that getting those stamps would be the best Christmas present for the Arctic 30 and we hope it can occur quickly, but until such time as they do, we cannot say when they will leave."
Russia had held the 30 crew members since September after two activists scaled an oil rig in the Barents Sea owned by Gazprom to protest against oil prospecting.
Their initial arrest came when the Dutch-flagged Arctic Sunrise was seized by the Russian security forces who winched down from a helicopter in a commando-style operation.
They were initially detained in the Arctic Circle city of Murmansk and then transferred to Russia's second city of Saint Peterburg.
It was courts in Saint Petersburg that in November ordered the release of all 30 on bail. Since then they have all been free but unable to leave the city. The Arctic Sunrise ship remains under Russian control in Murmansk.
In apparent defiance of Greenpeace, Gazprom on Friday announced it had begun oil production at the Prirazlomnaya oil rig that had been the target of the activists' actions.
Greenpeace argues that the ageing oil rig is an environmental catastrophe waiting to happen which risks ruining the pristine Arctic ecology of the southern Barents Sea where the deposit is located.
The arrest of the so-called Arctic 30 -- who hail from 18 different countries -- risked becoming another bone of contention in increasingly tense relations between Russia and the West.
A photo journalist and video reporter were among those detained. Along with the 26 foreigners, there are four Russian citizens.
But the Russian parliament however passed amendments apparently specifically aimed at allowing the "Arctic 30" to benefit from the amnesty, stipulating that cases on those charges be closed even before reaching trial or verdict.
The two jailed members of Pussy Riot punk band, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, were freed on Monday after benefitting from the amnesty.
Gazprom -- already owner of the world's largest natural gas reserves and a growing presence in the oil sector -- says it planned to produce six million tonnes of crude per year (120,000 barrels per day) at the site by 2021.
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Condolizza Wheat
The company behind the golden arches, you know the one, is planning to release a new sandwich, the essential part of which
will be comprised of cow lips.
Big Brother's Eyeball, Up in the Sky
A Florida-based company has moved to the next level in testing a product they call Digital Angel. It is a surgical implant which
allows one's whereabouts and identity to be ascertained at any time by a global positioning satellite. Some Christian critics are
opposed because this could be the mark of the beast (Rev. 13:16-17).
Expert Witness
ABC News reported that on the day Timothy McVeigh was executed, singer Bono of U2 managed to work a reference to the
execution into the lyrics of "Bullet the Blue Sky" during a concert on the same day. Bono sang, "On a closed-circuit TV, before
an invitation audience only, we watch as Timothy . . . runs into the arms of America."
Onward, Through the Fog!
A new study published by Science magazine indicates that Vitamin C can act as a catalyst in making a toxin that wounds a
body's DNA. This in turn can play a role in allowing cancer cells to form. Until we find out something different.
Andrew Sullivanism
After Rousas Rushdoony died, The Weekly Standard asked our own Peter Leithart to write a eulogistic piece, critical but not
mocking, which he did, in which he described Rushdoony, among other things, as an "American original." On his website,
Andrew Sullivan, media pundit and editor at the New Republic, blasted the piece as the most chilling piece of writing to appear
in a mainstream publication in many a moon. He also described our small town as a hotbed of something or other.
The Language of Shakespeare
The Daily Mail notes that Homer Simpson's distinctive D'oh is now part of the English language. It has been added by the
Oxford English Dictionary.
Just Play the Game
NBA bad boy Allen Iverson was spotted in the recent NBA finals sporting a WWJD bracelet.
Elvis is in the Building
In a recent column, irked at liberal angst over the Supreme Court decision that Christian groups can in fact use government
school facilities after hours, Ann Coulter wrote that it is high time that liberalism be declared a religion and posthaste banned
from the public schools.
The California Darks
We want no new power plants. We want lots of power. We want artificially low power prices. We want lots of power. We
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Cocaine is a psychostimulant in the pharmacological class of drugs called Local Anesthetics. Interestingly, cocaine is the only drug in this class that has a chemical formula comprised of a tropane ring and is, moreover, addictive. The correlation between tropane and addiction is well-studied. Another well-studied correlation is that between psychosis induced by cocaine and that psychosis endogenously present in the schizophrenic patient. Indeed, both of these psychoses exhibit much the same behavioral as well as neurochemical properties across species. Therefore, in order to study the link between schizophrenia and cocaine addiction, we used a behavioral paradigm called
Cocaine is found in the leaves of the coca shrub; it is an ester of benzoic acid and methyl-ecgonine; ecgonine is an amino acid alcohol closely related to tropine, the amino alcohol of atropine. Atropine is a muscarinic anticholinergic agent used to block nerve impulses similarly to cocaine's mechanism of action. In fact, atropine is sometimes called "possibly addictive". However, to emphasize the role of cocaine as a local anesthetic, cocaine does have the same
The figure depicts the cocaine molecule (
Cocaine blocks nerve impulses to produce local anesthetic properties. In this regard, cocaine possesses local vasoconstrictor properties secondary to inhibition of local norepinephrine reuptake; this enables cocaine to be the only local anesthetic that has its own vasoconstrictor properties. These unique properties make cocaine an effective local anesthetic. However, its cardiovascular effects and its proven potential for abuse have steadily decreased its clinical use [
Cocaine acts in the mesocorticolimbic neuronal pathway to produce euphoria, brain reward (
Moreover, the reinforcing brain reward properties of cocaine are due, at least in part, to increased extracellular release of dopamine and serotonin in mesocorticolimbic circuitry, as detected by electron transfer with Neuromolecular Imaging (NMI). Also, with NMI, dopamine and serotonin antagonists e.g., atypical and typical antipsychotic agents were shown to block cocaine-induced release of monoamines while blocking psychostimulant behavior at the same time [
A study by Chapman
The hypothesis that correlates schizophrenic and cocaine psychoses is rooted in their neurochemical and behavioral similarities. Indeed, reports of cocaine-induced psychotic patients are happening at an alarming rate [
Thus, cocaine psychosis is a major psychopathology [
Acoustic startle is said to, be protective [
The term "pre-pulse inhibition" (PPI) was proposed by Ison [
Faraday and Grunberg performed animal studies on auditory stimuli wherein no drug was injected; instead the effects of proper acclimation times were studied and the use of proper acclimation times to reduce stress factors were emphasized [
Adult male and female Sprague-Dawley rats (2 months of age, weight matched for sex) were purchased from Charles River Laboratories, USA. Animals were housed in the Animal Care Facility under the auspices of the City College Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) in compliance with National Institute of Health (NIH) guidelines. Food (Purina Rat Chow) and water was available
Males were housed separately from females, three animals (male or female) per chamber. Studies were performed in groups of six, equal numbers of females and males during two seasons (Fall/Spring), with the exception of an additional group consisting only of six females, isolated from males during the experimental period.
The auditory stimulus, acoustic startle response, termed pre-pulse inhibition (PPI), consisted of 4 trials, comprised of three tests,
The acoustic startle chamber is an SR-LAB™ model (San Diego Instruments, San Diego, CA, USA) automated to record the startle response of small animals. The chamber consisted of a cylindrical enclosure on a plexiglass base. Background noise, pre-pulse stimuli and startle stimuli were controlled by the SR-LAB™ software. Startle responses were transduced by a piezoelectric accelerometer mounted on a seismic sensor plate platform, located below the cylinder in which the animal is placed.
Startle response to auditory stimuli via muscle movements was studied by pre-pulse inhibition (PPI). Data were recorded as potential in voltage and were concatenated for compatibility with Excel software. %PPI was calculated using the following formula:
There were 25 sessions in each trial with each trial consisting of 3 tests; there was a 15 min interval between each trial. Each session consisted of 5 types which were randomly placed throughout the trial, but each trial used the same format, depicted below in tabular form (
Protocol for Delivery of Auditory Stimuli in the Acoustic Startle Paradigm.
|No Stimulus
|75 decibels (broadband)
|120 decibels
|95 decibels
|120 decibels
|105 decibels
|120 decibels
|115 decibels
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Data were analyzed by Graph Pad Software Inc. and PRISM (La Jolla, CA, USA). Statistical significance between and within gender (sex) and dosage of cocaine was delineated via Two-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). Data were considered significant at
Group A (
(Fall, Group A) (
(Spring, Group B) (
A significant dosage effect of cocaine in its attenuation of pre-pulse inhibition in Group C (isolated females) was seen at 20 mg/kg in the injection and post-injection tests in summation of 4 trials [95% Confidence Limits (p < 0.05)] (
Group C (
The below line graph (Left)/bar graph (Right) is representative of an
Shows the effect of saline administration to animals during acoustic startle.
Simply stated, the animals in the A group exhibited greater dosage interaction than sex interaction, whereas the animals in group B, exhibited significant dosage and sex differences. The studies were performed in different sets of animals seasonally. Nonetheless, whether or not the terminology, seasons, can be applied to the present studies, remains to be seen until further studies, using season as a variable, are explored.
Cocaine suppressed the pre-pulse inhibitory response to acoustic startle stimuli in females and males. The data confirm reports of cocaine's ability to suppress pre-pulse inhibition in male animals ([
The data confirm previous studies that show sex differences to the effects of cocaine using a multiple of different methods [
Dopamine, serotonin, somatostatin and neurotensin among others are involved in the startle response [
Rudomin in 2002 [
The brain stem is of the utmost importance since lesion studies show that the inferior and superior colliculi, the pons and the caudal pontine reticular nucleus are critically important in the execution of the startle response. Lentner and Cohen studied the role of the inferior colliculus in the startle reflex as early as the late nineteen eighties [
Thus, the neural network underlying the mechanism of action of pre-pulse inhibition in the acoustic startle paradigm may include the nigrostriatal pathway, mesocorticolimbic circuitry linking the limbic cortex, striatum, pallidum and pontine reticular formation by monoamine, indoleamine, peptide and amino acid neurotransmitters. Of particular interest and germaine to this discussion is the close anatomic relationship between the ventrolateral tegmental nucleus and the pons. Such neuronal connections allow a rationale for associating emotions of reward and fear with the inhibitory and conversely, enhancing actions of pre-pulse inhibition during acoustic startle. Finally, further work is needed to delve into the neurochemical, hormonal and anatomical reasons for differences in the acoustic startle response in females and males.
This is the first report of sex-specific differences in the acoustic startle paradigm in the presence of cocaine in Sprague-Dawley animals (
Special thanks to the F.M. Kirby Foundation and the Broderick Brain Foundation for financial support. The authors appreciate the technical assistance of James Hordof, Lauren Malave, Waqas Saleem (Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, CCNY, CUNY) and Idaliene Hernandez (Hunter College, CUNY). Thanks also to Diego Buenaventura, CUNY Graduate Center PhD Biology Program and Stuyvesant High School student, Srilu Garikapati for manuscript preparation. The co-author, Taylor Rosenbaum, is presently an undergraduate student at Emory University. Taylor performed her high school


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Sacred Time
Written by: Allan Nadler
Shabbat is a twenty-five hour observance beginning at sundown on the prior evening (Friday) and ending at nightfall on Saturday. It is ushered in with the lighting and blessing of candles at home, a Friday evening service known as Kabbalat Shabbat (welcoming of the Sabbath), and a festive family meal. The Friday night meal is inaugurated with an invocation, known as kiddush (sanctification), recited at the dinner table over a goblet of wine, followed by the ceremonial breaking and sharing of a braided, sweet egg-loaf, known as challah. The kiddush begins with the first verses of Genesis 2 that describe God's having "rested" on, and sanctified, Shabbat after having completed the creation of the universe, and concludes with a blessing affirming the holiness of Shabbat.
|Genesis 2:1-3
|1. Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
2. By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.
3. And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
Based upon the highly expansive rabbinical definition of the biblical term for "all labor" (melakha) that is prohibited on Shabbat in the fourth of the biblical Ten Commandments, Jewish law identifies thirty-nine classes of activity that are prohibited on Shabbat. Consequently, in addition to not engaging in any commercial work or handling currency, observant Jews refrain on Shabbat from almost all conventional weekday activities, even the most mundane, such as using electricity, traveling, carrying even the smallest of items in public, writing, tearing, mending, and so forth. Shabbat is consecrated in such a way as to restrict activity to prayer, Torah study, eating, relaxing, and sleeping. However, rabbinical law ordains a broad exception to these severe restrictions when it comes to preserving human life. Interpreting the biblical injunction "to live by the laws of God" as a prohibition against dying, the rabbis insisted that even the most remote risk to human life mandates the violation of Shabbat.
Almost all of these Shabbat restrictions also apply to the first and last "Holy Days" of the three biblical "pilgrimage festivals"—Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot—and to the "High Holydays" of Rosh Ha-shanah (the Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement). A notable exception is made regarding any labors required for the preparation of and serving of the festival meals, such as the use of fire and carrying.


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It's the most anticipated time of the year — Classic week! It's not only the highlight of the tournament year, but the most-exciting way to open the season. If you can't get your competitive juices flowing for the Classic, it's time to change your game. This is my 16th trip to the GEICO Bassmaster Classic. I won the 2008 Classic at Lake Hartwell. The record also shows that I took fourth place at Louisiana's Red River in 2012. I guess those numbers qualify me as a "veteran," and they probably explain why I field a lot of the same questions as the event gets closer.
One question that slips into the mix at this time of year is: "What have you done to step up your game this past year?" Another is: "With the competition so intense at the top, what's the key consistently performing at a level that gives you a shot at winning?"
These are the important questions that good anglers need to ask themselves frequently, whether or not they have a microphone or television camera in front of them. I think the most important principle to follow — not only in fishing, but in any game you want to succeed in — is to never quit learning. You have to realize that there is always a "next level," always a next step to your growth as an angler, as a competitor, as a person.
For fishermen, that realization has to drive you to spend lots of time on the water, but just fishing is not nearly enough. You must try to pay attention to everything you do and everything around you. Every time you catch a fish under a different set of conditions, you should take a moment to ask yourself:
What are the conditions?
How can I duplicate what I just did?
Was there something subtle in my technique that might have influenced the catch?
What is it about this lure or what I did to it or how I presented it that appealed to the fish?
So much of fishing is paying attention to the details. And, like I said, you must never quit learning! The minute you think you know something about bass, you will find one to prove you wrong. That is the most important principle I have learned. Every time I hit the water, I am out to learn something new. Being naturally curious or naturally competitive helps a lot, but I think you need to constantly remind yourself to do this, to work this into your mindset consciously until it becomes part of your habit, part of your nature.
Sometimes what I learn is a new spot, a new area or a new feature of the lake. Sometimes I am exploring an area I have never fished before. Other times, I am fishing a familiar area in a way I haven't before.
When I catch a fish or miss a strike, I am studying the water, looking at my sonar, or simply reflecting on what just happened. Pattern fishing is a never-ending puzzle, and I am trying to fit the pieces together.
To compete at the Bassmaster Elite level and remain at the top, I want to come off the water every day with a little more knowledge or a little more skill than I had before I left the dock.
On the other end of the learning spectrum is "confidence." Being a "jack of all trades, master of none" won't cut it over the long haul. In competition with the best anglers in the world, you need to master various techniques, and know some lures on such a level that you trust them to deliver when the game is on the line.
My success with the Yum Dinger is well recorded, and it has won me a lot of money. But thinking outside the box with it, finding ways to rig and fish it I hadn't tried or even suspected is a primary reason it has served me so well. I have caught bass with it that were holding against the bank in 6-inches of water as well as deepwater fish down to 40 feet. I have learned to Texas rig it, wacky rig it, fish it on a football jig and cut it in half to drop shot for smallmouth. And, I continue to find new ways to fish it every season.
The XCalibur Xr Rattle Bait — along with the XrK One Knocker version — is another bait I rely on. I know that any time I'm around vegetation in cold weather, somewhere on that lake is a fish that will bite it. But through the years I've also learned not to pigeon hole it as just a cold-water bait. It performs for me all season long.
I always feel that if I am out there long enough and fish hard enough, I'll figure out the bass in that lake. So often, those two baits factor into my pattern. They are my confidence baits, so I fish them relaxed, so I can focus on learning what the fish are trying to teach me that day.
I'm thinking these things even as I practice for the Classic. Let the learning begin!


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Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:03 PM
WillyT (72,631 posts)
A Father's Grief: Aaron Swartz's Father Says Reddit Co-Founder Was 'Killed By The Government'
Aaron Swartz's Father Says Reddit Co-Founder Was 'Killed By The Government'
This Dec. 8, 2012 photo provided by ThoughtWorks shows Aaron Swartz, in New York. Swartz, a co-founder of Reddit, hanged himself Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, in New York City. (AP Photo/ThoughtWorks, Pernille Ironside)
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. Internet freedom activist Aaron Swartz was "killed by the government," his father told mourners Tuesday during his son's funeral in suburban Chicago.
Swartz, who help create Reddit and RSS, the technology behind blogs, podcasts and other web-based subscription services, was found dead Friday in his New York apartment. He was facing federal charges that alleged he illegally gained access to millions of articles from a Massachusetts Institute of Technology computer archive.
Robert Swartz said during the service in Highland Park that his son was "hounded by the government, and MIT refused him," the Chicago Sun-Times reported (). http://bit.ly/V2s8zv
"He was killed by the government, and MIT betrayed all of its basic principles," he said.
Swartz, 26, was facing charges that carried a maximum penalty of decades in prison. His trial was scheduled to begin in April.
U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz had no comment about Robert Swartz's remarks, Ortiz spokeswoman Christina DiIorio-Sterling said.
Swartz's family also lashed out against prosecutors Saturday, saying the death was "the product of a criminal justice system rife with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach."
Swartz's case highlighted society's uncertain, evolving view of how to treat people who break into computer systems and share data not to enrich themselves, but to make it available to others.
Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/15/aaron-swartz-father-says-killed-by-government_n_2482646.html
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Response to WillyT (Original post)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:18 PM
KoKo (84,711 posts)
1. So few folks here seem to know what Aaron Swartz stood for (EFF, Creative Commons
Open Internet)...along with founding RSS and REDDIT and he sold REDDIT before the Scandals. He was a Prodigy....SENSITIVE whose life ended to soon.......but as a "Sensitive" he saw what was coming with Manning and Assange. With his history of Sensitivity/Depression...he felt he'd done what he came to do...and decided to "CUT OUT."
I think he will be remembered for a long time. The absence of recognition here on DU says to me that his memory is one that will take some time to be revealed for the "POWER for the FUTURE!" FREEDOM OF INFORMATION = FREEDOM FROM TYRANNY!
"OPEN SOURCE...IT's THE WAY OF THE FUTURE FOR HUMANITY!"
Just saying.
Response to KoKo (Reply #1)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:23 PM
WillyT (72,631 posts)
2. He's One Of The Reasons DU Is Still Here.
From his website... after his death:
Aaron Swartz is the founder of Demand Progress, which launched the campaign against the Internet censorship bills (SOPA/PIPA) and now has over a million members. He is also a Contributing Editor to The Baffler and on the Council of Advisors to The Rules.
He is a frequent television commentator and the author of numerous articles on a variety of topics, especially the corrupting influence of big money on institutions including nonprofits, the media, politics, and public opinion. From 2010-11, he researched these topics as a Fellow at the Harvard Ethics Center Lab on Institutional Corruption. He also served on the board of Change Congress, a good government nonprofit.
He has also developed the site theinfo.org. His landmark analysis of Wikipedia, Who Writes Wikipedia?, has been widely cited. Working with Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee at MIT, he helped develop and popularize standards for sharing data on the Web. He also coauthored the RSS 1.0 specification, now widely used for publishing news stories.
His piece with photographer Taryn Simon, Image Atlas (2012), is has been featured in the New Museum. In 2007, he led the development of the nonprofit Open Library, an ambitious project to collect information about every book ever published. He also cofounded the online news site Reddit, where he released as free software the web framework he developed, web.py.
Link: http://www.aaronsw.com/
Response to WillyT (Reply #2)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:30 PM
KoKo (84,711 posts)
4. And that he was affliated with EFF who Defended "DU" when RW Group went against DU
trying to get this site for "Copyright Infringement."
He deserves more recognition around this site in his death for what he stood for...I think...anyway.
DU won the lawsuit.
Edited...sorry I'm watching PBS while posting...but, it wasn't FBI but RW Group who Sued DU for Copyright Infringement.
Response to KoKo (Reply #4)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:34 PM
WillyT (72,631 posts)
5. +... I Do Not Have A Big Enough Number...
Maybe... a Google-Plex ???
Response to WillyT (Reply #5)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:57 PM
KoKo (84,711 posts)
10. Very few here seem to still know about this or care, anymore.
You obviously are one who knows about this. Others will not even bother to check it out.
Response to KoKo (Reply #10)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:01 PM
WillyT (72,631 posts)
11. Most People Do Not Know How Electricity Comes To There Homes... Let Alone The Internet...
And Do Not Care To...
But when it stops coming... after they've paid their bills...
Woo Boy... look the hell out.
Response to WillyT (Original post)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:29 PM
Kurovski (34,633 posts)
Response to WillyT (Original post)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:39 PM
TheProgressive (1,656 posts)
6. Any 'suicide' by 'plane crashes' and 'hanging'...
....on those bucking or preventing psychopaths from getting their profit...
Sure. It is murder.
Response to TheProgressive (Reply #6)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:00 PM
tblue37 (24,330 posts)
53. He was an incredibly smart man, and totally committed to his
I think of his suicide as a form of martyrdom, like the suicides of those Buddhist monks who burned themselves alive at the height of the Diem regime to protest its human rights outrages while we were supporting that regime during the first part of the Vietnam War.
As tragic as his suicide is, and as unforgivable as the goverment's relentless prosecutorial assault on him was, I can't help thinking that he chose to commit suicide at this point, at least in part, as a way to direct the attention of those of us who don't care where our "electricity" comes from--IOW, to make people understand that our access to information and to the internet is not something that is guaranteed, but rather soemthing that we have to constantly defend against the attempts by the powerful to restrict our access.
Response to tblue37 (Reply #53)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 05:45 PM
dlwickham (3,191 posts)
76. you're comparing this guy to Buddist monks?
this thread has officially jumped the shark
Response to WillyT (Original post)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:50 PM
enough (9,714 posts)
7. A new variation on state terrorism. Apparently, quite effective.
No marks on the body. And the "chilling effect" behavior is incalculable.
Response to WillyT (Original post)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:52 PM
commenter8 (27 posts)
8. Fire Heymann
Swartz prosecutor Stephen Heymann drove another hacker to suicide back in 2008:
White House petition to fire Stephen Heymann here: http://wh.gov/Ex1n
Response to commenter8 (Reply #8)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:53 PM
WillyT (72,631 posts)
9. Thank You For That !!!
Response to commenter8 (Reply #8)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:20 PM
datasuspect (26,591 posts)
20. a prosecutor's job is to punish
Response to datasuspect (Reply #20)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 12:09 AM
WillyT (72,631 posts)
The prosecutor BRINGS the Case, the Jury finds for the case, the Judge (usually) takes the jury's findings and then delvers the sentence.
But the prosecutor only PUNISHES... by usurping the normal order of things.
It ain't theIr job !!!.
Response to commenter8 (Reply #8)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 12:04 AM
backscatter712 (24,976 posts)
31. ++! That prosecutor and the US Attorney he works for should never work in law again. n/t
Response to commenter8 (Reply #8)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 09:30 PM
smirkymonkey (23,954 posts)
81. I want to see Stephen Heymann's photograph so we can hound him into submission.
He is a repulsive piece of shit that deserves to be bullied until he resigns.
Response to WillyT (Original post)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:05 PM
datasuspect (26,591 posts)
12. actually, suicide is kinda complex
assigning blame for the ultimate personal decision isn't very convincing.
you can never really understand what went through this guy's mind that led him to believe suicide was the best possible solution for his problems. his problems existed prior to his violation of the law.
blaming the living for any suicide serves no purpose and it diminishes the gravity of suicide in general.
but make no mistake - suicide is a personal CHOICE - no one can make you do it.
Response to datasuspect (Reply #12)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:10 PM
randome (34,845 posts)
13. You're right. It is complex.
DUer frazzled first posted this link elsewhere: http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/01/14/mit-hacking-case-lawyer-says-aaron-swartz-was-offered-plea-deal-six-months-behind-bars/l8Cq70KJXNWwdKlF1V0yoJ/story.html
Apparently, Swartz was offered a 4-6 month plea sentence. It's a tragedy that the guy died and that MIT and the DOJ were so intransigent, but I think it's incorrect to say that anyone wanted him to serve a 30 year sentence or that he was 'driven' to suicide.
He downloaded 'millions' of documents using false pretenses. That's no cause to lean heavily on him but it sounds like it was MIT that wanted an example to be set, not the DOJ.
The outrage on this is a little misplaced, IMO.
Response to randome (Reply #13)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:13 PM
datasuspect (26,591 posts)
15. don't do crime that isn't worth sitting in the can for
old lesson from way in the past.
3 - 6 months from copping a plea?
if it went before a jury, a sympathetic judge, and good lawyer - time served and probation.
Response to datasuspect (Reply #15)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:15 PM
randome (34,845 posts)
17. Plus he would have been even more of an inspiration to the world.
Whatever demons drove him, it wasn't the government that 'pulled the trigger' so to speak.
Response to randome (Reply #17)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:16 PM
datasuspect (26,591 posts)
18. nope
and no one will never know why
Response to randome (Reply #17)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:42 PM
rhett o rick (55,981 posts)
27. Ah yes, it was the victims fault once again. The government is blameless. I feel so much better. nm
Response to rhett o rick (Reply #27)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:45 PM
randome (34,845 posts)
28. The truth is the truth. It was MIT that wanted to make an example of Swartz.
Not the government.
Response to randome (Reply #28)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 01:38 AM
rhett o rick (55,981 posts)
39. "The truth is the truth" and you know the truth. How does one know the truth? How
do you know that the government didnt want to make an example of Swartz and werent complicit? As a rule of thumb, when anyone tells me that they know "THE TRUTH", I grab for my wallet. But I guess that's just me.
Response to rhett o rick (Reply #39)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 03:23 PM
randome (34,845 posts)
45. The truth is often malleable and I have no problem seeing that.
But if you read the link from the Boston Globe posted in this thread, you'll see a different interpretation from 'the government killed Swartz'.
Maybe that's not the truth. But it has a certain edge of 'truthiness' to me.
Response to randome (Reply #45)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 07:54 PM
rhett o rick (55,981 posts)
79. I can agree with that. Sorry for my over reaction.
I sometimes over react when I perceive that someone is claiming to be the know'er of truth. I am also very suspicious of the government.
Response to rhett o rick (Reply #79)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 07:58 PM
randome (34,845 posts)
80. Understood. No problems here!
Response to datasuspect (Reply #12)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:11 PM
WillyT (72,631 posts)
14. Maybe True... Although This Kid Was A Genius, An Idealist, Was Not In For Profit, And A Hero...
So maybe... just maybe... in this case...
It was the immediate destruction of the world he thought he lived in, the one he wanted to create, the one he wanted everyone to have...
and the lack of support, after he has started all sorts of support for millions of others...
And to have your very own government... the BULLYING of your very own governrment...
I can't finish this.
Response to WillyT (Reply #14)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:14 PM
datasuspect (26,591 posts)
16. well you can be a genius
but don't fuck with people who can make decisions about your personal freedom.
there are manifold ways to express creative genius without placing yourself in jeopardy of the legal system.
plus, being a genius doesn't give you a pass.
Response to datasuspect (Reply #16)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:35 PM
Downwinder (12,869 posts)
26. How can you get in jeopardy?
You can have a neurological disorder that will do it.
Spent 72 hrs. in the can for having MS.
Response to Downwinder (Reply #26)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 11:49 AM
datasuspect (26,591 posts)
41. when you make a conscious decision
to steal intellectual property, you place yourself in harm's way.
i didn't write the rules, just have to live by them.
i don't like being in jail, that what makes me stay away from it.
Response to datasuspect (Reply #41)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 12:32 PM
Downwinder (12,869 posts)
42. I fail to see that his crime was any greater than exceeding
his cell phone plan limit on minutes.
He was entitled to download the articles.
He changed the MAC address on his machine. That is like putting your sim card in a new phone.
Response to Downwinder (Reply #42)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 12:36 PM
datasuspect (26,591 posts)
43. you can argue with the law
but if you violate, you eventually will pay the penalty.
like i said, i don't agree with what happened, but it is THEIR world.
they make the rules. we abide. you can fight against it, but be prepared to go to jail.
and don't cry after the fact.
Response to datasuspect (Reply #43)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 03:20 PM
Downwinder (12,869 posts)
44. You can argue with the interpretation of the law.
That is one reason we have courts.
Prosecutors are not supposed to be out there trying to collect scalps.
When Law Enforcement becomes a profit center, it becomes corrupt.
Response to Downwinder (Reply #44)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 03:26 PM
datasuspect (26,591 posts)
46. Welcome to Uhhhmerica
we have the best justice system money can buy.
Response to datasuspect (Reply #46)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 03:51 PM
Downwinder (12,869 posts)
51. Everyone that knuckles under gives up everybody's
Response to Downwinder (Reply #51)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:29 PM
datasuspect (26,591 posts)
63. it depends on what you want to put on the line
i can't put food on my family and live in harmony with the fish if i don't go to work.
ergo, doing things that can put me in the slam aren't things i want to do.
Response to WillyT (Reply #14)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:17 PM
randome (34,845 posts)
19. 'I can't finish this.'? Laying it on a bit thick, aren't you?
Why did you start the sixth thread on this if you can't continue?
Response to randome (Reply #19)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:29 PM
WillyT (72,631 posts)
22. I Had A Sister Who Was Kicked Out Her Boyfriend's Corvette Because She Was Trying To Break Up
with him.
He drove around her a couple of times saying, "I love you." Over and over...
And then ran his Corvette into the side of a stadium wall... killing himself right in front of her.
So yeah... it gets a little thick.
Response to WillyT (Reply #22)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:34 PM
randome (34,845 posts)
25. I wasn't making light of suicide. And I'm sorry your sister witnessed that.
But it sounds like your emotional overload is with "the BULLYING of your very own government" - which, if you read the link, was not apparently the case.
Suicide is always a tragedy no matter the circumstances.
Response to randome (Reply #25)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 12:03 AM
WillyT (72,631 posts)
30. Oh... You Don't Know The Half...
She ran up to the car, and because it was in shadow, she could not see the damage done to his body.
A good thing.
And two years later, same sister, was asked by a guy at the bar to dance, said no, and walked out to her car, believing that her girlfriends were right behind her.
They were not.
As she tried to get into her Volkswagen, the same guy showed up with a knife, and told her to get in and drive...
Now my bad assed sister ignored the "just go along to save your life" that was the thinking of the time...
And instead, screamed bloody murder...
The guy sliced her arm as a warning, then stabbed her twice in the back... collapsing one lung.
I heard about it after coming home from a date at 3:00am...
Found her in ICU... naked, except for a sheet... tubes coming/going onto every extremity.
She looked at me when got there and said, "What son of a bitch does this ???"
It was at that point I thought she might be alright.
Response to WillyT (Reply #30)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 12:52 AM
lonestarnot (77,097 posts)
38. The same kind that may have killed her had she not done what she did.
Response to datasuspect (Reply #12)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 12:44 AM
mythology (6,969 posts)
36. It's also really stupid to blame the government when
Aaron Swartz talked about feeling suicidal in 2007, which was four years before he broke into MIT's network to illegally download material he didn't have a legal right to.
Yes Creative Commons and the four freedoms of the Open Software movement is good, but supporting it doesn't give anybody the right to steal either.
Response to mythology (Reply #36)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 03:45 PM
EOTE (13,409 posts)
49. Swartz was a faculty member at Harvard.
Meaning that he had legal access to JSTOR. That means he had a legal right to do what he did.
Response to EOTE (Reply #49)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 05:45 PM
Chathamization (1,638 posts)
77. Shhh...!
If you're at a friends house and use their login to read the New York Times, you're committing a crime - even if you own a subscription yourself!
Response to datasuspect (Reply #12)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 03:36 PM
EOTE (13,409 posts)
47. What "violation of the law" are you referring to?
The guy download large amount of articles that he had legal access to, how is that a violation of the law? From everything I read, they were charging him with what they BELIEVED he intended to do with that. I have heard many here defending the actions of this horrific prosecution, but I've yet to hear anyone say what he did to break the law. It's sickening.
Response to EOTE (Reply #47)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 03:40 PM
datasuspect (26,591 posts)
48. play with fire
get burnt
Response to datasuspect (Reply #48)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 03:45 PM
EOTE (13,409 posts)
50. You've provided absolutely nothing but snark. Do you know ANYTHING about this case?
Or do you just want your daily dose of righteousness? You've said he violated the law, were you just talking out of your ass?
Response to EOTE (Reply #50)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:00 PM
datasuspect (26,591 posts)
52. it doesn't matter what i say
i don't have prosecutorial or arrest powers.
Response to datasuspect (Reply #52)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:10 PM
EOTE (13,409 posts)
54. But you do have the power to spread bullshit about this case.
Which you seem to do with great gusto.
Response to EOTE (Reply #54)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:15 PM
datasuspect (26,591 posts)
56. you seem to have a very deep emotional investment in this
i'll leave you alone with that.
Response to datasuspect (Reply #56)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:21 PM
EOTE (13,409 posts)
57. You seem to think it's fine to pass along bullshit as truth.
You could have responded to my initial question with something like this: "Whoops, I guess I don't know much about this case. Looks like I'm wrong." But instead you choose to double down. You were creating excuses for the government to do what they did. Now that you realize you're wrong, you go on excusing the government. Guess you're not much of a learner, huh?
On edit: Is it really THAT hard to admit you're wrong? You go from "You don't want to be arrested, don't do illegal things." to "Well, he should have known he'd be thrown in jail for ummm, existing." That makes a fuck load of sense.
Response to EOTE (Reply #57)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:22 PM
datasuspect (26,591 posts)
58. bless your heart
Response to datasuspect (Reply #58)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:23 PM
EOTE (13,409 posts)
59. So, not just ignorant, but southern ignorant.
That's not any better. You could just admit you were an ass and be done with it.
Response to EOTE (Reply #59)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:24 PM
datasuspect (26,591 posts)
60. my, my
do you kiss your mother with that mouth?
Response to datasuspect (Reply #60)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:26 PM
EOTE (13,409 posts)
61. Hey chump, care telling me how Aaron played with fire?
So now downloading legal articles is playing with fire? Really, do you not get disgusted with yourself excusing government tyranny like this? Christ, I can only hope you find yourself playing with fire someday. Maybe doing something really subversive like checking out multiple library books at once. Do you really think the government doesn't have enough people excusing its atrocities without assistance from toadies like you?
Response to EOTE (Reply #61)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:28 PM
datasuspect (26,591 posts)
62. don't do the crime
if you can't do the time.
Response to datasuspect (Reply #62)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:29 PM
EOTE (13,409 posts)
64. Derp. Not the brightest... well anything actually.
You are a pathetic defender of government abuses of power. You are nothing but a troll. Still can't tell me what that crime is, can you? All you can do is parrot pathetic talking points. Must suck not having a functional brain with which to work.
Response to EOTE (Reply #64)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:30 PM
datasuspect (26,591 posts)
65. there, there
i can give you a therapy teddy bear if that will help.
Response to datasuspect (Reply #65)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:32 PM
EOTE (13,409 posts)
66. What crime, apologist?
You keep defending your precious government, but you can't articulate why you do in the slightest. Let me clue you in to something, if you're not bright enough to have a thought of your own, you're probably best suited not parroting the thoughts of others.
Response to EOTE (Reply #66)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:34 PM
datasuspect (26,591 posts)
67. The United States Attorney charged him with wire fraud and computer fraud
and some other stuff.
but they dropped the charges today.
like i said, the federal government accused him of a crime, not me.
i don't have an emotional stake in this, like you do.
Response to datasuspect (Reply #67)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:36 PM
EOTE (13,409 posts)
68. I'm asking you what he DID.
What he DID was download articles he legally had access to. You were the idiot who said "Don't do the crime if you can't do the crime." without having a fucking clue as to what he did. Is it difficult to get all that brown off your shirt?
Response to EOTE (Reply #68)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:43 PM
datasuspect (26,591 posts)
69. he hooked a laptop to the servers and crashed them
he didn't own the servers.
plus, a JSTOR license doesn't permit you to redistribute that intellectual property in P2P file sharing. that is a crime.
grow the fuck up.
Response to datasuspect (Reply #69)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:46 PM
EOTE (13,409 posts)
70. How about you even attempt to learn something.
First of all, crashing a server isn't a crime, it simply means that the server wasn't prepared to handle a load. Have you ever gotten a 404 error? YOU'RE GOING TO JAIL! Do you know how idiotic your argument is? Also, he never distributed a single piece of information obtained on JSTOR via P2P, so you're just pulling that out of your ass. You need to do more than grow up, you need to obtain the ability to learn.
Response to EOTE (Reply #70)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:49 PM
datasuspect (26,591 posts)
71. dimwit
you can't do whatever the fuck you want with other people's property.
if you have a licensing agreement or permission to use another entity's IT, there are conditions placed on that.
like i said (for the third time) i don't have an emotional investment in this.
the US attorney saw a case and charged him. they determined he was in violation of the law, not me.
grow the fuck up.
Response to datasuspect (Reply #71)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:53 PM
EOTE (13,409 posts)
73. Ahhh, so your argument is "He was charged, he's obviously guilty."
So, you recommend that we get rid of the judicial system entirely. That's what your argument boils down to, and to call that dimwitted would be the ultimate insult to dimwits (someday you may aspire to become a dimwit). You say he shouldn't do the crime, I say what crime, you respond: "Well he obviously committed a crime, he was charged." While knowing NOTHING of what he did. He didn't do whatever he wanted with ANYONE'S property, he downloaded articles which he had legal access to. Once again, you don't need to grow up, you need to obtain the ability to learn. Every time you make another post, you demonstrate that inability. Learning is one of life's great pleasures, you're doing yourself a great disservice by not taking advantage of it.
Response to EOTE (Reply #73)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 05:00 PM
datasuspect (26,591 posts)
74. bless your heart
Response to WillyT (Original post)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:27 PM
reformist2 (9,841 posts)
21. I would argue that ignorance/uncertainty of the law in such matters *is* an excuse.
I hate to say it, but I wish Aaron had stuck it out - he might have won his case. (I would have voted to acquit - that old jury nullifcation thing...)
Response to reformist2 (Reply #21)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:53 PM
datasuspect (26,591 posts)
72. well, they dropped all charges today.
Response to WillyT (Original post)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:30 PM
Downwinder (12,869 posts)
23. I have run into the J-Stor paywall numerous times
researching medical issues. They are not doing much good locked behind a wall.
Response to Downwinder (Reply #23)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:33 PM
WillyT (72,631 posts)
24. Good Info... Thanks !!!
Response to WillyT (Original post)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:49 PM
joelz (185 posts)
29. Amy did a good show about him yesterday what
an amazing young man. Today we remember the pioneering computer programmer and cyber activist Aaron Swartz, who took his own life Friday at the age of 26. As a teenager, Swartz helped develop RSS, revolutionizing how people use the Internet, going on to co-own Reddit, now one of the worlds most popular sites. He was also a key architect of Creative Commons and an organizer of the grassroots movement to defeat the controversial House Internet censorship bill, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), and the Senate bill, the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). Swartz hanged himself just weeks before the start of a controversial trial. He was facing up to 35 years in prison for sneaking into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and downloading millions of articles provided by the subscription-based academic research service JSTOR. We hear Swartz in his own words and speak to Harvard Law School Professor Lawrence Lessig, a longtime mentor and friend. "There are a thousand things we could have done, a thousand things we could have done, and we have to do, because Aaron Swartz is now an icon, an ideal," Lessig says. "He is what we will be fighting for, all of us, for the rest of our lives." Lessig also echoes the claims of Swartzs parents that decisions made by prosecutors and MIT contributed to his death, saying: "This was somebody who was pushed to the edge by what I think of as a kind of bullying by our government." [includes rush transcript
Response to WillyT (Original post)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 12:23 AM
Octafish (55,745 posts)
33. Friend of Julian Assange, a top guy on the Enemies List.
Not that there ever would be anything like a coincidence.
Response to Octafish (Reply #33)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 12:36 AM
WillyT (72,631 posts)
34. Yeah Huh ???
Exactly !!!
Response to WillyT (Original post)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 12:39 AM
siligut (12,272 posts)
35. He was an outlier
Probably considered too dangerous to live.
Response to WillyT (Original post)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 12:51 AM
Indykatie (793 posts)
37. While the Government May Not Be Blameless No One is Discussing Swarts's Depression
which was a fact of his life. We need to use these tragedies to try and improve the mental health treatment and try to remove some of the stigma associated with the disease and the need to ensure that those suffering get the treatment they need. I understand the family is devastated and lashing out making the government the sole reason for this tragedy but this is not the whole truth surrounding this tragedy. I would hope the family would also make a call for better treatment and acceptance of those suffering from depression.
Response to WillyT (Original post)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 09:45 AM
wildeyed (11,168 posts)
40. Killed by the government who were defending the interests of big media.
Meanwhile, bankers and MBAs steal millions for self-enrichment and crash the economy with almost no repercussions.
Response to WillyT (Original post)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:12 PM
Liberal_in_LA (44,397 posts)
55. kick for the father
Response to WillyT (Original post)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 05:41 PM
Chathamization (1,638 posts)
75. I remember the hell they gave Stephen Hatfill
And apparently, when Bruce Ivins couldn't take the same pressure and killed himself, they closed the case and moved on. Hopefully people will be moved enough to stand up for the things that Aaron Swartz fought for.
Response to WillyT (Original post)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 06:02 PM
Kalidurga (14,177 posts)
78. The fact he hadn't actually committed a crime makes this so much worse.
And the crime he could have committed wasn't even a huge deal. The people that had a stake in what he did declined to press charges. So, this was all about one prosecutor that got his jollies persecuting people that he thought were worthy. It's bullshit and I signed the petition to have him removed, his boss too if he was part of this.


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